Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Danielle earned her B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and an Illinois Mavis Future Faculty Fellow; her dissertation research focuses on improving the understanding of branched polymer dynamics via single molecule experiments. Danielle is an active member and current speaker coordinator of the Graduate Committee of the Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE).Elizabeth Horstman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elizabeth Horstman is a third year graduate student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pursuing a Ph.D. in
SummerResidency.Feemster11 and Mohamidi et.al12 utilized MATLAB/SIMULINK in an educational setting.MATLAB/SIMULINK is utilized in the four credit hour Engine Systems and Controls course forthe MEES program.MEES Program design-The design of this on-line master’s degree was based on several critical elements: - An identified need - A vision and mission statement - A determination of the students’ skills and knowledge to be developed by the program - A well thought out curriculum - Course design incorporating instructional design methodologies and the strengths of the on-line learning environment - A program and delivery method that meets the needs of the students - Outstanding and competent IT (Information Technology) resources - A financial and
) disciplines. Inparticular, effective teamwork can improve an engineering team’s performance, communication,and collaboration. In this paper, we discuss students’ attitudes toward teamwork, teamwork self-efficacy, and interest levels in developing teamwork skills and abilities. Although literatureprovides guidance on how to gauge teamwork self-efficacy, the level of interest towardteamwork and students’ positive or negative teamwork attitudes, the relationships amonginterest, efficacy and attitudes toward teamwork are not clear. We argue that assessing students’interest levels should be an integral part of teamwork assessment because interest is a construct,which can predict students’ long-term dedications to grow professionally in a domain.Therefore
, human made systems reflect the functioning of multiplecomponents that are enhanced together to accomplish the same goal. A great example of anatural SoS is the human ‘machine’. The human machine is composed of multiple single systemsthat operate together to give multiple capabilities to the human body, such as cognition,communication, movement, and evolution. In engineering, single or traditional systems that formpart of an SoS are made to be a piece of a solution to solve a multilevel necessity. These singlesystems are designed and developed based on a well-structured problem with fixed boundaries[3] ; therefore, they emerge with a clear, capable, implicit, and limited set of goals. In addition,their design is based on the integration of
University, West Lafayette Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engi- neering; the relationships among the attitudes, beliefs, motivation, cognitive skills, and engineering skills of K-16 engineering learners; and teaching engineering. Page 26.1014.1
licenses as well. Morethan 50% of the immigrant engineers who attended one of these training programs successfullycompleted their exams and received their Engineer-in-Training certification, which is a pass ratehigher than the national average. This paper describes the curriculum, and best practices, andstrategies adopted for this program. While this program was specifically designed for recentimmigrants in California, lessons learned can be applied to other students interested in preparingfor the FE or PE exams as part of the engineering licensing process.IntroductionNew immigrants are strongly represented in US engineering occupations, making up about one-quarter of the engineering workforce1. However, new immigrants often face special
issues in mechanical engineering and related fields.(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern 11. Utilize techniques, skills and modern engineeringengineering tools necessary for engineering tools (including CAD/CAM) necessary forpractice. mechanical engineering practice. 12. Develop broad based technical skills and knowledge, strong work ethic, integrity, and leadership skills that will lead to successful careers in
pairedwith an upperclassman peer mentor, and have the option to continue the program through theirsecond, third, and fourth years, during which time they participate in the leadership developmentaspect of the program. Through six to eight specialized courses integrated into the engineeringcurriculum, including a culminating service learning capstone course, students learn that theessence of mentorship, leadership and innovation lies in the ability to communicate effectivelyand to apply critical thinking and reasoned problem-solving skills to any situation to producetangible and measurable results.IntroductionThe engineering curriculum at many schools focuses heavily on technical skills development.Curriculums are limited to a specific number of
(N=45) (N=10) (N=55) I enjoyed participating in the Summer 4.78 4.80 4.78 Engineering Institute. My participation in SEI has a significant impact on my choice of career. 4.47 4.00 4.383. Creating Opportunities for Minorities in Engineering, Technology, and ScienceIn fall 2010, Cañada College collaborated with San Francisco State University School ofEngineering to create the Creating Opportunities for Mathematics, Engineering, Technology, andScience (COMETS) program. Funded by NASA through the Curriculum ImprovementsPartnership Award for the Integration of Research (CIPAIR) program, the COMETS programwas developed
curriculum, for example:instantaneous centers of rotation, damped vibration, or impulsive motion. Each group then builtone stage of what would become a class Rube Goldberg machine under the stipulation that theirstage must demonstrate the assigned topic area. Further, a report was submitted, describing theassigned topic area and how their stage demonstrated that topic area. At the end of the semester,each stage was assembled to build the full Rube Goldberg machine. As such, the student groupshad to communicate with each other to determine how to transition between stages. This aspectwas intended to incorporate an additional layer of communication and collaboration early in theundergraduate engineering curriculum.The use of a Rube Goldberg based
type of controller and must show that the desired requirements are not met. Thisprovides an opportunity for the students to see how design constraints are established. Based onmy observations so far, as well as on student feedback, students become very highly motivatedby the design component of the course, and many end up with a thorough grasp of thefundamental principles of control systems design. The open-ended approach allows forcreativity and flexibility in the design process, with both the instructor and students benefittingfrom an array of designs. A few examples of actual student projects will be presented.MotivationThe incorporation of project-based learning (PBL) in the curriculum has been known to helpstudents develop an intuitive
campus, never to address it again. Theexperience cannot simply be placed in a "shoebox".18 Rather, education abroad must be seen as alonger learning process that becomes a key component of an engineering education. Studentsmust be prepared for the experience, guided through the experience, and then assisted in theprocessing of the experience upon their return, so that they can integrate it into theirunderstanding of the world and of engineering. Such a "wrap-around" approach to educationabroad has long been recognized among intercultural communications scholars and scholars ofeducation abroad as an excellent means to cultivate learning from that experience.18,22Despite the benefits of a “wrap-around” approach for maximizing learning from
. The roadmap consists of the curricula students engage inand the assessments used to determine if they have met certain standards. Unfortunately, not allstandards set by educational institutions offer a roadmap for curriculum development andassessment.This is particularly problematic in engineering education, because a critical component of thepractice – engineering design – has traditionally been difficult to assess. In this paper, we outlineand test an approach to addressing this problem. We examine a set of engineering designeducation standards and then propose and test a method for developing curricula and assessmentthat is closely linked to those standards.ABET Criteria for Student OutcomesIn undergraduate engineering education, ABET, Inc
controls and signal processing research include the design and modeling of intelligent controls, Kalman filters, and automation. Engi- neering education research includes curriculum and laboratory development for these concepts. Page 26.314.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 BYOE: Affordable and Portable Laboratory Kit for Control Systems CoursesPresenter InformationFeel free to contact the presenter for help implementing this in your classroom or laboratory.Rebecca ReckDepartment of Industrial and Enterprise Systems EngineeringUniversity of
state of manufacturing anddemonstrate the skills needed, a tour of a modern manufacturing plant has been integrated in theworkshop for each cohort. This experience also provides an example to program faculty andstaff on how they can improve the image of manufacturing for their students, and gives modelsfor integrating first-hand experiences into their classrooms. Page 26.1056.3Consistent Curriculum Research conducted over the past decade by the SME through its ManufacturingEducation and Research Community (MER) and its Center for Education has shown that there isa need for a clearer understanding of the topics that define manufacturing
the survey results arepresented in this section.After the workshop, 47% of our participants agree on “the workshop achieving a sense ofcommunity.” We find it an encouraging result, as it proves that it is possible for online teachingto be as accommodating as regular face-to-face teaching. 63% of our participants specified thatthey will recommend our workshop to others, whereas the remaining 37% were neutral. In thepost-workshop surveys, the participants were asked a question “if you are a teacher, what portionof what you learned in this course you will incorporate into curriculum?” We are very delightedto see that, 60% of the participants plan to use at least 25% of our activities and resources in theirteaching. Indeed during the workshop
available to demonstrate achievement of Student Learning Outcomes. However, theuniversity has not had Program Educational Outcomes (PEOs) for its computer science andengineering programs in the past. In preparation for seeking ABET Accreditation; a set of threePEOs were first developed for the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) program in2011. The PEOs were integrated into the university’s extensive assessment review cycle, andmapped upward to the mission of the university and downward to the Student Outcomes. Thethree 2001 PEOs were expanded to four PEOs during review in 2014 by the BSCS ExternalReview Board and the computer science faculty. Seven Institutional Learning Outcomes areintegral to the National University mission. In order
American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Twenty Years of Multidisciplinary Capstone Projects: Design, Implementation, and AssessmentIntroductionThe Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) Honors Program at the University ofMaryland unites undergraduate students with business, engineering, and science backgrounds inorder to promote a multidisciplinary, hands-on, learning experience. QUEST’s curriculumfocuses on quality management, process improvement, and system design. This curriculum isdelivered in the form of three required courses and two elective courses. The first programcourse introduces the concepts of innovation, design, and quality. Multidisciplinary teams workon a series of three projects
tofill an electronic questionnaire about curriculum design tools that they currently use to create andmanage their courses (e.g. preparing syllabi; communicating with students; developing teachingmaterials; preparing, assigning, and delivering grades, etc.). The results of this phase werepublished in ASEE 2014 and FIE 2014 [2], [3]. Based on this research, a list of 10 mostcommonly used tools were identified. Data collected from the focus groups about course designprocess was categorized into inputs, processing and decision-making, and output artifacts.Consolidated data from the 3 focus groups that were conducted was presented in ASEE 2014 [2].4. Phase 2 – High-level Design
total class time for the term. The researchers were forced to agree with the professors thatwas an inappropriate use of time in design classes. An interesting point raised by the professorsin this study is the appropriateness of the assessment method depends on the class and its role inthe curriculum. In a course aimed primarily at teaching ethics or professional skills, a significantassessment exercise may be appropriate. However, in embedding ethics instruction in designclasses (as Davis and Feinerman were proposing), a more efficient assessment method is calledfor. Interestingly, there was consensus among the professors that 15 minutes at the beginningand end of the course would be an appropriate amount of time for ethics instruction
includedlunch and opening remarks from an Epicenter Research Team leader who described thepurpose of the gathering. Later in the afternoon, the hosts launched a series of panel sessions.Each session was convened around a theme aligned with the FIGS research questions, i.e.,“students,” “programs,” and “curriculum.”6 The panels featured a moderator who was acontent-area expert and three to four panel members who were content-area expert scholars orpractitioners, selected on the basis of biographical and research statements that each attendeeprovided as part of the Summit registration process.Table 1 shows the central questions around which panelists were asked to organize theircomments, by session (names and affiliations of all presenters are included in
to enhance engineering education. Her most recent educational research includes the collaboration with Tennessee State University and local high schools to infuse cyber- infrastructure learning experience into the pre-engineering and technology-based classrooms, the collab- oration with community colleges to develop interactive games in empowering students with engineering literacy and problem-solving, the integration of system-on-chip concepts across two year Engineering Science and four year ECE curricula, and the implementation of an educational innovation that demon- strates science and engineering principles using an aquarium. Her work has resulted in over 100 journal and conference papers and book
. Manycolleges wait until the later stages of their programs to begin instruction in presentations. Thispractice leaves students and faculty with little time to promote, practice, and hone skills. Oralcommunication skills must be introduced and developed early, and not delayed until postgraduate or after they enter the workforce8. A high value has been placed on developing theseskills early in an undergraduate curriculum and when students have this early experience they aregiven a strong foundation for developing their presentations skills17. Late integration of oralcommunication education are deemed to be less effectively developed, according to surveyedacademics. These academics believe that if left to a late capstone experience or independentpractice
1000 students. 7) Be ready with the restructured program at the start of the next academic year.II. Process for Choosing a New First-Year Curriculum Model A wide variety of first-year engineering program models exist and the committee decidedtake a two-pronged systematic approach to figuring out what the new course model should be.The committee believed that to a large degree, students who are in years 2 through 4 have a goodidea about what kinds of skills they would want to learn in an introductory class, so we wouldgive great weight to their input. Since the first-year program had not been changed in more thantwo decades, the committee wanted to look at what other schools were doing with their first-yearprograms. The first
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Paper ID #11902Faculty Perspectives on Benefits and Challenges of Hybrid LearningDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Dr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu is a lecturer in the department of Civil, Construction and Environmental En- gineering at Iowa State University. Her background is in Curriculum and Instruction, and her research interests include online learning, hybrid learning, and technology integration in higher education.Dr. Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University Charles T. Jahren is the W. A. Klinger Teaching Professor and the Assistant Chair for Construction Engi- neering in the Department of Civil
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, innovative and novel graduate education experiences, global learning, and preparation of engineering graduate students for future careers. Her dissertation research focuses on studying the writing and argumentation patterns of engineering graduate students.Dr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica F. Cox, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and is the Inaugural Director of the Engineering Leadership Minor. She obtained a B.S. in mathemat- ics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests
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