Trainee investigated lower-cost materials to improve fuel cell performance at ArgonneNational Laboratory and a public policy IGERT Trainee will be a visiting scholar at AlleghenyCollege for the 2007-08 academic year. Such internships have helped to cultivate a wider rangeof skills than traditionally acquired by doctoral students.International ExperiencesInternational experiences develop personal and professional skills not possible with a domesticinternship by allowing students to participate in technical meetings, learn state-of-the-artmethods and software, and implement sustainable solutions while abroad. SF IGERT scholarsare able to experience other languages, cultures, and customs and to share these experiences.International experiences
simulation laboratory (lab) that utilizes PCs equipped with software such asSolidWorks (2005), including the add-on Animator, MATLAB®, and Simulink®. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference The course objective, description, and related courses are given by:Objective: Gain experience in dynamic modeling, simulation, and visualization of manydifferent mechanical systems using applied mathematical techniques and modern softwareimportant to mechanical, electrical, and systems engineers working in industry or studentspreparing for graduate school in engineering.Description: Many engineering systems are inherently dynamic in nature. Characterizing anddesigning such systems requires mathematical modeling
integrated first-year engineering curricula," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998, pp. 561-565.[15] Kellar, J. J., W. Hovey, M. Langerman, S. Howard, L. Simonson, L. Kjerengtroen, L. Stetler, H. Heilhecker, L. Arneson-Meyer and S. D. Kellogg, "A problem based learning approach for freshman engineering," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000, pp. F2G/7-F2G10.[16] Beaudoin, D. L. and D. F. Ollis, "A Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 3, 1995, pp. 279-284.[17] Agogino, A. M., S. Sheppard and A. Oladipupo, "Making Connections to Engineering During the First Two Years," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education, 1992
to material to be further explored in later courses including moments, safety factor, and material propertiesThis paper describes the results of this experience as well as the experimental apparatusdeveloped and lessons learned through multiple iterations.Laboratory ExperienceEach lab section for the class had ~15 students and was staffed by the course instructor and twoundergraduate student mentors. These paid student mentors were typically sophomore or juniorengineering majors who had received a quick refresher lesson on drilling and tapping. Theintroduction to engineering space was in a separate building from the main engineeringdepartment facilities and included a large classroom and laboratory space stocked with handtools. At the
laboratory where students could apply methods to the data gathered in lab.The MAE-ME camp was designed for 5 full days of activities. The target audience wasjunior and senior high school students. However, it was open to freshman universitystudents as well. Table I shows the major topics that were covered in each day of thecamp.Table I. The topics covered in each day of the camp Day Topics Morning Schedule Afternoon Schedule • Building Simple Circuits Day 1 Introduction to MATLAB • Problems of the Day Introduction to Image and Sound • Sound
Paper ID #35273Restructuring a Pedagogical Course to Benefit Engineering Ph.D. Studentsand FacultyDr. Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University Aaron Wemhoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University. He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2004, and he previously worked as a staff engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Restructuring a Pedagogical Course to Benefit Engineering Ph.D. Students and FacultyEGR 9200 Teaching
COVID-19 by organizing the course material ina manner than allowed the students to be split into two equal sized groups that met once a weekrather than having all students meet for two weekly sessions.Course InformationStatics and Strengths of Materials is a required course in both the Architecture EngineeringTechnology (AET) and Construction Management (CM) curriculums and usually is taken duringthe second semester of the sophomore year. While this course is offered for both on-campus (forAET and CM students) and online (as part of the School’s fully online CM degree program), thisproject’s use of the blended learning model was only for the on-campus course. This course is alecture only style course (no laboratory component) with a Spring 2021
two courses (DigitalFundamentals and C++ programming) from a traditional lecture / laboratory format to an onlineformat. However, serious issues were found with student retention and with how muchstudents were satisfied with the online format.A third work yet on comparing online to in-person formats of a course was performed byPisupati and Mathews (2008) [12]. When they looked at assessment data, in particular quizzes,midterms and finals, they found pretty identical results. Similar to reference [11] though, theyfound that the students had a negative outlook on the online modality in terms of its difficultyor perceived challenges. 3A fourth related reference is by Douglas (2015) [13]. It was
, mechanics and optical science.Dr. Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word Michael T. Frye, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, TX. He is an Electrical Engineer who specialized in the field of nonlinear control theory with applications to autonomous air vehicles. Dr. Frye’s research interest is in discovering new and efficient techniques that mitigates the effects of uncertainty in complex nonlinear dynamics; such as seen in autonomous vehicle systems. Dr. Frye is the PI and Laboratory Director for the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
, doi: 10.1080/00031305.1991.10475832.[28] A. H. Stang, M. Greenspan, and S. B. Newman, “Poisson’s ratio of some structural alloys for large strains,” J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., vol. 37, no. 4, p. 211, Oct. 1946, doi: 10.6028/jres.037.012.[29] P. E. Ruff, “AN OVERVIEW OF THE MIL-HDBK-5 PROGRAM,” Battelle’s Columbus Laboratories, AFWAL-TR-84-1423, 1984.AppendixInterview QuestionsThe following is a simplified listing of the interview questions. Data tables used in the study aregiven below.(1. Aluminum) “Look at this table of material property data. These are the measured elasticityvalues for a rolled aluminum alloy of the same composition and processing method. Reminder,elasticity is a property of a material that determines
semesters in the event that we were unable to complete the task during the firstsemester. In consultation with the client, we tried to scope the project so that it wouldtake about 10 hours per week for each of the 5 students, for the duration of the 15-weeksemester, or 750 man-hours total. We also tried to scope the project so that no more thanabout half of the income would have to be spent on materials, leaving some residual toupgrade the laboratory facilities. On this basis, we bid for and were approved for twoprojects from two different MEPoL clients. Each project was of the nature of assemblyline automation, where a manual assembly process was to be automated. Communications and DeliverablesThe MEPoL tasks were written so
or below. This is, however, a notablereduction compared to the 24 (67%) who rated their skills average or below three monthsearlier. Despite the improvements seen, 10 (31%) of the class asked for more practice.Additional voluntary presentation practice sessions during the laboratory portion of theclass are planned for future semesters.In response to the question as to whether the class helped with presentation skills, manyof the replies denoted increased self-confidence through learning: • How to keep audience attention, engaging the audience • Recommendation of Toastmaster’s Organization for increased practice • How to maintain eye contact • Importance of preparation • Awareness of how I present • Overcome fear of public
. A vacuum line is attached to the vacuum chamber as well as apressure gage. The mechanical pump allows for a high vacuum state (10-4 Torr) to be reached. AnN2 cylinder connected to the vacuum chamber via a needle valve allows for a controlled increase tothe chamber pressure. Addition of a flask of de-ionized water through which air is bubbled throughand a hygrometer (not shown) allows for humidity controlled experiments.All of the MEMS devices for this experiment were fabricated at Sandia National Laboratories usingthe 4-layer, SUMMiT technology11. The sacrifical oxide and structural layers in themicromachining process are tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and n-type polycrystalline silicon(polysilicon) doped with phosphine gas
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Engineering Educationteaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospaceengineering, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and literacy and gasturbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu. Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University Copyright © 2009, American Society for Engineering Education
traditional in-person instruction. This prompted the faculty to schedule a series offormal discussions throughout the fall term to allow a critical review of the model. Because thisreview of the model was precipitated by the unique environment in which educators foundthemselves, this paper is largely focused on teaching and learning outside of a physicalclassroom or laboratory. This new environment may be described as remote teaching, distanceeducation, virtual instruction, or online learning. As our faculty were new to any of thesemodalities, we used these terms interchangeably but soon learned that they are each unique. Toensure clear understanding, the terms remote, virtual, and online are defined for the purposes ofthis paper in Table 1. It
current role in education research focuses on training informal STEM facilitators and engaging visitors in the practices of science and engineering. He is the principal investigator on two collaborative NSF grants and one sub-award with UC Santa Barbara, where he is also pursuing doctoral work in education research. Skinner’s science research experience includes marine science fieldwork along the Northern California coast; plasma physics research at the University of California, Irvine; and nanotechnology research at Sandia National Laboratory. He gained practical engineering experience as a patent reviewer for Lenker Engineering and a software engineer for both Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Visual Solutions
2017 and has been incorporated in all subsequent offerings. During the 2018 offering,CATME was added to help structure student team formation [13] and peer evaluation [14] withinteams. Papers by Christy et al. and Wilson et al. provide further background information aboutthe course [15], [16].To adapt to online learning, in-person lectures were replaced with weekly asynchronous lectureslides, some of which were accompanied by a video or voiceover explanation. Laboratory /recitation time and office hours were held through synchronous video sessions via the Zoomsoftware application. Additionally, all midterm and final exams became take-home, withstudents receiving approximately 36 hours to complete these assignments and submit them to theCanvas
of General Chemistry at Purdue University. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement, a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2019 she received the Nyholm Prize in Education from the Royal Society of Chemistry. She received the 2017 ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry and the 2017 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry from the Northeast Section of the ACS. She has been recognized with Purdue University’s most prestigious honors for teaching. Her research has focused undergraduate chemistry laboratory including the development and implementation
.[14] S.E. Ramlo, “Students’ Views About Potentially Offering Physics Courses Online,” Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 25, pp. 489-496, 2016.[15] S. M. Attardi, M.L. Barbeau, K.A. Rogers, “Improving Online Interactions: Lessons from an Online Anatomy Course with a Laboratory for Undergraduate Students,” Anatomical Sciences Education, March 1, 2018. [Online] https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1776. [Accessed March 1, 2021].[16] S.S. Jaggers, “Choosing Between Online and Face-to-Face Courses: Community College Student Voices,” American Journal of Distance Education, vol. 28, issue 1, pp. 27-38, 2014.[17] Wyse, Stickney, Butz, Beckler, and Close. “The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Student Learning and How
Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help
and life cycle assessment Weeks Course Module Module details Lecture/Laboratory Introduction to sustainability Class lecture using and sustainable design M-01: Introduction PowerPoint presentation Week 01 Guideline to sustainable and theory of Demonstration of the Week 02 design sustainable design concept of sustainable The
Paper ID #34305Test Anxiety and Its Impact on Diverse Undergraduate EngineeringStudents During Remote LearningDr. David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and an
COVID-19? o none o 1-2 o 3-5 o 6-10 o 11+Q23: How dangerous is COVID-19? o Not very dangerous o Somewhat dangerous o Dangerous o Very dangerousQ24: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: Strongly Strongly Disagree Agree Disagree Agree Classrooms at WCU are unsafe due to COVID-19 Laboratories at WCU are unsafe due to COVID-19 I am fearful to attend any face-to-face activities I'm seriously considering leaving WCU and not returningQ25: Please describe why
documents that successful course completion is lower in online courses than intraditional face-to-face courses [21]. Both course completion rates and withdrawals are worse inSTEM courses [22], particularly in lower level STEM courses [23]. A lack of engagement andlower successful completion rates have been shown in online physics courses [24] as reported byMurphy and Stewart. Murphy and Stewart used eight years of data with 3,032 students tocompare face-to-face lecture courses with three semesters of a hybrid course with online lecturesand face-to-face laboratories. They found that there was a 11% lower successful completion rate(A/B/C) for students in the hybrid course compared to the solely face-to-face course. Thesefindings in STEM courses are
published her research in Journal of Business Logistics, International Jour- nal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management and peer-reviewed proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research
that end, the RDIplaced emphasis on providing participants with strategies and tools for forming enabling andsupportive mentoring and coaching alliances with faculty, other graduate student peers, staff, andadministrators. Such alliances offered an excellent opportunity for minoritized students to getearly exposure to the knowledge content, language, vocabulary, and philosophy of the discipline,as well as become engaged in research laboratory meetings to acquire skills, protocols, andpractices designed to move a beginning graduate student to an engaged researcher and scholar(Barker, 2011; Felder et al., 2014; Twale et al., 2016).Table 1Theoretical Support of the RDI WorkshopsWorkshop Content
) Learning Laboratory, a design-oriented facility that engages students in team-based, socially relevant projects. While at Texas A&M University Imbrie co-led the design of a 525,000 square foot state-of-the-art engineering education focused facility; the largest educational building in the state. His expertise in educational pedagogy, student learning, and teaching has impacted thousands of students at the universities for which he has been associated. Imbrie is nationally recognized for his work in ac- tive/collaborative learning pedagogies, teaming and student success modeling. His engineering education leadership has produced fundamental changes in the way students are educated around the world. Imbrie has been a
frequent topics from 2006-2010. Topic (text Concepts Example Abstract Text Segment segments) An immersive interactive laboratory experiment devel- oped based on a multi-player computer game engine, Interactive, learn- which allows the students to collaboratively assemble the 1.Interactive ing, virtual, envi- experimental setup of an industrial plant emulator within (n=33) ronment the game environment and subsequently run remote and virtual experiments, was deployed in a pilot implemen
and sequential logic design, state machine design, andbasic computer architecture and machine data representation. ECE 120 is also augmented by ahardware lab component consisting of the design and construction of several discrete logic basedcircuits. The next course in the sequence, ECE 220, focuses on LC-3 assembly and Cprogramming, fundamental data structures and algorithms. ECE 220 has a laboratory componentas well, in the form of software lab assignments. The final course in the sequence, ECE 385,consists of a series of hardware design challenges on various digital logic topics, followed by afinal project of the students’ own choosing involving digital logic. These design challenge span arange of technologies, from discrete logic in the
. 2017.[3] S. Jaikaran-Doe, A. Henderson, E. Franklin, and P. Doe, Strategies for promoting cultural diversity within student laboratory groups in an engineering degree course at an Australian uni ersit , Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference 2018, Hamilton, New Zealand.[4] M. V. Jamieson and J. M. Sha , Appl ing Metacogniti e Strategies to Teaching Engineering Innovation, Design, and Leadership, Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2017.[5] S. Beecham, T. Clear, J. Barr, M. Daniels, M. Oudshoorn, and J. Noll, Preparing Tomorro s Soft are Engineers for Work in a Global En ironment, IEEE Software, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 9 12, Jan. 2017.[6