problemsuch as environmental sustainability, health, security, and the potential and limits of newtechnologies to address these issues. Survey results indicate that initial positivistic views oftechnology are challenged through research on this project, and at completion of their research,students have gained a greater appreciation for the interplay between technology and society asimplementation, public policy, resource availability and other elements affect technologicalchoices and investment. In class discussion helps students see the linkages between whatinitially appears to be discrete issues as the overlap of political, economic and social factors thatdetermine outcomes in many cases is similar.As part of each team’s final report, they consider
number generators to help websitesencrypt their servers specifically in applications related to wireless medicaldevices.University of TennesseeSaint Louis UniversityLouisiana Tech University “Overall, the Grand Challenges Program has given me the ability to design and fund my own independent research projects. Some of my recent achievements include getting my work published as professional abstracts, most notably at the Association of Research
. hands learn? Design, project work, experiential learning, What goes on soft skills...etc. the tool belt?Language,programming, MatLab,soft skills…etc. HKU Faculty of EngineeringExisting First Year’s Courses (6) New First Year’s Courses (7) Maths IA Maths IB Physics Programming Maths I Maths II Engg I Engg IIPlus TWO of these (General Engineering Intro courses
Paper ID #19020Teaching and Learning through Stories: A Preliminary StudyProf. Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, PDip (CM), Architect, State University of New York, Farmingdale Orla Smyth LoPiccolo is a registered architect who joined the faculty of the Department of Architecture and Construction Management in September 2008. Prior to joining Farmingdale State College, Professor LoPiccolo was an adjunct professor for the Department of Architecture and Design, New York Institute of Technology for 5 years, where she taught a variety of design studio classes. Professor LoPiccolo has pri- vate sector architecture and project
to everyday engineering practice.Methods For four years, four teams of students and faculty have been involved in a project seekingto address issues ethics education at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In the first year, ateam of junior-level students from multiple technical disciplines created a systematic method toanalyze ethics case studies in the context of engineering courses and a handbook with step-by-step instructions to aid engineering instructors in their efforts in include ethics in their course. Inthe second year, the team piloted a “joint-venture” approach to teaching ethics in engineeringwhere philosophy faculty at WPI volunteered their time and expertise in engineering courses togive a single class ethics training
the grant is to increase persistence and graduation rates by increasing engagementand by developing a sense of community amongst transfer engineering students.A week-long workshop that uses the LLP framework was developed to help students design anddevelop a predetermined university-oriented innovation project. During the workshop, studentswork in teams, interact with faculty, and visit various parts of campus. While working toidentify “product-market fit,” students learn about hypothesis development, test design,hypothesis testing, customer discovery, data analysis, insight generation, and the importance ofan iterative process. After two years, preliminary survey results and qualitative evidence atNMSU shows the LLP workshop participants
grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for athree year project to enhance education by introducing elements of wheelchair research intovarious undergraduate courses. The goal was to utilize research instrumentation anddemonstrations to not only teach technical aspects of a course, but to increase student motivationto learn those aspects. Toward that end, the demonstrations were directly related to the humanneed of mobility, thus enhancing motivation with an empathetic aspect. By showing how theorypresented in mechanics courses could be used to develop better wheelchairs to help people, itwas hoped that students would be more motivated to learn. Therefore, the primary intent was notto determine if the students learned a technical point, but if the
@purdue.edu sguzey@purdue.edu Amanda C. Johnston1 Hillary E. Merzdorf2 Elizabeth Suazo-Flores2 Murat Akarsu2 johnst78@purdue.edu merzdor@purdue.edu esuazo@purdue.edu markarsu@purdue.edu 1 2 3 Riverside Intermediate School, Purdue University, University of Minnesota Project Description The EngrTEAMS project has been developing a suite of 13 integrated STEM curricula for grades 4 – 8. The curricula are hands-on engineering design challenges that integrate mathematics and science grade- appropriate content, mapping to Next Generation Science Standards for engineering and discipline-specific standards. Each unit was inspired by
skills with project work or case studies.The objective of conducting the survey were to gather information to help inform contentdecisions for the bioengineering curriculum and specifically the process design relevant coursesin the curriculum (i.e. bioprocess design, bioreactors, and bioseparations. In addition, we wantedto use the feedback from practicing engineers to educate current students on the impact of thematerial they learn in their course work and how to increase their competitiveness in the jobmarket. The results from this study informs and reinforces the emphasis we have seen in the pastdecade on developing professional skills in undergraduate programs, and indicates that we needto continue this effort. Insights from the technical
electrolysis, thermal management, loop heat pipe, two-phase heat transfer and fluid flow, and porous material. Prof. Chuang received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan. In 2003, he received his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University. In 2004, Prof. Chuang led research projects at Penn State as a Postdoctoral Scholar to study water distribution in a PEM fuel cell using neutron radiography sponsored by both General Motors and Toyota Motors. Between 2005 and 2011, Prof. Chuang worked at the fuel cell laboratory in General Motors leading efforts in material development, cell integration, and stack diagnostic. Between 2007 and 2011, Prof
explore the SIMULINK® simulations while watchingthe lecture videos. Throughout the semester, the students completed weekly homeworkassignments, weekly simulation-based learning assignments, two midterms, a project, and a finalexam. The first midterm, project presentations, and the final exam occurred in-person.Comparing and Contrasting the CohortsBoth cohorts had similar course preparation and ultimately achieved statisticallyindistinguishable final GPA’s at graduation, both overall (3.37±0.12 in Cohort #1 and 3.36±0.10in Cohort #2, where the error represents the 95% confidence interval, p = 0.54) and in ChemicalEngineering courses (3.26±0.17 in Cohort #1 and 3.19±0.13 in Cohort #2, p = 0.86). Thissuggests that there is no intrinsic bias in
anda diesel generator to power a campus green-house and ongoing projects related to development ofan Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) system. The multidisciplinary team at UMESalso partnered with Cornell and member universities of the National Bioenergy and BioproductsEducation Program (NBBEP) with support from the United States Department of Agriculture(USDA). As part of the NBBEP, the UMES team developed a kit that could be used in K-12settings without access to elaborate chemistry laboratories to make biodiesel from virgin cookingoil. The school teachers who have used the biodiesel kits in the K-12 settings have indicated thatintegrating the biodiesel production activity with its utilization in a transportation related
Chemical Engineering Education. He served as 2004 chair of the ASEE ChE Division, has served as an ABET program evaluator and on the AIChE/ABET Education & Accreditation Committee. He has also served as Assessment Coordinator in WPI’s Interdis- ciplinary and Global Studies Division and as Director of WPI’s Washington DC Project Center. He was secretary/treasurer of the new Education Division of AIChE. In 2009 he was awarded the rank of Fellow in the ASEE, and in 2013 was awarded the rank of Fellow in AIChE.Ms. Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Through her role as Associate Director for the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Paula Quinn works to improve student learning
this paper, the impact of the Engineering Ambassador Program (EAP), which engagesundergraduate engineering students as Ambassadors in K-12 outreach activities, on the stimulationof interest in STEM, self-efficacy, and actual academic attainment of Ambassadors is presented.The collected data over several years reveals that over 2/3 of activity leaders and projectcoordinators of the EAP at Howard University (HU) expressed higher confidence in their ability inunderstanding and succeeding in engineering because of their EAP experience. Also, the activityleaders and project coordinators achieved higher major and overall grade point averages (GPAs).Furthermore, improved academic performance in the courses related to the projects thatAmbassadors were
enhancement includestwo facets: 1. Modernize and improve the technical skills acquired by students in the laboratory courses. 2. Thoughtfully incorporate developmental skills (soft skills like teamwork and communication) that are important for engineers.The project uses evidence based instructional methods with an emphasis on backward design.The pedagogical methods are used to create new laboratory modules that use specific learningobjectives with open-ended laboratory methods to create experiences where each student "cookswithout a recipe." Prior work by the research team describes a successful experiment thatscaffolds a low-cost experimental module through the entire mechanical engineering curriculumand provides additional
learning in another.”It is also suggested that labs can be an effective tool 2: “…[The labs] can be more effectively used in the curriculum to support integration and synthesis of knowledge, development of persistence, skills in formulating and solving problems, and skills of collaboration. Design projects offer opportunities to approximate professional practice, with its concerns for social implications; integrate and synthesize knowledge; and develop skills of persistence, creativity, and teamwork.”Our work is motivated by the observation and recommendation. Instead of treating the labs asthe adjuncts that follow the learning of the theories and presenting them in a limited “componentcontext,” we use them as a cohesive
University in their School of Construction Management. Brad focuses on construction supervision, project management, strategic planning, preconstruction, and sustaining the built environment. At Purdue, Benhart also leads the Healthcare Construction Management program and works with the first ASHE (American Society of Healthcare Engineering) student chapter. His position allows him to further develop construction education in the built environment and be an in- dustry advocate for the next generation of builders. He is also very involved in field supervision training programs, both at Purdue and on the national level. He focuses on the sustainability of our industry by mentoring the retiring baby boomers with new foremen
Paper ID #19293Characterizing Students’ Micro-Iterations Strategies through Data-LoggedDesign ActionsDr. Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum Corey Schimpf is a Learning Analytics Scientist at the non-for-profit Concord Consortium, which de- velops technology and curriculum for STEM learning in K-12. One avenue of his work focuses on the development and analysis of learning analytics that model students’ cognitive states or strategies from fine-grained computer-logged data from students participating in open-ended technology-centered science and engineering projects. In another avenue of his work he develops assistive
Mathematics Profes- sional Engineer License Certifications: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Current Position: Associate Chair Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology Program Director Industrial Experience Over 20 years of industrial experience initially as a Royal Naval Dockyard indentured craftsman machinist and Design Draftsman and project manager on Leander class Steam Turbine Naval frigates and diesel electric submarines. Most recently includes 12 years in Research and Development and Lean Six Sigma process improvement experience troubleshooting process issues in the Paper, Chemical, and Converting Industries.Mr. Karl J. Huehne, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Huehne has
).Certainly all academic institution types have a role to play in HPC and CI education. This paperis focused on the deployment of a HPC cluster at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution(PUI). At a PUI the engagement of students in research projects is mostly from theundergraduate ranks which is markedly different from research intensive university. The idea ofundergraduate research (UGR), if unfamiliar, may seem like a stretch, but Kuh3 and others4-5have observed the positive effect of improved persistence in college courses generally and inSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses in particular, for thosestudents involved in UGR.This paper is in a series of reports about progress of high performance computing at UCO
forinstitutions to follow in undergraduate engineering programming includes: engineeringknowledge; problem analysis; design/development of solutions; investigation & experimentation;modern tool usage; engineers and society; environment and sustainability; ethics; individual andteamwork; communication; project management and finance; and lifelong learning15. Guidelinesto assess these (or similar) competencies are created within each of the oversight organizations.The overarching purpose of these guidelines is to aid in the relevance and technical strength ofengineering students’ preparation for professional practice. Subsequently, educators andresearchers globally have applied the recommended guidelines and assessment frameworks togauge development of
. (Chegg, Inc., 2013). Feutz and Zinser (2012), further emphasized this statement by pointing out to the instanceof when graduates of a Career and Technical Education program indicated that thecommunication course that they took while in school benefited them the most upon graduation.These graduates also indicated a project management driven curriculum could better preparethem for the workforce (Feutz & Zinser, 2012). However, is it just up to a specific program orhigher education institution to better prepare students for the workforce? Ejiwale (2014)indicates that all stakeholders, including students, educators, and the hiring industry need to takepart in addressing the skills gap issue. Students need to take initiative and
by managing uncertainty and complexity. The key question he is investigating is what are the principles underlying rapid and robust concept exploration when the analysis models are incomplete and possibly inaccurate? His quest for answers to the key question are anchored in three projects, namely, Integrated Realization of Robust, Resilient and Flexible Networks Integrated Realization of Engineered Materials and Products Managing Organized and Disorganized Complexity: Exploration of the Solution Space His current education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for educating strategic engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the
Jose State University working towarsd a BS degree in Elecrtrical Engineering. He has a strong interest in nano technology and circuit design.Ms. Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley Janine Young is currently a junior at UC Berkeley, majoring in Chemical Engineering. Her research interests include materials chemistry, nanotechnology, and renewable energy.Mr. ali attaran Ali Attaran is pursuing his Master of Computer Engineering at San Francisco State University. His project focus is no developing and optimizing non-volatile memory arrays and look up tables with resistive mem- ory devices.Dr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of Engineering and Mathematics at
). Prior to UCSB, she served as Student Affairs Officer for UCLA’s Biomedical Research minor program advising undergraduate researchers in their pursuit of MD or MD- PhD. At ASU’s School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, & Energy (SEMTE), she was a Project Manager, overseeing with CO-PIs, an NSF Innovation through Institutional Integration (Iˆ3) grant col- laborating with academic departments such as mathematics, physics, engineering, and education. One of the foci of this grant was to train K-8 certified teachers in modeling pedagogy and to support them in receiving a Master’s in STEM education. Her specific work with student STEM programs includes: connecting and funding K-12 students in university summer
Christopher Kitts and Anne Mahacek, Santa Clara UniversityAbstractMany universities across the country are leveraging the Maker Movement to establish MakerLabs on their campus and incorporate them into their educational program. This paper describesthe implementation of a Maker Lab at Santa Clara University and several communityengagement programs that exploit the use of this Lab to support educational outreach, industrypartnerships, and adult education. It also describes how the use of a Maker Lab can be used formore than simply supporting a review of manufacturing techniques and the physical realizationof design projects. In particular, Maker Labs can be integrated into academic programs in moresophisticated ways in order to support
project Develop business canvas8 for solutions in economic terms range of audiences management, business, and public student group in capstone - Substantiate claims with policy design and present to class; data and facts develop value proposition canvas8 for experiment
different levels of emphasis on experiential learning. Those schoolswith less experiential learning courses tended to feature more courses where students learnedconcepts and demonstrated competence through traditional exercises like problem sets andexams. Engineering educators have steadily incorporated problem-based learning exercises,projects and capstone experiences into undergraduate engineering education. Problem-basedLearning (PBL) has been one technique introduced in order to bring ‘real life’ problems into theclassroom. Those educational exercises, particularly PBL, emphasize information-seeking as askill that will be developed through participation in the exercise. What we may see in these datais the payoff of those activities, but as one
English Department as well as their major-related department. For anexample, Fig. 1 shows the course path of the Civil Engineering Department. The courses thatemphasize on technical writing in the Civil Engineering department including ENGL 110CEnglish Composition, CEE 111 Information Literacy and Research, ENGL 211C EnglishComposition, one of literature courses and CEE 403W Civil Engineering Design Project andProfessional Practice. The literature requirement can be fulfilled by selecting any of thefollowing classes: Understanding World Literature, American Writers, American Experiences,Introduction to Literature and Literature Way of Knowing. As for CEE 403W, it is a writingintensive course which requires students to practice project report
Paper ID #20525An Integrated First-Year Experience at ECST (FYrE@ECST)Dr. Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles Menezes is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department at CalStateLA. Since becoming part of the faculty in 2009, Menezes has focused on improving student success and has participated in sev- eral teaching workshops, including one on ”Excellence in Civil Engineering Education” and another in ”Enhancing Student Success through a Model Introduction to Engineering Course.” He is currently the PI of TUES project to revamp the sophomore-year experience at the college of engineering