courses, when context,application, and sometimes even notation can be quite different. This is often true forengineering students with respect to the Calculus sequence.In courses such as Calculus, concepts and solution methods are typically presented within amathematical context. While some students can recognize the underlying structure and themathematical construction, others have trouble identifying patterns or parallel thought structures,which makes it difficult for them to generalize the concept to a range of problem types. Forexample, students in an Introduction to Mathematical Statistics course were reported to claimthey do not know how to integrate a probability distribution over a region. The pre-requisite forthe course is Multivariable
, Palestine and Libya.Dr. Nazmi Abdel-Salam Almasri, The Islamic University of Gaza - Palestine Nazmi Al-Masri is an associate professor of TEFL and curriculum development. Since he obtained his PhD from Manchester University, UK, in 1994, he has been working at the English Language Department, the Islamic University of Gaza- Palestine. He teaches Technology in TEFL, ELT Methodology, ELT Research Methods and ESp courses.He participated in building the English language curriculum and textbooks used in Palestinian schools and currently participating in four EU funded projects.Ms. Anna Rolinska, University of Glasgow Anna Rolinska has 15 years of experience in teaching English as a Foreign Language. For the last 6 years she
Paper ID #16361NUE: The Freshman Experience and Nanotechnology Solutions to Engineer-ing Grand ChallengesDr. Edward W. Davis, Auburn University Edward W. Davis received his PhD from the University of Akron in 1996. He worked in the commercial plastics industry for 11 years, including positions with Shell Chemicals in Louvain-la-Nueve Belgium and EVALCA in Houston TX. He joined the faculty at Auburn University in the fall of 2007. In 2014 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer. He has regularly taught courses in three different engineering departments. In 2015 he began his current position as an Assistant Professor in the
, organizations, policy, initiatives) of change and documenting the good, hard work required across disciplinary boundaries to achieve meaningful change in STEM ed- ucation.Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University Ann earned a PhD in mathematics education from Portland State University in 2014. Her dissertation examined the informal ways of reasoning about ratio, rate and proportion that adult returning students bring to an arithmetic review class and how these ways of thinking interacted with the curriculum. Other research interests include teachers’ professional noticing of learners’ mathematical thinking and orga- nizational change. Ann works on both the implementation and research sides of the ESTEME@OSU project.Dr
moremobile applications are designed and developed for the M-Learning. In this paper, a novelmobile-optimized application architecture is proposed to integrate the remote laboratory intomobile environment for the M-Learning. With this mobile optimized application architecture, theremote experiment applications can use a common codebase to deploy native-like applications onmany different mobile platforms (such as, iOS, Android, Window Mobile, etc.). To demonstratethe effectiveness of proposed new architecture for M-Learning, an innovative remote networkedSmart Vibration Platform (SVP) experiment is successfully implemented based on this newapplication architecture. This remote SVP experiment has been used in several
., Majerich, D., “A Feedback-Based Approach for Evolving a Blended Class Model for Large Enrollment, Multiple Section Circuits Courses,” IEEE Frontiers in Education, Oct. 2015, El Paso, TX.15. Ferri, B., Ferri, A., Majerich, D., and Madden, A., “Effects of In-class Hands-On Laboratories in a Large Enrollment, Multiple Section Blended Linear Circuits Course” accepted in ASEE Journal on Advances in Engineering Education.16. Newman, D., Clure, G., Morris Deyoe, M., Connor, K. Using Technology in a Studio Approach to Learning: Results of a Five Year Study of an Innovative Mobile Teaching Tool. Pedagogical Applications and Social Effects of Mobile Technology Integration. Ed. J. Keengwe. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013.17. Newman, D
activities toimprove learning outcomes by a project based learning paradigm. The designed labs will be usedthrough the class content and flow into the course context through the semester so that an activelearning and engagement of the student will be reached.Mobile Security Laboratory DevelopmentWe have initiated the mobile computing and security projects and labs and integrated them toclassroom since Spring 2012. Most of the labs were developed and applied in the softwareengineering and senior design classes, which are senior courses for computer science andelectrical engineering students. Later, with new labs developed more courses continued, weapplied in wireless computing and graduate courses. The mobile computing and security labswere developed
,and is followed up with writing assignments. CSE 1002 Intro to CSE is open to freshmen CS andSE majors and is offered only in fall semesters. Objectives of the course are defined as:• Enhance understanding of the CS and SE academic majors,• Develop team building skills and encourage group participation,• Develop computational thinking skills,• Provide an awareness of ethical issues unique to computing,• Provide an understanding of the history of computing, and• Develop an awareness of the career opportunities available to computing majors.Experience with summer computing camps for high school and middle school students hasdemonstrated that using a robot-based curriculum helps increase confidence in the use
engineering leadershipprograms through co-operated courses, minors, integrated curriculum, scholarship programs,certificated courses and any other ways to help students acquire leadership knowledge andprinciple, team work skills, communication skills, creativity and innovation. MIT-Gordonengineering leadership program (ELP) is developed through cooperating with Sloan BusinessSchool, and it is an integrated curriculum to develop MIT engineering students’ leadershipability [11]. The Engineering Leadership Development Minor (ELDM) of Peen StateUniversity is a minor program that engineering students complete this minor course throughtaking related leadership classes and obtaining the corresponding credits [12]. The engineeringleadership program (ELP) in
curriculum. The positive impacts of these examples have stimulatedexciting discussions among ME students. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Figure 4. Electrical / Hydraulic Analogy Example: (a) Hydraulic Mechaical System, (b) Mechanical parameters; Torque/Angular velocity/Angle analogy, (c)concept of resistance and capacitance, (d) Mechanical Flow and restriction in flow,(e) Hydraulic system with flow branching, and (f) analogous electrical system with current node.IV. Results and DiscussionAn issue of “too abstract and not too visible” ECE content materials was often cited bynon-electrical engineering majors when pursuing an
Paper ID #16850STARSS: Scholarships to Aid Rio Hondo STEM StudentsDr. Vann Priest, Rio Hondo College Vann Priest is Interim Dean of Mathematics and Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. After arriving at Rio Hondo College in 2000, Dr. Priest reformed the physics curriculum to include the results of physics education research. He has incor- portated aspects of the inquiry-based curricula Workshop Physics and RealTime Physics. Due to generous funding from two grants from the Department of Defense and its Instrumentation Program for Hispanic Serving
to the BOK is presented in Table 3. It is presumed that there maybe less diverse or fewer curriculum requirements placed upon an elective course compared with arequired course. This is supported by the seven different elective courses listed in the surveyresults. The low and high hours did not change between the required and elective courses.However, the average hours changed slightly between required and elective courses and did notchange by more than 1 hour. It is interesting to note that more hours are mapped with BOK 5.4and 5.5 than with the electives. Finally, BOK 5.2 (Identify the modes of failure) and 5.3(Explain the significance of uncertainties) are the lowest mapped criteria.Table 3. Survey Data – Required Courses (All Respondents
. For example, Rowland28 found that uncertainty canprolong engagement and motivation and Doyle4 found that teachers are able to cushion the riskof uncertainty and encourage students to try more challenging open ended-tasks by providingopportunities for feedback or offering bonus points. Beyond a few studies, there is little researchon how exactly teachers leverage uncertainty within an academic task as a pedagogical tool.This study aims to address the lack of research by specifically examining the uncertainties thatmanifest as a teacher integrates an engineering design task.MethodsContext. This exploratory case study was done in the context of a grant-funded program towardthe development of a middle school engineering curriculum and the
was to design amechatronics course for students without any circuit analysis background. This course laid thefoundation based on Engineering Physics II knowledge. Objectives of this course are thefollowing: • Hands-on experience in circuit analysis, • Signal conditioning, • Integration of sensors into electro-mechanical application, • Integration of digital circuit and microcontroller into electro-mechanical application, and • System-level design experience using electronics, sensor, actuators, and microcontroller.Mechatronics is a 4-credit course and is taught in an integrated lecture-lab format. In this format,there is no separate laboratory time. Class meets three days a week for two hours each day. Theinstructor
understanding/comprehending, to analyzing, synthesizing, andapplying. Catalano has suggested adding an additional outcome from a more integrative modelof engineering competency: “A fully integrative approach to engineering problems incorporatingboth reason and compassion in the development of solutions.” 8This additional outcome reaches to the higher taxonomic level of synthesizing and introduces anadditional component, compassion, to the ideal of engineering competency. Compassion is anaffective attribute closely linked to the skill set of empathy and empathic perspective-taking thatHess and others have begun to investigate as a component of ethical reasoning andcommunicational competency in engineering. 19, 20, 21We have argued that perspective
. He is currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.Ms. Brianna Healey Derr, Bucknell University Brianna is an Instructional Technologist specializing in Video at Bucknell University located in Lewis- burg, Pa. She received her certificate in Digital Storytelling in the Spring of 2014 from the University of Colorado Denver in partnership with The Center for Digital Storytelling now called StoryCenter. She partners with faculty to integrate multimodal storytelling into the curriculum and to aid in the discovery of new innovative ways to educate. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
communications.4 Participating inundergraduate research is also a proven strategy for recruiting and retaining students fromdiverse backgrounds into STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.5–9Well-structured undergraduate research programs provide opportunities for students to engage inknowledge discovery, production and meaning-making.10 Undergraduate research programs canalso promote what Hodge, Baxter Magolda, and Haynes11 have described as an engagedlearning approach: “Guid[ing] students to develop an internally defined and integrated belief system and identity, which prepare them personally and intellectually for lifelong learning. Actively engag[ing] students in discovering new knowledge in a sequenced
. CSM’s curriculum also engages students in humanities, ethics, and social sciences.Students can earn a minor in Public Affairs through the 21-credit hour McBride Honors Program,which integrates STEM, liberal arts, public policy, anthropology, and experiential learning to givestudents a well-rounded education. Additionally, students can earn an 18-credit hour HumanitarianEngineering Minor, which emphasizes how engineering can contribute to co-creating just andsustainable solutions for communities.SummaryWe believe findings from our longitudinal, mixed-methods study will have considerablepotential to enhance ongoing efforts to cultivate social and ethical responsibility among futureengineers, including by investigating differences in perceptions
Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University. She holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with an em- phasis on technology integration and art education. Her teaching and research explore how the hands-on use of design-based technologies (e.g. digital fabrication, 3D modeling and printing, computer program- ming, and DIY robotics) can impact multidisciplinary learning that transcends traditional content contexts c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #16097 (e.g. arts-based STEM integration). At her free mobile makerspace for K-12 students and teachers, The
also describe the evolution of this ethics lesson from an earlier classroom activityinvolving precision and accuracy in data measurement, which has been used in high school,college and continuing education settings for more than two decades. This paper describes thedevelopment of the curriculum; lessons learned from the classroom; and an analysis of studentartifacts from the most recent offering as part of an engineering undergraduate research programat Michigan State University. The lesson materials are provided in appendices, in order to allowother educators to adapt these materials for their own classrooms.Background: Ethical Practices in ResearchKenneth D. Pimple summarized the responsible conduct of research (RCR) as the search for“truth
information. Onthe other end of the spectrum a student can create their own framework and then fill it inthemselves. A canvas is an extraordinary balanced tool in this regard. It provides enoughstructure to explore a complex domain but not so much as to render it simplistic or prescribed.Just as it does for entrepreneurs, a canvas can serve as a framework for student-driven discoveryand practice.Interconnected DomainsMost traditional engineering courses have a tightly focused domain of content that has been wellestablished and refined. Some domains, however, are inherently transdisciplinary, meaning thatthey are formed from a diverse range of concepts that interact in complex ways. In anengineering curriculum, design, entrepreneurship, ethics, and
and can serve as a direct measure of thequality of graduates. Capstone projects provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate theircritical thinking skills, communication skills, as well as time and project management skills. Thecapstone course prepares students to better understand the professional roles in the engineeringand technology community1. In many universities, senior-level capstone courses have beenincorporated as an integral part of engineering and engineering technology education in an effortto correlate the practical side of engineering design and the engineering curriculum. Such coursesprovide an experiential learning activity in which the analytical knowledge gained from previouscourses is joined with the practice of
availability of serviceseven in the midst of a cyber-attack.The understanding that we need a more robust cyber-strategy with an emphasis on maximizingavailability is not new. In 2010 General Charles Shugg, vice commander of the 24th Air Forceunit stated, “We want to make sure cyber is integrated into the operational planning process fromthe beginning. We’ve got to learn how to fight through cyber-attacks.” 6Given this requirement to maintain continuity of service in the midst of cyber-attacks, efforts arebeing made to adopt new practices that will allow us the resilience necessary to achieve this goal.However, in our search for cyber-security best practices for availability we do not need to re-invent the wheel. In the following sections we will
attend classes in order to graduate. There are also optionsfor students to experience either one or three co-op experiences.University of Cincinnati (www.uc.edu)The University of Cincinnati is another co-op oriented university, with co-op integrated into thedegree requirements for the College of Engineering and Applied Science as well as many otherprograms within the university. The co-op options include over 600 institutions of various types,including large and small companies as well as governmental departments.Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (http://www.rose-hulman.edu/)At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, faculty are eligible for sabbatical leave after six yearsof service, and one of the options for leave activities is an industry
Paper ID #16800Using Failure to Teach DesignProf. Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Twin Cities Rob Sleezer currently serves as a faculty member in the Twin Cities Engineering program in the De- partment of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He earned his Ph.D. in Microelectronics-Photonics from the University of Arkansas after graduating from Oklahoma State Uni- versity with degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.Prof. Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jacob Swanson is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Department of Integrated
manydifferent approaches proposed to improve statistics curriculum for engineering students. Bartonet al3 developed a laboratory-based statistics curriculum. Standridge et al25 did similar work.Bryce used data collected by students in his introductory engineering statistics course4. Levine etal16 used Microsoft Excel and MINITAB in their book to teach applied statistics to engineers andscientists. Zhan et al30 proposed to apply statistics in several courses in the curriculum instead ofhaving a separate applied statistics course within the curriculum. They found that applyingspecific statistical analysis methods in appropriate courses was an effective way for students tolearn to use statistics.Based on these findings, several laboratory exercises were
communication course. People stand up, and you say, ‘what are you doing with your hands? How are you speaking?’ But I think this hit home when you were trying to say someone else’s message, and the fact that your body was turned at an angle changes how that message comes across.This quote compares feedback on his performances in this course to his experience in a requiredcommunication course, in which students receive feedback on their physical and oralpresentation skills at multiple points in the semester. He argues that the type of feedback sharedin both contexts is easier to understand and integrate in a theatre classroom; the act of speakingsomeone else’s lines allows the speaker to focus on the way that words are being
Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engi- neering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. Un- til 2012, she was the director of the Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station. Dr. Simmons has nearly fourteen years of engineering and project management experience working with public util- ity companies, a project management consulting company, and a software
, promoting diversity in the engineering profession, and developing opportunities to bridge engineering and the liberal arts.Dr. Jennifer Mueller Price PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University. As part of her Gateway Faculty appointment she teaches freshman engineering courses as well as undergraduate civil engineering courses.Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University Andrew Gillen is currently studying civil engineering as a senior at Northeastern University. He will be attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Fall of 2016 to pursue a PhD in Engineering
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