depersonalized description of the field does little to address “a key challenge [which] is toeducate students and workers about what manufacturing looks like today. ‘The next generationof shop-floors…doesn’t look like [it] did 20 years ago’ ” [28]. Solely focusing on technologywhen discussing AM does little to help a prospective professional envision his or her workpossibilities in the field or enable an existing community member to see his or her integral role.Figure 4. AM Stakeholders as Discrete EntitiesAs Figure 4 suggests, as far as setting an AM definition is concerned, educational stakeholdersappear to be disconnected from industry and governmental entities. As SME’s WorkforceImperative report noted, industry, government, and education must be an
. Miller, “The effect of a first-year integrated engineering curriculum on graduation rates and student satisfaction: A longitudinal study,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 93, no. 1, pp. 23–35, 2004.[6] J. E. Froyd and M. W. Ohland, “Integrated Engineering Curricula,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 147–164, 2005.[7] B. D. Jones, M. C. Paretti, S. F. Hein, and T. W. Knott, “An analysis of motivation constructs with first-year engineering students: Relationships among expectancies, values, achievement, and career plans,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 319–336, 2010.[8] Bechtel Corporation, “Women in Engineering - Profiles of Women Engineers - Bechtel,” 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.bechtel.com/about-us/diversity/women-in
. Whatcan be left out? It seemed the best place to start was in identifying the ‘enduring understandings’as described in the UbD approach. What fundamental knowledge do students need to know to besuccessful in the field?After attempting to develop a comprehensive list of the most critical concepts and skills, therewas an ‘Aha’ moment. This has already been done. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers(SME) has published a Body of Knowledge for this field [13]. Why reinvent the wheel? Theentire curriculum for the program was mapped to this Body of Knowledge. While not every topiclisted can be covered in the curriculum in great detail, almost all topics were mapped to arequired course to ensure all were covered.Program Approval. In an era of tight
students are very active asinformed through literature. Holden attempted to develop a simulation centered mechatronicscourse [12]. In [13], the authors defined multiple industry sectors’ workforce needs for educatedmechatronics technicians and the evolution of these programs from traditional technical programsin electronics, mechanical, electromechanical, automation and advanced manufacturingtechnology associate degrees to more integrated mechatronics programs. In [14], a modularcurriculum development project created by a four year university in the mechatronics engineeringtechnology field was described. In [15], the authors described the mechatronics curriculum of theiruniversity, the language-neutral teaching approach for mechatronics, and usage
, the feedback comes more quickly. An author canusually see the feedback as soon as the reviewer provides it, rather than having to wait until theinstructor or TA is finished grading all the students. Finally, peer assessment forces students towrite in a way that their peers can understand. They can’t use shorthand that the instructor, withhis/her superior knowledge, is expected to decipher. They learn to write for an audience of theirpeers, which is exactly the skill they need for later in their careers. Peer assessment has beenshown to improve learning across the curriculum [1].Online peer-assessment systems perform the same basic functions, though they often havefeatures aimed at the types of courses taught by their designers, e.g., art
delayed their standard progression towardsgraduating. Alternately, replacing stand-alone courses in the fundamental areas of introduction toengineering, graphics, and introductory programming with an integrated two-course sequencewould allow for a common first year beneficial to all students. Additional motivations for therestructure included the yearning to enhance student potential for success in subsequent courses,and to deliver a more substantial, realistic first-year exposure to the engineering design process.Accordingly, a committee, comprised of representation from all J.B. Speed School ofEngineering Departments, was established to evaluate the existing applicable curriculum, andcharged with making a recommendation on the foundation for
examine current engineering programs in light of these anticipated changes and tosuggest improvements to the curriculum/programs. Increasingly, the Industrial Advisory Boardswill become an important source of industry trends to help define the skills needed for thegraduating engineer.At Baylor University, these skill requirements can be broken down in to five main areas. Firststudents need academic skills as broadly identified by ABET and the individual institution.While some standardization does exist, there is much each institution can control to make theexperience unique to their institution and to emphasize what is important for their programs.Second, professional skills are necessary so that the graduating engineer can function in
5semester for their final design.I recommend explicitly communicating that a team’s design does not necessarily have to work atevery possible temperature. This may result in multiple solutions which dovetail together to moreeffectively meet the range of cooling needs at the mobile food bank. For instance, one team maydesign a system which works well up to 100 degrees, and another team may have generated asolution which is only appropriate for 100 degrees or higher. These two systems would likelyintegrate nicely.It would be interesting to integrate this design project into the capstone curriculum in some way.For example, one of the teams could be eligible to continue their design the following year astheir capstone project. This could serve as an
of experienced, skilled workers and therecognition of the lengthy time needed for an individual to develop this technical skill setcontributes to increased hiring needs1.This paper will: Introduce Vacuum Technology curriculum development efforts in the Western NY area; Describe the motivations of SUNY Erie in pursuing partnerships in developing the curriculum; Discuss the logistics and policies required to form a partnership across institutions and state educational systems to teach Vacuum Technology courses; Describe the successful teaching modalities for vacuum technology courses; and, Analyze the results of the partnership and discuss future plans for the partnership.2.0 Motivation for Developing a
integrity is problematic at a distance.(7) Competition – The online education market has become highly competitive, and universitiesare undergoing pressure to develop programs. The development of regional hubs for TNE makeforeign higher education available regionally or locally at an affordable price [14], [15]. Manydeveloping countries are attracting leading universities from host countries to offer theirprograms in-country (i.e. through Mode 3) for their local students as well as for regional studentsin neighboring countries [15]. Moreover, as countries increase access to higher education,universities of many source countries have emerged as strong international competitorsthemselves. China for example, primarily a source country a decade ago
sustainability. At Drexel University [6], a graduate level programin peace engineering is dedicated to preventing and reducing violent conflict througheducation and research that integrates innovative technologies, approaches, and policieswith the studies and practices of peace builders. These programs serve an important nichein providing engineers with proper training to understand the global dimensions of theissues that impact peace in the world today.The fabric that makes up nations in this era of human history has significantly changedfrom what it used to be. Societies that are extremely homogeneous in terms of theirhuman composition are very few. The glue that keeps societies peaceful is much morethan absence of conflict or lack of tension
includedtopics such as troubleshooting failures, analysis of systems, integration of parts into a whole,prototyping, and designing to meet specifications. As most, if not all, of the projects focusedintensely on the development of a product, students were regularly challenged to design forspecific needs and to prototype, as well as learn from failure and integrate components into awhole. Students generally had significant confidence increases in their engineering abilities as aresult of their participation in the REU, and we attribute this to the specific and applied nature ofthe research projects, as opposed to other REU projects where the applicability of the subjectmatter may be more theoretical and further removed from an everyday product with
. Browder’srecognition that the broadband capability would enhance this core business reliability inproviding improved services for effective power delivery to electric customers. This is a majorlesson to be learned. In an existing business you always have to enhance the core competenciesof the business to ensure that your innovation can be effectively and efficiently deployed. So in2007 the BTES Triple Play was launched and Bristol Tennessee Electrical System changed itsname to Bristol Tennessee Essential Services. Because these three students were all employeesof BTES their trustworthiness, ethics, honesty and integrity were proven because they had beenlong term employees of the company. Their passion was obvious from the enthusiastic work forthe past six
. 1, pp. 27-37, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.ijkie.org/IJKIE_August2014_SEAN%20MCCUSKER.pdf[15] S. Papert and I. Harel, “Situating constructionism,” Constructionism, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 1- 11, 1991. Retrieved from http://namodemello.com.br/pdf/tendencias/situatingconstrutivism.pdf[16] M.M. Hynes, C. Beebe, A. Hira, A., and K.R. Maxey, “Make-an-Engineer: introduction to engineering activity (P12 Resource/Curriculum Exchange), in Proceedings from the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2018. https://peer.asee.org/30783[17] J.S. Brown, A. Collins, and P. Duguid, “Situated cognition and the culture of learning,” Educational
Engineering. He currently teaches first-year engineering courses as well as various courses in Mechanical Engineering, primarily in the mechanics area. His pedagogical research areas include standards-based assessment and curriculum design, including the incorporation of entrepreneurial thinking into the engineering curriculum and especially as pertains to First-Year Engineering.Brock Alexander Hays, Ohio Northern University Brock Hays is currently an undergraduate student at Ohio Northern University. At Ohio Northern, he is studying Middle Childhood Education, with concentrations in both Mathematics and Language Arts, with generalist certifications in both Social Studies and Science. c
; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, p. 221.[19] J. Gilmore, D. Strickland, B. Timmerman, M. Maher, and D. Feldon, "Weeds in the flower garden: An exploration of plagiarism in graduate students’ research proposals and its connection to enculturation, ESL, and contextual factors," International Journal for Educational Integrity, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 13-28, 2010.[20] J. C. Bean, Engaging ideas : The professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom, 2nd ed. (The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011, p. 360.[21] C. M. Anson, "In your own voice: Using recorded commentary to respond to writing.," in Writing to
Paper ID #25333Alumni Feedback and Reflections on Industrial Demands and Transdisci-plinary Engineering Design EducationMs. Alyona Sharunova, University of Alberta Alyona Sharunova, BSc., is an Education Consultant at the Faculty of Engineering and a former Research Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Her background is in Psychology, Design, and Educational Development. The scope of her work lies in Transdisciplinary Engi- neering Education, Design Processes, Teaching and Learning Methodologies, Cognitive and Educational Psychology, and Curriculum Design and Enhancement.Miss
" but provides little emphasis on "thinking." Assuch, little is known about how to incorporate competency-based education into traditionaland professional bachelor degree programs such as engineering, which requires a greaterfocus on knowledge and skill integration. The purpose of this paper is to highlight a newapproach to learning that goes beyond the proverbial "checking boxes" to provide anapproach for demonstrating the integration of abilities and reflection. This innovative andexperimental approach offers three unique attributes. First, it is competency-based in thatstudents are required to demonstrate mastery of meeting core innovative competenciesthrough submission of an artifact (“transdisciplinary-doing”) and reflection
&M Engineering Academies, which is the first engineering transition program of its kind in the United States. This innovative program provides a pathway to students interested in pursuing an engineering degree at Texas A&M University. Students admitted to an Engineering Academy are Texas A&M engineering students co‐enrolled at Texas A&M University in the College of Engineering and at a participating 2‐year institution. They enroll in math, science and core curriculum courses through the 2‐year and have the unique opportunity to enroll in Texas A&M engineering courses taught by Texas A&M faculty on the 2‐year campus. Students can spend a minimum of one year up to a maximum of two years co‐enrolled before transitioning
Paper ID #27218Analysis of Students’ Personalized Learning and Engagement within a Cy-berlearning SystemDebarati Basu, Virginia Tech Dr. Debarati Basu is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech (VT) in 2018. She received her bachelors and masters in Computer Science and Engineering. Her research areas are in the Cyberlearning or online learning, computer science education, and experiential learning including undergraduate research. She is also interested in curriculum
responses is being analyzed to determine the most impactfulprogram aspects and to assess the participant’s feelings of belonging and inclusion.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1644119. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.6.0 References[1] O. Brown, M. Morris, R. Hensel, and J. Dygert, “An Integrated Supplemental Program to Enhance theFirst-year Engineering Experience,” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, June2018.
blood-glucose models. The blood-glucose model is also explored in the context of disease (diabetes) and changing system responses. 3. Euler’s Method, Insulin Pump (PID) In this last laboratory exercise, refocusing on computational skills, students are tasked with two major challenges: developing the appropriate mathematical representation of proportional (P), integral (I), and derivative (D) feedback and writing a differential equation solver applying Euler’s method (a technique discussed in prerequisite courses and developed in lecture).MATLAB® Grader™Each laboratory exercise is developed and tested using MathWorks MATLAB® Grader™ onlinetool. This tool is an excellent platform for developing coding
Paper ID #26840Understanding Interrelated Growth Mind-set and Academic Participation &PerformanceZiang Xiao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ziang Xiao is a PhD student from the computer science department at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. His primary research interest is in human-computer interaction.Mr. Shiliang ZuoMr. Jinhao Zhao, Tsinghua UniversityProf. Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Wai-Tat Fu is an associate professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). His research focuses on applying theories of cognitive science and human
development of engineering standards (e.g., Engineering for USAll) and the growing number of public, private, and charter schools with engineering subjectsspeaks to an increasing interest in integrating engineering in the K-12 curriculum. However,because such efforts are not yet widely implemented, monitoring K-12 efforts of broadeningparticipation at the national level is unlikely. The same can also be said for informal engineeringeducation (outreach programs, museums, toys, etc.), which is also a prominent form ofparticipation in engineering at the K-12 level.After compulsory education, those wishing to pursue engineering as a career then proceed tohigher education. Here, this can entail the completion of an associate's degree, bachelor’s degree
Wilkinson is a lecturer in the Engineering Communication Program at the University of Toronto, where she coordinates communication in Chemical Engineering, and teaches core communication courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Lydia’s current research investigates interdisciplinary skills trans- fer with a specific focus on humanities integration for engineers.Dr. Jonathan Turner, University of Toronto Jonathan Turner is a Career Educator who specializes in working with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. He co-founded a Canadian community of practice for career and professional development prac- titioners, and as an executive he launched a monthly article series, effected changes to a national survey of
. Some offer apps that include conceptsrelated to programming and controls, such as block programming, which can be found in toyslike Kamigami robots [37], and trajectory planning, which can be found in toys like the Spherorobot. Some toys include advanced vision capabilities [38] and an interactive learningenvironment, such as the Cozmo robot. The Cozmo robot (shown in Figure 1) is an autonomousrobot that is shaped like a truck [39]. It integrates computer vision capabilities with artificialintelligence algorithms [40]. Children can interact with it and see how the robot can readinformation from the objects in its proximity, which is important for various applications inmaterial tracking. It also has vision recognition capabilities that are
series coefficients for a given periodic CT signal o Determine the Fourier transform of a signal by using the FT integral or a table of common pairs and properties o Compute the power or energy, as appropriate, of a CT signal using its time- or frequency-domain representation (power/energy) Plot a signal in the time or frequency domain (signal visualization) o Plot a signal as a function of time (time plot) o Determine and plot the magnitude and phase spectra of a CT signal using Fourier analysis (Fourier spectrum) Determine an appropriate sampling frequency and the subsequent frequency-domain representation of a sampled CT signal o Determine
used the 5E model to formulate and illustrate aninstructional sequence that integrates the multiple dimensions of the NGSS. Specifically, [20]suggests that each phase of the 5E model can address the three dimensions of the NGSS eithercontextually or emphasize them explicitly. As an example, [21] has illustrated how to connect eachdimension of the 3D model to the explaining phenomena phase of the 5E model. By drawinginspiration from [18], [20], [21], as shown in Section 3 below, the components of the 5E modelare utilized to permit learners to experience various dimensions of the NGSS. Traditional formallearning environments rely on front-loading techniques [22], [23] to introduce new conceptswherein instruction begins with knowing relevant
Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Statistical Analysis and
evolving at an unprecedented pace [1]. These changingenvironments have the potential to support effective inclusive models that, when aligned withevidence-based instructional strategies and practices, can support a range of student educationalneeds, behavior, and outcomes in the modern world [2]. The field requires leading teachereducators who are prepared to develop and deliver effective interventions in technology-enrichedenvironments in accordance with evidence-based practices to benefit students in STEMeducation [3].A primary reason for the discrepancy between the goals associated with appropriate technologyconsideration and current practice is a lack of teacher preparation [4]. A secondary cause isteacher resistance to embracing the