calculated in each frame and passedthrough all the VQ codebooks. A soft decision approach to generate the SNR estimate asdescribed in [1] is used. The codebooks with the three best scores are selected. Based onthese scores, a weighted linear combination of the SNR estimates corresponding to thesethree codebooks determines the final SNR estimate. This is known as a soft decisionapproach [1].The student research team implemented the VQ based system and a similar system basedon a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) classifier. For this case, a GMM model for eachSNR value is designed using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm [9][10]. Inachieving this implementation, students gain much insight into the concepts ofprobability and random variables. The
complicated impacts of learning technologies and design on K-12 STEM curriculum, pedagogy, and institutional policies in the Philippines and Canada.Prof. Andre Phillion, McMaster University AndrA©˜ Phillion is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the facultyˆa C™s Experiential Learning Office at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. His research interests focus on mathematical modelling ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 First-Year Students in Experiential Learning in Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature ReviewDr. Gerald TembrevillaGerald Tembrevilla is an Assistant Professor at Mount Saint Vincent
Homework More Efficiently and Effectively." Chemical Engineering Education 53.2 (2019): 100-100.[21] A. Singh et al. "Gradescope: a fast, flexible, and fair system for scalable assessment of handwritten work." Proceedings of the fourth (2017) acm conference on learning@ scale. 2017.[22] Y. Zhang, R. Shah, and M. Chi, "Deep Learning+ Student Modeling+ Clustering: A Recipe for Effective Automatic Short Answer Grading." International Educational Data Mining Society (2016).[23] J. Sandland and P. Rodenbough. "Strategies for Assessment in Materials Science and Engineering MOOCs: Short-Answer Grading Best Practices." Open Education Global Conference. 2018.[24] A. J. Veale and T. S. Craig, "Design principles for final answer
Alexandra Coso is a Ph.D. candidate in the Cognitive Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, where she is pursuing a doctorate in Aerospace Engineering. She is expected to graduate in May 2014. She received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include the integration of stakeholders into the engineering design pro- cess, development and evaluation of interdisciplinary engineering courses and programs, mixed methods research designs, and graduate student experiences in engineering programs.Dr. Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University Adam R. Carberry, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University in the Fulton Schools
one is from shapes their experiences and cultural practices thatcreates and maintains knowledge [2]. When building a waʻa kaulua, there are many protocols ofoli (chants) and pule (prayers) to ask the land for permission to use its resources and to help keepthe voyagers safe on their journey [6]. For many NHPI students, this familial relationship basedin profound respect for the land becomes an important reason for their education [7]. Their hopeis to address the concerns of their homeland for the place that shaped them [5]. Much of thecurrent research on place-based education shows many benefits but actual implementation islacking in academics [7],[10]. With land being an integral component of NHPI identity, this lackof place-based knowledge
. Create a new practice-based electiveMENG 4324 Computer Aided Manufacturing course to teach modern computer-driven manufacturing methods.MENG 3309 Mechanical Systems Design (required) Enhance design sequence courses withMENG 4214 Design Methodology (required) hands-on capability enabling students toMENG 4320 Design for Manufacturing (elective) produce components and sub-assembliesMENG 4415 Senior Project Design (required) for their design projects.The curriculum development described here is a direct application of our department’s strategicplan for addressing needs of local and regional industry, and is designed to produce MechanicalEngineering graduates who are equipped to step
Paper ID #6119Not All the Same: A Look at Early Career Engineers Employed in DifferentSub-OccupationsMs. Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a fifth year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in engineering education. Samantha completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2008 and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Design for Manufacturing from Stanford in 2010.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford UniversityMichelle Marie Grau, Stanford University Michelle Grau is a senior
Paper ID #21292Teach-Flipped: A Faculty Development MOOC on How to Teach FlippedDr. Cynthia Furse, University of Utah Dr. Cynthia Furse (PhD ’94) is the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Utah and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Furse teaches / has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, circuits, and antenna design. She is a leader and early developer of the flipped classroom, and began flipping her classes in 2007. She is now regularly engaged helping other faculty flip their classes (see Teach-Flip.utah.edu
of pre-calculus topics which arecritical for success in UM mathematics courses. The course is designed to help students improvetheir basic high school math skills while developing better quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills. The course content and style is closely modeled after that of the UM introductorymathematics courses. In conjunction with the Mathematics class, each student is involved in afacilitated study group that incorporates instruction and practice in critical learning skills andteaches students how to operate effectively within a group.The Computer Skills course introduces students to the UM computing environment and teachesthem introductory programming skills. Students learn many of the word-processing,spreadsheet
help university teachers to improve the quality of seminar courses and make them more“useful” for college students.Keywords: Curriculum design, mechanical engineering students, senior seminar, classroominstruction, student feedbackIntroductionA senior seminar is a class that students take during their last year of study in college. The ultimategoal of the senior seminar is to prepare seniors for their careers by sharpening their employmentreadiness skills, helping them choose their career path and set career goals, enhancing theirawareness of school-to-career experiences, training them to engineer immediately upon graduation,and making them preferred candidates for jobs. It is an important class to prepare young peoplefor the next chapter in
manufacturing and materials. This paper willdiscuss the lessons learned from managing and facilitating a collaborative program. It will alsodiscuss how this program was able to leverage regional assets to provide a deep and meaningfulexperiential learning opportunity for the participants. Finally, it will discuss how the participantswere guided through a process to develop curriculum that connected their experiences andemployed research based best practices for encouraging underrepresented populations to pursueengineering.INTRODUCTION Global competitiveness in future manufacturing will depend upon the maturation andadoption of advanced manufacturing technologies. These technologies include robotics [1],artificial intelligence [2], 3D printing
presented the results of a survey of engineering study abroad programs thatgave light to some best practices and assessment methods of undergraduate internationalexperiences. Lohmann et al.9 described a quasi-experimental research effort to measure theeffectiveness of study abroad programs using an instrument developed by the InterculturalCommunications Institute10. The Handbook of Intercultural Competence11 acknowledges,however, that developing reliable instruments for this complex construct is challenging due tothe influence of so many external factors and recognizes the efforts of few institutions, includingLohmann et al.9, in measuring impact. Further, Deardoff11 is an advocate of triangulation inwhich assessment instruments are complemented by
students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29196earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity,which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu-dents
limitations suggest a long-term targetgraduation rate of approximately 150 per year (on average) from the BS program with anadditional 20 graduates per year (on average) from the MS program. These numbers represent abalance between graduating enough students to penetrate the market and increase recognition ofthe program, and keeping the job and graduate school placement rates acceptably high.The Faculty: The most precious resource in developing and sustaining a unique, interdisciplinaryprogram like ISAT is the faculty. There are more than 40 faculty in the ISAT department, mostwith some practical experience in industry, government, or other agencies. The breadth ofexperience brought together to design and implement this curriculum is best
engineering design practices andthinking within earlier stages of learning [11]. The second is focused on the unique role thatcaregivers play in the learning and development of children. Caregivers' understanding of STEMconcepts, perceptions of their children’s STEM abilities, as well as their attitude and behaviortoward STEM in general, can all impact a child’s engagement and interest in STEM [12].Out-of-School (OST) STEM ActivityWhile a great deal of research has focused on school-based parental involvement in STEMlearning, other research suggests that parents are more involved in out-of-school time orhome-based STEM activities [1]. Due to the wide array of OST and free-choice activities that areavailable to children and their families, the
,encountered a variety of policies aimed at limiting the spread of the virus including requiredmasking, mandatory COVID testing, social distancing, de-densification of classrooms andhousing, and greatly curtailed extra-curricular activities [20]. While many large universities hadoptions for in-person classes, remote learning and modifications to attendance policies werewidespread [20].In addition, college students who were already enrolled before the pandemic also had to consideraltering their academic course-taking in the wake of online/remote learning [21]. In a study ofurban low-income college students conducted in the summer of 2020, researchers found thatmany enrolled college students considered dropping classes and changing graduation plans
engineering innovation. Graduate education must be responsive to this change and mustbuild a new type model of in-service graduate professional education which reflects thesubstantial changes and characteristics of the engineering innovation process itself, and thestages of lifelong growth, professional dimensions, and leadership responsibilities associatedwith the modern practice of creative engineering in a knowledge-based, innovation-driveneconomy. Whereas traditional research-based graduate engineering education and teaching haveresulted during the last three decades as a byproduct of the linear research-driven model ofinnovation, a new model of graduate professional education has been developed which focuseson lifelong professional education for
obtainemployment within large manufacturing organizations, the growth in the construction sector,locally and nationally, has provided additional opportunities for these graduates in the thermalsciences related field. Opportunities in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system design,as well as project management and systems integration are quite common and growing. Also,many graduates are gaining employment in the applied design, test, and maintenance functionswithin industry. Rapid changes in technology and management practices are compounding thecomplexity of this shift, leading employers to continuously provide recommendations andrequests related to program content and desired graduate capabilities and attributes.Responsibility for program
- certain components (e.g., organization, objectives, integration, activities & assessment, questions, and catch) of K-12 teacher created lessons plans varied dras- tically. In particular, lesson plan organization, integration, and questions each had a significant number of submissions which were evaluated as "struggling" [45%, 46%, 41%] through interesting integration, objectives, activities & assessment, and catch all saw submissions which were evaluated as "excellent" [43%, 48%, 43%, 48%]. The relation- ship between existing K-12 policies and expectations surfaces within these results and in combination with other findings leads to implications for the translation of current research practices
almostuniversally a lack of understanding and appreciation of the senior faculty’s depth andbreadth of practical experience, which usually more than make-up for any perceived (bythe NEE or new administrators) minor deficiencies of state-of-the-art knowledge, a littleof which the NEE may have from his/her intensive but focused graduate program. NEEalso do not usually realize that the rules of the game are a bit different for senior facultywho have already gone over the promotion and tenure mountaintop, and are high on thepecking order, both the formal and informal ones.In addition to NEE complaining that the senior faculty’s technical knowledge is a littledated (which may be partially true), they also criticize the senior faculty’s perceived lackof urgency
), interference between various antennas onaircraft and base stations (Figure 5), ribbon cable design, grounding system for data converter(Figure 6), ESD vs. PCB layout (Figure 7), and general guidelines for EMC system design. Figure 4 Biconical antenna in an anechoic chamber [3].Figure 5 Interference between various antennas on aircraft and base stations [4]. Figure 6 Grounding system design for data converter [5]. (a) Connection to Oscilloscope (b) Test board with two test paths Figure 7 ESD immunity vs. PCB layout [6].Incorporating industry best practices into the EMC curriculum provides students with greaterhands-on knowledge of recent industry and research
and change practice Attracts a larger and more diverse cross section of university student participants Qualifies for significant research funding for university (NSF, NIH, DOD, Department of Ed, Foundations) Increases satisfaction and retention of undergraduate participants Promotes intra and inter university collaborations Addresses national priority to increase STEM pipeline Builds research base on effective teaching and learning best practices K-20 Positively impacts graduate school interest and enrollment Appealing to broad and diverse cross section of faculty Attracts and increases industry and alumni support Often sustained by graduates when they start career The Role of Colleges of Engineering in K-12 STEM
materials like earthenmasonry are well-documented, several gaps remain unaddressed in current literature. First, there islimited research on the integration of sustainable materials, such as earthen masonry, intoconstruction curricula, particularly regarding its impact on student learning outcomes and careerreadiness. Most existing studies focus on broad sustainability concepts without delving into specificmaterials or practical applications that students can directly link to professional contexts (Khadka,2020; Lubbering et al., 2022). Moreover, most studies do not differentiate between academic levelsincluding sophomores, juniors, and seniors to assess how course content might best be scaffolded for Proceedings of the 2025
UsersThe best approach to design these programs is to team the academia, industry and softwarecompanies to design the appropriate program. As a start, the following is a list of topics that canbe used at the area of design and machining. - Solid modeling - Surface modeling - Benefits of hybrid Modeling - Constraints & Limitations - Clean modeling practice - Modeling parameters control - Benefits of macro and customization - Intensive study on tool path generation - Intensive study on manual programming - Intensive study on GUI and software comparison and testing - Process Planning for CAD modeling
experience with LEEDcertification. LEED Lab provides students with an opportunity to work on real-world projectsand gain practical experience with sustainable design principles, energy efficiency, waterconservation, and other important aspects of green building. The course typically involvesworking on a specific building or project, analyzing its environmental impact, and developing aplan for achieving LEED certification. LEED Lab is often offered as a collaboration betweenuniversities and the USGBC, and it is available to students in a wide range of disciplines,including architecture, engineering, environmental science, and business (LEED Lab | U.S.Green Building Council, 2023). The program is designed to help students develop the knowledgeand
constructing wind turbines and solar panels. These topics and experiencesbring tremendous strength to a student’s knowledge of and appreciation for sustainableengineering. Through Rowan University’s College of Engineering Clinic sequence, engineers ofthe future are gaining a fundamental understanding of their role in the design and analysis ofcomplex interacting systems, as well as discovering the importance of incorporatingsustainability into engineering practice.IntroductionThe concept of sustainability has been introduced over the last several decades in order toaddress the causes and effects of humanity’s increasing impact on the environment.Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have been steadily increasing due to the burning offossil fuels
will be designed based upon socialconstructionist theories using communicative prospective 11, which will reveal how femalestudents create, negotiate and shift their identities while selecting, studying and practicing inSTEM field. Research questions include: a) what do they think about graduate education; b)what does pursuing career in STEM field mean to female?; c) what messages are enunciate aboutSTEM discipline, and how does these messages differ at different points in a female’s life?; d)what were the initial factor(s) compelling females to choose STEM as field of study?; e) whatfeatures of STEM discipline seems enticing or dispiriting to females from pursuing educationand practice in these area?; f) what kind of guidance, mentoring, and
Paper ID #24423Mapping Entrepreneurial Minded Learning with the Longitudinal Model ofMotivation and Identity in First-Year EngineeringMs. Renee Desing, Ohio State University Renee Desing is currently a graduate student at the Ohio State University in the Department of Engi- neering Education. Ms. Desing holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University. Most recently, Ms. Desing worked as a managing consultant for IBM Public Sector Advanced Analytics.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State
Paper ID #38663Board 35: Assessing Students’ Perspectives and Attitudes Toward SocialJustice and Compassion in Civil Engineering (Work in Progress) o˜Mr. Cristi´ n Eduardo Vargas-Ord´ nez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) a o˜ Cristian Vargas-Ord´ nez is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include arts and engineering integration for epistemic justice and multicultural engineering edu- cation. He has experience in teaching and designing curricula for various educational programs, including
Paper ID #42733Faculty Perspectives on Undergraduate Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence(GAI) Assistance: A Work-in-ProgressMichaela Harper, Utah State University Michaela Harper is a graduate student at Utah State University specializing in engineering education with a background in Environmental Studies, focusing on STEM and non-traditional education. Her interest predominantly lies in understanding the underlying nature of things, bringing an exploratory and explanatory approach to her research, including the impacts of disruptive technology on engineering, a field popularly deemed as ”tech-savvy.”Dr. Cassandra