production ofbiodiesel from vegetable oil with each laboratory period highlighting a different aspect of theprocess involved. The four laboratory sessions covered concepts including batch reaction,separation of products, purification of biodiesel using an ion exchange mechanism, and glycerinpurification using distillation with emphasis on methanol recycling. Aspen modeling of thedistillation process, and fuel property testing along with product utilization in a diesel generatorwas demonstrated. The students were able to see the integration of each experiment with respectto the overall engineering process and complete mass balances on individual processes and thecomplete process over the course of the semester. Additionally, fundamental
continual (but not redundant) exposure to these topics throughout their curriculum. It is not adequate to only incorporate interventions in the first year introductory course and senior design, but optimally in at least one course every semester. This requires integrating diversity and inclusion topics in technical courses and, when possible, providing examples of the importance of diversity and inclusion in engineering design. This work‐in‐progress takes an incremental approach by working with amenable faculty, as well as demonstrating to additional faculty the value added to the curriculum.Weber and Atadero. 2020 Annual CoNECD Conference. 5
Engineering Education Center, and Caruth Institute of Engineering Education. He specializes in Engineering, STEM, and Project Based Learning instruction. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Computer Science and Computational Thinking Across the Early Elementary Curriculum (Work in Progress)In 2016 Amazon announced an extensive search to identify a home for its second headquarters,HQ2. Our city, Dallas, TX was near the top of the list for most of the competition. However,when the final choice was announced two years ago, Dallas lost to Washington, D.C. and NewYork City. According to the Dallas Mayor, who was an active member of the
Paper ID #34267Graduate Curriculum in Mechatronics and Robotics: Development andImplementation Challenges for Engineering TechnologyDr. Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University Avimanyu Sahoo received his Ph.D. and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Missouri Univer- sity of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, and Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India, in 2015 and 2011, respectively. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Division of Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA. His teaching interests include mechatron- ics, control systems, electrical
for K-12 STEM educators integrating engineering design and the development of engineering skills of K-12 learners.Dr. Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engi- neering; the relationships among the attitudes, beliefs, motivation, cognitive skills, and engineering skills of K-16 engineering learners
teach data analytics to high school students [4]. There are also some efforts ondeveloping data science courses for secondary schools [5, 6]. These courses are designed based oninterdisciplinary approaches integrating mathematics, statistics, and computer science education.Although there is a recent increase in studies focused on developing data analytics and machinelearning curriculum for secondary schools, previous systematic review studies on related coursedevelopment in K-12 education show that there are not enough resources to support data analyticseducation in the secondary school environment. Examples of such limitations include lack ofteacher training and lack of systematic development to reuse in other systems [7, 8]. In addition
outsourced to a major engineering firm that isrenowned for its innovative approaches to civil engineering projects. Our project team seeksto implement yet another improvement effort. The goals of this project are threefold:(1) Develop an understanding of how to balance industry involvement(2) Generate mechanisms for sustainable adoption of changes (e.g. consensus building)(3) Evaluate short- and long-term student outcomes for the courseIn this work-in-progress paper, we will detail the context around the integrated capstonedesign (ICD) course and provide an overview of our intended adjustments to the course. Thisproject involves both programmatic implementation and research elements. We will explainour research plans and current status as well as
teaching project management with PMI providing various certifications.All the current teaching curriculum is mostly focused on PM technology developed somedecades ago with new tools helping to automate them. The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI)and its use in PM provide new opportunities for prediction and better results. This paper willinvestigate and demonstrate the adaptability of AI for PM, and how the teaching curriculum canbe changed to help introduce the AI for better project performance. PMI, from a professionalperspective, is also beginning to discuss the use of AI.This paper will cover two current teaching methods followed by details of AI for PM and itsteaching. First, we discuss a common teaching method that uses an engineering
Paper ID #34008Creating ACTIVE Learning in an Online EnvironmentDr. Katie LeAnne Basinger, University of Florida Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at The University of Florida, in Industrial and Systems Engineering. I currently teach a large service course (Engineering Economy) as well as the capstone course for the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department. My research is focused on practical ap- plications of active and supplemental learning techniques for Generation Z students. I am highly involved with the development and modernization of the industrial engineering curriculum and coursework.Mr. Diego
software. It details changes I made in the followingfall semester to create lecture videos using Camtasia, and integrating PowerPoint slides with narrated board-workusing a document camera. The paper concludes with lessons learned, and provides recommendations for thefuture when we return to normal in-person instruction.317 – Numerical Methods is a three semester credit course that, until recently, was a required course for allmechanical engineering students at our university [1]. 317 has been replaced as a required course by 117 –Introduction to Programming for Engineers, and is now an applied elective course. 317 focuses on numericalmethods to (i) solve a system of linear or non-linear equations, (ii) fit a linearized fitting function, (iii
identifyingopportunities and creating value -the key elements of an entrepreneurial mindset- are now otherhighly valued qualities that employers want to see. Therefore, EM is gaining attraction inengineering education. Literature provides many examples of institution wide efforts aim topromote EM. These efforts are important and necessary in brining attention to EM and exposingstudents to diverse EM experiences. It is equally important to foster EML in individual courses,as EM is not an add-on but rather a way of practicing engineering that addresses the needs ofpeople and society. Hence it should be built into the curriculum. This paper presents a case studythat aims to integrate EM into a junior level engineering statistics course. Statistics is typically
Paper ID #33453Migrator Stories in an Aerospace Engineering ProgramDr. Devayan D. Bir, Loras College Prior to teaching at Loras College, Devayan pursued his doctorate in Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University and has worked as a Computer Aided Analyst in India. He earned his B.E. in Aeronautical Engineering, and has been passionate about Aerospace Engineering all his life. Hobbies include playing the guitar, soccer, and photography. Research interests include innovative pedagogies (Active, Flipped, and Online instruction) and applied numerical methods. Devayan has published peer reviewed papers, presented at
takinghis class, and how he organizes his curriculum to accommodate this and build upon what theyare expected to know. However, he does not have any notable examples of the “environmental”part of EESI.Jimmy, an engineering teacher, answered that he did not integrate environmental/societalimpacts in his classes. You know, not a lot. There is something in everything you touch on as the course gets going. For example, I have an article on the most recent issue of [construction] magazine, which is really interesting as it talks about the concrete and steel industry and how mass timber is a kind of a saving grace for both the environment and the construction industry. So that’ll be part of a discussion on the depth of
.Hassanpour, B., Utaberta, N., and Zaharim, A. (2010). “Redefining Critique Session as an Assessment Tool In Architecture Design Studio Class,” WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, 9(7).Holland, R., Parfitt, M. K., Pihlak, M, Poerschke, U., Messner, J. and Solnosky, R. (2010) “Integrated Design Courses Using BIM as the Technology Platform”, Academic Best Practices / Implementing BIM into Higher Education Curriculum, National Institute of Building Sciences, Annual Meeting / EcoBuild America Conference, December 7, 2010, Washington, DCHowlett, C., Ferreira, J.-A., and Blomfield, J. (2016). “Teaching sustainable development in higher education: Building critical, reflective thinkers through an interdisciplinary
would otherwise be time prohibitive.However, there is a concerning trend of students depending too heavily on this technology.Technology provides an avenue through which students can feign comprehension and continueadvancing in the curriculum. The purpose of this study is to look at different pedagogicalapproaches and their effects on student’s self-efficacy and topic comprehension. To address this,we worked with a required course (ESI4221C: Industrial Quality Control) in the Industrial andSystems Engineering (ISE) curriculum at the University of Florida (UF). This course focuses onquality control and builds on statistical fundamentals while also introducing new theoreticalconcepts such as tests statistics, confidence intervals, p values, and
historically underrepresented groupsin STEM, and the PREM program, which is designed to increase diversity in materials researchdisciplines by creating research/education partnerships between minority serving institutions(MSI) and universities which are “leading sources of degrees in materials-related fields” [5].Traditionally, our PREM partners send a select group of their PREM-funded student scholars tocontinue their materials science research at Penn State during the 10-week REU summerprogram. PREM REU student-scholars are in a unique position because a summer REU at PennState is a continuation of their own research from their home institution, integrated within thelarger PREM-MRSEC collaboration. Thus, an intrinsic goal of the in-person PREM
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Benefits of Internal Design Reviews in an Engineering Capstone CourseAbstractIn a large engineering capstone course, it is important for the instructors (Engineering Directors)to connect with each student team to ensure individual student success as well as overall projectsuccess. A way we have incorporated this into our curriculum is via a sequence of three internaldesign reviews: a Design Approval Review (DAR) held near the end of the first semester, aProject Readiness Review (PRR) scheduled eight weeks before the end of the project, followedfour weeks later by the presentation of a Mandatory First Prototype
learning.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University Conrad Tucker is a professor of mechanical engineering. He focuses on the design and optimization of systems through the acquisition, integration, and mining of large scale, disparate data. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Study on the Effectiveness of the CLICK Approach in an Operations Research CourseAbstractThis paper presents an investigation of the effectiveness of the connected learning and integratedcourse knowledge (CLICK) approach. The CLICK approach aims to integrate the knowledgeacross the industrial engineering (IE) curriculum by leveraging immersive technology
Paper ID #34474WIP: Integration of Computational Modeling Active Learning ActivitiesWithin a Core Graduate Organ Systems Physiology CourseDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of
Paper ID #33040A Curriculum on Naval Science & Technology for a Midwestern UniversityDr. James Buchholz, University of Iowa James Buchholz is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa. He received the Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. He teaches courses in fluid mechanics and conducts research in unsteady aerodynamics and hydrodynamics.Dr. Jae-Eun Russell, University of Iowa Dr. Russell serves as the Director of Research & Analytics Office of
, andcultures.Qualitative research method was used to understand the approaches used to incorporate the fivediscourses of design thinking when designing a new curriculum or improvising an existing one. Tounderstand from the experiences of individuals with expertise in curriculum design and to get moreinsights on the research question, ‘How can the elements of design thinking be integrated into thecurriculum to provide appropriate skills that support interdisciplinary and integrative efforts to meetthe needs of 21st-century life?’, three semi-structured interviews were conducted using an onlineplatform. Each interview lasted between 45 to 60 minutes. The interviews were recorded,transcribed, and coded and used in the analysis. The deductive coding approach was used
the then Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in themid-1980’s. At that time, ABET began to specify a “culminating design experience” for allaccredited engineering curricula.For many schools, the shift of accreditation criteria to assessment and evaluation processes hasimpacted senior design courses. Student outcomes are often assessed in the senior designcourse(s). Integration of student outcome assessment in design course(s) has met with varyingdegrees of success.Senior design has presented an opportunity to increase interaction with external constituents thathave an interest in projects and in hiring graduates. While these interactions often strengthenoverall student experience, in some cases they present unanticipated
Paper ID #34558Transforming Curriculum to Improve STEM Learning and Advance CareerReadinessDr. Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University Dr. Ekaterina Koromyslova is an Assistant Professor in Operations Management. She teaches several courses, including Operations and Supply Chain Management, Engineering Economic Analysis, and De- cision Making in Management. She has several years of industry experience as an analyst-consultant for manufacturing companies and as a leading manager in supply chain and logistics. Her research inter- ests are in engineering education, including learner-centered teaching strategies
educators are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and provide suggestions for integrating neuroscience content, neuroethics, andengineering design challenges. The teachers implemented the lessons in their own classroomsand then revised them based on piloting feedback before the units were published.Currently, nine teacher-authored curriculum units for secondary STEM courses are available,with more added each year. Many units utilize engaging technologies—such aselectromyographically-controlled robotic gripper hands, circuit boards, SnapCircuits, ArduinoUno rigs, and SpikerBoxes—that illustrate basic concepts of the sensorimotor feedback loop.The study of bioethics is
ManufacturingAbstractAdditive Manufacturing (AM) has become a game changer for the manufacturing industry. Withgrowing implementation of AM in various industries, it is the responsibility of different levels ofeducation to expose students to AM technologies and to integrate AM into their curriculum. It iswell known that students who gain the skillsets of today’s industry have a better chance in gettinga competitive job. In response to this need, a new senior level elective course on AM, has beendeveloped for the first time in Old Dominion University (ODU) region in the South. The coursewas developed and taught by the Mechanical Engineering Technology faculty with the expertisein manufacturing processes, welding, and material science. The course was available to a
keep your integrity? Do youcopy and cheat on homework assignments just to get through the end of the semester? Doyou fail a course and retake over the next semester/summer? Not everyone has the money,mental health, nor the support to adapt to these changes in such a short timeframe. Yethere we are as students contemplating the value of an honest education. I know I certainlydidn't pay nearly $22,000 for this semester only to be taught by a pre-recorded lecture andpowerpoints, so why should I be perfectly honest? The system is flawed currently and Icannot blame our staff for the nature of their emergency plans, after all this was veryunexpected. What we should be discussing is how we can better teach and reinforcelearning, rather than enforcing
technology in engineering education. He has served on the ASEE Pacific Southwest Section Board of Directors since 2014, including as the PSW Section Chair for 2018-2019.Ms. Deanna Miranda BarriosMs. Cecilia Nguyen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Assessing the influence of an online video tutorial library on undergraduate mechanical engineering studentsAbstractSince 2013, the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State Polytechnic University,Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) has created over 600 videos for its curriculum across 12 courses.These videos are available to the public as an
decision. This paper describes an approach to improve engineeringstudent persistence when learning calculus without having to make any changes in the currentcalculus curriculum. The method combines the integration of stand-alone engineering modules tobe solved by students outside class time and the use of engineering mentors to help thesestudents learn calculus and see the relationship between math and engineering. A survey wasdesigned to evaluate the effectiveness of the approach. An analysis of student responses to thissurvey indicates that students who participated found the engineering problems helpful inlearning and reinforcing calculus concepts, However, they remained only “somewhatcomfortable” in their ability to use calculus to solve
-centered research anddevelopment activities sponsored by the local industry.In this paper, we mainly focus on the curriculum, laboratory modules and other student-centricactivities for training on robotics and integrated manufacturing systems. We will also present anddiscuss the challenges and opportunities learned during the development of the new program.2. Impact and Learning OutcomesEducation and workforce development focusing on industrial robotics and automation willtransform the way that Engineering Technology courses are delivered, maximizing hands-on andexperiential learning and providing students with a high-tech, industry-based skill set [4]. TheRET program initiative described in this paper is uniquely positioned to engage with the
according to theacademic calendar. There are multiple software applications integrated into the synchronousvirtual meeting. Microsoft PowerPoints was used to present slides; Microsoft OneNote wasused as a whiteboard to solve examples and derive formulas in real-time with a writing tablet'sassistance; MATLAB was used to do simulation and demonstration in class. Other featuresfrom Zoom, such as reactions, whiteboard, chat room, and poll, were used during the class tofacilitate the discussion and communicate with students. Another significant advantage ofZoom is that it has an option to record a meeting on a password-protected cloud environment.This feature is beneficial because students can review these materials any time after the class