2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic SectionSpring Conference: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Apr 7 Paper ID #20861Experiential Learning for Teaching Structural Analysis to Non-EngineeringStudentsDr. Mehdi Shokouhian, Morgan State University Dr. Mehdi Shokouhian is a Full-time Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Construction Management, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering at Morgan State University. Dr. Shok- ouhian earned his PhD Degree in Structural Engineering at the Tsinghua University in Beijing China. His PhD research focused on ductility-based design and structural stability of high
Paper ID #18766Applying Scratch Programming to Facilitate Teaching in k-12 ClassroomsDr. Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Dr. Afrin Naz is an assistant professor at the Computer Science and Information Systems department at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. She is working with high school teachers to inspire the K-12 students to the STEM fields. In last four years Dr. Naz and her team launched six workshops for high school teachers. Currently her team is training the high school teachers to offer online materials to supplement their face-to-face classroom.Dr. Mingyu Lu, West
Paper ID #17737Teaching/Learning Soil Mechanics with Mnemonics, Intuition, Insight andInspirationProf. Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest, Westville Campus, INDIANA, USA Dr. Jiliang Li, D.Eng (Mining Engineering, USTB), Ph.D. (Civil Engineering, UA), P.E., M.ASCE, M.ASEE, is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University Northwest at Westville campus, Indiana. Before returning to teach at University, he had industrial experience in several States with consulting projects ranging from small residential, commercial and subdivision projects to large scale State DOT and federal projects after
Paper ID #20101Designing Electric Guitars to Teach Mechatronics and Advanced Manufac-turing TechniquesDr. Gavin Garner, University of Virginia Gavin Garner holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Colby College and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia. His primary area of expertise lies in the burgeoning field of Mechatronics (aka robotics). Over the past decade, he has built UVA’s Mechatronics program from scratch, developing over 50 hours of unique laboratory experiments as well as dozens of open-ended design projects. Through this experience, he has gained
lifting hooks and then they loaded their lifting hooks until failure. The students comparedthe actual load during failure and the estimated failure load. This hands-on activity proved to bea positive learning experience for students.5. AcknowledgementThis research was supported by Northwest Nazarene University.6. Bibliography1. Lai-Yuen, S. (2008, June), Using Lego To Teach And Learn Micromanufacturing AndIndustrial Automation Paper presented at 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. https://peer.asee.org/31242. Ferry, W., & Otieno, A. (2004, June), Development Of A Low Cost Laboratory System For TeachingAutomation System Integration In The Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum Paper presented at2004
Paper ID #18542How Solar Boating Teaches the Lessons of Energy Conversion and Conserva-tionDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 11 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Masters of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering and engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological
Paper ID #19278Teaching Engineering Design Through a Wearable Device Design Competi-tion (Evaluation)Dr. Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University Elena Veety received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, in 2011. Her research focused on liquid crystal polarization gratings for tunable optical filters and telecommunications applications. Since 2011, she has been a Teaching Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. Currently, she is the Education Director for the NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research
Paper ID #18562Teaching Entrepreneurial Mindset in a First-Year Introduction to Engineer-ing CourseDr. Chao Wang, Arizona State University Chao Wang received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is currently a senior lecturer in Ira. A Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Teaching Entrepreneurial Mindset in a First Year Introduction to Engineering CourseAbstractWith a mission to graduate engineers who can create personal, economic, and societal valuethrough a lifetime
Paper ID #18230Using Nursing Theory to Improve the Teaching of Engineering PracticeDr. Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology Professor Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE, BCEE, CEng, F.AAN joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2010 after ten years on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he served as Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Since 2014, he has concur- rently served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State in the areas of environment, science, technology, and health (ESTH). Oerther earned his B.A
Paper ID #17812Blended vs. Flipped Teaching: One Course - Three Engineering SchoolsDr. Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh Renee M. Clark serves as research assistant professor focusing on assessment and evaluation within the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering and its Engineering Education Research Center (EERC), where her interests focus on active and experiential learning. She has 25 years of experience as an engineer and analyst, having worked most recently for Walgreens and General Motors/Delphi Automotive in the areas of data analysis, IT, and manufacturing. She received her PhD in
out answers to these questions inthis file and send to the observer one week ahead of the observation:1) What is the student make-up of the instructor’s class? number of students / grade levels / backgrounds / other2) What type of technology is used in this class? distance education / computers / specialized lab equipment / other3) How well does the instructor like the classroom being used?4) What is the instructor’s role in this course? number of times previously taught primary teaching methods / strategies of teaching degree of student input special problems / constraints5) What type of course is this? How does it fit into the student’s overall curriculum? lecture / activity / seminar / laboratory / other required
, 2017Professional development workshop to promote writing transfer between first yearcomposition and introductory engineering laboratory coursesAbstractEngineering Programs and the Writing Assessment Center of Washington State UniversityVancouver conducted a 4 day summer professional development workshop for a group (n=12) offaculty and graduate teaching assistants, who instruct first-year composition and introductoryengineering laboratory courses. This professional workshop was designed to provideprofessional development on rhetoric and writing transfer, to build community of practice amonginstructors from English and engineering to share a passion for engineering students' writing, andto complete the writing transfer module draft so the participants can
Paper ID #19791Experiences of Pre-College Teachers Working with Undergraduate Engineer-ing Students with ADHD in Research LaboratoriesMs. Catherine Clark Hain, Mansfield Public Schools Catherine Hain is a fourth-grade teacher at Anne E. Vinton Elementary School in Mansfield, Connecticut. She received her Bachelor of Arts in French, summa cum laude, from the University of Connecticut in 1993. She earned her teaching certificate from Eastern Connecticut State University. Ms. Hain worked for eight years at Natchaug Elementary School where she taught Kindergarten and Enrichment until taking a position in Mansfield in 2006
knowledgesystems by useful exploration. No matter how much young learners are, they are consideredto be self-managers who can plan and take care of the whole project process under guidance.So in our textbooks, with a life-related task first proposed, all knowledge points aredemonstrated as a beautiful tree to let all learners clearly know their way to learnsystematically. Management is emphasized in this book to get an idea of leadership, balanceand cooperation. Fig. 7 iSTREAM textbooks5.3 Intelligent Drone Labwe have built two STIE laboratories for Qingdao Experimental High School, and theintelligent drone lab is shown in Fig. 8, which put guiders, learners, education equipment,teaching scenario, etc. together. All guiders
Paper ID #18898No More Death by PowerPoint! Using an Alternative Presentation Model ina ChE Unit Operations Laboratory CourseDr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University Dr. Matthew Cooper is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he teaches Material and Energy Balances, Unit Operations, Transport Phenomena and Mathematical / Computational Methods. He is the recipient of the 2014 NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, 2015 ASEE ChE Division Raymond W. Fahien Award, and currently serves as the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division’s
. Analyze timing of logic circuits and be able to derive a responses "on the fly" while referencing the student set-ups. logic circuit timing diagram (B). As a test of the rubric, ungraded questions were provided to undergraduate teaching assistants (TAs) for grading. BothIII. Overview of Similar Pedagogies TAs and the instructor graded the questions identically,In the new (EDA) laboratory sequence from Spring 2016 proving the robustness of the created rubric. Each questionand the revamped "hybrid" implementation, we used scaf- was individually timed and no students were allowed to exitfolding to
, Garrison, T.J., “A Laboratory Structured to Encourage Thoughtful, Task-Based Experimentation.” Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. [7]. Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., & Leifer, L. J., “Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning.” Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 103-120, 2005. [8]. Figliola, R.S., and Beasley, D.E., "Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements”, 5th ed., ISBN 978-0470547410, Wiley, 2011. [9]. National Instruments, “Learn NI: Begin Your LabVIEW Training – Getting Started Module”, http://www.learnni.com/getting-started, last accessed 2/4/2017. [10]. National Instruments, “Self-paced
Paper ID #20575Work in Progress: Curriculum Revision and Classroom Environment Re-structuring to Support Blended Project-Based Learning in First-Year Gen-eral Engineering Laboratory CoursesProf. Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University Dr. Terranova is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. In his current role, he is the lead instructor for the freshman engineering program, and oversees activities in the Innovation Studio, a large-area academic makerspace. He has taught and developed courses in general engineering and mechanical engineering at Drexel. Prior to Drexel, he has taught
and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as
Paper ID #19541A Laboratory-based Course in Systems Engineering Focusing on the Designof a High-speed Mag-lev Pod for the SpaceX Hyperloop CompetitionDr. Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University Dr. Dominic M. Halsmer is a Professor of Engineering and former Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Oral Roberts University. He has been teaching science and engineering courses there for 25 years, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma. He received BS and MS Degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 1985 and 1986, and a PhD in Mechanical
engineer and project manager. He joined Ohio University in 2002 as a research engineer working for the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Cen- ter. He has worked on projects covering a wide variety of avionics and navigation systems such as, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LAAS, WAAS, and GPS. His recent work has included research with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, aimed at understanding and correcting image geo-registration errors from a number of airborne platforms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Teaching Finite State Machines (FSMs) as Part of a Programmable Logic Control (PLC
Paper ID #20876WIP: Exploring Light Bulb Technologies to Teach Conservation of Energy,Numerical Integration, and Consumer ConsciousnessDr. Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan University Kaitlin Mallouk has been an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Experiential Engineering Ed- ucation Departments at Rowan University since 2013. Kaitlin has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois.Dr. William T. Riddell, Rowan University William Riddell is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering
2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic SectionSpring Conference: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Apr 7 Paper ID #20835Enhance the Effectiveness of Teaching Geotechnical Engineering Courses us-ing Various Design and Analysis ProgramsDr. Lei Wang, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Lei Wang is an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Clemson University in 2013. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in California. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Enhance the Effectiveness of
/8051 are still being taughtin many undergraduate courses around the world). From the late 90s to middle of the first decadeof the new century, a vast majority of educational courses aligned themselves to teaching 8085 asthe introductory microprocessor course followed by AVR or PIC. The recurring themeobserved in the dispensation of these courses was the relative architectural stability, continuedprofessional popularity as well as ‘good return on investments' in terms of laboratory equipmentand teacher training.Since the middle of the last decade when the Cortex-M ARM architecture became available, adebate on the suitability as well as the viability of running theory and laboratory course aroundthe ARM architecture has been raging. Given that
measuring instruments as an entrepreneur. He has delivered invited short courses in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. He is also the author of a textbook in power electronics, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. His other books are, Analog and digital communication laboratory, and First course in Digital Control, published by Creatspace (Amazon). His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology and wireless power transfer.Prof. Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest Ashfaq Ahmed is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University
Paper ID #17731MAKER: Smart Packaging Machine Simulator for Teaching Ladder LogicProgrammingMr. Robert Barham, New Caney ISD Robert Barham has been teaching secondary math and technology courses for twenty years. Currently, he teaches engineering courses at Porter High School in Porter, Texas, some forty miles northeast of Houston. He is working with the local community college to articulate acceptance of high school robotics and au- tomation courses toward the requirements of an A.A.S. degree in mechatronics. Email: rbarham@newcaneyisd.orgDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is
Paper ID #17653Developing Custom Hardware to Teach Digital Design Courses: Added Valueor Added Headache?Prof. Kevin P. Pintong, Oregon Institute of Technology Kevin Pintong is an assistant professor at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon.Mr. Alexander Hogen, Oregon Institute of Technology Alexander Hogen is a Firmware Engineer. He has been a user, tester, and creator of hardware platforms for education at Oregon Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Developing Custom Hardware to Teach Digital Design Courses: Added Value or
Paper ID #18463Exploring the Dynamic Nature of TPACK Framework in Teaching STEMUsing Robotics in Middle School ClassroomsDr. S. M. Mizanoor Rahman, New York University Mizanoor Rahman received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Mie University at Tsu, Japan in 2011. He then worked as a research fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS), a re- searcher at Vrije University of Brussels (Belgium) and a postdoctoral associate at Clemson University, USA. He is currently working as a postdoctoral associate at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, NY, USA. His
investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control
Paper ID #17769Teaching to the Other Side of Campus: An Engineering Professor’s Experi-ence with an Honors College CourseDr. John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Dr. John R. Reisel is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). His research efforts focus on engineering education, combustion and energy utilization. Dr. Reisel was a 2005 recipient of the UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, a 2000 recipient of the UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Teaching Award, and a 1998 recipient of the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. Dr