technologies used in the lab (DOS, DosBox, Win 7 with MATLAB, etc.). What is it that you liked/didn’t like, appreciated, etc.? 5. What other technologies would you like to explore/experience in CIM labs? 6. Please provide any other comments on computer technologies in CIM labs. Figure 5. CIM Lab Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions SurveyDiscussionAttitudes and Perceptions Survey. Figures 6 – 8 show the distribution of student responses for thefirst three questions. According to Figure 6 and Table 1, students find the CIM lab highly relevantto their engineering careers. They also show a high degree of enthusiasm for working withindustrial robots according to the distribution in Figure 7 and data of Table 1
the SEMS-Research and Outreach Center that educates students about STEM, and she specifically designed programs to encourage underrepresented groups to be involved in STEM disciplines. Dr. Kalevitch is a full member of the prestigious New York Academy of Sciences (that has Nobel Prize winners among its members), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and American Mycological Society. Dr. Kalevitch is a life-long learner, and recently participated in a webinar presented by the Harvard In- stitutes for Higher Education (HIHE). The HIHE offers comprehensive leadership development programs designed for administrators at every stage of their careers. c American Society for Engineering
undergraduate engineering educationwhich supports a better understanding of digital signal processing, communication systems, andsenior design for senior students. Therefore, this course is critical for a student to attain bothacademic and practical skills for their future career. However, this course has been facing asignificant D-grade, F-grade, or withdrawals rate (averaged at 18%) during the past years. Thishigh DFW rate is caused partially by three reasons.First, students enrolled in the course have different preparation levels illustrated by the gradedistribution of a prerequisite test. During the past 3 years, prerequisite test covering complexnumbers, logarithm calculation, solving 1st order differential equation, and Laplace transform hasan
networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency oscilloscopes and other electronic test and 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 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, smart energy grid.Prof. Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest Omer Farook is a member of the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, Nothwest. Farook
successfully achieve this goal, thereare three specific measurable objectives: 1) Develop innovative course modules to use in current undergraduate engineering curriculum to improve students’ career readiness, 2) Develop graduate certificate program to advance students’ professional preparedness, and 3) Create an online based cost-effectiveness structure to enhance education and learning impacts.There are four major components in this project, including 1) manufacturing related materialsstandards course module development, 2) manufacturing related quality control standards coursemodule development, 3) professional/graduate level certificate program development, and 4)industrial experience sharing through webinar. This two-year
in item wording,such as the addition of a neutral response option.6 A Retrospective Pre-Post Test (RPT)methodology [19] was used on six items to reduce rater bias and to increase evaluationefficiency for the classroom. Surveys asked participants to provide ratings of agreement pre-and-post taking the CTL course on statements related to their interest in a career in computerscience, plans to major in computer science, plans to earn a degree in computer science, andfeelings of belonging in both Intro CS and the CTL. Students in the CTL were also asked toprovide ratings of expertise in computer science both pre-and-post CTL. As all wereconcurrently taking Intro CS, ratings on these surveys reflect impact of the combination of IntroCS with the
for the instructor: review teams must be created prior to class, a PeerReview worksheet must be created for each peer response session, and course content must beshifted in the semester to allow dedicated class time for the session.We believe that there is an opportunity for a community of practice for group-based peerresponse activity, so that the engineering education community can continue to develop, assess,and improve this framework.References[1] A. Yousuf, M. Mustafa, and A. De La Cruz, “Project Based Learning,” 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2010. https://peer.asee.org/16081.[2] G. W. Figgess and R. G. Vogt, “Building Career-Ready Students through Multidisciplinary Project-Based Learning Opportunities - A
Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Dr. Randall Davies, Brigham Young University Dr. Davies is currently an
. The main topics of the course include stress, strain,deformation, and stress/strain transformation. In the three-semester duration of this study, threefaculty members (Instructors A-C) taught lecture sections and one faculty member (Instructor C)taught laboratory sections (Table 1). Instructor C taught one section of CIVL 304 and twosections of CIVL 307 in fall 2017. The syllabi, textbook, and topics covered were identical forall lecture and laboratory sections. For this study, the summer cohorts and fall cohort are treatedas equivalent. It should be noted that Instructor A is an early-career tenure-track assistantprofessor with less than five years of teaching experience, Instructor B is a full professor withapproximately 15 years of
research is to determine the extent to which secondarystudents in team based courses behave similarly when rating their peers compared to First-Year Engineering (FYE) students. In particular, we are interested in the quality of peerevaluations based on the similarity of the variability or lack thereof in the comparison of peerevaluation ratings.A person’s ability to work effectively in a team or group setting is vital to a college career aswell as in a work-life profession and therefore it is often a significant factor in a corporate orgovernment hiring process. Recognizing this need, a number of U.S. undergraduate collegiateSTEM programs as well as many K12 instructors, particularly teachers delivering ProjectLead The Way (PLTW) courses, use team
making under uncertainties. For their professional careers as engineers, we thinkthey are better prepared to address relevant uncertainties. For the graduate and undergraduatestudents who were direct participants in this project, they will have an innovative quantitative toolthat addresses critical decision making under substantial uncertainties for their own future researchand/or teaching.Next, for the course contents on Complex Engineering Projects (CEP’s), we note that bothengineering design and supply chains can be modelled and analyzed as CEP’s. Hence, a wide rangeof disciplines ranging from mechanical engineering to business and economics have new teachingmaterials and learning aids when complex decisions are to be made under substantial
teamproject and to learn more about testing and analyzing data in a multidisciplinary environment.Some of the participants mentioned that they knew very little about UAVs and that their technicalknowledge helped them understand what they needed to learn to solve these complex problems. Itgave confidence to the participants to take a very complex problem and still succeed at the end.The participants also described that they learned transferable skills that they would carry forwardto new projects. They also appreciated the opportunity to learning new skills, team building, andother practical skills that they can now apply to other projects. Many participants did indicate thatthe program led them to feel more certain or clear about their careers plans
-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial needobtaining degrees in STEM and entering the workforce or graduate programs in STEM; 2) toimprove the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, with a focus onacademically talented low-income students; and 3) to generate knowledge to advanceunderstanding of how factors or evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities affect thesuccess, retention, transfer, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM of low-incomestudents [5].”Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) was awarded a five-year NSF S-STEM grant in August of 2016. This paper describes this project, presents the sponsoredactivities that were undertaken in the first year
University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Mr. Russell Andrew Long, Russell Long, M.Ed. was the Director of Project Assessment at the Purdue University School of Engineer- ing Education (retired) and is Managing Director of The Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). He
engineering should be modified to reflect the growing complexity ofinfrastructure. The One Water module of the CIT-E model introductory infrastructure courseprovides fundamental knowledge of not only components and systems, but also challenges,constraints and potential solutions. With this foundation, first and second year students are betterprepared for upper-level courses and ultimately their careers. The learning outcomes of eachlesson from the One Water module are a vital step in establishing the framework for thenecessity of sustainable infrastructure that supports community needs. This is establishedthrough pre and in-class activities, and discussions involving real-world case-studies.This work is supported by the National Science Foundation
knows how to make EE work fun. A+. My favorite lab course!! This lab was definitely the most enjoyable course I have ever taken. If you don’t have fun in this class, you picked the wrong major!Conclusions:Five examples of design projects incorporating various technologies and off-the-shelf parts werecreated to better prepare students to meet the challenges of the capstone design. The results ofassessment indicate that these projects are very effective at doing this. This combined withanecdotal student feedback show that the introduction of these new projects makes the coursemore fun, more relevant to an engineering career, and better prepares students to meet theexpectations of their senior capstone project.References:[1] B.E. Marino, “One
rhetorical analysis. In aprior paper, we provided a rhetorical analysis of Donald Trump’s twitter feed during three timeperiods: while he was campaigning for the primary nomination, after he received it and wasPresident-elect, and once he became president [5].Using short examples of rhetorical devices can foreground classical rhetoric used in public waysin an attempt to influence policy. Throughout their career at Rose-Hulman (and later during theircareers as engineers, scientists, and mathematicians), students serve on numerous teamsproposing solutions to problems. As part of their analysis, they must also use the same lessonson a larger scale. What change will this project effect? What audiences are you addressing andwhat attitudes, biases, and
the very last semesters during their educational career at the college,despite repeated faculty and advisors’ recommendations to address these deficiencies. Eventualinstructors’ bias is not resulting in lower grades when performance is similar, when compared withdomestic students.Class reports, project reports, and presentations are required as part of some engineeringtechnology courses throughout the curriculum, offering additional opportunities for students toimprove their communication skills.A test instrument was developed to measure the student population’s knowledge levels infundamentals of engineering. This research will continue and the test will be administered to juniorand senior students from the Engineering Technology programs, at
questions, and totrain a new generation of students to meet the challenges of the next century [2]. HES has a set ofcore faculty plus “affiliated” faculty from other units on campus – we refer to the combination asthe “team.” The team is made up of some mid-career and senior faculty in established academicdepartments and a few new hires of junior faculty into the College of Innovation + Design (CID)– a new experimental unit of Boise State.Boise State launched CID in August 2015 with the mission to prototype novel models ofresearch, development, and education (RD&E) – without needing to subscribe to thebureaucracies of a state institution. Unlike other colleges, CID pilots RD&E programs and thendevelops a roadmap to integrate the viable ones
and testing) and the reliability and maintainability of complex systems. Hehas been selected as both a NASA and an ONR Faculty Fellow. He regularly teaches courses in Ma-rine Engineering and in Maintained Systems. Most recently Dr. Dean was on the Headquarters Staffthe American Society of Naval Engineers. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of EngineeringManagement and Systems Engineering, and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology, from the BattenCollege of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. Additionally, Dr. Dean receivedan MBA from the College of William and Mary. Prior to is academic career Dr. Dean was Director ofOperations and Business Development for Clark-Smith Associates, P.C., and served as an Electrician
Paper ID #22001Design, Development, and Testing of Load Cell AccelerometersDr. Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University, M.S. from Syracuse University, and Ph.D. from Lehigh University all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Design
proficiency in these skills upon graduation fromundergraduate programs [4]. This result is supported by commonly cited findings that engineerturnover is partly due to a lack of understanding of the big picture and “boring work” (or a lack ofappreciation for engineering functions beyond hands-on, engineering design). A national,Canadian survey showed similar results [5]. The most common reason for engineer turnover(voluntary and involuntary) were related to conflict with the role itself, including the engineer’sdesire for a career change, job satisfaction and feelings of the role being a poor fit. Accordingly,researchers, educators, industry, government and accreditation bodies all posit the need forsystemic and transformative change in engineering
4 4 0 50% 8 0 0 100%Students develop the capacity to work with the community 4 3 1 50% 8 0 0 100%Students gain experience relevant to professional careers 6 0 1 86% 7 0 1 88%Students learn core engineering skills 8 0 0 100% 8 0 0 100%Students work on projects that are needed in the community 3 3 2 38% 1 0 7 88%Student - CooperativeStudents learn professional skills (i.e. team building, communication
section. Many students had very low levels of disagreement. It is possiblethat differences by gender or by medium are not appropriately detected using this statisticalmethod.Finally, the context of data collection limits the generalizability of the results. The data wascollected from first year engineering students at one particular institution. As student progressthrough their educational careers, the effect of gender and gender isolation may change asstudents begin to feel more comfortable working in diverse teams. Additionally, while womenwere well represented in the data set for the institutional and national averages in engineering, theoverall engineering field is still male dominated, and women in more male-dominated individualcourses may
Research Assistant Award from the Construction Industry In- stitute for his doctoral research. Dr. Collins has over 15 years of experience as a construction professional and academic. He spent his professional career working as an estimator and project manager, managing a variety of projects across the United States. As an academic, he has published papers at national and international conferences, and in academic journals. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Safety Training for Students Engaged in Service-Learning ProjectsABSTRACT There is a growing trend for colleges and universities to include service learning in their curriculums
includes analog and digital electronics design, power electronics, nanophotonics, and optical/wireless networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency oscilloscopes and other electronic test and 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 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, smart energy grid.Prof. Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest Ashfaq Ahmed is a
Alberta). Prior to her career at MacEwan, Shelley worked in industry as a research engineer and a consulting engineer for several years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Student performance on drawing Free Body Diagrams and the effect on Problem SolvingAbstractUsing data involving free-body diagrams on final exams from a first year Mechanics I course, abroadly defined rubric was created which assesses free body diagrams in six separate categories:overall quality, forces/moments, body, axes, dimensions, and resulting equations. Data from 238free-body diagrams and equilibrium equations were then assessed. Results of the study foundthat 45% of the
thrive and excel in the workforce [7]. Metacognition provides students with strategiesfor handling new learning environments and tasks, which will certainly arise during their careers[14].MethodsIn support of our continuing investigation, we asked students to reflect on the value of thevarious experiences offered to them in the bio-signals laboratory during the Fall 2017 semester.These experiences included problem decomposition, in-class active learning with instructorguidance and interaction, incremental and progressive technical writing, systematic progressmonitoring, and timely written guidance and feedback from the instructor. To obtain students’reflections, we used both written and verbal (i.e., reflective interview) prompts. Asking them
department cared very little about their undergraduate students as a whole. Also, I would like to deepen my electronics knowledge. • I've worked as an engineer for several years after leaving the military. Getting an engineering degree is the logical next career development step. • I have always loved science, math and the human body. I had originally wanted to be a physical therapist to help veterans get better after injuries. I remembered seeing an Army ranger on my deployment who returned to combat with a prosthetic leg. I never got to meet him personally, but I thought it was amazing to see how he was able to continue to fight for his country despite having his leg amputated. Prosthesis
to be selective from a very young age. And since my career is my biggest passion I tend to be very generous with the time, effort, and energy that I put in it.Dr. Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology Dr. Shouling He is an associate professor of Engineering and Technology at Vaughn College of Aero- nautics and Technology, where she is teaching the courses in Mechatronics Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology. Her research interests include modeling and simulation, microprocessors and PLCs, control system designs and Robotics. She has published more than 45 journal and conference papers in these research areas. c American Society for Engineering