the master’s program. The summer practicum is acknowledged as a course,where students are required to submit routine deliverables that address professional and businessskills through reflection on the student’s work experience or discussion with a supervisingengineer on his/her work experience.MethodsAs we develop a Master in Environmental Engineering program, we surveyed existing master’sprograms to determine what coursework is typically included in course-based as well astraditional environmental engineering master’s degree programs. This survey provided insightinto the collection of courses expected for an environmental engineering master’s degree. Foradditional insight, we surveyed our board of advisors, composed primarily of practicing
, 1-26.13 Zimmerman, B. J. (2008). Investigating self-regulation and motivation: Historical background, methodological developments, and future prospects. American Educational Research Journal, 45(1), 166-183. doi:10.3102/0002831207312909.14 Schunk, D. H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (1998). Self-regulated learning: From teaching to self-reflective practice. New York: Guilford Press.15 Arnold, K. E., & Pistilli, M. D. (2012). Course Signals at Purdue: Using learning analytics to increase student success. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (pp. 267– 270). ACM. doi:10.1145/2330601.233066616 Hickey, D. T., Kelley, T. A., & Shen, X. (2014). Small to
, allowing attendees to try somesimple navigation and resource selections. As a consequence, the small group discussion andreporting task for this session was changed slightly from the previous workshops. Table 4 liststhe top features that CA workshop attendees “liked” about the alpha site they previewed, whileTable 5 lists features the attendees felt were missing. It is important to notice that reflected in thislist are some of the same attributes identified as priorities in the previous two workshops.Table 4. Alpha Site Features/Functionality “Liked” by CA Workshop Participants Alpha Site Feature/Functionality Liked CountExplaining what engineering is and outlining specific fields of
nature of the integration between the sophomore and senior students is slightly distinct, andis not as interactive as the one discussed above. The sophomore students are required to attendsome of the presentation sessions and group meetings of the senior students (working on theirCapstone projects). They are also required to attend the poster presentation session made by thesenior students at the culmination of their Capstone project. The sophomore students are requiredto write reflection papers to explain their experience and to explain their understanding of theproject. The main rationale behind this interaction is to introduce the sophomores to the open-ended, and often vague, project objectives of the Capstone projects. Furthermore, the
Engineer was the primary contact during thisphase. After the sensors and actuators were installed and functioning correctly, studentswrote a simple program to check gripper function at the pick-up point. A few smalladjustments had to be made to the gripper design at this time to allow for compatibility withthe feeder equipment. The changes are reflected in the drawings included in Appendix A.The accuracy of the points taught was crucial at this step to ensure the proximity sensorwould be close enough to find the screws. The sensor does not sense metal until it is 0.8mmfrom it, so the error margin during this segment of the program is almost nonexistent
he or she did not see how learning could be applied. In contrast, “thermo 2” was difficult tounderstand yet seemed to be more “practical” with “interesting applications.” A seeminglystraight forward question about interest results in a complex answer using words and expressionsthat reflect motivation constructs generally without direct statements. The one statement using aconstruct says the applications were interesting, but not the course.Implications and ConclusionsOur findings demonstrated that each clinical interview approach was problematic for revealingmotivation for conceptual understanding; in both cases, the interview context and dialog arecritically important and can directly shape motivation. While problem solving interviews offer
theeffectiveness of student’s assessment and peer instruction[7][10][13][14][16]. de Alfaro[7]created a crowdsourced grading tool, CrowdGrader, that allows students to grade andreview their peer's homework submissions. CrowdGrader was found to actively involvestudents in grading other's assignments. O'Neill[14] found that with the use ofcollaborative class lecture notes, students created high-quality lecture notes whenprovided with a lecture skeleton layout. Notes created by the students also reflected howstudents were understanding the content in the course. Kumar[13] studied the effectivenessof an online tutor that provided questions to a student and then graded the student'sanswer with feedback. Students showed a 30-60% improvement from pre-quiz to
student evaluation questions are grouped together and listed below. The instructor: created high expectations, made the class interesting, conveyed content effectively, was enthuastic, was accessible, presented content in a manner suitable for learning. Students: did they learn a great deal, did they feel tests/assignments were fair and reflected class content and were graded in a reasonable time, would they recommend instructor to others, did they feel laboratory exercises were supervised properly for safety, and did they feel laboratory facilities were adequate.D: There were fifteen semesters (fall and spring) evaluated to produce the information provided below (evaluationsreported to nearest 0.1); spring 2007
PhD DegreesDiscussionThe results shown here demonstrate separation of demographic data for engineeringdegrees by both gender and race and by discipline and degree level is essential tounderstand changes that may be occurring within the disciplines of engineering.12Overall, the disturbing decreases in engineering BS degrees and much slower rate ofincrease in MS degrees for African American women both need attention to understandwhy this change might be occurring.13 We also might reflect on how well we areassessing demographic outcomes such that these changes have gone relatively unnoticed Page 26.618.15until now.3,14,15The relative positive increases
of technology, safety, distributive justice, and practical efforts to improve lifefor all.In his book The Living Planet, David Attenborough10 shares an environmental philosophy thatpoints out critical issues that can be helpful to students. In his "World Conservation Strategy,"he states three imperatives: 1. We shouldn't so exploit natural resources that we destroy them. 2. We shouldn't interfere with the basic processes of the earth upon which all life depends, in the sky, on the green surfaces of the earth, and in the sea. 3. We should preserve the diversity of life.The rights and duties we have mentioned above were reflected to some extent in the 111distinguishable topics garnered in the study of class opinions
project is supported in part by National Science Foundation award # 1229744. The HPC Page 26.652.10cluster is funded by NSF MRI project with award # 1332566. Opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) http://www.tacc.utexas.edu2. B. B. Brey, “Intel Microprocessors Architecture, Programming, and Interfacing”, 8 th edition, Prentice Hall, 2008 (ISBN: 0-13-502645-8).3. M. Feldman, “HPC Going Embedded”, HPC Wire, Dec. 01, 2011; http
jointcooperative project.The project commenced with instructors studying SEDI documentation developed during theprior work along with an assessment of current SE content in the two capstone design courses.Particular SE topics needing to be added to Aerospace Vehicle Design I and Aerospace VehicleDesign II were identified, and a new syllabus was created for each course to reflect addedcontent. In the design elective, the existing topics related to SE were aligned with the new skillsidentified in Aerospace Vehicle Design I with additional changes to existing SE lecturesproposed.Systems Engineering Concepts Addressed in the CoursesIn Chaput’s 2013 document, he defined SE as a rigorous, disciplined, and systematic engineeringapproach to design, development
support from the US Department of Homeland Security(Award #2014-ST-062-000056). The authors also would like to thank the Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (under grant NRC-HQ-84-14-G-0066) for its support of this project. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authorsand do not reflect the views of DHS or NRC.Bibliography:1. Patrick S. Roberts, “What Katrina Means for Emergency Management”, The Forum, Volume 3, Issue 3, Article 2, 2005.2. Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker, Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster, University of Nebraska Press, 2009.3. HR Shih, G. W. Skelton, PC Yuan, J. Buck, and B. M. Williams, “The Development Of Emergency Management Technology
activities that providerapid formative feedback is linked to better performance 1, 18 because it allows for the long-term Page 26.675.7retention of fundamental concepts.19 Students were given instant formative feedback with boththe ARS and the control-ARS sections and were provided opportunities to be actively engaged inthe learning process. Since the main difference between the sections was the display of the classperformance reports, it is believed that the display of the aggregate class responses served as afocus-trigger, which encouraged or forced reflection. This resulted in students being moreattentive to and engaged with the class material
makers, constraints andcontext, and implementation of the system. This simplified framework is employed to allowstudents to more easily explore complex catastrophes from multiple points of view and drawparallels with current technological issues, with these skills significantly improving over thecourse of the semester.Introduction One of the biggest hurdles in infusing courses with ethics and professional issues asrequired by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is when to begin.Often single courses can be introduced into the curriculum, but a sustained effort in ethicalinstruction, infusing several courses, offers students more chances to consider the material, moreopportunity for growth and reflection, and
negatively with team performance at ρ = -.21. Additionally, teams perceivedsignificantly higher levels of innovation efficacy, meaning they believed they could create moreinnovative solutions to the problems they were presented in lab. Furthermore, the significantincrease in team cohesion reveals the improvement in team relationships that were formed duringthe team experience. While team cohesion reflects the enjoyment of a teamwork experience,meta-analyses have also demonstrated that it is positively related to team performance24, 25.Collectively, the results shown above highlight the effect of the SUIT training frameworkwhereby all team dynamic variables were influenced in the desired direction.Despite the positive trends highlighted above, the
photo. The dashed lines on the schematic represent areas that were designated to not change from the time of the problem definition to the competition. The path between cargo and drop target therefore could change necessitating students to develop a sensor-based closed-loop programming approach. The black line represents a line that the ‘bot could follow using line tracking methodologies. In addition to the base ‘bot, students were given a set of sensors including an IR distance sensor (GP2Y0A21YK0F, Sharp), a bump sensor (snap action switch , Pololu) and two line tracking reflectance sensors (QTR-1A, pololu). The IED challenge required a major mechanical design in the mechanism used to grab the IED cargo
engineering pedagogy. A brief examination of syllabi, course descriptions, andpedagogical objectives shows that we often inadvertently also define psychological constructsand objectives. For example, the posted description for the introductory course herein describedcontains phrases including: “the role of creativity” “requiring a balance” “a significant, hands-on, case study “cultural, political and other project” considerations” “fun and challenging”Each of these has strong psychological components; after all, what is “fun?” At what level ofdifficulty does an individual find a task “challenging?” Some of these are reflected in
interaction opportunities thatexist in the game, which are reflected in the score. The players must regulate frequency to avoidhaving the machines on the grid from “tripping” to protect themselves from over or underfrequency conditions. In the game, grid operation is stopped and restarted if the grid frequencystrays outside a two-Hertz tolerance. The player is penalized by losing a portion of theirresidential customers and the last industrial load customer that was recruited. The storage sourcethat represents a simplified view of a battery or other mechanical storage mechanism (e.g.pumped storage) is the low level control provide to the player for regulating frequency. Theenergy limited storage source is used to absorb power when excess is being
improving teaching, developing research plans, and selecting appropriate service activities. Become efficient in teaching, as well as professional development and service. Continuously evaluate your teaching by self-reflection and by analyzing students’ course evaluations. Seek advice from your mentor and other senior faculty. Visit classrooms of other faculty and ask your mentor and other senior faculty members to attend your classes. Attend teaching workshops to learn from other teaching experiences. Achieve balance between work and personal life by setting goals and establishing priorities. Develop good rapport with students. Try implementing the exercise "who is this professor
-shaped skills. These involved cross discipline classes with cross discipline projects and instructors. A particularly 10 striking example is a learning experience in a traditional signals and systems biomedical engineering class that required a cross discipline twist: producing a musical instrument from biological signals. The cross discipline induced constraints forced students to engage and dramatically learn from cross discipline subject matter experts. Other elements include the ability to learn from reflection, and being evaluated according to the metrics of the cross discipline vs. one’s own discipline. Cited references
, pocketpenetrometer, and triaxial test apparatus; frictional resistance of grain-like foods using directshear test equipment; particle size and particle size distribution of various food items; particleshape of various soft and hard candies; and others. We present our test results with interestinggraphics, photographs, and illustrations that are ready for use as props by other instructors. Inaddition, we reflect on lessons learned while testing food in the geotechnical laboratory. Thefood analogies presented in this paper can serve as a lighthearted yet engaging introduction tosoil mechanics and soil property evaluation in a first course on geotechnical engineering.IntroductionDuring a first course in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, instructors
. The proposedsolutions were conceptual and did not strictly meet the requirements of specific code provisionsor standards. As such, students enjoyed the freedom to exercise their creativity while practicing Page 26.1063.8fundamental principles of structural analysis and design. Weekly meetings with the facultyadviser and industry liaison were used to discuss the constructability of alternative solutionsschemes. The team reflected on the impact of each retrofit option on the normal operations of thebuilding. Because Buildings 1 and 3 were part of the National Register of Historic Places, thesolutions were intended to minimize impacts on the
and cooperative. Marginal Sometimes failed to show up or complete task, rarely prepared. Deficient Often failed to show up or complete task, rarely prepared. Unsatisfactory Consistently failed to show up or complete task, unprepared. Superficial Very little participation. No show No participation at all. Note that the ratings should reflect each individual's level of participation and effort and sense of responsibility, not his or her academic ability. EVALUATE YOURSELF AND ALL YOUR TEAM MEMBERS Rating
adjusted his design. See figure 2 for a frame of Peter sketching adesign solution. He initially generated a list of ideas and in general did not discard his idea. Heoften modified his current idea to meet a newly found or newly understood constraint. Page 26.1079.6Tabitha: Methodical Process which led to Early Integration of Mathematical and DesignThinkingTabitha began the playground task by statingassumptions about the layout of the lot and theregional location. She reflected on herchildhood and remembered playing on themerry-go-round. She did not spend timegenerating ideas rather she first completelydesigned and thought about what would
-prepared keyblank is used to make a copy of the key for the target lock. This key reflects the lock’s bitting.The blank is placed in the lock, torque is applied, and the key is moved up and down againstthe pins; any pin at the improper height will be bound against the sides of the lock body andcylinder. This binding friction slightly marks the pins on the blank. The key is then removedfrom the lock, inspected for marks, and cut with a file where they are found. Cuts are madeone bit-depth at a time, and the process is repeated. This can be done for all pins in the lock atonce under normal circumstances. If the attack is successful, the attacker will end up with aworking key. The only caveat is that the attacker must apply the proper torque and
of a bibliometricapproach to mapping a network of scholarship. Similarly, bibliometrics account for veryspecific behaviors in scholarly discourse- namely, who a scholar cites in their work andwho a scholar is cited by. Bibliometrics do not reflect the way that these citations areframed in a text, so works that connect two scholars through bibliographic coupling mayreceive different framings (e.g. positive in one article, negative in another) by differentauthors.Research questionsTo that end the following research questions are proposed: 1. What are the most commonly cited articles in the literature on blended learning in engineering education? 2. What network of publication venues forms the basis of the discourse on blended
not expected since it was anticipated that therewould be a strong correlation between problem difficulty and problem score. It is possible thatthe subjectivity in the classification scheme for problem difficulty and complexity haveinfluenced the results obtained.We were not able to find a correlation amongst high school averages, our math assessment scoresand first-year GPAs. It is plausible that the math advisory exam may not be a reliable predictorof math readiness of our students, or that the high school grades are not consistent with thestudents’ skills in the various subject areas. Students that enter our first-year program are able toupgrade their high school marks, and these upgraded marks may not necessarily reflect theirachievement
. Among the relatively fewcitation studies that specifically examine where faculty publish (Davis13; Hughes12; Lascar &Mendelsohn9; LaBonte10), even fewer address engineering specifically (Salisbury & Smith14;Tucker15; Wilson & Tenopir16). Several of these researchers explain the importance of havinglocal-level data to inform their collection decisions. For example, as Hughes mentions, “byheavily favoring journals valued by Penn State faculty, as reflected in publications and citings,this study took into account the particular research interests of Penn State faculty”12. None of theexisting studies examines the subject areas - mechanical and civil engineering - covered in thecurrent study. Also, only one of the previous citation
hands-on laboratory exercises and real-world examples of aircraft and space missions, which willbe used to illustrate the use of the analytical techniques and demonstrate the relevance of thematerial.Entrepreneurial MindsetIn terms of student learning outcomes, the term “Entrepreneurial Mindset” goes beyond someonebecoming an entrepreneur and creating or starting a business venture. This is also reflected in whatindustry needs as skillset in future workforce. Thought sound technical background and Page 26.1454.3understanding is essential to having a successful engineering career, engineers find remarkablesuccess when they couple