Page 15.278.5methods for all students. Databases searched included Engineering Village (Compendex &INSPEC), e-book collections Knovel, ENGnetBASE, and the US Patent Office website. There was a significant focus on the sources of foundational information such as specialized handbooks and encyclopedias that give an introductory overview of engineering concepts. Students were also afforded the opportunity to actively begin the search process for their research focus and interact with an engineering librarian for guidance. Immediately following the one-hour instructional sessions at the library, students were required to demonstrate their recently acquired research skills to the faculty laboratory instructor and graduate student teaching
, - Projects, ME Program Committee Select Student Work to represent Outcomes - Laboratory, etc. proposes changes to - Courses or Program, - Program Outcomes, or - Assessment Process Students Complete Course Survey via the Compile Information into Web SPAD Form
. Prior to joining MSU Mankato, Dr. Yamin served as a faculty member at Bradley University in Peoria, IL, and as a visiting faculty member at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Yamin worked as a design engineer in the Bridge Department at the California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA. He also worked as an Engineering Manager at Gulf Engineering House – a consulting firm in Saudi Arabia.Khosrow Ebrahimi Khosrow Ebrahimi joined Minnesota State University, Mankato in August 2018. In his current position, he teaches a wide variety of courses in the ME curriculum including Statics, Dynamics, Engineering Analysis, Fluid Mechanics, Heat
instructor feedback ofthose reflections in one of the engineering units that use LAs.The LA ProgramThe LA Program utilizes the three core elements suggested by the Learning Assistant Alliance(https://www.learningassistantalliance.org/). First, in the LA Pedagogy Seminar, LAs receivepedagogical development in in a formal class with their peers, generally in their first term as anLA. Second, LAs meet weekly with the instructor and the graduate teaching assistants as amember of the instructional team to prepare for active learning in class that week. While LAselsewhere are often used in large lecture sections, in the context of the unit studied, the LAsfacilitated learning in smaller studio or laboratory sessions (Koretsky, 2015; Koretsky et al
andimplementation challenges will be discussed for future improvement.IntroductionThe ability to design a system or a component to meet practical requirements is one of theessential skills that students should acquire through engineering education 1-2. To enhance thestudents’ design skills, many engineering educators have proposed various approaches, one ofwhich is Project Based Learning (PBL) 3. PBL has been recognized as an effective way toreinforce course theory and to improve students’ hands-on skills. However, how to incorporatePBL into the curriculum remains an open question. This is particularly challenging on acommuter campus with a 10-week quarter and no teaching assistants, where students are oftennot on campus outside of class hours, there are
, especiallyfemales and minorities, begin studying engineering in college3. Also of critical importance in thecontemporary workforce are such technological literacy skills as designing, developing, andutilizing technological systems; working collaboratively on problem-based design activities; andapplying technological knowledge and ability to real-world situations4, 5. These skills areincreasingly recognized by business, higher education, and policy leaders as critical fortomorrow’s workforce6.These concerns challenge teachers and policy makers to improve teaching, learning, teacherpreparation programs, and professional development programs. Teachers play a major role in theclassroom. They also have the ability to create and mold the environment where
AC 2009-750: EDUCATING GENERATION Y IN ROBOTICSDavid Chang, United States Military AcademyPeter Hanlon, United States Military AcademyKirk Ingold, United States Military AcademyRobert Rabb, United States Military Academy Page 14.510.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Educating Generation ‘Y’ In RoboticsAbstractWe present our approach to educating the new Generation ‘Y’ using robotics in undergraduateeducation. This course is a laboratory based education for life-long learners through a look at anew course for non engineering majors in the senior year. As the centerpiece of this course, weuse a robotics platform to integrate introductory
facultymembers would be an efficient way of achieving the goals of both participants. Facultymembers are required to publish in their area of research while effectively teaching classes. Newfaculty members find it especially challenging to meet these demands. It is common foracademic librarians to be assigned as a liaison between the library and faculty. Librarians have avested interest in seeing these faculty members succeed as researchers and teachers. They havethe responsibility to see that the information needs of the faculty and students in their assignedsubject areas are met. Meeting the information needs of faculty members enables them tosuccessfully perform their research. Meeting the information needs of students can enhance theirlearning
. Page 14.164.7Student Course Evaluation and Teaching Effectiveness:At the end of the course, course evaluations were conducted. At ASU-Poly, a course isevaluated on the basis of 17 criterions. The students evaluate course (exclusive ofinstructor based on following 7 questions).EVALUATION OF THE COURSE (exclusive of the instructor) 1. Textbook/supplementary material in support of the course 2. Value of assigned homework in support of the course topics. 3. Value of laboratory assignments/projects in support of the course topics. 4. Reasonableness of exams and quizzes in covering course material. 5. Weight given to labs or projects, relative to exams and quizzes. 6. Weight given to homework assignments, relative to exams and quizzes. 7
Health, January, 2016Hunt, L. et al., “Assessing practical laboratory skills in undergraduate molecular biologycourses,” Assess. Eval. Higher Educ., vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 861–874, 2012.Harris, Mark, and Patten, Karen, Using Bloom’s and Webb’s Taxonomies to IntegrateEmerging Cybersecurity Topics into a Computing Curriculum. Journal of Information SystemsEducation, Vol. 26(3) Summer 2015Miller, J., “Case study in second language teaching,” Queensland J. Educ. Res., vol. 13, pp. 33-53, 1997.Popil, I., “Promotion of critical thinking by using case studies as teaching method, “ NurseEducation Today, vol. 31, pp. 204-207, 2011Swart, A.J., “Does it matter which comes first in a curriculum for engineering students—Theoryor practice?,” Int. J. Elect. Eng
Paper ID #20097Khan Academy Style Videos For Sophomore To Senior Aerospace Engineer-ing Courses (Work in Progress Paper)Dr. John Valasek, Texas A&M University John Valasek is the Thaman Professor of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, the Director, Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS), the Director, Vehicle Systems & Control Labo- ratory, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and member of the Honors Faculty at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in Aircraft Design, Atmospheric Flight Mechanics, Modern Control of Aerospace Sys- tems, Vehicle Management Systems, and Cockpit Systems &
explore moreabout privilege, perspective, and how hard work – while it makes a difference – may not get oneas far if there are systemic hurdles in their way. The role of one’s community on the individual’ssuccess is discussed further as well.Lecture 6: Teaching with ConstraintsIn this activity, students put into groups and asked to design a typical lab lesson. They are told thatthey have access to a standard laboratory classroom, will have a diverse class among manydimensions stressing that there will be students of varying familiarity with the material, ethnicitiesand socio-economic backgrounds. They are told that the materials for their lab cost about $300and to plan accordingly. After the initial lesson is designed, each group is given
Science, Associate Professor of Education, and Director and Graduate Chair for Engineering Education Research Programs at University of Michigan (U-M). Dr. Finelli is a fellow in the American Society of Engineering Education, a Deputy Editor of the Journal for Engineering Education, an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education, and past chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE. She founded the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering at U-M in 2003 and served as its Director for 12 years. Prior to joining U-M, Dr. Finelli was the Richard L. Terrell Professor of Excellence in Teaching, founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and
the Director of Academic Technologies at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has had experience in learning in both a traditional university program as well as the new online learning model, which he utilizes in his current position consulting with faculty about the design of new learning experiences. His experience in technology and teaching started in 1993 as a student lab technician and has continued to expand and grow over the years, both technically as well as pedagogically. Currently he works in one of the most technically outstanding buildings in the region where he provides support to students, faculty, and staff in implementing technology inside and outside the classroom, researching new engineering
and as the mentor and facilitator of several teaching-related workshops, at the University of Waterloo. She has four teaching certificates and has been very committed to teaching developments and application of new and effective teaching strategies.Mr. Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo Lucas is a PhD student in The Automated Laser Fabrication (ALFa) Lab under Professor Amir Khajepour, in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo. His research area is primarily in real-time monitoring of thermal properties and geometry in Laser Materials Processing (LMP). Teaching experience includes working as a teaching assistance for Dynamics and Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines
and holder of the Ned Adler Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. He obtained both his baccalaureate and master's degrees from LSU ME and his doctorate from Purdue University's School of Mechanical Engineering. He has been actively engaged in teaching, research and curricula development since joining the faculty in 1988. He currently serves as Co-Director of the Education and Outreach program with LSU’s NSF-EPSCoR Center for Bio-Modular Multi-Scale Systems (CBM2) and is responsible for the development and implementation of several of the centers K-12 and public outreach programs.Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University Lillian Bridwell-Bowles is a
AC 2007-2972: COMPARING STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND GROWTH IN ACOOPERATIVE, HANDS-ON, ACTIVE, PROBLEM BASED LEARNINGENVIRONMENT TO AN ACTIVE, PROBLEM-BASED ENVIRONMENT.Paul Golter, Washington State UniversityBernard Van Wie, Washginton State UniversityGary Brown, Washington State University Page 12.381.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007AbstractTwo questions that frequently come up when developing a teaching method that tries to combine bestpractices from multiple pedagogies are: Is this better than how we normally teach? And whichpedagogy is giving the most benefit. In the spring semester of 2006 we had a large enough junior classto separate our required Fluid
at the University of Waterloo, expressed the frustrations he believed to be shared bymany industrial engineering academicians. In a 1984 article (Buzacott 1984), Buzacott statedthat the AIIE definition of industrial engineering was too broad. He commented that thecomplement of faculty that must be assembled to teach the Roy report curriculum is certain to bepoorly integrated. This, Buzacott stated, insures discord because the research methods,techniques and skills of the assembled faculty do not match, and faculty have no common forumfor scientific communications.Buzacott also claimed that the focus of industrial engineering was outdated in terms of thecurrent needs of innovative industries. He expressed the opinion that students enrolled in
theoretical conceptswith hands-on practical experiences and we have lead most of our engineering colleagues inusing innovative approaches in the classrooms. All these issues that focus on pedagogy,methodology and teaching innovation, especially those with a practical emphasis will be verywelcome not only by fellow engineering technology colleagues but also by engineering facultyand the academic community in general. The dissemination of laboratory experiences,procedures and even manuals is another are where we can, as an academic community, make asignificant contribution to the current body of knowledge. As a discipline, engineeringtechnology has a long standing experience in involving industry in shaping curricular contentsvia the industrial
AC 2012-4369: CAPSTONE DESIGN HUB: BUILDING THE CAPSTONEDESIGN COMMUNITYDr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communi- cation in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is Co-PI on several NSF grants to explore design education. Her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication in capstone courses, the effects of
. were completed at Vanderbilt University, and his B.S.Ch.E. at the University of Alabama. Silverstein’s research interests include conceptual learn- ing tools and training, and he has particular interests in faculty development. He is the recipient of several ASEE awards, including the Fahein Award for young faculty teaching and educational scholarship, the Cororan award for best article in the journal Chemical Engineering Education (twice), and the Martin award for best paper in the Ch.E. Division at the ASEE Annual Meeting. Page 25.1446.1 c American Society for Engineering
of systems applications; they have also caused the complexity of embedded microprocessor sys- tems to increase. The new demands put on microprocessors requires new design techniques. We survey technological trends, discuss their implications for embedded systems education, and dis- cuss our experience with a new embedded systems course at Princ- eton University.1 IntroductionMicroprocessors have been embedded in systems for almost thirty years. However, embeddedsystem design is only now being recognized as a separate discipline. Our basic approach to teach-ing students about microprocessor-based systems took form in the early days of microprocessors.However
problemsolving, elementary numerical methods, and algorithmic programming. Software vehiclesinclude Mathcad, Matlab, and, in particular, Excel and its VBA programming language. Use of atraditional, stand-alone programming language, such as Fortran or C/C++, is postponed beyondthese introductory courses. There are strong, relevant pedagogical and practical bases for thiscommon approach and results from initial course offerings are most promising.BackgroundThe teaching of introductory computing at the freshman level has long been fraught withcontroversy and emotion, possibly far more than deserved. Those most opinionated are often themost out of touch: they don’t do much computing themselves; they are isolated from the day-to-day computing activities of
mind, a new class has been developed that usesscience as conveyed in science fiction films and literature to illustrate and teach basicengineering concepts. Central to the course delivery is “poking fun” at the disobedience of thelaws of physics and engineering in “sci fi” and teaching the correct behaviors. In this fashion,students can develop lasting mental pictures of the way things function and the complexities ofdesign. This course also discusses the interactions and implications of technology and society, aswell as the ethical considerations of engineering given human nature and the limited naturalresources of the earth.I. IntroductionThe application of science fiction in education is not a new concept. In fact, science and
teaching and learning and conducts innovative socio -technical researchfocused on the many challenges facing engineering in the context of global changes in society,the environment and emerging technologies. The Centre provides a practical model for changingthe culture from within in a research intensive university.BackgroundIn 1998, the School of Engineering commissioned an independent review of the state of theculture in the School. The resultant Diversity Report made some 63 recommendations concernedwith creating a more holistic culture in the School. A core recommendation was the formation ofa Catalyst Centre as a day-to-day focus for implementing the recommendations of the DiversityReport. The other recommendations were grouped into headings
examined a casestudy in which a teacher built a do-it-yourself (DIY) interactive whiteboard so that hecould teach middle school mathematics in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Using this case studyas a model, a group of two teachers were provided with the materials and supportsnecessary to build their own do-it-yourself (DIY) interactive digital whiteboards, similarto those sold by commercial companies such as SmartBoard and Promethean, but at asmall fraction of the price. Unique components of each teachers experience weredescribed, and then the teachers were compared on individual components of the process.The case studies demonstrated that each teacher had unique facets to their experience, butthere were also common features. These differences helped
Page 23.1220.2fundamentals program and the chosen inverted classroom approach will be explained. Thesubsequent sections will discuss the results pertaining to the three aforementioned questions.Finally, recommendations for future work will be given.MethodsClassroom StructureThe course met for three 125-minute sessions per week and for one 125-minute laboratoryexperience per week. While the inverted approach was applied to both the classroom andlaboratory components, further discussion of the laboratory component is beyond the scope ofthis paper. The classroom experiences were designed studio-style, with one faculty member andtwo undergraduate teaching assistants; seating arrangements encouraged interaction in groups offour and included a
Marghitu, Auburn University Dr. Daniela Marghitu received her B.S. in Automation and Computing from Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and her Ph.D. degree in Automation and Computing from University of Craiova. She is a faculty member in the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department at Auburn University, where she has worked since 1996. Her teaching experience includes a variety of Information Technology and Computing courses (e.g., Object-Oriented Programming for Engineers and Scientists, Introduction to Computing for Engineers and Scientists, Network Programming with HTML and Java, Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML 5.0, CSS3.0 and JavaScript, Personal Computer Applications, Spreadsheet
dealing with architecture, structural engineering, sustainability, and humanitarianengineering. Some highlights include: MSU Denver study abroad course entitled Refurbishment of Structures hosted by UP in 2010 First UP visiting professor instructing at MSU Denver in 2011 English immersion program at MSU Denver in support of the Master’s in Architecture English-language program at UP in 2013 Collaborative development of an Architecture Minor at MSU Denver from 2013 through 2015 English immersion program for UP engineering faculty at MSU Denver in 2016 Collaborative Research on “Laboratory Testing of Timber-Concrete Composites Adaptable Architecture” from 2013 through present UP
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