are exacerbated by general fatigue experiencedby students enrolled in rigorous engineering programs, where there are high expectations forstudent work completed outside of instructional contact hours. Educators must thus be vigilantin monitoring the level of interest they engender in their students during lectures4.One solution as to how to maintain interest is to develop demonstrations to accompanytraditional lecture materials, thereby encouraging students to interact and engage in hands-onlearning. Hong5 noticed that many structural engineering students are too focused on “problem-solving procedure[s]” with limited attention to developing true understanding. In response,Hong proposes active learning techniques with emphasis on “visual
2017”, Forbes Tech. 2013 7. Allen, E. I., & Seaman, J., 2008. “Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008”. Sloan Consortium. 8. Chua, C., S. Teh, et al., 1999, Rapid prototyping versus virtual prototyping in product design and manufacturing, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 15, Issue 8, pp. 597-603 9. Greg Pleva. 2014.3D Printing-Why all the fuss? Tutorial presentation. Association for Computing Machinery 10. Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman.(2013).Fabraicated: The new world of 3D printing.John Wiley & Sons.Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46256 11. J Gong, P Tarasewich.2004.Guidelines for handheld mobile device interface
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; instead all courses are pass/fail. Therationale for this is slightly different, as it is intended to let students acclimate to college lifewithout the stress of maintaining a GPA before they enter into the sophomore year where there ismore intelectual rigor.More research is necessary to determine how best to measure student academic success. Thisstudy merely indicates that what is currently accepted as an indicator for student ability mayhave limited utility and alternative options should be explored. Page 26.589.11 References1 Bloom, B. S., College, C. o. & Examiners, U. Taxonomy of educational
changes that follow from the process. We assessStudent Outcomes on a two-year rotating schedule. Althoughsome assessment activities are conducted every year, each group ofoutcomes receives primary attention during alternating years.Not all courses in the curriculum are involved in course-embeddedassessment. The choice of courses is guided by the followingprinciples: Each Student Outcome will be assessed with student work in a course(s) termed “benchmark course(s).” Only required (not elective) courses in the program curriculum will be selected as benchmark courses. Although a benchmark course will likely address multiple Student Outcomes, typically one or two of its learning outcomes will be designated
assessment has had tremendous influence upon the design of this study,offered the following:· Conceptual definition of creativity: “A product is considered creative to the extentthat it is both a novel and appropriate, useful, correct or valuable response to an open-ended task” [13].· Operational definition of creativity: “A product or response is considered creative tothe extent that appropriate observers independently agree that it is creative. Appropriateobservers are those familiar with the domain in which the product was created or theresponse articulated” [13].Hennessey et al.’s conceptual definition is a useful guide for evaluating student productsin technology and engineering education because student products and design processeswill
separated are coded A (Achievers), S (SupportSeekers), P (Purpose Seekers) and P&S (Purpose & Support Seekers). The overall JMP analysisis shown in Figure 6. It is important to note that previous iterations of the regression utilized afull factorial method and generated biased results and very weak correlations for all but the two- Page 26.1142.8dimensional and single variables shown below. The results below were achieved after reducingthe regressed variables by eliminating the three-dimensional analysis and the cross of timing andlevel. Neither of these two analyses provided explanatory value. Summary of Fit RSquare
Page 26.1143.9systems, and provides minimum coverage of electric lighting systems.None of the textbooks cover advanced topics in MEP construction, such as estimating,scheduling, or project management. Only one textbook (“Mechanical and Electrical Systems inBuildings”) provides basic coverage of MEP coordination.The five textbooks reviewed support the typical set of learning goals and objectives of theintroductory MEP systems course(s) in construction programs. The depth and scope of thecoverage for each of the MEP systems varies within each textbook, as well as across textbooks.“Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Buildings” and “Mechanical and Electrical Equipment forBuildings” provide the most comprehensive coverage of MEP
control. Dr. Rodriguez has given over 70 invited presentations - 13 plenary - at international and national forums, conferences and corporations. Since 1994, he has directed an extensive engineering mentoring-research academic success and professional development (ASAP) program that has served over 500 students. These efforts have been supported by NSF STEP, S-STEM, and CSEM grants as well as industry. Dr. Rodriguez’ research inter- ests include: control of nonlinear distributed parameter, and sampled-data systems; modeling, simulation, animation, and real-time control (MoSART) of Flexible Autonomous Machines operating in an uncertain Environment (FAME); design and control of micro-air vehicles (MAVs), control of bio
Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Professor Harriger’s current interests include application development, outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Dr. Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University Gloria Townsend, Professor of Computer Science, has taught at DePauw University for thirty-four years. She was the PI for both NSF-BPC project, the Grace Hopper Regional Consortium, and NSF-S-STEM project, Julian Scholars. Gloria is a member of ACM-W’s Women’s Council, where she founded the concept of small celebrations for women in computing and where she now serves as project leader
the results indicated in Figures 4 and 5, above, are illustrative of thestudents’ perceptions of the other disciplines throughout the competition. After working togetherfor two weeks, there were slight changes between the perceived strengths and actual strengthsreported at the end of the collaboration. Although it is difficult to discern the reason(s) for theslight changes, one possible explanation may be the fact that nearly 80% of the students hadprior interdisciplinary experience, and therefore already had some understanding of the strengthsand weaknesses of the other disciplines. The slight changes from the initial to the final surveysmay result from the students working with the other disciplines in a new context that ischallenging
responsibilities, and market cycle economics.Course FormatIn this course, information on relevant innovation topics is delivered by traditional lecture, classdiscussion, and through readings. The learning strategy keys on the operationalization of thegained knowledge. In our approach, each topic is presented in a lecture or a series of lectures.Students then receive assignments consisting of two parts, the first asks them to reflect on andexplain the implications of the topic within the framework of innovation in materials or materialintensive industries. This ensures the students have completed the suggested readings and haveunderstood the content of the lecture(s). The second portion of an assignment asks the student tooperationalize the knowledge of
opportunities for process improvement.They increased the shooting range to 18 feet and fired 100 shots. Again, no significantimprovement was found.They students continued their experiment. They replaced the flimsy roll-around table with a solidtable. They also added a clamp to the rear side of the catapult. They fully expected the results tobe excellent. But to their surprise, no significant change was found.The students did not give up. They went at it again with all conditions the same but without therear clamp. This time their results did go up dramatically with X-double bar being 2.64. About63 of their 100 shots at 18 feet hit the little 4-inch diameter center circle of Zone 3. There wereno 0’s! The improved catapult setup is shown in Figure 5 and
Systems Engineering Issues In US Defense Industry, National Defense Industrial Association Systems Engineering Division Task Group Report, Arlington, VA: Author. Retrieved January 29, 2015 from http://www.ndia.org/Divisions/Divisions/SystemsEngineering/Documents/Studies 2. McGrath, B.; Lowes, S.; Squires, A.; Jurado,C. (2011, June 26-29) SE Capstone: A Pilot Study of 14 Universities to Explore SE Learning and Career Interest through DoD Problems. Presented at ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, Canada. 3. Ardis, M.; Carmen, C.L.;DeLorme, M.;Hole, E. (2014, June 15-18) Using a Marketplace to Form Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering Capstone Project Teams. Presented at ASEE Annual
- violets have recently been underextreme attention by researchers for producing bright white light LED,s such as GaN. The lattersemiconductor was the subject of the 2014 Nobel Price award won by Isamu Akasaki et al13. Page 26.1520.11Classification of Low and High band gaps Semiconductors :Semiconductor Band Gap ( eV) Wavelength ( µm ) SymboleIndium Antimonide 0.17 7.29 InSbIndium Arsenide 0.36 3.44 InAsGermanium 0.67 1.85 GeIndium Nitride 0.70
, opening theassignment to a greater variety of social media platforms such as Facebook or similar may lowerthe barrier to entry for the students. Additionally, making use of a teaching assistant or paststudent to model active participation may encourage more students in the course to follow theirexample. These techniques remain to be explored through further study.AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank the engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout fortheir photographic and textual contributions.References [1] Stephen B. Blessing, Jennifer S. Blessing, and Bethany K. B. Fleck. Using twitter to reinforce classroom concepts. Teaching of Psychology, 39(4):268–271, October 2012. ISSN 0098-6283, 1532-8023. doi: 10.1177
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bridge program was1.8 on a 4.0 scale, compared with a 1.55 from the general Calculus 1 classes. However thechance that a random sample of 16 students from Calculus 1 had a GPA of 1.8 or higher is 26%,so again we cannot conclude that this change was statistically significant.Figure 3 shows the grade in Calculus 1 in Fall 2014 for students who successfully completed thesummer bridge program versus the time they spent on task in the summer program. Again wefind little to no correlation, however it is interesting that there is a cluster of “B”s at the upperend of the time scale. Figure 4 shows the grade in Calculus 1 in Fall 2014 for students who
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broadband internet provided on-demand video capability to studentsin the late 1990’s, instructors have been experimenting with the use of online lessons and videosto enhance student learning both inside and outside of the classroom (e.g. flipped classrooms1and distance learning2). Online videos and animations have been shown to be especiallyeffective for teaching molecular biology concepts3,4, which are often too small to see with thenaked eye and difficult to conceptualize.5 Several organizations have already created full lengthonline videos for biology topics that are available free of charge, including the BioVisions seriesfrom Harvard6, Khan Academy7, Open Courseware at MIT8, TED5, and several others9,10. Thesevideos allow students to learn and
traineesprogressed through iFEAT and gained information about the application process, we noted shiftsin perception of the most challenging and most important components of the application process.We also monitored any changes in trainee career aspirations, including candidates’ preferredtype(s) of institutions and academic positions, plans to conduct postdoctoral research, andanticipated application timeline. Data analysis involved looking at trends across survey questions. All questions had eithera numbered rating system or distinct multiples choices for participants to select. Trends weredetermined via either an average of all participant ratings or a percentage of participants whochose that answer. For some questions, participants chose more than
experiences in the laboratory session activities: As a result of the team based laboratory exercises, Q1. My understanding of the environmental relevance of the subject matter is: Q2. My interest in environmental engineering discipline and confidence in the subject matter is: Q3. My analytical and experimental skills are: Q4. My leadership and management skills are: Response options: A. Worse (W); B. The same (T); C. Better (B); D. Significantly better (S); E. N/A no opinion (N)Fig.1. Civil and environmental engineering students performing water treatment experiment: A.coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation-filtration techniques; B. sludge volume measurements
prospective students, visitors, and guests.Moreover, the lab modules, the software, and hardware employed to complete this project can beadapted to future laboratory and project developments in other areas such as DigitalCommunications, and Digital Control Systems curricula.References:1. Feisel, L. D., and Rosa, A. J., “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education.” Journal ofEngineering Education 94(1): 121-130, 2005.2. Buket D. Barkana, “Curriculum Development of an Audio Processing Laboratory Course.” Signal & ImageProcessing, March, 2011.3. S. Shelke, M. Date, S. Patkar, R. Velmurugan, P. Rao, “A Remote Lab for Real-time Digital Signal Processing.”Education and Research Conference (EDERC), 5th European DSP, January
%), and Work (13%). The TCI was used as a pretest and posttest in the Fall 2012 and Fall 2014 as described in this paper. The pretest was administered during the first week of classes and the posttest was given in the last week of class. One common way to look at the pretest and posttest data on concept inventories is to calculate a G ain, G, from the pretest to the posttest as: Spost− Spre G= 100% − Spre (1) Where post S and S
the public who have allowed theengineering profession to get by working quietly and diligently, but not putting all their skills tothe best use of humanity.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Bibliography1. National Academy of Engineering. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. (National Academies Press, 2004).2. National Academy of Engineering. Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding
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