midterm exams. As a result thestudents do not put a uniform effort in learning during the course but, under pressure from theirother courses, apply themselves to the EFW course for only a short period of time just before theexams, resulting in an uneven and incomplete learning.To overcome the problems described above we are developing a conceptually novel one-semester EFW course for engineering junior undergraduate students and establishing a newundergraduate EFW laboratory. This course is a four credit-hour lecture/lab course (three credithours are for the lecture component and one credit hour for the lab component of the combinedcourse). A novel style of teaching this EFW course is based on the interactive approach –experiment – theory
masters and is now working with Prof. Page 23.1195.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Embedded Development Tools You Did Not Have When Growing UpAbstractIn this paper we give a broad overview of the embedded tools that engineering technologystudents at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have been discovering and using forcourses, laboratories, senior design and in their personal projects. By no means is this anextensive but a comprehensive list of embedded debugging tools used by students and faculty inour department. The important
commercial thermal cycle, analyze its performance and discuss thedifference between the actual device and the theoretical model. Students were also required tobuild a small physical model of the device using straws, wires, plastic cups and paper. By doingthat students could better visualize the device and its components.Toro et al.40 presented a desktop scale Rankine cycle with a solar-powered boiler for use as ahands-on laboratory experiment. Patterson41 collected real-life thermodynamics examples in abooklet. The examples were intended to enhance teaching of thermodynamics by increasing theaccessibility of thermodynamics principles, and to raise the appeal of thermodynamics tostudents. The examples were designed using the 5Es approach: Engage
andAurora, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Lockheed Martin, and others. Underthe award, three additional community colleges will implement the model in future yearscontributing students to the target number of 60 internship participants each summer of the project.When it concludes, this six-year project will have supported ~300 community college studentsfrom five Denver-area community colleges in 10-week (at full-time), paid, engineering-researchexperiences. This paper explores the feedback collected from participants during the first year ofthe internship program to understand how students’ experiences may be affecting their interest incontinuing their engineering pursuits.OverviewThe Engineering Momentum project, (formerly the
for a more highlyskilled workforce equipped with programming skills for the analysis of the huge amount of data thatcan be generated on construction sites, particularly with respect to the prediction of the properties ofmaterials for useful insight generation as well as rapid and informed decision making. In this study,construction students were introduced to artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and how they can beused for predicting the properties of construction materials in a construction course. First, thestudents were presented with a basic knowledge of AI for predicting the strength of constructionmaterials. A hands-on programming laboratory session was designed to get students started with theimplementation of AI knowledge through
Paper ID #41408How to Develop a Culture of Coding for the Future: A Case Study of themegaGEMS Coding AcademyGeorge Zaccheus Sikazwe, University of the Incarnate Word George Z. Sikazwe is an undergraduate electrical engineering student at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Sikazwe is passionate about applying engineered solutions to real-world problems. As a student research assistant in the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Research Laboratories his focus is in computational intelligence, specifically applications of deep learning onto hardware. For the GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science
II and theirrespective Laboratory courses), they are eligible to complete their Chemical Engineering corecourses in four semesters. Therefore, it is important to provide professional development asquickly as possible, so that they can make decisions concerning cooperative education, internshipsand pursing undergraduate research.Undergraduate SeminarTwo years ago, our department seminar had been restructured to support the collaborative, holisticadvising practice that is the mission of the University of Pittsburgh Academic AdvisingFramework[3]. Under the guidance of the Academic Advising Manager, weekly seminar meetingsin the classroom reinforce student-facing modules housed in the Canvas Learning ManagementSystem (LMS) that are to be
are used in project-basedundergraduate robotics courses at the University of Michigan: a first-year programming courseand a graduate robotics laboratory. We also describe a block-based visual programming interfacebased on the same framework and its use in a grade school context. Finally, we present lessonslearned in teaching undergraduate courses with real robots at different levels, and highlight futureopportunities for development in this area.1 IntroductionRobotics is growing rapidly in undergraduate education, with more institutions incorporatingrobotics in existing curricula, adding robotics concentrations, or introducing roboticsmajors [1, 2]. This rise in popularity creates a renewed demand for technology in the classroom togive
disruption to their curriculum and coursework, they are more often engaged inresearch that depends on access to physical laboratories and specialized equipment.This study therefore aims to answer the following research question: How did engineeringgraduate students experience the transition to non-traditional/alternative learning duringthe COVID-19 pandemic? To answer this question, we analyzed qualitative data collected usingthe SenseMaker platform in response to the prompt "Imagine you are talking to a friend or familymember about the evolving COVID-19 crisis. Describe something you encountered as anengineering student." Participants’ responses were analyzed using best practices in qualitative codingtechniques following an inductive, open-coding
, evaluating, planning) in their reflections.Table 2. Prompts for Reflection anchored to Laboratory Assignments Metacognitive Reflection Prompts Regulation Strategy Evaluating What have you done to address the difficulties you identified in the last reflection? Include a description of how your approaches were successful or unsuccessful. Monitoring What was one difficulty you are (or were) most concerned about? Be specific. Include a description of how you know (or knew) you are (or were) having this difficulty. BAE Course 2 Only: If you did not have any difficulty, what is something you learned from this assignment? Include a description of how you know you learned
, R. Martínez-Maldonado, H. U. Hoppe, R. Luckin, M. Mavrikis, K. Porayska-Pomsta, B. McLaren, and B. Du Boulay, Eds., in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10948. , Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018, pp. 463–468. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-93846-2_87.[6] J. J. Blackburn and J. S. Robinson, “An Investigation of Factors that Influence the Hypothesis Generation Ability of Students in School-Based Agricultural Education Programs when Troubleshooting Small Gasline Engines,” JAE, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 50–66, Jun. 2017, doi: 10.5032/jae.2017.02050.[7] M. Kinsel, C. Crockett, N. Smith, and G. Prpich, “Circuit Troubleshooting Techniques in an Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratory,” in 2024 ASEE Annual
-line Streaming of Dynamics Class” Jeigh Shelley ........................................................................................................................................... 172“An Evolving Model for Delivering Engineering Education to a Distant Location” Kenneth W. Santarelli ............................................................................................................................. 192“Using Sports Coaching Techniques to Enhance Project Based Learning Instruction” Lizabeth Thompson Schlemer & Faith Mimnaugh ................................................................................. 207“Model Eliciting Activity for an Undergraduate Thermal Measurements Laboratory”* Paul van Bloemen Waanders
, just as we make thesciences available for the same end through laboratory instruction” 1d, which led MIT to provideleadership to the establishment to the School of Mechanic Arts for secondary students in Boston.In 1882, John Ordway, Vice President of MIT, wrote a letter to the secretary of the PublicEducation Association of Philadelphia, strongly encouraging them to expand the work of theSchool of Mechanic Arts to all of Boston’s public schools 1e.In the 1870s, Harvard graduate Calvin Woodward was professor of mathematics, and dean of thePolytechnic faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. Concerned that his math studentswere having difficulty grasping certain concepts, he began to teach an applied mechanics coursein the early 1870s, in
design and implementation of a student-driven laboratory method which supports the development of authentic leadership skills. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 But how do you Feel?Authentic Leadership Development for undergraduate students through a student-driven,experiential, and emotion-laden course using a laboratory method addressing the whole person.AbstractBased on 324 reflections written by 27 undergraduate students from two independent cohorts,this study examines the effectiveness of a semester-long authentic leadership developmentcourse which is based on a student-driven, student-centered, and experiential laboratory method.This study shows firstly
laboratory apparatus for advancement of novel electronic devices, in addi- tion to curriculum development for inquiry-based learning and facilitation of interdisciplinary, student-led project design. She emphasizes engineering sustainable solutions from a holistic perspective, incorporat- ing analysis of the full technological life cycle and socioeconomic impact.Dr. Tamara Ball, University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Tamara Ball is a project-scientist working with the the Sustainable Engineering and Ecological De- sign (SEED) collaborative at UCSC. She is the program director for Impact Designs - Engineering and Sustainability through Student Service (IDEASS) and Apprenticeships in Sustainability Science and En
cell research used under a wide range of operational conditions for the US Army, as well as battery research, and the implementation of alternative energy power sources in autonomous ground vehicle robots. He is also working with his students supporting DTE Energy in the operation and optimization of their Hydrogen Power Park in Southfield, Michigan, a photovoltaic, biomass, water electrolysis, hydrogen storage, hydrogen vehicle fueling station and fuel cell power demonstration project, funded by the Department of Energy. He has also established an alternative energy laboratory at LTU that contains integrated fuel cell and hydrogen generation systems, as well as equipment
with an opportunity to develop pedagogical skills. Each semester,senior biology, chemistry, and physics students from local secondary schools complete open-ended biomedical engineering-themed projects within post-secondary laboratories guided byinstructional support from graduate student volunteer mentors and their classroom teachers. Theprogram framework provides students with an opportunity to explore STEM interests byengaging in realistic, open-ended problem solving using state-of-the-art research tools andequipment not typically available in the secondary school environment. Previous studies of pre-pandemic Discovery Program outcomes revealed multiplepositive outcomes for participants. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and
activities involving this moderntechnique. Those objectives are: (1) To present the course structure, including prerequisites, students’ learning outcomes, students’ time and work expectations, and grade components. (2) To present course topics, assigned service-learning projects, and course tasks. (3) To describe employed instruments, software packages and preferred training required by the potential instructors. (4) To describe field operations and laboratory assignments. (5) To present results of initial direct and indirect assessments while documenting students’ feedback.Course structure:Prerequisites: A Plane Surveying course is the prerequisite required for the offered LiDAR course.This prerequisite is needed since
-efficient, livable home powered only by renewable energy technologies. The Lawrence Techdesign incorporated a photovoltaic power system with several deep discharge, lead-acidbatteries. Four batteries “left-over” from that system where kept in the school’s alternative andrenewable energy laboratory by the faculty-author of this paper. These batteries are eleven yearsold, but had seen only minimum use over that time. To prevent shelf-life aging these batterieswere lightly discharged and recharged approximately once every six months to help keep themviable. No exact record was kept, but the six months was generally the cycling time frame.Typically, this involved partially discharging the batteries for 4 to 5 minutes using a 6 ohmpower resistor. Then
learning and with respect toprograms and courses, they describe how will the successful learner be changed. Theresponsibility of the course provider or instructor is to formulate (i) objectives (ii)instructional activities and materials and (iii) assessments as defined below: i. Objectives: Objectives thoroughly clarify and narrow the outcomes to specific and measurable goals. They identify what is to be accomplished in terms of comprehension, application and integration. ii. Instructional Activities and Materials: Instructional Activities refers to teaching and teaching-related activities such as preparing for and conducting class meetings, including laboratory work and developing instructional materials. iii
ease of overcoming gravitational Gravity’s Pull forces versus electric forces takes place. Students investigate the various types Molecular of intermolecular forces and the Attractions: importance of these forces at the Why do 10-12/ Intermolecular nanoscale while participating in5 Chemicals Chemistry Forces “discovery” activities, group Behave the discussions, laboratory, and an Way They Do
Division), June 24-27, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.31 . The IET evaluates a program through visitation and interview and issues an accreditedstatus. Students obtaining their first degree from such an accredited program can identifythemselves as a Chartered Engineer, which is same as Professional Engineer status in theUS.3.2.3 Laboratory management and maintenance In universities and further education colleges, laboratory equipment is managed andmaintained by full time technical staffs and is directed by the departmental administration.Unlike in the US, it is not the responsibility of an individual faculty to maintain alaboratory. However, in the UK, faculty is still involved with new laboratory developmentactivities
Improvement Learning Assessment Methods: Implementation and Outcomes Student Performance in Dissemination - Homework Success - Quizzes & Exams Measures for - Laboratory Reports Course - Presentations Objectives
engineering firm specializing in geotechnical engineering, construction testing and inspection and environmental consulting. He has over 17 years experience in geotechnical engineering and special inspections. He currently is very active on several ASTM committees and serves as Vice Chairman of ASTM E36 main committee which has governance over several related standards including ASTM E329: “The Standard Specification for Agencies Engaged in Construction Inspection and/or Testing”. He has served two terms as president of WACEL, a regional organization that accredits testing laboratories and certifies field technicians. He has served as a task group chairman for NICET’s development of new soil
, microelectromechanical systems, and the electrical and magnetic properties of materials.James Drewniak, Missouri University of Science and Technology James L. Drewniak (S’85-M’90-SM’01-Fellow’07) received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985, 1987, and 1991, respectively. He joined the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1991 where he is one of the principle faculty in the Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory. His research and teaching interests include electromagnetic compatibility in high speed digital and mixed signal designs, electronic packaging, and electromagnetic compatibility
categorize respondents into demographic/characteristic groups. Thesecond set of questions was designed to assess student satisfaction with the resources they needto perform research. These questions were divided into three categories: office space (Block B),lab space (Block C), and computers (Block D). The third set of questions (Blocks E and F) wasdesigned for student self-assessment of preparedness to perform EnvE research successfully.These questions examined how prepared students felt they were for research when they beganthe program, how well the program has prepared students for research, and how well a laboratory Page 11.130.10course has
Michelson, SUNY Alfred State CollegeProf. Reza Rashidi, State University of New York, Alfred State Reza Rashidi is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology and a faculty affiliate in Mi- cro/Nano Fabrication Laboratory at State University of New York, Alfred State College. He received his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering (MEMS development) from the University of British Columbia in 2010 and completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Development of Biomedical Sensing Devices in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 2011. He also received a minor degree in Engineering Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of British Columbia in
Paper ID #28677Design and Construction of a Soil Sterilizer - A Student Design ProjectProf. Emin Yilmaz P.E., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Emin Yilmaz is a Professor of Engineering Technology at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He has BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in Nuclear Engineering. He is a heavy user of computers in courses and in his research. He developed and taught several laboratory courses in engineering and engineering technology.Gary Harding, GKD-USA, INC. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
Science. She serves as faculty supervisor for the Discovery initiative and is program co-director for the Igniting Youth Curiosity in STEM Program. Dawn was a 2017 Early Career Teaching Award recipient at U of T and was named the 2016 Wighton Fellow for excellence in development and teaching of laboratory-based courses in Canadian UG engineering programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018IBBME Discovery: Biomedical engineering-based iterative learning in a high school STEM curriculum (Evaluation)Davenport Huyer, L.1, Callaghan, N.I.1, Smieja, D.1*, Saab, R.1*, Effat, A. 1, Kilkenny, D.M.1Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto.*These