Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA * Corresponding author: zuyi.huang@villanova.eduAbstract: As an engineering technical software, MATLAB has become an immensely populartool in both academia and industry. It is widely used as a software supplement to many coursesin the College of Engineering at Villanova University. On the other hand, instructors of differentcourses have to spend time introducing MATLAB repeatedly. And instructors are usually left to avery fragmental teaching of MATLAB tools needed for a specific project in a course. Moreover,being focused on the fundamentals of the course, the instructors usually do not have much time toexplain the details of MATLAB. This leaves students frustrated and unaware where to seek
and homework. Nontraditional methods (1) The assessment plan alluded to the use of nontraditional assessment methods, such as oral exams and course projects. Direct methods (0) The assessment plans alluded to the use of merely direct assessment methods (i.e. graded assignments). Direct and indirect methods (1) The assessment plan alluded to the use of both direct and indirect assessment method to compare learning results with perceived learning. One method (0) The assessment plan alluded to one type of assessment method (e.g. exam questions). Varied methods (1) The assessment plan
a broad skillset. Prior to our program’s senior design course, students receive some general training inengineering design during the first and second year required classes, though specialized skillsoften needed are not formally introduced or practiced. In response, efforts are being made todevelop specific skills-building modules and opportunities for students to gain practicalexperience for application to their senior design project, but ultimately to improve the skillset ofgraduating students. These include the development of new hands-on curricular modules and asummer innovation internship, aimed to enhance students’ technical skills, professionaldevelopment skills, and entrepreneurship knowledge.This study is focused on our inaugural
learn.The objective of understanding and documenting their understanding seemed simply foreign totheir experience – they weren’t able to grasp the importance of truly understanding the subjectmaterial rather than just getting the answer. In one class, the entire class worked around anautomation project (which required a term paper). Each night at the beginning of class, I wouldstart by saying, “Oh, by the way...” which was my way of introducing a change in the project.The change might be a requirements change, a manufacturing resource change, or some otheritem that would cause the students to have to react and implement a change to the project. As Iexplained to the students, such perturbations were not unusual in industry, and they could expectto
thethese programs. For example, motivation influences the limitations of learning context itself such that participantsdegree to which participants are engaged with activities as will be unable to complete designs if the expectations fordoes their background knowledge [4]. Additionally, the design exceed the constraints of their environment [4].program effectiveness is impacted by the limitations of the Recent research in engineering education has shown thatlearning context itself such that participants will be unable project-based learning classes can help to improveto complete designs if expectations for the design exceed motivation of students, increase students’ interest inthe constraints of their
experiments:To illustrate 5G research at Aalto, in 2015 Aalto University - millimeter wave transmission,received a grant called TAKE-5 to create a testbed for a 5Gnetwork [5]. Other Finnish universities participate in this - ultra wideband (UWB),testbed, as well as companies such as Ericsson, Huawei, - multi-channel generation.and Nokia. It is a project that is part of a larger initiative by which are described next.the Finnish government called 5G Test Network Finland(5GTNF). 4.1 Millimeter wave transmission
sentence précis and create a PowerPoint slide that informs their readers about the primary focus of one of the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering. In the Project Report, Figure 1. Average signature assignment grades for each teams prepare a one page professional report that presents section of ENGR 1300 in Spring 2017. Section 7 was the their recommendations for implementation of new pilot section production methods for their company and the audience for
education, context- management, cyber physical systems, context-aware analytics, self-adaptive and self-managing systems, and runtime software evolution. She conducted her PhD at University of Victoria, between September 2009 and February 2013. In November 2011 she received the IBM Canada CAS Research Project of the Year 2011 for the application of context-awareness and self-adaptation to the improvement of on-line shopping systems. Over the last ten years she have co-authored an important number of scientific papers on software engineering, co-chaired several international workshops and conferences, and served in an important number of program committees for international conferences such as the International Con
. Demonstration of buckling is an essential tool to teach this concept andmake the subject more understandable. It would be very useful to establish the concept, anddemonstrate the effect of Modulus of elasticity, moment of inertia, length and fixity of themember to first year students without detailing Euler’s Critical Load formula. In addition,construction and design of this load frame is a very good project for mechanical and electricalengineering students. Two undergraduate students worked under supervision of a laboratorytechnician and a professor to design and construct a load frame for buckling tests. This paperdescribes the design and construction of a load frame for educational purposes.Design and Built The first step to designing the
,describe and interpret the students in their natural decision making processes with minimaldisruption from the observer. This was important because, as emphasized by [18], meaning islargely determined by the context in which it is situated and therefore if we want to understandmore about students’ decision making while working in pairs during their engagement in aspecific task then it is important for the research to be conducted in this setting through largelyunobtrusive methods.Participants and context This research is part of a larger externally funded project that is focused on examiningCT and engineering thinking for K-2 students within in-school and out-of-school STEM andcomputational thinking (STEM+C) environments. As part of this
the SMU Maker Education Project, a project based out of the Caruth Institute of Engineering Education at SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Developing an Engineering Identity through Immersive Design Challenges in Academic Makerspaces: A Qualitative Case Study IntroductionAcademic makerspaces are becoming commonplace in engineering schools across thecountry [1-3]. These spaces, often blending aspects of community makerspaces withaspects of traditional engineering school spaces (e.g., machine shop, wood shop), areplaces where creative individuals have access to a variety of digital and physical tools andcan work
: Control System (Final Project I) o Control methodologies o Valves/Sensor - component selection o PLC Module 6: Prototyping and Comparison (Final Project II) o System development in the lab o Performance testing and comparison o Improvement and/or change system designThe modules have been developed as independent and self-contained as possible in order to makethem transportable so that other institutions or individuals will be able to adapt them for existingcourses. The initial plan is to offer this course as a 3-credit technical elective course during theFall 2019 semester (not during Spring’19 as originally planned, due to scheduling conflict). Thefirst offering of the course will
Community MembersProject OverviewA robust and diverse engineering workforce is essential to national security and economiccompetitiveness, and current rates of higher education enrollment in engineering are notsufficient to support the need. Thus, broadening participation in engineering fromunderrepresented groups is a critical priority. To address this need, this project focuses oneconomically disadvantaged rural students. Given the unique geographic and cultural factors thatimpact rural students’ career choices, it is critical to study choice in context [1, 2]. In ruralcommunities, students career choices are heavily influenced by the people and values of the localcommunity; family, teachers, and friends, in particular, often played a key role
to connect to a strength of the local region. Theprimary goal of the program is to enhance STEM education for rural students and their teachers,while using an engineering context through an agricultural framework. The RET programconsists of a 6-week summer research experience as well as follow-up activities and support foreach cohort as they translate the research experience into their STEM courses throughout theiracademic year.Program DescriptionThe primary activity of the RET program is a six-week summer experience that engages five in-service and five-pre-service teachers. Each in-service teacher is paired with a pre-service teacherwhile conducting research on an established faculty project in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment or
highlyregarded the input of the EWFs and students who met with the EWFs at least once were likely tomeet with the EWFs additional times. Students thought that the curricular framework in the labworksheets were the most useful classroom strategy used to improve their technical writing. (Thiswork was sponsored by the Engineering Information Foundation.) II. Project DescriptionThe central goal of this project was to improve technical writing instruction in laboratory coursesat Loyola University Maryland. To achieve this goal, Writing faculty worked with faculty teachingEG031: Linear Circuits Laboratory to enhance practices for teaching technical writing. EG031was selected because it is the first engineering laboratory course students take and all
University in 2015.Dr. Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University Soheil FatehiBoroujeni received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Merced in 2018. As a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, School of Engineering Education, Soheil is working on a multi-institutional project characterizing governance processes related to change in engineering education, and pursuing other research interests in epistemology and design, among other philosophical topics in engineering education.Dr. Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of industrial
engineering juniors and seniors having recently completed a co-opor internship, the second investigates the experiences of recent engineering graduates during thefirst twelve weeks of their jobs, and the third explores the beliefs of more experienced engineerswho engaged in service-oriented projects as students. We selected these data because they bothrepresent three different points in time and speak to different levels of understanding of andfamiliarity with engineering organizations. We conducted a thematic analysis to identify majorthemes related to engineers’ agency and the way their organizational structure interacts with theirown beliefs and skills.Specifically, we explore themes of Relational Empowerment, Structural Empowerment,Organizational
Paper ID #28042Work-in-Progress: Investigation of a Fall-to-Spring Performance Drop in aFirst-year ExperienceDr. Todd France, Ohio Northern University Todd France is the director of Ohio Northern University’s Engineering Education program, which strives to prepare engineering educators for the 7-12 grade levels. Dr. France is also heavily involved in de- veloping and facilitating the Introduction to Engineering course sequence at ONU. He earned his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder where his research focused on pre-engineering education and project-based learning.Dr. J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University
-designedinfrastructure to measure and develop student outcomes which are not related only withknowledge. The verbs used in Criterion 3 student outcomes like; apply, design, conduct, use,communicate, function are mostly action based verbs and needs to be measured by using differenttools other than brain-based assignments like written/oral exam, project or term paper.In this study, a draft model of measuring student outcomes is offered. This model mainly contains“Potential Assessment Center (PAC)” application and “Individual Development Plan (IDP)”. PACis a process where assessors work with students to collect evidence of an outcome (competence),using the tools (exercises) tailored specially for the purpose of measuring the student outcomesthat comprise the
Analysis of human activities on smart devices using Riak TS Hinduja Dhanasekaran, Siddharth Selvam, Jeongkyu Lee University of Bridgeport Abstract—In this paper we have definition – “Extremely large data setsimplemented Riak TS which is a time that may be analyzed computationally toseries-based database. It is a key value- reveal patterns, trends, and associations,based database and has time as especially relating to human behaviorimportant parameter. During the and interactions”.implementation of the project we haveunderstood the installation process, We should also
jobs in 2007. Fall 2019 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, November1-2, 2019 – Cooper Union, NYCFigure 2 Cumulative wind capacity by the end of 2007 and Year 2007 only installedFigure 3 Direct jobs created in Europe 2007, cumulative capacity installed until 2007 resultant jobs/MWThe manufacturing of wind turbines gives more employment opportunities. Nevertheless, the industrycreates jobs in research and development, system design, installation and maintenance, education andtraining, energy auditing and management and consulting.From a case study from Germany, it is known as far as back in 1997 the Building Code of Germany wasaltered via a change in legislation to bring the “wind power” projects as the highly favored projects in thelaw
Paper ID #27217Student Perspectives on the Use of iPads for Navigating Construction Draw-ings: A Case StudyDr. Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University Tom Leathem is an Assistant Professor in the McWhorter School of Building Science at Auburn Univer- sity where he teaches courses in Estimating, Construction Documents, Scheduling, and Project Delivery. He has 11 years industry experience in commercial construction management, holds a Ph.D. in Educa- tion, an M.S. in Integrated Design & Construction, and a B.S. in Construction Management. His areas of research include construction education, assessment, accreditation
engagementopportunity requires six key components: 1) an instructor or facilitator, 2) a community partner,3) a student, 4) academic context, 5) reflective thinking, and 6) meaningful service. An exampleof a service learning project is when an engineering major has been assigned to a local highschool to assist students to prepare for a robotics competition. In this situation, the service isproviding a learning opportunity to the provider of the service and the recipients of the service(to include the high school students and the teacher).Service learning enhances students’ academic and civic engagement through a combination oftraditional learning activities and community services. Often civic involvement is one of theimportant student-learning outcomes in
Teacher Education, and Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a faculty member at UTEP since 2008.Miss Helena Mucino, University of Texas, El Paso Helena Muci˜no is a Ph.D. student in the Teaching, Learning, and Culture program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She holds a master’s degree in Musical Education Research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is currently working as a Research Assistant for an NSF-funded project at UTEP dedicated to broadening the participation of Latinx students in higher edu- cation. c American Society for Engineering Education
Instrumentation and Data Acquisition course offed by the MET and EETprogram, respectively. This course focuses on interfacing of the sensors and actuators withmicro-controllers, electrical wiring and programming with fundamental understanding of sensorsand actuators.A number of different approaches are suggested in the literature for the mechatronics course, e.g.,project-based approach [9] and competition based approach [10], to name a few. Keeping in mindthe diverse background of students enrolling in the course, i.e., EET and MET, and basicknowledge of electric circuits as the prerequisite, the course reviews fundamental analog anddigital circuits to bring the students to a level where they can learn programming concepts. Toemphasize on the hands-on
the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facility design projects involving mechanical systems that included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and energy conservation systems, as well as R&D of air conditioning equipment for Navy ships. Additional research interests have included the investigation of relationships among components of the indoor environment, occupants, and energy usage. Specifically, the effects of the indoor environment on occupant health and well-being and in parallel, how socially-mediated energy-saving strategies can increase awareness of energy use and/or in- crease energy saving behaviors. Dr. Lang’s current research interests
engineering capstone courses around the country will uncover considerabledifferences. Among the differences are:• The course is either a one-semester, three-credit course or a two-semester, four-credit to six- credit course.• The design project is either purely mechanical or is multidisciplinary, with sensor, actuator and micro-computer control.• The design project is industry-sponsored or is proposed by the student design team.• Funding ranges from industry financial support up to several thousand dollars, to $400 - $1000 per 4-person team funded by the mechanical engineering department.• The project can be virtual, i.e., a paper design and slide presentation are the end result, with or without a working virtual prototype. Or
parking lot. He then led them outside and had them use their map as they walked around the parking lot, noting the symbols and signs the students saw. As Don engaged students in reading the map, he guided their comprehension with questions focused on the problem the students would be addressing in their designs. For example, the discussion below occurred as the teacher led the students to points on the map, directing the discussion towards interpreting the symbols in terms of the engineering project. Don: Point where we are at right now. We are here. Now we are going to walk towards Point B. So let’s walk out to Point B. Okay why is Point D even on here? Why do we have Point D? This is pedestrian traffic flow right? Do we have any places marked
designed as part of larger project that aims to increase the percentage ofminorities and women that work in sustainable chemical and bioenergy technologies. The projectalso included the design of two college-level classes. This summer bridge course, EST 11,piloted portions of one of these 4-credit courses designed for students at Bronx CommunityCollege. EST 11 was funded through both the College Now program and NSF ATE Project#1601636 - Chemical and BioEnergy Technology for Sustainability (CBETS).Curricular DesignThe program focused on introducing high school students to the fields of Chemistry, ChemicalEngineering and Energy Technology while improving their computer skills, math skills, andpreparing them for college life. The goal was to increase
award.Ms. Sepideh Afkhami Goli, University of CalgaryDr. Ehsan Mohammadi, University of CalgaryMrs. Fatemeh Sharifi, University of Calgary Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Collaborative Autoethnographic Study of a Large-Scale Flipped Classroom Implementation with Multiple InstructorsAbstractThe flipped classroom model is being used in many engineering courses. By guiding students tostudy course material online or outside of scheduled class time, instructors can focus on hands-on assignments and projects during their interactions with students. The flipped classroom modelimplements