AC 2009-83: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANDINTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONBradley Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley A. Striebig is an associate professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, where he was the head of the Environmental Technology Group at the Applied research Laboratory. Prior to accepting a position to develop the engineering program at James Madison University, Brad was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering department at Gonzaga University. He has worked on various water projects throughout the US and in Benin and Rwanda.Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University Susan Norwood
AC 2009-315: REASONING ABOUT CATEGORICAL DATA: MULTIWAY PLOTSAS USEFUL RESEARCH TOOLSRichard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton is the Associate Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His areas of scholarship include student team management, assessment, education, and remediation, laboratory reform focused on student learning, visualization of quantitative data, and engineering system dynamics. He is a guitarist and songwriter in the alternative rock band “Whisper Down”.Susan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S
statement of the focus of your research -- the particular problemwithin your topical area that you are attempting to solve. State the objective of yourresearch (what you are trying to accomplish); outline the methods you use (e.g.,theoretical derivation, laboratory experiment, data gathering survey, etc.); introduce theoutcome to be achieved (e.g., a new or improved manufacturing process, a new orimproved engineering procedure, etc.). The latter part should clearly indicate the metricsthat determine when the objectives have been achieved and the stated problem solved.This discussion should also provide a clear appreciation of what the work does notencompass. Chapter 3 should be short and to the point.Chapter 4; Analysis: This is a critical phase in
system response to the rough terrain.To lower the intensity of the annoying pitch motion of the vehicle SIMULINK, as a design toolthis time, was used to find a proper damping for suspension system to achieve this goal.Students’ feedback with respect to the project was very positive. They all enjoyed working withSIMULINK especially due to the relative ease in building the system model in comparison withthe corresponding MATLAB model. In short, students indicated that SIMULINK helped them alot in achieving a deeper, holistic understanding of the course material and its objectives bypromoting a virtual laboratory for vibration concepts.Problem Statement Figure 1 l1
different companies and each player has a specific role within the virtual firms.A wrong decision could result in disaster. In one scenario, for example, a firm’s ethics officeravatar “killed” 350 employees after making the decision to continue production at a virtual plantin Indonesia, which had been repeatedly threatened with terrorist actions. Notes game developerAllen Varney, “The game is all about temptation.”26Quick TakesNot all ethics games are time-consuming. Abbott Laboratories has implemented “Rocked orShocked,” a touch-screen game played at kiosks set up during training sessions or corporatemeetings.27 Players have a minute to answer six questions, such as “When it is appropriate toaccept baseball tickets from clients” from a rotating
2001 was spent investigating means to develop and maintain a comprehensivefoundation in networks, providing both quality classroom lecture and laboratory implementation.The chosen solution was to implement the first four semesters in the Cisco NetworkingAcademy. Each Cisco course is encapsulated within a CNS course. This enables supplementalmaterials to be presented and greater program-level oversight for student evaluation.This move represented the single greatest step in the evolution of the curriculum. Resultingaccomplishments include: Quality curriculum with computer enhanced delivery Emphasis on a quality laboratory experience Technical currency provided through Cisco Large discounts on network equipment, and analysis
in two-semester sequences with a corresponding laboratory (e.g., thermal-fluids, mechanics andmaterials, etc.). The teaching of design has been integrated to the curriculum by devoting acertain fraction of the coursework or labs to open-ended design problems. Likewise, formalintroduction to the engineering design method is made at the sophomore level in two courses:Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Tools. These coursesintroduce the design cycle, and expose students to design concepts by using problems withinreach at the sophomore level (e.g., statics, simple material selections, etc.). The tools courseintroduces the students to the machine shop and to the software packages they need to master inorder to
“distributed learning network” along withplans for the future.II. History and Distance Learning Model DevelopmentThe Southwest ENTC department promotes a positive learning environment through the use ofhands-on laboratory experience. Large investments in training equipment combined with collegelevel theory helped set Southwest apart from other Mid-south schools. Feed back from the 2002ABET accreditation review included praise for the laboratories and hands-on curriculum. Feedback from employer surveys indicated a high degree of satisfaction with the technicalproficiency of Southwest graduates. Finally, feed back from student surveys indicatedsatisfaction with the hands-on approach. Over 30 years of positive feed back made the facultyuneasy about
11.432.4changes made to several courses during the past six years.Additionally, two exit interview questions were written to address this criterion as follow: Do you feel that you could design and conduct an experiment if required by your first job assignment after graduation? How would your laboratory experiences at CSM including CH 121 (intro to chemistry lab, freshman-level), PEGN 309 (reservoir rock properties, sophomore-level), MEL Labs (multidisciplinary lab, junior-level), and PEGN 413 (gas measurement, senior-level) help you complete this first job assignment? Do you feel prepared to work open-ended design problems such as the Lone Cedar project and the Brazos problem you worked in PEGN 439 (senior
in design exercises and experiences throughout their academicundergraduate careers, and provides student support in an innovative configuration of cascadedpeer-mentoring. In addition, the project incorporates engineering design experiences across theundergraduate curriculum with linkages to the university’s engineering innovation laboratory foraccess to industry projects. This contributes to increased student retention and persistence tograduation. CASCADE uses research proven practices to create a retention program based onintegrated curriculum, peer-mentoring, learning communities, and efforts that build innovation andcreativity into the engineering curriculum. The design efforts introduced by this project verticallyalign PBL that is fused
as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate
students for several years while the faculty securesexternal funding. It might contain details surrounding reimbursements associated with movingcosts. It might describe a certain square-footage laboratory. Such start-ups can run to hundreds ofthousands of dollars of support at research-intensive institutions, and future faculty membersshould be careful to understand what the “going rate” for a start-up might be at the institutionsthey are interviewing with. (Tactic #1: Do your homework – ground your request in facts.)1BackgroundAs described in “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In,”2 which uses“Harvard Principled Negotiation,”2,3 any method of negotiation may be evaluated based on threecriteria: first, it should produce a “wise
engineering disciplines. Thisprovides students with opportunity to gain experience working in multidisciplinary teams asencountered in industry and national laboratories. Although it did not appear in the internetsearch, the authors are aware of one specific project where the U.S. Department of Energy’sArgonne National Laboratory requested a team of University-of-Idaho students working on theirSenior Design Project to design, fabricate, and test a station capable of disassembling high-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) filters. The HEPA filters are radioactivelycontaminated; consequently, the HEPA station must be located in a hot cell to minimizeradiation exposures to staff and students participating in the project. The potential of this
learning to work well in engineering, it must involve problems that arerelevant and complex, but that also provide enough guidance for students to discover theintended information [3]. In addition, problems that require students to design real solutions in alaboratory environment, as opposed to simply solving problems in theory, helps provide studentswith valuable experiences and knowledge gains. While originally developed by the SloanFoundation in 2002 to apply to all engineering instructional laboratories, the following list ofareas of potential student outcomes are also an excellent guide for educational problem-basedactivities with experiential components [4]. These activities should involve student gains in theareas of: Instrumentation
the winter break, the program introduces freshmen and risingsophomores to scientific research as well as a variety of topics and skills such as applying forinternships; introduction to the research process; university laboratory tours; library presentationon conducting literature reviews; the university transfer process for community college students;technical presentation skills; and project-specific topics including experimental methods,instrumentation, and data acquisition and error analysis. The paper provides a detaileddescription of the program curriculum, results from the Winter 2016 cohort, and key findings onprogram outcomes relating to changes in students’ engagement in their academics, confidence inapplying for and obtaining
. He further statedthat when evaluating a possible investment, a key criterion in assessing investment risk is theability of the regional infrastructure and population base to be able to locally produce at least 30percent of the doctoral level engineering and science talent that will be required by the startupfirm. Thus, access to advanced academic research and development laboratories and advancedacademic programs in engineering is critical to success.Because of the need to further develop the high-tech economy, and with support from localindustry and the state government, three doctoral programs were developed over the last tenyears. The following three programs will be discussed, Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE), the
sciences courses. He has published several peer reviewed journal and conference papers in these areas. His research areas are space systems, robust fault tolerant control, nonlinear control, adaptive control, small spacecraft design, high performance spacecraft components, mechatronics, real-time health monitoring, and diagnostic methodology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Student Activities, Research and Development in High-Power Rocket Propulsion and Systems EngineeringAbstractThe Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at Saint Louis University primarily focuses on student-run,undergraduate research in high-power propulsion system design and development as well asdesign
“Knowledge.” • “Abilities” refers to the power or capacity to perform an activity or task. For example, having the ability to use a variety of laboratory instruments [5], or the ability to plan and organize. • “Skills” are the capabilities or proficiencies developed through training or hands-on experience. Skills are the practical application of theoretical knowledge. Someone can take a course on investing in financial futures, and therefore has knowledge of it. But getting experience in trading these instruments adds skills [6]. • “Knowledge” statements refer to an organized body of information usually of a factual or procedural nature which, if applied, makes adequate performance on the job possible
Architectures, and Low Power and Reliability-Aware VLSI circuits. He has also been a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of UCF from 2014 to 2018. His educational interests are innovations and laboratory-based instructions, technology-enabled learning, and feedback driven grading approaches. He is the recipient of the Award of Excellence by a GTA for the academic year of 2015-2016 at UCF.Dr. Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida Ramtin Zand received B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2010 from IKIU, Iran. He received his M.Sc. degree in Digital Electronics from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2012. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in
University ofMichigan, students are required to take 41 credits of engineering science courses (32% of thetotal credits required for graduation) and only 19 credits of design and laboratory courses (14.8%of total credits). Furthermore, of the 11 current ABET Student Outcomes only one of these, a) anability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, directly speaks to thecontent of these engineering science courses [1].Despite the prominence of engineering science courses in the curriculum, these courses havebeen studied less in engineering education research than design courses [2]. Ideally, theseengineering science courses should give students the theoretical background that they can applyin engineering design courses, on student
is an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at Cal State LA. Joseph is an undergraduate research assistant, the Vice President of CSULA’s Robosub team, and he recently began an internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Outside of engineering education, his research interests are in the field of trajectory planning and control for potential future Mars exploration aircraft.Mr. Jorge Diego Santillan, California State University, Los Angeles AUV Mr. J.Diego Santillan is an Electrical Engineer employed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, cur- rently pursuing his Master’s in Computer Engineering. Diego acted as the President for the Robosub team as well as the senior design team lead for the same project in
(IBBME), University of Toronto. In addition to instruction, she has acted as the Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs at IBBME as well as the Associate Chair, Foundation Years in the Division of Engineering Science. Currently an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, she serves as faculty supervisor for the Discovery program 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, 2020 Discovery
investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control
pursued a Masters degree in Science Education as well as a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction in STEM Education. Jessica is a NASA Endeavor Teaching Fellow and also a graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy.Miss Rasheda Likely, Drexel University Rasheda Likely received her Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Biology from the University of North Florida. Prior to beginning the doctoral program at Drexel University, she worked in Virology (the study of viruses) for the Florida Department of Health for three years. She has also taught ”Princi- ples of Biology” laboratory sections at University of North Florida and Physiology at Drexel University. Rasheda is currently in her second year
valuable addition tothe electrical engineering curriculum.We argue that the reasons behind the technical choices, their impact on the resource consumptionand the performance versus flexibility tradeoffs are relevant for cellular communicationsstandards education. Moreover, project management, team work, development of realisticexpectations and practical solutions are skills that are much demanded by industry in addition todomain-specific technical specialization. We therefore propose a methodology for teachingstandards that creates favorable conditions for developing those skills.The combination of lecture-centered education [2] with laboratory-centered approaches [3], [4],has been adopted in the engineering curriculum when the Conceive, Design
and STEM education.Dr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-K¨uchler is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Biomechanics, Product Design and Development, and STEM Education. He has taught a variety courses at the undergraduate and gradu- ate level, is author or co
Paper ID #21535Assessing the Effects of Authentic Experiential Learning Activities on TeacherConfidence with Engineering ConceptsEmel Cevik, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the
Paper ID #22785Citizen Scientists Engagement in Air Quality MeasurementsProf. Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and instrumentation.Katrina My Quyen Le, AMES High School
-level, stand-alone course or in a cleanroom, which maynot be practical in an undergraduate BME curriculum. Furthermore, without these hands-on labsthat take place in a cleanroom, microfluidics classes are often taught as theory-based, conflictingwith literature on the benefits of hands-on learning. Broadly speaking, teaching microfabricationmethods is often limited to the graduate level and/or selectively to advanced undergraduates,making this instruction inaccessible to a large population of students.Educators are beginning to successfully incorporate microfluidics hands-on activities. Forexample, one paper describes the development of a mass conservation laboratory module using amicrofluidic device for undergraduate fluid mechanics education
the needs of a mobile robotics course for students from multiple disciplines. This robot systemcan be programmed in JAVA, Python, Lua or C. It can also be programmed with various devicessuch as smartphones, tablets, or the traditional laptop computer. This mobile robotics coursecurrently uses off the shelf or slightly modified off the shelf robots to teach robotics. The initialresults will indicate that it is possible to use this modular platform in its various modes to createsome of the basic behaviors required for the laboratory assignments.IntroductionThis paper will present the design of a modular educational robotics platform to handle thedivergent skill sets of a multidisciplinary population in an introductory mobile robotics course