are workingon their own products/services and associated business models, across a variety of industries, the“dedicated model” provides a common platform. Through the dedicated curriculum, the theorycourses were specifically designed to accommodate students from different undergraduatedegrees and real-world experiences. The project courses, tightly integrated with the theorycourses, accommodate the variety of directions the students may take. The dedicated space andassociated 3D printing technologies were designed and continue to evolve to support thecurriculum. And the dedicated faculty are aware of the many moving parts of the program,allowing for “real time” adjustments to reflect what is happening in technical and businessarenas.What
largely experiential course, the capstone can support the inductivelearning style well. The necessary deductive-style teaching of accepted engineering design steps Designettes in Capstone: Characterizing the Impact of Early Design Experiences in Capstone Education with Emphasis on Designette Project Choiceshould be balanced with the inductive learning of the students. The challenge lies in allowingthe experiences of the students’ inductive learning to occur with enough time to reflect and buildtheir cognitive framework.Finally, a look at the Kolb cycle (Figure 1) and its application to the design curriculum andcapstone program could be informative. The Kolb model is characterized by a cycle that beginswith concrete experience, proceeds
at home. Recordingsare available as archive lectures through semester.Expanding teaching and research lab capabilities in the Marine Dynamics Lab, Marine Power andEnergy Lab, Fluid Power Systems Lab and Advanced Manufacturing Lab will further enhancestudent learning in marine engineering courses.ASSESSMENTStudent feedback has been very positive, and reflects that faculty are enthusiastic and veryknowledgeable about the subjects; that lectures and in-class examples complement the textbook;and that the course work is challenging.Some of the anonymous student feedback: The class was interesting as well as the instructor. The instructor was exceptional! Her knowledge of the material was vast and she did an excellent job in
average student grade) reflected that the course was successful insharpening the professional skills of engineering students.An undergraduate project-based learning engineering pilot program 6 was investigated in 2010 toinvestigate the impact of this type of learning on student attainment of ABET identifiedprofessional competencies. In the pilot program, students did not take classes but spent their timesolving complex industry problems that were not well-defined like theoretical textbookproblems. It was found that graduates emerged with integrated technical/professional knowledgesupported by ABET competencies. This initial study indicated that the aforementioned project-based learning program was more beneficial to students’ attainment of
material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Koretsky, M., Falconer, J., Brooks, B., Gilbuena, D., Silverstein, D., Smith, C., and Miletic, M. 2014. The AIChE Concept Warehouse: A Tool to Promote Conceptual Learning", Adv. in Eng. Ed.2. Meyer, J.H.F. and R. Land. 2003. Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments in Undergraduate Courses Occasional Report, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, The University of Edinburgh.3. Male, S.A. and C.A. Baillie. 2011. Threshold capabilities: an emerging methodology to locate curricula thresholds, Research in engineering education symposium. Madrid.4. Champagne, A., L. Klopfer, and R. Gunstone. 1982
relations in the processes and the dynamics connecting climate andecosystems. The overarching goal of this study is to address the needed paradigm shift inundergraduate education of engineering hydrology and water resources to reflect paralleladvances in hydrologic research and technology, mainly in the areas of new observationalsettings,1,2 data and modeling resources,3,4,5 professional practice, and web-based technologies6,7.This paper presents efforts to develop a set of learning modules that are case-based, data andsimulation driven, and delivered via a web user interface. The modules are based on real-worldcase studies from three regional hydrologic ecosystems: Coastal Louisiana, Florida Everglades,and Utah Rocky Mountains. Each ecosystem
discussionasynchronously on the class management system’s blog style message board and are asked tobring any questions to the next laboratory period [reflective/global]. Requires physical or chemical hazard removal. Elimination/ Substitution s es en Requires a physical change to the work place iv EngineeringControls ct fe Ef ng si
Watt Solar PanelsThe first and most vital instrument that was purchased using the Phase II P3 Grant was apyranometer with a digital output shown in Figure 8. This instrument allows for themeasurement of Beam and Diffuse irradiance as well as reflected irradiance. A Pyranometer isan instrument that has a 180° field of view so it absorbs all the solar irradiance from itssurroundings and delivers a digital reading that can be logged with a micrologger (not shown).The micrologger used is capable of measuring a change in voltage as low as one microvolt. Thespecific reason in which this instrument and supporting equipment were purchased was to allowfor solar panels to be tested during similar solar conditions. This validated our work by makingsolar
< 1 hour commute: 20% variable > 1 hour commute: 21%Our sample reflects the population of undergraduate students enrolled in the faculty ofengineering in terms of year, program and sex. No population level data was available in thefaculty’s annual report on our other two demographic variables: ethno-cultural identity andcommuting distance.FindingsOverall, we found that undergraduate engineering students who engaged in a range of non-classroom activities reported significant gains in their engineering skills, leadership skills,engineering identity and leadership identity. We present our findings in greater detail
otherneighboring cities of Montebello, Downey, La Puente, Norwalk, City of Industry, and easternLos Angeles. It is a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).The total enrollment (unduplicated annual headcount) is approximately 27,000. As its district ismore than two-thirds Hispanic, the students reflect the demographic; 67.7% of the studentsidentify as Hispanic. Among first-time students, 76% state that an academic degree or transfer toa four-year institution is their educational goal; however, 98% of them assess into a basic skillsmathematics course.2 The college is ranked 24th nationally for the number of Associate degreesawarded to Hispanic students.3STARSS ObjectivesThe purpose of STARSS is to support academically talented, financially
with the help of teachers to address problems they identified. Figure 1: Final, collaboratively designed, activity-bot.Besides the individual lesson refinement, the structure of the PD was adapted to increase teacherinvolvement in the construction of the lessons. With a few examples of fully developed lessonsthe teachers were involved in cognitive apprenticeship and, through reflection, were able to seehow an expert would create lessons using the robotic kit.31,32 The important consideration wasthat the teachers worked through all three units from a novice’s perspective of integratingrobotics activities into the development of a lesson.Week 2At the beginning of the second week, the teachers were introduced to DBR and given
, improvements to reflect updates to industry-academic curriculumrecommendations subsequently published by IEEE Computer Society, INCOSE (International Council onSystems Engineering), and others as well as improvements to better address faculty and student inputssuch as a richer treatment of Bayesian, and future plans to embrace industry advisory board inputs suchas treatment of Big Data Analytics.In the BeginningBoeing approached us in 2002 with the observation that the US defense and aerospace industry wouldbe experiencing a large number of retirements of systems engineers in the very near future and thatAcademia needed to step up to the challenge and provide the education needed by their replacements.Conversations were held then with representatives
physics concepts. This is indeed a positive outcome for this new effort. In Figure 2, the results of question 4 indicate student response to the final group activity. This rating was lower than for other questions, and students were less enthusiastic about a lengthy group activity close to the end of the semester, especially for this accelerated course. 4 5.00 Figure 2 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 q1 q2 q3 q4Figure 3, response to questions 5 and 6: In Figure 3, question 5 reflects the students’ view regarding the
experience [15].Experiential learning encourages four modes of learning – experiencing, reflecting, thinking, andacting –where the learner can engage in all four modes based on the learning situation and whatis being learned [13]. Kolb [14] explained the four modes as: (1) concrete experiences leading to(2) observations and experiences, which enable (3) forming abstract concepts, and (4) concludingwith testing in new situations; all of which enhance learning.Self-assessment With the incorporation of the learner-centered curricula, and the implementation of theABET Criterion 3 (a-k) outcomes; student self-assessment has become integral for assessmentsand evaluations. As an indirect assessment method, it provides a formative learning
Registrar at Stanford University. She is also a member of the research team in the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter). Helen earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her PhD in Communication with a minor in Psychology from Stanford University in 1998. Her current research interests include: 1) engineering and entrepreneurship education; 2) the pedagogy of ePortfolios and reflective practice in higher education; and 3) reimagining the traditional academic transcript.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at
innovators and asking them to reflect on their education andcareers and their perceptions on what would work and what would not. We believe that thisapproach yields significantly richer information that would be used for this research.3 MethodsThe data analyzed here is based on interviews conducted with 60 innovators over the course ofseven months between April 2013 and October 2013. These data emerge from the broader studyof innovation and education mentioned above. The research methods for the broader studyincluded a workshop held on October 22-23, 2013, at the NAE Washington, D.C. The workshopbrought together over 75 innovators and leaders from several fields to share insights oninnovation and its education in focus-group style sessions
undesirable impulses, and achieving optimal performance (e.g., making oneself persist) all constitute important instances of the self-overriding its responses and altering its states or behavior. More generally, breaking bad habits, resisting temptation, and keeping good self-discipline all reflect the ability of the self to control itself, and we sought to build our scale around them24.The scale was introduced on the survey with the following question: “With respect to highschool, how frequently does each of the following statements apply to you?” A sample itemreads “I do certain things that are bad for me, if they are fun.” The available responses were (1)Never, (2) Seldom, (3) Sometimes, (4) Often, and (5) Always. The self
Page 26.894.8Findings section of this paper show results indicating that YSP students showed highlysignificant gains in all areas examined: 1) Fundamentals of neuroscience, engineering, andneuroethics research, 2) Neural engineering best practices, and 3) Connections to neuralengineering industry and careers.Post-program Reflective SurveysAn end-of-program survey was given to YSP students at the conclusion of each summer programto measure the impact on students’ content knowledge and skill set competency in areas ofneural engineering. A retrospective pre-test design was used on some survey questions todetermine if there were statistically significant differences in knowledge of neural engineeringskill sets.13 Considerable empirical evidence
students. The survey invites students to voluntary participate while ensuring themof complete anonymity. The survey was randomly distributed and data collection ended whenreaching 25% of the targeted population 17.The survey was based on the volunteer functions inventory 18 and included three sections: thefirst section gathered demographic information about participants, the second sectioninvestigated students’ awareness of earthquake disaster and their willingness to join anearthquake volunteering program, and the third section asked participants to rate 19 items on ascale of 5 that reflect their attitudes and subjective norm toward volunteering in an earthquakerisk reduction program based on the theoretical framework (TRA). Items were designed
exploring scanning probe microscopy using shoeboxes and marshmallows. Throughfunding from the NUE grant, a video camera was purchased to capture nanotechnology-relatededucational activities and to share the outreach activities with the community through othervenues, such as Facebook and YouTube.A group web page for this NUE program was created on nanoHUB. The web page name isNanoSEEd at MSU (Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering Education at Mississippi StateUniversity). The web page name was chosen to reflect that this is a collaborative effort betweenthe College of Arts and Sciences and the Bagley College of Engineering at MSU. The page iscurrently under construction, but materials developed under this grant will be added as theproject
trainersthemselves are often different . In such a case, students are learning to do different tasks withdifferent equipment. However, by combining the trainers and controllers to perform the sametasks, this puts emphasis on the differences between technologies by solving the same problemson different equipment. This also adds familiarity to equipment that can translate into real worldpractical uses.ConclusionsThe cost of training systems often carries a high price tag when purchased as an off-the-shelfproduct. This cost is reflected not necessarily by the raw value of the parts, but by the integrationof the plant and the controllers along with any necessary specialized software. This effect iscompounded when multiple training setups are needed for
Page 26.84.4To limit the scope of the design, we will assume the amplifier is feeding a known, highimpedance load. Therefore the amplifier’s output impedance may be approximated by RD //1/yos. The output conductance of many FETs is frequently an underspecified or, more often,unspecified parameter2,5 because it is frequently assumed to be sufficiently high as to not affectthe overall output impedance of most FET applications 6. For the same reasons, many simulationmodels do not reflect accurate values of yos as a function of bias conditions. In practice, theoutput conductance of an FET does affect the performance of amplifiers biased at lower draincurrents (ID). But without better data to determine what the output conductance is at lower
of the codes to correspond to the coding as being motivational or beingdemotivation.Saldaña48 describes “Analytic Memos” as “a place to ‘dump your brain’ about the participants,phenomenon, or process under investigation by thinking and thus writing and thus thinking evenmore about them” (p. 41). “Analytic Memos” are also can act as a ”prompt or trigger for writtenreflection on the deeper and complex meanings it evokes”48 (p. 42). Examples of “AnalyticMemos” that Saldaña48 provides includes reflections about personal connections to the data, Page 26.94.9study’s research questions, codes, definitions, patterns, categories, themes, concepts
1245482. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Koretsky, M., Falconer, J., Brooks, B., Gilbuena, D., Silverstein, D., Smith, C., and Miletic, M., "The AIChE Concept Warehouse: A Tool to Promote Conceptual Learning", Adv. in Eng. Ed. (2014).2. Meyer, J.H.F. and R. Land. 2003. Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments in Undergraduate Courses Occasional Report, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, The University of Edinburgh.3. Male, S.A. and C.A. Baillie. 2011. Threshold capabilities: an emerging methodology to locate curricula thresholds, Research in
overcome these challenges. The Experimental Vehicles Program (EVP)participates annually in national and international competitions with multinational collegiateteams. Each year students design and create a new and more efficient vehicle for each of the fiveprojects5. Successful designs not only received awards, but it is a direct reflection of thestudent’s innovative ideas and dedication.This unique program provides great benefits for students such as the professional development ofstudents in addition to providing a great opportunity for students to associate with other studentsfrom similar programs across the globe. For example, at the 2014 Human Exploration RoverChallenge MTSU competed among several different countries such as Russia, Germany
theTech department to produce some of the more intricate construction pieces. Overall, this was avery engaging and fulfilling unit to teach, as well as an effective way to introduce a difficultmath concept.Acknowledgement The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the U.S. NationalScience Foundation Award, DUE-1102990. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and/orrecommendations are those of the investigators and do not necessarily reflect the views of theFoundation. Page 26.617.6Bibliography1. Case, D. (Producer), &. (2012). Landfill harmonic. [Video/DVD] You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
prevalent in engineering design graphics, explainengineering design graphics instruction within the context of cultural-historical learning theory,and describe specific learning examples within this theory.Introduction / Review of LiteratureThe process engineering graphics educators use to design instruction, select course materials, andexecute an educational plan is influenced by many factors. Some educators instruct primarilyusing methods that they experienced as students. They use instructional strategies that havesuccessfully produced results over time. Others are reflective practitioners and ponder the theorythat motivates their classroom instruction. The learning theory they embrace informs the types ofinstructional strategies they use in the
interaction, we hope to identify recommendations wecan make to other parents on how to foster engineering interest in their children, as wellas contribute ideas for activities for K-5 classrooms to reach a wider range of children.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No (HRD-1136253). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation. We would also like to acknowledge thecontributions of the GRADIENT research team members Scott VanCleave, MaggieSandford and Zdanna Tranby for data collection.References 1. Ceci, S., J., & Williams, W. M. (2010
Agriculture’s 1890 CapacityBuilding Program awards # 2010-38821-21461 and # 2012-38821-20016. Opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the USDA NIFA.References[1] http://www.techopedia.com/definition/25651/wireless-sensor-network-wsn[2] D. Estrin, R. Govindan, J. Heidemann, and S. Kumar, B Next century challenges: Scalable coordination in sensor networks, inProc. 5thAnnu. ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. Mobile Comput. Netw., 1999, pp. 263–270[3] http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/sosus.htm[4] http://www.ni.com/[5] https://www.google.com/maps
Engineers; and many more). Students documenteach experience in a Service Learning Activity Hours Report Form and also write a reflection on Page 26.662.7their community engagement experience for the semester.Industry-Mentoring Program The industry-mentoring program provides an opportunity for students to interact withengineering professionals. The key outcomes of this mentoring program are the professionaldevelopment of the student, increased student awareness, readiness, and disposition towardsengineering careers, and educational training needed. It provides an opportunity to the student toexperience the various work environments and