projects.IntroductionProblem based as well as active learning methods both contribute to maintaining student interestin engineering topics; this can be accomplished through design-based projects or simulations [1]-[7]. Prince defines active learning as “any instructional method that engages the students in thelearning process.” [1] Many educational institutions were forced to conduct their classes onlinedue to COVID-19, at least at the start of the pandemic. This presented a problem for manyinstructors to maintain student interest in lab based courses for which students were unable toattend in person. As a result many labs were taught virtually or were simulated. For this reason,development of hands-on hardware-based projects or labs that do not require the students
instrument control; management ofinterconnected device networks; and web services. Each participant joined one of these on-goingCPS research projects: • Inline Quality Monitoring of an Algal Biodiesel Reactor Train • Examination of Soil Humidity on Geothermal Heat Pump Efficiency • Real Time Monitoring of a Full Spectrum Solar Energy Harvester • Stage-wise Carbon Monitoring of a Biohydrogen Production System • Small-scale Rocket Propulsion System Instrumentation and ControlTo accomplish program objective (1), participants received a three-day introduction to Arduino –a simple, inexpensive, and open-source electronics platform. They were also given amicrocontroller and accompanying hardware kit. They worked
student population regardless of academic major. Thisprovides a diverse cross-section of incoming students, academically and otherwise. With over2600 students completing the course during these semesters, this study objectively comparesperformance on course graded events such as exams, lab reports, and group design projects. Theultimate goals of this study are to 1) compare student performance across remote and in-personclassroom settings and 2) provide future instructors with data to help optimize the studentlearning environment for all classroom settings. The conclusions of this study indicate thatsemesters of transition between in-person and remote learning are the most challenging forstudents, but otherwise student performance was not
generally aim to engage studentsin exciting and rewarding research and professional development experiences to motivate them topursue careers or advanced degrees in the sciences, technology, engineering and math (STEM).Unlike most other types of summer internships, REU programs are typically very student-focused.The faculty interactions, projects, activities, seminars, tours, etc. are purposely designed togenerate a positive impact on the student participants. This is certainly true of the NSF-fundedAutomotive and Energy Research and Industrial Mentorship (AERIM) REU program at OaklandUniversity [9], which so far has involved a total of 112 undergraduate students - more than half ofthem women - from 76 different universities across the United
. Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Flor ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Wireless Battery Management System (Design, Build & Test)AbstractAs part of the Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), and Engineering Technology (ET)Curriculum, Applied Design Projects for senior students in their final year augments their educationand training in research and research methods. It represents the centerpiece of the ECE-ETcurriculum's professional component and follows ABET-IEEE
Work in Progress: Update on the Impact of Secure and Upgrade Computer Science in Classrooms through an Ecosystem with Scalability & Sustainability (SUCCESS) Keywords: Research Practice Partnership; Computer Science Education; Rural Participation in Computer ScienceAbstract: This Work in Progress Paper provides an update on the Secure and Upgrade Computer Sciencein Classrooms through an Ecosystem with Scalability & Sustainability (SUCCESS) project, an NSF-funded(#2031355) Computer Science (CS) educational Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) whose shared goal isto provide high quality CS educational opportunities to all middle school students in a rural area
both teaching and research. Inthis paper, I share my personal journey of developing a PKM system with some tips and tricksI’ve learned along the way.My Personal Knowledge Management SystemMy journey toward implementing a knowledge management system started with a desire tobetter organize the literature sources for my research projects. I had used reference managers foryears, but each had limitations such as cost, portability, and searching. All the referencemanagers are great for what they were designed to do: collect information into a database tocreate citations. Beyond that they vary in their features for notetaking, highlighting articles, etc.After conducting research at three different institutions with licenses for three different
Paper ID #36318Alternative Education Options for Future Engineering StudentsMr. Brian Bartelo, StudentMr. Sean W Bartelo Student and future aerospace engineer American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Alternative Education Options for Future Engineering StudentsAbstract: This paper chronicles my personal experience as a student who has benefited from analternative educational journey. I hope to share my experience with others so that they too mightbenefit. It is the purpose of this paper to illustrate the unique advantages of a project-basedhomeschooling education for
Merit Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) USA, 2001 • Ph.D. Scholarship Award, JUST, 1992-1997 Synergistic Activities • Introduced Computer Aided Design for elementary and middle school children (2005-2009) • Supervised 30+ design/research projects involving 83+ undergraduate students • Hosted numerous outreach programs for 2000+ pre-college students • Combustion Institute KSA Country Chap- ter founding member • Supervised three annual teams of international design exchange students from France conducting research/design at U of Iowa and Industry • Served as industry liaison between U. of Iowa and HNI Corporation for nine years • Served as a member of industry advisory board for Col- lege of Engineering
un- derstanding. She integrates Trauma-Informed, relational practices with a Universal Design for Learning. Dr. Sweet offers a unique perspective as mother and advocate for a college student with complex disabil- ities. In collaboration with the Biomedical Engineering Department at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Sweet co-authored Finding Need in an Educational Setting: Starting with SETT, highlighting unique assistive technology for access to project-based learning for students with the most complex needs. Other publications include A.C.C.E.S.S. to the General Education Curriculum c and a peer-reviewed case study in the Pediatric Physical Therapy Journal.Ms. Alisa Jones, UCP of Greater Cleveland
coursewe cover the concepts of system design with the latest FPGAs (Field programmable gatearrays) w i t h multiple soft-core microcontrollers or with internal hard-core processors (Calledsystem on a Chip, SOC FPGA by Intel). This paper describes the details of the topics taught,textbooks used, software tools to use, the lab exercises and projects. We cover simple embeddedsystems applications. A list of Student projects done at the second half of the semester ispresented.We describe also the challenges faced in teaching such an advanced course. Some challenges arethe textbook does not cover the latest software tools, evolving standards and requirements, thenew FPGA software tools, and latest version of the hardware boards. We suggest techniques
firstprinciples. During the journey, they attain foundational Python software development skills andare exposed to many facets of ECE curriculum. In their final project, they repurpose theirwearable to address a new, unrelated problem so as to be challenged to be critical thinkersworking on open-ended problems – a highly sought-after skill by employers we surveyed.Due to the modular, often self-paced nature of the course, it has had a serendipitous outcomeduring the pandemic – namely, while being a highly hands-on course, it actually works extremelywell in settings of remote instruction. Feedback from students has been surprisingly positive asthey have had to work on their project kits from their homes rather than in the lab setting. Sincemuch of their
suchas parallel plate capacitors and energy transmission devices such as cylindrical conductors.The second major objective is undergraduate research. In this paper, an undergraduate researchproject which took place over the summer of 2020 at the University of Pittsburgh as part of theMascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation’s undergraduate research program, will be discussed.In this project, undergraduate student researcher modeled an aluminum conductor, steelreinforced, transmission line conductor to verify its resistance, inductance, and capacitance. Thismodel will be the basis for artificial intelligence application training of transmission linemeasurements.The third major objective is to integrate this multiphysics tool into a junior level
Paper ID #33834Using Data Science to Create an Impact on a City Life and to EncourageStudents from Underserved Communities to Get into STEMProf. Elena Filatova, City University of New York Assistant Professor at CUNY, New York City College of Technology, Department of Computer Systems Technology. Director of the Bachelor of Science in Data Science program.Dr. Deborah Hecht, Center for Advanced Study in Education As Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Education, at the CUNY Graduate Center I am involved in a wide range of educational evaluations of funded and local projects. I also mentor graduate students interested
semester.This lesson plan, executed with a collaborative teaching approach, was piloted in Fall 2020,when only one section of the course was taught (17 students enrolled in the course). Aftercompleting the MATLAB portion of the course, one week (two 80 minute class sessions) wasdedicated to discussing ethics in computing and introducing the culminating project. Studentsused the remainder of the semester to work on the project outside of class, with one additionalclass session during the last week of classes scheduled as free time to work on the project.Dedicating a week to ethics in between teaching the two languages was intentional, providingstudents with an opportunity to reflect on the basic computing concepts they learned in the firsthalf and apply
-based roles and has experience with outreach projects focused on STEM education and mentoring.Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Morgan State University Dr. Crumpton-Young serves as Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Engineering at Morgan State University.Ashton Stepter American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Engagement in Practice: Accessing Engineering Stakeholder Perceptions at HBCUs DuringCOVID-19 by Leveraging University Leaders and PartnersAbstractThe novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created a global crisis disrupting life as we knowit, negatively affecting the overall economy, and abruptly transmuting the
ChemE Car club at a large public university through observations of teamlaboratory time and interviews of team members. We chose the Katzenbach and Smith teamworkframework, and the related teamwork performance framework developed by Davis and Ulseth(2013), to evaluate ChemE Car teamwork. We contextualized this model with details salient tothe specific ChemE car teamwork context, to develop an observation rubric and interview scriptfor data collection in this study. We have interviewed a few students, and preliminary data showevidence of high success in team relationships while team joint-work products can be improved.The results of this study will be used to develop methods for ChemE Car project managers tooptimize their laboratory time to
Paper ID #35261A Reconfigurable and Modular Hardware for Remote Learning of AnalogCircuit DesignMr. Yixin Xiong, Penn State University Yixin Xiong is a senior student at the Pennsylvania State University, majoring in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in circuits and electronics. His interests in circuits were developed in a music pro- cessing circuit design project in a major course, and enhanced in later higher-level circuits design courses. He is planning to attend graduate school after graduation to study deeper in this field.Stephen Porter, Penn State University Stephen is a recent graduate of Penn State
-of-school environments, including museums, science centers, afterschool programs, preschools, and everyday settings.Dr. Monae Verbeke, Institute for Learning Innovation Dr. Verbeke is an interdisciplinary researcher in the informal science learning. She has worked inter- nationally on projects incorporating a wide range of science learning institutions. As senior research associate for the Institute for Learning Innovation, she leads research and development of learning tools in the areas of science literacy. science interest and self-efficacy.Marcie Benne, Oregon Museum of Science and IndustryPam Greenough Corrie MS, Mt. Hood Community College Pam Greenough Corrie is the Head Start/Early Head Start Director for Mt
platformfor courses on computer science and engineering. Appropriate guidance from theplatform regarding the different objectives of five project stages enabled groupmembers to communicate, exchange, and interact, and the students graduallydeveloped their thinking from divergent to convergent. Through deep analysis of thestudents’ learning portfolios, the effects of cognitive concepts, personal motivations,and personal characteristics on creativity were investigated. Moreover, this studyfurther explored three issues regarding the differences between highly and lowlycreative students so that teachers could employ appropriate teaching resources orassistance. The findings of this study can help teachers provide timely guidance andresponses to students
gamedesign class was offered as a technical elective. This class combined a “humanities” viewpoint ofvideo game design (e.g. gaming psychology, theory of fun) with the “technical” side of computerprogramming and physics engines. Students compared and contrasted two games and wrote acritical analysis of a game. The majority of the class was spent conceptualizing, planning andcreating a video game. Groups learned the required programming skills as needed to implementtheir vision. Students completed a survey at the conclusion of the course. Generally, students foundthe course exercised their creative skills, motivated them to learn more programming and providedthem experience in project management.Keywordsvideo games, computer programming, elective
first-year students in cohorts or learning communities is also cited by Gabelnick et al. as a means topromote connection among students, faculty and staff, and with the students’ majors [2]. In2010, WMU received a second STEP award (STEP IB) to scale up the number of studentsimpacted and to improve 6-year graduation rates. We use the cohorts as focal points to channelinformation about the student support services developed in STEP IB, including Student SuccessCenters and Engineering House. This paper will describe how the STEP project has been scaledup and institutionalized, and how it will be sustained at WMU, together with second-yearretention and six-year graduation rates. WMU is categorized a “Moderately Selective” institutionby the
program coordinator for the Make to Innovate program at Iowa State University. This program provides our students with an opportunity to do hands-on projects and includes everything from underwater to space projects. In addition to my duties at Iowa State University, I also serve as the president of the Stratospheric Ballooning Association. This organization aims to promote, educate, and encourage collaboration for high-altitude balloon projects.Dr. Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work-In-Progress: Developing engineering students’ professional development skills through augmented and virtual reality
product innovation, process improvement, and technology diffusion.Dr. Kevin L Devine, Illinois State University Kevin is the Program Coordinator for the Engineering Technology major at Illinois State University. His primary teaching assignments are in engineering graphics, industrial robotics, and CNC program- ming/machining. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018A Tale of the Robot: Will Virtual Reality Enhance Student Learning of Industrial Robotics?Abstract This work in progress paper describes an ongoing research project examining thefeasibility of using consumer-graded virtual reality devices during the design verification stageof industrial robot
as advisor to the student entrepreneurship club and as the State Partner for the FIRST LEGO League Program—a nationally recognized program that incorporates robotics with innovation and community engagement. He holds a PhD and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Full Paper: Embedding Core Skills in First-Year Engineering Students with Applications in Embedded System DesignAbstractThis paper details a discipline-specific first-year engineering course in electrical and computerengineering that employs a project-focused approach built around the use of embedded systems:to connect the varied course activities, to
Session ETD 545 Experimental and Analytical Comparison of Internally Finned Pipe with Unfinned Pipe for Heating Applications Maher Shehadi, Ph.D. School of Engineering Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Purdue UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a capstone project that was done by two MET (Mechanical EngineeringTechnology) students during their senior year at Purdue Polytechnic, Kokomo. The projectobjective was to build an apparatus that would allow evaluation of pipes performance intransferring heat from an external heating source wrapped
growth of theworking with scientists and engineers in their chosen topic program going national: more projects were identified for morearea. This project addresses the national need to increase teams (4 in 2010 to 8 in 2017), and therefore more interns could bethe number of high school students, particularly under- accepted (11 in 2010 to 42 in 2017); the first two weeks of therepresented minorities and those from under-served areas, SEES program are now online with students working remotelythat will pursue STEM college degrees. with their scientist mentors; the program includes funding for housing interns at a dorm on the UT campus for
worked on various environmental projects in the US and China as design engineer and project manager. He serves as the faculty advisor for American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF) Student Chapter at NDSU.Frank Peloubet, North Dakota State University Francis (Frank) H. Peloubet is an adjunct professor and guest lecturer with the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Department of Civil Engineering. Frank teaches University Studies/Skills for Academic Success, Introduction to Civil Engineering, Surveying, Fluid Mechanics, and Capstone Senior Design. His research interests are in the areas of transportation and environmental engineering. Frank holds a Master
problems for a real client, 2.exploring the leading edges of the field, and 3. learning strategies to solve novel problems.Our challenge has been to turn teenagers straight out of high school into individuals with a realappreciation, based on experience, of what it takes to be an engineer. To this end, the course isorganized as a company, Blue Genes Research and Development, and our students are formedinto project teams, each assigned to a client, a specialist physician at the University of MichiganHospitals. Each team must work with the physician to develop a diagnostic test to detect adisease before the onset of symptoms. Course material emphasizes the fundamental doctrines ofsystems biology, the central role of quantification in design and
AC 2007-513: COST ESTIMATING CERTIFICATES OFFERED BYPROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROADDonald Remer, Harvey Mudd College Donald S. Remer is the Oliver C. Field Professor of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. He received his BSE at the Univ. of Michigan and his MS and PhD at Caltech. He is a registered professional Engineer in several states. He has presented short courses to thousands of engineers and managers in industry and government in the areas of Project and Engineering Management, Cost Estimation and Economic Evaluation of Projects, and Managing and Estimating Software Projects. He received the Centennial Award from ASEE.Karen Ahle, Raytheon Karen M. Ahle graduated