Paper ID #12303Assessing the Impact of Engineering Outreach Frequency on Middle-schoolStudents’ Interest in EngineeringDr. Joyce Blandino, Virginia Military Institute Dr. Joyce Blandino received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. Prior to that, she taught in the Biology Department at Washington and Lee University. Before that, she was a faculty at James Madison University.Dr. Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute Jon-Michael Hardin, Ph.D. Professor and Department
Paper ID #13633Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit with Arduino - Curriculum ExchangeMr. Brian Huang, Sparkfun Electronics Brian Huang is an Education Engineer for SparkFun Electronics, a cutting edge open-source hardware and electronics education company. Brian started his career in engineering with wireless transport tech- nologies for ADC Telecommunications in Minneapolis, MN. While working at ADC, Brian volunteered at the Science Museum of Minnesota and quickly discovered a passion for teaching and working with students - especially in an environment that fostered and supported the ”wow” factor associated with in- quiry and
introducing only one or two new concepts. We layer the activities so that students are introduced gradually to concepts around computer science and programming. The Digital Sandbox has 5 LEDs prewired, an integrated RGB (Red, Green, Blue) LED, and multiple sensors to allow students to interact with hardware by writing their own control software. The complete curriculum and activities are available online in two formats one which is designed using ArduBlock, a graphical programming environment and, one using the traditional textbased Arduino programming environment. These links are provided above. In addition, we are excited to share an alternative, free, online simulation environment of the same board. This virtual simulation allows all
, educational agencies and organizations.Dr. Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech Jeremy V. Ernst is an associate professor in the School of Education at Virginia Tech. He currently teaches graduate courses in STEM education foundations and contemporary issues in Integrative STEM Education. He is also a Fellow of the Institute for Creativity Arts and Technology at Virginia Tech. Jeremy specializes in research focused on dynamic intervention means for STEM education students categorized as at-risk of dropping out of school. He also has curriculum research and development experiences in technology, engineering, and design education.Dr. Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University V. William DeLuca, Ed.D. Dr. DeLuca
resistance may be student perceptionof writing as an audience-driven performance rather than perceiving writing as part of criticalthinking and creation of social action4. In data- and content-focused fields and disciplines, suchas those in STEM, it is difficult to integrate different forms and genres of writing into upper-levelundergraduate courses due to time constraints and concerns about coverage. Writing is seen as aseparate intellectual process because there are a limited number of courses taken as corerequirements from Humanities and Social Sciences, and many courses and writing programs donot demonstrate overt connections to STEM epistemologies. Although practicing STEM facultystress the importance of writing as part of their own careers
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assessment methodologies, etc.) to further enrich the learning experience infuture offerings.Summary and ConclusionsThis paper documented the need for introducing sustainability related courses in the CivilEngineering curricula and the steps taken at our institution to research, develop, and pilot testsuch a course in fall semester 2014. The new course demonstrated a successful integration ofsustainability concepts within a Civil Engineering curriculum. The pilot course combinedknowledge and expertise in transportation and environmental engineering disciplines andfostered a successful interaction between faculty members and students with interests in these
curriculum experience applying systemsengineering concepts in a two sequence senior capstone design course. Even though some programshave introduced systems engineering concepts in freshman or sophomore courses, there is noevidence of continuity in multiple courses in every year across the curriculum, with students gettingseldom systems engineering exposure in course during the first three years of their curriculum.The paper discusses the developed modules that will give students an initial exposure to the field ofsystems engineering as it applies to aerospace vehicles, while students in freshman year experiencenon-aerospace engineering projects as well. Students will learn key topics related to aircraft design,spacecraft and mission design
Paper ID #13493Innovating Engineering Curriculum for First-Year RetentionMs. Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University Ms. Chapman is an Instructor and Advisor (First Year Engineering Studies Majors) in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY.Miss Elisabeth Maria Wultsch, Clarkson University Instructor/Advisor Clarkson University Potsdam NYDr. Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters is an Assistant Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson Uni- versity, in Potsdam, New York. She teaches introductory courses on energy issues and energy systems, and
of the ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Dr. Jeffrey E. Froyd is a TEES Research Professor in the Office of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award
overarching project of the Sophomore Unified Core Curriculum forEngineering Education (SUCCEEd) developed by faculty of the College of Engineering atCalifornia State University Los Angeles1. The project is the basis for the integration ofengineering courses that were part of the SUCCEEd pilot that took place in the Fall of 2014.Integration is used as tool to reinforce learning and promote student success. An integration ofsubjects and reiteration of theories, prediction, practice, testing, optimization, assessment, anddissemination of information in a collaborative environment has been supported in the literatureas a better way to learn engineering than the traditional, segregation by topic approach. A groupof engineering faculty at Cal State LA
Paper ID #13550Multidisciplinary Vertically Integrated Teams Working on Grand ChallengesMs. Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University Magda Lagoudas, Executive Director for Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University. Mrs. Lagoudas holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering. She worked for the State of New York and industry before joining Texas A&M University in 1993. Since then, she developed and taught courses in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Technology. In 2001, she joined the Spacecraft Technology Center as an Assistant
students early in their engineering curriculum through their senior design course. Our focus has been on exposing students to core research skills, openended problemsolving and design, and every possible venue for student practice of communication skills. The end result over seven years has been a strong string of senior design projects, research productivity, and employment and/or graduate school acceptance. Introduction At the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) we actively integrate undergraduate students in research projects across all levels from Freshmen to Seniors. The integration occurs deliberately through a combination of undergraduate research (UGR) support opportunities from external funding and institutional funding. Engineering
examines pre- and post-student learning of science, programming, and engineeringconcepts using an underwater robotics curriculum known as WaterBotics® in which studentteams design, build, program, test, and redesign increasingly complex robots as part of a series ofmission-based design challenges. Building robots that can maneuver in multiple dimensions,grab objects and navigate obstacles underwater supports students’ development of physicalscience and engineering core ideas, practices, and cross-cutting concepts as emphasized in theNext Generation Science Standards. 11 In addition, students learn and employ computerprogramming to control behavior of their robots.WaterBotics fosters an active, discovery-based learning environment that integrates
member of the BKCASE project and the lead author of the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Systems Journal.Dr. Alice F Squires, Washington State University Dr. Alice F. Squires is an Associate Professor at Washington State University (WSU) with over 30 years of technical leadership experience. Prior to joining WSU, Dr. Squires served as Manager of Systems En- gineering at Aurora Flight Sciences, Senior Researcher for the nationwide University Affiliated Research Center in Systems Engineering and Online Technical Director for SSE at Stevens Institute of Technol- ogy, Senior Systems Engineer consultant to LM, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, Senior Engineering Manager
artifact. The integrative nature of the project as well as the nature of the finalpresentation combine to provide students with an experience that they perceive as valuable andauthentic.IntroductionIn order to provide context for the semester-long Mechanics and Materials integrative project weoffer the following brief descriptions of the university, program, and course in which the projectresides.James Madison UniversityJames Madison University is a public regional university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia witha total enrollment of approximately 20,000 students across all of its seven colleges containingapproximately 1,700 of those students enrolled in a graduate program. The College of IntegratedScience and Engineering was established in 2012
- Page 26.787.3professionalism, 3.1.9 - ethics and equity, and 3.1.12 - life-long learning1. These new objectivesresulted in the inclusion of the discourse on sustainability and social learning and an in-depthdiscussion of integrative skills (a.k.a. “soft” skills).The New First-Year CourseLater we developed a first-year course with a theme of sustainability, APSC 176: EngineeringCommunication. Its objectives are to provide students with research, critical thinking andadvanced communication skills necessary for success in the study and practice of globalengineering.We believe that a first-year communication course is uniquely positioned for integratingeducation on sustainability (ESD) with graduate attributes. APSC 176: EngineeringCommunication
-analysis and reflection. Emig describes the simple act ofreading one’s own writing as a valuable learning moment in which “information from the pro-cess is immediately and visibly available as that portion of the product already written.” Review-ing a set of writings collected over time, then, creates an opportunity to extend the learning pro-cess. Both instructors and students benefit from the act of collecting artifacts because they repre-sent the changes and growth that accompany learning. When integrated in a purposeful way ap-propriate to a given discipline, WTL deepens student understanding, improves student engage-ment, increases retention, and makes students active participants in the learning process10,11.1.2 WTL and computational
students at Rochester Institute of Technology and broughtthem very well up to speed which resulted in successful research (publications in top-tierelectrical and computer engineering IEEE Transactions journals for the case study of side-channel analysis attacks and reliability).We have had the following goals in such integration: (a) Exposing the challenges of deeply-embedded system security education; (b) Hardware and software secure system co-design teaching and research integration (in previous work, theory and practice are combined for such purpose: A co-design course applying symmetric key ciphers has been presented6, a helicopter-like robot motion control has been implemented7, and co-design as an emerging discipline in
Paper ID #13718Development of a Semester Long High School Introduction to EngineeringDesign Course for a Prototypical Classroom (Curriculum Exchange)Dr. Jacob L. Segil, University of Colorado at Boulder Jacob L. Segil is an Instructor for General Engineering Plus and Mechanical Engineering degree programs at the University of Colorado Boulder. Jacob has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Bio- engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a Bioengineering focus from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the
demographic of student. Dues made this case, arguing that the functions andbackgrounds of two professions, drafter and analyst, have converged into the ‘modern designer’with a bachelors degree in either engineering or engineering technology.? If this is the case, thecourse itself should require some divergence from the one engineering faculty participated in asstudents.Course Overview and StructureThis paper discusses an undergraduate course in finite element analysis which was only recentlyadopted for a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) curriculum. The BSE is a practice-oriented, flexible program which includes a “core” set of required foundational courses in math,science, and engineering, but also allows students flexibility in choosing 30
produce a functional vision software system as specifiedby the course instructor.This paper introduces an educational software tool that allows the student to create theirsoftware robotic vision system. The tool consists of an integrated development environment(IDE) where the student practices with the different methods and parameters and learns whatcombination works best for their purpose. While this may appear like a common imageprocessing tool, it’s quite different in that the tool only performs the basic methods studied inthe course. This includes image histogram plots, the image threshold operation, low and high-pass Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) based filters, 3x3 mask convolution, Hit-Missmorphological transform, Hough transforms to detect
Paper ID #13976Engineering to the Rescue! Using Engineering to Teach Fifth Grade PhysicalScience (Curriculum Exchange)Mr. Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Aran W. Glancy is a Ph.D. candidate in STEM Education with a focus on mathematics education at the University of Minnesota. Aran is currently working on supporting elementary and middle school teachers in integrating science and mathematics through engineering design. Additionally, he is investigating modeling within K-12 mathematics classrooms, and is also interested in enhancing mathematics education through the integration of science, engineering, and
into courses (Peer Instruction, Project-based learning), is responsible for TA training (preparing next generation faculty), serves as faculty advisor to student or- ganizations, hears cases of academic misconduct as a member of the Academic Integrity Review Board, and is committed to fostering a supportive environment for diverse students at UCSD by serving on the faculty advisory board for the IDEA Student Center. Her research is focused on engagement strategies for large classrooms and the development of K-16 curriculum in earthquake engineering. Page 26.1015.1 c American
Paper ID #12659LEGO-Based Underwater Robotics as a Vehicle for Science and EngineeringLearning (Curriculum Exchange)Ms. Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mercedes McKay is Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has led several national and statewide K-14 teacher professional development and curriculum development programs in STEM education. McKay is co- PI and Project Director for the NSF-funded Build IT Scale Up project to develop and disseminate an innovative underwater robotics curriculum for middle and high
Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Uni-versity of Colorado at Boulder Nick Stites is an engineer with the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at the University of Col- Page 26.405.1 orado Boulder. He also serves as an adjunct instructor for the General Engineering Plus program and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Nick holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and is currently pursuing a PhD in engineering education. His research interests include how technology can enhance teaching and learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
evidence in favor ofPBL as an approach to learning, but not in a consistent manner or in large effect size7. Fewstudies have randomized experiential design to determine the differences between PBL andtraditional teaching method for students’ learning outcome. One quasi-experimental design byDennis found that PBL in both face-to-face and online format were equally supportive tostudents’ learning but students in online PBL groups spent more time on learning and that therewas a significant relationship between learning issues generated and higher exam scores8. A few recent studies showed that integrated approach of PBL pedagogy and onlinedelivery model enhanced students’ learning attitudes9, better prepared students for applying theknowledge
the journals as currently organized create a continuous dialogue.There is an opportunity for educational leaders to emerge.DiscussionRecently there has been much interest in the integration of engineering with liberal educationand the Liberal Education/Engineering in Society Division of ASEE has taken a lead in such Page 26.1572.12discussions. An excellent example of integration is the model curriculum for schoolsdescribed by the SCANS committee26. This committee had recommended that the US highschool curriculum should develop five work place competencies resources, interpersonal,information, system and technology
, international construction, project delivery systems, statistical methods for construction engineers, project management practices, and engineering educational research methods. He is an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education and American Society of Civil Engineers, Construction Research Council of Construction Institute, ASCE. Page 26.352.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Closing Achievement Gaps using the Green-BIM Teaching Method in Construction Education Curriculum Jin-Lee Kim
in the engineering curriculum for an electric circuitcourse that combines both analog and digital circuits, this section addresses related literature inthe field of engineering education. A number of recent papers address improved methods ofinstruction for a course on electric circuits. Skromme, et al. have described the latestdevelopments of a computer-based tutorial program involving a step-based approach to assiststudents in the learning key concepts of circuit analysis, resulting in significant gains for studentsover doing conventional textbook problems.3 Morrow recently reported on experience withimplementing a blended-learning model involving more active learning, technology-enhancedexercises for an electric circuit course, resulting