curriculum structure in the EngineeringSchool to develop a sustainable large scale project aligned curriculum proposal. A two-phase plan toexplore large-scale transition of an AREND-type structure at UP will be the next step in the process.First, the dissemination of the lessons learnt and the experience of the students involved in ARENDover the last six years will be completed using surveys and interviews. This will give a clearindication of the developmental benefits students working on AREND obtained in comparison to alarge cohort that does not participate in such programmes.Second, staff need to be trained for PBL-specific education to enable them to understand the learningpotential of an integrated PBL structure and aid in solving the possible
this study was to understand how an integrated teaching model (e.g., science,engineering, and mathematics) influenced 5th-grade students' perceptions of their mathematicsand engineering abilities. We sought to answer the following research question using a sequentialmixed methods research design: how do 5th-grade students' mathematics and engineeringself-efficacy and instrumentality for abstract mathematics concepts change because of anintegrated teaching experience?We utilized self-efficacy [1] and perceived usefulness [2] frameworks to explore how studentsdevelop their perceived abilities and usefulness of mathematics through integrated instruction.Seventeen students from a Title-I elementary school worked in teams to design solutions
Engineering and Construction Management. In an attempt to better integratethe Engineering students and Management degree students as well as to seek newefficiency in teaching, the Construction Management students were required to take a 4credit course that was previously required only of the Engineering students. The courseon “Civil Engineering Materials” includes a significant laboratory component and was tobecome the only laboratory course taken by the Construction Management students intheir 4-year curriculum. Starting Fall 2006, the prerequisites and course content werechanged to accommodate the new clientele. The integration proved to be challengingpartly due to the diverse academic background of the two cohorts of students(management and
. We focused onconceptual understanding and problem-solving applications rather than specific factualknowledge. All teachers improved on their pre- to post-test scores with the exception of one(and his test score remained the same). Overall mean scores improved from 70% to 77%.Scores on the pre-test ranged from 48% to 91%; on the post-test, scores varied from 57% to93%. Written evaluations revealed that none of the teachers had attended a workshop thatcombined engineering, mathematics, and physics in an integrative curriculum that could beimplemented in one or all of the classes. Not all of the teachers indicated that they have therequisite materials to carry out some of the activities, but all of them revealed that they had foundat least one
2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Approach of Integrating Subject Matter Experts into Capstone Design Course Emmanuel U. Enemuoh, Ph.D. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN 55812, USA Correspondence: eenemuoh@d.umn.edu; Tel.: +1218-726-7686AbstractThis paper discusses an approach of integrating subject matter experts in teaching capstoneengineering design course. The approach requires the engineering student design teams to find atleast five subject matter experts in the field of the defined project. The subject matter experts arecommitted to serve in the
number of pedagogical exercises within NDSU’s 382architecture curriculum. Inspired by U. C. Berkeley’s Vital Signs Project, one such exercise isnow integrated into the required Environmental Control Systems (Passive Principles) course.This exercise enables students to expand their education beyond the textbook and classroomthrough the scientific and experiential analysis of existing buildings and spaces.The coursework begins with readings, lectures, and exercises explaining various contributingenvironmental factors to human comfort, including temperature, humidity, and airflow. Theinterrelation of these factors is explained in terms of their implications to architectural design andtechnologies. A
past few decades, there has been a push for engineering curriculum to better engagewith the global, ethical, and societal impacts of the field and to prepare students to engage in amulticultural and diverse workspace and world. In an effort to introduce diversity in design andto troubleshoot the concept of the universal user, we adapted the display compatibilityquestionnaire from Smith’s study of display-control stereotype designs, and presented the samedesign questions to 21st century first-year engineering students, non-engineering students, andnon-engineering professionals. This work explores current societal impacts such as gender, age,and occupation on the user expectation of a control’s display and user-interface design.Additionally, the
Paper ID #33093Student Perceptions of an Iterative or Parallel Prototyping StrategyDuring a Design CompetitionAlexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexander Murphy is a graduate candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering with a minor in creative writing from the University of South Florida in 2016. In the Spring of 2018, Alexander received an NSF GRFP fellowship in the area of STEM Education and Learning Research. In graduate school, his research has focused on functional modeling, mental model representations of
. Czekanski et al. studiedthe challenges in engineering education from both educators' and industrials points of view. Theyproposed a vertical and lateral method based on incorporating the strength of existingeducational systems and integrating them with fundamental engineering core courses. From theirstudy, they found that the use of this proposed vertical and lateral learning method can narrowthe gap between academic, industrial, and students' expectations. Their study was based on afour-year curriculum though and it did not zoom on the challenges of the individual courses [16].The question remains how to deliver an educational environment where engineering studentsgraduate with a good comprehension of general engineering design skills, practical
conference, we discussed how an art museum on thecampus of Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) worked with professors in engineeringand humanities/communication disciplines to incorporate art into the engineering curriculum. Insummer 2019 we conducted IRB-approved research into student engagement with public artsurrounding our urban campus. A walking tour of the sculptures was followed by a focus groupdiscussion in which student participants explored how art might intersect with their engineeringcourse work and how art could be integrated on campus to further reinforce connections betweenengineering and aesthetics.Our paper for this year’s conference reports on progress made to date, summarizing our summer2019 research findings together with the
basis) from two of her songs: "Set" and"Melanin." The competition initially focused on "Set," with "Melanin" added to the EarSketchlibrary midway through the submission window to boost enthusiasm.Curriculum: While EarSketch has been integrated into many different CS curricular experiences,it was decided to create a 3-module, competition-focused curriculum for this pilot program.While EarSketch has been used in experiences as short as 1-hour, we felt 3 hours (3 classperiods) would be a more realistic length of time for students to accomplish the challenge: tocode an original song remixing Ciara's song "Set” in EarSketch. The curriculum is grounded inProject-based Learning and each module is aligned to elements of the AP/Computer
audiences across both continents. Thiscollaboration offered him the opportunity to further develop his pedagogical and solar energyknowledge as he designed these modules. The instructor contributed expertise in solar energyand educational methods. This collaboration also allowed the faculty member an opportunity todevelop curriculum that integrates a global component for US students to develop their globalengineering mindset without travelling. The instructor’s future students in the USA have anopportunity to learn about the context of South Sudan which few may have the opportunity tovisit. In this work in progress, we will describe the context of South Sudan, the independentstudy course, the modules designed, lessons learned in doing this work
still underway. Each year new workshop and facilitation teams are added.Existing workshops are evaluated, improved, and evolved based on the feedback loops established. At theindividual faculty member level, one workshop Integrating Curriculum with Entrepreneurial Mindset(ICE) focused on helping an individual faculty member change classroom practice. At the department orunit level, new workshops have been tested that focus on the needs of a specific school or unit. Anexample is a workshop for Montana State University in 2020 that took elements of two other workshopsand structured the material in the context of the institutional focus. At the national level the prototypingincludes workshops focused on leadership and culture change.The testing
].However, the teaching methods and assessments for such an approach have not been well studied inengineering education comparing to some other disciplines of science education [11], [14], [15]. Thisrecognition of the inadequacy of current educational methods in helping engineering students learnsystems thinking skills is a focal point of this research, which aims to assess a student's ability to developa systematic and integrated understanding of complex systems and to take into considerations of non-engineering perspectives (such as economic, social, organizational and others, etc.).Assessment of Systems ThinkingThere is no agreement among researchers on what an assessment tool is needed for effectively assesssystems thinking. Researchers
teaching environment and thelearning community which had to be immediately addressed. Traditionally, engineering has embracedthe face-to-face modality but is challenged now with teaching in an online environment whether it betruly online or in a blended learning format. There have been previous studies on the use ofonline/blended learning in engineering courses (see for example [12-16]). Arguments for the use ofonline learning include potential to increase accessibility in terms of time and location [17] andinclusion [15]. Arguments against online learning include: issue of existing internet accessibility[13,14], digital competencies [14,16,18], academic integrity [13,16], limited sense of community[12,14,16,18], limited access to hardware [18
., Gallardo, V., Barbieri, E., Boggiano, A. and Ramirez, C., 2007, "Development of Hybrid Orientation Program for Instructional Excellence," Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, South Padre Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Island, March 28 -30, 2007, on CD-ROM.4. Moges, A., Yuan, X. and Liu, H., 2007, "Integrating Recent Advances in Sensor Network into Undergraduate Curriculum via Hybrid Deliveries of Lecture and Laboratory," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu
indicating increased agreement that risk taking hinders achievement (p =0.023). This combination of responses may reflect a better understanding of the challenge andrisk to be innovative and entrepreneurial following their work on the biomimicry project. Thishighlights the importance to underscore with students that creativity involves risk taking [16] andto encourage them to frame risk taking as an opportunity not a threat [17]. This is one of theirfirst courses in bioengineering and these concepts can be revisited throughout the curriculum toconnect risk taking with growing an entrepreneurial mindset.Interestingly, some survey results indicate that even at the start of the project there was alreadyagreement by both cohorts on the value of
selection of course and senior projectsinvolving timber design are presented below to provide the reader with a basis for the currentstate of project-based learning curriculum specifically for design and/or experimentation oftimber structures. Literature reviews of project-based learning have been conducted previouslyfor reinforced concrete and steel structural design courses by the authors [8-9].Course & Senior ProjectsArdakani [4] outlines a group project in an elective timber design course offered toupperclassmen at Ohio Northern University. Teams considered different residential buildingdesigns to rebuild the Florida Panhandle region after the 2018 Hurricane Michael. Group taskswere to: (i) determine dead, live, and wind loads per ASCE 7 [1
. Whenthis tool is properly integrated with effective pedagogies of engagement (like problem-basedlearning, or experiment-based learning), it can enhance students’ achievement of learning goalsand the development of essential skills such as teamwork, creativity, and digital skills. Also,online collaboration can facilitate peer assessment and peer learning. While it was found thatMiro was an effective learning tool in an engineering laboratory-intensive course, the smallsample size makes for the fact that these results cannot be generalized. A follow-up study withmore participants is required.ConclusionOur study confirms that Miro can be easily employed to facilitate effective online collaboration,thus enhancing student engagement. This is deemed to
of professional development workshops for industry and academia using blended instructional tools.Idalis Villanueva, University of Florida Dr. Villanueva is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for underrepresented populations has aided her in the design and integration of educational and physiological technologies to research ’best practices’ for student profes- sional development and training. In addition, she is developing methodologies around hidden curriculum, academic emotions and physiology, and engineering makerspaces
Design, Build, and Activation Experience in an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program A. C. Rogers and Amir Karimi Mechanical Engineering Department University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractMechanical engineering students at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), whenparticipating in the Thermal Fluids Laboratory course (ME 4802), perform for the first half of thesemester a total of eleven laboratory experiments involving fluid statics and dynamics,thermodynamics, and heat transfer. Conjunct with this first half of the semester, each studentteam submits their
, and deliveredcontent tailored for specialized fields. Motivated by the aim of improving students’ problem-solving skills, we created an interactive system for use in an undergraduate introductory engi-neering mechanics course required for many engineering disciplines. Our system provides an in-tuitive, visual framework that allows students to rapidly solve problems that require building sys-tems of equations in multiple steps. Built within the OpenDSA eTextbook system, these exer-cises can be served directly through a learning management system such as Canvas, allowing theexercises to be integrated seamlessly with other content. In this paper, we describe the key de-sign choices for our system, present important features and the student
Paper ID #33339Using Existing University Resources: Integration of the UniversityWriting Center into a Senior-level Laboratory Series for ImprovedLearning OutcomesProf. Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University - Bozeman Stephanie Wettstein is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. She is associated with MEERC and has been the faculty advisor of the MSU SWE chapter since 2013.Dr. Jennifer R. Brown, Montana State University - Bozeman Jennifer Brown is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at Montana
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Paper ID #33978Work in Progress: Promoting Equitable Team Dynamics in an IntroductoryBiomedical Engineering CourseDr. Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis Jennifer Choi is currently an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Biomedical Engineer- ing (BME) at UC Davis. In addition to teaching core undergraduate courses, Jennifer is aimed at integrat- ing engineering design principles and hands-on experiences throughout the curriculum, and playing an active role in the senior design course. She has interests in engineering education, curricular innovation, as well as impacting the community through
Paper ID #33178The Hidden Curriculum and the Professional Formation of ResponsibleEngineers: A Review of Relevant Literature in ASEE Conference Proceed-ingsDr. Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Stephen C. Rea is a cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on the implications of digital technologies and automated decision-making for labor and finance. He works as an Adjunct Instruc- tor/Research Assistant Professor at the Colorado School of Mines.Kylee Shiekh, Colorado School of MinesDr. Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Zhu is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Engineering Education in the Department of
STEM and coaches a robotics team comprised of girls from 22 high schools. Shoshanah holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford, an MA in Technology Strategy from Boston University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Mr. Jeff Wood, Stanford University Goal: Make a difference in the world, through development and training of engineers to solve the most pressing problems facing the world today. ME Capstone Course and Lab Project Development Director Jeff is the ME Capstone Course and Lab Projects Development Director at Stanford, where he brings his 25-year industry experience to the role. He is responsible for the ongoing strategy, design, curriculum plan and instruction plans for capstone courses
], expansive learning is a theory of organizational learning thatemphasizes horizontal expertise which is “capacity to move between activity contexts and toengage in the exchange and mixing of domain-specific expertise”. In order to operationalize thehorizontal expertise development in the CTE course, a de-scaffolding approach will be used. De-scaffolding approach involves students developing expertise on a ‘in-focus’ topic while other‘out-of-focus’ topics are scaffolded, and over time ‘out-of-focus’ topic incrementally startcoming into focus as the previously ‘in-focus’ topic is scaffolded [4].2. ObjectiveThe broad objective of developing and implementing a horizontal CTE curriculum is tounderstand how an integrated horizontal learning approach in
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2009 and 2011, all in Electri- cal Engineering. She is currently a Teaching Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining Illinois ECE as a faculty, she worked at IBM Systems Group in Poughkeepsie, NY in z Systems Firmware Development. Her current interests include recruitment and retention of under-represented students in STEM, integrative training for graduate teaching assistants, and curriculum innovation for introductory computing courses. American