Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Garth V. Crosby

. Belter, J. Fitzmaurice, M. Kelly, S.C. Koh, and H. Ogunleyeh, "Remote Wiring and Measurement Lab," in the Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, vol. 2, October 2001, pp. TC4-T16.[3] W. Durfee, P. Li, and D. Waletzko, "Take-Home Lab Kits for System Dynamics and Control Courses," in the Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, vol. 2, 2004, pp. 1319-1322.[4] Available online: http://icampus.mit.edu/projects/project/?pname=iLabs; last accessed July 2013[5] B. W. Weiss, G. Gridling, and M. Proske, "A Case Study in Efficient Microcontroller Education," in ACM SIGBED Review-Special Issue: The first workshop on embedded system education (WESE), vol.2, no. 4

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Farzad Moazzami; Craig Scott; Jumoke Ladeji-Osias

sessions. The Electric Circuits and Linear Systems courses are 200 level four credit courses thatmeet twice a week for four hours. The Electric Circuits course meets in the electronicslaboratory, to allow students complete assignments and hands-on projects in groups, under theguidance of the instructor. The Linear Systems and Discrete Systems courses are taught withlectures sessions in the classrooms and simulation assignments using the MatlabTM software.The three courses are offered every semester to online or F2F students with a total enrollment ofabout 40 students in two sections of each course per semester. The course instructors enhancedthe PowerPoint based lesson files by recording lectures for each sub-module using the PanoptoFocusTM

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, 4, 5 KEEN has specifically outlined seven studentoutcomes pertaining to the entrepreneurial mindset.6 A student should be able to: 1. Effectively collaborate in a team setting (teamwork) 2. Apply critical and creative thinking to ambiguous problems (problem solving) 3. Construct and effectively communicate a customer-appropriate value proposition (customer awareness) 4. Persist through and learn from failure to learn what is needed to succeed (persistence) 5. Effectively manage projects and apply the commercialization process within respective disciplines (project management) 6. Demonstrate voluntary social responsibility (social responsibility) 7. Relate personal liberties and free enterprise to

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in chemical engineering from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering with a Ph.D. minor in women’s studies from the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s AD- VANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Femi- nist Engineering (RIFE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the website http://feministengineering.org/. She is interested in creating new models for thinking

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University; Francisco Castillo, College of Engineering, San Jose State University; Eva Schiorring

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

M.S. in Counseling with an emphasis in Student Development in Higher Education from California State University, Long Beach. For the past nine years at both two and four- year institutions, he has served students interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). As the Assistant Director of Advising for the Engineering Student Success Center at San Jos´e State University, he supports students with personal, academic and professional growth.Ms. Eva Schiorring Eva Schiorring is Senior Researcher for the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges. Since joining the RP Group in 2000, she has served as project director for ten major projects, including a statewide, multi-year

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the questions on the final exam wouldbe based on the material that they posted. The expectation was that students would not only postcontent but edit each other’s posts and engage in collaborative learning. Cole reports that afterfive weeks (halfway through the course), there had been no posts to the wiki! Volunteer groupinterviews with the students elicited such reasons as lack of time or pressure of other work, etc.Leung and Chu 34 report on the results of the use of a wiki for collaborative learning in an un-dergraduate course on knowledge management. The class had 21 students in it, divided into fourgroups, each with a group leader who was responsible for coordinating the group’s work. Eachgroup had to use a wiki to work on its project

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

probably a really good experience.” 2. Joining extracurricular activities. One participant described it as follows: “And then completely not engineering related, there’s a dance club that I’m doing which is nice to keep up with. So I’m not just focusing everything on engineering but be able to balance it out…I keep all my interests in mind.” 3. Having good and enjoyable classes. For example: “I just love that [engineering design] class. My teacher has been great. I’ve learned a lot, really…I really like the fact that we’re working on real projects, not just some made up. But it’s a real company that’s come in and asked us to design this new process for them, so I think that’s really cool.” 4. Meeting

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Ann Layton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Thomas Reed Willemain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

, and do not collaborate. Step 5. Save your Minitab file as a project file (not a worksheet!) with your name on it, e.g., TomWillemain.MPJ. Step 6. Save your answers as a Word file with your name on it, e.g., TomWillemain.doc. Step 7. Email both your MPJ project file and Word file to willet@rpi.edu. Step 8. Turn this paper with the signed consent form back to Prof. Willemain. Thank you for your participation in this research project. We hope your data will help evolve our courses to better educate engineers in the art of data analysis. Page 23.572.14B. Prompt for Web Visitors exercise

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Laut, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

and robotics.Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Dr. Vikram Kapila is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF- funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and linear/nonlinear control for diverse engineering ap- plications. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

course) and do not examine the longer-termimpacts such as GTAs confidence and ability beliefs with regard to actually using such training.This study begins closing this gap by examining GTAs views on their own teaching practice orpedagogy competence.Scope of This WorkThis work is part of a larger study aimed at understanding the motivation and identitydevelopment of GTAs involved in FYEPs. The larger research study is a multi-phased mixedmethods research project that has employed reoccurring journal entry surveys over an academicterm, semi-structured interviews, and a nationwide survey. This portion of the project focuses ona subset of the interviews from the larger work and concentrates on the topic of teaching practiceor pedagogy competence

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. It does, however, give indications about a set of information that cannot beconsidered a model of assessment.The model that we have designed and used for three semesters has two methods of assessingcourse learning objectives: direct and indirect.The direct assessment is conducted by the instructor where he or she will set up the level ofachievement that is designed for each objective. Then the instructor will get feedback on thelevel of achievement based on the tests, assignments and projects results meant to assess thelevel of achievement of the particular objective. This process will be an ongoing processthroughout the semester where the final actual level of achievements will be compared with thedesired level set by the instructor at the

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

lack. Further, Page 23.365.4they may imply a certain ideology of engineering design, or may be intended for specificpurposes, such as defining accreditation requirements, and may not be the most useful to studentstrying to understand the complicated range of activities encompassed by engineering design. Thedefinitions also tend to imply a rational, idealized, vision of engineering design practice, distinctfrom that which is actually used by practicing engineering designers.In this project, we explore and experiment with how freshman engineering students in the firstyear design sequence in the Engineering Science program at the University of

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, College of Engineering Pune; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, College of Engineering, Pune

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

consulting and verification and validation. He has headed the corporate product and technology innovations and quality and delivery innovation departments. He has designed and delivered workshops in the areas of problem solving, project management and innovation management that were received very well by the participants. Pradeep was on the apex senior management group before proceeding on to pursue his academic, research and social interests. Before Patni, he has worked at IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, SGGS College of Engineering and Crompton Greaves R & D Electronics in different research and academic positions. Pradeep Waychal has also published papers in peer reviewed journals, presented keynote invited talks in many

Conference Session

Materials Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter R Hondred, Iowa State University; Denise Crawford, Iowa State University; Debbie Ann Victor, Des Moines Independent Schools; Michael R. Kessler, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

understand? STUDENT 7: Well, [the resident engineer] has a lot of hands-on projects that we do. Experiments. And lately we have been doing a lot of labs too. MODERATOR: What makes science interesting to you? STUDENT 4: Well [the resident engineer], well sometime he makes it interesting with experiments. It was fun … and he helps put you into groups so you learn what you Page 23.67.7 don’t learn. STUDENT 1: [the resident engineer] makes it easier to learn. STUDENT 3: [the resident engineer] makes it fun and like you get to experiment with

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University; Bruce W. Weide, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

main components: a) thestudent’s computing-related major program; b) the entrepreneurship minor; and c) the culminatingentrepreneurship practicum. The requirements of the student’s major program, of course, varydepending on the particular major. For example, the CSE major consists of required and electivecourses in a range of topics from software design principles and practices to algorithms, fromcomputer systems and architectures to computer networking, from AI to computer graphics andvideo game design; and a culminating capstone project course which may, for example, consist ofdesigning and implementing a set of web services to meet the requirements of a real client.The entrepreneurship minor, offered in the business school, specialized for

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University; Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Sciences at Western Carolina University from 1999- 2002. During his days in the classroom, Dr. Depew won or was nominated for numerous teaching awards, including the James G. Dwyer Award presented to the Outstanding Teacher in the College of Technology. He has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator for over $2 million dollars in external grants to support academic programs and applied research projects in his department and college and serves as a reviewer for programs funded by the National Science Foundation. He is the author of more than 60 technical publications and papers and has served as a technical consultant for Fortune 500 companies on the subject of quality and productivity improvement

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Viviana I. Cesani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

. Viviana Cesani is a professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM). She completed her Ph.D. degree in Manufacturing and Production Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998. Her areas of interest in teaching and research include production plan- ning and control, supply chain management, engineering economy, project management, and engineering education. She is currently the department head of the IE department at UPRM. Dr. Cesani is a senior member of IIE, President of the UPRM-Delta Chapter of the International Organization for Women Ed- ucators, and member of the Professional College for Engineers and Land Surveyors of Puerto Rico. She was recognized as UPRM

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle; Elizabeth Burpee; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith P.E., Tuskegee University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

question asked students to report how much time they spent in extracurricular activityevery week, and a series of Likert scale questions then probed for more detail regarding thenature of this extracurricular involvement (see Table 3). The types of extracurricular activitiesidentified in the Likert scale questions were extracted from a previous tool development phase ofthis research project, where students identified the activities in which they most participated.The extracurricular activities that were mentioned most frequently in this tool development phasewere then integrated into the survey. Therefore, the extracurricular activities noted in Table 3represent a majority of what our study participants do outside the classroom. A separate block

Conference Session

Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kyle H Wong, Singapore American School

Tagged Divisions

International

submitted at least oneassignment, 2,417 took the final exam. 1303 earned the regular certificate (acompletion rate of 2.1%). Of the 145 students submitting a final project, 107earned the programming (i.e. 'with distinction') version of the certificate.There was a note the Coursera certificate, which stated that the online offering ofthis class does not reflect the entire curriculum offered to students enrolled at theUniversity. This statement does not affirm that this student was enrolled as astudent at the University in any way. It does not confer a grade, credit, or degree,and it does not verify the identity of the student.As Coursera courses are self-enrolling and often require no prerequisites, it couldbe possible that students are not matched

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Swartz P.E., University of Hartford; Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

material entirely independently.Most of the so-called team-building experiences in traditional courses are really problem sets oreven projects that are assigned to a group of students. It is normal for student groups to partitionthe assignment so that individual students can work independently on a distinct portion. In aflipped environment, students often work cooperatively during class time. The instructor is thenavailable to facilitate healthy team-building discussions and peer teaching to help students buildmeaningful skills in this area. I liked the flipped course for many reasons. The main one is because we were able to work on the homework in class with other students. Being able to ask questions to the teacher is also a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Coletti, Northeastern University; Melinda Covert, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Lauren Gianino, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Emily Wisniewski, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Figure 1aProjected Use of Supplemental Instruction in College Page 23.1281.6 Figure 1bFigure 1a is a graph of student feedback from the pre-survey regarding their usage of threedifferent types of supplemental instruction in high school. These three types of supplementalinstruction are one-on-one tutoring, instructor office hours, and group tutoring. Figure 1b is agraph of student feedback also from the pre-survey on their projected usage of these same threeadditional resources in college during the Fall 2012 semester. For all three types of supplementalinstruction, a larger percentage of females used these resources in high school and planned tocontinue to use them in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

in a case where K-12 students learned about gravitational attraction and the motion offalling objects. That recent reference includes a significant literature review which can beconsulted for further reading. Ashby and Asay2 discuss recent use of high-speed video in auniversity engineering setting in which undergraduate students studied the dynamics of a vehiclerollover with an ejected passenger. A test was performed that included the video recording ofthe rollover event. According to student surveys, the overall project, which included the high-speed video, was effective in enhancing student understanding of dynamics principles. Okçayand Öztekin3 used a video camera which could record at 30 frames per second in a fluidmechanics course as

Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Steven Chetcuti; Hans Thomas; Brent Pafford

clarifyissues. This method is similar to methods applied by Wallace and Weiner [4] as in-classexercises and by Foertsch, et al [5] as group projects. However, like the Thayer Method, ourstudents are required to work individually. If the instructor finds that multiple students arestruggling with the same part of a problem, he/she may choose to demonstrate the problem onthe board. Students will be afforded time to work on homework in class when the instructor is available.(Based upon time estimated to complete homework, divided over the number of lessons from thedate issued to due date). The intent is for students to work on homework problems in class, sothat the videos are not viewed as additional homework. [Figure 1] Rather than provide a broad

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Amen I. Omoragbon; Gary J. Coleman; Lex Gonzalez; Brandon Watters; Bernd Chudoba

one engine out. Further work is necessary to mature thisfirst generation B777-TVC transport concept into a certifiable thus safe next generationtransport. IntroductionThe commercial transport is approaching a fuel burn performance plateau with the typical TailAft Configuration (TAC) wing-tube-empennage design. Over its 92 year history, there have beentwo significant performance paradigm shifts. One in the 1950’s, caused by propulsion upgradeswith  the  dawn  of  the  jet  age.  The  other  in  the  late  2000’s,  caused  by  the  significant  weight reduction from full composite structures. NASA projects a need for an additional 70% decreasein fuel burn performance within the next 30 years (N+3

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Imran, Ajman Univeristy of Science & Technology, UAE; Mohamed Nasor M. Kalil; Fahar G. M. Hayati, Ajman University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 8, 207–212.15. Madsen, J.N., Bales, R.A., & Hynds, D.L. (2010). Role of scholarships in improving success rates of undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 8, 458–464.16. Nasor, M., Imran, A., & Hayati, F. (2011). Achieving enhanced performance in undergraduate biomedical engineering program. ICIE (Germany) conference on ‘Excellence in Education 2011: Giftedness-Creativity- Development’. Turkey, pp. 93.17. Ragusa, G., & Lee, C.T. (2012). The impact of focused degree projects in chemical engineering education on students’ research performance, retention, and efficacy, Education for

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Chandra Y Austin Ph.D, Auburn University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #6156Evaluating the ”Impacts” Section of the Engineering Self-Efficacy, Interest,and Perception SurveyDr. Cameron Denson, North Carolina State UniversityChandra Y Austin Ph.D, Auburn UniversityDr. Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University Dr. Christine Hailey is a Senior Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and a Professor of Mechan- ical and Aerospace Engineering. Her teaching responsibilities include Thermodynamics I and the Women in Engineering Seminar. She is the Principal Investigator of an NSF-funded project entitled ”The Influ- ence of MESA Activities on Underrepresented Students.” The Math

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Matthew A Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #5728First-Year Math and Physics Courses and their Role in Predicting AcademicSuccess in Subsequent CoursesDr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach James J. Pembridge is an assistant professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, M.A. Education in Curriculum and Instruction, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. His research has focused on mentoring as pedagogy for project-based courses and understanding the adult learning characteristics of undergraduate students.Dr. Matthew A

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lepek, The Cooper Union; Charmian Wu, Tufts University; Ryan Poling-Skutvik

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

New York City (from Staten Island tothe Bronx) were chosen to be part of the pharmaceutical engineering project. In an effort toengage the students and “break the ice” a series of group activities were developed to introducethe students to chemical engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, and to their fellow teammates.For the first exercise, students were required to work in groups of two to fill out activity formsthat included questions about their teammates (e.g. “what does your teammate plan to learn fromparticipating in this?” Following this, students were given an introduction to the field ofchemical engineering. At the end of the lecture, the students were required to work in teams andfill out questions about chemical engineering (e.g

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Robert De la Coromoto Koeneke, Daytona State College

Tagged Divisions

International

Science from Santa Clara University in 1982. His 34 years of professional career covers: teaching at undergraduate and graduate level, planning, developing and managing project in the areas of Telecommunications and Information Systems. His research interest include embedded systems, digital programmable devices and computer communications. He is a member of IEEE, ASEE and ACM. Page 23.825.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Introduction of New Technologies in the Engineering Technology CurriculumAbstractClosed-loop feedback control system is an important component of a

Conference Session

Statics - They can move at constant velocity!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Michael Patrick Hannigan, University of Colorado - Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

learning, in which relevant problems are used to provide context and motivationfor learning2. Collaborative, cooperative, and problem-based learning are among the mostthoroughly discussed active learning methods2–5.The Engage Engineering project utilizes problem-based learning as one of “three research-basedstrategies to improve student day-to-day classroom and educational experience,” referred to asE3s or Everyday Examples in Engineering1. Motivated by the idea that students learn better whenthey are comfortable with the context and meaning of the teaching examples used in lessons, theEveryday Examples in Engineering project uses objects that students are familiar with (iPods,sausages, bicycles, etc.) to teach fundamental engineering concepts6-7