systems.Course OutlineAs a typical engineering course, CS 594 has classroom lectures and lab activities. In order tosatisfy different teaching/learning preferences, this course include homework, quiz, exam, labassignment, and project activities to evaluate students’ performance. A high-level outline of CS594 course for a typical fall semester is presented in Table 1.Proceedings of the 2017 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering EducationTable 1. Tentative CS 594 Course Plan for a Fall Semester Week Topics/Activities Introduction to CS 594 Course; Syllabus; Knowledge Probe; 1 Homework-1 (assign); Microprocessor Organization/Programming; Assembly Language
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from high school through college completion. Her responsibilities have included managing various award and faculty recruitment programs, analyzing the impact of state legislative actions, coordinating efforts to increase resilience among college students, and preparing white papers on topics ranging from classroom utilization to student success. Dr. Rincon received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, an MBA and an M.S. in Information Management from Arizona State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from The University of Texas at Austin.Prof. joan Chalmers Williams, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor
,Assimilating, Converging, and Accommodating. Project-based experiential learning ideallyharnesses a student’s natural interest and motivation to navigate an iterative path of evolvingexperiences, each of which enhance learning in different ways. Figure 1: Kolb's Experiential Learning Conceptual ModelImplementation of the experiential learning model is commonly done through project-basedlearning. Blumenfeld et al. defined project-based learning as, “A comprehensive perspectivefocused on teaching by engaging students in investigation.” 23 Within this framework, studentspursue solutions to nontrivial problems by asking and refining questions, debating ideas, makingpredictions, designing plans and/or experiments, collecting and
the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Systematic Review of Sustainability Assessments in ASEE ProceedingsAbstractEngineers are increasingly called upon to develop innovative solutions while balancingcompeting economic, environmental, and social design constraints. Consequently, manyeducators and professional organizations are calling for improvements in
, the usual elements are identified: time, budget, team members, and materials44.Much of the subsequent discussion in this paper focuses on the planning aspect of arts problem-solving in primary education, but includes a discussion of the transfer of these skills to otherdomains. The types of questioning employed by arts teachers45 suggests that these arts problem-solving experiences are valuable early-life practice for project planning in secondary and highereducation.Pitri, on the other hand, focuses on “identifying how skills and dispositions related to problemsolving are expressed in a child’s behavior and artwork”46 and approaches problem-solving fromthe point of view of critical thinking. Following a thorough inventory of critical
- to engineering identity provide them with a more nuancedyear seminar, and were emblazoned on a twelve-foot-tall understanding than those in the sample taken by Meyer andbanner in the center of the engineering building. colleagues [6]. Students were also asked “Do you plan to work, conductVIII. Cross-Cutting Theme: Diversity in Engineering research, continue study, or teach engineering for at leastThe Campbell University School of Engineering emphasizes three years after graduation?” and 24 (69%) responded yes,the need for engineers from diverse backgrounds for
planning, monitoring, and evaluation of thinking Formative assessment for Promote both knowledge more learning opportunities and regulation of cognition. Post-activity reflection Students perception on Collect diagnostic clues to intervention meet Individual needs A B Figure 1: (A) Process-oriented activities for improved student engagement and performance and (B) Process-oriented intervention for creative and critical thinkingThere is a lack of knowledge of
extend their application tothe non-technical aspects of their work, even in modified forms, is support for their value.Summary of DiscussionThe IRE program operationalizes the relationship between metacognition and life-long learning.Explicit metacognitive development activities create a habit of reflection that is necessary todevelop life-long learning skills – and to be aware of their development. Figure 1 depicts howthis may work. The three components of metacognitive control shown in Figure 1 – evaluate,monitor and plan -- are from Ertmer and Newby (1996). At IRE, students are supported inbecoming aware of and applying these control mechanisms predominantly through two tools—“Metacogs” and “Metachrons.” A “metachron” is simply a log that
of workplace activities. Figure 1 identifies items included in the shortsurvey:Please check all of the activities you’ve been involved with over the past week Team meetings within your unit or project team Project planning Writing reports Making formal presentations Performing engineering calculations Generating or refining design concepts Prototyping and testing designs Modeling Meeting with clients Other (please provide a short description)Figure 1: Short Survey Items 6Because this work is in the pilot phase, we have also included an option for participants todiscuss activities
. Tuscaloosa, AL.23. Striebig, B. and Morton, S. 2016. A Sustainability Indicators Based Curriculum. Engineering for Sustainability. ASEE SE Section Annual Conference, March 13-15, 2016. Tuscaloosa, AL.24. US Army Corps of Engineers. 2014. Building strong collaborative relationships for a sustainable water resources future: Understanding integrated water resources management (IWRM). Civil Works Directorate. Washington DC.25. USEPA. 2012. Safe and Sustainable Water Resources: Strategic Research Action Plan 2012 – 2016.26. VA DEQ. 2014. Status of Virginia’s Water Resources: A report on Virginia’s water resources management activities. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Water Supply.27. van der Gun, J. 2012
engineering work, he is also a published freelance photographer who has works with local and international NGOs. Dr. Striebig was the founding editor of the Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development and an assistant editor for the Journal of Green Building. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 2017 ASEE Annual Conference Building Life Cycle Assessment skills with GREET and SimaPro to engage students in analyzing the sustainability of biofuel alternativesSustainability is important in manufacturing, construction, planning and design. The concepts ofsustainability have been pigeon-holed into graduate
again, I don't like putting the spotlight on particular students. I know that I hated that as a student and if a particular instructor did it too much, I'd sit toward the back of the class, not make eye contact or sometimes even skip. That's not the result I want.”Again, this demonstrates the evaluative level as the OoR is not simply reflecting on what he orshe did or intended to do in the class session, what teaching strategies were used or a simpleanalysis of what did go as planned. This OoR is reflecting on his or her own experiences as astudent, comparing them with the learning environment he or she is creating and attempting tounderstand how the students feel and how this may affect their learning.Another excerpt
this approach is that the problem can be scoped by the professor so that it istractable in the time-frame and information is consistently given to all of the teams. It alsomakes assessment and planning easier. This makes scaling this kind of project much easier whendealing with many sections of the course. The disadvantage of this approach is that work doeshave to be done on the part of the instructors to provide enough detail of the fictionalenvironment to make the scenario “believable” to the students. Since the instructors were role-playing as the stakeholders, it is especially hard for both the students and the instructional staff tomake sure to not mix in the interests of the “stakeholders” and the professor (trying to please theprofessor
instructors of the three junior year courses to “squeeze” the regular planned content (listed in Tables 1 & 3) into a shorter time period in order to cover them all during the semester. This caused an increase of the overall work-load for the students. A thorough examination of the LSM contents is needed to better balance the contents taught in the LSMs and the amount of activities in the KI modules. 3. Related to work-load balance, there were many activities assigned during the week when KI modules were taught. This forced readjustment of assignments given by LSMs. Attempts were made to avoid significant overlap of assignments from LSMs and KIs during the period of KI activities. 4. The student groups
. Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College Laura Palucki Blake is the Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Harvey Mudd Col- lege, where her primary role is to coordinate data collection, interpretation and dissemination to support teaching and learning, planning and decision-making across the college.Sarah SilcoxMr. Joseph John Sinopoli, Harvey Mudd CollegeProf. Gordon G. Krauss, Harvey Mudd College Gordon G. Krauss is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Engineering Design in the Department of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. His design research interests include improving the way designers interact with each other in the design process and how design process tools are applied. Prior to joining Harvey
-linear finite element applications in geotechnical engineering, geo-structural systems anal- ysis, structural mechanics, sustainable infrastructure development, and material model development. He had been actively involved in planning, designing, supervising, and constructing many civil engineering projects, such as roads, storm drain systems, a $70 million water supply scheme which is comprised of treatment works, hydraulic mains, access roads, and auxiliary civil works. He had developed and opti- mized many highway design schemes and models. For example, his portfolio includes a cost-effective pavement design procedure based on a mechanistic approach, in contrast to popular empirical procedures. In addition, he had
goal for these two postings was that they should beinformative and suitable for sharing with other students who have never been to Germany and/orare planning to visit Germany in the near future, in other words they serve as a resource and at thesame time as marketing tool for the next generations to come. The second assignment was tocomplete a video in Germany as a team working on a topic related to the places we were visiting.Students had to sign up for a topic that interests them most. For each team a “team leader” wasappointed – a more advanced German student. All students were provided with information sheets,useful web links and other materials before and during the preparation course and with resourcesand guidelines on how to approach
Paper ID #17998Students’ Conception and Application of Mechanical Equilibrium ThroughTheir SketchesMs. Nicole Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Nicole received her B.S. in Engineering Physics at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in May 2013. She is currently working towards a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) under Professor Angus Rockett and Geoffrey Herman. Her research is a mixture between understanding defect behavior in solar cells and student learning in Materials Science. Outside of research she helps plan the Girls Learning About
settings. Students identify whatthey know and what they need to learn, plan how they will learn more, conduct research, anddeliberate over the findings together in an attempt to structure and solve a challenge or problem.This study explores students’ perspectives on the STEM-ID curriculum regarding what they havefound challenging, engaging, and academically useful, specifically related to their coremathematics and science courses. This study is guided by the following evaluation questions:1) What are students’ perceptions of the STEM-ID curriculum?2) What are students’ perceptions of key components of the curriculum such as collaboration?3) To what extent do STEM-ID students make connections between the STEM-ID curriculum and core science and
-semester, project-based software engineering course in which studentsworked in teams of 5-6 members, risk management content was introduced about 5 weeks intothe semester at a point where the teams had completed their requirements documentation andwere ready to plan the remainder of the project. Even though the undergraduates were exposed tothe 194 questions14, the students perceived only 36 questions to be relevant and further groupedthe identified risk items into 6 categories. The usefulness of the condensed list was shown in awaterfall development model in that the course reported by Collofello and Pinkerton17 spannedthe entire semester starting with the teams defining their software projects’ requirements andending with acceptance testing for
Paper ID #18699Switching Midstream, Floundering Early, and Tolerance for Ambiguity: HowCapstone Students Cope with Changing and Delayed ProjectsDr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She is Director of the Galante Engineering Business Program as well as the Coordinator of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering at NU. She has also been an active member of
classrooms after one year of training, 78% reported regular use after three-year training. Besides teacher confidence and comfort level with the tools, studentengagement, grade levels and subject areas also affected the intensity of CMST utilization inthe classroom. A typical annual survey, shown in Table 2, indicated that the higher the gradelevel the more regularly the tool usage. Modeling is a common practice in math but it maynot need as many resources as science classes to simulate time-dependent dynamics ofscientific phenomena. By the end of the initiative, we developed a large database ofmodeling-based curricular modules and lesson plans to increase utilization by participatingmath and science teachers. Currently they are well utilized
speaking, written language including reading, writing, and spelling,arithmetic including both calculations and mathematical concepts, and reasoning includingorganization and integration of ideas and thoughts. This source also presents functionallimitations that may present themselves in learning disabled students. They include auditoryperception and processing, visual perception and processing, information processing speeds,abstract reasoning, short and long term memory, spoken and written language, mathematicalcalculations, and executive functioning such as planning and time management. A typicalleaning disabled student may have more than one such limitations. They may actually have manyof them such as myself, which have about half of them to
emaildatabase from the engineering college. This strategy did not produce a large pool of participants.Our second strategy involved face-to-face meetings with engineering lab groups. We providedthe same information detailed in the email and asked participants to sign-up during theiravailable time. Four EDS volunteered for our IBM interviews; three were international studentsand one domestic. The four participant’s degree completion and engineering specialities werecomprised as follows: a civil engineer in his third of his planned four years (Edward); amechanical engineer in her last year (Trisha); a material science engineer in his first year(Vince); and a mining engineer in his last year (Oliver). Each participant was assigned apseudonym to provide
diverseparticipants. Five separate respondents mentioned internships and co-op learning as part of theirmakerspace offerings, ranging from required co-op projects to summer internships. One EDresponded noted a particularly unique internship opportunity: A consulting engineer in the community came to [our makerspace] and asked if we could translate paper plans for an environmental site requiring decommissioning. We linked that person with a sophomore student to do the SolidWorks files and suggested [to the engineer that] they might want to do a 3D printed model that would allow them to ‘war game’ how the site would be dismantled. They hired the student who is doing this project for internship credit, has printed and laser
responded that CONSIDER provided thema better opportunity to learn than any other in-class or online activity. A very high number of par-ticipants said that the two unique features of CONSIDER approach –anonymity and rounds-basedstructure– helped improve the quality of discussion in their groups (83 and 75% respectively).Their text comments to the reflective questions highlight the importance of the unique features ofCONSIDER.We plan to further evaluate the efficacy of the features of CONSIDER by designing careful ex-periments in coming semesters and using the tool in different engineering classrooms. This setof experiments will help us evaluate the effectiveness of these features of CONSIDER. We wouldalso like to perform a detailed analysis on the
- prices-for-formic-acid-in-europe-and-in-the-americas/. [11] Office of the Federal Register, "The List of Extremely Hazardous Substances and Their Threshold Planning Quantities," 2008. [12] ScienceLab.com, "Acrylic Acid MSDS," 2013. http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9922794. [13] C. A. Quispea, C. J. Coronado and J. A. Carvalho Jr., "Glycerol: Production, consumption, prices, characterization and new trends in combustion," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 27: 475-93, 2013. [14] S. N. Bizzari and M. Blagoev, "CEH Marketing Research Report: FORMIC ACID," Chemical Economics Handbook, 2010.[15] L. Terry, "Dow acrylic acid cuts seen as good first step," ICIS, 05 February 2016. http
using the email we have for them onfile. It should be noted that only 75 email survey requests out of 1055 bounced back, this wouldlead us to conclude that a majority of the requests were either ignored or were not read. We planto provide some incentives for students to complete the surveys going forward. We also plan toadminister the survey well before the end of the semester.One other limitation of the study is that it is very possible that those who responded to the surveysare different from those who did not respond. For example, for the instructor survey, it may bethat only those instructors who viewed the workshops as helpful actually responded. Those whodid not respond may have been more likely to find that the workshops were not helpful