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Paper ID #19870Closing the Gap: Using Supplemental Instruction as a Tool to Assist Minori-ties in EngineeringLt. James Blake Gegenheimer, STEP James Gegenheimer is an MSME Candidate in Mechanical Engineering at LSU. James is a Second Lieu- tenant in the United States Air Force. He will be stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Salt Lake City, Utah. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. through the Air Force and work with the Air Force Weapons Research Labora- tory. James is currently the Supplemental Instruction Coordinator at LSU for the College of Engineering. He also served as a Supplemental Instructor in Thermodynamics for over
clustering presents a useful summary of the groupsamong our data, it is only useful insofar as it is an authentic representation of the actual patternsof our data. Like with other statistical methods, the planned application and implications of ourconclusions need to align with the validity examinations conducted in our work.37Specifically, for the description of these decision-making profiles among beginning designstudents, the confusion between two or three clusters in the solution, and visual inspection of thedata suggests that further verification is would be helpful. Nevertheless, our work is informativefor demonstrating steps cluster analysis as a technique. We have reported the software used (R);distance measure (Euclidean distance) and
field trials.Also covered are lessons learned from the field trials, the revision process, and plans fordisseminating the module to partner universities in the future.BackgroundBiogeotechnics is a rapidly emerging branch of geotechnical engineering that focuses on learningfrom nature to help address engineering challenges. Although many freshman engineeringstudents may have already decided to pursue one of the main branches of engineering (e.g.,mechanical, electrical, civil, or chemical), many are still exploring the sub-fields andspecializations within each branch (Shamma & Purasinghe, 2015). Exposing undergraduates toresearch being conducted in biogeotechnics, along with various career options available, whichare often dependent upon
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- fessional careers. This research brought her to the disparity of spatial visualization intelligence between women and men. She transferred into the Engineering Department as the Coordinator of Recruitment and Retention at the community college, working with faculty and students to devise a way to increase spatial visualization in all students who wanted to be engineers. Ms. Daniel was instrumental in securing a grant from the American Association of University Women to create a one-day hands-on STEM conference for 100 middle-school girls and their parents in 2014. Since receiving that grant, the Virginia Beach Branch of the AAUW has continued planning and implementing this conference. Ms Daniel is in her second term of
components early.The benefit probably does not justify the inclusion of the PID lab into this course however, thereare some other options. The lab could be included in one of three other classes. Our curriculumincludes an automation class, a robotics class, and an elective PLC class. In addition, we arestarting and ATMAE Robot Competition Course for spring of 2016-17.The current plan is to include the PID lab in the ATMAE Robot Competition Course. There arefewer students, three teams of five, and the students can use the control skills in the RobotDesign Course.Bibliography[1] Arduino S.r.l. , "Arduino," 2016. [Online]. Available: http://www.arduino.org/. [Accessed 2016].[2] B. Ray, "An Inexpensive Control System Experiment: Modeling, Simulation
, 2017)In the years since its inception, the MPD program has enriched its subject matter to better serveits students (typically mid-career engineers at Detroit automotive OEMs). The curriculumcurrently includes the following courses:Required courses: MPD 5050 Systems Architecture MPD 5100 Systems Engineering MPD 5200 System and Project Management MPD 5300 System Optimization MPD 5350 Organizational Processes MPD 5400 Finance and Managerial Accounting MPD 5450 Marketing Management MPD 5500 Operations Management MPD 5600 Product Planning & Development MPD
Privately-fee paying 59.8% 74.6% schoolData Analysis Plan Concerning the qualitative data analysis, two reviewers codified the transcripts of thesemi-structured interviews in NVivo, and peer-checking was used to guarantee consistency.Concept maps were developed to reduce information and clarify themes, codes and categories. Adata matrix was obtained to inform the development of the quantitative instrument. Although wecannot generalize findings, there is evidence from different actors to address internal validity. Regarding the quantitative data analysis, 18% of the sample answered the quantitativeinstrument
advance a student’s cognitive ability to analyze and evaluate a problem, not merely tomemorize a method and apply it blindly to any problem of a particular topic.Building Fundamental Understanding of Mathematics Through ProofsMathematical concepts are grounded on established mathematical logic, axioms and proofs. Theprescriptive method of teaching mathematics often omits proofs, although axioms may beemphasized. Many engineering instructors who may also cover mathematical topics omit proofsso that they can stay on schedule with the material that they have planned to cover over thesemester, and also focus on the application of formulas and equations to specific problems. Someinstructors also believe that examples and applications will suffice to
through application to the practice of design (Synthesis); and • Develop habits of detailed documentation of your process and knowledge gathering. While the main purpose of the course was to foster moral imagination, the week-to-week structureand motive power of the course derived from a four-stage design process: 1) identifying the designopportunity, 2) engaging in design research, 3) developing a conceptual design, and 4) thinkingthrough a plan for the lifespan of the design solution. Given constraints of a one-semester course,and the parallel task of considering ethical implications, we divided the term into three parts, cor-responding to the first three stages of the design process; the fourth stage served as an abbreviatedepilogue to the
,where the solution would be used, what conditions the solution would be implemented in, andany added constraints, criteria, or assumptions the participants stated in their defined problems).The verbal protocol data were then analyzed, and any additional verbal descriptions notexplicitly stated in the problem statement were added. Each component of the problem statementwas then compared to the presented problem, and brief descriptions of changes weredocumented. For example, one participant explicitly stated that a planned solution would be usedduring a tornado, which narrowed the scope to a specific, rather than general, “natural disaster”as specified in the presented problem. The coders worked independently, and then discussed anydisagreements
laboratory sessions were used to discuss case-based learning studies and otherlaboratory sessions provided the students with a hands-on approach to geotechnical methodsemployed in the industry for subsurface investigation and laboratory testing. Students were partof a subsurface investigation using Bucknell’s drilling rig in which they planned, obtained fieldsamples, and performed laboratory testing necessary for design. These efforts provided themeans for discussion of the laboratory modules for sub-surface sampling, and pertinentlaboratory testing. Students also used the laboratory section to participate in a design andconstruction of sheet pile walls, similar to the ASCE regional and national GeoWallcompetitions. Class modules that supported the
analysis of motivation constructs with first-year engineering students: Relationships among expectancies, values, achievement, and career plans. Journal of Engineering Education, 99(4), 319-336. doi:10.1002/j.2168- 9830.2010.tb01066.xLempert, L. B. (2007). Asking Questions of the Data. In A. Bryant & K. Charmaz (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory. Thousand Oaks; London: SAGE Publications, Limited.Leydens, J. A., Moskal, B. M., & Pavelich, M. (2004). Qualitative methods used in the assessment of engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(1), 65-72.Leydens, J. A., Moskal, B. M., & Pavelich, M. (2004). Qualitative methods used in the assessment of engineering education. Journal of Engineering
transmit a certain concept, previously determined, organized sequentially. It is a process, which must be planned to deliver information and / or knowledge on a subject, and which should facilitate the development of new knowledge. It is the delivery of knowledge, rules and contents that can be applied to everyday situations, and to deliver experiences and concrete applications related to the contents seen in classes. It is a competence that allows the transmission of conceptual and procedural skills and attitudes that allow students to improve their skills, both attitudinal and procedural
, professional 2, personal 1, etc. The nine questions are shownin Table 1.Table 1. Survey questions. Each statement was a completion to the stem, “This reflectionactivity helped me to.” Respondents were given a set of five options: “strongly disagree,”“disagree,” “neither agree nor disagree,” “agree,” and “strongly agree.” Column 1 contains thequestion identifiers that are used in the results and discussion below. Identifier Question Professional 1 . . . learn something related to the key ideas in this [context]. Professional 2 . . . learn something relevant to my major (or planned major). Professional 3 . . . learn something but not something related to this [context] or my major. Personal 1 . . . fit into the campus community
Environment (XSEDE) Conference in Atlanta,Georgia. The 2015 cohort participated in the student program at XSEDE15 Conference, in St.Louis, Missouri, in the 2015 NC/SC REU Site Mini-Symposium in Charleston, South Carolina,and presented their research projects to incoming freshmen to encourage them to consider addinga research experience to their academic plans. These opportunities took place as part of theVisREU Experience, rather than after completion of the program—another unique feature of the2014/2015 VisREU Experience.Survey Research Instrument The A La Carte Student Survey Toolkit [27] is used to collect and report evaluation datafrom the VisREU Site. Survey instrument scales correspond to recommended indicators found tobe common among
welcome modification and would help them stay engaged. Whilesome group activities were included in the course, there was no deliberate plan for integratingactive learning interventions or flipped classes during the first year the course was taught.4. Active Learning Interventions and Flipped ClassesActive learning interventions and flipped classes were developed such that students experiencedat least one intervention per week (i.e. per three-hour class period). Students enrolled in the airpollution course attended 14 three-hour class sessions (over 17 weeks), which were divided bytopic area. The following paragraphs briefly introduce the active learning interventions andflipped classes integrated into the 14-session course curriculum. Table 2
the course. The objectives of thisapproach included accommodating diverse learning styles and pacing as students approached thiscourse as a ‘point of entry’ for studying environmental engineering or as a ‘survey’ to supportstudies in civil engineering or architectural engineering. If planned with care, the effectivemapping of the course learning objectives to the content of the Body of Knowledge (BoK),coupled with the modified mastery grading approach developed for this course, allows aninstructor to confirm that all students in the course have demonstrated proficiency at a masterylevel.Comparisons among course offerings. In the Spring of 2011, the instructor offered the course toa single section to approximately 60 students using an 8am
Emphasis on Depth of Design Process Contentthe engineering design process,” and “more relevant expertise in using the design tools (based onhaving used them correctly).” Also of interest is that hypotheses of certain possibledisadvantages were not realized: students did not show “reduced team forming due to less projectwork time,” nor “reduced familiarity with the laboratory and prototyping techniques.” Otherhypotheses were inconclusive at this time. In summary, the designette continues to be a valuableapproach to supporting the learning styles and cycles most relevant to engineering education atthe capstone level. In the future, we plan to work toward development of assessment techniquesthat will provide statistically significant correlations
DC motor ports. These ports canbe used to operate sensors, servo-controlled robot arms, and drivetrains. The large number ofavailable ports encourages the use of many components and the need to plan how thesecomponents will interact with the robot and the Proteus. Also, the Proteus receives RPS datathrough an XBee wireless module, and it has a 320 by 240 pixel color LCD for text output andprogram debugging. This allows students to fully engage with the test, validate, and redesigncycle. These main features are highlighted in Figure 4 below.In addition, more advanced features have been developed for the Proteus in the last two years.First, an on-board accelerometer has been implemented to allow students to determine theorientation of their
on the project, asthere were very few actual “low performers.” A revised grading rubric for more closely assessingstudents’ planning of the solution, as well as their discussion, validation, and interpretation oftheir results would improve the richness of data from future implementations of the project.AcknowledgementsResearch reported in this paper was supported in part by the National Science Foundation underCAREER awards #EEC 1449238 and #CMMI 1254864, and GOALI award #CMMI 1538898.The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent theofficial views of the National Science Foundation. Help from the Purdue University IMPACTprogram for course redesign is also acknowledged.References1. Brown, S. A
see that some students are not very comfortable with preparinggood cheat sheets. Some may even do not appreciate how useful a cheat sheet is to answer testquestions better and faster, or they may not realize how cheat-sheet preparation by itself providesstudents with a deeper understanding of the concepts. A couple of students may occasionallyforget to prepare and bring one. Writing a good cheat sheet is a skill, and we plan on spendingsome time to help students improve this skill. We believe that cheat sheet preparation is thecounterpart of what we do in professional ASIC design: When we decide to develop a code, wedo not normally do it from scratch; we look at the codes that we have already designed andtested, and then choose the closest
globally focused career with the need to work withpeople from a variety of technical and diverse backgrounds. This trend has been reflected inengineering pedagogy with a rise in teaming experiences in first-year and capstone designcourses of engineering curriculum in the U.S.1 Additionally the ABET EAC Student Outcomescurrently require students to have “(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams”2. Evenwith recently proposed changes to the following criterion, “(7) An ability to function effectivelyas a member or leader of a team that establishes goals, plans tasks, meets deadlines, and creates acollaborative and inclusive environment,” ABET Student Outcomes still emphasize the need forengineering students to be able to work in diverse
included writing code,designing software architecture, and teaching corporate education. His writing in industryincluded design documentation, test plans, proposals, standards documents, process documents,user documentation, and some business documentation. His audience for these documents wasgenerally his peers, and the documentation was intended to be informative, used for training andoccasionally for decision-making. He said that in his industry experience, “everyone assumesyou must already know how to write” because of being a university graduate. He also mentionedthat he modified his writing based on the audience, including their preferences for format, anddiscussed the issue of length and level of detail. In his experience, design documents
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Page Solutions, a consulting firm that uses the OGSP R process to help technology and branded product clients develop better strategic plans. Mark is a member of The Band of Angels, Silicon Valley’s oldest organization dedicated exclusively to funding seed stage start-ups. In addition, he serves on the board of several technology start-up companies.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University Shannon K. Gilmartin, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scholar at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research and Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She is also Managing Director of SKG Analysis, a research consulting firm. Her expertise and interests focus on education and