senses than traditional online-based learning [12]. These extra sensesprovide a sense of immersion and presence. The sense of presence is the recognition of "beingthere,” while immersion is the quantitative measure by which technology can simulate a virtualenvironment [13] [14]. Studies have shown that multisensory integration boosts performance [15]and leads to faster, more efficient learning [16] [17]. These learning environments also provide theability to integrate artificial intelligence, such as speech recognition [18]. In addition, educatorshave complete control over the virtual environment, allowing them to simulate scenarios that maynot be possible in traditional laboratory or classroom settings.2.3 VR in Engineering and Manufacturing
Paper ID #37252Connecting classrooms across borders to engineer a processto manufacture a Tequila bottleRodrigo Martinez-Duarte Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University (USA) and Head of the Multiscale Manufacturing Laboratory www.multiscalemanufacturing.net. His group’s expertise lies at the interface between micro/nanofabrication, carbonaceous materials, electrokinetics and microfluidics. Rodrigo is known as the pioneer of carbon-electrode Dielectrophoresis (carbonDEP), a technique for bioparticle manipulation using carbon electrodes and
[3, 4]. Watermeyer, et al. [2] argues that due to COVID 19 and the resulting quick move toonline teaching and learning, both the immediate and long-term future of higher education arelinked to the digital transformations discussed prior to the pandemic. It is necessary that theeducation that students receive prepares them to be technology-change leaders and have thenecessary skills to navigate a post-COVID world [5]There is abundant literature about implementation of online teaching and assessment approachesin engineering and computer science fields [6-9]. Compared to other disciplines, manyengineering fields rely not just on lecture sessions but also laboratory sessions which aretraditionally carried out in a face-to-face format. Generally
program thatsimulates a smart power distribution grid withseveral households; each is equipped with smart heating,ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) that adjustsconsumption in response to the price signal. Specifically,the participants learned to design and implement a powerdistribution network in GridLAB-D, an open-source grid Figure 9. Comparison of power distribution with new technologymodeling software developed by the Pacific NorthwestNational Laboratory (PNNL), and TMY, a weather simulation database developed by the NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The participants customized the referenced IEEEdistribution network in the PNNL library by
in the I-RISE program. Therefore, the research experience wasmeaningful and addressed real-world problems in science and engineering, often involving hands-on andlaboratory experiences. The duration of the research activities was approximately five months. During thisperiod, students and faculty met frequently. The faculty derived the dynamics of research experiences anddirectly mentored students owing to the central role of faculty support in UREs [17]. Sometimes, graduatestudents working with the faculty trained students with the laboratory work and the technical aspects. Inregular meetings with students, the faculty discussed and guided the research and academic matters ofinterest to the students. ii) SponsorshipSponsorship through
raised questions about their future reliability, muchof the current technological advancement in the green energy sector has been a result of evidenceimplicating their use as a primary factor in the ever-growing climate crisis.As such, there has been an unmatched investment in the future of alternative sources of energy,such as wind, solar, and hydropower. These have led to massive improvements in every aspect ofthese technologies, especially cost and efficiency [1]. For example, according to the Departmentof Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the cost of a 200kW solar array has declinedfrom 5.57 to 1.72 dollars per watt, a 69% decrease [2].However, there are still many drawbacks to these technologies. Perhaps the most notable of
) for the rest of the week.The second and third week of the program focused on one of the most involved investigations ofthe program. Adapted from BioRAD Laboratories, these two weeks required students to workthrough activities from the company’s pGLO Bacterial Transformation Kit [11]. Intended toteach students about genetic engineering using the pGLO plasmid and a strain of E. coli bacteriaand provide an opportunity to engage in a thoughtful biomedical scientific inquiry process, thekit aligned well with the program goals. Unfortunately, despite the meticulous thought andplanning involved in preparing these weeks for at-home use, the experiments were not wellsuited for individual kitchen experimentation due to inconsistencies with kitchen
, and Process Design [12]. A co-requisite one-credit hands-on laboratory course integrateswith each of the first five courses, while a Safety and Ethics course accompanies the ProcessDesign class. Approximately one third of the students alternate the last three class-semesters withco-op rotations. These last two years (which include summer terms) offer the best potential forstudents get involved in outreach. At this point, they have developed significant knowledge andvaluable industry/research experience to document the narrative on the scope of the career and thecollege experience.The Reactive Process Engineering (RPE) and Process Design (PD) courses are offered everyspring and summer terms. The Process Control (PC) is offered only during the
Paper ID #37864Identifying Best Practices to sustain a US-MexicoInternational Program integrated into an engineeringcurriculumRodrigo Martinez-Duarte Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University (USA) and Head of the Multiscale Manufacturing Laboratory www.multiscalemanufacturing.net. His group’s expertise lies at the interface between micro/nanofabrication, carbonaceous materials, electrokinetics and microfluidics. Rodrigo is known as the pioneer of carbon-electrode Dielectrophoresis (carbonDEP), a technique for bioparticle manipulation using
Dr. Mark A. Finlayson is Eminent Scholar Chaired Associate Professor of Computer Science and Interim Associate Director in the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences (KFSCIS) at Florida International University (FIU). His research intersects artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and cognitive science. He directs the FIU KFSCIS Cognition, Narrative, and Culture (Cognac) Laboratory whose members focus on advancing the science of narrative, including: understanding the relationship between cognition, narrative, and culture; developing new methods and techniques for investigating questions related to language and narrative; and endowing machines with the ability to understand and
. He currently consults on learning and talent development programs within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Mr. Leidig has focused on community-engaged engineering and design for over fifteen years.Andrew Pierce (Laboratory Manager) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Assessing Multidisciplinary, Long-Term Design ExperiencesIntroductionCommunity-engaged design experiences offer many benefits to engineering, the designcommunity, and higher education in general. These experiences offer opportunities for studentsto engage with real users and to see how designs can positively impact people
Success in the College of Engineering. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University. Dr. Johnson received his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on engineering education, production economics, and design tools. Dr. Johnson has over 80 peer reviewed publications and several patents. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and industry. Dr. Johnson is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Society
of UPOP are larger, and include the start of a lifelong professional journey.Bernard M. Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL): This co-curricular program,started in 2008, is targeted at juniors and seniors, and can be taken as a one year experienceleading to a certificate in engineering leadership (GEL1 - about 150 students) or as a two yearadvanced certificate (GEL2 – about 30 students per year). Several key elements of the programsuch as individual entrance interviews, a mandatory design requirement, and an experientialengineering leadership laboratory, make this program a catalyst for future engineering leadersAt the inception of the program, we spent several months meeting with educators, successfulpractitioners from industry, and
. Liu serves as the Immediate Past Chair of Energy and Fuels Division of American Chemical Society and Officer at the Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (TAMU Chapter). She has been elected as Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM), Fellow of Vebleo (Science Engineering and Technology), and the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, DEBI faculty fellow at the US Air Force Research Laboratory. She has been awarded the Chartered Scientist and Chartered Chemist in March and May 2019, respectively. She was awarded the “2012 to 2014 Annual foreign experts and talent from overseas project” supported by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, P.R. China (3 consecutive terms
understanding of BID incorporationwithin the engineering design process, as well as gauging potential student interest in BID.Ultimately, the final goal was the implementation of designed curriculums within high schoolengineering classrooms [2].The PL for this project was initially designed to be face-to-face as part of a six-week summerinternship at university research laboratories focused on biology and bio-inspired design [2].However, due to COVID-19 and research lab closures in the summer of 2020, the project teamhad to transition the summer PL experience to an online setting. BlueJean online meetingplatform was used for the PL meetings, and all PL artifacts/assignments and readings wereshared with teachers via Canvas. Though online, the goal of
Mihai Boicu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Information Technology at George Mason University, As- sociate Director of the Learning Agents Center (http://lac.gmu.edu), Directtor of Laboratory for Collec- tive Intelligence, Co-Director of Personalized Learning in Applied Information Technology Laboratory (http://plait.gmu.edu/).Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University Harry is currently Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Department of Information Sciences and Technology. He earned his doctorate in Information Technology in 2003 from George Mason Univer- sity’s Volgenau School of Engineering (Fairfax, VA), and has since taught graduate courses there in big data analytics and ethics, operating systems
Professional Shame as Experienced by Engineering Students Who are Minoritized in their Programs,” presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, 2021.[19] C. D. Wylie, “Socialization through stories of disaster in engineering laboratories.,” Social Studies of Science, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 817–838, 2019.[20] C. Winberg, “The Making of Engineering Technicians: Ontological Formation in Laboratory Practice,” Engineering Studies, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 226-248, 2021.[21] K. Beddoes and A. Danowitz, “Learning from Universities’ Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the New Normal,” presented at the European Society for Engineering Education Annual
an introduction to engineering designcourse during the fall semester. This course consists of a twice-weekly, one-hour lecture and atwo-hour laboratory. The lecture on Monday mainly focuses on engineering topics related totwo interactive team projects. Guest lectures are presented on Wednesday. These lecturesrepresent the various engineering majors offered at Binghamton University. The laboratories aretaught by engineering instructors and graduate engineering students. Students are also requiredto take a weekly two-hour course with a focus on writing and oral presentations. The courseprovides instruction to students on how to write reports and present oral presentations regardingtheir projects. Both courses utilize undergraduate course
, a project evaluating species-specific usage ofwildlife crossing structures along a state highway). Research on innovative infrastructurematerials like self-healing concrete allowed for creative exploration and problem-solving, asmaterials did not always perform as expected in laboratory experiments.The ITS-RET hosted ten to fourteen teachers each summer. A subset of teachers participated intwo consecutive summer programs. In addition to research work conducted in teams of twounder the mentorship of experienced faculty and research staff, teachers participated in a varietyof professional development activities, to include: weekly research seminars; laboratory andtechnical tours; and a weekly professional development workshop. The
Technology I conduct research in diverse areas of engineering education from professional skills, to writing, to gender and ethics. I also maintain a structures laboratory to conduct full-scale structural component testing and field investigations of highway bridges.David A Saftner (Associate Professor) Dr. David Saftner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He earned a BS from the United States Military Academy and an MS and PhD from the University of Michigan. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Saftner spent five years as an engineer officer in the US Army and serving in Missouri, Colorado, Kuwait, and Iraq. His areas of research include beneficial reuse of waste soil material
x Students (AIMS2) Program Bridge Program x Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies x Clinical Laboratory Science Program x College Academy for Parents xCollege Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) -New Mexico State University x xCollege Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) -Washington State University xCollege Success Program x xColorado Diversity Initiative xCommunity Fellows Program of theCommunity-Based Learning Program
learning objectives Abstract Students in environmental science and engineering tracts are expected to meet basic knowledge and skill proficiency levels, in conjunction with ABET student outcomes. Best practices such as hands-on learning through laboratory experimentation and field data collection have been shown to improve technical and analytical skills. Additionally, community service and outreach programs have aided students in mastering communication skills and applying appropriate learning strategies. This study attempts to quantify the gains obtained by a service-learning/community outreach project course and determine if course design can
enormousdisruptions to global education systems, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190countries [9]. Students pursuing careers in disciplines like science and engineering, where in-person laboratory experiences are valuable to their preparedness for jobs in the industry, havebeen impacted severely by the disruption of COVID-19 [10], [11].Following the unprecedented disruptions caused by the pandemic, governments of manycountries took several extraordinary measures, including the closure of schools, publicgatherings, large and small businesses, social distancing, and campaigns to build healthawareness, in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic [4], [6], [7], [9].Moreover, as in-person learning ended for many schools, many
, sustainability curricula, and courses onenvironmental justice is growing. Previous authors have offered courses focused on challenge-based [29], experience-based [30], and laboratory-focused [31] approaches to teachsustainability and sustainable development, but our course is unusual in that it attempted thesubject in an entirely remote format. There is increased recognition of the need forinterdisciplinarity in approaching the topic of sustainability and alternative energy technologiesin engineering coursework; our work adds to the literature by presenting and assessing aninterdisciplinary course offered across majors and schools. Further, by assessing student interestand proficiency in course topics according to major, we can understand how these
these options do not include synchronous learning methods inconjunction, students lack the direction and assistance to learn the content systematically.It is common for many providers of remote education to use off-the-shelf video conferencing andclassroom management applications [8]. These apps are not optimized for microcontroller educa-tion and are not able to provide timely feedback to the students.Another option for remote microcontroller education is to use a simulation platform such as Tin-kerCAD, which can provide timely feedback on students’ work [4]. However, simulations are notvivid enough, especially simulations of sensors and motors. Remote Laboratory [9] is another op-tion where the experiments are performed remotely, and the
the George Washington University and a Ph.D. in minority and urban education from the University of Maryland. In 2003, Bruk was hired by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), where he worked on nanotech- nology and microsystems. In 2005 he left JHUAPL for a fellowship with the National Academies and researched methods of increasing the number of women in engineering. Later that year, he briefly served as a mathematics instructor in Baltimore City High Schools. From 2005 through 2018, Dr. Berhane directed engineering recruitment and scholarship programs for the University of Maryland. He oversaw an increase in the admission of students of color and women during his tenure and
]. They alsoobtain increased monetary compensation [5] and report higher job satisfaction. A study alsoshows that depth of experiential learning, as indicated by the amount of time committed to thoseactivities, correlates positively with cognitive gains, while breadth, as indicated by the number ofactivities that a student engages in, is associated with improved teamwork skills [6]. Inparticular, the number of internships that an undergraduate has is a major predictor of initialcareer outcomes [4].Experiential learning is increasingly considered a critical component of higher education,complementing more traditional forms of classroom and laboratory instruction. Experientiallearning opportunities can also inform career choice, help students build
Conference (pp. 1-5).IEEE.[19] Faber, M. H., & Stewart, M. G. (2003). Risk assessment for civil engineering facilities: criticaloverview and discussion. Reliability engineering & system safety, 80(2), 173-184.[20] Feisel, L. D., & Rosa, A. J. (2005). The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineeringeducation. Journal of engineering Education, 94(1), 121-130.[21] Franz, H. (2008). Using Logic Control In A Safety And Fire Program Fire Alarm SystemEngineering Course. In 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition (pp. 13-1346).[22] Franz, H. (2005). Development Of A Fire Alarm Class Taken By Students From Two YearColleges. In 2005 Annual Conference (pp. 10-456).[23] Hillestad, D. (2022). Building Owners and Managers Organizational
smartphone's location, which can be used for a variety of purposes such asmaps, tracking, and location-based services.A special feature of these physical data recorded by the internal sensors, however, is that theycan be used beyond their actual purpose with the help of additional programs, so-called apps.This makes it possible to carry out both qualitative and quantitative experiments in a widerange of subject areas, especially in physics. Smartphones thus represent small, transportablemeasurement laboratories. The project presented in this paper focuses on the latter point, inwhich the sensors installed in smartphones are used to carry out quantitative experiments. Themain advantages of the devices are to be exploited, which are reflected in their
: Some division members have created what might be termed Technology Survey Courses. These courses address a range of technologies. In some cases, course content may include social and historical dimensions of engineering and technology. Approaches are varied including lectures, demonstrations, and laboratories. Scientific principles involved in technological applications are often a major component of these courses [1]. • Technology Focus Courses: These courses tend to address a single technological topic or issue. Subject matter is intentionally focused rather than intentionally broad. In some cases, the courses have a substantial technical or quantitative component. The classes frequently include