, benchmarking literature suggeststhat that four principles are fundamental across the numerous benchmarking models that havebeen developed: (1) measurement, or the collection of relevant performance data; (2)comparison, or the performance evaluation of the benchmarking subject against appropriatecollaborators; (3) identification of best practices, or the detection of improvement areas and thedevelopment of an improvement plan; and (4) implementation and improvement, or the processof actually executing the changes [16-18]. Despite being represented consistently across models,the common principles are often accomplished differently through a variety of procedures. Sincethe procedures included in benchmarking models can vary, it is not always clear which
errors students make are often the result of blindlyapplying formulas without identifying which components are included and which do not apply.Students who made units conversion errors or other simple math errors were quick to identify theirmistakes and develop cursory plans for remediating. Students, however, who marked categoriesN (Evaluation error) and P (unknown) struggled immensely with the content and had little in the Page 26.1426.7way of a self-remediation plan. Table 4: Student Self-Reported Errors on Series and Parallel Circuits Quiz Problems Circuits Problem 1 Circuits Problem 2
asked toreceive the out-briefs. Out-briefs are a very important part of Army operations and offer thecadets and senior officer the opportunity to determine the aspects of the laboratory that wentcorrectly and those aspects of the laboratory that did not go as planned. Cadets can then buildupon this knowledge and experience for similar missions at future times. Senior officers are alsoincredibly important in this process as they can ask the difficult questions and help cadets totranslate what they learned in the laboratory to more real-life situations.The objectives of the laboratory were fully met. Not only did the cadets get an opportunity touse a myriad of equipment in a field-type environment but they were also able to blend the Armytraining
baccalaureate degree in engineering, andpursuing a graduate degree. It will also highlight lessons learned and future plans for theprogram, as well as best practices that are useful to other institutions in developing similarprograms.1. IntroductionThe PCAST Report Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates withDegrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics states a critical need todramatically increase the number of STEM graduates over the next decade. The report cites thelow completion rate among STEM students, with many leaving the STEM field in the first twoyears of their program. Among the recommendations to address this issue of low completion rate
design.Certainly, techniques in conceptual design have traditionally included the act of sketching, andoutlining key characteristics of a product, service or experience early on in the design processwith the goal of initiating creative reflection and planning subsequent phases16. Storytelling is anatural extension. It facilitates every aspect of the design process. The history of entrepreneurialopportunity and research show formal applications amongst other design activities in theevolution of engineering design from Boston to Silicon Valley ---- due to the way companiesperceive innovation phases17.The power of first moments in entrepreneurial storytelling18 show how a degree of ambiguity inthe study and teaching approach adds anticipation and preserves
Nation. Storytelling wasembedded in the program to connect with students’ cultural experiences, but additionalconnections were sought. This study was inspired by the similarities between the Navajo way oflife, which is a holistic cycle of thinking, planning, living, and assuring/testing 1, and anengineering design process (ask, imagine, plan, create, improve 2).Diverse perspectives drive innovation in STEM.With the complex nature of real-world problems, our country needs STEM innovators who canwork across disciplines to holistically solve problems in both the workplace and in ourcommunities, such as the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering 3. According to a 2011 NSF-AIHEC reports “adding diverse perspectives to the STEM research, engineering
teams were unfamiliar with theguidelines of the American Disability Association (ADA) including maximum ramp slopes andminimum turning radius at trail switchbacks.Two of the proposed designs are shown in Figures 2a – 2d. The left, or west, bank in the rivercross-sections drawn in Figures 2a and 2c show an existing west-side trail protected from erosionby gabions. The right, or east, sides of these figures show the cross-section of the team’s twoproposed solutions for connecting the discontinuous east-side trail sections. Figures 2b and 2dshow the corresponding plan view and path of the trails. The solution in Figures 2a and 2brecommends placing concrete piles, with cantilevered horizontal supports to pick of the trail decksystem at set
theattention that SET garners. Peer review has been proposed as a possibility for both formative andsummative assessment,12,13 in part because fellow faculty members are often able to evaluate aninstructor in ways that students are not able (for example, the instructor’s familiarity with thecourse material and whether the course is meeting its curricular goals). However, such evaluationprograms require a fair amount of planning and discussion amongst the faculty. One of thegreatest challenges is that all faculty do not hold identical views about what effective teaching is,leading to potential conflicts in assessment.Another alternative to SET is classroom observations by a so-called “expert,” frequently anadministrator or member of a Center for
section, 73% of the research section, and 46% of theclinical section explicitly indicating the benefit in the course evaluation. The main reason citedfor the lower result in the industry section was lack of physical interaction, since that group useda simulation.Challenges and Future DirectionsAlthough feedback was largely positive from both instructor and students, challenges arose andimprovements are planned for the next offering.One challenge encountered by the team was enrollment management. Although the overallnumber is limited to the class size of incoming freshmen, it was difficult to predict sectionenrollment. Some students were turned away from the research and clinical section due tolimited capacity for shadowing assignments for the
their team roles effectively, the use ofdelegation to make progress, written notes, and impact of planning ahead. One team stated “Ourorganizer did a very good job at scheduling out meetings and making sure we were ontrack…being on this team has definitely made us better planners and organizers.” Another teamcommented that “our organization skills were refined and we were able to accomplish muchmore in a shorter amount of time.”Overall PE scores did not show any significant changes from DC1 to DC2. Specifically, 38% ofstudents had higher PE2 than PE1 scores, 42% had decreased PE2 scores, and 20% had the samescores for both evaluations. It should be noted however, that decreased PE scores were also aresult of improvement in fellow team member
verylimited amount of research that examines the simultaneous learning of computer software andengineering concepts. Prior research has identified the benefits of the sequential presentation ofinformation to learners with low-levels of computer-based technology knowledge, while muchless is known about the presentation of computer-based materials to those that are moreexperienced.2,4 Better understanding of the way in which instructional design impacts learners ofvarying levels of expertise has the potential to better guide efficient instructional planning anddelivery.4Design/Methods Given the limited understanding in the literature about learners with advanced technologyskills, we will utilize a quantitative quasi-experimental pretest
assistance to the campus and community, and maintains the collec- tion in assigned subject areas. Her current research interests include information literacy instruction and assessment, the impact of student affect on learning, data literacy, and data management planning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Training Graduate Engineering Students in EthicsAbstractThe Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegasembarked on providing ethics instruction to incoming graduate students in the form of amandatory workshop. The College has a diverse graduate student population, including asizable international component, who are enrolled in several M.S. and
and rewards, or to reach a goal one must lay out a step by stepaction plan. It is often impossible within this epistemology to entertain alternatives like the joy oflearning, the internal desire to master a topic, or attending to an outcome manifests it.This basic assumption of the necessity of force creates a set of methods. In objectivist science,the purpose is to understand natural mechanisms so that these can be generalized to like systemsand manipulated for predictable outcomes, scalability. Because understanding comes throughquantifying indicators, measurements and techniques must first be devised to enablequantification. These measurements are presumed to be accurate indicators of some naturallyoccurring parameter even though the
forming a ‘company’ to solvea problem posed in the form of a contracting statement of work (SoW). The company forms its ownorganizational structure, schedule, and plan of attack for satisfying the SoW requirements within theacademic semester. The project for the first offering of the course (fall 2015) was two-fold: to retrofitan existing Lockheed Martin Stalker aircraft with new electronics and to completely build out a DJIS900 hexacopter. Both assets were needed by ACUASI to satisfy changing operational requirementsfor arctic research missions.This paper provides details of the course structure, the resulting UAS payloads and componentsfabricated for the university, and how these assets support UAF/ACUASI’s arctic research efforts. Inaddition
practitioner, engaged administrator in engineering education).During the two day workshop, the participants discussed at large the initial thoughts of thewriting teams; and then separated into smaller groups, led by a consultant expert in each of thethree areas, to think further about the ideas presented in light of the larger group discussion.Issues discussed during the early session were then posited into potential research plans tofurther thinking around the issue. By the end of the workshop, participants had broad-spectrumagreement on the issues and considerations for how research on these issues may be conducted.Further, the writing teams had armed feedback for their position papers that will inform theengineering education community and its
its citizens, advise them about necessaryprecautions, and make evacuation plans in the event of a dam failure. The Trevi Group, an Italiancompany, has negotiated with the Iraqi government to make $380 million worth of repairs andthe Italian Prime Minister has agreed to deploy their own military forces to provide security ifthe Trevi Group is awarded the contract. The Iraqi government is divided in their response to thisoffer of the Italian government: Iraq’s ambassador to the US, Lukman Faily, has no objection toadditional security forces from Italy but the head of Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources, Mohsinal-Shammari, does not want “foreign support” for security of the dam.30In short, the political situation surrounding the dam remains
Justice at Temple University. Her main areas of research include critical infrastructure resilience and protection, cyber and cyber-physical security, infrastructure planning and policy, and global security and international affairs.Dr. Saroj K Biswas, Temple University Saroj Biswas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University specializing in electrical machines and power systems, multimedia tutoring, and control and optimization of dynamic systems. He has been the principle investigator of a project for the development of an intelligent tutoring shell that allows instructors create their own web-based tutoring system. His current research focuses on security of cyber-physical systems
undergraduate engineering programs.Acknowledgement: The authors wish to acknowledge researcher, Justine Chasmar, and theNational Science Foundation for their support of this research (EEC-105590).References1. Atman CJ, Sheppard SD, Turns J, et al. Enabling Engineering Student Success: The Final Report for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education. Final Rep Cent Adv Eng Educ. 2010.2. A Report from the Committee on STEM Education National Science and Technology Council. Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education: 5-Year Strategic Plan. 2013.3. Yoder BL. Engineering by the Numbers. ASEE. 2014:11–47.4. Kirn A, Faber C, Benson L. Engineering Student Metacognition
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Online delivery of an undergraduate engineering programSchool of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering Stephen M. Phillips, Ph.D., P.E. Professor of Electrical Engineering Director of the School Kyle D. Squires, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dean of the Fulton Schools Marco Saraniti, Ph.D. Professor of Electrical Engineering Program Chair, online Disruptive changeFULTON schools of engineering electrical, computer and energy engineering ECEE School Plans - Academics Number of enrolled students
; analysis of potential students (students, who take the course are juniors and do not have a prior knowledge in the field of mechanism kinematics and design and its applications); • Determine faculty role in the learning process and develop an instructional plan; • Identify faculty interested in collaborative research and education activities across disciplines; • Design cross-disciplinary research project activities, assignments, and assessments that are congruent with the three major desired student outcomes: (a) critical thinking, (b) responsibility for one’s own learning, (c) intellectual growth, congruent with the discussion project goals.Project Activities Specific GoalsThe goal of the project
were notmotivated. Different theories in motivation offer different insight into how and why students are successfulin their engineering pursuits. This research considers three different theories; future timeperspective, interest, and belongingness. Future time perspective generally offers explanationsfor choices students make as they plan for their futures. Two facets of future time perspectiveinclude (1) how engineering students see the present task as instrumental for their future asengineers – perceived instrumentality, and (2) how engineering students connect the presentactivities with their future engineering goals – career connectedness [11]. Students that see theinstrumentality of the present task for the futures, and better see the
a few times and received a very positive feedback from students. A morecomprehensive assessment approach is planned for the near future.I. Introduction Learning styles of many students are reshaping [1], [2]. Due to the increase in preference forvisual media, and the fast growing use of information technology, instructors may notice that it isharder for students to understand difficult concepts when using traditional textbook-basedexplanations. Such a case is noted by Tyler DeWitt, a chemistry high school teacher and Ph.D.student at MIT [3]. He noticed that his students missed key concepts although they wereattending well planned lectures and completing assignments. To remedy this, he engagedstudents with a different style of teaching
the specific subject discussed is the octagonal hall and thecommon features shared by buildings with this type of structure. The analysis included acombination of data acquisition through laser scanning and a hypothetical model generated viaNURBS and subdivision surface modeling based on the resultant data, the end result being ahypothetical template that could be used for varying sizes of this type of building plan. Finally, for the Colosseum itself, Gutierrez et al. [6] experimented with a digital Colosseummodel for the simulation of a virtual crowd, which was used to test the efficiency of thevomitoria. The structure of the Colosseum was analyzed with the interior passageways in mind –a necessity for the simulation of people moving not
engineeringperception does not quite rate as highly. It is important to remember that we only did theperceptions of engineering as a post-survey. There may have been movement up or down in anyof these over the course of the 3-week SEEK camps, which would be more telling for what theprogram really impacts. Pre- and post- administration for the survey is planned for the 2018camps. The figures presented below break things down by gender. Female and Male Personal Interests 3.00 2.90 2.80 2.70 2.60 2.50 2.40 2.30
school students and motivatethem to choose engineering/technology career paths as they enter their undergraduate degreeprograms. This paper presents an overview of and results from the two-week workshop hostedduring summer 2017. Included in this overview will be an outline of the buildingautomation/energy management experiential learning that was undertaken and how IoT wasintegrated into this important technology discipline. Examples of edge devices, sensors, wirelesscommunications, and IoT processes such as publishing, subscribing, and building sensor/actuatordashboards for IoT-based building monitoring and control systems will be provided. Evaluationdata, teacher feedback and anecdotal information will also be presented. In addition to plans
owndeveloped system. Sargison et al.4 in 2005 presented the results of the first trial of introducingsome form of ePortfolio to 1st year engineering students as part of an initiative of University ofTasmania. It was used for the students to track their development skills and to help them in theircareer planning. Unfortunately, in all those cases, they just described the initial implementationand nothing on how they dealt with any issues that might have raised during the implementation. There has been also some implementation initiative in specific engineering programs.Christy and Fasina5 compared the eP implementation in two undergraduate biosystems/biologicalengineering programs, one from Ohio State University and another one from Auburn
amount of ambiguity, necessary collaboration, sociotechnical complexity, andpersuasion needed: Many [of the interviewed engineers] felt frustrated because they did not think that their jobs provided them with enough technical challenges. Others felt frustrated because they thought that a different career choice might have led to a job that would enable them to make more use of the advanced technical subjects they had studied in their university courses. Many of them were actually planning to leave their career in engineering. In our research, we found that more experienced engineers, those who had stuck with it for a decade or more, had mostly realized that the real intellectual challenges in engineering
, engineering technology college courses. Inaddition, warrant officers operate as leaders in their units, not only providing technical expertise, but alsomanaging, planning, organizing, supervising and controlling jobs and worksites in a military setting.How does warrant officer training compare to technology or business courses in a typical four-yearcollege? This paper examines the ACE credit recommendations for ten current warrant officer specialtycourses with technology containing curriculum to compare them to typical technology courses accreditedby ABET, formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [3]. In most cases, thetraining does not warrant credit recommendations for significant amounts of technical training, but thecredit
instructors. Your University may have apolicy on this. Check your faculty handbook to see if there is a time stipulated by which youmust respond to students online or in email. It is most often either 24 or 48 hour response time.Whichever you select as a logon frequency, it is important to clearly communicate it so thatstudents know how often to expect you in class and how long turnaround time will take ondiscussion postings. Once you have explained what students can expect from you as aninstructor, you can then clearly state your expectations for student logon.It is good practice to ask students to plan on logging into your class a certain number of dayseach week. Most college courses meet three days per week. It is reasonable to expect yourstudents