studentsbecomes difficult when there are several time zones between them. They are required to holdregular team meetings, sometimes biweekly, so coordination is a key to their success andfunctioning as a cohesive team. How the workload is distributed and managed between the teammembers is another key component to address when working on an international capstone designproject. 2Figure 1 shows the evolution of the industry sponsored senior design projects in the past 13 yearsin the Department of Mechanical Engineering at our university. It is also shown the increase inthe number of students and projects in the same period. Page 25.572.3
the challenging job. The implementation of MILL was done in severaldifferent courses that were proven effective for students to connect the dots of real life jobenvironment. Assessment results show positive impact on students learning due to MILLimplementation. Page 25.573.2Student learning techniquesStudents learn differently. It is very important to understand how individuals learn andcomprehend. Examples of well-known learning models include: The Felder-Silverman LearningStyle Model (Table 1), Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Herrman Brain Dominance Instrument, andKolb’s Learning Style Model. ―These various frameworks fall into three general
most difficult undergraduate courses to succeed in because the coursecovers a broad spectrum of foundational concepts such as force, velocity, angular velocity,acceleration, angular acceleration, work, energy, linear impulse, angular impulse, linearmomentum, angular momentum, and vibration 1-3. Many students fail the dynamics coursebecause they lack a solid understanding of these foundational concepts and do not know whenand why to apply what concepts and associated equations 4-6.Concept mapping, developed upon constructivist learning theory, is a graphical representation(like a flow chart) that shows how individual concepts are related to and connected with oneanother to form large wholes 7, 8. In a concept map, concepts are arranged in a
1Introduction In today’s global knowledge-driven economy, technological innovation and creativetransformation of new knowledge into products and services are critical to a nation’scompetitiveness. Companies now demands engineers to possess higher-order skills, such as anability to adapt to rapidly-developed technologies and an ability to innovate.1 U.S. engineershave long led the world in innovation and this leadership is essential to U.S. prosperity andsecurity. However, this great national resource now seems to be at serious risk due of lack ofengineers.2 To maintain nation’s global competitiveness, educational institutions have to addresstwo imperative needs: one is to attract/retain diverse excellent students in engineering fields; andthe other
observedstudents actively engaged in the projects and often working beyond what was required for thegrade.IntroductionComputers are a quintessential component of modern engineering practice. They are used tomodel potential solutions, collect and analyze data, and create new parts through computer aideddesign packages and computer controlled machinery. In addition, they are used as integralcomponents of the products of design themselves. Examples include sneakers that track thedistance traveled to smart building materials that can report on the stresses and strains they areexperiencing. Many reports, such as the National Academy of Engineering’s Engineering of2020 report [1], have identified computing skills as one of the attributes that future engineers
, the GSC discussed whatrequirements should be expected from potential presenters (i.e. a full paper or just an abstract).The GSC executive council ultimately decided that an abstract submission would be sufficientfor the conference. A smaller committee within the GSC was tasked with developing the criteriathat would be given to the students prior to their submissions. The abstract guidelines given tothe students were broken up into two sections, listed below, one being content and the otheradditional syntax related guidelines.Content Guidelines:1. Research Need - A clear research need should be presented and research should be original.2. Approach - Explain the methodology associated with your research process.3. Outcomes - Research results or
underprepared math students, persistence is very poor(10% of trigonometry and algebra students, 27% of Precalculus students), but for students on-track in math, persistence is much better (28% of Calculus I students, 63% of post-Calculus Istudents). Lastly, a Precalculus co-requisite with the introductory course may reduce enrollmentby 18%, but should only reduce number of majors by 5% or less. Until now, the programs haverelied on a convenience sample of students with minimal program promotion or recruitment.However, focus should be directed at recruiting and retaining students who are prepared to enrollin Calculus, or at least Pre-calculus. Results of this study may be informative for universitieslooking to begin engineering programs.1
Enterprises (SMEs) are defined to employ fewer than 250 employees inEurope and fewer than 500 in the United States (Hussey & Eagan, 2007)1. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) contribute between 80% and 90% of all industries (Moore & Manring,2009;2 Pimenova & van der Vorst (2004);3 Shearlock, Hooper, & Millington (2000);4 Walker &Preuss, 20085) in the world. The pollution caused by SMEs is also high due these high numbers.Implementing environmentally sustainable practices is of utmost importance in the currentsituation. One of the major factors affecting companies following such sustainable practices isthe culture of the company (Natarajan & Wyrick, 2011)6. The owner (or group of owners) affectsthe culture heavily, given
to Position 6, in whichthat person foresees the necessity of positioning himself with some form of personalCommitment (as opposed to unquestioned commitment to simple belief) to in a relativistic world.In positions 7, 8, and 9, a person experiences a development of personal commitment. Page 25.580.4 Figure 1. Perry's model of intellectual development (p. 223)18Perry’s theory and other later extensions by researchers such as Belenky et al. 13, BaxterMagolda 14, and King and Kitchener 15 have been adopted by multiple researchers in engineeringeducation field to understand the cognitive development of engineering students21. In
andhigh-end services jobs overseas.1 This trend of outsourcing jobs is accelerating not only due tolower wages in countries overseas, but also because often, workers are better educated in themath and science skills needed for high technology work. In addition, young entrepreneursoverseas are becoming less satisfied with building what U.S. engineers have designed. Instead,these young entrepreneurs aspire to be the designers of the next wave of innovations. This trendwill put increasing pressure on U.S. global leadership in innovation. In response, the UnitedStates needs to produce “a new type of engineer, an entrepreneurial engineer, with a broad rangeof skills and knowledge, above and beyond a strong science and engineering background.”1 As
, Harris, Harold, Facial Recognition System Screening Evaluation Methodology for Complexion Biases: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education ASEE, Conference. Vancouver Canada, June 26-Jun30 2011 oChinchilla, Rigoberto, S. Guccione, J. Tillman, Wind Power Technologies in the United States: A Tech- nical Comparison between Vertical and Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines: Journal Of Industrial Technology Volume 27, Number 1 - January 2011 through March 2011 Dr. Chinchilla can be reached at rchinchilla@eiu.edu. Page 25.582.1 c American Society for Engineering Education
2011 include oChinchilla, Rigoberto, Harris, Harold, Facial Recognition System Screening Evaluation Methodology for Complexion Biases: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education ASEE, Conference. Vancouver Canada, June 26-Jun30 2011 oChinchilla, Rigoberto, S. Guccione, J. Tillman, Wind Power Technologies in the United States: A Tech- nical Comparison between Vertical and Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines: Journal Of Industrial Technology Volume 27, Number 1 - January 2011 through March 2011 Dr. Chinchilla can be reached at rchinchilla@eiu.edu. Page 25.583.1 c
disciplines, the challenge of engineering ethics isto offer content that is both useful to practitioners and genuinely substantive (i.e. moves beyondglossy generalizations about the importance of honesty, non-malfeasance, etc.). Additionally,engineering ethics education, it is hoped, will make students 1) less likely to engage in academicdishonesty 2) more likely to succeed on the ethics portion of the F.E. and 3) more aware of theobligations and issues they are likely to face in engineering practice. While each of theseadditional desiderata is important, the last is arguably the most important. It can also be the mostpedagogically challenging.In this paper, we will explore the challenges posed by the third goal above in the context of anassignment
integrateethics into engineering programs, mainstream engineering faculty members still resistengineering ethics. Sometimes engineering programs outsource the teaching of engineeringethics to departments of philosophy or of technology and society.Why do engineering faculty members fail to embrace the teaching engineering ethics? I propose Page 25.585.7that they suffer from three mistaken beliefs.Mistaken Belief #1: Expertise is necessary for teaching a subject. Most faculty membersbelieve that college teaching consists of transferring information from experts to students;consequently, subjects should be taught by experts. In particular, as profession
largest contributors to this quantity coming from the Make publication and the 6-3-5technique. The paper concludes by noting the unique characteristics and resulting contributionsfrom each of the four ideation techniques along with suggestions regarding which technique(s)might be most beneficial depending on the nature of a specific design challenge.1. OverviewIt is difficult to underestimate the importance of innovation and creativity in design particularlyin the presence of an increasingly global economy. The activity of concept generation (CG), ormore generally ideation, presents tremendous and unique opportunities for enhancing creativityand the resulting innovation. In this light, we are investigating additions to our suite of CGtechniques
, Drexel UniversityDr. Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Page 25.587.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Evaluating the Acquisition of Engineering Confidence and Skills Through Robotics1 - IntroductionIn recent years there have been a number of studies that have cited the declining number of USstudents graduating from 4-year colleges and universities with degrees in science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM)1. Going along with this trend is a declining interest in scienceamongst US middle and high school students. Many educators are
obtained a Ph.D. in engineering in Aug. 2010 from the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven. She is a member of LESEC (Leuven Engineering and Science Education Centre).Prof. Jos Vander Sloten, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven Page 25.588.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Evaluation of a Technical Writing Program Implemented in a First Year Engineering Design Course C. Heylen1 and J. Vander Sloten2 1 Christel Heylen, Faculty of Engineering, Tutorial Services, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
manifests itself aslower grades received on their various forms of assessment.Cooperative learning is an instructional approach in which students work together in groups on alearning task (e.g. assignment, project or laboratory) that is structured to have the followingessential elements1,2: 1. Positive interdependence. This refers to the need to have every team member involved in achieving the group task. This is implicitly encouraged, because if any group member fails to do their part, the whole group suffers the consequences. 2. Individual accountability. Each member will be held responsible for completing his/her contribution to accomplishing the group task and understanding the contributions of the other
, including the one now in use, and relevant observations and conclusions we havedrawn through the years.IntroductionDuring the fall semester of 1990, BYU initiated a two-semester design course entitled, IntegratedProduct and Process Design.1 The main objective of the course was to strengthen perceivedweaknesses in new graduating engineers. The course includes classroom instruction, individualassignments, an examination, and project work by student teams performed on industriallysponsored design and build projects. Essentially the course involves students learning how tointegrate design skills in four major areas: technical analysis, design creativity, projectmanagement and teamwork.Each year approximately 180 students take the course from a variety
. v(t) = 150 sin(2*π*50*t) a. 2 OR b. 14 v(t) = 150 cos(2*π*50*t) c. 10 d. 48The gray code 11101000G is equivalent to the Express “-5” as an eight bit two’s complementbinary number: binary number. a. 111010012 b. 000101112 c. 101100002 1111 1011 d. 100111002 Figure 1 – Sample questions from two assessment tools Page 25.591.5PSU-EET Assessment DatabaseBoth exams were broken up into major topic areas. In the
validations in one or more of the courses considered in thestudy, Calculus I or Chemistry I, and thus had an invalid grade as defined by the analysis. Forthis reason these students were assumed to be not-at-risk and were placed in the EM211-Corestudent pool for the remainder of the analysis. The distribution of students by type and academicyear is shown in Table 1. EM211-Core EM211A EM211A-Like Total Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent 2001 306 80.7% 62 16.4% 11 2.9% 379 100% 2002 270 79.6% 5 19.2% 4 1.2
the working fluid and is not an issue for thosecomponents operating within the cold workspace. The hot workspace piston and cylinder doencounter sealing issues because they function in an environment with high heat as well assliding friction. Seals on this piston can be subject to early failure due to these operatingconditions. Techniques that alleviate hot piston seal failure issues may also increase engine deadspace. Regardless, the Alpha is known for its high power-to-volume ratio. 1, 2, 3 Page 25.593.3 The Beta Stirling engine includes design features that eliminated the hot seal failureissues of the Alpha. The engine utilizes a
these areas at graduation.However, the variability of these projects presents significant challenges for common rubricdevelopment and by implication, our ability to retrieve reliable data on student performance inthese categories/attributes. This variability also brings unique challenges to the development of asingle rubric that is 1) flexible enough to apply to a variety of engineering thesis projects, 2)reflective of the learning objectives of the thesis course, and also 3) appropriate for use ingathering reliable data about students’ graduate attributes.This paper describes the development of the rubric, and the inherent challenges in designing avalid and reliable tool that provides flexibility to a diverse group of projects and supervisors
suggest that the majority ofstudent learning in engineering courses (approximately two-thirds) actually occurs outside of theclassroom.1 In addition to this, as students enter their senior year, they ought to be expected andencouraged to develop disciplined professional habits for lifelong learning.A challenge to this sort or rhetoric however lies with recent trends in engineering enrollment.Studies suggest that students may be leaving engineering because the work load is too severe. Inaddition to curriculum difficulty and low grades, work load was a primary factor reported amonga survey of 120 engineering students across five institutions that decided to leave theirengineering major to pursue other studies.2 A more recent article from the New
(USRP) implemented an end-to-endon-line database system to manage internship processes from application and selection throughnear-term evaluation and long-term retention outcomes. From 2008 through 2011 this databasedocumented over 10,000 applicants and 1,415 STEM internship experiences.This paper presents initial findings from the analysis of this database, including information oncognitive and affective learning outcomes, post-graduation retention including career andacademic choices, and employer return-on-investment metrics.IntroductionWhen viewed from the broadest employer perspective, full-immersion experiential programssuch as internships or co-op generate positive outcomes in three general areas:1. student competencies (learning)2
engineer, the skill setneeded by a global engineer, and issues that might be faced by a global engineer had improvedafter participation in the RSAP program.Table 1. Writing Scores by Question Among 2011 RSAP Participants Average Average Question Pre-Score Post-Score Q1. What skill set does one need to possess in order to be an effective (successful) engineer? 46.4 55.6 Q2. What issues face an engineer who practices in a global context i.e., what is a global engineer? 40.2 49.6 Q3. How is the skill set of a
sustainability may suffer.21 Thus, it is evident that thesustainability of robotics-based activities in K-12 STEM education is strongly tied to the qualityof teacher professional development programs. Literature on professional development suggests17 that teachers sustain more skills fromprofessional development which (1) expands their knowledge and skills, (2) offers a practicalcurriculum with direct applicability in the classroom environment, and (3) enhances theireffectiveness with students. Moreover, successful professional development activities are Page 25.598.2designed to initiate change in teachers’ attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions.17
also at play regard-ing this complex problem. The study has wider policy implications in the face of current employment and economictrends in the U.S.IntroductionIt is widely acknowledged that education is directly linked to economic prosperity and well beingof a nation. The 1979 economics Nobel prize winner Prof. Theodore Schultz in his 1963 booktitled “The Economic Value of Education” articulated and quantified the economic value of edu-cation. Traditionally, U.S. has led the world in economic prosperity, science, and technologicalinnovation. However, in recent years, we have observed several alarming patterns that are havingan impact on U.S. leadership in those fields. For example: (1) U.S. economy is generally not do-ing well and about 9
immediate crisis and start building an economy that lasts into the future -- an economy that creates good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer security. We now live in a world where technology has made it possible for companies to take their business anywhere. If we want them to start here and stay here and hire here, we have to be able to out-build and out-educate and out- innovate every other country on Earth.Business leaders also have recognized the imperative of job creation for our economies. Forexample, writing in the July 2010 Business Week, former Intel CEO Andy Grove wrote on thenecessity of ‘job-centric’ leadership and incentives to expand the US domestic economy: … job creation must be the No. 1
values (100-500) areused and five specific categories are selected in this study. The master slide shows a gridof twenty-five icons on a 5 x 5 grid for a chapter, each containing a different question(see Figure 1). Page 25.601.2Figure 1: Slide comprising all the selection of questions in a Jeopardy game chapterStudents in the class are divided into two teams and questions are asked successively witheach team needing to consult with all their team members before coming to a consensus.Students need to convince each other of the right answer, thus helping them in theirlearning process. If the response is given is wrong, the other team has a chance to