Building Physics in Holzkirchen, Germany, in July of 2015, Dr. Walter joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. At UCI Dr. Walter teaches regular MAE classes and helps to manage the senior projects program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Designing Senior Design for Student-Led Projects with Large EnrollmentsAbstractThis paper examines the mechanical engineering senior projects ecosystem at the University ofCalifornia, Irvine, which has one of the top-20 largest mechanical engineering undergraduateprograms in the US. We report on the evolution, changes, and future plans of our seniorprojects experience. In
thestructure of a course that explicitly teaches design, we engaged 7 undergraduate students in a 10-week research group that provided instruction around tracing and making sense of experiences inthe makerspace but not instruction around how to design, what project to make, and how to makeit. In this group, students initiated and engaged in personal sewing projects in a universitymakerspace and documented their experiences weekly as they planned and executed theirprojects. We look at traces of student activity through this self-authored documentation, focusingon how students saw design, how design practice or thinking manifested in their projects, andwhat resources supported their engagement with design.We present our findings in two parts. We first
enrolled in the construction management program atWayne State University Engineering Technology Division are encouraged to participate in theannual ELECTRI International/NECA Student Chapter Competition on electrical constructionmanaging projects. The main competition component is the challenge to propose an energyupgrade design and simulation for a facility providing community services to achieve a net zerofacility by incorporating energy saving measures and distributed energy resources based on theunique needs of the buildings and climate. Students are expected to provide detailed technicalsolutions in the proposal by examining the past year utility expenses, planning the renovationdesign, estimating new system costs, and demonstrating energy
participate in group manufacturing simulations and each group evaluate thework of other groups. Metacognitive awareness inventory (MAI) is used to evaluate themetacognitive awareness of the students before and after their participation in the simulationactivities. MAI is an instrument designed to assess general self-regulated learning skills. Theinstrument has 52 items that are classified by type of cognitive knowledge: declarative (DK),procedural (PK), and conditional (CK); or by specific metacognitive process: planning (P),information management strategies (IMS), monitoring (M), debugging strategies (DS), andevaluation (E). Results show that the students improved their metacognitive awareness for all theMAI categories. However, only the improvement
engineering programs having a first-year engineering course (Chen, Brawner, Ohland, & Orr, 2013), there are needs to conduct moreformal research within the first-year engineering space. One specific need is for a program-wideassessment and evaluation plan that goes beyond student-learning objectives and incorporatesprogrammatic initiatives such as increased retention and student motivation. These student-growthobjectives are often missing in an assessment plan for first-year engineering.Literature ReviewFirst-Year Engineering ProgramsFirst-year engineering (FYE) programs have a wide variety of goals and outcomes for theirstudents. There is no one model that fits all programs’ approach, and the structure and content ofeach program depend upon the
graduate program in engineering education Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt University Merredith Portsmore, Tufts University Rebecca Swanson, Tufts University IntroductionAt the end of an 18-month in-service teacher education program for engineering, Margaret, aveteran elementary teacher, talked about a recent engineering lesson she taught to her third-gradeclass. The students had been building rockets for a stomp launcher. They planned, built, testedand revised their rockets over multiple class sessions. In an interview, Margaret recounts herinteractions with one student during testing: This kid, Charlie, he was trying
minuteslong. After learning about design processes of engineers with various levels of expertise andresponding to questions about what they found to be important information, students were asked‘Will Information from this exercise affect how you will do design in the future? How?’ Throughcoding students’ responses, we discovered that students are thinking metacognitively aboutdesign through articulating plans, efficient use of time, monitoring their steps, and evaluatingtheir design processes. While all students can articulate their design intentions, some studentsexplore a nuanced understanding of their design intentions and subsequent actionable strategiesthat could impact how they design in the future. This practical classroom activity can be used
opportunities to help them further develop effective teaching strategies. Andtaking into consideration that these teachers may be the only STEM teacher their students havewhile in that school building, these teachers have significant influence over the educationaldevelopment of their students. Many of these teachers have 5-7 different class preparations aday with only one planning period. Teachers may struggle to implement and sustain effectiveteaching practices when policies and assessment methods need to be modified due to theadoption of new standards, such as with Common Core State Standards for Mathematics andNext Generation Science Standards [2] – [4]. During the RET program, teachers focused on theagricultural aspects of STEM education in order
. Ayer and his team can be found at www.ETBIMLab.com.Dr. Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno Wei Wu, PhD, LEED AP, GGP, CM-BIM, A.M. ASCE, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management in Lyles College of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Built Environment and Equipment Engineering from Hunan Uni- versity in China in 2004, Master of Science in Environmental Change and Management from University of Oxford in the UK in 2005, and Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Construction and Planning from Univer- sity of Florida in 2010. Currently, Dr. Wu teaches courses in Construction Graphics, Design Build, BIM for Construction. Dr. Wu’s
, Purdue University Behzad Beigpourian is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant in Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He earned his master’s in Structural Engineering from Shahid Chamran University in Iran, and his bachelor’s in Civil Technical Teacher from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing teamwork skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations.Mr. Frank
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) by The American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is also a certified Quality Management Systems (QMS) Lead Auditor by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) in London. He was elected a Fellow by ASQ in 2007. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Using Design of Experiments and the PDSA to improve 3-D Printing in a Senior Quality Course AbstractResearch has shown that project-based learning (PBL) is more engaging than traditional teachingmethods. A proposed PBL method using two cycles of plan-do-study-act (PDSA) coupled withdesign of experiments will be tested as
is also known as visual-spatial skills and these are different from other forms ofintelligence such as verbal ability, reasoning ability, and memory skills. Spatial skills are linkedto professional and academic success [3], [4]. For example, when designing or constructing apumping station or piping systems within a treatment plant, it is always challenging to develop athree-dimensional mental picture of the space when looking at plan view and section views of aspace. Those who are skilled in developing that clear mental picture make fewer mistakes andare more efficient designers or constructors. Spatial training has been shown to have a strongimpact on developing these visual-spatial skills as measured by success on standardized
regulation of cognition(planning, monitoring, controlling, evaluating). With permission, we included their SkillfulLearning video modules in our learning strategies course and used selected supplementalresources in instruction.This paper will explain the course design with Entangled Learning as the underlying pedagogyand the use of the Skillful Learning metacognitive instruction resources developed byCunningham, Matusovich, and Blackowski. We will present an analysis of first-year generalengineering students’ ability to engage in practices to promote metacognitive awareness.Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data will inform a discussion of the effectiveness of ouruse of the Cunningham, Matusovich, and Blackowski materials with our first
and plan for future events [3].Risk management and resilience are critical for planning, design, operation and maintenance of avariety of engineering systems for the built environment in the United States, including buildings,transportation, energy, water and food systems. For example, one of the prime lessons fromHurricane Sandy in 2012 was that we should design resilient infrastructure systems to ensure theadaptability for the future [4]. Currently, the importance of risk and resilience of engineeringsystems is increasingly appreciated in professional practice and research, yet these conceptscontinue to be absent from most traditional engineering curricula. Recent disasters and extremeevents have further highlighted the need to produce
that an individual has in creative and generative processes. It describes an individual's push to search for ways to be innovative and design and test out new ideas for all or a component of a system based on a set of constraints. Project Management The skill set an individual needs to help them bring projects to life, including organization, planning, and decision-making skills. Analysis An individual’s ability to apply math and science and solve the relevant governing equations during design and evaluation. Collaboration Those skills that are necessary for working with other
coded based on the four themes: Educational Activates, Hobbies and Interests,Future Plans and Relationships. During this cycle of coding, the coders and faculty advisorfound and discussed the sub-themes which was used in the second cycle of coding. During boththe first and second cycles of coding, the coders met to arbitrate the results until agreement wasmade on the codes. The target was an interrater reliability Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.8 [14].The results from coding the qualitative data was then interpreted in conjunction with those fromthe quantitative portion. This was completed according to recommendations from the literatureabout mixed methods research, such as Creswell’s book, Designing and Conducting MixedMethods Research [15
a temporary marina dock ramp, allowing the temporary bridge to be returned toits proper use. This cadet-led project required geotechnical, hydrologic, and structuralengineering analyses and design prior to construction of the bridge, as well as the application ofconstruction engineering and management principles and methods throughout the planning andconstruction process. The cadet team followed Forest Service design parameters, includingmaking the bridge both wide enough and strong enough to accommodate ATVs for search andrescue missions. The bridge was also designed to accommodate the approximately 30,000 annualhikers on the popular McCullough Gulch trail. Cadets designed and analyzed the bridge duringthe academic year and constructed the
proceed andlessons learned compound to make change agents’ relationship to theory more complex, theoriesbeing used must often be adapted and morphed. Another panel contributor (Harris, 2019)experienced such a need in their transition to a new learning management system (LMS) at alarge, public university. They used Kotter’s leading change model (Kotter, 2014) to manage thechange project’s guiding philosophy and initial plans, particularly with respect to forming cross-disciplinary partnerships that would facilitate widespread adoption of the new system. However,while in the field, some of these philosophies and plans needed to be changed as the changeagents learned new lessons.Sometimes, the realities of a change project require change agents to
theircapabilities to exercise control over events that affect their lives” [21, p. 1175]. An individual’spersonal agency operates within social systems; agentic actions are therefore produce and areproduct of social systems [22]. Personal agency is achieved through the following capabilitiesintentional actions, forethoughtful perspective, self-reactive a form of self-regulation, andreflectivity [11]. Forethought in personal agency goes beyond future-directed plans because futureplans “cannot be a cause of current behavior,” and, “through cognitive representation, visualizedfutures are brought into the present as current guides and motivators of behavior” [11, p. 164],[16]. For a behavior to count as agentic, the individual must take intentional actions
economic, technological, and military goals, the Programs Economic Growth ModelChinese government relies on various state-directed plans. Military ModernizationThese plans provide insight into the kinds of knowledge, re-search, intellectual property, and trade secrets the countrytargets and seeks to acquire from foreign sources. At present, Academic Front CollaborationsChina’s government has as many as 100 plans guiding China’s Companiesforeign acquisition, and their scale and influence are impres-sive
student was required to evaluate the proposed design and plan to meet at least one of theUN Sustainable Development Goals. This resulted in each design team working to address atleast one of these goals. These goals will be incorporated into the proposed design which willalso consider the Envision rating system. Students expanded their focus beyond the design toconsider the overall plan, construction, maintenance and life cycle of the project. Theincorporation of both criteria helped to guide student decisions, evaluate the environmentalimpact of their designs and address the benefits the proposed design had on their respectivecommunities. Students were encouraged to be creative and think outside of the box whendeveloping their design
, introductory engineering courses. He has had experience in the classroom as an adjunct professor at Rowan University. In this role, he helped develop a series of experiments for a freshman engineering course that explored introductory engineering concepts through chocolate manufacturing, and another series of experiments involving dissolvable thin films for a similar course. Alex is also the president of the Syracuse University Chapter of ASEE, and has been working diligently with his executive board to provide seminars and workshops for their fellow graduate students. Alex’s plans upon graduation involve becoming a professor or lecturer, specifically at a primarily undergraduate institution.Mr. Alexander J. Johnson
tandem to achieve thechapter’s established goals. Figure 1 – ASEE-UPRM OrganizationOur main objective is to work with educational institutions and industries to improve engineeringeducation and promote student academic development and leadership skills. A secondary goal isto provide unique outreach experiences to high school students from around the island to increasetheir interest in pursuing a degree in STEM fields.1 To complete these goals, a series of activitieshave been designed, planned, and executed through the academic year.Members of the student chapter (all undergraduate engineering students) under the guidance ofour academic counselor have established an ambitious plan for this academic year. Because
members ofACCE, however at least one academic representative and one industry professional (typicallyfrom the IAB of the program) is expected to attend each meeting.During the ACCE meetings, Board Committees, Special Committees, and Caucuses meet toconduct the business of the organizations. Board Committees include the AccreditationCommittee, the Finance Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, the LeadershipDevelopment Committee, the Standards Committee, the Council of Chairs, the Marketing &Communication Committee, and the Executive Committee. Special Committees include theDupree Education Fund Committee, the Training Committee, the Guidance Committee, theRecognition Committee, and the Industry Liaison Committee. Caucuses include
outcomes,” Research inCFCs, which requires self-assessment, organization, Higher Education, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 451-476, 2006.reflection, and planning, all of which are prompted by the [8] Y. Sakurai, K. Pyhältö, and S. Lindblom-Ylänne,TPT and IDP processes. “Factors affecting international doctoral students' academic engagement, satisfaction with their studies, and dropping out,” International Journal for Researcher4. Summary Development, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 99-117, 2012. This study investigated the
average, 45% of the accepted applicants. Student retention for the pre-collegesummer program is 95%, compared to an overall retention of 90%.The United States Coast Guard Academy hosts three six-day sessions during July.Each session begins with participant arrival on Sunday. The formal program beginsMonday morning and ends Friday afternoon. Engineering activities are scheduled forMondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Monday’s session is an introduction toUnited States Coast Guard Academy Engineering. Tuesday and Wednesday sessionswere design and build sessions for Friday’s ARoW competition. This past summer, theengineering team requested, planned and implemented a major change in activities.In addition to the engineering team, two groups
and transparency for the systems of higher educationand its qualifications. They are important clarification tools for the students, citizens, employersand the educators themselves [4].For the university it is a very useful tool for planning and organizing learning since it makesevident the expected results of the teachings and allows them to be easily understood byprofessors, students, employers and other stakeholders of the educational system. On the onehand it helps the professor to guide his teaching towards the achievement of certain objectivesthat have been made explicit in terms of knowledge and skills. On the other, allows the student toknow in advance the challenges that he or she will face throughout his/her training, that is
: Balance between Integration (G): Preserve global integration,more toward independent decision and local local level autonomy versus system trend more toward dependent decisions andperformance level. integration. global performance. Interconnectivity (I):Isolation (N): Inclined to local interaction, follow Level of Interaction: Inclined to global interactions, followdetailed plan, prefer to work individually, enjoy Interconnectedness in coordination and
advancements have introduced a new kind of flying robot called aDrone, which is an unmanned aircraft. The drone may be remotely controlled or can fly autonomouslythrough software controlled flight plans along with the embedded microcontroller chip working inconjunction with onboard sensors and GPS receiver. Recently, flying robots has further enriched theinterest of students in STEM disciplines which includes electronics, control, fabrication, mathematics,critical thinking, and computer programming. This paper presents the results of a five-week summerprogram for high school students. The participants of the program were 15 underrepresented studentsfrom rural school districts. During the five-week period, students were assigned several activities
fourth site, ApolloHigh School, recruits students from the San Jose High School District who are low on credits andhelps them create unique education plans to get “back on track.” Each site leads an orientationduring the first week. From there, teams visit their site 6-8 times for 2-2.5 hours per visit. A typicaldaily schedule is provided in Table 1. Travel to site 20 minutes Set up 20 minutes Rapport building (recess, HW help, etc.) 30-45 minutes Lesson/Activity 60-90 minutes Clean up 10 minutes Return to campus 20 minutesTable 1: A typical schedule when visiting a partner site.Course StructureAs