graduate levels, and he is well-versed in the scholarship of teaching. His efforts in leading the Sustainable Buildings program were recognized with the 2019 Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Curricu- lum Design. He has also worked as a construction project engineer, consultant, and safety inspector. He believes educating the next generation of professionals will be pivotal in sustainability standard practices. Regarding engagement, Dr. Valdes-Vasquez has served as the USGBC student club’s adviser and the ASC Sustainability Team’s faculty coach since 2013. He serves as a CSU President’s Sustainability Com- mission member, among multiple other committees. In addition, he is involved with various professional
East region and examines the initial impact of the team’sreorganization of a required Technical Professional Writing course on engineering students'educational experience as they learn effective and relevant professional communication skills inthe field of engineering; as they network with mentors from various industries; and as they trainto be effective writers and competitive candidates in their engineering fields.We hypothesize that the significant collaboration between English and Engineering faculty indeveloping assignments, providing feedback to students throughout their projects, and assessingstudents’ final products, as well as the partnership with various partner industries, considerablyimproves our students’ writing journey at TAMUQ
students the opportunity to apply their acquired engineering knowledge to a semester- oryear-long sponsor-based design project as part of preparation to enter the engineering field. Inaddition to working through the engineering design process to meet a sponsor designated need,students must also practice and apply professional practices: project management, meetings(team, advisor, sponsor, instructors), presentations, and project documentation. Developingeffective technical and professional communication practices are an essential component ofstudent learning outcomes for the course and are linked to student success beyond graduation.This is acknowledged in ABET Criterion 3 which requires accredited programs to documenteffective communication to a
departments as a proxy formeasuring the success of students and programs alike. However, these numbers are limited: Forexample, if a student graduates with a 4.0 GPA but has low conceptual understanding, should thatbe considered success on the part of the student, the department/university, or neither? If a studentgraduates on time but is not psychologically well because of a hostile environment, should that becounted as success on the part of the student, of the department/university, or of neither? We wouldposit in both these situations, certain entities can measure victory while the holistic story is morenuanced, with the student underserved in many perspectives. Therefore, the overarching researchquestion that will be launched by this project is
scope and rigor of the design project has changed in EGR 215 primarily due to thevarying backgrounds in coding experience that the transfer students have. It was decided initiallyto focus primarily on mechanical aspects of engineering design (and not involve circuits orprogramming) in EGR 215, with the development of a Rube Goldberg project. The first projectchosen was “Pour a Bowl of Cereal”. Students in the class were broken into teams of five or sixstudents based primarily on their schedules outside of class by using the team building tool,CATME. Once provided the prompt of the design challenge, individuals were assigned to writean algorithm for pouring a bowl of cereal. Then, in class, the individuals on each team developedan agreed upon
student engagement and learning [8-14]. Introduction of real-world problems in the class not only allows students to masterappropriate techniques and technologies, but allows the students to design strategies for solvingproblems and practice an overall process of inquiry as well.We have designed a laboratory course in Quantitative Engineering Physiology where studentsidentify a problem in the cancer field and carry out experimentation to test their hypothesis. Inour course design, giving autonomy to students to identify a biomedical problem and providingthem opportunity to perform hands-on experimentation, allowed students to be creative andinvolved with the project work.Course DesignOur laboratory course is a required senior level course in the
challenges of today and tomorrow. Teachers whooften do not have the materials for hands-on activities for STEM and Sustainability can receivesupport from such initiatives in collaboration with higher education institutions. With supportfrom Constellation Energy [6], the authors of this work in progress have attempted to educateand train over two hundred middle school students of the local underserved community onsustainability issues, particularly on those related to energy and environment through relevanthands-on activities. The following sections describe the materials and methods applied ineducating the underserved community of students and teachers and its potential impact.Materials and MethodsThe faculty involved in the project began planning
Paper ID #33693Sustainable Bridges from Campus to Campus: The Creation and Conduct ofOnline Synchronous Summer Bridge Programs in 2020Dr. Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University Catherine Cohan, Ph.D. has been a research psychologist for over 20 years. Her areas of expertise include engineering education, retention of underrepresented students, measurement, and assessment. She is currently an Assistant Research Professor and coordinates the Sustainable Bridges NSF IUSE project (Peter Butler, PI). Previously, she was the project coordinator the the Toys’n MORE NSF STEP project (Renata Engel, PI).Dr. Lauren A
freedom and with more advancedrobotic topics. The course culminates with an open-ended final project in which students work inteams to demonstrate the knowledge they have acquired throughout the course.Illustrative Class AssignmentsTo familiarize students with the process, first sample code is provided for the animation of thewheel on a flat terrain and they are asked to now create an interesting roller coaster. They mustthen design the track and the aesthetics of the roller coaster cart. Then, they must determine howto position and orient their roller coaster on the track using the homogenous transformationsdiscussed in class and by considering the geometry of the problem. Students design race cars,trains, airplanes, and animals, like the ones
Paper ID #33423Integrating 3D Printing into Engineering Technology CurriculumDr. Mert Bal, Miami University Mert Bal received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean Univer- sity, North Cyprus in 2008. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Western Ontario, and a Visiting Researcher at the National Research Council Canada in London, Ontario, Canada between 2008 and 2010. He was involved in various research projects in the areas of collaborative intelligence, localiza- tion and collaborative information processing in wireless sensor networks, intelligent agents, agent-based
solvingengineering problems. Students therefore often do not reinforce their programming skills and losea potentially valuable tool. Furthermore, incoming first-year students lack math and engineeringproblem solving skills [1]. This presents a challenge in teaching programming. It is thereforeimportant that the programming projects consist of problems that the students can relate to andidentify with. Also, the required math and engineering principles need to be presented in anelementary and clear way. This requires starting out with elementary problems and subsequentlyincreasing their complexity. MATLAB has enough programming constructs to introduceprogramming in an introductory course and also features a host of advanced application-specificfunctions. It
Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles Scott is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion for the Samueli Engineering School at UCLA.Anabella Gonzalez American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 NSF BEATSCreating an Academic Innovation Ecosystem to Drive Student SuccessThe overriding objective of the National Science Foundation funded Broadening EcosystemAttributes for Talented Scholars (BEATS) project is to recruit, retain, develop, mentor andgraduate low-income, underrepresented engineering and computer science students.Historically underrepresented engineering
aspects. The study’s objective was to create a VR platform consistingof four VR learning modules to teach data types, conditionals, loops, and operators. Each moduledeveloped one CT topic with engaging interactive activities, animated models, and games withbuilt-in self-assessment.This paper details the modules’ development, deployment, and outcomes related to the use of theVR modules within a science and math enrichment camp focused on learning engineering designand coding. The study assessed student use of the four CT topics in their final design project—acoded personal reflection. A lack of the fundamental understanding of CT concepts is a criticalfactor in STEM attrition rates as CT skills are highly interconnected to various branches
systems can be designed andcreated to provide an integrative learning environment via a theme that connects and transfers theknowledge across a curriculum. The paper will focus on the results of the project from twoperspectives: technological and educational. The technological perspective will describe theresearch efforts of automatically generating virtual environments using the reinforcementlearning (RL) approach while the educational perspective will summarize the results on theeffectiveness of the CLICK approach on students’ motivation, engineering identity, and learningoutcomes.IntroductionThis paper presents the results of our NSF project entitled Leveraging Virtual Reality (VR) toConnect Learning and Integrate Course Knowledge (CLICK) in
based courses. He created and co-teaches a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for mechanical engineering students. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows and actively champions the adoption and use of teaching technologies.Mr. Danny Rubin, Rubin Danny Rubin is the founder of Rubin, a leading provider of online curriculum for business communication skills. Rubin, the company, provides its signature curriculum, called ”Emerge,” to engineering schools nationwide. Emerge features in-demand communication topics like email etiquette, phone etiquette, net- working, LinkedIn and more. Danny began his career as a local TV news reporter and national news consultant for NBC’s ”Meet
.” [1] Design has also been identified as a curricular pillar for modern engineeringprograms in recent reports such as in the “MIT Engineering Department Initiative on NewEngineering Education Transformation Report”.[2]A recently created Mechanical Engineering program has emphasized the engineering designprocess in its curriculum. Currently, students are introduced to the design process in their first-year engineering course. This course challenges students to learn and apply the design process toa semester-long design project. Design is also reinforced in several courses during the students’sophomore and junior years with emphasis on different aspects of the design process. Forexample, in a course on Machine Design, students are given a design
ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature” [4].Program GoalsWhatever form it took, an enhanced technical writing program would have to meet these goals: • Support ABET’s instruction to produce students proficient in technical communication skills • Respond to employer requests for freshman co-op students more versed in business and technical writing tasks • Teach students a portable set of writing and presentation skills • Help students develop a process approach to writing that includes audience, purpose, context, research, and format considerations • Encourage students to develop a self-reflective approach to writing projects with the goal of becoming more proficient writersEmbedded Technical
Paper ID #32822Explaining Choice, Persistence, and Attrition of Black Students inElectrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering: Year 3Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded
. Of particular interest in this regardare educational systems that are significantly different from our own.The German higher education system has a strongly different structureand approach.Short descriptions of the educational progress of the German engineer-ing student and of the structure of the German technical universityare presented first. Some advantages and disadvantages from the au-thor1s point of view are enumerated. Specific courses, laboratories,projects, examinations, etc., that are listed in this paper as exampleshave been comoleted by the author at the University of Karlsruhe,Karlsruhe, Germany, for a degree in Mechanical Engineering.The CurriculumTable 1 is an attempt to contrast the educational progress of a typicalAmerican
Paper ID #31322The Outer Space Also Needs ArchitectsDr. Sudarshan Krishnan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Sudarshan Krishnan specializes in the area of lightweight structures. His current research focuses on the structural design and stability behavior of cable-strut systems and transformable structures. He teaches courses on the planning, analysis and design of structural systems. As an architect and structural designer, he has worked on a range of projects that included houses, hospitals, recreation centers, institutional buildings, and conservation of historic buildings/monuments. Professor
selectand implement appropriate instructional tasks, and how to assess learning. Common Core middlegrades standards include the design process in the science framework, but the design process isnot easy to learn and then integrate into broader pedagogical content knowledge teachers mustdeploy to be successful. Teacher preparation and scaffolding are key to implementation of designbased learning to support student learning gains. Well-designed professional developmentexperiences are integral to developing such knowledge and skills.Teachers Engaged in STEM and Literacy (Project TESAL) supported middle school teachersutilizing design based learning with the ultimate goal of increasing student achievement andengagement in STEM disciplines. We focus
, at the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS). Dr. Ilhem F. Hakem joined the Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (CPS) Program and the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 as Teaching Professor to support and expand the educational activi- ties of the CPS Program. This involves teaching of undergraduate and graduate level courses, supervising undergraduate and Master students in research projects related to soft materials and finally develop and get involved in K-12 outreach activities. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Summer Outreach Program in Chemical Engineering Emphasizing
globalization, new organizationalconfigurations, and new technologies of communication, design, and production. More researchis needed to document images that are often discounted by students and even faculty, i.e.,portrayals of engineering practice that emphasize its non-technical and non-calculative sides,including work processes and dynamics that involve social and cultural dimensions [3-4].The aim of this work-in-progress paper is to introduce an exploratory project that will testinnovative approaches to data collection and analysis for rapidly generating new knowledgeabout engineering practice. Traditionally, engineering practices have been studied usingindividual interviews or in-depth ethnographic field research, the latter requiring researchers
construction projects. Job titles include field engineer, project engineer,superintendent, as well as estimator, scheduler, and project manager.Students in the CEM Program receive training in construction materials, drafting,computer applications, construction surveying, structural design, soil mechanics,construction equipment, estimating, scheduling, accounting, project management,safety and law.Electrical EngineeringThis program trains students in the fundamentals of electrical engineering includingcommunications, controls, instrumentation, electronics, illumination and power. Atthe junior and senior level students may specialize in power, electronics, or controlsand instrumentation.Electronic Systems Engineering TechnologyGraduates from this
, Environmental, Behavioral, Societal,Technological, and Governmental), and it fits nicely with existing topics in civil engineeringeducation.This paper describes best practices for incorporating circular economy concepts in engineeringspaces, along with practical applications in organizational structures within post-secondaryinstitutions, in particular within civil engineering programs. It also contributes to engineeringliterature by exploring the potential benefit of implementing circular economies in civilengineering projects designed for long-term sustainability [5]. This paper provides anopportunity to bridge the gap between education and CE by identifying whether its successfulimplementation can positively impact long-term sustainability decision
experimentallyevaluate and understand torque, spring constants, moments, power, and energy for motors,springs, rubberbands, etc. with the use of a project kit provided. Proficiency of these conceptsand evaluation skills are prerequisite for successful performance in a final robot project. Criticaldesign constraints for the robot are identified through analysis of experimental data collectedfrom the series of hands-on measurements. The results from the student calculations of thelaboratory activity using the kit were compared to in-person measurements in a laboratorysetting. Using these performance metrics, we were able to determine that the students were ableto extrapolate their hands-on learned skills into more complex engineering applications in theform of a
engineering education through a design-focused, project-rich curriculum that engages students through collaborations with industry and society across all eight semesters. A first-generation college student, Kurt earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Univer- sity of Iowa. He has served as chair of ASEE’s International Division, and was founding chair of ASEE’s Community Engagement Division. He is recipient of best conference paper awards for the 2009 and 2016 ASEE Annual Conferences.Dr. Justin J Henriques Justin Henriques is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Univer- sity. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in systems engineering, a masters in urban and environmental planning
326the electrical engineering program, motivate the students by giving future lab exercises a senseof purpose, more closely tie the various EE undergraduate classes to each other, and more closelytie the senior design experience to the rest of the undergraduate curriculum. This course has nowbeen offered twice, in the spring of 2012 and 2013.The third stage of the FOCUSED concept includes modifying a minimum of one lab orsignificant assignment in at least one of the required courses each semester of the sophomoreand junior years. The selected assignment will be modified so as to provide a direct tie-in to anongoing senior design project. The students who were exposed to these senior design projects asfreshmen will be aware of the relevance of
research project, of which this resumeintervention is a component. Students were told completing the research participation and releasedocuments were completely voluntary and any information gained from their data would be usedto support and improve future students' experiences.The “initial” resumes from the application materials for these 26 rising seniors were scored from0 to 5 according to the following points: 1 point if the resume included information about the student’s educational background 1 point if the resume focused exclusively on post high school experiences 1 point if the resume did not include a separate objective section 1 point if the resume was less than two pages and divided into understandable sections
, like mathematics or science. Therefore, it is necessary forresearchers to continue to explore engineering content, practices and pedagogy at this level togain a better understanding of what engineering could and should look like and how to supportthe integration of engineering into K-12 settings.Project Overview The project, PECASE: Implementing K-12 Engineering Standards through STEMIntegration, was the Early Faculty Career Award for Tamara J. Moore [NSF #1442416]. Thegoal of this project was to better understand engineering integration in K-12 schools through aSTEM Integration research paradigm (Moore, Glancy, et al., 2014). Dr. Moore and her researchteam were concerned primarily with how K-12 standards, curriculum, teachers, and