, which completedthe transition from curriculum-center to activity-center [8]. In this kind of collaborativeand interactive environment, engineering students can consolidate professional knowledgeand skills by applying and practicing what they have learned in the actual engineeringdesign process and strengthen self-reflection about projects by considering how to makefurther adjustments in the next period of projects. In response, Liu also indicated thatcollaborative, experiential, project-based and service-based learning forms in capstone 3design and its courses could contribute to improving engineering students’ employability[4]. In addition, numerous studies also explored mutually beneficial
resistance. The study also hopes to provide answers of if students are actuallyresisting active learning, as well as the instructors’ perception of this resistance.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant NoDUE-1821488. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] Dancy, M., Henderson, C., &; Turpen, C. (2016). How faculty learn about and implementresearch-based instructional strategies: The case of Peer Instruction. Physical Review PhysicsEducation Research, 12(1), 010110.[2] Gradinscak, M. (2011). Redesigning engineering
, while I had not made up my mind on going to graduate school before,I now am certain that I want to get a masters.” Increased interest in Graduate schools is also seenin Figure 6, which shows the participant responses to survey questionnaire before and afterparticipation. Figure 6. Student responses to pre- and post-participation survey questions (average of 2017, 2018, and 2019 ratings).3. Lifelong Learning Skills and Acquisition of Interdisciplinary KnowledgeFigures 5 and 6 also show that the program has been able to instill lifelong learning skills in theparticipants and increase their knowledge of other disciplines. Mentor and participant qualitativefeedback reflected the value of participant exposure to the
.[9] R.M. Felder and R. Brent, Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide. San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass, 2016.[10] S.B. Merriam, Qualitative Research and Case Study Applications in Education. Jossey-Bass, 2001.[11] J. Saldana, The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers (2nd Edition). Thousand Oaks,CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2013.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1347675 (DUE). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.
Railway Lightweighting Water Containers and Plastic Waste The Built Environment Material Properties and Structural Sections Electric Cars—Sustainability and Eco DesignFigure 6: The Five Step Method developed by Professor Ashby and coworkers [25]1. Unpacking the proposal—identifying timeline, objectives, and other key project objectives2. Stakeholder analysis—Identifying stakeholders and their influence on the project outcomes3. Fact finding—researching project and stakeholder needs4. Forming a judgement—analyzing impacts of facts on the three capitals of sustainability5. Reflection—looking at the outcome of fact analysis and determining if objectives
Figure 3: Percentage of the video coverage by cohort (Pre-activity, Post-activity, and Pre-exam)3.2 Learning OutcomeTo help determine whether long or short-length videos were more effective, we also measuredstudents’ performance on in-video quizzes throughout the semester. The same quiz was given toboth groups. We continued using EQ 1 to determine which cohort students qualified for, and thecohort sizes were adjusted to reflect the earliest time period in which students watched the videos.In other words, now students only appear in one cohort. Figure 4 shows the percentage of studentswho took the video quiz in parenthesis for each cohort and the average percent scored for eachcohort on the x-axis. For the short group, the video quiz was at the
functionality of each individual component prior to integrating parts together. The one-page report gives students the opportunity to take note of their accomplishments and reflect onthe remaining tasks.Lastly, the final presentation deliverable includes several forms of showcasing their project. Themain method is by demonstrating their final device working as initially proposed in the firstdeliverable. The second is by completing a full report explained in further detail in the nextsection. The third and final method is through a video that may be presented to a technicalaudience. These three different methods of presentation challenge groups to showcase their effortin a well-rounded manner. It is important for students to be able to publicly present
statistically significant effect ontheir self-efficacy, matched-pairs t-tests were performed on the six items. The results, shown inTable 4, revealed statistically significant increases in self-efficacy after the hands-on experiencefor each item. Not surprisingly, the students were very confident in their general knowledgeabout the drone assembly/building process but somewhat less confident in detail knowledgeregarding specific components. Given that all of the students reported being more interested inSTEM-related areas as a result of this camp and 64% were interested in participating in a similarcamp, this lack of confidence reflects a desire to learn more about drones to gain that confidence.Students responded on a three-point Likert Scale to each
offer the necessary helpand thus increase the possibility of student to successfully obtain his or her academic degree.AcknowledgementsThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 1833869.Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] R.W. Lent, S.D. Brown, and G. Hackett, “Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance”, Journal of Vocational Behavior vol. 45, pp. 79-122, 1994.[2] M. Gibbons and M. Shoffner, “Prospective First-Generation College Students: Meeting Their Needs Through Social
new productdevelopment teams,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 420-433, 2008.[13] B. Thrilling and C. Fadel, 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times, Jossey-Bass,2012.[14] Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Bantam Books, 2005[15] National Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in theNew Century, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004.[16] A. F. McKenna et al., “The role of Collaborative reflection on shaping engineering facultyteaching approaches,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 98, no.1, pp17-26, Jan. 2009.[17] J. Knight, Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction,Corwin, 2007.[18] M
labs/projects in this course make the content more 4.20 0.84 understandable Understanding the content of this course will benefit 4.10 0.75 me in my career Doing the labs/projects shows me real-life applications 4.10 0.75 of the information Table 1. Survey question result .7. Acknowledgments Part of the material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. 504030. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The diagram in Figure 2 is courtesy of Xilinx
feature statues and relief depictions Fig. 24 Mỹ Sơn temples, second view.of religious scenes carved out of the marble. 8 Fig. 25 Displayed artwork in Mỹ Sơn temples. About 30 kilometers south of Da Nang isthe UNESCO World Heritage ancient city of HộiAn. Cut through with canals, Hội An’s melting-pothistory is reflected in its classic architecture, a mixof eras and styles from wooden Chinese shophouses and temples to colorful French colonialbuildings, ornate Vietnamese tube houses and theiconic Japanese Covered Bridge with its pagoda(Figs. 26 and 27). Of particular interest is the Fig. 27 Old town
materials, 3) thermodynamics, 4) fluiddynamics, and 5) heat transfer.Examples of student work are shown in Figures 1 and 2.Figure 1 –Student painting representing mechanistic and non-mechanistic insights, sentient andtranscendent knowledge.Figure 2 – Student drawings representing tension, compression, shear, flexure, torsion, stressconcentrations, fatigue, buckling, impact, and corrosion.OutcomesThe results of five years of conducting these creativity exercises in an introductory mechanicalengineering class are anecdotal and are based on less than one hundred students. When askedabout the abstract image project in which they were required to draw an abstract image of anassigned abstract noun, students reflected on their work in three ways: 1
school can represent. The orchestra has been avehicle for talented students studying engineering since 2002, and shows the Renaissance sideof their education. Its concerts often take place in front of sizable groups of people (e.g., OCO’s2017 Great Hall concert at Cooper Union in New York City), thus reflecting positively on thecollege’s multidisciplinary approach to educating engineers. OCO’s performances continue toattract prospective students, thereby contributing to the institution’s admission process inbuilding the student body, which in turn helps build the college.External Impact As an initial step towards external impact, a book chapter, “The Engineers’ Orchestra: aconductorless orchestra for our time” was published by Springer Nature
necessary to reflect current, real worldengineering deliverables in the medical device industry.While the framework offers a standardized academic approach and methodology, there remainsthe flexibility for universities to tailor the program to accommodate variable degrees programs,different geographic regions, desired delivery methods, and the application of this methodologyto other highly regulated fields. This academic framework also offers the flexibility toaccommodate different areas of university research interest and expertise, such as with focusedcase studies, the integration of particular special topics courses, or with specific industryprojects, while supporting diverse career paths. The standardized framework also providesconsistency for
anisotropic material. Let’s apply gradient of electricalpotential to a sample and measure component of the density of electrical current in the samedirection. We will obtain a coefficient of proportionality or . Then let’s change thedirection of cutting and repeat experiment. After series of such experiments, we can draw thepolar diagram (in 2D case) of or . (Figure3a). We can also apply gradient of potential inone direction and can measure the density of electrical current in the perpendicular direction andcalculate the ratio of them. After series of such an experiment, we also can draw the polardiagram (Figure 3b). The shapes of the polar diagrams shown reflect the law (2) of transformingof the components of tensor and they are never
in the seat.According to the rules from the FSAE 2019 rule book regarding the seat [9]: The driver’s seat must be protected by either having the lowest point on the driver’s seat no lower than the bottom surface of the lower frame rails, or a longitudinal tube(s) that meets the side impact tubing requirements passing under the lowest point of the seat. There must be heat resistant, conduction isolation material with a minimum thickness of 8 mm between a source of heat and the driver of a 25 mm air gap. Radiation isolation must be done with a metal heat shield or a reflective tape when combined with insulation material.According to the rules from the FSAE 2019 rule book regarding the firewall [9]: Be
average scores in thesections with the traditional format was 86.1% to 91.7%. All the sections with the new labformat fell in between this range. These results are promising as it shows not to have greatlychanged the overall grading distribution of the lab while improving the lab results. The scores donot reflect the level of knowledge and understanding of concepts between the two types of labformats as the scores were calculated over different types of assignments and tasks. Did you find any parts of the project too hard or too easy? 4% 15% Right Difficulty Level Calculations
course content and indicated higher confidence in their abilities to use the softwareto model real-world dynamics scenarios. Ongoing work aims to improve student motivationduring the “Absorb” phase of the learning units and to develop Absorb-Do-Connect modules fora second simulation tool used in the course.Acknowledgements This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumber DUE1525775. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1) Bloom BS. 1956. “Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Vol. 1: Cognitive Domain.” NewYork: McKay.2) Felder RM, et. al
online, theycome to lab that highlights ideas, allows to think in diverse, experimenting in a satisfactoryapproach to complete the lab. To enrich the student’s interest, several discussions are conductedin teaching class and lab. The students are always encouraged to participate with more effort andenthusiasm. These approaches not only help individual, it also reflects the improvement as ateam.In Fall 2015, at the start of every lab, students as a team were asked few questions randomly tomake sure the students follow the course as well as labs. The other tasks by the students are asusual. For the first lab, lab instructor demonstrates about the IDE68K tool, basically how to runand debug the programs. The programs in this tool can be simulated
nanocomposite fibers. The FTIR spectra of untreated PAN+PMMA fibers are shown in Figure 2. In the spectrumof untreated fiber, the absorption peaks of C-O groups were reflected at the vibrational stretch of1130-1150 cm-1 and weaken gradually with the addition of Al micro particles and TiO2nanoparticles. Moreover, the band range of 1400-1450 cm-1 is related to -C-H group but notchanged with the addition of Al micro and TiO2 nanoparticles. The absorption peak at 1700-1720cm-1 of C=O weaken gradually with the addition of Al micro and TiO 2 nanoparticles. After that,PAN+PMMA fibers were carbonized at 850°C for 1hr in an argon atmosphere, and then the FTIRanalysis was performed on the samples (Figure 2b). The intensity bands at all peaks
enable the community to expand and build on priorwork. To expand the applicability of cybersecurity, the field needs to enlarge and improve itsworkforce. Currently, professionals in this area of study are either researchers or workers thataccumulate several specialization courses, instead of a degree that focuses primarily on networksecurity; thus, it reflects on the number of young students who have interest in academic supportto pursue degrees in this path. Social Network Analysis (SNA) has already proven to be an effective technique to analyzeinteraction in a network topology. Using SNA, the nodes (clusters) and ties (relationships) innetworks can be visualized and analyzed using quantitative measures and graphicalrepresentations to
Guskey’s [8]process is on learners’ perceptions of a professional development program and outcomes as theyrelate to participant goals [8]. The first level considers participants’ reactions about the contentof the program, the process of how it was delivered and who delivered it, and context questionsabout the training setting or environment. Participant learning is the second level of this plan,indicated by cognitive, behavioral, and affective goals set and assessed by learners reflecting onhow the professional development helped them meet their goals. The third level examinesorganization support and change by measuring wider policies and procedures held by theorganization which the professional development aligns with. It evaluates whether
, Moog, Vickers-Airequip, computer manufacturer IBM, appliancemanufacturer Whirlpool and over 600 other companies. It is seen that the companies thatsponsor Kettering University students represent a diverse cross section of U.S. industries. Thechanges that have been taking place in these industries, their need and the challenges faced bythem are immediately reflected in Kettering University’s classrooms as the students bringvaluable experience after 24 weeks of work experience per year with their corporate sponsor.This composite materials course will fill a gap between our current curriculum and the need fromour corporate sponsors, and provide our students with hands-on design and application skills incomposite materials.2. Course Content2.1 The
period and scheduling proved to be somewhat difficult. The overall consensus of thestudent was that performing five labs during the last three weeks of the term placed unnecessarystress on student during an already stressful time. Student evaluation was also modified fromprevious years to reflect the addition of five laboratories. Student evaluation was based on onemidterm (15%), laboratory design (30%), other labs (15%) and the final exam (40%).For winter 2007 the course is unchanged from the previous year except for a drop in the numberof labs required from five to three. The evaluation scheme has also changed slightly, placingmore emphasis on the laboratory design (35% from 30%) and less on the final exam (35% vs.40%).Evaluation of the
software • Documenting the process from research to development and finally to output • Reflecting on project management, team work and the performance of individual team members in the form of a brief written appraisal • Handing in software and documentation on a pre-defined dateThe role of the lecturers, as subject experts, is to guide the students through these stages and givethem the tools necessary for finding the missing pieces of, what for them is often a great puzzle,at least in the early stages.Project presentationFor the final step, each team is required to give a presentation approximately one week afterhanding in the software program and the project documentation. The presentation is given inplenum to the other
of Pedestrian Bridge Page 12.379.10Figure 6. Construction Plans – Detail Sheet for the Pedestrian Bridge Page 12.379.11Bibliography 1. Green, Matthew G., et., al., “Service Learning Approaches to International Humanitarian Design Projects: A Model Based on Experiences of Faith Based Institutions,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2004. 2. Brackin, P. and Gibson, J.D., “Service Learning in Capstone Design Projects: Emphasizing Reflection,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2004. 3. Marin, J.A., J. E. Armstrong, Jr., and J.L. Kays, “A Framework for an Optimal Engineering Capstone
section describes this paradigm, which is based on the reorganization ofcourse content; and the incorporation of assessments that measure the effectiveness of studentlearning. The results of implementing the model are presented, followed by future courseenhancements and conclusions.A Paradigm for Student AssessmentThe paradigm that was developed for incorporating effective assessments in the introductorysignal-processing course is defined as a three-step process. The underlined theme for creatingappropriate assessments for increased student learning was self-reflection and correction. STEP 1 Course mapping and instructional design
compare, forexample, freshman and senior engineering student perspectives about the computer.Additionally, students in non-engineering disciplines (e.g., humanities) may be surveyed tofurther offer comparisons for analysis. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & DISCLAIMERThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumber 0536660 -- "CCLI: Effects of Timing, Content and Instruction on Engineering Students'Abilities to Solve Open-Ended Problems using Computers.” All opinions expressed within arethe authors' and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation. ENDNOTESi Our research questions are not software specific and
Figure 5 below. The 7flow pattern around the wing can be seen. Also the surface pressure tubes can be seen in theforeground. Figure 5. Two-dimensional wing: flow field evaluationConclusionsThis tunnel and its support facilities like the instrumentation systems reflect positively on thehands-on type of education the students receive in the MMET Department at ASU Polytechnic.In addition to playing a vital and central role in delivering a meaningful engineering technologyprogram, the tunnel is also an asset for conducting graduate thesis work as well as fundedapplied projects that are of immediate utility to the industry in general.References1. Introduction to Flight, Anderson