Math & CS, TrumanState University,1997 – 1999 Director of CAD Laboratory, Institute of Technology, PANDA ElectronicsCo., Ltd, 1995 – 1997 Electronic Engineer, Institute of Technology, PANDA Electronics Co., Ltd, 1995 –1997 Assistant Electronic Engineer, Institute of Technology, PANDA Electronics Co., Ltd, 1989 – 1996(c) Publications Five publications closely related to the project[1] W. Zhu & W. He, ”Wavelet Tight Frames for linear NURBs: Intervals”, Essays on Mathematics andStatistics, Volume 4, Athens Institute for Education and Research, November 2013. [2] W. Zhu, ”Themultilevel structures of NURBs and NURBlets on intervals: Monograph on NUMBlets modeling,” ISBN:978-3-659-19291-3, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, November 2012
whoare enrolled in these classes. Based on the results from these pilot studies, a multi-year studywas implemented to investigate the use of online quizzing and incremental feedback to promotestudent self-directed learning and improve student confidence. This approach is not areplacement for, but instead a supplement to traditional assignments and projects.This paper describes the results of that multi-year study implemented in different types ofelectrical engineering courses. The purpose of the project and student outcomes aresummarized. The implementation differences and limitations for the different types of electricalengineering courses (theoretical, mathematical, laboratory) are discussed. The results of studentsurvey data clearly show that
vibrational spectroscopy. Rohit has been at Illinois since as Assistant Professor (2005-2011), Associate Professor (2011-2012) and Professor (2012-). He was the first assistant professor hired into the new Bio- engineering department and played a key role in the development of its curriculum and activities. He later founded and serves as the coordinator of the Cancer Community@Illinois, which is to become a unique technology-focused cancer center. Research in the Bhargava laboratories focuses on fundamental c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #19986theory and simulation for vibrational
enforcement,in their haste to degree completion). What may appear to be an unusual struggle withfundamental courses (e.g., math, physics and chemistry), along with the missing linkage ofSTEM practice, results in students’ losing motivation before they experience core curricula(typically at the junior/senior level) that are more directly connected to the subject of theirchoice. In contrast, by engaging in hands-on problem solving, undergraduate students experiencea shift from passive to active learning [21]–[23], improve their design and laboratory skills [24]–[27], ultimately resulting in improved confidence and interest in STEM courses and careers [28].More precisely, for first-year students, hands-on engineering courses retention rates have
instillstudents’ drive to gain new knowledge (Kuh, 2007). Astin (1993, 1999) found that frequentstudent-faculty interaction is more strongly related to student satisfaction in college than anyother type of involvement. Lin and Tsai (2009) and Holt et al. (2007) observed that engineeringstudents valued a learning environment that was student-centered, peer-interactive, and teacher-facilitated, and favored both classroom and laboratory instruction. Chen et al. (2008) echoedAstin’s (1999) call for educators to be more focused on student engagement, advocating highlevels of faculty engagement in the design, revision, and improvement of undergraduateengineering programs, and teaching that effectively addresses students’ cognitive and affectivestates of mind
education. Specific areas of controls and signal processing research include the design and modeling of intelligent controls, Kalman filters, and automation. Engineering education research includes curriculum and laboratory development for these concepts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Welding and Machining Day: Women’s Confidence with Individual Hands-On ManufacturingIntroductionIn 2016, the collegiate section of SWE at Kettering University instituted a program to teachfemale students hands-on manufacturing skills. In this program, the students were taught skills ineither MIG welding or various machining
Paper ID #20511Student Editors Improve a Strength of Materials TextbookDr. Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University – Pur- due University Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has nine years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials laboratory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials en- gineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
to align with UCI’sselection criteria for freshmen admission. California resident must receive a 3.0 GPA or higher inacademic subject requirements, also called “A-G” requirements during grades 10 and 11. Theserequirements include: a) two years of history/social science; b) four years of English; c) threeyears of mathematics; d) two years of laboratory science; e) two years of a language other thanEnglish; f) one year of visual and performing arts; and g) one year of college preparatoryelectives. An unweighted GPA was also used to reduce the chance of overlooking applicantsfrom disadvantaged schools that may have limited honors and advanced placement (AP) courses.Recruitment: The program targets students from underrepresented groups in STEM
, Christopher Newport University Born and raised in Brazil, Denise Tombolato-Terzic earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomical Engineering at her prestigious alma mater ”ESALQ”, University of S˜ao Paulo’s agricultural campus. She completed her graduate work at the University of Florida, having pursued Master’s and PhD degrees in Plant Pathology and Molecular Biology, respectively. After a brief time in industry, Dr. Tombolato- Terzic returned to academia, seeking a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics at Northern Illinois University. Currently, Dr. Tombolato-Terzic is a lecturer at the Molecular Biology and Chemistry department at Christopher Newport University. She teaches laboratory courses, lectures, scientific
experience and interest that are inherent in thecurriculum, methods, classroom management and assessment.In this work we adopt inclusive curriculum strategies in several courses in the Civil andEnvironmental Engineering curriculum at Rowan University. Many of the strategies will beadapted from the inclusive thermodynamics classroom described by Riley and Claris [15], andtranslated into the context of Civil and Environmental Engineering courses. The inclusionprinciples can be categorized as related to curriculum design (content, non-technical professionalskills, assessment, and informal assumed knowledge) or teaching and learning (inclusiveteaching methods, classroom interaction, laboratories and equipment use, and language andimages) as described by
audiobook archive LibriVox.Dr. David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. David Whittinghill is an Assistant Professor of Computer Graphics Technology and Computer and Information Technology. Dr. Whittinghill’ s research focuses on gaming, simulation and computer pro- gramming education and how these technologies can more effectively address outstanding issues in health, education, and society. Dr. Whittinghill leads projects in virtual reality, pediatric physical therapy, sus- tainable energy simulation, Chinese language learning, and games as a tool for improving educational out- comes. Dr. Whittinghill is the director of the Games Innovation Laboratory (www.gamesinnovation.org
existing courses Instrumentation andMechatronics as a term final project, and potentially can be extended as students’ senior project. 11Thus, these assessment methods can be applied to the course objectives of these two courses: Course Learning Objective Student Assessment Outcome Method 1.Perform and explain laboratory tests based on specified a,c A6 procedures of engineering systems 3.Correlate results from experiments with predicted values c A2, A6 4.Analyze and interpret test data and write technical reports c,g A7 5.Work in
and structures in the field of engineering education, as in theprototype of IDSVR conducted in this paper. In the future, additional simulation methods, such asAR or MR, can also be explored and applied in more engineering education curriculums, aparticularly promising endeavor in light of the ongoing development of computer graphicalsoftware and hardware.VIII. Acknowledgements The authors of this paper sincerely thank the help and support given by the members at theConstruction Laboratory for Automation and System Simulation (CLASS) in The Ohio StateUniversity, as well as the reviewers who evaluated this paper without which it would not havebeen realized.References[1] Li, Jie (The Song Dynasty). 2006. Yingzao Fashi. Beijing: People's
Simulator. When workingin the simulator facility, laboratory assistants were on hand to answer questions and facilitateefficient and safe interaction with the system hardware. Figure 2. Merlin Flight Simulator at the University of DaytonIntegrating Merlin Flight Simulator With student groups (of three to four) already created for the final project, the project wasdivided into two parts; understanding aircraft stability and control through use of the MerlinFlight Simulator and modeling and simulation of the stability derivatives using a computerprogram. In-class lectures were strategically placed in the timespan between the two parts of theproject. Early in the semester, student groups went into the simulator with very basic
, and testing takeplace in the laboratory. Grades are assigned for each major deliverable. Milestone-based writtenprogress reports and interviews are conducted throughout the semester to ascertain the diligenceand relative contributions of each design group member.3. The Project DescriptionIn this project, a control and wireless communication system is designed and built to remotelycontrol a mobile robot, iRobot. The sensor information gathered from the onboard sensors of therobot is displayed on the terminal computer. A mini 5-way digital onboard joystick is employedto drive the iRobot. The iRobot equipped with sensors and wireless communication componentsis illustrated in Figure1. Figure 1 The iRobot equipped with sensors and
educate professionals that practice engineering isbased upon studying coursework, project based learning, laboratory based education and off-campus experience based learning such as internships or study-abroad. It has been stated byLitzinger et al13, that engineering education should encompass a set of learning experiences thatallow students to construct deep conceptual knowledge, to develop the ability to apply keytechnical and professional skills fluently, and to engage in a number of authentic engineeringprojects. Furthermore, engineers also need to be able to work in teams and across disciplines22.Both of these degree programs presented in this paper follow these best practices in engineeringeducation but ACEEES does it to a greater degree in
national commu- nity, Dr. Peeples has made an impact on improving the STEM pipeline through personal commitment, local partnerships, institutional leadership and effective collaboration. Dr. Peeples has mentored a di- verse group of high school, undergraduate and graduate students including three high school students, 64 undergraduate and 13 graduate students, and three postdoctoral fellows in her biochemical engineering laboratories. Five of her current and former doctoral students are underrepresented minority students who are also U. S. citizens, and four are U.S. women. Several of her graduate and undergraduate student re- searchers have won local, regional and national awards for their work. As the first Associate
Paper ID #20115Engineering Education Research Approaches: An Analysis of the CurrentResearch Trends Around the WorldMr. Luis Felipe Zapata Rivera, Florida Atlantic University Felipe Zapata Is a Phd student of Computer Engineering at Florida Atlantic University, in the past worked as a researcher assistant in the group of educational computer in the Eafit University in Medellin, Colom- bia. His work areas include: Remote Laboratories for Education, Development of online assessment systems and Machine Learning. He conducted their studies in systems engineering and masters degree at Eafit University. During his masters he
administering the “spiral” curriculum, the shared department hasimplemented two major college-wide curricular initiatives, several co-curricular activities, andfaculty training as described below. • With funding from the Davis Educational Foundation, an integrated approach to developing technical communication skills has been implemented across all engineering and computer science programs. The effort includes a 1-credit online course closely coupled with a freshman on-ground course, and e-learning modules integrated into third year laboratory courses and fourth year senior design courses. • With funding from the Kern Family Foundation, 10 e-learning modules targeted at developing an entrepreneurial mindset in
. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall[15] Abdulwahed, M., & Nagy, Z. K. (2009). Applying Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle for Laboratory Education. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(3), 283–294. http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168- 9830.2009.tb01025.x Appendix AData Collection Instrument 1: Student Ratings by RecruitersPlease circle your answer for each student you speak with during the mock career fair activity:On a scale of 1-5 (1 being poor and 5 being excellent) please circle the student’s effectiveness incommunicating engineering leadership during their 30 second pitch. Student Rating
creative projects to be a goodoutcome, even if that means a loss of monopoly of interest in the Beta Project. Another new source of competition for student interest is an enlarged and well-equipped makerspace called the Laboratory for Interconnected Devices, or LID(http://psu-epl.github.io). The LID provides access to 3D printers, a laser cutter, smallCNC routers for making circuit boards, and a variety of tools for assembling and testingelectronic devices. The LID also provides a community gathering space for likemindedstudents. While it is reasonable to assume that the LID would incubate ideas for BetaProject proposals, the LID also makes it easy for students do ad-hoc work on independentprojects without needing to develop a proposal for
attention to othermore pressing coursework (a rational allocation of limited student time). When time for the examscame, many students tended to cram – trying to recall and re-master about 30% of the coursecontent in the space of a night or two. Aside from the mental strain of this process, the studentsalso tended to stay up late into the night preparing for these exams, meaning they were tired whenthey took these exams.This was due, in part, to the workload placed on students during the term when they most typicallytake this Strength of Materials course. This course is taken by second-semester sophomorestudents, along with a corequisite laboratory course and an additional 11 engineering credits. Thegeneral purpose of both of the latter course
four elements –mastery approach, performance approach, mastery avoidance, and performance avoidance [20].This paper uses the mastery approach goal that is absolute and positive. A mastery goal is aimedat you becoming a master at something and not becoming a top performer based on someextrinsic measures. So instead of trying to get an “A” in a course on innovation, you innovate inreal life and add value to appropriate stakeholders. This ensures that your satisfaction or self-worth does not depend on external indicators, which may be beyond your control.Locke and Latham have evidences of goals increasing performances in more than 100 differenttasks involving more than 40,000 participants in eight countries while working in laboratory,simulation
systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems.Ms. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Cynthia C. Fry is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science Fellows program at Baylor University. She teaches a wide variety of engineering and computer science courses, co-leads the Engineering & Computer Science Faculty Development Seminars, and is a KEEN Fellow.Dr. William M. Jordan, Baylor University William
laboratory on campus.Miss Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University Rachel Shapiro is a fifth year undergraduate student studying chemical engineering at Northeastern Uni- versity. She has been involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for the past 3 years. Rachel works in a chemical engineering lab on campus, has held a co-op position at Davol, Inc., a co-op position at Entrega Biosciences, and ia currently completing her third co-op with McKinsey & Company.Dr. Paul DiMilla, Northeastern University Paul A. DiMilla is an Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Chemical En- gineering at Northeastern University. During his academic career at Carnegie Mellon University, Boston
Delaware where he expanded his knowledge on simulation of multiphase flows while acquiring skills in high performance parallel computing and scientific computation. Before that, Dr. Ayala hold a faculty position at Universidad de Oriente at Mechanical Engineering Department where he taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses for a number of subjects such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have given him an important perspective and exposure to industry. He has been
alsooptimized the use of a course management system. The IE EE class met three times a week (50minutes each lecture) for 15 weeks. The IE MFG class met twice a week (50 minutes eachlecture) and an additional time each week (110 minutes) for a laboratory session. The instructoranswered student emails promptly but refrained from emailing students in the class as a whole.The instructor communicated with the entire class of students at the beginning of each and everyclass period. It was at this point in time that all questions were answered and everyone wasbrought up to date on upcoming events in the ANGEL calendar. Both courses werepredominantly made up of junior industrial engineering students. The course managementsystem was the place where students
Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Elec- trical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2012. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 2012, and he is currently an associate professor. His current research interests include wireless power transmission, radar systems, microwave remote sensing, antenna design, and computational electromagnetics. He was the recipient of the first prize award in the student paper competition of the IEEE International Antennas and Propagation Symposium, Boston, MA in 2001. He served as the chair of Antennas
Paper ID #17870Improving Student Success and Retention Rates in Engineering: A Four-YearLongitudinal Assessment of the DYP ProgramDr. Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Steffen Peuker holds the James L. Bartlett, Jr. Assistant Professor position in the Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the California State University in San Luis Obispo. He is teaching courses, includ- ing laboratories, in the HVAC concentration and mechanical engineering including first-year courses. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering through
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