first year engineering faculty. A new elective course is proposed to supplementthe current curriculum and implement this research study. Currently, the first engineering coursethat students take at Texas A&M University, ENGR 102: ENGR Lab I Computation, is a 2-credithour course to learn programming with Python 3. The new proposed course will be a 1-credithour laboratory-based course taken concurrently that will mimic the course taught at UniversidadT´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa. First-year engineering students at Texas A&M University aregeneral engineering majors; they have not selected their major yet and will be a mix of differentdisciplines and backgrounds.The proposed course will follow the same methodology as the original course
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focused on recruitment of new students. 5. How did you learn about the NRC scholarship project? 6. How could the recruitment and application process for new NRC scholars be improved? 7. How could the NRC scholarship project be improved?Likert-type options were used in the first four questions above. An open-ended answer approachwas used in the remaining three questions. The survey results for these questions are providedbelow for a senior level (EE472) and a sophomore level (EE212) course (with or without NRCscholarship recipients). Course 1: EE472 – Advanced Power Electronics and Drives: Design and Analysis; n = 3; Number of NRC scholarship recipients = 2. Course 2: EE212 – Instrumentation and Networks Laboratory; n = 28
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summer research program affects graduate students and postdocs. Through analysis ofevaluation data from mentors in the Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences forUndergraduates program, we hope to understand how the mentoring relationship preparesgraduate students and postdocs for faculty careers at diversifying university campuses.Transfer-to-Excellence Program OverviewThe Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TTE REU) program wasfounded in 2012 at the University of California, Berkeley. Each summer, the program hostsCalifornia community college students in the laboratories of UC Berkeley faculty. The programis intended to inspire California community college students to transfer to a four-year universityand pursue
12642, 122 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle WA June 14-17, 2015.[16] E. D. Tate and M. C. Linn, “How does identify shape the experiences of women of color engineering students?” J. Sci. Educ.Technol., vol. 14, no. 5/6, pp. 483-493, 2005.[17] K. L. Meyers, S. E. Silliman, N. L. Gedde, and M. W. Ohland, “A comparison of engineering students’ reflections on their first-year experiences,” J. Eng. Educ., pp. 169- 178, 2010.[18] J. R. Belanger, “Learning in the laboratory: how group assignments affect motivation and performance,” J. Educ. Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 201-217, 2016.[19] P. R. Hernandez, P. W. Schulz, M. Estrada, A. Woodcock, and R. C. Chance, “Sustaining optimal motivation: a longitudinal analysis of
coursematerials were collected and analyzed: lecture slides or videos, laboratory, project, andhomework assignments, and sample student projects and assignments.Material from three courses was used for the purposes of this analysis. These courses were usedin this study for a relative rather than absolute comparison of EM content. Therefore, the coursesand content within the courses chosen for this study is not of great importance to the results orgoal of the paper. However, a brief description of the courses and why they were chosen follows.The first course used in this study was a first-year engineering course that focuses on teachingfirst-year engineering students the foundational knowledge they will need in the remainder oftheir undergraduate career
are assessed can matter more than how they are taught; students decidewhat to learn based mostly on how they are assessed and whether they are given opportunities torespond to feedback from those assessments 11 . Laboratory studies have shown that learning andretention of knowledge is enhanced through retrieval practice that incorporates feedback 16;23 ,increased use of formative assessment 7 , and distributed practice 6;21 .Computerized testing centers were developed to reduce the overhead of running exams even inlarge (200+ student) classes, to make it easier to perform assessment in a fashion that positivelyimpacts education. In the three courses discussed in this paper (Intro. Statics, Intro. Dynamics,and Intro. Solid Mechanics), shorter
courses including: Plant Design and Economics, Unit Operations and Separations, Plant Design Project, Bioseparations, Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Transport Labora- tory, and Mathematical Methods for Chemical Engineers. Dr. White has received a 2017 ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer School Poster Award and a Best Poster Award from the Chemical Engineering Divi- sion of ASEE for his poster presentation at the 2019 Annual Conference. He has also been voted Professor of the Year for the 2015-2016, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 academic years by the UC Davis chapter of AIChE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Design Thinking Approach to Identify Barriers to Engineering
. RSC Physics department plans to begin having students conduct lab experiments using UAS purchased as part of this program in place of more traditional Physics laboratory activities as early as Summer 2019. RSC Math department offered a Special Topics course in the Spring 2019 semester titled “Mathematics of Drones” where students and the instructor investigated opportunities to develop single variable and multiple variable Calculus applications regarding UAV’s. • An extracurricular “Drone Team” comprised of approximately 10 OU students was formed. Their current goal is to get hands on experience with designing, building, and flying drones without the limitations and restrictions of an academic
[13], and an elective on Engineering Peace [14, 15, 16, 17]. Below we highlight workdone in the last year (i.e., Spring 2019 – Spring 2020).GENG 288- An Integrated Approach to Electrical EngineeringGENG 288 is a second-year required course for Integrated Engineering students. IndustrialEngineering (ISyE) students may choose to take it as an engineering science breadth course.This course includes a lecture and laboratory. It is designed to provide a broad introduction toelectrical engineering concepts and topics. This course was taught for the first time with sixstudents in Spring 2019.Social, environmental, and economic context was integrated into the course via a Design for theFuture module. The module is framed around a course-long student
the collaborative grant, the TAMU team visited the NWLTCcampus in Minden, LA for a kickoff meeting. This campus houses the NWLTC team and is alsoone of the main locations for deployment of certain project deliverables. During the visit, theteams were able to meet up with the relevant personnel and tour the existing facilities as well asthe planned space for housing the Portable Process Training Unit (PPTU) laboratory (see goal-2).Following this, the teams discussed and formulated plans and timelines to execute each of theproposed project tasks that were outlined in the earlier section. The team members also discussedcollectively the format/procedures for interfacing with the external evaluator, the need for thecontinual documenting of
program, students were introduced to aerodynamics design as anexample of applied engineering. They learned the basic formulation of fluid mechanicsequations, which lead to application of continuity and Bernoulli’s equations. Students had anopportunity to verify these equations through hands-on projects and direct measurements in thethermos-fluid laboratory. Also, students were introduced to basic force analysis on aerodynamicvehicles, with an emphasis on lift generation airfoils. They were also given the opportunity touse simulation tools to better understand flow properties and their effect on the aerodynamicloads.Through this session of the SEE program, students were introduced to both theoretical andexperimental topics related to
leading supply chain and operations management journals, and 47 peer reviewed conference proceedings articles in these areas. He has B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, and a senior member of IIE.Dr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of
capstone DSSI course Classroom Laboratory Week Topics Lectures Lab Project Introduction to dynamic 1 1 systems Lab1: System 2 2 identification of DC 3 Modeling of DC motor 2 motor 4 3 5 Introduction of system 4 Lab2: Position and simulation by speed control of DC 6
activities were fun and educational for freshmen and included water-bottle rocket design, robotic maze-following, LED circuit design, and bridge truss design. In fall2016, a humanitarian engineering section was included as the fourth rotation (Figure 1) andfocused on using mechanical, civil, or electrical engineering skills in a humanitarian setting. Thiswas a commendable step toward improving the course and addressing broader impacts ofengineering, but something was still lacking. While these activities provided a glance into sometypical laboratory exercises in the various engineering disciplines and kept students engaged, thecourse did not emphasize human-centered design concepts that are vital for solving real-worldchallenges. Additionally
personal impact of the conferenceand included questions related to conference usefulnesses, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and programlogistics, as well as feedback about the overall conference experience. The Heatherton and Polivy 11State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES) was specifically designed to measure state self-esteem, which isdefined as the temporary fluctuations in self-esteem. The SSES is generally considered to be astable qualitative measure that is psychometrically sound and valid in laboratory, classroom, andclinical settings 11 . Table 1 lists the 14 questions from the SSES utilized by this study to measurethe self-esteem subcategories of academic performance (seven questions) and social confidence(seven questions). A 5-point Likert scale was
, 2008[6] Knight, D.W., Carlson, L.W., Sullivan, J.F., “Integrated Teaching and Learning Program andStaying in Engineering: Impact of a Hands-On, Team-Based, First-Year Projects Course onStudent Retention,” Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory,”http://itll.colorado.edu [December 2013]
. thinking. Teaching and They correspond to those Practical and theoretical Project presentations during Learning pedagogical activities (eg: activities, such as prototyping, class in order to receive Activities workshops, projects, reverse engineering, research, feedback about progress. laboratories, classes, field and readings. trips, etc.) that will allow the development of the competences established in the course. Assessment They correspond to direct Group presentations Group presentations, Methods and indirect measurements
the effectiveness ofthis model in the classroom environment by undergraduate and graduate students.AcknowledgementsThe authors of this paper sincerely thank the suggestions and support from members inConstruction Laboratory for Automation and System Simulation (CLASS) and thereviewers’ evaluation. The reviewers’ comments have greatly improved this paper. Theauthors wish to thank Avichal Sharma, a fellow graduate from the Construction Programat The Ohio State University, and Bruce Rogers for their help in proofreading this paper.References1. T. Sun, Y. Yang, D. Li, and Z. Yi, “Investigation and Study of Ancient Rivers andLocks in Shandong Section of Grand Canal & Reconstruction of Elevation of GrandCanal in Shandong Section of Qing Dynasty
tracking, telemetry communication and an understanding of telecommandoperation. To accommodate the use of the classroom satellite kit, the Friday lab sessions wereextended. Participants would be divided into groups and each group would have an opportunityto assemble, disassemble and operate the classroom satellite in the ESD laboratory at PESUniversity. In the ESD lab, the participants put on ESD sensitive coats, shoes, gloves and got toexperience being a space systems engineer. It is important to mention here that along with theclassroom satellite kit, basic ham radio equipment along with packet radio adapters, shown inFigure 6, were also used to educate the participants in the methods of radio communication. Thethree components proved to be a
Society’s Make-a-Thon medical device design and prototyping competition.Dr. Marina Crowder Marina Crowder is currently Teaching Faculty in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at UC Davis. In addition to teaching core undergraduate courses, Marina is aimed at understanding how to better support the development students’ problem-solving skills. She has interests in graduate student teaching professional development, effective supplemental instruction models at the upper-division level, and improving the success of transfer students in STEM. Prior to joining UC Davis, Marina taught at Laney Community College and was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Rebecca Heald in the Molecular and Cellular
to serve as teaching assistants. Teaching assistants at Dartmouth are typicallyundergraduate students themselves who have done well in the courses for which they serve asteaching assistants. Responsibilities of the teaching assistants include running problem sessions(optional evening help sessions), grading problem sets, and helping to set up and rundemonstrations and laboratories. Teaching assistants are not responsible for grading quizzes,exams or projects. As shown in Figure 4, the percentage of women serving as teaching assistantsin undergraduate engineering courses for the past six terms has been quite high, ranging from47% to 55%. 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Fall 2017 Spring 2017 Winter 2017
. Management of Engineering Systems course material, Engineering Management,Systems and Technology department, School of Engineering, University of Dayton, 2017a.Gentile, J. R., Teaching methods. Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health, January, 2016Hunt, L. et al., “Assessing practical laboratory skills in undergraduate molecular biologycourses,” Assess. Eval. Higher Educ., vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 861–874, 2012.Miller, J., “Case study in second language teaching,” Queensland J. Educ. Res., vol. 13, pp. 33-53, 1997.Popil, I., “Promotion of critical thinking by using case studies as teaching method, “ NurseEducation Today, vol. 31, pp. 204-207, 2011.Swart, A.J., “Does it matter which comes first in a curriculum for engineering students—Theoryor practice?,” Int
program becausethe foundations built during the first year are a key to student’s success. There are about fourdifferent pathways for the First Year Experience in Engineering Program at this institution:Standard, Honors, Scholars and Transfers. The Standards Program is the focus of this paper as itthe only pathway offered at the regional campuses. The two courses sequence offered in thisprogram are: Fundamentals of Engineering I and Fundamentals of Engineering II. These courseshave two main components: lectures and hands-on labs. The topics covered in lecture provideskills for problem solving, critical thinking, ethical decision making, teamwork, communicationand presentation. The laboratory experiments provide a broad overview of
power electronics. He has been working on thin film solar cell research since 1979 including a Sabbatical Leave at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1993. He has also worked on several photovoltaic system projects Dr. Singh has also worked on electric vehicle research, working on battery monitoring and management systems funded primarily by federal agencies (over $3.5 million of funding). Dr. Singh has consulted for several companies including Ford Motor Company and Epuron, LLC. He has also served as a reviewer for the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation. Dr Singh has over 100 conference and journal publications and holds six issued US patents. Dr. Singh’s recent work is focused on
projects and problem-solving challenges, and attended otherSTEAM related activitiesThese summer programs attract high school students from the inner city of Chicago exposingthem to STEAM disciplines and careers through rigorous classes, laboratories and real lifeexperiences. At the same time the programs provide them with the full college and careerreadiness experience. The main goals of this program are to: (1) introduce students to a widevariety of STEAM fields, (2) increase student’s engineering mathematics and scienceknowledge, and (3) facilitate students to learn about different STEAM fields they might beinterested in pursuing.To assess the impact of the program, the participants took a pre and post content knowledge testthat included basic
subject matter expert (SME) SEEA actions and results to novice SE actions and results. Comparing SME written (or transcribed verbal) descriptions of their decision-making process during the SEEA to novice systems engineers’ written (or transcribed verbal) descriptions of their decision-making process during the SEEA in experience 1 and experience 2. Tracking learning with changes in 1-3 above through a learner’s multiple iterations through the experience.The SEEA has been instrumented to record information as a learning laboratory. The followingdata has been selected and is collected from the SEEA: Participant Identification: o Learner’s name & demographic information o Team name
National ScienceFoundation Scholarship STEM grant (#1356220). STEM leaders require a specific skill setbecause their leadership roles reside outside of the typical management leadership paradigm(e.g. leaders of research laboratories or large research projects). The Elites Leadershipprogram provides the structure for the STEM students to hone these specific leadership skills.The program includes many of the high impact practices that motivate students to increasetheir academic engagement that draws on current university wide support structures (e.g.undergraduate research, career development).Limitations This study has limitations which includes the small sample size. This is due to therecent implementation of the Elites Leadership program
implemented. After alearning tool was implemented, improvement with that tool is also noted.Table 6: Implementation schedule for learning tools Semester Learning Tools Spring 2014 Flipped class, Real-world examples, Laboratory redesign (improved continuously in following semesters), Step-by-step cookbooks, Color the nodes, Circuit System Design cards (basic), Circuit analysis toolbox (rough), Online feedback Fall 2015 Circuit System Design cards (improved) Spring 2015 Circuit analysis toolbox (improved) Summer 2015 In class demos Fall 2016 In class demos (improved) Spring 2016 Circuit analysis toolbox (improved), Muddiest Point feedback Spring 2017