in fall 2005, enrollment has increased from 50 (fall 2005) to 255(fall 2016). In 2015 COT applied for an ABET accreditation for the SM program, and in spring2016 the accreditation was granted. Although spring 2010 is the first semester for students toenroll in the SM program in COT, enrollment has increased from 69 (spring 2010) to 100students in fall 2016. With this positive trend, we believe we are on par to meet the enrollmentgoals for both programs in the next few years.The courses taught through each program’s course of study emphasize both theoretical andtechnical knowledge and application and are comprised of group learning, projects, and hands-on(laboratory) components. Small class size and low student-instructor ratio provide a more
study finding to faculty, andcertificates were awarded to students who had successfully completed case study with evidenceshowing learning of majority of taught skills and techniques.3.3 Workshop ImplementationIn the summer of 2018, the workshop was first time implemented. The workshop offered themelectures, laboratory experiment, field data/sample collection, and GIS/remote sensing softwaretraining. Additionally, field trip was conducted to the Maumee Bay to collect water samples,practice instruments, and make a field survey of Maumee Watershed. A tour to Vision Lab atUniversity of Dayton was conducted to learn more about the image processing and analyses,beyond the areas of natural resources management, in facial recognition, autonomous
, and exams) is investigated to assessthe effectiveness of using Poll everywhere to improve students’ academic performance andlearning outcomes. II. METHOD “Electronic Principle” is a freshman-level that is designed to familiarize students withbasic principles of the transformer, diode, transistors, and essential electric circuit theorems. Thestudents sit in a lecture classroom twice a week for 1 hour and 15 mins first and practice theirlearned theoretical content in a laboratory section. Assignments and quizzes are assigned to thestudents regularly. If a student had a misconception of a new concept, they would fail to conductthe hands-on experiment and get meaningful results. And the instructor
supplement their major with thecomputing minor. The second are students who will define new interdisciplinary majors rootedin computing using UMBC’s Individualized Study (INDS) program in which students follow acore curriculum and a set of approved courses from a variety of disciplines. These two groupscover a large number of students interested in computing but not wanting to be computer sciencemajors.3. Piloting of the First Computing Minor CourseThe first course in UMBC’s planned computing minor is a variation on the existing ComputerScience I course required for majors but restricted to non-majors. It is a four-credit course thatincludes a hands-on laboratory component. Both versions of the course use the Python languageand cover the same
experimental group were asked to use the Automation andVisualization Laboratory (AV Lab) from the School of Engineering. The AV Lab is equippedwith a variety of visualization solutions, on the group or individual level. For large groups, theAV lab is equipped with an 18’ HoyluTM Huddlewall projection system designed to facilitateintegrated and high-performing teams in performing design and problem-solving processes, seeFig. 1. For individuals and smaller groups, the AV lab is equipped with high definition virtualreality and augmented reality headsets, such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and HoloLens. TheHoyluTM Huddlewall is capable of projecting students’ handwritten work. The system usescamera-enabled pens and paper with a pixelated pattern
the curriculum (Figure 1). Kuh [6] argues for high impact practices (HIPs)in the curriculum and advocates for one in the first year and one in the majors curriculum thatoccurs later. Although not in the first year due to the large core curriculum requirements, thedepartment offers one HIP at the start of the major, and one at the end of the senior year. The first HIP occurs during a three week period in the summer between the sophomoreand junior year, Civil Engineering 351: Civil Engineering Practices – Field Engineering. Thecourse is required for all civil engineering majors and is affectionately referred to as “FERL”since it is held at the department’s 50-acre Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL)site. Although it may
? • Can students perform a literature review that will benefit an upcoming paper or research proposal? Teaching • Can students to research topics that the instructor might want to cover in a later offering of the course? • Can students create active-learning exercises over the course material, ideally, for each class session? • Can student projects be used to enhance the laboratory or software infrastructure? • Can former students mentor, perhaps for independent-study credit, projects being done by current students? • Can students write software that will be useful in managing some aspect of the
management, inventory management, service parts logistics, emergency logistics and engineering education. He is funded by the National Textile Center.Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University Dr. Muthu Govindaraj is a Professor of engineering at Philadelphia University. He has graduate degrees in mechanical and textile engineering from India and a PhD from the Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. Before joining Philadelphia University, Professor Govindaraj was an assistant professor at Cornell University. His research interests are in the areas of deformable material modeling and he is funded by the NSF, National Textile Center and the Laboratory for Engineered Human Protection at Philadelphia
Press, Geneva, 2005).4. Sandia National Laboratories, Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap (National Technical Information Service, Virginia, 2003). Page 12.769.125. Semiat, Raphael, “Desalination: Present and Future”, Water International 25, 54 (2000).Appendix A: Prior Art The following is a summary of the main prior art for our invention. It should be notedthat none of the previous inventors have addressed the problems of low pressure desalination inthe same way, or as successfully, as we have. For this reason, patents on our invention have beenapplied for and we expect they will be issued soon.1. Solar Heated
investigation. Target selection was then made afterseveral proteins were investigated using multiple data sources, including expression data whereavailable. Although it was not utilized this time, subsequent experimental laboratory analysiscould provide students with new information about the target that may be analyzed to generatepossible leads in the search for drug candidates.The students then worked through the scenarios taking on different roles in the team. Each teamutilized different tools and addressed the outbreak question from a different perspective. Themembers of each sub-team then generated reports for their analyses and presented them to theother team members. The reports needed to contain enough information and to be presented in aclear
Safety Award in 2002, the Lockheed Martin Outstanding Team Award in 1998, the MBA Fellowship from 1994-1995 and multiple technical and suggestion awards from IBM from 1986 to 1993.Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology Michael Pennotti is Industry Professor and Associate Dean for Professional Programs, for the School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology. As a systems engineering leader for more than thirty years, Dr. Pennotti has broad experience with both technical and organizational systems. He spent the first twenty years of his career at Bell Laboratories, designing, analyzing and improving the operational performance of three generations
. The inspiration to structure a course around the designing andbuilding of educational museum displays was inspired by similar innovative classactivities by Crone4 and Pruitt5. MATE X424 was offered in the Fall of 2006, and was a2-unit activity (i.e., cross between a lecture and laboratory type class). The class met for4 hours a week, and much of the class time was devoted to actually working on thedisplays. The small class size of 6 students allowed us to truly work together as a team.Due to the service learning component of the course, the students were now working fortheir client, Chick Fidel and the school children. The instructor functioned more as theproject manager, rather than the judge that determines their grades (although that task
process.Groundwater Hydrology – 12 units Fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. Topics include: Darcy equation, flow nets, mass conservation, the aquifer flow equation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, regional circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, flow through fractured rock, numerical models, groundwater quality, contaminant transport processes, dispersion, decay, and adsorption. Includes laboratory and computer demonstrations. Core requirement for Environmental and
) Students must switch cell phones to off during class hours, laboratory sessions in the library and at meeting places. Camera cell phones are prohibited on campus. f) Students are to be punctual for all classes as well as for guest lectures and meetings. g) Students are to stay until the end of meetings/seminars. h) Students are to give due respect to prayer song, national anthem, faculty, staff and other elders. i) Students are to conserve energy by switching off fans and lights when not in use. j) A minimum of 75% attendance in each subject is necessary to write the Continuous Assessment Examinations (Midterms). Students with less than 75% attendance in each subject in a semester will have to re-register the
introductory computer science course hasapproximately 20 items to grade per student. In our cornerstone course, see Section 3.0, we have9 individual items to grade per student and (4 * TotalStudentCount / TeamSize) groupassignments to grade. For our class size and team sizes, we roughly have the equivalent of 11individual assignments to grade – a savings of 55%.Due to the collaborative nature of the course and active learning, laboratory hours are used astimes when students discuss technical difficulties with each other and work to solve those issuesinstead of following detailed instructor exercises. Since the course concentrates on design,students are free to use various resources (Internet, library, domain experts) to help themovercome difficulties
Assessment of Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 93, No. 1, 2004, pp. 65-72.[14] Malone, K.R., W.C. Newstetter, and G. Barabino, "Special session - valuing diversity as it happens: exploring laboratory interactions where more is going on than science," 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA, 2006.[15] Olds, B.M., B.M. Moskal, and R.L. Miller, "Assessment in Engineering Education: Evolution, Approaches and Future Collaborations," Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 13-25.[16] Prince, M.J., R.M. Felder, and R. Brent, "Does faculty research improve undergraduate teaching? An analysis of existing and potential synergies," Journal of Engineering
or introduced them to another engineering major which was more interesting to them.Even the students who decide not to major in engineering value the course for helping them tomake that decision. One student wrote on his evaluation form “I learned a great deal about themajor I chose. And I also learned that I didn’t want to do engineering but am thankful that youhelped me make up my mind.” The most common comment from students on whatimprovements could be made to the class were suggestions dealing with having hands-onprojects, segregating the class at times to focus on particular majors, and having actual visits tothe departments to see facilities and laboratories rather than having the departmentalrepresentative come and make a presentation
simultaneouslydesigning both the activity precedence relationships and the organizational resources in themodel. Remarkably, the students reported the process to be both simple and intuitive. Page 12.333.9Moreover, the activity of designing a project using BIM lead to excellent questions being askedby the students about project execution whilst in a laboratory setting. Once their modelspossessed enabling data, the students received immediate feedback regarding the potential timeand cost impact of their design. This form of feedback allowed each student to makeadjustments to improve their team’s project planning and execution. If their design weresubsequently
this disaster, civil engineers will be responsible for therebuilding, but a 113 year old civil engineering department, in the middle of what has beendescribed as a vast living laboratory, is a casualty of the storm.References[1] “Tulane history”, http://www2.tulane.edu/about_history.cfm, accessed Jan 15, 2007[2] “History of UNO”, http://www.uno.edu/history.cfm, accessed Jan 15, 2007[3] Boutwell, Gordon, ppt presentation: “Failure of the New Orleans Hurricane Protection System”, ASCE SEI LA Chapter Sept, 2006 meeting[4] “Tulane University Hurricane Plan”, 2006[5] Staff, “How much water did you get?” Times Picayune, Metro Section, Sept 22, 2005[6] “UNO Hurricane Emergency Plan”, 2006[7] CHART, “Disaster Resistant
chemistry component was introduced in terms of issues, as process engineering,involving energy and mass balances. The material science component was less problematicand though delivered in a traditional way, it required students to participate, in small teams, inboth laboratory and library investigative projects.In 2005, with a prevailing school’s stance towards PBL (Problem-based learning) coursedelivery, there was an opportunity to further fine-tune phenomenological approaches inengineering education. As a result, the subjects of chemistry/process engineering andmaterials science were to be merged into a single one semester subject with an allocation of 5hours per week. The course developed and introduced in 2007, further integrated
speciesin a macroscale model. Scaling permits identifying the various reaction regimes and domains thatcan occur on both the micro- and macroscale.2e. Process ModelingScaling analysis is used in teaching a course in process modeling to facilitate the following: toassess what approximations can be made in developing a tractable model for the process; todetermine the appropriate values of the process parameters in designing either numerical,laboratory, or pilot-scale testing of a process; and in determining the optimal minimumparametric representation of the describing equations for the process in order to correlatenumerical or experimental data.3. The Scaling Analysis TechniqueThe ○(1) scaling analysis technique of interest here has been described
disciplines because they enjoy creating systems and devices that are used to solve real problems. However, it is our belief that many engineering classes, especially at the introductory level, fail to engage students because they focus too much on objective data-manipulation exercises instead of encouraging inventive problem solving. This paper examines the effects of methods that allow students in an introductory level engineering course to use their creativity and inventiveness to solve problems, an approach referred to as inquiry arousal. The approach used in this research was to modify a certain number of laboratory requirements to allow the student to apply an open-ended problem solving approach to obtain a solution. The goal
) financial support for juniors and seniors who participatein up to ten hours a week of research in the laboratory of a faculty mentor; 6) summer stipend support forjuniors and seniors to continue research); 7) juniors and seniors participate in the STARS II Symposiumwhere they present their research to student and faculty STARS program participants.“STARS students enjoy a number of structured enrichment activities during term-time. Special dinnersbring together scientists in various disciplines from Yale and other schools, graduate and medical schoolpanels provide guidance in career development, and scholars are encouraged to attend national and regionalscience conferences”[10].The University of California-Berkeley has a Biology Scholars Program
virtual design space and test them against the force of gravity. The purpose of theSodaConstructor computational environment is to emulate one particular aspect of engineeringdesign, the design-build-test (DBT) cycle[10]. DBT is an iterative process through whichengineers develop and evaluate design alternatives[11]. In each iteration of the cycle, engineersdesign a solution to a specified problem, build a prototype of the proposed design, and then test Page 13.499.3the prototype to determine its potential effectiveness. The DBT concept has been used inundergraduate engineering laboratories and in capstone senior design projects [12, 13]. Based
. While novel programs in engineering educationbegan receiving NSF funding in the 1970s 6, the early 1980s saw increased support forengineering as a field separate from the other sciences. In 1980, NSF’s education directorate wasdisbanded as part of the “Reagan Revolution.” However, in 1986, a National Science BoardTask Force report discussed the crucial need for quality faculty and instruction in STEM fields atthe undergraduate level, which would enable graduates to contribute to the STEM industry. This“Neal Report” charged the NSF to create a set of funding programs that would improve STEMeducation by recruiting quality faculty and students, developing innovative curricula, andimproving laboratories 7. Precursors to the engineering coalitions
to interact with outside engineers. 2) Research Partner projects are supported by research or University funding to support current University research projects. Students have an opportunity to work with leading international researchers, graduate students, and research laboratories. 3) Student Organizations and Design Competitions include the SAMPE and SAE design competitions. Our student teams have successfully competed and have won several prestigious awards. 4) Student and Faculty Created Projects include creative and challenging projects with an entrepreneurial perspective.This paper is intended to address the development and integration of an Industry Partnerprogram into the Capstone Design
in good teamwork and effective leadership? 3.85The summary of the assessment of the second course with respect to the “Engineering Coalitionof Schools for Excellence in Education and Leadership (ECSEL) Classroom Activities Survey”is provided in Table 3. The student evaluations of their development was benchmarked withrespect to that for students taking the existing freshman design sequence taught using a large-lecture/laboratory format by a non-tenure-track instructor. For each of the criteria listed in Table3, students in the new course sequence viewed their development as being significantly greaterthan that for the existing course sequence, with most (18 of 24) at statistically significant 95%confidence level. The survey was
Page 12.357.113. Nocito-Gobel, J., S. Daniels, M. Collura, and B. Aliane, “Project-Based Introduction to Engineering - aUniversity Core Course”, Proceedings, 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference andExposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 20 – 23, 2004.4. Holtzapple, M.T. and W.D. Reece, Foundations of Engineering, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2003.5. John Hopkins Virtual Laboratory, Bridge Designer, http://www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/virtlab.html.6. Col. S. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy, West Point Bridge Designer, http://bridgecontest.usma.edu7. Foundation Coalition Website:http://www.foundationcoalition.org/home/keycomponents/concept/introduction.html
students a data-driven curriculum to guide their efforts at making connections would help students seethemselves as engineers. We assert portfolios are one way to satisfy our obligation as educatorsto design an engineering learning experience focused on the student and not the content.AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by the National Science Foundation through grant REC-0238392,“Using portfolios to promote knowledge integration in engineering education.” The authorswish to thank all of our research participants and all members of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education for the insightful reviews and comments that helped to shapethis paper.References1 Loshbaugh, Heidi G., Ruth A. Streveler, Kimarie Engerman, Dawn Williams
sometimes extrinsic to adesign course. Conversely, in design, the intrinsic objectives are usually teamwork skillsand development of technical proficiencies. Recently there has been a move towardbringing laboratory-based activities into content area classrooms to enrich learning. Thepurpose of this paper is to investigate course design in view of student goal orientationand the attributional theory of motivation. In social cognition theory, an individual’s goal orientation is seen to greatlyinfluence his willingness to accept a challenge and to persist when faced with difficulties.The types of team activities employed in a classroom foster either a performance-goaloriented or learning-goal oriented learning environment. In a group project