generationof infrared imaging cameras that are comparatively inexpensive, easier to use, and more functional, aswell as free-ware and widely available commercial image processing software (ImageJ, MATLAB).The paper presents an effort on developing educational laboratory projects with an infrared imaginganalysis component for compatibility with course delivery by remote access via the web, or intraditional lecture and hands-on laboratory format.BackgroundInstruction in the basic engineering disciplines of heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, and processcontrol can be enhanced and expanded by incorporating various imaging capabilties into experimentsand projects used to teach the concepts and practice of these subjects. Image capture
(ECET 26200) - Programable Logic Controllers - Modular Offering for NSF- ATE Course Update and ImprovementDate Submitted: 6-15-2012 for SPRING 2012 Date to be Reviewed: Fall 2012Responsible faculty for the review: Akram Hossain(PUC), Course Instructor, Laboratory Instructor: Adam Beemer(COD) Type of Update New Edition of the Text New Text Adopted New Software Teaching Method New Laboratory Equipment Lab Material
only when students process new information orenvironment, whether a classroom, a laboratory and encourages knowledge in such a way that it makes sense in their frame ofeducators to design learning environments to get preferred reference (Hull, 1995) p.23.” He also says that this approach tolearning outcomes. “learning and teaching assumes that the mind naturally seeks meaning in context and does so by searching for relationships Keywords—context, teaching, learning, style, student, teacher that make sense and appear useful (Hull, 1995) p.24.” This I. INTRODUCTION
system identification techniques. Her efforts as a PhD candidate at Drexel University include enhancing science and engineering education for K-12 and undergraduate students through development of biologically-inspired educational tools for use at museums and aquari- ums. She has been a teaching assistant for an undergraduate course on product development since 2009. She has mentored teams of undergraduate engineering students through the development of biologically- inspired educational tools. She has also taught science and engineering topics to K-12 students at various workshops and science events since 2005.Mr. John Joseph Carr Jr., New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences Jack Carr is Senior Manager of Public STEM
learning stylethat is the result of neuroscience research on how the human brain processes and retains newinformation”. 1Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas is like acknowledging that students at any given agearen’t all the same height: It is not a statement of worth, but of reality”.2 In a differentiatedclassroom and laboratory, the teacher proactively plans and carries out varied approaches tocontent, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differences in readiness,interest, and learning needs. According to Tomlinson, our teaching style “can influence astudents’ IQ by 20 points in either direction, that’s a 40
. Page 24.780.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integrating the Energy Efficiency and Assessment Components into ManufacturingAbstractThis paper reports the current developments and implementations on energy efficiency andassessment studies in an engineering technology program. The developments are basically in twocategories: 1) Web-based teaching modules of Renewable Energy Education have beendeveloped through a funded research project. Instructional Materials, Laboratory Practices andAssessment Exercises have been posted to iLearn (which a Desire2Learn system) and Canvas(which is an Instructure system). Developed materials have been tested by
corporate foundations and state and federal agencies, and has numerous publications in refereed journals and edited books. Her research interests include communities of practice, gender, transformative learning, and identity.Dr. Peter Golding CPEng, University of Texas, El Paso Director, Center for Research in Engineering Education and Provost Faculty in Residence at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at The University of Texas at El Paso. Page 24.242.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Building Capacity for Preparing Teacher-Engineers
Embedded Systems - Shape The World Jonathan W. Valvano¹, Ramesh Yerraballi¹², Chad J. Fulton³, Chinmaya Dattathri¹ ¹Electrical and Computer Engineering ²Biomedical Engineering ³Center for Teaching and Learning University of Texas at AustinAbstractWe have designed, implemented and deployed a Massive Open Online Class (MOOC) with asubstantial lab component within the edX platform. If MOOCs are truly going to transform theeducation, then they must be able to deliver laboratory classes. This offering goes a long way inunraveling the perceived complexities in delivering a
student studying Public Policy at Oregon State University. She also holds an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State Univer- sity. Her research in engineering education is focused on student teams engaged in the Virtual Bioreactor (VBioR) Laboratory project. She is specifically interested in understanding the student-instructor interac- tions and feedback that occur during this project and how these factors influence student learning.Dr. Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial
Paper ID #10694C-STEM Curriculum for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (Cur-riculum Exchange)Prof. Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis Harry H. Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate Group in Computer Science, and Graduate Group in Education at the University of California, Davis, where he is also the Director of the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu) and Director of the Integration Engineering Laboratory. His current research includes developing computing and robotics technologies and integrate them into
attraction of additional resources, such, as thetasks by case studies; reports on the practical and laboratory glossary, animations, screencasts which can be used in anassignments implementation. interactive mode. For example, the videos created by the From learning outcomes, teaching methods, studentactivities and methods of knowledge assessment are formed HyperCam program can be used for demonstration ofinterrelated chains, for example, such as: opportunities of the software (fig. 1, 2). "Skills application” ↔ «Performing of laboratory tasks» For good
in studentoutcomes is the central issue in higher education institutions due to constantly increasingdemands of the job market. The success in achievement of this goal is determined by severalfactors including effective teaching, appropriate assessment strategies, and faculty expertise, toname a few. However, due to increasing number of students in a classroom, the quality of workof graduate teaching assistants becomes another important component that contributes to thestudent performance [Norris 1991]. Indeed, a large classroom makes it impossible for instructorsto carry all teaching load alone, and departments assign graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) whohelp instructors to conduct recitations and lab sessions, proctor exams, answer
dissemination of an Embedded System Course through activeparticipation of students in the virtual environment.The VLES has been designed to deliver technical instruction and course materials in embeddedsystem design course through audio-video based distance learning. The supporting distancelearning curriculum and laboratory modules, using modular instructional materials along withVLES training, will be presented. The curriculum has been tested through summer workshopswhich demonstrated that VLES can be used for real-time teaching and learning hands-ontechnical subjects. A curriculum focusing on embedded system programming and utilizing thedeveloped training system, with lessons focused on Assembly Programming with peripheralsinterfacing modules, will
Education, 2014 Open-source hardware in controls education Abstract — In teaching undergraduate automatic controls, the laboratory experience is animportant and irreplaceable component. Historically, good platforms for a controls laboratoryhave been expensive, because the equipment has typically been very specialized for educationalpurposes. Moreover, the equipment often is not physically robust in the face of studentmanhandling, creating major difficulties and costs in maintaining such a lab. The advent ofinexpensive open-source controller hardware is revolutionizing this situation because it is nowpossible to have good controls-hardware capability at relatively low cost. The Arduino Mega2560, in particular, is supported by
Paper ID #9250Effects of Continuous Teacher Professional Development in Engineering onElementary TeachersDr. So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research associate at Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.Ed.in Educational Psychology with the specialties in Gifted Education and Research Methods & Measurement, respectively, from Purdue University. Her work centers on the development and validation of instruments, particularly useful for P-16 STEM education settings (e.g., the Revised PSVT:R, the Teaching Engineering Self-efficacy Scale [TESS], the extended
videos, by the students reading short articles, visiting websites, andother modes of content delivery. Application of the lecture content is done in the classroomusually in small groups in the form of problem solving, laboratory activities (virtual or physical),group learning etc. with guidance by the instructor. The flipped classroom paradigm was firstintroduced 2007 for teaching high school science (1, 2) but has since attracted science andengineering instructors in universities and colleges (3, 4). Among its main benefits, the flippedclassroom enables students to receive the most support when they are working on the mostcognitively demanding tasks. The flipped classroom increases interaction between instructor andstudent and between student
evaluations by students can prompt a bitter discussionbetween professors about the effectiveness of teaching versus the likability of the professor.Evaluations in general have long been the topic of disgruntled professors and students.A transformed ergonomics lab structure resulted in low student evaluations prompting a quickfix using active collaborative learning techniques. The results of active collaboration on theinstructor evaluation were surprising. A substantial increase in perceived teaching effectivenessbased on a 5-point Likert scale shows the positive effect of active collaborative learning in theergonomics industrial engineering laboratory and classroom
for grades K-6 classrooms. Fundamentalunderstanding of the engineering profession is an essential key for elementary teachers toimplement this curriculum. The presented approach is an initial effort targeted at increasing theengineering knowledge of prospective K-6 teachers. This step involves developing a course titledEngineering Literacy, taken by those undergraduates who typically plan to enter the credentialprogram for elementary teaching (i.e., Liberal Studies majors). Engineering Literacy is a three-unit combined laboratory and lecture course. Hands-on activities are coupled with lectures onengineering topics. Expected outcomes of Engineering Literacy are aligned with the generalbody-of-knowledge in both engineering and liberal studies
Paper ID #9540Hands-on and Virtual Labs for Juniors’ Course on Applied ElectromagneticsDr. Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dr. VLADIMIR V. MITIN, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering; Uni- versity at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY. Has more than 400 technical publications. Vladimir Mitin has made considerable efforts to involve undergraduate and graduate students in his re- search. • He has established a state-of-the-art research laboratory: Materials, Device and Circuit Simu- lations Laboratory. • He graduated thirteen Ph.D. students and six MS students. He has taught Electro
worked as a faculty member of the Biology Department and was Director of the elementary school outreach program in the Office of Science Teaching at Florida State University (FSU). In her 21-year career she has worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the National Park Service as a science educator and researcher and has been executive director of multiple non-profit environmental organizations. This experience has given Beth a strong background in grant writing, partnership building, laboratory research, teaching across K-12 and adults, as well as program development and curriculum writing.Miss Nancy Anna Newsome, Georgia Tech - Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Com-puting
Paper ID #9584Inductive Learning Tool Improves Instrumentation CourseProf. James Andrew Smith P.Eng., Ryerson University Dr. Smith specializes in Biomedical Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He was Biomedical Engineering Program Director in 2010/11 and is currently Biomedical Engineering Stream Coordinator. His research combines aspects of biomechanics and robotics, with active research projects in legged systems, obstetrics and surgical systems. In addition to teaching awards received at the University of Alberta and Ryerson University, he is a recipient or co-recipient of four IEEE Real World
with dynamics and vibrations. of several buildings. They created one of the earliest multi-Dynamics and vibrations are yet extremely complex subjects and dimensional building models and studied its performance on ademand costly laboratory resources. Since the faculties ofengineering in these universities are new, there are no shaking table. During the 1940s an impact table for simulatinglaboratories for dynamics and vibrations yet. It was obvious that, earthquake ground motions was used to study the mechanicalwithout laboratory work, the students were not able to performance of large shear
one decade ago. However, itwas the rise of mobile devices what pushed new dynamics at the classroom which werepreviously inconceivable, modifying the way of both teaching and learning, especially at K12level. Actual mobile devices give the flexibility and the easy-to-use requirements one-to-oneand group interactions always dreamed by teaching innovators. Authors like Murray andOlcese18 link the collaborative possibilities offered by the iPad with the competences neededby students this century, emphasizing the need to use modern learning models. By contrast,technological tools have usually been used in simulation environments, laboratory practicesor as basic tools for creating either work or reports in higher education, regardless the
. Page 24.738.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Increasing students’ conceptual understanding of alternating current (AC) circuits: An application of Licht’s modelAbstractThe complexity of AC circuit concepts warrants the application of an instructional method thatpresents the concept in an iterative manner. This is aimed at helping students appreciate thechanging nature of alternating current while learning about the discrete function of electricalquantities and circuit components. The dynamic nature of alternating current and student’s lackof pre-conceived notions about electricity makes this task of teaching and learning immenselydifficult. This difficulty can be attributed to
Paper ID #9861Collaborative Research: Center for Mobile Hands-On STEMProf. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDr. Kathleen Meehan, University of GlasgowDr. Dianna L. Newman, University at Albany/SUNY Dr. Dianna Newman is Research Professor and Director of the Evaluation Consortium at the University at Albany/SUNY. Her major areas of study are program evaluation with an emphasis in STEM related programs. She has numerous chapters, articles, and papers on technology supported teaching and learning as well as systems change stages pertaining to technology adoption.Dr. Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman
for sustainable improvement in engineering education, promoting intrinsic motivation in the classroom, conceptual change and development in engineering students, and change in faculty beliefs about teaching and learning. He is a recipient of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Grant. He helps steer the Col- lege of Engineering Dean’s Strategic Instructional Initiatives Program and consults with the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Illinois.Dr. Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Associate Director, Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education
Paper ID #8814Correlating Course Attendance with Factors of First-Generation Status, Gen-der, and Economic StatusMr. Jason K Durfee P.E., Eastern Washington University Jason Durfee is a Professor of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University. He received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Profes- sional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington University, he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, computational fluid dynamics, professional
delivery. Formative feedbackaddresses student perceptions of the materials and faculty and teaching assistant perceptions ofimplementation. These include aspects of the materials and their delivery that supportinglearning goals, and challenges to implementation.Summer 2013 Bioelectrical Signals Module Pilot A pilot Circuits course for non-majors was offered in the summer of 2013 at theUniversity of Vermont in an accelerated, 4-week format. The course incorporated four (4)laboratory exercises, three of which were restructured versions of existing course experiments.Of the non-ENFUSE labs, Lab 1 looked at series and parallel resistances using digitalmultimeters, Lab 2 introduced students to the use of oscilloscopes, and Lab 3 looked
mechanical engineering majorsmixed. The course met twice a week during the 15 week semester, a 50 minute “lecture” and a160 minute laboratory session. The purpose of the course was three-fold: (a) help students makea good transition to college; (b) introduce students to engineering; and (c) prepare students forthe engineering curriculum by teaching them a number of basic skills.The online aspects of the course are delivered using PathFinder, a website developed at theuniversity. The course chapters are given in the PathFinder Plan Tab shown in Figure 1.Semester projects are used to reinforce course topics. Students work on the project during the labperiod. Projects are chosen by each instructor. Figure 1: PathFinder
, experiential-basedapproach to teaching problem-solving skills to DHH students in STEM fields. The approachdeveloped in this work is based on three distinct pillars: (i) experiential learning through activeand collaborative learning in laboratory environments; (ii) the best practices for teaching mathand science to DHH students; and (iii) the PDCA problem solving method.(i) Experiential Learning: The experiential approach in this effort is rooted in proven learningmethods including active learning and collaborative learning. Active learning, in which studentsperform activities beyond listening to a lecture and taking notes, has been effective in learningand applying course material.8 Essentially, active learning is a learn-by-doing approach thatresults