Paper ID #42345Board 369: Research Experiences for Teachers (RET): Engineering for Peopleand the Planet as Inspiration to Teach Integrated STEMDr. Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Katherine C. Chen is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She and the STEM Education Center work to empower PreK-12 STEM educators and transform STEM education by advancing equity in education and broadening the participation of students in STEM (especially those from underrepresented and excluded groups). Her degrees in Materials Science and Engineering are from
Paper ID #42852Leveraging Open Source Tools to Teach Quantum Computing Foundations:Bridging the Future Workforce Gap in the Quantum EraDr. Radana Dvorak, Saint Martin’s University Radana Dvorak Ph.D. has worked as a researcher, professor, dean, consultant, and program architect. Her Ph.D. in CS-AI and MSc-AI from the UK, and BA from the University of Michigan, have led her to the UK, US, and the Cayman Islands. Radana spent time in the software industry, headed a VC-funded company bringing her PhD work to market, served on government, university strategic planning committees, and international fellowships; she was one of the
Engineering Dr. Cory J. Prust is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He earned his BSEE degree from MSOE in 2001 and his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2006. Prior to joining MSOE in 2009, he was a Technical Staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He teaches courses in the signal processing, communication systems, and embedded systems areas.Elizabeth Taylor, Milwaukee School of Engineering Elizabeth Taylor is the director of the STEM Center at Milwaukee School of Engineering where she directs institutional strategy for K-12 STEM programming and outreach and oversees the operations of the Center. She advocates for the alignment of
associated controls teaching platform. That platform includesa suite of proprietary hardware, and it works in concert with LabVIEW™ software from NationalInstruments. By 2018, several of the QUBEs had ceased to function, out of an original set of tenunits. That year, internal ME department research was conducted to investigate the cost of QUBEreplacements. At that time the version of the QUBE owned by KU had been discontinued.According to Quanser, there were two QUBEs left (in their possession) from that outdatedhardware generation. The ME department did not purchase those units, which ended the use ofthe QUBEs in MECH-431, as there would have been too many students in each laboratory groupassigned to each remaining (functioning) QUBE.Regarding the
has developed surface preferential approaches for nucleation and crystallisation of biological and complex organic molecules. More recently, he has worked as a Research Associate investigating the role of surface properties on particle-particle interaction and developed approaches for decoupling contribution of different surface attributes on powder cohesion. In 2012, as recognition to his contributions to Undergraduate laboratory teaching, he was been nominated for the Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards for the Faculty of Engineering. Umang currently has a role in leading the operation and innovation of the teaching laboratories and he manages Graduate Teaching Assistants for the Department of Chemical Engineering
program and evaluate its potential toengage teachers, we created a three-day professional development workshop for teachers servingunderserved communities. We administered quantitative and qualitative surveys before theworkshop, immediately after the workshop, and after the teachers implemented the materials intheir classrooms. The surveys indicate that the experience improved teachers’ attitudes towardthe subject, including their comfort in teaching the subject, their enjoyment, and their perceptionof the children’s enjoyment. This effect was particularly relevant for teachers who were notinitially engaged, either because of a lack of experience or lack of knowledge. Taken together,these results indicate that activities connecting music and STEM
of Idaho Professor John Crepeau received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Utah. After serving as an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, he began teaching at the University of Idaho. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He has served as Department Chair, Associate Dean and Interim Dean at the University of Idaho. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Enhancing Pathways from Community Colleges to Four-Year Schools with an Online Lecture/Laboratory Course in
) conference paper [3] authors spoke about anew education space that would have flexible laboratory modules that would allow for futuremodification. The authors spoke that these new spaces would be utilized for clinic projects,multiple disciplines courses, for teaching / research, and be able to accommodate multiplecourses of instruction. In the field of Civil Engineering, space was constructed to providetechnology focused courses and research, discipline courses and research, and student teamprojects. More specifically it was made with three contiguous modules that form a 66 x 40ft openarea with one half dedicated to environmental engineering and the other half dedicated toinfrastructure engineering with a classroom centrally located in the center
Paper ID #42983Board 94: Work in Progress: Development of Lab-Based Assessment Tools toGauge Undergraduates’ Circuit Debugging Skills and PerformanceAndrew J. Ash, Oklahoma State University Andrew J. Ash is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OSU and he is a research assistant in Dr. John Hu’s Analog VLSI Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University. Andrew’s research interests include hardware security of data converters and engineering curriculum development.Dr. Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Oklahoma State University
measurement and instrumentation course within the department.Joy Uehara, University of Southern CaliforniaHaylee Mota, University of Southern CaliforniaEmma Katharine Singer, USC Viterbi School of EngineeringMatthew R Gilpin, University of Southern California Dr. Gilpin teaches upper division laboratory courses in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering de- partment at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering and has been involved in laboratory instruction at USC for over a decade. He is also the faculty advisor to USC’s Recumbent Vehicle Design Team (RVDT) and the USC Advanced Spacecraft and Propulsion and Energy Laboratory (ASPEN). In addition to teach- ing, Dr. Gilpin is the PI for the In-Space Propulsion Research (InSPR
they allow the user to move a virtual robot end effector and generate a tool path are described.A comparison between the conventional approach of robot programming using the teach pedantand the VR-based approach is then presented. The project provides students with opportunities towork with industrial robots. Students complete structured laboratory activities that introduce themto different aspects of applied robotics, including the design of end-effector tooling and fixturesfor different tasks. The goal is to apply these VR simulators to train undergraduate engineering,engineering technology students, and professionals in robotics and automation education; and tooffer experiential learning opportunities in 3D modeling, simulation, and
laboratories for cybersecurity. Sensors, 2020. 20(11): p. 3011.8. Vigna, G., Teaching hands-on network security: Testbeds and live exercises. Journal of information warfare, 2003. 2(3): p. 8-24.9. Li, C., et al. BAC: Bandwidth-aware compression for efficient live migration of virtual machines. in IEEE INFOCOM 2017-IEEE Conference on Computer Communications. 2017. IEEE.10. Helali, L. and M.N. Omri, A survey of data center consolidation in cloud computing systems. Computer Science Review, 2021. 39: p. 100366.11. Li, B., B. Li, and F. Liu, Cloud and data center performance [Guest Editorial]. IEEE Network, 2013. 27(4): p. 6-7.12. Topham, L., et al., Cyber security teaching and learning laboratories
flexible and straightforward teaching artifacts that can be easily implemented byengineering and engineering technology programs. A key component to support teaching thesetopics is laboratory modules that involve the design, assembly, and testing of hydraulic andpneumatic systems. They allow students to apply counterintuitive concepts from lectures in atangible context that fosters the learning experience [4]. Nevertheless, traditional laboratoryexercises in fluid power courses are insufficient in addressing the complexity of hydraulic andpneumatic systems, resulting in relatively high withdrawals and D/F grades [5]. Thus, there is aneed to incorporate innovative technologies and methods.Previous efforts to address these challenges included the
research positions,allowing for more inclusive practices across laboratories [5]. However, they are typically offeredfor only one semester or less time and require mentors to guide multiple students [6], unlikeindividual undergraduate research experiences that typically provide very few undergraduateswith research experiences over the course of a year or more [4].To be able to provide an inclusive research experience that allows many students to join researchlaboratories as well as mitigate issues associated with the short duration of course-basedundergraduate research experiences, the University of California Irvine (UCI) has developedSIRiPods: Summer Interdisciplinary Research in Pods. Unlike typical research programs within asingle laboratory
Paper ID #41245Implementation and Evaluation of Experiential Learning to Reinforce Research& Development Skills in a Biopharmaceutical Process Development CourseDr. Deborah Sweet Goldberg, University of Maryland, College Park Deborah S. Goldberg is a full-time senior lecturer in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is passionate about teaching and mentoring students to prepare them for diverse careers in bioengineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Implementation and Evaluation of Experiential Learning to
Soil Mechanics Courses Engineering Fluid Mechanics Water Resources Dynamics Project Management TransportationBefore these changes, the faculty grew concerned about the lack of dedicated structural orenvironmental laboratory sections in the CEE curriculum. The reorganization into the two-semester lab sequence allowed both topics to be included in required CEE courses. Therestructuring of the labs also alleviated some of the teaching load for CEE faculty. The newsequence allows two faculty members to share one laboratory course with one faculty
software simulation lab offered due to COVID-19 isolation. The slight deteriorationcan be seen in AM lab and ECEN 325 total lab grade during COVID-19 isolation. One majordifference between hardware lab and software simulation is that hardware lab was held in STC(Scott Technology Center) 120 laboratory class with oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer andfunction generator. However, software simulation lab was offered on-line. One teaching assistant(TA) was assigned for in-class lab classes. However, there was no TA for software simulation on-line classes. The duty of the TA in lab class was (1) to check attendance (present, absent, or late),(2) to check every milestones during the lab process. (3) to check successful completion of thelab. (4) to
equations behind it, asdescribed earlier. Therefore, a new laboratory was introduced to the course as explained in detailin the next section.Methodology and ResultsIn order to introduce the software, part of the laboratory lesson is to explain what Ansys Fluentis, and how it can help students to solve fluid mechanics problems. To help students navigatethrough the Ansys Fluent software, the laboratory introduces various topics during the initialphase of the course. Below is a list of topics that are introduced to students during the first part ofthe laboratory: • Applications • Results (velocity, pressure density) • Steps for problem solving (pre-analysis, geometry, mesh, model setup, numerical results and solution
Paper ID #45062GIFTS: Concrete Is My Jam!Mr. Christopher C Frishcosy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga My career in higher education started in the fall of 2021 when I was hired as the lab director for the civil engineering program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. My enthusiasm for teaching was quickly realized and I was granted the opportunity to teach the Introduction to Civil Engineering course; along with the laboratory courses that I instruct. My goal for instructing this introductory course was to develop a curriculum that is fundamentally informative and, borderline, overwhelmingly engaging. I
building. Simultaneously,students are exposed to a college learning environment while actively participating in theseactivities. This paper will discuss the strategies employed to create these activities usingresources from existing college laboratory exercises and projects within the engineeringtechnology programs. Fifty-six students from different grades participated in the program basedon their interests. The emphasis on underrepresented minority groups aligns with xxxxUniversity’s commitment to diversity and aims to increase recruitment from schools with ahigher proportion of such students.BackgroundThe project’s goal was to enhance STEM awareness among minority communities and toincrease enrollment at the xxxxx campus of XXXXXX University. A
real-world problems, underlying theories, and hands-on laboratory work. Consequently, it enhances overall learning outcomes and advancesengineering skills. The outcomes of this study, coupled with positive student feedback, suggestthat combining traditional stand-alone labs into project-based laboratories could represent amore effective, efficient, and sustainable pedagogical approach for engineering laboratorycourses. This study not only provides valuable insights but also proposes a pedagogical designthat can guide future improvements in laboratory teaching. By introducing students to the open-ended lab experience at the junior level, this approach facilitates a seamless transition to moreadvanced project-based laboratories in senior courses
Chemical Engineering at Penn State University. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to joining Penn State in 2018, Dr. Aurand was on the faculty in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa for over two decades. In addition to teaching chemical process safety, Dr. Aurand has extensive experience with all aspects of teaching and managing undergraduate chemical engineering laboratory courses. He also has taught design, thermodynamics, and energy courses multiple times.Dr. Chris Barr, University of Michigan Dr. Christopher Barr is the instructional laboratory
. Patel, B. Yalvac, D. E. Kanter, and N. Goel. Developing a standards-based K-12 engineering curricula through partnerships with university students and industry. In 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. [18] B. Yalvac, D. Smith, P. L. Hirsch, and G. Birol. "Teaching writing in a laboratory-based engineering course with a “How People Learn” framework." New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no.108, pp. 59-73, 2006. [19] B. Yalvac, H. D. Smith, J. B. Troy, and P. Hirsch, “Promoting advanced writing skills in an upper-level engineering class,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.96, no.2, pp. 117-128, 2007. [20] M. C. Ayar and B. Yalvac
work in this area andconcludes the paper.2. BackgroundIn the latter part of 1995, Old Dominion University's Department of Physics started adopting amore uniform method for teaching undergraduate laboratory courses. Following this change, in1996, the department released the first edition of a comprehensive laboratory manual forundergraduates. This marked a significant shift in the instructional methodology forundergraduate physics at ODU. The development of virtual laboratories is set to enhance thisteaching approach further. With the integration of pre-arranged educational materials, includingvirtual labs, educators will be able to adhere to uniform teaching standards. This uniformity willensure that students receive a consistent and coherent
and ability to teach course content. Instead, the SPVEL connects students’ 1)appreciation for laboratory discipline content and relevance to their career aspirations, 2)engineering role identity development as a function of participation within the lab, and studentsociocultural identities (race, ethnicity, and gender).Research QuestionSPVEL was used to answer two research questions. How do student’s sociocultural identitycharacteristics relate to their perceptions of value in a virtual engineering lab? How are students’perceptions of virtual lab value related to the sociocultural identities and lab report grades?Research Methodology and EnvironmentThis study was conducted in a capstone senior Mechanical and Aerospace engineering
Setting”, IEEE Frontiers in Education, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2009.[9] H.R. Myler, “Value Added Engineering Education”, 2006 ASEE Gulf-southwest Annual Conference, 2006.[10] S.S. Holland, C.J. Prust, and R.W. Kelnhofer, “Effective Utilization of the Analog Discovery Board Across Upper-Division Electrical Engineering Courses”, ASEE's 123rd Annual Conference and Exposition, 2016.[11] E. Van Hunnik, “Online college laboratory courses: can they be done and will they affect graduation and retention rates?” Higher Learning Research Communications, vol. 5, no.4. DOI: 10.18870/ hlrc.v5i4.289, 2015.[12] N.J. Buch, and T.F. Wolff, “Classroom Teaching through Inquiry”, J. Prof. Issues Eng. Ed. Prac., vol. 126, no.3, pp. 105, 2000.[13] C
Paper ID #41378Work in Progress: Implementation of a Curricular Development Project forExperiential Learning in a Senior Capstone Product-Design CourseDr. Chris Barr, University of Michigan Dr. Christopher Barr is the Instructional Laboratory Supervisor in the Chemical Engineering Department at University of Michigan. He obtained his Ph.D. at University of Toledo in 2013 and is a former Fellow in the N.S.F. GK-12 grant ”Graduate Teaching Fellows in STEM High School Education: An Environmental Science Learning Community at the Land-Lake Ecosystem Interface”. His main responsibilities are supervising and implementing
3 credits Table 1. Required coursework for Farmingdale State College’s Wind Energy Technology Micro-credentialThe WTT courses offered that are of 300 level or higher include [5]. 1. WTT 301: Wind Turbine Mechanical Systems 2. WTT 307: Principles of Fluid Systems 3. WTT 314: Wind Turbine Motor Control 4. WTT 415: Wind Turbine Trouble Shooting These four courses, along with WTT 101: Introduction to Wind Energy and TurbineTechnology, were developed by Farmingdale State College’s School of Engineering Technologyfaculty. Each of these WTT courses are assigned a laboratory period to teach students the hands-on applications relevant to wind turbine technicians. These applications include both electrical andmechanical
2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference In-Classroom Dynamics and Pacing Strategies to Improve Student Learning: Lesson Learned from a 100-Level Course Chun-Hsing Ho 1 Name and Nyawa Allieu 2 1. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractThe paper presents in-classroom teaching strategies to immediately adjust lecture deliverymethod and instructional pathing to reflect student learning feedback and progress. A mid-termstudent survey was conducted to collect student comments and gain their
complete tendirected laboratory projects and a final comprehensive project at the end of the semester.Students must maintain laboratory manuals for each activity. The program requires the use of thePython scripting language throughout upper division coursework. The department is changing itscurriculum to introduce coding in the 1st-year physics sequence. To reinforce these skills, theelectronics course will introduce the use of Jupyter Notebooks (JN) as the laboratory notebookformat. A JN is a web-based platform that allows students to create cells of code or text. Textcells provide a platform for students to describe the “what, why, and how” of theirmeasurements. Code cells can run Python (or many other programming languages) code. Thisallows