institution of higher education with a diverse set of STEM researchfaculty. This course is also readily scalable; if the demand from students increases, additionalsections can be created with more teams of faculty as instructors. A college the size of CoSET atSHSU has dozens of faculty members actively engaged in research, many with a list of problemswaiting for willing and qualified undergraduates to help solve.In fall 2018, the pilot version of this undergraduate research course was offered. Its target audiencewas second-year STEM majors with no experience with laboratory work or research. Fifteenstudents registered for the course from several different STEM departments (agricultural sciences,math, physics, engineering technology, chemistry
from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics
area of estimation theory with applications to mechatronics and aerospace systems. Andrew worked as a post- doctoral researcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharmaceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for about three years. Before joining the University of Guelph in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Andrew worked with a num- ber of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Maryland Department of the
practice ofengineering, so graduates are intellectually and professionally prepared to provide engineeringservices to the USCG. Professional skills are particularly reinforced in the engineering coursesthrough laboratory reports, technical papers, presentations, design projects, field trips,interactions with practitioners and USCG officers, community outreach activities, andprofessional membership. Significant mentoring and advising takes place throughout cadets’years at the Academy which is also an important component for intellectual development andservice readiness. The approach of using every opportunity to infuse practical, industrial andUSCG relevance into course content has proven successful in fulfilling CGA’s mission.With increasing
the educational value of this project. Not only does it provide an opportunity forinterdisciplinary engineering, it also forces each student to incorporate their piece of the projectinto the larger design and not just look at a single system in an educational vacuum. Learning towork as a part of a larger team in a long term project such as this is invaluable for an engineer’scareer as projects and designs in industry and laboratories are often multiple year collaborationsthat a single semester long class cannot adequately replicate.Aerospace Opportunities in Small Schools (Senior Author Perspective)Small universities and colleges are often limited in their ability to offer meaningful opportunitiesin systems engineering or multidisciplinary
school and jobs. Lapatto [2] investigated the influence of research on the educationalexperience of undergraduates in science by conducting an online survey from 41 institutions. Itwas found that 85% of the participants continued on to postgraduate education after finishingtheir undergraduate research. On the other hand, a small portion of the participants who didn’tcontinue to postgraduate studies also reported comparatively poor gains from their undergraduateresearch experience. Learning laboratory techniques, understanding the research process andreadiness for more demanding research were some of the positive effects of undergraduateresearch experience mentioned in the survey. Webber et al. [3] conducted a survey research byanalyzing 110,000
in the Same InstitutionEngineering Technology. A lesser known program, engineering technology attracts students inareas where there are universities offering these majors. While the attraction to these programstends to be regional, students generally don’t always choose these programs right after highschool, but transfer in from a variety of places. In many cases, they may have matriculatedstraight out of high school through the influences of teachers and advisors they knew andrespected. Other options include those that transfer into programs from community colleges withengineering technology programs, and other reasons, including poor grades in engineering,desire for more hands on laboratory experiences, or learning that the engineering
not thefocus of most construction programs and are not discussed to a satisfactory extent in constructionclassrooms and laboratories, some students do not even have the chance to seriously consider thoseroles and even decide if they would prefer to work in those roles in the future. Unfamiliarity andmisconceptions about professional roles brings conflicts during practice and also increasesstudents’ doubts about their level of knowledge and capabilities [4]. Construction graduates havefound themselves working on transportation and infrastructure projects, instead of the typicalcommercial construction building projects that they are mostly prepared for through typicalconstruction programs. It is not uncommon to find students who have graduated
for. I would like my students to be functional when they enter the workplace… Whether it's at a consulting firm, a public agency, a research laboratory, as a faculty member, I'd like them to be able to know about and in some detail the kinds of things that they'd be expected to do when they get there.Many faculty see their roles as preparing students to contribute to their engineering profession ofchoice. Therefore, knowing more about how students transfer their learning to a workplace canpotentially help faculty improve their instructional approaches to more adequately meet theneeds of the discipline. Participants recognized that measuring and assessing learning iscomplex, and doing so within the timeframe of
effective communication, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, and customer service excellence. It was during those five years when he realized that supporting young professionals with their leadership development is his life calling. He decided to leave corporate business and accepted a position at Cornell’s College of Engineering. During the last years, Mr. Zorman has focused on the design and implementation of a course using a student-led laboratory method which supports the development of authentic leadership skills.Dr. Alicia M. Kinoshita, San Diego State UniversityDr. Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University Dr. Natalie Mladenov is an associate professor and William E. Leonhard Jr. Chair in Civil
work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNos. 1160455 and 1254323. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation. We also thank affiliates of Prof. Jesiek’s Global EngineeringEducation Collaboratory (GEEC) and Prof. Woo’s Laboratory for Understanding Careersand Individual Differences (LUCID) for their extensive assistance with developing SJT items.References[1] Grandin, J., & Hirleman, E. D. (2009). Educating engineers as global citizens: A call for action / A report of the national summit meeting on the globalization of engineering education. Online Journal of Global
connection between laboratory research and classroom lectures, enabling students to see anduse the course material in action. While not a CURE, instructors at Montana State University andNortheastern University implemented similarly hands-on, experiential learning exercises in anintroductory industrial engineering course. They found that students physically working withproblems and seeing how real systems operated were more compelling than traditional teachingpedagogies; students even seemed more enthusiastic about industrial engineering [21]. Manyothers have reported CURE benefits, including networking and developing scientific skills, aswell as outcomes like increased teamwork, critical thinking, communication skills, andconfidence [14].Because
,presentations and simulation assignments. The three modeling and simulation assignments were: (1) Heat Radiation 1 d; (2) WaterPurification Reactor, and (3) Free Convection in a Water Glass. These were assigned for out-of-classroom individual work. The objective in each was to produce a working COMSOL file andassociated technical report for upload to the Blackboard®. At the beginning of the semester,instructions were given as to how to: access software either in the computer laboratory or on apersonal computer; download step-by-step tutorials; create mph files and brief technical report;and upload documentation to Blackboard®. Each simulation topic was also addressed in class asappropriate. For example, the Heat Radiation simulation was tied to
constructionist learning principles that many believe evolved fromthe likes of shop class, technology education, and Stager’s constructivist learning laboratories,have now become a part of learning environments in schools, libraries, and museums in theUnited States. Even though dating earlier conceptually, the establishment of Maker Ed in 2012can be considered a watershed moment in the history of educational Makerspaces. Maker Ed wasfounded with the aim of transforming education through Making activities. Makerspacesmanifest constructionist principles of learning by doing by emphasizing the connection betweenthe Maker and that what is made or the artifact, accommodate individualized learning, supportstudents to feel personally connected to the activities
Assistant Program [17], which focuses onpedagogical development for undergraduate learning assistants who are in similar roles as GTAsin CBEE. Topics were also chosen to address past issues that GTAs expressed in regards tofeeling unprepared to facilitate in Studio and using language of reform based practices but notfully understanding the theory behind them.New to the 2016-2017 academic year, all incoming graduate students were required to take a 1-credit, 50-minute-per-week professional development seminar each term of their first year (eachterm is 10 weeks). The seminar was designed to help graduate students become accustomed tograduate expectations in CBEE (e.g. laboratory rotations, finding an advisor, thesis/dissertationresources, required
Paper ID #22398A Methodology and Experience of Facilitating International Capstone Projectsfor Multidisciplinary Fields: Costa Rica Internet of Things (IoT) Case StudyDr. Karim Altaii, James Madison University Dr. Altaii holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, and received his doctorate from The City University of New York. He is a registered Professional Engineer. He holds five patents in solar energy applications and in an irrigation system. He is the director of the JMU international summer program in Costa Rica. He is the Director of the Advanced Thermal-Fluids laboratory at James Madison University. His primary
’ understanding andexperience, especially for an undergraduate course.After a number of brainstorming sessions early-on to decide what “thing” (device) to build thecourse around, we chose a simple desk lamp. The decision to use a desk lamp was chosen basedon several criteria: • The device’s use and utility should be obvious to most any user; avoid devices requiring substantial domain knowledge (e.g., motor control), particularly since the target audience of students is broad (EE, CE, CS) • The device should have some state to manage, but that state should not be overly complicated • The device should be easily portable, so students can develop and use it in the classroom, home, dorm room, laboratory, or wherever they
College of Engineering and Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development at Michigan Tech. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. Adrienne’s research interests include elec- trokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineer- ing classrooms or as outreach activities in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is past
Military Academy. His current research interests include laboratory and field determination of geotechnical material properties for transportation systems and the use of remote sensing techniques to categorize geohazards. He has published over 85 peer reviewed articles relating to his research and educational activities. Dennis holds BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), an MBA from Boston University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin. He is a registered professional engineer in Arkansas and Colorado.Dr. Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University Dr. Decker B. Hains is a Master Faculty Specialist in the Department
) and skills that would be gained in technical and non-technical courses and laboratories to provide you with the fundamental academic knowledge needed to meet your three, five, and ten year goals. ● Provide three specific examples of course material you expect to use to achieve your desired goals. For example, you may choose to take a course in nuclear engineering to develop your knowledge of nuclear power plants with the goal of developing cleaner energy systems for developing nations. ● Identify and describe other specific areas of knowledge, skills, and abilities you will need to master to achieve the goals you have previously identified. ● Identify and provide details of the sources you will use to
growing need for help with GIS support, the University Library set out to develop a structurefor the support of Spatial Literacy on campus.Engineering support in the library has traditionally remained firmly text based, supporting theacademic side of Engineering research, but leaving much data development and practice in thedomain of the laboratory. In fact, there has been little demand from instructors for libraryinstruction in Engineering classes. In contrast to this trend, the Initiative for Spatial Literacy waslaunched by the libraries, by the hiring of an adjunct faculty member from the School ofEngineering who spearheads the program, collaborating with the university’s EngineeringLibrarian. This article will explain what spatial literacy is
interdisci- plinary emphasis in Public Policy and Administration from Boise State University. Her thesis was entitled, ”Nanomanufacturing Outside of the Lab: An Academic-Industry Partnership Case Study.” She also re- ceived her B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from Boise State in 2014. In the Spring of 2016, Ann was recognized as part of the first cohort of University Innovation Fellows at Boise State, and has worked as a Fellow to collect and incorporate student feedback into future plans for makerspaces on the Boise State campus. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she has been involved with the Society of Women Engineers, and also taught a materials science laboratory course as a graduate teaching
. Graduateor advanced undergraduate students assist the team leader with the preparation andexecution of the hands-on activities.Each year, about 40-42 students are selected from a competitive application process, opento continuing students and incoming transfer students. To be eligible, students must havecompleted at least one semester of calculus, one laboratory science course, and oneadditional course in their majors. The first priority is given to the target population ofstudents transitioning between the sophomore-level and junior-level coursework. Thesecond priority is given to freshmen transitioning to sophomores and early-stagesophomores. Once the candidates are chosen, selection aims to optimize the diversity ofthe cohort within the groups
instruction for the experimental groups consisted of online videosdeveloped from the material content of the interactive pdf files of the control group. Again, thehomework assignments were administered on the LMS Blackboard with the same error boundsas the control group [11]. The homework assignments for all three classes were similar and allassignments within a single class were identical. The class time for all three SoM offerings wereused to answer and work on homework questions, work one on one with instructor assistance, orto work in groups on laboratories associated with the learning content. The distribution of thegrades for the classes is shown in Table 1. The number beside the lab reports and homeworkindicates the total number of those types
goggles or headgear). As a result, allactivities on the screen are also captured in addition to the screens solely devoted to the writingprocess: If a participant checks email, searches for literature, changes music, or instant messagesa friend, all those activities are also recorded. Though the resulting data is messy, we argue thatthe “messiness” is actually demonstrative of an authentic writing process, which does not happenin a laboratory setting. In real life, the “writing” process of experts might require significant timesearching for literature or checking manuscript/task requirements to comply with the evaluationcriteria. The video data recorded offers a wealth of data to analyze. In our past work, we providea literature-based commentary
State University Dr. David Hurwitz is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University and is the Director of the OSU Driving and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory. Dr. Hurwitz conducts research in transportation engineering, in the areas of traffic operations and safety, and in engineering education, in the areas of conceptual assessment and curriculum adoption.Mr. Masoud Ghodrat Abadi, Oregon State University Masoud Ghodrat Abadi is a PhD candidate and a graduate research assistant in school of Civil and Con- struction Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his MSc degree in Transportation Engi- neering from Sharif
from multiple disciplines work in parallel, it can be difficult to overcome languagebarriers, inherent biases, and even coming up with a common problem statement [10] due todisagreements.The course employed instruction delivery approaches found in professional programs’ studio andlab courses where theory and technology intersect. In technology and engineering curriculumintegration of theory and technology happens in laboratory courses and in the arts and design it isin studios. In addition, professional programs often use a project-based, learner-centeredapproach. The common element in these integrative courses is the introduction of a team-basedproject with a set of learning objectives and outcomes focusing on ethical professional
build a remote laboratory for engineering students to test their circuitry knowledge in a virtual environment to them, yet their designs are carried out in real time on a remote server connected to actual hardware systems in Norway.One of the topics that was regularly mentioned was that participating in international experienceshelp the students to see that there are issues that need attention, which might be unrelated tothose from their own country. This revelation was one of the highlights of participation instudent forums, in both LACCEI and WEEF conferences that utilized the SDG framework forprojects hosted by SPEED.Discussion and RecommendationsFeedback from undergraduate and graduate students at both LACCEI and WEEF
in the fall. The course serves as a way for students to become familiar with theexpectations of college classes and to give them an idea of what mechanical engineering studentsdo. Students work in a team environment once a week on laboratory projects and open-endedmini-design projects where they incorporate elementary engineering design methodologies todesign some device within certain constraints. Once students begin working on their final designprojects, they meet outside of class to brainstorm ideas, build and test prototypes, and refine theirfinal designs. The final project typically lasts five weeks. Due to budgetary constraints, studentsconstruct their project out of common scrap/recycled materials. The final projects vary bysemester
. Circuits and Systems, 2011, pp. 1187–1190.[24] J. Bernhard and A.-K. Carstensen, “Learning and teaching electric circuit theory,” Physics Teaching Eng. Educ., Jun. 2002.[25] T. Ogunfunmi and M. Rahman, “A concept inventory for an electric circuits course: rationale and fundamental topics,” in Proc. 2010 IEEE Int. Symp. Circuits and Systems, 2010, pp. 2804–2807.[26] L. Watai et al., “Designing effective laboratory courses in electrical engineering: challenge-based model that reflects engineering process,” in 37th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) - Global Eng.: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. , October 10–13, 2007.[27] Gloria J. Kim, E.E Patrick, R. Srivastava and