, Worcester Polytechnic Institute David Spanagel is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Humanities and Arts at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. He has been active as an innovator in curriculum and instructional approaches. He co-developed the Power the World course (one of the first Great Problems Seminar themes offered as part of WPI’s First Year Experience) back in 2007. He has pioneered col- laborative learning approaches in the history capstone projects that he advises for students completing the Humanities and Arts requirement. He worked with colleagues to overhaul and update WPI’s history of science and technology course offerings in 2009, and again in 2017. Prior to acquiring
related to market analysis, technology commercialization, business communication, orinternships within start-up companies.15 Another study found that participating in an engineeringentrepreneurship program had a positive impact on retention, GPAs, and entrepreneurial activity.Data collected from alumni found that, relative to a control group, graduates of the program were73% more likely to have started a new company, 23% more likely to have created new productsor services, and 59% more likely to have high confidence in leading a start-up.17Approaches to Teaching InnovationResearch related to developing curriculum for and assessing innovation education mirrors that ofentrepreneurship, which has been characterized as relatively new and fragmented
mechatronics creates specific teaching challenges. The disciplineis an integrative one rather than a narrowly defined specialty. Students tend to come into theclass from different disciplines with strong backgrounds in one of computing, electronics ormechanisms but may be quite ignorant of the other disciplines. At BYU we have chosen to usethe development of an autonomous miniature robot as the medium for teaching this diverse field.Students are strongly motivated by the experience of building a working unit and thus rapidlylearn those sub-disciplines in which they are lacking. Since students must define their ownsolution to the problem they will similarly define their own course of study.The pedagogical approach is to ensure that the class covers the
. Page 23.412.2Therefore, the objectives of this project are to: (1) develop a Fundamentals of EnvironmentalEngineering Concept Inventory (FEECI) that quantifies students’ conceptual understanding ofkey FEE concepts, (2) administer the FEECI at 10 US universities with required undergraduateFEE courses, and (3) refine and disseminate the FEECI following its initial administration. Theexpected outcome of this work is a validated, reliable instrument for assessing conceptualunderstanding in a core curriculum course for Civil and/or Environmental engineering. Such aninstrument will play an important role in assessment for programmatic accreditation under theABET standards, and provide a needed technique for formative assessment of
their careersas project leaders so they can better produce efficient integrated designs and collaborateeffectively with their structural engineering consultants and therefore lead more successfulprojects. Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education 206 The benefits of understanding structural principles apply to both ARCH and CM students.Architects typically take a lead role in building design and so an understanding of structuralprinciples can enhance their ability to produce design concepts that are coordinated with
) Taxonomy Working Group.Rick Steiner, The University of Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Leveraging Active Learning Techniques to Teach Model-Based Systems EngineeringAbstractTo be successful, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) requires the coordinatedapplication of an appropriate modeling language and methodology within a suitable tool. Thelanguage, methodology and tool chosen to support MBSE depends on the specific aims of theengineers. Teaching MBSE, therefore, presents the challenge of simultaneously instructingstudents in three distinct but interdependent concepts: the application of the systems engineeringprocess, the expression of systems
advancements come at the right time: the amounts of knowledgeexpected at the baccalaureate and master’s levels show drastic increase. The system ofengineering education is especially vulnerable to the effects of Internet, global communicationsystems, computers, etc. However, there is one area in engineering education that is stilldominated by classical teaching/learning methodology: the laboratory. This could be easilyexplained: the purpose of an engineering laboratory course is to teach future engineers to interactwith the “real hardware” in all its imperfection. Any attempt to replace the “real hardware” in astudent laboratory with the most elaborate simulation software can result in the loss of realismand prevents students from gaining important
stages, rather than designing an entire product first andthen building it. Since Rube machines are typically dynamic artistic creations that undergo manychanges during their cycle of development due to practical realizations, this model lends itselfnicely to the Rube environment.Second, the mantra “if it doesn’t work, fix it or cut it” was used in order to guide the team andbring them back to the reality that the machine needed to work in the end. This often led tomultiple iterations of step designs and implementations, but as the contest time grew closerseveral steps were cut due to both space constraints and reliability concerns.Finally, testing played an integral role to improving reliability. The mantra “test until it works,and then test
Mechanical Engineering curriculum at a mid-sized midwestern university in the United States. The Linear Axis RDS has a graphical userinterface with three main modes: simulate, emulate, and implement. The objective of thisevaluation was to test the overall effectiveness of the Linear Axis RDS. A combination ofqualitative and quantitative research methods were applied in the evaluation of thirty-fourparticipants from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Missouri Universityof Science and Tech. The Technology Acceptance Model, a model that has been usedextensively to study acceptance of technology was used to guide the study. Learning Styles andLearning Outcomes were added to study the learning effects of the system. Eye tracking
integrated within the IPS.I. IntroductionThe most appropriate method of presenting material in an engineering course depends on manyfactors, but two of the main considerations are the intellectual maturity level of the students andthe desired objectives or outcomes of the course. Although students in entry-level mechanicalengineering courses have been through the Calculus and Physics sequence, they are oftenunprepared for the “new thinking” required to solve engineering analysis problems. The processof reading a description of a physical situation, deciding which analytical theory applies,converting the physical situation into a solvable mathematical model, solving the model, andfinally visualizing the forces and motions to evaluate the physical
intercultural education and training, includingpartially unique traditions and approaches in different fields and disciplines [20, Ch. 15-23]. Anumber of papers and reports have also surveyed and described approaches to developing globalcompetency and related outcomes among engineering students and professionals [21-24].While the extant literature on global engineering education has placed considerable emphasis onlearning experiences that involve international travel (e.g., research, work, service, and studyabroad), authors such as Downey et al. describe the “integrated class experience” as a “an at-home effort to initiate students on the path to global competency in ways that fit their standardcurricula” [21, p. 112]. Nonetheless, Grandin &
things – (1) their programsare already filled to the brim with manufacturing topics and (2) that they are not equipped toteach the new enabling technologies of Industry 4.0. Speaking to the first point, two-yearcommunity colleges are under pressure from governing agencies and accreditation bodies toreduce two-year associate degree programs to a uniform sixty-credits [12]. Talk to any facultythat teaches technology and they will tell you that the curriculum of their programs is alreadyeliminating important topics and that the field is evolving in such a manner that there is a distinctneed to add additional topics. Obviously, these two positions are at odds with one another. Butthis has been an ongoing issue for as long as we have been teaching
at engineering schools of the time. Under the WPIPlan, all students are required to complete three projects as degree requirements: a HumanitiesSufficiency, an Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), and a Major Qualifying Project (MQP).After thirty years, these project-based activities remain the core of the undergraduate curriculum atWPI. The Major Qualifying Project allows students work in teams on real-life projects in thestudents’ major areas of study. The students solve problems typical of those that will beencountered as entry-level professionals. These projects allow students to demonstrate most if not Page 6.364.1
working within the NASA community.The program requires that each team member earn academic credit toward graduation andaccommodates a variety of design sequences taught in institutions of higher learning across theState of Texas: one-semester design, two-semester design, and design and build programs.Team progress is driven by a series of required milestones, called “Levels” and “Option Areas.”By satisfying milestones, a team earns program funding increments to support their project. Theguidelines and rewards attached to each deliverable provide structure to the semester; andmotivation, instruction and funding to the team as projects grow and develop from a preliminaryidea-stage to an acceptable design solution. Peer reviews provided by graduate
); as an upper-division andgraduate level course (primarily to engineers); as an intensive “Intersession” class (8 day and 10day format); and as a short course for faculty. The class is based on a “creative system”,developed by the author, which codifies the techniques she developed over a 30-year managementcareer. The class builds on the NASA Systems Engineering process, which was developed by ateam, led by the author in the early 1990’s1. Many references (see Bibliography for a sample)were used to support the experienced-based course design. While there are numerous coursesavailable in elements of this class (e.g. senior design classes), to the author’s knowledge there areno other classes which integrate all the pieces into an overall process
Paper ID #30571Student Perception of Mathematical Modeling Before and After Completinga Two Joint Robot Computer Simulation Task (RTP)Mrs. Laurel Johnston, Boise State University Laurel Johnston is a master’s student in the STEM Education program at Boise State University. She has over eight years of teaching experience in high school science and mathematics. She enjoys integrating engineering concepts in the classroom to help increase student engagement and understanding.Dr. Noah Salzman, Boise State University Noah Salzman is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University, where he is a member of the Electrical and
the FFT. Because of the placement of the course in the Page 7.58.4 "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education"curriculum, most of the students have not been formally introduced to the mathematical basis ofeither the Fourier series or the Fourier transform. Therefore, the experiment is performed usingstandard mathematical software and test cases to insure the students are using the softwareappropriately. Therefore, the first part of each semester's experiment involves plotting an knownsinusoidal
Paper ID #12643Renewable Energy Technician Education: Lessons from the German En-ergiewendeMary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center Mary Slowinski received her M.Ed. in Learning Science from the University of Washington where she will complete her PhD in the same. She has worked extensively with the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program in a variety of consulting capacities including serving as learning coordinator for two international faculty learning projects, participating as an Innovation Coach for a ”scaling-up innovations” project, developing curriculum and learning materials
process was conducted by C#, aprograming language supported in Visual Studio 2019. This platform allows for the deployment of thevirtual app to the HoloLens 2, as shown in Figure 3.6) Preliminary testing results from surveyPreliminary survey testing was completed before implementing the XR labs into an advanced fluid powercourse. Future implementations of the labs will take place during the regular scheduled laboratories in theacademic semester. Two laboratory experiences will be integrated into the course and assessed by obtainingthe students’ perceptions of the XR technology. The overall goal of this research is to improve studentunderstanding of fluid power components and systems by developing immersive visualization tools
Management Review, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 212-218, doi: 10.1109/EMR.2020.2990115. 2020.[12] Axios Events, "The future of transportation in the era of COVID-19," Aug. 28, 2020.Online. Available: https://www.axios.com/axios-event-future-transportation-f12e504d-09da- 4ba9-8f27-b7bbbcd2bce3.html [Accessed March 6, 2021].[13] M. Besterfield-Sacre, J. Gerchak, M. Lyons, L. Shuman, and H. Wolfe, "Scoring concept maps: An integrated rubric for assessing engineering education," J. Engineering Education, 93 (2), 105–115. 2004.[14] R. Valdes-Vasquez, and L. Klotz, "Incorporating the social dimension of sustainability into civil engineering education," J. Prof. Issues in Eng. Educ. Pract., 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943
State-wide multi-college faculty and administration workgroup, with the Arkansas Center for Data Science as the Education & Workforce Development Research Theme for an NSF EPSCoR grant, to develop a consistent and collaborative interdisciplinary multi-college B.S. and Associate degree, and certificate program in Data Science, and leading a team developing a State-wide High School path for Data Science for the Arkansas Department of Education, and he is developing an interdisciplinary multi-college Innovation Curriculum. Dr. Schubert is also a member of the NAMEPA Board of Directors and represents NAMEPA on The Carpentries Equity Council. Before his appointment at the University, in senior-level corporate roles
students enrolled in fall 2015. The followingexamples show how peer review of oral presentations can be adapted to various situations and besubmitted in written, oral, or electronic form. In addition, each instructor asked her students toprovide some feedback on the peer review process, and this information is presented as well.Table 1 provides an overview of the types of peer review used in each context.Table 1: Comparison of Peer Review in Three Engineering Contexts Dedicated Communications Integrated Course Workshop Assignment Feedback written online written/oral Channel Anonymity single-blind single-blind
forward by the formation ofnumerous NSF sponsored Educational Coalitions the Freshman Engineering Design programshave become an integral part of the curriculum. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),as part of the NSF sponsored Gateway Coalition, a consortium of ten engineering institutions,has instituted such a program and developed numerous discipline and interdisciplinary courses.The basic intent of these programs is to move the traditional exposure to design concepts fromsenior year capstone courses into the entire undergraduate curriculum, beginning with enteringfreshmen. The overall objective is to introduce freshmen to the open-ended nature of designproblems, to give students “hands-on” experience, to expose students to teamwork
photochemicaloxidants, sampling only during the summer may be all that is needed. The availability of ahistorical air quality record within the urban area may allow another season to be utilized withdata correlation providing the worst-case conditions. If the objective is to collect data to validatea microscale pollution dispersion model, then conducting a very extensive monitoringinvestigation but having duration of only one week might accomplish this task.5. Choosing an Air Sampling Method: In choosing an air sampling method, one may consider acontinuous air monitoring, integrated grab sampling, intermittent sequential sampling, or acombination of these. The air sampling method chosen depends on the air pollutant to bemeasured, the available utilities at the
-developed an orientation course for first-semester students in the major. She continually looks for ways to enhance student learning, development and career preparedness.Kathryn Kirsch, Pennsylvania State University Kathryn is a post-doctoral researcher in the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Laboratory at Penn State University. In addition to her technical research, Kathryn has been active in the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Department, working as the undergraduate curriculum advisor and developing content for undergraduate advising courses.Dr. Eric R Marsh, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs and Arthur L Glenn Professor of Engineering EducationDr
advanced controlexperiments for classroom use. These experiments frequently employ LabVIEW and require asignificant financial investment by institutions to include them in the curriculum. Anotherconsideration is the time invested in learning to use another software or hardware platform.Ultimately, students may be able to operate an apparatus. Still, they may not master themethods, focusing instead on the ability to use the software and hardware provided by thevendor.Hardware Utilization and Cost-Effectiveness One of our goals was to provide a low-cost alternative to expensive control experiments thatare often unaffordable for smaller teaching colleges and. While MATLAB is widely used inacademic institutions, control experiments often are not due
. In this manner, we strive towork within the realities of schooling in everyday classrooms while also helping to catalyzechange that improves the educational experiences of students and the supports that are availablefor teachers. In this discussion, we reflect on the opportunities of teaching and learningengineering and the accompanying tensions that arise in doing so.Our engineering curricular units are designed to be integrated into science or STEM time in K-8educational settings—both in school and out-of-school settings. Through our testing withteachers, we learned that setting engineering in broad societal issues offered an authentic visionfor engineering in society, but also posed problems for teachers constrained by time. Engineeringis
their own web-based tutoring system. His current research focuses on security of cyber-physical systems based on multiagent framework with applications to the power grid, and the integration of an intelligent virtual laboratory environment in curriculum. He is an associate editor of Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems: Series B, and is a member of IEEE, ASEE, and Sigma Xi.Dr. Li Bai, Temple University Dr. Li Bai is a Professor in the ECE department, Temple University. He received his B.S. (1996) from Temple University, M.S. (1998) and Ph.D. (2001) from Drexel University, all in Electrical Engineering. He was a summer research faculty in AFRL, Rome, NY, during 2002–2004 and the Naval Surface Warfare
Cross-Disciplinary Learning”. Computer Support forCollaborative Learning. Article No. 19, Proceedings of the 1999 conference on Computer support for collaborativelearning, Palo Alto, California, 1999.18 Bell, D., Scott, B., Kahrhoff, J., Seymour, S., Tamashiro, R., “Innovative Cross-Disciplinary Learning-CenteredStrategies in WebCT. http://webct.confex.com/webct/2005/preliminaryprogram/session_2385.htm19 Fazzolari, R., “Renewable Energy Systems”. AME445/545, Department of Aerospace and MechanicalEngineering, University of Arizona.20 Russel, I., Georgiopoulos, M., Castro, J., Neller, T., McCracken, D., Bouvier, D., "Condensing the CC-2001 corein an Integrated Curriculum," CCSCNE (Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges in the Northeast
, sustainable design and renewable energy technologies. He leads numerous Sophomore, Junior and Senior Engineering Clinic Teams in solving real world engineering problems each semester. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MIT.Kevin Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from MIT and his B.S. from WPI. Among his areas of interest are computing and process simulation in the curriculum, and integrating economics and design throughout the curriculum. He has received the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award and the 2002 PIC-III Award from ASEE.Harriett Benavidez