in Engineering Service-LearningAbstractAttracting and retaining women in engineering is critical in the USA today. While women arecoming to college in overrepresented numbers, they are not represented equally to men inengineering majors. Though a university can only have limited impact on the attrition of womenin the engineering workforce, we can (and must!) work to improve recruitment and retention andto graduate women with adequate preparation for an engineering career. An increasing numberof engineering programs are integrating service-learning (S-L) into their curricula.For the past eight years of one S-L program, students in a college of engineering have beenwidely surveyed at the beginning of their studies and at the end of each
-way street. Theeffectiveness of any service, in particular the effort of developing a new IS infrastructure,depends on the effectiveness of interaction between the IS professionals (servers) and the users(clients). The interaction, on the other hand, is based on each player’s perception of their ownroles and skills needed to make the IS project a success, as well as on mutual perception eachplayer has of each other’s roles and skills.This paper examines the concepts leading to modeling of the dynamics of working relationshipbetween clients and servers in the IS industry.In what follows, the providers (IS experts, system analysts, IT professionals) will be referred toas servers, S, whereas those who are served (users, clients, IT/IS customers
, the nation s posture in scientific progress and technological progress parallelshigher education s support of that which promotes the future strength of the nation s graduatescientific research manpower base for science, as well as equally important support of that whichpromotes the future strength of the nation s graduate professional engineering manpower base fortechnology. Of the two different activities, America s slip and loss of momentum has not been inscientific research and its dissemination. However, it is now evident that America s technologythrust for civilian and peacetime economy must be strengthened. The challenge is improvingtechnology competitiveness and revitalizing graduate professional education to developalternative
” Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationnot mean it is the only way of behaving. The Myers-Briggs types are determined by locating thetest taker on four preference continuums. These preference continuums are: Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I) Sensing (S) and iNtuition (N) Thinking (T) and Feeling (F) Judging (J) and Perceiving (P)Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I)Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I) refer to preferences of how a person chooses to interactwith the world and where they get energy. An extravert becomes more energized as there is moreinteraction with people, and loses
for Engineering Education, 2016 Challenges and Benefits of Introducing a Science and Engineering Fair in High-Needs Schools (Work in Progress) Science and Engineering (S&E) Fairs are a valuable educational activity that are believedto increase students’ engagement and learning in science and engineering by emphasizingcreativity and inquiry-focused learning.1,2 However, S&E Fairs put demands on teachers,parents, and students for time and resources.3,4 Organizing such an event is especially demandingin the first few years of implementation. As a result, poor and low-achieving schools are lesslikely to implement such a program for their students, despite the potential benefits 1,3,4. Ourstudy is based on data
Session 1 2 6 1 Team Teaching: A Freshman Engineering Rhetoric and Laboratory Ann B r o w n ( C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g W r i t i n g A s s i s t a n c e P r o g r a m ) and David F. Ollis (Chemical Engineering) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Abstract Team teaching usually involves the back-and-forth trading of lecturing between two instructors. The present example illustrates a looser side- by-side collaboration consisting of a first year rhetoric, based upon readings, poetry, and videos in technology, literature and history, and a “hands-on” laboratory centered around consumer
= ê 0 c1 s1 ú R2 = ê 1 ú ú and êë 0 - s1 c1 úû êë s 2 0 c 2 úûWhere, c1 = Cos a1 and s 2 = Sin a2 etc.It has been shown that [3] by performing the two rotations a1 first and then a2, theresulting rotation matrix R1 ® 2 is given by éc 2 s1 s 2 - c1 s 2 ù ê ú R1 ® 2 = R1 R2 = ê 0 c1 s1 ú … (1) ê s2 - s1 c 2
Markov Chains: Reintroducing Lost Knowledge Back into a Modeling and Simulation Course Kathleen M. Kaplan, D.Sc., Lt Col John J. Kaplan (Ph.D., J.D.) USAF Howard University/USAFAbstract“Over 500 educational institutions are using Arena today!” states the popular textbook site.Many of these educational institutions use the Arena textbook in their Modeling and Simulation(M&S) courses. Yet, out of this six hundred sixty eight page M&S book, only one sentencementions “Markovian.” Compare this to a textbook used by the authors in their college years, anentire section is dedicated to “Markov Chains and Their Properties
goal of the environment’s educational component must be important.Simply stated, if the goal of the educational curriculum is unimportant, why teach or learn it.Johnson’s et. al. “Round Earth Project” addresses this element by citing AAAS Project 2061:Benchmarks for Science Literacy, stating that fifth-grade graduating students should know“things on or near the Earth are pulled toward it by the Earth’s gravity” and “the Earth isapproximately spherical in shape”, as two examples on how their virtual environment meets thisfirst educational element [5].2.2 Learning Goal is HardThe learning goal should be that of one in which it is recognized in the national standards andchallenging enough that the user(s) benefit and gain knowledge from
if it doesn’t matter whether to a logical 1 or a logical 0 is applied to that input to see the flip- flop go through this transition.3. Zero Transition: A transition is defined as a zero transition for a specific data input of a flip- flop if it is necessary to apply a logical 0 to that input to see the flip- flop go through this transition.For example, to see an RS flip- flop go through α transition, 0 to 1, it is necessary to applya logical 1 to the S input and a logical 0 to the R input. Therefore, the α transition isconsidered an essential transition for the S input and a zero transition for the R input.The excitation equation of a data input of a flip- flop consists of two parts separated by a“+” sign. The first part represents a
engineerAbstractIn the fall of 2004 a college with five undergraduate academic programs decided to integrateservice-learning (S-L) projects into required engineering courses throughout the curriculum sothat students would be exposed to S-L in at least one course in each of eight semesters. Theultimate goal is to graduate better engineers and better citizens. Four of the degree programshave achieved on average one course each semester, with an actual coverage of 103 out of 128semester courses, or 80% coverage over the four years. Of the 32 required courses in theacademic year that had an average of 753 students each semester doing S-L projects related tothe subject matter of the course, 19 of the courses (60%) were considered engineering science,that is, not
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the curriculum. Both accreditation Boards view “design” as an open-ended process which requires students to formulate problem statements and specifications,c o n s i d e r a l t e r n a t i v e s , c o n s i d e r f e a s i b i l i t y , include realistic constraints, and make rea-s o n a b l e d e c i s i o n s , i . e . , for students to think and act. The question, especially in engi-neering science courses, is: “How can this be done?” The skills necessary to carry outthe design process can not be learned by listening to lectures but must be acquired byp r a c t i c e . Engineering cases and consulting problems are excellent ways to provide contextfor practicing these skills.Engineering Cases An engineering case is a written record
civilianlabor force (with respect to gender and RNO), 2) identify the representation among the nation’sscience and engineering (S&E) Ph.D. recipients, and 3) identify the institutions from which thedesired population can be recruited.In the last year, ARL conducted a nationwide study of S&E Ph.D. programs and the distributionof these degrees. As part of this study, the trends for Ph.D. degrees conferred to the women andminority population over the last ten years were identified. This study also identified S&E Ph.D.programs and the number of Ph.D.s awarded by Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCU)and Minority Institutions (MI). This study has been expanded to include an examinationof representation in the nation’s S&E
can be modeled as shown in Figure 3. The transferfunction for this model can easily be shown to be X 1 ( s) K = F ( s) 1 2 2ζ s + s +1 ωn 2 ωnwhere K is the static gain, ωn is the natural frequency, and ζ is the damping ratio. In the timedomain, both ζ and ωn can be estimated using the log decrement method, and the static gaincan be estimated by determining the ratio of the steady state value of the cart
and service-learning (S-L) in particular are more attractive to those from underrepresented groups inengineering than to their counterparts. Courses with service-learning projects have beenintegrated into existing required courses in engineering over the past six years in fivedepartments at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Entering engineering students have beensampled every fall with a “pre” survey, and then all students are surveyed “post” at the end of thespring semester. Evidence continues to mount of the significant difference in responses inattitudes toward community service and S-L in engineering with women especially and to alesser extent other minorities in engineering. Voluntary participation in S-L projects involvingwork
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New Paradigms in Naval Science and Technology R. Kavetsky, D.K. Anand, J. Short, G.E. DieterDirector, S&T Revitalization, Office of Naval Research/Professor of MechanicalEngineering, University of Maryland, College Park/Defense Laboratories ProgramAssistant to the Deputy Director Defense Research & Engineering/Dean of Engineering(Emeritus), University of Maryland, College ParkIntroductionThrough the years the Department of Defense (DoD) has been able to provide its forces withsuperior warfare capabilities with their innovative use of human resources. These significantadvances in warfare capability were brought about in large part by successful transformationsintroduced through the
volumetric flow rate(m3/s) and pressure rise was established for analysis.Previously, Hemant Kumawat [2] in his study, analyzed and simulated results for fans having sevento eleven blades and he plotted static pressure, and temperature contour for those fans. He finallydetermined that fan with eleven blades had the highest efficiency at air velocity of 22 m/s. Also,Thumbe et al. [3] conducted an analysis of axial fan having six blades. Jain and Deshpande analyzedthe airflow distribution from a radial axial flow fan and considered 1680 rpm and 25.26 kg/s as theinput conditions for their analysis. The static pressure contour plots were almost similar to this study.In this present study, analysis of five and seven blade axial fan was performed for RS
Computer Engineering & Computer Science student at Northeastern University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Community Engagement and Service-Learning: Putting faces to a community to create better engineersAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper presents how Service-Learning (S-L) helped first-year engineering students attending an urban institution to grow their concept of community.When S-L is incorporated into a first-year engineering design course, students expand theirlearning as they work and teach in the community. In addition, students get a chance to see andexperience the greater community to which they belong. Through S-L, engineering students
effective. In Table 6, the frequentassessments help reinforce the concepts in the lecture per one student comment. Students likethe rewind feature to view the video when they do not understand the topic. The flippedclassroom approach appears to come close to the face-to-face instruction per second studentcomment. The frequent knowledge assessment questions are consistent with past studies5-7.1. The teaching methods in this course are effective:The eva l ua ti ons through the vi deo rea l l y hel p to rei nforce concepts covered i n the l ecture.I l i ked the wa y tha t the l ectures focus ed on jus t one or two poi nts a nd thoroughl y expl a i ned them. I a l s ol i ked tha t i f there wa s a topi c tha t I di d not unders ta nd i mmedi a tel y I
discussednext.Question 1: The teaching methods in this course are effective. In Table 6, the frequentassessments help reinforce the concepts in the lecture per one student comment. Students likethe rewind feature to view the video when they do not understand the topic. The flipped1. The teaching methods in this course are effective:The eva l ua ti ons through the vi deo rea l l y hel p to rei nforce concepts covered i n the l ecture.I l i ked the wa y tha t the l ectures focus ed on jus t one or two poi nts a nd thoroughl y expl a i ned them. I a l s ol i ked tha t i f there wa s a topi c tha t I di d not unders ta nd i mmedi a tel y I coul d rewi nd the vi deo a nd vi ew thema teri a l a ga i n.The tea chi ng methods were a s effecti ve a s they coul d be wi
usingPowerPoint help reinforce the concepts in video mini-lectures and is consistent with paststudies7,8,9.1. The teaching methods in this course are effective:The eva l ua ti ons through the vi deo rea l l y hel p to rei nforce concepts covered i n the l ecture.I l i ked the wa y tha t the l ectures focus ed on jus t one or two poi nts a nd thoroughl y expl a i ned them. I a l s ol i ked tha t i f there wa s a topi c tha t I di d not unders ta nd i mmedi a tel y I coul d rewi nd the vi deo a nd vi ew thema teri a l a ga i n.The tea chi ng methods were a s effecti ve a s they coul d be wi th out a fa ce to fa ce.I enjoy the qui z s tyl e for the extra credi t a s wel l2. Interactive video with embedded knowledge checks enhance engagement for the student
practical-Engineering Mechanics Experiment Design Page 25.311.5accordingly.The curriculum of civil engineering undergraduate program in all subjects at TJ is shown below. Table 2 General Education and Common Core Courses 10 Type Computer Experiment Semester Code Course Credits Hours Hour(s) Hour(s) Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ Ⅵ Ⅶ Ⅷ Ⅸ Ⅹ Outline of Modern A1 70373 and Contemporary 2 34 2
the pedagogicalpuzzle. This feedback is used to refine and optimize the course for the student to get the mostfrom the experience. This optimization is heavily based upon the premise that students haveresponded to the best of their ability using their own work.When this premise is found to fail, a common response by the instructor is to reduce the courseweight of the component(s) where academic integrity may be questioned (e.g. computerprogramming laboratories). While this appears to limit the gains of the dishonest student, it willalso demotivate the honest students by: 1) Placing less emphasis on core aspects of the course building blocks, and 2) Continuing to reward questionable methods with high marks.In the effort to limit the
AC 2009-1328: A NEW ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY FACILITYCOMBINES TRADITIONAL LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS,COMPUTER-BASED LAB EXERCISES, AND LABS TAUGHT VIA DISTANCERobert Egbert, Missouri State University Dr. Robert Egbert is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Missouri State University (MSU) in Springfield, MO. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Missouri - Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology - Missouri S&T). He has industrial experience with Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers in Kansas City and MKEC Engineering Consultants in Wichita, KS. He was a member of the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Effects of Language on CATS PerformanceAbstractThe University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM) is an officially bilingual university whereengineering classes may be taught in Spanish, English, or a combination of both languages.Spanish is the home language of 91% of undergraduates at UPRM. Because of low performanceon the Concept Assessment Tool for Statics (CATS) (around 29% compared to the results ofother institutions, which ranged from 30-70%), a Spanish version of CATS (CATS-S) wasdeveloped. Ten Hispanic senior civil engineering students were recruited and divided into twogroups, control and experimental. The control group was assigned the original CATS version
graphics content andshows the statistical significance of the differences from the experimental group.Table 1: Average grades in freshmen engineering courses with significant graphics content andstatistical significance of difference from the experimental group (Grades from students withmatriculation dates between fall 1996 and fall 2002.) Marginally CG EG Passed PSVT:R CAD 3.28 3.38 3.32 N.S. N.S. (s=1.059, n=31) (s=0.927, n=47) (s=0.824, n=26) Graphics/sketching 2.81
visit. The department, as a whole, had information fromalumni and employer surveys, which we were able to use for some outcomes assessment. Thedepartment did not have any real hard data to present regarding student(s) learning outcomes,course accomplishments with respect to the student(s) and, obviously, therefore could not assesscourse outcomes or individual program outcomes. Nor could the department/program evenbegin to look at closing the loop of making changes to improve a course or program for thestudents. What was the view from the trenches at this point? We were in the middle of a neverending downpour and the trench was filling up fast. As a department there was not a clear sense of what TAC-ABET was looking for andwhat the
attention is paid to how the plan itself is executed.Most of the literature in the field simply ignores this aspect of the problem solving. The otherstypically provide little more than “Show all your work.”, as though knowing how to execute theplan mathematically is obvious, elementary or does not significantly relate to problem solvingsuccess. Table 1 shows examples of summarized, mathematical step guidance provided thestudent once the solution plan is developed: Specific guidance in executing solution plan. Author(s) [8]Create and solve mathematical model. KremerCarry out the plan