. Some offer apps that include conceptsrelated to programming and controls, such as block programming, which can be found in toyslike Kamigami robots [37], and trajectory planning, which can be found in toys like the Spherorobot. Some toys include advanced vision capabilities [38] and an interactive learningenvironment, such as the Cozmo robot. The Cozmo robot (shown in Figure 1) is an autonomousrobot that is shaped like a truck [39]. It integrates computer vision capabilities with artificialintelligence algorithms [40]. Children can interact with it and see how the robot can readinformation from the objects in its proximity, which is important for various applications inmaterial tracking. It also has vision recognition capabilities that are
test, I also took a biology test that was absolutely horrible. I'm not used to information heavy examination. It seemed like he wanted us to know everything in both the book and the powerpoints. The blame falls on me for underestimating biology and putting a lot of time to graphics. I plan to solve this by seeing the biology teacher for help. I wish to actually understand how to work through his purely conceptual tests.First entries by Author Y Entry 1: My old school, [name of prior university], had a campus that you could walk from any building to another within 10 minutes. At a campus the size of [current institution], it is very easy to get caught up in the “human traffic.” Students at this
researchexperiences in England, Sweden, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, theNetherlands, Japan, China, Singapore, Australia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Honduras, Colombia,Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts, Ethiopia, Togo,Ghana, South Africa and Morocco [6].IR SITE PROGRAMS A summary of research sites with universities can be seen in Table 1, below. Previouspublications on IR for underrepresented minority students in Sweden, the Netherlands, andAustria provide a detail description of the university sites research facilities and activities [5,6].In the last six years, 25 students were hosted at TU Graz/U Graz and 12 were the recipients ofthe Marshall Plan scholarship. From 2008 to present, 32
engineering design [2]. Stanford University also requires that first-year students takeIntroduction to Solid Mechanics, a course dedicated to teaching first year students themathematics behind design [3-4]. Stanford does not teach their students Engineering Drawinguntil their second year, but they still made this class a requirement before advanced engineeringdesign classes [3]. These colleges are similar to NAU’s Mechanical Engineering 4-yearprogression plan because they require introductory mathematical and engineering design coursesin the students’ first years. However, these colleges differ from NAU’s 4 year progression planbecause students are taught geometric dimensioning for engineering drawings and designthroughout multiple classes and
of the following: Week 1: Introduction to Human-Centered Design - design exercises to show the difference between human-centered design and more standard processes Week 2: The Inspiration Phase - framing a design challenge, choosing a design challenge, planning research, building an interview guide Week 3: Conducting research and preparing for presentations Week 4: Ideation Methods - finding themes, clustering, creating insight statements Week 5: Selecting a Project - storyboarding, brainstorming, selecting best ideas, gut check Week 6: Project Proposals - complete project proposal presentations, team assignments, mechanics for the rest of the semesterAt the completion of the six
Develop your own original hypothesis and a perform that skill research plan to test it or ability now Grasp the concept and limits of a technology well enough to see the best ways to use it Design and build something new that performs very close to your design specifications Innovation Rate the extent to 1-5 Search out new technologies, processes, Orientation which you techniques, and/or product ideas partake in the Generate creative ideas following Promote and champion
system directly from the CAD application. A file stored within the PLM system maintainsfull traceability and can be accessed from the CAD system without opening the PLM systemitself. In our case, XPLM was integrated with Siemens NX and CATIA V5 (see Figure 1). Figure 1. XPLM integration with Siemens NX (left) and CATIA V5 (right)We adopted an agile development plan so that we can quickly maneuver to solve issues thateither the students or the instructors have with the system. This led to many smaller quality-of-life updates that made the system easier and more effective for every party involved.In the first implementation, a workflow and a lifecycle were developed to allow the release ofweekly assignments. This portion of the system
, trigonometry and analytic geometry, and finally CalculusI enhance learning objectives in this renewable energy class. In addition, a laboratory manual fromFESTO-Didactic provides detailed review information on related fundamentals before thelaboratory activities.This curriculum update serves as a major and minor class for multiple degree concentrations suchas Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET), construction management, safetymanagement, and engineering design and development in the department of engineeringtechnology. The university’s recent strong partnership with a major energy services company alsomakes electrical power and renewable energy curriculum central to the University and College’sstrategic planning that will produce
trouble for him and the whole JediOrder. Yoda earns positive scores in each of these areas. The authors agreed that Yoda’sorganization was neutral. While having a clear lesson plan that captured the attention of so manyvery young students is impressive, allowing Obi Won to interrupt is a significant, if important,distraction. The authors disagreed on how to assess Yoda’s communication. While clearlyengaging young students at a level they could understand, “Yoda speak” is confusing to many.Ultimately, the largest Star Wars nerd among the authors insisted this not count against Yoda andassigned a positive score. However, the debate highlights that different students view the sameactions differently. Thus, one’s place in Lowman’s Model is not
oncharacteristics that also support an innovative environment, which is generally characterized by acollaborative, social, open, contextual, and tangible culture of learning. Project teams andcultural norms are developed with this in mind, while community projects take into account notjust STEM and workforce skills, but also building community commitment and placeattachment. The third core element of the C-EEEM, neighborhood asset-based communitydevelopment, is grounded in the idea that neighborhoods and their residents have a multitude ofresources to improve quality of life beyond the typical focus on financial investments. Thisapproach to community outcomes builds community engagement as well, especially when thereis a tangible project planned in the
education and developers of instructional materials and curricula, as well asteachers and designers planning classroom strategies, of initiatives in formal engineeringeducation. The development of educational strategies is explored with the intent to move studentsalong a trajectory towards expert design behavior.AcknowledgementJeff Kan carried out the sentiment analysis. This material is based upon work supported by theNational Science Foundation under Grant Numbers: 1463873 and 1463809. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authorsand do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References Ahmed S. (2001). Understanding the use and reuse of experience in
] and others have suggested that heteronormativity and heterosexismmay be promoted through particular ideologies in engineering culture, especially“technical/social dualism” (devaluation of social, communicative and personnel-related aspects)[38-40] and “depoliticization” (relegation of questions of social justice and inclusion as“political,” and thus irrelevant to “real” engineering) [41, 42].This project used a mixed-methods research plan with surveys of engineering deans [43], facultyand students as well as ethnographic participant observations of a Virtual Community of Practicefor LGBTQ inclusion in STEM. The surveys and ethnographic research generated newknowledge and understanding of engineering cultures, which provided empirically
learning. When I said it doesn't feel right, I mean it makes me alittle nervous. I’m not used to this style of learning yet.”Throughout this data set, while focused on their course-related industry work, consistentdeclarative indicators include scoping project and task requirements along with using specificstrategies to accomplish those tasks. Consistently displayed procedural indicators include tasksidentification and their progress as well as directing resources to accomplish those tasks.As an example, time management and planning are consistently referred to for scoping anddetermining strategies to successfully address tasks and projects for industry related work. Thedeclarative presents itself as the ability to estimate how long a task will
) Career Services – Interviewing 3.7 Guest Speakers 4.2 Hands-On-Activities 3.9 Green Fund Proposals 3.7 Poster Development 3.8 Meetings with Mentor 4.0 Project Planning 3.0 Research/ Project Activities 4.0 Technical Writing 3.3 Professional Presentation 3.7
, deans, and provosts). In particular, our subjects havedirect involvement and experience with planning, implementation, resource allocation, or consen-sus building in the local and/or national initiatives. This allows us to identify the discourse as wellas the structural conditions or consequences of governance in engineering education. Emergenceof engineering ethics in various contexts or, by the same merit, its absence in numerous others isof interest to us in this paper.The interviews were recorded (with proper informed consent and privacy protection protocols),transcribed, coded and analyzed, first with an exploratory, open coding 25 approach to identifyemerging themes. In the exploratory stage, a salient category that we named “why
articulation of expectations of effort and interactions. Communicate that this also is a learning process for each individual and the group to produce the desired outcomes. • Planning and attention to logistics helped to reduce additional friction points during the working meeting. Examples included developing a detailed agenda based on a clear understanding of the goals and contexts of the group and individual members, as well as ensuring appropriate space, technology, and food were available. • Create a positive and inclusive environment. Setting the tone for positive interpersonal interactions and valuing everyone’s ideas and voices were critical to attaining the goals. Establishing ground
projects and students in a study group practicing solutions to challenging problems. The success of a team usually depends on the leadership, goal setting, task planning and other teamwork skills of its members.Note that these are not steps for engineering problem solving. Rather, they are the maincomponents or ingredients that are required to solve problems. In most problems, many of theSeven C’s will play a role, though perhaps not all of them at once.In addition to providing a framework for organizing new knowledge and skills, the structure andvocabulary of the Seven C’s can be used to identify specific areas of learning strength andweakness. A general statement such as, “I am not good at solving this type of problem” might bereplaced
descriptionof performance indicator achievement and plans for increasing achievement next year will beincluded in the Criterion 4: Continuous Improvement section of our ABET Self-Study Report.The findings in this study are consistent with other research on non-traditional approaches toengineering curricula. For example, in the first planning year of highly regarded Olin College 9 Table 2. Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) for sophomore responses to items from the Student Response to Instructional Practices (StRIP) Instrument by subscale and item pre- and post-activity. Beginning of Post
. However, due to alack of emphasis on Computer Science, current instructors are not adequately equipped to teach suchcourses. Creating engaging lesson plans requires a comprehensive understanding of Computer Sciencetopics. Crucial to the success of legislative efforts like SF29, training K-12 teachers to understand theseconcepts and teach them effectively necessitates appropriate outreach from experienced institutions. Given the widespread use of technology, students have a basic understanding of Computer Science,but need refined programming skills to leverage this technology in their future professions. Waitingfor higher education to expose students to these concepts inhibits their potential and stunts theiracademic growth. Our summer outreach
the assessment plan adopted by the department basedon the following principles: 1. The achievement of each SO is to be demonstrated by a primary course and possibly by a supporting course. Both courses must be from the systems engineering core component that is completed by all students. 2. The achievement of each SOs should include the assessment of all components of that particular SO. 3. The methodology of measurement should be straightforward, measuring directly the achievement of the SO by measuring the achievement of its component parts instead of by indirect means such as measuring the accomplishment of course learning objectives and then mapping the objectives to the SO. 4. Assessment methodology
: Before the semester started, I had simply planned to teach the class based mostly on a very lecture-centered focus. That is, I planned to be talking during most of the lecture time. However, the training made me realize the importance of getting students to participate in the learning process. I was able to brainstorm ideas about how to get the students involved. This led to the creation of worksheets that I used during the latter half of the course.The results of ranking the seven practices indicate that participants shifted priorities among theoptions presented. For instance, one participant responded, “Although I was aware of most ofthese concepts to some extent, I thought reviewing the 7 best practices in teaching was
when something in the implementation of an experiment doesn’t go as planned, andthere is no obvious logical reason [13]. The hardware, software, and implementation procedureall need to be robust enough that when things inevitable do go wrong, there is an obvious logicalreason, and instructors can work with students to get them past such setbacks. This is one areawhere the COTS systems shine.2.8 SafetyThe level of safety required is relative to the number of support staff available to administer agiven experiment. In the extreme case of portable or take-home labs, the experiments must besafe for unsupervised use [4].2.9 ExposureFrom the perspective of industry, exposure to multiple control systems is more useful than aslightly more in-depth
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #17343Industry experience: Consulting; since 1987; Had major or partial role in: I) performing research forindustry, DOE and NSF, and II) in several oil industry or government (DOE, DOD, and NSF) proposals.Performed various consulting tasks from USA for several oil companies (Jawaby Oil Service Co., WAHAOil and Oasis Co., London, England). The responsibilities included production planning, forecastingand reservoir maintenance. This production planning and forecasting consisted of history matching andprediction based on selected drilling. The reservoir maintenance included: water/gas
the camp was well received by the participating girls and their parents. The idea of having agirl only camp was also well received. As an example, one girl said she had originally planned toattend a co-ed STEM Camp, but changed her mind when she heard about this camp for girls. “Inengineering and science fields you’re always going to be outnumbered by guys, so I liked how itfocused more on the impact that women can have and the job opportunities women have,” shecommented. In the post workshop survey we asked the participants the following question “I think whatwe are studying about science and math in STEM Girls camp is useful for me to know” withfollowing seven answer options (a) Strongly Disagree, (b) Disagree, (c) Somewhat Disagree, (d
innovation, study control engineering and technology in national development strategies.Topic3: Science and Technology Focus on the learning about the development trendDevelopment Strategies in and application of the engineering leadership of theengineering leadership world, the development history, policies and strategic planning of China’s science and technology, understand the focus of innovation and research in engineering leadership fields.Subject Three: Courses on ManagementTopic1: Practice and Thinking on Learn and communicate about the cross
beviewed as somewhat prescriptive. The ABET evaluation process is a peer-review process fromthe disciplinary viewpoint. Thus in an ABET evaluation, an evaluator from a relevant technicalsociety will be sent to assess the program.In comparison, AUN-QA seeks to create viable internal quality assurance (IQA) systems withinASEAN universities. The primary focus of AUN-QA assessment at the program level (there areinitial efforts underway towards doing institutional level evaluations) is for the purpose ofimproving the effectiveness of the quality assurance system. AUN-QA has adopted the Plan -Do – Check - Act (PDCA) approach for improving QA practices, as shown in figure 2.8 Thus,AUN-QA accreditation is more system and process–oriented. Student
-engineering oriented assignment on the left side (GuideBase) and the replacement assignment on the right side (support bracket for a solar water heater),an environmental engineering assignment. In both assignments, the students are to draw threeorthographic views of the part and add dimensions. According to the survey, 79% of the studentspreferred the environmental engineering assignment. Guide Base Solar Water Heater Figure 2: Guide base and support bracket assignments.Figure 3 shows one of the last assignments in the 2D portion of the course. The problem on theleft is a plan-view of a building and the layout of structural steel columns with details. Thisproblem is
circuit schematics in thelab report. The hardware lab attendance is verified for face-to-face students through an in-labstamp, while the online students have to include in their lab report pictures of theirbreadboard/circuit set up as evidence of their lab completion. For hardware lab 4, the designproject, face-to-face students have to demonstrate their project in front of a teaching assistant,while online students only submit the lab report with pictures of circuit set up, but with detailedtest plan and test results as their proof of task completion.Only one exam is implemented in the online version due to the condensed schedule. The regularweekly schedule of quizzes eliminates the need for a midterm exam, which in the face-to-faceclass serves
dirty water. Again, supplies were given andtime for brainstorming was given; teams were formed and a competition was constructed to seewhose filter could clean the water the best. The following Table 3 outlines each engineeringchallenge along with its supplies and objective defined in our lesson plan for that day.Table 3: Supplies and Engineering Challenge Objective Defined in Lesson Plans Engineering Challenge Supplies Given Objective Paper To relay the scientific concept of air Tissue Paper Parachute Design Challenge
observation is the succeed/fail nature of these projects created a strong desire toaccomplish the tasks at hand resulting in the necessary adoption of project managementtechniques such as detailed scheduling and organization and utilizing multiple resources toaccomplish several tasks at once by the student researcher.Along with the mentioned project management experiences, the project also provided valuabletechnical experiences. The student researcher had completed in the semester prior to project startour Instrumentation and Experimentation course. Expectations were high on performance onexperimental planning, instrumentation uncertainty prediction and selection and the studentresearcher performed in an exemplary manner. Present throughout the