The Aggregation Tool: Toward Collaborative Inquiry in Design-Based Science and Engineering Projects Ethan Danahy, Ph.D.1 [Morgan Hynes, Ph.D.,2 Leslie Schneider, Ph.D., Danielle Dowling]Abstract – A growing body of research has shown two things: (1) collaborative design-based inquiry activitiesshow remarkable gains in students’ understanding of science and (2) such activities are largely absent in theclassroom because they can be challenging to implement. In order to rectify the current situation, the InteractiveLearning and Collaboration Environment, or InterLACE, project seeks to design a suite of technological tools thatfacilitates class-wide collaborative sense-making. To that end, we have created an idea aggregation tool that
hardware in their hands to carry out the testing. Someamount of testing can be done virtually with a simulator or emulator, but full system verificationrequires access to the full system. Unless each student has their own development system, theyare limited on when and where they can work and this in turn limits the complexity of thedesigns that can be assigned.Soft: Configurable soft cores introduce an additional level of testing since the hardware that hasbeen implemented in the programmable device has to first be verified before softwaredevelopment can begin. In upper level embedded design courses student projects often includeboth hardware and software development. Each hardware component or IP created needs to befirst simulated and then
architectures; platforms that could beprogrammed very efficiently in assembly language and others using very high level languages;platforms that do not have any open source libraries to perform input/output interfaces and otherones that have a complete set of libraries, and platforms that hide all the microcontrollerarchitecture and just focus on applications.What is a platform that could offer good exposure to microcontroller architectures and stillsatisfy these criteria: ease to program in assembly language and high level languages; ease toperform graphical system programming and configuration; and the possibility for students toapply it in project based learning. In addition there are a couple of other very important factors toconsider. Is the
interest is in the cultural and religious perspectives in the ethics of emerging biotechnologies for which she was awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research at the United Arab Emi- rates University. She is the Special Projects Manager in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems at Drexel University, and Director of the local and international weServe Program, currently established in the Gambia and Mozambique, (Africa), for which the weServe program recently received a student leadership award from the Jenzabar Foundation. She is a summa cum laude graduate from Thomas Jefferson University with a B.S. in diagnostic imaging. She has presented at MESA, the International Conference on Islam and
professional or “soft” skills emphasized by accrediting agencies 13, and hence,greater persistence and success. In engineering settings, service learning provides experientiallearning to help students appreciate the non-engineering related aspects to problem solving,develop practical skills, and illuminate the link between engineering and the amelioration ofsocietal issues and problems. The application of engineering skills to community serviceprojects distinguishes service learning from the typical internships, co-ops and fellowships thatstudents frequently seek. In these experiences, students would likely work on projects ofcommercial importance to the sponsoring agency. Service learning may be integrated into the
AC 2012-4073: BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO OBTAINAND SUSTAIN STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR A COLLABO-RATED LABMr. Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University Fanyu F. Zeng is an Assistant Professor in business information systems at Indiana Wesleyan Univer- sity. His research interests include software development, programming, database management, database performance, data mining, software project management, teaching methods, and international cultures in high education. Page 25.275.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Building a Comprehensive
Purchasing Manager with the Institute of Supply Management (formerly NAPM).Ms. Lynda M. Coulson, Rolls-Royce Corporation Page 25.1327.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Process and Delivery of a Directed Project Component: Lessons and Methods from a Collaborative Degree ProgramA Directed Project requirement is becoming more common in today’s Masters Degree Programs.Both academia and industry can derive value in requiring an in-depth study that can benefit thecompany’s bottom line while fulfilling curriculum and learning outcomes. With a DirectedProject experience, students
prefer flexible schedules on any training needs.Second, effective use of media such as video clips, narrative presentation, web resources, etc. isthe most practical way of delivering training that focuses on practice and application.Part # Topics Activities 1 Introduction to TBL and Limitations of Traditional Quiz 1 Learning 2 Active Learning Quiz 2 3 Group-based Active Learning Quiz 3 4 Team-based Learning Quiz 4 5 Practical Recommendations and Suggestions Quiz 5 Final Project: Write
member at the Engineering Leadership Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, and is the 2012 IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow. Page 25.1472.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 What do Engineering leaders want? Page 25.1472.2 Engineering and scientific leaders have traditionally moved into supervisory positionsbased on their exceptional technical skills, but have received little or no management training.Generally speaking, engineers prefer to approach the administration of projects by defining fixedparameters and
AC 2012-2985: EMPLOYING A PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENTMETHODOLOGY TO DEFINE AND DIFFERENTIATE UNIVERSITY-WIDEROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PROFESSIONAL STUDIESDr. Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mitchell Springer is an Associate Professor in technology leadership and innovation and currently serves as the Director of the Purdue University College of Technology, Academic Center for Professional Stud- ies in Technology and Applied Research (ProSTAR) located in West Lafayette, Ind. He possesses more than 30 years of theoretical and industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: software en- gineering, systems engineering, program management, and human resources. He sits on many
AC 2012-3641: FRESHMEN RESEARCH PROJECT: DESIGN, DEVEL-OPMENT, AND TESTING OF VARIABLE PITCH PROPELLER THRUSTMEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A CASE STUDYDr. Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University Adeel Khalid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Systems Engineering Program, Division of Engineering, Q-349, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060, Office: 678- 915-7241; Fax: 678-915-5527; Web: http://www.spsu.edu/systemseng/adeel khalid.htm; http://www.spsu.edu/aerospace/. Page 25.653.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2012-3343: HANDS-ON PROJECT-BASED LEARNING ON A SHOESTRINGBUDGET: YOU DON’T HAVE TO BUY A ROBOTICS KITDr. Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos Kimberly G. Talley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University, San Marcos, and a licensed Professional Engineer. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University of Texas, Austin, in structural engineering. Her undergraduate degrees in history and construction engineering and management are from North Carolina State University. Talley teaches courses in the construction science and management program, and her research focus is in active learning and project-based learning in engineering and
AC 2012-3813: IMPACT OF STEM-FOCUSED PROJECT-BASED LEARN-ING ACTIVITIES ON CAREER EDUCATION FOR K-12 AND COMMU-NITY COLLEGE STUDENTSProf. Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and Director of the Lean Institute at Old Dominion University. He also serves as the President of the International Society of Agile Manufacturing and as the Chief Editor of the International Journal of Agile Manufacturing. Verma received his B.S. in aeronautical engineering from IIT Kanpur, and a M.S. in engineering mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from ODU. Verma is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Virginia and a certified Manufacturing Engineer and has
AC 2012-3484: INTEGRATING THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CUR-RICULUM USING A LONG-TERM GREEN DESIGN PROJECT PART 1:THE HYBRID POWERTRAINDr. Eric Constans, Rowan University Eric Constans is Chair of the Mechanical Engineering program at Rowan University. His research interests include engineering education, design optimization, and acoustics.Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan UniversityProf. Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan UniversityDr. Hong Zhang, Rowan UniversityDr. Tom Merrill, Rowan University Tom Merrill is an Assistant Professor in mechanical engineering. He teaches thermal fluids courses. Prior to coming Rowan University, he worked in the air conditioning and medical device industries. Currently, he works on developing new ways
AC 2012-3802: K-12 ENGINEERING FOR SERVICE: DO PROJECT-BASEDSERVICE-LEARNING DESIGN EXPERIENCES IMPACT ATTITUDES INHIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERING STUDENTS?Dr. Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder Malinda S. Zarske is the Director of K-12 Engineering Education at the University of Colorado, Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. A former high school and middle school science and math teacher, she has advanced degrees in teaching secondary science from the Johns Hopkins University and in civil engineering from CU, Boulder. She is also a First-year Engineering Projects Instructor and on the development team for the TeachEngineering.org digital library. Her primary research interests are on the
AC 2012-3941: LEARNING FROM WORKING ON OTHERS’ PROBLEMS:CASE STUDY OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT-BASED GLOBALSERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMDr. Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech Aditya Johri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. Sites of research include distributed work among globally dispersed workers and social development in emerging economies. His research is supported by several grants including a NSF Early Career Award.Prof. Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech
AC 2012-4850: ON THE BENEFITS OF USING THE ENGINEERING DE-SIGN PROCESS TO FRAME PROJECT-BASED OUTREACH AND TORECRUIT SECONDARY STUDENTS TO STEM MAJORS AND STEMCAREERSDr. Jean-Celeste M. Kampe, Michigan Technological University Jean Kampe is currently Department Chair of engineering fundamentals at Michigan Technological Uni- versity, where she holds an Associate Professorship in the Department of Materials Science and Engi- neering. She received her Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Tech, M.Ch.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Michi- gan Tech. She was employed as a Research Engineer for five years at the Naval Research Laboratory in
AC 2012-3486: ON THE USE OF A WINDSHIELD WIPER MECHANISMSIMULATION PROJECT TO ENHANCE STUDENT UNDERSTANDINGOF DESIGN TOPICSProf. Yaomin Dong Ph.D., Kettering University Yaomin Dong is Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky in 1998. Dong has extensive R&D expe- rience in automotive industry and holds multiple patents. Dong’s areas of expertise include metalforming processes, design with composite materials, and finite element analysis.Prof. Arnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University Arnaldo Mazzei is a professor of mechanical engineering at Kettering University. He specializes in dy- namics and vibrations of
AC 2012-3467: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE GRADING SYS-TEM FOR DISTRIBUTED GRADING IN A LARGE FIRST-YEAR PROJECT-BASED DESIGN COURSEProf. Mary Kathryn Thompson, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Mary Kathryn Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). She is engaged in design research at the boundary, both within engineering and beyond, and is actively working on the development and application of formal design theories to civil, environmental, and urban engineering. She is also inter- ested in non-traditional applications of the finite element method, especially for surface phenomena
AC 2012-3800: A FIRST-YEAR DESIGN PROJECT SOFTWARE TOOLTO EMPHASIZE PROBLEM SOLVING WITH COMPUTER PROGRAM-MING IN THE DESIGN PROCESSDr. Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University Clifford Whitfield graduated from the Ohio State University with B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD. in aerospace engineering and is currently working as a Lecturer-B.E. and a Senior Research Associate for the Mechan- ical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the Engineering Education Innovation Center’s First-year Engineering program at the Ohio State University.Dustin W. West, Ohio State University Dustin Wayne West is a senior undergraduate student in the Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineer- ing Department at the Ohio State University
AC 2012-4161: A WIRELESS SENSOR NODE POWERED BY SOLAR HAR-VESTER FOR MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING AS A SENIORDESIGN PROJECTDr. Radian G. Belu, Drexel University Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Research Institute, Renewable Energy Center, Reno, Nev. Before joining Drexel University, Belu held faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada, and the United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate
– Update on IDEAS ProjectAbstractStudents enrolled at Michigan Technological University and are pre-calculus ready follow athree-course sequence through the first-year engineering program (ENG1101, ENG1100, andENG1102). As part of the NSF Funded IDEAS project (DUE-0836861), design modules werecreated in biomechanics, wind, and aquaculture for this course sequence (~200 students). For thebiomechanics module, students designed, built, and analyzed a prosthetic leg. Students in thewind turbine module completed and analyzed a lab-scale wind turbine constructed from recycledmaterials for their first course and used 3-D modeling software to design turbine blades for asecond semester project. These blades were printed on a 3-D printer an attached to an
Engineering Education, 2012 ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR THE CAUSES OF COST AND TIME OVERRUNS IN ENGINEERING PROJECTSAbstractCost and time overruns have been the most disgusting problems in most engineeringprojects. There are number of factors such as funds unavailability at the proper time,unavailability of skilled manpower, incapability of management to manage projectproperly, lack of commitment from project team and problems in the of supply of rawmaterial on time. By understanding the causes of cost and time overruns, we cancontrol cost and time overruns in engineering projects. These overruns may be due toexternal or internal factors that make engineering projects to delay and over budget.The main
AC 2012-3808: SELF-REGULATED LEARNING STRATEGIES OF GRADES9-12 STUDENTS IN DESIGN PROJECT: VIEWED FROM PERFORMANCEAND GENDER PERSPECTIVESDr. Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Oenardi Lawanto is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Lawanto holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in human resource education. His research interests include areas in cognition, learning, instructions, engineering design, and e-learning. Currently, he is working on two research projects that investigate students’ cognitive and metacognitive activities while learning engineering. Both projects are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).Dr. Wade H
AC 2012-4884: SENIOR PROJECT: USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT(DOE) TO IDENTIFY MATERIAL AND PROCESSING VARIABLES THATIMPACT PART WARPAGE IN INJECTION MOLDINGDr. Rex C. Kanu, Ball State University Rex C. Kanu is Coordinator of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program.Mr. Tyler Steven Steward, Ball State University Tyler S. Steward is a Manufacturing Engineer at Exedy of America Corporation. Address: 6025J Grace Lane Knoxville, TN 37919. Phone: 765-366-9686. Email: tssteward8807@gmail.com. Page 25.1154.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Senior Project: Using the
DESIGN 15 - Designing the Human-Made World The First-Year Introductory Engineering Design Course PART 2: THE PROJECT LAB Dr. Mauro J. Caputi Tiffany LaBozzetta Michelle Llanos Assoc Prof of Engineering Junior Year Student Sophomore Year Student HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Hempstead, NY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Mary Kate Sirianni Necol Habib Sophomore Year Student First-Year Student Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering
DESIGN 15 - Designing the Human-Made World The First-Year Introductory Engineering Design Course PART 2: THE PROJECT LAB Dr. Mauro J. Caputi Tiffany LaBozzetta Michelle Llanos Assoc Prof of Engineering Junior Year Student Sophomore Year Student HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Hempstead, NY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Mary Kate Sirianni Necol Habib Sophomore Year Student First-Year Student Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering
AC 2012-5598: BEST PAPER PIC III: SERVICE-LEARNING VS. LEARN-ING SERVICE IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING: IF WE CANNOT CON-DUCT FIRST-HAND SERVICE PROJECTS, IS IT STILL OF VALUE?Dr. Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University Page 25.255.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012AC 2011-1285: SERVICE-LEARNING VS. LEARNING SERVICE IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING: IF WE CANNOT CONDUCT FIRST-HAND SER-VICE PROJECTS, IS IT STILL OF VALUE?Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, Stanley Forman, Beverly Jaeger, and Richard Whalen are members of Northeastern Uni- versity’s Gateway Team, a group of teaching faculty expressly