Site participants and supervising research projects.Table 1. REU Site management team members. Investigator Title(s) REU Site R&D Expertise Involvement Dr. Richard R. Schultz Associate Professor & Interim Chair, Principal Digital Signal and Electrical Engineering Investigator Image Processing; Embedded Systems Dr. George A. Seielstad Director, Northern Great Plains Center for Co-Principal Earth System Science
sequential layered courses in mathematicsand science followed by engineering science and in turn followed by professional-level,department defined upper division courses and a senior design component. Review of presentprograms at the eight government-run colleges, referred to in Table 1; supplemented with feedback from colleagues, and comments made by some recent graduates, have lead the author toarrive at the following apparent short comings and/or deficiencies in the present program(s).First, the program as a whole has become increasingly fragmented into what appears to the Page 11.1257.9student as almost independent parts. Most programs are
secondsession, all seven groups that made up the class contributed to the discussion. In the thirdsession, an invited speaker, a practitioner, would address the class, focusing on real issues andconcerns that only practitioners could address. During the final fifteen minutes of the thirdsession, the instructor would summarize the case pointing in the direction of: lesson(s) learned,discrepancies, if any, and how the presented case would relate to and/ or supplement theknowledge students have been exposed to in previous courses.Getting off to a good start is vital, so the first class session was an ideal opportunity to be clearabout expectations and to impress on the students that the success of the course depends on thecontribution of every student in
remained unanswered. Meanwhile technologycontinued to evolve.The department spent these years developing certificate programs and streamlining the programcurriculum. Downward trends in enrollment, shifts in market demographics, and changes in thelocal industry indicated that the traditional two-year program was no longer meeting thecommunity’s needs as well as it had at one time. Enrollment had dropped significantly in the late1990’s to early 2000’s which was due partially to a merger and name change undergone by thecollege during that time. The college, once named State Technical Institute, became SouthwestTennessee Community College and overnight ENTC lost a decades-long reputation for technicaleducation. The name change is considered by some to
projectchanges, but also to raise their level of professional skills in expecting, coping with, accepting, managing,and even embracing uncertainty as preparation for their professional careers. These are skills andperspectives that we can also embody as faculty, to serve as examples and role models to our students.References:[1] Dutson, AJ, Todd, RH, Magleby, SP, & Sorensen, CD, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 17 (1997) pp 17-28.[2] Furnham, A & Ribchester, T. “Tolerance of Ambiguity: A review of the Concept, Its Measurement, and Applications”, Current Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1995) pp 179-199.[3] Mohammed, S, Okudan, G, &
recommend something to you but you have to do everything you want, you have to choose what you want to do.’ He always says this to me. I didn’t like this actually because this is like being responsible...He told me that if he train me like this, this is better for my future...if I do this decision[s] on my own.”The guidance that Trisha’s advisor provided in research and the program allowed her toself-manage. Trisha’s interview indicated that her advisor offered a guided approach that did notinfringe, but rather pushed Trisha to be autonomous throughout her graduate experience. We seeclear evidence of this in her description of her advisor’s statements of choice within her research,“you have to choose what you want to do
in key concepts is not affected by differentinstructors and offered class times. Through engineering a board game students’improvement in innovation, prototyping, and design is strongly supported. Thisunique pedagogy is an effective measure for teaching and learning that can at anygrade level truly help students prepare for their senior design.Appendix 1Figure 8: A comparison of a board game and medical device. The left columnuses an example of the process a board game has to address before getting tomarket. The right column shows the process a medical device ,specifically a bloodglucose meter, needs to consider before market.References1. Malkoc A, Krause S, Ankeny CJ. Value of Student Resources in Materials
intensive, immersive 3-weekinternational program, ENGR 290: Engineering in a Global and Societal Context,4 forundergraduate engineering students. As opposed to many short-term study abroad courses thatreturn to the same sites on a regular basis, ENGR 290 addresses a consistent set of course outcomesin a manner that may be adapted to a variety of course themes and locales. The program has beendelivered as shown in Table 1.Table 1: ENGR 290 course locations, subtitles/themes. Year Location(s) Subtitle/Theme 2004 United Kingdom Transportation & Environment 2006 United Kingdom Transportation & Environment 2007 Argentina Water Resources
type of discussion and the other activity to the other discussion tool. While in the Piazzaactivity, they engaged in a forum-based discussion and critiqued each others answers on Piazzafor the next 48 hours, the CONSIDER discussion phase was organized as two 24-hour rounds,where students engaged in a rounds-based discussion and posted their responses anonymously asdescribed in Section 2. Figure 3 shows an example discussion in CONSIDER. The student whosealias is S2 disagrees with S1’s initial post (indicated by the red background for that post) and pro-vides explanation for why she disagrees with S1 in the text box at the bottom of the screenshot. InPhase-3 for both conditions, students were asked to submit their final answers to the same ques
by NSF, Air Force and DoD. She have several publications regarding to the research and educational projects.Dr. James D Kiper, Miami University James Kiper is Chair and Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Miami University. He teaches a variety of courses across the CS and SE curricula. His research is in the areas of software testing, software risk assessment, design rationale, and computer science and software engineering teaching and learning.Dr. Gursimran Singh Walia, North Dakota State University Gursimran S. Walia is an associate professor of Computer Science at North Dakota State University. His main research interests include empirical software engineering, software
Learning Framework for Design and Development of Environmental Data Acquisition System Enhances Student Learning in Undergraduate Engineering Courses,” 2015 ASEE Conf. Proceedings, Seattle, WA, June 14-17, 2015, Paper ID 11520 4. Kolb, D. A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1984. 5. Harb, J. N., Durrant, S. O., and Terry, R. E., ”Use of the Kolb Learning Cycle and the 4MAT System in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 82, April 1993, pp. 70-77. 6. Harb, J. N., Terry, R. E., Hurt, P. K., and Williamson, K. J., Teaching Through The Cycle: Application of Learning Style Theory to Engineering
an ambitiousproject for three students in an eight-month time frame, but nevertheless, the students were ablefor build an attractive, cost-effective system to perform automated part compliancemeasurements, potentially contributing to improved productivity.Table 1: Project Evaluation Criteria Score : 0 (unsatisfactory) to 5 (excellent) [range] average Demonstrates ability to apply knowledge of their discipline(s) [3.2-4.8] 4.6 Demonstrates mastery of the techniques and skills of the discipline
goal to theequipment available, a results section, because we have taught results on the worksheet project,should be routine, and a discussion section should provide benchmarks to which the results arecompared for validation purposes.As a final, open-ended project, we ask students to propose an investigation of their own.Following lectures on project design, identifying benchmarks and preparing proposals, we gavethem this task: Constrained by the equipment that we can provide and the place(s) where datacan be taken, the students are to propose a data collection project of their own, for bonus points.Under a 2-week time limit, the student teams will propose in a homework submission of 2 pages,a data collection project of their choosing. They
unmanned systems both air and ground. His team deployed a bomb finding robot named the LynchBot to Iraq late in 2004 and then again in 2006 deployed about a dozen more improved LynchBots to Iraq. His team also assisted in the deployment of 84 TACMAV systems in 2005. Around that time he volunteered as a science advisor and worked at the Rapid Equipping Force during the summer of 2005 where he was exposed to a number of unmanned systems technologies. His initial group composed of about 6 S&T grew to nearly 30 between 2003 and 2010 as he transitioned from a Branch head to an acting Division Chief. In 2010-2012 he again was selected to teach Mathematics at the United States Military Academy West Point. Upon returning
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literature, PDI deviates from current collaborativelearning approaches in one notable way: the authority in the classroom shifts from the facultymember(s) to Student Instructors (SI). These Student Instructors are students that previouslycompleted the course and returned to take on the responsibility for the design and delivery oflearning experiences in the classroom. Faculty, therefore, assume a coaching role with the SIsand no longer act as the source of knowledge, educational material, and content delivery for thecourse.This research paper delves into the impact that this learning experience has on studentmotivation. Using a survey developed based on the MUSIC Model of Academic MotivationInventory®, the authors asked students to report their
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hybrid power systems and microgrids. The topics covered include the needs andbenefits of distributed generation, wind and solar energy potential assessment, models of energystorage devices, power electronic interfacing, life cycle assessment and cost analysis, and gridintegration issues. The benefit of such broad coverage is to give the students a comprehensiveview of the various RES components. Each student picks one area to explore further by studyingand presenting one or two research paper(s) to the class as well as doing an end-of-term projectdeveloping a written report and presenting the results of their work to the entire class.The objective of this course is to present and introduce the students to various renewable energytopologies and
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, the instructor`s videos were recorded during live lectures. This semester theclass was taught in traditional way but the videos recorded served as the backbone of this flippedclassroom implementation. They contained the lectures in which the concepts were introduced aswell as the solutions to some sample problems, but they also contained the class discussionsrecorded live during the Fall 2014 class. Nevertheless, during the subsequent semesters, whenthe flipped classroom approach was implemented, the students were asked to watch the recordedlectures before coming to the class. Throughout the 4 semesters considered in this study theinstructor made syllabus changes to ensure that the students are watching the recorded lectures asrequired. Some
expect that a major one would be that we learn what kind of real-life obstacles to expect in research. If I’m correct, I’d say that that goal has certainly been achieved …”References[1] Downey, G. L., Lucena, J. C., Moskal, B. M., Parkhurst, R., Bigley, T., Hays, C., Jesiek, B. K., Kelly, L., Miller, J., Ruff, S., Lehr, J. L., and Nichols-Belo, A., 2006, “The Globally Competent Engineer: Working Effectively with People Who Define Problems Differently,” J. Eng. Educ., 95(2), pp. 107–122.[2] Gerhardt, L., Blumenthal, P., and Spodek, K., 2002, “Educating the global engineer: A program to promote study abroad, international exchanges and diversity in undergraduate engineering,” Proceedings
between semi-conductors in a solar cell. Students then connect the story to an actual solar cell given anoverview of the cell’s structure and vocabulary terms. Students can be assigned to groups, witheach group assigned a scene from the story, following by whole-class discussionCurriculum connections: This lesson pre-supposes that students have completed a unit on atomicstructure. The lesson was an expansion of a unit on types of energy, as part of a sub-unit on solar. This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) under NSF CA No. EEC-1041895. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do
experience the roles of engineers throughplanning, design, experimentation, building, debugging and creating a finished prototype.Students can fully document the process to produce a written report on the project and give aconference type presentation of their results. One of the difficulties in developing a project for students is finding a device or systemthat will inspire interest and reward successful completion of the objectives. A Theremin is anideal project because of the adaptability of the circuits and the resultant instrument is a uniquedemonstration piece. The Theremin was invented in the early 1900’s by Lev Theremin1 andpatented in 1928 and marketed by RCA. It is considered the world’s first electronic instrument.The most unique
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