) Donna(2012) proposed a similar structure around tech ed teacher professional learning wherebyteachers reflect on engineering activities as both learners and educators to extend theirunderstandings about engineering and the nature of its connections to other STEM domains.The Nature of Engineering Knowledge The nature of engineering as an aspect of engineering curriculum in K-12 schooling isonly beginning to emerge as an area of scholarship and thus there are limited studies of eitherhow the nature of engineering knowledge (NOEK) should be framed or the factors that areimportant for supporting teacher and student learning around the NOEK. We distinguishconceptual understandings about the NOEK from the epistemic practices of engineering
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Paper ID #34377Design of a Novel Undergraduate/Graduate Course on Terrestrial LiDARDr. Gustavo O. Maldonado, Georgia Southern University In 1981, Dr. Gustavo O. Maldonado obtained his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (six-year curricu- lum) from National University of Cordoba, Argentina. Initially, he worked in consulting firms and later completed his master’s and doctoral degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. He worked as an Earthquake Engineer in California and was an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez. Later, he served as Chairperson of
. This includes mathematical symbols and formulae. Rruns on a wide variety of UNIX platforms and similar systems including FreeBSD, Linux,Windows and MacOS. R is available as a free software under the terms and conditions of GNUlicense in its source code form. R is an integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation andgraphical display. Its applications include: • (1)Effective data handling, (2) Storage facility, (3) Graphical facilities for data analysis and display (hardcopy or on screen-display),(4) A suite of operators for calculations on arrays, (5) Coherent, integrated collection of tools for data analysis, (6) Simple and effective programming language
the problems, a solution could bedeveloped using these approaches. Finally, an article written about using six sigma practices tosolve problems in the classroom gave some valuable insights. Every teacher in a high school inColorado received a copy of the book The Six Sigma Way as a holiday present. The objectivewas to apply this approach to the entire school district. The article details how they started withthe simplest applications to build enthusiasm and confidence in the methodology andimmediately improved the heating/ventilation of the buildings, ordering materials, and lawn andbuilding maintenance. More challenging areas, such as curriculum, required much more inputand involvement from teachers and staff. The final results were
develop effective latent variable model and instrument that reflects the factors of college students’ retention.Dr. Carol S Gattis, University of Arkansas Dr. Carol Gattis is the Associate Dean Emeritus of the Honors College and an adjunct Associate Pro- fessor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her academic research focuses on STEM education, developing programs for the recruitment, retention and graduation of a diverse population of students, and infusing innovation into engineering curriculum. Carol is also a consultant specializing in new program development. She earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineer- ing from the U of A and has served on the industrial
produce ordinary knowl-edge in the baccalaureate program through improved methods of teaching and learning.1 Further,students & faculty must also learn the processes to produce higher knowledge that will becomean important part of their future professional practice.Insight is important for knowledging, especially for conceiving higher knowledge. The domainof psychology divides insight into five commonly utilized progressive processes.6 These are: ‚" Completing a schema when an integrated component fits into a larger system. ‚" Restructuring the given material by first making a mental or spatial visualization of the problem before one attempts a reorganization of the visual picture. ‚" Reformulating or restructuring goals or givens of a
Academy and Women in Engineering Initiatives Fenn Academy • Stimulate and encourage 8th-12th grade students to explore engineering fields • Address the national shortage of students pursuing an engineering degree • Increase the number of underrepresented students • Assist teachers to enhance STEM lessons • Provide information for parents and counselors • Introduce students to college life and undergraduate engineering programBenefits: For Middle School and High Schools • Engineering Activity Day campus events • Engineer for a Day job shadowing program • Women Exploring Engineering program • Summer camp activities • Curriculum consultation • Small grants to teachers for engineering competitions/projects • Participation in
/5). Additionally, they felt that seeing projectsacross both disciplines throughout the semester improved their engineering learning (Mean =4.3/5) and improved their own team’s project (Mean = 3.8/5). These results suggest that theintended objectives of this course structure were largely achieved within this initial pool ofstudents.IntroductionFrancis Marion University, a small primarily undergraduate university, is home to twoengineering programs in industrial and mechanical engineering. As part of the curriculum, eachprogram requires an engineering senior design course in their respective disciplines. Teams ofstudents are assigned a unique project, which is sponsored by a local industry partner.Traditionally, the senior design courses for
with feedback. Our data is collected through a surveywhich follows students’ interaction with our web-based drill and practice programming systemcalled Edugator in the context of a Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) course at a large publicuniversity in the United States. Our system provided students two workflows for solving andreceiving feedback on short programming problems: (1) using a browser-based workflow and/or(2) downloading an equivalent template of the problem and feedback, and coding it locally on theircomputer (a native workflow). We qualitatively coded 199 students’ responses regarding choicesusing inductive thematic analysis to identify common themes. Our study found that while moststudents were motivated by convenience and
University. She once served as a visiting scholar in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her recent research interests include international engineering education reforms with an emphasis on the "New Engineering" initiative in China, as well as the institutionalization of engineering education research (EER).Matthew W. Ohland (Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor of EngineeringEducation) Matthew W. Ohland is Associate Head and the Dale and Suzi Gallagher of Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. He studies the longitudinal study of engineering students and forming and managing student teams
] B.L. Howard and L. Sharpe, Jr., “The Summer Bridge Program: An Effective Agent in College Students’ Retention.” J. of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education 7 (2) p 20-30, 2019.[3] J. Gleason, K. Boykin, P. Johnson, L. Bowen, K.W. Whitaker, C. Micu, D. Raju, C. Slappey, ”Integrated engineering math-based summer bridge program for student retention.” Advances in Engineering Education, v2, n2, Summer 2010.[4] J. Van Dyken, L. Benson, P. Gerard,“Persistence in Engineering: Does Initial Mathematics Course Matter?”, Proceedings of 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24562
invited tooffer in-class instruction to students in an Entrepreneurship course as well as to visit theGraduate Qualifying Project course. The request came through the Management DepartmentChair, who stated it was made at the request of graduate students who attended the Business PlanResearch workshop. Course integrated exposure to information tools and strategies is ideal forthe library as more students are made aware of tools and can gain information competence priorto their venture start-up, and as Rodriquez recommends, while they have access to superiorinformation staff and resources. This approach also allows all students enrolled in the courseofferings to gain the advantage of having knowledge of all competitive information sourcesaccessible
University Emma Treadway received the B.S. degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in 2011, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is an Assistant ProfesShea E. LapeAlison Casson ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Open-ended Modeling Problems and Engineering IdentityAbstractEngineering identity is an integral determinant of academic success in engineering school, as itallows students to have an understanding of themselves in relation to what they study. Studies inengineering and other STEM disciplines have shown a positive correlation between identity andretention. Previous
answer back is that true learning occurswhen a student can transfer knowledge and skills to other situations. Inquiry based learning maynot teach (from the faculty perspective) as much, but transferable learning (from the student per-spective) does occur. The Faculty Ulysses Contract is a form of inquiry based learning and assuch it is susceptible to the criticism above. It would be simple at this point to simply reiterate thetypical answer to the critics.The Biomedical Signals and Systems (BMEG 350) class is a core course in the curriculum andcontains several ABET direct assessment points. To satisfy these requirements there are quizzeson technical material, formal team-based labs, and an individual lab practicum. The Ulysses Con-tract is in
Paper ID #39912Board 82: Remote, Hands-on ECE Teaching: Project RECETDr. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Inclusive Engineering Consortium Kenneth Connor is an emeritus professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engi- neering (ECSE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he taught courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research in- volves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology
into smaller parts, andable to explain or determine what the root cause of a problem is.Keywords: affective domain, attitudes, undergraduate engineeringIntroductionLearning is an integral part of our lives. Each one of us learns the same things differently based onour preferred way of learning. We can learn by building mental models; through feelings,emotions, attitudes; and by physical movements. Based on this, the domains of learning are broadlycategorized as cognitive (knowledge), affective (attitudes), and psychomotor (skills) [1]. Eachdomain of learning focuses on one of three ways the brain can be engaged in learning. Thecognitive domain is focused on mental processes or thinking, the affective domain focuses onfeelings, attitudes, and
thefirst three principles of good practice in higher education as being student-faculty contact,cooperation among students, and active learning. 4 Additionally, innovations such asinterdisciplinary learning, team-teaching, problem-solving, critical thinking, and learningcommunities provide opportunities for greater interaction among students and faculty as well as adeeper understanding and an integration of what is being learned.The Mentoring Initiative was developed to foster relationships that tighten the bonds of acommunity of learners and promote the social and academic development of students. Within aclassroom environment, faculty and peer mentors serve as role models, guides, and resources forinformation so that learners gain competency and
an engineering discipline? ● What would the curricula and courses look like? ● What would be the balance of education and engineering classes? ● How many engineering courses would be required for it to remain in the engineering school? ● What skills in education would be required, recommended, and/or beneficial? ● What would a Ph.D. qualifying exam be like? ● What other skills would be useful, such as math, statistics, qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills?In the end, Dr. Karan Watson worked with the curriculum experts in the Interdisciplinary Degreeprogram to determine what a degree plan would look like. The interdisciplinary program hasgraduated top engineering education people in the past
included a design sprint topractice design thinking, an introduction to the team’s selected focus area (presented by subjectmatter experts), and then proceeded with design thinking activities, further defining needs andinterests within the focus areas, ideating and then prototyping solutions, and developing actionplans. The curriculum included community-led, hands-on and practical exploration, ideation,prototyping, feedback and reflection sessions that resulted in a conceptual design conceived bythe community team.4.3. Symposium MethodologyOrganizing TeamThe organizing team for this symposium included several members of the IUDC, each of whomis a principal author of this work: 3 professors (Marcel Castro, Electrical Engineering;Christopher
Notes, Florida Atlantic University, 1998.35. Raviv, D., “Teaching Inventive Thinking”, Recent Advances in Robotics Conference,http:// www.me.ufl.edu/FLA99, University of Florida, April 29-30, 1999. 1836. Research Report, TRIZ: An Approach to Systematic Innovation, GOAL /QPC, 1997.37. Sickafus, E., Unified Structured Inventive Thinking, Ntelleck, 1997.38. Pressman, D., Patent It Yourself, 5th Edition, NOLO Press, 1996.39. Polya, G., How to Solve It: A new Aspect of Mathematical Method, 2nd Edition, Princeton University Press,1957.40. Camp Invention Curriculum, The National Inventor Hall of Fame, Inventure Place, Akron, Ohio, 1999.41. Meant to Invent, Teacher Edition, Academy of Applied Science, Concord , New Hampshire, 1997.42. Anderson, C
. R., & Litzinger, T. A. (2021). An extension of the Thermodynamics Conceptual Reasoning Inventory (TCRI): measuring undergraduate students’ understanding of introductory thermodynamics concepts. International Journal of Science Education, 43(15), 2555–2576. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2021.197584710. Mulop, N., Yusof, K. M., & Tasir, Z. (2012). A Review on Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Thermodynamics. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 56, 703–712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.70611. Klein, S. A. (1993). Development and Integration of an Equation-Solving Program for Engineering Thermodynamics Courses. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 1(3), 265–275.12
one classperiod.2 Most groups chose to work together until the robot was complete, while otherstended to form and reform groups. Formal groups were not assigned.Engineering Problem SolvingEngineering 161, Engineering Problems with Computational Laboratory in C, is arequired course for Computer Engineering students. This course is an introduction toproblem solving tools and concepts such as C, Statistics, SI Units, and significant figures.The goal of CELTS, during the 1998-99 academic year, regarding Engineering ProblemSolving was to enhance the problem solving and C programming taught in Engineering161. CELTS The mobile robots proved an excellent tool for integrating the concepts ofproblem solving and C programming.Selection CriteriaOnce the
then verify their calculations in a laboratorysetting. This theme concludes with the implementation of a Button Hero game that involves theuse of buttons, LEDs, wires, and resistors.RoboticsRobotics plays an integral role in many aspects of engineering including manufacturing,medicine, space exploration, and more. The use of robotics contributes to the National Academyof Engineering’s grand challenge to engineer tools of scientific discovery2. In this theme,students use the Lego Mindstorm kits to build and program a simple robot. Though a series oftutorials, students learn about basic programming paradigms including loops and conditionalstatements. Students then apply their programming and problem-solving skills to solveengineering challenges
. Wood, R. B. Stone and D. A. McAdams, 2002, "Integrating Service-Oriented Design Projects in the Engineering Curriculum," ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec. American Society for Engineering Education.[3] Green, M.G., Wood, K.L., VanderLeest, S.H., Duda, F.T., Erikson, C., Van Gaalen, N., “Service-Learning Approaches to International Humanitarian Design Projects: A Model Based on Experiences of Faith-Based Institutions,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2004.[4] Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2006-2007 Accreditation Cycle.[5] NSPE Code of Ethics, http://www.nspe.org/Ethics/CodeofEthics/Creed/creed.html [Accessed Mar
)” leadershipworkshops which are used to enhance student’s professional success are introduced. Basically,two general leadership workshops and two technical leadership workshops were arranged anddelivered during the Systems Engineering Day. The paper is aimed at integrating green energyinto the manufacturing engineering curriculum and to cultivate leaders in the field amongminority and female engineering students. Successful completion of the course will lead toexcellence in green energy and advanced engineering education.Introduction and BackgroundThe United States (U.S.) is on the cusp of transformational changes in how energy is producedand used. Major investments are being made by the federal government and industry in cleanenergy technologies that will
leadership workshops were arranged and delivered during the Industrial,Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (IMSE) Day. The paper is aimed at integrating greenenergy into the manufacturing engineering curriculum and to cultivate leaders in the field amongminority and female engineering students. Successful completion of the course will lead toexcellence in green energy and advanced engineering education. Keywords: Project Based Learning, Leadership Workshop, Green Energy, Green Manufacturing, Engineering EducationINTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND Green Energy today, is not only seen as a trend in industries but also as a tool to addressmany sustainability issues along with increased educational opportunities and
calculate stress, stiffness and fatigue life of theshaft. This is an excellent example of combined loading with multiple stress concentrations. Once the design is finalized, students use a suitable CAD package such as Pro-Engineer tocreate a 3-D model of the final gear, bearing, and shaft layout. A housing will be developed tosupport the gear, bearing, and shaft subsystems, which will also contain enough volume forlubrication, and will contain necessary features for assembly and maintenance. At this time, thestudent may not have had a course in finite element analysis, so the structural integrity of thegearbox housing is not analyzed. Examples of student work can be shown in Fig. 4