areas of creative design, machine design, fluid power control, and engineering education.Alexa Coburn, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Alexa is a third year Mechanical Engineering student from Huntington Beach, California. She attends Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and plans on graduating in June 2016. Alexa recently had a Space Operations internship at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems and plans to go back for a second internship this summer. While attending school, Alexa is a part of an educational research team where she develops hands-on learning activities that facilitate student understanding of dynamics concepts. Alexa is passion- ate about working with children and young adults
chairs USC’s STEM Consortium.Dr. Cheryl Matherly Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. She is the recipient of two Fulbright grants for international education administrators (Germany and Japan.) She has an Ed.D. in Education Leadership and Culture Studies from the University of Houston.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Associate Professor of Engineering and
include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incor- porating engineering into secondary science and mathematics classrooms. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University.Dr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Page 26.186.1 Dr. Matherly’ co-directs the NanoJapan
participants with the five Q-sets that represent thefull range across the aspects of out-of-class involvement being investigated and asking theparticipants to rank the statements on the cards according to provided instructions. The itemswere developed from the literature reviews and a practice focus group held with four AfricanAmerican college students. The Q-sets focused on five themes: reasons for participating in out-of-class activities, reasons for not participating in out-of-class activities, types of out-of-classactivities in which they participate or plan to participate, positive outcomes of participation, andnegative outcomes participation. Each set of cards was discussed in four steps: brainstorm, compare and record, sort and rank
. As a result, students obtain job ready skills and project abilities in 2years that can greatly leverage their early learning and focus.In a multi-university collaboration, all participants gain in shared information including:articulation agreements, ABET start-up templates and shared consultant advice, summerinternships, legal forms, competitions, joint projects and other synergistic areas. Using acollaboration mesh network strategy coupled with hybrid technology and proven teachingstrengths, a more efficient program is planned for pilot testing for SCU consortiums towardfurther feasibility assessment.1.0 IntroductionMajor advances can be made at the undergraduate level in STEM education. Large gains areexpected in program quality and
national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field.Dr. Temesgen Wondimu Aure, University of Cincinnati TEMESGEN W. AURE, Ph.D., is the STEM Program Coordinator working under Dr. Kukreti on the NSF Type 1 STEP and S-STEM Projects in the Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Environmen- tal Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Temesgen joined UC as a graduate student in 2008 Fall and completed his doctoral degree in Civil Engineering in 2013. He started working on his current position at UC in January 2014. He plans, designs, evaluates and modifies pro- grams supported by the NSF Type 1 STEP and S-STEM Grants in the College of Engineering and
Africa & Mozambique).† Problem statement adapted from [13]. export and is considered the amount of transfer to Canju. The value of this transfer at which the system is barely stable is the transient stability limit. South to North TTC is similarly calculated.b) Reports should recommend a North to South allowed TTC plan, and a South to North TTC plan at the CNI (Canju-Northwest Intertie) for each year in the given planning period.c) Reports should recommend options for extending the system into the eastern region that illustrate how environmental, social, and ethical considerations were taken into account. Note that the population of the eastern region is about half that of the west (38M vs 76M) and the [western
theconclusion that engineers well deserve our “significantly higher” salaries? As I’m strugglingwith these thoughts the administrator answers my question for me: “Engineers are very important to our economy. Engineers create new companies, they create wealth, they create new jobs.”The “economic hero” rhetoric doesn’t land with me, and my reaction is personal. If engineersare very important because they create companies and “wealth”, then what is an engineerwhose primary concern isn’t economic growth? This is more than a philosophical point for me.My personal career plans not only take me away from service to “our economy” but put mesquarely in opposition to the values I’m hearing described by the one of the highest leveladministrators
communicate with others through their web platformwiki or “Research Note” functions. The latter is the primary method for participants todocument what they are working on, share what they have learned, ask questions to thecommunity who are following the science topic, pose challenges to others to solveproblems they have encountered, or critique one another’s work. Research notes mightinclude photos of project steps or components, documented steps they have or plan toundertake, or reports from some field excursion or Public Lab meetup. This particularfunction played a central role in the class we will now describe. Course Overview In the fall of 2014, we offered an experimental upper-level undergraduate course at theUniversity of Massachusetts
(Sino-US Strategic Alliance for Innovation) was formed as aninternational institute committed to innovating for sustainable design in rural Chinesecommunities. As soon as the partnership began to identify sustainability indicators for the worktogether, the U.S. team realized that it didn’t have a legitimate voice in the partnership since theU.S. is itself out of sustainable balance. SUSTAIN SLO was established in 2009 to mirror theChinese partners’ collaboration between university, local government, business, non-profits andcitizens. One portion of the work is a freshman learning initiative that was launched in 2012 atCal Poly, SLO, after several years of planning and capacity building by the collaborators. Thefaculty involved are dedicated to
, how engineering students come to understand and practice design.Dr. Michael M. Hull, Wayne State College Assistant Professor of Physical Sciences Page 26.1499.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Tensions and trade-offs in instructional goals for physics courses aimed at engineersAbstractIn planning and teaching courses for engineering majors, physics instructors grapple withmultiple instructional goals: extensive content coverage, quantitative problem solving,conceptual understanding, motivation, and more. The temptation is to treat
andrelationship of individual course components in the inverted model (recorded lecture videos,concept quizzes, problem sets, laboratory exercises, and design projects) are presented. Impactson faculty planning and preparation are discussed. A review of the changes made between eachsuccessive course offering based on lessons learned is also provided.In addition to the authors’ (faculty) perspective, the students’ perspective is also addressed basedon the results of extensive end-of-the-semester surveys asking students for feedback on theinverted model. Student responses to numerous multiple choice “rating” questions about courseformat and course components are provided. Student performance is also addressed through abroad comparison of examination grades
, the Maryland Coordinator and content experts trained and collaborated with theircounterparts from eight PLTW Affiliate Universities across the country, gathering input andfeedback on lesson plans, assessments, and frequency of training. As changes were made in thePLTW curriculum, materials were developed for new subject matter, including a new digitalelectronics platform.The full day training sessions, which reinforce and build on knowledge gained during PLTWsummer core training programs, are designed to build teacher confidence and to make thembetter instructors. Learning a new software package or technical material such as AutodeskInventor, VEX with ROBOTC, Autodesk Revit, digital electronics or civil engineering topics inan intensive two
(aboutone-quarter of the school’s population), with demographics of 35% minority, 35% female, and23% low socio-economic status. While these rates fell short of matching the school itself,compared to those earning engineering degrees across the nation (13% minority, 18% female1),the academy was an overwhelming success in diversity.The learning modelOriginally unable to afford canned curricula, two of the school’s science teachers – one of whomhad a degree in engineering, the other with a background in the construction industry – weretasked with creating the lesson plans. Though neither had experience with engineering education,faculty members from the partnering college provided guidance. Rather than simply focusing onthe development of
personal and professional life. IV.2 Use of observations and discussions to examine, appraise, compare, contrast, plan for new actions, or propose remedies to use in and outside of structured learning experiences Metacognitive V.1 Demonstrate examination of the learning process V.2 Show what & how learning occurred V.3 Show how new knowledge altered existing knowledgeFindingsAfter the four authors finished their data analysis, the codes were tallied and summarized asgiven in Table 4. The codes were tallied as a way of getting a more global sense for what kindsof topics students most frequently commented on, while also providing
other for affirmation, respectively.To address these issues, educators should uses appropriate learning strategies, make choices thatare changing and engaging, and develop a positive orientation toward learning in theirclassrooms to promote a mastery orientation. As instructors, specific pedagogies can be used toinfluence whether students adopt a mastery orientation in the classroom. Some of these practicesinclude focusing attention on students’ effort and strategy use, not on abilities or intelligence;teaching adaptive learning strategies (e.g. planning, monitoring, and evaluating their progress inlearning); encouraging student involvement and a sense of personal responsibility; de-emphasizing the negative consequence of making errors
onlinesimulations of relatedsystems. Thesesimulations are used inhomework assignments tofamiliarize freshmen withcomplicated theory,prepare for hands-onassignments, comparereal-world data to theory,and track student usage toinform iterativeimprovement ofcurriculum material.After the introductoryweek students begin aseries of projects.Basic Sensors (Week 2):Purpose: Studentsdevelop the skills neededto assemble a simplecircuit and acquire datathat would be useful to a Figure 2: Example of a hands-on Design Module. Simulations are used inchemical engineer. Basic the research phase, during class discussions and individual homework.concepts of physical Students then plan their designs, using the theory they have learned, and thenmeasurements, and
attainment of the targeted learning objectives. To that end, two engineering education researchers planned and carried out an intrinsic case study of the Winter 2013 offering of the course. After executing the study, the researchers were surprised to find quite a negative bent in students’ responses to the course in the data. They recognized that students’ expectations and perceived experiences were quite different from the instructor’s expectations and intended experiences for his students. Therefore, the study was extended for a second year. The objective of the broader study, within which this work is positioned, was to be a formative assessment tool for the course to explore students
Publication Practical P01 AASHTO / “Green Book” 2001 P02 ITE / Freeway & Interchange Geometric Design Handbook 2005 P03 ITE / Urban Street Design 2008 P04 AASHTO / “Green Book” 2011 Textbook T01 Garber & Hoel / Traffic and Highway Engineering 1997 T02 / Transportation Engineering Planning and Design, 3rd Edition 1998 T03 Banks / Introduction to Transportation Engineering 1998 T04 Khisty & Lall / Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, 3rd 2002
purposeof the current study was to observe responses to visible car assisted technology, the use ofboth video-taping and note taking was necessary. The current approach capturedsensitive and in-the-moment emotional data that might otherwise have been unlikely tosurface. A release form was offered and signed by all participants in videos used foreducational purposes (shown in classrooms, at scientific meetings and conferences)release form. Participants’ identity and geographic locations were modified in compositedescriptions.Facilities for Preliminary InvestigationThe study takes place in the parking lot of the extensive car invention lab located on theStanford campus and surrounding public roads. As participants’ drive-along and aroundthe planned
judge prior experience and was not used as an indication of adoption or useof methods. Although Gerber et al.18 did study the psychological experience of prototyping,results of their ethnographic study were based on observations and field notes from studying asingle design team. While Camburn et al.14 asked a similar question “how well do participantsapply prototyping methods”, their experimental protocol was not applicable to our case becausetheir experimental methods were significantly different. Camburn et al.14 had students create aprototyping plan prior to being exposed to their methods, then recreate this plan after exposure;at a later time point, students were asked to rate on a ten point Likert-type scale how well theyfollowed the
) approximation, rational and irrational change of lesson plan, handling errors numbers in student presentations exponential growth, evaluating ex- listening skills, small-class activities, The More Things ponential expressions, instantaneous discussion techniques, gender issues, Change and average rates of change competitive students area and circumference of circles and assessment, use of journals, grading What is π Anyway? annuli, approximation, definitions of procedures, effectiveness of models, π and infinity, ratios without units
an array of active learning approaches that pique their interest and spark excitement about the possible outcomes for their students. After initial exposure to new activities, contextual questions naturally arise for educators, and a clear understanding of the essential features for successfully implementing a teaching strategy becomes necessary. Reflection activities represent one approach for active learning that educators reasonably have questions about before adopting the approach. Reflection is a topic that can have various meanings. For this project, reflection was conceptualized with the following definition: looking back on the past experience(s), to interpret and make meaning of those experiences in order to plan for the future [1
based on on-line course learning system and cited references Resource as listed on Course Management System Consulted Cited ASCE What Went Wrong Why, 92 pg report21; pdf (listed first) 13 9 28 ASCE Lessons of Katrina 2015 Ethics Commentary ; link 6 2 Baillie Catalano Eng Society Social Justice – ethics; Ch4 Hurricane 8 1 Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans29; pdf Fields Disaster Planning Post Katrina – Wicked Problem,30 8 pg; pdf √ 11 5 22 House of
demographicclusters, not simply the dyads and binning which come from single measures treated separately.Part 2: How to collect and when to askAppreciating non-normative and holistic identities in engineering begins by understanding themethods that researchers use to gather demographic information. Methods include ensuringparticipant anonymity, avoiding bias simply through collecting data, and balancing efficiencywith accuracy. However, as will become apparent in the remainder of the paper, decisions aboutdemographic data collection are highly situated and rarely have a single answer.At the core of efforts to collect demographic data is a single, but vital, point: The planning andidentification of demographic data collection must occur prior to data
supposed hesitation of particular answers to provide a fullerunderstanding of the physical world as the students confirmed or rejected their own priorassumptions.Following the lesson, a post assessment was conducted wherein students were given a survey toindicate other types of experiments they might want to conduct using a MUAV. While some ofthe ideas conveyed in the survey are not deemed feasible, others provide an insight into howfuture teachers might design a MUAV lesson plan differently to better capture the interests of thestudents.2. MotivationThe AR Drone lab was integrated into a quantitative research class for 9th grade students. Belowwe discuss how the AR Drone lab design supports the goals of quantitative research in educationand how
could also provefruitful for STEM educators to assist in planning and ordering of interventions and strategies toensure students’ success.” (Long et al., 2015). These implications make clear recommendationsabout the need for further research based on their publication.Practice implications were most often recommendations for educators and other stakeholders inthe educational process. One example is “'Findings suggest that the interactive theater sketch canhelp students work on teams more productively and demonstrate increasing value for diversity.”(Paguyo, Atadero, Rambo-Hernandez, & Francis, 2015).Finally, the third type of implications observed was policy implications. These implications aremade to larger systems that govern or control