to pursuing a career in engineering through career planning strategies. The classroom/advising intervention is anticipated to take approximately 2 to 3 weeks. The proposed timelinefor the phases is summarized in Table 2. A detailed explanation of each of the interventioncomponents, the rationale, and motivation will be further discussed in the sections below. Figure 1: Implementation order of Engineering Pilot Program Classroom InterventionTable 2: Proposed timeline for phases Phase Estimated Activity goals duration Phase 1 1 to 2 weeks Students will develop engineering habits of mind, engage in engineering practices and learn to source and apply
Paper ID #33978Work in Progress: Promoting Equitable Team Dynamics in an IntroductoryBiomedical Engineering CourseDr. Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis Jennifer Choi is currently an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Biomedical Engineer- ing (BME) at UC Davis. In addition to teaching core undergraduate courses, Jennifer is aimed at integrat- ing engineering design principles and hands-on experiences throughout the curriculum, and playing an active role in the senior design course. She has interests in engineering education, curricular innovation, as well as impacting the community through
Paper ID #26410The Teaching Assistant’s Perspective on Flipping an Undergraduate Biome-chanics CourseDr. Christa M. Wille, University of Wisconsin, Madison Christa Wille is a Biomedical Engineering doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering and went on to get her clinical doctorate in Physical Therapy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She advanced her clinical skills through a Sports Physical Therapy Residency at UW Health. Although continuing to practice Physical Therapy, Christa has returned to academia to continue to pursue research
Paper ID #22849Preparation of the Professional Engineer: Outcomes from 20 Years of a Mul-tidisciplinary and Cross-sectoral Capstone CourseDr. Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz Tela Favaloro received a B.S. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently working to further the development and dissemination of alter- native energy technology; as a project manager and researcher with the Center for Information Technology and Research in the Interest of Society. Her background is in the development of characterization tech- niques and
Paper ID #23555Stimulating Interest in First-Year Mechanical Engineering Students throughDesign Modeling/Analysis and CNC ManufacturingDr. Todd Letcher, South Dakota State University Todd Letcher is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at South Dakota State University. His research is related to additive manufacturing.Dr. Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University Gregory Michna is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006, held positions as a Lecturer
did not know what to expect in terms of thisparticular project relating to education—however, I was open minded and prepared to engagemyself in whatever the project encompassed. The major reasons why I applied for this researchproject were because of my strong interest in interdisciplinary work, my desire to learn aboutnew things, and because I wanted to gain experience in more ‘hands-on’ research, in contrast tothe more theoretical and abstract type of work that I had done in the past.”Q2. Confidence in Success.A2. “When I first began this project, I was a bit nervous about mylack of knowledge in engineering preventing me from bringing anything valuable to the table.Not only was I ignorant in many engineering principles (such as Dynamics
average change in survey score (number of correct answers to the questions) was a reduction of nearly one correct response. The survey confirmed the expected. Summative Assessment of Student Learning Student learning was also assessed with formative and summative assessment instruments as described in the online course materials. The module goals were assessed with the following instruments: Goal 1: Explain water sustainability concepts (assessment: quizzes) Goal 2: Use systems thinking to enhance water sustainability in cities (assessment: mind map) Goal 3: Apply knowledge and skills from atmospheric science and hydrologic science in planning and engineering contexts (assessment: individual
: Chile and United States,” in Engineering Ethics for a Globalized World, C. Murphy, P. Gardoni, H. Bashir, C. E. Harris, and E. Masad, Eds. Dordrecht: Springer, 2015, pp. 189–211.[9] J. Haidt, The Righteous Mind. New York: Vintage Press, 2012.[10] J. D. Greene, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap between Us and Them. New York: Penguin Books, 2014.[11] M. H. Bazerman and A. Tenbrunsel, Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It. Princeton University Press, 2012.[12] J. Haidt and C. Joseph, “The Moral Mind: How Five Sets of Innate Intuitions Guide the Development of Many Culture-Specific Virtues, and Perhaps Even Modules,” in The Innate Mind, Vol. 3, P. Carruthers, S
AC 2010-1510: CONCEPT BASED LEARNING: DEMONSTRATING ITSEFFECTIVENESS IN THERMODYNAMICSMathew Hagge, Iowa State UniversityGloria Starns, Iowa State University Page 15.307.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Concept Based Learning: Demonstrating its Effectiveness in Thermodynamics1. Project OverviewFeatures:This project examines the coupling of concept based learning and findings from the fields ofneurology and cognitive science to empower students to solve problems of increasingcomplexity. The central question the authors seek to answer is: does concept based learningoffer an advantage to students in terms of their ability
AC 2011-2345: IMPLICATIONS OF PUBLISHING EBOOKS ON PCS ANDMOBILE DEVICES FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORSCarlos R Morales, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carlos R. Morales is an Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. Page 22.827.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implications of publishing eBooks on PCs and Mobile devices for Engineering Technology EducatorsAbstractThere is no doubt that interactive eBooks enable Engineering & Technology educators to presentmaterials and concepts to learners in a rich and
States are on thedecline, when pursuit of advanced degrees is declining, and competition from foreign sources isincreasing. Should we be limiting the pool of teachers, and focusing on research mindedindividuals at a time when practicing engineers and construction companies are asking for morepractical, business-minded employees.The engineering industry needs two types of engineers: theoreticians who focus on research andinvestigating and advancing new ideas, and practicioners who implement new design criteria andbring products to market. This paper poses the question that possibly the academic industryshould refocus on balanced hiring practices, to ensure that students are getting both theoreticaland practical knowledge, and that they are ready
-engineering; (7) problem solving knowledgeis distributed among team members; (8) most problems require extensive collaboration; (9)engineers primarily rely on experiential knowledge; (10) engineering problems often encounterunanticipated problems; (11) engineers use multiple forms of problem representation; and (12)engineers recommend more communication skills in engineering curricula. These attributes ofauthentic engineering problems are important to keep in mind when designing your PBLenvironments. When designed correctly, employing an authentic “real-world” context willfacilitate workplace transfer - “the ability to generalize solution methods from one problem toanother, similar worked problem embedded in a different context” (p. 147)5. Not only
Paper ID #10191Project Management Learning Takes FlightMiss Victoria Townsend, University of Windsor Victoria Townsend is presently a PhD candidate in manufacturing systems engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. In 2012, she completed a university teaching certificate program with the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Windsor. Victoria believes in the value of connecting theory and experience - an appreciation gained from her experience as a Manufacturing Engineer at 3M and as a Technical Community Relations Manager at the Society of Manufacturing engineers (SME). Her research interests are
methods.Modeled after industry practices, this course sequence includes design sprints, projectmanagement, risk assessments and mitigation, formal design reviews by the course instructors,and presentations to industry professionals. Each cross-functional team includes a mix ofelectrical, computer, and mechanical engineers. All teams consist of students of differentethnicities, genders, and ages. Teams are formed with diversity in mind, but also based on eachstudent’s expressed project-type interest. The instructors then lead the students through problemidentification, project ideation, and development into an appropriately scaled design that is bothchallenging and doable.Much of the course is focused on team building and processes, conflict management
, many ‘traditional’ engineering students will enter careers where their work intersectswith military interests. Lucena describes how engineering education has consistently beeninfluenced by the defense needs of the United States since World War II [29]. Students mayactively seek military-related jobs, or more likely, will find themselves in them. A recentNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) report analyzed STEM workforce concerns of the U.S.Department of Defense (DOD), in terms of the ‘defense industrial base’ and DOD civilian andmilitary employees [30]. Many new technologies are developed with military funding orpotential military applications in mind, as acknowledged in a recent NAE report [31].Military issues in relation to engineering have
Paper ID #11298Learning from Experiences: Examining Self-Reflection in Engineering De-sign CoursesJennifer Wegner, University of Michigan College of Engineering Jennifer Wegner is an Assistant Director in Engineering Student Affairs at the University of Michigan, with responsibilities including student organization development, leading unit strategic objectives, and supporting university and college co-curricular initiatives. Her teaching and facilitation experiences in- clude a mentorship/leadership course, LeaderShape R , first year seminars, and a university course on social psychology in residence settings. She is a
Paper ID #26025Board 114: Developing a Model of Disciplinary Literacy Instruction for K-12Engineering Education: Comparing the Literacy Practices of Electrical andMechanical Engineers (Fundamental)Theresa Green, Utah State University - Engineering Education Theresa Green is a graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education. Her research interests include K-12 STEM integration and improving diversity and inclusion in engineer- ing.Dr. Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University Angela Minichiello is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State
Paper ID #6370Introduction of a Digital Logic Project in a First-Year Honors EngineeringCourseDr. Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston (CoE) Diana de la Rosa-Pohl is an instructor in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. She developed the first-year experience for the Honors Engineering Program and also teaches the two- course sequence. Her research interests include project-based learning in engineering education and the alignment of engineering education with professional practice.Dr. Stuart A. Long, University of Houston (CoE) Stuart A. Long was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on
problem that requires the students to explore and search for different design alternatives on both the system and component level. The DO students learn in an opposite order compared to the traditional educational approaches, where the students search for answers, derive conclusions, make decisions, and should be able to justify their design choices within managerial, economic, social, and engineering contexts. At this phase, the students are divided into different team including but not limited to major vehicle subsystems such as interior, chassis, powertrain, vehicle body, vehicle electronics, and project management. Visualization and Demonstration. Initializing the design with the customer wants/needs in mind, the DO
Paper ID #34443Raising Awareness of Diversity and Inclusion in One-shot InformationLiteracy ClassesDr. Anamika Megwalu, San Jose State University Anamika Megwalu, Ph.D., M.L.I.S., is the Faculty Director of Library Instruction & Assessment at San Jose State University (SJSU). She is also an instructor for the Computer & Software Engineering De- partment at SJSU’s Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering. She is a library liaison to a number of engineering departments. Besides liaison and collection development responsibilities, she collaboratively develops, and implements assessment activities for continuous
Paper ID #34841ThermoVR: A Virtual Laboratory to Enhance Learning in UndergraduateThermodynamicsProf. John M. Pfotenhauer, University of Wisconsin - Madison Professor John M. Pfotenhauer earned his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in physics from St. Olaf College and the University of Oregon in 1979, 1981, and 1984. For eight years he conducted research as part of the Applied Superconductivity Center at the University of Wisconsin – Madison before joining the faculty there in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Physics in 1993. In addition to his research in cryogenics, and in educational games, he teaches
Paper ID #34433Design Improvement of a Polishing Machine Work Station in IndustrialEnvironment to Minimize Health RiskDr. Samia Afrin, East Tennessee State University Samia Afrin is an assistant professor at East Tennessee State University in Engineering, Engineering Technology and Surveying Department. She completed her MS and PhD from University of Texas at El Paso in Environmental Science and Engineering. Her research concentration is in renewable energy, fluid dynamics, heat transfer. Her work also focus in dynamic learning platform in engineering education.Mr. Ty Reeves, East Tennessee State University Ty Reeves is an
Engineering Thermodynamics Course.” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 41, pp. 107-114, 2007.[4] J. Bransford, A. Brown, and R. Cocking, “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School.” Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education, National Research Council, 2000.[5] J. Hamari, J. Koivisto, and H. Sarsa, “Does Gamification Work? – A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Gamification,” in Proceedings of the 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Science, IEEE Computer Society 2014, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Waikoloa, HI, USA, January 6-9, 2014.[6] B. L. Wiggins, S. L. Eddy, L. Wener-Fligner, K. Freisem, D. Z. Grunspan, E. J. Theobald, J. Timbrook, and A. J. Crowe, “ASPECT: A Survey to Assess
unexpected answers to some creative questions. Their analysis isbased on the two key concepts: 1) that human behavior is strongly influenced by incentives, and2) the conventional wisdom is often wrong.With these fundamental concepts in mind, we present a methodology for the specific applicationof assessment of engineering programs. Ewell (1989 and 1998) has pointed out previously thatcapitalizing on existing data is a key approach for assessment implementation. The hope of theauthors of the present work is to provide a useful technique for understanding the performance of Page 12.432.2our students and faculty better.Most university campuses have some
physical world with the analytical world of engineering. And based on both student andalumni feedback, the models played a significant role in their learning process.It is the hope of the author that using models helps students better understand structures andbetter understand the role of the architectural engineer. There is no scientific method to proclaimthis is the answer for training young architectural engineering minds about structures andbuilding technology, but in all of the courses the students become engaged when they work withtheir hands and minds in a creative environment. And personally, this is the first hurdle tolearning. If these classes were taught in a pure lecture setting, topics such as tolerances andconcrete finishes could be
. Page 13.958.85. DiscussionIn light of the above assessment results and student feedback, our initial LF adaptation wasmodified. The modification was made to address two themes that clearly arose from theevaluations and feedback from focus groups, namely: to allow students more time to carry outthe required machining tasks, and to expose students to additional manufacturing processes. Withthis in mind, the product made by the students was changed from a model engine to the modelmachine vise shown in Figure 2. The vise entails simpler machining work while still exposingstudents to the same types of hands-on operations. The simplified project can therefore becompleted in less time and the balance of the time used to give students more hands
skipping will little knowledge be lost. Only the student can make this determination.With this in mind, a research project was initiated to determine the actual effects of classattendance on student success. While similar studies conducted in the past concentrated on non-engineering courses1,3,9,10,12,13, this project focuses entirely on courses taken by engineeringtechnology students. The objective is to determine if class attendance really leads to bettergrades. This study will determine if a correlation exists between class attendance and studentsuccess, and if so, to what extent.Project DesignThe project involves several classes at various student ranks all the way from freshman to juniorlevel. The student’s attendance for each class is being
also addanother concern for the faculty teaching in a distance education environment, i.e., students mayhave fears of losing partial credit in an online multiple-choice exam. The asynchronous andeconomical advantages of distance education and learning that make offering and taking themvery popular force the profession to re-examine, re-organize, and re-engineer some of the exam-related issues that otherwise don’t exist.The use of online-based, “honest, open book, open mind” approach is being recognized in theliterature as a potential method of examination for distance courses in the faculties ofengineering, science, and technology1,3. Faculty may have to develop new methodologies, andstructure or restructure their course differently to
AC 2009-2508: ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING: A MECHANISM TOACCLIMATIZE INCOMING FRESHMEN AND FACILITATE DEPARTMENTCOMMUNICATIONJ.Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College Page 14.934.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Online Social Networking: A Mechanism to Acclimatize Incoming Freshmen and Facilitate Department Communication.Abstract Online social networking tools such as Facebook and Ning are non-intimidating ways tointeract with other people. The benign nature of this environment serves as a useful mechanismfor introducing incoming freshmen, many of whom are shy and introverted, to their peers prior toarriving on campus. This past summer, Facebook
AC 2009-188: MEET THE ABET “STUDENT WORK SAMPLE” REQUIREMENTS:DOCUMENT STUDENT LEARNINGBarbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Barbara Christe is the program director for the baccalaureate program in Biomedical Engineering Technology at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. She is an Associate Professor and a member of the University College faculty.Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Elaine Cooney is professor of electrical and computer engineering technology at IUPUI. She is the author of RFID+ The Complete Review of Radio Frequency Identification. Her areas of focus include analog circuits, radio frequency, signal