theclassroom, can improve student performance and sense of belonging [9]. Persistence in an engineeringprogram can be drastically increased through the presence of extra-curricular activities that allow forfaculty and students to interact outside of the traditional classroom setting [10]. This has motivated manyacademic institutions to reimagine their first-year engineering programs. Often these programs adhere tothe classification scheme specifying the standard components of the first year that were outlined by K.Reid and D. Reeping [11]. Although many programs fall within this classification scheme, variationsarise based on the available institutional resources, institute identity and strategic plan, and overallinstitutional inertia that may prevent
, planned activities asthey articulated their definitions of involvement, a few—like Noah—explicitly describedinvolvement as something more abstract and informal: “Involvement. . .is being present. I thinkwhen I’m involved, it means I’m a part of the thing—a part of the places and the communitiesI’m in. So yeah, that that means being present to me.”Noah’s definition of involvement is particularly important since it reflects the reality of studentslived experiences. As we continued engaging students, it became apparent that theirinvolvement, as experienced and not just defined, extends beyond easily identifiable formalinvolvement opportunities. Informal group interactions—in dining halls, during student-initiatedstudy session, when walking together
also consider the course content for each day and plan practices in advance. Duration Guided seated meditations of 3-5 minutes 1-2 times a week are likely to work well for first-year engineering courses. Students also requested a few longer practices be included when possible. Logistics Test the required technology before implementing these practices in-class to ensure the best practice experience for the students and the most efficient use of instructional time. Engagement Regularly encourage students to participate in the practices but do not force students. Also, urge students to reflect on their practice and how it has changed throughout the course.References[1] American
what abilities or skills you want to gain, not the grade you want to get. While setting goals for course grades is important, do not include them here. • Explain why you set each one of these goals. In other words, why are they important to you? • Close with a discussion of how you propose to achieve each one of your goals. In other words, what is your plan? • Look back on the three personal goals you set at the beginning of the semester in Reflection 2. NOTE: If you did not submit Reflection 2, you must post a separate journal entry for it before completing Reflection 3. It will not
remote wipe. The rating will be on a 5-point scale ranging from 1(stronglyagree) to 5 (strongly disagree).Data backup and disaster recovery. Participants will rate how they deal with data backup and disasterrecovery. The questions include having a backup plan for data and Apps, the insurance of mobile devices,and the ability to restore data and Apps in the event of a failure. The rating will be on a 5-point scaleranging from 1(strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree)Perception of security. Participants will rate how they perceive mobile device security. The questionsinclude their perception of the importance of mobile device security in general, how they perceive threats,and the importance of having antivirus software on their device. The rating
constants. The plan was to solve the dual and primal problemsand then use the primal-dual relationships to determine the design equations for the primal 4variables. The design equations results were initially published in a paper in 2015[6] and laterin a book[7].The primal objective function, Y(x), is to minimize production costs which are: Y(x) = r1x1 + r2x2 (18)Subject to the Cobb-Douglas production constraint, which is: q = A x1α x2β (19)The variables are: The input constants
LMS andGoogle Scripts were excellent resources and many components of our tools were informed byprior work. Before starting any similar project, it is a good idea to check whether someone hasalready done part or all of it, or whether the LMS is planning to implement a similar feature inthe near future.Overall, this project has proven valuable in saving faculty time on grading, course administrationprocesses, and facilitating career-advancing research projects. We have been pleased with ourresults and encourage others to seek or develop their own process improvements and synergies.We are also happy to share our tools upon request.6. References[1] V. J. Shute, “Focus on formative feedback,” Review of educational research, vol. 78, no. 1,pp. 153
lessons learned from this first year. In this secondyear, we are adding parents to the planning team. The 2020-2021 pilot showed us that parentswere keen on the activities but challenged to participate regularly, thus including theirknowledge and experience on the leadership team along with additional interview efforts willprovide new perspectives on the design of the events and participation challenges. This will helpus attenuate the sessions to better serve more of the families. We also anticipate that with a returnto in-person events, the participation in research activities (surveys, feedback, and interviews)will improve. We will also be able to better capture photographs and observations of the designand discussion processes. With the
financial calculator and close with interpolation between tabulatedfactors.) Or using Eq. 1b in a spreadsheet: PW = −100,000 + PV(5.5%,85 − 62, −425*12) = −$34,337Note that the data values should be entered into a data block and not hard coded into the formula. Fig. 2. Annuity PW vs. age at death for female.Table 1 supports many variations by changing the age when income begins, the gender, interestrate, or the expected age at death. While the 5.5% interest rate used here is best supported byspreadsheets, if tabulated factors are the planned tool then an integer value for the inflation rateis suggested.Another example matched to PW coverage is finding the number of years until the PW is worth80% of the investment at
possibly create new jobs for maintenance. • DRONE: This could lead to illegal surveillance or aid in delivering disaster relief. • LIFT: The product will be marketed towards large corporations, so it should have a neutral design.Area 5: Environmental Factors • JET: The proposed solution could generate a larger wake, affect aquatic life, and increase noise pollution. • SCRIP: Ensuring that the product uses a clean power source, utilizes recyclable materials, and there is a plan for the end of the product’s lift will decrease environmental impact. • DRONE: Using drones instead of cars and planes will reduce the carbon footprint of package delivery. • LIFT: A drone for package delivery will decrease the
understand the robustness of the model and enable predictions at different teachingmethods, the dataset was divided into different groups. Each group consists of the coursesoffered in the same year of the academic plan. The initially developed model was employed forpredicting failure risk in students. Table 1 summarises the accuracy and precision of theprediction model in the various teaching methods. Table 2. Accuracy and precision of the prediction model in different teaching methods Performance Traditional Teaching Online Teaching In-person teaching indicator (flipped format) Accuracy 91.9
project and how it helps overcome the onlineteamwork challenges will be discussed. We will also describe a team formation process, wherestudents are allowed to select their own teams and have control over the membership as theproject progresses. Plans for future work to assess the efficacy of this project structure and teamformation process will be discussed as well.IntroductionTeamwork is an important part of engineering and an integral part of project-based learning.While incorporating team projects in face-to-face engineering courses is commonplace,implementing a team project in an online course has its own unique challenges [1]. One obviousdifficulty is collaborating on a project whose components are handled by students in differentphysical
, Brandon began his life as a civilian planning on using my GI-Bill for education but decided to enter the general workforce. He worked a number of different jobs such as landscaping and factory work from 2005 to 2009. In 2009, Brandon started working at Wal-Mart. In 2012 he obtained his American Board of Opticianry (ABO) certification. In 2014 he became a student at Fort Scott Community College (FSCC). While there, Brandon was a Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) member, and STEM Club President. He graduated from FSCC in spring of 2018, Summa Cum Laude with my Associates of Science & Pre-Engineering degree. In Fall of 2018, Brandon continued his education at Pittsburg State University (PSU). He majors in Electrical Engineering
. Financial Aid Assistantships (typ.) Corp. tuition plans & self funded Time to Complete Varies, 5–6 yrs avg from BS Varies (5 years with 3 cr/sem) Residency Required Yes, min. 1 year 5 days Master’s Required No Yes (not “master’s along the way”) Departments/Majors Traditional engineering Customized and interdisciplinaryDiscussion and ConclusionThe online D.Eng. supports several strategies related to Penn State’s strategic initiatives: • Transforming Education: Providing an opportunity for advanced study to professionals whose interests lie more in applied research and practice will expand the realm of research
some applications, the use of motion platforms [4], [5]further amplifies the realism of the virtual environment. Along with the development offunctionality and realism, VR has seen a continuous rise in its affordability and a mushroomingsoftware and hardware industry [6], [7].The expansion of VR applications to education was but obvious. This aspect is recognized byparents. In a study in 2017 [8], of over 12,000 parents, 64% of them who did not own a VRdevice were of the opinion that VR will provide educational experiences, as compared to 84% ofthe parents who owned a VR device. According to a 2018 survey [9], 28% of a sample of 350university respondents had deployed VR to some extent and 53% had plans to do so. A review ofliterature [10
- tions, trigonometric identities and equations, the inverse trigonometric functions, polar coordinates. Applications involving triangles, vectors in the plane, and complex numbers. • Calculus: Limits, continuity, derivatives and integrals of functions of one variable with applications.Students participated in 18 hours of math sessions throughout Monday through Thursday, and onFriday, they were encouraged to schedule an appointment with the Testing Learning Center oncampus to take the Accuplacer. A description of the Accuplacer can be found below.Social, Team-Building, and Student Success Activities: In addition to attending math sessions, thestudents interacted with peer mentors, who planned daily activities to help the students
' participation in EDC increased 40% 60% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0.025their desire to pursue a Science, Technology,Engineering or Math (STEM) careerI plan to use the Ender Pro 3D printer for future 60% 20% 20% 0% 0% 100% 0.18(non-EDC) activities with students Legend: SA: Strongly Agree, A: Agree, N: Neutral, D: Disagree, SD: Strongly DisagreeConclusionEDC 2022: Eagle-3D was successful in achieving its primary objective of developing anengaging engineering experience to increase participant’s knowledge of 3D printing and theengineering design process. A statistically significant increase in the participant’s pre/post-testscores was observed. This correlated with the self-reporting survey questions
. The authors intend to makethese assignments an integral part of the future instances of these two courses.Several lessons learned with respect to the structure of the assignments, the staging of theassignment and the related guidance will be applied in future iterations. The authors are alsoworking with other education initiatives performed or planned to be performed on top of ESDN.The learnings and the outcomes of the assignments described in this paper can be used tocomplement innovation competitions organized on the ESDN platform13.References 1. F. Meneghello, M. Calore, D. Zucchetto, M. Polese and A. Zanella, "IoT: Internet of Threats? A Survey of Practical Security Vulnerabilities in Real IoT Devices," in IEEE Internet of
andassociated AVI animation files produced in the study are planned to be used to better clarify someof the more important structural engineering topics and further enhance an introductory StructuralAnalysis course in the Civil Engineering and Construction Department at Georgia SouthernUniversity. To establish the significance of the project, sample produced simulation models forsome of the studied structures are provided and discussed in the paper. By interacting with theproduced models during the lectures, the instructor can effectively enhance the students’understanding of the behavior of structures subject to various loads and further promote studentlearning. Included in the paper is also the student assessment of the effectiveness of the
catheters, dental im-plants, and prosthetic devices) motivates the development of preventive strategies to control theinfection.13-15 Current investigation uses silver and copper nanoparticles in the form of thin filmscoated on fibrous substrates and explores their effects on annihilating Candida spp. Students par-ticipate both in the coating process and biology-related testing and investigation. The independentstudy class aims to develop students ability to "function effectively on a team whose membersestablish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, provide leadership" in agreement to Outcome 5(ABET).MethodsMicrobial growth and biofilm formation are investigated for two types of substrates: fibrous filters(30 microns porosity) and fibrous membranes (2
consists of two distinctphases: collection and disposition. Collection at the high camps, due to remoteness, lack ofroads, and extreme weather conditions, is of necessity manual; Sherpas can go where machinescannot. But the engineering community can actively involve itself in the disposition phase bydesigning facilities to deal with the tons of trash transported from the mountain. Severalinitiatives are already planned or in place, but it is important to note that all depend on unstablefunding, and many are one-time efforts.A useful classroom exercise involves asking students to research and evaluate one of the projectsdetailed below, looking at items such as viability, cost, efficacy, long-term effectiveness, andcultural impact. In addition
codeto allow a priority to be set for each task and scheduling by that priority. However, as can also be seen,extending RIOS to calculate utilization or jitter was more challenging, since it involves more advancedprogramming (namely, creating and maintaining additional arrays, examining timer values, etc.). Ourembedded systems class has a mix of computer science, computer engineering, and electricalengineering students -- the latter often are not as adept at programming. We plan to improve instructionto help students with those extensions in the future. Extension # students attempted Avg score (out of 10) User can enable/disable per task 77 10.0 User can switch tasks
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feedback on students’ wrapper responses because we were still refining thewording of those questions, but we plan to start providing feedback on wrapper responses thenext time the course is offered.For each course offering, the fraction of the assigned homework that was submitted was recordedfor each student. The percentage of possible exam points was also recorded for each student. Theformer was used as a measure of homework effort. Though arguably not ideal, the latter wasused as a measure of attainment of course outcomes. The data from before the pedagogicchanges (N=452, 10 course offerings) were analyzed separately from the data from after thechanges (N=267, 3 course offerings). For each data set, a scatterplot was created, a linear least
, vol. 72, no. Spring, pp. 1-13,2013.[6] A. Chen, "3-D printers spread from engineering departments to designs acrossdisciplines," Chronicle of Higher Education, September 17, 2012.http://chronicle.com/article/3-D-Printers-Arent-Just-for/134440/[7] S. R. Gonzalez and D. B. Bennett, "Planning and implementing a 3D printing servicein an academic library," Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, vol. 78, pp. 1-14, 2014.[8] S. Pryor, "Implementing a 3D printing service in an academic library," Journal ofLibrary Administration, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2014,doi:10.1080/01930826.2014.893110.[9] D. Ketchum, "Makerspaces in Libraries," Journal of Academic Services, 2016,doi:10.1080/15367967.2016.1208017.[10] G. Nowlan, "Developing and
and dimensional tolerancesdisappeared from the data. Comments about having problems understanding working drawingshad also disappeared. There were still comments about students needing more geometricdimensioning and tolerancing background. There are currently plans to address this issue outsideof this class.Summary and Conclusion It was determined that it would improve the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum at YorkCollege of Pennsylvania to include machining projects and instruction in creating completeworkshop drawings in a second semester freshman course. The machining projects in the courseincluded one milling project and one lathe project. In addition, the workshop drawings part ofthe class included dimensional tolerances, as well
are their client, and graduates are their final product.There are experiences and skills developed from working in industry that can help a new facultymember in transitioning to an academic position [2, 4]. These include flexibility, trying newthings, having an enthusiastic attitude, and effective time management [5]. Conversely, thereare certain skills that could be helpful to a new academic that are not likely to have beendeveloped while in an industrial position [3]. These skills or experiences include motivatingstudents to learn, assisting struggling students, effective course planning and delivery, starting anindependent research program, obtaining external funding, writing rigorous assignments andtests, handling students in the
rate the organization of this course. 3.60 4 90.00% Based on what the instructor(s) communicated, and the information7 provided in the course syllabus, I understood what was expected of me. 2.82 3 94.08% Begin this course evaluation by reflecting on your own level of engagement and participation in the course. What portion of the class preparation activities (e.g., readings, online modules, videos) and8 assignments did you complete? 3.89 4 97.19% Future Plans and ConclusionThis paper could shed some lights to engineering programs or institutions who are interested inoffering a similar
, take measurements, and analyze the results effectively.The activities are good examples of pedagogical effectiveness for sophomore level engineeringstudents. In this paper, structure or each module contest and example of a module are presenter.Also students’ performances are analyzed and assessed whether the students have achieved thelearning goals or if there is an impact made, depending on the changes of the students'motivations and attitudes.Organization of the Module ContentThe plan is to improve learning by providing engaging interactive accessible resources forstudents, including narrative explanations, examples and embedded exercises with self-testsusing MATLAB tools. These learning materials are available online [5]. We have
1 7 0 1 7 16% 3) Spring 2021; Instruction Mode: Synchronous Live Lectures and Q&ADuring this semester, the instruction was still virtual and no classes were held on campus. Theclass was held synchronously but completely live. The students met three times a week with theinstructor, each time for 50 minutes, and the lectures were taught live and were recorded as well.Originally, the instructor plan was to post the Zoom session lecture recordings a week after eachsession. Since there were several individual requests to see the recorded videos earlier, especiallyfrom the international students in different time zones, the videos were posted the same day ofthe class for more