Students’ Interest in Their CoursesIn addition to the potential benefits in terms of student engagement, there is also a correspondingbenefit for the department’s industry partners. The department’s current industry engagementefforts focus on design project sponsorship, large-scale events, and opportunities for one-on-onementorship. Those efforts provide a broad range of opportunities for industry to engage with thedepartment, while also providing some insight into the kinds of opportunities that could bevaluable and that are not included in the current model. The push to increase the use ofindustry-based examples across the curriculum is unique in that it focuses specifically on classesthat haven’t traditionally been highly industry-based, and in
, definitive standard for airport sustainability, the team selectedtheir own metrics. The sustainability resources listed in the paper may be helpful to students andfaculty interested in competing in future competitions or wanting to include sustainabilitymetrics in other design projects. Faculty may use the sustainability sources listed in the paper,along with sustainability metrics and team motivations, during course design in engineering andtechnology programs.IntroductionAirport Sustainability is a business strategy with both short-term and long-term benefits. Moreand more airports are trying to integrate sustainability into their long-range planning and day-to-day operations. Although the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not require
Tandon School of Engineering. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Philosophy from the Uni- versity of Rochester and her Master of Science in Mathematics from NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She manages the FITL Center, which encourages and promotes innovative teaching strategies and tech- nologies for learning. The Center provides faculty with training on new classroom technologies, access to technologies and resources, opportunities for research and design, and collaboration on educational and technological projects. Ms. Jean-Pierre has taught Mathematics, Problem- Solving and Academic Success Seminars at Polytechnic University and Columbia University. In addition to her experience in academia
temperatures exceeded 65°F, the room soared to over 80°F.These temperatures would likely rise with the addition of 30 or more computers, the associatedmonitors, and six large plasma displays operating. It was anticipated that student learning andcomputer stability would decline under these conditions. It was also determined that there wasnot enough electrical capacity for the required computers and air conditioning. It was becomingclear that in order for the project to move forward, approval would be needed for significantroom modifications and electrical upgrades would have to be performed. The upgrades wouldrequire more departments to be involved, and the costs in addition to the actual simulator bidwould also need to be considered and approved
. There is a large increase from the second to third year, with smaller increases fromthe first to second and third to fourth years. While there are likely many reasons for that shift,there was a consistent trend in the associated qualitative feedback of students indicating that theirinterest increased as they started to see a clearer connection between what they were learning andthe kinds of work they were likely to encounter as practicing engineers.Figure 1: Senior Survey Reporting of Students’ Interest in Their CoursesIn addition to the potential benefits in terms of student engagement, there is also a correspondingbenefit for the department’s industry partners. The department’s current industry engagementefforts focus on design project
, andwelfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. Thisimplies that they all need to be explicitly considered.This should be approached systematically; otherwise, one of these factors will be missed.The consideration of public health, safety and welfare are covered for most civilengineering design projects through the use of codes that govern a design. Codes andstandards were developed solely for that purpose.The most straight-forward approach is to require students to separately describe theglobal, cultural, social, environmental and economic considerations as a graded part oftheir design submission. It might be helpful for the instructor to preface the assignmentwith some examples of these considerations on a
,Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry students will be analyzed in order to answer the followingresearch questions: 1. What types of socializing agents do students engage with prior to arriving at their university and what impact, if one at all, do these agents have on students’ choice of discipline? 2. What types of disciplinary socialization do first-year students engage in at their university and why choose these specific types? 3. What differences, if any, exist in the engagement with disciplinary socialization between first-year biochemistry, chemical engineering, and chemistry students?Broader Project BackgroundThis qualitative analysis makes use of an existing dataset that is part of a larger project involvingsix
Paper ID #23718Examining Children’s Engineering Practices During an Engineering Activityin a Designed Learning Setting: A Focus on Troubleshooting (Fundamental)Ms. Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Hoda is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue. She received her B.S. in me- chanical engineering in Iran, and obtained her M.S. in Childhood Education and New York teaching certification from City College of New York (CUNY-CCNY). She is now a graduate research assistant on STEM+C project. Her research interests include designing informal setting for engineering learning, and promoting
the Jet-force experiment. Figure 2: Physical Set-up of the Jet-force on Vanes Experiment.3.2 Virtual Reality (VR) Engineering LaboratoryIn previous studies, we have successfully implemented this particular experiment virtually ontwo large scale virtual environments namely the CAVE and the 3D TV [3]. The CAVE is aroom-sized cube with three projection walls (front, left and right, each with dimension of 12’ x9.5’) as well as the floor projection. A user can wear a pair of 3D glasses in the CAVE to viewstereoscopic images on the projection walls generated by a computer. Compared with the 3DTV, multiple screens in the CAVE provides more level of immersion. Figure 3 showscomparison of the Jet-force experiment setup on the 3D
Ed.D., West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is the Assistant Dean for Freshman Experience in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. While her doctorate is in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on higher education teaching in STEM fields, she also holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics. Dr. Hensel has over seven years of experience working in engineer- ing teams and in project management and administration as a Mathematician and Computer Systems Analyst for the U. S. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years teaching mathematics, statis- tics, computer science, and freshman engineering courses in higher education institutions
Paper ID #22073Customer Review-driven Function Formulation for Design EducationDr. Ang Liu, University of New South Wales Dr. Ang Liu is a senior lecturer at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, AustraliaMr. Yuchen Wang, University of New South Wales Yuchen Wang is an undergraduate Aerospace Engineering student in University of New South Wales,Australia. He assists in engineering design education, meanwhile, his student off-class research focuses on space theme projects such as sun sensor and thermal controller.Dr. Yun Dai, University of Southern California Dr. Yun Dai is a
behaviors on a mobile robot, • describing the difference between artificial intelligence and engineering approaches to robotics, • functioning on a multidisciplinary team to complete mobile robotics projects on a hardware platform, • comparing and contrasting the various robot paradigms including hierarchical, reactive, deliberative, hybrid, and behavior-based, • analyzing and implementing metric and topological path planning on a mobile robot, • analyzing and implementing subsumption architecture and potential field summation to implement obstacle avoidance on a mobile robot, • describing the methods for localization and implementing the Kalman filter algorithm on a mobile robot, and
. She has a B.S. inElectrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. fromthe University of Colorado.Dr. Kathleen L. Melde, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering, University of ArizonaKathleen L. Melde, received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. She workedin the Radar Systems Group at Hughes Electronics (now Raytheon) for 12 years developingantennas and transmit/receive (T/R) modules for airborne phased and active arrays. She is now afull professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, at the University ofArizona, Tucson. Her current projects include tunable RF front ends for cognitive radio, on chipantennas, and
Paper ID #21875Effect of Scaffolding in the Assessment of Engineering Practices for MiddleSchool Students (Fundamental)Debra Brockway, Educational Testing Service Ms. Brockway is a Senior Research Associate at Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, NJ, where she leads and contributes to projects exploring innovative approaches to assessment and integrating the STEM subjects.Mr. Kofi James c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Effect of Scaffolding in the Assessment of Engineering Practices for Middle School Students (Fundamental)Introduction
throughANOVA comparison to group project grade, conflict ratings, and satisfaction ratings. Nosignificant differences were found for project grade, however group differences were observed forconflict (p < .001) and satisfaction ratings (p < .001).IntroductionArguably, the purpose of quantitative analysis is to explain events.1 This process can occurthrough descriptive analysis – such as means, standard deviations, ranges – of what has beenrecorded from observation. It can be done through inferences, hypothesis testing, comparinggroups to a model of some kind, or through goodness-of-fit indices which provide an array ofcriterion for decisions about the authenticity of analysis. In educational contexts, these proceduresare used to “observe
engineering and education. His work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, CNN Heath and TEDx. He was a US Case Professor of the Year nominee and a National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education faculty member.Dr. William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bill Kline is Professor of Engineering Management and Associate Dean of Innovation at Rose-Hulman. His teaching and professional interests include systems engineering, quality, manufacturing systems, in- novation, and entrepreneurship. As Associate Dean, he directs the Branam Innovation Center which houses campus competition teams, maker club, and projects. He is currently an associate with IOI Partners, a consulting venture focused on
Director of the Center for STEM Education Department of Cur- riculum and InstructionMr. Lawrence Chu, University of Texas at Austin Lawrence Chu is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin studying STEM Education. His research interests include engineering integration in secondary science classes, science assessment devel- opment, and educational program evaluation.Dr. Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Richard H. Crawford is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects program in Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME from Louisiana State University
assessment tools to measure the effects ofthe project on students’ grades and retention. The toolkit includes: (1) pass rate and GPA inCalculus I, (2) longitudinal analysis of pass rates and GPA in subsequent courses, (3) impact ofCalculus I on retention in STEM and retention at BSU, (4) all of the above comparing students inreformed Calculus vs traditional Calculus, (5) all of the above for underrepresented minorities,women, or other demographic subsets. While these tools were originally developed to study theCalculus I project, they are available for studying the effects of other courses on studentacademic performance and retention.In this paper, we briefly describe a rebuild of Calculus II, overhauled in the 2015-16 school yearfollowing the same
, international relations in the sphere of transport communications, iternational logistics and supply chain management, sustainable development and ecology.Mrs. Karalyn Clouser, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University Karalyn Clouser is a GIS and planning specialist with the Western Transportation Institute. She has expe- rience editing and managing spatial data to support transportation planning and implementation projects, and offers skills with numerous GIS tools and platforms. At WTI, she has provided GIS and planning support to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Technical Assistance Center, which assists with the de- velopment of alternative transportation on federal lands. Her experience includes
intervention programs. This line of research also seeks to understand the nuances and complexities of participation and persistence in these fields and develop new models for explaining such phenomena. Her secondary research strand focuses on the participation and achievement of Black students and professionals in higher education. She is the PI or co-PI on several grant-funded research projects including the national Black Doctoral Women Study (BDWS), the Women in Engineering Study (WIES), and Bulls-Engineering Youth Experience for Promoting Relationships, Identity Development, & Empowerment (Bulls-EYE PRIDE).Dr. Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida Jonathan E. Gaines is faculty in the Mechanical
. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is Professor of Engineering Education in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects through- out the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering
Paper ID #26878Exploring K-12 Teachers’ and School Counselors’ Beliefs about Engineeringin High School: A Case Site in Virginia (Fundamental)Kai Jun Chew, Virginia Tech Kai Jun (KJ) Chew is a PhD student in the Virginia Tech Engineering Education department. In the past, he has been involved in the engineering education field by working with Dr. Sheri Sheppard, engaging in multiple projects, such as ABET accreditation, curriculum redesign and others.Dr. Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a part-time faculty Research Scientist for Virginia Tech and owner of Cheryl Carrico Consulting, LLC. Her current
issues in counseling. Meghan earned her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Xavier University of Louisiana. There, she gained experience working on an in- terdisciplinary research project within education, specifically exploring how stereotype vulnerability and sense of belonging impacts African American engineering students. In the clinical setting, she focuses on culturally relevant therapeutic interventions with various client populations. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An Intersectional Perspective to Studying Microaggressions: An Overview of the Current Scholarship Dr. Cristina Poleacovschi, Assistant Professor
in engineering capstonecourses as they form teams, seek professional positions in the workplace, and/or make decisionsto continue on to graduate school during their last year of undergraduate studies. Further, understanding persistence of Latinx is particularly imperative given that they arethe nation’s largest minority group and among its fastest growing populations [3]. As such, thisresearch project will contribute to the national conversation on broadening participation ofLatinx. The site of this research investigation is “Border University” (BU), which serves alargely Mexican-origin population in a region of Texas with one of the lowest median incomes[4]. In particular, we focus on the senior capstone course where students work in
the civiland environmental engineering (CEE) project, and were the only Canadian universities to do so.Nine institutions from the United States also participated. Librarians from each institutionattended training provided by Ithaka S+R at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware inOctober 2017. As all institutions would be following the same protocol, the training included anintroduction to the project methodology, a lecture and hands-on exercises on interviewtechniques, tips on recruitment strategies, instructions and practice for coding interviewtranscripts, and guidance on writing the final report that each institution was expected to do. TheAmerican Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE) was also a project sponsor, as they have
modifications and testing,students completed an analysis of the project and using guiding questions such as: what wentwell, what didn’t go well, challenges they faced, contribution to group projects, how they wouldchange the product to improve it? The design process stated was created using various parts ofdifferent models to best fit the classroom and implemented structure of inquiry as well as tocomplement the scientific method already taught. Design worksheets were then graded using arubric created specifically for the engineering process stated. According to Sale11, rubrics“provide a guiding frame for focusing attention on the key elements/constructs (performancecriteria) of the assessment area and summary descriptors of a range of performances”. I
students. Barbara uses applied psychology and art in her storytelling methods, to help students and leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a projects - from the early, inspirational stages to reality. Founder of the Design Entrepreneuring Studio, she is the author of,”Working Connection: The Relational Art of Leadership;” ”Entrepreneurial Leadership: A Balancing Act in Engineering and Science;” and ”Designing for Social Participation in the Virtual Universe.” With her students in ME 378, she co-authored, ”The Power of First Moments in Entrepreneurial Storytelling.” Barbara makes productive partnerships with industry and creates collaborative teams with members from the areas of engineering, design, psychology
students and collecting survey data from multiple institutions.IntroductionWriting is an important skill for engineers, but it is not necessarily thought about or taught as an“engineering skill.” Because of this, and despite ABET accreditation criteria directly related towriting,1 the inclusion of writing in engineering programs varies widely from program toprogram and course to course. While writing in engineering practice varies in scope frominformal emails and memos to large scope reports and proposals, writing in engineering coursesis often limited to formal laboratory or project reports, if it is included at all. This often causes adisconnect, leaving engineering graduates lacking in writing knowledge and skills, including asrelated to
M. Warnick is the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global agility and leadership. His research and teaching interests in- clude developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places
including fire protection reports, code equivalencies, and general code consulting for many projects across the nation and abroad. Additionally, she has valuable technical knowledge in smoke control analysis including the commissioning of smoke control systems.Ridge Reid, Oklahoma State University Ridge Reid, GSP, is a Associate Safety Engineer for the Valero Meraux Refinery. He is a highly orga- nized and independent worker who is capable to effectively coordinate tasks to accomplish projects with timeliness and in line with the goals of the organization. Ridge earned his Bachelor of Science in Engi- neering Technology in 2015 from Oklahoma State University with a major in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering. During