the professional academic advisors. The white paper isnot the only means to perform this work of advising translation to the faculty. However, it servesas an example. For that reason, the remainder of this paper discusses three key considerations thatwent into choosing and developing this project that can be utilized by other similar departments.The first part of this paper provides a brief background to the history of academic advising andhow it has changed over the last two hundred years. This background concludes with researchdetailing the shift from the faculty advising model to the professional advising model and the needto facilitate communication between these two department stakeholders. The second part describesthe two research
for theinstructors and to provide an interactive learning environment outside the lecture period for thestudents. Using ViTAS, students will be able to submit the homework assignments online, toengage in anonymous homework review, and to discuss with their peers. The idea of studentsgrading the homework assignments of their peers is very beneficial, because during the processof grading other’s homework, the students get the opportunity to learn/review their ownwork/mistakes. Also, the instructors finalize all grades and post them on the website to confirmthe students’ learning activities. In particular, this project focuses on the Agile systemdevelopment process, which is a group of system development methodologies based on iterative
tests. It is important to note that our intent is not to redesign this course to replace capstone projects;those projects are much more comprehensive and involve other topics including, but not limitedto aircraft structures and propulsion. The current course framework is listed, along with proposedCDIO inspired changes, in Table 1, and the syllabus (current and proposed CDIO based revision)is in Appendices A and B respectively. Table 1: Current Course Framework and Proposed CDIO Based Additions Existing course outline and topics Current Proposed CDIO inspired additions assignments/projects (project based) 1. Derivation of the
using a single complex designproblem as with capstone projects, a collection of simpler problems were used. Each lecturetopic was organized around a “class problem set” packet consisting of problem statements andblank space for students to record the solutions and relevant background information (equationdevelopment, definitions, etc.). Problems were selected or designed to include not only relevanttechnical data, but also a real world context. All problems were solved in class with the studentscompleting all calculations and providing input on the general solution strategy. To illustrate the technique, consider the following problem from one of the class problemsets on “Equilibrium”, which included a total of seven problems. It is a
thinking blooms from multi-level (horizontal andvertical) integration and bridging of course design, projects, and content strengthened from firstyear to fourth year [31, 67]. Scaffolding, as explained by Carroll [68], should mean smoothtransitioning from “seat-of-the-pants” first-year design courses to skills and competencies gainedin second- and third-year courses to capstone projects—the peak of true engineering designexperience for fourth-year students. In addition, feedback on explicit scaffolding, restructuring,and mentoring in team collaborations and projects promoted teamwork and engineering design ininterdisciplinary or multidisciplinary settings [48, 69, 70].3.4) Importance of assessment.Multi-dimensional and multi-stage assessment of
Paper ID #29183Putting Course Design Principles to Practice: Creation of an Elective onVaccines and ImmunoengineeringProf. Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware Joshua Enszer is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for
Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) to terrestrial receiving antennae. This system is called Space Solar Power (SSP).Complex systems require multi-disciplinary teams working cooperatively to integrate theirfindings into a comprehensive whole. Engineering capstone projects are a good model however,they tend to include students within a single department and may lack the academic diversityneeded in a holistic study. Ultra-ambitious efforts like SSP are likely to require internationalparticipation, so an objective of the SSP-WPT team was to include representatives from severalnations as well.Attracting students to a summer internship generally requires pay. To offer college creditsgenerally requires tuition. Asking students to work pro bono is asking a
need has arisen to define a body ofknowledge relevant to SE.BKCASE is a four year old knowledge-based project with a scope to define a SE Body ofknowledge (SEBoK9) and then use SEBok to develop a graduate reference curriculum for SE,called GRCSE8. A reference curriculum exists at the graduate level for systems engineering(SE), but not at the undergraduate level at present9. The document is ‘forward’ looking withprogram objectives being fulfilled five years after graduation by students in their near to mid-term of their careers. This is in keeping with GRCSE’s goal to develop a professional master’sdegree in SE; that is, a degree intended for someone who will either enter the workforce as asystems engineer, or who is already in the workforces
concrete pillars.6. AssessmentThe course assessment was done by pre- and post-surveys at the beginning and the end of thecourse. A screenshot of the complete survey is presented in Appendix-A. The questions weredeveloped in collaboration with the University of as a part of the grant.The questions 1-8 are similar as this will allow us to compare the responses across variousuniversities collaborating on the project. We have added the questions 9-11 to check the interestof the students in various disciplines as well as the overall interest of students in the CivilEngineering discipline (Question 10). Since some of the questions posed in the survey aresubjective, we believe it is beyond the scope of the conference paper to present the details of
enrolled in first-year engineering courses even has theresources to succeed were highlighted by Caroline Baillie. After reviewing different courseapproaches in twelve countries and over seventy institutions a common approach was to developthe first-year introductory subject to aid orientation for students to feel and think like an engineer[7]. Prior research has emphasized the importance of offering project-based tasks for students toapply critical thinking skills.The design canvas tool was used during this study to highlight behavior design and valuetowards the project. Research findings from the paper Development of a Design Canvas withApplication to First Year and Capstone Design Courses discuss the relationship between creatinga design canvas
as an Inductive Learning Technique with Construction Case Studies Western Illinois UniversityIntroduction & Literature ReviewThis paper focuses on the use of debate as an example of an inductive teaching method in aConstruction Management legal course. The 400 level course is one of the last courses to betaken by the students in the Construction Management program. Typically only the Soils andFoundations, Occupational Safety and Health, and Construction Management capstone coursesare taken after this course, while and Estimating and Scheduling are taken the same semester.Having taught this class multiple times, the author found that traditional lecture, supplementaldiscussion
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Paper ID #20924First-year Redesign: LabVIEW, myRIO, EML, and MoreMr. John Edward Miller, Baylor University John Miller is a Senior Lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Baylor Univer- sity. He teaches a wide range of courses, including the first-year program, mid-level laboratories, control systems, and capstone design. These courses lean heavily on hands-on experience and active learning. He has a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Baylor University, and currently serves as the Assistant Chair for the department.Dr. Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University Carolyn Skurla is
output loads),electric motors and motor starters (switches heavy loads), and solenoid directional controlvalves (widely used, controls fluids).The junior level applied process control engineering course utilizes Allen-Bradleyprogrammable logic controllers and the accompanying RSLogix ® software. A dozenclusters are equipped for the controller programming and wiring. Each cluster iscomposed of a desktop computer linked to a Micrologix 1000 ® PLC module was alsodesigned and fabricated as a project of this class. An organized kit includes typicalindustrial inputs such as push button switches, limit switches, and both inductive andcapacitive proximity devices. The kit also includes typical industrial outputs includinglights, buzzers, motors, and
in developing theepistemic frame of many professions, especially those that require innovation, is some form ofprofessional practicum7,8, which is an environment in which a learner takes professional actionin a supervised setting and then reflects on the results with peers and mentors. Skills andknowledge become more and more closely tied as the student/learner learns to see the worldusing the epistemic frame of the profession. Cornerstone and capstone design courses inundergraduate curricula are examples of professional practica in engineering.Prior work has also shown that epistemic games—learning environments where students game-play to develop the epistemic frame of a profession—increase students’ understanding of andinterest in the
hardware in their hands to carry out the testing. Someamount of testing can be done virtually with a simulator or emulator, but full system verificationrequires access to the full system. Unless each student has their own development system, theyare limited on when and where they can work and this in turn limits the complexity of thedesigns that can be assigned.Soft: Configurable soft cores introduce an additional level of testing since the hardware that hasbeen implemented in the programmable device has to first be verified before softwaredevelopment can begin. In upper level embedded design courses student projects often includeboth hardware and software development. Each hardware component or IP created needs to befirst simulated and then
Wood Construction. American Wood Council, 2018.[4] S.M.S. Ardakani, “Implementing Entreprenuerial Mindset Learning (ELM) in a Timber Design Course,” in Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference, 2020.[5] B. Zhou and S. Tanski, “Beyond the Capstone: National Competition and Community Engagement in A Timber Bridge Senior Project,” in Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference, 2020.[6] R.W. Welch and K. Grant, “Implementing a Historically Constrained Student Design-Build Project in an Austere Environment,” in Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, 2002.[7] R.W. Welch, “Implementing a Student Design-Build Project in One Semester,” in Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, 2004.[8] Behrouzi, A. “Physical
fabrication of the Berkut UAV for Geneva Aerospace, and engine fairings for the U.S. Army. He was the test conductor during the UltraLight Sensor Platform project, which was a research initiative to develop an ultralight sensor platform by creating an optionally-piloted aircraft system. As test conductor he wrote the flight test plans, flight test cards, and supervised the flight test team during test missions. He advises the Student UAS Team. He teaches the capstone aircraft design course, aircraft flight dynamics, and aircraft advanced performance. He has since left Raspet and transitioned to the aerospace engineering department. He is also developing the unmanned aircraft system engineering curriculum
boardwith its ATmega328 microcontroller is used in the last four labs. Introduction to the Cprograming language used for microcontroller, has been started with relevant introductorymaterials on digital systems. With minimal or no prior exposure to microcontroller use, thenew development aims at developing students’ ability to implement microcontroller-basedapplications with a target to prepare them to handle automation and measurement and controlprojects in future courses and the capstone project. Table 1: The Scheduled lab experiments and Possible explanations The Lab Experiments Pressing Cause for this Experiment Lab 1: Introduction to the lab Familiarize the students with safety and general rules
, where he currently teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses, and serves on the college’s Capstone Design Committee. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including for- mative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects through student engagement in educational software development. Estell earned his BS in Computer Science and Engineering degree from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University Dr. Stephany
junior years is dominated by coretechnical subjects such mechanics of materials, aerodynamics, propulsion, and controls. Ideally,these engineering science courses give students the theoretical background that they can apply inengineering design courses, on student project teams, and as a practicing engineer. However, itcan be easy to teach engineering science courses with little connection to the practice ofengineering. One way to make the connection between engineering science content andengineering practice is to frame this technical content as mathematical models that describenatural phenomena under certain simplifying assumptions. With this framing, the purpose ofengineering science courses shifts from memorizing formulas and applying them
of Geography David has a B.A. in Biology and a M.S. in Agronomy, and spent almost 10 years working with international development projects in various African countries before moving to Minnesota in 1995. He earned his Ph.D. in soil science and wa- ter resource science from the University of Minnesota and joined the Geography department at St. Thomas in 2000. David currently teaches courses in GIS, physical geography, remote sensing, and weather and climate. He is particularly interested in working with students and other researchers to explore landscape processes related to environmental quality, and in the application of geographic information science for land assessment and management.Prof. Warren Roberts
dedication from these students, along with their rigorousresearch endeavors, equates to the workload typically associated with two high school coursesper year. This level of commitment could readily qualify as capstone projects or independentstudy credits. Regrettably, very few school districts presently accommodate such research creditswithin their established curricula. Addressing this issue presents an emerging challenge foreducators and administrators: how to design supportive and flexible school curricula thatseamlessly integrate project-based and service-based learning initiatives into students' academiceducation. By developing an advanced school curriculum that incorporates these learningmethodologies, a ripple effect can occur, benefiting a
more substantial engagements, such as in the aforementioned Economicscourse, would be most beneficial to students. Such “checkpoints” could be structured as guestlectures and/or course modules that focus on specific communication competencies that fit intothe structures and lesson plans of existing engineering courses. For example, courses that useteamwork could import teamwork specific modules Dr. Olukemi Akintewe is the Director of theFoundations of Engineering Lab course, which is required for all first-year engineering students.Drs. Akintewe and Burchfield collaborated to investigate how students might be impacted by ashort, targeted lecture on intercultural communication and teamwork prior to being assigned totheir course project teams
architectures; platforms that could beprogrammed very efficiently in assembly language and others using very high level languages;platforms that do not have any open source libraries to perform input/output interfaces and otherones that have a complete set of libraries, and platforms that hide all the microcontrollerarchitecture and just focus on applications.What is a platform that could offer good exposure to microcontroller architectures and stillsatisfy these criteria: ease to program in assembly language and high level languages; ease toperform graphical system programming and configuration; and the possibility for students toapply it in project based learning. In addition there are a couple of other very important factors toconsider. Is the
implementedthe survey in a first-year and in senior courses for the purpose of validating items using factoranalysis. Following this, we conducted analysis of survey and interview data restricted to thefirst-year course, including epistemic beliefs and analysis of students’ agency.Through exploratory factor analysis, we found that factors did not converge around constructs asdescribed in the literature. Rather, factors formed around the forms of information leveraged todevelop requirements. Through qualitative analysis of students’ responses on the survey and tointerviews, we evaluated the extent to which students expressed agency over their use ofrequirements to make decisions within a course project. We describe implications of thisexploratory study
angiogenesis and microvascular remodeling, as well as undergraduate engineering pedagogical approaches. Upon completion of her Ph.D. degree, Ms. Taylor will join the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, where she will coordinate undergraduate teaching labs and the Bioengineering Capstone Design sequence.Katelyn Mason, University of Virginia Katelyn E. Mason is a third year undergraduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. Since January 2009, Ms. Mason has been collaborating on research projects in Shayn M. Peirce’s lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. Her research is focused
, there exists one significant drawback: fresh graduatesare unskilled at the process of representing real-world systems as idealized models that can besubsequently analyzed using theoretical textbook principles. This conclusion was based uponanecdotal feedback received from employers and freshly graduated engineers. This anecdotalfeedback was enough to initiate a more formal process to explore the transition from theclassroom to the real-world for an engineer or technologist.The capstone course, where students do projects with industry, attempts to fill in the voidbetween theory and practice. However, based upon feedback from fresh engineering graduates, itdoes not perform an optimum job of doing so since it is a single course taken during the
Professor at The Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. Her primary focus is the Chemical Engineering Capstone Design course and Chemical Process Safety and Control. She brings her over 20 years of experience in industry to the classroom to help the students connect their learning with real world application. While the focus of her career was in Re- search and Development (including several process patents), it also included assignments in production and capital deployment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Collaborative project-based learning approach to the enculturation of senior engineeringstudents into professional engineer practice of teamworkYu Xia, The Pennsylvania State
Engineering Success & Successful Engineering: A West Point Cadet Project with NASA Illustrates the Value of Diversity Lou Harrington, United States Military Academy Austin Bartlett, United States Military Academy Quentin Willard, United States Military Academy Jason McKay, United States Military Academy Bruce Brown, United States Military Academy Ernest Wong, United States Military AcademyAbstract: As part of their senior year capstone experience at the United States Military Academy, fiveSystems Engineering and Engineering Management cadets are working with NASA on enhancing