Paper ID #11691Multi-Course Problem-based Learning Module spanning across the Juniorand Senior Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Mechatronics, Fluid Me-chanic, and Heat TransferDr. James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University James A. Mynderse, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. His research interests include mechatronics, dynamic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team.Dr. Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological
packages are widely used in industry thereby making exposure to thistool an essential component of undergraduate engineering education. This paper discusses thedevelopment, implementation, and results of integrating active learning modules (ALM’s)throughout an engineering curriculum with the goal of providing an effective learning resourcethat reinforces fundamental, yet challenging, course concepts without requiring knowledge of therigorous mathematical theory underlying the finite element method. Fifteen ALM’s have beenimplemented into eight courses at six different universities; this paper focuses on four ALM’sthat have been implemented at the University of the Pacific for several years thereby providing asignificant amount of data. Assessment
wasenthusiastically received (Shumway et al., 2010).TEE students and faculty from Brigham Young University returned summer 2010 to the DominicanRepublic to continue their work with the MACILE group. This collaboration took the form of an officialstudy abroad program where students developed curriculum, conducted research, taught, and receivedcredit for participation. Eight BYU students and 3 faculty members participated in the program. Thestudents spent five weeks during the summer of 2010 in the Dominican Republic teaching 6th -12th gradestudents. Content areas included: energy; chemistry; bridges; rocketry; and robotics. The DR students 1
program features andtools. The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)’s Architectural Technology programappears to be the only provision with an established post-secondary curriculum covering BIMoperation in 3 of the 4 program semesters, but still lacks inter-disciplinary integration. BIMtraining provisions in Alberta are listed on Table 1. Page 26.596.7INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION COURSES OFFERED CITY BIM 101 - Introduction to BIMEdmonton Construction BIM 201 - Introduction to Revit ArchitectureAssociation BIM 201
Paper ID #12609Lessons Learned Integrating the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)Certified Green Professional (CGP) Designation into University ConstructionManagement ProgramsProf. Eric A Holt, University of Nebraska Eric A. Holt is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, teaching in the Construction Management program. He has 23 years of industry experience, with 16 years in the design field. He teaches Plan Reading, Virtual Design and Construction, BIM, and Building Codes to CM Majors.Dr. Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University Scott Kelting is an Associate Professor in the
millingtools have been considered ranging from inexpensive AC rotary tools to more expensive DCspindles. Off-the-shelf rotary tools are easily integrated in these desktop CNCs by simply fabri-cating an appropriate mount and instrumenting the spindle with an appropriate collet. Of thetools used thus far, the DC spindles offer accurate, quiet, controllable operation while AC toolstend to emit greater noise and can range in their degree of accuracy. However, in the context ofprototyping in the undergraduate curriculum, both AC and DC rotary tools have proven to be ac-ceptable solutions.Figure 1: (a) A Shapeoko II with the University of Massachusetts Lowell modifications shown. (b) A Zentoolworks7” x 12” CNC machine.Nowadays, a wide range of CNC
OperatingProcedures; and other process-specific topics germane to an organization. The undergraduateChemical Engineering curriculum can provide courses in these topics, or integrate these topicsinto existing courses to help prepare the graduating engineer for industrial practice.In addition to proactive programs that prevent incidents, it is important to learn from pastexperience. In the words of George Santanaya, a famous Spanish philosopher, “Those who donot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Company-sponsored, post-graduationtraining programs are meant to fulfill these needs.A more formal approach to deciding what process safety topics should be covered is to reviewthe regulatory framework. Companies in the United States involved with storing
on methods of classroom instruction. Between 1980 and 2000, theyreached a higher level of scholarship maturity, yet kept their focus on curriculum and methods10,11.Since that point, there has been an emerging interest in the integration of educational psychologyand cognitive science theories into engineering education. For example, the theory of situatedcognition has been explored in the context of industrially situated virtual laboratories12 and STEMintegration in the precollege engineering classroom13,14. Situated cognition happens in a contextualized, real-world setting where the learner isdirectly interacting with other learners while learning important content. This is crucial in thediscipline of engineering design, as students
actual equipment. Once again, students should be encouraged to have theirsimulations correspond to actual equipment.Discussion What can be done to alleviate this problem? Experience provides some suggestions. It isprobably unrealistic to expect students to understand equipment details before the design classunless that is a point of emphasis in lower level classes. In many programs, the introductorytransport classes focus more on theory than on equipment. Even in a separation class, the stagecalculations often dominate the coverage of tray sizing and performance. One approach wouldbe to integrate equipment details throughout the curriculum; however, this might be unrealistic inlarge programs with different instructors for the same course in
onstudent major as well as integrate community assessment of the final outcome into the process. Our findings of a tentatively labeled “10 hour rule” will lend itself for further design anddevelopment of this experience which can help provide a more realistic expected participation andinvolvement level for students as well as more realistic student learning outcomes. We areoverwhelming surprised by how valuable students perceive the impact of such an extracurricularproject, specifically in regards to their major and positive impact on applying skills as well as use Page 26.1758.11and development of professional skill sets. While this project
highest gain of 0.41 wasshown for the intervention group and was significantly higher than the pre to post increase forthe control (p-value<0.001). This shows that the restructure and inclusion of the discussionsession increases the student’s confidence in declaring major.6.0 ConclusionPreliminary results from our pilot study, modifying an elective first year survey course to includediscussion intended to initiate development of self-authorship and integrative learning, showpositive development of students in their confidence in choosing a major and linking this to theirinterests, values and strengths. This was a significant focus of the pilot course and shows thatthe curriculum is affecting students in a positive way as designed. Because
exercises that allows construction management studentsto perform “hands-on” fit-up exercises of mechanical piping systems.Key Words: Commercial Building Construction, Experiential Learning, Construction Education IntroductionBeginning in the autumn quarter of 2008, the Construction Management Department atCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo launched an integrated project basedconstruction management curriculum. The basis behind the integrated curriculum was to create aseries of practice courses, similar to an architecture studio model; however, each course wouldfocus on a specific sector of the construction industry - Heavy Civil, Residential, Commercial,and Specialty Construction. The concept behind the seminars was to
interactive interface betweenhumans and computers under the concept of hypermedia and on-hand items like pensand paper. This enabled bi-directional cooperative learning in an easier manner andcontributed to the removal of more than a few of the boundaries between learning andteaching². The third step described some essential capabilities for multimediatelecommunications and conceptual models to be introduced. This enabled a realisticsolution for the use of multimedia telecommunications in a widespread range ofpersonal and social communities, on the conceptual configuration of multimediatelecommunications schemes with real-time software³. Therefore, here are some typicalbasic concepts, concrete schemes and clinical practices integrated on real
by industrial/research communitiesincluding Rolls-Royce, Alstom, Newport News Ship Building, and Commonwealth Center forAdvanced Manufacturing (CCAM) etc., which partner with the Digital Manufacturing & DesignInnovation (DMDII) Institute in NNMI [2]. VSU recently received a generous NX PLM (ProductLife Management) gift from Siemens. NX PLM software integrates outstanding capabilities ofComputer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aidedengineering (CAE), product data management (PDM) and digital manufacturing. It is anexcellent platform for companies to manage the entire lifecycle of a product from ideation,design and manufacture, through service and disposal in an efficient and cost-effective way
the program is achieved in two consecutiveproject-based courses, Capstone I and Capstone II. They provide an integrating experience thatdevelops student competencies in applying both technical and non-technical skills (e.g., effectivecommunications, team work). Student work collected in these courses is also useful forassessment and evaluation. By the time students are enrolled in Capstone I and Capstone II, theyshould already have developed the knowledge, techniques and skills identified in each studentoutcome. Otherwise, corrective action is needed.Figure 3 provides an overview of the IET program. The number of credits required forgraduation is 124. While the program is a technology program, students are required to take coremath and
habits of mind can enhance pre-college students’ learning abilities. Page 26.177.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 An Assessment Tool to Evaluate Student Learning of Engineering (Fundamental) Strand: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best practices in curriculum designWhile STEM subjects have traditionally been taught separately in K-12 schools the newinitiatives share a focus on integrated approaches to teaching STEM. For example, the recentlyreleased Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)1 addressed the need for explicit integrationof
the Sloan Foundation and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011. Dr. Ohland is Chair of the IEEE Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee and an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE and IEEE.Mr. Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 26.636.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Engineering Pathways of Nontraditional Students—an Update on NSF Award 1361058Major Goals of the ProjectThe
507 Design of an Assembly for a Manufacturing Processes Laboratory John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZAbstractPresented is a mechanical assembly design which is used as the core product in a manufacturingprocesses course. The product design was developed to integrate mostly machining processes that areconducted throughout the semester. The product, a bench vise, had design criteria that were imposedprimarily a result of educational needs and constraints at the institution, Northern Arizona University.These criteria included generous
360 The Paradigm Shift of Coursework Development Through Industry Partnership: An Account of the Development of a Course in Structural Engineering Masonry Building Design Dr. Craig V. Baltimore, and Dr. James Mwangi California Polytechnic State University, Department of Architectural Engineering, San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaAbstractAcademic partnering with industry is a paradigm shift that has taken many forms. The more recentdiscussions in this partnering paradigm shift concern the influence on the curriculum by thepartnership. By
interest are promoting student en- gagement via techniques such as hybrid teaching, flipped classroom and problem-based learning. Page 26.1026.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Introducing Software Specifications to an Undergraduate Software Engineering ProgramIntroductionThe complexities of developing clear and well-defined specifications and their important role inthe success of a software project are widely recognized. This recently led to increased attentionin corresponding courses in the Software Engineering curriculum. One of the challenges
Paper ID #12044What does it take to deliver an active hands-on course?Dr. Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University Steve Hsiung is a professor of electrical engineering technology at Old Dominion University. Prior to his current position, Dr. Hsiung had worked for Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Seagate Technology, Inc., and Lam Research Corp., all in Silicon Valley, CA. Dr. Hsiung also taught at Utah State University and California University of Pennsylvania. He earned his BS degree from National Kauhsiung Normal University in 1980, MS degrees from University of North Dakota in 1986 and Kansas State University in
Education, 37(2), 125-132.7. Andrews, T., & Patil, R. (2007). Information literacy for first-year students: An embedded curriculum approach. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3), 253-259.8. Berland, L., McKenna, W., & Peacock, S. B. (2012). Understanding Students' Perceptions on the Utility of Engineering Notebooks. Advances in Engineering Education, 3(2).9. Berndt, A., & Paterson, C. (2010). Global engineering, humanitarian case studies, and pedagogies of transformation. In Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments, 2010 IEEE (pp. 1-19). IEEE.10. Brophy, S., Hodge, L., & Bransford, J. (2004, October). Work in progress
at North Douglas Elementary located in Douglasville, Geor- gia. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Georgia Southern University pursuing an Ed.D. in Curriculum Studies. Page 26.85.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Preliminary Evaluation of Elementary School Teachers Willingness to Gain Certification in Science or Mathematics in an Effort Towards Achieving School- wide STEM Certification (RTP, Strand 3)Teacher
/assembled by undergraduate students. Openings in the plasticenclosure were machined by a benchtop CNC mill which was programmed and operated by ATUundergraduate students.Procedures - Mini-Laboratory ExercisesThe Mini-Laboratory will be integrated into the curriculum in the Fall 2015 semester. Tomeasure its effects on student electric circuits knowledge, a structured evaluation program willbe utilized. The students will be separated into two groups such that each group has anequivalent average overall GPA and an identical number of electrical engineering, mechanicalengineering, and physics majors. One group will perform laboratory exercises utilizing the mini
applications. Thequestion that we wish to explore is: could CES EduPack be developed to better support both or acombination of these approaches?Based on the results of an informed curriculum/syllabus selection, focus groups and an initialsurvey, we have identified areas where additional data and new linked datasets (called datatables) might support educators in Materials Science and Engineering. Here, we outline astructure for a new database and suggest potential new data tables for it. We wish to gatheropinion as to their utility and the priority that the Materials education community attaches tothem. Page 26.201.3Figure 2. The difference between a
Grand Challenges facing society,” and integrates research, entrepreneurship, and service learning. The ReedGarman Award was established in 2014 through an endowment created by Bucknell alumnus Robert F. Sykes to provide a summer fellowship for a student to refine a new product, service, or technology. In addition, there have been many student groups that have arisen, such as the Entrepreneurship Club, Launch Group, and Bison Consulting Group, all of which foster student peertopeer mentoring on many entrepreneurial topics. Many of these groups have also brought thought leaders to campus, for example Fred Thomas (Bucknell ’82) speaking on his role in the invention of the Zip Drive and David Robertson, author of Brick by Brick: How LEGO
sufficiently modest—we may have asolution for you! If this describes your motivations, we invite you to read on.Various authors have confronted the problem of semiconductor curve tracing in theundergraduate electronics laboratory and have described their work in ASEE conferences. Wethus turn to the work of those who have gone before, of the giants upon whose shoulders wepropose to stand.A curve-tracing system for pn diodes, NPN and PNP BJTs, and n-channel MOSFETs relied uponLabVIEW running on a desktop computer and laboratory instruments (power supply andvoltmeter) communicating with the program through a GPIB (General-Purpose Instrument Bus)connection.1 While the system was successfully integrated into the curriculum, it had thedisadvantage of being
Paper ID #12504Studying the fidelity of implementation of an intrinsic motivation course con-versionDr. Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Geoffrey L. Herman is a visiting assistant professor with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in En- gineering Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a research assistant professor with the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer En- gineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a Mavis Future Faculty Fellow and conducted postdoctoral research with Ruth Streveler in
) the integration of different constructsassociated with workplace engineering practices that can enable us to propose an analyticalframework to investigate them concurrently. Curriculum at engineering schools should bebalanced with theoretical knowledge and promote the idea of coupling the content with real wordsituations30. Computational modeling and simulations are now highly relevant to solve these real Page 26.185.15world complex problems.The results suggest that the use of computer simulations can be helpful in the process of problemsolving enabling students to validate theoretical constructs. We recognize that other types ofintervention
course by developing and implementing ’Link Maps’, as well as synthesising an understanding of physics student learning by integrating a variety of theoretical backgrounds, from neuroscience via cognitive psychology to educational theories. Christine’s current research focuses on improving the science teacher education program at Oslo and Akershus University College, and she has a keen interest in how the brain learns physics. Christine also holds a position as Adjunct Associate Professor of University Pedagogy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where she teaches short courses on university teaching to PhD students and researchers.Mr. Tengel Sandtrø, Oslo and Akershus University College Tengel