. David P. Wick, Rochester Institute of Technology David Wick is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Individualized Studies and Assistant Vice President in the Division of Diversity and Inclusion at Rochester Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Designing an Introduction to Biomedical Engineering course around a design challengeIntroductionFirst-Year science and engineering courses which have been modified to incorporate engaginghands-on, team-based projects have witnessed increased retention rates, greater knowledge gains,improved student satisfaction, and increased student enthusiasm over traditional
Technical State University. Dr. Ofori-Boadu has over twenty years of rele- vant occupational experience in construction technology/management (industry), teaching, research and service. Dr. Ofori-Boadu has served in various capacities on research and service projects, including Principal Investigator for two most recent grants from the Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). In 2017, Dr. Ofori-Boadu received both the College of Science and Technology (CoST) Rookie Research Excellence Award and the North Carolina A & T State University (NCAT) Rookie Research Excellence Award. She also received the Teaching Excellence Award for the Department of Built Environment
over three semesters, as opposed to thecollege’s traditional two-semester curriculum. The integrated approach used collaborationbetween one semester of Engineering Design Methods (EDM) and two-semesters of the SeniorDesign Project (SDP). The integrated approach, modeled on the engineering design spine withroots in freshman courses, involved both the EDM and SDP cohorts. The interclass involvementincludes participation in design review presentations, senior-to-junior mentorship, and multiclassworkshops. Student feedback through periodic surveys and interviews provided insight into thestudents’ progress and learning outcomes. This paper reports on efforts that would help anintegrated Capstone Design curriculum succeed. The Department’s surveys
an essential part of the testingprocess because the standard specimens ensure meaningful and reproducible results.1 Tohelp improve students’ critical thinking, hands-on experience, and potential researchinterest, an enhanced tensile testing laboratory project was developed that accounts forspecimen condition and variability.MET students at two campuses of XXXXX University participated in this enhancedpolymer tensile testing laboratory project. Campus A is a commuter campus with abalanced population mix of traditional and non-traditional students and typicalengineering technology class sizes of 10-20. Campus B is a large residential campuspopulated by traditional students, transfer students, and a handful of non-traditionalstudents. At Campus
holds the title of Senior Lecturer and focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program. She is also involved in the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, the ASU ProMod project, the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, and the Global Freshman Academy. Dr. Zhu also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineering at ASU, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, etc. She was part of a team that designed a largely team and activ- ity based online Introduction to Engineering course, as well as a team that developed a unique MOOC introduction to engineering course for
Paper ID #21861’It was a Failure, But a Good Failure’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Engi-neering Students’ Critical Entrepreneurship Experiences and Their ImpactsMr. Mark V. Huerta, Arizona State University Mark Huerta is a second year PhD student in the Engineering Education Systems & Design (EESD) program at Arizona State University. Mark is also the Chairman and Director of Projects of a non-profit called 33 Buckets, which empowers rural communities in developing countries to develop solutions for their drinking water problems. Before enrolling in the EESD program, Mark obtained a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering
. The key features of theprogram are (1) a single point of entry, (2) long-term and authentic research experiences, (3)participation in a broader impact project, and (4) personal mentoring between students andfaculty. Since its inception in 2003, the program has had 251 total student participants that havepublished 225 peer reviewed publications and 75% have continued on to graduate school.1. IntroductionA recent report analyzed what made students view their undergraduate education as being worththe cost [1]. The three largest factors were the following: • “My professor cared about me as a person.” • “I had a mentor who encouraged me to pursue my goals and dreams.” • “I had at least one professor who made me excited about learning.”All
assess designthinking, 102 interviews with girls were videotaped across elementary and middle schoolprograms in two cities. The interviews called on youth to give a guided, narrative description oftheir work on a design project accomplished in their engineering-focused, girls-only afterschoolprogram. Interviews were augmented with programmatic observations, so the analysts couldtriangulate evidence from interviews with observations of girls engaged in the projects. Incollaboration with the curriculum development team, a rubric was developed to measure theextent to which girls communicated effective engineering design, specifically: a) understandingof the design challenge, b) evaluation of design strengths and weaknesses, and c) evidence
recognition, machine learning, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Scholarship Program Initiative via Recruitment, Innovation, and Transformation (SPIRIT): S-STEM Program Initiatives and Early ResultsThis paper describes the structure, project initiatives, and early results of the NSF S-STEMfunded SPIRIT: Scholarship Program Initiative via Recruitment, Innovation, and Transformationprogram at Western Carolina University (WCU). SPIRIT is a scholarship program focused onbuilding an interdisciplinary engineering learning community involved in extensive peer andfaculty mentoring, vertically-integrated Project Based Learning (PBL), and
of Arkansas. He received his BS and PhD in Mechan- ical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and National University of Singapore respectively. He has published more than 60 papers in refereed journals and international conferences and contributed to books, and been involved in several internal and external funded research projects in these areas. He has received numerous research awards including ’Best Paper Award - ICAMT 2016’, ’Best Paper Award - ATMAE 2014’, ’Outstanding Paper Award – NAMRC 2012,’ ’A.M. Stickland Best Paper Award – IMechE, 2010,’ and ’Most Downloaded Paper – Elsevier, 2010.’Ms. Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University Shahnaz Aly, OAA, LEED AP, M. Arch, is a
. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam joined the faculty of Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M Univer- sity in 2007. Natarajarathinam received her Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from The University of Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Engineering (Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering) from Anna University [Tamilnadu, India], her MS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, her MA in Management Science and MS in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. She has experi- ence working with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution etc. on transportation and operations management projects. She works extensively with food banks
developed design based curriculum for multiple K-12 teach PDIs and student summer camps.Dr. C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering, and the Electrical Engineering Program Coordinator. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His work is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone courses, with an emphasis on applied electromagnetics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Senior Design Day: Multidiscipline and Multidepartment Capstone Presentation EventAbstractSenior Design or "Capstone" projects are one of the most important
societies and industries, especially in the high-tech industries. The evolution of modern technologies (mobile devices, Internet of Things, cloudcomputing, etc.) keeps bringing in challenges in system engineering education. Hands-onpractices may not be sufficient enough to educate engineering students to face the unknownand fast-paced competitions. Imagination should also be considered as one of the keycapabilities for the students to develop in system engineering education. Reflecting on thechanges of technologies, Taiwan governmental authorities (e.g., Ministry of Education, MOEand Ministry of Science and Technology, MOST) financially support some projects to addressdemands, challenges, and trends of the new educational technologies
Education, 2018 Designing an Interprofessional Educational Undergraduate Clinical Experience1. ABSTRACTOngoing assessment of the biomedical engineering concentration in the Department ofEngineering at East Carolina University, suggested that undergraduate students had difficultyadequately translating technical course content to real world biomedical engineering problems.East Carolina University is home to the Department of Engineering, Brody School of Medicine,School of Dental Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, and isaffiliated with a large regional medical center. Taking advantage of these resources, the goal ofthis project was to develop a multidisciplinary, collaborative
2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Full Paper: Tangible Electricity - Audio Amplifier and SpeakerAbstractProjects help students connect concepts to physical reality and allow students to experience theprocess of design, construction, and testing. Finding suitable projects can be difficult. Theyshould be challenging yet enjoyable, demonstrate the concepts in an understandable way, tangible(hands-on), not cost too much, and not require too much time of either students or instructors.This paper describes one such project: soldering an audio amplifier and building a speaker. Theprimary goal of this project was to make electrical engineering tangible, as early students (orthose in other disciplines) often complain that
Engineering and works in the biomedical lab with an emphasis in software development for instrumentation systems. He is interested in software engineering, data acquisition systems, and engineering education.Ms. Shangxian Wang Shangxian Wang is an undergraduate research assistant in the Kansas State University (KSU) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and supports various efforts in the KSU Medical Component Design Laboratory. Shangxian is a student member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, and her interests include biomedical instrumentation, biomedical imaging, and K-12 STEM service projects
Engineering at Harvard. He is the founder of the Harvard Biodesign Lab, which brings together re- searchers from the engineering, industrial design, medical and business communities to develop smart medical devices and translate them to industrial partners in collaboration with the Wyss Institute’s Ad- vanced Technology Team. Conor’s research projects focus on wearable robotics to assist the disabled and able-bodied, as well as on tools for minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of disease. His ed- ucational interest is in the area of medical device innovation where he mentors student design teams on projects with clinicians in Boston and in emerging regions such as India. Conor received his B.A.I and B.A. degrees in
. These studies have not only shown an increase in the intellectual development ofstudents, but showed improvements in problem-solving, collaborative work, and creativity2,3.Additionally, project-based learning has been shown to drastically increase retention rates,especially for women and minorities in engineering disciplines, while also increasing the longterm retention of engineering material4,5,6.One challenge of first year engineering design courses is effectively exposing students, many ofwhom have not yet decided on a preferred engineering major to pursue, to the differentengineering disciplines offered at their institution. This is done in order to make them moreinterested and confident in pursuing an engineering degree and allow them to
projects developed encompassed seven critical skills, they do not “hook” students early in theirclassifications (Student Life, Assistive Technologies, college career. Courses that engage students in hands-onOutdoor Activities, Appliances, Personal Use innovation and entrepreneurial activities are one way toConveniences, Environmental/Road Management/Office create that hook. At Michigan Technological University, weArrangement, and Phone/Portable Technologies). Over piloted modifications in a first-year engineering course thatthe course of the semester student teams completed allow students the opportunity to learn about innovation andproject deliverables. This
required to developand implement a test procedure to verify specification compliance. A modest budget wasprovided to allow the design teams to purchase materials. The campus machine shop is very wellequipped and staffed and was available to help fabricate custom parts. 3-D printing of parts wasalso an option for the teams to use. An instrumentation amplifier circuit board kit was availablefor the students to integrate into their design. The project provided a very good means ofunifying many aspects of the course. The fabrication experience gained through this project isalso a valuable component of the mechanical engineering curriculum. This paper presentsexamples of student accelerometer designs and data from prototype testing. Equipment
audio player on a single board computer.The hardware platform chosen was an Odroid-C1. The board features a multicore RISC architectureARM processor. Like other single board computers of its class, it features much RAM, as well aseMMC memory which acts as “disk” memory. The base unit features an abundant array of connectionsto the outside world, including 40 GPIO pins, four USB ports for keyboard, mouse, WiFi USB device,plus separate RJ45 Ethernet jack, plus micro-USB and micro-HDMI ports. Odroid markets a platformcompatible 3.2” TFT touchscreen display for use with the C1. In this project, the programmedtouchscreen provides a user-friendly kiosk-like interface. The HMDI port acts as the streaming audiooutput port.Project software development
register and can be calculated using integer division and the modulusoperator. The Verilog code for doing this is shown here:Student Final ProjectThe final project is the capstone for this class. Table III is a list of all video game projects in2017. Table IV shows whether the lab assignments and student projects have a focus on gamingfrom 2015 to 2017. Each project group was formed by students and had between one to threestudents per group. Students can choose their project with a gaming focus or a project of otherfocus using the Basys-3 board. Table V shows the number of student projects with a gamingfocus and other design focus, as well as the project evaluation outcome.Table III List of video game projects in digital system design course in
provided feedback about the designs tothe professor solely for the evaluation of the course.In addition to detailing the outcomes of the project, this paper discusses the merits anddrawbacks of short timeframe multi-disciplinary teaching collaborations along withrecommendations for further development.I. IntroductionA. Industrial design and usabilityIndustrial design is a user-centered discipline and has developed many tools in its rich historyto enhance usability by helping designers to make better design decisions [1]. This could bein the form of interviews, discussions, focus group studies, or co-design [2]. In one way oranother, the user is typically involved in the process. Specifically, for a project to besuccessful, one must fully
–construction of a service project which serves a on university property. The garden is maintained bycommunity need and also takes advantage of their university staff, many of whom volunteer their time. Newparticular skill set. For AY2017-18, the faculty team garden initiatives have been supported by FYS engineeringbroadened the idea of community to include the global students for many years. Also, each semester the universitycommunity in response to a joint United coordinates GU Give Day during which students, faculty,Nations/Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and administrators spread out into surroundingHumanitarian Technology Challenge Sustainable
garden. That project is actually moving forward next spring with additional fundingrecently approved from the Sustainability Institute of the University. The students presented theirideas during the last week of class to members of both the campus and public officials. Thefifteen week semester did not allow for some of their revisions to be incorporated; nor were anyof the students able to volunteer their time during the summer. Nevertheless, continuedinvolvement with the community will resume during the 2018 spring semester when the courseis, once again, offered. At that time, the entrepreneurial center will have officially opened forbusiness, which could allow for some measurement of success to be evaluated.BackgroundSUST 200, Foundations of
Paper ID #21485Fostering Civic Identity in Architectural Technology Students through theEvaluation of Critical Reflection in Service Learning CourseworkBeth Huffman, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Beth Huffman is a lecturer at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in the interior design department. She is a licensed architect with specialties in sustainability and construction. Beth’s classroom pedagogy is focused on the practices of design/ build. She often encourages students to build a portion of their projects at full scale, in order to understand construction connections and
languages. He has a keen interest in pedagogy and instruction de- livery methods related to distance learning. He has a deep commitment to social justice and in achieving economic and educational equity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A System Designed to Convert Plastic Waste Product into Utilitarian ArtifactsAbstractThe paper expounds a senior design project that was undertaken to convert plastic waste intoutilitarian artifacts. The paper presents here the practice followed by the authors in theirrespective Department of Electrical Engineering Technology at Duy Tan University, Da Nang,Vietnam and Purdue University Northwest, Hammond
executive. Having worked on a diverse range of projects ranging from nuclear power plant control systems to digital libraries, he is a self-professed technology junkie — a perpetual misfit who enjoys mixing it up. In mechanical engineering circles, he is often labeled the ”information technology” guy; amongst computer science folks, he is the ”computer hardware” person; or to electrical engineers, he is the ”mechanical” person. More often than not, he is simply one with a holistic systems perspective. At Stanford, George has been senior research associate, associate director at Stanford Center for Design Research, and associate director of technology at Stanford Learning Lab.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri
in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Educa- tion Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative undergraduate engineering curricula. He has authored over 70 papers and offered over 30 workshops on faculty development, curricular change processes, curriculum redesign, and assessment. He has served as a program co-chair for three Frontiers in Education Conferences and the general chair for the 2009 conference. Prof. Froyd is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering
positions as an Assistant Professor at Villanova University and Delaware State University and an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests are in radio frequency and analog integrated circuit design, embedded systems, biomed- ical electronics, and engineering education. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.Dr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) (MERGED) Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS