- sity. 14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference: University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee Jul 30 GIFTS: Understanding buoyancy by building a miniature concrete canoe First Author: Helen Jung, Ph.D., P.E., California Baptist University Co-Author/ Presenting Author: Jakob E. Yovanovich, California Baptist UniversityThis project aims to provide first-year engineering students with a hands-on practical experiencein mix designs, concrete mixing, mold design, testing, and project management challenges. Theproject idea comes from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Concrete CanoeCompetition, providing civil engineering
government organizations to provide value for them whilelearning about innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper presents the framework of theprogram and analyzes the feedback from the major stakeholders. The program started with agenerous donation from an alumnus to support programs that help to break the silos in academia.Consequently, the SSP, piloted in the fall of 2021 with business and engineering students, nowincludes students from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Dayton. Thestudents have their regular course loads and, in addition, put in 10 hours of work each week byworking on projects for the entrepreneurs. The students are paid from the program’s fund.During the 2021/22 academic year, the students’ work helped to
project managers to gain a broader understanding of the softwareindustry. This experiential paper will describe two approaches implemented in technologymanagement and software engineering courses: a novel interdepartmental active learningenvironment for undergraduate and graduate students and a discipline-specific application of anAgile Scrum project framework. The undergraduate course Introduction to TechnologyManagement is a three-hour per week project-based class with the goal of introducing students tothe challenges and rewards of managing complex technical projects with budget and timeconstraints. The graduate course Software Engineering Leadership is a three- hour per weekproject-based class designed for computer science graduate students
student in Bioengineering at Clemson University studying tissue engineering.Ms. Morgan Green, Mississippi State University Morgan Green is an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mississippi State University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education, where her research is focused on the develop- ment and assessment of professional skills in engineering students. Other areas of interest and research are engineering education outreach and the application of hands-on learning in engineering students. She is the founder and Director of Project ENspire, an engineering outreach event for 4th-6th grade girls now in its eight year.Dr. Matthew William Priddy, Mississippi State University
: Engaging First-Year Engineering Students Through Team-Based Design and Peer Review: A Service-Learning Approach Djedjiga Belfadel, Isaac Macwan, Kongar Elif and John F Drazan Fairfield UniversityAbstract:This complete evidence-based practice paper outlines the benefits of incorporating a challenging teamdesign term project informed by service-learning in a first-year engineering course for students majoringin electrical, biomedical, and mechanical engineering, and students who have not declared a major. Thecourse provides core engineering knowledge and competencies in a highly interactive course formatwhere students are active participants in the learning
topics and over the decades there have been changes to what facultyconsider important. As such, Stevens Institute of Technology recently modified its curriculumfrom a 4 credit engineering economics course to a 2 credit engineering economics course, whichmust also instruct Project Management. This new 2 credit course will be taught for the first timein the 23-24 academic year. This article discusses the modifications undertaken to make this newcourse a reality.Background – Engineering EconomicsEngineering Economics has been part of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, the precursorto the Professional Engineers Exam, for decades and currently comprises between 3 to 12questions on the exam (NCEES for current information and Lavelle for historical
circuit on aPCB to meet certain customer requirements is outside the scope of the “Circuits, Signals andMeasurements” class.During the 2021-2022 academic year, the course instructors of the “Design Methodologies” courseused the biopotential amplifier lab from the “Circuits, Signals, and Measurements” course to helpstudents connect how their prototyped biopotential amplifiers could be further developed into amore polished finished product. This project was an ideal selection for the "Design Methodologies"course because it reinforced all three-course learning objectives (1- identifying and analyzingproduct design and development processes, 2- developing the concepts and tools necessary forproduct design, development, and evaluation in engineering
High School Students (Resource Exchange) Context: Response: Tamecia Jones (trjones8@ncsu.edu), Erik Schettig (ejschett@ncsu.edu), Steven Miller (slmille6@ncsu.edu)Ninth grade student interns were STEM education faculty created a bootcamp ofchallenged to submit a project for the school day-sized sessions (15 hours total) to teachuniversity first-year engineering course, students modeling and prototyping. We selectedthe introductory course for all appropriate software
was realized that a very strong Capstone program was needed in each of the fourdisciplines of engineering. Team-based learning was the core of the Learning Outcomes inCapstone courses as required by ABET. The focus of this paper is on the Capstone course in theMechanical Engineering (ME) program. Capstone has been taught as ME-4810 and 4820 in twoconsecutive semesters as three-credit-hour courses. In the past five years practical projects havebeen assigned to teams of seniors with great success. Each team has been assigned a coach/mentorwho has advised and monitored each team’s progress. Extreme care was taken in requiringstudents to use a comprehensive engineering design process, perform correct engineering analysis,use CAD and FEA tools as
Paper ID #39870Learning Engineering Material Selection and Design Process Using anEngine DissectionDr. Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Learning Engineering Material Selection and Design Process Using an Engine DissectionAbstractDuring the fall 2022 semester, the Mechanical Engineering department at the Virginia MilitaryInstitute (VMI) was interested in implementing a hands-on project in their Introduction toMechanical Engineering course. The goal of the project was to provide new students anexposure to mechanical engineering through means of
University of Maryland Eastern Shore with a passion for research and design. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Active Learning Experiences with Instrumentation, Control, and Embedded Systems within and Outside the ClassroomAbstractThe “Smart Farming” project supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA/USDA) and the “AIRSPACES: Autonomous Instrumented Robotic Sensory Platforms to AdvanceCreativity and Engage Students” project sponsored by the Maryland Space Grant Consortium(MDSGC/NASA) have facilitated engaging engineering and other STEM students on campus inexperiential learning and research efforts in mechatronics and embedded systems applications.Sensing
Science Foundation. We used many agileprinciples for building and sustaining the cohort, which is scaffolded around the students'academic studies and their simultaneous work on an externally sourced software developmentproject. We discuss how the agile principles were applied in practice in this S-STEM project,how they helped build a cohesive student cohort, and how they helped bring the softwaredevelopment project to a successful completion. This report describes the work in progress,which is limited in scope by the software project duration and the number of participants.IntroductionThe Computer Science Department at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) offers aMaster of Science program in Software Engineering to better address the needs
. He is an author of numerous research papers and presentations in these areas. He has worked on undergrad- uate education research projects sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin. Dr. Aliyazicioglu is a member of the IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and ASEE. Aliyazicioglu is faculty advisor for the student chapter of the IEEE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Sensor Fusion Algorithms and Tracking for Autonomous Systems Abstract This paper discusses the results and experiences of an undergraduate senior project sponsored by an industry. The project focused on applying sensor fusion and localization algorithms to generate highly reliable and accurate
Using Mt. Mazama Volcanic AshAbstractFirst-year engineering students from a variety of disciplines participated in a research project toimprove the firmness and stability of a local trail using ash from the Mt. Mazama volcaniceruption. Previous work had shown success in applying a Mazama Ash treatment to small testpatches, so this work aimed to implement the surface treatment at a larger scale. The project,which was the basis for an Introduction to Engineering course, was divided into several taskswhich were assigned to small student teams. Team responsibilities included laboratory testing ofmix designs, raw material handling and processing, applicator prototype design and construction,educational community outreach, and others. The course was
professionalmasters’ workplace readiness in China, each of which exemplifies a major approach in organizingthe practical studies for professional master’s students in engineering: The first case examines a“practice base,” a broker institution that connects students to companies that are committed to theeducational objectives determined by the participating universities. In the second case, theuniversity provides a list of options for practical studies, each linked to a partner company, forstudents to choose. This paper adopts the double case study method, focuses on how universities and partneringinstitutions negotiate common interests and ensure the sustainability of the partnerships throughpractices of matching students to projects, articulating
Paper ID #38359Community-University Relationships in Environmental EngineeringService-Learning Courses: Social Network Vectors and Modalities ofCommunicationHannah Cooke, University of Connecticut Hannah Cooke is a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Science Education at the University of Connecticut. Her research interests include critical, antiracist science teaching that works to dismantle systems of oppression. Currently, she is a research assistant on the DRK12 project COVID Connects Us: Nurturing Novice Teachers’ Justice Science Teaching Identities, which uses design-based research to
-creation by developing a series ofworkshops to scaffold student learning. Scaffolds are instructional methods and interventionsthat are designed to foster skill development by allowing for interactions between what studentsalready know and what they have yet to learn. These workshops were designed using the tenetsof the gold standard project-based learning (PjBL). The PjBL framework is itself a scaffold thatis designed to build research competencies.Specifically, to introduce a challenging problem or question, we created multiple technicaloverviews of the cyber-physical system theme of interest that would constitute the eventualeducational modules. We scaffolded sustained inquiry by developing a workshop usingtechniques from the Right Question
design courses are typically project-based, where students work inteams to address a “customer-provided” problem and develop real working solutions. This typeof project-based learning requires that students synthesize knowledge and apply skills to anopen-ended design problem. The open-ended nature of “customer-provided” problems thatstudents encounter in capstone design courses contrasts with the structured and constrained“instructor-provided” problems seen in their earlier coursework [1], [2]. Solving complex,unstructured problems is an essential skill for a working engineer, but it requires a differentskillset than that which is needed to solve the standard textbook problems typically seen inclassrooms [2]–[6]. Solutions to textbook problems
key leadership positions. Dr. Matusovich is recognized for her research and leadership related to graduate student mentoring and faculty development. She won the Hokie Supervisor Spotlight Award in 2014, received the College of Engineering Graduate Student Mentor Award in 2018, and was inducted into the Virginia Tech Academy of Faculty Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding
Paper ID #39195Curriculum Development in Renewable Energy and SustainabilityDr. Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Ali Zilouchian is currently the Director of Applied Engineering Program and a Research Center Director at Keiser University. He is also the Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Founding Project Director of a HSI Title III project funded by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) at FAU. His distinguished career in academia and industry has many notable accomplishments focused on research and industry partnerships, and national models
Mariajose Castellanos1 and Neha Raikar1 1 Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyIntroduction/MotivationNovel practices are being implemented that deviate from the typical in-class instruction with anemphasis on applying classroom learning to real-world situations. Internships are a great way toenable the implementation of this objective. They provide hands-on experience and help connectthe subject matter to practical applications. In experiential learning, students learn by doing andreflect on their learning [1]. Creative projects can help accomplish this goal. In this work, webring the benefits of the internship experience to the
work closely with national labs and industry to maintain course projects with real ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 AFRL Career STREAM implementation at NMT (Work in Progress)AbstractThe New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) partnered with the Air ForceResearch Laboratory (AFRL) to provide a STEM experience for late-year high school students.This paper will evaluate the program in terms of implementation, results of apprentice growth,and lessons learned. The AFRL NM Career STREAM program aims to provide an industrialenvironment on a college campus, demonstrating what a career would be like, to apprenticescoming from rural New Mexico and other underserved groups. The paid
an ecosys- tem of training and support for students and to develop innovative teaching practices focused on team- and project-based learning.Dr. Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington Ken Yasuhara (he/him) is the director of the Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning at the UW and serves the College of Engineering as its instructional consultant. Dr. Yasuhara began working as an instructional consultant in late 2015, after several years of experience as an engi- neering education researcher at UW’s Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching.Dr. Per G. Reinhall, University of Washington Per Reinhall (he/him) is a professor and recent chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at
WARP-SPEED: Increasing engineering student engagement through co-curricular undergraduate researchBarbara SobhaniBarbra Sobhani is the Director of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, housed at the University ofColorado Boulder, working with students on campus as well as across the state on space science andaerospace engineering projects. Barbra has been an educator for over 20 years, as a physics professor,Honors program director and STEM dean. Barbra's interdisciplinary background in physics, geophysicsand biology has led to a passion for experiential learning and interdisciplinary project development. Theproblems facing the world are wicked and complex, so helping the next generation become innovativeproblem solvers is crucial.Veronica
institutions evenwhen most courses, particularly in STEM, have returned to face-to-face or hybrid instruction.Although the impetus for this project was the COVID-19 pandemic which forced institutions ofhigher education everywhere to move to an online remote teaching and learning format, and assuch negatively affected STEM fields which require hands-on labs and access to instrumentation,remote learning still remains part of most courses today.We describe continuing efforts to create learning environments and materials to support remotehands-on engaged student learning off-campus at two Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) toenable and enhance student learning beyond the institutional walls. The approach utilizesInternet of Things (IoT) kits as remote
, including being able to effectivelyself-regulate their own learning and take responsibility to understand and apply engineering.In 2015, the Electrical Engineering Department at a University of South Florida (USF)university in the U.S. initiated the Taking Responsibility to Understand Engineering (TRUE)initiative as part of a department cultural transformation program.The TRUE initiative was one of multiple elements in the transformation, and within theinitiative, the implementation of TRUE projects was a key programmatic activity. TRUEprojects bring together students, faculty, industry, and community to engage in doing real-world problem-solving during the 4-year undergraduate program. Students take responsibilityto self-regulate, learn, and apply
, instructors haveintegrated a second phase of the design challenge into a studio course. The two-phased version ofthe challenge has provided an opportunity for the authors to study the student work developedbefore instruction, and the influence of design critiques and feedback on the results of the secondphase.The Design Days challenge for 2022 was for students in groups of 4 to design a piece of outdoorfurniture for a given site on campus. Student teams were tasked with building a full-scaleworking mock-up of their design using limited supplies. At the end of a 48-hour design sprintearly in the term, student teams presented their mock-ups to panels of professors and industryguests to receive feedback.One month later, the project was reintroduced to
theimpact of self-guided final projects. Farah et al. [9] similarly address the needs of non-STEMmajors by presenting work developing computational thinking via a single web application. Thisapproach requires no software installation and minimizes the challenges of working withmultiple applications including integrated design environments, digital education platforms, andfile system management.This paper presents a course building upon student competency in computational thinkingacquired during prerequisite work. These students expand their learning and expertise tointegrate various applications and technology stacks through robotics. Developing the ability tointegrate contributes to both student satisfaction and professional competency.Robot
program's model of providing curriculum and equipment through STEP and students'work in a technology, engineering, and design education program integrating a pilot electric dragster (e-dragster)project as a work-in-progress. Furthermore, the paper will communicate initial challenges and successes withinformation on how the program can share resources with the pre-college engineering education community toenhance learner technological and engineering literacy.STEM Partnership Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) partnerships demonstrate STEM concepts andprovide pre-college engineering education experiences unavailable in several schools (1). Partnerships, such as thesupporters of STEP, model a collaborative effort to solve
chapter atUND.Kiley House, University of North Dakota Kiley House is a first-year student in the Biomedical Engineering B.S. program at UND.She is also pursuing a minor in chemical engineering.Mckenna Matt, University of North Dakota Mckenna Matt is a second-year student in the Chemical Engineering B.S. program atUND and is also pursuing a minor in biomedical engineering. She is a member of the Society ofWomen Engineers and the Chemical Engineering Chapter at UND.Abstract: Innovation-based learning (IBL) is a classroom structure that lets undergraduate studentschoose their own focus in projects while relating it to the core principles of the course. It takes ahands-on approach, allowing students to work on projects that have an