and Mechanical EngineeringAbstractAs part of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering curriculum, Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity (Prescott, AZ) has developed a combined lecture / laboratory (lab) course to givestudents an introduction to the fundamental principles of instrumentation and tools necessary toperform measurements while reducing the data obtained. This Measurements andInstrumentation course will provide essential knowledge and skills that students can use forcomplimentary engineering lab courses such as Thermal Fluid Sciences [1], Experimental SpaceSystems, and Experimental Aerodynamics as well as during their yearlong capstone course andnumerous student clubs / research activities.Topics covered in this course are measurement
practical knowledge that helps them to serve successfully in the construction industry. As an active ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) member, he also aims at contributing to the research needs of the industrial firms at local and national level. Dr. Tafazzoli Research Interests Measuring the risk of de- lay in construction projects Sustainable construction Integrating ’green’ and ’lean’ construction practices Infrastructure assess management Construction Productivity c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Evaluation of the Impact of a Summer Construction Camp on Participants' Perceptions Saeed Rokooei1
only help each other through a challenging curriculum, but to also providesupport through sharing experiences and wisdom on how to navigate a potentially chilly climate.Busch-Vishniac and Jarosz [11] have argued that the engineering curriculum needs to beenhanced to embrace inclusive pedagogies and emphasize engineering as a profession thatprovides value to society. Salminen-Karlsson’s [20] study reported that a reform in teachingmethods that eliminated most of the lectures and built the entire master’s program on teamworksaw an increase in women enrollment from 10% to 25%. Nisha connecting with gender-neutralexamples or Gloria involving herself in community engagement projects to find her engineeringidentity affirm these research findings
, but also, presents STEM in an accessible,engaging way, leveraging students’ passion and interest in music as a catalyst for learning. SMTis a unique STEM experience for high-school students who would not otherwise considersupplementing their education with STEM or even pursuing STEM careers.1 IntroductionThe Summer Music Technology (SMT) program offers a unique educational experience for risinghigh school sophomores and juniors. The week-long program, initiated in 2006 as part of an NSFCAREER award, aims to introduce its participants to the concepts underlying modern musictechnology through inquiry-based projects and activities, drawing upon common music listeningand performance experiences. Music continues to prove an integral part of
, and diverse strategies used by universities [1].Craney et al. [2] surveyed 465 undergraduate research participants from varied disciplines andbackgrounds, discovering high satisfaction and significant gains in professional development,deeper subject understanding, and better preparedness for graduate studies and careers. Similarly,Lopatto [3] found that 85% of UR participants in science continued to postgraduate education,with those not pursuing further studies reporting lesser gains. Haddad and Kalaani [4] introduceda model to integrate research into traditional curriculums via summer workshops and designatedcourses, aiming to boost participation through the creation of an Undergraduate Research Office.Lopatto's further research [5
Paper ID #12230Spatial Visualization Skills Intervention for First Year Engineering Students:Everyone’s a Winner!Dr. S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University S. Patrick Walton received his B.ChE. from Georgia Tech, where he began his biomedical research career in the Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He then attended MIT where he earned his M.S. and Sc.D. while working jointly with researchers at the Shriners Burns Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. While at MIT, he was awarded a Shell Foundation Fellowship and was an NIH biotechnology Predoctoral Trainee. Upon completion of his doctoral studies, he
, 1999), and limitations to obtaining goods and resources(Levesque, Harris, & Russell, 2013; Clement & Shade, 1999). Informed by the definitions foundin the literature, we conceptualize access as a three-stage process. Figure 1 illustrates howcomponents of these definitions are integrated into a multidimensional framework that addresses:(1) an overarching definition of access; (2) the population in need of access; and (3) measures forassessing the degree of access achieved. This integrated framework facilitates a more completeexamination of access to engineering outreach programs as it identifies the overarching philosophyinforming access as well as practical ways to address identifying populations in need andmeasuring the effectiveness
Paper ID #18910Culture and Attitude: A scholarship, mentoring and professional develop-ment program to increase the number of women graduating with engineeringdegrees.Ms. Paula Holmes Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Paula Jensen is an Industrial Engineering Lecturer and the Mentor/Director of Culture and Attitude at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. She also is a small business owner and was in Manufac- turing and Logistics for 9 years.Dr. Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Michael West is an associate professor and head of the department of materials and
College Engineering (WECE) study. Cathy received her S.B. in cognitive science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Stanford University.Dr. Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science Dr. Christine Cunningham is an educational researcher who works to make engineering and science more relevant, accessible, and understandable, especially for underserved and underrepresented populations. A vice president at the Museum of Science, Boston since 2003, she founded and directs Engineering is ElementaryTM , a groundbreaking project that integrates engineering concepts into elementary curriculum and teacher professional development. As of September 2016, EiE has served 12.6
camp named GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science)for selected high school girls in San Antonio. Therefore, it seemed natural to conduct a similarcamp for middle school girls with an emphasis in Engineering and which included more activelearning activities in Robotics. Additionally, miniGEMS integrated easily into the mission ofUIW which emphasized access to education for all in our community. In April 2015, we appliedfor an ‘Engineering Summer Program 2015’ grant offered by the Texas Higher EducationCoordinating Board. We received about $14,000 to run the one-week engineering summer campfor middle school girls. With the help of the three of the middle school teachers that we metduring the Super Saturday event, we advertised the
tradition and innovation.," Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 43, no. 3, p. 216, 2009.[2] S. Tescari, A. K. Singh, C. Agrafiotis, L. d. Oliveira, S. Breuer, B. Schlogl-Knothe, M. Roeb and C. Sattler, "Experimental evaluation of a pilot-scale thermochemical storage system for a concentrated solar power plant.," Applied energy,, Vols. 66-75, p. 189, 2017.[3] T. Eberlein, J. Kampmeier, V. Minderhout, R. S. Moog, T. Platt, P. Varma-Nelson and H. B. White, "Pedagogies of engagement in science.," Biochemistry and molecular biology education,, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 262-273, 2008.[4] A. A. Ferri, B. H. Ferri and R. S. Kadel, "Program to Integrate Mobile, Hands-on Experiments into the ME, AE, and ECE Curriculum.," in ASEE Annual
education departments: • Learning design and technology • Environmental economics • Engineering technology • Journalism • Science and mathematics • Educational psychology • Curriculum and instruction • Rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies • Education, leadership, and policy studies • Heritage studies, and history languages, cultures, and literature among others.Future studies are needed to understand the impacts that these inter- and multidisciplinarydepartments have on both research and teaching practices in these departments.Finally, it was important to note an observation and perhaps an emerging trend. In thisexploratory study, it was found that the highest number of non-tenure track faculty across
, REU, RIEF, etc.).Mrs. Samantha Michele Shields, Texas A&M University Samantha Shields is an Instructional Consultant at the Texas A&M University’s Center for Teaching Excellence. She is currently working on her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M Uni- versity, where she is concentrating on Teacher Education and Technology. Mrs. Shields taught an adjunct lecturer in the College of Education’s Teaching, Learning, and Culture department before transitioning to serving as a graduate assistant in the Center for Teaching Excellence, where she helps to develop curricu- lum.Dr. Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Luciana R. Barroso, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Structural
Paper ID #41945Intercultural Attitudes and Behaviors as Exhibited by Cybersecurity StudentsDr. Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University Aparajita Jaiswal is an Intercultural Research Specialist with CILMAR, Purdue University. Her research endeavors revolve around exploring strategies for seamlessly integrating intercultural learning into both regular curriculum and study abroad programs. Aparajita actively engages in offering guidance in developing research studies, curriculum enhancements, and assessment methods pertaining to integration and cultivation of intercultural competence. Her expertise extends to facilitating
entering AcES students believed theywere prepared for these courses and did not appreciate the extra review provided in the program.The Summer bridge curriculum was modified, first, to lessen the focus on math and chemistryreview in favor of a more in-depth project, and then was restructured to increase directinstruction on specific chemistry and specific math topics along with a continuation andexpansion of the in-depth project.The student rejection of review and assistance very early in their college experience is notsurprising. One study showed that students who ultimately were dismissed from an engineeringcollege or left it voluntarily entered college with higher average engineering and math self-efficacies than students who were retained [4
, the value of establishing amathematical model became apparent; this proposed model is planned to account for andmeasure such phenomena. Toward this objective, introducing an expansion of the binary systemto include “depth of coverage” or emphasis of a topic is an integral component of the model.Application 2: Testing the SchemeAnother study of applying the classification scheme occurred during a National ScienceFoundation sponsored workshop at the First Year Engineering Experience Conference in 2013.During the workshop, samples from 28 different classified courses were collected and analyzed.4The study used two different methodologies, namely by course and by outcome analysis. Bycourse analysis involves the examination of the whole course
ofimprovement, many upper-division students wished the curriculum was presented in a morehands-on fashion, included more labs to complement the courses, involved more collaboration,and exposed them to more real-world applications of the material covered in class.Both upper- and lower-division students commented on the need to expose people to engineeringearlier in school and in life. Both upper- and lower-division students also commented on the lackof diversity, leaving comments such as “Engineering, as is, is a profession that attempts to beexclusionary discipline [sic]. An attempt should be made to expose underrepresentedcommunities to engineering on a personal level and portray engineering as less of a difficultscience but a fun one
probability and statistics to engineering students arethe theoretical nature of the topic and the disconnection of the material taught with real-worldengineering problems. Although the engineering curriculum in most cases has been updated andexpanded to incorporate group work and project-based learning, most of the mathematicaloriented courses are still taught in a passive manner.Our goal is to enhance students’ critical thinking by integrating case studies to our introductorycourse in probability and statistics. This is typically a sophomore-level core course in theindustrial engineering curriculum. Students who complete this course, should be able tounderstand the role of uncertainty in engineering models, apply critical probability concepts
and cofounded NoPo Nanotechnologies in Bangalore India and NeuroRex in Houston Texas. He is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lamar University where he teaches online and face-to-face courses including senior design, technology entrepreneurship, and other graduate and undergraduate courses.Dr. James C. Curry, Lamar University Dr. James Curry is an Associate Professor in the Lamar Industrial Engineering department.Dr. Victor Zaloom P.E., Lamar University Dr. Zaloom is currently Interim Chair and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lamar University . He has previously served as Interim Dean of the College of Graduate Studies, Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, and
, provide opportunities for science process skilldevelopment and practice, and promote effective collaboration. As summarized in Section 6.0,student feedback on the workshop series was generally positive, with students appreciatinglearning about co-creation, getting practice in asking questions, and gaining knowledge aboutstructuring online educational modules. Compared to student comments from focus groupsconducted during the first year of the project [10], the current student group was less confusedabout the overall goals of the project and felt more prepared to carry out their two publicproducts, creating an online educational module and writing and presenting an academic paper.Overall, this research on integrating co-creation as a model in
technology programs. The model has three parts: (1) universityarticulation, (2) high school student outreach, and (3) high school curriculum and teachingenhancement.Summer Bridge in STEM Subjects for High School StudentsA summer Manufacturing Engineering Academy was held with three, three-week sessions of tenparticipants each. In that academy, high school rising juniors and seniors were trained inSolidWorks 3D modeling software and guided through the design of their own scaled-downindustrial robots. Upon completion of their design, the students printed their designs using 3Dprinters and fabricated their robots into working prototypes. They then integrated their robotswith an Arduino PC board and programmed their robots to do pick and place
imposes pedagogical challenges.The TPACK framework is derived from the interactions between three knowledge domains:technology-, pedagogy-, and content-knowledge. In the context of TPACK, technologyencompasses technological products and the knowledge, skills, tools, and processes needed todesign, build, and operate these products.2,3 Pedagogy refers to principles and techniques ofconducting and assessing effective teaching and learning. Finally, content refers to fundamentalconcepts, theoretical foundations, and knowledge connections and arrangements useful inclassroom environment.4 An intentional application of the TPACK framework can facilitateeffective pedagogy through technology integration by making use of the interactions among thethree
and behavior of con- crete structures; and he is actively involved within the professional engineering community. Furthermore, Dr. Tuchscherer has also supervised sponsored research and educational reform initiatives related to the improvement of student learning.Dr. Ron Gray, Northern Arizona University Ron Gray, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of science education in the Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Northern Arizona University. He graduated from Oregon State University with a doctorate in science education. His work largely focuses on providing secondary science teachers the tools to design and implement learning experiences for their students that are effective and authentic to the discipline
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Danielle earned her B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and an Illinois Mavis Future Faculty Fellow; her dissertation research focuses on improving the understanding of branched polymer dynamics via single molecule experiments. Danielle is an active member and current speaker coordinator of the Graduate Committee of the Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE).Elizabeth Horstman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elizabeth Horstman is a third year graduate student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pursuing a Ph.D. in
anaccidental explosion were to occur, the goal is to be able to correctly predict the effects of theblast on the RC structural members used in construction. Though many of the concepts in thisarea lay in the realm of graduate level knowledge and applications, undergraduate CivilEngineering students at the end of their curriculum are poised to enter and make contributions tothe field. This paper will demonstrate the synergistic undergraduate learning outcomes and DODpartner agency benefits resulting from an undergrad Civil Engineering (CE) research team atUSMA, mentored by faculty and practicing DOD engineers from NAVFAC EXWC, pursuing aculminating research project that offered practical performance-based alternatives to prescribedcode limitations for
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Challenge. Particularly, participants prominently improved theirencouragement skills. Only the Challenge attribute displayed divergent improvements.Introduction Leadership traits are not always emphasized in the engineering curriculum of highereducation institutions. Once in college, if a student starts an engineering program, leadershipopportunities are typically only available through extracurricular activities or internships1. This islargely because traditional engineering programs are not able to accommodate specific coursesthat foster leadership traits in their degree plan. This lack of curriculum integration can often beattributed to the topic’s perceived complexity and the growth in the number of required corecourses that subsequently
ofalternative learning pedagogies such as in-class training that integrate students’ developmentskills in addition to technical contents.Background and MotivationFrom providing access to clean water to managing large-scale infrastructure projects, thegrand challenges that engineers face in the modern world are equally technical and social. Toovercome these challenges, engineers must not only become experts on the technical aspectsof their specific field but also develop their soft skills, such as communication andpresentation skills, to enable leveraging their technical knowledge in an evolving,increasingly complex and globalized work environment. In today’s world, wheremulticultural teams are encouraged and considered the norm rather than an exception
resolution. Once an error was integrated into thesystem, it is tedious to find and correct. This is amplified because Patran doesn’t allow for thereversal of more than one step. It would be preferred if a step-by-step manual was developed togive the best way to approach the bridge model.”“The most difficult part of the class project was the entire model. Due to its complexity and sizethere were a large number of nodes. Trying to determine the exact nodes to RBE2 to one anotherwas very difficult.” 3) Comment on the quality of the laboratory manual and class instruction, and make suggestions for improvement.“The lab manual needs to be in color, with revisions in grammar of the content and updatedphotos for instructional purposes. ““My
Deana DiLuggo is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her research has focused on stress and resilience in secondary teachers. She taught high school science for eight years, served as a science curriculum specialist for two years, and as a principal for three years. She has spent the last two years as an adjunct professor in teacher education and was recently appointed as an assistant professor in a hybrid Ed.D. program at the university level. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Self-evaluation of the Introduction to Scientific Research Course Design Based on the