resources of the DEEE laboratories/research groups, fundingfrom professors projects, and self-funding by team members. Our plan is to use preliminaryresults from VIP work to apply for sponsorship from grants and/or industry. Additionally, webelieve that this area of funding is one of the key opportunities to develop as part of aninternational VIP consortium. From our point of view, developing collaboration with VIP teamsat other institutions should help to not only to widen the available pool of funding options, butalso to increase the chances of successful applications, therefore benefiting all participatinginstitutions.VIP Director: Winston S. Percybrooks, PhD, faculty at the DEEE. In charge supervising thegeneral operation of the program as well
andexpectations for the profession). Today, after the launch of EC 20002 and the Engineer of 20203,negotiations between the culture/utility function continue. Leyden and Schneider recognize EC 2000’s Criterion 3 as an important driver in thechanges in FYC programs, and as an important factor within the culture/utility debate. They notethat of the 11 abilities specified for graduating engineers, only 4 of them are primarily technical.They divide the abilities in the following ways1: Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
outcome. Table 1 lists the learning outcomes for which a statistically significantimprovement ( α = 0.05 ) was observed.Table 1: Competencies for which students reported statistically significant increase inpercentage of “often” or “always” after having taken the Grand Challenges course. Category Learning OutcomeTeamwork ● Respond to conflicts in a helpful way ● Listen and consider different points of view and perspectivesEthics ● Identify a potential position on an issue and consider the ethical implication(s)Writing ● Revise a written piece to make improvements ● Integrate evidence from and cite or document sources ● Organize and synthesize information from sources to
schematics, transient simulations, and transfer functions for the original driven- right-leg design and the design that uses a 3.3 V power source Eagle layout Voltera board pictures, if available (both sides), and populated board pictures (both sides) Solid works model picture(s) Case pictures Examples signals (scope screen, Analog Discovery II software screen, app, etc.) App screen with signal Signals as a function of electrode placement Picture of student holding their board design Items of interest and lessons learned at each stage: - Transfer function rolloff rates; filter challenges at low frequencies - Ideal versus real op-amp behavior; component choices
. Suppose R1 andR2 are two rankings from a set of samples S = (a0 , a1 , . . . , aN −1 ). Defining the rank of ai in Rjas PRj (ai ), the RankDistance RankDist(R1 , R2 ) between R1 and R2 is: |PR1 (ai ) − PR2 (ai )| ai ∈S RankDist(R1 , R2 ) = , (10) Nwhere N is the total number of samples.From Equation 10 we can see that the smaller the RankDist(R1 , R2 ) is, the closer R1 and R2are. In our experiments, we compare our method with U.S. News’ results using RankDist. Aswe said before, we are not taking U.S
devise equitable system(s) that allow faculty to gain theengineering experience they desperately need, in order to keep up with newdevelopments in their areas of specialization. Thus asserting the view thatengineering faculty “with practical experience under their belt” would, in general,make better teachers. Administrator (deans, chairs, and decision makers in general)should investigate ways for helping new faculty members gain industrial experienceby spending a semester on-site at a cooperating industry, using summer release timeto work within industry, or allow for a dual appointment, say fifty-fifty, i.e., fiftypercent of faculty time at the College and the other fifty percent at an industry nearby.Perhaps the legal and organizational
, P. D., and Fortenberry, N.L. “Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices – Phase 1.” 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, Session 1630. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.[4] Moore, P. D., Cupp, S. M. and Fortenberry, N.L. “Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices – Phase II.” Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO: ASEE/IEEE, 2003.[5] Bjorklund, S. A., and Fortenberry, N. L.. "Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices -- Phase III." 2005 ASEE Annual Meeting and Exposition, Portland, OR,, Session 3630. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2005.[6] Ouimet, J.A., Bunnage, J.B
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Academy (USMA) while teaching two coursesin engineering mechanics: Statics and Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials. Subsequently,case studies have been integrated into courses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham(UAB) and Cleveland State University (CSU). Some of the ways to use case studies and a suggested format were reviewed in Delatteand Rens11. These include: • Introductions to topics – use the case to illustrate why a particular failure mode isimportant. Often the importance of a particular mode of failure only became widely known aftera failure – examples include the wind-induced oscillations of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge andthe failure of Air Force warehouses in the mid-1950’s that pointed out the need for
the program outcomes, where I = Introduced, R = Reinforced, and A =Assessed.The curriculum map was developed from our individual course outlines, recently updated by the Page 12.448.4faculty coordinators of each required course. An example of a course outline is included in theAppendix. Course outlines include both the course outcomes (CO’s) and the program outcomes 3(POs) associated with that course. Each faculty coordinator rated the degree of relationshipbetween CO’s and POs using the following rating scale: S = Strong, M = Medium, or L = Low.The collected information matrix
hascontributed to a high degree of willingness of staff to take the time out of their busyschedules and help students.In almost all 10 years, at some time the course instructors and faculty advisors have hadto walk a fine line in project management issues, choosing between three basic options: 1. Let students work out the issues with possible detrimental effects to course or deliverables 2. Provide limited executive decisions to positively affect the outcome(s) 3. Weigh in heavily and interrupt the interactions that might (or might not) work themselves out in a timely manner by the studentsSuch decisions are difficult at times, and Option 3 will typically result in meetingdeadlines but with a less valuable student learning process
data is collected.Use of qualitative reasoning is encouraged because the experiments are designed to allow trendsin the dependent variable(s) to be readily measured.The Laboratory ExercisesThe two laboratory exercises described in this paper were performed as part of a weeklylaboratory section in a required fluid mechanics course for third year students in Civil andMechanical Engineering. Altogether, the students performed six laboratory exercises that weregraded. Four exercises were conventional, and two were inquiry-based.Tank FillingThe objective of the tank filling exercise is to develop in students a solid conceptual Page
Short Assignments,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE National Conference.10. Jacquez, R., Gude, V.G., Auzenne, M., Burnham, C., Hanson, A.T., Garland, J., 2006, “Integrating Writing to Provide Context for Teaching the Engineering Design Process,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE National Conference.11. Yalvac, B., Smith, H.D., Troy, J.B., and Hirsch, P.,2007, “Promoting Advanced Writing Skills in an Upper- Level Engineering Class,” Journal of Engineering Education, 96(2), 117-128.12. Lord, S., 2007, “Effective ‘Writing to Communicate’ Experiences in Electrical Engineering Courses,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE National Conference.13. Kedrowicz, A., 2007, “Developing Communication Competence: a
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160 team for fall 2007 for their whole hearted participation and continued input andsuggestions. We would also like to thank faculty members affiliated with the DELTA program,the College of Engineering and the CIRTL[10] group at our university for their continued support(NSF Grant No. 0227592).Bibliography[1] INTERENGR160, "http://ecow.engr.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/get/interegr/160/johnmurphy/," 2007.[2] K. Sanders, P. V. Farrell, and S. K. A. Pfatteicher, "Curriculum Innovation Using Job Design Theory," Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Proceedings, vol. 50, pp. 779-783, 2006.[3] W. E. Deming, The new economics for industry, government, education. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for
overall human capital strategy. The remainderof the paper will focus on the STEP Program itself.A consequence of the end to the cold war was that the Department of Defense (DoD) found itselfwith an excess amount of infrastructure that was no longer required. The excess infrastructureincluded personnel no longer needed to support our post cold war efforts. This lead to congressauthorizing a number of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) rounds to be conducted into themid-1990’s that were intended to right size DoD both in physical plant infrastructure as well asin personnel resources. BRAC rounds were conducted every odd numbered year culminating inthe last, and most extensive, round occurring in 1995. This periodic BRAC process did reducethe size
Evaluation Collection Intervention Criteria Experiences Tool (s) Result Time(s) Plan *means used to assess (Date) Demonstrates Additional Knowledge of BMES 221 Co-Op Class in ethical Current BMES 381 Employer Dec. 15, 2007 Twice/Year issues related Technological Co-Op* Survey to human Issues relationshipsIn the coverage map, all educational experiences related to the performance
complete and turn in on weekly basis up to start of fall quarter.Closing Ceremony. The closing ceremony was held on the last day and was attended by the Deanof College of Engineering, Provost, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and Vice Provost forDiversity. A highlight of the closing was the presentation of the “Nia” and “Most ImprovedStudent” awards, which were voted by a consensus of the instructors. The Nia award is for thestudent who best represents the objectives of the program; one student is selected from eachsection of courses. The Most Improved Student Award is given to a student(s) who has made themost progress during the program; one student from each course is selected for the award.Other K-12 Outreach and College Retention ProgramsIn
isthe seminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom. Thecommittee established a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning: cognitive, affective andpsychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and has beenidentified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”6 The taxonomies are a language that describes the progressive development of anindividual in each domain and are defined as follows7: • Cognitive: of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity. • Affective: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions. • Psychomotor: of or relating to motor action directly proceeding from mental
AC 2009-1155: CHANGING THE MARKS BASED CULTURE OF LEARNINGTHROUGH PEER ASSISTED TUTORIALSEsat Alpay, Imperial College LondonPeter Cutler, Imperial College LondonSusan Eisenbach, Imperial College LondonAnthony Field, Imperial College London Page 14.316.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Changing the Marks Based Culture of Learning through Peer Assisted Tutorials E. Alpay1, P.S. Cutler2, S. Eisenbach2 and A.J. Field2 1 Faculty of Engineering (EnVision) 2 Department of Computing Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus
outcomes. There are threesections to these course assessments that mirror the course assessments for the CivilEngineering Division within the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at theUnited States Military Academy.5 The first section describes/defines the course as it wastaught through its catalog description (still appropriate?), course objectives, textbook(s)used, the course schedule, graded events, an assessment of facilities and technologyavailable, curriculum integration, and end-of-course feedback questions. The secondsection assesses the course through evaluating whether the course objectives wereachieved, evaluating the end-of-course feedback, evaluating course grade point average(GPA), time required to complete daily
writes a short paper about what s/he learned during the interview,followed by an informal presentation.Class Participation and Attendance (15%)Class participation requires each student to not only attend, but be engaged, committed, andattentive. Each class will require student participation in leadership projects and activities thatare designed to give him/her the opportunity to develop his/her leadership skills and makeconnections between his/her actions and reading assignments.Midterm Paper (20%)The purpose of the midterm essay is for the student to think about his/her “placement” as a Page 14.836.7leader by examining his/her leadership
press operators tends to be severe. Press operators areamong the most likely workers to suffer an amputation injury.Third, the requirements to safely guard and operate a mechanical power press are thoroughlydocumented. An entire section of the OSHA code (29CFR1910.217) is specifically devoted torequirements of safeguarding mechanical power presses. Mechanical press safety is alsoaddressed explicitly in ANSI B11.1. In the mid-1990’s the identification of presses as a serioussafety risk, particularly for amputations, led to the initiation of a focused OSHA emphasisprogram on press safety entitled, “CPL 2-1.24, National Emphasis Program on MechanicalPower Presses, 29CFR1910.217.”To provide better insight into the problem of press injuries