-certified administrative processes. These good practices are havingimpact on an steadily increasing enrollment, a high employment rate and high satisfaction of theemployers. We firmly believe that one key factor that accounts for the attainment of our PEOs isthe strong collaboration with the regional industry which help us to offer a realistic project-basedexperience to our students which often results in successful research projects and publications.We also believe that our model can be of help for other Latin American engineering programstrying to evolve to international standards.IntroductionThe aim of these paper is to share, in a somewhat colloquial way, our experience in adapting ouracademic practices and processes to comply with the
Paper ID #12645Combining Digital with Analog Circuits in a Core Course for a Multidisci-plinary Engineering CurriculumDr. Harold R Underwood, Messiah College Dr. Underwood received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) in 1989, and has been a faculty member of the engineering Department at Mes- siah College since 1992. Besides teaching Circuits, Electromagnetics, and Communications Systems, he supervises engineering students in the Communications Technology Group on credited work in the In- tegrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) of the Engineering Department, and other
Industry).The Mandala and Semester Project Assignments are designed to help students develop theircreative problem-solving skills. Both assignments required students to use their imaginations tovisualize and construct a physical model. Although both assignments are designed to promotecreative problem-solving, the author used these assignments to illustrate how civility componentscan also be incorporated into them.The Mandala Presentations occurred in Week 9 and the Semester Project Presentations occurredin Week 13 of the semester. During the first 9 weeks of the semester, students learned aboutvisualization, mental barriers to creativity and the phases of the creative problem-solvingprocess. The Mandala and Project assignments provided an
has been serving as a principle investigator of many research projects, funded by NSF, NASA, DoEd, KSEF and LMC. He is currently serving as an editor of Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces.Dr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Irina Ciobanescu Husanu, Ph. D. is Assistant Clinical Professor with Drexel University, Engineer- ing Technology program. Her area of expertise is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro- combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. She has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems
engaged or wouldhave a limited exposure to STEM fields. Moreover, outreach activities have been used as onesolution to the current US shortage of professionals in engineering and science10.According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), service learninghas been identified as one of the high-impact teaching and learning practices11. Programs, likeEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), have been created to include servicelearning activities into the engineering curriculum. Service learning is a well-known andeffective pedagogical method that engages learners of diverse backgrounds, especially those ofunderrepresented backgrounds12-14.The project described in this paper combined the service learning pedagogy
Annual Engineering Expo for the past 7 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 700 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful accreditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering programs. Dr. Darabi has been the lead developer of several educational software systems as well as the author of multiple educational reports and papers. Dr. Darabi’s research group uses Big Data, process mining, data mining, Operations Research, high performance computing, and
introduce BME applications to high school students,the authors developed a BME high school summer program that was piloted in the summer of2019. Aimed at introducing students to the BME field, the program focused on introducingneuroscience and neuroengineering principles using low-cost and open source materials.The California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) program“BioEngineering Your Brain: Controlling the World with Your Brainwaves” introduced basicneuroscience and bioengineering concepts to 24 high school students through lecture basedmaterial, in class assignments and activities, and hands-on laboratory projects. Through the useof low-cost and open source electroencephalography (EEG) devices (OpenBCI, Brooklyn, NY
Technology Management undergraduate concentration of the Industrial Technology Program and earned graduate faculty status in Fall 2006. In 2008, Dr. Murphy assumed the role of the Technology Education Master’s Degree Program Coordinator; assisting the program to in- crease enrollment from approximately 30 students to around 70+ students (to date). Other responsibilities for Dr. Murphy as Program Coordinator include meeting with incoming graduate students, advising stu- dents, coordinating service-learning projects for students, and engaging students in research endeavors. Dr. Murphy was promoted to full professor in 2016. Dr. Murphy serves as Co-Principal Investigator on two grants sponsored by the United States Depart
, succeed a lot”: How validating experiential learning influenced civil engineering students’ approach to coursework.IntroductionThe U.S. workforce needs engineers, and current enrollment, persistence, and graduation inundergraduate engineering programs are not on track to meet those needs. Civil engineersdesign, construct, and manage projects to meet society’s need for transportation, water,buildings, bridges, water and wastewater treatment and other infrastructures. With continuedU.S. investment in these backbone systems, the demand for civil engineers is increasing at a rateof 5% over the next 10 years which is faster than the average for all occupations [1]. Like otherengineering disciplines, an entry level position requires
bootcamp. Some studieshave suggested the I-Corps model has several potential benefits within undergraduate education,but more research is needed to elucidate the features of I-Corps that are most valuable at theundergraduate level.In this study, we developed a new Entrepreneurial Bioengineering elective course for junior andsenior undergraduate engineering students that models various aspects of the I-Corps program.The course introduces entrepreneurship, business model canvas, and lean start-up principles tothe students with a focus on medical device customer discovery and technologycommercialization. Students work in teams to form project ideas, interview customers, testbusiness model hypotheses, and present their discoveries. The goal of this
proposed course plan, includingthe topic of the research they would like to perform with the SPECTRA scholars or examples ofpotential research projects. Four ACE Fellows were working in the program at the time of ourstudy; all four Fellows had had the opportunity to lead a research project, but at the time ofinterviews only two had had the chance to teach at a partnered technical college. During theresearch course, the students and ACE Fellows work closely together to produce and implementstudent-led research projects facilitated by the ACE Fellow. The relationship between the ACEfellow and the SPECTRA scholars resembles a near-peer mentoring relationship. This paper aims to observe the relationship between the students and the ACE
needs. As such, program leaders must work to (1) provideeffective, accurate, and personalized support; and (2) provide information and recommendationsfor curricular developments and resource management. Both efforts rely on a strong foundationof data to inform decision-making. As such, this paper describes the quantitative portion of alarger mixed-methods project, from which the authors identified initial baseline conditions ofstudents’ academic performance in the focal course and revealed potential influential factors asrevealed in a logistic regression model predicting the likelihood of a student to receive a passinggrade. Future plans for educational data mining beyond the focal course are discussed. This worksuggests some opportunities for
(InternationalProfessional Engineering Educator Registered) title was achieved through the project“Pedagogical training of engineering educators—EnTER" (created in 2018). This wasachieved with the support of the only professional regulatory body that overseesengineering teaching professionals, the International Standard Classification ofOccupations (ISCO), with code 2311 (ISCO Code 08) as “Higher education teachingprofessional: Engineering educator" [4–6]. Thus, this article will show how the reviewedprograms are structured, and will provide a proposal for engineering that seeks to reflect,innovate, and rethink its teaching practices. Some research shows that engineering teachingpractices closely linked to the concept of traditional science are recognized, but in
had agreater reported percentage (90%) of strongly agreed or agreed that “the amount of time I spenddoing research is meaningful” compared to NT participants (72%) (Figure 3F). More surveydata is available in Appendix A and included questions that did not see differences like “Mymentor explains clear goals and direction for my research/project,” and “I have a lot of personalinfluence in my research” (Appendix A, Figure 7).Overall, the students surveyed had a relatively positive experience. The largest amount ofdisagreement came from the question “I have a lot of personal influence in my research,” whichwas ~15% of undergraduate researchers (Appendix A, Figure 7). This fits with the commonmode of providing project-oriented goals to
course, in which one of the learning objectives was the ability to workeffectively on a team to complete a semester-long design project. Data were collected fromapproximately 90 participants in each of two fall semesters and 50 participants in each of twospring semesters, for a total of nearly 280 sets of responses. Study variables were the fourTuckman team development stages.The questionnaire was administered at the 75% completion point of the semester, where it wasexpected that the teams would have approached the Performing stage, or were between Normingand Performing. The questionnaire results revealed that student teams were operating accordingto the Norming and/or Performing stages, which could be an indication of face and contentvalidity
well aware of these novel technologies, we need to update our curriculum andcourse design. In this paper, I present some laboratories (labs) that the students conducted as apart of a course project in the ubiquitous computing class. This course is an elective forundergraduate Computer and Information Sciences or Information technology students. Thestudents who take this course are either juniors or seniors. Covid-19 has taught us how remoteteaching is useful to ensure proper education during the time of the pandemic. This project aimsto design different lab modules that the students can conduct without purchasing hardware. Idesigned this course at the time of covid pandemic to ensure student learning and success in aneconomical way. I devised
their role in ensuring a wide residential coverage to Chicago during itsexpansion.A cumulative online exam was given during the week of Thanksgiving, but students could takethe exam starting as early as the Thursday before Thanksgiving. The content of the examincluded all lectures, readings, and book discussions up to the date of the exam. In addition, theexam was divided into two online quizzes – one with all the closed-ended questions that could beautomatically graded at the end of students’ attempts and one with open-ended questions thatinstructors manually graded. Students were provided a second attempt at the automaticallygraded quiz during the exam period if they wished.Finally, a semester paper was given to students. This project was
Paper ID #39936Board 264: Endeavour S-STEM Program for First-Year Students: 3rd-YearResultsDr. Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston Diana de la Rosa-Pohl is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston (UH). She is currently the Director of the Endeavour S-STEM Program. In addition to S-STEM courses, she teaches courses in computer engineering and capstone design. She has also developed multiple project-based first-year experience programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Endeavour S
university established goals anddominantly pursuing undergraduate majors. The University related actions to pursue.has five schools: Architecture and Design, Computing andData Science, Engineering, Management, and Sciences and Inclusive Excellence: We commit to the continuous de-Humanities. It offers 21 undergraduate degree programs and velopment of a campus culture that is increasingly diverse,equitable, and inclusive. We strive to develop a campus where projects, as discussed by the authors in [5]. In this paper,everyone feels valued and meaningfully supported toward the authors present an innovative method of using a learningreaching their full potential
professor, he worked as a structural engineering professional at Skidmore, Owings & MerrillDr. Robert Petrulis Dr. Petrulis is an independent consultant specializing in education-related project evaluation and research. He is based in Columbia, South Carolina.Dr. Wenshen Pong, P.E., San Francisco State University Wenshen Pong received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He joined the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University in 1998. He teaches courses in Civil/Structural Engineering. He has received many grants from NSF, Department of Education and NASA.Dr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Xiaorong Zhang received the B.S. degree in
Paper ID #38022Toward Bidirectional Faculty Development: A Collaborative Model forDesigning and Implementing Faculty Trainings on Evidence-BasedStrategies for Supporting Student Learning in Low- and Middle-IncomeCountriesMr. Steven Ghambi, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Steven Ghambi has over seven years experience as a lecturer in Materials engineering, currently with the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS). While searching for better teaching strategies, Steven got attached to the NEST project co-implemented by Rice University and MUBAS. Through these collaborations, Steven has
not be placed on the same teamfor both lecture and lab, but rather have independent teams. In the lab, teams are 2 or 3 members;in lecture, teams are 3-4 members. Teams in both parts are created using gruepr, an open-sourcesoftware tool designed to define an optimal project team [2-3], where considerations are made toaccount for time zone (when remote learning) and/or schedule (for in-person instruction) and toavoid placement of a single female on a team where possible.Lecture teams are formed during the first session of class, and pre-S2020 were often adjournedafter the first project (duration 3 weeks), rotating teams every 3 weeks as projects change.Beginning in Fall 2020 teams stayed together for all projects, as online learning continued
the issue whilemeeting the original design specifications.Beatrice additionally observed variations in professional judgment among the engineers she hadworked with on various projects. As she explained in considerable detail: So each one [professional engineer] is a different person, and they have their own personal preferences of, “This should be engineered this way, I would like you to do it this way.” It’s their license, so we do it their way. But if you were to talk to the other professional engineer, just in the other office, they might have a different opinion on it. So, it’s like, “Which one’s the right one?” Knowing what’s best is hard, especially in an area that can have so many variables. Because
security CTFs are focused on discrete software,work on research projects, and utilize software and hardware networking, or hardware problems. In contrast, MITRE eCTFtools in an environment developed to address cyber threats. takes a systems approach to security, i.e., it considers both the Morgan State University (MSU) has created a unique envi- hardware and the software counterparts under considerationronment that addresses the barriers to minority participation in for security analysis. Secondly, the eCTF framework providesCTFs. MSU established a National Center for Academic Ex- a balanced approach to cyber-attack and defense strategies.cellence in Cyber Defense called the Cybersecurity Assurance
Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research on sociotechnical systems—primarily water sector infras- tructure—aims to improve service to communities. Dr. Faust’s work spans the project phase during construction through the operations phase, exploring human-infrastructure interactions, infrastructure in- terdependencies, and the institutional environment. Current studies within her research group include: human-water sector infrastructure interdependencies in cities experiencing urban decline; disaster migra- tion and the resilience of the built environment; incorporating equity into water infrastructure decision- making; sociotechnical modeling of infrastructure systems including gentrification and food
Paper ID #29472Transfer Students in Undergraduate EngineeringProf. Harriet Hartman, Rowan University Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University.Stephanie Lezotte, Rowan University Stephanie is a Ph.D. candidate studying postsecondary and higher education. Using organizational the- ories, she examines systems and structures that contribute to the oppression and symbolic violence of minoritized and underrepresented students. Her dissertation focuses on diversity and inclusion in engi- neering.Dr. Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University
. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics and bioconstruction (with emphasis in bamboo); appropriate technology; engineering ethics; and mechanics education. He has served as PI of several NSF-sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. He is active in the Mechanics Division.Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl holds an MS degree in mechanical engineering and serves as associate professor and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. His teaching and research interests include developing, implementing and assessing active learning instructional strategies and auto-graded online
. Furthermore, students learn to optimize complex structuresusing a revolutionary design method called Generative Design. Integration of advanced CAD,FEA, CFD and optimization provide students with hands-on skills, teach them how to work onMultiphysics design projects in a team through synchronous and asynchronous communicationtools, and better prepares them for departmental capstone design series coursework, as well as,numerous technical electives.Introduction Computer aided design (CAD) tools, along with engineering analysis software for finiteelement analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) have been increasinglyadvancing over the last several decades. These advancements are occurring not only because ofever-increasing performance of
ID PCE MFGE EE Premajor Major Nat. Avg.Statistics: Brian L. Yoder, Engineering by the Numbers. ASEE 2016-2018https://datausa.io/profile/cip/industrial-product-design#demographics Access to Facilities & EquipmentPre-major engineering + design students did not have access tolab facilities or work space outside of scheduled class time. Skill Development Student Engagement Sense of Belonging Student SuccessFall 2019: WWUEngineering & Designmakerspace opens Students working on projects in the back of the teaching classroom Broad Goals• Create inclusive and equitable learning environments for WWU engineering
and cultures of engineering. Her current work at the FACE lab is on teaching strategies for K-12 STEM educators integrating engineering design and the development of engineering skills of K-12 learners.Mrs. Jessica Rush Leeker, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Jessica Rush Leeker earned her undergraduate degree from Penn State with a focus in Supply Chain and Information Systems and a minor in international business. She attended Purdue University, receiving an MBA with specialization in Sustainability and Operations. Before business school, Jessica spent a summer in Haiti, delivering shoes to those in need and creating a more efficient supply chain for urban water projects