experiences.Recommendations for the future include multi-year projects which enable senior level students tomentor and guide the junior level student through new designs and implementations of the projectworked on by them in the past. This fulfills the perception of the department as an engineeringorganization and establishes continuity of the project management and implementation processacross the four-year engineering curriculum.Bibliography [1] R. Sundaram, “Engineering Project Platform for Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Integration,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education – North Central Section (ASEE-NCS) conference, Morgantown, WV, March 27-28, 2020. https://peer.asee.org/35732 [2] J.E. Mitchell, B
Commission) of ABET accredited ET programs inAustin Peay State University (APSU).The full paper will elucidate the above areas (1- 4) in the efficacious integration of professionaljournals in the ET curriculum, description of assessment methods (class presentation and writtenreport) used to evaluate the pilot project, statement of results, and a conclusion.Introduction:Over the years, we have seen a series of industrial revolutions which enabled the adoption ofmodern technologies in industries thereby increasing the productivity and utilization ofresources. In the late 18th century in Britain, the first industrial revolution enabled massproduction of finished goods by using water and steam power [1]. In the 19th century, the secondindustrial
Paper ID #38842Considerations for software-defined radio use within a project-basedlearning subjectDr. Glenn J Bradford, University of Melbourne Glenn Bradford is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne. His main focus is creating innovative curriculum that incorporates practical, hands-on experiences to better drive student learning. From 2015 to 2020, he worked as a 5G Wireless Systems Engineer at Intel Corporation developing advanced 5G wireless prototypes and systems exploring the convergence of 5G wireless with emerging immersive media applications
, Newman D, Gullie K, Ndoye M, Dabipi I, Graves C, Zhang L, Osareh A, Albin S, Geddis D, Andrei P, Lacy F, Majlesein H, Eldek A, Attia J, Astatke Y, Yang S, Jiang L, Oni B, Zein-Sabatto S “Experiment Centric Pedagogy – Improving the HBCU Engineering Student Learning Experience,” ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, June 2018 Project RECET - Remote ECE Teaching11. Ambrose, Susan A., et al (2010) How learning works: seven research-based principles for smart teaching, San Francisco, CA ; and Brown, Peter C. et al (2014), Make it stick : the science of successful learning. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.12. Bowman, R. (2003, June), Electrical
Paper ID #40034Renewable Energy Projects Enhance Pedagogy in Foundational ECE CourseMr. Devin Connor Whalen, Bucknell University Devin Whalen is a graduate student at Bucknell University, pursuing a master’s degree in electrical en- gineering. His research focuses on microgrids and energy harvesting, and aligns with his passion for renewable energy and sustainable solutions. In 2022, Devin graduated summa cum laude with a B.S.E.E. from Bucknell, where he developed a strong foundation in electrical engineering. He demonstrates his dedication to his field through his involvement in curriculum development, academic and research
of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. She is involved in projects in the intersection of education, data mining, machine learning, ethics, and fairness. Her research interests include data mining, recommender systems, predictive models within educational contexts, and the fairness concerns that arise from their use. Her goal is to help students succeed using data and machine learning models.Joaquin Molto, Florida International University Joaquin Molto is a Florida International University student who has earned his B.S. in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematical Sciences. He is currently pursuing his M.S. in Computer Science and is passionate about Software Engineering, AI, and Machine
contributing directly orindirectly to the concentration as a core class or a general ET class. This includes the 2 3-hour seniordesign classes, a 3-hour project management class, and a 1-hour seminar class. The two technical electiveclasses may contribute to the concentration but most probably will be from other concentrations, or evendifferent program (such as Industrial Technology, Math, or Computer Science), based on the availabilityof the classes. 2/16Figure 2 Mechanical Engineering Technology curriculum sheet 3/16 Figure 3 Mechanical Engineering Technology
knowledge from severaldifferent courses. The first point where students are often required to make these cross-connections is the Capstone Design course. This is late in the curriculum, and allowing studentsto connect disciplines sooner would be beneficial for the students’ professional developmentand for their Capstone experience.There have been numerous reports from engineering departments on efforts to provide aplatform for integration throughout their curriculum. Mitchell et. al. at University CollegeLondon, restructured their entire curriculum to include single disciplinary and multi-disciplinaryproject-based learning (PBL) projects in each term [1]. While they did not report on the studentresponse, they did highlight the level of buy-in that
, some of which the library orders on demand. To assistwith such needs, engineering librarians can provide additional support to the teams, particularlywith demonstrating reliable and domain-specific resources for more efficient searches. Theengineering librarian aims to continue to offer introductory workshops and deliver up-to-dateinformation on business and engineering research to the student project teams in closecollaboration with the business librarians.ConclusionSeveral conditions have contributed to escalating demand for business education in theengineering curriculum: the heightened emphasis on building professional skills in response toindustry expectations, the increase in funding for entrepreneurial projects on college campuses,and
students expressed their wish of incorporatingthe knowledge of energy market (both local and global), and energy policy into the curriculumand more than half of the respondents reckoned that student should be taught at least to anintermediate level. [31] added a smart-grid-oriented project into the curriculum, whereimportant topics such as the smart grid, electricity market operation, and demand side responseare planted. This practice took an important step forward in bridging the gap between universityeducation and industry content. The second most demanded knowledge is power system analysis (49%). Power systemanalysis has a long history ever since the electrical power system emerged in the late 19thcentury [32], and engineers develop
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perspectives from seemingly unrelated fieldsenhances their creative problem solving skills and enables them to better adapt to complexscenarios.This paper describes a multidisciplinary effort between faculty from the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the Department ofChemistry and Biochemistry at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The project involvedstudents modeling protein folding as a robotic mechanism and studying the problems associatedwith this complex system from multiple perspectives. After providing a brief technicalbackground about the robotics-based approaches to the problem of protein folding/unfolding, thispaper elaborates on the pedagogical elements of the project
presented. In addition, a discussion of the results is presented coupled withthe post survey results from the students. Lastly, lessons learning from the projects along withrecommended future improvements are presented.IntroductionWith advances in technology and a heavier use of computers in industrial settings, it has beenobserved that programming is a necessary skill for all engineering majors to develop. Inaddition, to knowing the basic programming skills it is imperative that students graduate with theability to utilize programming tools to solve complex engineering problems.In the mechanical engineering curriculum, dynamics is a critical course that all students musttake and it focuses on the analysis of objects in motion when acted upon by
engineeringproblems. This paper will discuss introducing a new data science curriculum in an EngineeringTechnology (ET) program with a focus on Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)program.IntroductionA typical data science curriculum covers various topics such as data processing, featureengineering, regression, classification, and natural language processing. However, it does notcover concepts related to data acquisition and processing from the standpoint of technology andhardware. In the last decades, data-driven models have significantly affected almost everyindustry. There are various courses across different programs and curricula in the nation thatfocus on introducing data science topics. However, a complete Engineering Technology (ET)curriculum that
Paper ID #38323Integrating Equity in the Systems Engineering Curriculum: A Pilot StudyDr. Julie Drzymalski, Temple University Julie Drzymalski is a Professor of Instruction and Director of the Industrial and Systems Engineering program. Her teaching interests lie in the areas of operations research and systems modeling. Current re- search pursuits are in the application of complex adaptive systems modeling to areas such as supply chains and human centered systems. Previously held industrial positions include various quality engineering, project and program management positions in the construction industries of the greater
Educations,” in Handbook of STEM Faculty Development, 2022.[9] I. Villanueva et al., “What does hidden curriculum in engineering look like and how can it be explored?,” in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2018.[10] R. J. Downey and I. Villanueva Alarcón, “Reading the world of engineering education: An exploration of active and passive hidden curriculum awareness,” in 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2022.[11] I. Villanueva, L. Gelles, K. Youmans, and M. di Stefano, “Exploring how engineering faculty, graduates, and undergraduates evaluate hidden curriculum via emotions and self-efficacy,” in Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association, 2018. doi: 10.1109
students to help bridge gaps identified in theirdesign learnings is discussed.Design is “considered to be the central or distinguishing activity of engineering” [8, 9] and isthus an integral part of the engineering curriculum. Engineering design is a systematic,intelligent, problem-solving process through which engineers develop solutions that achievedesired objectives of form and function within bounds imposed by constraints [10]. In theirseminal paper on the challenges in teaching engineering design, Dym et al. [9] recommendedthat “enhanced design pedagogy” should be made the highest priority by engineers inacademe to curtail the loss of “human design potential.”Over the past few decades, ‘project-based learning’, which has been described as
/2317745859. DOI: 10.18260/p.23398.[5] H. LeBlanc et al, "Combining technical and entrepreneurial skills in an electric circuitscourse through project-based learning," in Jun 15, 2014, Available:https://search.proquest.com/docview/2317698763.[6] R. J. Voigt, R. Ives and J. M. Hagee, "Modified Studio Lab Classroom Used To TeachElectrical And Computer Engineering To Non Engineers," 2003 Annual ConferenceProceedings, . DOI: 10.18260/1-2--12139.[7] M. Tomhenry et al, "Systematic Review of Rigorous Research in Teaching IntroductoryCircuits respectively. Her current engineering edu- cation research interests include engineeringstudents' understanding of ethics and social responsibility, sociotechnical education, andassessment of engineering pedagogies
, with a presence in 8provinces and an enrollment of over 50,000 students. OPEX SRL, on the other hand, is acompany dedicated to training employees in specific competencies required by companies.Together, they submitted a proposal to develop equipment that could replace the traditionalequipment of an electricity/electronics laboratory, which was low-cost, easy to use, andmaintained a realistic interface. In 2018, the approved projects were announced and out of over100 proposals, only 15 were approved, one of which was the UTESA-OPEX consortium with anapproved budget of over US$103,000.00 and a 2-year execution time. This project was calledLAB-VEE Educational TechMakers, and a laboratory equipped with everything necessary toachieve the proposed
Science at Western Washington University.Dr. Ujjal K. Bhowmik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign https://ece.illinois.edu/about/directory/faculty/ubhowmikProf. Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Yuting W. Chen received the B.S. degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2007, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2009 and 2011, all in Electrical Engineering. She is currently a Teaching Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her current interests include recruitment and retention of under-served students in STEM, professional development for graduate students, and curriculum innova
Paper ID #38528Deep Learning Projects for Multidisciplinary Engineering Design StudentsMr. Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Robert Avanzato is an associate professor of engineering at the Penn State Abington campus where he teaches courses in electrical and computer engineering, computer science, and robotics. His research interests are mobile robotics, artificial intelligence, computer vision, deep learning and virtual environ- ments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Deep Learning Projects for Multidisciplinary Engineering Design StudentsAbstractDeep
equallyimportant for the stakeholder of this projects [1]. While the concept of sustainability is slowlyinfusing into the civil engineering projects, the students are not receiving any formal education inthe undergraduate curriculum on it. As the frequency and extent intensity of the natural disastersare on the rise, it is very important to train the next generation engineers on the sustainabilityconcept from the classroom level. For sustainability to be addressed by civil engineeringprofessionals, students must be educated and trained to consider the concept of sustainability toaccommodate it in any construction project.Capstone/Senior design class intends to accumulate the experience of the students gained fromcourses in the curriculum. Students are
Engineering Education, 2023 1 Connecting Classroom Curriculum to Local Contexts to Enhance Engineering Awareness in Elementary YouthProject OverviewThis paper reports on the year three findings of a National Science Foundation Research in theFormation of Engineers project focused on increasing rural and indigenous youth’s awareness ofengineering and engineering related careers. To reach this goal, we worked with elementaryteachers to connect the engineering activities taught in the classroom with local funds ofknowledge and local engineering opportunities (Hammack et al., 2022; Hammack et al., 2021).Each of the four participating
, Satisfaction (ARCS) model of motivation to design an Internet-of-Thingsthemed curriculum for CS students in grades 9-12. The ARCS framework is used as aconceptual framework to unpack high school students’ motivational influences inengineering/computer science project-based learning via a series of focus groups. Using theinsights obtained from First and Second cycle coding based qualitative analysis, IoT-basedCS curricular modules that align with Grades 9-12 Computer Science Teachers Association(CSTA) standards were developed. The curricular design centered around creating learner-focused scaffolding in project-based learning environments, improving the relevance of theclassroom content with the real-world context that students have experiences in or
Paper ID #39511Board 91: Work-in-Progress: A Systematic Gap Analysis of the AustralianPower Engineering CurriculumMiss Nisaka Munasinghe, University of New South Wales Nisaka Munasinghe is an enthusiastic undergraduate student at the University of New South Wales. She will be graduating with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Hons), 2023, with her thesis project present- ing research for improvements to the Australian Power Engineering Curriculum. Since 2020, she has been working in construction as a cadet engineer with Sydney Trains, helping deliver and commission railway signalling projects for the NSW transport
, comments from our Alumni Advisory Board thatengineers lack facility with the massive amounts of data now being collected in industry, and apractical need to refresh our lab course offerings – and leveraging our faculty’s expertise in thearea – the undergraduate curriculum at Carnegie Mellon University has undergone numerouschanges to increase the focus both on sensing and on computational science. Sensing forms abackbone for our design course sequence: It has been incorporated into a project in our third-yeardesign course since 2015 and our second-year design course since 2021. In 2018, ourUndergraduate Program Committee defined key learning objectives for sensing andrecommended that lab courses focus on sensing and instrumentation. These changes
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later time in the curriculum, when they are better able to dealwith their often abstract concepts.Figure 2: Average number of exam attempts per studentFinally, with the mathematics and physics courses provided by the faculty of mathematics andmechanical engineering respectively, it turned out to be very difficult to align the subject withthe project flow, resulting in a doubling of work and a far from optimal learning experience.An example would be the hydrostatics course, which required elements of numericalcalculations, regular calculus and statics. However, the timing of these concepts is ill-alignedwith the project flow and as a result, also provided by the project lecturer in advance of thephysics and math courses. Furthermore, many key
experiences or ongoing research projects, e.g., Honorsthesis, Honors College Research Grant project, undergraduate research project, etc. While thiscourse was initially developed for mechanical engineers, the machine learning skills andconcepts covered can also be useful for other departments. As such, we have students fromindustrial engineering, biological and agricultural engineering, and electrical engineeringenrolled in this course.Fig. 2 Student enrollment statistics of the Machine Learning for Mechanical Engineers course inFall 2021 and Fall 2022.Fig. 3 summarizes the statistics of students’ responses to survey questions related to theirfamiliarity with general programming in Python and MATLAB before the Machine Learning forMechanical Engineers