themselves towardstudent success.Table 2 summarizes the overall click statistics for two of the engineering courses in the firstsemester of adoption. In all courses, ―A‖ students clicked checkboxes in GEARSETapproximately once per week and students who ended the semester with an F clicked checkboxes Page 22.1620.6in GEARSET approximately every two weeks. In both courses, ―B‖ and ―C‖ students generateda large number of consecutive clicks, or ―click bursts,‖ revealing that these students were notpaying as close attention to GEARSET as the ―A‖ students. The ―click burst‖ phenomena alsooccurred with a few failing students in ENGR 141, but was less common
AC 2011-290: A MULTI-INSTITUTION COMPARISON OF STUDENTS’DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDENTITY AS AN ENGINEERHolly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Holly Matusovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Matusovich has a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She also has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. in Materials Science with a concentration in Metallurgy. Additionally Dr. Matusovich has four years of experience as a consulting engineer and seven years of industrial experience in a variety of technical roles related to metallurgy and quality systems for an aerospace supplier. Dr. Matusovich’s research interests include the role of motivation in learning engineering as
Consequences for the Training ofEngineers.” European Journal of Engineering Education, 31(1), 55-61. 8 Scott, G. and. K.W. Yates. (2002). “Using Successful Graduates to Improve the Quality of UndergraduateEngineering Programmes.” European Journal of Engineering Education, 27(4), 363-378. 9 Martin, R., B. Maytham, J. Case and D. Fraser. (2005). “Engineering Graduates' Perceptions of How Well TheyWere Prepared for Work in Industry.” European Journal of Engineering Education, 30(2), 167-180. 10 Russell, J. S. a. Stouffer., W.B. (2005). Survey of the National Civil Engineering Curriculum. Journal ofProfessional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 131(2), 118-128. 11 Russell, J. S., and W.B. Stouffer. (2005). “Survey of the National Civil
)different parts of ordinary difficulty per team member. FIGURE 7 shows an example of thestudent term project, an impeller assembly. The assembly includes the top and bottom housings,and the impeller shaft subassembly, the impeller blades, and a number of fasteners like bolts,nuts and washers. Page 22.567.8 FIGURE 7 – IMPELLER ASSEMBLY (WITH EXPLODED VIEW)Projects will be graded on a nine-part system which includes the following areas and pointvalues: a) MASTER GROUP PROPOSAL 5 PTS b) SKETCHING 10 PTS c) WRITTEN PRESENTATION
x2 + k2 ( x2 − x1 ) = 0 (7)Seeking steady-state solutions, one takes X 1 = A sin(ωt ) and X 2 = B sin(ωt ) , which gives, aftersubstituting into equations (7): F1,0 (k2 − m2ω 2 ) F1,0 (k2 ) A= , B= [(k1 + k2 − m1ω )(k2 − m2ω ) − k2 ] 2 2 2 [(k1 + k2 − m1ω 2 )(k2 − m2ω 2 ) − k2 2
% 20% 10% 0%Figure 9. Coverage of modern topics in KRD courses for 2009-2010 as reported byinstructors.Chemical engineering programs are likely to use this course for ABET outcomes assessment.The fraction of reporting programs using this course for ABET a-k outcomes is shown in Figure10. Page 22.788.12 (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, 100% (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
AC 2011-2338: A LIBRARY INSTEAD OF A LAB: FORGING A SPACEPARTNERSHIP IN A NEW BUILDINGJeff McAdams, University of Texas, San Antonio Jeff McAdams graduated with a Bachelors of General Studies from The University of Kansas and a Mas- ters of Library and Information Science from Emporia State University. He worked at Spahr Engineering Library at The University of Kansas and is currently working as the Science and Engineering Librarian at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Page 22.54.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Library Instead of a Lab:Forging a
a graduate course on nanotechnology (MEEN 785: Nanomaterials) offered tograduate students. The results obtained in these areas have been published [3-5] and also serve asadditional reference study materials for future students of these courses. Hence, students havebeen involved in active learning and generation of knowledge for future students. Figure 1. SEM images of TiN nanowires on MgO substrate with different Figure 4. Graduate student authors engaged in magnification (a) 120 K and (b) 200 K. the PLD assisted fabrication of TiN nanowires.Figure 5. SEM images of TiN nanowires on MgO substrate with different magnification(a) 120 K and (b) 200 K
measuring system is shown in Figure 7. Further this data and surfaces areprocessed to extract basic features, if obtainable. All regular features such as plane, cylinder, andcone can be extracted. In case of irregular surface the data is fitted to the spline surfaces. Thetype of the surface created is NURBS surface (Non-Uniform Rational B- Spline). Featureextraction gives a high quality representation of the road profile. Finally the desired 3D dataformat is obtained after solid model/3D surface translations/conversions. Figure 7 Schematic diagram of data process of road scanning system 4. Results and discussionThis section discusses the results obtained in the experiments performed. A few experiments
22.731.3AssignmentsAll assignments are in the form of short (one-half to four-page) essays. The intent of theseassignments is multi-fold: To introduce students to important examples of electrical and computer engineering, To enhance skills in learning about new topics in efficient ways, To stimulate creative and critical thinking, To provide practice in technical writing.The topics for all of the assignments are provided in Appendix B. These assignments are quitedifferent from traditional ECE homework and students generally respond well to them.Following is a quotation from one response to the lecture on the design of a helium ionmicroscope: “This week’s speaker really got me excited about Electrical and ComputerEngineering. Prior to the
an angled laparoscope in a virtual environment. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2001,J. D. Westwood et al, Editors, IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp. 146-152.5. Tartre, L.A. (1990). Spatial skills, gender, and mathematics. In E. H. Fennema & G. C. Leder (Eds.), Mathematics and Gender, (pp. 27-59). New York, NY: Teachers College Press.6. Casey, M. B., Pezaris, E., Nuttall, R. L. (1992). Spatial ability as a predictor of math achievement: The importance of sex and handedness patterns. Neuropsychologia, 30, 35-45.7. Kastens, K.A., Manduca, C. A., Cervato, C., Frodeman, R., Goodwin, C., Liben, L. S., Mogk, D. W. Spangler, T. C., Stillings, N. A., & Titus, S. (2009). How geoscientists think and learn, EOS, Transactions, American
reflective questionnaires, and focus groups.The focus of this paper is on the experience of the participants during the initial workshop asrevealed through the focus group data. As such, the findings presented address evaluationquestions 2 and 3 as listed above. Future publications will add to these findings and specificallyaddress the first evaluation question.MethodFour institutional teams of varying sizes and composition attended the workshop (see Table 1).School A is a large public institution brought a six-person team of five engineering faculty and adepartment chair. The team from school B was from a small public four-year special STEMinterest institution and consisted of three engineering faculty and a humanities professor who isalso the
of the engineering workforce.Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Margaret Bailey is Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineer- ing at RIT and is the Founding Executive Director for the nationally recognized women in engineering program called WE@RIT. She recently accepted the role as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and serves as the co-chair on the President’s Commission on Women. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, being the first woman civil- ian faculty member in her department. Margaret maintains a research program in the area of advanced thermodynamic analyses and
AC 2011-2241: REVISITING COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCES TO PRE-PARE FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICEKathryn Mobrand, University of Washington Kathryn Mobrand is a doctoral candidate and research assistant in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. She is working with Dr. Jennifer Turns on preparedness portfolios for engineering undergraduates; her focus is on the communication of practicing engineers.Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering
ventures in Kenya, Tanzania, India, China and other countries.Duarte B Morais, North Carolina State UniversityYu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Yu Zhao is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include educational measurement and assessment. She is also interested in applications of item response theory and structural equation modeling in educational testing.Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon, Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at the Pennsylvania State University, has a
limitation in this work is that there are a limited number of definitions and most do notprovide full documentation of the fields included in their definition. Also, a number ofdocuments may need to be referred to determine a single organization’s definition, and it is onlypossible to determine whether they include a specific discipline in STEM. Another limitation isthat most of the organizations only provide the higher level disciplines in the STEM definition,such as “agriculture sciences”, the discipline name “agriculture science” does not exist in the CIPcode, but 74 specific disciplines are listed related with agriculture sciences field.References 1. Hughes, B., 2009, “How to Start a STEM Team. Technology Teacher,” Retrieved from Academic
active nanostructured interfaces, nanocatalytic conversion of biorenewables to commodity chemicals and fuels, and nanoscale production of hydrogen on demand.Robert B. Barat, New Jersey Institute of Technology Robert Barat is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at NJIT, where he has been a faculty member for over 20 years. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. His current research involves reaction catalysis by fluorinated phthalocyanines.Norman W. Loney, New Jersey Institute of Technology Norman W. Loney is Professor and Chair of the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has
aprogram.Criterion 3 – Student Outcomes Currently the exact name of Criterion 3 is “Program Outcomes.” The proposed name change is“Student3 Outcomes.” ABET defines4 Program (Student) Outcomes as follows: “Each program must demonstrate that graduates have: a. an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills, and modern tools of their disciplines b. an ability to apply current knowledge and adapt to emerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology c. an ability to conduct, analyze and interpret experiments, and apply experimental results to improve processes d. an ability to apply creativity in the design of systems, components, or processes appropriate
in Software Engineering, Engineer- ing Education and Engineering Management. She routinely reviews journal and conference papers, and NSF proposals. Her current research areas include semantic integration of heterogeneous models, shared team mental models, and engineering education.Iris B. Burnham, Burnham Wood Charter School District Iris B.Burnham is the Founder and President of the El Paso Education Initiative, Inc., a non profit orga- nization dedicated to reforming education. It serves as the charter holder of the Burnham Wood Charter School Dsitrict, including the Da Vinci School for Science & the Arts,one of the first STEM schools in Texas. Ms. Burnham serves as Superintendent. She is a life long
. How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice. New York: National Academies P, 1999.6 Cen, G., Xu, B., Luo, J. Y. 2010. Implementing open-ended project-based instruction in experiment of university physics. 2nd International Workshop on Education Technology and Computer Science, (1) 830-832, 2010.7 Fontenot, D., Chandler, J.R., Talkmitt, S., and Sullivan, K. 2007. The Texas High School Initiative aims at STEM education reform: Texas Tech University T-STEM Center - Putting the "E" in K-12 STEM education. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE, F2B1-F2B5,8 Fuentes, A., Crown, S., Freeman, R. 2006. Selective Integration for Student Motivation in the
Engineering of Washington State University. He received his PhD in mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M Univer- sity, College Station, TX in 2001.David B. Thiessen, Washington State University David B.Thiessen received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1992 and has been at Washington State University since 1994. His research interests include fluid physics, acoustics, and engineering education.Baba Abdul, Washington State University Baba Abdul received an MSc. in Chemical Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria in 2005. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University. His research
AC 2011-794: AN ANALYSIS OF FEMALE STEM FACULTY AT PUBLICTWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONSDavid A. Koonce, Ohio UniversityValerie Martin Conley, Ohio University Valerie Martin Conley is director of the Center for Higher Education, associate professor, and coordinator of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Ohio University. She is the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions.Dyah A. Hening, Ohio UniversityCynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University Cynthia Anderson is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio Uni- versity. In addition to research on community college
conference. Her teaching interests are in the Computer Engineering area including Digital Design, Embedded Systems, and VLSI. She has co-taught international project courses in Turkey and in Spain. Her research has been focused on timing issues in digital systems. She has directed local and national outreach programs, including Robot Camp and the P. O. Pistilli Scholarship.J. Douglass Klein, Union College J. Douglass Klein is Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and Special Programs and Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Economics at Union College. Klein joined the Union faculty in 1979, after earning a BA in Mathematics at Grinnell College, and a PhD in Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has written on
AC 2011-1562: SHORT TERM IMPACT OF AN ENGINEERING EDUCA-TION RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON PARTICIPANT’S RESEARCH IN-TERESTS AND CAPABILITIESJunaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette Junaid Siddiqui is a doctoral student at the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University. Before joining the doctoral program he worked for nine years at the faculty development office of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. In this role he was involved in several faculty development activities, particularly working with the faculty members for exploring the use of web-based technologies in the support of classroom teaching. He received his MS in Civil Engineering from KFUPM while he has also
AC 2011-904: THE IMPACT OF ENGINEERING-BASED SCIENCE IN-STRUCTION ON SCIENCE CONTENT UNDERSTANDINGMs. Kristen B Wendell, Tufts UniversityMerredith D Portsmore, Tufts University Merredith Portsmore is a Research Assistant Professor in Education at Tufts University as well as the Director of Outreach Programs for Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Merredith has the unique honor of being a ”Quadruple Jumbo” having received all her four of her degrees from Tufts (B.A. English, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.A. Education, PhD in Engineering Education). Her research interests focus on how children engage in constructing solutions to engineering design problems. Her outreach work focuses on creating
AC 2011-1726: USING VERTICALLY INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAMSTO INSPIRE STUDNET INTEREST IN COMPUTING CAREERSMassood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is a tenure full professor of software engineering in the department of Electrical, Computer, Software and System Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His teaching interests include artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and software engineering with emphasis on software quality assurance and testing. He has been involved in research activities in the areas of software engineering, software quality assurance and testing, autonomous systems, and human factors.Thomas B Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ
students and faculty; and the 2008 Hewlett-Packard/Harriett B. Rigas Award from the IEEE Education Society in recognition of her contribution to the profession. Dr. Schrader earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Valparaiso University, and her M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Systems and Control from University of Notre Dame.Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung is a professor in the Department of Instructional and Performance Technol- ogy in the College of Engineering at Boise State University. She received her Doctor of Education degree in Instructional Technology from Texas Tech University and teaches graduate-level courses on evaluation methodology. Her research
BOK1-compliant accreditation criteria is illustrated by the tabularcomparison provided in Appendix B. The table lists the 15 BOK1 outcomes, the specificrequirements articulated for each outcome in Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21stCentury, and the associated provisions of the ABET GCBLP and CEPC. An outcome-by-outcome comparison clearly demonstrates that the BOK outcomes represent a significantly moreambitious and comprehensive standard than do the ABET criteria. For example, consider BOKOutcome 1, which includes requirements for “biology, chemistry, ecology,geology/geomorphology, engineering economics, mechanics, material properties, systems, geo-spatial representation, and information technology.” The corresponding provision of
Page 22.27.4 A and b are constants of the least squares fit.Students were asked to identify their sample as “strong”, :”normal” or “weak” by comparingtheir experimentally determined slope to reference values for “strong”, “normal” or “weak”coffee previously measured and included in the handout.A blind procedure, in which the lecturer did not know whether students were performing theexperiment virtually or “hands on” was not possible in this experiment because the instructorsknew in advance which type of procedure (actual or virtual) each section was doing. Laboratorylimitations prevented having dual setups for both experiments.Another consideration is student interest in the use of simulations in experiential learning.Would students
. However, Bronfenbrenner’s most recent writings indicatethat in addition to context, proximal processes (i.e., ongoing human interactions over time),person characteristics, and time effects also must be considered. Bronfenbrenner’s ecologicaltheory indicates healthy development is dynamic and continuous, separate from discretedevelopmental milestones occurring at particular points in time. To conduct ecological research,Bronfenbrenner proposed the PPCT model, a model which facilitates systematic study of thefollowing: (a) person characteristics (b) proximal processes; (c) over-arching, as well asimmediate, contextual influences; and (d) time effects.Bronfenbrenner4,5,7,8,9 theorized that individuals bring important person characteristics to