template will beavailable in the summer of 2017. At that time, all existing problems will be updated to this templateversion.Example 1 – filling a weigh tankWe outline the variable parameter problem creation process with an example from an introductory coursein Chemical Engineering. The original example problem, with highlighted regions of the values that willbecome variable parameters, is shown in Figure 2. A mass of 1500 pounds of liquid having a specific gravity of 1.2 and molecular weight of 150 is pumped into an empty weigh tank over the course of 25 seconds. The tank is cylindrical with a diameter of 3 ft. Determine the: a) average mass flow rate (lb/s) b) average volumetric flow rate (gal/min) c) average molar flow rate (lbmole/s) d
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in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineeringat the University of Evansville have undertaken a similar, multi-year study, in an attempt tofurther quantify and support the findings of these studies.Method and Study ParametersData from three different courses in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering curriculum werecollected for this study. Table 1 contains information regarding the study parameters and thethree instructors (listed as A, B, C) associated with each course included in this semester. Foreach of the courses in this study, there are typically 3-4 exams each semester, approximately 20-25 homework assignments and 8-10 quizzes. Average enrollment for ENGR prefix classes isapproximately 20 students per section. For CE prefix
state licensing board.ASCE’s aspirational education levels (B + M/30) have been defined by the BOK2 outcomes. [37]These two driving forces are not currently in alignment because they establish two differenteducation and knowledge levels for the profession.As the discussion continues over how to implement BOK2 criteria into civil engineeringcurriculums, it is important to note that neither version of the BOK has a direct licensureoutcome. The description of BOK2 outcome 24, “Professional and Ethical Responsibility,”broadly refers to licensure, but it does not include the important components of licensure statutesand regulations such as the reasons for licensure, how the “practice of engineering” is defined,and the use of the engineer’s seal. [1
Wentworth get a first-rate undergraduate education, as well as a minimum of twosemesters working in a co-op, student feedback often includes being under-prepared for graduateschool. To fix this deficiency among the electrical and computer Engineering and computerscience and networking majors, a consortium of faculty designed, executed, and evaluated a seriesof extra-curricular graduate school seminars to (a) gauge student interest in graduate school, (b)prepare students for the graduate school application process, and (c) inform students of theiroptions for graduate degrees and programs.This work-in-progress shares data and lessons-learned from the first round of seminars: wedescribe their organization and proceedings, as well as the results of
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the lab, oversee designs, print models, troubleshoot printers, provide workshops in 3D design and print, refine printed objects. B) Send print models to online or local companies that offer the service of 3D printing. (B section would only be low-cost on a short-term period, only recommended for one pilot semester class) C) Hire: Professional people who will setup the lab, person who will oversee designs, provide workshops in 3D design and print. Makers will oversee and refine their own print models. D) Fee Training: How to oversee designs, print models, troubleshoot printers, provide
,instructions, and alternatives are provided in Appendix B. As mentioned earlier the first part ofthis activity was inspired by “The Orange Game” from CS Unplugged 2 and uses it as a warm upexercise. This is a great outreach activity to have students participate in after they have beensitting working on individual tasks and can be easily tailored to various time lengths.Linked List with Yarn and Paper BagsLearning Objectives: • Define, in their own words, a data structure • Define, in their own words, a linked list • Explain the steps to add a node to a linked list (front or back) • Explain the steps to delete a node from a linked list (front or back)In this activity, students learn about the basic data structure linked list. Many students
extent that fourth year engineering students discuss helpingothers and society through their careers as an aspect of an ideal job or an aspect that would maketheir work rewarding. Hour-long, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twentyengineering undergraduate students near the end of their fourth year of college. These studentswere attending five different universities and pursuing six different majors (primarily mechanicaland civil engineering). Student responses, while unique to their personal situation, fell into fourcategories regarding their visions for a future ideal engineering career: (A) helping people andsociety was the most important component to their future engineering career; (B) helping peopleand improving society was
(Fig. 1 (b)), balsawood bridge competition (Fig. 1(c)), and a foam coreboard chair competition (Fig. 1 (d)). Lastly, to cap off Year 2 activities, students also had theopportunity to attend a one-week summer camp. The second offering of the camp includedcollaborating with the College of Education at UL Lafayette. The morning portion of the campfocused on hands-on, math-based activities, while the afternoon portion of the camp focused onhands-on engineering-based activities. Year 3 activities mirrored those from Year 2. The lead author gave roughly the samenumber of presentations, but focused more on college awareness and how education can lead toimproved quality of life. The project competitions included the West Point Bridge
used for statistical comparison Final Numerical Grade Score A 11 A- 10 B+ 9 B 8 B- 7 C+ 6 C 5 C- 4 D+ 3 D 2 D- 1 F 0Results and DiscussionThe results of the one-way ANOVA
reported in Appendix B including the infit and outfit mean square(MNSQ) and standardized (ZSTD) indices indicating the fit of the data to the Rasch model. TheMNSQ is the transformed residuals representing the difference between the observed andpredicted with an expected MNSQ value of 116.Item difficulty level ranged from –1.18 to 0.96, indicating additional items at a higher difficultylevel such as the essay design problem items are needed, as one of the purposes is to assessstudent growth from lower to higher-level understanding. Item separation was 4.94, yieldingsufficient separation of more than four1 distinct groups of items along the measure. The itemseparation reliability of 0.96 indicated the ordering of items along the continuum would
[2] Sukumaran, B., J. Chen, Y. Mehta, D. Mirchandani, K. Hollar, “A Sustained Effort for Educating Students about Sustainable Development” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Session 1793[3] Ramachandran, R. P., A. J. Marchese, J. A. Newell, R. Ordonez, J. L. Schmalzel, B. Sukumaran, H. Benavidez, J. Haynes, “A Pedagogical Concept of Integrating Multidisciplinary Design and Technical Communication” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. 2000. Session 2325[4] https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Replacement-Fingerboard-Fender- Electric/dp/B008MI70QE, Amazon.com Retrieved April 2017[5] https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Wired-6-String-Single-Pickup-Harness/dp/B0079JSATS
2007 and received ABET accreditation in 2009 and 2014. He also holds the William C. and Gertrude B. Emmitt Memorial Chair in Biomedical Engineering. Nationally, Professor Cavanagh has dedicated himself to the advancement of undergraduate biomedical engineering education through a range of activities including serving five consecutive terms as Treasurer on the executive board of the national Council of Chairs in Biomedical Engineering, serving as the Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, and serving as an ABET evaluator. In 2006, he was awarded the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching at Bucknell, and in 2010 earned the Pilkington Outstanding Educator
Paper ID #20470Holistic Interdisciplinary Design - Everyone Does Everything (EngineeringStudents as Sculptors)Prof. Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Baltimore is a Professor in Architectural Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is also a licensed California Structural Engineer with extensive industry experience. Current research and engineering interest are in sustainable knowledge transfer to developing nations; concentrated solar power for urban areas; masonry design, technology, and sustainability; and active learning for higher education
population. One school was comprised of 60%Hispanic and 15% ELL. Two of the schools with high Hispanic populations are identified asunder-performing by the state accountability system. One is a high performing school withdistinguished status in reading and mathematics. One consistently performs at just above districtand state averages.Procedures Training & Lesson Planning. Teachers participated in a one-day training session thattargeted specific features of the engineering-centered activities including: (a) a read-aloud of anengineering story book (Engineering Elephants) as the hook to an inductive technology lesson,(b) the use of an Engineering is Elementary (EiE) unit on agricultural engineering, and (c)modeling and guidance of
deciding what action to take now”). The instrument was an adaptation of the Future Time Perspective Scale connectedness subscale from Husman and Shell (2008).Course Belongingness (CB - E, CB-B): This instrument contained five items for studentsfeelings of belongingness in engineering (e.g., “The field of engineering is a good fit for me; Ithink of myself as an engineer”), and six items for students feelings of belongingness in thecourse (biology) (e.g., “ I feel like an outsider in this course, the field of biology is a good fit forme” ) - see Walton & Cohen (2011).Interest (I): The four items of this instrument assess students interest in their biology course(e.g., “I’m really looking forward to learning more about biology
ground. But this force is only half mathematical formula for Newton’s the story, for there must be a force third law is a vector relationship: to halt the hammer in the process. What exerts this force? The stake! 𝐹"# = −𝐹#" Newton reasoned that while the hammer exerts a force on the stake, (F = force; AB = Object A on the stake exerts a force on the Object B; BA = Object B on Object
Airworthiness in the F-35 Lightning II Program Office, deployed Joint Combat Damage Assessor for US/Coalition/Contractor/Afghan aircraft in Afghanistan, Chief of Opera- tions for the Systems Engineering Program at USAFA, Mechanical Systems Engineer in the C/KC-135 Program Office, and deployed Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Engineer for B-1B aircraft.Dr. Daniel D. Jensen, United States Air Force Academy Dr. Dan Jensen is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he has been since 1997. He received his B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), M.S. (Applied Mechanics) and Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering Science) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin
isparticularly suitable for implementation in engineering courses because its benefits are consistentwith student learning outcomes specified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET), specifically the following strands from criterion 3 (ABET, 2015): (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability; (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve
Robotis Premium Software Programming Guide15, and in ourconcurrent work17. In general, the procedure of creating and downloading a program for ahumanoid robot consists of the following steps. 1. Assemble one of the three humanoid robot configurations (type A, type B, or type C) 2. Turn on the robot and check that the robot type is correct by pushing the START pushbutton on CM-530. In response, the robot plays a musical sequence: Do for type A, Do-Re for type B, and Do-Re-Mi for type C 3. Connect the robot to the computer using a USB cable 4. Make sure the robot is in the PROGRAM mode by checking that the blue LED indicator on CM-530 above the word PROGRAM is ON. If it is not, use the MODE pushbutton to select the
., Zeytinci, A, Behera, P., “Engineering Economics Applied to Public Policy Issues,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2009. 9. Fragoso-Diaz, G. M., Gray, B., Jones, E., “Enhancing Students’ Learning Experience Using Case Studies,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2015. 10. Tong, J., Nachtman, H., “Economic Analysis of disruptions on the Mississippi River: An Engineering Economy Educational Case Study“ ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2016. 11. Ivry, Bob, “Woman Who Couldn’t Be Intimidated by Citigroup Wins $31 Million”, Bloomberg, May 31, 2012, www.yahoo.com/news/woman-who-couldn%E2%80%99t- be-intimidated-by-citigroup-wins--31-million.html . 12. Nessman, Ravi, Professor on quest for India’s hidden
and engineering technology problems. The courseprovides an introduction to computer operating systems, programming language, and technicalsoftware.The ABET criteria (1) covered by this course are a, b, c, d, e, and f, and at the end of this coursethe students will be proficient in working with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and will have the basicknowledge of working with one or two of the Engineering software like Matcad, Matlab, etc.The present work offers a comparison between two different teaching strategies, named herein“Method 1” and “Method 2”, with the goal of identifying the best strategy for improving thestudents’ skills and retention.In Method 1, the course starts with an overview of the Microsoft Office software: Word, Excel,Power Point
(b), and 4.2(c), respectively. The quiz questions SI Units Digitizing Designing a Laser Range Finder STEM Given: As an intern at the Vectronix laser range finder company, you are tasked to utilize the time of flight principle in order to estimate the propagation and reflection delay for a target that is 1.5 Km away. Partial If all overheads are ignored, then what is the roundtrip propagation delay between the laser and the target
the 2016 ASEE Conference (R. Paul, 1992,2005; R. Paul & Elder, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; R. W. Paul, 1993; Veeramachaneeni,Coolbaugh, & Santiago, 2016). This paper summarizes findings after the implementation of arecitation into the course. The recitation was added to enhance students’ math and engineeringreasoning skills. Specific aims of this part of the study were: a) identify the topics in algebrawhere intervention is needed, b) assess the effect of the course on students’ math grades, mathplacement in college, cumulative GPA, and retention in engineering, and c) assess the effect ofthe course on students’ critical thinking skills. This research will benefit institutions andadministrators looking for ways to improve the retention in
student responses and thinking processes through the evolution of responsesfrom individual to team to individual; identifying factors that may influence student thinkingprocesses during these exercises; and developing suitable performance measures. The findingswill inform instructors on the effectiveness of these active learning exercises in the classroom.This paper reports on the salient results of this two-year experience. In particular, it is discussedand demonstrated how the decision worksheets and written evidence from active learningexercises were used to extract information to help understand how students: (a) learn about andapply knowledge of new and career-relevant information; and (b) influence each other’s learningprocesses when
Curriculum for Innovative Design,” sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council), Taiwan, under Grant no. NSC 102-‐2511-‐S-‐002-‐011-‐MY3. Teachers engaging in interdisciplinary curriculum are often freed from isolation, allowed toactively take on multiple roles in teaching,10 and supported in reconstructing their roles andviews on their profession.6 On the other hand, some kind of mechanism—either institutionalor social—also needs to be in place in order to foster interdisciplinary cooperation amongteachers in the long run.8 In December 2013, three university teachers from civil engineering (CE), building andplanning (B&P), and futures studies (FS) embarked on a 3-year
immerse students into research settings that will allow them to apply theoreticaland experimental concepts learned in the classroom to solve basic and real world engineeringproblems5. Following ABET (a through k) student outcomes may be targeted in this course if thecourse project is based on individual student work and there is a match between the student workand the specific outcome below:(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(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety
students from being able to participate during their undergraduate education. In order to help alleviate these common barriers, two faculty members at Auburn University designed and implemented a 10-day Service-Learning class to Quito, Ecuador. An international Service-Learning class is defined as: "A structured academic experience in another country in which students (a) participate in an organized service activity that addresses identified community needs; (b) learn from direct interaction and cross- cultural dialogue with others; and (c) reflect on the experience in such a way as to gain a deeper appreciation of the host country and, an enhanced sense of their own responsibilities as citizens, locally and