*Indicates not significant (α=.05) Table1: Paired t-test for differences between pre and post EECI scoresThe reason that the difference was not significant for question 19 is more difficult to explain andcould demonstrate a problematic question that requires further revision. This question reads:Question 19Fill in the blanks for this statement:If the net present value of all of the cash flows associated with an investment opportunity is apositive value at a company's "required" rate of return, then the internal rate of return for thatinvestment is ______ than the company's required rate and the investment is a ______investment for this company. a. Lower, Good b. Lower, Bad c. Higher, Good d. Higher, BadAs will be
Paper ID #18773Energy Engineering Undergraduate Degree Program: Lessons Learned fromProgram Development and LaunchDr. Greg Kremer, Ohio University Robe Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio University Program Director: Energy Engi- neering Director: ”Designing to Make A Difference” ME / EnE senior capstone design experience. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Energy Engineering Undergraduate Degree Program: Lessons Learned from Program Development and LaunchIntroduction:The National Academies have identified energy issues as among the most significant facinghumankind in this
study the questions. Step 7: What is the underlying theory? 2. Layout the activities that make up the project Instructor’s tasks are to design the curriculum and promote constructivism approach in the class by: Provide learning goals that include: reasoning, critical thinking, understanding and use of knowledge, self-regulation, and mindful reflection. Provide the necessary conditions for: a. Complex and relevant learning environments; b. Social negotiation; c. Multiple perspectives and learning modes; d. Ownership in learning; e. Self-awareness of knowledge construction. 3. What students do as learners and as teams: In each project ask students to
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Paper ID #17908The History of the Engineering Libraries Division, Part 2: 1960-2017Mr. Michael J. White, Queen’s University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The History of the Engineering Libraries Division, Part 2: 1960-2017IntroductionThe Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) is one of the oldest professional communities of engineering and technical librarians inthe world. It is also one of the few engineering organizations where librarians and professors arerecognized as academic professionals. First organized as a regional committee in 1941
the school were classified as English Language Learners; 76.4% ofstudents were Hispanic, 8.8% White, 8.4% African American, 3.6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and2.5% Native American. Both authors helped facilitate all activities.Taking a design-based approach, in this, our second iteration of the innovation, we implementeda design-reflect-design protocol over three 50-minute class periods on consecutive days. Thepurpose of this protocol was to provide an opportunity for designers and observers to reflect oncommunication patterns in design challenges. Students were assigned to one of two roles for theentire process: (a) design-team member in three-to-four member groups, or (b) design-team peer-observer. Peer-observers were assigned to only five
averageof 38 pages were generated by each transcript. Appendix B includes a sampling of the interviewquestions that were asked during the individual interviews. The final data sources that were utilized in the study were two separate group interviewswith Black Americans and Black Africans. By grouping the interviewees into separatecategories based on country (or continent) of origin, the lead researcher attempted to identify andunpack within-group differences between these two groups of undergraduates. The duration ofthe group interview with the Black American participants was approximately one and a halfhours, and the length of time for the group interview with the Black African students was onehour and eight minutes.Analysis A
bias cheat sheet.” (Jan. 31, 2017).Borrego, M., Newswander, C., McNair, L. D., and Paretti, M. (2009). “Using concept maps to assess interdisciplinary integration of green engineering knowledge.” Advances in Engineering Education, 2(3).Burian, S. J. (2014). “Using a sustainable infrastructure rating system in the civil engineering capstone design course.” Proc., 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN.Davidson, C. I., Allenby, B. R., Haselbach, L. M., Heller, M., and Kelly, W. E. (2016). “Educational materials on sustainable engineering: Do we need a repository?” Elementa, 4(89).El-adaway, I., Pierrakos, O., and Truax, D. (2015). “Sustainable construction education using
of the scholars while making long lasting connections.We look forward to sharing our findings throughout the program, and at the completion of ourfive-year study, we will share our complete findings and recommendations. Our goal is to seekout our opportunities for continuation of the STEM Scholars Masters Program through futureNSF grants.ReferencesFlowers, L. (2011). Online courses can be used to boost minority numbers in STEM fields. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. 28 (22), 19.Johnson, W. B. (2016). On being a mentor: A guide for higher education faculty. New York, NY: Routledge.Appendix AProgram Management ChecklistJanuary Encourage students to apply for new cohort Process Awards Scholar Spot Update
”. 3) The third and final section of the survey asked students to rate themselves on a 0-100 scale across four dimensions with respect to four tasks. The four dimensions were “how successful they would be”, “their belief in their ability to perform the tasks”, “how motivated they would be to perform the tasks”, and “the degree of anxiety they would feel in performing the following tasks”. The four tasks were a. Identify a problem b. Formulate a problem c. Generate a problem solution d. Ability to evaluate appropriateness of generated solution in context.Results and DiscussionThe majority of students (over 70%) across all three departments agreed with the followingstatement “I am
. Mar P´erez-Sanagust´ın, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Mar P´erez-Sanagust´ın is a researcher and Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile and the Director of the Engineering Education Division at the same university. Her research interests are technology-enhanced learning, engineering education, MOOCs and b-learning.Miss Manuela De la vega, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Manuela de la Vega is an Education Data Analyst in the School of Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. She creates qualitative and quantitative instruments for measuring and evaluating teaching and learning experiences in Engineering. She
Proofing and Prevention, process mapping and instructions on theactivity.Students were divided into pre-determined groups of approximately eleven students each; two groupswere from Wednesday lab (A and B) and two groups were from Monday lab (C and D). Each group wasfacilitated by one of the authors or teaching assistants. Groups A and C met in one class room, and Band D moved to anotherroom. How to BrainstormThe first activity was to 1) Clearly, understand the problem and formulate a simplecreate a process flow question based on the problemdiagram for the lab 2) Clarify the goal of the eventassignment. Students brain- 3) Spend two minutes generating at
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participants were not required to know advanced engineering design concepts. Thetraining offered by this workshop will consist of (a) overview and only the necessary detail of theSTEM concepts that apply to electronic circuit design and analysis (b) application of theseconcepts to hands-on project-based laboratory activities. The participants build the essentialknowledge base from basic STEM principles and are expected to see and experience the linkbetween the theory and practice of electronics. The educators work with kits containing electricalcomponents which can be placed on the circuit assembly board using snap connectors andconnected together to create basic and advanced circuits. The survey questionnaire administeredupon conclusion of each
) Keeping Team on Track, 4) Expecting Quality, 5) HavingKnowledge/Skills, using a behaviorally anchored peer-evaluation scale. Each team memberresponded to a series of statements for the other members of their team (Fig. 5). Students ratetheir peers in all categories using the same scale, and different statements. Appendix B includes acomplete listing of the categories and statements for each category.Fig. 5: Example screen of peer evaluation tool (CATME) utilized by students in “Introduction toEnvironmental and Ecological Engineering” (Fall 2016). Instructors are able to see individual student evaluations of each other, as well asaggregate evaluation, and aggregate evaluation corrected for the student’s self-evaluation. TheCATME system
formation in a multicultural and interdisciplinarysetting coupled with hands-on doing based on repetitive do-test-learn cycles that areconstantly assessed and communicated by the teaching team.Design, whether as design science or design thinking has been with us for quite some time.Already in the 1950´s B. Fuller, a renowned scientists and inventor described design scienceas: “…the effective application of the principles of science to the conscious design of ourtotal environment in order to help make the Earth’s finite resources meet the needs of allhumanity without disrupting the ecological processes of the planet” Buckminister Fuller [17].There is relevant criticism to be considered as well. The three perspectives, based on Kimbell2011, are that
(especially around gender), b) minimized the bias in the survey language, andc) was validated [18]. For the full details of the steps taken to design and validate the survey, thereader is referred to our previous paper [18]. A brief overview is provided here for readerconvenience. The survey tool was used to evaluate our hypothesis that there are three broaddecision factors used by secondary students when considering whether to study engineering.These decision factors are: Perceptions – of the profession and the undergraduate programs,Achievement – to meet programs’ entrance requirements, and Confidence – self-perception ofqualifications and traits (See Table 1). Our first research question was used to determine thelevel of importance that secondary
course, key activities took place before class, during class, andafter class. Before class and at least one week in advance, lecture notes were given to students,pre-recorded video lectures were posted, and the FLS was also given. Students were expected towatch the videos ahead of class. At the beginning of class, students submitted a hard copy of theFLS, which included (a) their questions about the material covered in the video, (b) a signatureacknowledging that they watched the video, and (c) feedback to continuously improve the pre-recorded video. FLS submission counted as part of the homework grade. During class,approximately one-third of the time was focused on answering and discussing the questionssubmitted on the FLS. This process
eleven of ABET’s studentoutcomes (i.e., B and C) (“Criteria For Accrediting Engineering Programs,” 2017). Thus, ininformal, formal, and policy levels, there seems to be a shared understanding of the importanceof engineering design. While design is here to stay, emerging trends permeate the engineering educationecosystem. One of the trends that has gained a lot of traction over the years is the increasedemphasis on entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial mindset. There are many indicators of itsincreasing prominence. The opportunity for engineering students to obtain entrepreneurship-related credentials (via minors, certificate programs, etc.) through their engineering programs is arelatively new phenomenon (e.g., at University of
were put in place starting in 2015: Engineer/Entrepreneur/Executive-in-Residence (E3iR – description of the position in Appendix B): A part-time professional appointment currently held by Mr. Trevor Wilkins. One (1) new regular faculty position in the area of technological entrepreneurship currently held by Dr. David Knox. One (1) new regular faculty position in the area of engineering design currently held by Dr. Patrick Dumond.2.3 Brunsfield Group Engineering Student Projects and Entrepreneurship Centre (the Brunsfield Centre)In 2010, a $250,000 ($50,000 per year during five (5) years) donation by another uOttawaEngineering Alumnus and recipient of a University of Ottawa Honorary Doctorate and by thecompany that he leads, the
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coordinator interviews followed aprotocol (See Appendices A and B for sections of both). The observations focused on bothcoordinator and student behavior and dialogue. Did the coordinators talk about empathy? Didstudent interest change through different genres of participation (“hanging out,” “messingaround,” or “geeing out”)54 and pronoun evolution (from “them” to “me”).55,56 Were students andteachers able to connect and transition from feeling empathy to empathic design? Interviewquestions focused on how coordinators perceived the lesson instruction, lesson ability to conveyempathy, student and coordinator understanding of empathy, impact of lessons on studentinterest and student sense of belongingness.Student surveys. Open-ended student survey
willingness to commit the required time to the activities. As such, the selectionof EAP participants is a volunteer/self-section process. (a) (b) Fig. 1: Schematic of the mini-wave flume (a), and participating youths during testing (b) (a) (b) Fig.2: Schematic of the shake table (a) and participating youths during testing (b)From the faculty perspective, this program provides the opportunity to: interact with the studentsoutside of the classroom and in different environments, identify students’ skills, use out-of-classroom activities to develop students’ communication and teamwork skills, provide
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using35 infinitely slow reversible processes during which all properties are spatially uniform. The insight gained36 by following and understanding the derivation is not directly transferable to the second law analysis of37 any real system.38 b. Specific-to-general approach: The derivations are undertaken with specific devices (heat engines) and39 processes (reversible processes) but students are expected to apply the second law to general problems40 that do not use these particular devices or processes, e.g. exergy analysis of a real (irreversible) fuel cell.41 This specific-to-general approach is an exception to the general pedagogical practice of deriving results42 for a general situation that is then applied to specific cases
useris able to see the sequence of the construction by pushing button A and B on the Xboxcontroller, as shown in Figure 7. The end user is also able to go back to the previous step bypushing the left bumper (LB) button on the Xbox controller. Similar to the walkthrough, thedirectional movement of the camera is controlled by the right joystick while the headmovement is controlled by the Oculus Rift headset.Figure 7: Dynamic Interaction of the Construction Sequence using the Xbox Controller(the satellite image was from 2015 CNES/Astrium DigitalGlobe)Classroom Setting and UsageThe 3D modeling (static images and animations) and VR are helpful to use in high school orcollege courses teaching ancient history of engineering. Examples of courses where