Paper ID #19752Engineering Education for Visually Impaired StudentsDr. Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University Dr. Deborah Grzybowski is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on making engineering accessible to all students, including students with visual impairments, through the use of art-infused curriculum and models. Prior to becoming focused
willbe utilized by both the industry for training and development purposes and by the MET students.The authors will share the results of the study and the process of development andimplementation of risk assessment in hydraulics and pneumatics lab activities.MethodologyTo achieve aforementioned goals, a faculty member from Organizational Leadership andSupervision (OLS) and a faculty member from in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET),who was also the instructor of the fluid power course, developed a survey (Appendixes A and B)and the students in the course took this survey in fall of 2016 and spring of 2017. The purpose ofthe survey was to learn about how much the students were being exposed to safety concerns priorto taking the course
essentially only the opinion of the researcher.Element B: Documentation and analysis of prior solution attempts5 Documentation of plausible prior attempts to solve the problem and/or related problems isdrawn from a wide array of clearly identified and consistently credible sources; the analysis ofpast and current attempts to solve the problem—including both strengths and shortcomings— isconsistently clear, detailed, and supported by relevant data.4 Documentation of existing attempts to solve the problem and/or related problems is drawnfrom a variety of clearly identified and consistently credible sources; the analysis of past andcurrent attempts to solve the problem—including both strengths and shortcomings—is clear andis generally detailed and
to consciously and deliberately monitor and regulate one’s knowledge, processes,and cognitive and affective states” (Hacker, 1998, p. 3). This definition identifies bothdeclarative and procedural components of metacognition (see Figure 1). Metacognitivedeclarative knowledge consists of a person’s knowledge or beliefs about: (a) one’s cognitive andaffective states and the states of others; (b) a task, its demands, and how those demands can bemet under varying conditions; and (c) strategies for accomplishing the task and how and when touse them (Flavell, 1979). Metacognitive procedural knowledge consists of both monitoring andcontrol components. Metacognitive monitoring refers to processes that are “directed at theacquisition of information
strategies for exploring participants’ professional identity formation werefairly logical decisions based on the personal nature of the research topic, the interview protocol,on the other hand, was rather difficult to develop. Acknowledging that an interview was anidentity intervention in itself, we needed to develop a protocol that was semi-structured andindirectly prompted participant discussion about identity formation. To accomplish this, wecreated a participant worksheet (Appendix B) in which participants defined civil engineeringthroughout three periods of their lives. As participants wrote down their definitions of civilengineering, we would ask them the follow-up questions using the protocol are as follows: 1. To get started, picture
Figure 2. Emulator view of Mapbox’s “route navigation” and “making phone calls” featuresFigure 1 illustrates iTrust artifacts’ processing. Three Eclipse plug-ins are shown: Figure 1-Alists a set of to-be-indexed requirements, Figure 1-B outputs the indices of the input requirement,and Figure 1-D outputs the indices of a Java method that is selected as the to-be-indexed sourcecode artifact (cf. Figure 1-C). The development of Eclipse plug-ins was allocated to the first twolabs in the spring 2015 semester, as shown in Table 1. Similar development tasks were assignedin the spring 2016 semester, though the students worked on direct feature extensions of Mapbox(cf. Figure 2). In both semesters, the last two labs put more emphasis on
“confirm, cross-validate, or corroborate findings within a single study” [p. 215]. b) Educational Activities A key aim of the educational activities is to strengthen practices by promoting the role ofmetacognition in design to engineering educators and students. To achieve that goal, three majoractivities are planned: i) Develop a Teaching Guide and Monitor New Teaching Intervention The principles for the intervention will come from the findings of the research activitiesat the secondary and post-secondary levels, focused on promoting SRL in engineering design.The aim is to build and field test particular interventions in an engineering context, to continue toadvance understanding through putting theories into practice
easy and straightforward. If the student has not worked through the assignment,however, it is unlikely that they will be able to figure it out in the time allotted. As noted, thequiz answers are discussed immediately after the quizzes are collected, while the solutions to theentire homework set are posted just after class, as was done previously just after homeworkassignments were collected on the due date.Student Survey ResultsTo ascertain some student perspectives on the use of quizzes in lieu of graded homework, thestudents in the senior elective course were given a short questionnaire. Of the 29 students, 25expected to make either an A or B in the class, while only one anticipated a D. They were askedto give scaled responses to three
participanthas up to three hours to complete the task. The statement details constraints and encourages theparticipant to request information. The participant has access to a resource box withmiscellaneous tools (i.e., a calculator, post-it notes, pencils, pens, colored pencils, rulers, etc.).They have additional access to the facilitator and information binder (the participant must ask forspecific information) and an internet-connected computer. Refer to figure 1 for the design taskstatement. Figure 1: Study Design Task Statement B. Description of the DataEach design session lasts up to three hours. There is a scheduled ten-minute break and anapproximately 25-minute follow-up interview. Each session is video
-year institutions, Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.12. Myers, B. A. (2016). Evaluating admission practices as potential barriers to creating equitable access toundergraduate engineering education, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado Boulder.13. The University of Colorado Boulder 2008-2009 Course Catalog. Retrieved January 19, 2017.http://www.colorado.edu/registrar/sites/default/files/attached-files/ucb_2008-09_catalog.pdf14. The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. (2014). 2015-16 Criteria for Accrediting EngineeringPrograms. Retrieved September 4, 2015. http://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2015-2016/15. Van Treuren, Ken and Eisenbarth
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Paper ID #19816Comparative Analysis of Technologies Used in Responsive Building FacadesMs. Negar Heidari Matin, Eastern Michigan University Negar Matin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Technology at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), Yp- silanti, Michigan. Ms. Matin received her Master’s Degree in architecture from Tabriz Art University, Tabriz, Iran. She has been a doctoral fellow working on responsive fac¸ade systems since 2015. Her research interests are in interdisciplinary areas of cultural identities, architectural technology, building envelopes, responsive autonomous intelligent fac¸ade systems and smart
a greater impact to graduationrates online or off-line.References[1] I. F. Liu, Chen, M. C., Sun, Y. S., Wible, D., & Kuo, C. H. , "Extending the TAM Model to Explore the Factors that Affect Intention to Use an Online Learning Community," Computers & Education, vol. 54, pp. 600-610, 2010.[2] M. Chmura, "Babson Study: Distance Education Enrollment Growth Continues," ed. Wellesley, MA: Babson University, 2016.[3] P. Blau, Inequality and Heterogeneity. New York, NY: Free Press, 1977.[4] S. B. Eom, Wen, H. J., & Ashill, N. , "The Determinants of Students' Perceived Learning Outcomes and Satisfaction in University Online Education: An Empirical Investigation.," Decision Sciences Journal of
Communication (DTC) is a project based design course taken twice duringfreshmen year, with DTC I taken in the fall or winter, and DTC II taken in the spring. First-yearstudents also take calculus and a basic science course determined largely on their major ofchoice. Below, we look specifically at the math and engineering analysis curricula, advisingpractices, and related student outcomes.Student Preparation in Math and Science and OutcomesFigure 1 shows the percentage of the freshmen class with varying amounts of incoming math andscience credit (Chemistry, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Physics B, Physics C [Mechanics],Physics C [Electricity and Magnetism], Physics 1, Physics 2, Biology, Environmental Science)for 2006 to 2016, binned into categories from
the total responses, such asadaptable, organized or resourceful, just to name a few. It was interesting to note that 21% of theresponses directly attributed creativity to a person who is artistic (Figure 1b). If this is comparedto the first question, it suggests that students realize art elements and principles can be animportant aspect of divergent thinking. The responses also show that students see a creativeperson as someone who is confident and sees problems from a different perspective. Figure 1: a) Frequency of words in responses to the question “What does creativity mean to you?” (left) b) Summary of responses to the question “What are some characteristics creative people display?” (right).Proposed Research DesignIn Fall 2016
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Topics/Lessons FrequencyCOUNT RANKING Figure 4. Additional SOLIDWORKS Functionality/Tools Frequency and RankingsClassroom Activities and Outcomes Survey Table 4. Course Related Skill Gains Factor Mean Std. Deviation Design Skills a. Understanding of what engineers “do” in industry or as faculty 3.30 0.64 members b. Understanding of engineering as a field that often involves non- technical considerations (e.g., economic, political, ethical, 2.90 0.94 and/or social issues) c
; analysis of potential students (students, who take the course are juniors and do not have a prior knowledge in the field of mechanism kinematics and design and its applications); • Determine faculty role in the learning process and develop an instructional plan; • Identify faculty interested in collaborative research and education activities across disciplines; • Design cross-disciplinary research project activities, assignments, and assessments that are congruent with the three major desired student outcomes: (a) critical thinking, (b) responsibility for one’s own learning, (c) intellectual growth, congruent with the discussion project goals.Project Activities Specific GoalsThe goal of the project
will likely pay more attention to global codes of ethics as they are quite familiar with the existing codes of ethics and have curiosity and imagination about whether these codes of ethics are applicable in other cultures. (b) so far as we know, only a few scholars (mainly philosophers) have claimed that there are some characteristics unique to the engineering profession that define engineering as a globalized profession. It is unclear if we can conclude that this phenomenon is due to the traditional mission of philosophy that is “seeking the truth” essential for defining an object. (c) some business leaders, often with extensive experience traveling to different countries
the following: a) a faculty member fromengineering education department, who is also the director of education and global initiatives atVirginia Tech’s premier research institute called the Institute of Critical Technologies andApplied Sciences (ICTAS) and a faculty member from civil and environmental engineering, b)one post doc having background in electrical engineering and engineering education, c) fourdoctoral and one master’s degree students having backgrounds in computer science, mechanicalengineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering and engineering education, and d)six undergraduate students from computer science, civil and environmental engineering,electrical engineering, biological systems engineering, and crop and
” (see Appendix A)and a laboratory component titled “Engineering Applications” (see Appendix B). The twocomponents were taught back-to-back on the same day, and the class met twice a week. Theadvantage of the back-to-back format was that students were able to apply immediately conceptscovered in lecture-recitation component. According to the students, they thought the formatgave them the opportunity to make the concepts real and less abstract, and secondly, it helpedthem to understand and retain better the topics covered in class. In the following sections, theauthors will describe the course content in module 1, 2, and 3. The contents of these modulescan be found in Appendix A and Appendix B. Students was assessed by exams (an exam wasgiven at
understanding of how tools can be utilized to createbetter, if not “optimal”, solutions to achieve desired design objectives.Course objectivesAfter completing this course students should be able to: (a) develop models of physical systems(mechanical, fluid, hydraulic, pneumatic, electric) using Matlab and its Simulink and Simscapetoolboxes, (b) analyze system behavior with respect to parameter modifications, (c) integratesystems across different physical domains (e.g. electro-mechanical), and (d) understand thecontrol aspects to achieve desired system behavior.After completing this course the students should be able to apply MATLAB software, includingSimulink and Simscape, to:1. Perform basic operations and create scripts.2. Model and simulate multibody
gathering data to support innovation in thedelivery of instruction. Efforts will also be made to gather control group data.References 1 Bairaktarova, Diana, Matthew Reyes, Nooshin Nassr, and Dan Thomas Carlton, “Identifying Motivational Factors and Lived Experiences that Enhance Spatial Skills in Novices and Experts in STEM Disciplines,” American Society for Engineering Education, 2015. 2 Metz, Susan Staffin, Susan Donohue, and Cherith Moore. (2012) “Spatial Skills: A Focus on Gender and Engineering” In B. Bogue & E. Cady (Eds.), Apply Research to Practice (ARP) Resources. Retrieved January 31, 2017 from http://www.engr.psu.edu/AWE/ARPResources.aspx 3 Segil, Jacob L
proposedprocess.To further investigate these conclusions, Fisher's comparisons were conducted with a confidencelevel of 99% as illustrated in Figure 6-a,b,c. The outcome of these comparisons further supportsour initial conclusions that the improvement in students’ writing performance due to theimplementation of the proposed process is significant. (a) (b) (c)Figure 6 – Fisher pairwise comparisons of, (a) initial lab 1 vs revised lab 1; (b) initial lab 1 vs initial lab 7; (c) revised lab 1 vs revised lab 7In addition to SLO 1, students also completed surveys
results.Homework assignments, examinations, end of semester design problem/project and student exitsurveys are used as metrics to check efficacy of pedagogy. This course on finite element methodstargets ABET criteria a,b,e,g,i,k.Paper OutlineThis paper describes (i) analytical mathematical techniques, viz., solution of differential equationsby the method of variables separable and Galerkin’s method of weighted residuals and (ii)computational tools, viz, MATLAB and its partial differential equations toolbox (pdetool) for anundergraduate elective course in finite element methods.In this paper, an introduction, literature review and brief philosophy of this study and the classdemographics are first described. A skill assessment exam is conducted to
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Paper ID #18877Are Students Overworked? Understanding the Workload Expectations andRealities of First-Year EngineeringMs. Darlee Gerrard, University of Toronto Darlee Gerrard is a Coordinator for pre-university science and engineering outreach programs in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. She is also a Ph.D. student in the department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) in the collaborative Engineering Education program. She received her Hon. B.Sc. from the University of Toronto, B. Ed. from Brock University, and Masters degree