Paper ID #19429Enhancing Student Meaning-Making of Threshold Concepts via Computa-tion: The Case of Mohr’s CircleMr. Hayden William Fennell, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Hayden Fennell is a Ph.D. student in the department of Computer and Information Technology at Pur- due University. He holds an M.S.E. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Carolina.Prof. Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educac¸a˜ o, Ciˆencia e Tecnologia da Bahia Genisson Silva Coutinho is a Ph.D. student at the School of Engineering
graduate levels. His tremendous re- search experience in manufacturing includes environmentally conscious manufacturing, Internet based robotics, and Web based quality. In the past years, he has been involved in sustainable manufacturing for maximizing energy and material recovery while minimizing environmental impact.Dr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engi- neering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri
Don't. Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.3. Matusovich, H., Streveler, R., Miller, R. and Olds, B. (2009, June), I’m Graduating This Year! So What IS an Engineer Anyway? Paper presented at 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, Texas.4. Pierrakos, O., Beam,T.K., Constantz, J., Johri, A, and Anderson, R. (2009, October), On the Development of a Professional Identify: Engineering Persisters Vs Engineering Switchers. Paper Presented at 2009 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonia, Texas.5. Watson, M.K., Ghanat, S.T., Michalaka, D., Bower, K. and Welch, R. (2015, August), Why Do Student’s Choose Engineering? Implications for First-Year Engineering Education
werecorrelated more with negative reasons than positive ones. (In contrast, for middle school boys,the strength of correlations was about the same for the positive and negative reasons.) A finalsuggestion is to distribute highly rated activities throughout the week. Frustration is part oflearning and cannot be eliminated entirely. Activities, such as building, that are dependably funshould occur multiple times.AcknowledgmentThis work is supported by National Science Foundation under grant number 1426989.References 1. Veltman, M., Davidson, V. and Deyell, B. (2012) “Richer Connections to Robotics through Project Personalization,” Advances in Engineering Education, Summer 2012. 2. Chubin, D., Donaldson, K., Olds, B. and Fleming, L. (2008
functionality and are resilient to withstand most disasters and severe weather events. B: Good, Adequate For Now The infrastructure in the system or network is in good to excellent condition; some elements show signs of general deterioration that require attention. A few elements exhibit significant deficiencies. Overall, the infrastructure is safe and reliable, with minimal capacity issues and minimal risk. C: Mediocre, Requires Attention The infrastructure in the system or network is in fair to good condition; it shows general signs of deterioration and requires attention. Some elements exhibit significant deficiencies in conditions and functionality, with increasing vulnerability to risk
Teaching International, 2004. 41(1): p. 59-78.14. Durrington, V.A., A. Berryhill, and J. Swafford, Strategies for enhancing student interactivity in an online environment. College Teaching, 2006. 54(1): p. 190-193.15. Carlson, P.A. and F.C. Berry, Using computer-mediated peer review in an engineering design course. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 2008. 51(3): p. 264-79.16. Furman, B. and W. Robinson. Improving engineering report writing with calibrated peer review. in Engineering as a Human Endaevor: Partnering Community, Academia, Government, and Industry, November 5, 2003 - November 8, 2003. 2003. Westminster, CO, United states: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.17. Nelson, S
). "Understanding student differences." Journal of engineeringeducation 94(1): 57-72.Felder, R. M. and L. K. Silverman (1988). "Learning and teaching styles in engineeringeducation." Engineering education 78(7): 674-681.Felder, R. M. and B. A. Soloman (n.d.). "Index of Learning Styles." Retrieved fromhttp://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html.Felder, R. M. and B. A. Soloman (n.d.). "Learning styles and strategies." Retrieved fromhttp://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSdir/styles.pdf.Fleming, N. D. (2001). Teaching and learning styles: VARK strategies, IGI Global.Gasiewski, J. A., et al. (2012). "From Gatekeeping to Engagement: A Multicontextual, MixedMethod Study of Student Academic Engagement in Introductory STEM Courses." Research inHigher Education 53
Paper ID #18517Unpacking Latent DiversityDr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient
try again.”Students also discussed goal setting for particular task: “I remember when we were trying tocome up with the design for the landing gear, how to attach it to this body. We were like we needlanding gear here, but we don’t have any material there, let’s just draw a bar over there. And wedid, connect point a to point b.”Students who processed, summarized and elaborated the required information were coded asinformation management strategies, such as: “There are things that are based on most quadcopterstyles, and there were certain considerations that we had to come up with – so one of the things[in the] competition is why is additive manufacturing a good thing for this design. So we triedto – you can change the density of some of the
fundamental theory of linkage kinematics.Figure 2: Picture of scenario for Design Project 2 and 3 showing at right an umbrella device and at left a single linkage of umbrella from fully open to closed: (a) Fully open, (b) partially open (c) fully closed [7]. Figure 3: Picture of scenario for Design Project 2 and 3 showing the mechanism used in a folding umbrella expressed as links with joints A thru H and O3 [7].Project 3 – Force Analysis of a Linkage System The third design project was an extension of the umbrella linkage system from Project 2.It required the students to code both a static and dynamic force analysis of the umbrella arm.When the umbrella opened, they needed to evaluate the
respectivelocations, and could end with a reverse visit i.e. by students from the other culture. Experience ofindividuals in such multi-disciplinary, bicultural environment depends on many factors such as,prior experience, team composition, and task complexity; and requires to be analyzed on thoseparameters to maximize learning for everyone. We require analyzing experience of Indianstudents, too.AcknowledgementsWe wish to express our gratitude to Prof Katsuyuki Ohsawa - the head of innovation center forengineering education, Tottori University, Prof Anil Sahasrabuddhe - the director of College ofEngineering Pune, Prof B B Ahuja – the deputy director at College of Engineering Pune,Prof Rathod – the program director at College of Engineering Pune for 2015 and
are: a) investigating student perceptions aboutgamification within the demography of the authors’ institution, and b) understanding if/how thestudents’ overall learning of the course materials improve via gamification. Five engineeringcourses, all of which are either in the core or are elective classes of the electrical and computerengineering curricula or , were tested with game-like elements over the span of two semesters.The gamified contents were implemented in Moodle using recently available plugins thatenabled activities such as badges, experience points tracking with levels, leaderboards, andquizzes with automated feedback. The results were derived from gathering students’ views aboutgamification and course activities from an online
problems) liesin the process of design under constraint involved in what we are here calling ‘problem-solving’.We can now define ‘problem-solving’ to mean the identification of resources, strategies,constraints, risks, and trade-offs for meeting an open-ended, multi-solution spec in the presenceof ambiguity and variability, through the process of design under constraint. b. Problem-Finding as a Subset of Problem-Solving in Engineering CareersGiven the highly engineering-specific definition above, the question arises as to whether the roleand prominence of problem-solving in the arts can be pertinent to engineering education or not.To address this question, consider LaBanca and Ritchie’s notion of problem finding”14, whichthey define as “setting
received an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. He received a B.S. in Engineering (Ocean Engineering) from California State University and is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer. He is currently employed by California State University, Fresno as the Director of the Antelope Valley Engineering Program located in Lancaster California. Dr. Santarelli retired from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in 2007 after 27 years working on a variety of Propulsion and Power Programs including the Stage IV of the Peacekeeper, several ”Star Wars” programs, Atlas, Delta, Space Shuttle Main Engines, and the International Space Station, the last 20 years being in management and
Education (AJBE) 4.1: N.pag.3. Rauch, A., and Hulsink, W. (2015). Putting entrepreneurship education where the intention to act lies: An investigation into the impact of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial behavior. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 14(2): 187-204.4. Lumsdaine, E. and Martin B. (2003). “Teaching entrepreneurship to engineers,” Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Education. Nashville, TN.5. Kuratko, D.F. (2005). “The emergence of entrepreneurship education: Development, trends, and challenges.” Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 29(5): 577-597.6. Kauffman Foundation (2008). “Entrepreneurship in American higher education: A Report from the Kauffman Panel on Entrepreneurship
Paper ID #19774Computer Simulations Developed to Improve Understanding of Thermody-namic PrinciplesDr. David G Alexander, California State University, Chico Dr. Alexander’s research interests and areas of expertise are in teaching pedagogy, capstone design, renewable energy systems, thermal sciences, vehicle system modeling and simulation, heat transfer, new product development, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He is PI and adviser of the Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2016. He is also working on an undergraduate research project modeling solar cells using a thermodynamics approach and analyzing
Chile. Her research includes social inequalities and gender. She received her professional degree in Political Science and Sociology at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile.Dr. 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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Are all engineering students capable of recognizing ethical and
Paper ID #18519Developing an Aeronautical Engineering Technology Course for CommercialSpace OperationsMs. Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University Tracy L. Yother is a PhD student in Career and Technical Education in the College of Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Ms. Yother currently teaches the undergraduate Powerplant Systems course in the Aeronautical Engineering Technology (AET) program. She possesses a B.S. and M.S. in Aviation Technology. She also holds an airframe and powerplant certificate. Ms. Yother has 18 years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry working for companies such as
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Paper ID #17903The K-12 InVenture Challenge: Inspiring Future STEM InnovatorsDr. Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology Roxanne Moore is currently a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech with appointments in the school of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Computing (CEISMC). She is involved with engineering education innovations from K-12 up to the collegiate level. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2012.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at
) building rating system provides sometechnical guidelines, but not necessarily exact paths to success. Consequently, the guidelines arecreated for any discipline involved in designing and constructing a building, not just constructionmanagers, thus guidelines specifically focused for construction managers is needed. Further,specific technical guidelines towards a specialization, such as electrical, demolition, orhealthcare, would help to provide more depth for the students interested in these areas ofconstruction. Reference ListAnand, C. K., Bisaillon, V., Webster, A., & Amor, B. (2015). Integration of sustainable development in higher education - A regional initiative in Quebec (Canada). Journal of
students. Bothprogram components are shown in Figure 1 and are described in detail below. (a) (b.2) (b.1)Figure 1. “Hispanics in Engineering” Program, (a) EGR 299 S Engineering Outreach studentspreparing hands-on activities, (b) EGR 299 S students building a relationship with K-12 partnerschools, (b.1) Engineering students visiting K-12 schools, and (b.2) K-12 students’ experiencesculminating with the E-Girl event.Service learning courseCollege teaching practices have been evolving to increase the quality of the learning experienceand success of college
. Thehybrid rubric also contains a column to indicate the percentage of total score allocation for eachdescriptor (major step of learning activity) corresponding to a certain PI. The scales implementedare obtained from Estell’s FCAR [44,45], E, A, M and U performance vectors [59] that stand for theExcellent: (100-90)%, Adequate: (89-75)%, Minimal (74-60)% and Unsatisfactory: ( 0-60)%categories respectively. The Office of Quality and Accreditation at the Faculty of Engineering hasdeveloped elaborate, step by step, instructional videos for developing hybrid rubrics for the CE[65] , EE[66] and ME[67] programs. The appendix B provides a documented sample of hybrid rubricsdevelopment process from a workshop organized by the office of quality and
piston and rod sizes.The gages in the figure show the pressure at the cap end of the cylinders during the retractioncycle. Figure 9. The simulation of the circuit shown in Figure 8. The cylinders have different specificationsIn summary, students follow these steps to complete the first part of the lab: a- Given the known variables such as, cylinders’ spec., pressure, etc., calculate the maximum weight that each cylinder can lift. b- Estimate the cylinders speed (students are to measure the time it takes for each cylinder to fully extend and then calculate the speed of each cylinder) c- Build the circuit using Automation Studio to verify the calculation. d
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positively motivated students in engineeringirrespective of gender. The overall results indicate that the workshops brought positive impacts onthe audience and made them interested to further pursue a career in healthcare engineering. As aresult, we will continue to promote the use and adoption of this type of interventions as iteffectively motivates students and reinforces the value of the profession in settings that might beperceived as non-traditional but are rich in opportunities and growth.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.(1245170).References 1. Yoder, B. L. (2016). Engineering by the numbers. American Society for Engineering Education. 2. Statistics, N.C.f.E
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