expect freshman or sophomore engineering students to have the sophisticationnecessary for full implementation of Scrum. Furthermore, Scrum in educational environments isa teaching and learning tool. As such, it needs to be modified from its original design. Therefore,we have adjusted Scrum in the following ways: 1. Roles of Product Owner and Scrum Master are flexible and adjusted to specific level and course contexts. a. In freshman courses, neither is assigned and the whole team effectively serves in both roles. b. For sophomore courses, Scrum Masters are junior or senior students assigned from outside the class, while the team serves as Product Owner. c. For the senior pre
wasfound that almost no one took advantage of the late homework policy, and instead would just notturn in the homework at all if they knew it would be late.Accumulation of points on tests, homework, in-class activities, and other assignments allowedstudents to obtain grades better than C−. The final grade breakdown based on how many points astudent earned is shown in Table 2. A grade of D or F was only given if a student did not pass allten mastery topics during the semester. Table 2. Final letter grades based on earned points. A+: >300 A: 270-300 A–: 240-270 B+: 210-240 B: 180-210 B–: 150-180 C+: 100-150 C: 50-100 C–: 0-50
researchers interested in emerging interdisciplinaryengineering fields may wish to adapt our questions and research framework to perform a relatedanalysis on their emerging community of practice, discipline, or field of study. Fields of studywhich may benefit from a similar exploration include: engineering science, general engineering,industrial engineering, etc. References[1] L. R. Lattuca and D. B. Knight, “In the eyes of the beholder: Defining and studying interdisciplinarity in engineering education,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2010.[2] J. E. Froyd and M. W. Ohland, “Integrated Engineering Curricula,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, no. 1, pp
of the Arduino boards are published under a Creative Commons license. 2. Arduino Uno Platform There are a wide variety of Arduino boards [2], in this class we used the Arduino Uno which is ahigh-performance 8-bit RISC-based microcontroller. The Arduino Uno has 14 digital input/output pins, 6analog inputs, a resonator, a USB connector, a power, and a reset button. It has everything needed tosupport the microcontroller. a) Power: The Arduino Uno can be powered via the USB connection or with an external power supply (AC-to-DC adapter or battery). Leads from a battery can be inserted in the Gnd and Vin pin headers of the power connector. The board can operate on an external supply of 6 to 20 volts. b) Input
participants to determine how well the DAETT instrumentcaptured what the participants intended to share. Results of these think alouds will be available toshare during the ASEE annual meeting. Next steps in the DAETT development include creatinga pilot score sheet that can be used to assign quantitative values to individual drawings;partnering with additional institutions to gather instrument data on a more diverse group ofparticipants; and analyzing post-course drawings to identify any changes that occurred over thecourse of the semester.References[1] C. L. Mason, J. B. Kahle, J.B., and A. L. Gardner, “Draw-A-Scientist test: Future implications,” School Science and Mathematics, vol. 91, no. 5, pp. 193-198, May-June 1991.[2] M. Knight
quantities of rug pads. You are given a piece of material that is purported to prevent slippage. Test and evaluate the claim that the material of which the rug pads are made prevents slipping. B. Design three tests: Test 1. Test the carpet, or some other material, without the pad under it. Test 2. Test the same materials (rugs, or others) with pads under them but without other loads on the pad than the weight of the “rug”. Test 3. This test is similar to test 2, except that there is a load on the carpet. Test at least five different magnitudes of loads. C. Collection of data. Determine and collect the data that you need in each test. D. Interpretation of data. Interpret the data that you collected. E. Evaluation of
of the triple bottom line with a breakeven in theinvestment generally being less than two years.Student SurveysTwo surveys were done to quantify student outcomes. One survey was done immediatelyfollowing the “pitch” competition and the other was given as an end of the class exit survey. Theexit interview results are more qualitative, therefore the results present in Table 1 are taken afterthe competition. Three areas of performance using a scale of 1-5 (1=none at all to 5=extreme)were statistically compared to previous year’s results. None of the questions presented showed astatistically significant difference over the years. The questions asked were a. “Rate your overall satisfaction with the leadership development experience” b
ofassessment and did not emphasize a Compass or Communication conventions, while sections Band C of the same course used a modified assessment approach that emphasized accuracy andthat was supported by a detailed Compass and consistent Communication protocols during allproblem solving. At the end of the semester, a common final exam was administered across allthree sections, and this exam was graded by the team of three instructors. Not only did sections Band C demonstrate significantly greater problem solving abilities than section A, but also it wasobserved that student solutions in Sections B and C had become very orderly and followed alogical flow. This made grading easier and made it easy to locate where a student’s thinking wasfuzzy. The
study is to evaluate the critical thinking skills of students that begin inengineering with deficiencies in mathematical knowledge. These students tend to struggle incollege and their retention in engineering is low (less than 40% retention rate).The goals of the study are to: a) identify areas of weaknesses in students’ critical thinking skills,and b) evaluate the relationship between critical thinking scores and students’ cumulative gradepoint average (cGPA). Specifically, our interest is to determine if students with high criticalthinking scores perform better in their first semester in college. This study answers the question:Are critical thinking skills a predictor of students’ success in their first semester in college
properties. Any change in an extensiveproperty within the system can be accounted for by counting the amount of the extensive propertytransported across the system boundary and the amount generated or consumed inside the system[18].Given a generic extensive property B, e.g. mass or energy or momentum or charge or entropy, it ispossible to write a general accounting principle for any system. In its simplest form, the finitetime version of the accounting principle is very intuitive and can be written as: Amount of 𝐵 Amount of 𝐵 Amount of 𝐵 Amount of B Amount of 𝐵 Amount of 𝐵 inside inside transported transported generated consumed system − system = into system − out of
. (a) (b)Fig. 3. (a) Sample problems in a PSS worksheet, original version in Spanish (Problems taken or adapted from the course textbook [12], and [13]). (b) Translation to English. Fig. 4. Sample of a worksheet solution. This solution corresponds to Problem 2 in Figure 3. (a) (b) Fig. 5. (a) Sample problem in a Topic Quiz, original version in Spanish (problem taken from [13]). (b) Translation to English.3.3 MAPSIn this particular course, three mini-projects were carefully designed so that the
STEMEducation (IUSE) program under Award ID No. 1609204. This work is also supported by theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers. We thank the course instructors and students fortheir participation.References[1] Chickering, A. W., Gamson, Z. F. (1991). Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 47, 63-69.[2] Self B., Redfield, R. (2001). New approaches in teaching undergraduate dynamics. Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM.[3] Rubin, M. B., Altus, E. (2000). An alternative method for teaching dynamics. International Journal of Engineering Education, 16(5), 447-456.[4] Gray, G. L., Costanzo, F., Evans, D., Cornwell, P., Self
Underserved Students in the CSU Moving Beyond Race and Economic Status to Close Equity Gaps. Rethinking the Gap. [online] Long Beach, CA: CSU, pp.1-12. Available at: http://www.dashboard.csuprojects.org/rethinkingthegap/Historically-Underserved-Student- Factor-Model.pdf [Accessed 30 Jan. 2019].[4] French, B. F., Immekus, J. C., & Oakes, W. (2003, November). A structural model of engineering students’ success and persistence. In Frontiers in Education, 2003. FIE 2003 33rd Annual (Vol. 1, pp. T2A-19). IEEE.[5] Lichtenstein, G., McCormick, A. C., Sheppard, S. D., & Puma, J. (2010). Comparing the undergraduate experience of engineers to all other majors: Significant differences are programmatic. Journal of Engineering
) 50% Projects (4 Projects) 30% One of the project Quiz (10 weekly quiz) 10% One or two quizzes Survey paper 10% Students’ preferencesTable 3. A sample quiz related to IoT topics discussed in the lecture Quiz # 8 Multiple-Choice Which one the following communication protocol a) ZigBee does offer the highest data rate? b) Bluetooth c) WiFi d) DASH7 Which one the
to be sufficient to address this complicated, yetessential part of the accreditation process.The Model is based on a case of a program that has a Mechanical and ManufacturingEngineering Technology title. This program has to satisfy:1. ETAC a through k student outcomes,2. Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) a through d criteria,3. American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) a thorough h criteria.Needless to say that the above reference Outcomes and Criteria (a, b….) of the threeorganizations do not necessarily line up. 1Our model was built in response to the need of finding a common denominatorOutcomes/Criteria and map the three different ones to it. We will demonstrate that the
anindividual’s entity versus incremental personality theory in the domains of intelligence andmorality. The three items in the implicit personality theories of intelligence domain measure arethe following: a) You have a certain amount of intelligence and you really can’t do much to change it; b) Your intelligence is something about you that you can’t change very much; and c) You can learn new things, but you can’t really change your basic intelligence.Respondents indicated their agreement with these statements on a 6-point scale from 1 (stronglyagree) to 6 (strongly disagree) [25, p. 269]. Respondents with a score of 3.0 or below areclassified as entity theorists, and those with a 4.0 score or higher are classified as incrementaltheorists
theapproach segment. Participants A, C, and D show continuously decreased theta activity overtime. Participant B shows a relatively stable and elevated theta over time which may indicate ahigher degree ofskill or experience,even thanparticipant A.Participant Eshowed very hightheta power inenroute indicating arelatively highdegree ofdrowsiness. It mightbe that, becauseParticipant E did nothold an instrumentrating, they weresomewhatoverwhelmed by thecircuit and weremore relaxed duringthe more familiarenroute phase. Figure 4. Normalized powers in all EEG frequency bands obtained from one flight session forConversely, during each participant.the approach phase,a very low theta power was observed, indicating relatively greater alertness than the
TECHFIT, whosereach have been restricted due to software availability on limited platforms, may want toconsider employing Wine with CrossOver to develop comparable software for otherplatforms used by their participants.References[1] M. E. Joorabchi, M. Ali and K. Philippe, "Real challenges in mobile app development," in Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ACM/IEEE International Symposium, 2013.[2] Wine HQ, "What is Wine?," Wine HQ, CodeWeavers, [Online]. Available: https://www.winehq.org. [Accessed 21 January 2019].[3] CodeWeavers, "CodeWeavers Licensing Questions," CodeWeavers, [Online]. Available: https://www.codeweavers.com/store/licensing. [Accessed 21 January 2019].[4] A. R. Harriger, B. C. Harriger, M. G. Flynn and S
test versus the four conceptual understanding measures. A) The second midterm test excepting the RC circuit problem. B) The RC circuit problem in the second midterm. C) 12 ECCE questions as post-test. d) The qualitative part of the RC circuit test.All of the graphs in figure 1 have the same general features. Most of the students fall in the areaunder the line, that is, in which the qualitative (conceptual) score is greater than the quantitativescore. However, it is clear that graphs c) and d) have more spread. This could be due to thenature of those instruments. Both of them are diagnostic with no penalization to students. On theother hand, graphs a) and b) are results from the midterm exam, which is part of the
electromagnet attached to the central speaker.The plywood frame also housed four smaller speakers which used permanent magnets. Thecreators of this speaker initially also had the idea that the current supplied by the audio signalfrom the phone would create a large enough force that the cardboard diaphragm would vibrate.They learned that the current supplied by the phone would not create a strong enough magneticfield to vibrate the cardboard diaphragm. This group solved their problem with the four smallerspeakers with plastic diaphragms. The speaker designs shown in Figures 2b and 2c exceededexpectations. (a) (b) (c)Figure 2: Photographs of student speakers. (a) Simplest
) where D = distance of object, T = time elapsed and V = velocity of ultrasonic burst. b. TILT SWITCH We implemented a tilt switch to our circuit so that when the glove is in the downward position (the user’shand is down), the ultrasonic sensors will be deactivated. This will prevent the glove from detecting theground when the user is not using the glove to locate objects in front of the individual. The tilt switch is namedaccordingly due to the metallic ball on the inside of its container that acts as a switch to either complete thecircuit (ON position) or not (OFF position), similar to a push button. These switches were once commonlymade with mercury that was used to complete the circuit if the switch was at a certain angle
place b. Autonomous Vehicles and Us c. Design for EmpowermentThe teams have access to design shops and studios, 3D printers and external prototypingagencies, three faculty advisors representing each discipline and other stakeholder expertise.Future StepsCurrent and future project activities are designed around three specific goals and will seek toachieve these goals by means of related and measurable research questions:Goal 1 – Evaluate the current design and implementation of a connected capstone courseRQ1.1 How is the connected capstone course currently being taught?RQ 1.2 How is the division of work managed among instructors and students?RQ 1.3 What are students and instructors’ perceptions of the collaboration in the connectedcapstone
/how-people-learn-ii-learners-contexts-and-cultures13. Kevin Devaney, James Johnson, Storytelling as a Key Enabler for Systems Engineering, 27th Annual INCOSE International Symposium (IS 2017) Adelaide, Australia, July 201714. Karanian, B. et. al. Telling Design Stories for Engineering Design Entrepreneurship, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009, Austin, TX.15. Karanian, B. et. al. Analyzing Engineering Design Stories - Predicting Engagement in Inventive Action, 2010 IEEE Frontiers In Education Conference (FIE), Arlington, VA.16. Karanian, B. & Suria, A. & Summers, J. Car Storytelling and Interaction Design. 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA (US).17. Peter Lloyd, Storytelling and the
was administrated to find out studentexperiences with concept mapping. A total of 92 students who took Engineering Dynamics inthe semester participated in the survey. These students were primarily from two departments atthe author’s institution: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and Civil andEnvironment Engineering (CEE) departments. The survey included both Likert-type and open-response items. The following paragraphs describe three survey items:Item #1: Please rate your overall experience with developing your own concept maps: A) Highly negative, B) Negative, C) Neutral, D) Positive, E) Highly positiveItem #2: Overall, the concept maps helped improve your conceptual understanding of dynamics concepts, laws, and
innovation in engineering education necessitates research on ways of thinking. Wesought to gain this understanding based on four specific ways of thinking including futures,values, systems, and strategic thinking. The study builds on the existing body of knowledgeregarding these ways of thinking, while initiating a first step toward an ‘EER ways of thinking’model. We believe the resulting model could serve as an organizing and motivating structure toframe decisions throughout all engineering education endeavors.ReferencesBrown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Guilford PublicationsCrawford, A. V., Green, S. B., Levy, R., Lo, W. J., Scott, L., Svetina, D., & Thompson, M. S. (2010
activities undertaken by the student.Unfortunately, in recent years, extensive use of solution manuals and replication of answers fromthe solution manual without any understanding has been a major hurdle in the learning process ofthe students. Blind faith in the solution manual rather their own abilities to solve problemsnegatively impacts a student’s conceptual understanding of the principles of Dynamics andtherefore impedes their critical thinking ability. This is a nationwide phenomenon [1], [2], [3]and some important reasons has been traced to – (a) students who are employed outside schoolfind less time in their studies, (b) lack of mathematical and analytical skills discourages studentsfrom trying on their own, and (c) instant gratification of
thatneed to be emphasized in the instruction session. Pre-test questions were created and distributedonline using LibWizard, a feedback and assessment tool available in SpringShare. Topicscovered during the instruction session include: role and value of standards, standardizationsystem, the voluntary standards development process, types of standards and applications, howto read a standard, and where to find standards as students and as professionals. The instructionsession employs formative real-time assessment techniques by using online polling to askquestions after each section in the lecture, see Appendix B. We chose to use PollEverywhere asour polling tool because it is easy to integrate into a deck of slides and students can use anyelectronic
Paper ID #25343Teaching and Assessing Sustainability Based on the Karlskrona ManifestoDr. Ing. Ivan Cabezas, Universidad de San Buenaventura Ivan Cabezas was born in Colombia in 1973. He received the B. Eng. in Computer Science and the Engineering Ph. D. degrees from Universidad del Valle, in 2004 and 2013, respectively. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE. Engineering education and sustainability concerns during the software engineering design process are among his research interests. He has been working as a full-time professor in the Soft- ware Systems Engineering program at the Engineering School of the Universidad de San
An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.Student SurveysStudents from the four groups shown in Table 3 completed anonymous surveys. Groups A and Cstudy engineering and groups B and D study engineering technology. Groups A and C are fromthe same institution and B and D from a different one. All students have completed an“Introduction to Engineering” course. Group D are transfer students from a two-year college,where they have already been introduced to engineering. All student groups are interdisciplinaryand mutually exclusive.Table 3: Surveyed student groups Group Program Class Standing Population, N A
space to understand their identity development and belonging inengineering.References[1] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs for implementation in the 2019-2020 accreditation cycle. 2018.[2] National Academy of Engineering. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington. 2004.[3] C. E. Foor, S. E. Walden, and D. A. Trytten, “‘I Wish that I Belonged More in this Whole Engineering Group:’ Achieving Individual Diversity,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 103–115, 2007.[4] B. A. Danielak, A. Gupta, and A. Elby, “Marginalized Identities of Sense-Makers: Reframing Engineering Student Retention,” J. Eng. Educ., vol