2010, Breigh came to Arizona State University to work as a post doc in the Image Processing Applications Lab. In 2013 she started teaching in the Mechanical and Materials Department at the University of Denver. She is currently the Associate Dean for Under- graduate Studies as well as a Teaching Associate Professor. Here Breigh teaches courses in the fields of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, biofluids, and introduction to engineering. Her edu- cational research interests include first-year engineering experiences, engineering assessment, and active learning pedagogy. 2019 FYEE Conference : Penn State University , Pennsylvania Jul 28 Full Paper: The Development of a First
engineering design projects that more meaningfully address course goals while incorporatingthe content from the modules. The eight characteristics are detailed as follows: Encourage a Realistic Engineering Design Process. One goal of EDSGN 100 design projects is to introduce students to the use of an engineering design process. To this end, it is crucial for instructors to scaffold the project so that students develop a connection between the engineering design process and the activities, lessons, and modules in the course. This can include i) working from an explicit design process and ii) demanding iteration. Previous research has demonstrated the importance of connecting engineering education with professional practice to form
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Coordinator of the First-Year Engi- neering experience for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He previously completed his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he conducted re- search in both the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Engineering Education. Prior to Purdue, he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Tulsa, also in Mechanical Engineering. He currently teaches first-year engineering courses as well as various courses in Mechanical Engineering, primarily in the mechanics area. His pedagogical research areas include standards-based assessment and curriculum design
analytes, such as glucose for patients with diabetes. At Penn State University, she teaches Introduction to Engineering Design and a graduate-level Engineering Design Studio course.Dr. Sven G. Bilen P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park Sven G. Bil´en, Ph.D., P.E. is Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at Penn State and Head of the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs. His educational research interests include developing techniques for enhancing engineering design education, innovation in design, teaching technological entrepreneurship, global product design, and systems design. 2019 FYEE Conference : Penn
passed amongst the students. The sheetattached to each part serves as a quick reference of the important lesson (e.g., example of printedassembly or effect of warping) to be gleaned from each example.3.2.Faculty Support to Promote System Use To facilitate use of the NBBs in the classroom, a detailed guide and series of one-pagers formajor components (i.e., 3D printer, 3D printing pen, scanner with software) were designed andincluded with each NBB. Examples of two of these one-pagers are provided in Figure 3. Thedocuments were designed to be highly illustrative to simplify use. The one-pagers provide at-a-glance best practices for the equipment, while the guide provides more information, particularlyin the case of errors (print fails to adhere
andcreate an environment for engineering faculty to transition students into engineering [2].Research focusing on FYE programs has addressed curricular design and coursework to promotestudents’ success [3]. Furthermore, Reed et. al. noted that FYE programs improve students’persistence within engineering and is the quickest path to graduation [2].Orr et al. observed that universities in the Multiple-Institution Database for InvestigatingEngineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) use one of six matriculation models [1].The first model is the one noted earlier which admits first-time-in-college (FTIC) students into aformal FYE program that focuses on broad engineering coursework, mathematics, physics andchemistry. Students are required to