engineering design course. J. Eng. Edu., p. 238-287, July 1998.3. Hatton, D., P. Wankat and W. LeBold, The effects of an orientation course on the attitudes of engineering freshmen, J. Eng. Edu., pp. 23-27, Jan. 1998.4. Morris, David, An Experiment in Freshman Design, Proceedings, 1990 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, Session 1253, p.97, 1992.5. Ponton, M., J. Edmister, L. Ukeliey, J. Seiner, Understanding the role of self-efficacy in engineering education, J. Eng. Edu., pp. 247-251. April 2001.6. Bandura A. Self-efficacy. In V.S. Ranachaudran (Ed.), Encycl. Of Human Behavior, v. 4, pp.71-81, 1994.7. Selding, A.L. and F. Pajares, Against the Odds: Self efficacy beliefs of women in mathematical, scientific, and technological careers, Amer
incoming freshman students, a commonfreshman engineering course (Engineering and Design) is taken by all engineering studentsinstead of program specific courses. The primary course outcomes are to understand theengineering process, apply design methodology to solve an engineering problem on a groupbasis, and to communicate technical information in written, graphical, and oral form. This lastoutcome is a shared outcome with their writing course (Rhetoric, Language and Culture) wherethe same 20 freshman engineering students take both courses concurrently. Furthermore,creativity and team work is stressed to energize the students about their decision to go into theengineering profession.All of the engineering programs have either a one-semester or two
studentscome together in a timely manner.III. MethodsAs the literature review demonstrates, existing scholarship on interdisciplinary designcollaborations suggests a clear need for engineering educators to understand and teachtransferable practices that students can bring to interdisciplinary design team environments.Shuman et al. raise concerns that many instructors put students into group learning environmentswithout providing guidance 17. Colbeck et al. similarly find that although group projects are quitecommon, instruction that helps students consciously learn about teaming is often absent 18. Theinstructors’ approach in this case study, although providing a very loose structure, nonethelessestablished an environment in which interdisciplinarity
asa result of those design courses. Some evidence of improvement is that students who had lowerratings early in the sequence are in general rated better by their peers in the later courses. By thefourth design course students have a clear understanding of the importance of key attributes, inparticular good communication, needed for successful teamwork. They also recognize their needfor improved organizational skills in setting long term goals.References1. “Engineering Education: Designing an Adaptive System”, Board on Engineering Education, National Research Council, (1995) (ISBN 0309052785).2. “The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century”, National Academy of Engineering, (2004) (ISBN 0309091624).3
at University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. She teaches courses in both Industrial and Mechanical Engineering at SAU, focusing in Engineering Graphics, Manufacturing, the Engineering Sciences, and Design. She was recently the PI of an NSF S-STEM grant to recruit rural stu- dents from Iowa and Illinois into STEM. Dr. Prosise mentors the collegiate chapter of SWE and organizes many outreach events encourage girls to go into STEM. She leads a study-abroad trip for engineering students to Brazil every-other-year, where students design, build, and implement assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Her research focus is to develop
Paper ID #23029CATME or ITP Metrics? Which One Should I Use for Design Team Develop-ment and Assessment?Prof. Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta Marnie V. Jamieson, M. Sc., P.Eng. is an Industrial Professor in Chemical Process Design In the Depart- ment of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta and holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering Education. Her current research focuses on the application of blended and active learning to design teaching and learning, student assessment, and continuous course improvement techniques. She managed and was a key contributor to a two-year pilot project to
that engineering students actually hold about howengineering decisions are made are not well understood.Broadly, this work stems from a larger, exploratory project to characterize students’ beliefs aboutdifferent types of informal reasoning in engineering decision making. As a first step, wecollected pilot data during the 2018-2019 academic year in order to understand the ways inwhich students expressed their beliefs about decision making. These data, which includedinterviews with students and written reflections from the same participants, were analyzed inorder to understand the efficacy of our initial framework for studying types of informal reasoningin the context of engineering design. Our findings include a shift from a three-part
generation and design-by-analogy. Her research seeks to understand designers’ cognitive processes with the goal of creating better tools and approaches to enhance engineering design. She has authored over 100 technical publications including twenty-three journal papers, five book chapters, and she holds two patents.Dr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Nagel joined the James Madison University after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University. He has a B.S. from Trine University and a M.S. from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, both in mechanical engineering
credit, making it a significantly smaller time commitment than the three credit FlowVis course. PD did not succeed in the same ways that Flow Vis has. It did not create a positiveshift in affect for students, as measured in surveys14. Also, it did not draw the same enthusiasmfrom students, revealed by the waitlist for Flow Vis every semester while PD was never filledcompletely any of the three times it was offered. This is despite an ongoing need for technicalelectives of one or two credits in engineering. PD did not generate a significant level of artisticexpression, and did not seem to help students understand design the way Flow Vis enhancedstudents’ understanding of fluids. After being offered three times, with adjustments made eachtime, PD
. Cardella is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education and is the Co-Director of As- sessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. Dr. Cardella earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Washington. At the University of Washington she worked with the Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the LIFE Center (Learning in Informal and Formal Environments). She was a CASEE Postdoctoral Engineering Education Researcher at the Center for Design Research at Stanford before beginning her appointment at Purdue. Her research interests include: learning in
lecture time spent in thelab sessions to aid in project concept understanding, but most time is dedicated to hands-ondesign within student teams.The course syllabus states that the learning goal for engineering students is to demonstrateeffective design processes, which include generating multiple engineering design solutions,applying sound engineering principles to choose the best solution and see that solution through tocompletion, and using parametric design to optimize an artifact or process. Some of the learninggoals for the writing arts portion of the course include: writing effectively in engineering genres;using conventions of academic writing in engineering; developing technical writing skills indescription, data presentation, data
solution to the problem live for theclass to demonstrate how they approach the problem. A typical week presented 3-5 problems forstudents to solve, meaning by week 7, students had collaboratively designed solutions to 20-30different design problems, which while not hands on, at least gave students an understanding ofhow an engineer would work with each component.2.1.3 Tron DaysEngineering Design Days are two-day long design “sprints” that expose students early in theiruniversity careers to open-ended problems, decision-making, and the role of analysis in design.First offered in 2016, Design Days for first year MTE (“Tron Days”) led students through arealistic engineering design process on a discipline-specific task. During Tron Days studentsworked
weeks prior to the start of the spring 2020 quarter presented aunique challenge for the instructional team who had no prior experience teaching virtually. Thispaper highlights aspects of the instructional transition to an emergency remote virtual format inthe spring of 2020. While the instructor made key decisions on the use of virtual tools out ofnecessity, such as use of synchronous versus asynchronous activities, the instruction team wasinterested in understanding student-learning outcomes. Student data collected during remoteoffering, pre/post Engineering Design Self-Efficacy (EDSE) surveys along with an end ofquarter reflection assignment, provided a starting point for understanding the students’ learningexperience. Presented in this paper
ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering b. An ability to design and conduct experiment, as well as to analyze and interpret data An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic c. constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g. An ability to communicate effectively The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a
understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility, an ability to communicate effectively, and a knowledge ofcontemporary issues.To help students achieve these goals and perform senior design projects, Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at Florida International University provides two courses intwo consecutive semesters: EEL 4920 (Senior Design I) and EEL 4921 (Senior Design II).Specifically, EEL 4920 gives comprehensive lectures, providing the overview of a senior designproject, the methodologies for developing a project, the considerations of ethics, intellectualproperties, standards, health, and safety, and the design tools for using microcontrollers. In thiscourse, students need to define an appropriate project and create a
AC 2009-382: DESIGN AND FLIGHT TESTING OF AN IN-FLIGHTDEPLOYABLE PARACHUTE SYSTEM FOR A SMALL UNMANNED AERIALSYSTEM (SUAS)Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreChristopher Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreJames B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Page 14.411.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Design and Flight-testing of an in-flight Deployable Parachute System for a small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS).Abstract - Students in the Freshman Spring 2008 design course were challenged toengineer a deployable parachute system for a model aircraft that could be used on a smallUnmanned Aerial System (UAS
Paper ID #19553Pigs in Space: A Bio-Inspired Design and Space Challenges CornerstoneProjectProf. Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Marjan Eggermont is the current Associate Dean (Student Affairs) and a Senior Instructor and faculty member at the University of Calgary in the Mechanical and Manufacturing department of the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She teaches communications in their first Engineering Design and Communication course taught to all incoming engineering students. She co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a platform to showcase the nexus of science and design
“Building Informed Designers” project is to incorporate engineeringdesign into existing high school science courses with minimal expense to improve designthinking and problem solving by all high school students. A secondary goal is to increase thenumber of students who will pursue college or community college engineering career pathways.Problem solving and thus problem framing are a key first step of the engineering design process.Davis, Beyerlin, & Davis [3] describes the role of a problem solver as one in which she“examines the problem setting to understand critical issues, assumptions, limitations, andsolution requirements.” Problem solving has been studied and found to be critical in design anddecision making [4-8]. Complex problems can
a two-year plan for the pilot project has been drafted. It also helps in passing the learned experience to the successive teams while keeping the project requirement same. Since FIT’s senior design course is three semesters long, a team of junior or sophomore has been proposed with the understanding that the same team or members of the team keep continuing on the project during their capstone senior design project course. Whereas, team at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering will help them to provide the initial senior experience that includes project planning and management concepts learned in their Engineering Design Methods course for the initiation of the project. Later on, during the second year, a new team at FAMU-FSU
, and Fila, Hess, Purzer, and Dringenberg[20] examined how students develop and utilize their empathy towards users during a design taskwithout direct interaction with users. Furthermore, Beckman and Barry [21] discussed students’empathy in problem framing. They explained that at the first stage of the design process,empathizing with the students allows them to interpret a problem situation with users’perspectives. It implies that empathy is essential in framing and reframing processes.In consideration of the importance of engineering students’ framing and reframing processes andempathic design abilities, there have been critical work surrounding their problem-framing andempathy. However, there is still a gap in understanding of engineering
sensitivity to the socio-cultural aspects of their projects. Continental Crossingspent time with the community leaders to ensure that the community needs were met. The teammodified the design to best suit the community to ensure community commitment to the project.Criterion 3h, 3i and 3j: Criterion 3h requires that students demonstrate the broad educationnecessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in the global, economic,environmental and societal context. Criterion 3i requires that students demonstrate therecognition for the need and an ability to engage in life-long learning and criterion 3j requiresthat students demonstrate knowledge of contemporary issues.These ABET criterion address many of the other important aspects that go
design and providing service learning opportunities for first-year programming students through various K-12 educational activities. Dr. Estell is a Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and also serves as a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He is also a founding member and serves as Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions through a standardized rite-of-passage ceremony.Prof. Susannah Howe, Smith College Susannah Howe, Ph.D. is the Design Clinic Director in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, where she coordinates and
to your professional development/readiness? Both technical and non-technical aspects. MTRE 4800 introduces the engineering design workflow, from concept to prototype. Often, this can be just as or even more important than the design itself in the real world. A systematic workflow helps to ensure that standards of safety are being followed, and that all parties involved clearly understand the requirements of the design and what will be needed to satisfy these requirements. Through the completion of a semester-long project, we learned the stages of the engineering design workflow, as well as the associated documentation, presentations, and reports that will be required of us in industry
engineering instructor. Both good team cohesionand an embedded communication instructor create better capstone experiences, and we arelooking into how to help students understand the importance of both. In the future, we propose tolook more deeply at how the teams are performing and perhaps develop interventions thatpromote more collaboration between team members.References [1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A review of literature onteaching engineering design through project-oriented capstone courses,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, pp. 17-28, Jan. 1997.[2] D. R. Brodeur, P. W. Young, and K. B. Blair, “Problem-based learning in aerospace engineering education,” In Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, 2002, pp. 16-19.[3
AC 2010-1902: TEAM-BASED NEGOTIATION OF IDEAS ON DESIGN DECISIONMAKING PERFORMANCEYogesh Velankar, Purdue University Yogesh Velankar is a doctoral candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests are in corporate training and professional development of engineers, designing effective learning environments and methods for engineering education research.Sean Brophy, Purdue University Sean P. Brophy, PhD. is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Brophy is a learning scientist and engineer; his research focuses on the development of learners’ development of adaptive expertise needed to solve complex problems in
AC 2009-1190: EM AT NCSU.PDFNatalie Cherbaka, North Carolina State UniversityJerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University Page 14.526.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Proposing an Engineering Management Program at North Carolina State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes an analysis and proposal for starting an Engineering Management (EM)program in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU). We firstdefine EM in the context of current discussions within the discipline, and provide results of abenchmarking survey of existing programs. This sets a context for understanding the disciplineand constraints
thisdesign-oriented course. In this paper, we present all aspects of this successful experience ofimplementing ABET strategies in the engineering classroom to maximize its reach and potentialimpact.To meet these objective and, thus, satisfy the ABET requirement to enhance the contentknowledge of engineering design courses, the following project was assigned in our senior levelmachine design class. Students had four weeks to complete this project and turn in their finaldesign. In the meantime, topics regarding dynamic load effects on the shaft and bearing designswere elaborated upon and discussed in the classroom to advance students knowledge and to helpthem develop an intuitive understanding of the relevance of these topics alongside
Paper ID #18342Work in Progress: Teaching Design Theory and Mastercam in a HybridFlipped Classroom EnvironmentDr. Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos Dr. Austin Talley a Senior Research Fellow with LBJ Institute for STEM Education & Research and Senior Lecturer in the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas State University, Dr. Austin Talley worked as a manufacturing quality engineer for a test and measurement company, National Instruments, in Austin, TX. Dr. Austin Talley is a licensed by state of Texas as a Professional Engineer. Both of Dr
AC 2007-1582: FROM CAPSTONE COURSES TO CORNERSTONE PROJECTS:TRANSFERRING EXPERIENCES FROM DESIGN ENGINEERING FINAL YEARSTUDENTS TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTSMartin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Page 12.768.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 From Capstone Courses to Cornerstone Projects: Transferring Experiences from Design Engineering Final Year Students to First Year StudentsAbstractAt KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, large capstone courses havebeen the base of higher engineering programs in product development during the last 20 years.The capstone courses has since the
AC 2011-973: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING (PBL) AN EFFECTIVE TOOLTO TEACH AN UNDERGRADUATE CFD COURSEWael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University Assistant Professor School of Engineering Page 22.1188.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Project-Based Learning (PBL) – An Effective Tool to Teach an Undergraduate CFD CourseAbstractAn undergraduate technical elective Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was developed. Thecourse was designed to be a balance between theoretical foundation of the subject and hands-onexperience. Project-Based Learning (PBL) was used as part of the course to