Paper ID #42471Teaching Basic Concepts in Machine Learning to Engineering Students: AHands-on ApproachDr. David Olubiyi Obada, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria David O. Obada holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, specializing in production/industrial engineering. His research interests include fracture mechanics, advanced materials, and condensed matter physics. Before joining the Atlantic Technological University, Ireland, David was a research fellow at the University of Ghana, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India, and the
supported in part by the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of Transportation, Ohio State Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, and by Cleveland State University. Dr. Zhao has served on the organizing committee and the technical program committee for numerous international conferences. Dr. Zhao is an Associate Editor for IEEE Access, an Academic Editor for PeerJ Computer Science, and is a member of the editorial board for International Journal of Parallel Emergent and Distributed Systems, International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, International Journal of Performability Engineering, International Journal of Handheld Computing Research. Dr. Zhao is a senior member of IEEE.Dr. Xiongyi Liu
can reflect both professionally and personally; and thus can often offer experiential wisdom regarding the navigation of these two areas of life. This provision is optional and subject to the mutual interests of both faculty. 3. Miscellaneous other “lessons learned”: Additional insights may also be conveyed that would help the URM scholars achieve a fulfilling career in the engineering professoriate given more recent nuances (e.g., recently increased attention upon innovation and technology transfer in engineering academia, one of the enlisted emeriti faculty has notable expertise in “forecasting innovation pathways” for emerging technologies).In addition to periodic telecommunications, there is again a provision for the
departure from engineering.What does this mean for engineering education and for the rest of higher education? Wheneight-semester persistence is studied as an academic outcome, caution should be taken wheninterpreting results. Further, if the research and the dataset permit, six-year graduation should beused directly, rather than any persistence measures used to approximate it. The comparison ofboth outcomes in Figure 2 reveals additional information about the experience of a population.We anticipate future work that will explore these issues in a way that disaggregates race andgender, requiring a more complicated graph design. Differences by discipline and with time arealso relevant and will begin to emerge from this work. Future research could
, hands-on or problem based learningthat engages learners, is significantly more effective than traditional lecturing, especially forwomen and minority populations1. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Board presented anextensive report during their 2007 meeting that addressed the key challenges necessary to changeand transform engineering and technology education. Basic engineering skills and experienceprovided by engineers in emerging countries at a significantly lower cost due to lower wages, putU.S. companies at a significant competitive disadvantage. To tackle this growing problem, U.S.engineering and technology education should focus on improving interrelationships including notonly traditional engineering and technology, but also human
Community, https://www.mechatronicseducation.org/.[6] Mechatronics Education Community Workshops & Webinars, https://www.mechatronicseducation.org/events/.[7] R. Comerford, “Mecha … What?” IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp. 46-49, 1994.[8] S. Ashley, “Getting a Hold on Mechatronics.” Mechanical Engineering Magazine, Vol. 119, No. 5, pp. 60-63, 1997.[9] D. Talbot, “10 Emerging Technologies that will Change the World: Mechatronics.” Technology Review: MIT’s Magazine of Innovation, Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 40-41, 2003.[10] A. S. Brown, “Who Owns Mechatronics?” Mechanical Engineering Magazine, Vol. 129, No. 6, pp. 60-63, 2008.[11] M.A. Gennert, G. Tryggvason, “Robotics Engineering: A Discipline Whose Time Has
AC 2008-1802: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN INDIA:ANOTHER LOOKRajeswari Sundararajan, College of Technology - Purdue UniversityDaniel Dangelo, Intelkishore N.K., IIT KaragpurHaritha Mogilisetti, IntelSundhasarath Somasundaram, Valliammai College of Engineeringumadevi S., highwaysRobert Nowlin, retired Page 13.478.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Electrical Engineering Education in India: Another lookAbstract:With outsourcing and globalization, India has become an important pool for the outsourcing ofservice and information technology work in the US and other industrialized countries. Inaddition to software development and call centers
support, it was obvious that two programs would create aburden that would not be feasible at this time. A program in Mechatronics emerged as the best fitto meet the current and near future needs and augments the current offerings in civil engineering.Approval has been received for a Mechatronics Engineering program from the Ministry ofHigher Education in Afghanistan and the financial support from the World Bank.This paper will focus on the needs, resources and plan to develop a program in Mechatronics atHERAT University. The paper will focus on the preparation for laboratories, equipment,curriculum, faculty, etc. including the difficulties in helping to start a new program in anothercountry.IntroductionThe College of Engineering, Technology and
- funded STEM education research projects.Dr. Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Dr. Poleacovschi is an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. She researches issues of diversity and focuses on intersectional aspects of microaggressions.Dr. Scott Grant Feinstein Dr. Scott Feinstein is an expert in research design and comparative and identity politics.Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, and Chemical, Biological, and Bioengineering. Over the last ten years, Dr. Luster-Teasley has
information and non-engineering constraints [3]. To better prepare engineering students for their future engineeringcareers which require skills to solve such ill-structured problems, the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) [5] has underlined the importance of integrating solvingthese engineering problems into the civil engineering curriculum. ABET identifies complexproblem solving skills (Outcome 1) as one of its learning outcomes, as well as the importance ofunderstanding non-engineering (i.e. non-technical) constraints (Outcome 2). To further supportand improve the civil engineering curriculum moving forward, how these ill-structured problemsare perceived and interpreted by engineering students should be examined, as well as
Ana T. Torres-Ayala is a doctoral candidate in Higher Education at the University of South Florida. She holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez and a MEng degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute. She has experi- ence in the telecommunications industry where she worked for Lucent Technologies. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Ana was also an Information Technology instructor. Her research interests include: preparing future engineering faculty, improving teaching and learning, distance education and underrep- resented student success
Paper ID #43063Board 112: Work in Progress: Exploring the Impact of International Experienceson the Development of Students’ Entrepreneurial MindsetDr. Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University Olgha B. Qaqish, Ph.D. is an engineering educator and researcher, who has experience working with students at all levels in science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM). Dr. Qaqish is an author of a mathematics textbook: Algebra Essentials.Dr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia (”Marci”) Pool is the Assistant Director for Education at the Cancer Center at Illinois and a Teaching Associate
discussions of emerging findings with the rest of theresearch team throughout the analysis process. Page 26.1060.7ResultsPreliminary analysis addressed in this paper focused on addressing Research Questions 2 and 3of the study: What helped or hindered the process of developing and implementing the program? What lessons learned from this process can inform and improve future transformational efforts in engineering education?This analysis yielded insights which may be informative for others considering embarking on asimilar process, in regard to common barriers and strategies used to surmount those barriers, aswell as lessons learned by
particular efforts. On the question “How do you thinkmechatronics and robotics engineering education can be used to diversify STEM (science,technology, engineering, and mathematics) education?”, one of these four who reported that theydid not make particular efforts further dissented “Diversity is not very important. People shouldjust do what they're interested in / good at regardless of gender or race.” This was a minorityview held by one of the 17 respondents. The theme of the instructor’s perspective was the mostcommon theme among the respondents, but several other themes emerged with high frequencyincluding the importance of MRE’s social context.Theme: Social Context to MREThe theme of the social context of engineering and technology was
incorporation of active learning techniques in undergraduate classes (problem based learning, games and simulations, etc.) as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering as well as broader engineering curricu- lum. In addition, she is actively engaged in the development of a variety of informal science education approaches with the goal of exciting and teaching K-12 students about regenerative medicine and its potential.Dr. Arthur Felse, Northwestern UniversityDr. Karen A High, Oklahoma State UniversityDr. Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University Jason Keith is the Interim Dean and Earnest W. and Mary Ann Deavenport, Jr. Chair in the Bagley College of Engineering at
IntroductionIt is no secret that computing fields have a diversity challenge. In 2016, 57% of bachelor’sdegree recipients were female; however, only 19% of computer and information sciencebachelor’s degrees were earned by females. This gender gap in computer science education alsotranslates into the professional world where women hold 57% of professional occupations, andless than 25% of computing professions [1]. With numerous reasons cited, including stereotypesof the field, a lack of role models [7], and a desire to help others, attracting and retaining womenin the field is challenging; yet, it is crucial to push the discipline forward.The Duke Technology Scholars program, which began in 2016, aims to address the femaledisparity in computing fields
: 10.1080/22054952.2021.1889086.[14] W. J. Frey, “Teaching virtue: Pedagogical implications of moral psychology,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 611–628, 2010, doi: 10.1007/s11948-009-9164-z.[15] H. C. Luegenbiehl and R. F. Clancy, Global Engineering Ethics. New York: Elsevier, 2017.[16] S. AlZahir and L. Kombo, “Towards a global code of ethics for engineers,” in 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Science, Technology and Engineering, 2014, no. May, doi: 10.1109/ETHICS.2014.6893407.[17] H. C. Luegenbiehl, “Ethical principles for engineers in a global environment,” in Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda, I. Van de Poel and D. E. Goldberg, Eds. Dordrecht: Springer, 2010, pp. 147
and Centers (ENG/EEC) division and the Divi- sion of Undergraduate Education (EHR/DUE). She also served as Associate Chair and Associate Profes- sor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering. She holds civil and environmental engineering degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia and is a licensed professional engineer.Dr. John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia Dr. John Morelock recently graduated from Engineering Education at Virginia Tech as a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation studied the teaching practices of engineering in
Paper ID #14806ASEE Safe Zone Workshops and Virtual Community of Practice to PromoteLGBTQ Equality in EngineeringDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University (USA) and was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1996. Prior to joining the fac- ulty at Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University until 1998
South Australia for 21 years and is responsible for the teaching activities of the Defence and Systems Institute. He is the Associate Director Academic Re- search in INCOSE and is the lead author of the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering, GRCSE. His research interests are in the nature of systems engineering, research methods for engineering, cross-cultural issues in engineering practice, and engineering education.Dr. Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University Joseph Ekstrom spent 30 years in systems/software development as an engineer and manager. He is currently the Program Chair of the Information Technology program at Brigham Young University. His research interests include network and
newapproaches in two-year aerospace programs. El Camino College, Butler Community College,Oregon Institute of Technology and Purdue University are all developing new model curriculafor technicians and engineers in the aerospace industry. These curricula will cover the gamut ofthe needs for manufacturing technologists in the aerospace industry and will also provide acommon fluency in aerospace manufacturing procedures, processes, and terminology. Oneproposed modular approach allows an instructor to select needed section(s) for any course fromavailable national “pool” of information, with each module including PowerPoint data, Instructornotes, and a student study guide. This approach will make developing new courses or re-designing existing courses
culturally responsive ethics education in global contexts. He is an active member of the Kern Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)Dr. Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and the Castleman Term Professor in Engineering Innovation in the College of Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1998, his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D., both in Chemical Engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 an 2003, respectively, and his M.A.Ed with a focus
acquisition of skills associated with the useof numbers and calculation, which, in turn, contributes to the use of graphic and statisticallanguages, associated with the use of technological tools; for their part, natural sciencesdevelop content through the processing of information in different code formats or languages,essential elements of mathematics [18].Previous work by the academic community has also indicated that STEM methodologiespromote autonomous work, allowing students to learn from practice in a given context,considering their circumstances, and leading them to adopt a critical attitude, which leadsthem to solve situations innovatively, integrating STEM fields [7].Likewise, previous findings suggest that the STEM approach allows this
was the emphasis on culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP),ensuring that design challenges were rooted in contexts relevant to students’ lived experiences.For instance, in a unit on geometric dilations and scale, students created scaled prototypes oftechnology-based products that addressed community needs. They explored how differentpopulations interact with technology and brainstormed product designs that could improveaccessibility, particularly for communities with limited access to emerging tech. Additionally, in the rotational motion unit, students analyzed how tire design varies acrossdifferent terrains and cultures. They discussed how communities in arid, icy, or mountainousregions adapt vehicle design to their environments
of applying the creative process to workshops, trainings and student engagement. Currently doing extensive research and deployment of emerging technologies to redefine the classroom, mentoring and excellence through student interaction.Mrs. Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso Mrs. Herminia Hemmitt is part of the Learning Environments team in Academic Technologies at The University of Texas at El Paso. She is responsible for coordinating classroom technology upgrades and implementations to ensure project deadlines and anticipated goals are met. Her educational background in organizational and corporate communication is utilized in consultations with faculty and staff about their learning environments in
Dakota School of Mines and Technology Micah Lande, PhD is an Assistant Professor and E.R. Stensaas Chair for Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Dr. Lande directs the Holistic Engineering Lab & Observatory. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epistemic identities and vocational pathways. Dr. Lande received his B.S. in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in Education (Learning, Design and Technology
University Elliott Clement is a doctoral student at Oregon State University. His current research is using grounded theory to understand identity and motivation within the context of capstone design courses. He is also part of a research team investigating context-specific affordances and barriers faculty face when adopting evidence-based instructional practices in their engineering courses.Dr. Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Prateek Shekhar is an Assistant Professor - Engineering Education division at New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research is focused on examining translation of engineering education research in prac- tice, assessment and evaluation of dissemination initiatives and
Standards Lab- oratories International (NCSLI, a professional society) 164 Education Liaison and Outreach committee, coordinates Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education outreach to develop increased awareness of measurement science principles, metrology careers, and strategies to increase new metrologists entering the workforce. More information about metrology careers can be found at http://www.MetrologyCareers.com/. Page 25.968.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Navy Metrology Engineering Education Outreach: Inspiring and
Engineering Education (ASEE), and serves on the First-Year Engineering Education (FYEE) Conference Steering Committee.Daniel D. Burkey (Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Diversity) Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and DiversityKevin D. Dahm (Professor of Chemical Engineering) Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. He is an author of the textbook Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, and is an Associate Editor for the journals Advances in Engineering Education and Education for Chemical Engineers.Richard Tyler Cimino (Senior
suggest a piece-meal rotation strategy. Therefore mental rotation strategies maybe assumed to process through eye movements, where retaining gaze on a specific location isrelated to our ability to visually encode spatially distributed information [18] [20] [21]. Thus, eye-tracking technology provides a great opportunity to investigate complex cognitive constructs thatcannot be measured using other data collection methods. Eye-tracking has also been preferred overother physiological measurement systems because it offers the greatest potential for a reliable,non-invasive estimate of cognitive load. Over the past decade, researchers have focused on usingpupil dilation as an index of effort in cognitive controlled tasks [22] [23] . Eye-trackers