distinguishing feature ofengineering1 but it is also a focus in education due to its creative and practical applications ofknowledge2. Subsequently, engineering education emphasizes the design of systems,components, or processes as part of engineering experience3. The National Academy ofEngineering4 defines engineering as "design under constraint”, the creation and design of “whatcan be” constrained by nature, cost, safety, reliability, environmental impact, manufacturability,maintainability, and many others. However the realities of design are inherently complex,leading many studies to focus on specific stages of the design process. For examplebrainstorming and ideation are steps in the design process used to explore solution space;consequently the
skills and much less in regards to entrepreneurial skills. Note that this exitsurvey was given to all the sections in the program and some focused primarily on this latterskill. A lower score in manufacturing skill confidence tracks with the fabrication skill questionin the first theme and may have resulted because the respondents were mainly in charge of theelectronics portions of their teamwork.Although there were only 7 surveys completed, all students noted that the program lived up toand exceeded their expectations. The students responded to question 6 as follows: A. Yes, this program did live up to my expectations because I learned a lot about how many different aspects there are in engineering and what it takes to be an engineer
first-year undergraduate females in STEM. Her research interests include pre-service science teacher education, curriculum development, STEM identity, and K-12 outdoor science education. She is currently working on research projects focused on diversity in engineering and the retention of women in STEM.Mr. Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Raised in South Florida, born in Mexico. Half Colombian and half Mexican; proud Mexilombian. H´ector acquired an MS in Computer Engineering and is currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education, both from Purdue University. His research interests are in investigating the experiences of LGBTQ+ students in engineering
. Page 12.248.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Applied Computer Aided Design Using Aerospace Vehicles for Sophomore Level Students Jim Helbling, Darin Marriott, and Tom Gally Aerospace Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottIntroductionThe Aerospace Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescottrecently revised its basic Computer Aided Design (CAD) course to include a significantaerospace vehicle design component. The purpose of this course is intended to both introducethe students to engineering design graphics using modern CAD tools and to bridge the gapbetween a
Groupwork during a Robotics Project (Fundamental)1. IntroductionOver the last decade, with the ever-increasing demand of STEM majors for the job market and theintroduction of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) [1], the need for introducing andintegrating engineering design and practices within the K-12 curriculum has risen. Accordingly,professional development programs have been seeking to prepare teachers for incorporatingengineering design concepts and various engineering practices into their curriculum. As anexample, over the last two decades, educational robotics has become increasingly popular as (i) alearning tool that is deemed to promote students learning of STEM topics and (ii) a learning objectthat can mediate student learning about
Engineering Education, 2021 What do Mechanical Engineers Do? A Content Analysis of Mechanical Engineer Job DescriptionsAbstract:The engineering curriculum is intended to prepare students for their careers; however, academic literaturelacks information regarding the specific activities engineers typically undertake once they enter the workforce.The field of mechanical engineering is often referred to as a “general concentration” of engineering. This canbe seen within the typical mechanical engineering curriculum, which covers topics such as fluids, heattransfer, solid mechanics, dynamics, electronics, and design. Students are taught general theory andapplication throughout their undergraduate education in preparation for a career in mechanical
Paper ID #14715Integrating Design Heuristics into Your ClassroomDr. Keelin Siomha Leahy, University of Limerick Keelin Leahy is a lecturer of Technology Education at the University of Limerick. Keelin received her PhD from the University of Limerick in 2009, which focused on Design approaches in second level education. Keelin’s main research interests include approaches for the development of creativity and design based activities and pedagogy in second level education. Keelin lectures in the areas of Design for Teachers, 3D CAD Modelling, Wood Design and Technology, Wood Processing Practice and Safety.Dr. Seda Yilmaz
Paper ID #13225Examining Interruptions in a Student’s Solution Generating Process for In-dicators of Conceptual KnowledgeChristian Anderson Arbogast, Oregon State University Christian Arbogast is a graduate student in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing En- gineering at Oregon State University. His academic and research interests include examining the change in conceptual understanding among undergraduate students in engineering programs and the mechanical design process.Dr. Devlin Montfort, Oregon State UniversityDr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor in
of problem- solving skills they will need later in their program or in practice. They do not lead to the habits of mind that, whether the students become engineers or not, are such valuable contributors to work and citizenship. (p. 48) Engineering educators have recognized the importance of developing open-endedproblem solving skills and efforts to integrate open-ended problem solving experiences acrossthe engineering curriculum are not new (Incropera & Fox, 1996; Mourtos, Okamoto, & Rhee,2004; Woods et al., 1997). Woods (2000) notes that the literature is full of problem solvingstrategies, but that few have been supported by research evidence. Several studies of engineeringdesign have found that experienced
AC 2008-2729: ENHANCEMENT OF CAPSTONE INDUSTRY SPONSOREDSENIOR PROJECTS THROUGH TEAM-BASED, PRODUCT REALIZATIONACTIVITIESJames Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of design optimization, machine design, fluid power control and engineering education. Page 13.534.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Enhancement of
challenge by integrating newclassroom methods with traditional pedagogical teaching practices, to better prepare futureengineers to meet the demand for design creativity in practice. In my own institution,Northwestern University, for the past 20 years, the education of all engineers begins in twoquarter sequence of Design Thinking & Communication (DTC) [2]. This curriculum augments thetraditional engineering educational pedagogy with the early introduction of designerly forms ofinquiry, and design practice experiences as a foundational aspect of what NorthwesternEngineering has coined “Whole Brained Engineering” education. Having entered academia 10years ago, after 30 years of industry practice, I observed that although students were
AC 2012-4182: STUDENT RESPONSES TO CHALLENGE-BASED ENGI-NEERING CURRICULADr. Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin Leema Berland is an Assistant Professor of science education at the University of Texas, Austin. She earned a Ph.D. in the learning sciences from Northwestern University in 2008 and was a Doctoral Fellow with the NSF funded Center for Curriculum Materials in Science (2003-2008). Berland is broadly inter- ested in facilitating and studying students as they engage in complex communication practices. She is currently focused on exploring the dynamics of how and why students are able (or unable) to productively communicate in engineering classrooms, in the context of UTeachEngineering high school
Page 26.679.2within realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety,manufacturability, and sustainability(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve (f) an understanding of professional andengineering problems ethical responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning(j
same as a universitycourse, but the teaching methods are changed to blend the college and high school experiences. Itis a university introduction to engineering course being taught to and for high school students, andonly high school students.Before beginning this program, constituents wondered why there were so few students from thelocal high schools enrolled at our university. There are two high schools (one public and oneprivate) within two miles of the university campus, but very few students were applying to theSchool of Engineering from either school. At the same time, there were questions about theprevalence of high-school engineering courses and the distribution of that curriculum acrossschools providing education to typically
Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC 2005, p.1). Computational Science: Insuring America’s Competitiveness. Washington, DC.[2] (Swaid, 2015). Bringing computational thinking to STEM education. Procedia Manufacturing, 3, 3657-3662.[3] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/outreach/cs4hs-2006-2013.[4] https://www.cs.purdue.edu/outreach/news-items/csedweek-programming-challenge- 2013.html[5] https://scratch.mit.edu/[6] http://www.thoughtstem.com/minecraft[7] http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/04/arkansas_teachers_get_lessons_com puter_coding.html[8] www.Lynda.com[9] https://thejournal.com/articles/2013/10/03/integrating-programming-with-core- curriculum.aspx[10] https://gostem.gatech.edu/en
comment] just cemented the fact that this manwas thinking this for the last two years9.” Another woman, just starting an engineering job,recounted an experience in which an experienced male engineer asked her to hand him aparticular tool. She did not know what he was talking about: “He just looked at me like, ‘oh mygod, here we go.’ On my first day!... I wanted to quit9.” Both women felt that their genderimposed judgment on their skills in the workplace.When the mechanical engineering curriculum at our institution was revised in 2000, one of thegoals was to give students more hands-on experiences. The practical-theoretical dimension ofengineering education is, by no means, the only one–it does not adequately capture curricularelements addressing
AC 2007-266: USING INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARDS TO ASSESS CAPSTONEDESIGN COURSESStacy Wilson, Western Kentucky UniversityMark Cambron, Western Kentucky University Page 12.1551.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Industrial Advisory Boards to Assess Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThe electrical engineering program at Western Kentucky University (WKU) was created in 2001with a focus on project-based education. Faculty have developed a series of experiencesthroughout the curriculum to support this mission which culminates in a year long designsequence. In this sequence, students must plan, design, and
Course and Lab Projects Development Director at Stanford, where he brings his 25-year industry experience to the role. He is responsible for the ongoing strategy, design, curriculum plan and instruction plans for capstone courses in the Mechanical Engineering Department, as part of a broad effort to redesign the curriculum requirements for the undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. Jeff has over twenty years’ product development and manufacturing experience bringing medical and consumer products to market, through the course of my career journey with Apple, SGI, Nektar, Boston Scientific and Amazon/Lab126. In addition to working with and training engineers in industry, his 9+ years coaching and teaching
Education at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He is Associate Research Professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, & Energy. He has bachelors and masters degrees in Computer Science and Engineering and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. His research interests include educational research methods, communication of research, and k-16+ engineering education. Ganesh’s research is largely focused on studying the impact of k-12 and undergraduate curricula, and teaching-learning processes in both the formal and informal settings.Diana Karen Chen, Arizona State University Diana is a current undergraduate Computer Science student attending Arizona State University with spe
, construction, and design. I knew that a former teacher had usedfour modular “Engineering and Technology Curriculum” boxes on wheels to teach a more broadview of technology. I thought it would be a good idea to start with these boxes, but with furtherdiscussion it was obvious that the Principal felt it would be best to teach the children how to Page 11.569.2make multimedia presentations. This is a common challenge for those doing engineeringoutreach or technology education in the K-12 schools. When you approach people and tell themyou would like to help infuse technology in the classroom, they immediately think ofinformation technology (Dugger &
Robust, Resilient and Flexible Networks Integrated Realization of Engineered Materials and Products Managing Organized and Disorganized Complexity: Exploration of the Solution Space His current education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for educating strategic engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the realization of complex engineered systems. Email URL http://www.ou.edu/content/coe/ame/people/amefaculty/mistree.html LinkedIN http://www.linkedin.com/pub/farrokh-mistree/9/838/8ba c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work in Progress - A Strategy for Assessing Learning through
from the Mid Atlantic and NewEngland region. Page 13.585.2In 1998, the awarding of an NSF Grant entitled “Integrating Engineering Design with theHumanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Mathematics” was the initiative for a major revisionof the curriculum of all of the engineering programs1,2. The emphasis of this grant was tointegrate design throughout the curriculum. This was accomplished by (i) Redesign of thefreshman engineering course by incorporating Integrative Learning Blocks by involvement offaculty from engineering, mathematics, physics, humanities and social sciences; (ii) Creation of anew engineering sophomore design course that
third year, juniors learn the designmethodology and employ a number of tools such as QFD, but the limited exposure to some ofthese valuable tools may need another look. It may be prudent to introduce some of these tools inmultiple courses their junior year for reinforcement or earlier in the curriculum so students havea more meaningful design experience as seniors. This will help having more faculty familiar andskilled in these design tools.ConclusionsEmployment of QFD during the late stages of product development required students to re-examine their engineering requirements and to assess their development of productcharacteristics or manufacturing choices in light of these requirements. As a result, some teamsidentified previously
data storage, control applications in manufacturing, and STEM education.Dr. Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy Dr. Marsha Lovett is Associate Vice Provost of Teaching Innovation, Director of the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation, and Teaching Professor of Psychology – all at Carnegie Mellon University. She applies theoretical and empirical principles from learning science research to improve teaching and learning. She has published more than fifty articles in this area, co-authored the book How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching, and developed several innovative, educational technologies, including StatTutor and the Learning Dashboard.Dr. Karim Heinz
AC 2010-61: A RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR MANAGING STUDENT DESIGNPROJECTSHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is a Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. His interests include Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering, with a particular focus in control systems. Page 15.84.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Risk Assessment Tool For Managing Student Design ProjectsAbstractMany design projects done by undergraduate students carry a high degree of risk because of inex-perience. In many cases students tend to ignore the
AC 2010-1793: A NEW ENGINEERING TAXONOMY FOR ASSESSINGCONCEPTUAL AND PROBLEM-SOLVING COMPETENCIESMorris Girgis, Central State University Morris Girgis is a professor at Central State University. He teaches undergraduate courses in manufacturing engineering. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Hannover University, Germany. His current research in engineering education focuses on developing and implementing new educational tools and approaches to enhance teaching, learning and assessment at the course and curriculum levels. Page 15.64.1© American Society for Engineering Education
, wepropose that engineering can be taught to students in all Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship,Arts, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEAEM) courses through practical hands-on learningexperiences. Therefore, instead of resurrecting standalone shop classes in their original IndustrialArts manifestation, we recommend an alternative. Inexpensive and topically-relevant hands-onlearning activities should be developed competent for ubiquitous and seamless insertion intoSTEAEM courses. When offered to teachers as educational kits, these activities could beselected a la carte from a catalog to integrate with existing classes. This approach inducesminimal curriculum disruption, facilitates easy instructor adoption, and allows high schools tocontinue
. Fourfactors were identified by Galotti and Kozberg3 as influencing an individual’s choice of major:“how much I care about the subject”, “something I do well in”, “something with good careeropportunities,” and “what I want to do with this major after college.” Other research areas focusupon how the choice of major impacts student and career outcomes, like educational persistenceor career success. For instance, Montmarquette, Cannings and Mahseredjian4 theorized thatundergraduates who failed to finish college may be due, in part, to an ill-advised choice of majorconcentration. Other research focuses upon studying barriers to underrepresented groupsentrance into certain majors or why students may or may not choose specific majors or areas
is factored into the equation and trying to replicate an industry setting the IT overhead only increases. Do not attempt a PLM centered curriculum without the support of a fulltime IT technician who will install and administer this type of IT environment.ConclusionThis paper has summarized the findings of this Type I developmental research study as related tothe goals of the project. Based upon the quantitative and qualitative analysis performed, thenewly developed blended-learning course educating incumbent engineers on PLM theories andhigh-end CAD skills was found to be an overall success by both students and instructors.Recommendations have been made to improve future offerings of both this course and otherrelated
Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. In this position, she promotes the College of Engineering's commitment to enriched teaching and learning. Dr. Schmidt works in all aspects of education including curriculum design, faculty development, learner support, and evaluation.Matthew Green, LeTourneau University MATTHEW G. GREEN is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at LeTourneau University, Longview. His objective is to practice and promote engineering as a serving profession, with special recognition of opportunities to improve the quality of life for