necessary tools to complete the project throughout the semester. After each lesson,each student completed the following survey answering the following questions : (1) The topicwas interesting, (2) Today’s lesson motivated me to learn more about the material, (3) The topicis useful to add to my “engineering toolbox”, (4) The topic will be useful to me in my Air Forcecareer, (5)The topic should be covered in next year’s Intro to Biomed class. Results from thesurvey and open ended comments will be presented.IntroductionBiomedical engineering is relevant in a large variety of applications, most of which are wellestablished. The relevance to the US Air Force may not be obvious, but are numerous. AirForce pilots experience extreme environments during
original facility had limited space and equipment that required students to workin groups of four or five students. Typically, only one or two students actively participated in theassignment while the remaining students observed. During the exercises, the major goal ofstudents was to finish as quickly as possible and leave the laboratory.Recognizing the deficiencies in the laboratory and the desire to enhance a student’s experience inexperimentation, several features were identified that would be beneficial for the new facility.Each student should be able to actively participate in the hands-on learning exercise. Traditionalinstructional techniques limit the interaction between the instructor and student during the classsession; therefore, the new
, Arizona. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from Northern Arizona University, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Northern Arizona University. He is the faculty advisor for the student section of ASME. His experience includes various engineering po- sitions at Raytheon, M.C. Gill Corporation, Royal Plastics Engineering, SouthWest Windpower, and the Naval Research Laboratory. He is a practicing professional mechanical engineer in the state of California, and Nebraska.Theodore A. Uyeno, Northern Arizona University Dr. Uyeno is an adjunct professor of comparative biomechanics in the department of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University. His specialty is the analysis of
Mechanics and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Science from the Univ. of CO at Boulder. His industrial experience includes Texas Instruments (mechanical design), Naval Research Labs (computational dynam- ics), NASA Langley funded post doc (finite elements), consulting at Lockheed and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (computational mechanics) MSC Software Corporation (educational multimedia develop- ment) and Creo Consulting (Mechanical Engineering Consulting). He taught at Univ. of the Pacific for 4 years and is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering Mechanics at the U. S. Air Force Academy. He has published approximately 100 technical publications and generated approximately 2 million dollars of research
Paper ID #32538HydroLearn: Improving Students’ Conceptual Understanding and TechnicalSkills in a Civil Engineering Senior Design CourseDr. Melissa Ann Gallagher, University of Houston Dr. Gallagher is an assistant professor of mathematics education at the University of Houston.Ms. Jenny Byrd, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ms. Jenny Byrd is pursuing her Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Water Resources. Her anticipated graduation date is August 2021.Dr. Emad Habib P.E., University of Louisiana at Lafayette Dr. Emad Habib is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the
affective and pedagogy measures. Therefore, given theconsistency in the evaluations for our course with the other course evaluations, we maintain theoutcomes were likely consistent with the larger population. Given the justified inference we speculate that the nature of the explorations that took placein the Materials World course, the inquiry and design structure, the presentations of content, theaccess to materials, and discussions, all contributed to a positive learning experience for theparticipants. The positive learning experience in turn influenced their comfort for teachingSTEM, the efficacy for teaching STEM, their pedagogical discontentment associated withSTEM, and their inquiry implementation. These are critical considerations because
Paper ID #19974The Impact of Professional Communications Training on Teamwork and Lead-ership Skills for Engineering Capstone TeamsDr. Todd W. Polk, University of Texas, Dallas Dr. Todd Polk is a Senior Lecturer in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He received his Master of Science and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. Todd has over 25 years of industry experience in design, test, applications, sales and management. After joining UT Dallas in 2013
spend their junior and senior years in Idaho Falls, attending classes atUniversity Place (a joint campus of ISU and UI) while working as interns at the Department ofEnergy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and using INL facilities for coursework. Scholarshipfunds are provided by the AREVA Group and the DOE.How did it start?In 2003, the Idaho State Board of Education approved the establishment of ISU's Institute forNuclear Science and Engineering (INSE). The Institute, directed by Dr. Michael Lineberry, wascreated to encompass all things nuclear at ISU and to promote and facilitate collaboration withthe INL. The Institute was designed to go beyond the traditional limitations of a college, becausethere are things happening in the Physics
AC 2011-1184: BASIC CLASS MATERIALS AND LABORATORY PROJECTSWITH DC MOTORS IN AN INTRODUCTORY UNDERGRADUATE ECECLASS FOR NON-MAJORSSergey N. Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Submitting author: Sergey N. Makarov earned his B.S./M.S./Ph.D./Dr. Sci. degrees at the State Uni- versity St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russian Federation Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics. Dr. Makarov joined Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics at State St. Petersburg University in 1986 as a researcher and then joined the Faculty of State St. Petersburg University where he became a full pro- fessor in 1996. In 2000 he joined the Faculty of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA. His
be interested infinding out if you can implement a complete project within your existing introductory course inengineering. Typically, your existing first course in engineering involves graphics, or statics, ormechanics of some kind and you feel that a project is needed. Otherwise, 2) It may be that yourdepartment chair or dean has made it clear that your course MUST have a design project addedin order to satisfy some broader aims of the educational curriculum. Either way, you need to Page 22.787.2quickly become comfortable with a new teaching model.The paper is based on experience acquired in teaching PBL courses in Engineering Design
to performthe experiments, and a guided approach to developing the necessary scaling relationships.Students completed a survey after performing the experiment which showed an increasedunderstanding of the importance and process of dimensional scaling.IntroductionUndergraduate engineering curricula are typically heavily loaded with traditional classroomlearning approaches and have a limited number of laboratory-based courses available to students.Many students, however, learn better from hands-on, laboratory-based courses and activities.Incorporating more laboratory courses into engineering curricula presents a separate challengedue to the cost of building and maintaining student laboratory facilities, space limitations, andthe small class
Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringProfessors desire the best for the student, which in turn places them in a constant battle ofdeveloping laboratory experiences on the cutting edge of technology.Computer labs provide both the professor and the student a viable means to learn and keep up todate with cutting edge technologies. However, financing a competitive information technologycomputer lab is a very expensive endeavor. The hardware and space needed are extremelyexpensive. Expensive laboratory IT staffing is also necessary to provide stable systems.A technique called imaging can help mitigate the expenses associated with running an IT lab byreducing labor costs, facilitating the installation of software and configuration of
university education. Perhaps this is most clearly evident in the type ofengineers certain companies employ and perhaps the statistics on employment may show a biastowards employing graduates from particular institutions in specific industry sectors. Educators have reported on the benefits of experiential, hands-on, student-directed learning[1-4] and the effects of design courses in engineering [5]. Engineering educators have used field Page 24.1198.2trips, laboratory investigations, and interdisciplinary activities that enrich and extend thecurriculum [6, 7]. Such designing of authentic experiences into courses and curricula are
Engineer) 2 Learning Objectives: - Apply foundation in design thinking to tackle - Gain new understanding of designing in systems open ended problems - Apply design thinking process for iteration on - Decide how to scope down problems and previously made prototype choose clients through research and empathy - Combine previous background and experience work with new skills to work in collaborative teams to
projects that include the layout optimization for wind farms, array design for novel wave energy conversion devices, optimization of collaborative power systems, the sustainable redesign of commuting bicycles, and the quantification of sustainability during the early de- sign phase. Dr. DuPont completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013 in the Integrated Design Innovation Group, and her projects are currently funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oregon State University, and Oregon BEST/Bonneville Power Association.Dr. Christopher Hoyle, Oregon State University Dr. Christopher Hoyle is currently Assistant Professor and Arthur Hitsman
Industrial Engineering Students1 Introduction1.1 Introduction to capstone design project workshopsThe classical senior capstone design course consists of establishing an environment wherestudents are given the experience in solving a substantial problem while working in a teamenvironment. The engineering design problems to which Canadian engineering students areexposed must be open-ended, and require the integration of curriculum elements1. In theIndustrial Engineering (IE) program at the University of Windsor, industrial sponsors from avariety of sectors (automotive, food, recycling, hospitals, and so forth) are engaged to providereal open ended projects to the industrial engineering students over a two term period. Withrealistic ill defined opened
Stand: Students See Further in Their ConceptsFor their final design projects, students in the freshman signature course at UT invent andprototype a product to solve a problem encountered in their daily life experiences. To presenttheir designs, they tell their own experiences as an inventor – from conception to realization.Within their stories of innovation, we ask them to describe their choice and use of the historicalinnovator technique in the midst of the CG suite. Indeed, we coached them to be inspired by theresources we provide for them (Appendix A) and also supported them in finding another notableperson whose principle(s) may inspire more and better novel ideas for their design.Certain teams applied principles from historical innovators
education.Mr. Toluwalase Oluwagbemileke Olajoyegbe, University of Georgia Toluwalase is a graduate researcher whose interest lies in product development and industrial design. His primary research focus looks at advancements in manufacturing methods and engineering education. He has experience in the automotive industry working as a Prototype Build Engineer at Fait Chrysler Automobiles and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology.Dr. Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia Beshoy Morkos is an associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. His lab currently performs research in the areas of system design, manufacturing, and their respective education. His
Paper ID #29838The implementation of dynamic learning in a project-based introductoryengineering courseMr. Johnathon Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Johnathon Garcia is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at New Mexico Insti- tute of Mining and Technology, seeking an MS in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Mecha- tronic Systems. His research covers multiple fields including compact data acquisition systems, robotics, Machine Learning, and vibrational systems. He has conducted research under Dr. O’Malley with coop- eration with Sandia National Laboratories on designing
this time for reference purposes.The Criterion 3 components are:1 (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary 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 (h) the broad education necessary to
Total $43.955. ConclusionsThis paper describes a capstone senior design project that builds a wireless sensor and actuatornetwork for monitoring the energy usage of AC appliances in a home environment. The designof the system prototype including two measurement nodes and a central server module isexplained. The system prototype meets the design criteria. The implementation and performanceanalysis of this design project will be finished in the Spring semester of 2011 (The project is stillongoing when the paper is finalized). The design experience in this project will expose thestudents to up-to-date wireless and sensor technologies in an emerging real-world application.Bibliography1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, “Standby Power
manyof the items from the posted material, but they were not just copies of it. The students seemed tounderstand the difference between the wiki content format and that of a formal report.It was beneficial to the students to create web-based technical content. Many of them did nothave experience editing wikis before this course and their technical writing was most likely inthe form of traditional laboratory reports. Many companies are now using this type of toolinternally for project management, so it is helpful that the students be exposed to collaborativewriting and understand the differences between the different types of technical communication.The biggest highlight of using this technology was seeing the creativity of the students. The
AC 2010-1873: EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF COMPLEX MANUFACTURINGTOPICS TO UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERS UTILIZING A NOVEL, BROADLYBASED, INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL COMPANYMartin McCarthy, University of Auckland Martin McCarthy has a Masters Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Auckland and has recently submitted a PhD thesis. He is a is a Senior Tutor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland and is a Chartered Engineer by profession with many years experience in mechanical and electronics product design, manufacturing systems and fire prevention. Mr. McCarthy's current interests include research into the effective teaching of engineering design and manufacturing with
challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in international teams and settings. Dr. Morkos’ research is currently supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), and NASA JPL. Dr. Morkos received his Ph.D. from Clemson University in the Clemson Engineering Design and Applications Research (CEDAR) lab under Dr. Joshua Summers. In 2014, he was awarded the ASME CIE Dissertation of the year award for his doctoral research. He graduated with his B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 and 2008 from Clemson University and has worked on multiple sponsored projects funded by partners such as NASA, Michelin, and BMW. His past work experience
web-based simulation or traditional homework assignment? In Fall 2024, we studied the use of ThermoLab, a publically available virtual laboratory designed to support conceptual understanding in undergraduate thermodynamics. We conducted a randomized control experiment at a large public university in the midwest, with 163 participants, comparing the use of the web- and VR-based virtual laboratory with a business-as-usual control condition. The purpose of this experiment is to better understand the advantages of tradeoffs of highly novel and immersive, but generally more logistically challenging Virtual Reality learning experiences, in comparison to a virtual
facilitates transfer of the instructionto the secondary students. Use of the engineering design process to frame project work for the secondary studentsand their coaches offers many benefits that help prepare the high school students for post-secondary STEM education, and these are discussed below. These benefits are also outcomesthat can be achieved in the early design education of undergraduate engineering students toenhance their educational experience and their preparation for engineering careers. 1. An integration of STEM content areas and consequent improvement in science and mathematics education In the recently released report Successful K-12 STEM Education,10 teaching engineering design in K-12 was noted as a way
spirit, we contend that in design, build, and test courses studentslearn when they are required to reflect on their experiences and identify theirlearning explicitly. Further, we posit that utilization of an assessment instrument,the learning statement (LS), can be used to both enable and assess studentlearning. In our course, AME4163: Principles of Engineering Design, a senior-level,pre-capstone, engineering design course, students learn by reflecting on doing bywriting statements anchored in Kolb’s experiential learning cycle. In Fall 2016we collected over 11,000 learning statements from over 150 students. To addressthe challenge of analyzing and gleaning knowledge from the large number oflearning statements we resorted to text mining
. Introduction to human factors and ergonomics for engineers, CRC Press, 2007 - Technology & Engineering - 969 pages28. Karwowski, Waldemar International encyclopedia of ergonomics and human factors, Volume 3, Taylor & Francis US, 200129. Land, P. "Lunar Base design", Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century. Houston, TX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, edited by W. W. Mendell, 1985,30. Salama, M., Lou, M., Fang, H., "Deployment of Inflatable Space Structures: A Review of Recent Developments.", Jet Propulsion Laboratory, AIAA-2000-173031. Cassapakis, Constantine G., Love, Allan W., Palisoc, Arthur L., "Inflatable Space Antennas A Brief Overview", IEEE, 199832. Palisoc, Arthur L., Huang, Yuli, "Design Tool For Inflatable
awareness of how theirprojects will impact a diverse array of stakeholders and the larger community in which theyoperate.This research paper aspires to delve deeply into the perspectives and expectations of clientsregarding the vital integration of societal implications into the project descriptions that studentsencounter within an engineering design course, thereby shedding light on a crucial aspect of theeducational experience. By comprehensively understanding the expectations and insights ofclients, we can significantly enhance the educational framework designed for engineeringstudents, ensuring that they emerge not only as technically proficient professionals but also asindividuals who are adept at recognizing, understanding, and addressing the
bench.In order to reduce the time spent on each PE, we had to reduce the complexity. We did this bykeeping the PE specifically focused on the topic being taught. Long experiments involvingmultiple concepts all tied together were extremely limited. As this was the first EE course takenby non-engineering students, this also helped focus the student’s attention on understanding thebasic concept behind the PE rather then trying to decipher the multiple concepts. Since we werenot restricted to a dedicated laboratory to conduct lab exercises, we could conduct PEs everyday.In some cases, we even conducted two PEs during the course of one lesson.The second big difference was in the preliminary calculations required for the students. Sincethe PE was now