AC 2010-1321: EVALUATION OF PEERWISE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FORBIOENGINEERSPaul Denny, University of Auckland Paul Denny is an instructor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In addition to Computer Science Education, his research interests include collaborative student learning and he created the PeerWise tool to support this approach.Beth Simon, University of California, San Diego Beth Simon is a Lecturer with the Potential for Security of Employment in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests include educational technology and computer science education research.Melissa Micou
linear and non-linear model results can be substantial.Some effects of non-linearities on frequencies and mode shapes in vibrations were also treated.By using two simple systems, i.e., a simple pendulum and a symmetric coupled pendulum,interesting results were obtained, such as demonstrating the dependency of the period on theamplitudes of vibrations. A non-symmetrical model was then treated and it was shown that thelinear normal mode response is not maintained when the model becomes non-linear.References1. A. Mazzei and R. A. Scott, "Enhancing student understanding of mechanics using simulation software," Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago - IL
students who have participated in summer research at their university andthe undergraduates at their university who have participated in summer research elsewhere.The College of Engineering (COE) at Texas A&M University (TAMU) uses this graduaterecruitment model through the Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) Program. TheUSRG is modeled after and designed to satisfy the objectives of the National Science Foundation(NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU); however, funding is provided by theCollege of Engineering. Not only are domestic undergraduates considered, but also internationalundergraduates. The USRG is unique in that it serves as an umbrella to other summer researchprograms within the COE at varying levels such as
Session 3430 FAMU-FSU M.S.M.E. Online Program L. van Dommelen, N. Chandra, Y. Haik FAMU-FSU College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes the adaptation of a master’s degree program so that the degree can beobtained by taking all the courses over the Internet. The degree program is Master of Science inMechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. A distinguishing feature ofthe adaptation is that it attempts to approximate the live classroom experience as closely aspossible. This paper reviews, near the end of the first semester in which the required M.S
more targeted strategies for mathematicians to attract andretain students into STEM fields through mathematical modeling.Connecting Math to RealityThe first challenge or opportunity is about connecting mathematical modeling to the rest of the world. Bylooking at the world through the lens of mathematics, we see its majesty and ubiquity of mathematicalmodeling percolating through nearly all aspects of 21st Century discovery and innovation. Engineers usemodeling and simulation to test designs, pharmaceutical companies model drug responses and carry outadaptive clinical trials to minimize the costs and potential harm associated with testing drugs on humansubjects, and markets use mathematical models to buy and sell products and services in nearly
theAssociate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program at Michigan Tech,Aleksandr Sergeyev. While he provided a tour of the EET lab, he described a grant opportunitythat might allow Bay College to not only obtain much of the equipment they would need tocreate an academic program designed to meet their area employers’ advanced manufacturingneeds, but could also be used to create a partnership between the two schools that would lead tocoordinated curriculum and an articulation agreement between Bay College’s program and thatof Michigan Tech. A year later that grant application was written and subsequently funded,allowing the two schools to pursue their development of a pathway to stackable credentials inrobotics.An Overview of the
, URM, or Pell eligible students. It simply means that issues with retention will need to bekept in view.6.0 AcknowledgmentsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation throughGrant No DUE-1347830, the ongoing support of the Dean of Arts & Sciences and the Office ofthe Provost at Boise State University, and the reviewers for suggestions that improved the paper.ReferencesBudny, D., LeBold, W., Bjedov, G. (1998). Assessment of the Impact of Freshmen Engineering Courses.Journal of Engineering Education, 87(4) 405-411.Bullock, D., Callahan, J., Shadle, S. E. (2015). Coherent Calculus Course Design: Creating Faculty Buy-in for Student Success. Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
understanding of the core technologies underpinning today’s communication networks. This understanding will help drive the maximum benefits into the world’s communication resources. Page 25.1300.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Future of the Basic Building Block of Telecommunications NetworkAbstractThe most basic building block of the Telecommunications industry is the cabling systems thatmake up the wired networks. Over the years we have seen tremendous change in the reliabilityand effectiveness of this core technical component of the network. This paper will provide a
., Longenecker, H. E., and Wagner, T. A. 2008. From teaching to learning: Learner-centered teaching and assessment in information systems education. Journal of Information Systems Education, 19, 2 (Summer, 2008), 169-174. Page 24.65.914. Sheppard, E. 2009. Assessment Maturity Model. (August, 2009) Retrieved May 17, 2013 from http://www.assessmentmaturitymodel.org.15. Thong, C. L., Yusmadi, Y. J., Rusli, A., and Nor Hayati, A. 2012. Applying Capability Maturity Model to Curriculum Design: A Case Study at Private Institution of Higher Learning in Malaysia. In Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering (Vol. 2).16
demographic methods and a concentration in social statisticDr. Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington. She works on the evaluation of several projects aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Logic Models: How this tool can help you make the case for your DEI programs CoNECD 2024 Dr. Liz Litzler (she/they) Dr. Erin Carll (she/her) Dr. Emily Knaphus-Soran (she/her)Hello, we are happy to be sharing with you about how logic models may be helpful for you.We are
, Visual Impact, Visual Teaching: Using Images to Strengthen Learning, Sage Pub, 20097 Felder, R.M., and R. Brent, “Death by PowerPoint,” Chem. Engr. Education, 39(1), 28 (2005) www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Columns/PowerPoint.pdf8 LoPiccolo, Orla, “What I See I Remember, What I Do I Understand” American Society of engineering Education, Middle Atlantic Section Fall 2010 Conference, Villanova University, PA.9 Paulson, Donald and Faust, Jennifer, Active Learning for the College Classroom, http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/main.htm10 Johnson, D. W., R. T. Johnson, and K. Smith, Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, Interaction Book Company, Edina, MN, 199111 Ledlow, Susan, “Cooperative Learning in
Technology Interface is a peer-reviewed 3 Internet publication designed to serve membersof the Engineering Technology profession and its related fields. The Journal is peer-reviewed sothat the quality of publications will reflect the high standards expected of an academicpublication. Additionally, the peer review process will help to make sure the content of theJournal remains within the context of supporting Engineering Technology and its relatedprofessions.I. The Mechanics of the Journal A Look at the JournalThe Technology Interface can be found by entering the following URL in your Internet browserhttp://et.nmsu.edu/~etti 4. The Technology Interface does not have a subscription fee. Fig. 1shows a portion of
may help researchers build better taxitime prediction model and may help airport managers to make better decisions to improve airportefficiency and capacity. Educators may use this research to teach large-sample data collection,data cleaning and consolidation, design of experiment, and statistical and graphical methods toanswer research questions in undergraduate engineering courses. Undergraduate aerospace oraviation students may improve their comprehension of taxi times, ASDE-X, and airportoperations from this research.BACKGROUNDASDE-X is a surveillance system that provides air traffic controllers aircraft and vehicle surfacemovement and location information by using radar and satellite technology [9]. ASDE-X wasdesigned to mitigate
Session 3148 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING TO PROMOTE STUDENT LEARNING Nick J Kok Cape Technikon, South AfricaAbstractThe Cape Technikon is an institution offering educational programmes up to the doctoratelevel. The engineering programmes offered are characterised by a system of co-operativeeducation, i.e. work-integrated learning.The Cape Technikon is committed to providing and facilitating quality career and technologyeducation. To fulfill its mission the Technikon introduced a comprehensive quality assurancemodel some years ago whereby the outcomes of its
assignments and theaccess rate is clearly seen.Proceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 7 ConclusionsAn upper level undergraduate course “Nanostructures: An Introduction” which surveys themodern topics in the field of nanotechnology was developed and adapted for an online delivery.It had emphasis on conceptual understanding of the underlying physics. “Test bank questions”-strategy was adopted to (i) encourage students to keep pace with the lectures (via homeworks);(ii) relieve test anxiety; (iii) emphasize the key concepts in the material covered; and (iv)simplify administering
community-driven development programs worldwide by collaboratingwith local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creatingtransformative experiences and responsible leaders”13. The EWB’s mission statement succinctlyWhen humanitarian organizations support institutional partnerships in higher education tofacilitate the creation of educational training programs in impoverished communities, the resultsare mutually beneficial. The outcome of these partnerships simultaneously addresses one of thedual benefits (impoverished community/ American student) of partnership between humanitarianorganizations and institutions of higher education.It is clear that humanitarian efforts that directly provide for the physical needs
Engineering (CSE) Department. Her work designing curriculum and programs to make computing and computing education more accessible and appealing has been funded by the National Science Foundation, philanthropic and industry partners Dr. Alvarado received her undergraduate degree in computer science from Dartmouth in 1998, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from MIT in 2000 and 2004, respectively.Cassandra M Guarino, University of California, Riverside Cassandra Guarino is Professor of Education and Public Policy at the University of California Riverside. She obtained her PhD in the Economics of Education from Stanford University in 1999 with an emphasis on labor economics, and has held prior positions as an
, where she focused on improving the first year physics course by developing and implementing ’Link Maps’, as well as synthesising an understanding of physics student learning by integrating a variety of theoretical backgrounds, from neuroscience via cognitive psychology to educational theories. Christine’s current research focuses on improving the science teacher education program at Oslo and Akershus University College, and she has a keen interest in how the brain learns physics. Christine also holds a position as Adjunct Associate Professor of University Pedagogy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where she teaches short courses on university teaching to PhD students and researchers
individual effort and understanding; the use of partial credit to reward poor workwith middling grades, which allows students to accumulate a decent course grade without everdemonstrating correct problem solving techniques; agonizing over the right number of points offfor various mistakes.Even though alternative grading schemes have been shown to address many of those concerns,there are still many barriers to implementing them, particularly in courses with large enrollment.Energized by a workshop run by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) duringsummer 2022, we have undertaken to implement a standards-based and mastery-based gradingscheme for a 500+ student differential equations for engineers course at this R1 university duringfall 2022
illusive for some. Many stories are circulated of people II. LITERATURE REVIEW having a degree and still earning minimum wage, or hatingUnlike college, during high school, students had sufficient their jobs. This deters college students from finishingtime to understand and comprehend the material clearly. because they think "Why be in debt $75,000 when I am notThe material covered in college requires an intensive going to get ahead." This may be true for some, but the scaleamount of effort and the use of various learning resources. is not evenly balanced [4].According to [1], “college packs about two years of classes
Paper ID #33621Solar-powered, Digital Classroom-in-Box: A Digital System to Mitigatethe Digital Divide of Post-pandemic EducationMr. Shamsul Arefeen, Texas Tech University Having completed his Masters in Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University in 2018, Shamsul is working towards a doctoral degree in the same discipline and institution. He completed his bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Islamic University of Technology in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2003. He has extensive work experience in telecommunications and electrical power industry. He takes interest in inter-disciplinary research areas
Paper ID #33209The Endeavour S-STEM Program: A Multi-College Collaboration to In-creaseEngagement and Retention in STEMDr. Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston Diana de la Rosa-Pohl is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston (UH). She has developed first-year experience programs for multiple STEM organizations and also teaches project-based hands-on courses for those programs. She currently directs the NSF-supported Endeavour S-STEM program which serves students across three UH STEM colleges. Her research interests include
, NY), and a research scientist in the Department of Pharmacology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (New York, NY). Since 2005, he has been a member of the doctoral faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research interests include computer science and engineering education and the use of computational models to understand and solve problems in biology.Dr. Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology Reneta D. Lansiquot is Associate Professor and Program Director of the Bachelor of Science in Profes- sional and Technical Writing at New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York, where she earned an AAS in Computer Information Systems and a BTech
workshops focused on issues related to power, privilege, social justice, and social identities such as race, ability, class, gender, and sexual orientation. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Fostering Inclusive Learning Environments while Navigating DEI Backlash Date 1 Overview Current Landscape: Recent SCOTUS ruling & State Legislation National, state, institutional, and individual Key Areas Targeted and Examples levels Strategies You Can Control for broadening how we accomplish goals for inclusion
., To Understand Is To Invent, Grossman, New York, 1973.18. Rossi, P. and Freeman, H., Evaluation - A Systematic Approach (5th edition), Sage Publishing, Newbury Park, CA, 1993.19. Sabin, R. and Sabin, E., “Collaborative Learning in an Introductory Computer Science Course”, Selected Papers from the 25th Annual SIGCSE Symposium on Computer Science Education, Phoenix, AZ, pp. 304-308, 1994.20. Shelly Cashman CyberClass, Shelly Cashman Series, http://www.scsite.com, 2000.21. Stevens, F., Lawrenz, F., and Sharp, L., User Fiendly Handbook for Project Evaluation: Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education (NSF Pub. 93-152, reprinted 1997), National Science Foundation, Washington D.C., 1993.22. The Buffalo News
somewhat easier to solve thesecond time around (Table 1). It is unclear whether repeating the escape room made the materialappear less difficult, or if students had a better understanding of the puzzle design, havingexperienced the puzzles before. It is challenging to design puzzles such that they make sense toparticipants as much as they do to the designer.SummaryThe pilot of this escape room activity was set up in a lab space. The clues for the puzzles werephysical objects that students could manipulate, such as a handout they could write on, or stickylabels that they could move around. Furthermore, the students had to search the lab space forthose clues, which were hidden in drawers, dangling from hooks, or stuck to a wall. On the onehand, it
Paper ID #27828Treating students like adults - can they manage their own grading scheme?Prof. Durul Ulutan, California State University, Northridge Durul Ulutan has been an Assistant Professor at California State University - Northridge (CSUN) since 2017. He received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, and his PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Rutgers University (New Jersey). He worked as a Post- Doctoral Researcher in Automotive Engineering at Clemson University, (South Carolina) for 2 years prior to becoming an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at
inclusion4, 20 and negative work environments are linked to attrition for women in non-traditional fields15.An individual’s career and academic choices, as well as the potential careers a student will Page 26.732.2consider, are influenced by factors including one’s self-efficacy and motivation11-13. Bandura2defined self-efficacy as “people’s judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute thecourses of action required to attain designated types of performances” (p. 391). Marra, Rodgers,Shen, and Bogue’s17 longitudinal study of engineering self-efficacy among women inengineering degree programs revealed significant positive, but short-term
discussions on thefollowing topics: • Free on-campus resources for creating videos • Importance of accessibility • Best practices in video design • Creating and measuring learning objectives for videos • Search engine optimization to boost viewership • Miscellaneous technical sessions such as editing in Camtasia Studio and improving audio qualityAdditionally, three Cal Poly Pomona faculty guest speakers shared their experiences developingvideos and using those videos to experiment with various pedagogies.FLC members received a small stipend and hardware consisting of a microphone headset,webcam, and writing pad to facilitate video production. Each FLC member was required toproduce four videos during the program and were encouraged to
Paper ID #21612Digital Learning Preferences: What Do Students Want?Dr. Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston Carole Goodson is a Professor of Technology at the University of Houston. As an active member of ASEE, she is a member of the Academy of Fellows, a past Editor of the Journal of Engineering Technology, a past Chair of PIC IV and the ERM Division, and a past Chair of the Gulf Southwest Section of ASEE.Prof. Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston Susan L. Miertschin, M.Ed., M.S.I.S., is an Associate Professor teaching in the Computer Information Systems program at University of Houston. Her teaching interests