his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and his Bachelors (B.Tech.) and Masters (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.Siqing Wei Siqing Wei received B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience serving as a peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year engineering courses, he has been a research assistant at CATME research group studying multicultural team dynamics and outcomes. The research interests span how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork
andcontent. Let them know up front what lead times are expected for incorporation of newmaterials. In order to facilitate this, consider a modular course structure to allow for new anddifferent course materials to be piloted in one semester and, assuming successful piloting,delivered to all sections of the course in the next semester. Pilot this new material in an “off”semester if possible.GTAs often have fresh, contemporary ideas for course material. Encourage GTAs (individuallyor in teams) to explore innovative curriculum development ideas and to develop a workshop oractivity for the course. You may find that a GTA needs to do a project involving curriculumdevelopment for his/her graduate-level course. Provide constructive feedback; the amount
traditional, topic-based curriculum. (Nickerson, et. al. 1985). The author haspreviously discussed the importance of these ideas in a previous ASEE publication, entitled“Assessment of The Four Features of Problem-Based Learning.” In that presentation, theauthor described how he had utilized the four features in the courses he has taught. He alsopresented analyses of the feedback data he had obtained and suggested guidelines for furtherimprovement (Ross, 1993; Tozman, 2004). Some of those ideas have been reproduced here forsake of clarity and completeness. Page 23.226.2Four Features 1. Learning must be cumulative: The subject matter is not learned by
frameworks.The course consisted of four weeks of instruction and design process practice and includedweekly quizzes and projects and a final exam. There were four eighty-minute blocks each week.There were weekly projects, but students were rarely able to complete projects in the timeallocated so extra time was allowed during evening study halls. The problem of the first weekwas the redesign of the umbrella. The second week theme was civil engineering with a specialfocus on bridge design. The tangible project was a bridge made of spaghetti, epoxy, and hot glueable to withstand 1kg of weight. The third week theme was electrical engineering and had anopen-ended project where the intent was to improve the quality of life for an individual with anillness or
from varying academic levels, first-year to finalyear. Students are required to complete weekly reflections which were analyzed to attain insightinto their experience. The study provides insights into how the students attempt to balance theirown learning, project implementation, and community relations and impact while developingsoftware solutions.Introduction Service-learning or community-engaged learning has seen a significant and growing interestwithin engineering and computing education as a means to meet learning outcomes, integrateprofessional preparation into the curriculum, and address human and environmental needs withinour local and global communities. While engineering and computing have been slower than otherdisciplines to adopt
collective experience and bestpractices of the authors from the development of assorted labs for a variety of ET distancelearning program in an attempt to develop a standardized framework for the development of aVirtual Automation and Controls Lab and future virtual laboratory course development.4. Laboratory ObjectivesThe course of Automation and Controls offered in the Mechanical Engineering TechnologyProgram of the Department of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University has theobjective of teaching students: (1) Pneumatic components and pneumatic circuit designs. (2) Feedbacks from electrical sensors and related ladder diagrams. (3) Introduction to Programmable Logical Controllers (PLC) and PLC [4,5] programs. (4
undergradsin their very first term with build and program challenges for Arduino-powered robots. At OhioState University, all ~1700 first-year engineers exercise their Matlab skills by programming anArduino microcontroller to control model railroad crossing gates and regulate the speed of a trainas it passes through different environments.6,7 Giurgiutiu et al. cite over twenty US universities, Page 26.1025.2as of 2005, which included microcontroller and mechatronics education in non-EE curriculum.8Two studies9,10 linked one or more projects in microcontroller-based robotics to increasedretention among engineering students.This type of engineering
how STEM and STEAM make up a large part of that vision and our future.Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas - El Paso Mr. Hector Lugo works as a Student Technology Success Coordinator at The University of Texas at El Paso. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. He is currently enrolled as a Master of Science with a Major in Electrical Engineering. His motivation and passion pushes him into research in wireless commu- nication, especially in Bluetooth Low Energy and Near Field Communication as well as building projects and fostering innovation with faculty and staff members. As part of the Learning Environments division, the idea to develop, oversee and assess engaging students to expand their knowledge
engineering and society. In parallel, I want to help my studentsprepare for a globalized world and to start with a mindset that it isn’t necessarily good or bad; itjust is. Since it exists, what can we do with it? This project uses globalization as a tool in theengineering classroom to help engineering students concretize globalization by exploring itsinertia, its pros and cons, and how to prepare to be an engineer in a globalized world.University of Portland (UP) is a primarily undergraduate and comprehensive institution with fourschools (engineering, business, education, and nursing) and one college (sciences, socialsciences, and humanities). The academic experience combines a liberal arts core curriculum, theCatholic Intellectual Tradition, and
activities. Through this project, we plan to:1. Adapt and enhance a completed research prototype of a natural and an easy-to-use pen-and-tablet-based tool for mechanical and civil engineering education incorporating finite elementanalysis and kinematics2. Introduce the tool in one mechanical engineering course (ME444 – Computer – Aided Designand Rapid Prototyping) and evaluate its impacts.3. Enhance engineering education by introducing the new tool in other areas of the MEundergraduate curriculum and disseminate the tool to the larger academic community (includingother engineering disciplines) through web platforms.We hypothesize that our tool will aid the student in learning finite-element analysis andmechanics of materials from an application
of 20 content topics, and 6 general course learning objectives. B. The course lecture resources should be flexible for use by a variety of instructors (novice and experienced) in a variety of delivery formats (e.g., flipped, online, blended). In particular, although the initial implementation and testing of the curriculum was in a “traditional” flipped format, future implementations were planned in which students from two or more different courses would be simultaneously performing student-centered activities under the guidance of a single instructor. C. As with all of the lab curricula in the CALSTEP project, the lab should aim to achieve the thirteen objectives for engineering educational laboratories
for K-12 and College Engineering Students.” American Society for Electrical Engineering, pp. 1-15.[26] S. A. Scott (2009). “A Comparative Case Study of the Characteristics of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Focused High Schools.” George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.[27] T. J. Huffman, N. Mentzer, and K. H. Becker (2013). “High School Student Modeling Behaviors During Engineering Design.” 120th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA.[28] T. Kelley, D. C. Brenner, and J. T. Pieper (2010). “PLTW and Epics-High: Curriculum Comparisons to Support Problem Solving in the Context of Engineering Design.” Research in Engineering and Technology Education. National Center for
in 2012), electrical signalsproduced by the simple guitar string platform were displayed with the Mobile Studio dataacquisition board, which also allowed participants to hear the sounds produced using ear budsdriven by the audio amplifier on the board. Inquisitive children of all ages were able to pluck thestring, see and hear the signal under a variety of conditions (string tightness, strength of pluck,etc.) and discuss what they experienced with their family and the college and high schoolstudents who assisted at the booth. Outreach also provides a good test of the physical robustnessof the apparatus.In an introductory Electric Circuits class for EE majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, thestudents were given a project to design a
proactively get involved in ideasharing, learning and transferring knowledge [14], [27], [28]. In terms of leadership roles for4IR, they should be responsible in empowering their team members for decision making processand information sharing through open-mind that would help boost their confidence and develophigh interpersonal skills in the team [36]. From an engineering education perspective, Jeganathanet al. [31] proposed a framework for Industry 4.0 considering current technological changes inorder to meet future demands of engineers and considered interpersonal skills as an importantattribute embedded in the curriculum. In addition, Perez-Perez et al. [32]developed a trainingtool which would help develop interpersonal skills as part of teamwork
Education. His research focuses on increasing diversity in STEM education and the STEM workforce. He has received multiple grants to run workforce development training programs as well as undergraduate research experience programs to train underrepresented minority and first-generation students. He is the Founding Director of NJIT’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as to prepare students for the rigors of mathematics. He is also involved in various engineering education initiatives focusing on the integration of novel technologies into the engineering classroom, and
Assessing Elementary School Students’ Conceptions of Engineering and Technology Christine M. Cunningham, Cathy Lachapelle, Anna Lindgren-Streicher Museum of Science, BostonAs our society becomes increasingly dependent on engineering and technology, it is moreimportant than ever that our citizens are technologically literate [1]. There are many possibleways to develop technological literacy—one of the most wide-reaching is through K-12 schools.The Museum of Science, Boston is working to create curricular materials and professionaldevelopment for K-12 students and teachers. However, previous research in science has evincedthat responsible curriculum
founded upon a projects-based environment with four-year integratedcurricula. The programs in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering are due to producetheir first cohorts in May 2004. Owing to the “youth” of these programs, new approaches indelivering an undergraduate engineering education can be taken. This has been done with theintent of addressing many of the pitfalls often reported in both the open literature and in theacademic grapevine. This paper discusses the materials science and manufacturing componentof the mechanical engineering program. The objective is to highlight the differences inapproaches taken to deliver the educational component while commenting on their effectiveness.How the materials component of the program is
90840 - U.S.A Email: thnguyen@csulb.eduAbstractThe need to integrate advanced education technology tools, such as interactive simulations andvisualizations, into the curriculum has been recognized by accrediting bodies because these toolsenhance student learning and improve the quality of an engineering education. In this paper, theauthors describe a visualization-based teaching approach to construction education in whichdifferent visualization tools, including video clips, 3D models, drawings, and pictures/photos,together with complementary texts, are used to assist students in deeper understanding andeffective mastering of materials. The proposed teaching method was used to teach a constructionmanagement course
2010 he has been a Visiting Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Michigan State University. From 2014 to 2016, he has been a Visiting Professor with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Missouri. Currently, he is Associate Professor with the Engineering Department, Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is the author of two book chapters, more than 73 articles. His research interests include artificial intelligence systems and applications, smart material applications, robotics motion, and planning. Also, He is a member of ASME, ASEE, and ASME-ABET PEV.Dr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing
of computerscience, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. This paper discusseslaboratory development and the hands-on learning experience within the context of thiscapstone course on robotics and mechatronics. Topics covered include the innovation ofteaching industrial robotics to undergraduate students working on solving real-worldproblems, particularly as it applies to multidisciplinary fields such as bionics and solarenergy.IntroductionThis paper presents the establishment of a robotics and mechatronics laboratory forteaching and research integrated with the emerging fields of bionics and solar energythrough an NSF project involving undergraduate and graduate students, and faculty atGoodwin College of Drexel University
Paper ID #38406Experimental Self-Efficacy and Troubleshooting Ability in a ChemicalEngineering LaboratoryCaroline Crockett, University of Virginia Caroline Crockett is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Engi- neering and Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia. She received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Her educational research interests include conceptual understanding of electrical engineering concepts and assessing the impact of curriculum changes.Dr. George Prpich
Paper ID #21486Teachers’ Engineering Design Self-Efficacy Changes Influenced by BoundaryObjects and Cross-Disciplinary InteractionsDr. Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University Dr. Shaunna Smith is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University. She holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with an empha- sis on technology integration and art education. Her teaching and research explore how the hands-on use of design-based technologies (e.g. digital fabrication, 3D modeling and printing, computer programming, and DIY robotics) can impact
in 2010 and developed a focus on engineering education research through a Fulbright Fellowship and two Marie Curie research fellowships. She is now completing the second of these, working at University College London’s Centre for Engineering Education.Dr. Mike Mimirinis, Anglia Ruskin UniversityDr. Ines Direito, University College LondonProf. John E. Mitchell, University College London John E. Mitchell received the B.Eng. degree in electronic and electrical engineering from the Department of Electronic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, U.K., in 1996 and the Ph.D. de- gree in electrical engineering, also from UCL, in 2000. He became a Lecturer with the Department of Electronic and Electrical
” logic and persist after years ofinvestment and countless new programs. 8 Similar trends are widely reported by research centers,professional societies, and consultants among others. 4,9,10The world is intertwined with the advancing of distributive business processes, i.e., additivemanufacturing, big data, massive multiplayer online role playing (MMORPG) technology, andsocial networking all converging and accelerating the skill gap between engineering educationand the workforce. This disruptive landscape presents a significant challenge to future workforceand advanced manufacturing leadership in the United States. This skills gap manifests itself inthe unfamiliarity that recent hires often face when working on projects where they are required
AC 2008-1277: FRESHMAN-LEVEL MATHEMATICS IN ENGINEERING: AREVIEW OF THE LITERATURE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONWendy James, Oklahoma State University Wendy James is a PhD student in the College of Education at Oklahoma State University. Currently she has a fellowship promoting collaboration between the College of Education and OSU's Electrical and Computer Engineering department on an NSF funded curriculum reform project called Engineering Students for the 21st Century. She has her M.S. in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from OSU, and her B.B.S. in Mathematics Education from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She has taught math and math education classes at both the high school and
were funded as curriculumdevelopment projects in 1998 (e.g., Enhanced Engineering Education Experience DUE-8854555and Integrated First Year Engineering Curriculum DUE-8953553), with the first of the eight fullfledged engineering coalitions funded in 1999 as multi-institutional experiments in innovation inengineering education. By 1991, an award was made to Richard Felder of North Carolina StateUniversity for a longitudinal study of the effects of innovative teaching (DUE-9150407) and in1993 prestigious NSF Young Investigator awards were given to engineers Cynthia Atman of theUniversity of Washington (DRL-9358516) and Martin Ramirez of Johns Hopkins University(DRL-9358518). Atman’s research examined how first-year engineering students
the subject university in assessing ABET outcome 3j. A distinction is made between awareness/knowledge of the issues (J1) and of their broader impacts (J2).2010-11 Case Study: Lithium Mining for Li-Ion Electrical Vehicle BatteriesFor the first implementation of the module, the author selected and revised a case study from alist of prepared scenarios by Ater Kranov et al. (2008 & 2011) (Appendix B of [6]). The revisedcase study (presented here in Appendix A) describes the then-current (2010) state of electricvehicle production, the quantities of lithium involved in lithium-ion battery production, and the Page
Paper ID #47049BOARD # 326: BASE Camp at Mines: NSF BPE Track 4 Phase 1: Year 1Dr. Danni Lopez-Rogina, Colorado School of Mines Danni Lopez-Rogina has a Sociology PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder with additional certifications in College Teaching and Behavioral Statistics. They work as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Colorado School of Mines. They specialize in race/ethnic relations, immigration, and social inequality. Danni is interested in building programs and curriculum that focus on shifting the tone from shame and anxiety on what people did not know to a proactive desire to rebuild institutions
Engineering Equity Extension Project and served as a curriculum consultant on a National Science Foundation Gender Equity grant. She also co-authored the Engineering Connections to STEM document published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. She is currently serving on a commit- tee with the National Academy of Engineering, Guiding the Implementation of K-12 Engineering. Page 26.248.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessing the GRIT of Incoming Engineering Students In the fall of 2014, the College of Engineering at NC State University
to projects benefiting clinics in Sacramento. Focusing her course studies in cell and tissue engineering, Angelika is currently seeking research opportunities to further explore her passion in bioprinting and regenerative medicine.Xin Liu, University of California, DavisGene Gurkoff, University of California, Davis Dr. Gurkoff is an Associate Professor in the UC Davis Department of Neurological Surgery and his lab sits in the UC Davis Center of Neuroscience. Using multiple rodent models of neurologic disease, including both traumatic brain injury and temporal epilepsy, Dr. Gurkoff is interested in how insults to the brain result in changes in neural activity and behavior. Using a combination of depth and surface