format.The test-taker needs to first assess the degree and direction of rotation that the primary shapemoves from its first position to its second position. Then, this same rotation should be applied tothe shape in question, and the answer choice selected that represents the correct rotated positionfor that shape. An example problem from the PSVT:R is shown in Figure 1. FIGURE 1. EXAMPLE PROBLEM FROM THE REVISED PSVT:R [5]The PSVT:R depicts shapes using isometric projection, a method of representing three-dimensional shapes in two dimensions. Isometric projections are commonly used in engineeringdrawings or technical drawings [6], but do not naturally replicate human vision the way thatperspective drawings do [7]. Isometric projections
but different interpretations of expected outcomes. Theseinclude the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) [1] and ABET (underengineering, technology, and applied science categories) [2].The multi-disciplinary and continuously evolving nature of the construction higher education hasbeen recognized in several studies [3-5]. Liska [3] documented the beginning stages of formalconstruction education structure through the lens of the ACCE history starting in the 1970s.Liska also noted the joint efforts of academia and industry, including the Associated Schools ofConstruction, American Institute of Constructors, Associated General Contractors of America(AGC), Mechanical Contractors Association of America, AGC Education and
this project, a deeplearning system has been developed to determine if a bottle cap on a small plastic bottle is a)installed properly, b) misaligned, c) open, or d) missing. Examples for each case or category aredisplayed in the table below (figure 1). The task for the students is to develop and test an imageclassification CNN using transfer learning and MATLAB to distinguish and identify the variousbottle cap orientations. A training set can be developed by the student teams, or they can utilizean existing bottle image dataset developed by a previous class (30 images per category). The useof existing image datasets can reduce the time required to complete laboratories. Other objectscan be optionally chosen by the students in the general area
implementation of the curriculum database areto build out a suite of reporting tools. In consultation with the program coordinators, theundergraduate studies coordinator, admin, and department chair, the following is a working listof the types of reports envisioned: 1. Faculty Compliance a. Check that course outlines are requested at the beginning of the semester. i. Alternatively, automate the process to send course outlines to each instructor a certain time-period prior to the start of the term. b. Check that IAIs are completed by a given data after the end of the semester. 2. Collate/Summarize appropriate IAI data fields by program for the CQI process. 3. Generate current resource list such as
technologies, they need people with particular kindsof competencies (Aldrich, 1979). In this paper, we draw from our experiences to provide an1 Authors listed in alphabetical order with equal contribution. Corresponding author: Marina Dias mvbdias@amazon.com2 All authors are affiliated with Amazon.com, Inc.example of a multi-disciplinary team conducting talent management research within the techworkforce of the 21st century, and describe some of the typical roles one may find at similar techteams that engineers and engineering educators may join.Talent management research refers to research on the people that make up organizations. Atypical employee life cycle is illustrated in Figure 1 below. An employee journey begins whenthey are recruited and
future courses students will need to share workstations either as a group or as a time-share. Support for multiple students needs to be added to the laboratory station framework.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank Intel Corporation for its generous support for the originalcreation of this course, The Nord Family Foundation for its generous support in converting thiscourse to remote delivery in the face of the pandemic, and the Institute for Smart, Secure, andConnected Systems (ISSACS) and the Department of Electrical, Computer, and SystemsEngineering at Case Western Reserve University for their support.References[1] Arnold Stanley Berger PhD. Remote ee laboratory environment. In 2017 ASEE Annual Conference &
development of "Introduction to Embedded Computing," which provided avaluable model for both pedagogical approaches as well as laboratory and instructor resourcesthat would be required.7 All of these courses are taught in a studio style in which the laboratoryand lecture material are combined into a single cohesive period and in the same physical space,as shown in Figure 1. Each class meeting typically consists of a short lecture in which conceptsthat are relevant to the experiment are introduced followed by the experimental section of themeeting; all classes have both experimental, and lecture components and each course in thesequence is taught each semester. Educational research has demonstrated the effectiveness of hands-on project-based learning
learning and retention in general.Related workIn this section, evidence is presented on effectiveness of visual tools in general and ARtechnology in particular, in learning.Evidence of effectiveness of visual tools for learning. Based on theories of visual awareness[1], one way to involve the higher cortical areas of the brain needed for learning, is throughdirecting attention to an image. Directed attention is key in this process. While watching animage or video in passing does stimulate the visual cortex, without directed attention, it will notstimulate the higher cortical areas. This is the reason why watching an educational video whilebeing engaged in other activities at the same time usually doesn’t lead to deep learning.However, directing
programming in general, they do notalways provide broad opportunities to apply this knowledge in an engineering or physicsenvironment. This is similar to the required writing courses that students complete as part of theirfreshman general education core. While these courses teach the mechanics of writing, it is in abroad spectrum and not always applicable directly to writing in a technical field.Students in the traditional physics and applied physics tracks at UCA are required to complete a3-hour introduction to programming course offered in the Department of Computer Science. Thiscourse currently uses Python as the programming language of choice. Students are required todevelop code for an end-of-semester project of their choosing. While the course
Department at the University of Detroit Mercy. She earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Safety Protocols in Civil & Environmental Engineering LaboratoriesAbstractPromoting and achieving safety in academic laboratories for students and researchers is everyinstitution’s goal. To this end, lab practices are constantly reviewed and revised, and safetypolicies are generally documented. For this paper, a survey related to lab safety procedures wasconducted of civil and environmental engineering department heads, with a 25% response ratefor 56 institutions
. In this last session, the students present their projects to the class. A 7-minute questionand answer period is held after each presentation and the students are expected to carry outdiscussions about the project presented. Therefore, the survey is conducted after the presentationperiod is completed. Table 1 Course Assignments/Activities Assignment Description /Activity Homework assignments are individual assignments and include case studies, quantitative problems and/or conceptual short answer questions. Students are Homework allowed to work on the questions together; however, an individual report from each
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resultsconverge as the number of degrees of freedom increases. Students must also compare their FEAresults using a commercial code with the other types of solutions mentioned earlier (Rayleigh-Ritz method, implemented FEM code in Matlab and experimental work). ABET [6] outcomes a,b, g, and k are assessed.Results show that students enjoy working with commercial FEM codes and experimental work.This is shown with clearly higher lab reports’ grades -usually higher than 90%, while the averageof exams’ grades were around 75% with a standard deviation around 15%.1. Content of the proposed set of labsAs an introduction to the basic concepts of vibration and the generalized eigenproblem for a two-degree-of-freedom-system is solved in class. The system in this
, Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli2 1 Mississippi State University, 2 Washington State UniversityAbstract This paper concisely reports on the design and organization of a summer camp in the construction area and explores the impacts of such activities on getting high school students’ awareness of the benefits of a construction career. Summer camps provide a pathway for examining youth development in specific areas. Camps represent environments where participants can develop their technical knowledge, social skills, and emotional intelligence through a series of theoretical and practical activities that are fun, engaging, interesting
choose to or not to focus on aparticular topic based on their perception that it may be needed at a later time [8].Changes to the professions and the tools and technology which support them may also affectcurriculum. Suggestions for change may come from industry or from the accrediting board [1],[9]. Anecdotally the authors have heard feedback from industry on hand calculations versuslearning the software to do the same. Current graduates are between the Millennial Generationand Generation Z, which means that they could also be classified as the Net Generation orDigital Natives [10], [11]. Referring to comments from Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)members, there is an expectation that current graduates can quickly learn any new software. It
a hands-on learning experience. Regretfully,the author did not have sufficient experience and foresight to avoid many of the challenges, suchas budgeting, site access, estimating the timeline, IRB review process, and setting a better teamstructure during the construction phase. This research paper can provide insight to a wideaudience in the academic community. The challenges and success of the full-scale constructionproject were equally revealing. Also, with the implementation of the future classroom setting,the author can provide more in-depth reporting of the search findings.References[1] E. Kwak, "Developing a Framework for a New Technical Elective: Prototyping Multifunctional Urban Micro-farms as an Experiential Learning Strategy
focus.2.1- CommunicationFunctioning successfully in a collaborative project team made up of groups of students frommultiple universities requires sophisticated communication. In a geographically distributedteam, communication needs to be very productive. Students have limited, if any, in-personmeeting times and virtual meetings are fairly restrictive. Collaborative teams also require theresourceful use of all available means of communication. As for graphical communications,collaborative projects mandate highly accurate technical documentation of concepts and designs.In contrast, communication between competition teams is often not beneficial to the team sharingthe information, and when it does happen it is generally driven by a sense of
design of the evidence collection and analysis tools, a general schematic forproposed curriculum action system was established (Figure 1). Through oversight by thecurriculum committee, instructors were to be informed of the intended student learning outcometargets for their course. Additionally, the curriculum committee’s responsibility included settingand modifying program educational objectives and curricular student outcome targets. From thatpoint, it would be the instructor’s responsibility to generate the course content and objectives aswell as determine how course material would direct students to achieve the desired learningoutcomes. The most significant elements to this model were the evidence collection and gapanalysis stages
was successful, with 15 of the 17 students successfully completing courseactivities and passing the course. Analysis and reflection from the course is available in theAnalysis section.Fall 2022 [ENGR 35]The Fall 2022 cohort enrolled 11 students and 11 students persisted past the withdrawal deadline.Class sessions were all held in-person with Zoom optional for students who were unable toattend due to illness or other excuse. Class attendance was regularly 10 students, with 1-2students attending via Zoom.Students in this cohort were a higher percentage of sophomores as we specifically targeted newsophomores in our advertising for the course. Figure 3 shows the F2022 student cohort by year. Figure 3: The year-in-school of the
understanding of relevant technical knowledge, to generate practical and effective solutions to problems in engineering. • Human-Centered Design (Design Thinking): Ability to apply human-centered approaches through iterative short sprints of the design thinking process (Empathy, Problem Definition, Ideation, Prototype, Test, Iterate) under ambiguous situations in the context of prototyping to solve real-world problems. • Value Creation: Capacity to apply the “learn-fast” mindset to develop a value proposition pitch to a solution and communicate it in a compelling way through prototypes and storytelling. 2.1.1. Attitudinal Shifts and Entrepreneurial Mindset Traits:Central to our pedagogical approach is the
faculty” to refer to clinical and professional faculty, like ourselves, whoin addition to teaching, have some responsibility to develop a domain of practice. Looselytranslated, it is generally understood at Purdue University that C/P faculty focus on teaching and“some other thing.”Our Purpose and ProcessThis project came about as a series of conversations. First by one author (Jamie) sharing a pieceof his story with a colleague, who responded with, “Wow, I think more people would beinterested in hearing about this job shift.” Then, another conversation a short while later thatcemented the idea to document this change from teaching at a small, teaching focused school to alarge, research-focused one. During a faculty orientation session prior to
issues”. An aggregation ofindividual employee perceptions at the group level and psychological safety measure wasutilized in a manner consistent with previous approaches theorizing and testing this construct atthe level of the group. 16Motivation to learn. A five-point Likert-type scale (5 = strongly agree; 1 = strongly disagree; α= .80) was used along with previously validated three-item measure of motivation to learn whichwere slightly modified to fit the participants context. Example items are “In general, I ammotivated to learn skills related to my job” and “In general, I exert considerable effort learningjob related material”. 37Voice behavior. Consistant with previous studies, a five-point Likert-type scale (5 = stronglyagree; 1 = strongly
course learning goals are generally aligned with ABET student outcomes a, b, e, and k 9 .Specifically, by the end of the course, each student should be able to: 1. Know the underlying principles of system and component level design of a complete mechatronic system (a, e, k) 2. Design a reactive state machine that controls a complete mechatronic system (e, k) 3. Develop embedded system software to interface sensors and control actuators (e, k) 4. Design interface and driver circuits for sensors and actuators (a, b, e)Overall Course and Lab StructureThe course met twice per week for 1.5 hour long lectures, and once per week for three hour labsessions. Grading was based on a combination of homework assignments, midterm exam, finalexam
)The remaining steps of the forward SDI process (assessment instruments, instructional strategyand materials, and formative evaluation of instruction) are not discussed individually in detail inthis paper, but are combined in the results section.Results: Instructional Strategies, Materials and Assessment InstrumentsAs previously mentioned, this course is typically taken in the second semester of junior year,only by Mechanical Engineering students. It consists of a 3-credit classroom portion and a 1-credit integrated lab portion. The classroom portion covers basic DC and AC circuit analysis, aswell as some other miscellaneous topics like diodes, voltage regulators, motors (DC and AC),generators, and operational amplifiers. The lab focuses on
keeping abreast of developments in the field.The greatest gains in information fluency skills seem to correlate with the influence ofengineering faculty [5]. Engineering students value help from professors or lecturers over thelibrary. Engineering students also show a strong preference for consulting their peers [1]. Theassignment requirements set by faculty have the strongest influence on students’ use of websearching to obtain information [12]. Kerins [1] recommends that engineering faculty andlibrarians collaborate to provide students with active problem-solving and research experiences.Traditionally, senior capstone laboratory courses integrate the concepts from the first three yearsof engineering courses. In general, these laboratory courses
several other upper division courses. They are also used to satisfy ABET-Engineering Accreditation Commission’s (EAC) requirements for the accreditation of theprogram. ABET-EAC general criteria for accreditation of programs at the baccalaureate levelconsists of eight components: (1) Students, (2) Program Educational Objectives (PEO), (3) StudentOutcome (SO), (4) Continuous Improvement, (5) Curriculum, (6) Faculty, (7) Facilities, and (8)Institutional Support [1, 13, and 14]. In addition to the general criteria, each program must satisfythe Program Criteria established by the lead professional society related to the program andapproved by ABET. For the mechanical engineering programs, ASME is the lead society. Criterion(3)-SO and Criterion (4) are
various degree programs of arts,business, education, engineering, nursing, and sciences. The enrollment data presented in Table1, indicates that the majority of the students are Hispanic and among them almost 50% are first-generation of college students. Table 1 represents the enrollment data based on students’ profilesfrom academic year 2009 to 2014. Therefore, a significant number of first-generation collegestudents do not get the academic support from their family members [Dennis et al.10].Crisp et al.9 examined the demographic, pre-college, environmental, and college-factors thatimpact students interests in and decisions to earn a science, technology, engineering, ormathematics (STEM) degree among students attending a Hispanic Serving
with specific outreach goals. Ultimately, the varied learning, social, and logicalmodels being used to shape engineering and physics outreach which can aid in programtransferability are showcased along with how pedagogical theories can advance the goals ofengineering and physics outreach programs.Introduction Motivated by a desire to introduce new solvers into the world, there is a national push toincrease the number of students pursuing and obtaining science, technology, engineering, andmathematic degrees. University-driven outreach to preschool through 12th grade students is oneway to encourage this next generation. Outreach programs exist from single day events [1] toweek long summer camps, to more continuous STEM clubs [2]. Many
both within their discipline and in broader society. Furthermore, as we areeducating the next generation of engineers, introducing concepts of diversity, equity, andinclusion will hopefully lead to more equitable products in the years to come. ReferencesABET. (2021). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2020 – 2021 | ABET. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineeri ng-programs-2020-2021/ASEE_DC. (2018, August 6). ASEE Annual Conference Distinguished Lecture: Donna Riley [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txzDgnYhyWsAmerican Society for Engineering Education. (2020
students while 4% (2) identified as first-generation students. Interms of racial and ethnic identities, 64% (30) identified as White, 43% (20) identified as Asian, 13% (6)identified as Middle Eastern/North African, 11% (5) identified as Black or African American, 6% (3)identified as Hispanic or Latin(x), and 2% (1) identified as Native Hawaiin or Pacific Islander. Most ofour sample identified as men [62% (29)], whereas 36% (17) identified as women, and 2% (1) identified astrans/nonbinary. Lastly, 77% (36) identified as straight and 23% (11) identified as LGB/queer.MeasuresTo guide the data collection and analysis, the researchers used Chickering and Reisser’s vectors ofpsychosocial development [10]. To start, the researchers compiled a pool of