instructional model for accomplishing this goal is anchored inquiry3. Anchored inquiry is inthe family of problem based learning and other inductive learning environments.4 The particularapproach used in this study emerges from the challenge-based method5 used in the VaNTH6engineering research center (ERC) using the technology tools developed by the ERC 7. In thismodel, students are posed a challenge before they attend lecture. The challenge is related to thebig ideas to be presented in next lecture session. Students are asked to generate ideas about howto solve the challenge and questions about what more they needed to know to better understandthe problem and identify potential solutions to the challenge. In some situations they are alsogiven multiple
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component giventhe crack size and the material’s fracture toughness properties. Furthermore, it became possible toestimate the growth rate of crack under a certain fatigue circumstance. With the invention of thisconcept, a structure or component having known defects could be kept in service until the defectsreach to the damage tolerant level. Eventually, only detection of defects was not enough. However,the quantitative information about the defects was needed to describe the fracture mechanism aswell as to predict the remaining life. Hence, obtaining the quantitative information became a greatchallenge. To meet this challenge, many techniques like ultrasonic, eddy currents, x-rays, and dyepenetrants have been emerged. In the NDT field
when she became an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1999, she accepted a position in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech where she was promoted to Professor in 2003. She was appointed as the Department Head in July 2006 at Penn State. Dr. Thole’s areas of expertise are heat transfer and fluid mechanics special- izing in turbulent boundary layers, convective heat transfer, and high freestream turbulence effects. Dr. Thole has been responsible for attracting funding from such agencies at the US Department of Energy, US Air Force, United Technologies Corporation - Pratt & Whitney, Solar Turbines, Modine Manufacturing, and Siemens-Westinghouse. She has co-authored
findings and recommendations, allowing students to share their findings andrecommendations both locally and globally. Providing a learning opportunity that focuses on thecurrent data center energy usage challenge, and the emergent technologies being used to addressit, will connect students to a deeper understanding of the inner workings of the data center and itsplace in modern society.I. IntroductionEnergy literacy plays a vital role in K-12 education; future generations need to developbehavioral patterns to eliminate or reverse harm to the environment and maximize the use ofavailable energy resources. The definition of energy literacy1, though vague, encompasses theknowledge of (1) available energy resources, including advantages and
students to advancedlaboratory equipment and a range of engineering concepts. Select details of the course content,new learning materials, and a summary of the assessment tools and mid-project evaluations areprovided in this paper.IntroductionRecent and emergent developments in technology, together with changes in the social andprofessional context of engineering, generate continuing challenges for engineering practitionersand consequently for engineering education as well. Engineering education must be realigned toprovide adequate knowledge for the students and prepare them to enter the engineeringprofession1. Considering the often weak linkage between engineering education and practice,effort needs to be placed in creating courses that better
engineers. In order to better understand the needs and makecontributions more effectively, it is important for mechanical engineering students to learn basicand relevant medical knowledge through interdisciplinary courses and get ready for a job in theorthopedic industry. Student-centered learning is a key to success in dealing with new learningdifficulties for interdisciplinary courses. WWW-based e-Learning, problem-based learning(PBL) and design-based learning (DBL) are commonly used approaches to student-centeredlearning. Current trends in medical education suggest a move toward PBL, with an emphasis onstudent-centered education and use of information technologies, such as interactive visualimages3. A group of students are asked to solve
involvement. The first three of these must worktogether to improve the quality and productivity of the institution. Common to all three of thesemodels is the evaluation of current activities and the feedback that this evaluation can provide tothe institutions to improve their effectiveness.In engineering, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has among its“Criteria 2000” that Each program must have an assessment process with documented results. Evidence must be given that the results are applied to the further development and improvement of the program (Criterion 3).4 Page 4.124.1Most of TQM under the Deming
for their survey responses. Open-responses extended from 3-words to 1235-words, with the number of students responding to thisopen-ended question changing from week to week. Over the 13 weeks the survey wasadministered, we received as many at 27 text responses (the first week of classes) and as few as 3(the week prior to the final examination period). These responses were compiled and analyzedfor themes. Emergent groupings for these responses were identified and these data informed thecreation of the following thematic codes or categories: 1. Time: references to student time available to study and for leisure; the scheduling of classes; the scheduling between assessments; differences in the amount of work or effort required
the effective use of scholarly articlesand engineering standards. The selected group of students performed significantly better andcited more sources compared to their peers without the information. The article notes that theimplementation of appropriate engineering standards has been specified by the American Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a key criterion for curriculum assessment.However, additional research is needed to increase the diversity and quantity of engineeringstandards used and reflected in student reports. In order to make engineering standards knowledge more accessible, Phillips et al. [13]proposed a free online program on standardization for product development that offersknowledge ‘beyond the textbook
emergence ofCOVID-19. It is believed that several academic challenges attribute to the learning environmentestablished by faculty members during online instruction. According to the literature, classroomenvironment, which alludes to the tone, climate, or ambience influencing the setting, has an impacton student engagement, success, and learning in engineering education [5], [14], [15], [16], [17].It is informed that educational productivity depends on the psychosocial aspect of the classroom,which is a combination of psychological factors and the social environment [11], [12], [13], [23],[24], [25], [26].Numerous communication models and strategies have been designed and implemented given theireducational benefits for in-person and remote
technologies and fields, we constantly see newdevelopments or the refocusing of needs that require us to adapt or we will be left behind.Similarly a course or curriculum must transform in order to keep pace with new scholarship oreven changing demographics. What we have seen here with our research is that our students arepointing us to projects that have value with real-world applications and hands-on experiences inorder to help guide and cement their future engineering pathways. These are the ones that theyconnect most to and therefore are able to make informed decisions about their choice in major.Also these projects usually give the students a sense of accomplishment and it has been shownthat they are more likely to persist in engineering –another
Exercise. (2010). at 11. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L. & Cocking, R. R. How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. (National Academy Press, 1999). at 12. Michael, D. R. & Chen, S. L. Serious games: Games that educate, train, and inform. (Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade, 2005). at 13. White, B. Y. & Frederiksen, J. R. Inquiry, Modeling, and Metacognition: Making Science Accessible to All Students. Cogn. Instr. 16, 3–118 (1998).14. Smith, P. L. & Ragan, T. J. Instructional design. (Wiley New York, NY, 1999)15. Wankat, P. C. Improving engineering and technology education by applying what is known about how people learn. J. SMET Educ. Innov. Res. 3, 3–8 (2002).16. Kubiszyn, T. &
.) as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering as well as broader engineering curriculum. In addition, she is actively engaged in the development of a vari- ety of informal science education approaches with the goal of exciting and teaching K-12 students about regenerative medicine and its potential. Most recently, she has started to engage in the development of programs aimed at retaining women within Chemical Engineering including mentor lunches with visiting female seminar speakers, a leadership book club and sexual harassment workshops.Mrs. Lauren M. Byland, University of Pittsburgh Lauren Byland, M.Ed., Associate Director & Coordinator of Student
AC 2012-3648: ENGAGING FRESHMAN ENGINEERS USING THE PAUL-ELDER MODEL OF CRITICAL THINKINGDr. Angela Thompson P.E., University of LouisvilleDr. Patricia A. Ralston, University of LouisvilleDr. Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey Hieb is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. His research interests include the use of technology in engineering education, secure operating systems, and cyber-security for industrial control systems. Page 25.529.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
Session 1309 Movement from a Taxonomy-Driven Strategy of Instruction to a Challenge-Driven Strategy in Teaching Introductory Biomechanics Robert J. Roselli, Sean P. Brophy Department of Biomedical Engineering / The Learning Technology Center Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 37235AbstractMany courses adopt a traditional approach to instruction, characterized by lectures that follow alinear progression through a textbook that is organized about the general taxonomy of the subjectmatter. New theories of learning suggest that this
publishing and presenting the results ofthe JagBot research. Presentations were made at the 7th International Conference on Computing,Communications and Control Technologies (CCCT 2009)13 and the 7th International Conferenceon Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (EISTA 2009)14 bothheld in Orlando, Florida. Papers were also presented at the WorldComp08, 2008 InternationalConference on Artificial Intelligence (ICIA 2009)15 and WorldComp09, 2009 InternationalConference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA 2009)11 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Additional publications are currently under review. In the papers mentioned above, graduatestudents affiliated with the JagBot project actually made the oral presentations at the
traditional engineeringprograms while they integrate educational components or leave engineering and pursue aneducation degree with an engineering context.The time is right for engineering programs to acknowledge engineering education as a legitimatearea for scholarship and discovery through the creation of graduate programs in engineeringeducation. ABET’s EC 2000 has intensified the interest in assessment and evaluation. The paceand demand for educational reform is increasing to address the continued underrepresentation ofwomen and minorities, new and emerging technologies and fields and globalization. NSF’ssupport for engineering education has continued to rise through funding of educational programsand linkages between research and educationThe
identified a cup as technology and placed it on a corresponding card. Sheexplained, “In my mind, that was his way of like, matching not only this is technology, but this isthe word technology.” These moments highlighted students’ early comprehension of engineeringconcepts and provided teachers with encouraging insights into their students’ potential(Rathmann et al., 2025). The teachers were continually impressed by their students' grasp of engineering conceptsthroughout the pollination unit and beyond. Reflecting on a field trip to a local park, one teachernoted her surprise when students not only retained information about pumpkin pollination butalso generalized and applied the concept to other plants in the park. Similarly, another
of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Her scholarly goal is to broaden STEM participation for socially marginalized groups by designing constructionist learning envi- ronments and mobile technologies to empower youth, families, and informal educators. Previously, she worked as a project manager to develop smartphones. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Motives, Conflicts and Mediation in Home Engineering Design Challenges as Family Pedagogical Practices (Fundamental) AbstractMuch is known about the importance of the family as
-up annual phoneinterview data from conversations with the participating teachers confirmed these patterns.Intriguingly, there was considerable overlap between what the teachers hoped to learn during thesummer, what researchers indicate are common barriers to incorporating technology andengineering content in courses, and what they reported as being the most valuable element of theNSF program, with six primary themes. These were as follows. • New materials/information to include in teaching. • Advanced curriculum development skills. • Learning research processes. • Learning how to present research findings. • Learning about the skills students need to succeed in research and engineering. • Learning about specific science topics
company. The program works with over 600 universities world-wide to provide the latest tools and support so that students knowledgeably enter the high-tech workforce. While at Freescale, McLellan helped to build a portfolio of academic oriented, project-based student learning kits, support curricula, and competitions to facilitate academic innovation and invigoration. McLellan holds a degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University.Prof. Jeffrey S Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania Prof. Jeffrey Sumey is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Engineering and Technology at California University of Pennsylvania. He is program coordinator for the Computer Engineering Tech
The qualitative results below represent responses of the students to the reflective questionthat was part of the end of the semester course evaluation. The question was developed togather information to assess changes in attitude about engineering and new studentunderstanding. The reflections were coded and analyzed for themes using thematicanalysis and emergent grounded theory methods19,20. Thematic analysis helps draw outthe strands that tie student’s experiences together21. The use of emergent grounded theoryaids in focusing on the participants words and experience to provide valuable insight intothe ways participants construct their worlds and in this case, course experiences inEngineering Opportunities. The most common themes are
. At the University of Central Florida, his teaching focuses on the integration of technology into the educational landscape, as well as instructional design and development. His research interests primarily involve the production and effective integration of instructional technology into the teaching and learning environment. The major areas of his research interest are rooted in technology and teacher education, the integration of emerging technology into the k-post-secondary curriculum, and online teaching and learning.Dr. Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida Dr. Baiyun Chen is an Instructional Designer at the Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida. She designs and delivers
program evaluator interviewed the interns at the conclusion of their internships,starting with Cohort 3, with the purpose of providing the project team with information toimprove the program. Interviews of between 10 to 15 minutes were completed with 90.1% of theinterns. Each cohort report provided information on the reasons interns decided to apply for andjoin the internship program, their experiences within the program, what they learned from theprogram, and whether they decided to pursue teaching as a career path. The questions askedwithin these interviews are reported in Appendix C.Insights and Best Practices Emerging from Intern InterviewsMost Effective Recruiting MethodsWhile several formal and informal recruiting methods were used to
of email writing. Audienceawareness on the part of the email writer is stressed as crucial to the accurate receipt of thewriter’s message; therefore, students learn the effect of tone and linguistic choices on differentaudiences. The use of culturally appropriate salutations and closings also is emphasized.IntroductionThe use of electronic technology is pervasive on college campuses today. Between classes,students can be seen walking with cell phones pressed to their ears, checking messages theymissed during class and making calls. Others are using their phones to text-message. In anyuniversity hallway, students are sprawled on the floors accessing the Internet, working onhomework, “chatting/instant messaging,” and reading and sending email
something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios, workshops, and playingspaces. It demands strenuous efforts and experts to intercede with stories, admonitions,or principles when students fail, as they must, if they are to learn. Most of the learningthat results in the expertise of the practicing scientist, engineer, or poet is accomplishedthrough hands and minds on a task. Just think of the contrast between the activities ofapprentices in a workshop and the passivity of pupils in a lecture hall.If we refocus our efforts on learning, professors can exploit information technology toprovide data, scholarly references, and simulated problems for cognitive workshops. Inthose workspaces, student investigators
Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) EM-SEP: An Efficient Modified Stable Election Protocol Arafat Abu Malluh, Khaled M. Elleithy, Zakariya Qawaqneh, Ramadhan J. Mstafa, Adwan Alanazi Abstract— Recently wireless sensor networks (WSN) becamean interesting topic because of its increasing usage in manyfields; medical systems, environment monitoring, military I. INTRODUCTIONapplications and video surveillance. Usually sensors are placed in WSN is an emerging technology that helps to bringthe desired
Continuous improvement k 4Note: ABET Criterion 2 Program Outcomes – Students will have:a. an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of their disciplines;b. an ability to apply current knowledge and adapt to emerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering and technology;c. an ability to conduct, analyze and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve processes;d. an ability to apply creativity in the design of systems, components or appropriate to program objectives;e. an ability to function effectively on teams;f. an ability to identify, analyze, and solve technical problems;g. an ability to communicate effectively;h. a recognition of the
Paper ID #40960Effectiveness of Scrum in Enhancing Feedback Accessibility among UndergraduateResearch Students: Insights from Integrated Feedback Dynamics FrameworkSakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University Sakhi Aggrawal is a Graduate Research Fellow in Computer and Information Technology department at Purdue University. She completed her master’s degree in Business Analytics from Imperial College London and bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Technology and Organizational Leadership from Purdue University. She worked in industry for several years with her latest jobs being as project manager at Google and Microsoft. Her