Storm:Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future”1 proposed fourrecommendations to enhance American science and technology competency in 21st century.One of the four recommendations is concerned with engineering higher education, suggesting to“[m]ake United States the most attractive setting in which to study…so that we can develop,recruit, and retain the best and brightest students…” (p. 162). Questions remain how attractiveeducational settings are to engineering students nowadays, how pleasant students’ experiencesare in their educational settings, and how to make them more attractive in the future. Scholarlyresearch in engineering education has been done aiming to retain engineering students andenhance their success. However
with SchlumbergerOilfield Services, Inc. via their nonprofit Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development(SEED) Foundation. SEED supports nearly 200 schools around the world by providing power,air-conditioning, heating, and educational tools including computer labs and internet access2.Working with the existing SEED Water Project, which focuses on water quality testing, five RiceUniversity senior mechanical engineers developed the Adaptive Water Treatment for Educationand Research (WaTER) Laboratory (henceforth referred to as the Lab) under the supervision oftwo Rice University faculty members, Drs. Houchens and McStravick. The project has sincebecome independent, extending the scope to educational outreach in the greater Houston
constructs that adheres to theprinciples of ‘constructive alignment’2. Introducing students to a remotely operatedmilling machine encourages them to actively and safely experiment with a series ofpredefined machining tasks. This gives third level students the autonomy to become themasters of their own learning experiences in a non-traditional structure.This is a significant in educational paradigm as students currently undertakingundergraduate courses are a product of an examination driven educational culture thatappears to produce an apathetic student, motivated solely be extrinsic reward. The valueof the learning activity and the quest for new knowledge, seem for many students to haveregressed to a ‘means-end’ effect. The delivery and acceptance
practitioners, educators, and students that failures can be avoided. It requires disseminationof information to all the professions concerned on a timely and an on-going basis. Educatorsneed to make sure that relevant information on construction failures is communicated and taughtto students of engineering design and construction. Lessons learned from the past constructionfailures have a major impact on current and future professionals; therefore educators must teachstudents to strictly enforce thorough review in design, and appropriate documentation. As statedby Thomas Lewis, Project Engineer, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Buffalo, New York, “The
would be lost, a more complexmodel would offer greater insight into how a game changes state. Deciding which game components andstates should contribute (and to what degree) to a score needs further work. 8Finally, educators may wish to introduce mathematical concepts from a game design and analysisperspective. Ultimately, scoring could provide an essential link between theoretical fundamentals andsoftware implementations.7. AcknowledgementsI would like to express my gratitude to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, New Yorkfor providing a Visiting Faculty Research Professorship for the summer of 2007 and a subsequentextension grant. Research into wargame design and development methods
would be lost, a more complexmodel would offer greater insight into how a game changes state. Deciding which game components andstates should contribute (and to what degree) to a score needs further work. 8Finally, educators may wish to introduce mathematical concepts from a game design and analysisperspective. Ultimately, scoring could provide an essential link between theoretical fundamentals andsoftware implementations.7. AcknowledgementsI would like to express my gratitude to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, New Yorkfor providing a Visiting Faculty Research Professorship for the summer of 2007 and a subsequentextension grant. Research into wargame design and development methods
sufficient refinement, a secondrelease of this paper will be merited. References1. Ambrose, S.A. and Davidson, C.I., The New Professor’s Handbook, Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, 1994.2. Ambrose, S.A. and Davidson, C.I., Preparing Engineering Faculty of the Future, The National Science Foundation Engineering Scholars Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University, July 21-26, 1996.3. Defense Systems Management College, Systems Engineering Management Guide, Springfield, VA: U.S. Department of Commerce, January, 1990.4. Schulenburg, N., Personal Communication, March 14, 1997.5. Felder, R., Matters of Style, ASEE Prism, pp. 18-21, December 1996.6. Mosher, T., Launch
similar effort at Harvard in whichhistorical information of technological items is captured in the form of photographs and catalogdata that are displayed in a rather passive format. In contrast, visitors to the AVS web site willbe encouraged to comment on or to discuss the web content with other visitors. Thus, the projectprovides an opportunity for a society to archive important historical equipment and to give thevirtual guest the experience of viewing historical items, learning about the equipment, and ifdesired, engaging in discussion. Finally, the endeavor proves to be a valuable learningexperience in web site design as well as in acclimating to new tools that provide an innovativeway to accomplish a task.I. IntroductionThe AVS: Science and
would be lost, a more complexmodel would offer greater insight into how a game changes state. Deciding which game components andstates should contribute (and to what degree) to a score needs further work. 8Finally, educators may wish to introduce mathematical concepts from a game design and analysisperspective. Ultimately, scoring could provide an essential link between theoretical fundamentals andsoftware implementations.7. AcknowledgementsI would like to express my gratitude to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, New Yorkfor providing a Visiting Faculty Research Professorship for the summer of 2007 and a subsequentextension grant. Research into wargame design and development methods
Paper ID #47665Perceptions of Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students Regardingthe True Nature of Engineering PracticeMartell Cartiaire Bell, The University of Iowa I’m am a second year Ph.D student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa with a dual focus in engineering education and automation/artificial intelligence in manufacturing.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. His design-based research focuses on
concern when she discussedthe classic “sink or swim” (Vik, 2001, p. 112) method often utilized by faculty – forming teams,stepping back, and expecting performance to follow. Lingard and Barkataki (2011) went furtherby identifying specific team dynamics issues that can stem from little guidance or interaction. Intheir systematic review of teamwork pedagogy in higher education, Riebe, Girardi, and Whitsed(2016) acknowledge the challenges faculty face in finding the most effective strategies andpedagogical tools across a sea of disciplines, student and faculty variables, and organizationalassumptions and contexts. These phenomena have contributed to a continued gap betweengraduate preparation and employer-perceived readiness (Ellis et al., 2018
hasbrought new concerns for younger generations. Students are able to find quick answers throughonline videos, blogs and similar websites but they do it without any deep analysis and sometimeswithout questioning the source [1]. It means that they have quick access to half-deliveredinformation to finish full projects in easy steps without understanding the underlying theory.Without the motivation of learning, the student-engagement with the program, its academic workand retention can be affected [1-4]. There is evidence that academic disengagement increasessteadily over an undergraduate engineering experience [5] and that students have low level ofresilence and discipline due to lack of motivation [6]. These are some of the reasons why newermodels
research interests include equity in pre-college and university physical science and engineering education; reformed teaching practices in undergradu- ate science; sociocognitive influences on STEM access and participation; STEM curricular integration; and quantum information science and technology (QIST) education. She is the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2015-2016); the Provost’s Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Research from Lehman College, City University of New York (2010); and the Outstanding Teaching Award from Teachers College, Columbia University (2006).Dr. Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University Monica Bugallo is a Professor of Electrical and
to invest in new technology.IntroductionThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of _______ has embarked on anambitious plan to remove all paper from its design stream and has attempted to use state of theart technology to achieve this goal. To illustrate how the paperless environment wasimplemented the Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Course was chosen as an illustrativeexample.Engineering at the University of _______ consists of a common first year with enrolmentnumbering about 1000 students after which the students choose a specialization subject to quotaswithin each department. As a result Mechanical Engineering receives 160 -180 students intosecond year. The program has been mirrored (each course each term to keep
regularly: “I believe, however, that someassignments (like these free writes) sneak up on us without warning and could be missed withoutconstantly checking the Canvas site. It would be nice for us to have a reminder either in class orvia announcement when some of these assignments that are not talked about in class are due”(Student 28, Free Write 6). Later in the semester, the students showed evidence that they hadimproved their ability to respond to issues they had knowledge of by taking action to addressthem. For example, one student described an instance of the team responding to new knowledgeof tasks and then evaluating their team’s actions: “Our solution focused on addressing theproblem statement. The concerns that many of the panelists were
particularly prone to shortages. Turnover of teachers is higher in math and sciencethan in other fields; reasons for turnover include personal reasons, dissatisfaction with one’sjob/seeking a better job, low salaries, student discipline problems, low levels of new teachersupport, and low faculty input into school decision making11. Programs for STEM teachertraining and recruiting efforts will hopefully help the U.S. avoid the fate of Norway, where thereis such a severe teacher shortage that secondary schools are unable to offer science classes,“creating a downward spiral of suitable qualified STEM professionals- including teachers”12. The importance of having STEM teachers with solid backgrounds in STEM contentknowledge is illustrated by a set
collaboration was an effective tool to help themremember technical information. According to an informal and open-ended survey at institute B(Figure 2), 35% of students from institute B reflected positively on the client/consultant activity.Only 2 student responses were considered negative and the rest did not comment one way oranother. Negative sentiments about this assignment were likely due to the struggles withcommunication between cohorts (37.5% of survey takers indicated this as an issue). 57.5% ofthese students reported learning something new from this assignment, which was alsoanecdotally evident from an instructor perspective based on answers given on exams andcomments made in class than demonstrated knowledge of material that was not covered
mechanics concepts for over 10 years and has been honored with both the ASCE ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Award (2012) and the Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award (2013).Dr. Ken Lulay, P.E., University of Portland BSME, University of Portland, 1984 MSME, University of Portland, 1987 PhD, University of Washing- ton, 1990 Hyster Co., 1984-1987 Boeing 1990-1998 Associate Prof, University of Portland, CurrentDr. John D. Lynch, John D. Lynch received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude, from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1979. From 1979 to 1995 he worked in the high-tech industry in California and Oregon as a computer engineer, including positions at
withinstudents (Thorsteinsson, 2014), to supplying students with skills to bring innovative behaviorinto their future careers (Maritz, de Waal, Buse, Herstatt, Lassen, & Maclachlan, 2014).Researchers have found that innovation capabilities are not typically a by-product of traditionalcomprehensive education and without specific curriculum to cultivate innovation practicesamong students across majors, many may be missing out on valuable knowledge and skillsets(Lindfors & Hilmola, 2016). Addressing this concern, a new undergraduate program at a largeresearch-intensive university has been developed to provide students with the time, resources,and opportunities to enhance their innovation capabilities through co-teaching and co-learningfrom faculty
Bosman, 2019), with outcomes spanning from developing social responsibility withinstudents (Thorsteinsson, 2014), to supplying students with skills to bring innovative behaviorinto their future careers (Maritz, de Waal, Buse, Herstatt, Lassen, & Maclachlan, 2014).Researchers have found that innovation capabilities are not typically a by-product of traditionalcomprehensive education and without specific curriculum to cultivate innovation practicesamong students across majors, many may be missing out on valuable knowledge and skillsets(Lindfors & Hilmola, 2016). Addressing this concern, a new undergraduate program at a largeresearch-intensive university has been developed to provide students with the time, resources,and opportunities to
pressure and temperature sensors stopped the operator (students) from running theLabVIEWTM program without human interaction. Additionally, the flowrate sensor is designed formuch higher flow rate than the input can handle which prevented getting a reading from the flowrate sensor at the input. However, this sensor can be used at the output of the system. From furtherresearch, this sensor seems to be primarily designed to measure water flow in rivers and streamsor high amounts of wind air flow. Another issue was the enthalpy calculation that was quitechallenging for the ECET students who did not take an additional Thermodynamics course in theprogram. A faculty member with mechanical engineering background provided additional tutorialsto the
well as developing the professional training infrastructures to supportinstructors in building those habits of mind. In this paper, we present the six principles–one ofthe main pieces of the framework–in the interest of obtaining feedback at this stage in thedevelopment process. The paper is thus conceptual in nature, integrating evidence from ourexplorations of the literature and interviews with engineering faculty to explain the rationale ofeach of the principles. The framework development is part of an NSF Broadening Participation in Engineering(BPE) grant to create the Teaching Engineering Equity (TEE) Center. The TEE Center supportsexisting and new work aligned with the College of Engineering’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion(DEI
Edward James, Bangor High School Mr. Cary James has a BS in chemistry and an MS in Plant Pathology. He has received numerous teaching awards including the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year for Maine 2009, Pulp and Paper Foundation Maine Teacher Award 2009, New England Institute of Chemistry Maine State Teacher Award 2011, New England Water Environmental Association Public Educator Award 2013, and has received the Francis Crowe Society Honorary Engineering Degree from the University of Maine 2010. Recently he presented a lecture on High School Students as Water Researchers at the Climate Change and the Future of Water Conference in Abu Dhabi. His students have excelled in many national and
first week of online class through a short survey. Based on which the followingchanges were incorporated in the course delivery:1. A “flipped-classroom” technique was implemented for the Arduino modules. By the week2 of the online class, the Instructor had recorded short lectures which can help students design themicrocontroller-based project through “divide and conquer” approach. The 3-hour class meetingtime was dedicated to address any of the debugging issues or questions/concerns that the studentshad. This helped students to review the lectures at their own pace and spend enough time indebugging during the following weeks.2. As the hardware components were not available for many students, an online Arduinoemulator, TINKERCAD, was
circuit analysis laboratory course is underway at our institution.The redesign was undertaken because the students, the lab coordinator, and the teachingassistants raised several concerns about the quality of the lab manuals, lack of cohesions betweenthe lecture and the lab course leading to confusion, and scheduling issues forcing students tofinish their work outside of the scheduled lab hours. A structured approach to the redesign wastaken and all the key main points identified by several stakeholders were addressed. The primaryareas of focus were identified as – remove Circuits II components or provide sufficienttheoretical background for students to be able to understand the concept, combine some of thecomponents of different labs with same
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freshmenso that both groups understood their responsibilities. The seniors took a positive position in theprocess, seeing it as a good method to impart their own wisdom to new engineers in the system.There was also a feeling that even though the freshmen did not have any extensive background inthe mechanical engineering area, they did possess interest and common sense, both of which theseniors could utilize in their design investigations.Since very few of the ROSES students had practiced the engineering design process before, adesign faculty member made a presentation on design to the ROSES class during one of itsweekly meetings. This presentation emphasized design as a creative problem solving processand introduced students to the various stages of
, manufacturing and analysis in an introductory course. Also, aseries of constraints which are developed to induce more realism into the pedagogicalenvironment are described. Finally, quality control, time and budgetary issues are addressed.INTRODUCTIONFor more than 20 years, the Mechanical Engineering sophomores at GMI have been taking acourse entitled "Introduction to Design." The main objectives of this course have always been tolearn the design process and apply it to a realistic design project where a device is designed,manufactured and entered into a competition. This is a 3-credit course (1 hour of lecture and twotwo-hour labs) offered every term, which consists of 11 weeks of instruction and one week offinals.For the past three years, we have
proposed 5G implementation schemes Your research paper should be 5-7 pages in IEEE format.Figure 2. New Instructions for EML-centered Research Paper and PresentationThe response in Figure 4 shows the student’s critical thinking on IoT’s impact to society. Theopportunity described in the response concerns improved efficiencies in the health care industrybut mentions how IoT and 5G will impact the human body as higher frequencies are needed toincrease the data throughput.The response also implied regulatory policies and issues based on the questions aboutstandardization of proposed IoT products. Privacy issues are another concerned addressed in thestudent response. Overall, the discussion boards and the student responses in the discussionboards
been a visiting researcher at Syracuse University, UT- Austin, and Universidad Andres Bello. Her main research areas are interdisciplinary education, teaching methods, faculty development, and gender issues in STEM education. She actively participates in several national and international projects, in mathematics, engineering, and science education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comBuilding Industry-University Bridges: Successful Stories of IncreasingProfessional Women's Participation in MiningABSTRACTChile is one of the leading mining countries globally, and one of its expectations is to increase thenumber of women