Involving High Schools Students in a University-Level Mechanical Engineering Design Competition Michael Robertson1, Joshua Vaughan1, William Singhose1, Michael Pastirik2, Marion Usselman3, Donna Llewellyn4 1 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering 2 Cedar Grove High School, DeKalb County School System 3 Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing 4 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Georgia Institute of Technology
requirement in the first semester for all engineeringundergraduates and has followed a standard approach based on 3-D solids modeling withSolidWorksTM. The course has leaned heavily on associated tutorial materials. The Graphicscourse is taught concurrently with Engineering Design I, the first course in the core designsequence that runs through all four years. A recent curriculum review prompted a number ofchanges to the design sequence including understanding and practicing design in a systemscontext and its articulation through the sequence. This is introduced in Engineering Design Iwith a first introduction of the concepts of the systems approach starting with a much increasedemphasis on an analysis of customer requirements, particularly focused
minuteslong. After learning about design processes of engineers with various levels of expertise andresponding to questions about what they found to be important information, students were asked‘Will Information from this exercise affect how you will do design in the future? How?’ Throughcoding students’ responses, we discovered that students are thinking metacognitively aboutdesign through articulating plans, efficient use of time, monitoring their steps, and evaluatingtheir design processes. While all students can articulate their design intentions, some studentsexplore a nuanced understanding of their design intentions and subsequent actionable strategiesthat could impact how they design in the future. This practical classroom activity can be used
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understand adolescents’ approaches to engineering designprocesses while approaching authentic problems. By first understanding adolescents’ approachesto these problems, researchers can identify ways in which they might more fully supportadolescents in developing the habits of mind practiced by professional engineers. Although ahandful of previous studies have studied adolescents’ cognitive activity during engineeringdesign processes, many of these studies have focused on time allocation rather than offering aqualitative description of what adolescents do at each stage of the process.6,7 Moreover, mostresearch on novices’ design activity (which studies undergraduates rather than adolescents) hasexamined their work on pre-determined design challenges
fellowship; the University of Central Florida graduate merit fellowship; and Blue Key Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 POSTER: Proposal-Based Learning for Freshman Introduction to EngineeringAbstractCreation and Implementation of Proposal-Based Learning in a freshman introductoryengineering course is described. The course introduces project-defining skills for use in asequence of engineering design courses taken later in the undergraduate program. Proposal-Based Learning is similar to Project-Based Learning, and is comprised of the followingelements: 1) requires a response to an open-ended challenge; 2) creates a need to understand
2006-717: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – ACASE STUDY OF CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE WITH STRONG INDUSTRIALPARTICIPATIONCesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State UniversityChiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University Page 11.1116.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Senior Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering -- A Case Study of Capstone Experience with Strong Industrial ParticipationAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering adoptedan integrated curriculum in the late 90s. The curriculum features a capstone one-year seniordesign course in which students work in teams tackling
engineering problem,but rather, an optimal or acceptable solution leading to a final design, presented as the bestpossible balance between technical as well as non-technical constraints. These non-technicalconstraints typically involve economics, politics, social and environmental issues, ethics, etc.And, while professional practitioners generally accept this understanding of design, students, byand large, tend to interpret the engineering design process as an unambiguous and clearly definedprocess supported by rigidly applied principles and processes of “the scientific method.”Undoubtedly, the start of any design course should be preceded by exposure to design thinkingand related processes. The paper reviews the role of design in engineering
. (2012).Retrieved from https://assist.ncsu.edu.[2] One Health Initiative. One Health Initiative will unite human and veterinary medicine. Retrieved fromhttp://www.onehealthinitiative.com/[3] Berland, L., Steingut, R., & Ko, P. (2014). High School Student Perceptions of the Utility of theEngineering Design Process: Creating Opportunities to Engage in Engineering Practices and Apply Mathand Science Content. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 23(6), 705-720.[4] Dym, C. L., & Little, P. Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction. 2004, Hoboken.[5] Hynes, M. M. (2010). Middle-school teachers’ understanding and teaching of the engineering designprocess: A look at subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge. International
Practicing Real World Design, Teamwork, and Communications through Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering Projects Richard R. Schultz and Arnold F. Johnson University of North Dakota Department of Electrical EngineeringAbstractStudents enrolled in the B.S.E.E. with an Aerospace Focus program at the University of NorthDakota (UND) receive a traditional electrical engineering degree, along with aviationcoursework and a private pilot’s license. Cross-campus collaborations with UND’s world-renowned aerospace program provide the students with many experiential learning opportunitiesthat satisfy EAC/ABET EC2000 design, multidisciplinary
Paper ID #18835Designing a Course for Peer Educators in Undergraduate Engineering De-sign CoursesMs. Gina Marie Quan, University of Maryland, College Park Gina Quan is a doctoral candidate in Physics Education Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. She graduated in 2012 with a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include understanding community and identity formation, unpacking students’ relation- ships to design, and cultivating institutional change. Ms. Quan is also a founding member of the Access Network, a research-practice community dedicated to
features (force and weight), and then it maps genericinventive principles to specific solutions (the counter weight principle yields the solution ofspoilers.) Obviously, creating more examples will help users understand the mapping processand help them to work on their own problems.TRIZ in Teaching Engineering Design Page 12.483.2There is a definite need to provide students with helpful strategies and guidelines to solve designproblems. The ultimate student design experience in an engineering curriculum is the seniorcapstone design course. Some of our senior capstone projects like SAE Mini Baja and SAE AeroDesign are annual competitions, and
and construction cost estimating. Students alsohave opportunity to experience design-team interactions and develop communication skillsassociated with the design report.IntroductionAt the U.S. Naval Academy, ocean engineering students gain understanding of the designprocess and are introduced to many tools of the design engineer in the introductory designcourse, EN461: Ocean Systems Engineering Design (OSED) I. Classroom instruction covers thebasic principles used to design beams and columns of structural concrete, steel and timber.Fundamentals of computer-aided drafting, construction cost estimating, engineering economics,hydrographic surveying and project planning are also introduced. The principle course goal is toprovide opportunity for
typically taken during the freshmen year by students inall four majors - Civil, Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering Technology. Theobjectives of ET0011 include:(1) Interpret and communicate with technical drawings and sketches,(2) Use current computer aided graphics software,(3) Understand and apply standard graphical principles.These purposes recognize that in the field of engineering, much information is conveyed ingraphical form, that successful design is often accomplished in a graphical environment, and thatpractical graphical skills are required for many entry-level engineering jobs.The course content of ET0011 is delivered in three formats – hand drawing and sketching, 2-DCADD, and 3-D CADD. The class meets three times a week
, game elements including points, competitions, leaderboard,and rewards have been incorporated into a freshman-level engineering graphics course in aflipped classroom. It was hoped that through game-like activities, students could be motivated tosolve problems in a simulated environment. The paper described a three-semester studyinvolving engineering students in an engineering graphics course. Students’ perception surveywas conducted at the end of each semester and the results were analyzed to understand theeffectiveness of gamification.MethodsThe engineering graphics course covers freehand engineering drawing, and fundamentals ofcomputer-aided design (CAD), CATIA. Classes meet in a computer laboratory twice a week forone hour and forty-five
Session xxxx Engineering Design in Five Weeks – Designing a Wind Chime S. Scott Moor Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractProviding first-year students with a realistic engineering design experience is both difficult anddesirable. The benefits of hands-on projects to student learning and to student interest are welldocumented. However, it is a challenge to pose simple design problems that include bothengineering analysis and engineering synthesis. The construction of a wind chime provides anexcellent and yet quick engineering design problem for first-year
design project has allowed them to be successful(or even gain) their current position. Page 23.269.8ConclusionsWhile alumni found benefit to working on an international design project as seniors, theyrecognized a number of drawbacks from their inability to conduct a site visit. Alumni thought asite visit would not only benefit the ultimate design of their project, but would enhance theireducation and understanding of non-technical issues concerning engineering on internationalprojects. Finally, while they admitted the cost factor as a barrier to the site visit, they did notfind that prohibitive and offered a number of suggestions to overcome
Session 3649 Putting the Design in Computer Aided Design David H Myszka Engineering Technology University of DaytonAbstractNearly all students in technical programs take an engineering graphics course, whichimplements computer aided design (CAD) tools. Most of these courses have the phraseComputer Aided Design in their title. The focus in these courses is on drawing standardsand techniques for documenting machine components and assemblies. After reviewingoutlines for courses offered by many institutions, the word design does not even appear inthe
Project Based Learning Design Projects for Introduction to Engineering Design Courses Taryn Melkus Bayles Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore CountyAbstractOver the last four years, the Introductory Engineering Science (ENES 101) course has beenrevised from a traditional lecture and design-on-paper course, to an active learning lecture andproject based learning engineering design course. The design teams are required not only toresearch, design, construct, evaluate, test and present their product, but also to develop amathematical model of their product’s performance. Successful
Session 2325 35 Design Activities to Try in an Engineering Design Class. Clark Merkel, Patsy Brackin Department of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Abstract:Fresh New Ideas! Are you looking for new design activities to try out in yourengineering design course? This paper provides a description of 35 different ideas for in-class activities that you might find appropriate for use. While our target was for use in amechanical engineering freshman design course, many of these ideas may be applied just aseasily for other disciplines. Each of these
having with understanding the assignment orhow to use the AutoCAD commands to achieve the desired results.Online Modules: The online modules use an interactive online educational platform designed tohelp students learn AutoCAD through text, audio, video and partially completed drawing filesfor the student to complete according to the instructions given in the module. The modulesinclude a quiz at the midpoint of each module as well as a test at the end of the module. Themodules, when completed, make up a certificate-training course for AutoCAD. The AutoCADcertification is valuable for students pursuing engineering internships and/or pursuing anengineering position. The modules replace a textbook that was used previously in the course. Thestudents
Paper ID #7859Computer Aided Reverse Engineering of a Toy CarDr. Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University Jahangir Ansari is Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1979 and Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering in 1983 both from Seoul National University. He joined the faculty at VSU in 2002. His research interests include Structural Vibration, FEM, CAD/CAM/CAE, and Virtual Manu- facturing. Page
from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on Design Theory and Methodology and she is interested in exploring prototyping and its role throughout the product development process. Recently, she has been studying the reliability and accuracy of off-the-shelf ”maker” tools such as 3D scanners and 3D printers in or- der to understand their potential for impact in bio-reverse engineering in emerging, resource-constrained markets. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Full Paper: Design Practica as Authentic Assessments in First-year Engineering Design CoursesIntroductionMost
educational mandate in the University of Iowa College of Engineering (UICoE) as expressed by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET): “Eachgraduate will have an education that is supportive of a broad awareness of the diversity of theworld and its cultures, and that provides an understanding of the impact of engineering practicein the global/societal context.”9 This paper provides an overview of the lectures, materials andactivities that comprise the Emergency/Homeless Shelter Design Project that we give our Page 10.555.2students as a capstone design project in our EPSI project sections. Proceedings of the 2005 American
AC 2012-4019: ENGINEERING DESIGN SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION:HOW ONE ENGINEERING FIRM SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED AU-TOCAD CIVIL 3DMrs. Sonya Bond Overstreet, EMH&T Sonya Overstreet is the Production Support Manager at EMH&T, one of Ohio’s premier engineering firms. Overstreet’s many years of experience in the engineering field have provided her with a broad technical background in civil engineering and commercial development. With her technical and organi- zational skills, Overstreet manages the integration, use, support, and advancement of AutoCAD and other similar design software products throughout EMH&T. Overstreet earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in organizational communication and is currently pursuing her
disciplines are common, it is often hard to see howthese overarching results can be applied to the specific contexts that they came from. This paperpresents a framework for moving between design practice in a disciplinary context on the onehand, and design research often across disciplines that treating design as an entity unto itself.This framework provides not only a way of understanding the framing of future research arounddesign and design practice, but also suggests ways to move from one space to another.IntroductionDesign has long been considered a core part of engineering practice and recently a growing fieldof engineering research. Further, design is often cited as a defining feature of engineering,distinguishing it not only from applied
Paper ID #16009Mixed Reality Tools in Engineering Drawing CourseDr. Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown Serdar Tumkor is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at University of Pitts- burgh at Johnstown. Dr. Tumkor has more than 20 years of experience in education, having taught at Stevens Institute of Technology and Istanbul Technical University. His engineering experience includes design, manufacturing, and product development. He has been lecturing Manufacturing Processes, Ma- chine Design, Engineering Design, and Computer Aided Technical Drawing courses. c
degree and work as a practicing Designettes in Capstone: Initial Design Experiences to Enhance Students’ Implementation of Design Methodologyengineer. The capstone design experience achieves the outcomes desired of accrediting bodiesand approaches learning through a different pedagogical model by making the learning morehands-on, interdisciplinary and purpose-driven. As a typically late course of instruction inengineering curriculum, failure to solidify key engineering tenets and the design process does notleave time for recovery, therefore, it is imperative to seek ways to optimize their learningoutcome results. The following subsections will continue to introduce the use of capstones andhow this research seeks to understand
AC 2009-995: THE DESIGN LANDSCAPE: A PHENOMENOGRAPHIC STUDY OFDESIGN EXPERIENCESShanna Daly, University of Michigan Page 14.1189.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Design Landscape: A Phenomenographic Study of Design ExperiencesKey Words: design, phenomenography, professional experiencesAbstractDesign is central to engineering education and practice. Thus, it is important toinvestigate aspects of design that can be applied to facilitate engineers in becoming betterdesigners. Designers’ experiences impact their views on design, which then impact theways they approach a design task. Design approach then impacts new
weakest are highlighted in red on the feedback, and the threecompetencies in which the student’s performance was the strongest are highlighted in green toallow students to easily identify their strengths and weaknesses. The feedback is provided to thestudent along with a copy of the TEI and a list of tools and techniques on how to improve in eachcompetency.3. Study DesignA pilot study to assess the utility of the Team-effectiveness Inventory (TEI) in facilitating usefulfeedback was tested in the Winter 2012 term of a 250-student cornerstone design course in firstyear engineering. The objective of the study was to understand how students perceive, interpretand use the inventory so as to revise it to make it more accessible and useful for