. Thisallowed an estimate of the effectiveness of the civic engagement content in the course. As thiscontent is largely untaught in the rest of the mechanical engineering courses, the change may beattributed to ProCEED. Further, free response answers allowed course participants to voicemore specific answers regarding their projects and sponsors.Table 1 compares the survey results from the ME450 class provided by students who worked onthe community-oriented team projects and those who worked on the traditional team projects.Although the return-rate of post-course assessments was relatively low (30%) and the numbersof responding students are small, the general pattern of results is very consistent, and thebetween group differences often quite large
the university team.The program is currently in the third semester, and the same 6th graders from the second termare involved. Therefore, different projects were needed and the decision was made to includemore engineering-type projects rather than science based projects. The first project was againbased on an activity outlined in Teach Engineering [12]. This activity was entitled “Cool Puppy”.The 6th grade students were informed of having found a lost puppy (small stuffed puppy) that isin need of a dog house to protect it from the scorching heat. Students were be given a pretendallowance ($12) which was be used to purchase materials from the in-house store in order tobuild their structure. The 6th grade teams then designed the dog house such
toorganize and maintain effective advisory boards. Rather, the intent is to report ondemonstrated successes in utilizing advisory boards to dramatically improve thedevelopment and management of engineering and technology programs. The surveyresults from Genheimer and Shehab (2009)1 were from a subset of 38 large researchengineering schools with well established alumni constituencies. By contrast, our resultscome from a master’s level institution where the School of Engineering and Technologywas only established in 2002, effectively eliminating the opportunity to select advisoryboard members from among the institution’s well-to-do and well-established alumni (oneof the strongest factors in predicting advisory board members’ participation
technology education for K-12 students and few state frameworks coverengineering and technology as stand-alone topics.Exposing children to engineering has generally fallen to enrichment programs. Although there is risinginvolvement in these programs, students participating are still a small, self-selected group (comprisedmostly of those already showing an interest in science and math). In addition, since these programs donot exist in all communities, they do not always reach minorities and girls. Furthermore, they are oftentargeted to high school and middle school students. Studies, however, show that most kids are turned offto science and math before they reach middle school. Putting kids on an earlier track to engineeringmay help reverse the trend
. Globally, RI developsintellectual capital through collaborations with industry, government and academia. Newbusiness and research ventures, university partnerships with regional and national enterprises,and RI spin-off companies all draw research and businesses to the region and spur economicgrowth. RI also offers affordable space to start up companies on the university campus so thatthey can associate with faculty researchers and employ students.Leadership AcademyThe Leadership Academy is a program designed after several leadership programs found inindustry. Several large local companies were instrumental in helping us establish this uniqueeducational experience for our undergraduate students who are seeking to explore the variousleadership
university/institutionalsettings. The university is private, and the class sizes are small (~15 students in a class). Theaverage graduating class size per department is approximately 40 students. The student body is atight-knit community, resulting in part from programs like the New Student Getaway forincoming freshmen and mentoring in the Student Peer Advisory Network. In 2015, a newnanotechnology facility opened. The Nanofabrication and Imaging Center is designed for bothresearch and teaching purposes, and there is a dedicated teaching nanotechnology laboratorywhich is designated exclusively for student teaching and training purposes. Undergraduateresearch is strongly supported with the Dean’s Office funding a Summer UndergraduateResearch
properties (𝑃𝑃, 𝐿𝐿, 𝐸𝐸, 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝐼𝐼) and deflection behavior (𝛿𝛿). • Develop skills in setting up and conduct beam deflection experiments and read deflections from the dial gauges.Challenges: • Making sure that students calculate the moment of inertia correctly. In our case all the beams are of rectangular or square cross section. • Proper alignment of support between span length and incremental load application to minimize experimental error. • Accurate measurement of small and large deflections, especially for stiffer and flexible materials like steel and wood(s) respectively. • Addressing variability in material properties, particularly for natural materials like wood (various
qualifications [2]. Community colleges serve as a crucial pathway for underrepresentedtalent to enter STEM disciplines and thrive in their desired career. Offering the comprehensiveeducational opportunities that come with a four-year university breaks down barriers that mayhinder individuals from pursuing a career in STEM. Even with financial aid scholarships toafford tuition, books, rent, etc., these students need more knowledge of resources that couldenhance their professional career and social experience in school. Many students who transfer from small institutions to large universities verbalize greaterdifficulty developing social groups and finding their niche. Previous research indicates that afterinterviewing transfer students on their
educational programs that build small watercraft. The centeruses a small ramp outside its building to place the watercraft in the bay and to retrieve them. InAugust 2009, the existing ramp was at the end of its useful life. Refer to Figure 1 to observe thecondition of the ramp. The SEECS cohort was charged with the design and construction of areplacement ramp of better quality and longer life. Figure 1: Ramp’s condition at the beginning of the projectThis first project followed a 1-year development sequence. In one semester, the studentsproposed two designs (Figure 2), provided several cost analyses, and met with the stakeholdertwice. The designs were very creative and provided the stakeholder with additionalfunctionalities that
across the entire tra- jectory of the profession. Her research focuses on teacher education, classroom assessment, and P-16 environmental and engineering education.Dr. Laura Meszaros Dearolf, The Perry InitiativeAmy C Bucha, The Perry Initiative Amy has been involved in the Perry Initiative since 2012. Since then she has run programs in multi- ple cites, managed all local volunteers, and created a functional inventory and shipping system. While working with Perry, Amy received her Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware and now works for the University of Delaware as a Researcher in the Nursing Department designing and testing teaching equipment for nursing trainees.Dr. Lisa L
This work is a Complete Evidence-based Practice Paper studying students in a small,private school in the Midwest that recently developed a peer mentoring program. The goal of theprogram is to improve retention among first-year engineering students by forming a strong senseof community within the school. The first year in college can be challenging, especially inengineering programs. Feelings of isolation are common and can negatively affect studentsuccess and mental health. To combat this impact on students, experienced college students(sophomores, juniors, and seniors) were paired with first-year students based on commoninterests in order to meet outside of the classroom in social environments. Each individual peer mentoring group was
forest models; entropy;computer adaptive testing; artificial intelligenceIntroduction Effective and impactful education is reliant on accurate and equitable assessment oflearning and proficiency. Large-scale and local assessments are used for determining admissioninto programs, for course placement, for determining which students have mastered courselearning outcomes, for reinforcing learning and providing feedback, for informing pedagogy andinterventions, and for developing self-regulated learning skills [1], [2], [3], [4]. Cognitive fatigue (CF) is a well-documented phenomenon characterized by diminishedperformance throughout the day, over the course of prolonged cognitive tasks, and even within thefirst few questions on single
attitudes in students through designing, implementing, and assessing in- novative inquiry based physics labs. 2) conducting research regarding the role of language in conceptual understanding. 3) exploring cosmic rays (detection, data collection, and analysis).Mr. George Tremberger Jr George Tremberger serves as Lecturer in City University of New York Queensborough Community Col- lege Physics Department and his interests include pedagogy and astronomy.Prof. Tak Cheung Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. American c Society for Engineering
and the influence of the program on learning outcomes,students were invited to complete pre/post-program surveys and interviews. The surveysincluded a cultural intelligence assessment [18], a Global Competency Activity, and a SojournReadiness Assessment [19]. After completing the program, interviews were conducted with allparticipants to learn about their research, cultural, and professional experiences. For the purposesof this study, we focus on the interviews because of the limited number of participants so far. Asthe programs continue and grow in future years, we will continue collecting data and present oursurvey results at that time.Data CollectionIndividual interviews were conducted with each participant within one month after they
use and comparisons between the different texts. Afocus group discussion was then held between the grant assessment coordinator, the courseinstructor, and the students concerning the different texts. Page 12.280.3 Table 1: Selection of textbook used in the student focus groupTextbook A Traditionally formatted text Periodic real world comments and examplesTextbook B Traditionally formatted text Greater use of real world specificsTextbook C Graphically formatted text Numerous real world aspects includedTextbook D Largely online text Limited real world commentsWith regard
professionally in the thermal sciences area, including the ability to Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education successfully design a fluid thermal systemProcess Description The Process Team shall be composed of the Instructor(s) of Record for MECH 4314, Design of Fluid Thermal Systems for the Fall semester. At the conclusion of the Fall semester, the Instructor(s) of Record for the course will administer to the students enrolled in that course a survey designed to assess progress toward the Process Goals, and to measure identified Program Outcomes. The information collected from this
the psychomotor learning outcomes that come from using the large-scale equipment.Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to provide a case study for a detailed assessment ofa desk-scale flow characterization (CUR) module as a first attempt to develop a framework fortransforming face-to-face laboratories into blended learning. To effectively integrate desk-scaleexperiments into a blended learning environment in chemical engineering laboratories, it isessential to establish clear learning objectives and employ pedagogical approaches that promotestudent engagement and efficient content delivery [4], [37], [38]. For the development andimplementation, practitioners and education researchers need to base the intentional design ofblended
Paper ID #42333Exploring Experiential Assessment in Mechanics of Materials: A Departurefrom Traditional ExaminationsDr. Sarira Motaref, University of Connecticut Sarira Motaref is a Professor in residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut. She received her PhD in 2011 from the University of Nevada, Reno. She has been teaching junior and senior-level design courses, as well as several large-enrollment classes. Sarira is currently serving as Assistant Director of Faculty Development at the School of
. Page 26.172.5 4Literature ReviewOur literature review necessarily threw a wide net as we searched for work, not only directlyrelated to the field of EM and similar areas (such as industrial engineering, systems engineeringand quality), but also general guidance on definitions of engineering assessment, programstructure, and credit definitions. Felder and Brent11 provide an essential foundation in identifyingan engineering related course as justified based on assessment. This paper describes the coreprocess of designing courses to address a-k outcomes as beginning with identification of requiredcourses in the program curriculum, controlled by the
engineering; what it takes to be successful inthe engineering program; and their advice to incoming minority students. A fourth questionasked for their assessment of the effectiveness of seven academic support program components.Major student responses were coded for thematic content or tabulated and then entered intoregression equations against four measures of achievement, including students’ GPA, longevityin the program, average SAT/ACT scores of minority students in the school of matriculation, andtheir school's effectiveness in graduating minority students as assessed by 6-year graduationrates. Responses positively associated with achievement indices were then factor analyzed toisolate common clusters associated with success in engineering
if no redevelopment is implemented. Thus, it is important for the community tomake a strategic plan of attracting more business and population back to the community, througha better utilization of the idle land under the Brownfield site redevelopment scheme. Statisticalanalysis is applied in the assessment. The results will be used for the baseline studies for futureBrownfield redevelopment.Introduction:Morgan State University (MSU) is one of the one hundred and fourteen (114) historically blackcolleges and Universities (HBCU) in the country. It is the designated urban university inMaryland charged with the mission of providing a comprehensive array of programs and servicesto the citizens and organizations of the Baltimore metropolitan area
together in teams on a semester-long projectof their choosing. They go through the process of researching the topic, deciding which is thebest solution for their problem, creating a physical prototype, then testing and presenting theprototype. In addition to this large project, the course was also redesigned to devote classroomtime to smaller projects that give students hands-on experience of what it’s like to be an engineer[13]. For the CE/EE program, oscilloscope training boards were purchased for student use in aseries of small projects with an online component. CS/SE students, on the other hand, took oneof many sections of CS1400, Fundamentals of Programming, where students work individuallyon 7-8 programming products. While not specifically
coding examples. Given the importance of student feedback on thematerials, this paper aims to address the following research question: What are students'perspectives on the two types of videos used in the programming course?We collected data from 43 undergraduate students for 7 weeks to address the research questions.Participants completed a short perception survey of 7 questions: 5 Likert scale items and 2 open-ended questions. The Likert scale items assessed student feedback on the videos' clarity,relevance, usefulness, engagement, and learning effectiveness. The open-ended questionscaptured students' perspectives on what they liked or disliked about the videos. Each studentvoluntarily answered the perception survey weekly after watching the
Page 26.239.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessing Effects of Challenge-Based Instruction on Conceptual Understanding in Heat Transfer Christopher F. Cirenza, Thomas E. Diller, Christopher B. Williams Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USAAbstract Unlike disciplines such as mechanics, where the concepts being taught can be easily seenin the movement of objects in everyday life, heat transfer lacks a visual element to guideconceptual understanding through observation. Traditional lecture style courses in the field ofheat transfer are limited in how well they can convey certain difficult
AC 2011-662: ASSESSING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ABILITIES ATGENERATING AND USING MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN CAPSTONEDESIGNJennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer Cole is the Assistant Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. Dr. Cole’s primary teaching is in capstone design, and her research interests are in engineering design education.Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology & Physiology and Director, North- western Center for Engineering Education ResearchEsteban Molina, Florida International University Esteban Molina has a B.S. in
named in the discussion. The deidentified data was used for analysis and datapresented in this manuscript use consistent pseudonyms for participants.Research SitesData was collected at two institutions, a large research intensive (RU) and a small, teaching-focused, and faith-based university (TU).The research-intensive university offers a comprehensive engineering program with about 2200students in eight degree programs. The academic environment is characterized by a significantgrowth in student numbers and resulted in the introduction of a performance-based enrollmentmanagement system. Students apply in their third semester to the major and the selection isinformed by grades in core engineering courses and the evaluation of a personal
activity is essential to ensure good engineering science dissemination intothe classroom. Engineering education specialists are available to help the teachers transfer theirengineering research experience into classroom experiences, and assist in alignment with Texasstandardized testing objectives and curricula objectives for the classroom materials. The E3teachers also develop testing materials to assess student impact9. The E3 RET program providessupport for supplies, curriculum materials, and small equipment; these funds can be used to helpestablish new activities in their classrooms. A representative classroom project is detailed in theResults section.Objective 3: To introduce E3 teachers to a wide variety of engineering applications and
technical devices and commonly used materials. (c) Ability to apply mathematical skills in a useful context. (d) Understand the uses of science as an aid to living and doing. (e) Appreciate design and quality control as aspects of industrial activity.These aims show the origins of the program in engineering science at the advanced level inEngland [26]. These were developed at a time when design was not taught in degree programmeswhich the advanced level program reflected. It assumed that design skills would be acquired byparticipation in a large scale design and make project. Little instruction was expected.Even if the two courses were programmed together there would have been no over archingconcept of design, and without that several key
Paper ID #47019Study Design and Assessment Framework for Testing Augmented RealityTools in Engineering EducationDr. Gimantha N Perera, University of Arizona Gimantha Perera is a Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Scientist in Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. His professional areas of interest include augmented reality application, healthcare systems engineering, and broadening participation in engineering, particularly at public institutions. Gimantha is focused on assisting a small engineering education task force at UA studying asset-based practices, building communities of practice
applications Figure 6 Question about students’ previous experience with hydraulic systems Figure 7 List of definable terms (condensed from survey for display purposes).Figure 8 Question to acquire a more accurate self-assessment of comprehension in the specific area Figure 9 Two deltas were evaluated from the students’ feedback: pre-post and post-postThe number of unique responses for each course are shown in Table 5. Due to the small samplesizes, responses from Intro to Thermal Fluids and Applied Thermodynamics are only included inthe aggregate. Table 5 Number of responses to Pre and Post Surveys. # Completed # Completed