activities.Included in the development are content-rich multimedia modules that combine animation,graphics, text, and sound to enhance student learning (37).Sooner City unifies the curriculum by promoting horizontal and vertical integration, so studentslearn a holistic systems approach to engineering projects, rather than taking isolated courses thatappear as independent entities. Sooner City also provides a framework for multidisciplinary inte-gration.Sooner City essentially turns the engineering curriculum into a four-year design experience.Consequently, when students enroll in the traditional senior “capstone” course, they are betterprepared to handle complex, multidisciplinary projects involving other engineers (mechanical,electrical, and industrial) and
showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news, and articles. As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005, she was one of the recipients of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Curriculum Innovation Award. She is - as PIC II chair - currently a board member of ASEE.Dr. Denis Onen, University of Calgary Dr. Onen is a registered professional engineer with a broad industrial background in electrical engineering, in the following areas: electronics and embedded systems, integrated circuit design (signal processing and crytpography), biomedical engineering
learning within a project-based setting [20].The different implementations of the Heart-Lung Project described below are all strongly rootedin inductive pedagogy. The high school implementation (context 1) utilizes a more structured,guided inquiry approach, whereas the university implementations utilize a problem-basedlearning approach. The specific approaches are described in more detail below for each context.2.2. Educational Context2.2.1. Context 1: High School in the United StatesThe INSPIRES Curriculum (INcreasing Student Participation Interest and Recruitment inEngineering and Science) is comprised of five standards-based modular units for grades 9-12that focus on integrating all areas of STEM. The approach uses real-world engineering
AC 2010-2209: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT REMEDIAL TUTORIALLEARNING SYSTEM FOR NON-TRADITIONAL AND ADVANCED PLACEMENTSTUDENTSSteven Walk, Old Dominion University Steven R. Walk, PE, is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. He recently was head of the Center for Technology Forecasting, and Director of the Maritime-Aerospace Liaison and Technology Development Center, at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine. His research interests include high voltage electromagnetic phenomena, energy conversion systems, technology management, and technological change and social forecasting. Mr. Walk is owner and founder of Technology
testing and evaluation as well as redesign processes. Page 23.127.5Development of the Design Process GuideThe design process guide was designed to be a versatile tool applicable to a wide variety ofstudent design projects seen throughout the curriculum whether they span one-semester, two, orfour. The roots of the design process guide began as an effort to map design tools and designprocesses into a common framework that could be used to teach different models of engineeringdesign within a single course15. In this work, Nagel et al. compared four different, yetcomplimentary, design methods: (1) Pahl and Beitz’s Systematic Approach to Design16, (2
research focuses on exploring and understanding engineering learning environments. He harnesses these insights to propose solutions that encourage the creation of safe and inclusive educational environments conducive to learning, professional development, and innovation. His research interests include graduate student mentorship, faculty development, mental health and well-being, teamwork and group dynamics, and the design of project-based learning classes.Dr. David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Gray receieved his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2000. He then earned a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2002 and 2010
effective way of enhancingcomprehension and retention of lessons1,2,3 in the undergraduate curriculum. Coyle4 discusses avertically integrated curricular experience in electrical engineering, constructed from a projectrunning through a sequence of courses. Ohland5 discusses multiple approaches tomultidisciplinary design experiences in the undergraduate curriculum. Devgan6 discusses how Page 23.1037.2research experiences are used to meet ABET EC2000 criteria. Pionke7 describes using a NASAstudent competition as an intense multidisciplinary project experience. While the experiencediscussed in this paper was not designed as a curricular experience, it
Engineering Education in 2001.Prof. Treavor Boyer, University of FloridaTrisha de TorresDr. Maria Korolev, University of FloridaDr. Philip J. Brucat, Department of Chemistry / University of Florida c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Pilot Study of Project-Based Learning in General Chemistry for EngineersAbstract Engineering education cannot expect to meet the demands of a global, diverse, andknowledge-based society without addressing the well-established issue of student retention.Change Chem is a curriculum reform model created to address this issue for freshman, inparticular, traditionally underrepresented student groups. This paper reports on a
Paper ID #29575The Formation and Dynamics of Teacher Roles in a Teacher-StudentGroupwork during a Robotic Project (Fundamental)Pooneh Sabouri, New York University Pooneh Sabouri received her Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning, focusing on science education at New York University. She has a master’s degree in mathematics education and statistics from The University of Texas at Austin and earned her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. Pooneh is interested in teacher learning and how to co-develop theoretical tools with teachers to inform and expand their teaching practices
State University. Currently, he is Interim Director of the Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education (CESMEE). His research focuses on education pathways for diverse students in STEM fields.Mr. Tom Schenk Jr., Northwestern University Page 25.107.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Study of the Impact of Project Lead The Way on Achievement Outcomes in IowaAbstract Iowa has implemented the secondary engineering curriculum Project Lead The Way (PLTW)in an effort to create a more seamless transition for students from secondary school into
assess-ment methods.Desired curricular outcomes for ME343The ME Department at UT Austin is in the midst of a major curriculum reform effort called by theacronym PROCEED (for Project-Centered Education), spurred in part by experience with coursessuch as ME343. As with engineering programs nationwide, we are now defining individual courseobjectives in terms of more generic programatic outcomes. The department has defined ten suchdesired outcomes, similar but not identical to the ABET "a-k" list. The traditionally taught second-thermo course which ME343 replaced was almost entirely oriented toward deepening thefundamental theory element of the TFS curriculum. When we created ME343, we decided tobroaden the scope of the course to place significant
: A Curriculum to Prepare Freshman Students to Meet the Attributes of The Engineer of 2020”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA.6. Caverly, R. H., et al., (2015). A Core Course Component in a Project-based First-year Engineering Experience, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington.7. Anastasio, D. D., et al., (2015). A First-year Project-based Design Course with Management Simulation and Game-based Learning Elements, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington.8. Vernier, M., et al, (2015). “Design of a Full-Featured Robot Controller for Use in a First-Year Robotics Design Project”, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington.9. Oblinger, D., & Oblinger, J., Ed
two perspectives to any assessment of a curriculum in highereducation: the first considers the aim of the curriculum and the connections we intend to makebetween knowledge and life; the second perspective examines how that aim is accomplished.An increased focus on the second perspective (student outcomes) has generated a discussionabout what an appropriate outcome measure should be [5] and PBL is a powerful measurementtool. Employing the PBL in schools, however, is not an easy task for several reasons, as has beennoticed by Marx et al. [6]: projects often take longer than anticipated; it is hard to let students towork on their own, on the one hand, while maintaining control of the class, on the other; andthere is the question of how to
the implementation of this robotics project and uses student surveysand course evaluations to assess its effectiveness. Additionally, assessments of common multi-disciplinary course problems of class size and student level disparity are also performed. I. Introduction:One of the most challenging tasks in engineering education is teaching courses to students thatare outside their major area. Majors other than electrical and computer engineering (ECE) arenot typically motivated about circuit theory and many educators have tried to address thischallenge.1, 2 With this lack of motivation in mind, the College of Engineering (CoE) at theUniversity of Oklahoma (OU) developed a unique curriculum for teaching circuits and
internationalcompanies.” [2] Some researchers have created courses that have a goal of incorporating systemengineering principles. In 2007, Sheppard et al. describe developing curriculum that has first-year engineering student teams select a design project that poses a set of system requirements.[3] “This together with mini-lectures and assignments continue a thread started in the first designcourse to develop systems concepts in the context of design. Development of students' comfortand capacity with sensors and systems as a core thread early in their education provides animportant foundation for future engineers.” In 2001, Stengel created a course that introducedseveral issues in system engineering to all first-year students at Princeton University “in a
of the City University of New York in September 2011 and currently holds an Associate Professor position in the Engineering Technology department. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, June 2009, from The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. She is a recipient of the awards in mentoring var- ious students on undergraduate research projects. Her research areas are computer networking, wireless communications and information security.Dr. Guozhen An, CUNY Queensborough Community College Guozhen An is assistant professor of the Engineering Technology Department at Queensborough Com- munity College of CUNY. He received BS in Computer Science from Jilin University in China
Paper ID #35790Capstone project progress on the floating buoy IoT device developmentfor mosquito researchDr. Byul Hur, Texas A&M University Dr. B. Hur received his B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University, in Seoul, Korea, in 2000, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. In 2016, he joined the faculty of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. USA, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He worked as a postdoctoral associate from 2011 to 2016 at the University Florida
in and reflect upon the engineering design process. His research includes investigating how teachers conceptualize and then teach engineering through in-depth case study analysis. Hynes also spends time working at the Sarah Greenwood K-8 school (a Boston Public School) assisting teachers in implementing engineering curriculum in grades 3-8.Dr. Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University Ethan Danahy is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department Computer Science at Tufts University outside of Boston Mass., having received B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science in 2000 and 2002, re- spectively, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 2007, all from Tufts. Additionally, he acts as the Engineering Research
Professional Engineer in North Carolina. Page 22.1448.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Effect of Project-Based Learning (PBL) on Improving Student Learning Outcomes in Transportation EngineeringABSTRACT This paper discusses the results of an ongoing study on the effect of project-basedlearning (PBL) on students’ learning outcomes in Transportation Engineering, a required juniorlevel course in the Civil Engineering curriculum. The course was taught in 2008, 2009, and2010 by the same instructor. The course was transformed from a lecture-based course to aproject
specific to their project and presentit in their reflective essay (reflecting and acting attribute).Capstone design courses are now widely incorporated into senior year undergraduate engineeringcurriculum at most universities. Many papers are published on the need to integrate issues such as‘ethical, environmental, service awareness’, into capstone design courses. The focus is to enableengineering students to understand and appreciate, respect and possibly even value perspectivesother than core engineering discipline. For example, the electrical and computer engineeringdepartment at Boston University uses the capstone course to introduce social awareness to theirsenior design teams. 2 Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) uses EAC (ethics across
Paper ID #41075Evaluating Fourth-Grader’s Perception of Engineering Through a Community-EngagedProject (Evaluation)Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Olivia Ryan is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and a Master’s student in Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. in engineering with a specialization in electrical engineering from Roger Williams University. Her research interests include developing professional skills for engineering students and understanding curriculum barriers that exist within engineering related to mathematics.Dr. Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams
Paper ID #26845Work in Progress: Multidisciplinary, Vertically Integrated Projects Courseon 3-D Printed Biomedical DevicesMs. Vy-Linh Gale, New York University Vy-Linh Gale is an undergraduate in her junior year studying Biotechnology with a minor in Computer Science, and is expected to graduate with her BS in 2020 and MS in Biotechnology in 2021.Prof. Victoria Bill, New York University Victoria Bill is the MakerSpace Lab Manager and an adjunct professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She studied electrical engineering and received her B.S. from the Ohio State University and
course on product manufacturing in the industrial engi-neering curriculum [7]. The pedagogical method was developed by first analyzing and compar-ing product manufacturing processes and data analytics techniques. Then the result of this anal-ogy was used to develop a teaching and learning method for data analytics. For implementationand validation purposes, a Project Based Learning (ProjBL) approach was adopted, in which stu-dents used the methodology to complete real-world data analytics projects. Data from students'grades shows that this approach improved their performance [7].Recently, Bonfert-Taylor et al. [8] developed multiple data science modules for various engineer-ing and social science courses using R and MATLAB tools. In addition
of the Leo Building forthe window sizing and overhangs. They should determine the energy demand of the building, Page 26.1126.4both the required electrical energy and the required power for heating the building. They then design alternative green energy systems to provide the required energy for the building. Ageothermal heating system should be used to provide winter heating and should be installedunder the parking lot. A solar panel array should provide the electrical energy for the buildingand be installed on the roof.The project
their current or prospective major. Within the field, the curriculum aims to cultivateskills that can be applied across different engineering disciplines. The University is committed to enhancing the student learning experience. We have facultyfrom all engineering departments (Biomedical, Chemical and Biomolecular, Civil andEnvironmental, Electrical, Material Science, Aerospace and Mechanical, and Department of FineArts) as part of a robust, multidisciplinary team. ENGR 1166 also appoints six full-timeGraduate Teaching Assistants and approximately 20 Undergraduate Teaching Assistants fromthe departments to help with the course and the project-based lessons.ENGR 1166 is an ABET-accredited course that carefully follows the ABET learning
this qualitative assessment of a pilot program spanning 3 semesters, two (2) College ofEngineering faculty at Northeastern University explored and managed several experientialservice-learning projects in their first-year engineering courses between Fall 2012 – Fall 2013.As a result of 84 first-year engineering students working with 7 different community partners,215 middle school and high school students were exposed to engineering curriculum throughmeaningful service-learning projects involving STEM (science, technology, engineering &mathematics) education that they otherwise would not have received. The service-learningprojects were qualitatively very successful in delivering STEM curriculum to young students, asdetermined from faculty
following:Mechanical Engineering Core - Dynamic Systems, Fluids, Manufacturing Processes, Material Science, Mechanics of Materials,Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and StructuresElectrical Engineering Core - AC Circuits, Digital Logic, Electric Machines, Instrumentation, Signals and Systems, Linear ControlSystems, and Three-Phase AC SystemsBusiness Core - Statistics, Entrepreneurship, Engineering Economics, and Programming/Modeling.Students also take Advanced technical credits in a focus area to complete the technical course requirements of the Bachelors ofScience degree. They also complete a Design course, and Seminar and Professionalism courses each semester.This project used a quantitative study with convenience and purposeful sampling methods. Weused the
treatment units, alternativecollection systems, and effluent dispersal and reuse options. During the course, studentsare expected to demonstrate that they can: (1) describe multiple treatment units,collection approaches, and effluent dispersal and reuse options for onsite/decentralizedsanitation; (2) evaluate advantages and disadvantages of options; (3) identify and userelevant design equations; (4) consider socio-cultural contexts; and (5) work in teams towrite a project report and present their findings.In 2016, to help students think holistically about the integration of decentralizedtechnologies in a variety of contexts, a new instructor placed increased emphasis onintegrating non-technical concepts into the course curriculum, to include socio
Paper ID #6638Using the Portfolio Approach to Assess Multi-year Engineering Projects: aCase StudyDr. Harold R Underwood, Messiah College Dr. Underwood received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at UIUC in 1989, and has been a faculty member of the Engineering Department at Messiah College since 1992. Besides teaching Circuit Analy- sis, Electromagnetics, and Communications Systems, he supervises students on projects in the Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) and within the Communications Technology Group of the Messiah College Collaboratory. His on-going projects include Flight Tracking and Messaging for small planes in
://www.cc.gatech.edu/projects/lbd/home.html 7. P5BL Lab. http://pbl.stanford.edu/ 8. Graham, R., Crawley, E. (2010). Making projects work: a review of transferable best practice approaches to engineering project-based learning in the UK, Engineering Education: Journal of the Higher Education Academy, Engineering Subject Centre, 5(2) 9. Blumenfeld, P.C., Soloway, E., et. al. (1991). Motivating project-based learning: sustaining the doing, supporting the learning. Educational Psychologist, 26 (3&4) 10. Olds, B. M., Miller, R.L. (2004). The effect of a first-year integrated engineering curriculum on graduation rates and student satisfaction: a longitudinal study. Journal of Engineering Education, 93 (1) 11. West Point Bridge