c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using a Series of Advertising Videos to Illustrate Solid Mechanics and Material-Related Design Issues in the Engineering Technology CurriculumAbstractHelping students relate what they learn in an engineering technology course to actual physicaldesigns is a worthy goal. Five years ago in an attempt to help students see how knowledge ofmaterial properties translates into how materials are used in the design of mechanical parts ledme to the use of a series of advertising videos produced by the Ford Motor Company. Thevideos were on a DVD titled, “The Truth About Trucks” and were distributed through FordDealerships. The video was made to promote the
Paper ID #7136Effective use of an Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Design and Man-ufacture of Tools to Assist in Teaching Strength of MaterialsMr. Jacob Lee Finley Jacob Finley came to the University of Southern Maine in spring 2010. He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Finley became fascinated with mechanical properties of materials after taking a class with Dr. Ghorashi and observing the applications of the subject. He then teamed up with this professor and developed a way of demonstrating complex concepts in solid mechanics with easy to understand hands-on test set ups. Finley has always thoroughly enjoyed
Page 23.929.2 1 (2) and by our Applied Surface Chemistry course (previously taught by the author with aheavy emphasis on food-related examples).AFS&E is a hybrid between food science / food chemistry and food process/productengineering. This blend was selected for several reasons. In reviewing introductorytextbooks for Food Engineering, we found that they cover ideas already familiar fromChemical engineering core courses (such as mass and energy balances, fluid mechanics,pump sizing, heat exchanger design, separations, process control (3)) but in a foodindustry context. The gap in our students’ knowledge, therefore, was in examples ofthese processes as
Paper ID #6518Bachelor of Science in Engineering Education: Differentiating from Tradi-tional Education and Engineering DisciplinesDr. Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University Ken Reid is the director of First-Year Engineering, Director of Engineering Education and an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the TSA Boards of Directors and over 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee
ENGR101, an application-oriented course for engineering students placed in pre-calculus courses. He has also developed and co-teaches the Fundamen- tals of Engineering Design course that includes a wide spectrum of activities to teach general engineering students the basics of engineering design using a hands-on approach which is also engaging and fun. He is an Institute for Teaching Excellence Fellow at NJIT and the recipient of NJIT’s 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award - Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction, 2022 Newark College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, and 2018 Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education Award.Dr. Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish
asked to consider the following: • Is/are there an engineering component(s) in the activity? • If yes, what is/are they?They were also asked the following: • Find an activity on the internet that your group thinks show concepts of engineering. • What is an engineer? • Plan to present and hand in your group’s thoughts (approximately 1 page)This discussion was likely the most valuable exercise done with the experimental group.Topics such as what the different engineering disciplines are, what is the differencebetween science and engineering, and what engineers do were addressed. The studentshad not thought that there might be engineering components for many of the scienceactivities. After discussion, they realized that many of
McElhaney is Senior Research Scientist in STEM & CS Education with the Learning Sciences Research group at Digital Promise. He holds a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, an Ed.M. in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Science Education from UC Berkeley. He conducts design and implementation research on K-12 teaching, curriculum, and assessment across the science, engineering, and computer science disciplines. Previously, he conducted research on electronic materials at Intel Corporation and taught high school mathematics and science in California and Missouri
school desires for its students. Baylor Universityintroduced a 10 year strategic plan in 2002 and in that strategic plan was a desire to develop as aResearch Tier I University. While the Department of Computer Science already had a MastersDegree, this strategic plan caused the School of ECS to seek masters degrees in Mechanical andalso in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2004 and, more recently, to pursue PhD degrees.The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was granted a PhD this past academicyear (2011) and the Departments of Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering will beplacing PhD proposals with the administration in 2012. This rush toward graduate programs hasincreased the emphasis on research, especially with new
professional development in science andmathematics for teachers, including ongoing contact with content experts.(5) Sustained Commitment: Broad-based, collaborative partnerships that promote highexpectations and a college-going culture.”6Through the utilization of undergraduate engineers at the University of Southern California, andthe continued participation of parents and families, Iridescent addresses all areas listed by BESTin order to provide students of underserved and underrepresented communities the opportunity toparticipate in STEM courses and careers.Iridescent trains engineers to develop and teach hands-on, Family Science Courses tounderserved children and their parents. The program has been successfully implemented in LosAngeles, the Bay
educators haveserved the needs of the nation admirably for many years and the initial the focus onengineering sciences was salutary. For undergraduates, a less salutary andunintended consequence was the gradual marginalization of general design,planning and organizational skills as well as hands-on experimentation andinterpersonal skills. Some universities developed engineering technology programsin response to help address expressed needs of industry and many now have ABETaccreditation of programs’ rigor.Lewontin has pointed out that all sciences tend to be driven by dominant metaphors,which are used to connect and direct different areas and modes of inquiry [Lewontin,1963]. Many years of textbook problem solving is the paradigm of education in
platforms such as the P-3 and C-130. She develops mechanical structures for integrating Earth science instruments into NASA aircrafts. The work involves developing, fabricating, and testing flight vehicle structures or their components and recommending optimum configurations, structural de- sign, materials, and techniques. Her work is multi-faceted as she is responsible for completing a design from the concept stages and gathering requirements, to fabrication and assembly. This often entails being the design engineer, the structural analyst, and the fabrication drafter.Mr. Rodrigo Arturo Ramos, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Rodrigo Ramos’ Biography for 2017 ASEE Conference Rodrigo Ramos, born in Santiago, Chile
development of classroom materials, outreach activities, engineeringcontests, sponsored teaching fellows and professional development for K-12 teachers. Whileeach program has its own unique features there are some common threads shared among them -active learning through hands-on activities, inquiry-based learning, curriculum supplements,engaged role models, middle and younger student focus and K-12 teacher involvement.5 Themost direct approaches involve incorporating classroom materials into the math and sciencecurriculum or as high tech electives. Some K-12 programs focus on mutual concepts that appearin both engineering and the physical sciences (engineering science) rather than design andproblem solving (engineering design). Both types of
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Herding CATs: Weaving Coherent Application Threads through a Mechanical Engineering Curriculum to Facilitate Course-to- Course Connectivity and Improve Material RetentionIntroductionMechanical engineering (ME) is a broad and varied field, one reason why it is a popular choicefor students pursuing engineering degrees. A down side of this breadth is that applications usedas contextual examples in engineering-science core courses are also varied and diverse: e.g.,bridges in introductory mechanics, I-beams in mechanics of materials, power plants inthermodynamics, pipe flows in fluid mechanics, etc.. Though useful in focusing students on thetopic at hand and exposing
at ATA Engineering where he worked as a structural analysis engineer for nine years. During this time, he both took and taught multiple professional courses and realized how many technically brilliant instructors struggled to convey information in a way that could be readily absorbed by the students. Now in his eighth year in academia Michael is researching how various teaching methods and study habits affect the absorption and long-term retention of class material in the hopes of best preparing students for their future as engineers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Reflections on Integrating MATLAB Grader Across a Mechanical
Engineering (labeled in Figure 3 asMechE), and 6 selected Chemical Engineering Figure 3: Intended Majors.(labeled in Figure 3 as ChemE). Regarding thetwo write-in options, 1 participant selected thewrite-in option “Other Engineering Major NOT What is Your Current GPA?Listed Above” and added “Materials Science andEngineering”. This is labeled in Figure 3 asMateE. The data for this question is visualized in 20%Figure 3, which appears on the previous page. 3.0 - 3.54. Current Grade Point Average. In response to thequestion, “What is your current GPA?”, thefollowing options were available, shown here in 0
Session 1175 Teaching and Learning Portfolios: Literature Background, Implementation Strategy, and First-Hand Implementation Experiences William Haering, Robin Gill The Pennsylvania State University – DuBois CampusAbstractThe subject of teaching and learning portfolios is considered from three standpoints. First, someof the existing published literature on the subject of teaching and learning portfolios is discussed.This discussion shows that while there is agreement about some aspects of teaching and learningportfolios, views on their value
difference one strategy is to use activities like computersimulations and hands-on experiments where students can actually see the differences betweenthe two types of loadings.A search in the engineering education literature on the mentioned subject did not provide anyresult. Few papers that discuss related courses like materials science look at other issues likemaking homework more interesting1. In the field of chemical engineering there are many papersthat discuss various aspects of laboratory experiments. The majority of these papers discussissues like challenge-based learning, web-based teaching and multimedia laboratory manual2-4.In other references, the three methods of laboratory experience, i.e. simulation, hands-on andremote are discussed
; Moore Consulting Engineers in Denver, Colorado. He has been an Associate Professor of Engineering since 1983. Current course load includes soil mechanics, engineering materials and estimating, and geotechnical design. He also does consulting work for the local coal industry in the area of testing and underground mine design. He is a member of ASEE and the Society of Mining Engineers. Page 13.43.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Fr eshman Engineer ing Cur r iculum for a Bachelor of Science in Engineer ing Pr ogr amAbstractIn 2002 a new Bachelor of Science
Paper ID #18927Development and Preliminary Assessment of an Open-source, Online Home-work Suite for Advanced Mechanics of Materials using WeBWorKDr. Michael K. Swanbom PE, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Swanbom is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. He develops innovative, hands-on, practi- cal content for both high school and university curricula.Mrs. Madeline Genevieve Carlisle Collins, Louisiana Tech University Madeline is a recipient of the SEAS Distinguished Fellowship at the University of Virginia. She will begin work in the Rotating Machinery and Controls lab in the Fall of 2017. Madeline enjoys developing
working in industry she completed a Ph.D. is in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives and growth through curriculum design and redesign, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, reflective eportfolios and professional development of graduate students related to teaching.Dr. Raymundo Arr´oyave, Texas A&M University Dr. Arroyave is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He received his Ph. D. degree in Materials Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching inter- ests include undergraduate courses on materials science and numerical methods and
engineering education with respect to integrating mathematics and science.We attribute the focus on modeling and testing during the build phase to the availability ofmaterials during these particular phases and the differences between novices and experts. It hasbeen seen that inexperienced designers need to get acquainted with the materials before doing theactual designing;14 and we saw that the participants made design decisions when they had thematerials in hand. This is based on the idea of “messing about with the materials”7 and suggeststhat one valuable aspect of engineering
in science and engineering. They thought the“Introduction to Product Development” unit was the most fun, while they felt they learned themost from the “Buoyancy and Control” unit. The hands-on activities were very well received;the majority of participants rated all of them “interesting” or “very interesting”.A number of valuable lessons were learned during the implementation of the workshop: - Clear behavioral rules need to be established at the beginning of the workshop, such as no use of electronic devices, no disruptive behavior, etc. - If possible, someone other than the workshop instructor should be enforcing classroom discipline
Workshop on Reducing StudentComplaints, Paper ID #26575, Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2019.[6] J.P. Gosink and R.A. Streveler, Bringing Adjunct Engineering Faculty into the Learning Community,Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 1, pp47-51, 2000.[7] C.J. Ankeny, L.H. Mayled, L. Ross, K.E. Hjelmstad, S.J. Krause, R.J. Culbertson, Creating and Scalingan Evidence-based Faculty Development Program, Paper ID #23176, Proceedings of 2019 ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition, 2019.[8] S. Freeman, S.L. Eddy, M. McDonough, M.K. Smith, N. Okoroafor, H. Jordt and M.P. Wenderith,Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics. Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences of
AC 2009-1486: POSITIVE INFLUENCES OF EDUCATION AND RECRUITMENTON ASPIRATIONS OF HIGH-SCHOOL GIRLS TO STUDY ENGINEERING INCOLLEGEMichelle Porche, Wellesley Centers for WomenCorinne McKamey, Wellesley Centers for WomenPeter Wong, Museum of Science Page 14.961.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Positive Influences of Education and Recruitment on Aspirations of High School Girls to Study Engineering in CollegeAbstractInformation on retention and attrition for women in engineering have consistently shownthat men are more likely to enroll in college engineering programs compared to women,but that once enrolled, women are just as likely to succeed in
%. Page 24.63.9 Figure 4: Major Breakdown (Across All Years) For the REU program in Figure 4, 2011 had a widespread variety of majors that thestudents had come from. The majority of 2011’s REU students’ major was Material Science andEngineering, with other students coming from industrial, aerospace, mechanical, and chemicalengineering backgrounds. However, the 2012 and 2013’s participating REU students increasedtremendously with Mechanical Engineering majors; especially in 2013, where over 70% of thestudents were mechanical engineers.Interest in Science Likert scale questions were used to measure the students’ interest in science, and werebased on a scale of 1-7. One represented “Strongly Disagree” and seven
Paper ID #21306STEM Experiences of Engineering Students From Low-Socioeconomic Neigh-borhoodsMr. Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Justin C. Major is a first-year Engineering Education Ph.D student and National Science Foundation Grad- uate Research Fellow at Purdue University. Justin has two bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Mathematics Education from the University of Nevada, Reno, and during his undergrad- uate education, he focused on K-12 Engineering Education. Justin’s research and service focuses on the experiences and development of low
Paper ID #23451Impact of Process Tampering on VariationDr. Mustafa Shraim, Ohio University Dr. Mustafa Shraim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology & Man- agement at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He received both of his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Ohio University in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University in 1996. He has over 20 years of experience in the quality management field as a quality engineer, corporate quality manager, consultant and trainer. His experience is extensive in quality management systems as
and science concepts for solving real-world industrial engineeringproblems.Relevant Education in Math and Science (REMS) (http://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/rems ) is anoutreach program established by the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Instituteof Technology (RIT). REMS is a program designed to use real-world industrial engineeringproblems to make 5th – 12th grade math and science fun and meaningful for students. The goalsof the REMS program are to: (a) create an effective math and science curriculum for grades 5–12with a hands-on industrial engineering focus; (b) increase the number of 5th – 12th grade mathand science teachers using age-appropriate teaching modules linking math and science to real-world industrial engineering
Implications of Technology. He teaches Wireless Engineering, Network Engineering, Fiber Optic Communications, Technology and Society, and Project Management. He also advises students on their senior design projects. He is author of “The Telecommunications Fact Book, 2E” and co-author of “Technology and Society: Crossroads to the 21st Century,” “Technology and Society: A Bridge to the 21st Century,” and “Technology and Society: Issues for the 21st Century and Beyond.” He is a member of ASEE, and a senior member of IEEE.Abdul Qadeer, Urdu Science University Dr. Abdul Qadeer is the Director of Academic Planning and Development at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST), Karachi
Space Innovations and Exploration 2013 Rockets to RobotsThe first three years of the program teamed groups of high school students with their classroom Page 24.868.3teacher for the week in Houston. Teachers quickly shared their need to have professionaldevelopment without having to monitor students and the program became a teachers-onlyprogram. Hands-on activities, lectures, and field trips are now combined with daily sharing ofspace science activities and materials that were developed by or been successful to participants.The workshop features presentations by NASA scientists and engineers, astronauts, anduniversity and