Education, 2020 Work-in-Progress: Design of Polymer Processing Learning Module in a Manufacturing Course for Mechanical EngineersAbstractIn addition to teaching about polymer molding processes, the polymer processing module wasdesigned to increase student curiosity, promote independent learning, and add a customer focus.The module activities included a Question Formulation Technique, Jigsaw, and Mini-designproject/business proposal. The module could be delivered in 2-3 class sessions. This paperdescribes a schedule for the in-class and out-of-class components of the activities. It concludeswith instructor observations about implementation issues, and how the module could beimproved in a second offering.IntroductionProject-based
-progress paper by some of the same authors [17]. That paper analyzed the experiences of theFall 2023 course offering.)It should also be noted that the course is a senior-level, undergraduate course, and part of thedepartment’s leadership minor. The course is also one of two prototyping courses in thedepartment’s innovation and entrepreneurship track, and has been the cornerstone of two studyabroad programs.The course description is as follows: This class acquaints the student with state-of-art concepts in origami engineering and teaches the algorithms necessary to design and analyze origami structures for innovative applications. Through the art of origami students will be introduced to the basic concepts of the design
attitudevariations, which bear similarity to grade histogram. Examples of student entrepreneurialphysics based projects in space weather forecast, mobile-Health, solar energy in terms ofenhancing Entrepreneurially Minded Learning are discussed.I. IntroductionThe Kern Family Foundation has initiated a university network called Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) to promote the idea of entrepreneurship learning. Multiple grantshave been awarded to curriculums across the country to teach the engineering students aboutEntrepreneurially Minded Learning and assess the learning outcomes. The contrast of Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityentrepreneurially versus tradition engineering has been
, chemistry and mass balance computation skills, time management, report • Lecture and in-class activity: Concept of writing, concept of entrepreneurship, brain entrepreneurship storming, oral presentation skills7 Final presentations: poster and final report Oral presentation skills, team work, time management, poster preparation, executive summary writing Before all experiments and laboratory activities are conducted, safety is highlyemphasized among the students. The students are made aware of an emergency egress routes,safety showers, eye
Paper ID #37929Building bridges industry-university: Successful stories ofprofessionals in mining towards increasing womenparticipationNivia Diaz (MSc. Assistant Professor) Nivia Díaz is a Petroleum Engineer who pursued a master's degree in Management Informatics from the Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. She has taught university courses for 19 years in different institutions in Venezuela and Chile. Nivia currently collaborates in the School of Engineering at the Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile. She teaches industrial, mining, civil, and metallurgical engineering classes and performs administrative
disagree Engineering classes at CSU Totally Totally agree 2.88 3.33 9.60 0.86 are hands on disagree I really like to have official Totally Totally agree 2.57 NA NA NA entrepreneurship classes disagree Mentoring program at CSU Sufficient Not Sufficient 3.00 2.64 7.93 1.14 is ______ Number of students in each Sufficient Too many 3.03 2.32 7.03
environments. Page 24.526.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING WITH SELF-DIRECTED TUTORIALS IN A FRESHMAN LEVEL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSEAbstract:Educators are often constrained by time and resources in their efforts to have breadth and depthin their teachings. One way to get around time and resource limitations of in class education isto provide additional materials. These materials can expand on the information provided bylecture notes, course book and in-class examples. This becomes especially important if the classis designed to
courses, and her research interests include students’ mathematics identity development, active learning environments in mathematics classes, and increasing student motivation in mathematics.Dr. Karen A. High, Clemson University Dr. Karen High holds an academic appointment in the Engineering Science and Education department and joint appointments in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department as well as the Envi- ronmental Engineering and Earth Sciences department. Prior to this Dr. Karen was at Oklahoma State University where she was a professor for 24 years and served as the Director of Student Services as well as the Women in Engineering Coordinator. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from
, entrepreneurship projects of their ownideation, or competition projects (such as the Baja Society of Automobile Engineerscompetition). Additionally, each year a handful of teams out of the several dozen across thecollege work on community projects. By ‘community projects’ we refer to projects that emergedout of a community partnership and need/desire that the team will work to address in partnershipwith the community, which often entails community partner(s) serving as project mentors.Capstone design instructors guide the teams working on industry, entrepreneurship, andcommunity projects as a whole cohort, with all teams engaging in roughly the same projectmanagement and engineering design course activities, and subject to the same deadlines andanalogous
discussion of intellectual property, IP, and entrepreneurship. Before the“Kids and Educators” [3] site existed, there was a four-page document on the USPTO websitecalled “General Information Concerning Patents”. It was an excellent summary of USPTOinformation, including patents, trademarks, service marks, and copyright. Access dates show itwas added to the engineering curriculum in March 2009, along with some teacher-madePowerPoint class notes made from information on other parts of the USPTO website on theprocess of getting a patent. These original notes were not very exciting and mainly consisted of“file some paperwork, pay a fee, file more paperwork, hire a lawyer and pay more fees, then thepatent is either accepted or rejected, and the rejection
engineering experience.Figure 2: Student responses when asked what classes they would like to take in their first yearNew York University’s Tandon School of Engineering From Figure 2, students want more major related courses in their first year and morehands on project-based courses. Students also state the need for the foundational classes, such ascomputer science. A well-rounded first-year curriculum is suggested, with terms such as“entrepreneurship” and “philosophy.” Students were asked about a common first year for everystudent at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. Students would declare theirmajor after their first year. Figure 3 displays the breakdown of students that would be in favor ofdeclaring their major at the end
throughlearner profiles, strength finders, and individual development plans, (2) defining the Task Environmentthrough one credit, modular classes that provide topic flexibility and content customization, and"Professional Development Streams" - a set of co-curricular activities organized around industry,academia and entrepreneurship, and (3) Scaffolding the Instruction to provide pedagogy that leads toindependence and mastery in the student's area of focus. (4) Assessment of Performance and Learningtracks progression toward the student's instructional goals, followed by guided (5) Reflection andEvaluation. Components (4) and (5) provide improvement opportunities for students toward theirinstructional goals and feedback from students and faculty on
, math, education, business, and library services, was used for the Poster Expo event.Further, an elevator pitch practice session was conducted with a senior entrepreneurship advisorfrom the business start-up accelerator within the university.The multidisciplinary project experience was largely enjoyed by the students surveyed (N=16).Eighty eight percent of students reported the multidisciplinary project design experience waspositive to their learning experience. Eighty percent of students reported the multidisciplinaryjudge panel during the Poster Expo had a positive impact on their learning experience. Eightyeight percent of students reported the project increased their interest in engineering. Ninety fourpercent of students were retained in
creative thinking skills and come up with innovative applications tothe basic concepts covered in the class. The main focus topics of the ECE component of thecourse include electrical/electronic components & circuits, PCBs, microcontrollers andprogramming, sensors and actuators, and robotics. Low-cost, open-source, and easily accessiblehardware and software tools are developed for the course. A pilot offering is currently underway,and a survey tool is developed to gauge the effectiveness of the curriculum. Even though resultsof the assessment are not yet available for this conference, the paper presents and discusses thissurvey tool at the end. The authors are grateful to the support of the Kern Family Foundation forthe course development
courses, where she provided extra help to any student in need. This experience also allowed her to assist the professor in the implementation of modules within the class, and learn how to interact with various students.Dr. Devina Jaiswal, Western New England University Dr.Devina Jaiswal completed Masters of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2010. She completed her Ph.D. from University of Connecticut in 2017 where she worked on creating nano and micro devices that could interact with micro-tissue and cells. Her research interest lies in fabrication of micro-electronic devices that can be used to understand biological patterns and apply them to the field of tissue engineering
Paper ID #13651MAKER: Applying 3D Printing to Model Rocketry to Enhance Learning inUndergraduate Engineering Design ProjectsDr. Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park SVEN G. BILEN,´ Ph.D., P.E. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at Penn State and Head of the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs. His educational research interests include developing techniques for enhanc- ing engineering design education, innovation in design, teaching technological entrepreneurship, global product design, and systems
University. Dr. Sathianathan has been actively involved in engineering education initiatives since 1994. Especially focused on retention, he led several NSF-funded initiatives to enhance engineering education. He is the co-founder of the Center for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship. He is a Boeing Welliver faculty fellow. He has received the Boeing Outstanding Educator Award, and DOW Outstanding Faculty Award for his work in engineering education.Dr. Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Renata Engel is the associate dean for academic programs in the College of Engineering at Penn State and has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 1990. Dr. Engel’s research couples her
students, and makerspace instructional design. Previously, she served as the Program Manager for Tinkering and Technology at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. She earned her master’s degree in Education Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2017. She lives in Durham, NC, with her husband and their two terrible cats. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comWork-In-Progress: Make It Count - Supporting Makerspace Course Outcomes WithBlended LearningIntroductionMakerspaces engage participants in hands-on, creative endeavors that promote ‘learning bydoing’ and the development of professional skills
, learning, outreach and diversity of engineers, along with instructional innovation in biomedical engineering. Her current research looks at applying human-centered design thinking to approaching challenges in teaching engineering. Dr. Joshi is actively involved in educational entrepreneurship projects, STEM popularization activities and making engineering accessible to underrepresented high school students in the U.S. and India.Dr. Jason R White, University of California, Davis Dr. Jason R. White is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Dr. White has been at UC Davis since 2015 and he has been an instructor of several un- dergraduate chemical engineering
). Improving the measurement of socioeconomic status for the national assessment of educational progress: A theoretical foundation. Retrieved from National Center for Education Statistics website https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/ researchcenter/Socioeconomic_Factors.pdf.Davis, B., & Sumara, D. (2006). Complexity and education: Inquiries into learning, teaching, and research. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.Erola, J., Jalonen, S., & Lehti, H. (2016). Parental education, class and income over early life course and children's achievement. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 44, 33–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2016.01.003.Forakis, J., March, J. L., & Erdmann, M. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on the Academic
, wepropose that engineering can be taught to students in all Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship,Arts, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEAEM) courses through practical hands-on learningexperiences. Therefore, instead of resurrecting standalone shop classes in their original IndustrialArts manifestation, we recommend an alternative. Inexpensive and topically-relevant hands-onlearning activities should be developed competent for ubiquitous and seamless insertion intoSTEAEM courses. When offered to teachers as educational kits, these activities could beselected a la carte from a catalog to integrate with existing classes. This approach inducesminimal curriculum disruption, facilitates easy instructor adoption, and allows high schools tocontinue
individually, in-class active andcollaborative learning (ACL) exercises, and problem-based learning (PBL) team projects withentrepreneurially minded learning (EML) components. However, all modules are intended tofoster a better student understanding of the theory, practices, and career opportunities associatedwithin the fluid power industry.Starting in the Fall of 2016, the authors developed the modules and implemented them inmultiple sections (taught by different instructors) of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanicscourses in three consecutive semesters (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017). Pre and post surveyswere conducted to gage the impact on student learning on the fluid power content before andafter the designed activities. Both direct and indirect
efforts on research, service, and teaching on the pathtoward promotion and tenure, with less emphasis placed on translating findings outside of the labduring their academic training. Alternatively, graduate students seeking careers in industry or asentrepreneurs have a keen interest in innovation and commercialization and hope to developskills in this area. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to address the opportunities and challenges ofcommercialization and entrepreneurship while also meeting the demands of academia. Ourobjective was to develop a course to meet the unique needs of both groups by providing studentswith real-world experience in technology commercialization while at the same timeproviding Faculty with structured support to bring
, leave engineering, or labor to pioneer new spaces. And, this process is also entrenched inthe history and process of engineering education that is raced, classed, and gendered.To add an additional layer of complexity, engineering is not a monolith with varying rates ofparticipation by race and gender across engineering disciplines. Each engineering discipline hasa unique culture and better understanding these differences can provide useful ways to changeengineering disciplines to be more inclusive. It is in this complex landscape that this researchbegins to investigate how latent diversity may be linked to students’ disciplinary pathways. First,we can identify opportunities to nurture ways of being, thinking, and knowing that wouldotherwise be
Sustainable Technologies Related to Plastic MaterialsAbstractThis contribution will discuss some activities that were offered to high school students enrolled inthe 2019 Summer Academy for Math and Science program at Carnegie Mellon University. Duringthis program, students explored mainly the chemical engineering processes involved in soapmanufacturing, polymer processing, their properties and applications. The goal was to raise studentawareness in product design, manufacture and sustainability. Given the relevance and scope of theplastics crisis, we spent the majority of the class exploring how plastics contribute to waste andwhat strategies exist to alleviate this problem. Engineering aspects of the physical, mechanical andchemical properties of
develop the brace itself, the team uses 3D scanning to create an accurately sized brace. Thebrace is then 3D printed and tested with the patient. Students practice design iteration andhuman-centered design principles as they focus on input from each of the various stakeholders:OTs, doctors, patients, and the graduate student and faculty leads. Future work includesdevelopment and assessment of student design and soft skills workshops for this non-traditionalcourse. The VIP program director at the university is piloting a series of workshops to buildpresentation, problem definition, entrepreneurship, and interviewing skills. As studentsparticipate in this course and are encouraged to attend the soft skills workshops, the goal is forthem to progress
pointed out that students were not particularly interested in the topic, and they, as teachers,had to further explained to them why the topic was relevant to them if they intend to pursue anengineering career. One of [my students], has to take that class, the entrepreneurship class in September […]. I had to explain to them how that class [and the presentation of entrepreneurship in this workshop] falls into, you know, building not only about robot but something, you know, so they can, put it in the market and then so on and so forth. (Leo, interview 1)Leo considered his responsibility to explain the connection between engineering andentrepreneurship for the students knowing the importance of it in engineering practices. In coding,we
finishedthe course compared to the number of students who entered the class with GSLC (coursecompletion efficiency level). The organizational model under which these collaborationsoperate was obtained and is reported in this manuscript. A literature review was alsoconducted to identify competencies recommended for the instructor profile in this context.Finally, we analyze the information gathered from the implemented GSLC courses with ourpartner universities, the different training programs for the instructors, and other COIL courseimplementations reported in the literature. The information suggests the key elements toconsider in the instructor's training program and the skills an instructor must develop for asuccessful GSLC experience. The analysis
. Hopefully, this article will shed some light on a path thatothers may choose to follow.Experiential learning can be applied when teaching the entrepreneurial thought process byconverting theory into reality. At East Tennessee State University, a course was developed thatteaches experiential learning by combining business and engineering technology students intoteams. The students utilize engineering management techniques to solve real-world problemsfacing K-12 education in an attempt to improve the K-12 students’ learning outcomes. ETSUgraduate students learn how to problem-solve in non-linear situations. One of the biggestchallenges in teaching a class such as this is finding real-world projects that are sufficientlymeaningful to qualify as
environments.Dr. Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the design innovation and technology entrepreneurship areas. Skilled in Innovation Management, Applied Research & Product Design, Entrepreneurship, and Training Next Generation Innovators and Entrepreneurs.Dr. Jalil Kianfar, Saint Louis University Dr. Jalil Kianfar is an associate professor of civil engineering at Saint Louis University and a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in the state of Missouri. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Kianfar has five years of industry experience as a traffic engineer that informs his teaching, research and service. Dr. Kianfar research interests and