AC 2005-683: USING PROJECT PORTFOLIOS TO ASSESS DESIGN INMATERIALS SCIENCEMarie Paretti, Virginia Tech Page 10.1422.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Using Project Portfolios to Assess Design in Materials Science and Engineering M. C. Paretti Department of Engineering Education & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia TechAbstractThis paper evaluates the effectiveness of capstone design project portfolios as tools to assessstudent performance with respect to ABET’s EC2000 Criterion 3 outcomes. After reviewing thepotential for
include experimental testing, detailed analytical modeling using state-of-the-art software to study the responses of bridges, structural dynamics, bridge engineering, performance-based bridge design using AFRP composite materials, reinforced concrete design, seismic retrofitting of bridges, and engineering education. Dr. Head is a member of several national professional organizations, and enjoys facilitating engineering outreach activities for K-12 students to stimulate an excitement for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).Dr. Allen A. Jayne P.E., University of Delaware Allen Jayne is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware. He
research. Page 13.204.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Analysis of the Curriculum of Manufacturing Engineering Technology ProgramsManufacturing Engineering Technology programs have seen a decline in the number of studentsentering as a whole in the United States. There have been studies on recruiting measures,manufacturing perceptions, and program enhancements. This paper will look at the curriculumof these programs.An analysis of what programs named manufacturing engineering technology contain in theircurriculum will be performed. This will include what classes are taken, how many electives areoffered, what new technologies
and currently serving the School of Nuclear Engineering as Nuclear Electronics Technician, Senior Reactor Operator for Purdue University Reactor 1, and Radiation Detection and Measurement Laboratory Instructor. Page 22.1502.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Defining a Role for a College of Technology in Nuclear EducationAbstractEver-increasing energy demands, concerns over climate change, and an elusive chase fornational energy independence are driving a quiet resurgence for increasing the use of nuclearpower. Experts maintain however, that any nuclear power expansion
Paper ID #14246Using Degrees of Freedom as a Pervasive Strategy for Improving ProblemsSolvingDr. Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Biernacki is full Professor of Chemical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University (TTU). Prior to joining TTU in 1997 he spent 15 years work for British Petroleum in various capacities. He is keenly interested in engineering education, particularly in improving problem solving skills through the use of methodologies and formalisms that enable and promote critical thinking
. Brown, Academic and professional resources for student-led technology ventures. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 2004. 46(4): p. 125-131.19. http://www.asutechnopolis.org.20. http://www.ge.uiuc.edu/tec21. http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu.22. http://business.tepper.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=142794.23. http://stvp.stanford.edu.24. McGrath, R.N., S. Fedorovich, and A.W. Bonney. US educational programs integrating technology management and entrepreneurship. 2004. Singapore: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, United States.25. Clark, W.A., et al. Establishing a technology-based business incubator at a regional university: A conceptual framework and case-study. 2005
Scholar and is the current endowed chair for innovation in science, engineering and mathematics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Multidisciplinary Pilot Course on the Internet of Things: Curriculum Development Using Lean Startup PrinciplesAbstractThis paper will summarize the development and teaching of a multidisciplinary, project-based,pilot course on the Internet of Things using strategies inspired by the Lean Startup movement.The course was taught at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a small teaching institution inthe Midwest with an emphasis on engineering education. Eight students from four differentmajors
. Page 26.1099.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Longitudinal Assessment of Student Persistence, Achievement and Attitude in a Flipped Biomedical Engineering Classroom using Pencasts and Muddiest Point Web-enabled ToolsStudies show that student-centered instruction can be more effective than teacher-centered.Here, we investigated achievement, persistence, and attitude regarding several student-centeredstrategies in a one-credit, large-scale, statistics and design of experiment course for upper-division biomedical engineering (BME) undergraduates. More specifically, we asked “What isthe effect of the flipped classroom, pencasts/online lectures, cyber-based muddiest
Paper ID #48443Building stronger faculty-industry engagement for enriched applied engineeringeducationMeera Alagaraja, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Jieun Yi, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam is a Professor in the Industrial Distribution (ID) program in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution (ETID) in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in purchasing, distribution logistics, strategic relationships, distribution customer experience, etc. She has been involved in
after each classsession based on students’ learning trajectories. The analysis of the model's performance ispromising, demonstrating over 95% accuracy in extracting meaningful topics for analyzingstudents' understanding of the subject matter.IntroductionComputer Science education has undergone significant changes as a result of the rapidadvancement of AI. Students are becoming more dependent on these technologies due to theaccessibility of AI-based content. Concerns have been raised about student engagement, learningoutcomes, and retention rates in higher education due to the widespread use of AI resources.Student success depends heavily on engagement, which can be attained by implementing formativeassessment, critical thinking, and reflective
research projects combine most research interests and is based in the concept of appropriate technology. The project title is ”Graduate Research and Education for Appropriate Technology: Inspiring Direct Engagement and Agency (GREAT IDEA)” and it is funded by the NSF (http://greatidea.uprm.edu/).Joann M Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Joann M. Rodriguez is currently a second year graduate student in Environmental Engineering at the Uni- versity of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM). Her research is focused on the biological mechanisms in the biosand filter technology. Previously, in 2012, she completed a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering and a certificate in Environmental Engineering at the UPRM
In some cases, the teaching techniques thatare most effective are dramatically different than the techniques that professors were exposed towhen they were students. Page 7.761.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright € 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationCourse ContentIET 120 was developed as an entry-level course for freshmen and transfer students interested inengineering technology. The objectives were to introduce ET curriculum s and majors offered atCMU. An overview of the engineering world was presented with a
Page 9.203.1the integration of “hands-on” design experience using industry-standard computer-aideddesign (CAD) tools and state-of-the-art integrated circuit technologies. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThis paper will discuss the development of a new graduate-level Radio Frequency IntegratedCircuit (RFIC) Design course at Virginia Tech. This course has been taught several timessince 1999, evolving from a “special topics” course into a regularly scheduled courseoffering. In addition, the paper will describe the integration of a state-of-the-art commercialSiGe Bipolar/CMOS (BiCMOS) technology
AC 2009-316: “THE LEARNING NETWORK”: A CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHINGMODEL USING WEB DIDACTICS, USER MONITORING, AND NEW MEDIATECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTSHeiko Merle, Darmstadt University of TechnologyJoerg Lange, Darmstadt University of Technology Page 14.1387.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 “The learning network” - A constructivist Teaching Model using Web-Didactics, User-Monitoring and new Media Technologies in the Education of Civil Engineering StudentsIntroductionThe teaching model described in this paper covers the civil engineering subject area of “theory ofstability” (TOS) and “elastic second
Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan. He teaches a number of alternative energy courses at Lawrence Tech. Dr. Fletcher and his student research team is focusing on energy usage and efficiencies of several traditional and alternative energy systems.Naim R. Shandi, Lawrence Technological University Undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Using Recycled Photovoltic Modules and Batteries for Engineering Education, Student Projects, and as Viable Portable, Backup Storage Power SourcesAbstract:As the efficiencies of new photovoltaic (PV) modules
Paper ID #37676The Hydrostatic Vacuum Tube: a Low-Cost Thermal FluidScience LaboratoryAaron Drenth USAFA/DFMEGeorge SidebothamPhillip Cornwell (Professor Emeritus) Phillip Cornwell currently teaches at the United States Air Force Academy and is an Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989 and his present interests include structural dynamics, structural health monitoring, and undergraduate engineering education. Dr. Cornwell has received an SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1992, and the Dean’s Outstanding
AC 2009-863: INTRODUCTION TO ESTIMATING AND BIDDING USING AFLAGPOLEKris Mattila, Michigan Technological University Page 14.814.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introduction to Estimating and Bidding Using a FlagpoleIntroductionIn order to introduce the concepts of estimating an exercise was developed to assiststudents with little or no construction experience. The in class exercise is to estimate thecost to install a 25 foot aluminum flagpole and foundation. Material, labor andequipment costs are provided to the students in addition to specifications, drawings and abid form. This paper will explain the exercise and examine the results from over
a region without sacrifice its futuresustainability. The presented laboratory experiences have a potential to train and educate over 30students a year in Power Electronics, and Renewable Energy Technology courses, 20undergraduate students in senior design project course sequence in addition to those doingundergraduate research. This experience have a tremendous impact in the large amount of ETstudents that graduate every year from concentrations related to electrical engineeringtechnology (EET) and the future planned renewable energy concentration. The laboratoryexercises include: 1. Solar cells and panels, PV systems – MATALB simulation and experimental test 2. Control of single-phase grid converter used for PV residential
(electricalengineering) and Car Design (mechanical engineering).Although the chief goal of this project is to produce scientists, engineers, and secondarymathematics and science educators who are experienced in developing and implementingauthentic educational practices, the secondary goal is to impact student learning by relatingSTEM content to urban city issues through the use of hands-on, technology-driven, inquiry-based projects that relate to the desired curriculum. Students need an understanding of STEMand the reasons to pursue STEM careers; over 3,000 students have been exposed to STEMlessons in the past three years with Project STEP. Teachers of these students are involved in thisprocess as well, and 36 different teachers have participated in the STEP
technologies for education,” in Proceedings of the Fourteenth Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications, Florence, Italy: Association for Computational Linguistics, Aug. 2019, pp. 444–460. doi: 10.18653/v1/W19-4446.[11] J. Nee, G. M. Smith, A. Sheares, and I. Rustagi, “Linguistic justice as a framework for designing, developing, and managing natural language processing tools,” Big Data & Society, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 20539517221090930, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.1177/20539517221090930.[12] D. M. Blei, A. Y. Ng, and M. I. Jordan, “Latent Dirichlet allocation,” Journal of Machine Learning Research, vol. 3, pp. 993–1022, 2003.[13] L. D. Delpit, “The politics of teaching literate discourse.,” in
, H. C., 2011, “A Concept Map Approach to Developing Collaborative Mindtools for Context-Aware Ubiquitous Learning,” British Journal of Educational Technology, 42(5), pp. 778–789.[9] Cui, J., and Yu, S., 2019, “Fostering Deeper Learning in a Flipped Classroom: Effects of Knowledge Graphs versus Concept Maps,” British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(5), pp. 2308–2328.[10] Seel, N. M., and Ifenthaler, D., 2012, “Learning-Dependent Progression of Mental Models,” Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, Springer US, pp. 2032–2036.[11] Michael, J. A., 2004, “Mental Models and Meaningful Learning,” J Vet Med Educ, 31(1), pp. 1–5.[12] Seel, N. M., 2006, “Mental Models in Learning Situations,” Advances in Psychology
happen withinthe workplace and then identifying how a particular social network feature supports the givenactivity. We have also made several observations regarding the effectiveness of socialnetworking in an educational setting. Specifically, we note that the degree of usage impactsacademic achievement in different contexts. Although our observations are not scientific by anymeans, they still reflect interesting trends which may have implications for future use of socialnetworks in education and in turn in the workplace.The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. We begin with background and relatedwork for the area of social networking including the discussion of several features as well ascontextual use of the technology. Next, we
high boiling points.• Compare the BCC, FCC, and HCP crystal structures.• Describe the difference between kinetics and thermodynamics and explain the diffusion process in these terms.• Explain the significance of a decrease in engineering stress as strain increases.• Explain why alloy steels can be used to make larger martensite parts than plain-carbon steel.• Describe the concept of the glass transition. Page 10.211.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe close correspondence between lecture
Paper ID #25238Engineering Design Instruction Using Slack for Project Support and Team-workDr. Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida Jonathan E. Gaines is faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of South Florida. He is the Director of First Year Experiential Education and Learning. Through this position, he develops and implements the curriculum for USF’s Foundations of Engineering Lab course. He is also the Principle Investigator for Bulls Engineering Youth Experience (Bulls-EYE Mentoring) a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math based outreach program that uses undergraduate
engineering in 1994 from Purdue University. Page 24.1339.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using Open Source NoSQL technologies in Designing Systems for Delivering Electric Vehicle Data Analytics.AbstractAdvances in scientific research related to electric vehicles have led to generation of largeamounts of data. This data is mainly logger data collected from various sensors in the vehicleand stored as flat files. It is predominantly unstructured and non-relational in nature, alsocalled Big Data. Analysis of such data needs a high performance information
education. Results of his research work were published in scientific journals and presented at the national and international conferences. Dr. Genis has five U.S. patents.Siddharth Vyas Page 24.1008.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Processing of Large Amount of Experimental Data Collected During Laboratory ProceduresAbstractProcessing of large experimental data files collected during laboratory procedures in thenondestructive evaluation (NDE) course is described in this paper. The main objective of thiscourse is to introduce students to
-ownership, for which researchers stress the need for clearcourse policies on AI-assisted coding [4]. Addressing these concerns with updated policies,course structures and assessments to adapt to the use of GenAI tools in engineering educationcan help ensure a fair, more effective integration of these tools.LLMs and Prompt Engineering in Engineering EducationChat based GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT contribute largely Engineering Education in multipleways, including learning enhancement, creativity stimulation, research support, and ethicalconsiderations [8], [16]. LLM technologies used in engineering education include chat-basedtechnologies, such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Bard (Gemini) that students can holdconversations with
13.919.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Naval Engineering Support Team for the AUVSI/ONR AUV CompetitionAbstractRobotics technology excites young people and fills them with ideas of possibility. Underwaterrobotics has an added element of difficulty and challenge that students accept and thrive on.Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is a foundation that has fordecades encouraged the spread of unmanned vehicle technology both through professionalconferences and student educational competitions. This group, together with the Office of NavalResearch, has supported for the past 10 years a very successful international competition wherestudent teams design, build and swim
develop an appreciation of the powerand limitations of computer tools. Students are introduced to the basics of programming as wellas such ideas as interpolation, curve-fitting, and numeric differentiation and integration, throughapplications areas such as data analysis, image processing, communications, position tracking,basic mechanics, and system modeling. Throughout the courses, several team projects areintroduced requiring the students to use MATLAB® to develop solutions to open-ended designproblems.The Engineering Models sequence was required for all incoming first-year engineering andengineering technology students starting with the 2012-2013 academic year. Lectures, recitationactivities, homework assignments, exams, and projects were
American Society for Engineering Education, 2011recipient of several coveted honours and awards which notably include: NCR National IT ExcellenceAward for Research and Development and Gold Medal for the year 2000 2001; NCR National Excel-lence Award for IT Education in the year 2003. In September 2006, Charlotte Research Institute (CRI),USA conferred on him the status of ”Duke Energy Distinguished Research Visiting Scholar. Dr Zaidihas the distinction of pioneering and co-chairing US-Pakistan International Symposium on High CapacityOptical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET), a regular annual event since Dec 2004. Veryrecently, he has won two President Gold medals for being proclaimed the BEST Researcher of the Yearand the Best Teacher in