, challenges to successfullydeveloping and launching an engineering graduate degree and the infrastructural supportrequired are also discussed.IntroductionTraditionally, engineering educators pay careful attention to the needs of the industries that hiretheir graduating students. As industry problems grow more complex, industries seek engineerswith broader multidisciplinary skill sets to effectively address them. As one CEO said recently ata national summit on educating engineers for the 21st century: "Boeing needs engineers who aremore than just technically competent; Boeing needs engineers who are creative, who can work inteams, who will pursue new knowledge throughout their careers." (NAE, 2013). Educators mustalso monitor relevant trends in the
SALG is an online survey that focuses on the “degree to which a course has enabled studentlearning.” The survey also asks questions to students to determine what specific aspects of thecourse students felt were most impactful to their learning. Students from MRU2 and all URUclasses were given the opportunity to take the SALG as extra credit for the class.One class session from each instructor was observed using the Reformed Teaching ObservationProtocol (RTOP)20,13. RTOP gauges to what extent an instructor is “reformed” based on threefactors: (1) Lesson Design and Implementation, (2) Content (propositional knowledge andprocedural knowledge), (3) Classroom culture (communicative interactions and student/teacherrelationships). Each class was
77Appendix 1 Survey questions for the Moodle usability:Areas of the usability testing: - Learnability o I learned to use Moodle quickly. o I can explore features of Moodle by trial and error. o I feel I need to use technical support help in order to use Moodle. - Operationability o I feel comfortable using Moodle. o I feel that Moodle is easy to use. o I feel that Moodle is a difficult program to use. - Efficiency o I can effectively complete my work using Moodle. o I feel that Moodle is a flexible Learning
exploits the power of on-line technologies to enable engineering –more generally, STEM– students to develop thoroughunderstanding of technical topics through collaborative learning. Our approach, as we show, has anumber of important advantages over most approaches to face-to-face collaborative learning. Wehave implemented a prototype web app, CONSIDER, based on our approach and used it in twoComputer Science and Engineering courses: a graduate level theory of programming languagescourse, and an undergrad principles of programming languages course. It was very well received,with 15 out of 22 students in the grad course, and 13 out of 21 students in the undergrad courseindicating, in a post-discussion survey, that the approach provided them a better
conducts research in the areas of creative design, machine design, fluid power control, and engineering education.Dr. Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Peter Schuster is a professor in the mechanical engineering department at Cal Poly, focusing on design and stress analysis. He has a B.S. in Physics and an M.S. & Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. Before moving into academia, he worked as a design engineer and safety technical specialist at Ford Motor Company. His interests include biomechanics, design techniques, quality of life improvements, and finite element analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 All Active All the
Page 26.1100.3industry mentors who advise each team on technical and professional issues.These multi-disciplinary, multi-university AerosPACE teams have demonstrated many of theadvantages of learning in such an environment. They have also identified some specificchallenges and opportunities that academic institutions and industry partners must be aware of.The end of the paper contains a “Looking Back” section where former undergraduate studentswho have spent 1-3 years in industry provide their feedback on how effective this DBF projectwas at preparing them to succeed professionally.Projects SummaryIn order to better understand the student experiences and impact, it is important to review thevarious student activities in the context of their
. 20 Green, M., Linsey, J., Seepersad, C., Wood, K., & Jensen, D. (2006). Frontier design: a product usage contextmethod. In ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Informationin Engineering Conference (pp. 99-113). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 21 Kilgore, D., Atman, C., Yasuhara, K., Barker, T., & Morozov, A. (2007). Considering Context: A Study of First‐Year Engineering Students. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), 321-334. 22 Ro, H., Merson, D., Lattuca, L., & Terenzini, P. (2015). Validity of the Contextual Competence Scale forEngineering Students. Journal of Engineering Education, 104(1), 35-54. 23 Sánchez-Parkinson, L., Daly, S., Holloway, J., Conger, A
Materials Technology at the Instituto Federal de Educac¸a˜ o, Ciˆencia e Tecnologia da Bahia. He is a mechanical engineer and holds a Bachelor’s degree in law and a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He has been teaching at different levels, from the first year of technical high school to the final year of mechatronic engineering course, since 1995. He also has considerable experience in the design and implementation of mechatronic and production engineering courses. His non-academic career is centered on product development and manufacturing processes.Prof. M. D. Wilson, Purdue University, West Lafayette M.D. WILSON is a lecturer for the Krannert School of Management, the entrepreneur-in-residence for the
engineering and science education for K – 12 students, as well as assess the learning outcomes of these programs. Post-graduation, Rebecca has continued to explore her interest in K-12 engineering education by participating in the ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) Mentoring Program, during which she teaches high school students about the concepts of engineering and sustainability.Pamela L.B. Clark, PLB Clark Consulting LLC Consultant who works with local and national non-profits for grant writing, evaluation, and technical assistance. Board member of the National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving and NJ State Contact for Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). Twenty years of experience in program
class in the 3 17 12 3 Fluids lab than I did on in Strength of Materials labs: My team works well together: 20 15 I learned what should be included in a technical 5 18 11 1 abstract and improved my technical writing skills: I liked the fact that I had to get all of the pre-lab 5 15 10 5 problems correct before getting a grade. The discussion worksheets helped me understand 7 24 3 1 the topics. I learned more because I had to get all of the pre- 6 15 12 1 lab problems correct. I liked the A3 report format 7 16 11
,then move the same data to Multisim to simulate circuitry, and move the same data again to theVirtualBench arbitrary waveform generator for laboratory testing of the physical hardware. Afterthe students are satisfied with the signal handling ability of their circuitry they can then exporttheir Multisim file to UltiBoard and render an actual printed circuit design.This combination of tools allows us to create an extremely functional classroom environment ina compact space. Furthermore it allows the students to effectively work through all areas ofdesign from mathematical analysis to simulation, testing, and final hardware implementation.Fundamentals 1The first offering of Fundamentals 1 provided a significant learning experience for
. The literature onETH activities among grassroots communities emphasizes the design and use of technology forachieving social and economic development within such communities. Consequently, grassrootscommunity members are conceptualized as socially and economically marginalized stakeholderswhose primary relationship to the scholarly community is as potential users rather than asdesigners or developers of useful technology and technical knowledge.Recognizing the generative potential of knowing requires engineering education researchers toconceptualize how differences originate in situated claims to knowledge. From a generativeperspective, knowledge claims of grassroots community members are viewed as communicativepractices associated with
potentialinfluences, and some students may be uncertain about what constitutes academic integrity andwhat constitutes plagiarism if they are new to the English language and or western educationalstandards.[1, 18] In summary, the reasons for plagiarism are many and complex.[9]Engineering educators may debate the relevance of plagiarism to the practice of engineeringtoday. The reality is that many master of science degree programs in engineering fields rely onthe development of technical and problem solving skills in their respective curriculum. As aresult, students may not be required to develop and refine writing or research skills. Often, theprimary objective most masters programs at the Case Study University, is securing full-timeemployment. Because of the
the student experience. Page 9 of 10References: 1. Lyle D. Feisel and Albert J. Rosa, "The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 121-130, January 2005. 2. R.H. King, T.E. Parker, T.P. Grover, "A Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory Course," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no. 3, pp. 311-316, July, 1999. 3. Drs R. H. King and J. P. Gosink, "Meeting ABET EC 2000 Criterion 3 Outcomes with a Laboratory Course, Session 2526," in Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference & Exposition, 2001. 4. Dr. Bill M. Diong, "Work-in-progress: Videos and Video Podcasts
support and procedural differences in the circuit constructionprocess in the 2D and 3D environments that contributed to deviations in performance.Additionally, the study found differences in the affect of the students learning in the computerenvironments that impacted performance. The findings of this study provide valuable insightsabout how the physical fidelity impacted participant’s performance. These results can be used tobetter design and integrate computer mediated environments in technical education.IntroductionWhen evaluating disparities in the performance of individuals using various types of technology,research studies have typically attributed statistically significant differences in performance tothe technology.1, 2 However, these
. (2012). Engineering Professionals’ Expectations of Undergraduate Engineering Students. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 12, 60–70.[5] Farr, J., & Brazil, D. (2009). Leadership Skills Development for Engineers. Engineering Management Journal, 21(1), 3. http://doi.org/10.1080/10429247.2009.11431792[6] Hartmann, B., Stephens, C., Jahren, C. (2015). Surveying industry needs for leadership in entry-level engineering positions. American Society for Engineering Education.[7] Male, S. a. (2005). Generic Engineering Competencies : A Review and Modelling Approach. Education Research and Perspectives, 37(1), 25–51.[8] Nair, C. S., Patil, A., & Mertova, P. (2009). Re-engineering graduate skills – a case
- ership in international peace building Initiatives in 2005. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The State of IPv6: Measuring Global AdoptionOn September 24th, 2015 the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) became the fourthRegional Internet Registry (RIR) to run out of IPv4 addresses. With four of the five RIRs nolonger making general IPv4 address allocations, adoption and use of IPv6 is taking place at anaccelerated pace.The research presented in this paper is an extension of the previous work published by Czyz,Lekel-Johnson, Allman, Osterweil, Zhang in 2014. The goal of this study is to empiricallyunderstand the adoption of IPv6 as the Internet transitions to the next
them have beento a seminar before.For most students, the course Swedish Society, Culture and Industry in a HistoricalPerspective (SweSoc) is one of the first they attend at KTH and also serves as aninvitation to understanding the society they now live and study in during their time asan exchange student. SweSoc was inspired by similar curriculum offered to exchangestudents at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to better contextualize MITand American society in the 20th century. Furthermore, SweSocaims to introduceengineering students to analytical and critical thinking as used within thesocialsciences and humanities[1].This paper outlines the means by which engineering students at a technical universityin Sweden are trained
Cisco product provides collaboration for onlinemeetings, conferencing, and other applications. One important new capability is the ability torecord sessions for playback at a later time or repeated playbacks.This collaborative use of technologies was actually beneficial in the classroom. The K-20 systemwas used for audio and instructor images, while using WebEx for everything that was presentedon the instructor’s computer. This combined system eliminated the need to use the whiteboard. Italso allowed continued communication when technical problems were experienced with onemethod or the other. The overhead document camera was still utilized to present some of theartifacts used in the class. However, not all of the exhibits fit on the instructors
.5Table 3: Guskey’s 5-level evaluation of Professional Development as applied to the CPACK project.19-20 How Will Information Be Evaluation Level What Questions Are Addressed: Gathered? 1.Participants’ Did they like it? Pre- and post-activity (Teacher) Reactions Was their time well spent? questionnaires administered Did the material make sense? at the beginning and end of Will it be useful? activity sessions
seventh week of class. Theclass’s 29 students were divided into five groups of four students and one group of fivestudents, and all groups presented their projects during the Preliminary Design Review.5. AnalysisIn the class session immediately preceding the Preliminary Design Review, students inFreshman Projects were given explicit instruction on how to design and execute theirpresentations. This instruction came in the form of a brief (10-minute) PowerPointpresentation delivered by the class’s two teaching assistants. Table 1 identifies each ofthe key elements discussed in the presentation. The table is organized chronologically,with each element that was identified by the teaching assistant placed into one of fourcategories discussed in the
. The collaborative qualitative research methods presented here combine elements from collaborative autoethnography and inquiry to narrate the experiences of EER as they transition to new faculty positions. These methods may be valuable to study other transition periods within and outside of engineering education, such as early career engineers and K-12 engineering education teachers. References [1] A. Austin, “Preparing the Next Generation of Faculty,” J. Higher Educ., vol. 73, no. 1, 2002. [2] V. L. Baker and L. R. Lattuca, “Developmental networks and learning: Toward an interdisciplinary perspective on
processes requires acommitment beyond technical excellence2,16. Designers must also produce solutions that worksafely, effectively, and efficiently. Petroski17 popularized the complexity of designing for humanbeings, demonstrating that it is not enough to design within the system of an engineer’s personalethics or technical capability. An ethical designer must also consider the human use of theirsolutions. To consider the complexity of real-world use requires empathy on the part of theengineer or technologist, and indeed, empathy has been mentioned as an important component ofbeing a successful practitioner9,18,19. While there is now general agreement that empathy is adesirable—if not crucial—characteristic of engineering practitioners9, we do not
skills of first year engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 89(3), 301-307.8. Hsi, S., Linn, M., & Bell, J. (1997). The role of spatial reasoning in engineering and the design of spatial instruction. Journal of Engineering Education, 86(2), 151-158.9. Miller, C., & Bertoline, G. (1991). Spatial visualization research and theories: Their importance in the development of an engineering and technical design graphics curriculum model. Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 55(3), 5- 14.10. Dunn, R. (1984). Learning style: State of the science. Theory into practice, 23(1), 10-19.11. Coffield, F., Moseley, D., Hall, E., & Ecclestone, K. (2004). Learning styles and pedagogy in post 16 learning: a
Sr. Data Analyst and General Motors/Delphi Automotive as a Sr. Applications Programmer and Manufactur- ing Quality Engineer. She received her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western while working for Delphi. She completed her postdoctoral studies in engineering education at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Clark has published articles in the Journal of Engineering Education, Advances in Engineering Education, and Risk Analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Comparison of a Partially Flipped vs. Fully-Flipped Introductory Probability and Statistics Course for Engineers: Lessons
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Initiatives for Creating a More Inclusive Engineering Environment with Limited Resources and Minimum DisruptionAbstractIn recent years the need for and benefits of diverse and inclusive science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines have been highlighted by educators, industry, andgovernmental agencies. It has been shown that a diverse workforce is critical to the generation ofnew ideas, creativity and innovation [1]. It is widely acknowledged that mechanical engineeringdepartments at the undergraduate level, in most instances, do not have a diverse student bodythat is representative of the general population [2]. Therefore, the development
). Page 26.1292.4 Figure 1. World IPv6 prefix allocation data14.Core Network - Measured by looking at the percent of IPv6 transit Autonomous Systems (AS).This is accomplished by digging the BGP Routing Table and computing a weight and rank foreach AS based on the number of times it show up in the AS path for all IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes.13Currently, all Tier1 providers have enabled IPv6 transit service.12Content - Measured by looking at the number of websites reachable over IPv6. 6Lab looks intothe DNS system to find how many domain names have a bounded AAAA record and checks thatthe site is actually reachable over IPv6 by opening an HTTP session to the home page over IPv6.According to the World Content Data presented on
teacherand researcher observations on social and emotional responses of students. Note that thisexample is not intended to set any limit on the grade-/age-levels that a robotics lesson, in general,and this lesson, in particular, can potentially address. Finally, recommendations for future Page 26.1679.3research, implementation, and assessment are provided. Table 1: An overview of technology integration, pedagogical benefits, and disciplinary content addressed through the
ensemble players to makethe ensemble itself look good; therefore, generosity is the goal. Notably, generosity begets moregenerosity. A single very generous offer can help everyone to bring better offers to share withthe ensemble 2,3.For an illustration of generosity, consider the following two offers: 1. “We’re here.” 2. “We’re finally here at the San Diego Zoo—but I don’t see a panda anywhere.”Most people would agree that in a game of pretend, the second offer is much easier to respond to,even though the first offer has more possible responses. That creative second offer also requiredmore cognitive labor to produce. It is often more difficult to make a generous offer than anungenerous offer. This is as true in life as it is in the
technical workforce. Using actual critical engineering design challenges toinspire and engage students in design solutions to real problems is the path to achieving a highdegree of student engagement. Sustainability, living better on less, and team projects that directlyimpact people’s lives speak to this generation of engineering students. Energy usage is one of themost critical engineering challenges we face today. Global warming due to harmful emissionsfrom burning fossil fuels and rising gas prices as well as national security issues have drivenpeople to look for new ways to reduce their fuel consumption and to live better on less. It hasbeen known for some time that streamlining vehicles can dramatically improve their fueleconomy and in