presentations, engineering drawings, and listening.• High ethical standards.• An ability to think both critically and creatively – independently and cooperatively.• Curiosity and desire to learn for life.• A profound understanding of the importance of teamwork. Figure 1, Desired attributes of an engineer by the Boeing Company3II. Method Selection The design and management literature is filled with techniques for project planning. Anynumber of these are quite effective in situations were goals are well-defined, task sequencing isclear, and seasoned work groups already exist for implementing the plan. Unfortunately this isnot the case in capstone design courses, especially those that use industry sponsored projects.Problem
Session 3461 Section 3461 IMPROVING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ WRITING THROUGH COLLABORATION BETWEEN WRITING CENTERS AND ENGINEERING FACULTY Audeen W. Fentiman The Ohio State UniversityIntroductionEngineering Graphics 166 (EG166) is required of all beginning engineering students atThe Ohio State University. The course has always focused on graphical communications.In it, students learn how to make 3-D sketches that would allow a non-technical audienceto understand their ideas for new equipment or products, detailed drawings that
Increase the Self-Confidence and Belongingness of First-Generation College Students in Biomedical Engineering. J Biomech Eng, 2021. 143(12).10. Shotton, H., E.S.L. Oosahwe, and R. Cintrón, Stories of Success: Experiences of American Indian Students in a Peer-Mentoring Retention Program. The Review of Higher Education, 2007. 31(1): p. 81-107.11. Geri, S., The Effects of Formal Mentoring on the Retention Rates for First-Year, Low Achieving Students. Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, 2005. 28(4): p. 853-873.12. Zakiya, S.W., et al., Hierarchical Mentoring: A Transformative Strategy for Improving Diversity and Retention in Undergraduate STEM Disciplines. Journal of Science
Paper ID #14485Scaling-up a MOOC at a State University in a Cost-effective MannerDr. Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Paul Nissenson (Ph.D. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2009) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He teaches courses in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and numerical methods. Paul’s research interests are studying the impact of technology in engineering education and computer modeling of atmospheric systems.Dr. Todd Dale Coburn P.E., California
, student retention in a CEM program may be improved.Future ResearchAgain, the main objective of this paper is to establish a baseline to determine whether futureresearch on spatial perception and visualization is warranted in a university’s CEM education.There are more questions that must be addressed for this research. In near future, experimentsand observational studies will follow to investigate the effects of stereoscopic visualization,compared with the effects of 3D software programs, as a part of drawing and plan readingsubjects. Another future research will be associated with pedagogical strategies for usingstereoscopic visualization in CEM courses. No matter what technology is integrated intoteaching and learning, proper pedagogical
follow-up test data and the student responses in the verbalprotocols do demonstrate that there was a dramatic change in the levels of variation amongthe self/peer scores (see Table 1). This process of revising the instrument was effective inmaking it more sensitive and thus provided better information about the relative teamworkabilities of the students.Finally, in an effort to determine the accuracy of the ratings in capturing teamwork skills and Page 4.112.5therefore validate the instrument, interviews and focus groups were conducted with teammembers after they had completed the instrument during their engineering course. There was
[4]. If the exam is to beused, Ford (2012) concludes that efforts need to be made to improve the curriculum to preparestudents for the AC exam. The study suggests that a preparatory course for the exam would beideal [4]. Throughout the curriculum, exam familiarization materials could be used, along withfeedback on performance relating to areas of the exam for each student.To this point, papers have looked at how to directly assess SLOs, but very few have looked atwhat to do with the data collected. Most programs simplify their data collection by mapping allof the SLOs to a smaller and much less specific list of Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) andthen analyze the data more qualitatively, for example, with an 80/80 (80 percent of students
. Additionally, Allen has traveled across the country with WeTeach CS to facilitate teacher preparation courses for the high school computer science competency exam. He also serves as a master teacher for Bootstrap, a program that aims to implement computer science principles in mathematics classrooms. Before joining R-STEM, Allen worked in various positions in the educational field. As an interventionist in Orleans Parish Schools, he worked with elementary students to improve their literacy and numeracy levels. As a middle school teacher in Alief ISD, he taught 8th grade mathematics and Algebra I. Addi- tionally, Allen worked on mathematics curriculum development for Alief ISD and Rice University. Allen currently holds a
motivation being improved through integration was referenced by Skorton[2], and reported by Stolk and Martello [5] where “integrating materials science with humanitiesthrough a project-based course effectively support[ed] increased student motivation andengagement in self-regulated learning strategy.” Deci et al. described how this motivation andengagement can best be achieved: Motivation, performance, and development will be maximized within social contexts that provide people the opportunity to satisfy their basic psychological needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy… however, opportunities to satisfy the need for autonomy are necessary for people to be self-determined rather than controlled [6].However, merely
citations, and his h-index is 15 (Google Profile). He has designed, updated, and taught several electrical engineering, engineering design, and technological innovations courses and works to develop new curricula and programs for Electrical and Computer Engineering Education. Before joining the Mississippi State University has also served at the University of Ottawa, Queen's University, and Royal Military College of Canada. He has received several prestigious awards, scholarships, and grants, which include a $1.48 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve graduation outcomes for transfer engineering students as Co-PI in 2021, the Industrial Research and Development Fellowship (IRDF) from Natural
In the profile, students – on balance -- are positive about using CPR in technical 5 courses. The eight students who selected the mid-level “both” option seem to be saying that the software would help, but 0 might not improve performance adequate to 1 2 3 4 5
the essential parts of those traditional courses but add in hands-on laboratoryexperiences that lead to design/build projects1. Engineering is now “up-front” and “hands-on”,and the approach has had a noticeable, positive effect on student retention2. A major element inthis effort has been the development of a first-year engineering program with a track for honorsstudents, the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (FEH) sequence, a tightly coupled three-course sequence with each course lasting the full 10 weeks of an academic quarter.The first FEH course is named Engineering H191 (or ENG H191) and offers each student a solidfoundation in the fundamentals of engineering graphics and CAD. The second course, ENGH192, presents an introduction to
to measure the effectiveness of “generic” writing center tutors on the technicalwriting skills of senior-level Mechanical Engineering Technology students. A set of nineteenstudent analysis reports selected from a capstone design course were used as the source of thedata. The reports were assessed both before and after a tutoring session using a version of theAAC&U VALUE rubric and a voice-development-style-diction method developed by theauthors. By both methods, the improvements in student writing from before the tutoring sessionto afterwards were marginal at best, with some measures even showing a decrease inperformance. The sole exception was that a significant increase in hedging, boosting, andattitude words appeared in the students
the same groups of students, but this timeintegrated into a design studio course. As part of the introduction to the second phase of thedesign challenge, the instructor presented a lecture on universal design. Students received twoweeks of design development time, and two sessions of instructor and TA (Teaching Assistants)feedback to advance their design during the second phase. The final products of the second phaseincluded updates to the original concepts in terms of design and construction, but alsoconsiderations of diversity in user experience.In this paper, the authors review the improvements made to the Design Days Challenge as itreturns to an all in-person event. Also included is an overview of the perceived advances inproject results
to understand business terminology, analyze the value of alternatives, and communicate their business, societal and global impacts effectively. PEO4 Continuous Improvement: The successful student will be able to optimize processes and systems with respect to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.Curriculum development was in full swing during 2021-2022 with the majority of the third- andfourth-year courses being developed. Since the program is being offered at regional campuses,there are no guidelines from ABET ETAC about the assessment procedures. A unique quality ofsuccessful programs is an ongoing, consistent, and thorough process for the assessment of studentlearning outcomes. The major components of the Self
Paper ID #41695Board 433: Work in Progress: Improving Students’ Decision-Making Behaviorin Choosing an Engineering PathwayAshley Y. Tran, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDebapratim Ghosh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate Student in StatisticsSamuel Harford, The University of Illinois at ChicagoProf. Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Houshang Darabi is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Darabi’s research focuses on the use of Big Data, process mining, data mining
, engaging in an actualdialogue on the fronts outlined in Wijayasundara’s fish-bone diagram (Figure 2).15, 16 Page 26.1300.5 Figure 2: Fish bone diagram on the elements of successful faculty-librarian collaboration as presented in15.Objectives & ApproachThe RISE program was structured to create an engaging, hands-on, and supportive learningenvironment targeting Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS), with following fourobjectives. 1. Improve the understanding of what is required to be successful in a STEM Major among targeted students. 2. Increase the learning support available to targeted groups at critical course
modules. This postersession summarizes the improved student learning over the past six years at nine engineeringschools and colleges. These active learning finite element modules were originally developedusing MSC Nastran, followed by development efforts in SolidWorks® Simulation, ANSOFT,ANSYS©, and other commercial FEA software packages. Researchers, with National ScienceFoundation support, have created over twenty-eight active finite element learning modules whichcontinue to improve student understanding of difficult engineering concepts across engineeringdisciplines.Finite element theory and application has often been the focus of graduate-level courses inengineering programs; however, industry needs B.S. engineering graduates to have skills
Paper ID #42563Board 305: Improving Fundamental Mathematics Skills in Pre-Calculus MathUsing Placed -Based Engineering Canvas ApplicationsMonika Neda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Monika Neda is a Professor in Department of Mathematical Sciences at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) and the Associate Dean for Research in College of Sciences at UNLV. Monika received her Ph.D. in mathematics at University of Pittsburgh and her expertise is in computational fluid dynamics with recent years involvement in STEM education. In addition to research, she is involved in several programs helping women and underrepresented
Sandberg’s point68 thatwomen who direct teams using prototypically male behaviors are considered “bossy,” whereasmen who conform to those behaviors are seen to demonstrate leadership potential. Through ourreinforcement and policing of teaming behaviors, we are likely reinforcing gendered and racialcodes about what being “polite” or “professional” means. It can be challenging to imagine howto do otherwise.Promising StrategiesFrom the point of view of both the institution and the individual educator, there are severalpromising approaches to improving the experiences of marginalized students on engineeringteams. There are things we can all do with respect to our own beliefs, the environment we createin our courses, and the ways in which we design and
- cal science from the University of Alabama and a master of public administration degree from Western Michigan University. In his spare time, he enjoys collecting postage stamps, running half marathons, and searching for the perfect latte.Ms. Danielle Elise Larson- Jaramillo, Western Michigan University Ms. Larson-Jaramillo is currently a graduate student in Industrial Engineering at Western Michigan Uni- versity. She has been one of the instructors for the Engineering Statistics course for two years. Her interests include statistics, process improvement and work design. Page 23.1066.1
AC 2011-2630: THE ROLE OF CENTERS FOR TEACHING AND LEARN-ING IN IMPROVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDU-CATIONPratibha Varma-Nelson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Professor of Chemistry Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Indiana University Purdue Uni- versity IndianapolisStephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Stephen P. Hundley is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Undergraduate Programs in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).Terri Tarr, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
demonstration as indicatedby a correct solution on exam day. By the way of contrast, only 9 out of 29 males had acorrect solution. This result suggests that the concrete experience of a physical model was Page 25.86.6more effective for the female students. Students missing class when the model was shown (9males and 2 females) had mistakes in their solutions. This fact lends support to theimportance of being exposed to a concrete experience to improve learning of an abstractconcept like the dot product of vectors.AcknowledgmentsWe’d like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their useful criticisms. The original abstractand first drafts were greatly improved
the classroom and outside. Most of the courses addressed have been in thecircuits and electronics sequence in electrical and computer engineering programs. Facultyinvolved in this effort has also used the same approach to support hands-on learning in introductoryengineering courses, both focused on general engineering and specifically on introduction to ECE,in courses outside of ECE and in capstone design courses. This program was initiated and fundingobtained because the group recognized that integrating hands-on learning is one of the keyapproaches that has been proven to be effective in improving retention by making the learningexperience engaging and motivating for students. Results of internal and external evaluation hasshown the
with environmental projects will benefit those graduates who pursue careers in environmental science/engineering design. The intensity and prestige of presenting to a real world community authority serves to greatly enhance student presentation skills. Fries et al. [6] note that implementing a more professional setting improves communication and helps students connect key concepts of the principled knowledge. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenced. Most importantly, the two-semester environmental capstone sequence has been shown to be effective in terms of student learning, both from student perspectives (i.e., course
A.B. from Harvard University in Computer Science, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in Computer Science with a minor in Mechanical Engineering. Her research has been recognized with various best paper awards (Usenix, ASME DETC, ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium, NAMRC), the Audi Production Award, and the NSF CAREER Award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Effects of gender, effort, and spatial visualization abilities in an engineering graphics classAbstractThe objective of this study is to understand the interaction between gender, spatial visualizationability, effort, and course outcomes in an engineering graphics course. Within
. He received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Ralph Teetor Education Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, and was named University of Florida Teacher of the Year for 2003-04. Page 12.587.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Effects of Sex and Ethnicity on Performance on the Materials Concept InventoryAbstractThis paper describes results on using the Materials Concept Inventory in an introductorymaterials course. The validity of the MCI is confirmed by correlation with student course gradesand student self-assessment
, digital inline holography, digital signal processing, and laser spectroscopy. Dr. Sergeyev is a member of ASEE, IEEE, SPIE and is actively involved in promoting engineering education.Kellie H RaffaelliDr. John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University As Professor for Mechanical Engineering Technology at Michigan Technological University, Dr. Irwin teaches courses in Product Design & Development, Statics and Strength of Materials, Parametric Model- ing, and Senior Design. Research interests include STEM education, where as PI for Improving Teacher Quality grants (2010 & 2013) he has developed and implemented professional development courses for K-12 science teachers to implement inquiry-based learning while
Strengthen Self-regulated Learning, 2016[12] Mariajose Castellanos and Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC),Promoting Metacognition through Reflection Exercises in a Thermodynamics Course, 2013[13] Saryn R. Goldberg, Jennifer Andrea Rich, and Amy Masnick, Hofstra University (Hofstra 2015),Efficacy of a Metacognitive Writing-to-Learn Exercise in Improving Student Understanding andPerformance in an Engineering Statics Course, 2015[14] John Chen, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), Effective andAdoptable Metacognitive Tools, 2016[15] Rami Jubrail Haddad and Youakim Al Kalaani P.E., Georgia Southern University (Ga. Southern),Flipping homework: An effective homework model, 2015[16] Julian Ly
clear these obstacles by providing supplemental education withexperienced teachers, state-of-the-art classroom facilities and supportive college students whoact as counselors and mentors. Additional attention in advanced math and science courses suchas calculus and physics before students enter college is an effective means of ensuringpreparedness for science and engineering degrees. While low income minority high schoolstudents from Title 1 Institutions statistically take less advanced mathematics and sciencecourses such as physics, SECOP encourages all of our participants to take a fourth year of mathand physics in high school to be prepared for Freshman engineering courses. This extra