Computer Science (CS) majors and35 Information Technology (IT) majors. 3.3.1Course Overview. CS-490 Software Engineering is a senior-level course required for allCS majors. The course is taught in a 15-week term and is a typical project-based SoftwareEngineering course offered in one term of the senior year of an undergraduate degree program.Emphasis is on the software development phases and an HFOSS project is used throughout theterm to demonstrate concepts while providing hands-on project experience for students. Therewere 18 students in the fall 2017 offering of the class.Assignments are a mix of project deliverables and homeworks. The project deliverablesinclude a requirements document, requirements review document and design document
Paper ID #23036Senior Civil Engineering Students’ Views on Sustainability and ResiliencyDr. Noah Salzman, Boise State University Noah Salzman is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University, where he is a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and IDoTeach, a pre-service STEM teacher preparation program. His work focuses on the transition from pre-college to university engineering programs, how exposure to engineering prior to matriculation affects the experiences of engineering students, and engineering in the K-12 classroom. He has worked as a high school science, mathematics, and engineering
degree in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the University of Toledo. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Making Early Positive Impact on Freshmen Through Engineering Technology SeminarsAbstractFreshmen admitted to the engineering technology (ET) program at the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown (UPJ) are required to take a noncredit ET seminar. Freshmen meet weekly for one hourwith an ET senior instructor. The seminar instructor implements a variety of activities throughoutthe semester aimed at positively influencing the attitudes and habits of freshmen in order to betterprepare them for the demands of the ET program as well as their own
Session Number: 2002-888 A Three Year Analysis of the Benefits Accrued by Women Engineering and Science Students who Participated in a Large- Scale E-Mentoring Program Peg Boyle Single, Carol B. Muller, Christine M. Cunningham, Richard M. Single, William S. Carlsen MentorNet/MentorNet/Tufts University/ University of Vermont/Penn State UniversityAbstract MentorNet (www.MentorNet.net), the E-Mentoring Network for Women in Engineeringand Science, leverages technology and draws on the benefits of mentoring to address
Paper ID #11956HLM modeling of pre/post-assessment results from a large-scale efficacy studyof elementary engineeringDr. Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science Cathy Lachapelle leads the EiE team responsible for assessment and evaluation of our curricula. This includes the design and field-testing of assessment instruments and research on how children use EiE materials. Cathy is particularly interested in how collaborative interaction and scaffolded experiences with disciplinary practices help children learn science, math, and engineering. Her work on other STEM education research projects includes the national Women’s
asynchronous,synchronous and blended methods. The results show that the students’ perception of thesemethods is such that they tend to have the same opinion towards asynchronous and blendedmethods. On the other hand, synchronous methods seem to be somewhat less popular, probably Page 14.238.11because they are not as flexible as asynchronous and blended methods. The second and thirdgoal, to assess the perception of engineering and engineering management studentstowards online courses compared to the traditional on-campus courses and to understand whetherfactors such as previous exposure to online courses, different engineering programs or
of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto is “Canada'slargest engineering school and is widely recognized as one of the best in North America”,attracting “…the top math and science students from across Canada and internationally.”[2]The Faculty offers eight core undergraduate Engineering programs – Chemical, Civil,Computer, Electrical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, and Mineral – and one elite program,Engineering Science. The core eight programs comprise approximately 3,300 students, whilean additional 1,000 are enrolled in Engineering Science[4].Engineering Science “…offers a unique and dynamic program designed to provide superiorstudents with an undergraduate education in the most innovative disciplines
Morningappropriate materials Superselection. “TheGreatest Snowball HeroFight Ever!” was readto first grade studentsto introduce simplemachines, levers, Figure 3. Stories Developed for Kindergarten and Firstpulleys, and incline Grade. Fellows created stories and created illustrations for theplanes. “Carl the books by hand or means of the web.Construction Worker”provided an interactive story in which kindergarten students selected the appropriate toolsto place in Carl’s hands while he constructs a new house. All of these stories wereaccompanied by hands-on activities and delivered in the classroom in a similar manner to“Sparky’s Engineer
isperhaps somewhat unusual about the IDM and SMR courses in terms of Humanities subject Page 24.775.7matter is that the instructor’s graduate work in systems science has enabled the integration ofsystems thinking into these courses. Some of this influence, which permeates the instructor’sapproach to the material, is directly reflected in the choice of Dr. Melanie Mitchell’s Complexity:A Guided Tour as one of the textbooks. Complexity is an award-winning book from a leadingscientist that brings cutting-edge findings in dynamic systems, complexity, and emergence to thelevel of the layperson while still offering much food for thought to an engineer-in
Paper ID #37031WIP: ASEE Year of Impact on Racial Equity: Faculty andAdministrators EngagementElizabeth Litzler (Director) Elizabeth (Liz) Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington (UW) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She was the 2020-2021 Chair of the ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI). She is a former Board Member of Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) and the recipient of the 2020 WEPAN Founders Award. She has led social science research projects such as the UW
Paper ID #8018A New Interdisciplinary Engineering Course on Nanoscale Transport Phe-nomenaProf. Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, LowellProf. Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts I received my B.Sc. degree with Honors in Natural Sciences, double-majoring in Analytical Chemistry and Biochemistry, from the University of the West-Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad in 1992. I spent two years working as an R&D Chemist developing vinyl-acrylic latex for pressure sensitive adhesive applications and styrene-acrylic emulsions for architectural coatings. My doctoral work was conducted at Lehigh University
students across campus. Teams ofstudents from a variety of disciplines are given an opportunity to work in a business-like settingto solve real-world engineering problems supplied by industry. Through participation in theprogram, Enterprise students are able to develop technical competence as well as anunderstanding of the practical application of skills and knowledge in areas such ascommunication, business, leadership, teamwork, global competition, and entrepreneurship.Michigan Tech strongly believes that in order to increase the number of students who select toenroll in technical programs, students must be introduced to engineering and science while theyare in elementary and secondary school. The hands-on educational model of the
Paper ID #20415Mentoring Industrial Distribution Students on their Junior and Senior Pa-persProf. Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University Ms. Melgoza is an Associate Professor and Science & Engineering Librarian at Texas A&M University. She received her master’s in Educational Human Resources Development from Texas A&M University and her second master’s in the Library and Information Science from the University of North Texas. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Mentoring Industrial Distribution Students on Their Junior and Senior
. The discussion section possesses remarks regardingthe implementation process of this new educational undertaking, which includes difficultiesencountered, resulting student projects, distance education considerations and outcomes, andwork group dynamics. Finally, the paper concludes by describing the future directions of thecourse and elaborating on the second course.Course Details and Description Two courses were developed within the current existing systems engineering curriculumat the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). The first course wasembedded within the systems engineering program at Missouri S&T as an introductory course tothe field of systems engineering. This first course was made available
students in Engineering Management have a goodknowledge in marketing/cost analysis, quality engineering, and project management, andstudents in Manufacturing Engineering are more familiar with manufacturing processes,and hands-on fabrication experience. They actually worked in teams with expertise toperform concurrent product design and manufacturing.Their customer is the sponsoring company or a faculty research project for prototyping aproduct, or in testing a new process. In case the produced product is a prototype, thestudents have to develop marketing and manufacturing plans for quantity production.Student teams made presentations each week to report their project progress. In this waythey can learn from each other at various product
twice. While science teachers must focuson getting the concepts right and have to be careful not to throw students a curve till they haveachieved a certain mastery of the material, engineering has the luxury of pushing them out of thecomfort zone right away. Students are told from the start to think twice, what they do now inengineering must be real.The hands-on projects for engineering are a necessity, but more than the typical science lab withpartners, students must learn to work as a team, learning to brainstorm, critique ideas together,divide tasks and coordinate projects. The first projects must teach the process as well as theengineering concepts. In one project students are given lists of open-ended challenges and askedto brainstorm and
AC 2011-2249: A NEW APPROACH IN TEACHING ”MEASUREMENTLABORATORY” COURSES BASED ON TRIZIrina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University Dr. CiobanescuHusanu is Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology at Drexel University. She re- ceived her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 2005 and also holds a MS degree in aeronautical engineering. Her research interest is in thermal and fluid sciences with applica- tions in micro-combustion, fuel cells and research of alternative and green fuels as well as expanding her research work towards new areas regarding plasma assisted combustion. Dr. Ciobanescu-Husanu has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering areas, that encompasses
such as games can encouragethem to work hard to achieve goals and also learn the material with more passion. Futurework will focus on expanding the command set to provide feedback associated with othersensory modes, such as robot vision, and other robot tasks, such as manipulation.Bibliography[1] Nat’l Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2002, Sept. 2003.[2] C. Mull, P. Sitlington, and S. Alper, “Postsecondary Education for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of the Literature,” Exceptional Children, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 97-118, 2001.[3] B. Bech-Winchatz and M. Riccobono, “Advancing Participation of Blind Students in
University. He is an elected member to the Board of Directors of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) and is currently the AEESP President. He also serves on EPA’s Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee. Dr. Mihelcic co-led several sustainability education initiatives at Michigan Tech including development of a new “Graduate Certificate in Sustainability” and an “Undergraduate Certificate in International Sustainable Development Engineering”. He is the lead author of one textbook titled Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (John Wiley) (which has been translated into Spanish) and is the lead author for two additional books to be published
custom E-book was created through a popular academic publisher. Byusing chapters from several business, marketing and engineering books, a text was created thatsuited the needs of the curriculum. This paper will present the details of the product development course including theprocess used to develop the course, the process used to create a custom textbook, and an in-depthlook at the course topics. The course involves a hands-on laboratory experience, and this will bepresented as well. Finally, results from the course assessment and students comments will bediscussed.The Electronic Systems Engineering Technology (eSET) Program As indicated above, the program has recently changed the curriculum to add an emphasisin the area of
examinedwithin the humanities and the sciences, not engineering. While disciplinary borders andinterdisciplinary programs in the humanities and the sciences have been examined for decades,this is not the case for engineering disciplines and programs.7 In other cases, the core elements ofan interdisciplinary curriculum were discussed theoretically8, yet these discussions lacked anexplanation of how such a curriculum could be implemented. Other studies focused on only oneor two of the dimensions of interdisciplinary understanding. In a green engineering program, forinstance, concept maps were used to assess the students’ ability to integrate the differentconcepts.9 Another assessment of interdisciplinary collaborative efforts measured students’awareness
require fundamental courses in mathematics,physics, and science. These often include calculus, chemistry, physics, differential equations,statistics, and many others. While some students begin to take these courses in high school, manyengineering students spend the majority of their first and second years fulfilling theserequirements. The learning from these courses is critical since many engineering topics buildupon the concepts covered. This paper focuses on how students apply learning frommathematics, science, and physics courses to engineering courses using the lens of learningtransfer. Learning transfer refers to the application of learning from one context in a new context.For example, it may be important for students to apply concepts from
using a multi-disciplinary leadership teamcomprised of faculty and staff members from six different disciplines as applied to theadministration of a National Science Foundation CSEMS grant (DUE-0122950). TheNSF/CSEMS program supports financially disadvantaged students in computer science,math, technology, and engineering with goals including increasing retention rates anddecreasing the amount of time required to complete an undergraduate degree. At TheUniversity of Memphis, we have also included the goal of increasing female and minoritygraduates. Through a process of trial and error based on the findings of similar programs,we present the lessons learned in our study as each faculty and staff member hasresponded to changes based on feedback
implement humanitarian based projects. Page 13.1072.3Eleven courses have been developed or modified at CSM to include a humanitarian emphasisand two minors in humanitarian studies are available, Humanitarian Studies and Technology (fornon-engineering majors) and Humanitarian Engineering. One of the modified courses is arequired course at the freshman level, Nature and Human Values, and the remaining ten coursesare technical and non-technical electives at the junior and senior level.Students enrolled in the Humanitarian Engineering minor are also required to complete acapstone senior design course that involves a hands-on community service engineering
Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higherlearning committed to first-class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide rangeof academic disciplines including economics, business administration, the physical and socialsciences, engineering, humanities, and the arts. UDLAP places a high priority on reaching out toits local community. Such outreach fosters service opportunities so P-12 students can discoverscience, engineering, and technology careers. Service is a fundamental aspect of being aprofessional and thus fundamental to our students’ education.Alimentos Divertidos is an inquiry-based science and engineering program for P-12 students1-4.We have developed, implemented and evaluated educational materials
Paper ID #13643The Impact of 3D Virtual Laboratory on Engineering EducationProf. Pnina Ari-Gur, Western Michigan University Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Western Michigan Univer- sity. Her research focuses are materials science and engineering. Dr. Ari-Gur earned her doctor of science in Materials Engineering from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Ari-Gur has been faculty at Western Michigan University since 1985. Her experience also includes R&D in the aerospace industry, post-doctorate at the University of British Columbia, and sabbatical at
Science and Technology of China. Dr. Meehan became chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the California State University, Chico in 2017. She is actively involved in the development of mobile hands-on pedagogy as well as research on other topics in STEM education, the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials, and fermentation processes.Dr. Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico Dr. Buffardi is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at California State University, Chico. After gaining industry experience as a specialist in usability and human factors engineering, he earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech. His research concentrates on software engineering
andstudents.Finally, the paramount struggle teachers have in implementing STEM curriculum is the limitedamount of resources such as time, funds, people, etc. This includes the time it takes to plandesign challenges as well as implement them. For teachers, planning in advance all the materials,extra-hands, etc. that they need to perform the design challenges is especially difficult. Alongwith that, testing and other obligations complicates teaching STEM. When asked “How could wehelp support you more throughout the school year,” most teachers commented “time for teachersto get together and talk about it, it would help.”ConclusionThis study looked at the effects of professional development on implementing engineering in K-12 classrooms. The resulting codes and
proposing virtual experiments where studentsthink about the situations such that the variables are examined one at a time. In other wordsthe professor acts as a facilitator at most stages of the lecture. His knowledge would beinstrumental in the mathematical background of the subject and the correlation with otherequations.2.2 The Reality of Fluid MechanicsThe most important aspect in a university lecture would be the value of “knowledge” beingtaught to the students attending the lecture. One of the worst dilemmas related to universityeducation among students is the lack of feeling about the importance of the material coveredin the classrooms. The most important aspect of engineering knowledge is its applications inreal life. Unfortunately, such
interests are in ensuring the correctness of computer sys- tems, including medical and IOT devices and digital hardware, as well as engineering education. In addition to teaching software and hardware courses, he teaches Creative Process and works with students on technology-driven creative projects. His teaching has been recognized with the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize, and he has twice been named Professor of the Year by the students in his department. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Human vs. Automated Coding Style Grading in Computing Education1 AbstractComputer programming courses often evaluate student coding style by hand. Static