proposed in this paper, a side by side comparison was conductedbetween students who had experienced the active learning classroom versus students coveringthe same course content with a lecture-based style. Students from the active learning classroomsachieved A’s in their subsequent computer science course 1.5-2.5 times more often than studentsfrom the traditional lecture-based classroom.1 IntroductionComputer Science skills are of great importance in today’s workforce. The majority of jobstoday require some level of interaction with a computer. Given that computer science skills areso important, it is vital that we prepare the next generation in the best way possible. The firstyear of exposure to computer science is critical and an improper
(Another UnionFS) toprovide layered stack of filesystems, which reduces and simplifies the space and management offilesystem [25]. Since it uses overlaying technique to provide the system environment forindividual container based on a single OS image, it typically consumes relatively less resourcesin disk space and I/O. !4 Experimental setupIn this session, we compare the hypervisor-based and container-based virtual machine usingVirutalBox and Docker, which are freely available. VirutalBox is general-purpose virtualizationtool developed by ORACLE and compatibly runs on many types of OS, Windows, Mac OS X,Linux, and etc. [26]. VirtualBox allows user to select the guest OS resource allocation but itrequires minimum memory and disk space. For each
commercialcluster area approximately 1.5 miles to the west along US Route 11 (figure 1) [11]. Figure 1. US Route 11 – Identified Area of Needs in the Town of Potsdam Comprehensive Plan [9]With the approval of the Town’s Comprehensive Plan in late 2020 [12], the Health Imitativesponsored C3G to do an initial data collection project in the summer of 2021 in this zone(inclusive of physical surveying and facilities/asset identification). This was followed by asubsequent C3G project to execute a “Complete Street Study” [13] that included “PublicEngagement and Study Options Development” which included public surveys, engaging inlistening sessions, a national level peer review, and a dedicated public workshop
differently than any other story. Fundamentals of episodic memory, empathy, andcollaboration were components of the students’ experience and the core part of a final interactiveexhibit visited by more than one hundred people. Results demonstrate broad applicability: 1)fostering communication among engineering and design students with their teams and theirusers, and 2) introducing a generative storytelling approach in an interaction design class.Introduction and BackgroundToday, the need for storytelling1 is perhaps one of the most vibrant, yet misunderstood andunderappreciated qualities of any business. Without coherent, considered storytelling, it isimpossible to craft the kind of subtle brand messaging which separates winning organizationsfrom also
Page 26.1621.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Understanding Curricular Approaches to Communication as a Global Competency: A Study of the Teaching and Learning of Communication Skills at Three UniversitiesIntroductionAs society grows more global and interconnected, the challenges that must be addressed by thenext generation of engineers are becoming more complex [1-2]. Engineers need deep technicalexpertise, of course, but they also need what have typically been called 21st-century skills, forexample, critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, and communication. Technicalknowledge and “soft” skills are
from engineering majors1. Data from our local site indicate that 82% of engineeringstudents return for the second year, while only about 69% continue into the third year, whilethere is a much smaller attrition rate between the third and fourth years2 (see Figure 1). Nationaldata on engineering student retention is typically reported for students persisting until the eighthsemester, and has been shown to range from 38% to 52% across a range of institutions3.Consequently, direct comparisons between the local site and national averages are not possible. Page 26.1021.2 Leave 1st year
The Ohio State University Abstract – This paper introduces the development process of a unique course, History of AncientEngineering, which blends numerous areas of science and technology. Development of such a course thatintegrates two different major subjects, i.e., history and engineering, and the inclusion of pertinent areas suchas agriculture, archeology, architecture, arts, chemistry, civil, geography, geology, hydrology, metallurgy, andphysics. While the historical aspects focus on the when, where, who, and what, the engineering aspects wouldendeavor to solve the why, how, made from-what, and occasionally, what-if questions associated with ancienttechnology. The goal of this course is to increase the student’s technical literacy by
paper by the authors.The respondents were asked to rate six statements pertaining to equity in the workcommunity on a 5-point Likert scale (1=fully disagree, 5=fully agree, 6=cannot say). Thestatements were the following: “The management of the organization is actively committed tothe promotion of equality and equity”; “Equality is clearly visible in the work community (forexample in official values, in dialogue between the employer and shop stewards)”; “Equityand equality promotion plans have been discussed in the work community (initiated by e.g.shop stewards or the health and safety representative)”; “Equality training sessions have beenarranged for supervisors”; “Equality training sessions have been arranged for the personnel”;“The
challenges. Residents face heightened risks from flooding due toaging gray infrastructure systems that are ill-equipped to manage modern climate pressures, suchas increased rainfall intensity and rising sea levels (Tran & Lakshmi, 2024). The impacts areespecially pronounced for low-income and minority populations, who often lack the resources torecover from repeated climate-driven disruptions (City of Norfolk, 2023).Southside Norfolk provides a case study for addressing these complex issues through innovative,community-focused solutions. Tackling such challenges requires more than technical fixes; itcalls for holistic approaches that integrate community needs and priorities into the planningprocess. The Coastal Community Design Collaborative
Texas A&M University at Qatar AbstractThe current rapid rise of mobile computing, cloud computing, and social and collaborativelearning is transforming education. In particular engineering education has and will continuebenefiting from this trend by leading this transformation. To stimulate the innovative use oftechnology for a better teaching and learning experience, the Educational Technology andAcademic Affairs offices have jointly developed and introduced an annual competition to furtherencourage faculty and technical staff to use the digital technologies in the classrooms. Thisannual competition provides a collaborative opportunity to prototype and assess the impact ofemerging learning
studentgroups. In addition to this, even students who complete the rigorous demands of an engineering major have beenfound to be indecisive and not necessarily committed to careers in engineering or STEM post-engineeringdegree[4]. Limited interest in continuing on to engineering graduate programs and/or industry career pathwayswas found to be associated with the following factors: 1. Singular experiences (i.e., interactions with faculty oreven staff, internships, or advice from a mentor), 2. Institutional support in their decision making (i.e., fromSTEM and non-STEM disciplinary faculty, staff, offices, and/or peers), 3. Institutional differences (i.e.,whether or not the institution offers more or less non-technical coursework), and 4. Exposure to a
communicate effectively (p. 3)These skills should be acquired through the duration of a student’s undergraduate experience andprograms are required to “identify, collect, and prepare data to evaluate the attainment” of theseoutcomes (p. 2). Literature building on these criteria has reiterated that engineers will work ininterdisciplinary teams and be required to communicate effectively as the world becomes moreglobalized.3 Generally, “scholars are recognizing that teamwork is among the most essentiallearning outcomes for college students in all disciplines, both because it facilitates other learningand because employers in most fields value teamwork.”4Empirical evidence from employers supports claims that teamwork is a valued skill.1 A 2013report on
for theElectrical Engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Civil Engineering (CE) programs,the Faculty of Engineering has observed that ABET SOs exhibit relevance and coverage of therevised Bloom’s learning domains as shown in Table 1. In Table 1, ‘H’ High; ‘M’: Medium; or‘L”: Low; refers to the degree of relevance and coverage of an ABET SO for a learning domain,which is estimated by the type, number of activities and assessments processed in different coursesof a program in a given term for the measurement of PIs related to this learning domain. Hence itis important to note that Table 1 is hypothetically generated without actual outcomes measurementby using assessments and their counts information from various courses, but rather
prototype to solve the design problem. Therewas a set of general requirements that applied to all the three problems, for example, all designsneeded to be creative, aesthetically pleasing, well crafted, and the total cost should be as little aspossible and it should not exceed $100. Each problem had some specific requirements inaddition to the general requirements: in the first design problem, students were provided with asolar set-up, shown in Figure 1, which has a light bulb, simulating the “sun” that travels from“east” to “west” during a “day” at a constant rate. A solar power plant needed to be designed sothat consistent and maximum power be generated throughout the day. Only two types of solarcells could be used and all of them must be placed
order to optimize the classification effort while attempting toinform us of feedback activity nature and level. For example, we recognize the importance ofneed analysis and the emphasis that experts place on this stage verses novices, and so theimportant coding classifications of problem identification, representation and communication areprominent in our model. Additionally, the verification classification is available at each stage, asthis reflects best design practice. Figure 1. A generalized engineering design process model with coding classifications Initiating Planning
the head coordinator of a multi-section undergraduate course. Each undergraduate track in the CVEN degree plan wasrepresented (i.e., general, construction engineering and management, environmental, structures,water resources, transportation, geotechnical, costal and ocean). Participants were sent an email 3informing them about the study, and faculty willing to participate in the study self-selectedthrough an email response. A date and time was then set to conduct a one-on-one interviewbetween the participant and a graduate student research assistant. Four interview questionsguided the semi-structured interviews.Interview Questions: 1. How did prior expertise and experiences impact
workshopcontent but also to foster community within and across researchers to create shared experiencesfor general support, continued practice of the skills learned, and a sense of belonging.Table 2. Learning objectives for undergraduate student research training workshops, from [5]. Workshop Learning Objectives 1. Framing Your ● Describe, at a high level, how the framework of the Entrepreneurial Research Question Mindset can be applied to research, emphasizing the connections between research opportunities, research plans, and research impact. ● Use the technique of connecting broad statements to specific claims to help formulate a research question
field of engineering.The model is depicted as a pyramid consisting of several tiers. The arrangement of thetiers in this shape is not meant to be hierarchical, or to imply that competencies at thetop are at a higher level of skill. Instead, the model’s tapered shape represents theincreasing specialization and specificity of proficiencies covered. Its tiers are furtherdivided into blocks that represent competency areas (i.e., groups of knowledge, skills,and abilities), which are defined using critical work functions and technical contentareas.Foundational Competencies Competency – A cluster ofTiers 1 through 3 represent the “soft skills” and work related knowledge
generation and design-by-analogy. Her research seeks to understand designers’ cognitive processes with the goal of creating better tools and approaches to enhance engineering design. She has authored over 100 technical publications including twenty-three journal papers, five book chapters, and she holds two patents.Dr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Nagel joined the James Madison University after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University. He has a B.S. from Trine University and a M.S. from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, both in mechanical engineering
1 person Polytechnic Institute of Z administrators 4 persons University4 Case AnalysisIn order to cultivate applied and compound high-level engineering managementtalents that are urgently needed in key national fields in the era of digital intelligence,the School of Management at Z University targets technical management backbonepersonnel and related enterprise management backbone personnel from enterprises,national laboratories, and other institutions undertaking national key special tasks inrelated fields for enrollment. The School of Management, in collaboration with theCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture as well as the School of MechanicalEngineering, jointly
lecture and for how longthey watched that session. These records were cleaned to remove records of all students who hadwithdrawn from the course. Overall, this resulted in watch records for 369 individual students.Using the filtered records the last entry generated for each student to indicate their watching of alecture prior to the deadline was flagged. The timestamps of these flagged entries were used togenerate the hours prior to deadline that students watched each lecture. If a lecture was notwatched before the deadline (or at all), a value of zero was assigned. Next, the median of thesevalues was calculated to serve as a single metric of the viewing pattern for each student. Themedian (and not the mean) was used to minimize the effect of
seat, also served to help theMavericks redefine leadership, gain a better understanding of leadership, and increase theirleadership skills (4.5, STDV 0.55; 4.67, STDV 0.52; 4.67, STDV 0.52; based on an ordinal scalewith 1 being strongly disagree and 5 being strongly agree). The experience also helped themincrease their Character, Competence, and Capacity (4.67, STDV 0.52; 4.33, STDV 0.82; 4.92,STDV 0.20). The Mavericks also agreed that the experience helped them increase theirinnovative problem solving and thinking skills (4.17, STD 0.41) and develop their identity (4.25,STDV 0.76). Overall, this research demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of allowing
*Kennesaw State University (Southern Polytechnic School of Engineering & Engineering Technology) 1000 S. Marietta Parkway Marietta, GA 30060 cokhio@kennesaw.eduAbstractExperiments show that Georgia Kudu contains about a 50/1 carbon/nitrogen ratio. The generally acceptedand in-use carbon to nitrogen ratio is around 30/1 and this can usually be achieved through wellunderstood fermentation and distillation technologies as described here. These processes are thetechniques through which Ethanol is extracted form sugar cane and corn. This research effort shows thatKudzu Plant (a wild growing weed/plant in the state of
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, less is known about specific challenges that librarians andcaregivers may experience in engaging in online engineering learning. As such, this studyinvestigates rural librarians and caregivers’ goals and challenges for providing onlineengineering learning for children, and identify engineering-related funds of knowledge tounderstand how these challenges might be addressed. A case study methodology was employedbased on interviews and ideation sheets of 21 caregivers and 10 librarians as well as librarians’engagement during co-design sessions. Findings demonstrate abundant funds of knowledgeacquired from rural participants’ familial, community, recreational, and interactional practicesthat are related with skills and habits of engineering. The
of the editorial boards for 7 interna- tional journals, and served as the Chair and Co-Chair for 12 international conferences. For recognition of my research activities, I have been invited to a number of international conferences as Invited Speaker, chaired panel discussions and numerous international conference sessions. I have served on more than 150 international conference program committees. Furthermore, I have published number of articles in peer- reviewed international journals and conferences. I am also an active member of ACM, ASEE, ASEE/PSW and CSAB.Dr. Jodi Reeves, National University Dr. Jodi Reeves is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering at National Uni- versity in San
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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
, 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