quality. f) Inversion demonstration in an aquarium, with bubbles floating on the inversion layer. e) Thermal image of a bubble floating on an inversion layer, used to discuss the how temperature inversions form. Additional materials, such as a 3D-model of the student’s valley (Figure 2e), are alsoused to better explain the science behind the causes of poor air quality. On the AirU site, STLfiles for 3D-printing of various valleys across the globe, which are known for their poor airquality, are made available. This hands-on module is also augmented with a “Care and Feeding of Your AirU Sensor”activity, wherein students are given various real-world AQ data scenarios and asked to discusspossible reasons for their observations
learning modules.Kitana Manivone Kaiphanliam, Washington State University Kitana Kaiphanliam is a Senior Undergraduate student in the Chemical Engineering program at Washing- ton State University (WSU), where she will also be continuing her education. She currently works with the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) group on a hands-on learning project funded by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education. Kitana is an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) at WSU, and will serve as their Graduate Student Advisor for the 2018 academic year.Dr. Arshan Nazempour, Washington State University Arshan Nazempour completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at
students' participation in manufacturing and to deepen students'understanding of design and manufacturing concepts. Students are able to better handleproblems, machines, and materials encountered in other design courses and are looking forwardto hands-on fabrication.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank the 2.007 instructors, teaching fellows and teaching assistants. In addition, we would like to thank the Pappalardo staff for their continued support. References[1] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (2009, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: Effective for Evaluations During the 2010-‐11 Accreditation Cycle. Available
genomics space. This course focuses on thetechnological and computational aspects of genomics to enhance an engineering education.MethodsStudent Profile and Course StructureThis course is a 4-credit course that meets for two 80-minute lectures and a 3-hour computationallab each week. It is an elective course intended for advanced undergraduates and junior graduatestudents with backgrounds in bioengineering, though it is open to all advanced students in theuniversity. In the most recent offerings, 60% were undergraduate students with most beingbioengineering students 40% were bioengineering graduate students. The course currentlyaccommodates up to 30 students with the size of the Mac computer lab on campus being thelimiting resource. This course
devise brilliant kinematic linkage mechanisms to translatecontinuous rotation motions (from say a water wheel or induction motor) into preciselycontrolled intermittent motions. Instead, one simply has to program a computer to tell a smartmotor when to move, in which direction to move, and exactly how far to move. While thissimplifies design challenges in many ways (and also allows engineers to tackle much moredifficult problems that would be virtually impossible using traditional techniques), it alsocomplicates the design process by taking what was a problem that fell squarely into thetraditional boundaries of Mechanical Engineering and cross-pollinating it with ElectricalEngineering, and Computer Science. Thus, Mechatronics proves to be a
which can be found in the references suggested byDym et al5. Substantial reformative progress on a broad scale has been made since EngineeringCriteria 2000 was first introduced as an ABET initiative designed to make step changes inengineering education6. It recommends assessment metrics designed to assist programs withcontinuous improvement. Commonly, Criterion 3 – Program Outcomes and Assessment, isdiscussed. According to ABET, engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduateshave: (a) ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, (b) ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data, (c) ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs, (d
Paper ID #13152Effectiveness of Simulation versus Hands-on Labs: A Case Study for Teach-ing an Electronics CourseDr. MOHAMMED TAQIUDDIN TAHER, DeVry University, Addison Dr. Mohammed T. Taher is a senior professor of Network and Communication Management in the College of Engineering and Information Science at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. Professor Taher’s area of specialization is Computer Networks. Dr. Taher received his M.S in Computer Science with major in Networking from Northeastern University, Chicago and his Doctorate in Instructional Technology from Northern Illinois University. Dr. Taher has more than 30
Session 2002-784 Engineering and Technology Laboratory Experiments James A. Jacobs School of Science & Technology Norfolk State UniversityAbstractNEW: Update 2001 builds on 15 years of annual workshops aimed at improvingengineering, science, and technology. This Year’s workshop was a part of the NationalInstitute of Standards & Technology’s (NIST) 100th anniversary celebration. Thissession provides demonstrations of a sample of experiments presented at the workshop.The NEW:Update series has provided over 2560 materials educators with the latestdevelopments in
biochemical engineering electives (Lab Techniques, Pro- tein Engineering, etc.). His research focuses on developing novel blood substitutes and optimizing gene therapy treatments.Dr. Daniel Adam Kraut, Villanova University Daniel A. Kraut is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Villanova University and teaches in the Bio- chemistry Program. He received a B.A. in Biochemistry from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in Bio- chemistry from Stanford University. Dr. Kraut studies the mechanism of protein degradation by the proteasome. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 3D Printing & Arduino in the Chemical Engineering Classroom: Protein Structures, Heat Exchangers
) understand the science and engineering being presented. The questions that the audience asksare more in line with their own personal concerns, as opposed to questions about the scientifictheory presented. Questions often address concerns of: - “Who is paying for this? Will it come out of my taxes?” - “Your system is too noisy, and it upsets the animals on my farm. What will you do about it?” - “Who are you hiring to do this work? Is this going to create jobs for the town?” - “Your system is big and ugly and it’s going to hurt tourism. How will you fix that?”All of these questions are based off of similar concerns that the instructors have heard at varioustown halls they have been to, with a list of potential questions provided to
specializes in assessment of student learning and survey methodology having worked on teaching, learning, and assessment research and practice at levels ranging from individual courses to projects spanning hundreds of colleges and universities.Dr. Jason Gleghorn, University of Delaware c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Connecting Theoretical Concepts to Physical Phenomena Using 3D-Printed Microfluidic DevicesIntroductionLimited hands-on activities exist that allow students to visualize the physical manifestations oftheoretical concepts. In a survey of our sophomore and junior undergraduate biomedicalengineering (BME) students, 96% agreed strongly (59/91 responses
Paper ID #12919Ensuring Safe Use of the Machine Shop by StudentsDr. Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State University Mukasa E. Ssemakula is a Professor in the Division of Engineering Technology, at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, in England. After working in industry, he served on the faculty of the University of Maryland before joining Wayne State. He is a leader in developing and implementing new pedagogical approaches to engineering education. He also has research interests in the area of manufacturing systems. Contact
used to achieve suchobjectives. Currently, instructors are employing multiple laboratory methods to integrate handson learning into engineering courses. One of the methods commonly used involves preparing alab manual, also known as a “cookbook”, which includes step-by-step instructions for students tofollow. The cookbook method reduces the time required to perform an experiment and istypically less demanding. As a result, students are able to perform more experiments over thecourse of a semester. On the other hand, the cookbook method lacks self-directed learningopportunities as the problems students face in this method are not open-ended. A more stimulating option often preferred by instructors is the design-based approach.This
Physics and Chemistry courses. This is one of theadvantages of five-year programs, which prepare versatile professionals with a solid backgroundformation, as noted by a recent ABET accreditation visit to this campus. Students’ opinionsconcur since they are aware that any additional skill learned represents an edge for their eventualjob search.References1. J. A. Jacobs, Advanced Engineering Materials: Products from Super Stuff, The Technology Teacher, 52 [8],(1993): pp.15-22.2. D. R. Askeland, The Science and Engineering of Materials, 3rd. Edition, PWS Publ. Co., Boston, MA, (1994).3. W. D. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, NY,(1999): pp. 40-45.4. S. M. Kresta, Hands-on
Sciences areleading the efforts to design and execute hands-on STEM lessons for K-5th grade classes. Figure 2: Engineering Design Process by TeachEngineering [9]Our developers design lessons following the development flow from TeachEngineering in Figure2. Choosing activities to convert into lesson plans begins with researching academic standardssuch as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core Standards (CCS).Due to the growing number of careers that require a strong foundation in science andmathematics, the cross-disciplinary NGSS assure quality education in “content and practice” andprepare students for success in higher education and the pursuit of advanced careers [4].Curriculum developers create hands-on
courses facilitated by faculty teams. In the new project-based courses, the learning offundamental materials engineering content is driven by a series of authentic, hands-on projects.These projects challenge students to design products that meet user’s needs, develop designsolutions based on a systems-level perspective and evaluate design performance throughprototype fabrication and testing. Students also experience the broader impacts of their designsolutions by completing service-learning projects that benefit the local community.The projects provide students with a context for learning. They give them a reason to see whyand how the fundamental principles of science, math and engineering can be utilized to solvepractical design problems
robots and engineering education.Dr. Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American Page 24.399.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Developing Engineering Content for K-12 STEM Classrooms by Providing a Hands-On Engineering Design Experience for Teachers: A Case StudyIntroductionThe integration of engineering content in K-12 math and science subjects has been a growingphenomenon1. Because of the strong connections that can be established between engineering,math and science, several studies have been conducted and have reported on the
lecture topics. Because of the large class, individual oralproject presentations were not scheduled in the interest of time. A project of this magnitude wasa big challenge for students. The students got access to all the facilities and resources of theuniversity. There was a dissection laboratory which was equipped with power tools, hand tools,and measurement devices. In addition, the facilities of the Engineering Machine Shop wereaccessible for difficult disassembly and assembly tasks.MATERIALS SCIENCE PERSPECTIVESThe work reported here addressed the material selection aspect associated with each individualproduct that was reverse engineered. This provided the material science perspectives of theproduct archaeology. Typically this originated in
. The other is that courses have in general becomenarrower in their technical focus as the depth of knowledge has developed. In addition, thecross‐disciplinary content is often quite limited. To be a material engineer, one should notonly focus on the science research in materials but also in application of traditional andadvanced materials in a wide spectrum of areas. We all know that training Materialengineers for the next generation requires more than teaching them knowledge of materialscience. Learning to apply the design process as reported can be the key for students tounderstand the blending of Materials Science with humanity needs [1-3]. There are manyways to define “design” in different fields. Here we would like to use the
. Krause K., J. C. Decker, J. Niska, and T. Alford, "Identifying Student Misconceptions in Introductory Materials Engineering Classes," in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2003.[6] A. F. Heckler and R. Rosenblatt, "Student difficulties with basic concepts in introductory materials science engineering," presented at the 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD, 2011.[7] E. Campos, G. Zavala, K. Zuza, and J. Guisasola, "Electric field lines: The implications of students' interpretation on their understanding of the concept of electric field and of the superposition principle," Am. J. Phys., vol. 87, no. 8, pp. 660-667, 2019, doi
helping the fields achieve its May1994. • Math & Physical Sciences; appreciation for academic expertise February 1994.Academics: Nick Safai received his PhD degree in engineering from the Princeton University, Prince-ton, New Jersey in 1979. He also did a one year post-doctoral at Princeton University after receivinghis degrees from Princeton University. His areas of interest, research topics, and some of the researchstudies have been; • Multi-Phase Flow through Porous Media • Wave propagation in Filamentary Com-posite Materials • Vertical and Horizontal Land Deformation in a De-saturating Porous Medium • StressConcentration in Filamentary Composites with Broken Fibers • Aviation; Developments of New Crash-worthiness Evaluation Strategy for
of Denver, West Virginia University, and Virginia Tech. She is currently the director of the University of Glasgow-University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Electronics and Electrical Engineering programme. While at Virginia Tech, she collaborated with Dr. Robert W. Hen- dricks, with assistance of a number of undergraduate students, to develop an instructional platform known as Lab-in-a-Box, which is used in a number of courses within the Virginia Tech B.S.E.E. program. She continues to be 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 optical materials, and fermentation
Paper ID #14915Improving Undergraduate Engineering Education with Educational ModuleLibrary and Vertical Integration ProjectsDr. Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Dr. Lei Zhang received his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering on 2011 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Since 2012 he is working in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore. His main research interests include image processing, autonomous system development, optical SoC/NoC architecture, and on-chip optoelectronic device design.Prof. Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
industry. Many students had no priorknowledge of the processes or science occurring in the steel industry. Many knew onlyenough to broadly state that many items in our society were made of steel. Therefore, not Page 14.1321.3only would a partnership between industry and university require attention to theindustry’s reputation, but also to basic education pertaining to iron and steel. One suchpartnership idea is for materials science and engineering programs to include basicaspects of steel in their introductory materials science classes. At most universities,engineering students take introductory classes for specific majors. Integrated into anentry-level
Materials Science CourseAbstractA substantial percentage of engineering graduates, especially those from traditionallyunderrepresented groups, complete their lower-division education at a community college beforetransferring to a university to earn their degree. However, engineering programs at manycommunity colleges, because of their relatively small scale with often only one permanentfaculty member, struggle to offer lower-division engineering courses with the breadth andfrequency needed by students for effective and efficient transfer preparation. As a result,engineering education becomes impractical and at times inaccessible for many communitycollege students. Through a grant from the National Science Foundation ImprovingUndergraduate STEM
reshaped so that this course also serves asthe fundamental materials engineering component of a new three course sequence within a newminor in materials science. The minor is interdisciplinary so the student audience now includesengineering technology, chemistry, physics, geology, and manufacturing and supply chainmanagement majors.Biomedical devices and case studies, nanoengineering, and bioinspired materials have beenintroduced as focus areas with the intention of improving student learning in fundaments fromcrystal structure, to materials selection based on mechanical properties/design criteria, and tophase transformations. Also, the course content was changed to build student interest while alsofinding new and challenging ways to improve the
(ASM), an officer of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS), and is Treasurer for the Engineering Sciences section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), as well as Program Chair for the AAFS 2007 Annual Meeting.Emily Allen, San Jose State University Dr. Emily L. Allen is Professor and Chair of the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at San José State University. She conducts research in materials synthesis and fabrication for applications in nanoelectronics. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on electronic and magnetic properties of materials, materials transformations, microelectronics processing
. Page 14.882.2Within mechanical engineering, two required materials course are taught one is a three creditsophomore material science course and the second is a four credit junior materials andmanufacturing course, which has been reported on before at ASEE meetings.1,2,3 The course,MEEN 360, has three lectures per week and one three hour laboratory. The objective of thispaper is to compare mechanical properties of cast versus wrought components for links thatstudents’ have designed, rapid prototyped, cast, and tested. The objective for the students was tomaximize the ratio of the failure load to the mass of the link, which were made from aluminumalloy 6061.ProcedureThe activity extends over several weeks during the semester. Initially, the
achieve this primarily through interactive, hand-on activities that we bring into local classrooms. These activities engage the students and increases their interest in math and science courses at a younger age. My passion for engineering comes from my childhood interest in robotics and I want to give other students similar experiences.Dr. Kauser Jahan, Rowan University Kauser Jahan, is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S.C.E. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, an MSCE from the Univer- sity of Arkansas, Fayetteville and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Her passion as an educator and mentor has been recognized by
Paper ID #15472Examples of Synergies between Research and Hands-on Design-Based Learn-ingDr. Cassandra Telenko, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Cassandra Telenko holds a joint appointment in Mechanical Engineering and in Industrial Design at Georgia Tech. She has taught engineering, design, and sustainability topics at MIT, The Georgia Institute of Technology, SUTD, and UT-Austin. Dr. Telenko’s education research interests include sustainability, critical thinking, design thinking, and design-based learning. Her educational research products include a methodology for creating short-term design experiences for