skills, knowledge, and behaviors that students acquire as they progress through theprogram. Student outcomes are often referred to as ABET a-k outcomes. In addition programspecific outcomes may exist. For example, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) specifies some outcomes in addition to ABET a-k.2 Typically program objectives map Page 25.104.2to student outcomes, which then map in some way map to the student outcomes.Assessment is one or more processes that identify, collect, and prepare data to evaluate theattainment of student outcomes and program educational objectives. Effective assessment usesrelevant direct, indirect
parts or lines of code through major components andsubsystems to the aircraft system and beyond to the system of systems level. Taking intoaccount all these technical elements and their interfaces, interactions and interdependencies inthe design of an aircraft is a major challenge. The challenge is intensified when one realizes thatmodern aircraft have lifecycles measured in many decades. To cite just two examples from theAppendix, the DC-9 family of aircraft will have been in service with major airlines for 45 yearsand the B-52H with the U.S. Air Force for at least 75 years when they are finally phased out.a Usage of the word “system” or “systems” varies within the field. For some, the plural version refers to the entire
culture. Advances in Engineering Education, 4(2).Handley, K., Sturdy, A., Fincham, R., & Clark, T. (2006). Within and Beyond Communities of Practice: Making Sense of Learning Through Participation, Identity and Practice. Journal of Management Studies, 43(3), 641-653. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00605.xHlubinka, M., Dougherty, D., Thomas, P., Chang, S., Hoefer, S., Alexander, I., & McGuire, D. (2013). Makerspace playbook: school edition. Retrieved from Maker Media website: http://makerspace. com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/02/MakerspacePlaybook-Feb2013. pdf.Huzzard, T. (2004). Communities of domination? Reconceptualising organisational learning and power. Journal of Workplace
Paper ID #14585Impact of Curriculum Transformation Committee Experience on Faculty Per-spectives of their Teaching and its Influence on Student LearningDr. Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University Dr. Debra Fowler serves the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University. Following 16 years working in industry she completed a Ph.D. is in Interdisciplinary Engi- neering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives and growth through curriculum design and redesign, interdisciplinary teaching and
Cal Poly, engineering students are providedmany opportunities in the classroom to develop technology innovations through class projects,senior projects, and as part of their regular instruction. However, the environment is notoptimized to facilitate the progression of student directed innovations beyond the engineeringclassroom, nor is it suited for truly interdisciplinary efforts. Innovation Sandbox is a promisingsolution.Grassroots efforts over the past year have laid the foundation for a successful program. Currentactivities involve turning these early efforts into a durable program with appropriate assessmenttools that is fully integrated into the broader institutional goal of increasing innovation campuswide. The overarching goal of
].IntroductionThis paper tells the story of systemic change. Over more than a decade, members of this multi-disciplinary team have collaborated across roles, projects, and institutions to address a long-standing problem: low success rates for students who begin in community college, transfer touniversities, and complete degrees in engineering. Through evidence-informed practice, we haveused qualitative and quantitative data, professional experience, and prior research to drivestudent-centered change.We use qualitative [2] and quantitative data to examine how a group of practitionerssubstantively improved transfer outcomes from community colleges into engineering. Using richdetails, we share a descriptive case study [3]-[7], largely but not exclusively
adults andstudents in their state and children in another country. They broadened their education bylearning about a community and their needs that live beyond their normal boundaries.(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learningProject electrical engineers realized that to complete this project they had to learn skills andknowledge beyond their classroom experience. This project established awareness that they didnot learn everything they needed to know in class, which is the basis of lifelong learning.(j) a knowledge of contemporary issuesThis project provided electrical engineering students with a direct involvement in contemporaryissues in a broader context than their comfort zone.(k) an ability to use the
acquire as they progress through the program. Student outcomes are often referredto as ABET a-k outcomes. In addition program specific outcomes may exist. For example, theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) specifies some outcomes in addition to Page 24.110.2ABET a-k [2]. Typically program objectives map to student outcomes, which then map in someway map to the student outcomes.Assessment is one or more processes that identify, collect, and prepare data to evaluate theattainment of student outcomes and program educational objectives. Effective assessment usesrelevant direct, indirect, quantitative and qualitative measures as
pool essential for addressing today’s complex engineering problems. Againstthis backdrop, research on women’s participation in engineering education has gainedincreased attention, particularly through specialized forums such as the Women inEngineering Division (WIED) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE),which is dedicated to advancing gender equity in this domain.This growing focus on women’s participation in engineering education is exemplified by theWomen in Engineering Division (WIED) of ASEE, which serves as a platform for researchdissemination and actively addresses the needs of women and gender minorities inengineering and engineering education. The Division fosters a diverse and inclusivecommunity, recognizing that
course isdevoted to control design techniques for such linear compensators as the proportional, lead, PI-leadcompensator that satisfy performance specifications given in both the time and frequency domains.Typically, one or more design projects are assigned throughout the semester in order place emphasison various aspects of the course such as system response characteristics and compensator designtechniques. Traditionally, many of these projects required only evaluation within a simulationenvironment since utilizing a hardware prototype may necessitate the development of a proprietarycontrol environment (i.e., microcontroller or digital signal processor platform) and electronics thatextend well beyond the scope of the course. However with the
forgotten and others he may have never taken. Inaddition to traditional topics, the student must become familiar with vastly new and diversesubject matter.In order to expose undergraduate students to experimental modal analysis to support capstonedesign projects and other related projects, a simplified approach is necessary. Complexmathematical concepts can be easily illustrated using detailed pictures where color becomes anextremely important contribution. These concepts can be further explained through the use ofmultimedia format presentations. Multimedia provides a mechanism for students to reviewmaterial as often as needed to fully understand complex concepts. This paper addresses some ofthese issues through the use of some typical teaching
. Retention (13) 15. Classroom Strategies (16) 4. Curriculum (5) 8. Problem-Based (10) 12. K-12 Transition (14) 16. Learning Technology (17) 5. Experiential (7) 9. Teamwork (11) 13. Recruitment 17. Space (18)Analysis The frequency of topics was collected by ASEE FPD session topics, FYEE sessiontopics, ASEE FPD and FYEE session topics combined, and ASEE FPD best papers. Histogramsof the frequency distribution were produced by limiting to the top ten most common themes,including ties. In each chart the number of sessions related to a theme increases from left to right. Frequency of Topics for ASEE
what the student had todelegate for the class versus what they expected to delegate. This outcome though may havebeen influenced by students primarily interacting with the TE at the end of the semester. Theselimited interactions with the TE also caused the strategy to have little influence on how studentsactively approached completing homework assignments and studying for quizzes. However, thegrade-altering actions provided by the TE gave some level of stress reduction to students as theywere completing assignments with the knowledge that major mistakes on assignments could bealleviated through a resubmission or grade drop. This promising finding shows that TEs as anundergraduate classroom instruction strategy has influence beyond behavior
Rachelle PedersenLESSON Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M UniversityDESCRIPTION pedersenr@tamu.eduWith the recent incorporation of Computer Science into the K-12 space, students needconcrete experiences with basic CS concepts prior to dealing with the abstraction theymust face with coding. This ~50 minute decontextualized introductory coding activity willchallenge students’ critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills whiledeveloping a robust understanding of the foundations of algorithms (sequence, selection,and repetition). Students will develop instructions for playing the game Rock, Paper,Scissors, with components of
onerecognized that a lot of that temperature difference could be attributed to the interface resistancebetween the test specimen and the cooling block, providing an excellent opportunity to discussthe effects of contact resistance. The same group of students was asked why the differencebetween the top two temperatures was different that the difference between the bottom twotemperatures. Amazingly, a large number of students thought it was caused by different amountsof heat being transferred through the top and bottom parts rather than being caused by differentmaterial properties. This is a good example of how simple lab exercises can go beyond just theencuuke"ÐeqqmdqqmÑ"ncdu"vjcv"yg"ctg"cnn"hcoknkct"ykvj0Typical Results:Figure 7 shows a tabulation of
(FIE), 2010, pp. F1C-1-F1C-5, doi: 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673644.[12] S. E. Walden, C. E. Foor, R. Pan, R. L. Shehab, and D. A. Trytten, “Leadership, management, and diversity: missed opportunities within student design competition teams,” in Proceedings 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2015.[13] R. W. Spencer and D. F. V. Eynde, “Experiential learning in economics,” J. Econ. Educ., vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 289–294, Sep. 1986, doi: 10.1080/00220485.1986.10845175.[14] K. Hawtry, “Using experiential learning techniques,” J. Econ. Educ., vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 143–152, 2007.[15] J. H. Hayes, “Energizing software engineering education through real-world projects as experimental studies,” in Proceedings 15th Conference on Software
of two ormore students who work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning. This could beachieved through assigning students to one of the following four types of CL: formal, informal,collaborative base groups, and academic controversy. This helps provide one another withefficient and effective help and assistance. It is also a chance to exchange information ormaterials, discuss the concepts and strategies being learned, decide how to solve problems, andprovide for the necessary support and encouragement.Regarding the technical dimension of collaborative learning, computer-mediated communicationtools have played an important role in facilitating group learning processes among groupmembers who may live in different geographical
STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six phil- anthropic foundations, he has conducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU Tandon’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award, 2002 Jacobs Innovation Grant, 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, and 2012 Inaugural Distin- guished Award for Excellence in the category Inspiration through Leadership. Moreover, he is a recipient of 2014-2015 University Distinguished Teaching Award at NYU. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 9 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 62 journal
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thelocation of some of the sensors being used to gather the building data. All of this was done withthe specific goal of using the building as a ‘living’ laboratory.As originally envisioned the data obtained from the building would be used in various courses inthe Engineering & Technology curriculum. For example, students in Thermodynamics would beable to study the mixing of hot and cold air streams. Directly overhead in the Thermo-Fluidslaboratory room is a large air mixing chamber that combines hot and cold air flows. The flowrate of the hot and cold air streams is controlled through a feedback circuit in order to maintainthe desired temperature in the room. The bare minimum data that is used to run the building’sdaily operation already takes
through FANUC in handling tool and operation programming. Spencer transferred to DeVry University to complete his degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. While at DeVry, Spencer expanded his programming skills by learning C++, Java, C (for specific TI microcontroller programming), assembly code (for TI MSP 432), and Python. He spent considerable time working on programming a variety of microcontrollers including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, TI MSP 432, and TI TM4C123G. With this knowledge, Spencer designed an automated microcontroller controlled car with proximity – object detection as well as auxiliary functions, such as automatic lighting control and temperature control. Additionally, this knowledge fueled the design
called Creative Inquiry (CI) whichpromotes and supports small, focused classes that utilize discovery-oriented approaches tolearning. Projects are chosen with the goal of nurturing students’ capacities to find, analyze andevaluate information. In doing so, students will likewise develop reasoning and critical thinkingskills, teamwork experience and communication skills. Engineering classes in this program arenot only well sought-after by students, but also directly address many of ABET, Inc.’saccreditation program outcomes listed in criterion 3, subsections (a) through (k)[6]. A CI class was designed to complement an ongoing Engineers Without Borders (EWB
to move beyond the application of standard operatingprocedures to solve problems by applying conceptual knowledge and skills to novel situations[7]. Hatano and colleagues theorized that adaptive expertise could be distinguished through boththe capacity to modify approaches to a task (in response to shifting requirements, goals, andcircumstances) and through the ability to explain the underlying principles guiding an approachto a task [7], [8]. As Anthony et al., explain, the pursuit of adaptive expertise is the pursuit ofknowledge of “why and under which conditions certain approaches have to be used or newapproaches have to be devised” [21].Given the increasing focus on preparing students to thrive in complex environments, learningscientists
could be of relevance beyond their own specific experiences.At the same time, the two students keep a diary of critical incidents [20] they deemed to berepresentative and salient to their transfer experiences. The critical incidents for one of the studentswere brought to the weekly meetings throughout the fall semester, wherein the research teamsought to make sense of her experiences through the assets-based framework. These discussionsoften resulted in more questions, which the student used to add more detail to her accounts. Thesecond student kept a written diary of his critical incidents, which he typed up and shared with theresearch team at the end of the fall semester. The research team then met at the beginning of thespring semester to
ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://peer.asee.org/30142 [2] National Student Clearinghouse. (2017). Snapshot Report – Postsecondary Student One- Year Mobility Rates. Herndon: National Student Clearinghouse. Retrieved from https://nscresearchcenter.org/snapshotreport- postsecondarystudentoneyearmobilityrates21/ [3] Crisp, G., & Nuñez, A.-M. (2014). Understanding the Racial Transfer Gap: Modeling Underrepresented Minority and Nonminority Students’ Pathways from Two-to-Four Institutions. The Review of Higher Education, 37(3), 291-320. [4] Dougherty, K., & Kienzl, G. (2006). It’s not enough to get through the open door: Inequalities by social background in
it is truly important. This is again a topic I try to have an honest conversation about with myself. If I am slipping into comparative and competitive mindsets, I remind myself that all of us are different and there’s not really any comparison, and all of this work (improving education in engineering) is important beyond the accolades and achievements. This can be easier said than done when many systems and academic cultures seem built to compare and evaluate us, but overall it gives us a healthier relationship to each other and to ourselves.“A PhD is a marathon, pace yourself.” Some of us might have gotten through prior milestones (college, high school) by cramming for tests or
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proficient working in or directing a team of ethnic and cultural diversity.3. Are able to communicate across cultures.4. Have had a chance to practice engineering in a global context, whether through an international internship, a service-learning opportunity, a virtual global engineering project or some other form of experience.5. Can effectively deal with ethical issues arising from cultural or national differences.Grandin & Hedderich summarize all the nuances of describing global competence in theirchapter “Global Competence for Engineers” as follows: “In sum, an interculturally competentperson understands that all individuals’ views of the world have been unknowingly shaped by
the cybersecurity workforce, so that the composition ofthat workforce approximates the gender, racial, and ethnicity distribution of the nation’spopulation.” As discussed in later sections, we view our experiential learning portfolio as animportant contributor to this goal. 3. Experiential Learning Portfolio StrategyThe demand for cybersecurity talent exceeds the number of available graduates with computingand engineering related degrees. Moreover, the nature of cybersecurity demands a diversity ofskills beyond technical, such as knowledge of human behavior which may be informed bydiverse perspectives and experiences. The goal of our experiential learning portfolio is to create a“K to gray” pipeline of diverse cybersecurity talent that
stages of cognitive development to engineering knowledge and skills for K-12 curricula.Dr. Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Richard M. Goff is a former aircraft structural test engineer for the Navy, a Peace Corps Volunteer, and a computer entrepreneur. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Richard has been teaching and engaging in research in multidisciplinary engineering design education for over twenty years. Dr. Goff is the recipient of several university teaching awards, outreach awards, and best paper awards. His passion is creating engaging learning environments by bringing