engineering educators to make changes intheir curriculum to provide engineers who are career ready when they hit the workforce(Agrawal 2016). One possible such change is toward student-centric learning, which can take avariety of forms. The most common of these is experiential learning, in which a student learnsthrough an experience that either consists of or mimics a “real-life” experience, such as aninternship or an industry-sponsored project. Another less common student-centric tool isdifferentiated learning or differentiated instruction, in which some aspect of the classroom istailored to the needs of specific student groups.For years, experiential learning has been at the core of engineering education through capstonecourses, labs, and real
, thisinnovative pedagogy helps to achieve the desirable student outcomes described in EngineeringCriteria 2000 Publication (ABET 1998).Martin and Coles (2000) discuss the challenge of introducing a service-learning endeavor in thecivil and environmental engineering program. They outline a four-step plan for implementingservice-learning across the departmental curriculum including criteria for identifying a service-learning course, a mechanism to reward the faculty in relation to tenure and promotion, amentoring program for the new faculty, and guidance on student assessment.Jamieson et al (2000) elaborate on key features of the EPICS (Engineering Projects inCommunity Service), a service-learning program, that was initiated at Purdue University in theFall
course is taught round-robin-style with teaching blocks of electricalengineering (with a electrical professor), mechanical engineering (with a mechanical professor),engineering laboratories (with a technology professor), general engineering and two-weekrobotics project (with electrical or mechanical professor), and simultaneous two-week largeproject (with each professor). The mechanical and electrical blocks each include several single-day projects and labs, while the general engineering block includes upperclassman, studentgroup, and alumni speakers to better EGR120 students’ understanding of engineering both atCMICH and in the workforce.EGR120 has consistently drawn a relatively higher, and growing, enrollment each year (currently
Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to joining ECU, he was a faculty member and program coordinator at Milwaukee School of Engineering. Howard has fourteen years of industrial experience in design and project engineering functions. He received BS and MS degrees from Virginia Tech, and his PhD from Marquette University. Howard is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin.Jason Yao, East Carolina University Jianchu (Jason) Yao received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Shaanxi university of Science and Technology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. Dr. Yao
are often sponsored by professional societies andmay be integrated into the curriculum in a number of different ways [3, 4, 5]. In this paper, wefocus specifically on the impact of using student design competitions in capstone classes, andconceptualize it as an example of going beyond project-based learning and into the realm of whathas been called challenge-based learning.Background and Literature ReviewThe capstone course, which culminates the education of many engineering undergraduates,typically addresses a specific question or problem presented by the instructor, who acts as theclient or the real needs of an external client, such as an industry partner or local community [6, 7].Tenhunen et al. [6] underlined the ACM/IEEE recommendation
study results suggested statistically significant gains in students'science content knowledge. Contrary to the previous study findings that used a similarpedagogical approach (e.g., Magana et al., 2021), our results were able to show that the use ofcomputer simulation in teaching electric circuits to college students was effective for science andengineering learning. On the other hand, our findings supported the prior research evidence that 8the effectiveness of these computer-aided tools depends on careful preparation, knowing, andimplementing the stages of use of the media (e.g., Haryadi & Pujiastuti, 2020).Further we also found that a
and MotivationAt UT Dallas, two-semester engineering capstone projects are completed by all students inBiomedical (BMEN), Electrical (EE) and Mechanical Engineering (MECH). The Mechanicaland Biomedical Engineering departments are relatively new additions to the UT Dallasengineering school, with capstone first offered in the Fall 2012 and Fall 2014 semestersrespectively. The first version of the current capstone curriculum was developed in MechanicalEngineering in 2012, adopted by Electrical Engineering in 2013 and then adopted by BiomedicalEngineering in 2014. The three departments have continued to evolve the curriculum into thecurrent version that is being used.At the beginning of the semester, the available projects are presented to each
Consortium.reported among the participants. Table 1 shows the outcome of each KI and whether or not itstarget level was achieved. Table 1 - Overall Project Success Key Indicators REFERENCES [1] Gottlieb, Michael, et al. "Rethinking the approach to continuing Key Target Actual (M)et, professional development conferences in the era of COVID-19." Journal Indicator Achievement Achievement (U)nmet, of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 40.3 (2020): 187-191. (KI) (S)ame [2] Price
et al., 2003), few studies have investigated the role of engineering and its effect onSTEM instruction and STEM learning. In the past year, through curriculum development, Page 24.106.3 2 implementation through funded projects, and subsequent research, the authors have obtained abetter understanding of how engineering design-based curriculum can be effective in increasingteacher STEM understanding and increasing teacher self-efficacy and attitudes aboutengineering. In this section we briefly describe the literature that provides the best
Ohland, M., et.al., “Nine Approaches to Including Multidisciplinary Design in the Curriculum”, Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE) 1999, University of Ostrava, August 10-14, 1999,http://www.fs.vsb.cz/akce/1999/icee99/Proceedings/papers/340/340.htm8 The Enterprise Program. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI.http://www.enterprise.mtu.edu9 The Interprofessional Projects Program, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. http://ipro.iit.edu/10 Marchese, A.J., Schmalzel, J.L., and Weaver, K.M., “Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture at a Startup EngineeringProgram,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference 2004.11 Fredholm, S., et. al , “Designing an
Electrical Engineering, the curriculum for Computer Science benefits from Schwill’s40proposal to structure the computer science curriculum around a set of ideas that is central to thediscipline called the “Fundamental Ideas (FIs)” In fact, the FIs framework meshes with the idea ofthreshold concepts,22 but FIs are generally not transformative.Recall the example of the Fourier Transform as a change of lens to examine the world – thechange of domains. A similar change of lens occurs in Computer Science: Luker41 argued thatObject Oriented Programming requires a completely different worldview, a new lens. In thissense, grappling with Objective Oriented Programming can constitute a transformativeexperience. Zander et al.’s22 interview with graduating
Engineer in Florida.Dr. Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 13 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an
across the state, including several far enough awayto require overnight stays for completing field work and delivering final oral presentations toProject Clients. Spreading the capstone projects, and their associated positive communityimpacts, across the state is important for maintaining state-wide university/communityrelationships. A third point to be extracted from Table 4 is the variety of Project Clients. This listincludes: • 9 projects completed for municipalities across the state • 5 projects completed under the direct supervision of state agencies • 3 projects completed for a state electric utility • 2 projects completed for local civic organizations • 2 projects completed for
component of engineering education,methods of providing undergraduate students with a significant design experience varywidely among disciplines and faculty. Dunn-Rankin, et. al.[1] state the "design training,though somewhat ill-defined, is crucial to enable graduating engineers to contribute intoday’s competitive manufacturing environment." A key aspect of this dilemma is thatdesign practices vary by discipline and project criteria. In surveying 47 companies ontheir priorities in manufacturing engineering education, Mason [2] notes that "theimportance of hands-on experience emphasized by the survey is a break from atraditional engineering curriculum."At the same time, it is recognized that workplace experience is a key factor in enabling
College of Engineering adopted the following specific characteristics for allengineering programs (Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, andMechanical Engineering): • Each program is to require 128 semester hours. Page 14.687.2 • There shall be a set of common core courses that enables students to enroll in engineering with an undeclared major and to change majors without loss of credit through the end of the third semester. • To ensure education beyond technology, provide flexibility for students to develop thematic options, and complement the technical content of the curriculum, all programs shall have a
to how an organizationhandles immediate disruptions to avoid long-term disaster. Recovery is when the system usesmeans to withstand significant disruption after the immediate impact has passed. Finally, theadaptation phase consists of an organization learning from the experience and making lastingchanges in response to the interruption [2].MethodsBuilding upon preliminary research by Jain et al. [3], we developed interview protocols that werepilot-tested and refined to ensure communicative and theoretical validity. We have conducted 43semi-structured interviews with students, instructors, and administrators at AMTS in the UnitedStates. We are highly interested in how instructors and students continued required labs andpractical projects
engineering science where analysis is thefocus and mathematics is the language.5 With direction from the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) and pressure from industrial companies, engineeringdesign has been reintroduced into the standard engineering curriculum—first through capstone(senior-level) design courses4 and then through cornerstone (freshman-level) design courses.6While there seems to be a general understanding toward the value toward engineering designinstruction within engineering curriculums, curriculum-wide integrations of engineering designinstruction and project work are still far from common-place. Perhaps the original such programwas the Design Program at Stanford University which offers both BS and MS degrees
, Saturday, June 2, 2007.5. Plants designed for direct electricity generation (solar, wind, and hydrogen fuel cell) would not have Rankinecycle thermal efficiencies.6. “Advanced Power Plant Using High Efficiency Boiler/Turbine,” DTI Best Practices Brochure #10, January, 2006.http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file30703.pdf, last visited 03/16/10.7. Jillanne Conway, et. al., “Thermodynamics Group Project,” [Left Blank for Review], Fall 2009 and U.S. EnergyInformation Administration, “Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program Fuel and Energy Source Codesand Emission Coefficients,” http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html, last visited 01/07/10.8. Ibid
as Project Lead the Way [3]. Project Lead theWay is a well-established program providing an engineering-specific curriculum and training tohigh school educators.This program can also be seen as a school-university partnership; however, most partnershipsfocus on teacher professional development. Brady describes that some of these partnershipsinclude supervision and mentoring, collaborative teaching initiatives, action research, jointprofessional development, shared planning, and school enrichment and support [4]. This programis a partnership focused on students.Ultimately, this program is innovative, as it is a university offering a high school class. The courseis unique to the university’s community. The course material is essentially the
with real project, they have increased the motivation to learn. Students are alsomotivated when they are provided opportunities for practice and feedback. Experiential learningcriteria are given in (Ambrose, et. al., 2010). Through experiential learning, students areconfronted with unfamiliar situations and tasks in a real-world context. To complete these tasks,students need to figure out what they know, what they do not know, and how to learn it. Thisrequires students to: reflect on their prior knowledge and deepen it through reflection and totransfer their previous learning to new contexts resulting in mastering new concepts, principles,and skills (Linn, et al., 2004). Ultimately, these skills create students who become self-directedand life
forrequirements and then utilize the free design weeks 8 and 10 support.to address the challenges. REFERENCES OUTCOMES AND INITIAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS [1] Terranova, B. et. al, "Work in Progress: Curriculum Revision andThis course was first piloted in the fall quarter of 2017, Classroom Environment Restructuring to Support Blended Project-involving two sections of about forty-eight students each and Based Learning in First-Year General Engineering Laboratory Courses", Proceedings of 2017
various DIT techniques7-10. Experiments are beingdeveloped in the junior and senior clinics.The DIT relevant topics and research typically reside in our Electrical Engineering corecurriculum. However faculty have already teamed up from various disciplines to promote DITin the curriculum. Upper level courses and multidisciplinary clinic projects have already beensuccessfully implemented. Equipment holding for integrating DIT technology is also significant.The College has obtained microscopes, digital cameras, X-ray Scanners and various software forthe project. Equipment acquisition has been completed and experiment development is inprogress. A website is also being setup for rapid information dissemination. A module ondigital imaging was offered
x 17) Legal implications 18) Sustainable construction. 19) Structural behavior 20) Mechanical, electrical and piping systems To ensure students have the skills necessary for construction projects, they must have a practical understanding of technical competencies. These competencies include photogrammetry, image recognition, 2D to 3D conversion, and software skills. Evaluating the effectiveness ofconstruction engineering and engineering technology education requires incorporating studentoutcomes from ABET engineering, ABET Engineering Technology, and ACCE into thecurriculum.Applications of Drone technology in the construction curriculumDrones can be utilized in the construction management curriculum in
Curricula,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 147–164, 2005.[5] A. A. Maciejewski et al., “A Holistic Approach to Transforming Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Education,” IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 8148–8161, 2017.[6] K. K. Bhatia and E. Constans, “Steam power: Novel use of an engine design project to cross-link knowledge from courses in both mechanical design and thermodynamics,” Proc. - Front. Educ. Conf. FIE, pp. 9–12, 2006.[7] E. Constans, J. Kadlowec, K. K. Bhatia, H. Zhang, T. Merrill, and B. Angelone, “Integrating the mechanical engineering curriculum using a long-term green design project part 1: The hybrid powertrain,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., 2012.[8] Auburn University, “Automotive
projects (introducing both design and research thinking to understanding engineeringproblem solving, practice, thinking, and analysis), (b) one module “Engineering and Me”designed to connect historical, cultural, and personal values to the profession (and attempting tointegrate knowledge beyond engineering and beyond what we traditionally see in engineeringclassrooms), and (c) embedded professional development workshops. We knew that our visionfor the year one curriculum was to set a foundation for what would come over the next threeyears and to provide knowledge, skills, and attitudes so that our first-year students would havethe confidence to start pursuing internships and other relevant engineering work experience. Thesuccessful first year
across programs betweendifferent engineering disciplines.Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinary:As noted in Figure 1, multidisciplinarity is not a new phenomenon while interdisciplinarity is agrowing trend. However, there is a lack of consensus in the literature as to the definition of‘‘interdisciplinarity’’. Stokols et al. [5] provided distinct definitions describing the levels ofunion among different disciplines such as interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, cross disciplinary,and transdisciplinary science. In a multidisciplinary project, participants work independentlyusing their own discipline-specific knowledge to address a common problem. Relatedly, amultidisciplinary individual has knowledge in two or more academic
Paper ID #32831Building a Functional Cardiograph Over Four Semesters, Part 3:Estimating Heart Rate and Respiration Rate in the Time and FrequencyDomains Using MATLABDr. Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago Dr. Gail Baura is a Professor and Director of Engineering at Loyola University Chicago. While creating the curriculum for this new program, she embedded multi-semester projects to increase student engage- ment and performance. Previously, she was a Professor of Medical Devices at Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, which is one of the Claremont Colleges. She received her BS Electrical Engi- neering degree
Ed, John Wiley, 1997.10. Leitzel, J. and Tucker, A., (ed.) "Assessing Calculus Reform Efforts" MAA Notes, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, 1994.11. Roberts, A. (ed.) "Calculus The Dynamics of Change", MAA Notes, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC, 1995.12. Barker, W. "The Curriculum Foundations Project" http://www.maa.org/data/news/cupm.html and http://www.maa.org/data/news/curriculum%5Ffoundations.html13. Barker, W. Links to all workshop documents are found at http://academic.bowdoin.edu/math/faculty/barker/dissemination/Curriculum_Foundations14. Blanchard, P., Devaney, R., and Hall, R., Differential Equations, Brooks/Cole Pub Co., 1998.15. Boston
classroom activities and curricula to broaden their students’awareness of engineering education and career pathways [1].In 2024, the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama (UA) launched an RET sitefocusing on the applications of sensing technologies for physiological and environmentalmonitoring. The selection of this theme reflects the importance of measuring the physicalquantities of materials, devices, tissues, and the environment to address research questions acrossall engineering domains. This approach aligns projects with national and state goals ofintegrating engineering design and practices into science content creation. For the first iterationof this RET, projects from electrical engineering (measuring biological tissue
paper “EntrepreneurialMindset and the University Curriculum [17]” applied technology based dynamic live case studywith color graphics animated computer simulation in their entrepreneurial course. The live casestudy involves multiple student visits to existing companies. Students construct a companysupply chain under the professor’s guidance. Bilen, et al suggested to provide students withmultiple exposures to what it means to have an entrepreneurial mindset [18]. Chasaki describeda seven-week mini-project “Cyber Crime Scene Investigation” they reserved in their new coursefor EML activity [19]. The author found that freshman year is a great time to introduce EMLconcepts. EML objectives are introduced at the beginning of the mini-project