cases, the mixture of each individual’s personality determinesteam dynamics. The ‘Introduction to Engineering Materials’ course for junior levelstudents encompasses a semester-long term project, which heavily requires teamwork.The term project should focus on a component of existing manufactured products andshow why a particular material is used for a particular application. The experimentschosen should prove or disprove this. Each team will chose a topic, determine how toevaluate that topic, devise relevant experiments, evaluate the results of these experimentsand formulate a conclusion. Finally, the students will present their results to the class atthe end of the semester. The goal of this study is to see how the team performance can
willing toembrace such an objective. Essentially all other learned professions have long ago moved inthis direction (law, medicine, business, architecture) requiring a broad liberal artsbaccalaureate education as a prerequisite for professional education at the graduate level.The process of developing the newly released Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century, SecondEdition3 (BOK2) allowed those involved to consider feedback from a wide constituency and torethink the nature of the outcomes that are needed to educate the civil engineer for the future aswell as the organization of these outcomes. The first edition (BOK1) 4 listed outcomes withoutorganizing them using any particular ontology. Further BOK1 did not intentionally andexplicitly require
, successful teams spend considerable time outside of class as well.Patent ImplicationsThe ability to easily search U.S. patent information on the Internet is invaluable to theentrepreneurial process. During the conceptual design stage, teams search for and examineexisting patents that may impact their designs. Students are often discouraged to discover priorart that, at first glance, seems identical to what they thought was their unique idea. Theinstructors guide them to carefully examine the specific patent claims, and help them discovercreative and legitimate ways to design around and beyond the existing art.As part of the feasibility study, teams analyze existing patents and summarize how specificpatent claims or design features informed their
Wesleyby Chan S. Park2. The course includes 2 mid semester exams (15% or grade each), 10 weeklyassignments (20% total), 1 case study (25%), and one final exam (25%). Since there issignificant group work on the case and the homework, to pass the course, a student must averageat least 60% on the exams. This criteria has been used for one student during the experiment,however that student also had poor homework scores.Many reasons justify the use of this material as a web based course. The students perceive thecourse material as highly relevant and relatively easy, hence they might be enthused to use thesite and would not have excessive difficulty. This is not a desirable faculty assignment since thecourse material is considered mundane and there can
can be easily talked out of studying. (reverse scored)22. I get depressed sometimes and then there is no way to accomplish what I know I should be doing. (reverse scored)23. Things will probably go wrong for me sometime in the near future. (reverse scored)24. I keep changing my mind about my career goals. (reverse scored)25. I feel I will someday make a real contribution to the world if I work hard at it.26. There has been at least one instance in school where social activity impaired my academic performance. (reverse scored)27. I would like to graduate from college, but there are more important things in my life. (reverse scored)28. I plan well and I stick to my plans.Evaluation of Engineering ActivitiesThe students were asked to
Paper ID #49751Evaluating the Suitability of Different Intraoral Scan Resolutions for DeepLearning-Based Tooth SegmentationDaron Marshall Weekley, Marshall University Daron Weekley is a Graduate Student in the Department of Computer Science at Marshall University. He has a master’s and bachelor’s degree in biology from West Liberty University. Before entering the computer science field, Daron was published for his work in research labs specializing in neuroscience and microbiology.Jace A McPherson-Duckworth, Marshall University Jace Duckworth, Undergraduate at Marshall University with an interest in AI researchAnastasiia
two-year colleges. Thestudents’ assessments reveal that these simulations and virtual experiments provide a systems overview, and helpstudents develop a good conceptual understanding.Students also believe that they are easy to use and their effectiveness is enhanced by interfacing them with externalsystems in order to provide a hand-on experience for users. Based on student feedback and assessment results, thesoftware was more effective in promoting student learning when it was used in a hybrid (hands-on and simulation)mode. This fact is also supported by the findings of a recent research study conducted at DeVry University inAddison, Illinois. The study was designed to analyze the use of computer simulation design methods on studentlearning
2006-1120: A VALID AND RELIABLE SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURINGK-12 TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS AND NEEDS ON DESIGN, ENGINEERING,AND TECHNOLOGYSenay Yasar, Arizona State University Senay Yasar is a Ph.D. student in Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction at ASU. She earned her MA degree in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her BS degree is in Physics Education. Her principle research areas are inquiry-based learning and science and technology education. She teaches an elementary science methods course for undergraduate students.Dale Baker, Arizona State University Dale R. Baker is a Professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at
. Particularly, faculty perceptions of institutional rewards for productive researchover teaching provide little incentive for course improvement.3Teaching assistants (TAs) can be valuable resources in facilitating the transition of a traditionalengineering course to include active learning techniques; however, prior studies indicate thatpeople tend to teach how they were taught,4 contributing further to this lack of course reform.TA training can help prepare graduate students to teach in this new course structure. Various TAtraining workshops,5 courses,6,7 boot-camps,8 and certificates9 have been successful at preparinggraduate students to teach; however, few papers have outlined ways in which TAs can worktogether with instructors to transition a
; Engineering (Scientific Literacy). A number of integrated assessments were used in theHyFlex course: exams, a three day diary, and quiz. The results shows that the HyFlex model wasvery successful with ever increasing enrollment [10]. Prior research in HyFlex teaching suggests that approach is a promising model becausestudents like the flexibility and study results shows that the choice of mode attendance had nosignificant negative impact on students’ performance [1, 7, 8, 9]. While the above research documented positive results on HyFlex teaching approach there isno evidence that shows the use of HyFlex in a highly intensive interactive group course couplewith its impact on students’ learning during a disruptive period in higher education. The
Paper ID #49532Predictive Modelling of a Continuously Variable Transmission for OptimalPerformanceKathryn Chludzinski, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering Kathryn Chludzinski is a graduate student in Youngstown State University’s (YSU) mechanical engineering program. Her research focuses on developing a laboratory for Dynamic Systems Modeling (DSM) students, utilizing a continuously variable transmission and inertia dynamometer. She has been a member of YSU’s SAE Baja team since the 2020 season. She is a certified machinist, having achieved her certification in 2019, and has been working in the
bridges to support refined analysis, condition rating, and load ratingis an evolving field of research, with departments of transportation and university researchgroups leveraging technology to produce more efficient and effective systems capable of beingdeployed more widely to support structural health monitoring and resiliency efforts. Introducingstudents to methods and applications in the dynamic evaluation of structures is an important partof the graduate-level structural engineering curriculum at Oregon Institute of Technology. Whilethe equipment required to conduct modal testing of civil structures can be costly, accurate andprecise measurements can be collected, post-processed, and visualized with mobile devices andapps that can access the
are working together to help students more closely link concepts from the threesubject areas. Faculty members have constructed specifications that design projects must followto help students build tighter connections among the three subjects. A comprehensiveassessment and evaluation plan has also been designed and implemented. This paper willdescribe the integration mechanisms, project specifications, and systems to address study skills,as well as data that has been collected and analyzed to date. Future assessment plans, andstrategies for expanding the program for more students and extending it to two additional first-year engineering tracks will also be described. IntroductionFirst-year engineering
concentration in User Experience Design.Ms. Caitlin Anna Coffey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering I am a second-year student at the Olin College of Engineering studying Electrical and Computer Engi- neering.Arwen Sadler, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Arwen Sadler is a junior at Olin College of Engineering studying Engineering with a concentration in Experience Design.Stephanos Matsumoto, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Stephanos (Steve) Matsumoto is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Olin College of Engineering. His research interests are broadly in security and privacy. Steve is especially interested in how we can make practical changes that improve the security of
well.Miss Amanda Marie Singer, The Ohio State University Amanda Singer is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She graduated in 2021 from Michigan Tech with a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Environmental Engineering. Her current research interests include engineering identity formation, community college engineering education, and mixed methods research.Carter James Huber, The Ohio State UniversityDr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Ohio State and earned
. While it has not been possible to separate the experiences and perceptions ofengineers from the population of students of all backgrounds, it nevertheless makes sense fromcited sources that engineers would be particularly quick studies in learning these concepts andtools for the reasons presented. We hope to test this hypothesis in the ongoing research andexperience with presentation of systems thinking in ORGL 615 and other venues as appropriate.ConclusionOur investigation involved connecting the delivery of systems thinking education withdevelopment of leadership competencies in a university setting and potential application toengineering leadership development. In addition to readings in systems thinking, studentsapplied
military career he spent over 10 years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He has also served as the Director, Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering.Dr. David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David Hurwitz is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering, Director of the OSU Driv- ing and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory, and Associate Director of the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. Dr. Hurwitz conducts research in transportation engineering, in the areas of transportation safety, human factors, traffic control devices, and
articles and graduate thesesdevoted to its study and application. Only a brief summary of this theory will be presented here,but interested readers may find further details in Kirton’s major works3,4,6.Kirton’s Adaption-Innovation Theory is based on the assumption that all people solve problemsand are creative, since both are the results of the same brain function. The theory distinguishescarefully between level and style of problem solving and creativity, or more simply, betweencognitive level and cognitive style. Cognitive level refers to an individual’s inherent potentialcapacity (such as intelligence) or learned capacity (such as managerial competence). Cognitivestyle, on the other hand, is defined as the “strategic, stable, characteristic
AC 2012-3009: USING STUDENT AMBASSADORS TO RELAY THEMESFROM CHANGING THE CONVERSATION IN ENGINEERING FIRST-YEAR SEMINARSDr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Sarah Zappe is the Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the College of Engineering at Penn State University. In this role, she provides support to faculty in trying innovative ideas in the classroom. Her background is in educational psychology with an emphasis in applied testing and measurement. Her current research interests include integrating creativity into the engineering curriculum, developing in- struments to measure the engineering professional skills, and using qualitative data to enhance response process
AC 2008-1727: DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT SPACECRAFT: ANINTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATION COURSEAndrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Andrew Willis is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic University in Worcester, Massachusetts. After working in industry for four years, Andrew attended graduate school at Brown University where he obtained a Sc.M. in Applied Mathematics and a Sc.M. in Electrical Engineering completing a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences in 2004. He is a member of the ASEE, IEEE
this study based on the raw outcomes forsimplicity. The data visualization framework presented remains valid. This matter may beaddressed in a future study.Looking ahead beyond 2020 [3], in the ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula 2020 Paradigms forGlobal Computing Education (CC2020) [6], the joint task force of these professionalassociations does not prescribe specific CE curricula but rather defines the core competencies ofgraduates from next-generation computing programs. CC2020 details thirty-four competenciesfor CE graduates that are streamlined into six knowledge areas: Hardware, Systems Architectureand Infrastructure, Software Fundamentals, Software Development, Systems Modeling, andSystems and Organizations; a welcome departure from the over
,brainstorming, and user-centered design. It has been particularly challenging to devise labactivities to be run by graduate students who are themselves experiencing this broader approachfor the first time.In the past two years digital sketching, a tool commonly used by industrial designers, has alsobeen added to the GE 101 curriculum. In addition to a traditional computer lab, the course alsouses the Product dissection lab for various class activities. The lab has 20 tablet computers(obtained through an HP equipment grant), as well as a Wacom Cintiq interactive pen display.In the fall 2010 semester, after studying perspective projections as well as executing one and twopoint perspective sketches of cut blocks, a digital sketching assignment was given
” multidisciplinaryproject challenges teams of students with different backgrounds to tackle a single broad“sustainability” problem that requires multiple perspectives and abilities.Accreditation of masters level programs requires fulfillment of the baccalaureate level generalcriteria, fulfillment of the program criteria appropriate to the master level specialization area, andone academic year of study beyond the baccalaureate level. The various commissions alsorequire other criteria of masters level programs: EAC requires programs to demonstrate thatgraduates have the ability to apply masters level knowledge in a specialized area of engineeringrelated to the program area, and ASAC requires a project or research activity resulting in a reportthat demonstrates both
distance education and received university teachingawards. His current research include measurement and modeling of crop water stress, fuzzy logic controls for turfirrigation management, and machine vision detection, enumeration, and species identification of weeds for spotspraying control. Page 4.551.10DENNIS SCHULTE, professor teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in introductory environmentalengineering, nonpoint source pollution control, agricultural waste management as well as problem solving and designin biological systems engineering. He has received several college and national teaching awards. His research
, including engineering, computerscience, operations research, economics, and statistics. The knowledge and application oflinear algebra is particularly emphasized by various ABET program criteria, making it arequired skill. To address the need for improving the undergraduate linear algebra curriculum, the Lin-ear Algebra Curriculum Study Group (LACSG) was established in January 1990[1] . Thisgroup had a significant impact on the design of linear algebra textbooks and courses. Mean-while, due to the unique characteristics of the course, various teaching experiments andapproaches have been implemented to overcome obstacles encountered by students when 2learning linear algebra[2][3][18][13][18]. Many
composite technologies devoted to appli- cations for aerospace and defense through small business innovation research(SBIR) funding. In 2020, Edward re-entered the University of San Diego California to pursue a master’s degree in mechanical engi- neering, and is presently specializing in dynamic systems and control, material sciences, and bioinspired robotics. During his undergraduate career, Edward spent 2 years as an instructional tutor for an engineer- ing design course and spatial visualization course at the University of California, San Diego. Presently he is working as an Instructional Assistant during his graduate studies, and is also working as an engineer designing robotic control methods for SBIR technologies
Paper ID #18639Benefits and Challenges of Transitioning to Community Service Multidisci-plinary Capstone ProjectsDr. Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania Jason Forsyth is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at York College of Penn- sylvania. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in May 2015. His major research interests are in wearable and pervasive computing. His work focuses on developing novel prototype tools and techniques for interdisciplinary teams.Dr. Nicole Hesson, York College of Pennsylvania Dr. Hesson graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina with a degree in Biology
basis of the quality of its teaching and graduates, ratherthan the quality of its research: a people-orientated organisation rather than aknowledge generating organisation. Is all that has been seen by many to be good, to belost in this transition? It would seem that effective academic leadership is quitedifferent from effective leadership in other organisations. The challenges of a changingexternal environment must be met by an academic culture that harnesses theconsiderable talent available within the college and this would seem to suggest a needto emphasise collective decision making.Irish Economy and SocietyIreland’s success at attracting foreign direct investment was facilitated by Ireland’sthird level educational sector. For example, in
, Dickinson, T L (1996). The Teamwork Components Model: An Analysis UsingStructural Equation Modeling. In RM McIntyre (Chair), Advances in Definitional Team Research.American Psychological Association Annual Meeting Symposium, Toronto, Canada.Saleh, A and Bista, K (2017). Examining Factors Impacting Online Survey Response Rates inEducational Research: Perceptions of Graduate Students. Journal of MultidisciplinaryEvaluation, 13(29), 63-74.Taggar, S, Brown, TC (2001). Problem-Solving Team Behaviors: Development and Validation ofBOS and a Hierarchical Factor Structure. Small Group Research, 32, 698-726. 12
technological literacy of undergraduates was sponsored by theNational Science Foundation ( Division of Undergraduate Education) and convened atthe National Academy of Engineering on April 18-19, 2005. This workshop sought toidentify and define the current research issues regarding the broad understanding oftechnology by all undergraduates. The workshop format consisted of a dozenpresentations by faculty having individually implemented technological literacy coursesat their home institution. The major features of these courses are summarized below. The technological literacy courses presented establish that the subject can beimplemented successfully across a wide range of undergraduate institutions. The modestnumber of campuses offering such