-Domain,from Z-Domain to difference equations, and finally, from difference equations to implementablecode. The paper uses examples of controllers and their possible representations, while clarifyingand expanding on hardware implementations and their “semi-equivalent” software codes. Thisincludes the use of the exact S to Z transformation (relevant only at sampling instants) andmultiple S to Z approximations with appropriate justifications.The paper is an extension of on-going research that explains the meaning of sampling, digitalcomputation, and reconstruction in digital control systems. It should be emphasized that theapproach presented here does not attempt to replace material in existing textbooks. It simplypresents supplementary visual and
universities in four different states in differentregions of the United States. There were a range of institution types represented, including largepublic, small public, small private, research-focused, and primarily undergraduate. Intervieweeswere in (or had previously been in) departments of aerospace engineering, chemical engineering,computer engineering and computer science, and mechanical engineering. Two intervieweesidentified as gender non-binary, nine interviewees identified as women, and three identified asmen. Two interviewees identified as Asian, four identified as Hispanic, Latino/a, or Latinx, andeight identified as White. Their self-reported clinical mental health diagnoses included ADHD,anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, depression
P-TECH: A New Model for an Integrated Engineering Technology EducationAuthors: Rebecca K. LaForest1, Iulian Gherasoiu2, Daniel White1, Harry Efstathaidis11 Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute2 College of Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic InstituteAbstractWithin the past decade, the United States has seen an upswing in job opportunities in theindustries supported by science, technology, engineering and mathematical (STEM) academicprograms. Nanotechnology, or the study of material properties at the nanoscale, has led thisrevolution which has created the steady wave of new jobs and investments, especially in NewYork State. This relatively new field of study has concentrated and benefited from
etching tanks, etc.) Single sided, small PCB: Few $etching and • Low cost in • Difficult for students to Double sided, medium PCB: Few $automated quantity control production • Indirect costs of chemical handlingdrilling processes (“art”) and space can be high • Drill alignment issuesUse of pre- • Low startup cost • 2 High cost per cm of • Startup cost from $100-$1,000sensitized (~$100) PCB material • Direct cost per boards:PCBs
the key mathematical thinking skills. It is the ability to create mathematicalrepresentations of the problem at hand. In fact mathematical modeling tasks are often thought tobe the best mechanisms by which students can develop confidence with solving ill-structuredproblems[2]. This research will contribute to the body of knowledge around how students usemathematical thinking to solve engineering problems. After independently completing a 3 hourdesign task students were invited to reflect on their beliefs, attitudes and perception ofmathematical and design thinking through a semi-structured interview. In this paper, our intentis to explore their responses and understand how students perceive their abilities and the enablingand hindering
resilience with the resources and risk withthe challenges and enhanced the original figure given by Dodge et al. [36] with the spiral toillustrate the ever-changing process (Figure 1). Drawing from Sanford’s [38] Challenge andsupport theory (CST), the term challenge refers to occurrences or situations in whichindividuals are unable to adapt due to a lack of resources or support. Chaves [39] notes thatthe capacity to overcome challenges depends on the level of support students receive fromtheir peers, instructors, and institution in an educational context. Furthermore, by support, thetheory refers to the available or created mechanisms to aid individuals in dealing withdifficult situations [40]. If the challenges outweigh the resources, the see-saw
TMW for increasing children's understanding of what sorts of problemsare encountered in science, engineering, and design. It was reported that some students wereparticularly engaged by the idea that design adaptations in nature could be used as the basis forhuman technological and mechanical design applications, such as a frog’s webbed feet and theway a fish tail moves.Case studies also provided insights on the Trapped in Time learning adventure. Changingattitudes indicated improved student thinking related to the design process, and to the creativityand iteration involved. One student said, “I never really realized that there was so much thoughtprocess that goes into creating simple things." Another reported, "It's never just a one-shot
. She holds a BS in mechanical engineering, MA in educational studies, and a PhD in Engineering Education where her research focuses on digital learning environments for the STEM workforce.Thomas Bihari, The Ohio State UniversityThomas Metzger, The Ohio State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An Online Interdisciplinary Professional Master’s Program in Translational Data AnalyticsAbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary data analytics professional master’s program whichincludes courses from the disciplines of computer science, statistics, and design. The onlinecurriculum structure specifically addresses the needs of working professionals
-Functional Display (MFD) applications. He is adept in performing requirements definition, analysis, review, management, and documentation using Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements Software (DOORS). As a lead systems engineer, he played an instrumen- tal role in designing, developing, and testing the next generation of Entegra Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS). Dr. Khalid received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds Master of Science degrees in the discipline of Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University, and Industrial, and Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from
thatincludes. Page 6.68.2 < Stating the objectives, including performance. < Identifying available resources, including money, time, human, and material. < Defining the objectives. This involves restating the original objectives after considering the available resources to ensure that the goals are achievable. < Analyzing the problem. This involves an investigation of alternative approaches that achieve the desired goals. Since the object is to identify the best approach, the analysis should be thorough and complete. If the analysis does not generate at least one possible solution, redefining
solutions. Biology teacher will ask the students to make scaffoldsthat can support the regeneration of various body parts. First, students will perform a survey todetermine available biodegradable materials for use in the body along with cost estimation.Once they determine what polymer they need, then they will freeze and air dry the premadechitosan-gelatin solution to form films and porous structures. Here, students will make scaffoldsof shape and dimension that mimic a specific body part. Students are also asked to evaluate thenumber of pores using digital scanning electron micrographs. We anticipate that the entirehands-on experience will stimulate their interest towards engineering or STEM fields.INTRODUCTIONMany recent surveys indicate
Multi-Level Chevron Actuator Based Positioning System,” Sahil Oak, SandeshRawool, Ganapathy Sivakumar, Johan Hendriske, Daniel Buscarello, Immanuel Purushothaman, and Tim Dallas, J.of Microelectromechanical Systems 20, pp.1298-1309 (2011).10 “Usage Induced Changes to Surface Topography and Material Properties in Polysilicon MEMS ElectrothermalStructures,” S. Oak, G. Ramachandran, and T. Dallas, Reliability, Packaging, Testing, and Characterization ofMEMS/MOEMS and Nanodevices XI, Editors: SM Garcia-Blanco and R. Ramesham, Proceedings of SPIE 8250,Article #825005 (2012).11 “Lifetime estimation and reliability study of electrothermal MEMS actuators,” Ganapathy Sivakumar, StephenJohns, Armando Nava, and Tim Dallas, SPIE MOEMS-MEMS, 2010, San
Paper ID #34466Student Motivation and Self-efficacy in Entrepreneurial-minded Learning(EML): What These Mean for Diversity and Inclusion in EngineeringClassroomsProf. Erin A. Henslee, Wake Forest University Dr. Erin Henslee is a Founding Faculty and Assistant Professor of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Her research spans biomedical engineering, e-sports, and STEM education. Prior to joining Wake Forest she was a Researcher Development Officer at the University of Surrey where she supported Early Career Researchers. She received her BS degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mathematics from Virginia
students demonstrate employability skills is also key to many STEMprograms’ survival. For example, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Act of 1998 [32]requires performance measures to quantitatively assess career and technical education (CTE)program outcomes like employment. Many states have performance-based educational budgetformulas that focus on student employment outcomes as measures for funding postsecondaryinstitutions. As a result, a focus on the mechanisms, processes, and programs that can increasethe number of students successfully completing their degrees and gaining meaningfulemployment, presumably through the exercise of employability skills, is as a legislative mandateand priority [33].3.0. Conceptual FrameworkIn Figure 1
,coordinators, or heads of departments, inviting them to send information about the study to theirdoctoral students. Doctoral student participants volunteered to take part in this study through asurvey on the Qualtrics online survey platform. Participants could register for a compensationdrawing of $10. Ten participants were selected and emailed an Amazon gift card. This wasexpected to be about 1% of the participants.ParticipantsOur sample includes participants from 26 highly ranked universities in the U.S. and 17engineering doctoral disciplines (e.g., materials, electrical, mechanical). 51.7% were domesticstudents, while 48.3% were international students. Women are underrepresented in engineering(n = 108, 46.2%) compared to men (n = 113, 48.3%), and
Paper ID #28404Refrigeration Cycle Educational Training Unit DevelopmentDr. Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Shehadi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University. His academic experience has focused on learning and discovery in areas related to HVAC, indoor air quality, human thermal comfort, and energy conservation. While working in industry, he oversaw maintenance and management programs for various facilities including industrial plants, high rise residential and com- mercial buildings, energy audits and condition surveys for various mechanical and electrical and
. The studentsurveys showed that these projects were effective in achieving the course outcomes [1]. AtWestern Carolina University (WCU) that multiple authors are affiliated with, a five-PBL-coursesequence (one course in each of the first three years and two courses in the senior year) isincorporated into the curriculum of all the programs within the department (encompassingelectrical and mechanical disciplines in engineering technology and engineering programs), sothat the students can gradually sharpen their technical expertise, professional skills, andteamwork to perform well in the year-long capstone projects in their senior year, often sponsoredby the local industry.For an instructor or a class of students new to PBL, the uncertainty in
Paper ID #41489Relaxed Deadlines: Do They Provide an Unfair Advantage?Dr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering with research interests that include lab and design pedagogy, inclusive teaching, and neurodiversity in STEM. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Relaxed Deadlines: Do they provide an unfair advantage? Educators seeking academic rigor have historically included strict deadlines for studentwork as part of preparing students for the reality of life after college. However, during
implementations; but this abstracts the implementation stepthat we wish to teach, and it still does not provide a two–way communication mechanism between Matlab Page 9.908.2(or Simulink) and the FPGA. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 1: The FPGA board that comes with the Altera Nios Developmet Kit–Stratix Edition is shownwith our custom USB daughter card attached to it. The USB daughter card is built around the PhilipsPDIUSBD12 chip with implements the physical–level interface of the USB
computer science programming education.Raina Oravec Raina Oravec is an Educational Analyst at VEX Robotics. She graduated from Chatham University with a Bachelor of Arts in Policy Studies with a focus in after school education development. Throughout college Raina worked with a small private school to bring more hands-on approaches to STEM education for K-8 students. Previously, Raina worked in STEM education, user data analytics and as a Customer Relations Management developer for high education.Lauren Harter Lauren Harter is a Senior Educational Developer at VEX Robotics and has a wide range of experience in education. From teaching in the high school setting to developing materials that teachers use in numerous countries
Proceedings, p 4311-4318,2003, 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Staying in Tune with Engineering Education[2] National Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, NationalAcademies Press, Washington DC, 2004.[3] National Academy of Engineering, Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century,National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2005.[4] ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2011-2012, General Criteria 3. Student Outcomes-http://www.abet.org/DisplayTemplates/DocsHandbook.aspx?id=3139, accessed December 19,2012.[5] A combined electrical and mechanical engineering senior design laboratory Parten, Micheal E. (ElectricalEngineering, Texas Tech. University); Vines
questionnaires, and reflection results, discussed later in this work.CE 3311: Geotechnical EngineeringThe course in which the EME project takes place is a junior-level civil and environmentalengineering (CEE) course, CE 3311: Geotechnical Engineering. The course is part of the CEEcore curriculum, and is taught every fall as a 3-credit course which meets for 50-minutes, threetimes a week. Topics covered in the class include traditional soil mechanics and soil labs, with amore advanced foundation design course taught the following spring semester. The broad coursetopics listed on the course syllabus include: soil characterization, phase diagrams, compaction,consolidation, stress columns, permeability, moisture density relationships, geology andlandforms
Paper ID #15349Increasing Multi-Cultural Awareness in Engineering StudentsMs. Ning Xuan Yip, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ning Xuan Yip is a third year student pursuing Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. She is part of the Leadership Team in the Women In Engineering Mentor and Mentee Pair Program, where she organizes meetings and networking events with a focus on developing relationships between the mentors and mentees. As the Diversity Liaison for the program, she works to increase the multi-cultural awareness of the participants, and to increase the retention of international students within the program
Yes F Zion Mechanical Black Yes MFor the SBP freshmen, the first part of data collection was conducted via a Qualtrics survey. Thesurvey was created based on two existing, validated SDT scales: the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory(IMI) and the Aspirations Index (AI). The survey took approximately 30 minutes to complete andwas administered to all 19 SBP participants at the beginning of the SBP to establish a baseline forperceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness, among other constructs. In the survey, studentsresponded to questions about demographic information and their backgrounds, 7-point Likert scaleitems related to the IMI and AI, and were able to leave open-ended feedback regarding
over the past four years by the CareerWISEresearch team.Participants. Women enrolled in public and private research universities across the United Stateswere recruited from traditionally male-dominated departments, such as departments of chemicalengineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, material science, mechanical engineering,computer science, applied physics, applied mathematics, physics, astronomy, mathematics,chemistry, and geology. This qualitative, longitudinal study had two distinct data collectionprocedures: collecting incident reports and conducting open-ended interviews. Twenty-fourparticipants completed the weekly “incident reports,” and three women participated in the open-ended bi- weekly interviews over the course
components these days arefar too small and complex to allow an inquisitive student to explore and satisfy their curiosityabout how these gadgets work. These students often take to exploring mechanical systemsinstead and are thus led away from Electrical and Computer Engineering. Similarly, withadvances in computer simulations of engineering circuits and models that produce realisticresults, engineering programs have transitioned away from physical hardware and hands-onexperimentation. This trend away from having students being able to "tinker" with real hardwareis detrimental to their development into well rounded engineers. In addition, as globalizationcontinues, engineers must broaden their team-work and technical skills.This paper describes a
development efforts that support students in their STEM education and career pathways pursuits. VanIngen-Dunn as built her career on years of experience as engineer and project manager in human crashworthiness and safety design, development and testing, working for contractors in commuter rail, aerospace and defense industries. VanIngen-Dunn has an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a BSE degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. She serves on the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering Advisory Board, and the YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix Board of Directors.Miss Maria A. Reyes, Phoenix College With over 25 years of higher education experience, Maria Reyes has devoted
transverse—CCS guides researchers to situate each “case” withinbroader networks of social, cultural, political, and economic influences [35], [36]. First, the horizontal axis in CCS examines how similar phenomena manifest differentlyacross socially produced locations, emphasizing the influence of local contexts, relationships,and material conditions on practices and policies [35], [36]. In this study, the horizontal axisexplores how departmental, institutional, and disciplinary contexts shape faculty experienceswith DEIJ, as well as faculty integration of DEIJ into curricular and pedagogical practices. Forexample, horizontal comparisons emphasize how faculty in different engineeringdisciplines—such as mechanical, civil, and chemical
considering a longerproject period that involves more preparation materials, such as review sessions of intro-level algebra, basic statistics, Python programming basics, and usage of some dependenciessuch as Matplotlib [20], pandas [21], and Numpy [22].6. AcknowledgementThis study was funded by the following grants:• USDA Evans-Allen program: Enhanced Crop Production Efficiency through Mechanized Integrated Pest Management Strategies, 2016 - Present.• USDA Capacity Building Grant: All-in-One Organic Weed and Crop Disease Management Using Directed Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks, 2019 - 2022.References: 1. F Jonathan and C Michael, The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: Training Pruned Neural Networks, in ICLR conference, 2019 2
University in the Fall of 2018, where he worked as the Software Application Engineer for SEAL. He is currently employed by SPEA America in San Jose, California as an Application Test Engineer.Mr. Justin Raymond Comer Justin Comer graduated with a B.S degree in Electronic Systems Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University in the Fall of 2018, where he worked as the Hardware Engineer for SEAL. He is currently employed by Oncor Electric Delivery in Irving, Texas as a Protection and Control Technician.Ms. Brielle Roxanne De Anda Brielle De Anda graduated with a B.S degree in Electronic Systems Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University in the Fall of 2018, where she worked as the Mechanical Designer and Test