prepare Fellows for the classroom andenhance their communication, leadership, and teamwork skill. The workshop introduces toFellows fundamental pedagogical concepts, tools, and strategies, e.g., lesson development,activities and materials for teaching, assessment, learning styles, and active learning. In order todevelop and hone Fellows’ communication skills, the workshop examines the nature of processessuch as explanation, argument, contrasting, and predicting associated with communicatingenthusiasm and understanding of their field of study. All Fellows are required to make ten-minute individual or team presentations geared towards explaining a scientific/technical conceptto a lay audience. The instructor has adapted a rubric10 for assessing the
became a featuredand touted part of the program, even to the extent of being presented to the Dean as part of thedepartment’s annual assessment presentation. The overwhelmingly positive response of othersconfirmed that something significant may be taking place and should be shared.Several years ago one of the students wrote up a tongue in cheek course description worthy ofthe college catalog and sent it out to his classmates to solicit interest. From that time on, theHB101 course was an “official” part of the CE program at West Point. Hombrewing 101 (HB101) -This course will provide a life skill you can take with you for the rest of your life. The course will include both informational and laboratory portions. We will learn all
community and public radio stations nationwide.Student and faculty feedback on the class has been extremely positive, both in informal forumsand in formal assessments. Students report (and show) strong learning gains both in oralcommunication, as one might expect, and also in written communication and the ability toexplore in detail the broader societal context of their technical studies. Many students have usedtheir work in the class as a jumping-off point, from which they have continued their explorationof radio/audio. For example, one group of former Terrascope Radio students created and nowproduces its own weekly radio program on environmental and social issues. Others work asmentors in Terrascope Youth Radio, an outreach program in which local
assignments that develop oral and writtencommunication skills are distributed throughout the curriculum and are components of thecapstone professional practice and design experience in the fourth year.Graduating students are required to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam administered by Page 15.651.5the Montana Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as the first step toward 4professional registration. ENGR 499 (Engineering Program Assessment), a zero-credit course, isused to administer the exam. Students are encouraged to take the
current research interests center around the development and assessment of students’ spatial visualization skills, effective integration of 3D modeling into engineering design, and women’s retention in engineering.Dr. Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona BeachDr. Bereket Berhane, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Page 24.920.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Multi-Course Alignment for 1st Year Engineering Students: Mathematics, Physics, and Programming in MATLABBackgroundHistorically, siloed courses utilizing traditional, deductive
abstract clearly communication the goals or need addressed by the project?Technical Accom- Does the proposed poster address “Technical Accomplishments andplishments & Design Design Lessons Learned” (as specified by the Call for Student Posters)?Lessons LearnedMethodology Does the approach or methodology seem appropriate? Does the methodology apply relevant engineering and technology practices and principles, where appropriate?Results/Findings Are the results clearly described?/Implications Are the results based on data or other evidences developed through the methodology?Overall Reviewer Assessment Accept
retention rates and recruitment success of Hispanic students in STEMprograms at TAMIU as of Fall 2013.In order to succeed, many University-wide initiatives (not specifically for STEM disciplines) areset up. Engaging Sophomores, for example, encompasses Graduation Roadmap, a programdesigned to increase the academic success of TAMIU’s Hispanic, low-income student populationby: 1) strengthening sophomore academic, career, and personal counseling support services; 2)assessing the sophomore academic experience; 3) increasing professional opportunities forfaculty development that build pedagogical and academic connectedness for sophomore students;4) institutionalizing financial resources for faculty development; and 5) creating an endowmentfor student
and technical skills for developing andevaluating experiments; and meta-cognitive skills to review progress, assess challenges and planfuture explorations.9,10Both constructivism and socioculturism are rooted in the social constructivism theory developedby Vygotsky,11 who argued that knowledge and meaning-making activities cannot be divorcedfrom the context in which the learning takes place. Building on the idea that knowledge isconstructed in a sociocultural context, undergraduate research provides inquiry- and problem-based learning activities that immerse students in the theory, content and practice of thescientific process. Inquiry-based activities may include making observations, developinghypotheses, using reference materials
Science Education, ITiCSE ’05, pages 123–127, New York, NY, USA, 2005. ACM.5 S. Kurkovsky. Can mobile game development foster student interest in computer science? In Games Innovations Conference, 2009. ICE-GIC 2009. International IEEE Consumer Electronics Society’s, pages 92–100, 2009.6 F. Dochy, Mien Segers, and Dominique Sluijsmans. The use of self-, peer and co-assessment in higher education: A review. Studies in Higher education, 24(3):331–350, 1999.7 Donald Chinn. Peer assessment in the algorithms course. In Proceedings of the 10th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE ’05, pages 69–73, New York, NY, USA, 2005. ACM.8 Philip M Sadler and Eddie Good. The impact
Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient.Mr. Michael DeLorme, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Michael DeLorme is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Associate at the Davidson Laboratory at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He has conducted over 50 significant marine hydrodynamic exper- iments on both surface and subsurface vehicles. Other areas of recent research include; the application of hydro-acoustic techniques for the detection, classification and tracking of non-emitting small vessels, the implementation of UUVs for port/maritime security and environmental assessment, and path planning of a UUV through a complex estuary.Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE) Eirik Hole has
? What are the risks to these assets? How well does the security solution mitigate those risks? What other risks does the security solution cause? What costs and trade-offs does the security solution impose?According to Schneier these questions, while not a design methodology for a security solution,will provide a mechanism to evaluate a proposed security solution. It will be possible to realizehow ineffectual some common security solutions are, in other words how they solve the wrongproblem or cause more problems than they solve. One objective of this paper is to identifycurrent solutions for CPS both from a generic and market sector perspective and then analyzethem with respect to CPS characteristics in order to assess their
managementstudents were provided with randomly-selected sets of photographs of construction worksitesand were asked to identify the hazards present. In a one-month randomly staged series, studentswere exposed to SAVES. In SAVES students were asked to identify hazards and the systemprovided real-time assessment of their performance and feedback for improvement of futureiterations. Following this experience, a second series of post-tests was administered. The impactof the augmented reality experience was empirically measured using multiple baseline testingand inferential statistics. The results indicate that students’ and workers’ abilities to recognizehazards increased, on average, by 21 percent and 26 percent, respectively (p<0.001). Qualitativefeedback
, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also served as the ABET assessment coordinator for the CEAE Department since 2008. She has taught first-year introductory courses for CEAE students and capstone design for environmental engineer- ing since students since 1998. The capstone design course first included service-learning projects in 2001. Bielefeldt currently conducts research on social responsibility among engineering students and practition- ers, teaching sustainable engineering, engineering ethics, and faculty attitudes toward service-learning.Prof. Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder
a number of unique designs,which they would readily explain to anyone who would listen. The teachers also had positivethings to say about the unit and how their students were able to understand and apply the scienceand mathematics concepts through their designs and redesigns. Through an oral assessment ofthe science and mathematics content covered in this unit and administered by the teachers, theyreported that their students were able to explain the concepts of basic needs and habitats by theend of the lesson and even apply their understanding of habitats and 3D shapes in other contexts.For example, students in one kindergarten class surprised a naturalist while on a field trip bycorrectly using the term “animal habitat.” During a later
he worked training engineers and technicians in high-speed transmission system for backbone networks.Mr. Raymond Edward Boyles, Technology and Engineering Education Raymond Edward Boyles has an associate’s in specialized, avionics, May 1992, from Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, and a B.S., information technology, May 2008, and M.S., technology education, Aug. 2009, from California University of PA. Most Relevant Papers: Santoso, H., Boyles, R., Lawanto, O. & Goodridge, W. (2011). A Preliminary Study of Conducting Semi-Structured Interview as Metacognitive Assessment in Engineering Design: Issues and Challenges. American Society for Engineering Education. Presentations, five most relevant: TeleRobotics
. The camera only records audio when the 30 fps settingis used. As discussed in the manual for the camera, for recording at 30 fps to 240 fps, the imagesize, in pixels, is 432x320. However, at 480 fps, the image size is reduced to 224x160 pixels,and at 1000 fps, it is reduced to 224x64 pixels.This paper illustrates use of the camera first in the mechanical vibrations course, then in the fluidmechanics course, followed by a discussion of initial attempts at assessment and a summary.Mechanical VibrationsMechanical vibrations at the University of Kentucky is a dual-level course includingundergraduate students taking the course as an elective and graduate students taking the coursefor graduate credit. It is taught via ITV (Interactive Television
White7 argue that the tablet PC classroom environment is very effectiveas it increases the emphasis on the social aspects of learning and on meaning making. Finally,by incorporating screen capturing software, the tablet PC allows lecturers to create recordedlectures and other screencasts to explain concepts quickly and easily, Evidence to datesuggest this can make a difference8; As well as these presentation media advantages, theTablet PC can be used to improve support for students, particularly those in the distancemode. In particular it can be used for one-to-one consultations5 and improve productivity andresponse time for assessment marking9,10
disciplines (engineering, biology, sociology,geography, planning, etc.) that study water resources, quality, treatment, and management.Anecdotally, we have seen that of a pool of approximately 100 water-focused students, only thesame small subset participates in every event while over 70% of those invited never volunteer.Therefore, there is a need to assess why we see this occurrence. This study aims to surveyundergraduate and graduate student water scholars’ motivations and barriers for participating involunteer broader impact outreach events outside of their degree requirements. This studycollected quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data were collected through Likert-scaletype responses to motivating and hindering factors. Qualitative
and PDF notes were posted onBlackboard (HuskyCT at UConn) as asynchronous components. Other asynchronouscomponents were homework assignments and quizzes. Exams were conducted synchronouslyvia Lockdown Browser and Respondous Monitor. A digital textbook integrated with digitalhomework platform was chosen for this class. To keep students engaged in remote classroom,digital tools such as Chat, Breakout rooms, Polling via iClicker were used.3.3. Students’ feedbackA mid-semester assessment was administered to receive students’ feedback, evaluate teachingeffectiveness, and evaluate students’ engagement. 60 out of 123 students participated in thissurvey.Figure 4 shows students’ feedback for the statement, “My Instructor helps keeping me engagedin
assignment level and informal level for individual assessment andcommunication [11]. These courses would range from freshman-level courses to senior-design[12]. Peer review has also been implemented so that students can review each other'sassignments before the final submission [11].D.A. Winsor published a statistic that novice engineers were tasked with documenting their workexperience in technical writing and the methods they had learned to do so [13]. The table belowgives an excellent summary of the most common and effective methods found among the 190engineers who were surveyed. An important statement from her findings is, "Students indicatethat a typical learning pattern is to use models and seek advice from coworkers when preparingdrafts
islimited to those enrolled in a small subset of courses. Indeed, uneven use of research-basedteaching across sections can introduce new inequities into learning and assessment opportunities.Similarly, efforts to increase the representation of women in academic STEM by supportingindividuals’ career development with grants or workshops may assist individual women scholars,but do little to address the entrenched structural and cultural barriers that women face in theacademy [9], [10].In response, many have turned to systemic approaches that directly address root causes of theissue and place the onus to change on the organizational unit—an institution, department, orcollege. For example, public and private funders have developed programs to support
planning and control performance and talent commintment and unityFigure 1. Organizational perspectives [1], [2].From a management science perspective, the governance of HEIs entails three fundamentalprocesses: purpose formulation, communication, and motivation. These processes vary inexecution depending on the organizational model adopted (mechanistic, psychosociological, oranthropological). Also, an effective organizational diagnosis must consider not only economicand sociological effects but also moral implications. Therefore, managerial decision-making inHEIs should be assessed using criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, and consistency [2].Institutional
3focus on first-year students provided valuable insights into their early career perceptions and thefactors influencing them.InstrumentsTwo sets of survey instruments were utilized to address the research questions. The first setcollected personal data (i.e., gender, ethnicity, and academic major) alongside contextual factors(i.e., career awareness, gaming experience, and robotics experience). To ensure standardizedparticipant comparisons, contextual factors were measured on a 5-point Likert scale rangingfrom 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).The second set, adapted from Chiu et al. [1], assessed the core constructs of SCCT: self-efficacy,outcome expectations, career interest, and career intention. Each construct was measured usingfour
understand theresearch landscape, ES was also included to provide evidence synthesis approaches, ideal for theneeded precision in this work.Gap analyses constitute a major component of “research intelligence,” a central service ofUniversity Libraries’ Research Impact & Intelligence department. Research Intelligence, or insome circumstances “competitive intelligence,” involves extracting research and innovation dataand analysis of data to enhance strategic decision making and is deeply related to and intertwinedwith research assessment and evaluation. Currently there are just a handful of “researchintelligence” personnel in United States’ academic library organizations, but many existthroughout Europe and Canada where research evaluation
of civil engineering, these competitions vary intopic and complexity.While the civil engineering profession has developed many excellent design competitions, thereality is that other engineering professions have also continued to create new, cutting-edge,interesting competitions. The civil engineering profession may have an opportunity to create newcompetitions or amend current ones to make them more effective at attracting, retaining, andinspiring students. The goal of this study was to assess a sampling of the current studentcompetitions available to all engineering students and compare their attributes. Seventy-fivecompetitions were identified, and different aspects were compared, including the founding year,perceived student disciplines
both the literature reviewed inthis paper and the broader research on transdisciplinary practices in higher educationworldwide. Collectively, these themes aim to prepare students with the skills needed to createinnovative solutions, collaborate effectively, and integrate diverse knowledge.Across the three identified themes, the challenges of integrating transdisciplinarity intoengineering education included overcoming disciplinary barriers, enhancing team dynamics,and conducting longitudinal studies to assess long-term outcomes. To address thesechallenges, we recommend that future research should focus on developing curricula fortransdisciplinary programs and exploring the broader impact of transdisciplinary approachesacross various
. However, Ischool students in similar tests. However, they were also able did not have the foresight to apply for IRB approval andto provide the high school students an insight into college life cannot share any of the student reflections or communityand share their own experiences. partners in this paper. This is therefore a paper of process and Students were assessed for content-based understanding setting up the S-L projects. After this initial experience, whichthrough assignments, and exams. The S-L projects accounted is qualitative in nature, I now have IRB approval to determinefor 20% (200 points /1000 points) of the course grade and the impact of the six S-L projects
four evaluation tools(both qualitative and quantitative) to assess student response,including a pre-lab and post-lab physics quiz in conceptinventory style, laboratory grades, student Tweet (format 280characters) and a survey to assess student attitudes. Figure 10. Positive affect after using software. Survey results for interest and engagement for all large urban community college data Improved ability as measured by lab grades. We sets. Mean student responses during this research. Students enjoyedevaluated 78 lab grades assigned by the software and
maintain high-quality video streamsessential for subsequent processing. This was tested byattaching all three cameras into the Microsoft PC and ran theprogram to ensure all windows were active at once.B. Initial Testing: Functional Testing – Face Detection Face detection was evaluated by assessing the system’sability to accurately outline and identify faces within videoframes. This testing was not performed with respect to facialencodings; the testing performed was strictly to assist inoptimal camera placement within the system derived fromFigure XII data. Testing included capturing varying angles offacial orientation. A small algorithm was utilized to give facialdetection confidence values on detecting the face withinframe. A face was shown in
t hey f ail tosystem employs CNN alongside LSTM networks to detect adjust to changes in patient seizure patterns. Some patientsseizures with decreased incorrect assessment occurrences. experience reduced efficiency b ecause t he t reatment methodWhile CNN-LSTM hybrid models have been used in seizure fails to react to alterations in seizure patterns from one perioddetection, this approach uniquely combines ECG and motion to the next [4], [5]. The current systems generate false alarmssensor data for real-time processing, making it more adaptive triggered by non-seizure body movements or other artifacts,to individual patients’ needs. The model can be represented which diminish the