softwareruns on Windows-based computers. In the second course, Embedded Software Systems, thestudent experience is extended with a focus on product and system development using the Cprogramming language.Finally, while these two courses truly focus on the development of software and interfacing,microcontrollers are used elsewhere in the curriculum. For example, the course project inInstrumentation requires that the students use a Microchip14 PIC24 series device to develop a“smart sensor”. By this time, they have completed at least their first class in microcontrollersand the C programming language and are expected to extend their current knowledge to a newplatform and development environment. The idea is to help build the students’ confidence intheir
(documentaries,newspapers, videos), and computer-aided instruction. Certain teaching strategies are moreeffective at teaching to specific learning domains, and certain teaching strategies aremore appropriate for students who are at a higher developmental level8. Thus, facultymust choose the teaching strategy based upon the learning domain that is being addressedand the developmental level the students are at. The type of teaching strategy chosen willinfluence the administrative structure of the course (schedule, resources, credits awarded)and the organization of the curriculum. Different techniques are more appropriate if thelearning domain is cognitive vs. affective, for example. Figure 6 shows a number oftechniques that are appropriate for these
performance. It is particularly responsive to manyof the difficulties related to establishing an effective communications curriculum. First, it offersengineering faculty a common understanding of communication. Second, through focusing onthose elements shared by all communicative performances – genre, context, identity, and purpose– it enables faculty to adapt their instructional approach in ways that acknowledge the diversityof possible performances while maintaining coherence. Third, it allows faculty to employ auseful methodology, discourse analysis, for doing assessment as educational research. This paperpresents communication as performance, offers discourse analysis as a methodology forresearching those performances, and suggests how
., Uhomoibhi J. (eds) Interactive Collaborative Learning. ICL 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 544. Springer, ChamGary, K. (2015). Project-Based Learning. Computer, 48(9), 98-100.Giralt, F., Herrero, J., Grau, F. X., Alabart, J. R., & Medir, M. (2000). Two way integration of engineering education through a design project. Journal of Engineering Education, (April), 219.Hassan, S. (2013). Concepts of vertical and horizontal integration as an approach to integrated curriculum. Education in Medicine Journal, 5, 5.Heer, R. (2012). A model of learning objectives. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Iowa State University.Knight, D. W., Carlson, L. E., & Sullivan, J. J. (2007). Improving Engineering
undergraduate research,commonly obtained during the discovery stage of research [7] - [10]. Undergraduate research hasalso been shown to affect student interest in graduate school [5], [9], [11] - [13]. When studentsconduct research, they gain a better understanding of their preferred disciplines and whether ornot they have an interest in pursuing graduate school [5], [7], [12], [14].The need for increased student retention and success in STEM fields is driven by the need forSTEM employees in industry. NSF’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2016 report [15] showsthat the greatest disparities in representation between men and women occur in engineering,computer science, and the physical sciences. This same report shows that underrepresentedpopulations
project-based curriculum to more fully Page 26.751.3engage first-year students.Project Descriptions The projects in spring 2013 were selected by the engineering Graduate Teaching Assistants(GTAs), who work within the first-year program. Each GTA represents one of the engineeringdisciplines within the Watson School: Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Systems Science andIndustrial, and Biomedical engineering departments. Each GTA submitted three ideas andpresented them to the Engineering Design Division faculty, who made the final decisions. Theengineering faculty then wrote a brief summary of each project for the students. Each GTAserves as an
Paper ID #14393Implementing Open-ended Hands-on Design Projects throughout the Me-chanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu received her PhD in Solid Mechanics and Computational Science and Engineering from Cornell University. She is currently part of the freshmen engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently she focuses on designing the curriculum for the freshman engineering program as well as the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program. She also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineering at ASU. Her
Paper ID #15684Integrated Curriculum Design for an Industrial Engineering UndergraduateProgram in Latin AmericaDr. Ang´elica Burbano, Universidad Icesi Angelica Burbano C.,holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas. She holds a MSOM from Universidad Icesi and a BS in industrial engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana both in Cali, Colombia. She is a Fulbright Scholar 2007 and a fellow AOTS, Japan 2000. Angelica has previous experience (five years) in the food manufacturing industry (experience related to inventory management and production planning and control, also information systems
. Educators are regularly modifying curriculum content to embrace technological changesin the learning outcomes. In modern world where everything changes at an extremely fast pacekeeping up to date with technology is not only desirable but necessary. The renewable energy ishighly interdisciplinary and crosses over between a numbers of research areas, making it quitedifficult to be covered in a single course. Renewable energy technologies have strong potentialfor hands-on multi-disciplinary project-based learning. In particular, projects within sustainableengineering and renewable energy technologies can readily involve electrical, mechanical,computer, civil, and chemical engineering aspects while still being accessible to undergraduatestudents. A
Paper ID #8653Integrated 2D Design in the Curriculum: Effectiveness of Early Cross-SubjectEngineering ChallengesProf. Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Otto is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Product Development Pillar at the Singapore Uni- versity of Technology and Design. He teaches the design courses as well as disciplinary courses including thermodynamics, and is very interested in multidisciplinary education.Mr. Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design BSME Carnegie Mellon 2008 MSME University of Texas at Austin 2010 PhD
Session 2793 A Curriculum Collaboration Model: Working with Upper Division Students to Improve a First-Year Program Blaine Lilly, John Merrill, Omer Masud, Stuart Brand, Michael Hoffmann, Anita Ahuja, Vamsi Ivaturi The Ohio State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an overview of a quarter-long design-build project in the Fundamentals ofEngineering (FE) course sequence, which is part of the First-Year Engineering Program at TheOhio State University (OSU). The current design-build project is discussed
AC 2012-4284: TEACHING BY DESIGN: PREPARING K-12 TEACHERSTO USE DESIGN ACROSS THE CURRICULUMDr. Louis Nadelson, Boise State University Louis S. Nadelson is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Boise State University. His research interests include STEM teaching and learning, faculty development, in-service and pre-service teacher professional development, program evaluation, and multidisciplinary research. He has published research ranging from faculty professional development to the impact of inquiry on STEM learning. Nadelson earned a B.S. degree in biological and physics science from Colorado State University, a B.A. with concentrations in computing, mathematics, and physics from the Evergreen
Paper ID #44250Forced Displacement and Engineering Education: Developing the Curriculumfor a Course on a Global CrisisMs. Rana Hussein, Boston University Rana earned her B.A. in mathematics and computer science at Boston University in 2022. Throughout her undergraduate years, she worked on a number of research projects in partnership with UNICEF, where she applied mathematical modeling techniques to assess and predict child malnutrition rates in Yemen and other conflict settings. She is now a research associate at the Boston University Center on Forced Displacement (CFD), where she uses her background in data analysis to work
Paper ID #38143Trends of systems engineering job postings and theirimplications for curriculum developmentSergio LunaAditya Akundi ADITYA AKUNDI is an assistant professor in the department of Informatics and Engineering Systems at theUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Dr. Akundi received hisPhDat the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2016. In his doctoral thesis, he investigated the use of information theory to understand and assess complex socio-technical systems. Before joining UTRGV, he worked as a research assistant professor in the Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering department at
, 2023Celesse MylesVera SebulskyKaushik JayaramMarina VanceGregory Whiting © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Meeting Schools Where They Are: Integrating Engineering Outreach Curriculum in the Classroom Without Forcing an AgendaAbstractMany middle school students lack an understanding of what engineering is, leading to an inabilityto see themselves in the field and a decreased likelihood that they will pursue engineering. This isespecially prevalent in families and communities where children may not have engineering rolemodels. In the US, such communities are more likely to include students from underrepresentedgroups in STEM. Providing early engineering exposure to
Paper ID #33651Design Across The Curriculum: An Evaluation Of Design Instruction in aNew Mechanical Engineering Program.Dr. Sean Stephen Tolman, Utah Valley University Sean S. Tolman is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Utah Valley Uni- versity in Orem, UT. He earned his BSME degree at Brigham Young University in 2002 and a MSME degree from the University of Utah in 2008 before returning to BYU to pursue doctoral studies complet- ing a PhD in 2014. He spent 8 years working in the automotive safety industry specializing in forensic accident reconstruction before becoming a professor. He teaches
future work in assessing teacher confidence inteaching soft robotics and engineering design as well as the impacts of teacher-delivered softrobotics curricula on students. Future measures may include teacher self-efficacy, studenttinkering self-efficacy, and STEM identity as methods to probe the impact of the curriculum onteachers, students, and classrooms either in person or virtually.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by the Office of Naval Research (award # N000141912386), NationalScience Foundation (award #1830896) and the Tata Trusts through The Lakshmi Mittal andFamily South Asia Institute.References 1. G. Potvin et al., “Gendered interests in electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering: intersections with career outcome
Carolina Dr. Pierce is the Director for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He is a USC Connect Faculty Fellow for Integrative Learning, and a Bell South Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering and Computing. Dr. Pierce also serves as the ASEE Campus Representative for USC.Dr. Robert Petrulis Dr. Petrulis is an independent consultant specializing in education-related project evaluation and research. He is based in Columbia, South Carolina. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Thematic Problem-Based Learning Modules on Nanotechnology
2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20723Investigation of Effect of Curriculum Change on Students’ Performance inKnowledge-building and Knowledge-integration SubjectsDr. U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Udaya Kahangamage is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his PhD from University of Bristol, UK. Currently, he teachers courses related to Engineering Design, Product Design and Manufacturing. His interest includes innova- tive teaching pedagogies for
Metallurgy and a diploma in Industrial Administration (Aston University). He was the recipient of the Henry Morton Distinguished Teaching Professor Award in 2009. In his prior role as Associate Dean, Prof. Sheppard had a leading role in the development of the undergraduate engineering curriculum at Stevens, including innovations in design education and initiatives to include entrepreneur- ship, sustainability, and global competency for undergraduate students.Dr. Gail P. Baxter, Stevens Institute of TechnologyDr. Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology Frank T. Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and former co- Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate Program (www.stevens.edu
AC 2008-1121: INTRAMURAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP: A REQUIREMENT OFTHE UNDERGRADUATE BIOENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT THEUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHSteven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Abramowitch is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his B.S. (1998) in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D. (2004) in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Tissue Mechanics laboratory in the Musculoskeletal Research Center. The primary goal of the Tissue Mechanics Laboratory is to understand and enhance ligament healing utilizing functional tissue engineering approaches, and
Session 2333 Incorporating Electronic Motor Drives into the Existing Undergraduate Electric Energy Conversion Curriculum Herbert L. Hess Department of Electrical Engineering University of Idaho - Boise Engineering Boise, IdahoAbstract Adjustable speed drives offer an opportunity to increase student interest and extend educationalopportunities in undergraduate electromechanical energy conversion instruction. Industry is adoptingdrive systems for
Leadership &Management for the purposes of integrating leadership and management students within anengineering curriculum. The minor, offered to engineering and computer science majors at theUniversity of Central Florida (UCF), is an 18-credit hour program focusing on projectengineering, engineering administration, team effectiveness and financial engineering. Theminor also included a laboratory-based capstone experience and was integrated with UCFsLeadership & Management Institute [7].Systems Engineering Methods for Curriculum Reform: A 2006 article developed a systems model to identify the difficulties to innovate highereducational curriculum within higher educational research institutions due to not having a natural“pull” of the
Paper ID #22698Board 99 : Collaboratively Developing an Introductory InfrastructureSystems Curriculum: The One Water ModuleDr. Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville Philip Parker, Ph.D., P.E., is Program Coordinator for the Environmental Engineering program at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin-Platteville. He is co-author of the textbook ”Introduction to Infrastructure” published in 2012 by Wiley. He has helped lead the recent efforts by the UW-Platteville Civil and Environmental Engineering department to revitalize their curriculum by adding a sophomore-level infrastructure course and integrating
, Florida Gulf Coast University. He received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy in 1975, an M.S. in Structural Engineering and an M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering from Stanford University in 1984 and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Kansas State University in 1993. Prior to his coming to FGCU he was a Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University and an Associate Professor and Director of the Civil Engineering Analysis Group at the United States Military Academy. Dr. O’ Neill is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has been active at the national level with ASCE’s Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology (TCCIT), Committee on Faculty Development (CFD
Paper ID #8488Using Teacher Feedback to Improve the Design of a Fourth Year High SchoolMathematics CurriculumSara Hahler, Louisiana Tech University Sara Hahler is a graduate student at Louisiana Tech University. She received her Bachelor of Science in mathematics education in 2012 from Louisiana College and is currently enrolled in the Computational Analysis and Modeling PhD program at Louisiana Tech. During her time as an undergraduate, she served as a tutor for the mathematics department at Louisiana College. Currently, she is performing research in the area of mathematics education exploring the connection between high
Paper ID #11674Integrating the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Using a Long-term GreenDesign Project - The Planetary GearsetDr. Eric Constans, Rowan University Eric Constans is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. His research interests include engineering education, mechanical design and acoustics and vibration.Shivakumar I Ranganathan, Rowan University Dr. Shivakumar Ranganathan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. He earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was then
, international construction, project delivery systems, statistical methods for construction engineers, project management practices, and engineering educational research methods. He is an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education and American Society of Civil Engineers, Construction Research Council of Construction Institute, ASCE. Page 26.352.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Closing Achievement Gaps using the Green-BIM Teaching Method in Construction Education Curriculum Jin-Lee Kim
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Paper ID #21583Work in Progress: Flexibility and Professional Preparation via a Multidisci-plinary Engineering CurriculumDr. Noah Salzman, Boise State University Noah Salzman is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University, where he is a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and IDoTeach, a pre-service STEM teacher preparation program. His work focuses on the transition from pre-college to university engineering programs, how exposure to engineering prior to matriculation affects the experiences of engineering students, and engineering in the K-12 classroom. He has worked as a high school