and OEP instructional approaches in various classes (Table 1) to varying degrees. Allstudents take a freshman design class in the spring term of their freshman year, and a year-longcapstone design course in their senior year. Otherwise, students take classes that may or may notinclude projects, which are more or less open-ended, depending on the instructor and the year.Table 1: Courses with projects currently in the civil and environmental engineering curriculum Academic Level Course Name Brief Description of Course Project Introduction to Freshman Students design a site layout. Design Mechanics of Students
againstpotential re-identification within the data, moves away from dismissing small samples as ananomaly, and refrains from essentializing diverse groups of individuals. This methodologicalapproach to understand diversity in engineering education is not a panacea for all methodologicalissues. Rather, this approach provides a new way of examining multiple affective and cognitivedimensions at once to understand how an individual experiences engineering.How TDA Has Been Used in Prior LiteratureTDA is an advanced statistical clustering technique that examines the topology, or the landscape,of the data to find common, dense areas in the dataset. TDA arose from a field of statistical theoryconcerned with “shapes” within data (i.e., topology); one of the most
engineering concepts being taught while also fosteringcollaboration amongst students to learn the intricacies of applying their knowledge to a real-world application.2 Although it was seen by Cline and Powers that in order to fully realize thebenefits of PBL, students and faculty must accept a larger work load. The entire teaching methodtaught must be restructured in a manner that the students are responsible for their empiricalprogression through the lab.3This paper will discuss the restructuring of the curriculum of an Instrumentation Laboratory forundergraduate Mechanical Engineering students at the University of New Mexico. Increasingundergraduate enrollment during an economic downturn left the Instrumentation Laboratorypoorly equipped to
: Gender Equity Internet-Controlled Fish Farm Curriculum ActivityAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to suggest ideas that may balance gender bias in engineering fields,and how to address a nationwide problem in the U.S. industrial competitiveness with regards tofemale participation. The Census Bureau estimates that 50.9 percent of the population in the U.S.is female, while only 11 percent of them are engaged in the engineering workforce [40]. TheNational Science Foundation (NSF) reports that, overall, women earn bachelor degrees in fieldsother than science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Existing research suggests that thereason may be connected to the notion that engineering is a man’s domain, while women
approach thatbetter reflects actual engineering practice. From the beginning, it was clear that a two-semester, Page 13.8.2senior-year, engineering capstone project course would be part of the curriculum for all Olinstudents. Just prior to the first year of instruction at Olin, the Curricular Decision Making Boardput together plans for the senior year, and noted that “by the time students are seniors, they’ll bedoing the real engineering on their own, in a year-long capstone project that will look very muchlike professional practice.” Development work on this program, eventually named SCOPE, theSenior Consulting Program for Engineering, began in
Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and pursuing a minor in Aerospace Engineering. Victoria has had a successful rocket launch for collection of atmospheric data, and has worked with the Electrical Engineering depart- ment at New Mexico Tech to launch a weather balloon for data collection purposes. Her passion for rocketry has allowed for a successful implementation of curriculum and for her to be a relevant resource for the students.Dr. Curtis John O’Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Assistant Prof at NM Tech since 2016. Teach junior/senior design clinic as well as 1st semester intro- duction to mechanical engineering design. As part of these courses I work closely with
Session 2266 Synthesis of Engineering Best Practices and ABET AC2K into a New Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Z.T. Deng, Amir Mobasher, Abdul Jalloh Mechanical Engineering Department Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL 35762 Phone: (256) 851-5890. E-Mail: rojaso@asnaam.aamu.edu; aamzxd01@asnaam.aamu.edu; amobasher@aamu.edu; ajalloh@aamu.eduAbstractAggressive competition for global technological markets is driven by engineeringbreakthroughs in
would allow them to learn more about what they know. Professors whileteaching would also be involved in the learning process. All involved would benefit. As one writerput it, “I think mentors should be role models, BUT a role model who hasn't forgotten where s/hecame from, how s/he got to where s/he is now and always looking back to see if s/he can help thosethat came from the very same place.”3 Everyone has had to write and engineering faculty continue tohave to produce text throughout their careers. By taking their own travels through communication asa means to get engineering students to look at their own tasks, a bond can form that allows for theimprovement of student text.ProcedureHow does one approach a situation where the faculty is to
formulatingresearch questions and assessing rigor. Each of these situations plays a crucial role in promotingthe long term health of engineering education as a profession.We have been exploring the use of storytelling in engineering education. One approach has beento use storytelling and personal narratives as a guiding strategy for conducting research onpathways for becoming interdisciplinary engineering education researchers [19]. For thisexample, stories are a device for diagnosing and interpreting identities and identity pathways [20-21] . Another approach has been to use stories to make visible what we as a community arelearning about engineering education [22]. For this example, stories are a device for providingentry for new engineering education
framework within which the course units are arranged and it is designedto lead students to a recognized award. Choosing the appropriate structure is essential to achievea curriculum design that lets the new pedagogical approach to be fully developed. Current coursestructures used in engineering degree courses are often rigid with no option for the students andthese structures leave to the student the intellectual activity of integrating the subjects which, inturn, are delivered in a fragmented fashion. Innovative Course Structures must emphasize ideasand creativity over memorization (White, 1995). They should present an integrated rather than afragmented view and remove structural impediments (Interweaving). The major characteristicsare: be
Paper ID #9872Online Student Support Services for STEM Courses in New Mexico: A Cross-Institutional ApproachJose Marcio Luna, University of New Mexico Mr. Jose Marcio Luna received his B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from District University of Bogota in 2004. He received M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of New Mexico in 2009 where he currently is a Ph.D. (cand) in Electrical Engineering with a Ph.D. Minor in Applied Mathematics. His research interests include control theory applied to computing systems, discrete event systems, mobile robots, and time-delay systems. He is been actively participating
Session 3592 Infusing a multicultural approach to education in the engineering and science curriculum Suzanne Keilson, Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering and Engineering Science Loyola College, Baltimore, MD 21210 keilson@loyola.edu Abstract Over the summer of 1997 I participated in a workshop for infusing multiculturalismacross the curriculum. The workshop was based upon guidelines established by the AmericanAssociation of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)1 and has been
AC 2007-1854: PROJECT-BASED APPROACH TO INTRODUCE BUILDINGSYSTEM DESIGN IN AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMMahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska-LincolnHerbert Hess, University of IdahoBrian Johnson, University of Idaho Page 12.1192.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Project Based Approach to Introduce Building System Design in an Electrical Engineering CurriculumAbstractThe current demand for engineers with fundamental understanding of systems design inbuildings is a growing niche in industry. Some universities are recognizing this need and areintroducing new courses and/or new programs to provide students with this
teaching through constructive alignment. Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996. Higher Education 32: 347-364. 5. Anderson, M. F., Pérez, L. C., Jones, D. and Zafft, C. (2011). Success Factors for Students Transferring into Undergraduate Engineering Degree Programs. 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 2011. 6. Watermeyer, R., (2011). Curriculum alignment, articulation and the formative development of the learner. International Baccalaureate (IB) literature review report, 2011. 7. Jenkins, D., & Fink, J. (2016). Improving bacclaureate transfer outcomes for community college students: New measures of two- and four-year college efficetiveness. New York, N.Y: Columbia University, Teachers
) program at MSOE is transitioning from a quarter-basedacademic calendar to a semester-based academic calendar and is uniquely situated to reimaginethe curriculum with a mobile studio approach at its core. While exemplary case studies of mobilestudio platform usage in single courses or course sequences can be found in the literature, thiswork documents a proposal to design a new Electrical Engineering curriculum that utilizes acommon mobile studio platform throughout all years of the curriculum, across many courses.This paper is organized as follows: Section II summarizes the current state of the literature onmobile studio pedagogy; Section III examines the proposed curriculum integration of a mobilestudio lab instrumentation; Section IV presents
) whatmotivates students to study engineering; and (3) how students conceive of their engineeringfuture. While the findings from the APPLES research have been disseminated through suchtraditional venues such as conferences and journal publications, an innovative institution-specificworkshop model was designed and piloted in spring 2009. This paper describes this new formatfor disseminating national research findings which is specifically aimed at engaging faculty inconversations that directly lead to changes in local educational practices and policies. Feedbackfrom the faculty participants and the impact of the workshop on teaching and learning practicesin subsequent months are presented. The broader implications of a national-local workshopmodel for the
Session 2432 A New Approach to Electrical & Computer Engineering Programs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Barry J. Farbrother Ph.D. Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractTwo new degree programs1 are now being offered by the department of Electrical &Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The new Bachelor'sprograms in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, are the result of atop-down curriculum design process which took several years to complete.‘Renaissance Engineers
economic development particularly efforts that build on collaborative partnerships with business and industry, gov- ernment agencies, and other stake-holders to enhance employment opportunities for engineering students.Prof. Luke Nogales, New Mexico State University Luke Nogales loves to help innovators reach their potential. Luke is an Assistant Professor in the En- gineering Technology department at New Mexico State University (NMSU) and an Enterprise Advisor at NMSU’s on-campus incubator, the Arrowhead Center. He teaches core mechanical engineering tech- nology courses and is developing innovation and product development curriculum for the College of Engineering and the College of Business. Prior to working at NMSU
communicators5.A new paradigm: the integrated approach used in one freshman courseIn the 1990s, a new and more promising approach to engineering communicationpedagogy—one of genuine collaboration--has been emerging. In this paradigm, engineering andcommunication experts work together to develop a curriculum that blends engineering andcommunication instruction and leverages the synergies between the two fields to help studentslearn more about each than if they studied each separately. The emergence of collaborativeprograms reflects a number of changes in academia over the last decade: an increased emphasison creative problem-solving in engineering; conceptual advances in other fields about howpeople learn; and institutional advances, such as greater
ofstudents, demand that we don't simply follow but become a leader for innovative approaches andmodels for an equitable, post-carbon, circular economy that supports a human flourishing andecological integrity. There is a need and opportunity to create a coherent program to form newengineering graduates capable of meeting technical engineering requirements woven with thesocial, economic, political, environmental, and other facets central to sustainability and resilience.In response, an interdisciplinary team of researchers proposed the creation of a new SustainableEngineering (SE) Minor at UPRM as part of a larger plan to develop a new Bachelor's degreeprogram in this area. This plan will allow concrete developmental progress while acknowledgingthat
TEACHING NEW ENGINEERING STUDENTS ABOUT THE DISCIPLINES: A DISCIPLINARY OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH? Jennifer Zirnheld, Adam Halstead University at Buffalo, Department of Electrical EngineeringAbstractMost students entering into the world of engineering encounter the difficult task of choosing anappropriate engineering discipline. How should an instructor approach this important topic? Oneproposed technique is to cover each discipline one at a time, giving examples of what an engineer in thatdiscipline might do (disciplinary approach). A second proposed technique is to convey the disciplinesthrough multidisciplinary engineering problems
TEACHING NEW ENGINEERING STUDENTS ABOUT THE DISCIPLINES: A DISCIPLINARY OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH? Jennifer Zirnheld, Adam Halstead University at Buffalo, Department of Electrical EngineeringAbstractMost students entering into the world of engineering encounter the difficult task of choosing anappropriate engineering discipline. How should an instructor approach this important topic? Oneproposed technique is to cover each discipline one at a time, giving examples of what an engineer in thatdiscipline might do (disciplinary approach). A second proposed technique is to convey the disciplinesthrough multidisciplinary engineering problems
machinery diagnostics, with applied research interests in alternative energy education. She has seven years of product engineering experience at General Motors Corporation, and is a member of ASEE, SAE, and ASME, now serving as the ECCD Program Chair. Page 11.849.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 JiTT in an Engineering Technology ClassAbstractJust in Time Teaching (JiTT) is an instructional approach developed initially to engagenontraditional and non-major students in their introductory physics courses. Some level ofcontrol of the learning process shifts to the students. The approach
Paper ID #25222A Writing in the Disciplines Approach to Technical Report Writing in Chem-ical Engineering Laboratory CoursesMs. Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico Catherine (Cat) Hubka, MFA, holds dual appointments at the University of New Mexico in the Depart- ments of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and Department of English. For CBE, she is em- bedded in the 300 and 400 labs where she supports curriculum redesign focused on incorporating content- based writing approaches. In the Department of English, Cat teaches in the Core Writing Program where her pedagogy incorporates creative writing
undergraduate non-electrical engineering majors suchas Mechanical Engineering students is a challenging and motivating adventure. The basic circuitconcepts are long-standing; Ohm’s laws are centuries old but still students struggle to solveproblems involving the application of Ohm’s laws when incorporating it with other ideas. Forexample, in the node voltage analysis, estimating the currents entering and leaving a node usingOhm’s law is sometime problematic to students. Exploring new techniques for teachingelectrical circuits is a continual journey. For our part, we have introduced Mastering Engineeringonline problem solving and answering approach for electrical circuits with the intent to improvestudents’ learning skills and mastering circuit
I .— - ..... Session 1626 , —---- Hands-on Engineering Homework: A New Approach to Out-of-Class Learning Alfred J. Bedard, Jr.; David G. Meyer University of Colorado at Boulder Abstract Our goal is to develop a new way to provide experimental complements to theoretical courses, creatingsuites of simple experiments that can be done at home and assigned like homework problems. Such simple
Engineering Students using Purdue University’s New “Bottom-Up” ApproachIntroduction Historically, undergraduate Electrical Engineering (EE) programs have taught electronicconduction phenomena using a “Top-Down” approach. That is, traditional programs start withlarge devices (i.e., “Top”) and teach how interesting electronic conduction phenomena change asthe size of the device decreases towards the nano-scale (i.e., “Down”). So, for example, if oneconsiders a normal three-dimensional (3-D) macroscopic resistor, as shown in Figure 1 on theleft, where diffusive transport due to electron scattering is dominant, students are taught that theresistance is calculated as R=L/(σA), where L, A, and σ are the resistor’s length
-Based Design: A Vehicle for Curriculum Integration,” International Journal of Engineering Education. 20(3), 433–439.Zajonc, R. B. (1980). Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences. American Psychologist, 35, 151–175.Zajonc, R. B. (2000). Feeling and thinking: Closing the debate over the independence of affect. In F. (Ed.), & J.P., Feeling and thinking: The role of affect in social cognition (pp. 31–58). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.Zajonc, R. B. (2001). Mere exposure: A gateway to the subliminal. Current directions in psychological science, 10(6), 224-228.
) Mountain. It is equallyimportant to note that in terms of regional comparisons the north/northeast region, specifically 1)New England, 2) Mid-Atlantic, and 3) Great Lakes, contain both the depth as well as breadth ofEEF content standards written into their science curriculum. Page 11.229.9 Average Depth and Breadth of EEF Content Standard Codes in Secondary Science Frameworks by Region 10.0 Percentage indicates the amount of engineering content w ithout 9.0 STS or subcodes. 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 78% 3.0 69
infrastructure at the Coast Guard’s Telecommunication and Information Systems Command. William is currently the director of rowing at the Coast Guard Academy and has been lucky enough to be allowed to help in the development of the Cyber Systems Major at the Academy and to teach the first offering of the Cyber Ethics course. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Curriculum Development for Cyber Ethics with a Focus on Law EnforcementAbstractThe goal of this paper is to share the methodology and results of the United States Coast GuardAcademy’s approach to developing a Cyber Ethics course for its Cyber Systems major with anadditional focus on Law