infusion of RPi in the computer science curriculum is not beingdone to increase retention, and no related assessment is being done to show the efficacy of usingRaspberry Pi Project Based Learning (RPBL) on retention. There is existing literature on the meritsof using RPi platform [14,18]. In a nutshell, the purpose of RPBL is to enable students to study key concepts deeper so thatretention of concepts can be increased as the students move up in the curriculum. As will be addressed in Section IX, there have been favorable consequences of infusing RPi intothe curriculum of computer science, such as spin off of a newly proposed cybersecurity program,however, the goal of infusing RPi into the curriculum of computer science is to strengthen
be observed that the maximum velocity through the bend is at the innerwall of the bend. The maximum pressure was along the outer walls of the bend. The location ofmaximum erosion was found to be at approximately 41.9° from the inlet of the elbow. Figure 12: Location of maximum erosion in the elbowTo validate the CFD results, experimental investigations are currently being conducted using aparticle image velocimetry (PIV) system. Comparison of CFD and PIV results will be presentedin the future work. Figure 13: CFD Analysis ResultsAssessment of learningA survey was conducted to assess students’ level of understanding, interest, motivation andlearning effectiveness of CFD and EFD. The assessment
to Australian citizens, meaning many internationalstudents studying at Australian universities are excluded from such opportunities. Further, thevalue provided to communities involved in these overseas programs is being assessed, as it is notalways mutual, as discussed by Birzer and Hamilton [30].Curriculum renewalTo accommodate the 21st century requirements of an engineering professional, many Australianuniversities are reviewing and renewing their engineering curriculum. As many universitiesembed project-based and problem-based learning throughout their degree structure, it createsopportunities to apply engineering to a broader range of fields, such as HumEng anddevelopment. The greater emphasis on application-based learning creates space
own goals and milestones while instructors provide feedback andsome guidance where needed. However, each student must:(1) keep an engineering notebook for weekly assessment;(2) attend weekly project meetings;(3) provide evidence of completion of various design, construction, testing, and systemintegration milestones throughout the semester;(4) participate in and develop content for presentations and poster sessions;(5) submit a summative technical report describing their individual capstone projectcontributions; and,(6) maintain professionalism at all times when interacting with team members or facultymembers.The grading process for the capstone design is evaluated in several criteria shown in Table 1. Weekly Notebook
exercises,multidisciplinary topic readings, case study examinations, guest lectures, and personalreflections. With the SDGs serving as a framework to engage students in complex, multi-facetedproblems, students will be able to explore the various ways engineering intersects withsociocultural systems. Further, this course is founded in pedagogical theory based on socialjustice, ethics, and professional practices in engineering, supporting both the development andapplication of sociotechnical skills. An overview of course topics and assignments is provided inTable 2. Table 2. Course topics and assignments Week Class Topics Assignments1 Role in society and as an Survey: survey based on course objectives to assess the
studentparticipating in this study showed more interest in the class, spent more time in the lab and overallperformed better than their counter parts. Test bench used in this study is show in Figure 1. Figure 1: Gas Turbine Engine Test Bench and Flow Simulations b) Flight Simulator based Case StudyIn this study, student learning and retention is assessed using a motion based fixed wing flightsimulator. Students are given introduction to the principles of flight. They are presented withwritten literature to review before the flight. A short presentation is given to them that describesthe flight controls, basic instruments and the mission. Then they fly the aircraft
considered here.Exploring medical metaphors can prompt us to consider how the engineering education that wedevelop is calibrated with our students’ particular conditions and needs. It prompts us to askwhether and how we are taking their values, experiences, and knowledges into account in mixingand preparing their ethics lessons for them, or whether we are, instead, passing along what comesreadily to hand. It gives us new terms by which to assess and celebrate student-centeredtechniques like asset-based education, and to be skeptical of banking or deficit-based modelspremised on their ignorance and status as homogenous and empty vessels (see, for example,[37]), and inspire us to build ethics pedagogy with serious self-reflection components (as in[38
that we can triangulate the data andconfirm our results.References[1] M. C. Paretti and K. J. Cross, “Assessing first-year programs: Outcomes, methods, and findings,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2011.[2] K. Reid, D. Reeping, T. Hertenstein, G. Fennel, and E. Spingola, “Development of a classification scheme for ‘introduction to engineering’ courses,” presented at the Frontiers in Education Annual Conference (FIE), Oklahoma City, OK., 2013.[3] M. Yatchmeneff and M. Calhoun, “Exploring engineering identity in a common introduction to engineering course to improve retention,” in 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2017.[4] O. Pierrakos, T. K. Beam, J. Constantz, A. Johri, and R
each step • Summary, Conclusion, and BibliographyDeliverable 4: Nanotechnology Poster PresentationStudents also create a poster that captures the need for and innovative design of their nano-scaledevice. This poster includes background information related to the diagnosed disease, 3Dvisualizations of the device, materials and methods used for disease detection, and overall projectconclusions. The final poster is presented alongside the university’s Senior Design CapstonePresentations. At this event, poster presentations are assessed by faculty, graduate, and formerFEH undergraduate student judges. This assignment specifically requires students to translate thetechnical writing from their grant proposal into a medium that encourages visual
Paper ID #29796Faculty Perspectives on the Impact of Virtual Office Hours inEngineering CoursesMs. Brooke-Lynn Caprice AndradeDr. Krishna Pakala, Boise State University Krishna Pakala, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical En- gineering at Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) where he has been since 2012. He is the Faculty in Residence for the Engineering and Innovation Living Learning Community and the Faculty Associate for Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning. He is also the Director for the Industrial Assessment Center at Boise State University. He served as the
Engineering, or Pre-engineering. LEAP Scholar AgreementThe selected LEAP Scholars were committed to progressing in their major by signing a contractbetween the student and the institution/department. Scholarships were awarded on a semesterbasis and the contract was signed with each award. This contract set out their requirements toaccomplish the following: 1) Maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0 in all classes taken. 2) Meet with their faculty mentor monthly. 3) Meet with their academic advisor at least once each semester to plan their program coursework, assess the need for tutoring or other services, plan graduate school application or employment strategy, and/or receive referrals to other campus resources. 4
those who did not to determine if thereexists a similar pattern to that found with students who took the surveys and those who did not.Question Q20 – How do you think you are doing in your engineering courses? – was only addedto the mid-semester survey in the fall 2019 semester. The main motivation when the survey wasfirst done was assessing student performance in their mathematics and science courses. Theauthors plan to report on results of this newer survey question in future work.References[1] S. Gratiano and W. Palm, Can a five-minute, three-question survey foretell first-yearengineering student performance and retention?, Proceedings of the 123rd ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA.[2] M. Anderson-Rowland, A first year
robotics, mechatronics, dynamics and control. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Foundation Mechatronics Laboratory Course for Mechanical Engineering Students Khalifa H. Harib, Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, Muthanna A. Aziz and Rihab K. M. Hamza United Arab Emirates University PO Box 15551 Al-Ain United Arab EmiratesKey Words: Mechatronics education; Microcontrollers-based experimentsAbstract: This paper presents an assessment of recent development that targets an
RoleConclusionTwo peer-mentoring techniques were assessed in this work, one based on assigning a peer-mentor to work with a group outside of class, and one based on mentoring in-class. A surveywas administered to students from several years of classes utilizing the different methods toanswer the following research questions: 1) How did the students describe their relationship with their peers-mentors? 2) Did peer-mentor interaction experience benefit their Cornerstone project? 3) How do the different peer-mentor techniques benefit Cornerstone students? 4) How did peer-mentoring affect Cornerstone students’ first year experience?Results of the survey showed that the majority of students described a positive relationship withtheir peer
2019 population was exclusivelyfemale engineering students. Earhart did not disclose the little information about the sampledemographics that she did collect, making it impossible to mimic the sample. Availability of datafrom the 1935 collection was limited and incomplete. The results of Earhart data collection werepresented as part of her speech on “Education and Careers”given at Purdue University and to ourknowledge no other records of this data exist.Future workResearch in career, marriage, and children of men and women in STEM may represent a viable pathtowards equality in these fields. It is necessary to create an assessment that will allow us to drawvalid and reliable results. Additionally, the new assessment should include male
under the GNU General Public License. Recent updates to thesoftware include the use of the Qt libraries for a graphical user interface and otherexpectations of modern software applications, multi-threading some of the optimizationtask using OpenMP, adding flexibility to the set of data that can be used to define an optimalproject team, and increased automation of the use of Google Forms to collect the studentdata. In this paper, the current design of the program is presented along with validation ofits use by an increasing number of faculty. Validation is presented in the form of resultsfrom a survey of faculty to assess what student information they collected and used informing teams, and what their perceptions were of faculty and student
Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for mate- rials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback and internet tool use affect conceptual change and impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and persistence. The other is on a large-scale NSF faculty develop- ment program and its effect on change in faculty teaching beliefs, engagement strategies, and classroom practice. Recent honors include coauthoring the ASEE Best Paper Award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013 and the ASEE Mike Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award in 2018.Prof. Keith D
a false negative forcompletion risk could result in incurred costs for the institution and may not help students.Therefore, the assessment metrics were selected based on the classification accuracy for non-completers precision and recall measures for the testing set and overall classification accuracyfor training and testing sets. Table 3. Modeling parameters Parameter Parameter Selection type Misclassification cost Equal Prior probabilities Estimated Max n of nodes 7
(Figure 6c). Interaction is a strength of the instructional design, with mostrespondents identifying the table discussions, conversations, and combined viewpoints as theaspect of the event they “liked best.” (a) (b) (c)Figure 6. 2019 Professional Ethics LIVE! attendee survey: percentage of responses for (a)quality of ethics instruction, (b) case study engagement, and (c) overall learning assessment It has already been noted that over its 15 years of existence, Professional Ethics LIVE!has seen consistently strong attendance and active community participation and involvement. Inthis way, Professional Ethics LIVE! tangibly expresses how Texas Tech University values thelocal design professional
learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.4. Assessment of Student WorkThe following is the grading weight the author used to assess student performance :• HW (10%) • Attendance and
-Southwest Section Annual Conference Feedback and ConclusionsThe feedback from these various forms of undergraduate research programs and student participantsinvolved was overwhelmingly positive; assessment instruments were one-on-one faculty observationas well as formal/informal surveys. In particular, the more involved students that completed projectsover longer time periods (a semester or more) seemed to benefit from it significantly since they gotto experience some of the inevitable and unscheduled delays and uncertainties inherent to theprocess and experience. They however obtained a new sense of satisfaction and achievement thatthey had contributed to actually progressing the technical field. There were no
]. The words evaluation, assessment, and measurement are sometimesused interchangeably. Measurement is generally used for assessment or evaluation. Evaluation is done todetermine value. Evaluation is a term more common with those engaged in research and development.Good evaluation utilizes measurement and observations, gathering evidence systematically, andanalyzing the results objectively [2]. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference
more technologies. In the end, the Rocketry Program at MSU hopes that bothundergraduate and graduate students, even with different backgrounds, will be exposed to Ansys,Matlab, OpenRocket, RocketSIM, and Comsol software tools for analysis. Fig.4 Multidisciplinary Field Engagement in the Rocketry ProgramMorgan State University Rocketry Program EvaluationTo measure the impact of the MSU Rocketry program, the authors carried out survey by selecting30 undergraduate students from different STEM fields (Engineering- Industrial, Electrical &Computer, Civil; Architecture, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics). The survey statements werestructured to assess the involvement of students currently enrolled in the offered rocket course
meet theirneeds. To date, we have piloted the first two of the minor’s approximately six courses. The firstis a variation on the existing Computer Science I course required for majors but restricted to non-majors. Both versions of the course use the Python language and cover the same programmingcontent, but with the non-majors assigned projects with relevance to non-CS disciplines. We usethe same student assessment measures of homework, projects, and examinations for bothcourses. After four semesters, results show that non-CS majors perform comparably to majors.Students also express increased interest in computing and satisfaction with being part of a non-CS major cohort.The second course was piloted in fall 2019. It is a new course intended
student outcomes, the results inthis study do not appear to be driven by any such differences by country of origin.In contrast to those favorable results for cross-national pairings, citizenship and cross-nationalpairing exhibit a significant interaction for predicting the allocation of pair programming roles,such that US citizens spent more time in the driving role when paired with a non-US citizen thanwith another US citizen. Non-US citizens who are paired with students from another country alsoexperience declines in their relative assessment of their own technical competency versus that oftheir partner. These results seem consistent with prior research about linguistic and culturaldifficulties experienced by domestic and international students
-the-art engineering classroom that integrates theory with experiential learning.Even though it is premature to assess the effectiveness of School of Engineering strategic plan,preliminary results are encouraging. The first class (2005) consisted of 12 students, the secondclass (2006) of 21 students, and the freshman retention rate for the first class is 83.3%. Thestatistics with respect to diversity is also encouraging with 29% of the student body beingfemale, and 16% of the students belonging to minority groups.I. IntroductionPhiladelphia University is developing a new engineering school based on a strategic decisionmade three years ago to re-engineer its School of Textiles and Materials Technology and expandundergraduate educational
desirable knowledge, skills, and attitudes. As used here, knowledgeis largely cognitive and consists of theories, principles, and fundamentals. Examples aregeometry, calculus, vectors, momentum, friction, stress and strain, fluid mechanics, energy,continuity, and variability.In contrast, skills refer to the ability to do tasks. Examples are using a spreadsheet; continuouslearning; problem solving; critical, global, integrative/system, and creative thinking; teamwork;communication; and self-assessment. Formal education is the primary source of knowledge asdefined here, whereas skills are developed via formal education, focused training, and certain on-the-job experiences.Attitudes reflect an individual’s values and determine how he or she “sees” the
areas: (a) cooperativelearning, (b) specific examples of using teams in the classroom, (c) the impact of gender (andother demographic variables) on team productivity, (d) common teaming deficiencies, and (e)approaches for assessing teamwork (i.e. grading or evaluating team projects). Although thisliterature is a valuable resource for instructors of teamwork, it fails to address team pedagogy.That is, of the essays which afford mention of team communication as an important aspect ofeffective professional development, none go on to explain how to teach students effectiveteamwork principles for the benefit of the project and team member relationships.i Often, theunfortunate reality of teamwork in the classroom (stemming from a lack of productive
directly affect their community. This has furtheremphasized to the IED students the role engineering can play with respect to societal issues.However, a formal quantitative assessment of student outcomes has not been completed. Avoluntary survey is being conducted on how well the students believe they meet the courselearning objectives. But the sample size is presently too small. The course instructors areconsidering means to ensure higher participation in the assessment survey.Future ConsiderationsIt is UTC’s goal to enhance this program to support more service-based projects from the localcommunity, therefore not limiting the successes to young children. The outstanding needs of aminority population with disabilities in our society can provide a
Assessment Techniques in an Operations Research Course", Session 2257, 2000ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.[2] Parisay, S., "Implementation of Classroom Assessment Techniques and Web Technology in an OperationsResearch Course", Session 2663, 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. Page 12.580.8Appendices:Appendix A: Sample of Summary Tables to Assist Formulation and Report Writing for LPLinear Programming: Blending Example from Winston• For details on the problem statement please refer to:http://www.csupomona.edu/~sparisay/Courses/SharedExamples/LP-blending/SuncoBlending-problem.docSummary of problem (an efficient tool to assist