Paper ID #23238A Longitudinal Study Exploring Motivation Factors in Cornerstone and Cap-stone Design CoursesElisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology Elisabeth Kames is a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in automotive engineering. She graduated with her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in December 2016 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in May 2015. Her research thrust is in engineering education focused on student motivation under the advisement of Dr. Beshoy Morkos.Miss Devanshi Dhirenkumar Shah, Florida Institute of Technology I am a graduate student pursuing M.S. in
Paper ID #15527Development of PBL Students as Self-Directed LearnersMr. Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering Ron Ulseth directs and instructs in the Iron Range Engineering program in Virginia, Minnesota and he teaches in the Itasca Community College engineering program in Grand Rapids, MN. He was instrumental in growing the Itasca program from 10 students in 1992 to 160 students in 2010. In 2009, he worked with a national development team of engineering educators to develop the 100% PBL curriculum used in the Iron Range model. He has successfully acquired and managed over $10 million in educational grants including
Paper ID #16601A Contextual Approach to Teaching SustainabilityDr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Nagel joined the James Madison University after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University. He has a B.S. from Trine University and a M.S. from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, both in mechanical engineering. Since joining James Madison University, Nagel has helped to develop and teach the six course engineering design sequence which represents the spine
Paper ID #13037Mechatronics Experential Learning for Broadening Participation in Engi-neeringMr. Ashley Guy, University of Texas at Arlington Ashley Guy is a doctoral student with the Robotics, Biomechanics, and Dynamic Systems Laboratory at the University of Texas at Arlington. He holds B.S. degrees in both Biology and Mechanical Engineering and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. with Dr. Alan Bowling. His research includes micro- and nano-scale dynamics.Prof. Alan Bowling, University of Texas at ArlingtonProf. Panayiotis S. Shiakolas, University of Texas, Arlington
Paper ID #13862CASCaded Mentoring and Design Experiences (CASCADE)Dr. MARIE ANNE L MUNDY, Texas A&M Kingsville My education includes a Master of Science in Research & Evaluation and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education with an emphasis in Higher Education and cognates in Research & Evaluation, and Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi. I have held positions as assessment and research coordinator at the university level. I served as an M&E (Measurement and Evaluation) consultant for a non-profit company that worked in hurricane disaster zones in Mississippi and Louisiana for 8 years. In
Paper ID #15745From Undergraduates to Ambassadors: The Impact of Engineering Ambas-sador Network TrainingDr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University Dr. Garner is Associate Director for Program Development and a Research Associate Professor in The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University, VA.Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University - University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013) and founder of the web- site Writing Guidelines for
Paper ID #14596Improvements in Student Spatial Visualization in an Introductory Engineer-ing Graphics Course using Open-ended Design Projects Supported by 3-DPrinted ManipulativesDr. Alex Friess, University of Maine Dr. Friess holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1997), and currently is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with the University of Maine (since 2012). Previously he has spent 5 years in Dubai as inaugural faculty of RIT Dubai and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University. Dr. Friess’ industrial and academic career spans a variety of consulting
course of thesemester. This paper introduces the research design, provides examples of the curriculum, andgives details on executing such a course model with a team of recitation instructors.Additionally, initial analysis of the Pre-/Post- Concept Inventories and selected confidence itemsfrom Pre-/Post- Engineering Attitudinal Surveys will be presented for discussion.IntroductionEngineering Statics is the traditional gateway course through which young undergraduatestudents must pass in order to complete engineering degrees and take higher-level classes.Required for Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, Environmental, and many other engineeringdisciplines, Statics often serves as a prerequisite and foundation for the technical core ofengineering subjects
for Engineering Education, 2010 The Enacted Curriculum: A Video Based Analysis of Instruction and Learning in High School Pre-Engineering ClassroomsAbstractEngineering excellence serves as one of the primary vehicles for technologicalinnovation, economic prosperity, national security, and advancements in public health.To address engineering preparation and appeal, technical education programs haveemerged that provide hands-on, project-based curricula that focus on the integration ofmathematics and science knowledge with engineering activities. Learning Sciencesresearch emphasizes that integration of conceptual knowledge must be made explicit tolearners to promote successful transfer of these ideas to novel problem-solving anddesign
needed. This paper builds on previous work using innovative teachingtools by developing and assessing our current use of two tools: computer based visualizationsand hands-on demonstrations and experiments. These tools were used in our Fall 1998Engineering Mechanics core course which is taken by all cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy,regardless of their major. The hands-on tools are low-cost, interactive experiments designed toenhance understanding of specific abstract concepts. The visualization content consists of finiteelement based stress results displayed in color formats. Both the hands-on and the visualizationtools are designed to emphasize aspects of stress analysis which our students have traditionallyfound difficult to grasp
AC 2011-1485: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IN-TERMEDIATE DESIGN COURSE USING ACTIVE LEARNINGJohn S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park John S. Lamancusa is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Founding Director of the Learning Factory at Penn State. Before coming to Penn State in 1984, he was employed at AT&T Bell Labora- tories where his technical experience included electronic packaging, product design and acoustic design of telecommunications equipment. At Penn State, he teaches courses in design, vibrations, noise control, product dissection and mechatronics, and supervises senior design projects. He is the faculty advisor for Penn State’s student chapter of Engineers
Paper ID #7427Students, Vendor Platforms, and E-textbooks: Using E-books as E-textbooksSara M. Samuel, University of Michigan Sara M. Samuel is an engineering librarian at the University of Michigan where she is a liaison to the At- mospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Department, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department.Dr. Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan Dr. Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls is a CLIR/DLF Data Curation fellow, associate librarian, and a full-time researcher affiliated with the Clark Library for Maps, Government Information
Paper ID #9857A Philosophy of Learning Engineering and a Native American Philosophy ofLearning; An Analysis for CongruencyMs. Christina Hobson Foster, Arizona State UniversityDr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Shawn Jordan, Ph.D.is an Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Engineering atArizona State Univer- sity. He is the PI on three NSF-funded projects: CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society (EEC 1351728), Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?(EEC 1329321), and Broadening the Reach of Engineering through Community Engagement (BRECE)(DUE 1259356
cases, there is a list ofrequired student outcomes, the so-called “a’ through “k” lists. Although they are different for the twocommissions, there are many similarities, particularly in what are commonly referred to as the “softskills.” These include teamwork, communications skills, global perspectives, ethics, life-long learning,and contemporary issues. Often the faculty would like to leave many of these to the students’humanities and social science courses. However, at many schools there is a wide variety of electivesfor students in those areas and it is impossible to guarantee that they will receive exposure to all of the ato k items. Thus, it is the author’s contention that the technical courses must cover these topics.The author teaches a
AC 2009-760: PROGRESS OF THE EXCEL PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OFCENTRAL FLORIDA: AN NSF STEP FUNDED PROJECTMichael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida Michael Georgiopoulos has received a Diploma in EE from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 1981,and an MS in EE and a Ph.D.in EE from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, in 1983 and 1986, respectively. He joined the University of Central Florida in1986,where he is currently a Professor in the School of EECS. His research interests lie in the areas of Machine Learning and applications with special em-phasis on ART neural networks. He has published his work in over 250 journal and conference venues. He has been
Paper ID #39575Identity Dilemmas, Cultural Homelessness and Intersectionality: ADiscourse Analysis of the Experiences of a Female UndergraduateInternational and Transracial Adoptee in Engineering (Research)Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University Maimuna Begum Kali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Engineering and Computing Education program at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida Inter- national University (FIU). She earned her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Kali’s research interests
Paper ID #32927Design and Validation of a System to Assign Students to Projects Basedon Student PreferencesMr. Siqing Wei, Purdue University, West Lafayette Siqing Wei received BSEE and MSEE from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience of serving the peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year-engineering courses, he is now a research assistant at CATME research group studying how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by
teachingpositions after graduate school. The Preparing Future Faculty program is an exampleintervention to assist graduate students when making career choices and preparing for a facultycareer. Because graduate students generally complete an advanced degree at researchinstitutions, there are few opportunities for graduate students to learn about teaching positions atteaching-oriented colleges and universities.The purpose of this paper is to provide advice and information to graduate students in computerscience and engineering fields who are considering a teaching-oriented position after graduateschool. There is little information about teaching-oriented positions and few opportunities formentorship between faculty in teaching-oriented positions and
Paper ID #12025A Robotics-Focused Instructional Framework for Design-Based Research inMiddle School ClassroomsMr. Matthew Moorhead, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Matthew Moorhead received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2014. He is currently pursuing a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, where he is a teaching fellow in their GK-12 program. Matthew also conducts research in the Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory with an interest in robotics and controls.Dr. Jennifer B Listman, NYU Polytechnic School of
Paper ID #11794Developing the Postsecondary Student Engagement Survey (PosSES) to Mea-sure Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Out of Class InvolvementDr. Denise Rutledge Simmons PE, Virginia Tech Dr. Denise R. Simmons, PE, is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and in Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. Until 2012
Paper ID #27276Student Persistence and University Transitions in STEM Majors: Commu-nity College Students’ Challenges and SuccessesDr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Southern California. She conducts research on college transitions and retention of underrepresented students in engineering and also research about engineering global preparedness and engineering innovation. She also has research expertise in STEM K-12 and in STEM assessment. She chairs USC’s STEM Consortium. c American Society for Engineering
2006-2390: TRANSFORMING COLLEGE TEACHING COURSES INTOAUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES: LEARNING THROUGH DIVERSITYSandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sandra Shaw Courter teaches technical communication courses in the College of Engineering. As director of the Engineering Learning Center, she also coordinates professional development experiences for graduate students, staff, and faculty. She has been involved with several NSF proposal. First, as a member of the management team for the NSF Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Courter is responsible with a multi-disciplinary team for developing and teaching a course for graduate students on teaching science and
Paper ID #8106Early work for the Mathematics as a Gatekeeper to Engineering Project: AReview of Informal Learning, Engineering and Design Thinking LiteratureMs. DeLean A Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette DeLean Tolbert is a doctoral student of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She earned a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan–Dearborn and a M.S. in Industrial Engineer- ing from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include: informal engineering learning and teaching, K-12 engineering education, and engineering thinking and learning within ethnic minority com
Electrical Engineering Laboratory CoursesAbstract This paper presents our experiences and results in developing and delivering newlaboratory experiments for the sophomore level Electric Circuits Lab, and Introduction to DigitalLogic design courses completely online. The paper will clearly outline how we utilized a newpedagogy to re-write our laboratory experiments so that they can be completed by face-to-faceand/or online students using new portable laboratory instrumentation devices, such as the MobileStudioTM board. We also present detailed descriptions on how we used the Adobe ConnectTMsoftware to allow the students to demonstrate their design and laboratory experiment circuits tothe course instructor from a remote location. We have
FE learning module willserve as an online resource for students and a tool for effectively presenting the lecture materialfor instructors. The FE learning module considered in this paper is the fatigue loading of a stepped shaft.COSMOSWorks®4 was selected as the commercial FE software. The design of the fatigue FElearning module is based on student learning experience progressions using the Kolb Cycle. Thedifferent experiences found in the module will require students to think in ways not typicallyfound in a traditional classroom lecture. Student assessment data will be used to evaluate andmake improvements to the FE learning module. The students’ opinion of the FE learningmodule will also be evaluated using a post survey upon completion
sources for principal residence are slated to last until 2016. Forexample, up to 30% of the cost to install a solar photovoltaic or small wind turbine qualify forfederal tax credits. There are also state tax incentives and utility company rebates to promote theinstallation of residential-based renewable energy capture. This paper addresses the economicand engineering factors that determine the return on investment of two residential renewableenergy sources: photovoltaic and small wind power. The technical and financial informationpresented in this paper provide enough data to serve as either case studies in engineeringeconomy classes or as design problems for engineering students learning the fundamentals ofrenewable energy technology. Because
Paper ID #10681Scaffolding Cyber-Enabled Collaborative Learning in Engineering Coursesand Its Impacts of on Students’ LearningProf. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over ten years of industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Mr. Yanhua Cao, Jackson State University Yanhua Cao is a
Paper ID #32154Developing a substation design curriculum for electronics engineeringtechnologyMr. Filipe Santos Araujo, Pittsburg State University Filipe has received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the Universidade Salvador, Brazil, with an emphasis in power systems. He is currently pursuing his master‘s degree at Pittsburg State Uni- versity in Kansas. He has worked in different areas: 3G and 4G telecommunication expansion projects in Brazil, automation of a truck assembly line in Indiana, and substation design in Kansas City. He is currently a graduate teaching assistant at Pittsburg State University
Paper ID #35806Creating Course Material through the Automation of Lecture CaptionConversionDr. Salvatore Enrico Paolo Indiogine, Texas A&M University Bachelor of Science in Engineering from New Mexico State University and Ph.D. in Curriculum & In- struction from Texas A&M University. I work as an instructional designer at the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University.Mr. Brandon Chi-Thien Le, Texas A&M University Brandon Le is a Business Honors and Management Information Systems graduate student at Texas A&M University. He has worked with the Texas A&M College of Engineering Studio for Advanced
Paper ID #38456Identifying student and institutional factors related to the academicperformance and persistence of vertical transfer students pursuingbaccalaureate engineering technology degreesDr. Courtney S. Green, P.E., University of North Carolina at Charlotte Courtney S. Green, Ph.D., P.E. is a teaching assistant professor and academic advisor for the Office of Student Success and Development within Williams States Lee College of Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She holds an M.S. in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation from UNC Charlotte.Dr. Sandra Loree