Session 3557 A View on Instruction: The Economics of it All Matio G. Beruvides, C. Patrick Koelling Texas Tech University / Virginia Polytechnic Institute& State UniversityAbstract In the industrial engineering undergraduate curriculum, one course has followed a very traditionaleducational format both from the instruction and the learning point of view. The course is engineering economics.This course is a fundamental course for industrial engineers as well as for other engineering disciplines(mechanical, electrical, civil
. 108. Creation, Development and Approval of Design, Build, and Test Senior Design Project, Janak Dave, Thomas Boronkay, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 20019. Senior Capstone Design Project in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum, Thomas Boronkay, Janak Dave, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 200110. Improving Student Team Experiences, Janak Dave, Thomas Boronkay, Interamerican Conference on Engineering and Technology Education (INTERTECH) 200411. Design-Build-Test Autocross-A Senior Capstone Design Project, Janet Dong, Janak Dave, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 200612. 2008 CAS BattleBot
jobs are different fromwhat is taught in school1. Also, studies such as the one by Jonassen et al. show that engineeringworkplace problems are ill-structured2. So the question of how teaching well-structuredproblems in engineering science courses would transfer to ill-structured design tasks is anothermotivation for rethinking the engineering curriculum. Dym pointed out that design problemshave the quality of “divergent inquiry”, that “there exist multiple alternative known answers,regardless of being true or false, as well as multiple unknown possible answers for any givenquestion” 3. That quality seems to conflict with the principles and values of “convergentthinking” that are at the core of engineering science approaches, which always lead
), he is Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded project Enhancing Engineering Education through Humanitarian Ethics, which is developing a graduate curriculum in humanitarian engineering at CSM.Thomas Bigley, Virginia Tech Thomas Bigley (tbigley@vt.edu ), a Ph.D. candidate in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech, is currently researching technology, identity, and Occidentalism in East/West relations. He teaches courses in Science and Technology Studies, including Engineering Cultures. He received B.S./B.L.A./B.E.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota, M.B.A. from Fordham University, J.D. from the William Mitchell College of Law, M.Eng. in Civil and Environmental
, they learn them via “on-site” training.Introduction Many engineers work in jobs, directly or indirectly, related to manufacturing. The UnitedStates Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 1,449,000 engineers were employed in 2004 [1].Of those, approximately 38 percent worked directly in manufacturing, 27 percent worked intechnical services (including scientific research and development services), 13 percent ingovernment, three percent self-employed and about 19 percent were classified as others. Manufacturing establishments include: aerospace, apparel and other textile products,chemicals manufacturing (except drugs), drug manufacturing, electronic equipmentmanufacturing, food processing, motor vehicle and equipment manufacturing
providing opportunities for K-12 students to experience engineering. Generally,these programs are developed and run to engage and excite their target K-12 audience [8].However, the lack of female engineers indicates that these programs may not effectively appealto female students, or promote their future success in engineering in ways that are equal to malestudents.Research PurposeA review of outreach literature indicates that, generally, STEM outreach programs report theirsuccess in terms of achieving their goals. Goal attainment is measured in ways such as anincrease in participant knowledge, a change in attitude and perceptions towards engineering, anda general change in attitude towards college education [14, 15]. However, these
” behavior are valuable, it is important for the students tounderstand that there are multiple well-developed ethical theories that lead to completelydifferent “correct” decisions that are equally valid (based on the theories), regardless of what thestudent believes is “unethical.” There is often little background in ethical theory given to thestudents as a way to think through the case studies and choices people made in the past and/ormight make (Haws, 2001). The goal of this effort is to develop sustainable methods for including ethics inengineering programs which reduce the barriers for engineering instructors aid student learningof ethical theories and to have students apply their knowledge in a structured manner to casestudies relevant
participate inEngineers Without Borders (EWB) were more likely to include ‘helping others’ in theirmotivation for pursuing a career in engineering (30% of responses) while students that did notparticipate in EWB rarely mentioned ‘helping others’ as a motivating factor (11% of responses)(8).The design and implementation of engineering education and outreach efforts often overlooksstudent motivations and aspirations. Alignment with student motivations should be thefoundation of outreach efforts and undergraduate curriculum (7). Specifically in agricultural andbiological engineering, the application of engineering principles and the fundamental concepts ofbiology is an essential component of the profession’s definition (ASABE) and clearly align
Paper ID #26165TQM Applied to an Educational OrganizationDr. Mysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami
andcomputer science majors their first year. Projects are structured for students to experienceengineering design and problem solving process in a multi-disciplinary, team-based setting.Students learn core engineering concepts while developing professional skills through a series ofprojects that showcase the primary engineering disciplines.Each project in the Intro to Engineering course emphasizes different engineering fields whilefostering the development of students’ professional skills in technical communication, teamworkand problem solving, along with sustainability, entrepreneurship and creativity. These topics arecovered through class lectures, two e-learning modules that students complete outside of classhours, and three team-based projects
a B.Sc. in Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, and both an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechani- cal and Nuclear Engineering from the Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to graduate school, he worked in the oil industry and 7-12 education, in his native Venezuela and Aruba. Since 2012, he has published and presented about forty articles in peer-review journals and conference proceedings. Journals include Applied Mechanics Reviews, Polymer, and International Journal of Solids and Structures. He has also presented at both national and international podiums and won several awards. He recently was rec- ognized as a co-winner of the Department of energy’s FAST Prize for developing a novel Pump Storage Hydro
considering the field of engineering as a career. c. Also to help those who are undecided about which field or type of specialty in engineering they would like to pursue.That has made the course substantially more challenging to teach. Attracting minorities andfemale students to engineering was considered a separate issue that required a whole differentapproach and attention. As a result, this major concern was not part of this study.Therefore; it was decided to focus on the other two objectives mentioned above. The courseincluded lectures on engineering, different fields in engineering, profession of engineering,engineering societies, engineering as applied science and math, job opportunities, developing asuccessful career in engineering
@msudenver.edu Abstract: Most college students routinely carry a sophisticated computer in their smart phone and/or tablet. Instead of viewing these devices as a distraction from our educational goals, it is possible to incorporate these devices into the curriculum, and thereby enhance the educational experience. This is particularly true in the context of the engineering laboratory, as most mobile devices can be viewed as a miniaturized mobile engineering laboratory, with integrated accelerometers, magnetometer, gyroscopes, and optical cameras. In this work, we show how the optical flash can be incorporated into a process control laboratory to enhance the learning outcomes. Our students were tasked with building a transimpedance amplifier for
. Information discovery solutions areevolving away from being static literature repositories, to dynamic, generative workflowsolutions that can learn their users, and even deliver probabilistic recommendations for course ofaction to solve a given engineering challenge. The questions i) “What knowledge do I need”, andii) “what contextually relevant data do I need?” become ever more prescient in a day and agewhen collective experiences of humans and machines (e.g. encapsulated in onboard sensor data)are increasingly available and discoverable.Piloting Research Sprints: Self-healing infrastructure Research sprints can be developed around any STEM topic. We chose to pilot our firstpre-college series of research sprints on the cutting-edge and multi
oftesting, or to perform testing simulations [10] . While there may be some benefit in watchingothers perform tests, it does not have the same impact as personal hands-on experience. Sim-ulations are limited by the pre-programmed material options, and don’t allow exploration be-yond these limits. Universal testing machines from leading manufacturers such as Instron andTinius Olsen cost tens of thousands of dollars each, so purchasing additional machines is notan option for most universities. The primary motivation for this work was to develop a testingplatform that would enable more students to engage in hands-on learning of materials scienceconcepts. As a tool for active learning, this builds on decades of literature on active [6,8
Engineering Class The goal is to implement HIPs for mechanical engineering students who are still intheir early part of the core mechanical engineering program. This course would be one of thefirst mechanical engineering courses required by the university that is not considered part ofthe general education curriculum. The purpose of this study is to track the effects of HIPs withcarefully planned pedagogies that would provide numerous benefits for the students, such asoverall increased learning gains and graduation rates. There are seven HIPs characteristicsused to measure the results at the end of the semester: these are (1) interaction with faculty, (2)interaction with peers, (3) feedback from instructor, (4) quality time spent on the course
experiences, and the connection between the two.Dr. Kadri Akinola Akanni Parris, Ohio State University Dr. Kadri A.A. Parris is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is the holder of a Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering and received his Doctorate in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) with a concentration in Pavement Design, both at OSU. In addition, he holds Project Management Professional (PMP) certification with the Project Management Institute (PMI). Dr. Parris is actively involved in curriculum design, introduction of innovative pedagogies of engagement and the practice of engineering education through teaching several courses across the department
precise curriculum during each level ofeducation[8]. Thus, in gender-specific education, female students believe there are differencesbetween them and male students[5][12]. Finally, when choosing undergraduate studies, theMuslim female students try to responsibly meet the prospects of their families and culture bychoosing subjects they were encouraged in during their primary to high school education [13]. In juxtaposition to these Muslim majority countries, there are often discussion about genderequality in the United States. However, there exists an unconscious bias in Western countries thata male is better than a female in math-related topics [14] and teachers’ biases have a negativeimpact on female students’ math ability [15]. As a
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learning and success, and the impact of a flexible classroom space on faculty teaching and student learning. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Continued Assessment of i-Newton for the Engaged Learning of
systematic methods and tools for innovative design with a particular focus on concept generation and design-by-analogy. Her research seeks to understand designers’ cognitive processes with the goal of creating better tools and approaches to enhance engineering design. She has authored over 100 technical publications including twenty-three journal papers, five book chapters, and she holds two patents.Dr. Tracy Anne Hammond PhD, Texas A&M University Director of the Sketch Recognition Lab and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engi- neering at Texas A&M University, Dr. Hammond is an international leader in sketch recognition, haptics, intelligent fabrics, SmartPhone development, and computer human
knowledge into the undergraduate engi- neering curriculum. Ms. Van Epps has a BA in engineering science from Lafayette College, her MSLS from Catholic University of America, a M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is currently working on her PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue.Ms. Robyn Rosenberg, Harvard University Robyn Rosenberg is the Engineering Librarian at Harvard University. She has a degree in Anthropology from Penn State University and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Source: how robust is the coverage of the engineering
, accelerated summercourses are becoming more essential to help the students maintain their progression towardsgraduation1. Accelerated summer courses usually span over a 5 week period compared to 16weeks in a regular semester. In a study addressing the effectiveness of student attitude,knowledge and skill development in a 3-week summer term, 5-week summer term, and 15-weekregular semester found no significant differences in term length of equivalent level of academicrigor2. Therefore, this intensive teaching schedule necessitates having daily lectures for eachcourse in order to successfully cover the required curriculum. Even though this might help thestudents stay focused on the topic covered, the effectiveness of the homework component
. Meeting as a group to discuss specific action items based on the survey results, such as curriculum changes and development of instructional materials and technologies.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation’s AdvancedTechnology Education Program under Grant No. 1304843. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Brief: Advanced Manufacturing Technology SB-13-90, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 1990.2. Online resource available at: http://www.census.gov/foreign- trade
thestakeholders involved. Organizing and identifying these interactions will help towardsstrategically well-developed classroom settings. Flipped classroom falls under the umbrella ofextending the learning boundaries based on interactive students centered techniques. Manyeducational institutions are currently embracing the technique of flipped classrooms. Accordingto Lage et al, inverted (flipped) classroom can be defined as a setting where the events thatusually take place inside a classroom in a traditional setting, now take place outside theclassroom. An example the authors use here to describe inverted classroom is the use of WorldWide Web and multimedia communications as an opportunity for students to view lectures3.Bishop et al., define a flipped
physically, but also mentally, and emotionally. When we discuss educational aspects, wemust take into account both the psychological personality traits, on the one hand and theaccumulated knowledge, and the developed skills on the other. So we suggest to understand the“readiness” as a complex characteristic including both the individual’s motivation to learn andability to perceive knowledge and skills of the new level of education above the previous one’s.The psychological part of “readiness” is the desire of a person to accomplish and to master skillsthat is defined as “motivation”. There are two types of motivation: intrinsic motivation andextrinsic motivation. The first one is influenced by internal drive for action and goes mostly
has been written about design build“resists theorization” and too often presents the value of such programs as self evident oroverly centered on either student empowerment or the social utility of the product.10However, Corser and Gore note that in the years since the Erdman study, increasingemphasis on “action in the built environment in service of both education and communityenrichment” has enriched the educational experience for design build and communityengaged students. And Hinson writing about recent developments including those atAuburn University, similarly notes that the move towards “research-driven design-buildstudio offers the faculty and students involved the opportunity to expand their goalsbeyond student learning outcomes to
). WeekActivity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14Create many differentconcepts throughbrainstormingBased on needs, select themost promising conceptBuild prototypeTest the prototype toensure needs are metMake revisions to designbased on test resultsBuild final designDocumentation Figure 1 Proposed Design Process in Design Process Knowledge CritiqueA rubric developed to evaluate answers rates answers on seven design traits. In this paper,though, the only evaluation is a binary assessment of one design activity: is the lack of problemformulation activities in Figure 1 identified or not.The details of the DPK and the rubric are described in other papers15-17. Researchers have usedthe DPK on first year
time graph.We also believe that by evaluating how students perform these operations we can determine aparticular student’s strengths and weaknesses, and as a consequence develop strategies toimprove instruction.There are numerous learning outcomes in our introductory physics courses. In this paper we willdiscuss two. One stated outcome is to “compare written, algebraic, and graphical descriptions ofmotion.” This outcome is meant to have students use various representations to describe motion.Students could observe a ball rolling on a track and state, “The ball started out rolling fast in thepositive direction. It slowed down, stopped, and reversed direction and subsequently sped upwhile travelling in the negative direction.” The description
Paper ID #14857Understanding Female STEM Faculty Experiences of Subtle Gender Biasfrom Microaggressions PerspectiveYang Lydia Yang, Ph.D., Kansas State University ”Lydia” Yang Yang is Assistant Professor of Quantitative Research Methodology at College of Education, Kansas State University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Florida International University. Her research interest include quantitative research design, recruitment and retention of women in STEM fields, motivation and self-regulated learning.Doris Wright Carroll Ph.D., Kansas State University PhD University of Nebraska-Lincoln, MS
study took place, it seems to have been more successful due to itsapproach on how to integrate the courses. This initiative seeks to create a common groundapplicable to most areas to encourage the creation of hybrid courses to benefit the understandingof both students and teachers, by creating an integrated curriculum instead of isolated islands ofknowledge. This specific approach centers on the integration of the Physics I and Mathematics Icourses, named Fis-Mat, for its name in Spanish. While efforts have been made to create thefollowing courses and some implementations have been made for a Fis-Mat 3 course, the first oneis our center of study as it is the most mature.Different aspects of the course have been reported in previous