less that has been written about assessment of community engagementfrom a client’s perspective. In other words, in entering communities with classprojects, how do our clients value the experience they have had with our students?Other than the physical projects that we often leave them with (built structures,designs, models), what do these clients value the most above and beyond thearchitecture that we create? What is truly valuable to them in the student-community relationship?Answers to these questions can only come from a methodology that is centeredaround eliciting the answers. This paper therefore explores the process of creatinga survey directed at determining an answer to these questions; it looks at theprocess of development of a survey
addresses the needs of the college, the students, local industry, and the local K-12system.Initial motivationBefore starting this engineering program, we worked to understand the local landscape to see ifthere was a need that could be filled. Carthage College is situated along a corridor betweenChicago and Milwaukee in which there is a strong manufacturing presence. In the next 10 years,the overall growth rate in engineering jobs for the state of Wisconsin is projected at 13%,outpacing the 6.7% growth overall in employment opportunities1. Through talks with the localindustry, we learned that there was difficulty recruiting trained engineers to the area. As many ofour students are from the area and want to stay in the area post-graduation, they
changing the actual numbers or statistics – she was just making the pictureslook better. When the author inquired further about how many research medical faculty made useof this ‘improvement’ technique for their gels, the answer was also quite enlightening. ‘All ofthem’ came the reply. Upon reflection, we hope that the reader understands that this alteration of the gels washighly suspect ethically. Individuals use vision as their primary data collection devices and visualimpressions can outweigh statistical analyses in a scientist’s mind as he or she reads a paper. Amarginally statistically significant result becomes far more convincing in the light of cleardifferences ascertained through visual inspection of results, especially if the
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engagement in Practice: Performing STEM Outreach During a PandemicIntroductionAt Santa Clara University (SCU), STEM Outreach in the Community is a course that satisfies theuniversity’s Experiential Learning for Social Justice (ELSJ) requirement. The course has a two-unit lecture component and a one-unit lab. In lecture, students participate in discussions andcomplete assignments where attention can be brought to national and local economic andeducational inequities. Students perform outreach through the lab component of the class. Theoutreach opportunities are traditionally through four partner sites where SCU students teachengineering lessons to K-12 students. In March 2020, when the
self-efficacy, and cultivate the leadership qualities necessary for their academic andprofessional success. By fostering these attributes, FACE seeks to ensure that students continueengagement, feel connected to the engineering field, and ultimately persist through theirengineering programs toward graduation.At the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE) at Arizona State University (ASU), one of thecentral goals of the Student Success and Engagement team is to support various co- and extra-curricular programs that enrich students’ experiences, promote community engagement, andfoster both academic and career development. These initiatives are designed with the hope ofincreasing intentional support of student persistence toward graduation
” cohorts attend through Information andCommunications Technology (ICT) such as video conferencing equipment.MCI courses offer many benefits to students, faculty and administration [1]–[3]. These includean increase in accessibility to educational opportunities including: experts in the field, a varietyof courses, and recognized, credible programs with consistent standards. Improving educationalpossibilities for students in remote communities, without requiring relocation, can be atremendous opportunity for rural students. Instructors benefit by expanding their perspectives byhaving students from different backgrounds living in different contexts, increasing their classsize, and typically gaining access to resources at other institutions
characterizethe steady-state behavior of the motor, including 1. Motor torque vs. slip 2. Motor Power factor vs. loading 3. Motor Efficiency vs. loadingThe performance characteristics of the motor will eventually be used to compare with simulatedresults obtained from the follow-on lab, which requires students to develop a computer model ofthe motor based on standard motor tests.The system diagram of Fig. 1 contains each of the primary components of the test setup. Themotor under test (MUT) is a 3-phase, 3-hp, 4-pole, 230 Vac, induction motor. The 3-phasesource voltage is controlled through a 3-phase autotransformer. The MUT is connected to acradled dynamometer, which is simply a DC machine for which the bearings are set
and K-12 Teacher) strove to enhancethe pipeline from K-12 through the introduction of renewable energy topics including providingK-12 professional development using the alternative energy modules developed as a part of theproject modules for teachers who would then implement the South Carolina Department ofEducation’s Green Technology program. The project also developed in conjunction with theK16 partners, an articulated 2+2+2 Renewable Energy Pathway which included the renewableenergy modules aggregated into both a certificate program and dual credit offerings. Theinformation concerning both content and processes has been made available to the 16 SouthCarolina technical colleges and their service area high schools through the e-learning
of makerspaces previously described, we argue that creating aspace that welcomes and values diversity and diverse groups will have a positive andmultiplicative impact for everyone. In an inclusive makerspace, engineering students have theopportunity to work through more varied and diverse problems and communicate with morevaried and diverse people. An inclusive makerspace gives K-12 students, for example, theopportunity to see people who look like them in the space and those models have a positiveimpact on growing the supply of potential future engineers. As for other disciplines andcommunity members, we expect that as those groups see the variety of activities and people inthe space, they are able to think about inviting others to the space
Process for Energy Audit EducationAbstractThis paper is a work-in-progress (WIP) and an evidence-based practice paper. As efforts todecarbonize buildings increase, energy workforce development efforts are greatly needed to trainthe next generation of professionals. One such program that is training this new energyworkforce is the Department of Energy’s Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program whichaims to increase the efficiency and productivity of small and medium sized industrial facilitiesand commercial buildings through conducting energy audits. Student training is an integral partof this program, where students participate in all aspects of these audits. However, trainingparticipants to be prepared for field
engineeringstudents’ schemas of civil engineering. In our study, 30 graduating civil engineering studentscompleted a word association task using the probe “civil and environmental engineering.” Inthis paper, we describe and interpret some results from this experiment, focusing on therelationships of student’s schemas to the engineering schema implicit in the new ABET learningoutcomes.IntroductionA goal of engineering education is to prepare students for professional practice. This preparationinvolves helping students acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes associated with being aprofessional engineering practitioner. In a typical engineering curriculum, students beginacquiring the knowledge, skills, and attitudes through course experiences. Additionally
within the second week of class andprompted to explore a design problem around doing “future life together”. This purposely vaguedesign prompt allowed for a diverse set of projects. They were challenged to think beyond userinterface interactions such as app or website designs as they embarked upon framing a researchquestion and recruiting potential interviewees for user research. Midway through the quarter,they were required to have completed their personae and user journey maps, arriving at a fewideas with design goals and requirements, which they would then sketch out for peer review. Atthe end of the first quarter, students submitted a finalized design proposal document as adeliverable and presented to an external design review panel of
. [8] He, K., et al. "Deep Residual Learning for Image Recognition." CVPR, V. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH 2016. [9] Simonyan, K., et al. "Very Deep Convolutional Networks for Large-Scale Image Recognition (VGG16)." ICLR, 2015.The study proved the efficacy of a VGG16-based deep learning [10] Redmon, J., et al. "YOLO: Real-Time Object Detection." CVPR, 2016.model for wildfire identification, attaining 97.5% accuracy on [11] Ren, S., et al. "Faster R-CNN: Towards Real-Time Object Detection withthe D-FIRE dataset. Through the use of data augmentation and Region
2000) which canaccommodate conferences of up to 350. GBF connections with more than 150 biot echnologycompanies in Niedersachsen are maintained through the industry organization BioRegioN. Aresearch park adjacent to the GBF campus provides expansion space for incubator companies.Genomics, molecular and cellular engineering, pathogens and vaccines, bioactive compounds,and environmental biotechnology are high-priority GBF research areas. A team of GBFscientists recently received international recognition for the mapping of human Chromosome 21,implicated in Down’s syndrome. 2 Recently-appointed director Dr. Rudi Balling brings a recordas a top-echelon genomic scientist and a dynamic administrator to the GBF. 3 The GBF has adistinguished history
Communications course. EML is a pedagogy that aims to inculcate the entrepreneurialmindset (EM) in students, specifically the 3C framework of the EM: curiosity, connections, andcreating value. EML techniques aim to increase student curiosity, improve the student’s ability tomake connections between disparate sources of information, and ultimately equip them to createvalue for themselves and society. Thus, EML is closely related to inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning, and project-based learning. The distinction between EML and these otherpedagogical approaches is the focus on a value-creation mindset.EML is integrated into this course primarily through three frameworks: (1) DevelopingConnections, which employs risk factor consideration when
approaches include exploring the connection between personal values,personal story, and principles (or personal ethics) and students’ behaviors that can affectpsychological safety on teams.IntroductionWithin this work we examine ethics as the collection of principles that we use to motivate us andhelp us make decisions and guide our interactions with those around us and work that we do.Therefore, our ethic is made up of the principles that motivate, inform, and guide our daily lives.From this standpoint, the discussion on ethics development should extend beyond why theChallenger exploded or the causes behind the Hyatt Regency Bridge failure.If we apply the four domains of Leadership Model [1], the development of a leadership ethic notonly includes
this SOI effort “significant”? Role of use- What was created or generated through your SOI effort? For what purpose? inspired Who are your intended users? Was the aim for prescriptive or descriptive use? Generalizability or transferability? Iterative, What did the work entail or require? reflexive, How does this compare to systematic or integrative literature review techniques? Meta- integrative, analysis? translational What other techniques were used (beyond a literature review)? Why? approach What was the role of iteration, why? What was the role of reflexivity, why? In what ways might the ideas “boundary work
integrated reactor will be used for the production of ethylene from thedehydrogenation of ethane. This reactor is modeled after that of [Cha90,92]. The basic principlebehind this membrane reactor is to remove a reaction product through the membrane and drive thereaction beyond the equilibruim contstaints set by the feed mixture. This reactor consists of a stainless steel shell with a Platinum coated ceramic membrane tube.The ceramic membrane is obtained from US Filter with a pore size of 5nm. A local company, Johnson-Matthey will coat the catalyst tubes using a choroplatinic acid process. The reactant and productconcentrations will be measured using a Nicolet FTIR spectrometer. Summary Through
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, seemingly unrelated topics.4, 5In response to these challenges and in an effort to produce a future civil engineer that is wellprepared for practicing in an age of rapidly advancing technology, the Civil Engineering programat the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has recently incorporated a focus inConstruction Engineering Management (CEM) at the undergraduate and graduate levels.The Driving Force for a Construction Focus at UABToday, national and local construction companies are seeking civil engineers with managementand leadership skills that complement their technical abilities. Engineers who have managementskills are more apt to advance up the corporate ladder. In a recent article, “Reach Beyond theTechnical,” published by Engineering
ASEE 2010 paper by this author team) • Projects such as these evidence a clear need for long term effort to secure the escalating and outwardly spiraling, i.e., broadening of participation beyond the departments that initially submitted the proposal. Such broadening of participation is essential to sustainability beyond the external funding period because it increases the advocacy base. • Extensive interaction is required to unearth all idiosyncrasies of each institution’s operations, e.g., requirements related to timing of the awarded degrees and counting a particular course towards fulfillment of two different degrees. • Approval of the final concurrent MS degree plan of study through each institution’s normal approval
in engineering dynamics with applications to wearable technology for analysis of human motion in a variety of contexts ranging from warfighters to astronauts. In addition to her engineering work, she also has an interest in engineering education research, which most recently has focused on incorporating authentic engineering educational experiences through engineering history education and open-ended modeling problems designed to initiate the productive beginnings of engineering judgement and engineering identity. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Incorporating History Lessons into a Second Year Mechanical Engineering SeminarIntroduction Unlike the other major
beyond Bloom’s to a lower cognitive level, i.e., the “Pre- knowledge Conceptual Experiences” taxon. A special recognition is given to the pre- knowledge as a key to understanding concepts in engineering disciplines. Pre-knowledge includes information and knowledge provided through hands-on laboratory experiences, demonstrations, practical applications, market product information, and historical background and data. This information helps in understanding the concepts and their applications in the higher taxa levels. Similarly, the taxonomy is extended to the top level taxon “professional engineering.” It also identifies Bloom’s taxonomy objective of “Evaluation” as professional engineering
100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550However, as stated Rotational Velocity [Radians/Second]above, disk Figure 6: A family of power curves representing Equation 14d extractedturbines require through empirical dynamic dynamometry measurements using an unloadedexpensive disk turbine operating over a range of input pressures.customizeddynamometers whose creation is beyond the scope of a STEM program without a specilizedturbine research division. As an alternative, therefore, it is reasonable to extract power datadirectly from dynamic dynamomtry by using an approximate differential form of Equation 9. 189
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to design, build, and test alphaprototypes that are student-generated ideas. Students propose ideas that are electro-mechanicalin nature; they are grouped into teams; and they go through the product development cycle of asubset of the project ideas. Not only has this course become an outstanding opportunity to assesseach program at a common point, it has served as a key feeder to the senior capstone project, atwo-semester sequence that is industry sponsored. Projects that have been implemented inENGR 350 have been wide-ranging in nature, such as a motor-driven fishing reel for anglerswith the use of one arm; an inexpensive water-filtration system for countries with waterchallenges; a self-propelled longboard (skateboard) with braking
200 hours per year of industrial training and consulting for topics including forecasting, inventory management, production planning, project management, and supply chain management. His research interests are in improving supply chain efficiency through the application of technology and best practices for warehousing, logistics, and inventory management. He holds a B.S. and Master of Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Ph.D. in Technology Management from Indiana State University. He also holds professional certifications of CPIM and CSCP from APICS, The Association for Operations Management, and a PMP from the Project Management Institute
international students. Practitioners of engineering education have a responsibility to work towards alleviatingsuch inequities in their classrooms through a pedagogy of care centered around a recognition ofsuch practices as ableist and discriminatory against students who hold identities traditionallymarginalized in engineering classrooms ([12], [22]). As they work towards such alleviation, theyoften leverage tools and resources that traditionally marginalized students can use to achievecourse learning objectives at similar levels and draw more benefit from as opposed to thosewithout such identities. In this paper, I advocate for ChatGPT being one such tool. While the focus of theexploration initially was on international students, I also
outcomes are expected to beproject-based. Across the three sites, interns implemented 16 community-identified projects,with a minimum of one community partner mentor per project. Initially through programcoordinators, and then refined by interns, negotiated deliverables for each project with thecommunity partner organization. Products from the work ranged from primary datacollection/analysis (e.g., renewables comparison) to piloting new methodologies (e.g., roadassessment).Long-term, C-EEEM sites are expected to see other changes. Beyond the potential forrevitalization in the neighborhoods of focus in the respective cities through ongoing projects, theefforts should also show network development over time [5]. As noted, the aim is to build
Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The Graphic Novel: A Promising Medium for Learning ResearchAll education requires a medium for facilitating learning. Oral education gave way to books, whichhave remained an educational staple until the present day. Thanks to the Internet and more recentlymassively open online courses (MOOCs), learning through video has become more widespreadthan before (see [1], [2] for review). As we become more familiar and proficient with creating thesemultimedia artifacts, we can better understand their limitations and possibilities. Videos can offeran audiovisual experience that evolves in a linear manner. Books can offer a multimedia experience(mainly a verbal-visual one) that readers can determine the rhythm