“Millennial survey,” Deloitte [6] details this generation’s desire to make an impact on societyand their lack of patience for organizations or roles within organizations that are not proactivelydoing so. Work on any of the key subsystems in this overall project (a spectrophotometer,microcontroller for data acquisition, and display with keypad for a user interface) would easilycomprise an active project grounded in electrical and computer engineering concepts that hasreal-world applications the students can relate to. However, a spectrophotometer alone, is not ofsignificant social import. The connection of the project to real, human users and needs and thepotential for the students’ work to help others are critical in motivating student
Paper ID #25679Facilitation of Cybersecurity Learning Through Real-World Hands-On LabsMr. Mohamed Rahouti, University of South Florida Mohamed Rahouti received an M.S. degree in Statistics in 2016 at the University of South Florida and is currently perusing a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. Mohamed holds numerous academic achievements. His current research focuses on computer networking, Software- Defined Networking (SDN), and network security with applications to smart cities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Facilitation of Cybersecurity
Paper ID #26363A Real-World Approach to Introducing Sustainability in Civil EngineeringCapstone DesignDr. Leslie R. Brunell P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Leslie Brunell, PhD, PE is a Teaching Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. She coordinates both the civil and multidisciplinary engineering senior design projects. These projects are the culmination of the undergraduate engineering experience. Students design an innovative solution to a complex problem. She has recruited professional sponsors who mentor the civil engineering design projects. The projects expose the civil
engineer’s undergraduateacademic career. The goals in capstone aim to integrate previous undergraduate coursework, encourageintellectual growth through the acquisition of new and relevant competencies, and provide a taste of real-world problem-based learning and its application. Capstone courses are ubiquitous in engineeringprograms. The authors in [5] received data from 444 programs and identified a potential 1724 programsnationally. Capstone courses are de-facto required by ABET, as General Criterion 5 requires “aculminating major engineering design experience that 1) incorporates appropriate engineering standardsand multiple constraints, and 2) is based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work” [6].The above goals map directly
courses in the area of Computer Applications and Information Technology. Her areas of inter- ests include 3D CAD sketch, 3D printing, Hybrid Learning Instructional Design, Digital Media, Interac- tive Media, Instructional Technology Integration and network design. In addition, Dr. Jao is a certified Microsoft Office Master Instructor, and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).Ms. Kiana Lynn Curtiss c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Project-based Learning: An Integration of Real-World Project in a 3D Design ClassAbstract With the explosion of new practices in teaching pedagogies to prepare students to bebetter skilled in technical fields, it
engineering study means more than justattending classes or taking exams. The experiences also include meaningful community andsociety involvement and contributions.Impacts on college studentsService learning is a very good way to achieve several objectives for the education ofengineering students, including: 1) Ensure what the students learned are practical and realistic, applicable to the real world. 2) Guarantee that the students have in mind of serving the community when they are in school and keep that after they graduate. 3) Help the students to start to build good and sustainable community relationships while still in school. 4) Facilitate the students’ learning actively
betweenthe Capstone course and client enhanced the students’ learning by relating the course material toa more complex real-world project which increased student motivation, performance, andproblem-solving skills. The cross-course collaboration increased student preparation ofprofessional skills required for working in industry. Finally, collaboration with an industrialclient on a real-world project provided students with marketable computing skills.Rover et al. (2014) present a case study on using an agile project management process in thedevelopment of an Android app for a client. The agile project management process used in theproject was found to be beneficial to student, mentors and the clients which led to greatersatisfaction and a higher
memberstated, “I learned how to do material research that best suited our need since we needed corrosionresistant, lightweight, and inexpensive [materials]… I learned how to do preliminary static basicfinite element analysis on CAD models to determine the stress concentrations. This was doneusing the built in SolidWorks simulation. I was able to find stress concentrations on the cross-members that held the hull onto the frame statically. I also improved my understanding of rapidprototyping, in our case, 3D printing which was used to create many fixtures and mountingbrackets.” The experience former Robosub members gained not only prepared them for theconstraints of real-world engineering projects, but also provided a good learning environment forthe
tool to assess engagement for a variety of demographics andlearning settings [24] found higher engagement scores from distance learners in first-year andsenior participants in the 2006 NSSE survey, compared to on-campus learners. Robinson andHullinger [5] also measured online learners’ engagement using the NSSE, and found that themajority of students worked collaboratively, but sometimes did not feel they worked effectivelywith others. Communication was fairly regular among students, and most students felt that theonline course(s) enriched their work through online discussions, work knowledge and skills, andsolving complex real-world problems [5]. In terms of student and university differences, Kuh [25]noted that smaller schools typically have
paper, a small-scaleunderwater robot developed for underwater archaeological applications through an EngineeringTechnology Capstone project is presented. This underwater vehicle can measure temperature,pH, dissolved oxygen, pressure, and salinity levels. Moreover, it can collect water samples forfurther lab testing during the conservation process.I. IntroductionNautical archaeologists explore waters around the world to survey for wrecks and artifacts.When worthy sites are discovered, they dive in them and proceed to extract the artifacts. Divinginto unfamiliar conditions introduces potential risks especially if environmental factors gounchecked, and currently no method to conveniently track the chemical composition of the waterin dive sites
various systems thinking tools, especially when used in groups. Three well-establishedtools are presented: behavior over time, causal loop [4], and process flow [5] diagrams. Suchtools are comfortable extensions or analogs to similar tools used in engineering applications. These three tools are explained, and simple examples are given. The tools have been in use inan Organizational Behavior and Theory course for the M.A. degree in Organizational Leadershipat Gonzaga University. Students from varied disciplines, including engineering, enroll in thisprogram. The content for this topic consists of: 1) readings to help students with the concepts, 2)application of these tools to fictitious problems as well as real issues that they face, e.g. in
national labs and industry to maintain course projects with real world application. The products of the class and research projects are then tailored to hands on activities for k-12 STEM education outreach. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Design Applications in the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Authors: _____ New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyIntroductionAt the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), mechanical engineering majorsare required to take an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course. In essence, this course istheir first impression of
Paper ID #26658Board 30: Applicability of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Construc-tion EngineeringDr. Michael Shenoda, Farmingdale State College Michael Shenoda is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture and Construction Management at Farmingdale State College in New York. He has previously served as a faculty member at other institutions, totaling over 10 years in civil and construction engineering education. Michael is a member of several professional organizations, including American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and American Society of
Education, 2019SENIOR DESIGN CASE STUDY: APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ENGINEERING CONCEPTS IN THE DESIGN OF A CNC ROUTER 1ABSTRACTSystem engineering (SE) is a multidisciplinary approach for the design, management, andrealization of a complex system. In product development, SE is utilized on structuring a productdevelopment process into simple and collaborative activities that proceed throughout the entireproduct life-cycle, while at the same time, supporting engineers’ decision making. Project basedengineering design classes are suitable for undergraduate students to study and practice theconcepts of SE while solving real-world design problems. In this paper, we document the productdevelopment process, especially the
, interactive video learning, and 3D/2D anima- tion. Professor Santiago recently published a book entitled, ”Circuit Analysis for Dummies” in 2013 after being discovered on YouTube. Professor Santiago received several teaching awards from the United States Air Force Academy and CTU. In 2015, he was awarded CTU’s Faculty of the Year for Teaching Innovations. Professor Santiago has been a 12-time invited speaker in celebration of Asian-Pacific Amer- ican Heritage Month giving multi-media presentations on leadership, diversity and opportunity at various military installations in Colorado and Wyoming.Dr. Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University Dr. Jing Guo is a Wireless Device Applications Engineer at Keysight Technologies and
preliminaryproject ideas are shown: 1. Rural medicine delivery via payload drop. 2. Directed flow inhalers.3. Controllable catheter. 4. Intelligent hemostasis.2.2.1 Activities and Guest LecturesThe activities introduced during the course are formatted in such a way that students develop theability to draw aerospace connections to increasingly non-obviously related problems.The first set of activities includes fairly related engineering issues, such as wind turbines andairflow over a causeway. The causeway activity uses a real world example of the intersection ofaerospace and civil engineering where pelicans are becoming trapped on a busy causeway due todowndrafts resulting from the cement barrier. Students must use their combined aerodynamicsand
real-worldproblems gives the students an understanding of how their experimental work relates to theirother courses and the world in general, which provides context and may increase motivation.Given the workload, a best practice may be implementing these methods incrementally ratherthan implementing a wholesale change in a course.The guided inquiry-based methods applied in this materials lab course can be applied in all typesof classes, but methods are most easily transferable to laboratory, design, and problem-basedproject courses. For future iterations of this course, we are redesigning the two structuredinquiry-based labs using guided inquiry approaches and will be continuing to collect data toassess their effectiveness.I. IntroductionLab
thoughts and ideas are not fixed, but are formed and reformedthrough continuous processes grounded in experience and involving transactions between thelearner and the environment. Kolb’s experiential learning model is based on such transactions,where knowledge is created through the transformation of external, real-world experiences. Oneform of incorporating real-world experiences involves service learning, where students areactively involved with community-based experiences meeting one or more societal needs. It wasposited that repurposing the software application project to incorporate service learning conceptscould better serve the students involved. Therefore, in 2014 the project was revised in the spiritof experiential learning to meet the
University in the Women in Science and Engineering(WISE) program to retain more female engineering students. The purpose of this study is toapply Lean Six Sigma tools and methods to design an engineering undergraduate mentoringprogram to enhance retention of underrepresented females. As part of an engineeringmanagement graduate research project, the research assistant leveraged a team of students in theIndustrial Engineering Technology program’s undergraduate Lean Six Sigma course to design anengineering mentoring program. The course incorporates real-world lean six sigma experientiallearning opportunities so that the students can better learn and apply lean six sigma tools and theDMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) methodology. The team
world hastaken over my desire of old to crunch numbers and learn about tax codes. My degree choice haschanged to Electrical Engineering, specifically, because I had to decide on one field officially.The desire to be proficient in Mechanical and Manufacturing engineering is strong as well,though. This new drive for learning has placed me on a path that I am still walking on. Thoughit extends far ahead of me, I am excited to see the many places that diligent travel along this pathwill take me.IntroductionThe application of laser markings on manufactured items is a necessary and sometimeschallenging task. In the medical device industry, implants will soon be required to not onlyinclude human readable text as part of their identification markings
value creation. Be aware that this course and associated activities are intended to allow you to persistently anticipate and meet the needs of a changing world. 5G has many implications and applications that have societal benefits and economic value: – 5G – Internet of Things (IoT) – Driverless Everything – Security, Privacy – Distributed Ledgers (bitcoin, block chain etc.) – Deep Learning/Artificial Intelligence – Smart Everything: City, Grid, Cars – Molecular Communication (nanobots) – Light Fidelity (LiFi) – Spectrum Allocation (MIMO, 1000x), – Next Generation 911 – Other applications
offered every fall sincethen. At the time of writing the paper, this paper has been offered five times. Theenrollments of the course ranged from 12 – 22. This course primarily focused onproviding fundamental knowledge on integrated computer imaging or visionsystem for sensing, quality control, and automation applications. Emphasis wasprovided on how to develop and/or integrate a computer vision system for real-world applications. It was also important to achieve this goal without relying onextensive mathematics.Many times, computer vision related courses are equally compared with thecourses with titles such as “image processing” or “digital image processing”.However, they are not exactly same as per the experience of the author. A typical“digital
. In addition,student training is constrained to the area surrounding the campus due to safety andtransportation issues. This reduces students’ comprehension on how to apply techniques and usesurveying instruments in real-world environments. The advent of cost-effective head mounteddisplays marked a new era in immersive virtual reality, which sparked application in science,engineering, education, etc. For instance, in environmental chemistry immersive virtual reality isutilized to conduct virtual field trips [1]. In construction engineering virtual reality is used forarchitecture visualization, safety training, and equipment and operation training [2]. Other recentapplications examples include geohazard assessment [3], geovisualization of
real-world problems are integrated and leveraged as a vehicle to tap into students’ priorknowledge that enhances scholarship aptitudes and elucidates the usefulness of engineeringprinciples in design applications. Such pedagogical technique has been extensively implementedfor professional training in medicine and related health professions, but given its educationalversatility, various engineering educators have embraced it as an alternative solution towardsalleviating instructional quandaries [1]. Despite its potential to positively impact student learningand transform the learning environment, its utilization is not frequent amongst most engineeringeducators. The literature reports only a small number of engineering programs such as
).InstrumentsValue, Expectancy, and Cost of Testing Educational Reforms Survey (VECTERS)To assess faculty dispositions towards, and use of, specific active learning strategies, the Value,Expectancy, and Cost of Testing Educational Reforms Survey (VECTERS) was utilized [23].VECTERS measures dispositions towards, as well as current and planned use of, three activelearning strategies: (1) Using formative feedback to adjust instruction (2) Integrating real-world applications (3) Facilitating student-to-student discussions in classVECTERS prompts respondents to consider each strategy and consider the degree to which they(a) expect the strategy to be successful, (b) find it valuable, and (c) believe it is costly (e.g., time,resources). The survey
, Microsoft HoloLens, and Vuforia to generate the AR application for weaponmaintenance and operation, and 4) preliminary research on software and information architectureto support efficient development of AR applications. This paper discusses the issues, benefits,and effective approaches in designing and executing multidisciplinary undergraduate researchprojects.1. IntroductionAugmented Reality (AR) augments the real world by overlaying information and/or virtualobjects that are spatially aligned to the objects in the real world [1, 2]. With recent advances incomputing hardware and software technology, AR is making gradual but solid progress in a widerange of fields, such as manufacturing, construction, maintenance, training, and healthcare.Started
solve complex engineering problems beyondtext book examples, thus motivates them to learn fundamental knowledge. The new paradigmalso nurtures students to become engineers who can better collaborate with other engineersacross different disciplines: design, test, research and development. NX-Graphics, NX-Nastran,Simcenter 3D, Star-CCM+ and AMEsim have been taught at UC-ME in several courses in avertically integrated manner. A few projects assigned in the freshmen graphics course arebrought back in upper-year courses: manufacturing, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics and heattransfer. This provides our students with ability to attack real-world problems that often requiremulti-physics simulations. Several engineering course modules developed to
idea draws inspiration from adopting a pet, a process where aperson adopts, nurtures and takes care of a pet of their liking. Similarly, in the materials project,the goal was to have students adopt a product/application-specific material that they care about.This student-guided adoption ensured that students were meaningfully engaged in the project,learnt the classroom concepts (through the lens of their chosen product) and researched theirapplicability (by gathering relevant information within the framework of Figure 1) in a real-world product they cared about. At the same time, the students were able to connect the dotsbetween various concepts across the textbook chapters. The process progressed mostly in parallelto the classroom discussion
doing fun example problems. The instructor did a great job implementing real-world scenarios. Real-world examples are helpful to understand the content of the course.There are other examples that can be used in ways similar to the Hyperloop. For example, wehave built a series of problems and exercises around human-powered pumps that have beendeveloped and subsequently used for irrigation in sub-Saharan farming communities [18]. In allthese approaches students are introduced to open-ended questions and need to deal with theambiguity that is an integral part of real-world problems. This allows for creativity andinnovative problem-solving, beyond what can be achieved through the applications of equationsonly.Summary and Conclusion:To use
ofdiscipline specific and inter-disciplinary student-centered learning materials (courses, modules,laboratories, and simulations) in the technologies used to implement generic IoT applications andtechnology specific IoT applications. This activity will include: the development of innovativelaboratory and simulation materials using low-cost computing platforms and interactive real-timesimulations that are integrated together to mirror real world applications, the incorporation ofindustry and workplace skills into the developed curriculum materials, and the creation of severalcertificate programs in – IoT Systems Field Technician, (2) the broad dissemination of thesematerials through collaboration with existing NSF ATE Centers that have complementary