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engineering instructors of the seven labcourses in the summer of 2021; therefore, the guides did not impact their lab report writinginstructions in the academic years of 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. We define the lab writinginstructional materials in these two academic years as the control. In the summer of 2021, thelink to the web-based engineering lab writing draft modules was emailed to the instructors of theparticipating lab courses in Table 1. The instructors agreed to improve their lab writinginstructions using the module content. They did not participate in any formal professionaldevelopment training about the module content. The instructional materials developed in theacademic years of 2021-2022 are defined as the experiment. We collected the
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McLauchlan is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Texas A&M University - Kingsville, and has also worked for Raytheon, Microvision, AT&T Bell Labs, and as an ONR Distinguished Summer Faculty at SPAWAR San Diego, CA. He has over 55 publications covering areas such as adaptive and intelligent controls, robotics, an ocean wave energy converter, green technology, education, wireless sensor networks and image processing. He is a co-inventor on 3 US patents related to control systems. Dr. McLauchlan is a member of ASEE and was the 2012-2014 Chair of the Ocean and Marine Engineering Division. He is also a member of IEEE (senior member), SPIE, Eta Kappa Nu, ACES and Tau
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, peer tutoring, and troubleshooting activities. To conclude, traditional methods havetheir place, but PCB integration in the Digital Electronics curriculum seems paramount in elevatinglearning efficacy and student engagement, underlining the imperative of hands-on, experientiallearning in today’s engineering education framework.IntroductionSTEM occupations employ about 25% of the labor force in the United States [1]. In 2021, 34.9million (24%) of the 146.4 million people in the workforce between the ages of 18 and 74 workedin STEM fields [1]. With a poor retention rate of 38.3%, African Americans account for only 5%of engineering ” ’bachelor’s degree holders. Unengaging learning environments have a factor toplay in this [2]. The ASEE retention
Safety Coordinator, and lead for the SAFEChE (Process Safety Across the CHE Curriculum) modules as well as the Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering Equipment. Currently, he serves as a Director for the ASEE ChE Division.Dr. Joanne Kay Beckwith, Carnegie Mellon University Joanne K. Beckwith is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.Dr. Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis Janie is a Senior Lecturer in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Her PhD is in chemical engineering from Purdue University. Research focus areas include laboratory courses, process safety, and chemical engineering pedagogy.Prof
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, experimental testing, and 3D printingthrough a 4-week project while providing students an opportunity to be creative through anengaging, open-ended project of appropriate level of challenge.The assessment of the lab aimed to answer the following research questions:(1) What resources and tools do students find helpful during the lab?(2) Which major attributes of the lab are perceived as educational by students?(3) Which major attributes of the lab posed a challenge for students?(4) Which major attributes of the lab were engaging for students?IV. MethodsSample: The DBT lab was assessed over a period of two years (2019, 2020). The students wereenrolled in the required junior-level lab that met once a week in-person. A total of 39 studentsparticipated
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Suturin, Monash UniversityDr. Robert Lee Read, Public Invention Robert L. Read, PhD, founded Public Invention in 2019, 35 years after first being inspired to do so by Buckminster Fuller. He is a professional computer programmer and manager, an amateur scientist, physicist, mathematician, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. He speaks Esperanto fluently. He hopes that 20 years from now you will be able to go to a party and say, ”I’m a Public Inventor” and have everyone know what that means. Email: . Twitter: @robertleereadNathaniel Bechard ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023A democratized open-source platform for medical device troubleshootingIntroductionThe COVID pandemic