Navigating the COVID landscape with a Mechanical Engineering Junior Laboratory Prof. Charles S. White Department of Mechanical Engineering, Norwich UniversityAbstractAt the author’s institution, all Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students are required totake a two semester laboratory course sequence covering topics in measurement andinstrumentation. As with most hands-on instruction, the restrictions imposed by the COVIDpandemic required significant adjustments to the course, especially the number of studentsthat were permitted in the laboratory space at any given time. In this paper a comparison ismade between the Fall semester course from before the pandemic (Fall 2019) and the samecourse
experience with an interdisciplinary focus or takecourse(s) relating to a grand challenge theme (sustainability, security, health, or joy of living)[17].c. EntrepreneurshipGrand challenges scholars are capable of translating inventions and innovations into marketventures and future global solutions to benefit the public interest and private citizens. Thescholars must take advantage of approved entrepreneurial experiences or internships withsignificant entrepreneurial focus to complete this competency. Undergraduate researchexperiences with an entrepreneurial focus or course(s) focusing on entrepreneurship also satisfythis requirement. Scholars may choose to focus their research on this competency and presenttheir entrepreneurship research findings
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(also known as Short-circuiting or Early-exit), where a portion of a time-consuming calculation can beobviated under some conditions. Briefly, the strategy is to use a metric(s) that is fast to compute to processsamples to determine if they are very similar or very dissimilar and only calculate the more expensivemetric(s) when more careful arbitration is required. Figure 8 plots the distribution of sim structural andsim ocr metrics for all samples with the real positive and negative labels. For the majority of samples witha real-negative label, the sim structural values are higher than 0.9. Therefore, for a unlabeled sample, if ithas a sim structural that is higher than a threshold, then the early dropping model prediction is that it isnot a
of 10) Score (Out of 10) (-0.3 each) Score Score 6 4 0 3 1 0.6 3 9 5 3 9 0 5 7 13 7 6 8 3 5.7 7 14 7 4 10 3 4.9 7Student 3 was the only student who had the exact same score from the experts as was generatedby the coded scoring method and was also the only student with only one interview available forevaluation due to an improper interview consent process with their other interview. The lack ofaveraging for student number 3’s final score may have
activities integrated withentrepreneurially minded learning. Students practiced and exercised engineering design processduring the second (spring) semester with an engineering entrepreneurial mindset through variousclass activities and design projects with selected topics. This also exposed the students to anengineer’s role in a society and the related responsibilities along with creation of new innovativeideas.Erdil et al. [10,11] studied a curricular model to develop an entrepreneurial mindset inengineering students which emanated from the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network(KEEN)’s 3C’s, of curiosity, connections and creating value. The study spanned across all fouryears of all engineering and computer science programs. Flipped classroom
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tuned parameters by sequence (first,gain, then integral time, and even derivative time) and re-tuning. They normally try “guess”values by on-line tuning, but they are also requested to derive parameters from the previouslydeveloped model (adapted from the previous group) once incorporated in the closed loop,including the Simulink modules for the final element (control valve, variable speed pump) andthe controller (Figure 5)Figure 5. The open-loop model residing in the s-function module is integrated in Simulink withthe final element module (including saturation blocks for physical limits) and the PID controller module for the closed-loop.Students are also invited to use the previously developed transfer function
assessments used in the class. In a relatedon-going project, standardized test questions have been developed, and data is being collected toinvestigate whether improved student learning can be measured via other assessments.AcknowledgementsThis work has been in part supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2215133. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Mejias S, Thompson N, Sedas RM, Rosin M, Soep E, Peppler K, Roche R, Wong J, Hurley M, Bell P, Bevan B (2021) The trouble with STEAM and why we use it anyway. Science Education. 105: 209-231.2. Perignat E, Katz
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in the next section.Table 2: This table shows the activities throughout the module and the week they occur within a15 week semester. Lectures show the week they occur and assignments include the week they areassigned and due. It also describes the learning outcomes for each activity. Activities are listed inchronological order. Learning Outcome(s) (in parentheses are the associated Activity Week Occurred ABET Student Outcomes) Personal and - Describe and reflect on current state and desired future Professional Assign: Week 1 states as a person, student, and professional. (SO7) Interests & Due: Week 2
assignments at every step of the EDP.At the end of the semester, most teams have to-scale, functional prototypes.Table 1. Sample Design Projects Project Client Project Goal Duke Lemur Center Develop an enrichment device for the aye-aye lemurs that delivers a small amount of food Dr. S. Rent Develop a device that simultaneously measures the temperature of five newborns placed in one crib (for use in Ethiopia) X-Prize Team Design a drone that can attach to a tree branch to deliver a camera Museum of Life & Design a device that randomly delivers food to skunks in their enclosure Science Bridge2Sports Develop an easy method for wheelchair users to
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competition either as part of student teams or asfaculty advisor. The competition website includes competition guidelines, evaluation rubric,submission files to be part of the design proposal, winning packages, resources to help studentteams, and deadlines [1].Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) conducts an annual airport design competitionfor university-level students in which U.S. student teams propose innovative designs to solvechallenges facing U.S. airports [1]. Undergraduate and/or graduate students are eligible toparticipate in the competition either as part of a course or as an independent project with facultysponsor(s). The students, either individually or in a team, prepare a 40-page design packageproposal addressing innovative
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