groups) existing model, lab groups) Column Buckling (lecture with Deflection of simply supported and demonstration, lab groups) cantilever supported beams (short introduction, full lab with small groups) Application of strain gauges to a steel beam (lecture with hands-on activity, lab groups) Capstone final project (short introduction, Deflection of a beam (lecture with manual full lab with small groups, final presentation calculations and verification with single pre- and report) existing model, lab groups) Written Final Exam Written Final Examparticipate in each lab activity. Documentation of participation was
Paper ID #21187Using Mobile Learning to Improve Low Success Rate in Engineering CoursesDr. Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University Zhaoshuo Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. Before joining San Francisco State University as an assistant professor, he worked as a structural engi- neering professional at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low- rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly
run a marathon; the behavioral intentions involved indoing so may be “follow a daily training plan”,”find a local running club to train with”, “registerfor the marathon” and so on. Behavioral intentions are particularly useful when a goal is eithercomplex and needs to be broken into component steps to achieve or when a goal is simple butrequires self regulation. For instance, a student in a course with a major final project will bemore successful if they form intentions for each of the component steps, rather than simplyhaving a goal to “do well on the project” without more specific plans [9]; a student in a coursewith a heavy reading load may need to form the intention to do a little reading every day, ratherthan trying to push through
immersive virtual learning environments for educational training purposes. Furthermore, Dr. Webster has received vari- ous professional certifications from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SOLIDWORKS, the Project Management Institute, and NACE International. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 CADcompare™: A Web-based Application that Compares PDF CAD DrawingsAbstractThis work in progress describes the development of a web application titled CADcompare™,which automatically compares, displays, and highlights differences in Portable Document Format(PDF) files of computer-aided design (CAD) drawings and is specifically designed to
Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and book chapters on these
have proven successful include use of learning communities,first-year seminars, and capstone projects. All of these promote student interaction with facultyand their peers. 5 Outside of the classroom, strategies that promote retention of minority studentsinclude personnel dedicated to tracking persistence, undergraduate research opportunities,participation in internships, and access to minority focused organizations, such as the NationalSociety of Black Engineers. 5, 14Perceptions of racism and discrimination have been correlated to lower grade point averages andgraduation rates of Black engineering students. 15 Evidence of institutional awareness of theseissues and programs in place to promote a positive climate that supports diversity, can
Semiconductors (ITRS)7 had documented and projected aclear progression for the semiconductor industry. In 2015 the IEEE took over and now the trends Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2019, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 525can be followed by referring to the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS)8. Itis clear that with the new devices being proposed such as, Silicon on Insulator (SOI), fullyDepleted SOI, FinFet’s, Lateral Gate-All-Around-Device (LGAA), Vertical Gate-All-Around-Device (VGAA), 2.5 and 3D Packaging, that IRDS is projecting
Evaluation of Evaluation of Alternative Solutions Alternative Solutions Project DEC Decisions DEC Decisions Realization COM Communication MODSEL Modeling Selected SolutionComparison of Freshman Teams and Expert TeamsFigure 3 presents a VPA analysis of a novice team as an example of the study. This team wascomposed of four freshman engineering students. The team initially began producing alternativesolutions and decided on a design concept very early in their session
students a homework project where they are required to create in Excel a schedule fortheir entire week. This schedule must designate some activity - study time, class time, work time,sleep, etc. – for every one of the 168 hours of the week.Four weeks later the students are assigned a project that requires that they make a web page.Students were given instruction in how to make a simple web page using FrontPage. The firstpage of their web page is about study skills. Students are instructed to use their knowledge ofstudy skills and student success to design a page that would inform prospective high schoolstudents about what it takes to do well in college. (The second page of their web pages is aboutengineering. The second page is not part of this
Principal Investigator of several projects from the Army, DOD, and NIH.Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University Page 12.314.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SIMULATION USING VISUAL BASIC MACROS IN MICROSOFT EXCELI. Introduction Biomedical engineering analyses are often more complex than typically found in otherengineering disciplines due to the inherent variation and uncertainty associated with livingsystems. Attempting to find the optimum solution to complex problems almost always is doneusing numerical analysis techniques, such as finite element or finite
AC 2007-2525: THE BLENDED CLASSROOM: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University Dr. Sophia Scott is an Assistant Professor at Southeast Missouri State University in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. She is currently interested in using face to face, blended, and online course formats to increase student learning, problem solving, project management and teaming. Page 12.1391.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Blended Classroom: The Best of Both Worlds?AbstractMost
,share and teach one another. Interpersonal and small group skills are the social skillsrequired for people to interact. Group processing is the element that gives students timeto discuss how well they are achieving their goals. These elements help to discouragegroup members from not participating by making each team member accountable to thegroup. While cooperative learning and cooperative teams are thought of as semester-longactivities and groups, cooperative teams can be used for short-term projects like the ethicsassignment.During the Spring 2005 semester, students were assigned the group paper assignment. Page 12.847.6To prevent students from
the plan for 2005.The decision to conduct this assessment was based on a careful analysis of the outcomes most inneed of assessment.An assessment plan was then developed for this outcome which included the design of a test tobe given to students in various elective courses that required students to complete team orientedsoftware development projects. These courses all identified the introductory course in softwareengineering as a prerequisite. Several of the past and present instructors of the introductorycourse participated in developing the test. A rubric for evaluating student performance wasdeveloped as well. Although the process was followed, the design of the assessment instrumentwas flawed as was demonstrated later in the validation
undergraduate BME curriculum Page 12.1584.2IntroductionA primary area of research for the VaNTH Engineering Research Center for BioengineeringEducational Technologies1 has been to identify the concepts that should comprise a coreundergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum. The motivation for this project has beendescribed elsewhere2-6 but, briefly, VaNTH domain experts believe that determining a core set ofconcepts will clarify for industry the capabilities of undergraduate biomedical engineers. Inaddition, these concepts should guide the development of new undergraduate programs inbiomedical engineering and assist established programs in reworking their respective curricula.The principal
activities,and the LEGO Mentors, all of whom were either current students or alumni of the manufacturingengineering program, were each assigned to one of the four teams. The mentors wereresponsible for guiding the teams through the brainstorming, problem solving, and technicalmatters of robot design and programming. Three of these four mentors were female, anadditional aspect to demonstrate to the campers that women can be successful in engineering.The four teams, each having ten team members were responsible for developing their ownsolutions to the design project.The design project, “Rube’s Smart House”, was introduced to the campers at the end of day 1.The project, created in true Rube Goldberg style, was a fun problem to be addressedautonomously
instructors. • Self-directed learning – Students are self motivated to make their plans, follow guidance and laboratory manuals, meet requirements, and achieve specified goals. • Mentorship – Instructors use all communication channels for their teaching via Discussion Forums and Communication tools in Blackboard and email. • Project collaboration and collaborative learning – Collaborations are emphasized on group assignments. More discussions and help happen via group forums in Blackboard.Special accomplishments in the new online computer network laboratory modulesinclude five computer network laboratory modules designed for distributed environmentwith compliance of all the goals and standards set up in typical
/or get counseling from the counseling center.Other topics covered in the first semester sessions are: taking the first test, study habits, how toput a bad test score in perspective, not repeating the same mistakes, professor etiquette,organizational skills, dropping classes, midterms survival, perspective changes, co-ops andresearch projects, pre-registration, roommates and friends, health center, grade forgiveness, andsurviving finals. Of course, mentors and mentees discuss any issue of concern with the mentee.It is not limited to the special topics listed above.The second semester, mentees have grown substantially over the first semester and typicallychoose to meet every 2-3 weeks with a mentor, if at all. Topics for the second semester
the reason behind low math placement and substandard ACT or SAT scores.Ideally, improving the preparation of students should be a joint project between universities andK-12 educators. However, this partnership can be complicated by the large number and diversityof the school districts from which a university attracts students. Therefore, the development ofprograms to meet the needs of all students interested in pursuing engineering, irrespective of thepreparation they were able to obtain in high school, is imperative if colleges are to meet theeducational needs of students and the educational goals of the community. Page 12.206.2Wayne State
longer presentation is important, but adding time to this assignment woulddetract from its purpose. With regard to the second comment, it seems clear from the questionsabout student interests that assigning projects with an equal amount of each topic could makestudents less enthusiastic. A positive by-product of the OME was that students were able to getto know a little about one another’s interests on the basis of OME selections. We are not inclinedto compromise the opportunity to personalize as it tends to make it more interesting in general.Based on faculty evaluations of the presentations, finding ways for the students to be moreengaged in the presentation and avoid reading note cards should be a priority. As noted above,perhaps a
-1397.5. Balachandran, S. 2006. Teaching a web-based graduate course on Taguchi methods. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Paper No. 2006-84.6. Koretsky, M., Kimura, S., Barnes, C., Amatore, D., and Meyers-Graham, D. 2006. Experiential learning of design of experiments using a virtual CVD reactor. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Paper No. 2006-1009.7. Lin, T. 2006. An inter-disciplinary project combining CNC machining and design of experiments. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Paper No. 2006-1931.8. Lin, T
integrate this knowledge during the solution of more or less open-ended projects to gainexperience in the design process. This paper reports on a different method of reinforcement ofmathematical models and failure concepts through the use of Model-Eliciting Activities (MEA).1An MEA is a client driven problem that requires the students to develop a mathematical modelnot explicitly stated in the assignment. The client driven approach can create an environmentwhere the students value abilities beyond using the traditional prescribed models andalgorithms.2 While traditional design projects focus on the product being developed, MEAs focuson the process of problem solving and model development. The originators of MEAs proposesix primary principles to
Project management, Engineering problems construction, and asset 1, 2, 3, … below the table: Refers to the 15 BOK outcomes. B Portion of the BOK to be fulfilled through the Bachelor’s Degree M/30 Portion of the BOK to be fulfilled through the Master’s Degree or equivalent
AC 2007-1617: EFFECTS OF CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, MATH ANDVISUALIZATION SKILLS ON PROBLEM-SOLVING IN STATICSKelli Higley, Pennsylvania State University Kelli Higley is a PhD student in Educational Psychology at Penn State. Before working on her PhD, she taught high school mathematics for 3 years. She has worked on diverse projects about learning, including research about discourse, reading, statistics, algebra, and now Statics. Her primary research focus remains improving the quality of mathematics teaching. She can be contacted at kjh262@psu.edu.Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University Tom Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education
AC 2008-1260: EFFECTIVE USE OF INTEGRATED LECTURE AND LAB TOTEACH CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALSClaude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University CLAUDE VILLIERS is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Materials and Construction from the University of Florida in 2004. Previously Dr. Villiers was an Assistant Professor at The City College of New York. Prior to this position, he was employed by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) as a research engineer. Dr. Villiers also was employed by The University of Florida and worked on several projects sponsored by the FDOT and the
individual faculty can change the learning environment in theirclassrooms. The following intervention approaches can be used in a single classroom, adepartment, or even the larger engineering community:1. Provide a supportive educational environment23Educators can encourage a supportive educational environment for the students by incorporatingcohorts or networks among peers and near peers in individual courses, across multiple courses, inundergraduate research projects, and across disciplines. Additionally, students can initiatecohorts through extracurricular activities related to engineering. By encouraging and supportingstudents in developing and maintaining peer cohorts, a more complex learning environment willeasily be realized. One way to
. This interface allowed for loose coupling between experiment engineimplementations and the MSI-world.The general structure of the MSI lab interface is illustrated in Figure 5.VI. Students’ ResponseWhile the Flex OpLab has been completed (partly because the hardware had been previouslydeveloped for another project), the MSI lab is still under development. Despite this however, ithas been possible to assess students’ response and it has generally been positive. Page 13.1025.10 Figure 5: MSI Lab interface structureAs a simple test of the effectiveness of the Flex OpLab RLI, eleven students were grouped intotwo sets. One set was made to carry out the lab using the RLI interface, while the other
component.Typically, laboratory assignments and group projects would require the use of this tool that isaccessible in a dedicated computer laboratory. The author is aware of certain limitations in theprogram developed, and plans to assign tasks of modifying segments of the program as groupexercises to the class.. Through these exercises, students would learn to write programs usingMathcad to find solutions to a variety of problems. Students are required to support their resultswith other manual calculations. If group projects are done using these tools, students are requiredto make presentations and share the experience with others in the class. It has been the author’sexperience that such in-class presentations not only help students sharpen their
, andconcluded that “employment during college enhances the development of career-related skills.”While most of these studies were based on student self-reports of the benefits of these workexperiences, data from employers suggests that they agree with students’ self-assessments.Casella and Brougham9 found that a majority of employers they surveyed reported that studentswith work or internship experience “produced higher-quality work, accepted supervision anddirection more willingly, demonstrated better time management skills, and were better able tointeract with coworkers on team projects.” Similar to internships, the influence of coops might beexpected to be even stronger because these experiences are typically longer in duration and moreintegrated
, “Assessment and Active Learning Strategies for Introductory Geology Courses,” Journal of Geosciences Education 51 (2003), pp. 205-216.8. D.E. Stokes, Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1997.10. N.L. Fortenberry, J.F. Sullivan, P.N. Jordan, and D.W. Knight, Engineering Education Research Aids Instruction, Science, vol. 317 (2007), pp. 1175-1176.11. D.W. Knight, L.E. Carlson, J.F. Sullivan, “Staying in Engineering: Impact of a Hands-On, Team-Based, First-Year Projects Course on Student Retention”, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Meeting held June 22-25, 2003, in Nashville, TN
proved possible early inthe semester, but, as the remote education students’ schedules began to diverge, so did theirassignment turn-in times. Ultimately, homework solutions for the resident students were madeavailable through the internal “Blackboard Site”. Solutions for remote education students wereemailed along with their graded assignments.Based on this course presentation strategy, the remote learning students received identicalcontent as the resident students with one minor exception: the Engineering Design Project wasslightly modified to strictly engineering analysis, no actual fabrication was required. Point totalsfor the assignments were adjusted accordingly.Resource AllocationBased on the model used for the development of remote