, 2014 Use of a MOOC Platform to Blend a Linear Circuits Course for Non-MajorsAbstract: This paper describes a project where a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) wasdeveloped in order to blend a Circuits and Electronics course taught to non-majors at GeorgiaTech. The MOOC platform contains videos of all the course lectures, online homework, andquizzes. Over 400 students take this course on campus each term. Since these students werespread over eight to nine sections, consistency of coverage and of grading was a majormotivation for inverting this course. Another major motivation for the course inversion was to beable to introduce hands-on activities into the classroom so that students can get
science through STEMWorks, LLC (susan.STEMWorks@gmail.com)Dr. James Van Haneghan, University of South Alabama James Van Haneghan is Professor and Director of Assessment and Evaluation in the College of Education at the University of South Alabama where he teaches courses in research methods, assessment, and learn- ing. He has research interests in the areas of program evaluation, problem- and project-based learning, mathematics education, motivation, and assessment. He has been at the University of South Alabama since 1995. Before that he held positions at Northern Illinois University and George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. His doctoral training was from the Applied Developmental Psychology Program at
robots in STEMrecruitment include: 1) improved student perception in STEM disciplines, 2) expanded studentinterest in choosing STEM careers among students, 3) better student retention rates throughoutSTEM career paths. Robotics present a unique advantage as engineering teaching tool because itcan be used to explain basic concepts in mechanics like Newton’s laws but can also be used forexplaining more involved topics like electronics, hydraulics or programming.The broad goal of this project was to increase awareness of STEM fields; and particularly, thediscipline of fluid power among young students attending middle and high schools. The datapresented here was collected during a series of workshops that used a hydraulic robotic micro-excavator
program as well). Finaltotals for 2013 are projected to be at 450 students with a trend that increases roughly 50 studentsper academic year going forward. SI will not be the only initiative used to continue increasingretention, but it will continue to be at the forefront of efforts by the faculty and staff at The Page 24.1346.11Citadel. Full-time Enrollment by Major 400 350 300 Number of Students 250 200 150 100 50
academically talented but financially needy studentsto complete STEM degrees and enter the workforce. The SIIRE project addresses NSF’sprogrammatic goal by integrating external (industry supported) intern or co-op experiences ofstudents with ongoing on-campus engineering research activities to provide a guided pathway toa graduate engineering degree. The requested scholarship funds defray student educational costsduring their sophomore, junior, and senior years of undergraduate study and during 1.5 years oftheir graduate studies.We first describe the background and motivation for the need for programs to increase thenumber of students who complete B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering. Then, we describe thestructure of the SIIRE program and how it
aspects of the PPIT program then concludes with a teachingdossier project, after which each student is awarded a certificate of completion and a notation ontheir official academic transcript.There are currently 115 alumni of the PPIT program, as a result of its 6 year history. Theprogram began in 2006 as a pilot program with 20 participants following an initiative by threeengineering professors at the University of Toronto. An initial evaluation resulted inencouraging feedback that prompted the establishment of PPIT as an official Faculty-sponsoredprogram in 2007, with an average enrolment of 25 participants per year depending on number ofeligible applications. While the program was originally directed at Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoralfellows
instruction section for a large enrollment engineeringcourse. The library session was geared specifically for Rensselaer’s engineering class. At WestVirginia University, ENGR 101 does not have one project but multiple projects throughout thesemester. Bracke and Critz8 point out that engineering students have “active hands-onparticipation in their learning experiences.” Additionally engineering students need basicinformation skills as well as evaluative and searching skills. At its best, the information wouldbe highly relevant with time-saving devices.In addition, reaching freshmen presents its own inherit challenges. Freshmen are just learninghow to function in a university setting. Coombes and Anderson9 point out that among otherthings “for online
this paper, we reportfindings from our initial research investigation in an “Unstructured with DyKnow” statics course.3.2. ParticipantsThe course selected for this study was a Statics course that was purposefully chosen based on theinstructor’s familiarity with and use of DyKnow Vision. In the Fall 2012 semester, the instructortaught one section of Statics (~250 seats) in a large auditorium with stadium style seating. Thecourse met on Tuesdays and Thursdays for one hour and 15 minutes. The selected instructorused a Tablet PC to distribute slides and lecture notes to students via DyKnow. Lecture noteswere also projected in the front of the classroom. The lecture usually began with a review ofstudent selected homework problems, was followed by a
Page 23.1111.4 ProceduresDavid L. Morgan’s focus group guide13 was used to inform the focus group design and the layoutof the interview room. For all focus groups, students entered a reserved conference room oncampus and sat around the conference table. The focus group moderator sat at the head of thetable while the moderator assistant sat to the side near the other end of the table (see Figure 1).Figure 1. Focus Group Seating Arrangement ExampleSeparate focus group protocols had been designed for the focus groups with internationalstudents and the focus groups with domestic students. All focus group protocols began with anintroduction to the research project and researchers and a confidentiality statement. Participantswere informed
and the coming year. “We are striving for constant improvement, not constant change.” (Student, Green Team) “The robot is the students’ project. The students are my project.” (Lead Mentor, Green Team) Students had a sense of belonging because they felt their opinion had been heard. Thestudents also felt this reflective approach allowed their team to expand into other areas of thecompetition to have a more complete team. The act of expanding into more roles opened upopportunities for students with different interests to be involved and maintained high retentionrates. New students were paired with veteran students for student-to-student learning. Althoughstudents accomplished most of the work, mentors, sponsors
courses is great. This need has beenshown in studies such as the Engineering Writing Initiative (EWI), which tracked thedevelopment of engineering students’ writing skills at the University of Texas at Tyler over afour-year period. In that study, the presenters identified two key deficiencies in engineeringstudents’ written communications: rhetorical skills (awareness of audience, purpose, andmessage) and visual communications (graphs, figures, etc.).The work begun by EWI continues with The Coach, a collaborative, NSF-funded project atthree institutions: the University of Alabama (UA); the University of Texas at Tyler (UT-Tyler), a state-supported regional university and a component of the University of TexasSystem; and Bevill State Community
the students they focus on and the types ofproblems they address. Many, if not most civil engineers are familiar with the Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoecompetitions. The first national level steel bridge competition was held in 1992 and continuesthrough today. It is sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction and the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers and its mission is“to supplement the education of civil engineeringstudents with a comprehensive, student-driven project experience from conception and designthrough fabrication, erection, and testing, culminating in a steel structure that meets clientspecifications and optimizes performance and economy” (14). In this competition, the all bridgedimensions are set and the
and Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Ireland, and her post-professional degree in Architecture Urban Regional Design from New York Institute of Technology. Subsequently LoPiccolo received a postgraduate diploma in Con- struction Management from New York University where she was awarded the Excellence in Academic Achievement Award. LoPiccolo has private sector architecture and project management experience in both Dublin, Ireland and on Long Island, NY, and she has over ten years of public sector experience as an architect and a Community Development Project Supervisor with the Town of Islip, NY. She is an active member of committees and groups at Farmingdale State College, including the Green Building
via theoretical and practical exercises is reinforcedby the computer projects utilizing MATLAB simulation software.In 2009, the first attempt at converting the existing traditional model of the EM course into theblended version has been made. Utilizing the hybrid methodology, several lectures were Page 23.1259.6converted in the on-line format and gradually introduced to the class of 40 students. Feedbackcollected from the students showed an interest in the hybrid/blended version of the course. Astandard assessment model previously conducted for traditionally taught EM coursesdemonstrated an increase in comprehension of the subject. The last
academic year. At this university (the lead institution on this project), however, thematerial/energy balance class was taught in its normal fashion during the 2011 – 2012academic year and using a SBL approach in the 2012 – 2013 academic year.The implementation of the SBL approach in the material/energy balance class wasperformed in the following fashion. At the sixth week of the semester, just after thestudents had begun to be exposed to solving material balance problems with no chemicalreactions or recycle streams, we conducted an SBL training activity in class. In thistraining activity, students were given a solution to the following problem. An air stream, containing 10.0 wt% acetone and 90.0 wt% air, enters a scrubber at a total flow rate
design, open-ended problem solving, laboratory work, etc. As the learning styles ofstudents can vary considerably [1-7], achieving this goal can be very challenging even whenother variables which impact student learning are taken into account. Various teaching methodssuch as case studies, projects based learning, contexts based learning, computer based learning,etc, address the learning styles of different student populations [2], [8-11]. In this paper, weconcentrate on student populations who favor “learning by doing” [3], [6]. We will use the term“learning by doing” to refer to the approach of learning by solving many individual problems orthrough practice as opposed to studying the theory with which the problems are solved.The instructor of a
school students. The site has provided great. I enjoyed it and foundapproximately 30 two-day nanofabrication camps – also it helpful talking one-on-onecalled “Chip Camps” during which participants are after doing the whole project. I felt I understood itintroduced to nanoscale science and engineering, fabricate a more when I was going overmicro-resistor (found in all electronics), learn laboratory it. Using the equipment wasprotocols and safety procedures, and design and test an a great experience for me.experiment in USCB’s cleanroom facility
and Protection District. 4. Judge for the 1st International Sustainable World(Energy, Engineering, & Environment) Project Olympiad Competition, Houston, Texas, 2009 5. Com-mittee Member of ASCE Groundwater Hydrology Committee 6. Member of American Society of CivilEngineers(ASCE) , 09/2004˜current 7. Member of American Geophysical Union(AGU), 06/2005˜cur-rent 8. Member of Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association (OCEESA),05/2009˜current 9. Member of Chi Epsilon, Honor Society of ASCE, 05/2010˜ current 10. Member ofChinese American Water Resources Association (CAWRA), 05/2012˜current Page 23.1354.2
Paper ID #7904Work-in-Progress: Design of an Online Learning CoachDr. Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Dr. DePiero began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. His research interests include
Engineering at theUniversity of Arkansas. Her research interests include engineering education, increasing studentengagement and student advising.W. Kent McAllisterMr. McAllister is a Project Director for Audubon Engineering. He has over 27 years of energyindustry experience in engineering, project execution and leadership roles managing projectteams and business units in the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream sectors. He is active inmentoring and supporting the young engineer engagement groups at the companies where he hasworked.Michael W. MourotMr. Mourot is Senior Vice President for Sinclair Group, a management consulting group locatedin The Woodlands, Texas. Prior to his consulting role, Mike spent over 27 years with DowChemical in numerous
systemcommunications [18]. SDR technology has the advantage of building multiple wirelesscommunication prototypes by only modifying a few lines of software which is optimal forengaging students who can probe communications theory in the real transmitter and receiverhardware[19]. The RELIA project is open source and educators will be able to replicate thesoftware, and the setup and use it in their institution with the open-source WebLab-Deusto9software.From “Analyzing Internet quality Theme 2 - Off-line and alternative options,” students discuss thechallenges of setting up a RL using devices other than laptops, particularly in areas with unstableinternet connections. These issues are a guide to developing an additional version of thelaboratory called RELIA
added to surveys distributed in coursesfor other purposes (e.g., studies of identity, belonging, innovation self-efficacy). Coursesincluded in this study include two different engineering courses for first-year (FY) students,environmental engineering courses for junior/senior students, and a general engineering coursefor upper-division students. The surveys were distributed at the end of the semester in spring2023 and the beginning of the semester in fall 2023 and spring 2024. Response rates across thecourses ranged from 39% (spring 2023 post) to 93%. The data were collected as part of multipleresearch projects approved by the Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects Research.Statistical tests were used to evaluate differences observed
design methodologies, such as ideation andmodeling techniques, (4) ability to adapt and work professionally, (5) project management andbusiness skills, (6) communication skills, and (7) teamwork skills. Others have classified designcompetencies based on critical stages of design processes: information gathering, problemdefinition, idea generation, evaluation and decision making, implementation, communication,teamwork, and process improvement (Davis et al., 1997). 2 While much effort has gone into studying and improving undergraduate engineeringdesign education, especially within the mechanical engineering discipline, much less work hasbeen
partnerinstitutions. In an effort to look at engineering undergraduate’s experiences over time, this paperincludes evaluation findings from both awards who attended the 4-year undergraduateengineering degree program at UCSB. It is important to note that in ESTEEM 2, some of theseScholars first joined ESTEEM as community college students and continued as Scholars aftertransferring if they transferred into an engineering major at UCSB.MethodsThis paper focuses on a secondary analysis of evaluation reports and data from UCSB Scholarswho participated in ESTEEM from 2011 to 2023, spanning two project funding cycles.Evaluation reports included both quantitative data from tracking surveys and qualitative datafrom open-ended survey questions and focus groups
human topics please see ourprevious work [3]. Figure 4. Q1 GAI-generated topics mapped to human-generated topics (themes) The GAI and the manual qualitative coding approach identified several main topicsrelated to the online learning experience during the pandemic, suggesting alignment in capturingcore student concerns. Both highlighted topics around interactivity/engagement, communication,instructor support, feedback, instructions/resources, flexibility, and teaching methods. Forexample, the "Interactivity and Engagement" topic from the GAI aligned with human codesaround class participation, teamwork, and project assignments - all factors impacting howengaged students felt. The "Feedback" topic also directly matched between GAI
Paper ID #42821From Mind Full to Mindful: Proposing Mindfulness as a Proactive Strategyfor Safeguarding Mental Health in Engineering Education.Vanessa Tran, Utah State University Vanessa Tran is a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU). She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Architecture (UAH) and a Master’s in Global Production Engineering and Management from the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) in Vietnam. Her research interest lies in enhancing the well-being of engineering students and educators. She is currently working on an NSF-funded project
, and VR were investigated to determine the correlations between these preferencesand academic outcomes in the courses. This exploration extends to understanding the impact ofvarious factors on student outcomes when engaged with different instructional modes.The research questions explored in this study are: 1. What are students’ instructional mode preferences? 2. How do these preferences relate to their academic performance in engineering modules such as statistics, material jetting, and Python programming?MethodsThis study is part of a larger NSF project exploring the impact of educational modules ondifferent populations (industry professionals and students) to gain knowledge that contributes toAdditive Manufacturing and Data Science
: • RQ1: What are the curriculum complexity and study abroad participation rates for the largest majors at Purdue University? • RQ2: What is the correlation between curriculum complexity and study abroad participation at Purdue University? • RQ3: Is there a significant difference in curricular complexity or study abroad participation across colleges at Purdue University?Our project can provide insights to engineering programs seeking to improve study abroadparticipation about the challenges that may arise from curricular complexity and what strategiesmay help address this issue. Background In this section we will first describe perceptions of how challenging it is to study
collaborative research projects focused on broadening participation in STEM academia. Dr. Mendez’s research centers on the creation of optimal higher education policies and practices that advance faculty careers and student success, as well as the schooling experiences of Mexican-descent youth in the mid-20th century.Jennifer Tygret ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Improving University Postdoctoral Affairs Offices: Viewpoints from Engineering Postdoctoral Scholars of ColorAbstractAn instrumental case study (Stake, 1995) explores the perceptions and opinions of engineeringpostdoctoral scholars of color about ways to improve university postdoctoral affairs offices tobetter
measuredfrom ‘1’= strongly disagree to ‘5’ = strongly agree. In question 8, students were given multiplechoice selections on the average time they spend using AI tools per week. In question 9, studentschoose the main reasons they use them, whether for help with complex topics, research, orwriting. The survey results are outlined in Table 1, providing insights into the current use of AItools by CEE students with implications for educational approaches in engineering.The Institutional Review Board (IRB) has determined that this project, 'Integrating ArtificialIntelligence into Electrical Engineering Education: A Paradigm Shift in Teaching and Learning,'is exempt from review by the IRB for the Protection of Human Subjects.The survey was conducted in a