softwareexperience, and library of courseware and tutorials provides an affordable tool that students canuse to learn important engineering concepts and develop real engineering projects. NI myRIOcomes with a dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 real-time processor and a 667 MHz Xilinx FPGAfor customizable I/O. Figure 2 shows the embedded architecture of NI myRIO and itsspecifications are as follows: ● Xilinx Zynq System on a Chip● Analog Input (10 Channels)● Analog Output (6 Channels)● Analog Input and Output also available through 3.5 mm Audio Jack● 40 Digital I/O Lines● Wireless Enabled● Accelerometer, LEDs, and Push Button Onboard● 6 V to 16 V, 14 W Power Requirement● Powered by NI LabView Figure 1: Components required for building the
each year.Dr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University Dr. Garner is a Research Associate Professor in The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University, VA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Ambassadors Network (EAN): Goals, Successes and Challenges in Growing the EAN The engineering field is facing a crisis. In order to solve today’s engineering challenges,we need a diverse workforce with strong technical and leadership skills. Unfortunately,workforce studies have shown that the number of students being educated in STEM (science,technology, engineering, and math) cannot meet projected demands.1 In addition
. Thirty-three percent of the student bodyis female. These data are typical for most of our peer technological institutions with similarofferings and is consistent with national data which indicate that 25.8% of first year womenintend on majoring in STEM disciplines, with a breakdown as follows: biological/agriculturalsciences (15.8%), mathematics and computer science (2.1%), physical sciences (2.1%), andengineering (5.8%) (National Science Board, 2016).In 2006, the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Women in Science andEngineering recommended that universities extend outreach to potential students through avariety of programming including summer science and engineering camps, lecture series, careerdays, collaborative research projects
engage students in design thinking activities and discussion as a pre-cursorto discussing the science/math content that is relevant to their design project for that semester.In Fall 2011, when I first started teaching the Design Course, I reached out to my colleagues,Monica Cardella and Robin Adams, at Purdue University to share their instructional materials onengineering design, especially on how to introduce students to the notion of design. From thosematerials, I decided to use a prompt asking students to help solve a problem in the everydaycontext of long grocery store lines (credit for design of the original prompt: David Radcliffe,Robin Adams, and Monica Cardella at Purdue University). The prompt and how it was used inclass is shown in
details about my current research projects, check out my website: http://wauck2.web.engr.illinois.edu/Mr. James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign James M. Leake joined the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems (formerly General) Engineer- ing in August 1999. His educational background includes an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1993) from the University of Washington, a B.S. in Ocean Engineering (1980) from Florida Atlantic University, and a B.A. in Art History (1974) from Indiana University. His current research interests include engineering education, integration of CAD/CAE software in the engineering curriculum, building information mod- eling, spatial visualization, and reverse engineering
research is focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Co-Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specializa- tion Mechatronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, VA on projects focusing on digital thread and cyber security of manufacturing systems. She has funded research in broadening participation efforts of underrepresented students in STEM funded by Office of Naval Research, focusing on mechatronic pathways. She is part of the ONR project related to the additive manufacturing training
, 2018 Lessons Learned from a Radio Spectrum Coexistence Competition: A Road Map to Engagement in Informal Education of Wireless Communication1. IntroductionThe U.S. Government is in the process of implementing 2012 recommendations by thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) [1] to share federalspectrum with non-federal users, a process that is projected to result in a Trillion dollars insocietal benefits as well as related employment for millions. Related competitions such asDARPA’s Spectrum Challenge and Spectrum Collaboration Challenge [2] encourage innovativeapproaches and help prepare the STEM professionals who will develop effective spectrumsharing radios and networks as
., University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate seniors.Dr. David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth David Saftner is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy and MS and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan
Ecological Paradigm,” Syst. Res. Behav. Sci., vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 575–586, Aug. 2016.[24] K. Gramann, T.-P. Jung, D. P. Ferris, C.-T. Lin, and S. Makeig, Towards a New Cognitive Neuroscience: Modeling Natural Brain Dynamics. Frontiers E-books, 2014.[25] T. Shealy and M. Hu, “Evaluating the potential of neuroimaging methods to study engineering cognition and project-level decision making,” presented at the EPOC-MW Conference, Engineering Project Organization Society, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA USA, 2017.[26] T. Shealy, J. Grohs, M. Hu, D. Maczka, and R. Panneton, Investigating Design Cognition during Brainstorming Tasks with Freshmen and Senior Engineering Students using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy. 2017.[27] M. Strait and M
from different universities,undeclared first-year students, and a few students in different majors, including students from theSustainable Urban Environments degree program who are required to take this class during theirfirst or second year,The objectives of the Introduction to Civil Engineering course are 1. List the subdisciplines of civil engineering, identify types of projects that engage each, and understand the multidisciplinary nature of most large infrastructure projects; 2. Explain the overall role of civil engineers in design and operation of urban infrastructure, with understanding of the range of typical day-to-day tasks and responsibilities; 3. Discuss the ethical responsibilities of engineers to their
Paper ID #25933A study of the Efficacy of Free-body Diagrams for the Solution of Frame-Type Mechanics Problems with Increasing Difficulty LevelDr. Jeffrey A. Davis, Grant MacEwan University Dr Davis obtained his PhD at ETH Zurich specializing in multiphase flows and thermal hydraulics in nuclear reactors. With a passion for teaching, Dr. Davis’ research focuses on pedagogical topics such as student engagement, active learning, and cognitive development. Projects he is currently working on include ”Development of a risk assessment model for the retention of students”, ”Development of Student Assessment Software”, and
University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report, and Understanding School Culture. During these years, he has taught construction courses in several technical schools. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing team- work skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Analyzing Changes in the Individual Dimensions of a Behaviorally Anchored Scale for TeamworkAbstract
Management at Indiana State University. He has published over 45 articles in different journals and conference proceedings. He has served as an investigator for research projects sponsored by National Science Foundation, Ford Motor Company, and the US Army. Before working at Indiana State Univer- sity, he was a faculty in the University of Louisville for 10 years. He also has over four years of industrial experience. He received his D.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University (USA) in 1999, M.Sc. in Materials Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology (Iran) in 1991, and B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from Tehran University (Iran) in 1988. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, SAE, and ATMAE
answer in what ways learners interact with advanced STEM MOOCs, we analyze learnerusage patterns across nine advanced STEM MOOCs offered by nanoHUB, a National ScienceFoundation supported project [22]. In this paper, we present early findings based on an analysisof three of these courses. nanoHUB is an online platform dedicated to “computationalnanotechnology research, education, and collaboration” [22] and partners with the MOOChosting platform edX to deliver nanoHUB courses online.DataThe individuals we include in this analysis are those we refer to as “live-mode learners.”Consistent with previous research [23], we define these live-mode learners as those individualswhose first recorded interaction with any course material occurred during the
and the ways in which this identity is influenced by students’ academic relationships, events, and expe- riences. Dr. McCall holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures
].Unfortunately, the epidemic is expanding into the Engineering fields where debt has beentraditionally minimized by such pursuits as internships, co-ops, and research projects that weresupported by scholarships, fellowship funds, and teaching assistantships. Engineering studentsexpect to make higher incomes than many other majors. That increase in expected earning powermay cause students to take out higher loans than they otherwise would have. MK Consulting [1]defines a 10% rule, that the amount of income that is typically needed for paying off this debtwithin 10 years has been around 10% of the borrowers’ income. Anything above this 10% isdefined as excessive debt [1]. Assuming an average debt of $50,000 at an interest rate of 4% for10 years, these
educational environments for diverse learners.Angela Goldenstein, Purdue University Angela Goldenstein is the Managing Director of MEERCat and comes to Purdue University with a decade of experience in the technology industry working for Google & Cisco. She has a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and is an MBA Candidate at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She excels at leading cross-functional projects, and on MEERCat, she drives the Center’s overall strategy, operations, and research-to-practice initiatives. At Purdue, Angela’s passionate about driving change in the School of Mechanical Engineering and making the experience even better for future
appropriate.Beth, also cited discomfort while observing sexist encounters in her lab: In lab settings he'll probably give cool projects and big responsibility to the men in his lab, and then he'll have all of his technicians be women, and there's another situation here that makes me feel really uncomfortable where there's a professor that only accepts generally attractive, young women in his lab, and he treats them sexist. Samantha, described several racially-charged encounters with a technician in her lab thatwas really infuriating: He would say little things, you know? Like little things...one day he came in and he said, "Samantha, I uh.." we were talking about an instrument, and he said, "I saw this thing on
wickedproblems in their non-engineering fields in a sustained manner. A team project is required forthe course. This particular class had 17 students enrolled, and 10 were engineering majors; onenon-engineering did not complete the podcast assignment.The assignment was inspired by an activity at the 2017 Grand Challenges Summit StudentWorkshop, which tasked teams of students to create podcasts for judging by a panel of experts(the podcasts are available at https://soundcloud.com/user-714723782). In class and forhomework, students listened to several of the podcasts from the Workshop, and class discussionfocused on various elements of the podcasts, such as narrative strategy, audience engagement,interview techniques, and depth of research. One striking
of vaccinationand disease transmission. Moreover, systemic reasoning about disease transmission andvaccination can be supported by creating, using, or evaluating computer models; however, thistype of engagement is infrequent in elementary pre-service teacher programs [3]. This work in progress is part of a larger design-based research project to implementcomputational modeling of complex phenomena in STEM education. In this single-implementation case study, the authors sought to use computational simulations to engagepreservice teachers in dialogue about the locally relevant issue of vaccination in K-12 schooling.The researchers built and used simulations of disease transmission and engaged teachers in a 3-hour lesson to determine
, and to evaluate the knowledge/power nexus when engaging incommunity engagement projects with indigenous communities.IntroductionThe Mbyá-Guaraní is an indigenous community in South America primarily located on theimposed geopolitical boundaries of the modern countries of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil [2].The Mbyá-Guaraní communities are known for their subsistence practices since the times of theJesuit missions in South America. Some of these practices include the cultivation of corn,manioc, peanut, squash, watermelon, and beans among others [3]. The communities have alsothrived in this area due to their hunting, fishing, gathering, and handcrafting practices [2].Moreover, these communities have accumulated and culturally developed bodies of
Learning, 2004.[13] J. Ratey, ”SPARK: The revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain”, Brown and Company, 2008.[14] J. Tranquillo, ”Kinesthetic Learning in the Classroom”, in Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and Expo, 2008.[15] Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, “Teaching Symmetry Using Kinesthetic Learning–An Exercise Using ”Old Time” Dances,” [Online]. Available: https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/xtlsymmetry/index.html. [Accessed: Feb 2, 2019].[16] R. Cheney, Kinesthetic Teaching Strategies for Adults in a Lecture Setting. Honors Senior Theses/Projects. Western Oregon University, 2017. [Online]. Available: Western Oregon University Digital Commons.[17] D. Sousa, ”How the
Paper ID #25259A Phased Faculty Development Program to Improve Teaching and LearningProf. Sivakumar Krishnan, Vishnu Educational Development and Innovation Center Prof. Sivakumar Krishnan currently serves as Dean at Vishnu Educational Development and Innova- tion Centre (VEDIC) located in Hyderabad, INDIA, with focus on faculty development and institutional development initiatives in active learning, project-based learning, student learning assessment, industry- relevant curriculum development, lab development and accreditation. He was previously Chief Product Officer with IntelliEd Innovations, an education technology
Paper ID #30515Implementation and Evaluation of Active Learning Techniques: AdaptableActivities for A Variety of Engineering CoursesDr. Jillian Schmidt, Missouri University of Science and Technology Dr. Jillian Schmidt is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She teaches primarily first and second- year engineering design courses, and her research interests include technology incorporation and team dynamics in project based courses.Dr. Nicolas Ali Libre, Missouri University of Science and Technology Nicolas Ali Libre, PhD
innovation-development theme.Much has been written about the need to assess entrepreneurship and innovation competencies instudents, but few tools exist. To help fill this gap, the authors created the presented assessmenttool from validated inventories that is focused specifically on innovation inclination, innovationcapability, tolerance for risk and ambiguity, and, over time, changes in those characteristics forstudents. In order to know whether or not innovation-based courses, projects, programs, orinitiatives have a positive effect – or, even any effect – it is necessary to create a baseline, followthe participants through their courses and through their academic studies.Creating a methodology, assessment protocol, and assessment process and
graduate student population.In [18], programs at different universities that aim to support veterans in STEM were examined.With one exception, these programs focused exclusively on undergraduate students. Similarly, in[19] there was a focus on policies and support services for veterans in STEM. This work diddelve somewhat into the assets that veterans have as students, including persistence or “grit”,adaptability, and levels of motivation and maturity. The authors found that these students weresuccessful particularly in teamwork-based class projects. The examination of assets of militaryservice was further examined in [20], where it was found that while age itself did not appear tobe an asset, veteran status was; it was associated with
U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics.Dr. James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jim Widmann is a professor and
context (such as atschool) can stretch the imagination capacity of a student. Further assignments includedprofessional decisions that would have impacts on different stakeholders or scheduling ofconstruction projects. Finally, brief scenarios were provided of data being given to the student touse in their design (from a different discipline, from a different collaborating company, fromanother team member within their company). The students were asked whether they wouldblindly use the data in their analysis, and if that would be affected by how similar the data was topast projects, as well as who they believed would be liable if their design ultimately resulted in afailure due to errors in that data. Through imagination exercises that progress
in his department including; modified mastery learning in early engineering courses and a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for honors students. The ISD team currently has 50+ students working to design and build an electric bicycle and human powered vehi- cles. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows. He is also active in technology adoption and support. Geoffrey holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University and Bachelor de- grees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Cedarville University. His research interests are fo- cused on best practices for student learning and student success.Dr. Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University
-related positions: he was the Research Officer on electron beam welding and freeforming of aerospace materi- als at the NRC-IAR-AMTC, and Post Doctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. He is leading research projects in two main fields: (1) additive manufacturing and joining of advanced materials, and (2) high heating rate sintering processes. He received several distinctions, including the ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers (2009), the METSOC Brimacombe Award (2011) and the AAC Donald I. Johnson Award (2014).Prof. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago,Chile Genaro Zavala is a Full Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the