draws the conclusion.II. Technical Problem Solving ProcessIt is observed that the problem solving models developed in the 1960s and 70s that are still usedwith many general problem solving courses found in academic are to teach math problem solvingas a thinking skill, not integrated with the rest of the curriculum or work environment.Through this course, students will learn about the computer-based problem solving on individualand team-based technical problems, by experiencing several independent and overlapping stages,including: 1) Problem statement 2) Analyze the problem statement and Plan inputs and outputs 3) Design solution or algorithm 4) Implement the solution (programming) 5) Verifying the
. Lorelle A. Meadows, Michigan Technological University Dr. Lorelle Meadowsjoined Michigan Technological University in 2014 where she is leading the creation of a new honors college uniquely committed to inclusion and equity, and eliminating barriers to high impact educational practices. Prior to joining Michigan Tech, Dr. Meadows was Assistant Dean of Aca- demic Programs in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.Her primary responsibility in that role was to assure the delivery of a curriculum that addressed college-wide educational objectives in order to prepare students for the careers of the 21st century. This engagement led to her development as an educational researcher and she now conducts
Educational Activ- ities (2005-2007) IEEE launched tryengineering.org and expanded greatly its pre-university engineering programs, including EPICS-in-IEEE. Kam is a Fellow of IEEE ”for contributions to the theory of deci- sion fusion and distributed detection.” He received the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and the C. Holmes MacDonald Award ”for the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Educator.” c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 An Application-Oriented Course to Improve Student Performance in Mathematics CoursesAbstractThis is an evidence-based practice paper. Performance in pre-calculus and calculus courses has astrong impact on student success
Lorand Uni- versity. She is currently working on developing workshops for faculty and graduate students, and sup- ports future faculty and teaching assistant development programs. Dosa’s current research interests are teaching-as-research, incorporating sustainability across the curriculum, team science, and competency development in higher education.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Dr. Alemdar has experience evaluating programs that fall under the umbrella of educational evaluation, including K-12 educational curricula, K-12 STEM
learn how the graphicallibrary was implemented, not just how to use it. This observation triggered a sequence ofi iMPaCT is an approximate acronym for Media Propelled Computational Thinking. The learning modules (LMs) Page 25.315.2developed for integration within high school math courses are collectively referred to as iMPaCT-Math (IM).refinements that eventually resulted in a new course that uses the programming of simplemathematical algorithms that render graphics and simulate kinematics. These tiny programsfocus student attention on exploring principles underlying (and building “gut level” intuitionsrelated to) the content of high
code.Seniors in computer engineering at Iowa State University (ISU) are exposed to concepts in deviceinterfacing and hardware/software optimization through multiple classes in softwaredevelopment, computer architecture, digital logic and signal processing. A course that focuses ongraphics processing and architecture has the potential to nicely tie together several instances ofthese concepts in an integrated environment. Page 25.842.2At ISU we have created a senior elective class for teaching graphics processing. While this classis offered as an elective in the computer architecture focus area, course topics are introduced fromthe systems perspective
courses in sustainabilityin civil engineering freshman and sophomore courses.4-8 Lower level sustainability courses canbe related to the knowledge gained in the required math, science, humanities, and social sciencecourses. Incorporating sustainability in the civil engineering curriculum is difficult due to an already fullprogram. Bielefeldt (2011) discusses an alternative approach for incorporating sustainability early on inthe curriculum and reports that the awareness of sustainability in subsequent assignments was presenteven when students were not specifically prompted to include sustainability. 9 Upper level designcourses can then be mapped to the sustainability concepts learned in the lower level courses.However, incorporating
Session 3142 Incorporating Industry-Based Research into an Undergraduate Course Terry R. Collins, Alisha D. Youngblood, Manuel D. Rossetti University of ArkansasAbstractThere are many benefits associated with including industry-based research into an undergraduateengineering curriculum, but often academic and industry participants have different perspectiveson project deliverables. This paper features a case study where senior-level students collect andanalyze data in a retail environment, develop conclusions and recommendations for theorganization, and present
industrial engineering. Grounded in the theory of UniversalInstructional Design, these wordlists can be integrated into a syllabus and then be used as ateaching aid to promote an accessible engineering education. The goal is to reduce barriers tolearning by developing an explicitly-identified and robust list of vocabulary for all students in agiven course. Creating an automated program that improves vocabulary information over timekeeps it relevant and usable by instructors as well as students.Presently, there is no automated method to develop course-specific vocabulary lists. To fill thisgap, the authors have created a computer program, using a repository of over 2200 engineeringexams since the year 2000 from the University of Toronto, which
alongside key concepts and practicesin the informal teaching and learning space.Implementation StrategiesThis case study is based on an informal education program which provides students with anopportunity to dive into hands-on engineering. This program also serves as a laboratory settingfor teacher-researchers to pilot new programming that they would not have the opportunity to trywithin the formal classroom. The program serves approximately 100 diverse 6th and 8th gradegirls in an engineering summer program. The diversity of the educators may add to theinnovation with formal educators including a secondary math teacher, K-5 STEAM specialists,an inclusion coordinator, a tech integration specialist, secondary science educationundergraduates
forquestions during class and asked to submit any MPs to an online forum for every lecture withany questions or confusing concepts that would be reviewed by the instructor and addressed atthe start of the following class. Asking students to write down what was least clear to them is a potentially powerful integrative exercise because it requires students to identify any misconceptions or difficulties they may be having with the material, opening a dialogue with the instructor and allowing students to a more profound learning outcome. Finally, for (7) engaging in experiential learning, the lecture materials offered heavy contextualization, such as emphasizing group work that related to real- world engineering problems. Implementation Surveys
25.1321.3This way, CM students can develop proper skills in estimating courses for MEP scopeunderstanding, and they can eliminate the fear of dealing with technologically complex workscope when they are assigned as junior estimators early in their career. Due to limitations incredit hours, it is not always possible to launch specialty courses such as MEP estimating. Thepurpose of this paper is to present an estimating course module that addresses the currentshortcoming in CM curriculum. The paper presents a systematic approach that is used in anestimating course on how to develop a MEP scope which later can be used in detailed estimatingprocess.The Course Structure and Teaching MethodologyThe MEP estimating module is integrated into a third year course
AC 2010-1752: ENGAGING STUDENTS IN CRITICAL THINKING: ANENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EFFECTNicole Berge, University of South Carolina Dr. Nicole Berge received her BS and MS degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of South Carolina in 1999 and 2001, respectively. In 2006, she received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Central Florida. From 2006 – 2008, Dr. Berge worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at Tufts University. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina.Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina Dr. Joseph Flora is currently an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. He received
-Fighting Home Robot Contest. For these courses we discusseducational objectives, course content and organization, learning activities, andeducational outcomes.IntroductionThere is a rapidly growing literature on robotics as an instructional medium in universityand secondary school education with a main focus on describing initiatives, courses, andinstructional tools. However, limited progress has been made in the conceptualization oflearning and instruction processes that underlie successful introductory robotics courses.Important open questions relate to prerequisite knowledge, integrated curriculum,learning by design and teamwork, robotic competitions, assessment, and evaluation.Finding answers to these questions requires educational research
mechanicalengineering curriculum.The civil engineering curriculum may also see an increase in communications-related coursetopics. According to ASCE [4], with the introduction of powerful computer technology and thetrend toward increasing specialization, civil engineers’ roles often limit their leadershipopportunities. Civil engineers will have to command the multidisciplinary, multi-cultural, team-building, and leadership aspects of their work in order to lead and execute complex projects thatinvolve many and varied stakeholders and meaningful collaboration.Even with evidence cited in the vision papers from the NAE and specific disciplines, there stillexists a paucity of opportunities for teaching and developing professional skills, includingleadership, to
present interests include structural dynamics, struc- tural health monitoring, and undergraduate engineering education. Dr. Cornwell has received an SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1992, and the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher award at Rose-Hulman in 2000 and the Rose-Hulman Board of Trustee’s Outstanding Scholar Award in 2001. He was one of the developers of the Rose-Hulman Sophomore Engineering Curriculum, the Dynamics Concept Inven- tory, and he is a co-author of Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, by Beer, Johnston, Cornwell, and Self. In 2019 Dr. Cornwell received the Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award from the Mechanics Division of ASEE. ©American Society for
varies from institution to institution. In some cases,a course in simulation or facility layout may be the “project course”, while in other institutions aseparate one or two semester course may be devoted to the capstone project. One of the constantconsiderations in all industry-based capstone projects is the need for the project team to clearlycommunicate their results to the client in writing and orally. A team may have a good solution tothe client’s problem, but the quality of the written and oral presentations to the client may lackthe professionalism that is required to convince the client of its validity. This paper presents anapproach to improving oral communication skills using an evaluation tool that identifiespotential areas for
, we present our experience in designing and delivering a mobile developmentcourse that focuses on developing mobile apps for social good by integrating socially consciouscomputing in the design and development process. We provide an overview of our coursestructure, course modules, learning objectives, and few case studies which stress ethical thinkingthroughout the process of app design and development. Our goal was to expand the currentrepertoire of in situ learning activities that require ethical judgment and to integrate thosepractices into their development process. Even though we have not taken any feedback, mainly,if students perceived the notion of socially conscious computing from the perspective of mobileapp development, we found
Transfer Course Abstract Concept maps are widely used in foundational non-engineering science courses to help students express their own understanding of course material. By creating a concept map, students are able to visualize the relationships between different course topics. In recent years, the use of concept maps in fundamental engineering courses has gained growing attention. They have been reported to be very effective in providing students with an interactive learning experience by leveraging constructivist pedagogy. This work reports the effectiveness of integrating concept maps as a learning tool in an undergraduate Heat Transfer course for students majoring in Mechanical
Paper ID #27019Work in Progress: Twenty Year Evolution of an Outreach ProgramDr. Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh Taryn Bayles, Ph.D., is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education in the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, where she incor- porates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering principles. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development. c American Society for
., Gallardo, V., Barbieri, E., Boggiano, A. and Ramirez, C., 2007, "Development of Hybrid Orientation Program for Instructional Excellence," Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, South Padre Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Island, March 28 -30, 2007, on CD-ROM.4. Moges, A., Yuan, X. and Liu, H., 2007, "Integrating Recent Advances in Sensor Network into Undergraduate Curriculum via Hybrid Deliveries of Lecture and Laboratory," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu
6 7 8 9 10 Figure 13. Creative thinking average team (each bar represents a different team) scores and standard deviations (error bars) assessed by means of the Investment Theory of Creativity Rubric created out of Sternberg and Lubart.8 Performance levels on the y-axis vary from exemplar: 4 to benchmark: 1.The vast majority of the teams were able to attain projects’ expected outcomes at an intermediatelevel. Therefore, it is suggested to further integrate creativity in subsequent pillar courses inorder to foster meaningful development of students’ creative thinking. Furthermore, reflectionsintegrated in the two projects’ design binders, suggest that these projects allowed
picket fence ) or to equally spaced spokes (on a pulley), then thesetransition times can be used to obtain a displacement vs. time plot for the object as it passesthrough the photo gate.ii) A VI to control and acquire data from a Sonic Ranger. The standard software for the PascoSonic Ranger does not run under Windows, or under a DOS window in Windows. To use thissensor with LabVIEW students would then be required to acquire data in the DOS mode, save itto a file, open Windows and LabVIEW, read the data from the file, and then analyze the data.This procedure is awkward and defeats the objective of an integrated acquisition/analysisenvironment.A LabVIEW VI which provides high level control of the Sonic Ranger was developed toalleviate this
instill in students the ability to recognize and act uponethical responsibilities in diverse global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts [1].Existing literature on engineering ethics education reveals a multi-faceted approach, rangingfrom traditional classroom-based instruction to innovative experiential learning methods [6].Common methods for integrating ethics into the curriculum include exposing students to ethicalstandards, using case studies, and discussion activities [6]. Central to these discussions is theevaluation of ethical reasoning, wherein tools like the Engineering Ethics Reasoning Instrument(EERI) play a pivotal role [7]. The EERI, an assessment tool developed to measure engineeringstudents' ethical reasoning, includes
Session 3142 Evaluating the Individual Scientist, Engineer, and Technologist: A Review of Practices and Suggested Framework Jeffrey E. Short, P.E. Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, OklahomaAbstractMeasuring the performance of scientists, engineers, and technologists is a daunting task due tothe nature of the job they perform and the absence of common work standards. Presenting thismaterial in an engineering management class can be, therefore, confusing and controversial.This paper will seek to develop a review
fashion, isentropic relations can be determined by integrating explicitlyequations (67) or (68). The resulting equation was presented earlier as equation (60): (γ m −1) / γ m T ⎛P⎞ =⎜ ⎟ T0 ⎜⎝ P0 ⎟⎠The mixture specific heat c p is the weighted average specific heats of vapor and carriergases. With the effective area ratio of a given nozzle from the calibration expressed byequation (61), the steady, one-dimensional equilibrium flow of an inviscid, thermallyperfect gas is described by the set of algebraic equations, equations (62), (64), (65), (66)and (68) where the integrals in equations (66) and (68
Paper ID #19053Implementing Hands-on Experiments in an Engineering Technology Intro-ductory CourseDr. Carmen Cioc, The University of ToledoDr. Sorin Cioc, The University of ToledoZachary Linkous, University of Toledo c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Implementing Hands-On Experiments to an Engineering Technology Introductory CourseAbstractThe mechanical engineering technology (MET) students at the University of Toledo start theircurriculum with a three-credit hour course entitled “Computers for Engineering Technology”.Over the years, this class was subject to many changes with
educational objectives of the course, there are other, non-curriculum goals. AllAdvisory Committee members are invited to the final group presentations. Advisory companiesare interested in recruiting the best students. The presentations provide an opportunity for thesecompanies to scout the graduating class for potential hires. In turn, students often obtain jobs, awin for both parties. All capstone students are also required to sit for the American Institute ofConstructors (AIC) Associate Constructor (AC) exam providing a benchmark for programassessment. Lastly, all Capstone students are provided exit interview forms which provideadditional program assessment data plus potential alumni information.BackgroundWestern Carolina University (WCU) is
major.Several students have since reported that their undergraduate research experience was integral inobtaining a permanent job, often before graduation. Students have a confidence and self-motivation that was fostered by this course, which can be a strong differentiating factor forpotential employers when comparing resumes. 6ConclusionThe authors’ goal was to create a course in which students could conduct undergraduate researchin the sciences at an engineering school with no science programs. A general set of learningoutcomes was constructed encapsulating what any good scientist should learn from their firstresearch experience. As detailed in the three projects presented as examples, the course has
. Some of the parts require tight tolerance limits in order for theengine to operate properly, giving the students an appreciation for quality control inmanufacturing processes. The completed engine is visually attractive and has interestingoperating characteristics that demonstrate the operation of properly timed valves and crank-drivenflywheels. The freewheeling speed of the engine provides a measure of construction quality.This paper provides an explanation of the construction and testing of the air engine, a descriptionof how the project is integrated with laboratory and lecture activities in a sophomore level designcourse, and an explanation of how this activity fits into the achievement of desired educationalobjectives of the course and of