first or second year graduate students as per the applicationrequirements for NSF GRFP, and are U.S. domestic students. We used pseudonyms to protectparticipant identities.In the results and discussion sections of this paper, we focus on one participant, Fred, as heprepared his NSF GRFP application materials over ten hours of real-time screen-capture data. Weelected to focus on one participant in order to highlight the methodological aspects of the dataanalysis and presentation. The data represented is ten hours worth of real-time writing data. Infuture work, we will compare the real-time maps across multiple participants. B. Data CollectionAfter consenting to participate in the research project, all participants were given two licenses
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participants Pre/post Students report changes in their career interests and academic S-STEM pathways?Participant OverviewDuring the summer of 2015, ten high school teachers (nine female and one male) from the localuniversity’s urban school districts spent six weeks on the university campus involved in variousareas of nanotechnology research. In the subsequent school year, they integrated some aspect ofnanotechnology into their course. Six of the teachers had five years or less of teachingexperience and four of the teachers had six to ten years of previous teaching experience.Participants were primarily female (n = 9). Teachers taught courses in astronomy, biology,biomedical sciences (through Project Lead the Way), chemistry, and
results.Homework assignments, examinations, end of semester design problem/project and student exitsurveys are used as metrics to check efficacy of pedagogy. This course on finite element methodstargets ABET criteria a,b,e,g,i,k.Paper OutlineThis paper describes (i) analytical mathematical techniques, viz., solution of differential equationsby the method of variables separable and Galerkin’s method of weighted residuals and (ii)computational tools, viz, MATLAB and its partial differential equations toolbox (pdetool) for anundergraduate elective course in finite element methods.In this paper, an introduction, literature review and brief philosophy of this study and the classdemographics are first described. A skill assessment exam is conducted to
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education. Currently, Adrienne works at Louisiana State University, managing all aspects of the STEP project that consists of a large-scale peer mentoring program in the College of Engineering. Previously, she founded and coordinated the Scope-On-A-Rope Outreach Program (SOAR) in the Department of Biological Sciences, where she worked for 10 years. Prior to her positions at LSU, Adrienne was the Science Education Curator at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum in Baton Rouge. Adrienne has a Master of Science degree in zoology from LSU, where she studied in the Museum of Natural Science collections, and an Education Specialist Certification in science education.Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University
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and monitor grader reliability.An SBG CourseSBG was initiated in a large (N = 1500-1650) first-year engineering (FYE) course at a Mid-western U.S. university in Spring 2013 and has undergone revision since. The FYE course in thisexample was required for all engineering students. In this course, students learned how to useMATLAB to solve engineering problems as well as represent and model data. For the first two-thirds of the semester, students completed weekly problem sets. For the remaining third of thesemester, the students completed weekly milestones associated with a team-based data analysisand modeling project. Students met twice a week for 110 minutes in a classroom designed foractive learning.The organizational structure of the course
peer leader. These topicsbecome the basis for the formation of new practice groups. Each group then designs theirapproach to investigating the topic and plans for ways to present this new information. Thepurpose of the final project is to share the knowledge they have researched or generated withothers in the course support community as a whole (Community of Practice).Training our peer leaders to model self-directed learning approaches in their sessions is the firststep toward supporting students as they transition into college and develop skills in reflecting onchallenges and adapting to improve success. We have intentionally designed our peer leadertraining course to immerse new leaders in a self-directed learning environment, by allowing
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students are ableto experience quality laboratory learning and also be prepared for modern industry demandsand a globally-connected workplace culture.AcknowledgmentThe work reported in this article contributes to a larger research project on laboratorylearning in Science and Engineering that is supported by the Australia Research Councilthrough grant DP140104189 for which Human Research Ethics approval has been obtainedfrom Curtin University (Approval Number: RDSE-61-15). The authors wish to express theirgratitude to both institutions.The authors also wish to acknowledge the contribution of the University of Technology,Sydney for allowing the use of their remote laboratory rigs for the purpose of this study.References[1] D. Lowe, S. Murray, D
may design them [14] knowing their fundamentals, or take charge of contributing tobetter education for future students through projects with paper [15].ResultsOur unified performance-based direct assessment process has several benefits at a modestincrease of workload for faculty. First it increases the assessment pool to provide more statisticalreliability. The target assessments are easily trackable due to a well-maintained archive ofexaminations for comparisons of different courses laterally, and/or testing retention of the sameconcept longitudinally over time. The examples below show some reinforced results from ESCCarchives. The examples demonstrate tracking of vectors and coordinates with relevance tomechanics courses which will lead to
; Exposition, 2014.[9] R.D. Burke, C.L. Dancz, K. J. Ketchman, M.M. Bilec, T.H. Boyer, C. Davidson, A.E. Landis, and K. Parrish, “Faculty Perspectives on Sustainability Integration in Undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering Curriculum,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 144(3), 2018.[10] D.L. Bondhegan, S.J. Komisar, and R. O’Neill, “Assessing Achievement of Sustainability Skills in the Environmental and Civil Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2016.[11] J.M. Stache, J.P. Hanus, and J. Gonser, “Assessing Sustainability in Design in an Infrastructure Course through Project
teaching first year engineering for the past nineteen years, with emphasis on computer aided design, computer programming, and project design and documentation.Prof. Fabian Hadipriono Tan P.E., Ohio State University Fabian Hadipriono Tan has worked in the areas of construction of infrastructures and buildings, failure assessment of buildings and bridges, construction accident investigations, forensic engineering, ancient buildings, ancient bridges, and the ancient history of science and engineering for over 40 years. The tools he uses include fault tree analysis, fuzzy logic, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Classroom
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instruction becomes part of instruction; there may be significant advantages to thisshift. It also seems evident that rising costs, changes in the workforce due to technology willinevitably necessitate a re-envisioning of both curriculum and the partnerships universitiesneed to pursue to adapt to these changes. It is unlikely that universities will becomeredundant but they will inevitably change.Bibliography[1] J. H. Newman, The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin. Project Gutenberg, 1852.[2] Committee on Understanding the Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum, “Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers,” National Academy Press, Washington
promote diversity in all disciplines, thereby ensuring equity andachievement of full creative potential? The data shown in this paper demonstrate that computingand engineering have made considerable progress in becoming more gender diverse, even if theprogress has not always been on a consistent trend for computing. In contrast, several importantand large disciplinary areas are on course to continue becoming less gender diverse, as theybecome increasingly tilted towards more women receiving degrees. Ready arguments to expressstrong concern for reducing male dominance of computing and engineering can be made alignedwith the high demand and projected continued high demand for STEM degrees and competitivelevels of compensation. But, one of the
offeringappointments in December 2018. The Comm Lab is staffed by 5 advanced undergraduate peertutors, all of whom are engineering students. During the two-year pilot phase funded through agrant from a private foundation, the Comm Lab is tailoring its services to student competitionteams in Rose-Hulman’s makerspace, where students work on co-curricular projects like HumanPowered Vehicle and Concrete Canoe (Figure 1). These teams must submit design and safetyreports and make presentations as part of their national competitions, but because these teams’activities happen outside the context of a course, students received no formal writing orcommunication support, and team leaders and faculty advisors do not have the expertise or timeto devote to enhancing teams
. Short, informal free-writing activities can serve as one type offormative assessment that allows students to have this important opportunity to improve andenhance their learning.References[1] Angel, T. A. and Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco, CA.[2] Connolly, P. and Vilardi, T. (1989). Writing to learn mathematics and science. New York: Teachers College Press.[3] Enns, C., Cho, M., and Karimidorabati, S. (2014). Using writing as a learning tool in engineering courses. Teaching Innovation Projects, 4(2). Retrieved from https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/tips/article/ view/3678.[4] Elliott, L. A., Jaxon, K. and
. Yilmaz andTunçalp state that: “Practical experience is of prime importance in effective learning, particularlyin engineering and science disciplines.” [11], but Kim and Tranquillo [12] point out thateducation is not complete with experience alone, and must also include a way to process thatexperience. This role is traditionally fulfilled by the instructor, but could also be filled by otherstudents in a cooperative environment. Riofrio and Northrup [13] found that collaboration amongthe students when working on mechatronics based projects increased their comprehension andretention of the material.The contribution of this work is to extend the THK paradigm by designing a kit to be usedexplicitly with MBD. The kit will provide a HIL tester and
out to students that they believe could be a good fit to be a TA. ● If at all possible, it would be great to have an extensive database that TAs can reference ahead of time to become aware of what topics the students' homework assignments and projects will contain. In addition, some more community-building activities could benefit the students' experiences and hopefully inspire them to continue pursuing engineering. ● More specialization with regards to which classes which TAs know best.DiscussionThe results support the conclusion that this new program, aimed at supportingunderprepared students through their prerequisites, both academically and emotionallyis having the
Univer- sity). He has developed and/or taught courses in systems engineering, systems modeling & simulation, integration, testing, & evaluation, production systems engineering, construction engineering, engineer- ing economics, engineering probability & statistics, project engineering, engineering optimization, risk & failure analysis, reliability engineering, and engineering research methods. His current research in- terest includes modeling, analysis, and optimization of complex operational systems and infrastructures susceptible to disruptions. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Instructor and Student Perceptions of the Authorized, Self- Prepared
)Figure 3. Student self-assessment survey responses (n = 17) before and after reading the “Data Analysis”and “Uncertainty” comics in a Transport I Laboratory course, as previously reported and reprinted withpermission of ASEE.57 In order to assess student understanding, students finished the Transport Laboratory I course witha design project, for which they developed an experimental proposal to address one of the NationalAcademy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges. For their proposed study, students were required todetermine a purpose, design an experiment and analysis, and describe their plan for limitingmeasurement uncertainty. This proposal was submitted as a written report evaluated by the instructor. The instructor compared
, beliefs, self-regulation, and achievement.Min Tang, College of Education, Learning and Cognition Program,Florida State University The research interests of mine are: 1) to understand teachers’ pedagogical practices and the potential effects of those practices on students’ critical thinking and epistemic beliefs in engineering domain, 2) to quantify epistemically-related emotions that occur during the epistemic activity, 3) to explore the best pedagogical practices to improve the efficiency integrating classroom project-based learning and students’ real-world problem-solving practice. I have MS degree from Florida State University in Curriculum and Instruction and BA degree from China Nanchang University in English
the project lead for Web-CAT, the most widely used open-source automated grading system in the world. Web-CAT is known for al- lowing instructors to grade students based on how well they test their own code. In addition, his research group has produced a number of other open-source tools used in classrooms at many other institutions. Currently, he is researching innovative for giving feedback to students as they work on assignments to provide a more welcoming experience for students, recognizing the effort they put in and the accomplish- ments they make as they work on solutions, rather than simply looking at whether the student has finished what is required. The goals of his research are to strengthen growth
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engineering classes. 2. Did your elementary, middle, or high school have a gifted studies program? Did you participate in gifted studies? 3. Did you have any engineering experience before attending college? Where did you get this engineering experience? 4. Did you take any Project Lead the Way classes? 5. Have you participated in any advanced curriculum? Describe your experience. 6. Does either of your parents work in engineering or science related field? Explain. 7. Is there any reason that you might want to leave aerospace or engineering now or at some time in the future? Explain. 8. Are you an engineer? 9. Are you involved with any on-campus groups? If yes, then which ones? 10. What are your
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