adesign project. The number one design criteria for a design project is that the product must besafe[1]. To know whether a product or a component is safe or not, the first information thatmechanical engineers must obtain is its internal forces through engineering statics. Engineeringstatics is the first technical core course in a sophomore-level engineering curriculum. Teachingand learning engineering statics is a challenge because the concepts of moments, reaction forces,the behavior of different supports, the free-body diagrams, a group of coupling-equations forsolving unknown forces, trusses, frames, machines, etc. are abstract and difficult to beappreciated [2, 3]. Typically, the engineering statics course is treated as a gatekeeper for
Foundation supported CareerWISE research program, which strives to: 1) understand the experiences of diverse women who are pursuing and leaving doctoral programs in science and engineering and 2) increase women’s persistence in science and engineering doctoral programs through the development and dissemination of an online resilience and interpersonal communication training program.Dr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context and storytelling in both
over graduate school. Thepaper provides an in-depth discussion on the findings of the REU program evaluation and itsimpact on undergraduate students with respect to their future plans and career choice. The analysisis also done by gender, ethnicity, academic level (sophomore, junior, senior), and type of homeinstitution (e.g., large research universities, rural and small schools) to explore if there was anysignificant difference in mean research competency scores based on these attributes. 1. IntroductionToday’s manufacturing operations are more complex and globally scalable compared to those inthe last century (Lee et al., 2016). This complexity in manufacturing operations is due to a shift inmanufacturing from craftsmanship model in the
, approaches to learning, interestsor goals. This approach lacks consideration for student motivation, which is an importantelement of student engagement in the first year experience, leading to the development of a senseof belonging and persistence in the engineering program [1] - [3]. Self-determination theory(SDT) approaches motivation from the perspective of three psychological needs: autonomy,competence, and relatedness [4]. Competence is portrayed as feelings of mastery that allowindividuals to complete tasks, relatedness concerns our desire to feel connected to others inmeaningful ways, and autonomy refers to an individual's ability to control experiences in theirlife [5]. In educational contexts, autonomy support involves a cluster of
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Collaboration and Design Practices in First-Year Project-Based EngineeringFostering first-year project-based learning (PBL) environments helps to engage students inengineering design practices and broaden their participation pathways in engineering fields [1].PBL collaborative design activities provide unique opportunities for students to develop,negotiate, and finetune designs. These design activities represent several engineering procedures,from planning projects and improving a production process to developing new materials [2].However, the collaborative design process in PBL is not well understood. Although researchershave conceptualized engineering design process among engineering
members describe the resources that serve as key supports as well as the barriers that hinder support in their community?RQ4. What strategies do community members perceive their community should implement to enhance their ability to support engineering as a potential career choice?RQ5. How are these supports transferable or adaptable by other schools? What community-level factors support or inhibit transfer and adaptation?To answer the research questions, we employed a three-phase qualitative study. Phase 1 focusedon understanding the experiences and perceptions of current [University Name] students fromhigher-producing rural schools. Analysis of focus group and interview data with 52 studentshighlighted the importance of interest and
mentored new freshmen forone year. This paper will describe demographics of each S-STEM cohort, the activities usedduring the peer mentoring, observable differences between direct admit and college-readyfreshmen with respect to peer mentoring, and possible peer mentoring activities that can beimplemented at other institutions.IntroductionIn 2018, 622,502 undergraduates enrolled in Bachelor of Science (BS) engineering programs inuniversities across the U.S. That same year women, African American, Hispanics, NativeAmerican and Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders earned 21.9%. 4.2%, 11.4%, 0.3% and 0.2% of theB.S. engineering degrees, respectively [1]. Women are often drawn to engineering disciplineswhere they can ‘help’ or give back [2], therefore, it was
the “spiral approach” for course redesign.Lessons learned from previous semesters are incorporated into any needed redesign and/orrefinements of the HIPs as part of the process for updating each course syllabus each semester.Two courses serve as examples to demonstrate how to implement HIPs in basic STEMengineering courses.IntroductionKuh asserts that college degrees are valued by society and empower the individual; however,persistence and completion of the degree is reflective of the quality of the learning experience[1]. To strengthen academic success, faculty development in effective teaching strategies, suchas High-Impact Educational Practices (HIPs), is needed [2]. HIPs ensure that students haveaccess to well-designed, engaging academic
the University of Michigan in 2008. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Critical Educational Theory: Applications in Engineering Education Corin L. Bowen 1 and Aaron W. Johnson, Ph.D. 2 1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, clbowen@umich.edu 2 Instructor, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, aaronwj@colorado.edu Critical theory is
which present the most difficulty for students to learnwithin data science. In particular, this project addresses three primary research objectives: (1)identify student misconceptions in data science courses; (2) document students’ prior knowledgeand identify courses that teach early data science concepts; and (3) confirm expert identificationof foundational data science concepts, and their importance for introductory-level data sciencecurricula.During the first year of this grant we progressed on items (1) and (3). For objective (1) wedeveloped and launched a pilot assessment, the difficulty protocol, for identifying studentdifficulties within data science courses. T he difficulty protocol includes weekly reflectiveresponses from faculty
Paper ID #31607Delivering Contextual Knowledge and Critical Skills of DisruptiveTechnologies through Problem-Based Learning in Research Experiences forUndergraduates SettingGurcan Comert, Benedict College Associate Professor of Engineering at Benedict College, has interest in teaching and researching intel- ligent transportation systems and development of applications of statistical and computational models. He is currently serving as associate director at the Tier 1 University Transportation Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility. Supported by different NSF and DOT funded projects, he has been working with
Chair of Pre-Engineering. Since 2015, he has been employed at the University of Southern Indiana as an Assistant Professor of Advanced Manu- facturing. He holds three patents, has served as an IEEE section officer since 2004, and has been a Licensed Profes- sional Engineer in the State of Indiana since 2005. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Design and Development of a Sensor/Actuator Module to Enhance Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Laboratory Activities1. AbstractIn industry, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are used to automate industrial processes ormachines [1]. Typically, the processes or machines being automated perform a series of stepsthat
research aims to improve the design of educational experiences for students by critically examining the work and learning environments of practitioners. Specifically, she focuses on (1) how to design and change educational and work systems through studies of practicing engineers and educators and (2) how to help students transition into, through and out of educational and work systems.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship
, humanitarian practice, peace, and sustainability. We have developed thesematerials to support our Mechanical (ME), Electrical (EE), Integrated (IntE), and Industrial &Systems Engineering (ISyE) degree programs. New courses include Engineering and SocialJustice, Engineering Peace, Community-Based Participatory Apprenticeship, User-CenteredDesign, and an Integrated Approach to Electrical Engineering. Modules or other content havebeen incorporated in courses including Circuits, Materials Science, Operations Research, SixSigma - Process Improvement, and Robotics. Existing courses in the curriculum whichincorporate materials designed to help students become Changemaking Engineers byincorporating sociotechnical elements are summarized in Table 1
Paper ID #30740Does stereotype threat affect creative thinking in female engineeringstudents? A behavioral and neurocognitive studyDr. Rafal Jonczyk, (1) Adam Mickiewicz University; (2) Pennsylvania State University Rafał Jo´nczyk (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Faculty of English of Adam Mick- iewicz University in Poland. His main research interests concern the behavioural and neurocognitive cor- relates of emotion anticipation, perception, and production in the first (L1) and second (L2) language(s). His recent research interests include the investigation of brain dynamics during creative ideation and
based on the written and interview responsesof the participants. The following quantitative results are the written responses of the participants during a springschool semester. The information written below in red are the written responses of the participants during theinterviews.Response of Participant 1 Response of Participant 2Response of Participant 3 Response of Participant 4Response of Participant 5 Response of Participant 6Response of Participant 7 Response of Participant 8Response of Participant 9 Response of Participant 10Response of Participant 11 Response of Participant 12 Response of Participant 13 Response of Participant 14 Response of Participant 15
knowledge of materials science. This level includes the non-expert who recognizes a need and applies a known, “proven” material as a solution. The solution is most often based on historical learning (by observation or recommendation) or after consideration of some limited information gleaned from current research (commonly the internet today).Years ago, the Boyer report recognized that research and study boundaries at the undergraduatelevel were reinforced by the traditional departmental structures and one proposed remedy wasthe implementation of an interdisciplinary undergraduate educational paths that includedindependent research and thus supported a more independent and creative environment forlearning [1]. Although this
that of thestudents’ perceptions of engineering in regard to their own engineering identity and abilities. In a study by M. Besterfield-Sacre in 1997, incoming engineering students were surveyed ontheir perceptions of engineering as a field, their own abilities as engineers, and their confidencein their success [1]. The performance and retention of the students were then tracked for thefollowing three years and related back to their initial attitudes. Students who left engineering ingood academic standing had significantly different attitudes about themselves and engineeringcompared to students who stayed in engineering, or who left in poor academic standing. Theinitial attitudes of students who left in good standing reflected significantly
faculty, department chairpersons, and chairpersons whoare collaboratively engaged in the process of curricular refinement of the gateway mathematics(e.g., College Algebra, Pre-Calculus-Algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus with AnalyticalGeometry) courses which required, in part, for the AA and for the BS degree programs incomputer science and engineering (see Figure 1).Addressing Curricular CoherenceThe process used in addressing the task of determining the curricular coherence within each ofthe gateway courses consisted of several strategies. The first strategy involved addressing theproject’s initial Curricular Framework Guide as a fluid document that would initially supportfaculty as they pursued identifying what the task involved, what was
for instructors are providedto increase the likelihood of successful assessment delivery, along with lessons learned.1.0 IntroductionTo address the substantial enrollment increases within undergraduate Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering (MAE) degree programs, new suitable and scalable means of assessing studentachievement are urgently sought. Across the United States, the number of Bachelors degrees inMechanical Engineering degrees conferred annually has increased 42.7% during the academicyears from 2009-2010 to 2014-2015, which constitutes the most recent five year period forwhich data is available from the National Center for Education Statistics [1]. These significantenrollment increases, along with a continual quest to sustain and
context of disciplinary diversity has never been as ripe.Key Words: deployable, transformability, architectural curriculum, learning by making.IntroductionIn 1832, the French socio-economic theorist Prosper Enfantin lamented that architecture as atheory of construction was an incomplete art because it lacked the notion of mobility andmovement [1]. Some modern-day foldable structures respond and adapt to changing needs andconditions. This has made them multifunctional and with enhanced performance. They includeretractable roofs, movable theaters, rapidly-deployable emergency shelters and kinetic facades,among others. Much remains to be discovered and understood in this field. While the need is clear,courses specifically dedicated to transformable
/Spring) Architectural Design course, students complete two majorarchitectural design projects. Before students begin work on these two aforementioned projects,students also work on a very small lake cabin drawing, which serve as an introduction in usingthe basic tools of the Revit Software, but was not considered for this research. The textbookutilized was an SDC Publication textbook entitled Residential Design Using Autodesk Revit [1](now, 2018). The first project makes use of an SDC publications textbook [1] where studentswork on constructing a single family residence comprising of a basement, first floor, and secondfloor. During the latter part of the semester, students are to design and construct their own singlefloor dwelling for a single
a PNMSat program at an engineering institution in India.KeywordsSystems Pedagogy, PNMSat/CubeSat Mission/Program, Engineering Education in India, DiverseEngineering Careers, Space Systems Engineering and Pedagogy1. IntroductionThere is a growing need in India to educate the youth as engineers, doctors, scientists, and mostimportantly, responsible citizens [1], [2], [3]. In particular, there is a growing need for educatedaerospace engineers who can complement the untiring efforts of organizations like the IndianSpace Research Organization (ISRO). Over the decades, ISRO has established itself as apremiere space organization and enabled India to be one of the elite nations to explore thefrontiers of Mars and other space missions [4], [5], [6
, aLightweight Fighter Design Project, a Glider Design Project, homework, two exams and acomprehensive final exam. The desire was to update the course with new approaches to teachingintroductory aeronautics. The framework for change came as a result of a Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN) Innovating Curriculum with Entrepreneurial (ICE) MindsetWorkshop. Since 2007 Baylor University has been involved with the KEEN. KEEN is “a nationalpartnership of universities with the shared mission to graduate engineers with an entrepreneurialmindset so they can create personal, economic, and societal value through a lifetime ofmeaningful work” [1]. This is accomplished by incorporating entrepreneurially minded learning(EML) into the classroom
advanced programming class would need to teach ‘C’ programming (and datastructures), as well as software algorithms, microprocessor hardware/peripherals, and operatingsystems. To teach a wide range of subject matter, it is necessary to examine: • The type of processor / operating system • The amount of flash and ram memory (within the processor) • Number of I/O pins (digital and analog) • Internal circuits (digital, a-to-d, pwm, uart, spi, etc.) • Timers and InterruptsThe goal of this paper is to show how the BeagleBone Black can be used successfully in anadvanced embedded systems course [1].Course OverviewThe Computer Engineering Technology curriculum is set up so that programming and embeddedcircuit design
before they officiallytake office to ensure a smooth transition. In this paper, the common challenges that SWEsections face during the “changing of the guard” are presented along with some tips on how toachieve such a smooth transition, backed by examples of systems that some of those very activeand productive SWE sections have established and follow to make office transition a smootherprocess and to enable them to hit the ground running at the start of the academic year.IntroductionCampuses throughout the nation support student led pre-professional organizations. There aremany factors that ensure a successful student club. Evans et. al [1] presented seven keys toestablishing a successful American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) student
. A pre- and post-assessmentgiven with graded events enabled the faculty to classify the students into one of several groupsand make inferences as to their ability to achieve specific objectives. This ongoing work, whichis to be expanded in scope for future terms, may provide insights for identifying trends inlearning, specifically with regard to an engineering mathematics program.1. IntroductionIn some philosophical discussions, it is recognized as the Socratic Paradox, i.e. “knowing whatyou do not know,” – in this light, an individual is considered ‘better off’ knowing that and whatthey do not know, versus knowing that they do not know [1]. This brings about a number ofpedagogical questions for the classroom, some of which may lead to
have access to literature beforehand and receive a lecture prior to the flight perform better than thosethat only review the literature or only receive a lecture before the simulation. Also, the efficacy of the hands-on learning in a laboratory environment is discussed.Keywords: Flight Training, Simulation, Hands-on Learning, Laboratory learning, Retention 1. IntroductionIn this IRB-approved (Institutional Review Board) study, student learning and retention is assessedusing a motion-based fixed-wing flight simulator. Students are given introduction to the principlesof flight. Then they fly the aircraft flight simulator and are asked to complete a pre-defined mission.Points are given for successfully completing several legs of the mission
such as atmospheric aerosols and feedback control. Prof. West is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award and is a University of Illinois Distinguished Teacher-Scholar and College of Engineering Education Innovation Fellow. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Computational Curriculum for MatSE Undergraduates: Three-year impact and influence on senior computational classes Xiao Zhang1 , Andr´e Schleife2 , Andrew Ferguson2 , Pascal Bellon2 , Timothy Bretl3 , Geoffrey L Herman4 , Jessica A Krogstad2 , Robert Maass2 , Cecilia Leal2 , Dallas R Trinkle2 , Matthew West2 , and Jian Ku Shang2 1 Department of Mechanical Science and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Encouraging a growth mindset in engineering studentsIntroduction and backgroundThe idea of “mindset” became widely known due to Dweck’s 2008 book [1]. A person’s mindsetguides a great deal of how they approach life – and especially how one approaches education.Dweck defines two different mindsets: a “fixed mindset” and “growth mindset” [1]. Someonewith a fixed mindset believes that their intelligence is fixed and unchangeable. On the otherhand, someone with a growth mindset believes that their intelligence is changeable and can growas they learn more. Most people’s mindset lies along a continuum with these two mindsets