-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Unconscious Bias in Peer Ratings of International Students’ Contributions to First-Year Design Projects?AbstractPeer ratings are often used to help award individual grades from team projects. It is thereforeimportant to understand the extent to which these peer ratings may be influenced by unconsciousor implicit bias
Paper ID #14163Design Elements of a Mobile Robotics Course Based on Student FeedbackProf. Alisa Gilmore P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln Alisa N. Gilmore, M.S.E.C.E., P.E. is an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She has developed and teaches courses in robotics, telecommunications, circuits and controls. Page 26.460.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Design Elements of a Mobile Robotics Course
as a pertinent industry tool for modeling automotive systems which often requirecareful balancing of trade-offs to minimize factors such as cost, emissions, and fuel consumptionwhile maximizing performance and customer acceptance. This context provided a plethora ofinteractions that must be considered holistically in order to design the best possible system in theshortest amount of time. The structure of the MBSD component of this course was developed inpart by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and The Mathworks through the Model-Based-Systems Design Center1 and provided the students the opportunity to learn the approach whilemodeling a hybrid vehicle. The software used was MATLAB/Simulink from The Mathworks.Attempting to incorporate the
this project will placethem in a better position in the entry-level industrial job market or will better prepare them forgraduate school.For future semesters, we are planning to assign projects with similar complexity in thesecourses. Future projects are related to materials science and applications. Some possibleprojects are: a thermal conductivity measuring apparatus, a fatigue testing machine and a tensiletest apparatus. In addition, possible improvements to this design have been considered and thesame project could be reassigned in future semesters. It is our intention to evaluate the impact ofthis experience on the student’s capstone project during their final year. Possible project ideaswith an appropriate complexity level for first year
characteristics, and required deliverables. Project selection criteria mayinclude fulfilling institutional objectives, matching available student disciplines with projectneeds, and fulfilling educational objectives. The faculty agreed that projects available for seniordesign would come from four sources: 1. Intercollegiate competitions 2. Funded research projects needing design development 3. Industry projects 4. Humanitarian/service projectsAdditional observations for our courses include the following: 1. A wide variety of project types have existed. Not all projects will have the same scope or requirements. Flexibility is essential. 2. Ideally, the original client should submit a written RFP (Request for
2006-1931: AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY PROJECT COMBINING CNCMACHINING AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTSTony Lin, Kettering University TONY LIN, Ph.D. is a professor of Industrial Engineering at Kettering University. His special areas are in Reliability and Quality Engineering, Design of Experiments, and Applied Statistics. He has actively involved in research and consulting in these areas. Dr. Lin is a Certified Reliability Engineer and a member of ASEE and ASQ.William Scheller, Kettering University Page 11.199.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An Inter-disciplinary Project combining
U.S. Department of Agriculture.Hawaii and Wisconsin are the only states that are involved in this program thus far.Partnerships with industry, educational institutions, government agencies and youth-servingorganizations are a key strategy for the WIT program. Other factors include proven outreachprograms such as job shadowing, career days, science camps, and mentoring, along withapprenticeships and training designed to engage female students from middle school throughcollege.Mentoring has been identified as the most successful engagement strategy. WIT successfullynegotiated with MentorNet, a Presidential award-winning online mentoring program that linksundergraduate and graduate students with professionals in industry, government and
Page 26.1753.5 impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions. MS-ETS1-3. Students, who demonstrate understanding, will be able to analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.Respondents were provided a link that allowed them to view these performance expectationswithin the NGSS context. This enabled them to view the other Engineering Design performanceexpectations, as well as the Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, andCrosscutting Concepts which the NGSS indicate underpin these
Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include product realization and concurrent engineering. He founded the International Journal of Agile Manufacturing and the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing systems and serves as Chief Editor of the two journals. Page 11.721.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Enhancement of Undergraduate Curriculum in Design And Manufacturing Courses Through Implementation of Product RealizationAbstractThe act of revising curricula through a multidisciplinary rapid product realization program is
instrumentation.Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah Kyle Branch is a second-year graduate student at the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engi- neering. He has helped develop and teach the described freshman laboratory course. His main research interest is in engineering education, focusing on the creation and analysis of interactive simulations for undergraduate chemical engineering courses. Page 26.1337.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Results & Lessons Learned from a Chemical Engineering Freshman Design LaboratoryAbstractA
students electing to specialize in Aerospace Production atÉcole de technologie superieure, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. These students previouslyreceived formal training on basic Computer Aided Design (CAD) topics such as graphicssystems, transformations, curves, surfaces and solid modeling, viewing and rendering, graphicexchanges standards, and so on. Thus, this optional CAD course departs from traditional basicCAD courses by focusing on practical aspects of design tools usage and implementation. Moststudents have limited or no prior knowledge of the aerospace field. The structure of this advancedone-semester course rests on three poles: formal teaching hours, labs and a project. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for
and counseling.The TECT workshop, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded proof-of-concept project,incorporates the well-established STEM model of hands-on problem-based learning to improvestudent learning and comprehension. To reinforce this approach, the TECT workshop makes useof existing engineering related student summer camps to conduct concurrent teacher andcounselor in-service education and promote best practices that reach across the diversity ofstudent learning styles and interests. In the TECT workshops, the teachers and counselorsinteract with students in the summer camps, learn new engineering and pedagogical content, andparticipate in teaching selected summer camp activities.To date, three TECT workshops have been held that
engaged in team projects. This integration ofengineering with other disciplines would further enhance the experience of students and betterprepare them for teamwork after graduation by enhancing learning and facilitating self-efficacyand innovation.References 1. Holley, K.A., 2009, "Best Practices Related to Interdisciplinary Education," ASHE Higher Education Report, 35(2), 89-99. 2. Hotaling, N., Hermann, C. D., Fasse, B. B., Bost, L. F., and Foresta, C. R., 2012, “A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, 101(4), 630-656. 3. Zohar, Ori. Letter to the author. 25 Jan 2015. TS
. Page 25.800.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Integrating Innovative Pedagogies into Engineering Economics CoursesAbstractIn this paper, we make a case for incorporating high-impact practices into the engineeringeconomics classroom as a way to increase student engagement, learning and performance.Wherever possible, we tie proposals to our own experiences. In some cases, the practices werefer to are extant in the education literature, but not ones that we have tried as yet; however, weplan to examine them in upcoming semesters and, possibly, incorporate them into our ownclassrooms. We also indicate how several of these practices help meet the requirements ofagencies that accredit engineering
Applied Physics from Appalachian State University with a Minor in Math. He was Senior R&D Test Engineer at Thomas Built Buses, Inc. for 11 years. His research areas are in instrumentation, fatigue and durability and finite element analysis. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, SAE, SME and ISA.Vijay Krishnan, North Carolina A&T State University Vijay Krishnan is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the department of Computational Science and Engineering. His research interests include composite materials, finite element modeling, numerical analysis, low velocity impact analysis and visualization. He is a member of ASTMWilliam Craft, North Carolina A&T State University William J. Craft is a
external visibility and nurture her professionaldevelopment (e.g. mentoring by senior faculty, resources for research, additional travel funds,relief from administrative duties). The proposal must also provide evidence that administratorsunderstand factors that may hinder a woman’s career advancement and describe how institutionalpolicies and practices have evolved to successfully recruit, hire and advance women facultymembers. The grant is for the first five years of the professor’s academic career and covers Page 14.642.3salary, benefits and a career development fund (20% of base salary) to cover professionallyrelated expenses (e.g
“processes for producing new materials.” Pahl and Beitz11 consider the integration of technical,psychological, systematic, and organizational aspects of engineering design as “prerequisites forthe physical realization of solution ideas.” Still others have argued that design includes teamworkand management skills12, 13. Based on these different views of engineering design, Bieniawski14has argued that design is not typically learned in a classroom setting, but rather through practice.CSM has responded to this concern in the development of the design stem. The design stemconsists of four courses: freshman EPICS (Engineering Practices Introductory Course Sequence),sophomore EPICS, Field Session (junior year) and Senior Capstone design. An
technology; and teacher education and professional development. Due to her interest and background in teacher education, Dr. Yang designed, developed and coordinated the K-12 Online Teaching Endorsement Program at Boise State. Dr. Yang was a featured researcher of the Association for Educational Commu- nications and Technology (AECT) International Convention and the Young Researcher Award recipient from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Recently she also received the Effective Practice Award (in online and eLearning) from the Sloan-Consortium. Page 24.1237.2 c
use21 . Mechanical engineers have a greatresponsibility when it comes to designing a user-friendly product. The design process is the mostcrucial of all the operations carried out from raw material to finished product. The best designersin the world cannot be user friendly or product friendly at every project, hence impartingempathy in engineering students is important for unforeseen design projects in real worldenvironment.3. Research Method 3.1. Study Subject and Data CollectionThe study subjects in this study were students enrolled in the design methodologies class offeredat a private university in the spring semester. This course serves as precursor to the seniorcapstone design course. Senior design course is the only design course
at Georgia Tech completing her Ph.D. research as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). She also completed a teaching certificate and was actively involved with the Center for the En- hancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Georgia Tech. Her academic interests focus on two primary areas of sustainable transportation: (1) community-based design and planning and (2) strategic planning and policy development. Dr. Barrella is also interested in investigating how to best integrate these research interests into classroom and project experiences for her students.Dr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University
NIOSH wrote a standalone chapter on PtD for anenvironmental engineering book on water and waste water delivery systems. He is alsoincluding case studies of PtD in practice. The project team is encouraging creativity among theauthors, and respecting the fact that the books are their own intellectual property.Some of the case studies given below are the result of retrofitting improvements to designs thatwere already in use by industry. Ideally, the best changes are made in the initial design phaseand thus any negative consequences avoided. The last example is different from the rest in that itis guidance for structural engineers on how to create an “erector friendly column” to preventconstruction worker injuries. The actual look and content of
). Curriculum authoring tools and inclusive classroom teaching practice: a longitudinalstudy. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37(2), 177-189.7. McKenney, S. (2005). Technology for Curriculum And Teacher Development: Software to Help Educators LearnWhile Designing Teacher Guides. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 38(2), 167-190.8. Schwatrz, D., Lin, X., Brophy, S.P., & Bransford, J. (1999) Towards the Development of Flexibly AdaptiveInstructional Designs. In C.M. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional-design Theories and Models: A new paradigm ofinstructional theory (183-214). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.9. Giorgio, T.B., Brophy, S.P. (2001). Challenge-Based Learning in Biomedical Engineering: A Legacy Cycle for
senior year caps off most undergraduate engineeringcurriculum. Per the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) therequirements for design are: “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through thecurriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquiredin earlier course work and incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints thatinclude most of the following considerations: economic, environmental, sustainability, …ethical, health and safety, social, and political.”1 Content related to a number of other ABETcriteria for engineering curricula can also be incorporated within a capstone design course,including abilities to work on multi-disciplinary teams, communicate
. Page 22.1346.15References1 K. Dahm, T. Merrill, W. Riddell, and L. Weiss, “Fostering Entrepreneurship While Teaching Design,” ASEEAnnual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, June 2010.2 L.R. Latucca, P.E. Terenzini and J. F. Volkwein, “Engineering Change: A Study of the Impact of EC2000,”ABET, Inc., Baltimore, MD 2006.3 K. D. Dahm and J. A. Newell, “Baseball Stadium Design: Teaching Engineering Economics and TechnicalCommunication in a Multi-Disciplinary Setting,” Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research, 2, 1(2001).4 W. Riddell, P. Jansson, K. Dahm, H. Benavidez, J. Haynes, D. Schowalter, “Conservation of Energy for CampusBuildings: Design, Communication and Environmentalism Through Project Based Learning,” ASEE
balance principles by incorporating a deliberate systematicapproach. Indeed, for our students to tackle the grand challenges of this century, they must beable to understand the inherent interconnectedness of global and regional environmental systems.Introduction The environmental engineering discipline employs fundamentals of mass balance alongwith engineering design principles to develop solutions for environmental challenges. A numberof these challenges are specifically addressed as grand challenges of the 21st century such asensuring a sustainable supply of food, water, and energy to underdeveloped areas, curbingclimate change while simultaneously adapting to its impacts, eliminating waste and waste-creating practices, and creating
collegestudents to conduct research at NASA. It set the stage for our community college to be a partnerin a large Department of Education grant for open textbooks. That funded creation of over 60additional free and open textbooks now housed in the college commons on LibreTexts [43]. ByFall 2022, these OER books were used in over 1,000-course sections, impacting over 15,000students.Among the OER textbooks built are Introduction to Engineering for Engineers and Scientists[44], General Physics [45, 46] and Calculus [47]. To improve them we are currently buildingonline formative and summative assessment into the textbooks. Figure 3. General Chemistry for Engineers daily pageviews from Google Analytics.Following on the principles used in creating the
of Engineering, Design andComputing at the University of Colorado Denver with representation from each of the fivedepartments, as well as faculty at multiple stages in their career (instructors, assistant, associate,and full professors in clinical, research, and tenure tracks). This cohort represents a broadsampling across the college, and provides a foundation for the FLC to influence, transform, andlayer a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the college.Initial results from this project center on findings that address the research question: How canparticipation in an FLC nudge engineering faculty to adopt and personalize mindful reflectionand DEI best practices? This paper includes initial findings from participant
students’ intentions to pursue an engineering degree over thecourse of their undergraduate career, and upon graduation, to practice engineering as aprofession. The design of the survey entails development of conceptual variables and surveyquestions generated from a review of engineering education literature and national surveys onundergraduate education, piloting of the survey, and internal consistency analyses. Currently inits second year, the instrument is being administered with 160 students selected from fouracademic campuses.In this paper, we present the variables that are guiding the design of the PIE survey, and discusseach variable in depth by providing its rationale. In addition, we discuss how the data collectedduring the first year–and
essential skills for becoming an impactful, well-rounded engineer [14], educators arejust beginning to experiment with and share their techniques and frameworks for better educatingstudents in this skill to help fill the gap.Empathy is very much a learnable skill, so the lack of educational frameworks may be due morein part to the newness of the concept, rather than the difficulty in teaching it. In fact, teachingempathy has been a key aspect of educating social workers for many years [15].When specifically looking to implement empathy-building exercises into design and engineeringeducation, Reimer recommends a variety of techniques, including implementing elements ofself- and context-awareness, decision-making and action planning, research and
., Keinitz, E., Liu, N., Chien YH, Hong D,Royalty A & Reiss, A. L. (2014). Impact and sustainability of creative capacity building: thecognitive, behavioral, and neural correlates of increasing creative capacity. In Design thinkingresearch (pp. 65-77). Springer, Cham.Hazelton, P., Malone, M., & Gardner, A. (2009). A multicultural, multidisciplinary short courseto introduce recently graduated engineers to the global nature of professional practice. EuropeanJournal of Engineering Education, 34(3), 281-290.Heine, S. J., Takata, T., & Lehman, D. R. (2000). Beyond self-presentation: Evidence for self-criticism among Japanese. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(1), 71-78.John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big-Five trait