, we plan to evaluate secondary outcomes such as student attitude andengagement with both the process of reflection and SBG, as well as the quality of reflectionsacross offerings of a course with different reflection requirements.MethodsCourse and student populationThis ongoing study is being performed in an introductory experimental design laboratory coursethat is required for sophomore undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students at NorthwesternUniversity. This course is offered twice a year with the same instructors and enrolls 20-40students per offering. Students are grouped depending on the quarter in which they enrolled inthe course (Quarter A “QA” or Quarter B “QB”) and there are nominal differences betweengroups. Northwestern’s
Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Jorge holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in Canada and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. His research focuses on areas of automated rea- soning in Artificial Intelligence; specifically, automated planning, search and knowledge representation. Currently his research focuses on understanding how machine learning techniques can be applied to the intelligent decision-making process, on the applicability of AI techniques for enhancing emotional health in Engineering Education. He is also an assistant researcher at the Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data
), called for a Decade of Education for sustainabledevelopment from 2005 to 2015 [1]. This worldwide reflection is creating a new engineeringeducation culture. Engineering educators are observing significant shifts in societal expectationsof the engineering profession to help address immediate and longer-term sustainable developmentchallenges. According to the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO),engineering plays a significant role in planning and building projects that preserve naturalresources, are cost-efficient, and support human and natural environments [2]. The NationalAcademy of Engineering formulated in 2004 its vision of the engineer of 2020 [3]. This reportoutlines a number of aspirational goals where it sees the
announcement on gathering restrictions due to COVID-19. It wasdecided the event would be online.The team quickly adapted to a virtual, “flipped classroom” model professional developmentworkshop held jointly with LATA. Project COMPLETE staff coordinated an online registrationform, Zoom logistics, speaking topics, professional development videos, and stipend payments;while LATA’s President provided input to workshop planning and communicated details toLATA members.A total of eleven videos were created for participants to watch in preparation for the workshop.The videos were optional, and participants were provided a small stipend for each video watchedbefore or after the workshop itself. This video-based professional development allowed forflexibility
threeoptions are briefly described below.Option 1: Map Building & Path Planning of an Autonomous Mobile RobotThis option is an extension of Project 1 on Autonomous Mobile Robots. Project 1 is regarding path planningand waypoint navigation of a robot working in a completely known environment, i.e., all objects and theirpositions are known beforehand. The robot will find an obstacle-free path from its current position to aspecified goal location and then follow the path, as shown in Fig. 1 (c) and (d). As an extension, the objects’positions are assumed to be unknown. This requires the robot to first detect the positions of the unknownobjects using its onboard range sensors; determine the number of objects by applying certain clusteringalgorithm; and
Technology (IT/OT) systems to identify vulnerabilities using a wide variety of penetration software tools methods and tactics to simulate cyber-attacks. Forensic computer analyst: responsible to investigate computer-related crimes by using forensic tools to recover electronic data/information that serves as legal evidence. Cybersecurity analyst: responsible to assess, plan and enact security measures to safeguard the privacy, integrity and availability of an organization’s cyber and information assets by preventing compromise (e.g., outside/inside security breaches). Security Software Developer: responsible to implement and develop security software and systems to ensure an organization’s network
the literaturein pertinent capacities.BackgroundTo be effective, effort should be made to plan, deliver, and assess educational content [1]. Underthe best of circumstances, this can be a challenging endeavor. Education is something that ispracticed, as application can vary greatly between settings and population.The constraints of COVID-19 on education greatly upended much of the conventionalknowledge and practices used in education at all levels. Distance learning, alternative modalities,reduced class sizes, utilization of educational technology, and normalization of personalprotective equipment (PPE), are all examples of pedagogical changes that occurred at manyinstitutions.At Penn State Behrend, the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET
the time I was anxious to apply my knowledge of thermo/fluid sciences and mechanical design toward a real world application/engineering project, as well as learn more about renewable energy. The UTC project provided that experience allowing me to gain knowledge in passive solar energy systems and experience in conducting experimental research. Overall I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to be part of this project. I have learned more than I imagined at the beginning of the project and I have already applied some of these skills toward my graduate research. -Student ResearcherNext, an experimental plan was developed to obtain the
produced promising research results and the first forecasting models,which were put into use at the Wisconsin Gas Company in Milwaukee, WI (now part ofWe Energies). After a brief partnership with an outside firm, Marquette began licensing GasDaydirectly to natural gas utilities in 2001.The GasDay Project is not the result of a strategic plan to enter into a retail software licensingbusiness. Rather, it is the result of an unexpected end to a more typical university-industrytechnology transfer arrangement. Once the first GasDay model was in use at Wisconsin GasMarquette University realized it had a licensable property. The university found a very large,international energy consulting business as a commercialization partner. The partnership
the students choosing.The final deliverables were a presentation to the class and a final report. The topics ranged from solarhighways to tidal energy production. The second time the course was taught the student project waschanged substantially. The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) was incorporated into the overallcourse and was the primary focus of the final project. This paper focuses on an overview of the PassiveHouse technique as well as its implementation in the SES course and its applicability to mechanicalengineering students.Passive House Certification and Modeling SoftwarePassive solar design is not a new idea. It dates back to antiquity. Nor is the use of very thick walls forinsulation a new concept. However, according to the
and how towrite a scientific paper. However, the idea behind the final project is always to give the studentsan experience of developing a full software application by collaborating with stakeholders andfollowing appropriate methods for requirements analysis, design, implementation, qualityassurance and project planning. In the course projects or project based courses where students aregiven a project and asked to implement a complete software system by analyzing therequirements and designing the system using UML and object oriented methods. Students get theopportunity to learn how to write documentations, test cases, and to validate their work withstakeholders. Such senior level course projects provide students with the experience ofteam
Paper ID #31322The Outer Space Also Needs ArchitectsDr. Sudarshan Krishnan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Sudarshan Krishnan specializes in the area of lightweight structures. His current research focuses on the structural design and stability behavior of cable-strut systems and transformable structures. He teaches courses on the planning, analysis and design of structural systems. As an architect and structural designer, he has worked on a range of projects that included houses, hospitals, recreation centers, institutional buildings, and conservation of historic buildings/monuments. Professor
amounts of renewable energy, i.e., 80% at a competitive costby 2050 [9]. This also adds to the difficulty of enforcing resiliency of the power system to majorevents, as required by Presidential Policy Directive 21 [10]. The students in this program seek tofamiliarize themselves with and help address challenges such as renewable energy integration,including distributed intelligence, resilience, control, management, planning, and operation.Workforce shortage is also a hurdle in successful implementation and operation of the smart grid.Many of the current power engineering workforce retire or are eligible for retirement in the nextdecade [11], [12].Compared to the United States, many European countries have a more mature experience inutilization of
Future Planning/Career 20 Progression 10 Intellectual Development/Continuous 0 Learning 3 5 7 9 Entrepreneurship/Innovation Week#Figure 4: Application of reflection in student life as reported in the weekly reflectivesurveys.4.2 Meta-reflection – Area of ApplicationThe students carried out meta-reflection exercises at
research plan, (4) research ethics, (5) graduate school familiarityand applying for graduate school, (6) presenting your research plan, and (7) professional skills. To complement the lectures, assignments for the course are shown in Table 2. The skillsand concepts to be reinforced by each assignment are also shown in Table 2. Assignments fallinto the same seven areas as listed above for course topics/lectures.Table 2: Course Assignments Topic Skills/Concepts Reinforced 1 Finding a Mentor Faculty/Student Interaction Research Interests Self-Reflection Identifying Potential Mentors Web research Meeting Mentors Oral and Written Communication 2
.” "In light of these earlier experiences, our current REU program aimed to i) increase the number ofgroup activities, ii) increase the satisfaction with group activities, and iii) engage students withthe history of Alabama. In this work an overview of the REU activities will be detailed, with afocus on the logistical elements for the social, cultural and professional development efforts. Asummary of the student feedback, experiences of the program coordinators, and future plans torefine and improve these elements will be presented.Activity PlanningThe design of our program followed the same general protocol that has been reported by Straub[5]: identify program start/end dates, identify conference that students will attend, identify datesfor
consultants, transit consultants, and transitagencies also look promising as urban rail transit continues to grow with severalcommuter rail, streetcar, light rail transit, and other rail projects being planned. Graduateengineers will be needed in several area including civil, computer, electrical,environmental, and mechanical engineering.The task of finding graduating engineers for the rail industry is not an easy one. At onetime, railroad engineering was a common course in engineering programs and manystudents started exciting careers in the rail industry, but these courses have virtuallydisappeared and today few universities have a separate course and many do not evenmention rail in their introduction to transportation engineering course. It has
with a wide range of interests have foundthe course helpful, including those interested in electronics and high-speed circuit design, bio-medicalengineering, antenna theory, microwave engineering and electromagnetic interference/compatibility.The course typically begins with a review of fundamental concepts in electromagnetics, and thenvarious analytical solution methods are examined. The majority of the semester is then devoted toexamining various computational methods, including both frequency- and time-domain methods. Amajor revision of the course is presently underway, which will include expansion into a two-semestersequence. Selected details of the current course offering are described below, and plans for the newtwo-semester course
would be the transition from a prototype to a real installation, though ourcapstone project is not planned for installation. Figure 3 shows an altered version of the previoussketch by now choosing to focus on both the workstation and controller. Figure 3: Viable Solution 3 Sketch (Chosen Solution) Now that alternatives have been drafted, the evaluation metrics were applied to determinewhich solution should be built. The applied Evaluation Metrics can be seen in Figure 4. Figure 4: Applying Evaluation Metrics The weights for the evaluation metrics were determined by the priority of the client’sneeds and it is assumed a higher weight is the best option. Implementation and
of engineering, science, and mathematicsSO2 an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs withconsideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental,and economic factorsSO3 an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiencesSO4 an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations andmake informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global,economic, environmental, and societal contextsSO5 an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet
the largest college on campus and have a challenging first-yearcurriculum. Academic Support Programs for Student Athletes (ASPSA) was recruited to be part of thiseffort because they already taught several academic support classes along with additional interventionprograms for their student-athletes.The first course (spring 2009) was created primarily using a template that was used in similar ASPSAcourses and included class participation, four journal entries, two individual conferences and a finalproject that required students to create a “strategies for success learning plan.”There were additional in-class assignments, but those were not initially included in the graded portion ofthe class. The journal entries involved reflecting on our in
create engineering designchallenges based in the life sciences. Teams of 3-5 teachers representing a variety of schoolscreated the challenges and posted videos of their plans on an online web-based platform(Edthena, ©2017). Teachers from other teams and the workshop leaders provided feedback onthe online platform about how well the proposed engineering design challenge would allowstudents to engage in engineering design practices. The teachers then revised their plans anduploaded new videos of their work for additional feedback. Both sets of videos were evaluatedand scored using the same engineering design challenge rubric that included criteria such as theopen-endedness of the problem, use of constraints and criteria, and the potential for
theoreticalbasis of the sustainable development of engineering education in China.I. IntroductionEngineering originates from the desires and creation of human society. The engineer is a kindof occupation which is continuing 6,000 years. From the planning and construction of cities,water supply systems and water conservancy projects, to shipbuilding and port construction,military conquests and siege tactics, the work and technology of engineers are an importantpart of the progress of human civilization.Engineering education is a category of education. Broadly speaking, it is a specializedtechnical education mode for the cultivation of engineering talents, to teach technical scienceand engineering knowledge and skills as the basic characteristics; in a
processes, machine design, renewable energy and micro-manufacturing. His current research interests include robotics, CIM, sus- tainable manufacturing, micro machining and engineering and technology education. He has published several papers in these areas in various national and international conferences and journals. He has worked in heavy and light manufacturing industries, manufacturing pumps, motors, and CNC machine tools in the areas of system design, production planning, and control and manufacturing. Edinbarough also served in paramilitary forces and in the Air Force. He is a Life Member of the ISTE, a senior life member of the IE (India), a member of ASEE and SME, and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in
Polytechnic Researcher and educator in the fields of Molecular Biotechnology, Clinical medicines and Project based learning.Mr. Larry Keng tee Seow, Larry Seow researches, lectures and initiates methods of design and thinking for encouraging critical creative process to drive future readiness, forming new innovative mind-set for individuals and groups from different disciplines, to maximize their resourcefulness with clarity in having solutions, to seize opportunities and keep complex problems away in the ever changing volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment. Larry is one of four master trainers at the pre-planning meeting for the 2nd design thinking for Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s
include planning of a project. 52 43 4 0 0 4. I am interested in learning more about engineering and design through in- 30 57 4 9 0 service workshops. 5. I am interested in learning more about engineering and design through 27 26 26 17 4 college courses. 6. I am interested in learning more about engineering and design through peer 30 43 22 4 0 training. 7. I would like to be able to teach my students to understand the design 52 35 9 4 0 process. 8. I would like to be able to teach students to understand the types of problems 57 35 9 0 0 to which engineering and design can be applied. 9. Engineering and design
programs.Additionally, the design of the assessment and evaluation plan and data from the 2016-2017cohort will be reported.2. Recruitment and SelectionIncoming freshmen in AE or IE are eligible to apply for the ASPIRE program. Recruitingapplicants for the ASPIRE program focuses on advertising the program to as many high schooljuniors and seniors as possible. Consequently, in addition to advertising the ASPIRE Scholarshipon the university’s Office of Admissions and Scholarships webpage, the College ofEngineering’s webpage, and on departmental webpages, we developed a brochure that is sent tohigh school students and guidance counselors.ASPIRE Scholarship eligibility is determined by a combination of financial need, academictalent, interest in the field, and
cohorts (e.g., Mathematics, Chemistry). There are also two external board members consisting of engineering educators – one in our state and one in a neighboring state -- such that travel time and cost for the external board members to attend meetings are not hurdles. The STEP Advisory Board meets two times a year -- once in fall and another time in spring – and the meeting format consists of a reporting component and a planning component. In the reporting component, the Advisory Board reviews project progress and provides feedback; in the planning component, the Advisory Board assists the Project Team to set priorities and provides suggestions for strategies. More importantly, the Advisory Board can influence institutional
commercialization center. CMEC provides several supports that aredescribed in this paper. In addition, data on these activities with associated costs are provided.The supports are provided in the following areas: one-on-one counselling by Entrepreneur inResidence, Intellectual Property Legal Aid, Small Business Development Plan, FunctionalPrototype Development, Small Business Innovation Research grants submission, PilotManufacturing, and Product Commercialization. The paper also provides information on thenature of partnership with stakeholders, such as State Department of Workforce Development,organizations that are involved with regional economic development, relevant industry,professional societies/organizations, and media. One of the key activities
G.A.L.S. camp for each applicant. 10ft and 30ft. The students learned that MechanicalThe following items were taken into consideration in Engineers use material composition, weight capacity andassessing perceived benefit: effects of impact when designing and making instruments, Students who identified factors that most influenced tools and vehicles. their future career plans that aligned with the Participants were exposed to bridge design during the objectives of the camp civil engineering project on day 2. This lesson focused on Students who had misconceptions about the role how bridges are engineered to