displacement associate with mechanical components for realistic boundary conditions; (a, e, k) IV. assess the accuracy of computer-generated solutions by comparing them with experimental data and/or analytical predictions; (a, b, e, k) V. design a mechanical component to meet specific performance requirements, create associated CAD drawings to document the design in a professional format, and support the design by appropriate application of engineering analysis software and traditional engineering analyses. (a, e, g, k)(Letters in parentheses after each outcome above represent the ABET student outcomes that aresupported by that particular course learning outcome7.)A key instructional concern
year general chemistry course. SIincludes group and one-on-one peer tutoring as well as instructor and teaching assistant officehours. Previous research has shown that participation in SI correlates with higher course grades,more confidence in course material, greater material retention, higher overall GPA, and greaterstudent retention and graduation rates. [1] Engaging students in SI, however, has been a persistentchallenge. For example, a previous study found only 40% of students enrolled in historicallydifficult classes (including general chemistry) took advantage of the SI provided. This studyfound participants in SI were more likely to have a final course grade of B or better and lesslikely to withdraw from the class. [2]Last year we
in various engineering disciplines. Most of ourUniversity’ s students have reasons other than interest in vector mathematics for studying 3 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conferenceengineering (Caserta, Lind and Chedid, Spring 2011). So the low performance of freshman onvector calculations is understandable.First year students’ performance on a second vector trigonometry problem was graded A,B,C,Dor F. A and B were correct, except B was the grade assigned for incorrect units. D answersshowed awareness of the concept of “ SOH CAH TOA.” A grade
.5. Investigative Skills, A.8. Ordering Systems, A.9. Historical Traditions and Global Culture, B.2. Accessibility, B.3. Sustainability, B.4. Site Design, B.5. Life Safety, B.8. Environmental Systems, B.9. Structural Systems.14 Figure 4: Comprehensive Design Studio collaborative session.In addition, the new 2014 Conditions have added a Realm D Requirement: D.1 Integrative Design: Ability to produce an architectural solution that demonstrates the ability to make design decisions about a single project while demonstrating broad integration and consideration of environmental stewardship, technical documentation, accessibility, site conditions, life safety, environmental systems
. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.13. Baxter Magolda, M. B. (2001). Making their own way: Narratives for transforming higher education to promote self-development. Sterling, VA: Stylus14. Baxter Magolda, M. B. (2008). The evolution of self-authorship. In M. S. Khine (Ed.), Knowing, Knowledge and Beliefs: Epistemological Studies across Diverse Cultures (pp. 45-64), New York, NY: Springer15. Sattler, B., Turns, J. A., & Mobrand, K. A. (2012). Supporting self-authorship development: The contribution of preparedness portfolios. Paper in the proceedings of the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.16. Deci, E. L. & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The “what” and “why” of goal pursuits: Human
became useful in designing the final instrument was a Q-matrix that weupdated throughout the redesign. A Q-matrix15, 16 is similar to a table of specifications17 exceptthat it is a matrix of concepts (horizontal) and items (vertical). A Q-matrix can be used torepresent the mapping between items and FKs. We had two different versions of Q-matrices, oneat the item level and one at the item response level (e.g., “A”, “B”, “C”, etc.; our items weremultiple-choice). Table 1 shows a portion of one of our item level Q-matrices. In this table, wehave four items, four concepts (“FK.c#”), and four misconceptions (“FK.m#”). The cells arecoded dichotomously: a “1” indicates that solving the item requires proficiency with thatconcept. An item can be coded
), and suitability of POCT devices for solving problems in medicine andbiology (p=0.014). 5.0 Student Responses (0-4 Likert Scale) * * * 4.0 * * 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e
still active in the program and on a path towards graduation, 1 student switched to arelated program and 11 did not graduate and are no longer active in the program. Removing the12 students from the 204 possible results in a persistence rate of nearly 94% for students thatsuccessfully complete this course sequence.Course grades were collected for each student record. The grade system at MSOE consists of“A”, “AB”, “B”, “BC”, “C”, “CD”, and “D.” These letter grades were mapped numerically into4, 3.5, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, and 1, respectively for analysis.Plots showing grade distribution where compiled for EE1910, EE2920, and EE2930. Thedifferences in grades, or delta, between EE1910-EE2920, and EE2920-EE2930 were alsocomputed for each student record
of each category in the attitudes survey, aggregating 10 questionsper category. Appendix B presents detailed survey results. Students completed the surveybefore being introduced to the Mechanix software, and after 6 weeks of experience using thestandard textbook-aligned online homework software MasteringEngineering® which provides nofree body diagram input or feedback. Twenty-seven (69%) of students in the experimental groupcompleted questions in categories A and B, and 21 completed questions in category C(apparently 6 students overlooked the back side of the survey.) As might be expected ofengineering students, the surveys indicate reasonably high levels of confidence and acceptancetowards engineering and technology, including technologies
Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice-oriented mission of Northeastern University.Dr. B. Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly Kris Jaeger, PhD is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems. She has also been an
with Latinoadolescents as they selected problems in their communities and tried to solve them throughengineering design processes. We sought to make this engineering experience "authentic" in thesense that they worked in teams on ill-structured problems over an extended duration of time (9months). We sought to answer the following two research questions: (a) Did their perceptions ofengineering change, and if so, how? and (b) Did their perceptions of their engineering abilitieschange, and if so, how?Context of the StudyWe followed a group of 25 Latino/a adolescents (ages 14-17) throughout the course of twodifferent school years. During the first year, a total number of ten adolescents participated in thestudy. Two different venues were used to
engineering capstone project?b) What portion of this knowledge and skill is ideally derived through pre-capstone coursework?c) What capstone course elements are essential for a successful energy engineering project?These research questions were translated into the three-page stakeholder survey that appears inAppendix A. The survey contained five parts and was given to student team members, facultyadvisors, and project clients. Students and faculty completed all five parts. The survey wasdesigned for easy adaptation to other energy engineering capstone projects within any capstoneprogram. Table 6 summarizes findings related to knowledge and skills needed for an energyengineering capstone project. The top portion of this table highlights technical
studentscreated an integrated, local, virtual environment running Oracle’s VirtualBox and a virtual instanceof Windows 7 to create, edit and deploy Bitnami and PHP code. The Bitnami Tracks Stack, basedon Ruby on Rails, provided just the right combination of Web Server, Database Server and PHPinterpreter the MDL application needed in order to establish this local instantiation of theapplication. Next, a virtual Windows Server 2012 production instance was created on MicrosoftAzure Cloud and the same baseline software tested locally was, also, installed on Azure Cloud.Finally, SugarSync, a cloud file sharing service, was used to tie together a) all cloud platforms b)the local development environment, and c) the Azure production environment in the cloud
student outcomes.BackgroundThe US Government defines “unexploded ordnance” as military munitions that: (A) have been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action; (B) have been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material; and (C) remain unexploded, whether by malfunction, design, or any other cause.1There are estimates of hundreds of million pounds of unexploded ordnance (UXO) sittingunderwater around the world and tens of millions in US waterways. These UXO are not goingaway and the problem is not relegated to deep ocean waters. Many of the UXO that cause the
model maps for high and low performing teams, respectively. Page 26.771.7 VCVD: Team AFigure 3. Model map for a high performing VCVD team. VCVD: Team B Instructor Material Consultation Thickness
ability to measure thischange may provide greater understanding of the success of the course which has been discussedin previous papers. (Klingbeil 2012) The assumption is that self-efficacy may play a role inhelping students graduate with engineering degrees even while not having traditionally strongbackgrounds in mathematics. Page 26.1142.3The goals of the study are as follows: A. Develop a survey mechanism to accurately record student efficacy in mathematics and engineering for pre and post course use to measure if a change in self-efficacy occurs. B. Validate the survey tool from the data collected to determine
build a series of virtual labs that allow the rural students to try the "virtual hardware". Fig.5 (b)Fig.5 (a) e-classroom: Multimedia video on RSA; (b) Virtual Lab via IMITS shows such an example. Since the rural schools may not have the required lab resources (such as circuit boards, oscillator, etc.), for hardware-based security labs such as IMD power charge security lab, we are investigating the use of the interactive multimedia intelligent tutoring system (IMITS) [12] to guide remote students for hardware settings. For
that some time has elapsed between thesurveys, which may correspond to changes in some responses from two years (beginning) to oneyear (post). Despite the elapsed time, we observed an increase in the number of participantsindicating that they would apply for positions in 3 years. This shift may be a result of anincreased awareness of participant preparedness and the effort required for the applicationprocess. A delay in a faculty candidate’s job search may enable them to apply for jobs with abetter sense of confidence and preparedness. Overall, participants indicated that they wouldrecommend iFEAT to others, indicating a program rating of 4.3 ± 0.9 on a scale from 1-wouldnot recommend to 5-would recommend.Figure 2: Perceived (a) most and (b
block diagram of the 6-input CASM data acquisition system b. An example: A patient outfitted with the CASM system and sensorsDuring the third stage students at DeVry North Brunswick worked on completing the hardwareand software for the CASM data acquisition [Fig.1.a and b], as well as a simple self-stimmingdetection system that was based on frequency differentiation method. The detection technique isbased on the data gathered from few autistic patients. Using similar data, the DeVry Brazil teamcame out with a different approach using a visual analysis technique [Fig.2.a and b]. Thistechnique offers a visual aid to the clinicians and caretakers to help identify self-stimming inorder to detect an autistic onset as early as possible
Hodge 2006 Yes 0 1 0 Hodge 2007 No impact 0 1 0 Hodge 2008 No impact 0 1 0 Hodge 2009 Yes 0 1 0 Vasko 2012 Yes 1 0 0 Tsang 2013 n/ac 2 1 0 a Freshman retention not reported, but retention at other times was higher for the LLC. b Study was published in 2001 about the 2000
pre-req for the design class, which is a pre-req for the capstone class.Students do not necessarily take these three classes in their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years as laid out in theideal curriculum flowchart, but they do take them in this order. We are able to look at therelationship between SDLRS score and class year. Also, because many students took themodules more than once, we are able to look at a relationship between number of exposures andSDLRS score.ResultsSDLRS Total Score Figure 3(a) shows how average SDLRS score changes with age or classyear. Again, students do not necessarily take the three classes in the ideal flowchart year, butthey do take them in succession in different semesters. Figure 3(b) shows how average SDLRSscore changes
in Professional Writing, Journal of Engineering Education, 99:427-438.[4] Yalvac, B., Smith, H. D., Troy, J. B., and Hirsch, P. (2007). Promoting Advanced Writing Skills in an Upper-Level Engineering Class, Journal of Engineering Education, 96: 117-128.[5] Ekoniak, M., Scanlon, M.J., Mohammadi-Aragh, M.J. (2013). Improving student writing through multiple peer feedback, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 626 – 628.[6] Furman B. and Robinson, W. (2003). Improving Engineering Report Writing with Calibrated Peer Review,The 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, November 5-8, Boulder, CO.[7] Smelser, R. E. (2001). How to Build Better Engineers A Practical Approach to the Mechanics of Text. Quarterly-National
; Teasley, S. D.) 63–82 (American Psychological Assossiation, 1991).7. Adams, R. et al. A community of practice approach to becoming an engineering education re- search professional. in 121st ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. (2014).8. Sattler, B., Carberry, A. R. & Thomas, L. D. Graduate student peer mentoring: A means for creating an engineering education reseracg community. in Am. Soc. Eng. Educ. (2012).9. Jesiek, B. K., Newswander, L. K. & Borrego, M. Engineering Education Research: Discipline, Community, Page 26.1783.14 or Field? J. Eng. Educ. (2009).10. Katehi, L. et al. Development of Graduate Programs
differentinstitutions. Additional quantitative surveys, such as the AMS and MAI also did not showsignificant differences over the two-year span for the large public university. 5!a) b) Learning Oriented Behaviors (small private)! Grade Oriented Behaviors (small private)! Learning Oriented Behaviors (large public
7. Percentage of students recommending the stated classes to be taught in a non- traditional mannerConclusions and RecommendationsAn interactive Statics course incorporating components of a traditional classroom, an invertedclassroom, and those suggested by noted researchers in the field of Statics education werecombined to form a hybrid learning environment. Findings relate to peer instruction, numericproblem solving, course learning gains, and student feedback as follows: (a) The use ofisomorphic questions in a modified peer instruction sequence revealed student learning gainsstemming from the peer discussions. These gains are in agreement with published research inother fields. (b) The sequence in which
years, 1986 through 1996.Therefore, in order to determine an accurate citation count each family member must be searchedseparately. Table 4 shows the number of citing documents for each member of the patent familyof US4615579 in selected databases. The USPTO database has two columns, one for citedreferences located on the front page (Front) of the patent and the second for in-text references(Text). Six members of this family have been cited in later patents. Published applications (“A”documents) are more likely to be cited than issued patents (“B” and “C” documents) becausethey become public eighteen months after filing. This is true for the German (DE), French (FR),British (GB) and Japanese (JP) members. The U.S. did not begin publishing
learning outcome,at the end of this phase, they were requested to submit the design documents and prototype ofdesigned impellers. The impellers from the two design groups are shown in Figure 3. In Figure3(a), the impeller has no splitters; while in (b), splitters are included in the design. For this senior Page 26.1229.7project, the focus more concentrates on the manufacturing and inspection of the impellers. Thestudents were only required to design the impeller with 6 blades (and 6 splitters) using the freeform modeling capabilities of PLM, the blades dimensions were specified by students with theonly constraint on the feed stock material
steel joist flex period as a 4.3/5.0 incontributing to their overall learning. This high rating is typical of all flex periods. To date, theCollege and Departmental administration feel the benefits more than justify the costs.Bibliography 1. Glynn, E. F., Dinehart, D. W., Gross, S. P., Hampton, F. P., and Wadzuk, B. M. (2007), “Teaching Engineering Mechanics in a Problem-Structured Environment,” Proceedings of the Fall 2007 ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 2. Wadzuk, B. M., Dinehart, D. W., Glynn, E. F., Gross, S. P., and Hampton, F. P. (2008), “'A Survey of Engineering Mechanics in Civil Engineering Curricula',” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
should: (a) include all information aboutbuildings; (b) cover all information needs by all stakeholders in all phases; (c) be non-redundant;be software-independent; and (d) be format-independent [5]. BIM has a potential use in all stages of the project life-cycle: it can be used by the ownerto understand project needs, by the design team to analyze, design and develop the project, bythe contractor to manage the construction of the project, and by the facility manager duringoperation and decommissioning phases [15]. Looking to the future leads to speculation that BIMwill eventually lead to a virtual project design and construction approach, with a project beingcompletely simulated before being undertaken for real [16]. Countering the
Manganin 48.2 x10-8 Silicon* 0.1-60 ... -8 Lead 22 x10 Glass 1-10000 x109 Hard rubber 1-100 x1013 Quartz (fused) 7.5 x1017 Stainless Steel 5 X10-5 b. Experiment Procedure: Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat CapacityIn the next section, the concepts that relate heat, the material properties of thermal conductivityand molar heat capacity, and the ‘sea of electrons’. The equations that relate the power transmittedthrough the surface of a sample, the temperature of the surfaces of a sample