accomplished by (1) taking aclassroom concept and researching its applications, or (2) researching a phenomena of interestand working backwards to find the fluid mechanics principles that govern it. Each group’s topicwas presented to and approved by the group’s TA. After researching the chosen concept, groupsbuilt a presentation using Microsoft Office’s PowerPoint to teach classmates about what thestudents in that group had learned. Common components of the presentations included anoverview of the chosen real-world application topic under investigation, an explanation of how itrelated to a fluid mechanics principle, and a sample problem to solidify the connection betweenthe two. Each presentation was designed to run five minutes with extra time for
being approved in the fall of 2019.In 2011, a thought-leading team of graduate-oriented faculty from discipline-specificdepartments was assembled to research and conceptualize what such a degree might look likeand how it might be best delivered. The team launched three parallel research efforts [1], [2], [3]: To ascertain what precedents and experiences with similar goals existed around the world, i.e., an international review of other doctoral programs addressing similar needs. To begin the process of identifying the curriculum and course content of the program. To conduct an interest and needs assessment of a sample of high probability individuals.The findings of all studies were positive, and their key features
to relate one to the other. They also learn the fundamental principles ofstatics and dynamics (friction, drag, acceleration, constant velocity, and motion). Basedon this knowledge, student teams design cars, assess their performance, and predictpower needs. They also test solar panels, compare the results to the estimated powerneeds of their cars, and determine the parameters for the design of their cars. The designchallenge is to build a solar car designed to pull a load, and compete of other teams to seewhich team pulls the most weight. The teams have a budget and each component theymight use has a cost. The budget is structured so the teams cannot buy the best ofeverything, so they must make tradeoffs and realize the best design subject
this paper is to share the lessons we learned by reflecting upon our experiences withtechnology lending and teaching workshops while examining data from checkout informationand personal surveys to draw conclusions about best practices and the impact we have on thecampus community.Technology LendingLibraries have very robust systems for lending books to their users, and often use these systemsto loan non-book items. At North Carolina State University Libraries, we have loaned a varietyof technology items (such as laptops and cameras) for over a decade through our TechnologyLending Service. Using the existing infrastructure, adding a new type of item requires only asmall amount of policy decision-making and staff training. For example, in 2010
/ tools for the different audiences. Some of the tools used are presented inthe next section.Table 1. Sample from the Curriculum Development Matrix Question 1: Was a new interdisciplinary, practice-based curriculum, which emphasizes the interdependency of manufacturing and design, in a business environment developed? Subquestions Data Respondents: Schedule Collection students (S), Approach faculty (F) industry (I
/ tools for the different audiences. Some of the tools used are presented inthe next section.Table 1. Sample from the Curriculum Development Matrix Question 1: Was a new interdisciplinary, practice-based curriculum, which emphasizes the interdependency of manufacturing and design, in a business environment developed? Subquestions Data Respon Sched Collecti -dents : ule on student Approac s (S
for all learners. Valerie has over 15 years of experience working in higher education, primarily in online graduate education, faculty support, and instructional design. She holds an M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology and an M.A. in Anthropology from Brandeis University.Dr. Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Kimberly LeChasseur is a researcher and evaluator with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She holds a dual appointment with the Center for Project-Based Learning and the Morgan Teaching and Learning Center. She holds a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Temple University and has more than ten years of experience researching professional learning of educators
questioned those practices to be an equitable instructor and researcher.Avneet is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Centered Engineering Program at BostonCollege. She was a graduate student in Purdue’s School of Engineering education from 2014 to2018. After Purdue, she worked in the corporate sector at MathWorks for a year and a half. Afterthat, she returned to academia, first as a Research Scientist at MIT, and then in her current role asan inaugural faculty member of a new undergraduate engineering program in a Jesuit LiberalArts College. Avneet grew up in several cities in India and considers her father’s military serviceand mother’s work as an educator and social worker to have influenced her life’s values. Shebelieves that her time at Purdue
Paper ID #41314Creation of Open-Source Course Materials for Engineering Economics Coursewith Help from a Team of Students—Lessons LearnedDr. Tamara R. Etmannski, University of British Columbia Tamara Etmannski is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada. Her position is focused on teaching content and various curricula and teaching and learning initiatives connected to ’impacts in engineering’ (sustainability, leadership, economics, entrepreneurship). Her pedagogical interests include high-impact practices like active and experiential
AbstractThe National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program isspecifically designed to support workforce development that primarily takes place in technicianeducation programs offered at two-year colleges across the nation. Even so, NSF grant funding isinfrequently or never pursued by most two-year colleges even though there is a need for fundingto support high-cost, high-impact STEM programs. Since two-year colleges are focused onteaching vs. research, securing grants is seldom, if ever, required or recognized as important aspart of employee performance review, tenure, and promotion processes at these institutions. As aresult, technical/STEM faculty members typically do not have prior grant experience, nor dothey
complications in seekinguseful solutions, and evaluates how effectively the assessment strategies supported andpotentially drove the learning.2 The six faculty members strongly agree with the assertion thatthe active research strategy of PBL methodology positively impacts the quality of studentlearning.Faculty administered a survey instrument on the first day of class and on the last day of class. Page 10.693.1The two survey instruments were identical and probed cognitive, behavioral and affectiveattitudes. The “Assessment” section included here provides graphs that aggregate the results. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering
Research and Evaluation from Virginia Tech. Her research and scholarship are focused on exploring the implementation of mixed methods, qualitative, and arts-informed research designs in studies examining issues of social justice and educational equity. Currently, she is on a research team examining the impacts of an out-of-school STEM summer program for racially underrepresented youth. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #21947Dr. Glenda D. Young, Mississippi State University Dr. Glenda D. Young is a visiting assistant professor in the department of Industrial and Systems
the class. The stipulation was that it had to look like the sameinformation designer created each molecular structure. The professor had to take the complexacademic content and intentionally construct meaning from the experience. In order for theexperience to be learner-centered, the students determined what actions must be taken in order toreach the significant goals. The professor had to assist by giving no answers –– only questions.This prompted the students to be self-regulated, assume responsibility for their actions, and todepend on each other in order to get their part done.Forming a TeamThe team project included opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, enrolled inArizona State University’s graphic information technology
initiallycanvassed regarding their intention for a major and then aligned with a correspondingsection in the school of their choice. The sections addressed by this article were almostexclusively inclined toward engineering. Nevertheless, coming out of secondary schoolsystems even with advanced mathematics and science programs, the freshmen in thisstudy typically failed to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the fundamentalengineering disciplines available as academic areas of study or as viable careers after Page 11.1022.5graduation. Consequently, the off-campus trips were designed to specifically providefirst-encounters with practicing engineers in a wide
do differently the next time?; and (4) Whatis the most important thing you have learned from your experience teaching engineering design? Five themes emerged through the analysis of responses. These included the following: (1)time and time management; (2) selection and properties of materials; (3) classroom management;(4) grouping and teamwork; and (5) improved attitudes toward teaching engineering toelementary students. Implications for future iterations of teacher preparation include theimportance of being a participant, a planner, and a facilitator of engineering design.Introduction Best practices for preparing preservice teachers to integrate engineering design into theK-6 curriculum are still being determined. This paper
, 26, 349-361.7. Zamani, E.M. (2001). Institutional responses to barriers to the transfer process. New Directions for Community Colleges, 114, p. 15 – 24.8. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fact Book (2010-2011). Retrieved from http://irp.U___.edu/dmdocuments/fb10_11.pdf9. Tsapogas, J. (2004). The role of community colleges in the education of recent science and engineering graduates. Info Brief Science Research and Statistics: National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.10. Ishitani, T.T. & McKitrick, S.A. (2010). After transfer: The engagement of community college students at a four-year collegiate institution. Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 34, p
share in a group setting. We will conduct one focus group at each institution,comprised of 8 respondents. We plan to conduct 15 in-depth individual interviews at eachinstitution, resulting in 60 detailed student narratives. OUTCOMESThrough our multi-method qualitative study, we will create grounded theory32,33,34 to build aconceptual model for better explaining the educational pathways of student veterans inengineering. This study will have broad systemic impact by diversifying pathways to andthrough engineering programs, and in capitalizing on the informal and real-world experiences ofengineering student veterans. A comprehensive dissemination plan ensures that the study results,particularly the best practices for supporting veterans in
to go back in time to construct specific assessmenttools for comparison between the classic and inverted formats. Still, a broad comparison ofstudent performance can be made by examining course grades.Figure 3 presents a plot showing average examination scores for the structural design courses atVillanova University from 2009 to 2014. Average examination scores can best be defined asfinal course grades (out of 100 percent) if all non-exam elements of the final grade such ashomework, laboratories, projects, lecture-based quizzes, attendance, or anything else areremoved. Grades are still weighted within each course such that if Exam B was worth more thanExam A it is weighted more heavily in the computed score used for the plot
integrate growth in these competencies into future experiences. Due to the lack ofshared curricular requirements across the eighteen engineering majors offered at U-M,incorporating a bookend approach seemed to be a potentially effective strategy. Updating anexisting course in the first year, where some shared curriculum does exist, and implementing anew course in the senior year when most students are completing their senior design experienceand preparing to enter the workforce, proved to be the most feasible.This practice paper primarily provides information regarding the design of these two courses,including explanation of the motivations for implementing these courses and the research basisthat informs the course design. Additionally, we analyze
earned a Master's degree in International Communication from American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Her focus and research was on international education, leadership, and cross-cultural communication.Debbie Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology Debbie Pearson, Assistant Director in the Division of Professional Practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the past eight years, works with cooperative education students in the aerospace and mechanical engineering fields. Her responsibilities include counseling students, developing jobs, and assessing the effectiveness of co-op assignments. Having traveled to various countries, Debbie is interested in
, student teams take aproduct from the concept stage to the manufacturing floor. In this course, lectures are rarelyused. Students are challenged to learn what they needed to accomplish their goals, rather thanhaving the instructors deliver all of the information that they might require. The fact that thestudents are working on their own product concepts may have had a positive influence on theirmotivation to learn as well. In a second course, at the graduate level, students are asked to “deepread” a technical paper related to the course. The students are given a methodology for deepreading a technical paper and are required to prepare a written evaluation of the paper. Themethodology is designed to assist the students in doing an “expert” level
oultlines the students’participation withhigh schools in the competition. This paper illustrates how liberal education principles are at workin the senior design course. 7II. FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITIONAlthough the technical programs at American Universities continue to improve to maintain theirworld-wide recognition as the very best, the primary and secondary education systems do needconsiderable improvement. There is a growing gap between instructor expectation and theperformance of these high school graduates. The report “Engineering Education in a changingworld”8 addresses educational partnerships as one of sixteen action items to direct the future ofengineering education. As stated in the report, “Each engineering college, with local industry
Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She graduated Summa cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008, and completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineering Students. Her research interests
additional cognitive focus and energy on top of the design and implementation of the research study. I felt more pressure to theorize and conduct a high caliber literature review since it would be one of the first in the area and I did not want to “let my community down” or open it up for attacks. I can recall criticism of the work feeling deeply personal, so much so that it seemed people were attacking my identity as they asked questions about the research. I share this experience to help illuminate the challenges that marginalized students have when conducting research that may serve their communities. How can we make this process easier for them? How do we rethink the gatekeeping practices of literature reviews and academia overall to broaden
AC 2012-3799: FROM THE INDUSTRY TO THE STUDENT: PROJECTMANAGEMENT OF AN INDUSTRY-SPONSORED MULTIDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONE PROJECTMr. Jacob T. Allenstein, Ohio State University Jacob Allenstein graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.Sc. in aerospace engineering and is currently in pursuit of a M.Sc., while working as a Research Associate at the Ohio State University.Dr. Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University Clifford A .Whitfield graduated from the Ohio State University with B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering and is currently working as a Lecturer-B.E. and a Senior Research Associate for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the Engineering Education Innovation Center’s
including lead authorship of an invited article in the 100th Anniversary issue of JEE and for an invited chapter on translation of research to practice for the first edition of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research. He serves as an Associate Editor for Advances in Engineering Education and on the Advisory Board for the Journal of Engineering Education. He was selected as a Fellow of ASEE in 2008 and of ASME in 2012. He holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, an M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from RPI, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Creating Faculty Buy-In for Ethics
the editorial board chair for the Online Ethics Center, deputy director for research for the National Institute of Engineering Ethics, and past-division chair for the ASEE Liberal Education/Engineering and Society division.Matthew James P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Matthew James is an Associate Professor of Practice in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering.Dr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He leads the
courses in ECS,Science, and Mathematics. The training was focused on course module development for lower-division Engineering, Mathematics, and Science courses to incorporate high impact practices.Undergraduate Research for Freshman and Sophomore Students Undergraduate research consisting of laboratory/field activities and design projectsinvolving students, peer mentors, and faculty members were implemented in the Summer of2019. These activities were intended to increase the persistence of URM students in STEMdisciplines. The objective of Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) was toincrease students’ comprehension of concepts and topics and develop skills through real-worldexperiences at a very early stage as a freshman or
Griffin Pitts is currently an undergraduate computer science student with the University of Florida’s Her- bert Wertheim College of Engineering. As a student, Griffin conducts research within multiple disciplines, furthering the impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has been awarded by the Uni- versity of Florida’s Center for Undergraduate Research and intends on attending graduate school in his future.Sage Bachus, University of Florida Sage Bachus is a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering and Pre-Med student at the Herbert Wertheim Col- lege of Engineering, University of Florida. His main research focus is in learning analytics and developing a way to better understand the underlying
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