Susan Woodard Roger Williams University Roger Williams University Roger Williams University Bristol, RI, United States Bristol, RI, United States Bristol, RI, United StatesAbstract—The team at Roger Williams University is working increase wind speed. This increase in speed is generated bywith CBC LLC creating a new design for a horizontal axis wind using eight wing shaped stationary stators that direct the airturbine known as HIPS WECS as a senior capstone project. This into the center of the 30 foot diameter housing structure. Thisnew turbine is designed to fit into an urban environment where a 30 foot
). From the COMETS collaboration stemmed the Capstone Design Project,which provided the opportunity to participate in a year-long senior design project at SanFrancisco State University to four current community college students.The civil engineering student Abbyanna Davis was selected to help on this research through thisinternship the student was able to work with simulations and allowed her to put the knowledgeshe has acquired through her academic pursuits to test, as well as acquire new knowledge such asthe use of MatLab Simulink in order to simulate the fluid viscous dampers and the ability to giveher an experience of upper division course work and research. Three main tasks include inputtingthe data, running simulations and analyzing the
capstone projects, etc. Some of recent reforms urged nationally such as emphasis inteamwork, communication skills, and interdisciplinary design have been integrated throughoutthe curricula. Furthermore, a close partnership has been developed between LCOE and LylesCenter for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (LCIE) to promote entrepreneurial endeavors withinvarious disciplines. Four full time faculty members in Civil Engineering, ConstructionManagement, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, have been awarded thedesignation of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Fellows. The Coleman Fellows are engaged indeveloping either new courses in their disciplines related to entrepreneurship and/or revisingexisting courses to integrate entrepreneurship
senior-level Professional Issues in Civil Engineering course was taught for the firsttime in fall 2015. The course is intended to address the new ABET program specific criteria forcivil engineering to “raise the bar” on ethics instruction. The course is also intended to helpstudents understand the importance of sustainable design and the impacts of engineering onsociety. One of the methods used to teach students about these issues included a structuredcontroversy on a proposed new water resources project in Colorado. There was also an extensivecase study analysis of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans that spanned four weeks of the course,two lengthy written assignments, and in-class discussions. This included a discussion of thesocial justice
AC 2011-1720: THE 2011 STATE OF MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Professor of Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering. His interests include Automation, Robotics, Project Management, and Design. Most recently he was part of the team that developed the Curriculum 2015 report. Page 22.1426.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The 2011 State of Manufacturing EducationAbstractThe paper complements the work of other groups and professionals, all trying to assess the statusof manufacturing education. To this end the paper
education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses na- tionwide, and is co-PI on several NSF grants to explore gender in engineering, design education, and interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design.Jacob Preston Moore, Virginia Tech Jacob Moore is a PhD candidate in the Engineering Education PhD program at Virginia Tech. His re- search interests include developing better digital textbooks for engineering and using Rapid Prototyping in education.Deirdre Annaliese Nicole Hunter, Virginia Tech Deirdre Hunter is a doctoral student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse
oftenspanned more than one of the above cited subcategories.The Teaching and Learning category captures any instructional intervention designed to improvestudent educational outcomes. More interventions were coded to this subcategory (57.3% of allinterventions) than any other subcategory (see Table 2.a). Aside from “Other,” which contains Page 11.496.5118 discrete interventions, the most common teaching- and learning-related interventions were:teams (17.3% of all articles), collaborative/cooperative learning (16.9% of all articles), lecture(traditional) (13.0% of all articles), projects (11.4% of all articles), active learning (10.4% of allarticles
increased awareness ofparticipants’ own lives and actions, and have the potential to “disrupt the everyday practices ofparticipants through enforcing an awareness and visibility of action previously absent” (p. 35)39.MethodsIn this section, we describe the Articulating a Succinct Description method. While we provide abrief overview of the initial ethnographic research that launched the ACC project, for thepurposes of this paper we will be focusing on the participants, data analysis, case study creation,and cultural probe intervention from the preliminary study that was conducted in Fall 2016.ParticipantsOver 565 students have been involved with the Advancing Cultural Change (ACC) projectthrough assignments in an introductory cultural anthropology
interactions • Senior design project - The hallmark of the engineering curriculum at Seattle University is our senior design (capstone) project, an academic year-long design project sponsored by local industry, government agencies, or nonprofit organizations. The Project Center at Seattle University interfaces with sponsors to find real-world assignments for design teams typically comprised of 4 students and supported by a faculty advisor, an industry liaison, and a department project coordinator. Over the course of the academic year, teams are responsible for both technical aspects of the project including designing, building, and testing a prototype (if applicable), and project management
accredited programare well equipped for industry. Open-ended problems solved in a group setting have the ability tosatisfy many ABET outcomes at once, most notably outcomes one, two and five. The firstoutcome, “an ability to formulate, and solve complex engineering problems,” students don’tusually engage in until their capstone design course, although an OEMP will expose students tocomplex engineering problems that are solvable with their level of engineering and appliedphysics knowledge. The second ABET outcome, “an ability to apply engineering design toproduce solutions that meet specified needs” including socio technical factors, is difficult tofulfill with closed ended problems, because there is no one correct solution for any engineeringproblem
the ways in which this identity is influenced by stu- dents’ academic relationships, events, and experiences. Dr. Groen holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures
Information Technology (NCWIT). His past experiences include having been a middle school science teacher, Director of Academic and Instructional Support for the Arizona Department of Education, a research scientist for the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. He is a co- developer of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) and his work has been cited more than 1800 times and his
Innovation CenterOur university currently has several spaces that support making, including workshops thatsupport our theater program, art studios, and engineering and technology shop spaces. Thesespaces support independent student projects, class projects, capstone design projects, studentorganization projects, and research projects.These spaces are well used and professionally operated. Students receive safety training and areable to use the spaces for free. Gaps in our existing makerspaces include: 1 • a lack of tie-in to our entrepreneurship program; • insufficient space to support the amount of work needed to be carried out
manufacturing. The challenge for MFS online lies in successfullyreproducing the learning experiences that arise during face-to-face teamwork activities andinteractive projects. This means moving the MFS online involves creating online equivalents forsignificant interactive team work and activities ranging from laboratory experiments on differentmanufacturing processes, team-based product design with physical products/in softwareplatforms and their assessment to simulating manufacturing system and supply chain operations.To help students master the complex technical concepts and skills and to give them a foundationin creativity and teamwork, these interactive aspects of the coursework are critical. The goal of the MFS degree program at the
practices, they need opportunities to developownership of these practices by coming up with their own ways to solve problems, posing theirown questions, and developing their own conclusions [22]. In engineering, in particular, theyneed opportunities to have ownership over the design problem; although posed by a customer orclient, design problems are framed by the designer [23], leading to a sense of agency [24] andownership [25].Interest can drive a sense of ownership over learning [26], which in turn can foster a mastery-oriented stance on learning [27] and help students make decisions about their futures [28]. Oneapproach to support ownership development is through the use of project-based instruction [29];creating artifacts that reflect learning
result related to the raceand gender and ignored other results of papers.CollaborationThree papers were about the mode of collaboration [20], [21], [23]. Flynn et al. [20]investigated the effect of mode of collaboration on female students while working in teams.The authors studied two different engineering teams working on the capstone project. Oneteam consisted of two men and two women. The mode of collaboration in this team wasdialogic. Another team consisted of two women and three men and the mode of collaborationhad the characteristics of dialogic, asymmetrical and hierarchical modes. In the first team,female students were treated equally with men and there was no major conflict among teammembers. But, in the second team, female students
) program. The project’s overall aim is to support aculture of pedagogical risk-taking and realize an additive innovation mindset to promote faculty-teaching innovations at a large, southwestern public university. A specific research sub-goal ofthe project is to further understand how faculty development programs and initiatives caninfluence faculty-teaching practices. A modified version of the Business Model Canvas (BMC)[1] is employed to document the emergent activities of innovation driven, self-formed facultygroups over time. The Business Model Canvas is an organizational tool for capturing andcommunicating the critical elements of an evolving project’s ecosystem. Borrowed fromentrepreneurship practices, it is used to identify the necessary
Student Awareness of Research DatabasesIntroductionIn the late summer of 2018, the Northeastern University Library and the College of Engineeringstarted work on a collaboration that would benefit and support first year engineering students.The goal of the First Year Engineering (FYE) Library Workshops is to introduce first-yearengineering majors at the university to the library’s resources and databases, thus establishing afoundation in university-level engineering research.The Northeastern University College of Engineering, following a successful pilot in 2014,decided to adopt a “Cornerstone to Capstone” curriculum design for all incoming first-yearengineering students. The Cornerstone course incorporates hands-on, project-based design workwith
for incoming freshmen students to get themengaged and connected to the College of Engineering. The main freshmen components are the E2 - Encounter Engineering Bridge campand the ENGR 1050, Introduction to Engineering freshmen class. Based on student,instructor and industry feedback, activities have continuously been adapted andimplemented to improve the quality of the program. For example, development andgrowth of a strong peer-mentoring component has helped support scaling the project forlarger numbers of students. Additional adjustments to staffing and funding have beennecessary through the years to accommodate the changing enrollment. In addition, theinformation presented as been updated and revised to best meet the needs of the
that forward to having them put forth recommendations for improvementsto the design. Other research confirms the idea that having students analyze the buildingcomponents provides similar benefits to engaging in research. Page 25.293.4Students that have not faced open-ended design problems will find that their education isinsufficient when they enter the workforce. There has been a great response to this needincluding accreditation requirements requiring students to work in a collaborative, team-oriented,capstone design project. Another avenue to expose students to this type of work isundergraduate research. But using an existing building as a
AC 2010-862: DEVELOPING THE AEROSPACE WORKFORCE: A BOEINGEXPERIENCEKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, gas turbines, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu.Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Daniel Kirk is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the Florida Institute of
choices on thecontext, timing, frequency, format, workload assignment, and grading for students.Context: We implemented the tool in Introductory microeconomics, Introductorymacroeconomics, Introductory engineering design (biotechnology and human values), andBiomedical engineering design (senior/capstone experience). The courses all include a projectwith oral presentations and other deliverables such as a written paper or an audio-videorecording. Each economics class enrolled 60 undergraduate students and the engineering classeshad 63 and 49 students, respectively. Students in these classes work on their projects in teams of4-6 students each. The projects are scaffolded in ways that allow the students to present theirwork orally, receive feedback
, there are numerouspedagogical approaches for teaching ethics and/or contemporary issues with a wide rangecurriculum implementation strategies including modules, individual courses, integrationthroughout the curriculum, or as part of a capstone experience. This paper will describe anapproach implemented by a private technologically focused University to reinforce ethicalbehavior and to discuss a wide range of contemporary issues associated with the aboveoutcomes. The approach includes offering the course as a hybrid e-Learning course that isstudent learning focused and not instructor focused. Assessment of student learning and theeffectiveness of the hybridization of the course will also be discussed in the paper.IntroductionThe Accreditation
students and collecting survey data from multiple institutions.IntroductionWriting is an important skill for engineers, but it is not necessarily thought about or taught as an“engineering skill.” Because of this, and despite ABET accreditation criteria directly related towriting,1 the inclusion of writing in engineering programs varies widely from program toprogram and course to course. While writing in engineering practice varies in scope frominformal emails and memos to large scope reports and proposals, writing in engineering coursesis often limited to formal laboratory or project reports, if it is included at all. This often causes adisconnect, leaving engineering graduates lacking in writing knowledge and skills, including asrelated to
teach in each learning style improves working with special needs studentsMarch Leadership Symposium Present senior capstone, research, service and competition projects to freshmen and sophomores May, Fall Study Abroad Engineering focused study abroad in May for rising juniors. Fall semester abroad
peacetime and combat experi- ence. Upon completion of active military service, Dr. Greenburg served in program leadership positions at Eagan McAllister Associates, and Science Applications International Corporation until he joined the faculty at the Citadel. Dr. Greenburg’s research interests include modeling project networks, technical decision making and leadership. Dr. Greenburg earned is BA in History at The Citadel (1981), Masters in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School (1994), and his PhD in Business Administration (Man- agement of Engineering and Technology) from Northcentral University (2010). He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by The Project Management Institute (PMI).Dr. Robert J
design experience that is at the very cutting edge of engineering education. Itis multidisciplinary, theory-based, hands-on, team implemented, outcome assessed,and based on product realization. It encompasses the very latest technologiesimpacting industrial development and taps subjects of high interest to students. Thedesign and construction of an intelligent vehicle fits well in a two-semester, senior yeardesign capstone course, or as an extracurricular activity earning design credit. Mostparticipating undergraduate and graduate students use the technical challenges posed by thecompetition as guidelines for their engineering projects. Under the supervision of facultyadvisors, participating students can register and receive grades for up to
engineering community and as stewards of society, are primary program constituents.Many engineering programs make use of industry professionals to affirm program educationalobjectives and to provide input about general preparation of engineering graduates. For example,program industry advisory boards need to cyclically affirm overall program educational Page 25.230.3objectives and participate in program strategic planning, and sometimes teams of industryprofessionals participate in evaluation of student learning through capstone projects (Scales etal., 1998; Napper and Hales, 1999). These efforts are more “top level” reviews or evaluations ofthe
“Fundamentals of Electrical Energy Systems Engineering” is envisioned to − Equip graduating engineers for day-to-day life relating to energy − Stress basic energy fundamentals, generation, utilization, environment − Be tailored to local needs and placed in the program according to local requirements • There should be mechanisms such as project courses for students to develop a system of systems approach – for example, projects involving power, power electronics, communication and computation. • Incorporation of a system of systems approach should be encouraged in capstone design courses. • A second course in “Energy System Design” is envisioned to − Provide the ability to understand and design
Naval Ship and Development Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Bell Aerospace Textron, and EDS, among others. She served as the principal investigator and test director for infrared detectability assessments for the U. S. Navy’s Amphibious Assault Landing Craft Program, as editor for operations manuals for the Navy’s Special Warfare submarine delivery vehicles, and as associate program director for projects in electronic countermeasures and radar detection of submarine towed arrays. Her graduate studies in the area of high-resolution spectral analyses of Jovian decametric radiation, leading to a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, also included extensive field work in the installation and operation of observing stations