Session 1410 References1. Christman, Leah and Ochs, John B., “Implementing an Entrepreneurial, Standards- Focused, Project-Based Learning Model,” Community of Agile Partners in Education (CAPE) Collaborative Faculty Project Grant, January 2004.2. Ochs, John, B, Watkins, Todd A, and Snyder, Drew M., “Lessons Learned in Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships in Entrepreneurship Education through Integrated Product Development (IPD),” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2003.3. Ochs, John, B, and Watkins, Todd A., “Lehigh’s Interdisciplinary Capstone Courses in Integrated Product Development (IPD),” Abstract
. Inthe original physics-based curricula, labs involving mechanical application were practically non-existent. To provide for new mechanical lab activities, basic laboratory stations were procured,an engineering measurements lab and course were created, and innovative, low-cost practicalexperiences were developed. These activities quickly became too numerous for a single course,and will need to be distributed into the engineering science courses. The electrical engineeringcomponent has been influenced by technology advances and changes in focus. Improvements tolaboratory equipment and software have simultaneously simplified many lab measurementswhile allowing for more complex projects. The focus has shifted from fundamental physicsmeasurements
particular emphasis on the behavior of these molecules in ”non-native” environments such as those often found in biotechnology. His research efforts have earned him the NSF CAREER Award and the Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). As part of his research efforts, Knotts creates outreach programs to help teachers improve K-12 STEM education.Dr. W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young UniversityDr. William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University William G. Pitt received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He obtained a faculty position at Brigham Young University in the Chemical Engineering Department, where he has served since 1987. He is
created to monitor internship programs andensure proper depth and breadth of experience for new engineers.14 Industry should providefeedback to academia on how well prepared graduates are as they enter internship programs. Byusing feedback from the industry perspective, faculty can drive the right curriculumimprovements that best prepare engineers to meet the demands of professional practice.The Perspective of Students on their Preparation for Professional PracticeBielefeldt’s recent study at CU investigated how civil engineering students perceived theeducational outcome requirements in the BOK2.15 The project had three main goals: 1) Introduce the BOK2 to first year civil engineering students and determine what information they perceived
generated data. Several flavors are alternated, the most common being 3-axis surface machining. The other two courses focus on the design and fabrication of injection molds (ETEC 335) and tooling and fixtures (ETEC 427). The former heavily utilizes both CAD and CAM in CATIA to design and machine an injection mold. Finally, each student must complete a senior capstone project (ETEC 422 and 424) that allows them to integrate the use of the skills they have acquired in the program. Extensive Page 22.411.8 CAD modeling is a requirement of this project. Typically these projects also lead to the use of CAM and CNC to fabricate a part
mostcredible data to guide energy investment and policy. Its vision is analyzing, speeding and Page 22.192.3smoothing the transition to sustainable energy worldwide. In doing so, it recognizes that it mustbring together the decisions made by policy makers, energy companies, investors and lawmakersworldwide, building project teams from all disciplines and all countries. This is the kind ofmodel we are aiming to replicate in our course.At Miami University a group of faculty from across the institution began to meet to consideramultidisciplinary energy studies program. The goal was to create an interdisciplinary major inenergy studies that exposed the
Greenwood Press: Westport Connenicut. p. 115 - 133.32. Johnson, D., R. Johnson, and K. Smith, Cooperative Learning Returns to College: What evidence is there that it works? Change, 1998. 30(4): p. 26-35.33. Nembhard, D., K. Yip, and A. Shtub, Comparing competitive and cooperative strategies for learning project management. Journal of Engineering Education, 2009. 98(2): p. 181-192.34. Keyser, M.W., Active learning and cooperative learning: understanding the difference and using both styles effectively. Research Strategies, 2000. 17(1): p. 35-44.35. Pimmel, R., Cooperative learning instructional activities in a capstone design course. Journal of Engineering Education, 2001. 90(3): p. 413-421.36. Finelli, C.J., A
primary research project is sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, and focuses on improving engineering education methods. I am also contributing to a research project sponsored by the US Department of Energy, in which I am assisting with the solid mechanics modeling of moisture swing polymers for use in low-energy carbon capture. For my senior capstone, I led the development of a theoretical offshore wind farm for the 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition, and helped our team earn second place at the competition. This experience led me to become the current president of NAU’s Energy Club, where I now manage two interdisciplinary engineering teams who are working to complete the Collegiate Wind Competition and
Chicago LegalForum, 1(8): 139-167.Davis, D., Trevisan, M., Gerlick, R., Davis, H., McCormack, J., Beyerlein, S., ... Brackin, P. (2010).Assessing team member citizenship in capstone engineering design courses. International Journal ofEngineering Education, 26(4), 771–783Douglas-Mankin, K. R. (2008). Assessment of student learning of design skills from a first semesterdesign project. Transactions of the ASABE, 51(6), 2249–2254.Edwards, B. D., Day, E. A., Arthur, W., & Bell, S. T. (2006). Relationships among team abilitycomposition, team mental models, and team performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 727–736.Fiegel, G. L., & Denatale, J. S. (2011). Civil engineering capstone design: Team formation, preparation,and performance
production), Management and Entrepreneurship Skills,and career pathways. The Electronics Vocational Framework requires a detailed analysis intoanalog and digital circuitry. Several courses rely on the Drafting Vocational Framework,focusing on computer aided design (Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD), analyzing blueprints,dimensioning, and creating 2 and 3 dimensional models.In the senior year capstone course, one of the major objectives is to integrate advancedmathematics and science into the engineering and technology education. The governingvocational document for this course requires a large number of embedded academic (i.e. mathand science) skills within the vocational standards. In order to accomplish this, the classcompletes a project analyzing
research inter- ests are in heterogeneous catalysis, materials characterization and nanomaterials synthesis. His research group has pioneered the development of electron microscopy tools for the study of catalysts.Dr. Jamie R Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering For- mation (PFE: RIEF) for the project- Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity. She is a member of the department’s ABET and
in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. Prior to joining academia, he worked for nearly five years as a project manager and structural analyst for Electric Boar Corporation. Dr. McGin- nis’ research interests include nondestructive evaluation of structures, response of structures to extreme events such as fire and earthquake, and improving undergraduate engineering education. He has published numerous articles concerning the application of digital image correlation, a non-contact photographic method of determining deformations, to study the behavior of unique structures under various loadings. In teaching and mentoring areas, Dr. McGinnis has been recognized by his peers as the
the curriculum with social context Architectural Civil Environmental Mechanical First year First-year projects: some sections S-L, some community context, some little/no social context AR/CV Intro (2-cr) EV Intro (1-cr) Second year Engineering Geology* Fund Environmental Eng Professional Sustainability Principles Issues Third year Intro to Fund Environmental Eng Env Microbiology Construction Intro to Construction Air Pollution Control Fourth year Capstone
are outcomes of the mixed-methods analysis of student datawith discussion of results.Background “Engineering design is a process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds and specifications within constraints” [1]. To help meet these goals, developingopportunities for students to experience engineering design prior to their capstone projects hasbeen identified as a priority [2], [3]. The development of communication and teamwork skills inengineering undergraduates is also important [4], [5], and previous researchers have noted thatengineering design and communication share essential features, allowing their co-incorporationinto curriculum to provide a valuable learning experience.The ENG 003 engineering design and
with seeing their projects as small research projects,rather than as an extended homework assignment. Anecdotally, one of the authors has noticedthat senior students also struggle with literature reviews in capstone design, which is clearly aresearch project, potentially pointing to a weakness in the technical writing curriculum thatshould be addressed.The positive correlation between total number of desired behaviors and final grade seemsobvious at first. However, it should be noted that in several cases, some of the strongestcorrelations are for behaviors that are not explicitly required, but are performed by some studentsas general good practices. Moreover, students who used these behaviors at many points in thereport, rather than giving
between the multiple perspectives shared in ourclassroom activities, and the possibility for multiple approaches to engineering and designchallenges in her other courses. Later in the interview she noted that she had been encouragingher group for a capstone project to look beyond the most obvious ‘engineering’ problems andsolutions to uncover latent issues and non-obvious approaches. Her experience in this coursecontributed to this student’s epistemological development in both disciplines, as she haddeveloped an understanding and acceptance of multiple perspectives.DiscussionThere are a few recurring themes that standout in written responses to the Performing Engineerassignment and the interviews. First, students noted that they discovered the
AC 2012-3046: AN APPROACH TO USING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTTEAMS TO DEVELOP UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY EXPERIENCESLt. Col. Kevin A. Gibbons Ret., U.S. Air Force Academy, NexOne, Inc., and CAStLE Kevin Gibbons is a Senior Scientist for NexOne, Inc., in the Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) located at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. He taught in the AF Academy Department of Engineering Mechanics for four years, where he earned his Assistant Professorship and served as the Director of the Applied Mechanics Laboratory. He currently works as an advisor for a senior capstone research team and mentor to multiple mechanical instrumentation project teams. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering with
5. Dinner Speech: Cultivating Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Practice, Thomas MacCalla 10 6. Keynote Speech: Innovations in Undergraduate Bioengineering Education, Melissa Kurtis Micou 11 7. Concluding Speech: When Did Engineering Become so Cool? Engaging a New Generation, David Hauhurst 12 8. Classifying Student Engineering Design Project Types, Micah Lande 13 9. Learning Communities Improve Retention in Engineering and Computer Science, Raman Menon Unnikrishnan and Ricardo V. Lopez
professionalpractice.Ressler17 and others18,19,20,21 discuss the importance of service learning, communicating withcustomers, and collaborating with colleagues and professional associates. Still others discusspartnering with industry as sources of problems for capstone and research projects forinternships. These opportunities are intended to facilitate the transition from the classroom to theworkplace and expose students to practitioners who, in addition to modeling technical expertise,also demonstrate the centrality of effective communication in the workplace. Page 22.167.3In an analysis of communication skills in the engineering workplace, Nicometo et al. report
/Capstone Project IdeasBeyond modules which can be accomplished in a laboratory class setting of two to three hours,the PolyVent can also provide inspiration for larger projects, for courses such as CapstoneEngineering Design not specific to bioengineering but open to many disciplines. Ideas forresearch or advanced undergraduate projects include: ● Designing a PCB to drive an air heater and/or humidifier and creating a supportive software extension ● Designing a nebulizer for drug delivery ● Programming new ventilation modes ● Designing a hardware module to support acoustic ventilation ● Programming the system to become a small animal veterinarian ventilator ● Designing a software control, and possibly a new hardware, to
-level courses. As a department, we took this to mean that studentsneed to complete their first year not only with competency using the CAD software but also with the self-study skills to renew their CAD capability in later courses without direct instructional intervention.Observations made by faculty mentors and external reviewers during senior capstone projects as well asfaculty feedback from other upper-level courses, also indicate our students lack the skill and confidence touse programming for analysis. Currently, we rely on MATLAB as our ME programming language,introduced in the first-year programming course and again in an upper-level third-year course called MEAnalysis. Student work in other upper-level courses demonstrates a lack of a
was developed as part of theNRT requirements in the 2019-2020 academic year and has been taught every fall semester since2019. The course objectives are to enhance graduate students’ systems thinking competency andestablish a knowledge base that students build upon through the educational and experimentalpillars of the NRT at our university. These pillars include field experiences in Southwest Kansas,policy experiences at the state capital, course work, and a subsequent 2-credit capstone, project-based course.This paper aims to describe the experience gained from the NRT Integrated FEW Systems course,which may be beneficial in the implementation of a systems thinking course at the graduate levelin other four-year institutions. The paper
Paper ID #39936Board 264: Endeavour S-STEM Program for First-Year Students: 3rd-YearResultsDr. Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston Diana de la Rosa-Pohl is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston (UH). She is currently the Director of the Endeavour S-STEM Program. In addition to S-STEM courses, she teaches courses in computer engineering and capstone design. She has also developed multiple project-based first-year experience programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Endeavour S
Paper ID #38022Toward Bidirectional Faculty Development: A Collaborative Model forDesigning and Implementing Faculty Trainings on Evidence-BasedStrategies for Supporting Student Learning in Low- and Middle-IncomeCountriesMr. Steven Ghambi, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences Steven Ghambi has over seven years experience as a lecturer in Materials engineering, currently with the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS). While searching for better teaching strategies, Steven got attached to the NEST project co-implemented by Rice University and MUBAS. Through these collaborations, Steven has
awareness level of BIM to get a job in theconstruction industry; (4) the perception of BIM-related jobs; the perception of the future of BIMin the construction industry; and (5) the importance of BIM education within the CM degreeprogram and CM undergraduate capstone projects [10]. The result indicated that a) 90% of therespondents heard BIM and 71% of the respondents who knew BIM heard it at University, and b)most of the responded students had average and low levels of BIM familiarity and competency[10]. Suwal & Singh [11] focuses on students’ perception towards the implementation of BIMcourses. Their [11] findings suggest that online BIM learning platforms are highly rated bystudents as a positive learning experience, indicating the need for
, and marketing. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, studying with the inventor of the blue and white LED, and an MBA from the University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Professor and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with
the impact of cooperative learning during the Spring2020 semester by studying team retrospectives written by students enrolled in a system analysisand design course.The pedagogical foundation for the system analysis and design course was cooperative learning.The course required students to work in teams to develop a software prototype. The project wasdivided into four milestones and each team was required to submit a team retrospective detailingoverall planning, task allocation, group processes, and strategies for improvement. The first twomilestones were completed during face-to-face instruction, while teams met online for the lasttwo milestones due to the shift to online instruction. To investigate team effectiveness, a rubricbased on the
the issue whilemeeting the original design specifications.Beatrice additionally observed variations in professional judgment among the engineers she hadworked with on various projects. As she explained in considerable detail: So each one [professional engineer] is a different person, and they have their own personal preferences of, “This should be engineered this way, I would like you to do it this way.” It’s their license, so we do it their way. But if you were to talk to the other professional engineer, just in the other office, they might have a different opinion on it. So, it’s like, “Which one’s the right one?” Knowing what’s best is hard, especially in an area that can have so many variables. Because
III. CTF C OURSE D EVELOPMENTan on-campus research program that supports cyber-defense A. eCTF Problem Descriptionareas, including secure embedded systems. Faculty engagedin research are available to have daily interactions with rising The eCTF revolved around designing a secure audio digitalseniors to help them develop senior capstone projects and rights management (DRM) module for next-generation multi-rising juniors to train them to use foundational knowledge media players. The core multimedia player is developed to runrequired to assess vulnerabilities in embedded systems. Stu- on an embedded systems platform (Digilent Cora Z7
mentors report positive experiences throughthese programs. The purpose of this article is to provide multiple perspectives of a teachingpracticum course that serves as the capstone to the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education atThe University of Texas at Austin. Perspectives from the supervising practicum professor, graduatestudent-teacher, faculty mentor, and undergraduate students provide a narrative for how graduateteaching certificate programs can impact all levels of engineering education. MethodsUT Austin Graduate Certificate in Engineering EducationThe UT Austin Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education consists of 16 credit hours ofcoursework and practical experience to prepare