informed judgments incomputing practice based on legal and ethical principles”, and 3) “function effectively as amember or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline”are soft skills that most undergraduate computing programs believe help students havelongevity in their software careers [1]. Tech companies hiring undergraduate softwareengineers state that soft skills like ability to listen effectively, empathize with others, and beagreeable and cooperative during team discussions [2] are skills that new graduates oftenlack. Undergraduate computing capstone courses and sometimes software engineeringcourses are usually a student’s first introduction to both working on a team-based project,creating a prototype
in terms of both designprocess and project delivery. Building Information Modeling (BIM), utilizes a model-centricapproach where the computer model functions as a central graphical and informationinterdisciplinary repository which, when optimized, facilitates design collaboration andcoordination among the project designers, clients, and construction teams. Additionally, theparametric and object-oriented modeling technologies underlying BIM applications alsofacilitate digital fabrication of both prototypes and manufactured components. It has beenproposed that building information modeling delivers technology that actually meets theexpectations of the profession that have previously gone un-fulfilled, and that BIM can “finallyharness the power
to improve engineering education. techniques to enhance creativity in the design process and also techniques to improve engineering education.John Wood, United States Air Force Academy DR. JOHN J. WOOD is an Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the United States Air Force Academy. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University and is a retired Air Force officer. The current focus of Dr. Wood’s research includes the pioneering development of micro air vehicle systems using innovative conceptual design techniques for current technology implementations, as well as futuristic projections, applied in the framework of a senior capstone design course. Other
realized how time intensive and expensivethe test would be. She decided to adjust her proposed method of analysis to the readily accessibleHACH Method. She put together the list of materials for testing and ordered it. Not longafterward, she realized she had ordered double what she needed. Luckily, with the help of facultyhere in the department, that mistake turned into an advantage for Melissa and three other studentsto use that extra testing material for capstone projects. She went through lab safety training, andprepared herself for experiments to be completed in the lab. For the first three lab meetings, hermentor was doing the experiments with her; after these supervised experiments, she felt ready toconduct the following procedures
Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global agility and leadership. His research and teaching interests in- clude developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places including North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked for Becton Dickinson, a
dominant dimension in the data.4.1.1 Change and learning (as opposed to being stuck and static) Students recognized that learning can grow and improve over time, and understood thatthis requires effort. They were willing to take steps to expand their own learning skills, and wereable to recognize their learning achievements.• The extent to which students see themselves grow as learners “…it’s dependent [students’ ability to learn from Capstone project] on your desire to put forward a really honest effort…” (FG 4, student 3) “I feel ready to tackle an engineering problem...” (I 2) “Like our project, I’m rather excited, they’re actually going to, they are building it, they’re making it better, but they’re building
Education & Educational Technology at Purdue University. After study- ing philosophy, religious studies and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. (2004) in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. NSF, SSHRC, FQRSC, and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on the intersection between learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology, particularly sus- tainability, designing open-ended problem/project-based learning environments, social computing/gaming applications for education, and problem solving in ill-structured/complex domains
Loop BS Each Course: Course Program Learning Objectives Journal CAM & PAM Survey? Focus Group Outcome Junior Surveys Notebooks Graduating Senior Survey Seniors Capstone Course Senior Project Exit Test? Alumni
ASEE Annu. Conf. and Expo., Seattle, WA, USA, Jun. 2015, pp. 1-13.[10] T. Xing, S. W. Beyerlein, and J. Crepeau, "Impact of self-directed learning modules on preparing students to take the FE exam," in 2023 ASEE Annu. Conf. & Expo., Baltimore, MD, USA, Jun 2023.[11] K. Bower and K. Brannan, "Implementing self directed problem based learning in a multidisciplinary environmental engineering capstone class," in 2005 ASEE Annual Conf., Portland, OR, Jun. 2005, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.18260/1-2--15030[12] W. Zheng, H. Shih, H., and Y.-L Mo, "The integration of cognitive instructions and problem/project based learning into the civil engineering curriculum to cultivate creativity and self directed
should develop mastery ofthe four higher levels (applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating) which, hopefully, will beachieved in more advanced courses (e.g, senior capstone project).one another. For example, what kinds of relationships exist among atomic bonding, crystalstructure, imperfections, diffusion, phase diagrams, phase transformations, and mechanicalproperties? How do they fit together? Why is it necessary to study and understand these topics?For most students (including materials majors) this disorganization of topics proves to be veryconfusing and mind boggling. Consequently, student interest and motivation begin to wane, andby the semester’s end many (most) students have developed a dislike for the course and havebecome
the electromechanical tether for their new wind energy kite and and was an inventor on over a dozen patents. In 2020, he joined the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Washington as an Assistant Teaching Professor, where he leads the capstone design program and teaches the senior-level design sequence. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Interactive and Dynamic Lecture Slides for Active Learning of Concept Evaluation and SelectionAbstractThere are many methods to integrate engaging, actively learning material into a typical lectureslide, such as live polls or clicker activities that show a histogram of the results from amultiple
taught in the department by CEE faculty ever since it was first created in the late1990s (when it was first created, it was entitled, “Intro to Computer Applications in Civil andEnvironmental Engineering”).Computing and data science play critical roles in the CEE undergraduate (and graduate)curriculum at Carnegie Mellon University. The undergraduate curriculum in this departmentprovides students with a grounding in traditional CEE material, but has a particular emphasis onempowering students to play an active role in reimagining the field of CEE in the future. Thiscourse establishes the foundation for further computing (and sensing) skill development inrequired junior- and senior-level lab and project courses, including our senior capstone
Paper ID #36691A MODULAR APPROACH TO INCORPORATINGPUBLIC POLICY INTO ENGINEERING COURSESBarry Hyman Barry Hyman is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He is a founding member of the ASEE Engineering and Public Policy Division and has served on various ASEE committees. He started the annual Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) program in 1980, served as its Project Director until 1987 and was the WISE Faculty-Member-in-Residence in 1983. Professor Hyman received ASEE’s Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education in 1985
PreCalculus course as Problem- Solving with Brooks and was also afforded the opportunity to lead an impactul Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Principles of Engineering (PoE) course, a project-based learning survey of the engineering discipline. Since the Summer of 2015 I have been privileged to work with the Texas A and M Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) to evaluate a couple of online tutorial tools (Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)) currently under development, Mechanix and Sketchtivity, that provide immediate constructive feedback to the students and student-level metrics to the instructors. I presented on this work at the state and national PLTW Conventions and at CPTTE in 2016. I also spent 5 semesters beginning the Fall of
titlesincluding “Requirements Engineering and Specification”, “Full Stack Development 1: SoftwareRequirements Analysis”, “Software and Safety Requirements Engineering”, and “RequirementsElicitation, Modeling, and Analysis”, many of the other programs embedded requirements concepts intoother courses. This may have been a project-based course or a general introduction to softwareengineering with a more substantial focus on requirements. In all but one case, requirements wereclearly mentioned in one or more courses as a topic outside of the capstone design experience.However, the security area is somewhat concerning. In reviewing the course descriptions, 49% ofprograms clearly required a course which focused on security. Course titles, seemed to be
Paper ID #36010Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of A 3D Printed Violin for the PublicMs. Claire Marie Dollins, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Senior undergraduate Mechanical Engineering and Data Science student at Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute. Currently working on my capstone research project with the Department of Mechanical Engineering.Meghan Scruton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute My name is Meghan Scruton and I am a senior studying Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical Design at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Eli Ross Breitbart Frischling, Worcester Polytechnic Institute I am Eli Breitbart
-19: Student perspectivesAbstractThe paper examines students’ perspectives that impact the student learning activities’ transitiondue to COVID-19. The study seeks to determine how face-to-face or in-person teaching to non-traditional or online methods has affected the student, particularly in the construction program.Additionally, as construction courses typically include labs and capstone projects, it is essential todetermine how these courses were delivered as the programs transitioned to the online mediums.The research study compares content delivery before and during COVID-19. The survey questionsare used to determine the challenges students face in accessing the course management system,familiarizing themselves, and being satisfied with
been awarded after a probationary period of five or six yearsand announced simply by a letter in the mail. However, since faculty abilities and interests varywidely, it was not uncommon for some faculty who were moderately or heavily involved inteaching to also produce some significant research results. Natural curiosity, student interests,capstone projects, or monetary necessity might have been the driving motivations. Many facultymembers and administrators at such institutions were aware of the advantages of producingresearch results simply by observing the work of their peers at larger, research-orienteduniversities. As the years went by, the standards of these institutions were admired andgradually were put in place, at least partially, at
1981-1989 Associate Director for Finance and Administration, Center for Electromagnetics Research (CER), Northeastern University. Pub- lications/Papers: Reenergizing and Reengaging Students Interest through CAPSULE; A Novel and Evolu- tionary Method on Educating Teachers to Promote STEM Careers Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (IEEE ISEC 2011); and ”Implementing the Capstone Experience Concept for Teacher Professional Development” Jessica Chin, Abe Zeid, Claire Duggan, Sagar Kamarthi (ASEE 2011). Rel- evant Presentations: ”K-12 Partnerships” (Department of Homeland Security/Centers of Excellence An- nual Meeting 2009); ”Building and Sustaining K-12 Educational Partnerships” (NSF ERC 2007 - 2010
, e.g., capstone projects.However, students would benefit from, and are interested in, integrating holistic educationthroughout the curriculum. Moreover, university engineering programs that are accredited byABET are required to meet these objectives. In their recent redevelopment of the student outcomescriteria, ABET [1], [2] identified seven primary outcomes for students. Of these, items two andfour focus on holistic engineering, emphasizing global cultural, social, environmental, andeconomic factors.To address all of the critical aspects of engineering projects, students must successfully analyze therequirements, synthesize information, and evaluate several design options for a given problem.These cognitive skills match well with Bloom’s
paired F/T-LEARN cohort (FTIC students only for F-LEARN comparisongroup, transfer students only for T-LEARN comparison group); 2) first academic term ofenrollment is similar to the paired F/T-LEARN cohort; 3) declared as STEM in their first term(see Appendix A for a list of CIP codes that map to STEM majors for this project); 4) have notparticipated in another Living-Learning Community or other Enriching Learning Experience(e.g. honors in the major, National Merit Scholars, mentoring programs, etc.); and 5) have acumulative GPA similar to the F/T-LEARN cohort (high school GPA for FTIC; previousinstitution GPA for transfer students), which was done by computing the minimum andmaximum high school GPA or previous institution GPA for the F/T-LEARN
mentoring and guiding student teams through the senior design capstone course and a translational course following senior design. To promote biomed- ical/bioengineering, Marcia works with Women in Engineering to offer outreach activities and served at the national level as Executive Director of the biomedical engineering honor society, Alpha Eta Mu Beta, from 2011-2017.Mrs. Madeline R Darling, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Maddie is an Undergraduate Programs Coordinator for the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She holds a M.S. in College Student Affairs from Eastern Illinois University (2016). Her research interests include student academic success, retention
engineering programs, West Point offers a course on Energy Conversion Systems whichcovers conventional topics of fossil fuel utilization, combustion, advanced power andrefrigeration cycles, direct energy conversion, chemical equilibrium, and so on. However, thecourse has evolved to reflect current energy issues, by including lessons on national and globalenergy usage, climate change, nuclear power, hydrogen, and renewable and alternative energy.In addition to this course, there are senior capstone projects and cadet independent studies thatare connected to alternative energy research and development. The goals are to provide a broadoverview to the cadets, such that the cadets are excited to continue the pursuit of energyalternatives as graduates and
haveconsequences that the civil engineering profession may not have fully considered and addressed.One of the main topics raised in the comments is the potential impact that the additionaleducation requirement will have on the projected shortage of engineers. These commentspresent the thought that this change may exacerbate the issue by making a Civil Engineeringdegree less attractive to students. These comments also suggest that the proposed change couldlower the average salary of a Civil Engineering graduate, rather than raise it.The comments from academic leaders who responded to the survey include the followingthoughts related to recruiting and training future engineers (items in brackets were added): “In my capstone design class of >90
AC 2009-1673: PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION UNITS, USING COMMONCOMPONENTS, FOR AN INTRODUCTORY THERMODYNAMICS COURSEMichael Plumley, United States Coast Guard Academy LCDR Michael Plumley is an Assistant Professor, and 1998 graduate, of the Mechanical Engineering program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He has served as coordinator for a variety of courses, including Capstone Design, Machine Design, Mechanisms, Heat Transfer, and Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems. He holds Master of Science degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut
AC 2009-1685: HANDS-ON LAB DEMONSTRATION TO TEACH HOWMECHANICAL PROPERTIES CHANGE DUE TO COLD WORKING ANDRECRYSTALLIZATIONDaniel Magda, Weber State University Page 14.663.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Hands on Lab Demonstration to Teach how Mechanical Properties Change Due to Cold Working and RecrystallizationAbstractLaboratories that employ hands-on demonstration to change material properties play animportant role in understanding why materials are selected for different design specifications.Engineering students take courses in mechanics of material, machine design, finite elementanalysis and capstone senior projects. These courses require
catalog. 4. Course material must be directly related to technology driven organizations. 5. The curriculum must require each student to demonstrate a command of written and oral communication skills in English. 6. Courses must relate to knowledge workers in a global environment. 7. Each student is required to perform a capstone project or thesis using analysis and integration of Engineering Management concepts. 8. A minimum of one course in probability and statistics 9. A minimum of one course in engineering economy 10. Two courses in quantitative analysis courses are required. C. Students Admission Requirements 1. Two years of engineering experience in a company based in a
improvement plan. Itshould be noted that some assessment methods can only be used to assess certain specificoutcomes. Table 1 maps the assessment tools for assessing each of the a-k programoutcomes.Table -1 Assessment Tools for Outcomes for the Engineering Technology Programs Engineering Technology Program Outcomes Assessment Tools a b c d e f g h i j k Advisory Committee X X X X X X X X Feedback Used to assess program objectives Course Assessment X X X X X X X X X X X Alumni Surveys Used to assess program objectives Capstone/Senior X X X X X X X
commonalities, since they allclaim to be computing disciplines. Analysis of the formal curricula shows that all five programscover: Computer foundational topics Computer programming (including algorithms, implementation, and software quality) Capabilities and limitations of computers (including societal impact) Software lifecycle issues Processes, both computing and professional Advanced computing topics Professionalism (including interpersonal communications, teamwork, management, ethics, and legal constraints) Applications to join theory and skills (including labs, assignments, projects, etc.) Capstone projects
. She works with ASCE’s Committee on Education on issues of importance to the undergraduate and grad- uate level education of civil engineers.Dr. Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy Dr. Brock E. Barry, P.E. is an Associate Professor and Mechanics Group Director in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United