students are ableto experience quality laboratory learning and also be prepared for modern industry demandsand a globally-connected workplace culture.AcknowledgmentThe work reported in this article contributes to a larger research project on laboratorylearning in Science and Engineering that is supported by the Australia Research Councilthrough grant DP140104189 for which Human Research Ethics approval has been obtainedfrom Curtin University (Approval Number: RDSE-61-15). The authors wish to express theirgratitude to both institutions.The authors also wish to acknowledge the contribution of the University of Technology,Sydney for allowing the use of their remote laboratory rigs for the purpose of this study.References[1] D. Lowe, S. Murray, D
institutionalizing the entrepreneurial mindset (EM),improving and expanding evidence-based pedagogical strategies in capstone courses, andcreating a faculty Community of Practice. To effectively institutionalize the entrepreneurialmindset and expand evidence-based pedagogical practices in capstone courses, professionaldevelopment was provided in conjunction with coaching sessions. This format aimed to provideaccountability for faculty participants, offer opportunities to strategize how the innovation(s)would be implemented in a contextualized setting, and shift the attitudes and practices of thecapstone faculty.Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) outlines an individual change model that describes thefive stages individuals follow towards adoption of an
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integration andcollaboration.Further research needs to be conducted to follow up with developing better classroom-readyinstruments for classroom assessments in authentic problem solving challenges. In addition, alarger study that includes follow up of students’ performance post-graduation (from high school)to seek an understanding of the impact on their pursuit of STEM education (speciallyengineering) and careers would be recommended.References[1] Partnership for 21st Century Learning (2015). P21 Framework Definitions. P21: Washington, DC.[2] S. Haag, N. Hubele, A. Garcia, & K. McBeath, “Engineering undergraduate attrition and contributing factors,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol 23, no. 5, pp. 929- 940, 2007.[3] T
with CDS alumni and current students may reinforce these observations of the advisors.Nonetheless, continual improvement is being sought with regards to the entrepreneurial mindsetof the students, and improvement to assessment techniques will be sought to ultimately producebetter graduating engineers.AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank Dr. Arslan and Dr. Xie for their contributions as project advisors during thecourse of the work described. The authors also acknowledge support of this work at all levels ofadministration by Dr. Jawad, Dr. Grace, and Dr. Vaz.References [1] J. Mynderse, S. Arslan and L. Liu, "Using A Funded Capstone Project To Teach Fluid Power," ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2014.[2] J
effect of AR on these aspects. The focus of this paper, however, isthe examination of the effect(s) of the collaborative AR app developed on the process of theteamwork in terms of communication and interaction. It aims at understanding to whichextent AR changes the way people communicate in collaborative settings, i.e. when theypursue a common goal. Moreover, the results of the study aim at identifyingrecommendations for action (e.g. for university teachers) in terms of the design ofcollaborative (learning) processes that will be enriched by AR.Tags: collaboration, Augmented Reality, communication, interaction, team1. Augmented Reality in collaborative learning1.1. Augmented RealityIn higher education, modern technological trends often find
opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of IES.References[1] X. Fan, W. Luo, M. Menekse, D. Litman, and J. Wang, “CourseMIRROR: Enhancing large classroom instructor-student interactions via mobile interfaces and natural language processing.” in Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2015), Seoul, Korea, 2015. pp. 1473–1478.[2] W. Luo and D. J. Litman, “Summarizing student responses to reflection prompts.,” in Proceedings of Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP), Lisbon, Portugal, 2015. pp. 1955–1960.[3] W. Luo, X. Fan, M. Menekse, J. Wang, and D. J. Litman
traditional disciplines, including engineering and physical sciences,to perform research focused on the micro to macro-level fabrication and regeneration of tissues.While this field has continued to grow since the 1970’s [6], it faces challenges shared by otherinterdisciplinary fields when trying to develop and implement curriculum for interdisciplinaryprograms.Rapid growth in interdisciplinary fields and subsequently interdisciplinary academic programshas created programs with ill-defined disciplinary skills for students graduating from thoseprograms [7]. As a result, interdisciplinary engineering program graduates regularly pursuecareers outside of traditional engineering jobs [8], often making career trajectories unclear aftergraduation [9]. In an
bematched. As a result, this added another dimension to the study (collaborative vs. alone).Two similar (and typical) engineering staticsproblems were chosen for this study. Termedthe ‘hinge’ and ‘anvil’ problems (Figure 8),they each involved determining the momentproduced by a force about a specified axis ona 3D structure. Each of the 11 sessions (8collaborative, 3 individual) involved solvingboth problems. For each session, one of thetwo problems had its measurements visible,while the other had them hidden to force theparticipant(s) to make use of the virtualmeasurement tool. Between the order ofsolving the problems (first and second) andthe availability of measurements (visible andhidden), there were four possiblepermutations for any given
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differences in the trends emerging from the twogroups. Our analysis thus far suggests that trends tend to be common to both groups.Specifically, most of the trends emerging from Table 2 are replicated in Table 3 and vice versa.Table 2. Papers Presented in Divisions Other Than LEES Table&2.&PAPERS&PRESENTED&IN&DIVISIONS&OUTSIDE(OF(LEES& Division Number and Title of Session No. & Paper Title(s) & ID Numbers Non-LEES Sessions Position of Papers 1. Chemical Engineering W105 Communication in the 4 (entire • “Improving Student Technical
Paper ID #14624An Electromagnetic Railgun Design and Realization for an Electrical Engi-neering Capstone ProjectLt. Col. Jeffrey Scott McGuirk Ph.D., United States Air Force Academy Jeffrey S. McGuirk received his BSEE degree in 1995 from the United States Air Force Academy (US- AFA) in Colorado Springs, CO, and an MSEE degree from Iowa State University in 1996. From 1997- 2000, he was with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base where he designed fuzes for weapons. From 2000-2003, he was with the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center where he directed tests on satellite communication systems
interested in. This was done over two class periods. Almost all the ofcomments about time were negative, ranging from the presentations being too short (, or therewasn’t enough time to answer questions or students felt rushed. One student seemed to enjoy thepresentations but thought they should be longer, “It would have been helpful if the presentationswere a little longer because some of the speakers had a lot of great info in their presentations butcouldn't get through all of it because of the time constraints” (DP196). Some students wantedone-on-one time with the department presenters, “I have considered switching majors but theydon't give you enough time to talk one on one to the presenters about what it mean(s) to switchor compare the 2 fields
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machine. The testing machine is pre-programmed to execute constant amplitude loadingunder load control conditions. Figure 3: Installation of fatigue test specimen in servohydraulic testing machineResults for fatigue life in general strongly depend on the load levels experienced. Given the timelimitations, a single load range is used for all test samples. (In a materials rather than astructures lab, variations in fatigue life due to different stress amplitudes can be explored in thecontext of a rotating beam test to generate a S-N curve.) The peak amplitude of stress was set toprovide an estimated run time of about 30 minutes for the specimens with a circular hole. Thisresulted in a maximum load of 1788 lb (7.95 kN), corresponding to a
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questions.While we are just launching our validation effort, it is worth commenting on some criticalmethodological issues related to the two main approaches we are now pursuing. The firstapproach is among the most widely used for scoring SJT items. It involves utilizing a smallgroup of SMEs (i.e., job incumbents with extensive global experience) who identify best andworst options, or rate each response option on a continuum using a Likert-type scale (e.g., from1=least desirable behavior/action to 5=most desirable behavior/action). A test-taker’s answerswill then be compared to the SME ratings; the more similarities between SME ratings and thetest-taker’s answers, the higher scores s/he would receive. This presumes that responses collectedfrom SMEs
(s) of studyand completed in the final year of the undergraduate degree. The three projects may becompleted off-campus at global projects centers, which accounts for WPI being recognized in theU.S.A. for sending more engineering undergraduates abroad than any other school. Moststudents who choose to go away do so for the IQP project, and complete projects sponsoredmainly by governmental and non-governmental organizations, and advised by WPI faculty on-site at the project centers.WPI has a population of 4100 undergraduates, 32% of whom are female. Students come from 47states and 71 countries. Seventy-one percent of students major in a choice of more than tenengineering majors, including the U.S.A.’s first undergraduate major in robotics
beyond thesimple price indices. Note that both price and total return versions of the Dow Jones and the S&P500 indices are available. Only total return versions should be used. We note that the S&P 500and the Russell 1000 are generally regarded as better measures than the Dow Jones, as theyinclude more firms and they weight them by their capitalization or float, rather than simplyaveraging the stock market prices of 30 firms as does the Dow Jones with a divisor calculated tomaintain historical continuity.A Realistic and Valuable Bond and Stock PortfolioWe want to build a portfolio that is a combination of assets in order to manage the risk and returnof the entire portfolio. In general, we want to maximize the return while minimizing the
strongleaders and strong engineers.T ABLE 1 : S AMPLE S URVEY Q UESTIONS Survey Sample Question Focus CodesectionPart 1: Age: 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60+ Self Demographics (AgeDemographics Category)Part 2: As a student, when dreaming about my future, I Self Time (student)Student imagined doing technically complex work. Situationexperiences (1 never, 2 rarely, 3 occasionally, 4 frequently, 5 (aspiration/satisfaction
0.86 0.00 0.80 0.71 0.00 helping me to understand the material. 3. The course format/delivery -1.13 0.73 0.00 -0.57 1.01 0.01 method encouraged cheating. 4. I enjoyed the course. 0.37 0.89 0.03 0.50 0.78 0.00 5. I was interested in the material 0.80 0.81 0.00 1.07 0.78 0.00 presented. 6. It would bother me if other 0.57 1.04 0.01 0.63 1.13 0.01 student(s) cheated during this course
methods include the use of content experts, reviews of existinginstruments, and lists of behaviors and descriptors commonly associated with the construct(s) wewish to assess. Unfortunately, however, item creation sometimes becomes overly dependentupon a researcher’s personal attitudes about the construct(s) being tested, or on “borrowing”items from other instruments that may or may not be sound measures of the construct(s) ofinterest. These risks are particularly likely for new researchers in engineering education, whomay have little experience with best practices in social science research.One way to support best practices in the development of new surveys and assessments is to usean instrument blueprint to guide the creation of items, as well
humor by an instructor is 1.60 1.58 1.68 typically a waste of classroom time. 5. I feel more comfortable asking an 3.83 4.25 4.43 instructor a question if s/he uses humor in the classroom. 6. An instructor’s job is to teach, not 2.83 2.33 2.75 entertain. 7. I would rather have an instructor try to be 4.14 4.17 4.00 humorous and fail rather than not try to be humorous at all. 8. I am sometimes offended by the uses of 1.43 1.79 1.72 humor by an instructor. 9. I am likely to go to class where the 4.13 4.30 4.50 instructor uses some humor. 10. An instructor doesn’t have to use humor 3.96 3.42 3.50 to be an
.”Perspective Respect does not just “When you talk they will listen. They respect your happen ideas, so be willing to admit your flaws because other[s] might not.”ConclusionEngineering Student Reflection Based on our findings we believe engineering students learn a great deal aboutthemselves and their teams when they have time to reflect on those experiences. A larger samplesize may be required to satisfactorily tell whether or not there actually is a difference betweenprompts that are used to promote learning and the possible differences in gender ratings suggeststhe need for further research and confirmation in that area. Though the assignment
Paper ID #12213BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathway to SuccessMrs. Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State UniversityDr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University Page 26.288.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 BRCC to LSU Engineering Pathways to SuccessABSTRACTThe National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM funded scholarship program, EngineeringPathway to Success, is a joint effort of the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University(LSU) and Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC), and it