information. Next, an OSU graduate student in speech communication presented anevening session on effective oral communication. Finally, the REACH participants shared anevening meal and additional personal discussions with nine female mentors. The mentors wereaccomplished professionals in Oklahoma, as all are practicing architects or engineers.Academic ModulesArchitectureTo begin understanding the aspects of the career of an architect, students were asked to designan artist’s display module for a park in downtown Oklahoma City. The students werechallenged to rethink their conventional notions of what an artist’s display module could be;they were asked to consider the problem as “functional sculpture”. Issues of public circulation,image, and display
Educationhaving a set agenda for each discussion meeting. Additionally, more time could be spentexploring current research to build experience connecting available research findings withteaching practice.V. Example Active Learning Modules Developed by StudentsThe following is a list of some of the modules developed by students in the course. Theplanning of these modules typically took less than 5 hours. • Role-playing to learn about transportation safety. Roles included: urban planner, bicyclists, drivers, environmentalists, construction contractors and historians, with the "teacher" playing the expert role of transportation engineer. While senior design students may practice their skills on this type of problem, role
the college. Thedegree of competition for space in the college’s graduate program is increasing. The pre-application process enables the departmental graduate coordinators the ability to review the pre-applicants’ qualifications to identify candidates that would be a good match for the respectiveprograms. It also allows the departmental graduate coordinators to waive the application fees ofthe prospective applicants. The Six Sigma project helped to define improvements to the pre-application process, as well as identify areas for improvement to enhance the technology that isused within the pre-application process. The team effectively used benchmarking techniques toidentify and compare best practices use of technology for the pre-application
the TRB Standing Committee on Seismic Design and Performance of Bridges and holds a Remote Pilot UAS license.Manuel Salmeron, Purdue University Manuel Salmer´on is currently a 4th year PhD student in Structural Engineering at Purdue University, under the supervision of Prof. Shirley J. Dyke. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a M.Sc. in Structural Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His research interests include cyber-physical testing, stochastic modeling of degradation phenomena, and the development of decision-making tools for socio-technical systems.Gaurav Chobe, Purdue University Gaurav Chobe is a Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering at Purdue University. His research
recommendations for (a) modified part or tool design or (b) modified laser pattern curing of part. 4. The usage of the SLA system will allow CIM students working in concurrent engineering design teams to thoroughly examine and functionally test multiple design alternatives because the time to prototype will be reduced by several orders of magnitude. This iterative process of product visualization, verification, and optimization is consistent with current best practices in industry and will constitute an invaluable learning experience. Page 1.271.3 ---- $i!ih’-’ ) 1996 ASEE
into the students learning experiences.This leads to the question, “Given the increasing levels of integration of technology into modernsociety, how can this technology best be harnessed to educated people at various academic levelsabout water sustainability issues?”The present research, developed by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and graduate studentsfrom Virginia Tech (VT) and two community colleges in Virginia (i.e., Virginia WesternCommunity College (VWCC) and John Tyler Community College (JTCC)), examines thepotential of a Platform-Independent Remote Monitoring System (PIRMS) in water sustainabilityeducation for students pursuing various academic pathways within engineering.13 The PIRMSuses real-time (delivering data to end users
Professor of Engineering at Arizona State University in the Polytech- nic School. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to ASU, London worked at the National Science Founda- tion, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Way to Win: Incentivizing Engineering Faculty to Incorporate Entrepreneurship in their CoursesAbstractIt can be very challenging to incentivize engineering faculty to incorporate something
to put theory into practice in the real world.She goes on to write that ”students should be continually engaged in these intellectual processesthroughout the curriculum — not just in their final year — and at an increasingly sophisticatedlevel.” She advocates for ”the need to do all of the above concurrently and continually across thecurriculum, in an intentional and coherent way, which may require a “wipe the slate clean”approach to the design of 21st century engineering education” [14].Similarly, the University of Dayton sponsors a Kern Entrepreneurial Engineer Network (KEEN)Fellows Program for faculty to reach 100 percent of the undergraduate engineering studentpopulation by significantly expanding the number of faculty involved in the
sustainability had beenintegrated as an important theme. However, there was generally little organization to the effortsto infuse engineering education with sustainability, and the report suggested that standardsshould be developed for sustainability in engineering education. Another finding regardingsustainability education in US engineering schools was that such education tends “to emphasizethe immediate environmental and social impacts of engineering designs”7. This indicates theabsence of a critical long term sustainability component. The present status of sustainability inhigher education has been considered as: “Although efforts are being made in pursuit ofsustainability the current glut of unsustainable practices in the US and around the globe
of global markets and competition • demonstrated management skills and a strong business senseMany of these skills and expertise are not easily taught within a traditional classroom setting. Infact most, if not all, of these abilities are best developed in practice. With the EnterpriseProgram, MTU has created a new and different experience designed to educate and preparegraduating engineers for more productive and successful careers. The Enterprise Curriculum isoffered as a 20-credit minor or a 12-credit concentration, typically completed over two to three-years. The curriculum is two-pronged and consists of 1) participation in the operation of abusiness (project work) and 2) completion of concentrated course material
by www.slayte.comFlipping classrooms, sowing seeds and developing confidence: teachingengineering judgement to undergraduate engineering studentsAbstractVarious accreditation documents constantly suggest that engineering judgement is a corefacet of a graduate engineers skills set (for example I.ChemE, I.MechE, ABET). It is of greatimportance to all engineering disciplines, and yet as educators we are given little guidance onhow best to develop engineering judgement in our students. However, it is not always clearthat students have sufficiently developed their judgement by the time they graduate. As such,more work needs to be done in understanding both how engineering judgement can bedeveloped and the obstacles in place that often prevent
face many challenges bothacademic and non-academic9. One widely studied impact of these challenges is transfer shock, adip in the GPAs of transfer students during the first one or two terms after transfer6. Althoughbelieved to be nearly universal, transfer shock is generally not severe10 and Cantrell et al.1 havetheorized that pre-transfer support programs are one technique that can be used to help transferstudents get through their transfer shock and “experience the rewards of their efforts.”We were interested in comparing how well our transfer students were doing in comparison withtheir native classmates. One measure of success is how long a student takes to graduate and dothey ever graduate. The most commonly used metric for graduation and
andacademic advisors (e.g., you should take course X to better accomplished their goal of achieving a passing grade inprepare yourself for course Y). At the moment, only a few Algorithm Design and Analysis in four or fewerexisting systems attempt to do this [17]–[19]. Explanation is semesters from the current state.an important part of recommendation [20]. Involving users indialogue can improve the probability that recommendations The goal of this research is to explore the impact ofare considered valid and adopted [21]. explanation on the adoption of recommended courses of action The notion of uncertainty of
Session 3560 Improving the Classroom Environment: With a Focus on the Arab Gulf States Waddah Akili Professor of Civil Engineering (Retired) Principal, Geotechnical Engineering, Ames, IowaAbstract:This paper focuses on “viable teaching-learning” protocols for potential adoption by educators inthe Arab Gulf States, seeking to improve their classroom effectiveness. It was inspired byremarks and suggestions made by a number of engineering graduates, who have experienced“negative” aspects of the “classroom
, ITand communications, agricultural and medical technology, working with others and learning aboutoneself. Each component included a series of activities and challenges specifically developed to meet therequirements and needs of the program and the Dominican students. The activities were group-specificadjusted to the various levels. They included elements from the Boston Museum of Science, CarnegieMellon and Tufts LEGO NXT curricula, LEGO Education, and ideas from accepted best-practices in K-12 engineering and technology education curricula. The engineering design process (EDP) is the themethroughout all the curriculum projects.The curriculum development process in 2014 focused on the review and improvement of designedactivities, design of new
student interview data toidentify areas of agreement and disagreement that will support the development of training andresources for educators.Data CollectionThe research design and instruments were approved by the university’s Institutional ReviewBoard #20223 before data analysis began. Student participants for the cognitive interviews wererecruited through a university newsletter calling for participation from undergraduate and first-year graduate students in engineering. Faculty and staff were similarly recruited to participatethrough the same university newsletter. Student participants were offered a $10 Amazon gift cardfor participating in the cognitive interviews and faculty and staff were offered a $50 Amazon giftcard. All interviews were
Purdue University. His focus is the development and operations of world-class programs to educate world-changing industrial engineers. His research interests include the design of transformable production networks and facility logistics; the connections between models, modeling, and decision making; engineering and intercultural education; and course and curriculum design. He teaches in the areas of engineering economics, production management and control, advanced facility design, and undergraduate and graduate level capstone design courses. He has also regularly co-coordinated study abroad programs. Dr. Brunese is a member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the Institute for Operations Research
pervasive computing of the IoT. There is a growing imperative to incorporate cybersecuritytraining for both cyber-physical systems (CPS) and IoT technologies into EE education. Astechnologies like smart grids, control systems, and IoT devices become increasingly integral toindustrial innovation, it is essential to educate future engineers on designing, analyzing, andsecuring these systems against cyber threats. Recognizing and addressing vulnerabilities ininterconnected smart grid systems and IoT networks is crucial for maintaining security andeffectiveness. Ensuring the security and IoT networks is paramount, as vulnerabilities in theseinterconnected systems can have far-reaching consequences. To meet this demand, variousinnovative approaches and
allthree of these sets of content. If the computational-based content has a more direct relation to theengineering profession and later engineering courses, students would be exposed to basicconcepts of future courses and have an early understanding of these relevant engineering topics.This research aims to present data which shows the effects that a computational-based first-yearengineering course can have on student preparation for later engineering courses. This researchis based on four years of data collection regarding how the computational-based spring semesterfirst year course CE 113 (Civil Engineering Analysis) has impacted student performance inPhysics 1, Statics, and Mechanics of Materials. This research also provides an outline for
faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustain- ability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational
tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Specifically, the work of her research group focuses on three general areas: (1) design and evaluation of biomaterials for therapeutic purposes; (2) application of materials for engineering tissue systems; and (3) advanced engineering strategies for developing in vitro models and culture systems. Dr. Gomillion is committed to the integration of her biomedical interests with education research endeavors, with a specific focus on evaluating classroom innovations for improving biomedical engineering student learning and exploring factors that facilitate success for diverse graduate students.Dr. Dominik May, University of WuppertalDr. Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia
based on summary report from the National Survey of Student Engagement, “NSSE 2017 High-Impact Practices: U.S. Summary Percentages by Student Characteristics,” Indiana State University, 2017 [4].BackgroundThe VIP ModelThe VIP model was developed in 2001 at Purdue University, and it unites faculty research andundergraduate education in a team-based context. The model is named for the verticalintegration of sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students and faculty within VIP teams. InVIP, faculty lead student teams on projects that contribute to their research, and teams last formany years, if not indefinitely. Students earn academic credit and can participate for multiplequarters/semesters and years. Projects last longer than any individual
primary material associated with the topic.Students were asked to consider ore extraction, raw material processing, product manufacturing,and end-of-life of the material, with a primary focus on the materials processing-properties-structure triad. Projects will be assessed by a team of faculty and graduate students who are notresponsible for the course using a cognitive domain rubric. In addition, students will be asked tocomplete a survey that both addresses the cognitive domain as well as the affective domain relatedto the connections between concepts in materials science and their professional goals. Data will becompared across groups provided different types of mentorship during the development of theirproject. We will report on the final
their work, thestudents can direct the focus of their research and what they will be learning through the IL process.The iterative nature of incorporating this feedback allows the instructor to provide a form ofguidance for the students towards understanding the socio-technological interactions in theirnuclear systems.ConclusionsOverall, we find that guided inquiry learning is an impactful approach to integrating engineeringethics education in a traditional, technical course. This study helped us identify important factorsthat supported our pedagogical design, which is specific to our local context. These include theinterest and knowledgeability of the instructional staff in the sociotechnical content (e.g.sustainability, policy, design ethics
: Use the works best for your program (e.g. test questions, questionnaire, focus Academic Motivation construct within the "Identity" instrument. group, design presentations, lab reports, etc.) instrument. ESII. (1d) Evaluation (2d) EvaluationFor each assessment measure it is important, a priori, to determine your For each assessment measure it is important, a priori, to determine your goal/standard for each measure. goal/standard for each measure.Figure 1: A proposed framework for assessing a first-year engineering program(1b) Student-Learning Outcomes and
findings,and design the entire system in CAD software such as IV. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEENAutodesk Inventor. To validate their work, they THEORY AND APPLICATIONconduct Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and compare One of the fundamental takeaways from research ontheir computational models to real-world load-bearing PBL’s impact is its role in bridging the gap betweendata. This hands-on approach enables students to theoretical knowledge and hands-on application.internalize engineering principles more effectively Many graduates enter the workforce with a strongthan passive learning methods would allow [1]. theoretical foundation but limited experience
teamwork, communication, data analysis and problem solving [16].Additionally, a recent review of international literature identifying skills needed by graduate andfuture engineers found teamwork and communication skills to be among the top five mostemphasized skills [17]. Despite the body of evidence that should inspire engineering and other STEM faculty toincorporate collaborative activities in their courses, lasting changes in teaching practice havebeen slow to take place [2], [18]. Fairweather [2] noted that faculty perceive curricular changewill take valuable time away from research activities critical to promotion and tenure. This is notnecessarily the case, as barriers to change for STEM faculty have been researched and
impactful attacks faced by SMBs?” This allows us tocenter the scope of our research on the most frequent and impactful attacks. This is done in orderto maximize the area of coverage with as little workforce as possible, due to the limited nature ofan SMB. Our research found that, the most frequent attacks are phishing/social engineering,malware/ransomware, and web-based attacks (Section 3.1).Third. “How can the workforce be equipped with the necessary knowledge, and skills to applythe best practices?” This helps us incorporate the NICE Framework as a bridge between theworkforce and the best practices by mapping the TKSA to the most frequent attacks. However,the NICE workforce framework lists a total of 634 knowledges, 377 skills, 1006 tasks, and
across the curriculum, and assessment in higher education. She has a Bachelor ofScience degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts degree in business and technicalcommunication from ISU.STEVEN K. MICKELSONSteven K. Mickelson is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) at Iowa StateUniversity. Dr. Mickelson is the teaching/advising coordinator for the ABE department. His teaching specialtiesinclude computer-aided graphics, engineering design, soil and water conservation engineering, and land surveying.His research areas include soil quality evaluation using x-ray tomography, evaluation of best management practicesfor reducing surface and groundwater contamination, and manure
to remind the students of best laboratory notebook practices. Figure 1 Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 99shows a screenshot of iLabber. The toolbar on the left-hand side indicates the types of files thatcan be added to the electronic experiment document. Figure 1. Screenshot from iLabber10 including a figure and Excel worksheet.eCAT11 is an ELN with similar functions to iLabber, but has additional file structuringcapabilities. In particular, a user may link records and files from their own