Paper ID #16442Integrating Exposure to Nanotechnology through Project Work in a LargeFirst-Year Engineering CourseKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is a graduate student at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Education. Her research focus is investigating how engineers’ understand, develop, and use mathematical models and simulations. Her research also focuses on feedback. She is currently conducting research in first-year engineering on the Network for Nanotechnology (NCN) Educational Research team. She previously conducted research with the Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs
operations was developed. In orderto assess the impact of the inquiry-based learning module, a short post-survey was used. Thefeedback indicated that the students were satisfied with the way the class was taught and that themethod of instruction kept them engaged and focused. This method will be developed furtherover the next few offerings of the course, and tests on how well this method can be used for othertopics in transportation engineering courses will be conducted.IntroductionHighway and traffic engineers study topics related to roads, including their design and operation.Most Civil Engineering undergraduate curriculum includes an introduction to transportationengineering course that covers the fundamentals of design and operation of
theme that emerges with the increased importance of science is that creativity andresearch become the pinnacle of engineering work. Thus engineering education should focus on:“…the development of able and responsible men fully competent to practice on a professionalplane, especially those who will eventually lead the profession to new heights of accomplishmentthrough creative practice or research.” The Grinter report defines the distinctive aspects ofengineering curricula to be creative: “Education directed toward the creative and practicalphases of economic design, involving analysis, synthesis, development, and engineeringresearch”. Compared with the Mann report, the Grinter report is more prescriptive when itcomes to the engineering
motivation and interest and improvestudents’ engineering skills16. Thus, the design project is a key element of the course that waskept intact as the course shifted from second-year to first-year.It is important to note that Fundamentals was designed by the faculty to be an in-person courseand it was taught as such for the second-year iteration. However, the first-year iteration wastaught during the Spring 2020 semester and was transitioned to an online course for the lastseven weeks of the fifteen-week semester due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Possible implicationsof this transition on the results of this study will be discussed. In addition, future research will beconducted when the course transitions back to full in-person learning to determine the
contamination.Ms. Opeyemi Taiwo Adeniran, Morgan State University Opeyemi Adeniran is a graduate student in advanced computing at Morgan State University and a research assistant for the National Science Foundation.Dr. Uttam GauleeMs. Sotonye Ikiriko, Morgan State University Ms. Sotonye Ikiriko is currently a Doctoral student and Research Associate in the Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University (MSU) in Baltimore Maryland. Prior to joining the department in January of 2019, Ms. Sotonye Ikiriko was a GraduateNeda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks CampusDr. Md Mahmudur Rahman, Morgan State University Dr. Mahmudur Rahman received his PhD in Computer Science in 2008 from Concordia University
Paper ID #9030Using Multiple Methods to Promote Technological LiteracyDr. William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University William R. Loendorf is a Full Professor, Emeritus of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington Uni- versity. He obtained his B.Sc. in Engineering Science at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside, M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Colorado State University, M.B.A. at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and Ph.D. in Engineering Management at Walden University. He holds a Professional En- gineer license and has 30 years of industrial experience as an Engineer or Engineering Manager at
/emerginggloballabormarket/part1/MGI demand synthesis.pdf.6. J. Rajgopal, K. L. Needy, and J. D. Porter, Combining International Experience and Industrial Relevance in aCapstone Engineering Design Course. In Proceedings of the 1997 27th Annual Conference on Frontiers inEducation, pages 827–831, Piscataway, NJ, 1997. IEEE. Available from:http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie97/papers/1158.pdf.7. C Del Vitto. (2008). Cross-Cultural “Soft Skills” and the Global Engineer: Corporate Best Practices and TrainerMethodologies . Online Journal for Global Engineering Education. 1, (3), 1-11.8. N. A. of Engineering of The National Academies. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the NewCentury. Technical Report, National Academy of Engineering of The National Academies, 500
their differential equationscoursework to new concepts in their signal and system analysis course. Alternatively, studentsmay need to transfer their physics knowledge to their power systems design course. Thoughfundamental for success in engineering, very little research has investigated the transfer oflearning between basic math, science, and physics courses and the rest of the engineeringcurriculum, specifically through the eyes of students. As a result, little literature is available forhelping instructors assist students in transitioning into these courses. In addition, there is littleguidance for students seeking to learn best practices for transferring their learning. This paperpresents findings from interviews with current biological
engineering school). I've been interested in data science and algorithms for a while, and took a couple Python courses on Coursera before starting my latest job. While I enjoyed it, I found it somewhat challenging.The third topic centers on multiple applications, including terms such as career, problem,energy, work, computer, knowledge, machine, advice, job, design, focus, something, research,skill, level, sense, reason, entry, degree, discipline, construction, chemical, number, modeling,example, site, role, sound, tool, company. The keywords seem to indicate studying attitudesrelating to career impacts, usefulness for engineering work, required skills and training, andgeneral considerations around the role and value of data science across
findings suggest that GBLoffers a promising approach, we acknowledge that this study may be considered a “best casescenario” for several reasons. First, the teacher participating in our study has family ties toagriculture and was both interested in and familiar with rangeland conservation issues andeffective land management strategies. Next, the student population in our study lives in a rurallocale and while it is unknown if they have direct family ties to agricultural lands, their responsessuggested some prior knowledge of ranching and land management practices. Finally, due toCovid-19 pandemic impacts, we were limited to conducting our focus group discussion viaZoom video conferencing which may have limited participation of quieter or less
warrants any authorship status in first place?In other cases, and again under the disguise of getting experience, the graduate student will beasked to tackle the entirety of reviewers’ comments on a journal paper and send them to thementor and if the students expresses frustration for doing all this work and not even beingpersonally acknowledged for his hard work, the mentor would allegedly claim that this is the roleof the student being a first author. Such practices are, like many of the other co-author situations,at best research misconduct and, at worst, fraud. The work presented for publication does notbelong to the mentoring author. There is often confusion that sets in for this form of co-authorship because academics tend toapply the
programs span five academic years and include an average of six co-opquarters for a typical baccalaureate degree and our graduates are highly sought by employers.However, both the American Society of Civil Engineering and the National Academy ofEngineering have advocated a Master’s degree as the first professional degree for practicingengineers. With this in mind, in 2002-2003 the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at the University of Cincinnati initiated a combined five-year BS and MS degreeprogram in Environmental Engineering (the Accelerated Engineering Degree (ACCEND)Program) with cooperative and research experiences integrated with the education. The BScomponent of the degree will be in Civil Engineering, and the MS component
andmidterm exams.A summary of challenges facing CBA include: 1) Proctored electronic assessment infrastructures: If a dedicated testing center is used then physical space or at least unused hours in an existing computer lab are needed. Management of the IT infrastructure and accommodation in response to fluctuating period of demand are expected to provide suitable services to students and instructors. 2) Availability of suitable digitized questions: While CBA has been proven to be popular and highly-effective in some disciplines, such as Business, Mathematics and Education, test banks and assessment design for Engineering are in their relative infancy. Research is needed to evaluate the impact on workload of a one-time burden to
, and others (more than 100 refereed publications). He has been serving as a principle investigator of several research projects funded by NSF, NASA, DoEd, and KSEF. He is currently serving as an Editor of the Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces.Dr. Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso Noe Vargas Hernandez researches creativity and innovation in engineering design. He studies ideation methods, journaling, smartpens, and other methods and technology to aid designers improve their creativ- ity levels. He also applies his research to the design of rehabilitation devices (in which he has various patents under process) and design for sustainability.Dr. Richard Chiou, Drexel UniversityProf. Paras
those that are shown toincrease engineering education self-efficacy are: 1) a focus on deepening teachers’ content-specific knowledge; 2) active teacher engagement in learning activities; 3) sustained professionallearning over time; 4) substantial contact hours; 5) connection to teaching practices within theprofessional learning; 6) collaboration and networking among participants, and 7) exposure toauthentic, real-world engineering tasks connected to their lives and other content areas [20], [26-29]. Research is needed that highlights the most impactful practices for embedding thesecomponents into professional learning opportunities within the context of rural education.Project DescriptionParticipantsProject participants included 151 teachers
graduating seniors to complete a form in which they rate their attainment of each outcome using a suitable Lickert scale. This could be done in the senior capstone design course, or through exit interviews with the department chair. The survey could be given to individuals, or could be a team-based rating form, where the team members discuss the ratings amongst themselves before completing the form. Because of the complex wording structure of the proposed seven ABET student outcomes, the survey form may need two levels: one for overall outcome (global level) and one for individual wordings (granular level). For example, an evaluation form for proposed student outcome (1) may look like Figure 2. Please rate your knowledge
American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEducators generally adopt one of four approaches to improving the communicationcompetence of engineering undergraduates: (1) a required communication course, (2) acommunication lab, designed to provide assistance to students on a voluntary basis, (3)integrated communication and engineering courses, or (4) an integrated communicationand engineering degree program.In the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah, a series ofengineering courses have been revised to include significant communication components,such that students will have received instruction in and practiced
. URMstudents in completion of their STEM doctorates and pursuing academic careers [8]. This well-known program (formally known as PROMISE) formed an alliance with University of Baltimore(UMB) and University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) based on best practices that havebeen actualized by the Meyerhoff Undergraduate and Graduate programs. Thus, as a whole,UMBC has been recognized as a top institution for cultivating and producing URM STEMgraduates [9].Based on the notion that we should learn from institutions that have been successful, severalinstitutions have tried to replicate components of programs housed at UMBC [10], [11].However, none have garnered the record success of UMBC. Some critics have argued thatalthough the Meyerhoff program is
Paper ID #32926Kindness in Engineering EducationDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where students learned about and practice
: assignment, treating it similarly to working with a tutor or using reference books. This transparency approach is aimed atA. Adaptive and Personalized Learning maintaining integrity without full prohibition. Gao [24], after An adaptive learning system adjusts content based on a reviewing the impact of ChatGPT on assessment, concludesstudent’s needs. Gen AI generates customized instructional that assessment design must evolve – for example,responses and practice problems that match the learner's style incorporating more oral defenses, in-class problem-solving, orand needs [4]. For instance, an AI tutor can provide an
State University program outcomes areachieved by exposing students to a variety of subject material across the undergraduatecurriculum and effectively teaching students across these courses how to preserve and enhancethe engineering profession including ethical and legal practices. The Department of Industrialand Systems Engineering of NC A&T engineering courses that specifically address ethics intheir objectives is GEEN 100- Engineering Design and Ethics, INE 289- Engineering Teams andLeadership, INE 389- Systems Approaches for Industrial and Systems Engineers, and INE 489-Professionalism and Ethics for Industrial and Systems Engineers. In order to effectively enhancethe engineering ethics curriculum and to assess and document the current
distributing information about research and internship opportunities, andengaging students in “research mixers” organized by the college’s Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) committee. Few examples of research topics showing a wide range ofresearch projects undertaken by the STEM scholars include: Characterization of Tetrahymenathermophila; Designing an Alternative 911 Mobile Communication system; Amyloid-βaggregation inhibition effects on Alzheimer’s disease; Post-Reverse Osmosis; GraphicalApproach to Assemble DNA Fragments; 311 as a Proxy for Weather Impacts; GeolocationCorrection of Satellite Precipitation Estimates using a Radar-Gauge Product; Kinetic Study ofAmine Cured Epoxy Resins; Data Analysis and Visualization of Heart Disease Using
interdisciplinary courses.Change the World: Olin’s First GCSP CourseOlin’s GCSP redesign culminated in the creation of a new course, Change the World: PersonalValues, Global Impacts, and Making an Olin GCSP. It was co-designed by Assistant Professor ofEnvironmental Engineering Alison Wood (who is also Olin’s GCSP Director) and Professor ofthe History of Science and Technology Robert Martello to serve as the cornerstone of theprogram. The main goal of the course is to provide structured support for a culminating reflectivesynthesis. As mentioned above, in the early years of Olin’s GCSP, graduating seniorsaccomplished their reflection through mentored writing outside of any course, which workedwell for students in the early years of the program but less so
integrated and comprehensive approach withnovel pedagogy, assessment, and technology, and other strategies, an innovative Pre-Calculuscourse (IPC) has been designed and offered for the first time in Fall 2003.Dimensions of Learning (DOL) Pedagogy A major component of the course reform is the pedagogy used which is based on theDimensions of Learning (DOL) framework. Its premise is that five types of thinking, or five“dimensions of learning,” are essential to successful learning. Robert Marzano of the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Institute developed the Dimensions ofLearning Framework in 1997. The framework grew out of many years of research into how welearn most effectively, and is designed to translate research
, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests are in applying additive manufacturing processes to the production of tooling and the application of machine learning techniques to graduate admissions. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 10 Minute Labs: A Case Study in Teaching Spatial Visualization Strategies with Minimal InstructionAbstractIt has been recognized for many years that many students could benefit from remedial instructionin spatial visualization techniques. At Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) however, wehave found it difficult to incorporate this topic in our curriculum
through multi-year assessment of program SOs [25].However, for all of the papers cited above, the assessment tools were developed for the now-outmoded ABET 2000 “a through k” SOs.More recently, Ozis et al. developed SO assessment methods based on internship experiencesthat map to the modern “1-7” Criteria 3 SOs [13]. Moreover, the authors discuss the impacts thatinternships have on the perspectives and experiences of underrepresented engineering students.The authors identify mapping to six of the seven SOs. The Criteria 3 SOs are, in brief : (1)problem solving; (2) engineering design, (3) effective communication, (4) ethical responsibilities,(5) teamwork, (6) experimentation, data interpretation and engineering judgment, and (7) theability to
structuring twopairings, one of 'architecture and engineering' and the other of 'practice and the academy',significant dimensions could be added to the Rensselaer education of an architect and anengineer; dimensions that would have strategic impact on both the perspectives and practices ofRensselaer graduates. Such initiatives are not new. Modern era joint architecture andengineering educational initiatives have been pursued as far back as the 1970's when TedHappold, founder of Buro Happold, directed the interdisciplinary program for architecture andcivil engineering at the University of Bath which was successful in producing a generation ofcreative architects and innovative building engineers.2Components and History of the Bedford ProgramThe Bedford
and graduates highlighting her remarkable career journey. She is a published author of the book”Natural Language Processing using AWS AI services” and a reputed speaker. She has authored over 19 blogs on AI/ML and cloud technology and was recently a co-author on a research paper on CORD19 Neural Search which won an award for Best Research Paper at the prestigious AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence) conference. Mona is currently working on another book called ”Google cloud professional ML Certification” which will help students and professionals build a career in machine learning and cloud computing.Ms. Venkata Sai Naveena Bathula, SWE Sai Naveena Bathula is a highly driven Software
Page 9.980.1and Application of an Interorganizational Model,” please visit the project website athttp://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gk18/STEM Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationoutcomes are pursued and achieved. For the purposes of this research, we define partnerships asvoluntary arrangements between organizations, anchored by agreements, to promote theexchange, sharing, or co-development of products or programs designed to stimulate STEMeducation.* Partnerships are a particular form of interorganizational collaboration. However, theyare distinctive in that participants are not merely bound by
shutdownand reopening drastically altered course pedagogies as the traditional seated classrooms morphedinto online and hybrid or blended courses. The problem was that the transition did not align withthe original instructional design. The instructional strategy became uncoupled and was no longercompatible with the learning objectives and student outcomes. A personal experience narrativewas performed to describe the nature of the teaching experience as the pandemic intervened inthe classroom. This paper provides the hallmarks of best practices and lessons learned whenimplementing online education into the structural engineering courses at a small, Midwesternliberal arts, private institution.IntroductionThe governmental stay-at-home orders abruptly