establishing the revolutionary EDI/EFT payment system implemented by General Motors. He is a two-time award winner of the Best Paper in Cash Management awarded by the Bank Administration Institute.Mr. James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West LafayetteMr. Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Benjamin Ahn is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests relate to higher education reform, graduate teaching assistants’ roles in engineering classes, undergraduate engineering syllabus and curriculum development, and professional engineering practices in universities and industries.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland
the "Research and Revise" section to learn more. Students progress tothe "Go Public" stage after proving to themselves that they understand the content well enoughto express a solution to the challenge. This cyclical process of active research and reflection onthe process provides an excellent opportunity for students to generate their own understanding ofthe content knowledge.APPENDIX 2CASE STUDY: SHOULD OUR COMPANY BUILD A HOME DIALYSIS UNIT?You are an engineer in a firm that is trying to decide whether to design and market a homedialysis unit. This unit will not require the dialysis patient to report to a clinical center fordialysis. Instead, the subject will administer the treatment himself/herself.Your supervisor has asked you to prepare
. The demanding schedule resultsin just one free elective over the four year course of study. Graduates of the USCGA CEprogram have the opportunity to pursue a variety of career paths within the U.S. Coast Guard(engineering and non-engineering), therefore the CE program educational objectives (PEOs) arepurposely broad and aim to meet the needs of the U.S. Coast Guard in and out of the field ofCivil Engineering. The CE PEOs are to produce graduates who1: 1) Are prepared for professional practice in engineering positions as U.S. Coast Guard Junior Officers 2) Are prepared for a variety of U.S. Coast Guard career paths, based on their abilities to apply fundamental engineering principles in dynamic technological environments
has been set in motion which will assure keeping abreast with international standards.Lastly, it is to be realized that on the path of quality and excellence in education we havemade a modest beginning. We are living in a world where globalization and fast growth rateof knowledge are order of the day. Internet and information technology are affectingprofound changes in our professional practices. We have to cover a long way in strengtheningthe graduate and postgraduate programs of the College. Capstone design projects whereconcerns have been noted by the evaluators need to be improved in line with the internationaltrends.ConclusionsThe successful culmination of efforts for acquiring of substantial equivalency status for allour
is higher than their male counterparts. Astin and Astin (1992) have indicated that a femalestudent with a high SAT math score and a strong science orientation is a good indicator for enrollment forengineering majors. Sax (1996) has also shown that a female student with the motivation of making a theoreticalcontribution to science is the best predictor of enrollment of a STEM graduate degree. Some researchers believethat, through well designed intervention programs, female students’ tinkering and technical self-efficacies andtheir belief in societal relevance of engineering can be increased to make a difference in their attitudes towardsthese traditionally male dominated fields (Baker, et. al., 2007).Ethnicity. In order to encourage more
Mechanical Engineering Technology,Electrical Engineering Technology or Mechatronics Engineering Technology majors.The mission of the Robotics concentration is to conduct world-class research and teaching to trainfuture generations of thinkers and creators.Robotics concentration students at [University Name] will be a part of an intellectually stimulatingenvironment where they will participate in project-based courses and are encouraged to make high-impact contributions to research.The undergraduate Robotics concentration is designed to help students meet their professionalobjectives. Each course in this concentration contains a significant level of robotics and automationprinciples for high-demand occupational areas. Students choose to use this
Paper ID #32171Gen Z’s Declining Engagement with WE@RIT, a Women in Engineering Pro-gramMs. Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, RIT Kathy has served as Director of Women in Engineering at RIT (WE@RIT) since 2015, and brings a rich array of life experiences to the position. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Public Affairs from a women’s college where she learned first-hand the value of a female-centric support network, Kathy made her way to Silicon Valley. There she studied CMOS Mask Layout Design which eventually led her to a position in IT for a semiconductor IP start-up. Fast forward through coast-to-coast moves to
designed to guide the nation toward a scientifically literate society. Based Page 11.302.3on exemplary practice and research, the Standards describe a vision of the scientificallyliterate person and present criteria for science education that will allow that vision tobecome reality. Teachers must have theoretical and practical knowledge and abilitiesabout science, learning, and science teaching. General competencies for licensure andcertification in Oklahoma are also addressed. State competencies for licensure andcertification for elementary education also inform course content, as well as theOklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) and the
, and it may be difficult tocontrol the time required to complete the activity. Instructors must have a command of thesubject matter that allows them to be agile in dealing with such situations. Another view of thissituation is that instructors should not always directly answer a student’s question but shouldencourage the student to explore for the answer on their own. This practice leads the student tobecome a more independent learner and that will serve her or him well in the future. Indeed, thatis a skill that employers seek.Availability of Instructional Materials: This is a real issue because most text material availabletoday is designed to support lecture-based courses. Some activity-based, modular materials arebeing developed through
Engineering Education and is a Fellow of the Society.Dr. Jennifer Kouo Jennifer L. Kouo, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at Towson University in Maryland. Dr. Kouo received her PhD in Special Education with an emphasis in severe disabilities and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from the University of Maryland at College Park. She is passionate about both instructional and assistive technology, as well as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and utilizing inclusive practices to support all students. Dr. Kouo is currently engaged in multiple research projects that involve multidisciplinary collaborations in the field of engineering, medicine, and education, as well as research on teacher
measured using a single item from Lichtenstein etal. [35] (“I intend to practice, conduct research in, or teach engineering for at least 3 years aftergraduation”).Participants responded to items in each of the above measures using a 5-point Likert-type scale(1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).STEM professional identity was measured using a 6-point single-item measure developed byMcDonald et al. [36] (“Select the picture that best describes the current overlap of the image youhave of yourself and your image of what a STEM professional is,” followed by six Venndiagrams showing no to nearly total overlap between “me” and “STEM professional”).Additionally, students responded to 20 items adapted from Melkers et al. [37] assessing
, more broadly, STEM education. His research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the design of instruction, how we might best design instructional technology within those frameworks, and how the research and development of instructional technologies can inform our theories of cognition. He is also interested in preparing future STEM faculty for teaching, incorporating instructional technology as part of instructional design, and STEM education improvement and reform.Mr. Timothy J Hinds, Michigan State University Timothy J. Hinds is the Academic Director of the Michigan State University College of Engineering CoRe (Cornerstone & Residential) Experience program and a Senior Academic
2Engineering (IOE) department. The camp was hosted by the Center for Ergonomics (C4E), theStirling Group, and the Interaction and Collaboration Research Lab (ICRL). The camp includedthe Center for Ergonomics and Robotics department tour, alongside four engaging activitystations designed to expose students to a variety of systems that Industrial Engineers andRoboticists encounter. Two station activities were specifically designed and developed tochallenge the students in a creative problem-solving task, and the other two were modified fromcurrent research topics. Nineteen middle school-aged students (17 female and 2 male) participated in the camp toexplore Industrial Engineering and Robotics. Though the target group was female students
before the meeting… • …give the mentors a better concept as to what the capstone is about… • …help the mentors understand the goals of the course and the differences between academic and practical designs ahead of time…When compared with the RCM results, the Subdiscipline Mentor session was not as positivelyreceived. 67% of the students agreed that the Subdiscipline Mentor assisted the team withunderstanding project requirements (Figure 9), with a slightly larger number of respondents—71%—agreeing that the mentor provided guidance for their research process (Figure 10). For thelast question, 71% of students indicated that they wanted to meet with their Subdiscipline Mentor
flow-induced vibration of turbine blade at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1999. Afterwards, he moved to industry and took up a sound engineer position at Emerson Climate Technologies, supporting the sound and vibration design for reciprocating/scroll refrigeration compressors and systems. Dr Leung joined The Hong Kong Poly- technic University again in 2002 as an Assistant Professor and now is serving as an Associate Professor. Apart from extensive teaching and research activities, he also actively provides consultancy practices to industry.Ms. Gloria S.L Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityMr. Alan S. L. Kwok c American Society for
without the consequences faced in real world situations. Ana topic is sometimes easier to take focus in the active iterative design solution is often from a process that developsengagement form the laboratory classes. Fostering a deeper a robust and optimized solution [11].understanding closes the gap necessary for a more holisticlearning environment. The lab-based instruction closes thisgap and helps students apply theoretical concepts that oftenmake the learning more relevant and impactful. The V. CHALLENGES IN LAB-BASED INSTRUCTIONintroductory circuit analysis class will introduce
solutions to society’s infrastructure challenges,they must possess a deep understanding of engineering fundamentals so that they can tailordesign solutions to meet growingly-complex constraints. Since research suggests that studentconceptual development is enhanced through employment of engaging classroom practices, avariety of active pedagogies are being implemented in engineering education. Consequently,there is a need for assessment tools to monitor the learning outcomes of these educationalinterventions. Concept inventories have emerged as quick tools for examining conceptualunderstanding in a variety of engineering domains. While a concept inventory has beendeveloped for fluid mechanics, it was designed for application in mechanical
including Business, Health Sciences, Sustainability, and to a lesserextent, Engineering, all mostly at the graduate level, therefore identifying that there may be a gapin ST education for undergraduate students, particularly in the engineering discipline wherecomplex and multifaceted problems are common. Additional research into the teaching ST to engineering students have led to a series ofpapers on researchers’ observations on its effectiveness in the context of understanding complexproblems [6, 7]. Some key findings in this research were that students saw marked improvementin their understanding and learning of ST processes and tools, a greater appreciation forengineering and the role they play in society, as well as improvements to
in Fall 2008 after completing his PhD at the University of Califor- nia, Davis. Prior to that he received his MS from Stanford University and BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Fell’s research concentration is on the behavior of steel structures under seismic effects. His course offerings include structural analysis, structural dynamics and the design of steel structures. Dr. Fell is a registered Professional Engineer in California, an advisor to several student engineering chapters, and a representative to the University Faculty Senate and College Academic Council. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Effect of Letter Exchange Program on Student Development
, active aerodynamic control systems, Tesla turbine design, and improving pre-requisite knowledge retention.Dr. John W. Sanders, California State University, Fullerton Dr. John W. Sanders is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Fullerton. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S. in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Saint Louis University. His research interests include clean energy, solid mechanics, micromechanics of mate- rials, fracture mechanics, and STEM education research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Curriculum
participated in the design of the first two-wayDVB-RCS compliant satellite communication system and initial studies towards the implementation of asatellite with packet-switching capabilities. In Fall 2002 he joined the University of Utah and received hisM. Eng in Spring 2005. Being a teaching and research assistant, he is currently working towards his PhDdegree and expects to graduate in Spring 2006 in the area of wireless CDMA networking. Mr. Kempter hasworked on projects for DaimlerChrysler, LIEBHERR Aerospace, the European Space Agency as well asSES ASTRA in the areas of catalytic converters, flight control systems and packet based satellitecommunications. He is the author of several papers in the area of CDMA packet networking, cognitiveradio
EducationAbstractResearch studies discover a number of teaching and learning methods and these methods can beused to develop student’s ability in critical thinking, logic reasoning, and problem solving.Student’s learning outcomes are greatly impacted by these teaching and learning methods. It ishypothesized that properly selected teaching and learning methods can be applied in student’slearning and knowledge development to help students with different culture backgrounds yieldbetter learning outcomes.This research study selects three teaching and learning methods for an experiment in a softwareengineering class. These methods are tightening connections between learning objectives andoutcomes, a repetitive learning model to improve student learning results, and a
comprehensive examination of first-year CS students reports that only approximately20% of the surveyed students could solve programming problems expected by their instructors [4].“Issues impacting students learning how to program” was the topic of an entire Computers inEducation Division technical session at the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) Annual Meeting [5]. Clearly, there is a need to explore new pedagogical approaches forteaching students how to program and design digital systems.Authors Jones and Mohammadi-Aragh are actively exploring literate programming (LP) as oneapproach to improving programming pedagogy [6–8]. In the LP approach, the programmer (author)composes the program (document) in a form that is readable by
State University, Detroit, MI. Dr. Chickamenahalli is PI of an NSF-sponsored Greenfield coalition project in electric machines. She received a Page 4.118.5bachelor and master of electrical engineering degrees from, India, in 1983 and 1986. Dr. Chickamenahalli obtained aPh.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky in May 1995. She worked in industry for four years.MADHAVI BOLLEPALLIMadhavi Bollepalli is a recent MS graduate of Wayne State University in electrical engineering. Madhavi worked onthe project:‘Development of CBI courseware for Electric Machines’, as a graduate research assistant under theguidance of
, Langrall, Malzahn, Mohler, Russell, & Whitman, 2005)4. Without the F2Finteraction, communication can be difficult. A study was conducted by a large Midwesternuniversity using students in a F2F environment and students in a computer-mediated distanceeducation environment. Both F2F and DE students were divided up into teams for the study. The Page 24.1138.7course studied was a lean manufacturing course designed to include practical learning forgraduate students (Chaparro, et al., 2005)4. Students in both the F2F and DE were asked to createa value stream map using the Blackboard™ course management system.Students were compared by final project
Energy’sresponsibility as much as committees of both chamber of the United States Congress.The current Secretary of Energy is Dr. Steven Chu. Secretary Chu is a well-known scientist, whoreceived a Nobel Prize for Physics. Chu also educates the next generation of scientists as auniversity professor. Before President Obama appointed Chu to Secretary of Energy, Chu was adirector of a national laboratory of the Department of Energy. As Secretary of Energy, Chu’smain job is to implement President Obama’s energy plans [12].The current Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is Senator JeffBingaman, a Democrat from New Mexico. Senator Bingaman graduated with degrees ingovernment and law. After working for the Army Reserves and practicing private
student described: I think the best is figuring out how to trouble shoot the may problems we encountered. For example, not just with the program, how to make a dribbler on a (soccer) robot, where you have to make many designs to make it work. Also being patient with the program because it takes a lot of trail and error to even get simplest things to work. Another student explained his learning in detail: I gained many things from RoboCupJunior. Some of the most valued aspects are a better ability to problem solve and the ability to seriously check your work for errors - debugging. These skills can be applied in nearly all aspects of life you continue in the profession of
students with meaningful forms of engagement with STEM learning. We hope thateducators and researchers find our case studies useful when considering 3D printing as a tool forpromoting student engagement, and that technology designers will take some of our identifiedbarriers into consideration when creating new tools for these populations. In the followingsections, we highlight several themes found during our within-case analyses as well as theirimplications.4.1 Observed Benefits of Learning 3D PrintingWe observed several types of benefits associated with exposure to 3D printing at both sites. Wenoted opportunities for students to practice relevant STEM, communication, and collaborationskills that are applicable in other facets of life. We also
professional job listings.7 Recent trends in employability of engineering students indicate the added emphasis onsoft skills in addition to the core technical (hard) skills. To effectively cultivate studentproficiency in complex open-ended problem solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, andmanagement and leadership skills, our engineering pedagogy must be revised. The goal of this research was to design a new teaching framework to address the gap insoft skills and to promote career readiness of college graduates. The proposed teachingframework was designed based on a unique combination of student-centered approaches whichwere proven as effective methods for learning of core discipline skills. The addition of specificfeatures of the
. Zemke, S. & Elger, D. (2006). Curricular elements that promote professional behavior in a design class. ASEEConference Proceedings, session 187.7. Seat, E. & Lord, S. M. (1999). Enabling effective engineering teams: A program for teaching interaction skills.Journal of Engineering Education, Oct., 385-390.8. Artis, S., Scales, G., & Griffin, O. (2006). From the classroom to the boardroom: The use of role play in graduateeducation. ASEE Conference Proceedings, session 1590.9. McKeachie, W. J. (2002). Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers.Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.10. Steinert, Y. (1993). Twelve tips for using role-plays in clinical teaching. Medical Teacher, 15 (4), 283-291.11