in the workplace, and an emphasis on experientiallearning with both in-class activities and real, open-ended projects in technology-basedorganizations. Students enter the program as a cohort and participate with that cohort in aprescribed set of courses. There are no electives although students make take up to three coursesin the various Tufts graduate schools (Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and the Fletcher School ofLaw and Diplomacy) at no additional cost.This paper describes the MSEM program’s architecture and courses, our approach to leadershipeducation, and the two out-of-classroom experiential learning activities: the summer TeamPracticum, and the Individual Leadership Project that is the capstone of the program. A briefdiscussion of
and assessment. She is the 2013 president for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE).Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships My original work as an anthropologist was with Australian indigenous peoples but in 1996 I was ap- proached to undertake an ethnography of the first-year engineering class at the University of Queensland with a view to understanding the gender dynamics there. Since then my association with engineers and engineering has grown to dominate my research life. I have continued to pursue my contact with en- gineers through a variety of research projects, the supervision of PhD students in engineering problems that have social dimensions and by establishing and leading the new
Virtual Simulation Curriculum Integration Paul Nutter Ohio Northern University Department of Technological StudiesAbstractManufacturing simulation is being used extensively to model, analyze, and optimize complexmanufacturing operations by many major corporations, including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin,Daimler-Chrysler and Toyota. Companies are utilizing these advanced 3D digital manufacturingtools as a component of their product life-cycle management. In many cases a simulation ismandatory prior to any significant new operation, project or process implementation.Manufacturing technologists and engineers will
, the students work in teams to solve open ended designprojects. Two projects are given during the quarter. For the first project, the studentswork in teams of three to develop and build a mechanical system to accomplish a simpletask. During the second, a “paper” design of a more complex system is completed. Thesecond project is accomplished by dividing the task into subsystems which are designedby teams of four. Each team of four is then required to select a representative to insuresuccessful integration of the final system with other teams. Team formation is based onthe student’s problem solving preferences in a manner devised by Prof. Douglas Wilde ofStanford University. This paper will examine the success of this team forming strategynot
experimental parameters needed to meet a specific objective, and (5) collecting and analyzing data to compare to theory.Methods Incorporating team-based laboratory experiments into an existing course required a focuson the fundamental concepts being covered and developing projects that emphasized both theoryand applications. Since some class time is used for the projects, each of the topics was selectedso that its place in the curriculum could be presented directly by the students. After selectingappropriate projects, funding was secured to provide equipment and supplies, and generalexperimental procedures were developed (and tested by undergraduate laboratory assistants priorto the course offering). The projects were
aimed at educating engineers beyond knowledge transfer through the development of student know-how and know-how-to-be (i.e., attitudes). This is achieved via four major program thrusts, which are: integrating knowledge, learning in an engineering context, promoting technical and personal achievement and increasing student responsibilities. As salient programmatic features, this curriculum incorporates, among others: design from day 1, a closely integrated sequence of courses within a semester and from one semester to the next, engineering integration semester projects and a large-scale capstone design activity. In addition to presenting a broad overview of this curriculum, the paper focuses on the first semester
University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. Page 23.1040.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Research Experiences for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsAbstractNational surveys in 2011 and 2012 showed a continuous decline in the number of U.S. studentswho move on to attend graduate school. In addition, there is a shortage of highly educatedskilled workers in the manufacturing sector. The paper will describe program activities, studentresearch projects, outcomes, and lessons learned
outcomes 9 and 11 were restructured to capture what ETACstudent outcome 3 and 5 indicates. Also, that was linked in the table with a “X” in red. TheTME3353 is a new class that was developed and introduced to enhance the support of bothoutcomes 9 and 11 of the BSMMET. Furthermore, this course was added as one of the prerequisitesto the senior project to enhance the leadership training.3.0 Action Taken To Satisfy ETAC Student Outcomes 3 and 5ETAC elaborated in the visiting report to our campus that Student Outcomes 3 can be satisfied byapplying them to “narrowly- defined" engineering problems.We started by reassessing and auditing all our 11 student outcomes to verify that all ETAC studentoutcomes, ASME criteria and SME criteria are satisfied
Paper ID #13398Nano-satellites and HARP for Student Learning and ResearchDr. Hank D Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977. He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he regularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems
4.3 Code core linear algebra concepts in MATLAB with autograder incorporated 12 4.3.1 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.4 Establish application projects in MATLAB Grader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Assessment 15 5.1 Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5.2 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Conclusion and Future Plan 187 Acknowledgements
the drone body and aprocedure for embedding the electric wiring was developed. This integration required severaldesign modifications, which were implemented and prototyped. We believe that this modulardrone development project design and mentorship guided by the principles of experientiallearning and empowered by AM has increased the efficacy of students and helped them developseveral skills that are valuable to the future engineering work force including team skills,leadership, time-management, life-long and interdisciplinary learning, and entrepreneurshipmindset. Through a survey and focus group approach, the findings of an independent evaluatorconfirm those benefits to the students participating in the project.1. IntroductionAdditive
transformed into design, when diverse design teams learn and interact with the peers atthe conceptual design stage. In STEM fields such as engineering, encouraging inclusivity amongundergraduate students from different economic, social, or racial and ethnic backgrounds canproduce greater learning gains. This paper presents various ongoing interventions on diverseteam formation, Sustainable Design Goals (SDG) -focused team projects in a freshman engineer-ing course (i) to identify the individual or personal characteristics that a student brings to an educa- tional setting and their influence on students’ learning (ii) to study the role of diverse teams on pedagogical and psychological aspects on team interaction
mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Dr. Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University Michael Mauk is Assistant Professor in Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program.Regina Ruane Ph.D., Temple University
Paper ID #17322Inventing the Precedence Diagram as Preparation for Future LearningMr. Robert Semmens, Stanford University Rob Semmens should soon be a graduate of the doctoral program in Learning Sciences and Technology Design program in Stanford’s School of Education. His current research interests include the development and assessment of training techniques relevant to spatial thinking. Previously Rob worked on projects for the Army Research Institute and the Asymmetric Warfare Group. He developed instructional approaches to improve Army training, and conducted analysis of the contribution of technology to learning. Rob
responsibility fordecisions and actions as the course progressed. In this paper we present the results of revisingthis supplemental evaluation and administering it to a new longitudinal student cohort ofbiomedical engineers during the 2007-2008 academic year. Correlational analysis of the studentresponses revealed three themes that appear to have a major role in shaping student attitudestoward the overall design experience: attitudes regarding the transition from student toprofessional; varied academic hardiness characteristics that would influence efforts and attitudestoward the completion of an open-ended senior design project; and perceived work efforts (byboth the individual and the team) and the quality of learning in senior design. Overall the
student learning via a project-based learningassignment on the corrosion of winter maintenance vehicles in the State of Ohio. The module’seducational objectives were to (1) increase knowledge among high school students about thefactors associated with corrosion, specifically vehicular corrosion, (2) increase studentunderstanding of engineering principles behind corrosion prevention and mitigation, and (3)engage students in multiple interactive, hands-on activities to reinforce their learning. Pre- andpost- assessments were administered to (1) determine if an engineering module would allowstudents to develop a more complex understanding of corrosion engineering problems and higherlevels of corrosion science knowledge, (2) assess whether students
Paper ID #24833Student Perceptions of Teamwork SupportDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios.Dr. Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan Laura K. Alford is a Lecturer and Research Investigator at
ECE Concepts Aaron Carpenter carpentera1@wit.edu Department of Electrical Engineering & Technology Wentworth Institute of Technology Abstract Cybersecurity’s increasing relevance and applicability in the research and developmentcommunity and job market make it an attractive topic for both students and faculty. Thus, it isnecessary for institutions of higher learning to provide courses that prepare students for thebroad security-based design space. In addition to teaching students about critical securityconcepts, hardware-based cybersecurity projects and courses sit at the intersection of manyelectrical and computer
space.The aim of the new makerspace was to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship by engagingstudents in both formal and informal multidisciplinary design projects. In the long term, the goalis to integrate the space into all levels of the engineering curriculum and encourage project-basedlearning. The university has a strong entrepreneurial center with ongoing programs as well asseveral incubators. The new space was designed to supplement the current innovation andentrepreneurship options available to students and student startups by providing prototypingequipment. A mixed method approach (a survey combined with ethnographic observations andinterviews) was used to analyze student use and perception of the new space. Of particularinterest was
Engineering Analysis Statics) which is a project based learning activity designed specifically for promoting creativity, team-work, and presentation skills for undergraduate sophomore and junior students, as well as by exposing the students to the fascinating world of scientific/technological research based engineering. IDEAS is becoming the cornerstone event for the sophomore engineering students at UCF: from fall 2013 to fall 2017 approximately 2000 students have created, designed, presented, and defended around 600 projects and papers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Preparing the Engineering Student for Success with IDEAS: A Second Year Experiential
of practicum courses in collaboration with the industry in China. He has been awarded Shanghai 1000-Telent Distinguished Professor status (2017). The CFE has launched a major initiative called the Technology Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development (TESD), the defining philosophy for several entrepreneurship projects for social development in the Belt and Road region. He has been the founder Director (2013-2016) of the WHO Collaborating Centre on eHealth at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)-Australia where he is an Honorary Professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine (SPHCM). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 From
multiplepedagogical innovations emerged (e.g., collaborative and active learning, project and problembased learning, and more technology in the classroom) and great amount of information wasexchanged among participants. However, the diffusion and adoption of these innovations wererare within participant institutions and those who did not participate.2 From there, a large seriesof studies tried to understand the main challenges associated to processes of change inengineering schools.Clark, Froyd, Merton, and Richardson (2004) focus on the perspective of those leading thechanges promoted by the Foundation Coalition.3 At an initial stage of the program, leaders’ andauthorities’ approaches to curricular innovation followed a product development process.3
, Page 26.799.2a http://www.sc.edu/fye/center/history.html b http://www.fgcu.edu/qep/ such that a three-credit class would meet for four hours over two days, allowing for uniqueopportunities in curriculum development. Studio classrooms based on the SCALE-UP (StudentCentered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs) model5 were designed inHolmes Hall to accommodate this model of engineering education. In Fall 2011, the U.A.Whitaker School of Engineering became the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering (WCE), andtoday the college has a student enrollment of almost 900, with over 1000 students projected bythis fall. II. The Introductory Engineering Course – Fall 2005 – Spring 2014 “Introduction to the Engineering
, Colombia). He received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Uni- versidad America (Bogot´a, Colombia), a M.Sc. from Universidad de los Andes (Bogot´a, Colombia) and a Ph.D. from Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, (Nancy, France). Currently, he lectures on thermodynamic and mid-program project. His research interests include design of colloid systems for application in cosmetic, food, personal care and oil & gas topics. He is member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.Prof. Jorge Mario Gomez, Universidad de los Andes. Bogot´a - Colombia Jorge Mario Gomez is a Associate Professor and former head of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogot´a - Colombia. He received
, analysis, and management functions. His most challenging task was the responsibility for the Thermal Mission Analysis of the Lunar Module from Project Apollo.Miss Alyssa Marie D’Apice, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering Alyssa D’Apice is a third year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Bio-molecular engineering at the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in Brooklyn, New York. She is one of four head teaching assistants for the Introduction to Engineering and Design course where she manages over 100 student workers, making sure that the course moves seamlessly. While on campus, Alyssa has participated in varsity basketball, volleyball, and softball and
case studies, practical laboratories, and real-world projects into the mechanical engineering curriculum. Her current projects in- clude: incorporating the HVAC and building automation systems of Cooper Union’s new LEED-Platinum academic building into the control systems curriculum; designing interactive K-12 STEM learning tech- nology; modeling and optimizing vehicle systems; and characterizing structural dynamics properties using experimental modal analysis. Page 26.309.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Building Sustainability into Control Systems: A New
bent, positioned and held in a frame to reflect the lightat the focal point where the multi-junction cell is fixed. The system follows the celestial path ofthe sun within 1.6 degree.This project was completed as a senior capstone design project utilizing all of the educationgained thus far in the engineering curriculum along with a large amount of self-directed learning.Every stage in the design and development of the project was an educational test that had to beovercome. Discussion on the short comings, challenges, and the use of the education received toresolve these issues are presented.1. IntroductionAccess to power namely, heat, and electricity is ubiquitous in developed nations. Much of thedeveloping world however, still lacks access to
Paper ID #21172Innovation in the Course Disaster Risk Management to Improve the Univer-sity Student’s Competence for Multidisciplinary and Participatory WorkDr. Ing. Sandra Cecilia Santa Cruz, PUCP Professor at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, PUCP, and Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Civil Engineering, with experience in the coordination and execution of multidisciplinary projects in the area of natural disaster risk, seismic hazard and structural design. Experience in consulting for international organizations and Peruvian Government. AREAS OF INTEREST Disaster Risk Managment, Risk assessment
first year of integration, these effortsfocused on technical analyses. In the second year of integration, the focus was on enhancedcommunication skills. In the technical analyses, students in a sophomore level Fluid Mechanicscourse worked in teams to analyze the material balance tables and pump sizing specificationsproduced by twenty Capstone Design groups. Each team was responsible for analyzing oneunique design project. Also, in that year students in a junior level Heat Transfer course used thesame design projects to validate the design specifications of heat transfer equipment pertinent toeach project. Assignments were timed such that the sophomore and junior students had justlearned relevant technical information pertaining to these tasks
). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Insights about an academic elevator pitch competition in undergraduateengineering curriculaIntroductionThe elevator pitch is an effective and efficient communication tool that entrepreneurs use toquickly sum up and forcefully present the uniquely salient aspects of their products or services,with the sole purpose of engaging with potential investors and raising capital. As such, this“soft” technique is highly desirable for engineers to master in order to rapidly, concisely andclearly convey the engineering value of their projects to prospective investors. A number ofuniversities are already working to embed elevator pitch learning opportunities into theircurricula.At Stevens Institute of