aprogram targeting past participants of Women in Action to continue their interest in science andengineering during high school. In 2001, the WISE Women program was introduced. It wasmodeled after the UFPME program, but shortened to one-week instead of two. Participants areintroduced to the ten engineering disciplines offered at Mississippi State University. They alsoparticipate in hands-on activities, with two major project competitions that are completedthroughout the week. Six to eight SWE student members act as counselors throughout the weekand faculty conduct and assist with activities and tours.Post-camp follow-up has shown that of the girls who are eligible to attend college, almost halfare currently in college. Of those, most are in an
2006-339: NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR MATERIALS TECHNOLOGYEDUCATIONMel Cossette, Edmonds Community CollegeThomas Stoebe, University of WashingtonJohn Rusin, Edmonds Community CollegeRobert Mott, University of DaytonRobert Simoneau, Keene State University Page 11.952.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006session number 1526The National Science Foundation has recently funded a project at Edmonds Community Collegethat will create a National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education. The objectiveof this project is to develop a clearinghouse of teaching materials for the broad field of materialstechnology. All materials considered for this Resource Center will
examination scores with extra practicein engineering design graphics courses. Two engineering graphics design courses areoffered to engineering students at a two-year college that is embedded in a four-yearpublic institution. Engineering Graphics & Design I is the first course in a two-coursesequence. Topics include but are not limited to fundamentals of engineering graphics:including orthographic projection and 2D drawing using AUTOCAD. EngineeringGraphics & Design II introduces the principles of computer-assisted graphics andengineering design, with an emphasis on 3-D modeling techniques, using Inventor. Thispaper discusses how to improve students’ spatial visualization skills by using physicalmodels to produce orthographic views. The
evaluationsteps and to lead the students through each step, in sequence, and develop the mathematical tools(and thinking process) to complete each step. Although engineering economic analysis forpublic and private projects often employ complicated analytical techniques to buttress thedecision to proceed or to discard them, the underlying principles are easily understood andabsorbed by freshmen.The problem I selected this year was the case of a small municipality (similar to the size andpopulation of the town where the university is located – about 23,000 residents) deciding toreplace its current sodium vapor street lights heads with LED street light heads. The impetus forthis was an article published by a firm (LEOTEK, Light-On Group1) on how to
I-CELER forpromoting ethical becoming based on scholarly literature from various social science fields,including social anthropology, moral development, and psychology. This paper proceeds in five parts. First, we introduce the state of the art of engineering ethicsinstruction; argue for the need of a lens that we describe as ethical becoming; and then detail theSpecific Aims of the I-CELER approach. Second, we outline the three interrelated componentsof the project intervention. Third, we detail our convergent mixed methods research design,including its qualitative and quantitative counterparts. Fourth, we provide a brief description ofwhat a course modified to the I-CELER approach might look like. Finally, we close by detailingthe
control bionic limbs using electrical signals that are generated from musclecontractions through a process called electromyography (EMG). However, these bionic limbshave not been around long and the costs associated with them are still too high to make themaccessible to those who really need them.This student research project utilizes recently acquired skills in Electro-Mechanical EngineeringTechnology to lower the price of a bionic hand. The mechanical parts that make up the hand aredesigned using 3D CAD software and then created on a 3D-printer. Using 3D-printing, the handcan easily be scaled to any size much more cheaply than using traditional methods. The projectalso lowers cost by designing and creating its own EMG circuit. This is the most
complex gradual process and requires aparadigm shift in product and process design. In academia, this awareness underscores the needfor reforming curriculum so that graduates of programs are ready to lead these changes inpractices. The National Science Foundation funds projects to update engineering curriculum forthe comprehensive teaching of energy in different undergraduate programs. Accelerated testingmethodology [2] project funded by NSF utilized statistical method to determine the Page 26.723.2interrelationship between various stress loadings and total energy use in a mechanical system andestablish a framework to facilitate the optimum
development director and managed academic programs in two non-profit organi- zations, Pregnancy Care of Cincinnati and the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati, before coming to the University of Cincinnati in 2009. Ms. Steimle initially coordinated UC’s Supplemental Educational Services Program. Currently, she is the Project Director of the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science Program. Page 26.762.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Factors That Support Teacher Shift to Engineering DesignAbstract This
May 2015. This is the firstcoastal or ocean engineering graduate program at an Historic Black College or University(HBCU). Students may choose a thesis, project or course only option. All options require anoral examination. Seven core courses, one mandatory, comprise the coastal engineeringconcentration. The student may select elective courses from among a large variety of civil andenvironmental engineering graduate courses. This flexibility enables the graduate student totailor coursework to their major civil engineering area(s) of career interest. Laboratory facilitiespotentially available to students are briefly described. The program has a coastal natural disasterfocus and was established as part of the Coastal Hazards Center of
positive andcognitive psychology to help them develop a sense of awareness, define a sense of purpose,and constructively modify thoughts and behaviors. In the second part, students lead andimplement a project that will positively involve and impact between 50 and 200 people.Through this guided experiential process students learn to intentionally create possibility, toface and overcome adversity, to enroll volunteers into their programs and to create a positivenurturing environment through Master Mind Groups, Accountability Partnerships, and Co-coaching strategies.A train the trainer and pilot program was launched in multiple campuses at Tecnológico deMonterrey with interesting results. Students successfully reached out to their communities
working onclass projects in a variety of disciplines; and also in libraries, museums, or other communityfacilities where the community members might be the largest group of users. They are alsofound in small business start up centers where members of the organization would be the mainusers. No matter where they are housed, “Fab Labs” require a business model that supportsequipment repair and maintenance, skilled equipment technician expertise, instructor time andfacility management. During the workshop activities, participants learned to apply manufacturing processes andprocedures for design of subassemblies that make up a final product. Attendees participated inhands-on activities. SPC students and instructors used the following methods for
-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. Page 26.1122.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 MAKER: Automated System Design Projects for UndergraduatesAbstractThe paper describes the design, construction, and programming process for a small-scaleautomated system to play Whack-a-Mole. This system is one example of several that have beenbuilt by undergraduate students learning about automated system design. The system consists ofa PLC, power supply, lights, and push buttons and is controlled using a
- ing education and practice, and student reflection. Page 26.303.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Building capacity and social capital around interpretive research qualityAbstractSet in the context of an NSF-funded CAREER project, this paper describes a collaborative effortin the engineering education research community to build social capital and capacity aroundquestions of research quality. To date, this effort has entailed: i) two one and a half-daylongitudinal interactive workshops with leading qualitative researchers in the
ranked journals (e.g. Journal of College Science Teaching), reviewed conference proposals (e.g ASEE).Miss Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ezgi Yesilyurt is a PhD student in curriculum and instruction/science education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is working as a graduate assistant in an NSF funded grant project in which she assumed major responsibilities such as data collection, data analysis, design and delivery of teacher professional development workshops in the grant project. Also, she is currently teaching science methods courses. She received her MS degree and BS degree in elementary science education. She participated European Union Projects in which she conducted series of
arecollaborating on an NSF-funded program to document the impact of the emerging EER&Icommunity. It describes the goals of the project, what has been done to date, what theparticipants have learned, and what remains to be done.The goals of the program include; (1) Identifying the broader EER&I network, (2) Identifying examples of EER&I impact, (3) Organizing and hosting a summit of EER&I leaders to develop a systematic process for documenting the impact of EER&I, (4) Piloting the process, and (5) Compiling and disseminating best practices.The Engineering Education Research & Innovation community is growing and becoming welldefined. It includes faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in
. Engineering education research includes curriculum and laboratory development of biomechanics and bio-signal processing concepts.Dr. David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh David Sanchez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Assistant Director for the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation. His research is focused on fus- ing sustainability principles and design thinking to address the Water and Energy grand challenges in the natural and built environment. Current projects include: Renewable electrode materials for Bioelectro- chemical systems, Recirculating Aquaponic Systems, Environmental Quality wireless sensor networks, and incorporating Sustainable Design
Al-Ain United Arab EmiratesKey Words: Inverted Pendulum, Capstone Design ProjectAbstract: This paper describes the design and build of a pedagogical setup consisting of a two-DOF inverted pendulum, which is mounted on a three-DOF cart. This was a collaborative projectbetween senior students in the departments of mechanical and electrical engineering at the UnitedArab Emirates University as part of their senior design capstone project. The students withguidance from their faculty mentors followed the various designing and building stages of thedesign process of the involved mechatronics system. This includes the steps of designing the setup,the building of the prototype, and the testing and verification of
with required hardware and supporting software has beendiscussed. The design of new hands-on modular laboratory exercises and their implications onstudent learning has been presented. Team-based newly designed class projects emulated real-world solutions based on embedded systems. The class project also required the students tolearn and apply project management skill (i.e. SCRUM). The experience and implications ofthese class projects have been reported with respect to the course learning outcomes. Lastly,the author’s perspectives on how the course has prepared the students for the marketplace hasbeen incorporated.Introduction and Objective:Embedded system technology is a key aspect of modern electronic systems and devices.Every Electrical
developed aformative peer observation protocol designed specifically for science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) educators. Peer observation is a well-established method for providingfeedback to faculty and may serve as an important alternative to student evaluations [6]. Legalconcerns have emerged about using student evaluations as the only metric for evaluatingteaching in promotion and tenure decisions due to the well-documented bias present in studentevaluations.MethodsMost of the authors had participated in traditional peer observation prior to this project but thevarious forms we used were summative: check-lists of basic practices. We noticed that thecheck-list approach implied stress for a faculty member when they did not
projected transitions were surpassed: – 50% net transition rate for AY2018-19 (actual rate was 71%) – Increase to 60% AY2019-20 and 65% AY2020-21 (since then have updated to 70%) – Steady state of 70% by AY2021-22 once behaviors become ingrained5SAFETY NET FELLOWSHIP PROJECTIONS Net TransitionYear Academic Year # Allotments Rate Funds Utilized Balance 16/17 $5,000,0001 17/18 48 0.38 $921,830 $4,078,1702 18/19 48 0.71 $356,588 $3,721,5823 19/20 42 0.7
events.Prior to fall 2004, WMW had a single project manager who was an engineering student.This individual was selected in the spring of each year to serve during the followingacademic year. This leadership structure required that a new project manager be trainedeach year and occasionally the learning curve was fairly steep. During the 2004-2005academic year, WMW transitioned to a leadership structure that provided morecontinuity. Specifically, each year WMW has two project managers, one senior projectmanager and one junior project manager. Essentially, applicants for the projectmanager’s position agree to a two year term. Project managers are selected so that one isan engineer and one is a scientist. The project managers create the mentoring groups
course, we surprisingly foundout that much of the basic design knowledge had not been taught to the students when they cameto the course. In other words, when without this tool design course as in the past, students wentto the senior design course not fully prepared.The mechanical design sequence of the MET curriculum had a 3-credit CADD course onAutoCAD, another 3-credit CADD course on Solid Edge by UGS Corporation, a 3-creditmachine element design course, a 3-credit dynamics and mechanism course, and a 3-credit seniordesign course. The problem with the curriculum was, as found in teaching the tool design course,there was no design projects prior to the senior design. It has turned out that the tool designcourse, having a number of design
curricular innovation to produce ECE graduates that can work in anenvironment that may rely on outsourcing a portion of its operations, and also make theknowledge base of these graduates stronger in areas that are not likely to be outsourced,or perhaps should not be outsourced for security reasons or for physical and logisticalconstraints. IntroductionThis paper focuses on changing the electrical and computer engineering (ECE)curriculum in response to outsourcing. The assumption is that outsourcing of certain ECEfunctions will continue in the short term and may perhaps strengthen to include moredesign related ECE projects [10]. Outsourcing of several technical responsibilities to theFar East is not only an
every class.What students need to know about careers in engineeringThe Syllabus for Engineering 98, “What students need to know about careers inengineering” (hereafter referred to as E98) is contained in Appendix 4. This course is a series ofweekly lectures and outside of class projects. The lectures provide the background to support theproject activities, and the projects permit the students to experience the concepts and lessonspresented in the lectures. Each week includes an ungraded assignment.There are no grades, tests or exams. Passing the Pass/No Pass course is based upon subjectiveevaluation of participation. On the other hand, students have many opportunities to judge theirperformance relative to the other students from data presented
Professor and Research Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He served as a Technical Advisor for the senior design project at UNLV. He teaches CAD, cap- stone design, and solid mechanics courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has been involved with the capstone design program at TU since his tenure in 2008. His course design projects are sponsored by industry and government laboratory which include GM, JOHN DEERE, AFRL, and NUCOR. He is the Lead-Faculty Contact for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) at TU. Page
the students are assigned a computer project which involves simulating a mechanismusing Working Model 2D software. The purpose of the project is to give students an opportunity todesign a mechanism without having to build a physical prototype, and to familiarize them withmechanism simulation software. Generally students have no previous experience using thissoftware. Therefore, one lecture session is set aside for students to be introduced to the software.Each project is designed such that it is difficult to solve analytically, thereby forcing the student toexplore the software while trying to solve the project. In order to minimize the number of differentsolutions for each project, mechanisms for which there is just one input are used. The
research project, NSF EFRI-Barriers, Under- standing, Integration – Life cycle Development (BUILD). She has worked in the sustainable engineering arena since 2004. As the assistant director of education outreach in the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, Pitt’s center for green design, she translates research to community outreach programs and develops sustainable engineering programs for K-12 education.Prof. Daniel Mosse, University of PittsburghDr. Margaret S. Smith, University of Pittsburgh Margaret Smith holds a joint appointment at the University of Pittsburgh as Professor of Mathematics Ed- ucation in the School of Education and Senior Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center. Her research
measures: effort, size, quality, schedule measures Derived measures: yield, productivity, defect density, etc. Planning Proxy-based size and time estimation Task and schedule planning Quality Quality measurement and analysis management Code and design reviews Design documentation and verification Defect prevention Process Process improvement proposals (PIPs) improvement Project postmortem, with data analysis and “lessons learned” Table 1 Personal Software Process
businessand pharmacy due to honors program requirements. Its main audience is second year honorsstudents with at least the introductory honors course (HONR 100 - The Discipline of Reason)under the belt. Topics are covered through lectures (40% of course time) complemented byreading assignments and homeworks, laboratory assignments and a quarter-long design project(60% of course time). Students are evaluated on their attendance and participation to classactivities, their performances on homeworks and laboratory assignments, a paper that activatesthe students’ imagination and creativity, and a successful completion and presentation of anopen-ended quarter-long design project.Upon successful completion of HONR 218, the students will gain
, “Communications Measurement Laboratory.” This new course was designed to reinforce student knowledge of their course work in signals and systems, digital and analog communication systems, and digital signal processing. The primary course objectives were to familiarize students with vector signal analysis and develop a thorough understanding of I and Q-based demodulation techniques. This paper provides an overview of this course and describes student projects that utilize a vector signal analyzer (VSA) to detect, localize, and record decimated I and Q data as would be available at the output of an intermediate frequency (IF) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) stage of a software defined radio (SDR).1 IntroductionThe