technicians. In order toprepare students for these challenges, students must be taught using the latest technologyembedded into advanced hardware and software tools. The purpose of our project is toenhance student learning in digital logic design, using state-of-the-art software andhardware development tools. This purpose will be realized through a partnership amongthree universities in Southeastern Michigan and through collaboration with the AlteraCorporation [which will provide the necessary software and hardware.The project has four teaching objectives. These are:1) to enhance engineering education in the digital design area, particularly at the three partner universities [Wayne State University (WSU), University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), and
failure due to fatigue loading on cracked anduncracked structures, designing to prevent failure, analyzing stress corrosion cracking, andconducting ASTM standard tests. An outline of course topics and laboratory projects is includedin this paper along with detailed highlights of effective course activities. This paperdemonstrates that the topics of fatigue and fracture mechanics fit well with the mechanicalengineering technology (MET) curriculum and the MET student.BACKGROUNDThe course has two primary components: fatigue and fracture mechanics. This section provides abrief description of these two topics.The term fatigue, in the engineering sense, means the mechanical fatigue of materials. Allstructural materials (i.e. metals, timber, concrete
Page 15.1064.2some material that would relate more directly to attendees’ projects as well as allow attendeeswith similar interests to brainstorm, discuss, and give and receive feedback on the variousinnovative ideas. The goal was to provide support for attendees to develop the sophistication oftheir ideas over the course of the symposium. Overall, the intent of combined activities was toempower faculty who were already leading innovative change in their classrooms to becomeagents of change in their institution or in the engineering education community at large. Thisempowerment stems from the information provided as well as the supportive community ofpractice that developed among attendees. The intent and initial outcomes of the first
AC 2010-944: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A REVISEDINTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COURSEPhilip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Page 15.392.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development and Assessment of a Revised Introductory Engineering Course: Work in ProgressIntroduction GE1030 (Introduction to Engineering Projects) is required of all engineering students atthe University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and is taken by most students in their second semester.Students who enroll in engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville enter the GeneralEngineering Department, and do not matriculate into the degree-granting
constraints they embody – including cost, du-rability, maintainability, simplicity, and cultural fit. Students presented with problems of thistype must empathize with a consumer and an environment about which they typically have nofirsthand knowledge. This is the essence of design for the real world.ObjectiveThe objective of this project is to develop a sustainable mechanism by which engineeringsophomore and junior students can be engaged in a modified study abroad experience. In thismodel “study” becomes “work-study” and “abroad” becomes “developing countries.” Bypartnering with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), the project exposes students toenvironments of significant constraint in the developing world. Such an experience can pro-vide
umbrella of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and CommunityDevelopment, both Education City and the Qatar Science and Technology Park operate.Education City is a campus comprising of several colleges, including Texas A&M University atQatar. It has the three-prong mission of research, teaching and community service. These goalsshould be realized in the projects undergone by the universities. Qatar’s work in facilitatingresearch and innovation can be compared to studies based on the same issue in New York State.The Governor of New York assembled the Task Force on Diversifying the New York StateEconomy through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. This task force studied the
Reaching 6th through 8th Grade Students through the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers Program Alice E. Smith1, Cynda Fickert2, Mark Jones3AbstractThe National Science Foundation instituted a novel program recently called Research Experiences for Teachers(RET) which allows principal investigators to request a funding supplement to existing grants to enable interactionwith K-12 teachers. At Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, the Department of Industrial and SystemsEngineering received funding for two teachers for the summers of 2002 and 2003. A science teacher of 6th and 7thgraders and a math teacher of 8th graders joined the research team on the project “Relating Field
-circuit debugging is a simple procedure and the device is very affordable.The present course is for sophomore electrical engineering students who have had a course inVisual Basic. Two goals of the course are to teach elements of C++ and to provide interface-programming projects that are creative and interesting. Another goal is to address programmingand performance issues relevant to embedded system programming such as timing and event-driven procedures. While the OOPic fulfilled the educational needs of this introductory course,its slow speed and limited memory preclude its use in more advanced courses.IntroductionRecently the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Manhattan College has beenrevising its curriculum for electrical
– pharmacokinetic model 12. ASAIO Journal intravascular oxygenators 13. Kidney International diffusive transport in peritoneal dialysis 14. Journal of Biomedical Materials encapsulation of cells for insulin control 15, 16. Research Page 7.371.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationTo accomplish the second objective, a semester long group project was assigned to develop anexperiment based on teachings in the first semester. The project constraints were
habit of a practicing engineer.However, we have learned by experience that even when students are provided with the rubric,they seldom evaluate their own work effectively. In an effort to counter this, students in asophomore-level “Energy Balances” course are asked to help develop a rubric that will be usedto grade and assess a team project in the course. The mechanism for including student input inrubric development and assessing the ability of the students to use the resulting rubrics for selfevaluation will be discussed.IntroductionThe chemical engineering curriculum at Ohio University requires students to complete open-ended assignments in a team environment at the sophomore, junior, and senior levels. Thedeliverable in these assignments is
colors, and user-drawn stamps to help them make visual connections,visualize data, and understand spatial relationships in places they visit.This project was created as a collaborative undergraduate research experience between multipledisciplines, including communications, art education, and computer science, as well as inpartnership with a local public K–12 school. Walk and Draw was developed as abrowser-based application using the p5js library to enable ease of development and rapidprototyping of ideas. The program itself presents users with a large map of their current areabased on a device’s current GPS location and supports both touch- and pen-based drawing. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference
that is usually open to most engineering students in their junior or senioryear, which means they have completed their introductory courses like physics and chemistry.Students who are at this stage are usually eager to solve more realistic problems than laboratorywork. This paper shows the integration of sustainability concepts with the Fluid Mechanics classthrough lectures, laboratory work, simulations, and projects. Educational objectives, assessmentmethods, and sample problems are presented in this paper.IntroductionEnhancing problem-solving skills in engineering students, particularly in the latter half of theirundergraduate studies, is paramount. This is acutely relevant in applied engineering courses suchas Fluid Mechanics, typically
delivering the lecture content ofthe design process using videos and other media, class time is freed up for concrete progress on ateam’s specific project with support of faculty.The first goal of this project is to create educational materials to transfer the delivery of contentregarding the design process to an out-of-class environment and to develop in-class activelearning modules that clarify, elaborate, and expand on critical design process topics. Thesematerials will be widely available for others to use.Currently, limited research exists on the impact of the flipped classroom model in engineering,mathematics, or science courses at the university level. Thus, the second goal of this project is toanswer the engineering education research
the tools are for blind students in Computer Science.There have been projects aimed at attracting blind students and, indeed, it was one of thoseprograms that got Jordyn excited about the major.2 However, there have been fewer efforts toprovide support for students once they are in a curriculum. Several projects have created customlanguages that are designed for blind and limited-vision users, such as Quorum3 and AudioProgramming Language (APL).4 However, few projects have addressed the problem of studentssucceeding in programs where they must use languages common in curricula, such as Java, C++,and Python. Existing tools generally follow the pattern of adapting a visual tool such asNetBeans or Eclipse by tacking on accessibility that speaks
Paper ID #45301Preparing community college and high school students for inertial confinementfusion jobs in engineering and technologyArkadiy Portnoy, City University of New York, Queensborough Community CollegeDr. Sunil Dehipawala, City University of New York, Queensborough Community CollegeProf. Tak Cheung Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Preparing community college and high school students for inertial confinement fusion jobs in
in engineering education, alongside structural engineering and natural hazards engineering. 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE): Boston, Massachusetts Jul 28 GIFTS: Crushing Cardboard: A Technical Design Challenge for First-Year StudentsIntroduction: This GIFTS paper describes the first iteration of a first-year engineering designchallenge which applies mechanics principles, the design process, experimentation, introductoryprogramming, and consideration of failure and factor of safety into a simple hands-on projectwith minimal pre-requisite knowledge. The objectives of the project are for students to applytechnical understanding to a hands-on problem, collect and evaluate
Bringing Design and Construction into Elementary School Classrooms with Sandcastles Pamalee Brady, Ph.D, PE James Guthrie, SE California State Polytechnic UniversityAbstractThe design and construction professions face a continuing need to attract talented and trainedindividuals. A promising approach is to introduce these professions to students in elementaryschool classrooms. The Sandcastle Project is a collaborative effort that will bring students andfaculty in the Cal Poly College of Architecture & Environmental Design (CAED) and the Schoolof Education into local elementary school classrooms. The CAED
theapparatus. This paper describes the design and operation of the device as well as teachingmodules and user surveys to match the results with laboratory outcomes. Such an inexpensivebut functional apparatus can enhance a traditional undergraduate fluids laboratory. Studentlearning was positive after using it for a laboratory exercise. Included drawings and teachingmodules may benefit other faculty members who want to take advantage of the current design.Keywords: Fluid mechanics, fluid statics, hydrostatic, buoyancy, laboratory, design.INTRODUCTION The senior machine design class includes capstone design projects done by teams ofstudents. These students had already taken the Fluid Mechanics laboratory class where theneed for a hydrostatic
, Villanova University, October 15-16, 2010Students taking a track must take a total of 21 credit hours worth of additional course work beyond thecore courses, 9 credit hours of which may be focused on a research project.While the tracks offer in-depth courses in specialized areas, the core courses offer a much morebroadening experience and the research projects that students perform in this program are much morecross-disciplinary. In the next section we describe the core courses in more detail, explain thepedagogical approach to teaching these core courses, and describe their impact on students to date.MS Sustainable Engineering Core Course SequenceThree courses make up the core courses of the MS Sustainable Engineering program:EGR 7110
vehicles, scuba diving, and dancing. Residents can engage in construction of 3Dmodels and access a variety of media. Many universities, organizations, and corporations haveestablished presence in Second Life to take advantage of this interactive, dynamic and globalenvironment. This author is currently teaching a project-based freshman-level information sciences andtechnology course at Penn State Abington College (Abington, PA) during the fall of 2007 whichincorporates a 7-week module on the use of virtual worlds to enhance undergraduate educationand campus life. The author has investigated a number of existing Second Life resources toprepare for the instruction of this module. The Second Life course module began with a scavenger
An Internship Program that Promotes Student Success in Engineering and Engineering Technology AB Shafaye and Rafic Bachnak School of Science, Engineering, and Technology Penn State HarrisburgAbstract - STEM education has been given much attention in recent years. A major concern,however, is that success rates in U.S. colleges and universities are still low. While a number offactors affect student success, active learning approaches such as research and internshipexperiences, hands-on experimentation and projects, challenged-based instruction and problemsolving, and peer
initial posted deadline for specific types of assignments, theassignment will only incur a small grade deduction – students could still earn an ‘A’ on theassignment. We found that students submitting much later past the deadline (more than a coupleof days) struggle more than those who submit assignments within a reasonable period (within afew days) after the first deadline. The students themselves reported some struggles with timemanagement on some assignments because the flexible deadlines allowed them to fall too farbehind with no external penalty. However, the students also greatly appreciate a few extra daysleniency, especially on larger assignments like projects and assessments.In general, it appears that a good compromise between timely
has over 100 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Jaksic’s interests include robotics, automation, and nanotechnology engineering education and research. He is a licensed PE in the State of Colorado, a member of ASEE, a senior member of IEEE, and a senior member of SME. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com HORIZONTAL PROPULSION USING MODEL ROCKET ENGINES (PART B)AbstractThis paper describes a follow up project that provides the first-year engineering students withhands-on experiences while learning the applications of physics. In Fall 2021, this team projectused 6” or 8” long ash blocks with 2.5″x 2.5″ cross sections
enhance the performance of a system.Various aspects of management in systems engineering include planning and control, riskmanagement, configuration management, decision management, project management, qualitymanagement, and information management. Some of these techniques are performed individually;however, others may be applied collaboratively in a group setting. In this paper, we will assessundergraduate students' (UG) “systems engineering management skills (SEMS)” based on a newlydesigned valid, and reliable instrument. First, we assess why it is imperative to develop effectivemanagement skills for undergraduate students. Second, we introduce a newly developedinstrument that could appraise undergraduate students’ state of systems engineering
potential pitfalls, or things that might go wrong while addressing this problem? How would you know if a solution to this problem was effective?Next, we present an example solution (presented in the form of a student project poster) for thesame problem and ask participants to reflect on the solution and offer critiques. Examplequestions in this portion of the interview include: What are your first impressions about how the team addressed this problem? What is something you think team did well with this solution? What could the team have done differently? Hypothetically, if the solution presented was ultimately unsuccessful, what might you assume were the key issues?After completing discussion of the first
Paper ID #38345Building S-STEM scholars' knowledge and skills throughtechnical and career-development seminarsKaterina Goseva-Popstojanova Dr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova is a Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Her research interests are in software engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, as well as in higher education focused on these areas. She has served as a Principal Investigator on various NSF, NASA, and industry funded projects. She leads the B.S. in Cybersecurity program and serves as Academic Coordinator of
design and construction projects [1]. Many AE graduates areconfronted with these fragmentation problems in real-world construction projects, such as poorcommunication and lack of cooperative consciousness or experience [2]. Compounding this, the problemof fragmentation also exists in the education field that leads to certain consequences and a cyclic educationdeficit problem. Studies from researchers illustrate that most engineering students were taught technicalknowledge via isolated and, thus domain-specific courses with limited to no teaching of integratedapproaches. This limited educational focus causes a lack of knowledge and experience in collaboration forstudents entering the workforce [3]. Moreover, the education model of the AEC
quantitative requirements, identification of opportunities, performing analysis andsynthesis, generating multiple solutions, evaluating solutions against requirements, consideringrisks and making trade-offs for the purpose of obtaining a high-quality solution under the givencircumstances. [1] Therefore, engineering design is an important aspect of today’s engineeringcurriculum.For a majority of institutions of higher education, the engineering design courses start early inthe academic career and are meant to encourage first year students’ interest in engineering withfun, hands-on projects that require minimal foundational knowledge. Later in the undergraduatecurriculum, senior capstone engineering design courses are meant to give graduating
Education, 2023 Analysis of Qualifications for Entry-Level Positions in Construction ManagementConstruction management graduates must possess a mixture of technical, soft, and technologicalskills in order to fulfill their job responsibilities as a project engineer, estimator, field engineer,etc. at the start of their career. There is a lack of information on the exact skills that are requiredof a recent graduate to occupy these entry-level positions in the construction industry. This studyanalyzed job listings in order to understand most common qualifications expected of graduatesand their most common responsibilities in construction. The researchers qualitatively analyzed agroup of 40 companies that
evolved over the years, becoming morehands-on and project-based to allow students to develop, innovate and learn from the designprocess [4]. However, many curricula still need to implement programs or courses for students toactively engage with global engineering and discover how cultures, settings, and ideologies canimpact engineering and design. There have been attempts to incorporate these concepts intohumanitarian engineering activities to help students consider marginalized groups and encourageempathy [4,5]. While these programs allow students to think about others, there is still a gap thatneeds to be filled for students to gain a global perspective on engineering design, especially inlow-resource settings. In 2018, Jesiek and colleagues