(WIP) paper will explore the Grand Valley State University (GVSU)Seymour & Esther Padnos College of Engineering & Computing’s (PCEC) commitment todeveloping and sustaining industry and K-12 partnerships. Our engineering programs weredeveloped at the request of, and in collaboration with, industry stakeholders in order to bolsterthe professional workforce in West Michigan. Since conception, our programs have grownstrategically in response to the changing needs of local employers. Recently, the addition of anew Innovation Design Center with dedicated space for K-12 outreach, industry project work,and applied research and development has inspired us to think creatively about the ways inwhich we are engaging with industry and the
US public university. The feedback was gathered via end-of-term course-specificquestionnaires, separate from and much more detailed than the typical university-sponsoredcourse evaluations. In total, 162 students gave feedback, while 5 different instructors wereinvolved with the course, one of whom – the author of this paper – was actively engaged in all 8offerings.To give the reader a sense of scale, the end-of-term student questionnaires featured 60-150questions – mostly multiple choice questions, as well as some free-form short-answer questions.The subject of the questions were the course structure, the instructors’ teaching approach, classsessions, readings, writing assignments, project experiences, tools, the feedback that
Unmanned Systems Program Committee. His research at the Academy focuses on innovative design methodologies applied to UAV problems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Designettes in Capstone: Impact of Early Design Experiences in Capstone Education with Emphasis on Depth of Design Process Content Cory A. Cooper, Daniel D. Jensen, and Michael L. Anderson United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, USAAbstractThe engineering design process can be a complex and lengthy process, and be considered adaunting experience for engineering students embarking on their first full-length project.“Designettes” are a
UNICAMP in the area of solid state device processing and semiconductor devices design. In 1995, he began a career as a consultant. In 2006, he founded the BiLab-Business and Innovation Lab at UNIFACS, Salvador-BA, Brazil. Recently, Dr. Mons˜ao has been involved in nationwide science and technology outreach projects using a Robotic Musical Instrument he and a colleague have developed. His current research interests are in the areas of engineering education, robotics, mechatronics, automation, electronic instrumentation and innovation. He has now a Post Doc position in the Graduate Program of Mechatronics at the Federal University of Bahia, UFBA.Dr. Jes Fiais Cerqueira P.E., Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) J´es de
thiscontext can be effectively implemented, managed, and evaluated. Exploratory studies of theseissues at the graduate level in engineering and science disciplines will facilitate teaming andtraining strategies so future practitioners and researchers are prepared to operate effectively inhigh-performing cross-disciplinary teams.II. Literature ReviewA. Attributes and Definitions of Effective TeamsAccording to Katzenbach and Smith5, ill-structured problems require strong teams ofinterdependent collaborators. The idea of a team extends beyond a group of people who happento be working on the same project, emphasizing the importance of shared commitment andpurpose with performance goals to which they hold themselves and each other accountable.Similarly
journals. Dr. Sekulic is the Principal Investigator of the NSF TUES multi-year STFS project.Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky College of Engineering Bob Gregory is a senior staff writer in the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky. His MA and PhD degrees in English are from University of California, Irvine. After twenty years spent teaching college students how to write at a variety of colleges and universities, including Carnegie Mellon and University of Miami, Dr. Gregory currently assists faculty with multidisciplinary grant proposals and projects. Despite his lack of previous academic training in engineering, his background has been instru- mental in assisting faculty in cross-disciplinary work between
Center was designed toprovide a dynamic, flexible, collaborative learning environment to support a wide spectrum ofeducational activities. This 4000 square foot facility, developed at a cost of over $1M, beganoperation for the fall 2000 semester and it is currently supporting the project-intensive, first yearcourse with an enrollment of 300-400 students each semester. Besides its involvement with thefirst year program, the Center supports a variety of learning activities across the College in thespecific departments and degree programs. The Center includes flexible project-team work areaswith networked computer support, multiple screen audio/visual capabilities that support a varietyof multi-media sources and space for students to fabricate and
Session 2632 LEADERSHIP EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANDREW S. CRAWFORD University of Michigan I. INTRODUCTION The College of Engineering is making “team building” an instructional commitment as partof the revision for our Curriculum 2000. Students will have curricular instruction in aspects of teambuilding and the opportunity to practice these skills in significant team projects during each year oftheir education. Part of our goal is to meet the ABET requirement to demonstrate that our graduateshave “an ability to
current work in software defined radio (SDR) includes leading projects related to the OSSIE open source effort. He chairs the Wireless Innovation Forum Educational Work Group, is a member of ASEE, IEEE, and Eta Kappa Nu, and is a Professional Engineer in Virginia.Ms. Cecile DietrichGarrett Michael Vanhoy, University of Arizona Page 22.1548.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Transition from Undergraduate Research Program Participants to Researchers and Open Source Community ContributorsAbstractExperiences of three participants in an undergraduate research
pedagogical changes in a fluid mechanics and heat transfer course. It has been difficult tofind statistically meaningful results because of small sizes of the classes, a once per year course offering,and in maintaining experimental controls at partner institutions with variant implementations. Alongwith our problems, there is a poor history regarding random control testing in educational research.This has convinced us to move toward a different class model centered around a project-basedapproach with design discussions reviewed for critical reasoning by students and faculty within theexperimental site institution and industrial representatives outside the institution. We are also shiftingaway from traditional quantitative definitions of experimental
paper details the evolution of the continuous BMG project as it evolves to engage andchallenge elementary school through university students in a collaborative and hands on nature.BMG is an interactive game that uses the player’s body pose to control the game and changes thedisplayed video, mechatronics, lighting, music, voices, and sound effects. This paper highlightsthe educational value and expected student gains for elementary, high school, and collegestudents. Additionally, the paper discusses the organizational methods used in the BMG project,which include narrative design, identification of key scenes & narrative elements, and ideation &design for the various video, mechatronics, and sound components of the game. The
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, in 2015. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong, as an Assistant Professor in 2018. His current research interests include robotics and controls, with a focus on UAV design, navigation, control, and LiDAR-based SLAM.Dr. Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong Dr. Chun Kit Chui serves as the Director of the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Innovation Wing aims to unleash students’ creativity by entrusting them to spearhead ambitious innovation and technology projects that will shape the future. The iconic facility is located at the heart of the campus, offering 2400m2 of space with
and qualitative research methods. Dr. Nathan has secured over $20M in external re- search funds and has over 80 peer-reviewed publications in education and Learning Sciences research, as well as over 100 scholarly presentations to US and international audiences. He is Principal Investiga- tor or co-Principal Investigator of 5 active grants from NSF and the US Dept. of Education, including the AWAKEN Project (funded by NSF-EEP), which examines learning, instruction, teacher beliefs and engineering practices in order to foster a more diverse and more able pool of engineering students and practitioners, and the Tangibility for the Teaching, Learning, and Communicating of Mathematics Project (NSF-REESE), which explores
the four comparison sections did not complete theintervention.Figure 1. Activities and timeline for critical-narrative interventionProject-Group Discussion AssignmentBoth the study and comparison groups were required to complete the project-group discussionassignment near the end of the semester. Because the primary objective of this research effort isto gain insights on the impact of critical narratives on students’ abilities to identify the broaderimpacts of engineering work and transfer these abilities to their own senior/capstone designprojects, researchers designed the group-discussion exercise to be focused on each groups’senior/capstone design project.The project-group discussion (PGD) was organized in an identical manner to the
Paper ID #38111Additive Manufacturing-Enabled Modular Drone DesignDevelopment by Multidisciplinary Engineering Student TeamFiras Akasheh (Associate Professor)Mandoye Ndoye (Assistant Professor)David Shannon (Dr.)Ryan PippinsEugene ThompsonAdrian CarterStephen BakerBrandon Martin Guiseppi Brandon Guiseppi is an undergraduate aerospace engineering student at Tuskegee University, originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. His interest in aeronautics goes back to very young age. He has participated in numerous research projects including a NASA MUREP-funded multidisciplinary project to develop a modular drone using
. Nationally, Indiana ranks in the lower 50% on Average Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR)and has also faced some of its lowest AFGR since monitoring began in 1970 (Stanley et al., 2008). Even moreconcerning, marginalized populations, representing over 50% of all students in the urban school districtssurrounding Indianapolis, typically have lower average math and science scores [11], lower AFGRs [12], and areoutnumbered 2:1 in STEM careers [13]. To help address these patterns and inequity gaps, faculty at IUPUI established the Nanotechnology Experiencesfor Students and Teachers (NEST) program— to introduce high school students and teachers to the rapidly emergingand interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology. This project was originally designed to
. Additionally, a strong relationshipwas observed between households’ confidence to recover and households’ belief in thecommunity’s recovery. The findings of this research have implications for the development andimplementation of community-based, sustainability-focused engineering projects and outreachefforts.IntroductionCapacity and resiliency are stapling parameters in understanding the development of acommunity, despite their abundance of definitions in the literature. While capacity is defined in amultitude of ways, it can be thought of as a community’s ability to counteract vulnerability andsusceptibility brought about by adverse circumstances (Amadei, 2020). Resiliency, on the otherhand, can be thought of as changes in capacity and the ability
realistic medical device design in education and the quality assessment of educational design projects for between-project comparisons.Dylan Lynch, The University of Illinois at Chicago ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: Development and Implementation of a Makerspace Class for BME Undergraduates to Enhance Skills in Senior DesignIntroduction:The undergraduate curriculum in biomedical engineering at the University of Illinois Chicagoemphasizes problem-based learning with a focus on as much hands-on project work as possible.To that end, our 100-level Introduction to BME course integrates CAD design, 3d printing andmicroprocessors to achieve learning outcomes. A 200-level course
Paper ID #35606Retaining a diverse group of undergraduate students in EngineeringTechnology MajorsProf. Melanie Villatoro, New York City College of Technology Melanie Villatoro, Chair of the Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technol- ogy at NYC College of Technology, is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York. Prof. Villatoro is passionate about student retention and performance, as well as STEM Outreach in K-12. She has served as Project Director for the National Transportation Summer Institute sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration multiple years. Prof. Villatoro leads a
Paper ID #34639Course Strategy: Low Stakes Assessment Approach to Engineering Economyinstruction using Revised Bloom TaxonomyMr. Michael B. O’Connor P.E., New York University Michael O’Connor, Retired Professional Civil Engineer (Maryland and California), M.ASCE, is a mem- ber of the ASCE Committee on Developing Leaders, History and Heritage, Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBoK), and Engineering Grades. Michael has been a practicing Civil Engineer with over 50 years of engineering, construction, and project management experience split equally between the pub- lic and private sectors. Programs ranged from the San
four missions with the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education for the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program to the International Space Station. She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Teacher Associa- tion of Texas, National Science Teacher Association, Rio Grande Valley Science Association, and NASA Network of States. Celena received her Bachelor of Science degree and master’s at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She also completed post-graduate work with the NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project in STEM Education at Columbia University.Ms. Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin Margaret Baguio is the Program Manager
encourage them to pursue STEAM careers. One particularly effective approach isthrough hands-on learning and “making,” since children often have a natural affinity fortinkering and learn well through active involvement in meaningful activities [1]. Hands-on,project-based learning has been shown to get more students engaged with STEAM and help themlearn key skills for the future [2]. However, most STEAM education programs target students inupper-middle or high school [3]. Bustamante et. al write, “Since engineering education hastraditionally not been part of the general K–12 education experience (i.e., the beginning ofprimary school (age 5) through the end of secondary school (age 18)), early childhood educatorshave minimal background in engineering
increased K-12 STEM awareness and education. Prior to joining UC Davis, Jennifer taught in the BME Department at Rutgers University, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC. She received her doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tufts University, M.S. degree from Syracuse University, and B.S. degree from Cornell University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Promoting equitable team dynamics in an introductory biomedical engineering courseIntroductionTeam-based projects are widely utilized in the engineering curriculum, and often used inintroductory
will combine their expertise to develop and test this framework,and examine how it influences professional formation. The traditional mechanical engineeringeducation paradigm is adept at training engineers in analytical, modeling, and other technicalskills needed to address functional/objective aspects of problems they solve. Professional skillssuch as communication and the ability to work in teams typically occur in conjunction withcourse projects, especially team-based projects. However, there is an opportunity to betterunderstand how certain design activities can influence an engineer’s self and social awareness asthey consider designing with compassion as part of the design criteria. Raising students’ self andsocial awareness has the
. 4 Design-Centric Curriculum New alternative learning pathway to complement existing programmes Emphasizes design Offers a platform bringing together engineering, form, function, aesthetics, culture and lifestyle Exposes students to real-life design projects and design-focused modules Equips students to solve problems from multidisciplinary perspectives Design projects will centre around three broad themes: • Future Transportation Systems • Engineering in Medicine • Smart Sustainable Cities 5 Global Engineering Programme (GEP) Launched in Academic Year 2009/10 To attract outstanding students to Engineering and maximise their potential Characterised by a strong
organizations and individuals engage in technological innovation.Dr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering pro- grams at the Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches human-centered engineering design thinking, making and design innovation project courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and mak- ing processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epistemic identities and vocational pathways. Dr. Lande received his B.S in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in
community.Dr. Suvineetha Herath c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Computing and Engineering Scholarship Program at SCSUAbstractSaint Cloud State University (SCSU) received a US National Science Foundation grant toprovide scholarships for academically talented but economically disadvantaged students ininformation systems, computer science, and computer engineering under SCSU-STEM project.Thirty-six scholarships of up to $18,200 were awarded during 2011-2016. Twenty-six scholarscompleted summer internships. The retention rate of scholars was 100%. This project helped toincrease undergraduate enrollment, improve retention and graduation, expand activeparticipation in conferences, workshops and
… Participatory! – 1/2 of the required 18 credit hours are project based learningHE students brainstorming at the Posner Center, a Denver-based NGO incubatorHumanitarian Engineering is …Engineering by Doing! COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES EbD I – Human Centered Design (HCD) Methods for problem identification, definition, scoping using IDEO techniques. EbD II – Projects for People Combines HDC techniques with technical skills to address design challenges for communities. EGGN491/2 – Senior Design
education assessment, reform, and educational psychology.Matthew N VanKouwenberg, Drexel University Matthew N VanKouwenberg is a Master Teacher with Drexel’s DragonsTeach program. He has helped students develop methods for cleaning water and sustainably generating electricity and heat locally and around the world through programs including Engineers Without Borders. He has also led and assisted in teacher professional development efforts centered upon authentic projects for USAID and the US govern- ment in Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America.Prof. Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University Dr. Terranova is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. In his current role
AC 2007-1694: INTRODUCTION OF VIDEO JOURNALS AND ARCHIVES IN THECLASSROOMAlexander Haubold, Columbia UniversityJohn R. Kender, Columbia University Page 12.985.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introduction of Video Journals and Archives in the ClassroomAbstractWe report on two innovative approaches of using video recordings in project-based coursestargeted at journaling student and team performance and project progression. The first approachis strictly managed by instructors and staff, and involves periodical recording of studentpresentations, which are made available to students for self and peer evaluation. The secondapproach is loosely managed