tangible examples and best practices for coastal resilience, from which communities can learn and benefit. Federal Oceanographic Fleet Recapitalization Initiative $230 Million in FY17NSF• $106 million to fund the construction of two Regional Class Research Vessels (RCRVs)• Meet anticipated ocean science requirements for the U.S. East Coast, West Coast, and Gulf of Mexico.NOAA• $24 million to complete the construction of a Regional Survey Vessel (RSV) – part of a multi-year NOAA ship fleet recapitalization initiative. – RSVs conduct critical mission in areas including hydrography, fisheries sampling and acoustics, and ocean sensing and monitoring.• $100 million in mandatory funding
decisions aboutfuture program development [7, p. 23].” Evaluators investigated the initial implementation ofEPIC, in order to determine if the program is meeting its overarching goal and to identify areasfor improvement for future program development and implementation.Literature ReviewAreas of the research literature relevant to this evaluation include challenges of URM retentionin engineering and constructs identified to improve retention, perceptions of self-efficacy, andsense of belonging.URM Retention in EngineeringNationwide, about one in two students who start in engineering graduate from engineering, and50% of this attrition occurs during the freshman year [8]-[11]. Besterfiled-Sacre et al. [8]described education as a combination of content
would be in direct competition with theother coil gun teams. Of the 19 total senior design teams that semester, five of the teams decidedto take the challenge and join the competition. The competition was judged on muzzle velocityof the projectile, safety of the gun, and appearance (the coil gun will be used for recruiting andneeded to have style!). Wikipedia has a nice explanation of what is a coil gun and is a goodstarting point in researching the design [6].The coil guns had a few specifications limiting the total capacitance, voltage limit, power source,barrel length, and projectile. Beyond these, the teams had full autonomy to design their guns, andeach team came up with a slightly different gun. Proceedings of the 2024
determine the extent to which the various international academic and non-academicexperiences impact the global preparedness of engineering students; 2) the identification of thekey constructs that characterize a globally prepared engineering graduate. By addressing bothgaps, we will contribute to the understanding of how engineering students become globallyprepared, while providing educators with important, actionable items about curricular andextracurricular practices that can enhance engineering global preparedness. This paper providesan overview to date of a research endeavor that addresses these two concerns.Overview of the WorkThis project is being conducted by a multidisciplinary team from four universities. Its fourmajor objectives are
to the use of advanced technology in solving interesting human-machine systems design problems. Page 11.166.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Aircraft Maintenance Technology Education: Integrating Asynchronous Technology and Virtual RealityAbstractThis paper describes a research program with an objective to develop and implement aninteractive virtual reality (VR) model of the aircraft inspection maintenance process forasynchronous delivery. Existing approaches have not been able to mimic accurately thecomplexity of the aircraft maintenance process, reporting limited transfer
for students to practicedelivering presentations. Students must practice their presentations three times within the systemto achieve total participation points. After each attempt, feedback is presented to students,including eye contact, pitch, volume, use of filler words and long pauses.This study investigates the impact of AI-powered public speaking software on the performanceof civil engineering students in their sophomore and senior years. The research draws upon datascores in their final presentations. A multiple regression model is employed, revealing that thesoftware explains approximately 26% variation in final presentation scores. Notably, while thetime spent in the software has a small but significant negative effect on estimated
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Support for Implementation of Infrastructure Education Courses Across Multiple InstitutionsIntroductionCommunities of Practice (CoP) are formed when individuals collaborate in order to shareknowledge and develop solutions for collective problems[1]. They usually grow informallyaround a need and involve voluntary membership by participants who are motivated to take partin a learning community that serves a common purpose.[2] In higher education, CoPs often formwith the intent of sharing best practices, resources, and knowledge around a common domain.They can serve to invigorate and advance the teaching and learning beyond what may bepossible by
. Implementation of a System Approach for Curriculum Design, Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Z.T. Deng, Amir Mobasher, A. Jalloh, Mechanical Engineering Department, Alabama A&M University, ASEE Paper, Session 1566, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri. 4. Synthesis of Engineering Best Practices and ABET AC2K into a new Mechanical Engineering Curriculum, Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Z.T. Deng, Amir Mobasher, A. Jalloh, Mechanical Engineering Department, Alabama A&M University, ASEE Paper, Session 2266, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri. 5. Evaluation of Assessment tools for Outcome Based Engineering Courses, Z.T. Deng, Ruben
the University’s profile in engineering education. PBLprovides the means to:-a) address more explicitly the essential attributes needed by engineering graduates in professional practice;b) enhance pedagogical effectiveness;c) tackle at the outset the learning difficulties faced by many commencing students.”In summary there were political, practical, social, industrial/employment related as well as thepedagogically sound reason that PBL would best suit our particularly diverse student cohort.Overall VU could cite 8 (namely 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11) of the 12 reasons for making thechange to PBL as identified by Moesby 2, and shown in Table 1. 1 To attract better and - if preferred - more students. 2 To improve the
Lumion to export a 3D scenario where other learners and professors would have anopportunity to be immersed in the designed environment and then rate their visual perception ofthe space (Figure 4). The space that was selected for students to design was an art gallery andwere required to demonstrate areas of exhibition that had no direct light, which may impact theexhibit. Figure 4: Using the Overcast Sky Simulator to understand critical factors of successful implementation of daylight into the built environmentModule Four Procedures: 1. Students will investigate the effective window placement in an artgallery to create even light distribution in the space, without compromising wall real-estate; 2.Construct a scaled model
utilizing a variety of methods to prepare future engineering graduates tocommunicate technical work [4], [5]. Research has found that the most important writing tasks inthe workplace include emails [6] and business proposals [7]. In response to research findings andinput from faculty and industry partners, the Accreditation Board of Engineering andTechnology (ABET) criteria for student outcomes include “an ability to communicate effectivelywith a wide range of audiences” [8].When and how to teach writing in the engineering undergraduate curriculum has also been thefocus of education research. Scholars have documented how communication has been integratedin individual engineering courses and across the curriculum [9], [10]. Studies have also
young engineer’s thinking”.3 AsBaura continues: “In preparation for being involved in unethical situations you cannot control, itis important to know your limits. Know your personal engineering ethics threshold for action.”3This paper proposes an engineering ethics course that will help students develop these personalengineering ethics and presents the outline of the content, assessment, and pedagogy for teachingthe Engineering Ethics course.As part of the course modules for ethics communications and group work projects have beendeveloped. The paper starts with a background outlining the context of the Engineering Ethicscourse, mentions some particular so called “best practices” to present such a course, exploresassumptions about the course
Session 2002-359 Major Differences in Education Systems – Is it Time for the US to Change? Robert C. Creese, Ph.D., PE, CCE Industrial & Management Systems Engineering Department College of Engineering and Mineral Resources West Virginia UniversityIntroduction The US higher education system has been recognized as one of the best educationalsystems in the world as thousands of international students come each year for graduateeducation and a higher percentage of US students go to college for baccalaureate degrees thananywhere else in the world. The majority of universities in the US are
Page 23.1355.13collaborated on the selection of materials most appropriate for their school settings. A list ofsuggested materials related to engineering design, including those used during the summerworkshop, was provided. The professional learning communities established during the summerremained intact throughout the following fall in the form of lesson study groups. The idea was tocontinue the collaborative inquiry process among the teachers and promote the verticalintegration of content within the school districts.Lesson study is a method of teacher research that focuses on the development and refinement oflessons to provide instruction that reflects best practices in teaching. The lesson study processused for the purposes of this project
California Institute of Technology (GALCIT). (Note: in 1961 GALCIT was renamedthe Graduate Aeronautical Laboratory, keeping the acronym intact.) Stanford’s drivingforce in aeronautics research was Dr. William Durand. Durand managed to get Stanfordto build a wind tunnel suitable for testing propellers. As a result, some of the mostsignificant work for the NACA was being performed at Stanford. Stanford asked for$330,000 and received $195,000 which was funded simultaneously with Caltech so theschools would not compete for students if one received funds before the other. The University of Michigan was selected because of its advanced program inaeronautics. Aeronautics was its own department in 1916 and they were the first toaward degrees in
-wide assessment committee. This workis gratefully acknowledged.Bibliography1. "Preparing for ABET 2000: From Curriculum Mission to Assessment Planning", Engineering Assessment Committee,School of Engineering, Report, December1998.2. Website of the Stevens Engineering Assessment Center: http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/assess/3. "Integrating Grading and Attitudinal Analysis in Engineering Assessment", A. B. Urken, Best Practices in EngineeringAssessment, Presentation, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2000.4. "Integrating Self-Assessment and Grading via the World Wide Web", C. Christodoulatos and A. B. Urken, AmericanAssociation for Higher Education, Presentation, Denver, 1999.5. "Assessment Update", G. B. DeLancey, Engineering Assessment
Paper ID #22280Work in Progress: Retrospective Analysis on the Perspective of Instructorsabout Transitioning to Using Active-learning Strategies to Teach MechanicalEngineering ClassesMr. Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy, University of California - Davis Mr. Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cali- fornia - Davis. He works as a Graduate Student Researcher at the Western Cooling Efficiency Laboratory and as a Teaching Assistant Consultant at the Center for Educational Effectiveness, both on the UC Davis campus. As a Teaching Assistant Consultant, Sreenidhi focuses on improving
through a mockpublic meeting, the other is through personal testimony. Both have proven to be interesting tostudents and effective in revealing the subtleties of compromising situations that arise inengineering practice. The dual goals of exposing students to the ASCE Code of Ethics andapplying the Code to an ethical situation are being accomplished based upon assessment resultsfrom the RosE-portfolio, the system set up for documenting student learning outcomes.The two methods we have used to inject enthusiasm and relevance into the topic of professionalethics are proven teaching techniques. One method is the mock public meeting. A student team,working on one of our senior design projects, is instructed to hold a public meeting. Their role isto
Information Systems, Hi-roshima City University, Japan. He joined Zayed University, UAE, in August 2000. Currently, he is a Professor of Information Systems, Zayed University, UAE. His research interests include Neuro-fuzzy modeling and control, Signal processing, and IS curriculum design and development. Page 11.787.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating IT Certifications in Networking Courses: Cisco CCNA Versus CompTIA Network+AbstractCurrently, industry and government need a workforce with the latest technical skills in order toremain globally competitive
how design can raise the quality of life in a community, andhow appreciation of other cultures allows one [to] help them, has deepened my regard for theseexperiences.” 5Student Two: “This learning matters because it brought a great change in my life.” 5Student Three: “In the future I plan to remain involved in organizations and activities that areconcerned with social advocacy. I also plan on being a part of professional organizations thatwill promote social advocacy.” 5Student Four: “Interior designers should be aware of the impact of such political and socialprocesses on their practices and should implement changes in designed environments thatsupport improved social conditions in order to meet the basic needs and life safety of people
, our primary research question was: is the Comm Lab succeeding inimproving clients’ work according to our own metrics of success? I.e., do sessions bring clientscloser to our standards for a given communication task, which are informed by both rhetoricalprinciples and real-world field standards? To do so, we designed a quantitative, rubric-based,pre-post evaluation of authentic writing products: drafts for graduate school and graduatefellowship applications, assessed by authentic evaluators -- a team of our own peer coaches. Inorder to build a broader picture of the client’s analytical and reflective experience, wecomplemented the quantitative core of the study by collecting qualitative reflections about thecontent of the coaching session
supervised stu- dents won many teaching and research awards at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, such as Koguan Top Ten Best Teacher Award in 2017 and Koguan Top Ten Research Group Award in 2014. He also re- ceived Research Excellence Award from AirFuel Alliance, USA, in 2019 (email: chbma@sjtu.edu.cn; lab: http://umji.sjtu.edu.cn/lab/dsc/).Prof. Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Prof Pradeep Ray is the Director of the Centre For Entrepreneurship (CFE) at the University of Michi- gan -Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI), China. He designed the Minor in Entrepreneurship program at the UM-SJTU JI, that started in 2017. This program involves a num- ber
more geared towards the manufacturer (i.e. vague, relatively easy to meet) or the patient (i.e. requires rigorous testing, ensures patient safety). In the CompE specialization, our students learn how to design programmable systems for the smart grid, which could relieve our dependence on nonrenewable coal, oil, and gas and could combat climate change. In the EnvE specialization, our students learn engineering design and analysis for the water/wastewater treatment industries. Although environmental regulations constrain design choice, students are exposed to best management practices that prioritize green rather than grey infrastructure. A focus on appropriate technology solutions further requires our students to considering the
strides to reduce environmental impact. The morerecognizable the entity is to students, the more evident their example is. Many organizationsinclude environmental awareness as part of their web sites, so it is not difficult to find who isdoing what. A lesson in critical thinking can ensue when students research further to find if theweb statements are in fact true as judged by unbiased sources. Many recognizable companiesand agencies are deeply involved in environmental improvement; their accomplishments serve asexamples for young engineers.ENVE 430 is intended for both senior-level undergraduates and graduate students. From thestudent assessments of course objectives, the undergraduate students who took the course as atechnical elective were
team work skills and the development of the students’ technicalskills in mechanical physics, and chemical and environmental science concepts. To have Page 14.1324.6a better impact on their environment high school student participants were inspired toinvestigate methods to convert waste into usable energy resources. At the completion oftheir investigative process students decided to implement a cost effective environmentallyfriendly bio-diesel device. From their research students determined how to convert wastevegetable oil, obtained from the school cafeteria, into bio-diesel fuel for fuel utilization inauxiliary high school buses.This experiment
set of succinct, hyperlinked Concept Engines (CEs)forms the intellectual heart of ADL, giving the learner the best of knowledge as well asinformation. The CEs are the hubs of ADL, providing natural starting points for knowledgesearches, and natural integrators of knowledge. They open exciting avenues of DL research, anda new way of integrating technical knowledge between the classroom and the research leadingedge. The beginnings of ADL are in use by students and researchers today, linking to the detailedtechnical content of over 70 courses across engineering and science, and to a superset of DLresources worldwide. Assessment of the impact of ADL is underway to determine its impact onboth graduate and undergraduate learning. The paper
Paper ID #11557DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRAD-UATE ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP PROGRAMDr. Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University Dr. Kyle Gipson is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University (United States) in the Department of Engineering (Madison Engineering) and the Center for Materials Science. He has taught courses per- taining to topics for first-year engineering, materials science and engineering, engineering design, systems thinking and engineering leadership. He has a PhD in Polymer, Fiber Science from Clemson University. His research background is in the synthesis of polymer
careers. Many EE graduates have movedinto other professions such as medicine, law, and business where their engineering education hasbeen a valuable asset. As educators, we need to incorporate practical examples, engaging illustrative materials andinteractive teaching methods that reach and motivate the diverse groups that are involved.Dynamic interactive electronic media facilitates this flexibility, allowing users to guide themselvesthrough the materials according to their own level and interest. Furthermore, educators now havethe potential to identify a student’s learning style2,3 and conceptual problems, thus allowing themto deliver education in more effective ways using a combination of learning technologies, virtualsimulations
research project. We aim forparticipation in E125 to become a “low-cost” doorway into ethics research opportunities forstudents who might not otherwise consider making space for ethics in their busy schedules.Graduate students are also participating in curriculum evaluation and design. During the spring2013 semester a graduate student instructor is working alongside the E125 instructor to evaluatehow activities could best be scaled up for delivery to a larger number of students. Page 23.881.8ConclusionsEmotions are beginning to establish a presence in the engineering ethics literature, but the role ofemotion in ethical reasoning and decision-making
for and hold theAirframe and Powerplant License (hereafter referred to as an A&P license). This license allowsthe holder to perform various inspections, repairs, and maintenance to aircraft and return them toservice. The final four semesters require the student to complete a truncated aerospaceengineering curriculum. All major topics are covered with varying levels of detail. Aeronauticsand structures are emphasized and general sciences such as physics and chemistry are introduced.In the aviation community, AME graduates can look forward to possible careers involving designof repairs and alterations, developing maintenance procedures and techniques, design ofmaintenance programs and technical service publications, flight test evaluation