the HopiIndian Tribe in Northern Arizona torequest help in assessing wind energypower potential on the reservation. TheTribe is planning two new villages and,because of their remote location, areconsidering alternative energy generationtechniques. Maps of wind energy Figure 1 Wind Speed Map of Arizona5developed by NOAA (the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Association) show limited potential for wind turbine power generationon the reservation (Figure 1), but it is possible that micro-climate effects of topography can Page 11.1375.2produce localized winds1. The Hopi Reservation is shown as a green outline in the
thirdtype of entry, students related course topics to their own industrial experiences or to their futurecareer plans and identified which topics would be most useful to them and why. (4) In a fourthcategory, students discussed their projects, either to make connections with course topics or todiscuss teamwork and leadership styles. Table 1. Four categories of journal entries received. 1) Direct answers to reflection questions – applying course topics to product design scenarios. 2) Recounting in-class activities and resulting changes in design perspective. 3) Relationship (and relevance) of course topics to industry experience or career plans. 4) Relationship of reverse engineering projects to course topics.Regardless of the
experiential writing opportunity designed toexpose the students to the technical writing that will be expected throughout their academic andprofessional careers. The students were given written format and content requirements for theteam report. The reports were evaluated by two faculty members from the cohort. The reportsgenerally met the format requirements, but lacked depth and continuity. In particular, thestudents did not adequately describe the technical aspects of their gripper design. The lack ofcontinuity was attributed to the team writing with an “I’ll write this section, you write thatsection” mentality. While the goal was for a team report, most teams apparently did not assignan overall report coordinator or thoroughly plan, outline, write
science, technology, and engineering bypresenting “Engineers Can Do Anything” and facilitating a discussion about the DVDafterwards. The workshop participants then listened to several professional women share theircareer experiences. The workshops also provided participants with a list of avenues forachieving their career objectives or goals, such as a list of potential businesses, a list of local areatechnical colleges and universities, or a list of local career centers.Another goal of the workshops was to have the participants establish a mentoring relationshipwith professional people from the community or older students. The mentors and workshopparticipants discussed and planned career objectives and goals, developed a Microsoft powerpoint
understanding of STEM issues through a variety of professionaldevelopment programs. Each team of STEM fellows was then asked to develop aCapstone Plan to improve STEM efforts in their districts.This paper describes a STEM Fellows professional development course providedbetween March 3, 2005 and June 9, 2005 by the Engineering Science faculty of NorthernEssex Community College in Massachusetts, entitled Embedded Computer Systems andPhotonics.This 45-hour professional development course introduced aspects of the content fields ofApplied Mathematics (using algebra, geometry, and trigonometry in EmbeddedComputer Systems and Fiber Optics), Computer Science and Information Technology(including math for information technology, Boolean Algebra, digital logic
TechnologyTECH 12000 – “Design Thinking in Technology”, is a freshman level survey course designed todevelop a students’ perspective and enhance their skills in living and working in a technologicalsociety while introducing them to Purdue Polytechnic. Two sections of TECH 12000 wereutilized by the researchers to recruit volunteers for this study.Originally, the instructors, who are also the authors of this paper, planned to introduce the topicof VR to the class by digital presentation (e.g. PowerPoint). However, from experience anddiscussions they decided that for someone to fully understand and appreciate what currentimmersive VR is, they must experience it first-hand. This idea and the need to assistadministration with classroom technology procurement
Need; Pain Point Market Research and Gather Information Investigation Opportunity Identification 2 Define the Problem; Information Ideation and Rapid Generate Alternative Synthesis and Prototyping Concepts Problem Definition 3 Evaluate the Project Management Decision Making and Alternatives; Select the Project Planning Most Promising Concept; Plan the Project 4 Communicate the Design Technical Proposal Presentation
event was the recognition that itwas time to revisit and possibly revise the teaching model. Joyce & Weil1 suggests that “Ateaching model is a pattern or plan, which can be used to shape a curriculum or course, to selectinstruction materials, and to guide a teacher’s actions.” Within C&ME, the teaching modelserves as a “north star” by which a myriad of teaching-related decisions are made. Further, theC&ME teaching model acts as the structure upon which the Department’s annual six-week newinstructor summer workshop (ISW) is founded.The USMA utilizes a large number of officers that serve as rotating faculty members, typicallyfor three years. As a number of faculty members rotate out each year, a new group of instructorsarrive and are
project from the host organization and developing their initial project plan underthe close guidance of their project mentor. The team then moved to the partner site to conduct aRIE to create positive change for the organization. The team was responsible for facilitating anagreed upon definition of the problem, observing and documenting process flows for relatedareas, and collecting and analyzing key data related to the problem. This information was thenutilized to generate potential solutions, finalize and implement the selected solution(s), anddesign and implement appropriate controls to ensure that the problem stays fixed followingsolution implementation. These activities were run as a PDCA cycle consistent with thehealthcare approaches of
analysis. 4. Evaluate projects according to benefit/cost analysis, cost effectiveness analysis, and alternative selection with budget limitations. 5. Incorporate uncertainty analysis into simulations that address random project variabilities, including cost, inflation, and revenue. 6. Calculate the effect of taxes on project rates of return, and incorporate various depreciation models into project planning models.Of these outcomes, some have elements that are not suitable for assessment through a pen andpaper instrument at the beginning of the semester (e.g., the “software tools” mentioned inOutcome 2). Similarly, there are other elements that assessment of which would simply requiremore detailed effort (and thus time) than
such asusing library resources efficiently, ethics in research, scientific communication skills,information about applying to and planning for graduate education, funding sources forgraduate education, and industry careers. The students also participated in social events suchas a welcome picnic and a trip to a state park.Literature ReviewResearchers have found that educational benefits to students participating in undergraduateresearch experiences are improvements in communication and research skills, ability toperform teamwork, and motivation to pursue advanced degrees (Bauer & Bennett, 2003;Lopatto, 2004; 2007). Large gains in “clarification or confirmation of career/education paths”and personal/professional domains (such as “thinking
the design andmachined the horse-shoes, culminating in the completion of the project by welding the createdparts together. The female participants for the welding project were given time to design and drawout their plans. They then were given a class on set up of the MIG welding machines and giventime to practice welding on coupons. After they felt sufficiently comfortable with their skills, thestudents began to shape the horseshoes under the guidance of a technician. The technicians wereallowed to alter the students designs, if they felt welding would be too complicated. The studentsthen welded the pieces together creating a completed design to take home. The bolt and nutmachining project was more time intensive and thus design was not part
externally-funded community liaisons working in theschools to coordinate partnerships. The university already had a prior relationship with one ofthe three CDCs and one of the out-of-school-time providers (OSTs) at the schools. As aconsequence, relationships had to be built between a broad network of community organizations.SABES was laid out to provide for a staged roll-out that would leverage the experiences of earlyadopters. The first year was a planning year. During this year, the curriculum was rewritten toalign with the NGSS framework and the first content-based teacher PD course, known as a“STEM Academy,” was developed. To provide expertise for teaching these STEM Academies,master teachers were educated through STEM certificates at local
specifically addressed in the majority of engineering courses. Hence,university initiatives such as the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), emerging out of accreditationand institutional assessments, are focusing on infusing scholarship from other disciplines (in thiscase English) for the purpose of student learning improvement. Engineering and Scienceprograms do include various courses in English Composition as the part of the curriculum;however, writing is not embedded in all discipline-specific courses at the upper-division level.The program outlined here focuses on the exploration of possible methods for engineering andscience faculty to embed more writing assignments in their STEM courses so that undergraduatestudents can adequately transfer what
testing model usinglotion and toothpaste is shown in Figure 9. The extrusion system worked well, and currently thetwo major problems of this projects are (1) the hydrogel for the stem cell research is not readyand it depends on the work schedule of the medical school; (2) The two needles on the syringesare not usually level in height, so the lower one could scratch the printed material. The reason isthe needle mounting position to the syringe is not fixed. We are planning to use a screw or knobto solve this problem. 8 Figure 8. The modified DIW extrusion system on a RepRap Prusa i3. Figure 9. The printed testing model. Time Work
plan in 20129 and begin implementation during 2013-2017 under the National UniversityReform Plan10. At Tokyo Tech, the education reform effort took several years and wasimplemented for the benefit of the students to allow greater freedom in directing their education,opportunities to study-abroad and to promote greater study in the liberal arts. During the 2016academic year (April – March) the following changes were made • Academic calendar (April – March) changed from two 15 week semesters to four 8 week quarters • integrated undergraduate and graduate education programs into new schools • reduced the number of undergraduate departments by half • created an institute for liberal arts and require all students to take
problems, as listed in Rittel & Webber4 1. There is no definitive formulation of a wicked problem 2. Wicked problems have no stopping rule 3. Solutions to wicked problems are not true-or-false, but good-or-bad 4. There is no immediate and no ultimate test of a solution to a wicked problem 5. Every solution to a wicked problem is a "one-shot operation"; because there is no opportunity to learn by trial-and-error, every attempt counts significantly 6. Wicked problems do not have an enumerable (or an exhaustively describable) set of potential solutions, nor is there a well-described set of permissible operations that may be incorporated into the plan 7. Every wicked
ability to apply my knowledge of science to solve engineering problems.C. I have the ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints as an engineer.D. I have the ability to function well on multidisciplinary teams as an engineer.E. I have the ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.F. I have a good understanding of my professional and ethical responsibility as an engineer.G. I have the ability to communicate effectively (oral and written) as an engineer.H. I have the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.I. I recognize the need for and plan to engage in life-long learning as
concern for young, probationary faculty. Another challenge is using the flipped approach in large-lecture classrooms. Manygateway STEM courses are larger lectures, which opposes some of the core tenets of the flippedclassroom. Faculty teaching larger STEM courses have reported difficulties in maintaining activelearning with 80 or more students (that it creates a chaotic learning environment). Althoughresearch has shown effective use of the flipped approach in larger classrooms, greater discussionwithin the FLCs is planned to delineate more effective in-class activities for larger class formats. A third challenge is maintaining communication in the discipline-specific FLCs. Thefaculty who teach these gateway STEM courses are feeling
STEP Grant– Funded InitiativesIntro / AbstractThe NSF STEP grant program was initiated by the US Congress with the goal of implementingbest practices that would lead to an increase in the number of students obtaining STEM degreesat institutions with baccalaureate degree programs. Our university’s Colleges of Science andEngineering were fortunate to receive a STEP grant in 2009 to improve freshmen retention andgraduation rates by working on notoriously high-loss courses in chemistry and mathematics andfacilitating undergraduate research opportunities in science and engineering. This paperdescribes the path taken in the implementation of these plans, and a major shift wheninstitutional priorities necessitated a change in focus. After developing
specific designs and selections made.Capstone I projectsCapstone One Design Practicum is the capstone course for Engineering Technology students andthe first of a two semester sequence for all engineering students. Student teams create computerdesigns of a machine, system, or product. Additionally the course requirements includemanufacturing process planning, economic justification, and design for manufacturing rationale.Many YALI Fellows need improved manufacturing processes to increase production and qualityin their companies, all within tight budget and technology constraints. These make naturalprojects for the Capstone One courses.Jocylene Agbo of Abidjan, Nigeria invented and patented Jo-Jo laundry detergent, designed towork well hand washing
S 3.54 3. The reviews I received helped F 3.49 F 3.72 me understand what I needed to S 3.77 S 3.51 change about my work. 4. I trust the feedback I received. F 3.53 F 3.65 S 3.63 S 3.37 5.I plan to change (or already F 3.75 F 3.77 changed) my work based on the S 3.91 S 3.71 review process. 6. I felt comfortable giving F 3.84 F 3.70 feedback to my peers. S 4.02 S 3.88 7. I felt
States, such as California, face population growth, urbanization,vulnerability to climate change, and water supply challenges.1 These stressors have led the Stateof California to enact an integrated plan to address climate change, which seeks to reducegreenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 40% (compared to 1990 levels) by the year 2030.2 Asclimate change concerns continue to grow, universities throughout California have taken thelead to further integrate sustainability into the curriculum to prepare the next generation ofengineers. In fall of 2016, the Civil Engineering Department at California State University,Chico (Chico State) launched a new green engineering design course to emphasize sustainabledecision-making. This course aims to better
Indian, PacificIslander, Black and Hispanic students represent 35% of the total student population with Whitesrepresenting 52% of the student population.The creation, implementation, and assessment of the new project module is grounded on theGrand Challenges DELI (Discover, Explore, Learn, Imagine) Project (Hunter and Baygents,2012) and CGCC’s institutional pedagogy. The Grand Challenges DELI model originated after a2011 strategic planning process that began with a strength, weakness, opportunities and threats(SWOT) analysis of the current first year engineering experience. The SWOT results were usedto identify short and long term goals for a next generation first year engineering experience.Those goals embraced student-directed learning through
sent prior REU participants a survey askingthem to provide their perceptions of these workshops and what they learned from them. (SeeAppendix.) The authors designed the survey to collect data on student perceptions of both theirsummer REU experiences and post-REU activities. The authors planned to use this data toassess the efficacy of this interdisciplinary approach in terms of teaching soft skills toengineering students.Study DesignResearch Questions and ObjectivesThe question guiding the data collection for this project was RQ: To what extent do STEM students participating in integrated summer REU program believe this approach provided them with effective training in hard and soft skills essential to contributing in the
complete an engineering design project.As a learning outcome for a senior design project (and a Master’s thesis), the second one aboveis the most important.Understanding the distribution systemThe technical aspects of the project consisted of several tasks. First, to characterize themicrogrid, it is necessary to identify energy resources and critical loads, obtain network data, andcollect historical generation and load resource data. A microgrid, as defined earlier in this paper,is a controlled, coordinated unit within recognizable boundaries, not merely a piece, planned orrandom, of a distribution system with distributed energy resources (DER). [1] In the case athand, the largest city between Minneapolis and Seattle along the northern tier of
Industry Liaison Director, Graduate Recruiting Clinical Professor of Engineering College of Engineering and Science University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Darrell Kleinke Director, Graduate Professional Programs Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering and Science University of Detroit MercyIntroduction and OverviewImagine a world in which engineers can interact with 3D models in an immersive environment,where doctors use artificial intelligence to create individually customized treatment plans, andwhere products wend their way independently through the production process. This is Industry4.0, the Fourth Industrial
students.IntroductionGlobalization requires future engineers to live up to the challenges from industryupgrading and development [1],[2]. China, as the largest producer of engineeringgraduates in the world, has been encountering many challenges in the field ofengineering education and undergoing a series of engineering education reforms. Oneof the major problems lies in the oversupply of unqualified engineers and theundersupply of high-quality engineers [2]. Considering the challenges facing Chineseengineering education, the Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE) initiated the “Planfor Educating and Training Outstanding Engineers” (PETOE) in 2010 [3] and the“Emerging Engineering Education” (EEE) plan in 2017 [4]. Both programs target toproduce a large number of high-quality
while working on the self-watering planter, since wehad to fix so many things when something broke or did not go according to plan. It taught methat yes, it is absolutely important to plan ahead and understand your design goals, but you alsoneed backup plans or other ways of getting to your end result.”Pilot students were also asked for feedback to improve future offerings of the course with thequestion “What suggestions do you have to improve this course for future students?” Selectrepresentative student narrative responses are included below to tell the story directly fromstudent words on the impact of the course in this area.“Focusing more on programming experience and practice. Allowing groups to pick from a list ofhuman centered design
alternatesources to cite images [14].Regarding implementing the instruction, there is a wealth of examples of instructional activitiesprovided by academic librarians related to copyright. In non-engineering disciplines, librarianshave incorporated rights instruction into introductory music courses and mass communicationscourses [15], developed lesson plans for English and communications courses that use problem-solving scenarios supported by analysis and lecture [16], and taught a semester-length courseabout copyright to journalism and communications majors [17]. Some of the ways that librariansare structuring the content include an online course about copyright organized in three units:basics, you as the user, and you as the creator [18], a lesson plan