. Page 26.667.4Phase 1 – PreparationPhase 1 of the project consisted of the initial preparation and planning for the grading training.This included finding representative technical writing samples, setting the baseline grades with agroup of faculty and senior TAs, and creating sample “marked up” graded examples.Phase 2 – Calibration Sessions and FeedbackPhase 2 of the project consisted of the initial training and calibration. This grading trainingoccurred as part of the annual required TA training sessions. In addition to requiring theattendance of the GTAs and UTAs responsible for grading writing assignments, the faculty ofthe program were also encouraged to attend and participate. This was aimed at providingconsistent exposure to the process
improve teaching by the graduateteaching assistants assigned to discussion section by facilitating the organization and planning. The discussion of problem solving in class yesterday was useful. (53 responses) 60% 40% 20% 0% Strongly Agree Not sure Disagree Strongly I missed agree disagree that class. It was interesting to see how other students approached the sludge problem. (59 responses) 60% 40% 20% 0% Strongly Agree No opinion Disagree
B.S. in Engineer- ing with a Concentration in Mechanical Engineering and an Enhancement in Renewable Energy. He is the Vice President of Activities for JBU’s IEEE student branch, and plans to pursue graduate work in Leadership Studies. Page 26.954.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Industrial Advisory Board Open ForumAbstractJohn Brown University (JBU) uses its engineering industrial advisory board in a unique fashionwhich is helpful for its students, fun for the board members, and useful for the faculty anduniversity. During one of its
introduced resistdyeing techniques from Asia and Africa. For the final course project, each studentdesigned and created his or her own silk scarf using the techniques learned in class.The scarves created by the students were outstanding and exhibited their willingness totry a new design. For example, one student wanted to create the illusion of a branch ofbamboo growing along the length of his scarf. He planned three different colors: abrown foundation representing the dirt, followed by yellow changing gradually to greenand finally blue. He used Shibori techniques to design the bamboo branch, and usedscraps of silk to determine the combination of mordant and dye to yield the shades hedesired.The students kept the scarves they dyed, so photos of them
possible with a little patience andpersistence, and an idea3: “…a perfectly built lamp housing to go in as a “An overview of my Marantz with the bright blue part replacement for my old one” (Photo by K. Niewiada, placed inside” (Photo by K. Niewiada, used with used with permission) permission)The A&D fabrication lab is largely known only to Art & Design majors and other students in Artclasses. Dr. Norwood Viviano, Sculpture Program Coordinator and Assistant Department Chair,says that planning is underway to revise the department’s 100-level ‘3-D Design and CreativeProblem Solving’ course and open it up as a General Education course. He anticipates that intime, that course will have a
widening gap in systems engineering expertise in the workforce. There is aparallel need to develop “entrepreneurally-minded” engineers (i.e., those who can identifyopportunities to create or improve products, and to implement plans to capture such opportunities).Engineering graduates need the capability and competency to efficiently and effectively engineerinnovative systems that satisfy customer and user operational needs, within budget, schedule,technology, and risk constraints. The solutions developed must incorporate societal impacts as wellas regulatory constraints. As evidenced by our definitions, there are strong overlap between Page
components; e. construct an engineering prototype involving multiple custom-‐ designed and constructed components; f. construct a prototype of a system composed of multiple subsystems; g. execute a verification plan for an engineering challenge; h. execute a validation plan for an engineering challenge; 1 For the purpose of this paper, verification involves proving that a design meets the technical
growing distribution market inChina before other competitors enter into the market.Group 2: Expansion Plan of Rubbers, Plastics and Polymers: The methodology and projectapproach of this group was based on identifying the need and usage of specialty rubbers, plastics,and polymers in key industries that are in demand in China. Moreover, the students identifiedgrowth strategies aligned to this segment and targeted three different markets for penetration andexpansion. Then, they analyzed suppliers that could collaborate with the chemical organizationfor introducing a new product line. Through analysis students selected construction, automotive,and electronics as the potential industries that would provide a strong opportunity for growth forspecialty
2011. As Chief Marketing Officer, he oversees the company’s corporate and product marketing, franchisee and consumer marketing, social media, communications, brand strategy and application development. At Dell, Stuart was Director of Site Innovation and Social Commerce. Previously, he was Director of Marketing at Newegg.com, overseeing all marketing and web development programs. Before Newegg, he was Director of Business Planning at Sony Electronics. Since assuming his present role with SkyVenture/iFLY, one of Stuart’s major objectives has been the development of the team building and education programs at iFLY– from concept through implementation–with the goal of making physics, math, technology, the science of
, and others that we plan toprepare, will be put into a webpage in a format so additional software is not required, andstudents can answer questions within the tutorial.Conclusion We made numerous improvements to our teaching/learning resources for chemical Page 26.1494.6engineering students and faculty and made them available directly on www.LearnChemE.com orprovided links on our website. These resources include ConcepTests, screencasts, interactiveMathematica simulations, an interactive tutorial module, and a thermodynamics course package.In addition to producing new screencasts, we replaced screencasts with errors
thereby preparingengineers for the global workforce.This paper focuses on educating engineers/engineering technology students as a global citizenand problem solver by engaging them with the international student groups. The researchhypothesis is that international student groups and communities on the university campus caneffectively help engineering technology students learn global skills through active and peerlearning, and may serve as an alternative to study abroad. The course project for the capstonedesign course was used to test the hypothesis. The paper is divided into five sections. The firstsection describes the planning for the course modifications and the second section describesadded learning outcomes. The third section explains
Mentoring Program.Colleges and Universities across the country and abroad have reported success in improvingstudent retention both for mentee/advisee and also peer advisors/mentors (Andrews & Clark,2011; Halpin & Halpin, 2012; Marra et al, 2010; Monte et al., 2007; Newton & Ender, 2010b).Specifically, Colleges of Engineering, mostly at large universities such as Cornell, UC-Davis,and University of Washington, have funded, developed and implemented dynamic peeradvising/mentoring programs which provide helpful models for the field (Davis & Engineering,2015; Engineering, 2015; Washington & Engineering, 2015). Key factors to the success of peeradvising/mentoring programs are good planning, program oversight, ongoing training
is also unique nationwide, in that thereare only three other schools that offer the degree plan. The CIM program has been at Texas StateUniversity since 2009 and has been growing since its inception. The program is accredited by theNational Steering Committee (NSC) of CIM, which consists of top-level executives of thenational concrete industry. The NSC first developed the CIM degree in 1996 at MiddleTennessee State University and provides accreditation standards and criteria for all four schools.These accreditation criteria in turn translate into learning course outcomes that involve studentunderstanding and application of the construction methodology, project participants, deliverymethods, construction estimates and schedules. The learning
specific interactions, activities, and the languageof community engagement partnerships as transactional, cooperative or communal. In addition tothe theoretical grounding, the paper also provides a summary of the activities that we will befacilitating during the special session, including analyzing cases and design tools, reflecting oncurrent program structures, and creating an action plan to implement changes in the participants’current, anticipated, or imagined engagement programs. By the end of the special session,participants will be able to evaluate their past, current or future partnerships, observe howprogram structures can influence partnerships, and assess the differences that these partnershipscan make in the success or failures of
STEM practices teaching and learning.The NGSS science and engineering practice standards were designed to engage students in thepractices associated with scientific investigations and engineering design11. Thus, the NGSSpractice standards are: 1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 2. Developing and using models 3. Planning and carrying out investigations 4. Analyzing and interpreting data 5. Using mathematics and computational thinking 6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 7. Engaging in argument from evidence 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information,Again, the intention of the NGSS
period. In this paper, the authorsdiscuss the results of this initial study and their plans for future studies to determine theeffect of exposure frequency on the long-term student perception of engineering as acourse of study in the future.IntroductionEngineering outreach programs to middle and high school students are designed toincrease students’ interest in, and understanding of, engineering so as to inspire them tochoose engineering in their future study and career. Before beginning their current study,the authors reviewed the existing literature concerning the influence of these programs onparticipating students. Many of the outreach programs studied ranged from half-day, oneday, a single week or multi-week long summer camp1-13. To
. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Acharya is a co-author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals- 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall”. He is a member of Nepal Engineering Association and is also a member of ASEE, and ACM. Acharya was the Principal Investigator of the 2007 HP grant for Higher Education at RMU. In 2013 Acharya received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for developing course materials through an industry-academia
. In 2003, he helped create the Integrated Technology Ventures (ITV) program and serves as Chair of the ITV Board of Directors. The ITV program exposes students to the realities of technology start-up companies while assisting UF researchers in commercializing their technological innovations. Virtual companies comprised of engineering, business, and law students identify market opportunities, develop business plans, and produce prototype systems. Each ITV team is led by an experienced entrepreneurial CEO and features hands-on guidance from engineering, business, and law faculty. Prior to joining UF, Dr. Stanfill spent ten years with United Technologies where he designed fighter air- craft gas turbine hardware
. Although the three participatingcourse sections shown in Table 2 represent a range of potential differentiators, we did not designour study to analyze these factors in this first step. As we continue our work and grow the dataset in the future, we plan to define ways to better study the differentiators noted in Table 2.Consequently our results are reported based on the instructor (or section) noted in the firstcolumn of Table 2. Page 26.378.4Table 2: Participating Course Characteristics Instructor Class Credits Homework Class quizzes Lecture style Final exam size requirement 1
minority institution partner will be added. In the third and final year,the fifth minority institution will be selected and added from among the most deserving andinterested institutions. Through this partnership, called REENERGIZE, it is expected that thetwo-year colleges will develop their own research capabilities in renewable energy based oncollaboration with Texas State (16, 17).Plan of OperationThe purpose of the Re-Energize program is to establish a continuous, year-around creativeresearch and development (R&D) and professional development (PD) ecosystem to empowerinstitutions of higher education who prepare students in engineering and engineering technologyin Central Texas to continue to do so with enhanced and focused knowledge
literaturestudy, establishment of a research hypothesis, laying out a plan to answer the research questions,performing experimentation or simulations, and answering the research questions.Undergraduate researchers may get involved with all the steps or a few steps in the researchprocess, depending on the scope of their project and depending on the level of involvement oftheir research mentor. Involving undergraduate students in all the facets of a research project canbe challenging, particularly for the students in their freshmen or sophomore years. However, itcan be argued that undergraduate students can benefit from research experiences even if they arenot involved with all the facets of the research project. It can be argued that involvement
used to indicate effective communicationskills. In future iterations we will include the phrase “effective writer” as an additional indicator.Student Perceptions of the Engineering ProfessionSimilar to the initial plan to measure student perceptions of the engineering skill set, we plannedto measure perceptions of the engineering profession using a list of occupational descriptorsderived from the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey [28] - a tool used for career planning.However, Campbell’s knowledge as well as our own knowledge of what secondary studentsthink about engineering was limited. As such, we decided to use a qualitative exploratoryapproach and simply used text fields to ask the students, “What are the first three descriptivewords or
plans, selling and proving their idea/product, negotiating andconvincing the venture capitalists to invest in their product/service, etc. To inculcate studentswith this knowledge, curriculum was developed and has been discussed in detail in this sectionof the paper. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship pathway consists of three highly interactiveand hands-on modules. This way, students are better prepared to join the workforce with skillssuch as continuous improvement, creative thinking, understanding the need of the customer andmeeting the needs of the customer while simultaneously providing overall value. Theexperiences that the students will obtain through this pathway will help them to develop thesemuch-needed skills which could translate to
engineering design thinking strategies to engage all (STEM) concepts. and practices. students in the design process and monitor their progress. In doing this, teachers provide In doing this, teachers provide In doing this, teachers: students with opportunities to: students with opportunities 3.a Plan and adapt lessons – 1.a Unit-‐Specific Concepts – to
motivating factor was to study if active industryparticipation in our courses can also benefit student learning and increase their satisfactionand class performance.Methodology (The Plan of Action)I introduced the idea of online quizzes in the Semester 1 (March-July 2015) last year. Weconducted two online quizzes in the environmental engineering Part 3 (year 3) course(ENVENG 341) of the Semester 1. After receiving a positive verbal feedback from thosestudents, I implemented a more detailed version of the plan in this Semester 2 (July-November) course (ENVENG 342). We designed 4 online quizzes, worth 3% each. Overallstudent assessment was broken down in the following manner for this course: finalexamination in theory and problems (40%); midterm
department had some ideas of what could be done with thespace, the decision was made to work with ISE senior design capstone students. After meetingwith the professor in the class and meeting with some of the students who were interested indoing a project, five students decided that this was a project they wanted to tackle.At the first weekly meeting with the students, a timeline was set for what would be completedand when. It was decided that the first semester would be spent collecting information on howthe library functions, what the Technical Services staff were responsible for, and to outline thebasic needs of the area. Included in the planning was the design of a survey which would begiven to all Technical Services staff. The survey included
wood screws. The teams are then tasked with building beams using their chosenmembers to span a given distance and fit within designated height parameters. Once the beamsare constructed, they are load tested using a hydraulic ram. The team whose beam has the highestcapacity to weight ratio receives a bonus on the assignment. Each group submits a reportoutlining their thought process for design, experience in construction and testing, and the lessonslearned. The project not only stimulates critical thinking about wood behavior, but requirescareful planning ahead to meet the design goals with different possible combinations ofmembers. It also provides hands-on experience hammering in nails and installing screws,something which many students have
staff also encourages Flexus first-yearand second-year students to attend events with one another. This facilitates cross-cohortrelationship development and provides first-year students with exposure to the experiences ofsecond-year students, while also allowing second-year students to take on mentorship roles(Tinto, 2003). Another important aspect of Flexus is the opportunity it provides for leadershipdevelopment. Students within the program elect an executive board (including a President, VicePresident, and a few committee leaders) who plan and implement various social activitiesthroughout the semester. The shared residence hall and student lounge are common gatheringspaces for Flexus events, which makes attending the events together easy and
development of theparticipants include competency rubrics, individual development plan, and ePortfolio. Twelvecompetency rubrics assist in the assessment of program learning outcomes encompassing theproposed professional and technical skills, , including 1) interdisciplinary knowledge generation,2) collaboration, 3) conflict resolution, 4) oral communication, 5) written communication, 6)self-reflection, 7) ethics, 8) interdisciplinary research, 9) multidisciplinary skills, 10) materialsscience engineering, 11) informatics, and 12) design. The rubrics were adapted from theliterature and feedback from the project faculty customized them to the interdisciplinarymaterials science, informatics and design program (example in Appendix A). An
(wisdom synthesis).Share: The framework includes the phase to share learning with cluster peers and to evaluate students’performances. The framework has presentation templates for both mid-semester and end-semester examinations.Clusters are free to seek written reports, demonstration of live performances, or allow use of native languages forsharing. The framework also identifies attributes of great learners such as questioning, networking, self-belief,and expects students to assess themselves on those attributes, and prepare and execute plans to become greatlearners.ExecutionAt the outset, the program director presented the framework to all faculty members and pursued them to enroll asmentors to different areas. The director explained the program