techniques such asbrainsketching, flipping and Debono’s Six Thinking Hats method are used in the design process Page 26.969.4[6]. The ‘bot challenges are altered each year. Partnering with the University Army R.O.T.C.Battalion, the most recent challenges were given an Army Engineering flavor and included an A)Race ‘Bot, B) Tractor ‘Bot, C) IED ‘Bot and D) Minesweeper ‘Bot. The ‘bots were also judgedby the customer (Army R.O.T.C. Instructor/Officer) on aesthetics. Figure 2: Schematic of the engineering design process taught in the Introduction to Engineering course. This process is derived from Holtzapple and Reese [5].The first challenge (the
76.2% Notes: 1.) The entire class consisted of 46 students. 2.) Quiz Average determined by averaging individual student scores based on the number of students who participated in quiz.Use of Clicker Quiz Results to Evaluate Effects on Small Group DiscussionClicker quiz questions were qualitative in nature and primarily tested concepts discussed inassigned readings or material covered in previous lectures. Each question was presented usingPowerPoint slides and students were allowed 30-seconds to read and answer the question viaclicker. After 30-seconds, student responses for each multiple-choice answer (A, B, C, D, and E) Page
2, 4.4, 4.2 to 4.5 8333 Pavement Rehabilitation Graduate 1, 4.8 8343 Advanced Pavement Materials Graduate 1, 4.7 8990 Special Topic: Warm Mixed Asphalt Graduate 1, 5.0A: Construction Materials Laboratory was a non-credit producing part of CE 3313 from 2008 through 2013, andbecame a 1 credit hour producing laboratory (CE 3311) in 2014.B: All evaluations data is organized as follows: number of semesters evaluated, average evaluation, range ofevaluations (ranges provided only if course evaluated more than one time). Evaluations are on 5 point scale.C: Representative
stepper motors that would otherwise be thrown into a landfill. Therefore, designing 3Dprinter with e-waste can both cut product's cost and protect the environment where we are living.2. PRIMARY DESIGN ANALYSIS (a) Fi (b) (c) Figure 2: Picking 3D Printer Design (a) Delta (b) Polar (c) 2-D Fixed BedAt the beginning of the design, we have collected three types of the printer prototype as shownFigure 2. They are delta, polar and 2-D fixed bed. After analysis of available parts and thedifficulty of technique, we chose the 2-D fixed bed, which makes the design and troubleshootingeasy.3. ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS AND CONSTRAINTSFor the designed 3D Printer, the requirements and
using the 3D pen. When changing filaments, the filament that isalready in the pen can be partially unloaded by pressing the Back button. When the motor stopsmoving the filament, the remaining filament needs to be pulled out by hand the rest of the way. Page 26.317.4 a b Figure 2. Ahiro 3D pen: a) side view, b) rear viewAhiro was the first 3D pen used in the departments’3D-printing lab. During the trial run, itstopped extruding material after about five minutes of use. The 3D pen would not feed filamentproperly. Under closer inspection it was discovered
. Thepresentation should focus less on note taking strategies and more on ways to transforminformation, with supplemental readings attached. The addition of the “supplement” part of theStudy Cycle appeared to be extremely valuable as students self-reported use of campusresources, peers, TA’s, and professors as a result of this section and could use more time.References1. Freedman, M. The passage through college. J. Soc. Issues 12, 13–28 (1956).2. Schreiner, L. A. & Pattengale, J. Visible Solutions for Invisible Students: Helping Sophomores Succeed. (2000).3. Tobolowsky, B. F. & Cox, B. E. Shedding light on sophomores: an exploration of the second college year. (2007).4. Hunter, M. S. et al. Helping sophomores succeed
rocket investigation lesson and a teacher teaching alesson on designing water filters (Engineering is Elementary). Our teachers wrote reflectionsbefore and after group/class discussions to describe what worked well, what did not work well,and what they would do differently in the lesson. We used constant comparative method(Merriam, 1998) and quantitative analysis of qualitative data (Chi, 1997) to develop categoriesand themes from our data. Our findings suggest that majority of teachers focused more ongeneral teaching methods and few specific science and engineering practices. They mentioned:(a) engagement and motivation of students, (b) classroom management, (c) leveraging andscaffolding students’ prior knowledge, (e) lesson structure, (f
, etc. the time seems appropriate for creating a baccalaureate program inSustainable Systems Engineering (SSE) which can form a pipeline of students educated from asystems perspective in sustainable engineering practices that will feed into post graduateprograms, as well as fill a need in government and industry. The baccalaureate SSE will focus onmore general and multidisciplinary areas of sustainable engineering systems to prepare studentsfor future sustainable development challenges. This paper studies three major aspects of thedevelopment of the baccalaureate SSE program at the Metropolitan State University of Denver:(a) Necessity of SSE, (b) Objectives and (c) Curriculum Development.Necessity of the development of sustainable system
; Daily, J. S. (2014). Developing engineering ethics through expert witness role plays.Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Conference 2014.2. Brummel, B. J., Gunsalus, C. K., Anderson, K. L., & Loui, M. C. (2010). Development of role-play scenarios forteaching responsible conduct of research. Science and engineering ethics, 16, 573-589.3. Seiler, S. N., Brummel, B. J., Anderson, K. L., Kim, K. J., Wee, S., Gunsalus, C. K., & Loui, M. C. (2011).Outcomes assessment of role-play scenarios for teaching responsible conduct of research. Accountability inResearch, 18, 217-246.4. Numminem, O., Leino-Kilpi, H., van der Arend, A., & Katajisto, J. (2011). Comparison of nurse educators' andnursing students' description of
that they used their academic training in a particular field in various “concentrations’ or applications in which a set of different fields came into play, also equipped them with the flexibility of mind to “embrace an inter-disciplinary/multi-disciplinary perspective.”References1 Downey, G. L., Lucena, J. C., Moskal, B. M., Parkhurst, R., Bigley, T., Hays, C., & Nichols-Belo, A. (2006). Theglobally competent engineer: Working effectively with people who define problems differently. Journal ofEngineering Education, 95(2), 107-122; Allert, Beate I., Atkinson, Dianne L., Groll, Eckhard A., Hirleman, E. Dan,„Making the Case for Global Engineering: Building Foreign Language Collaborations for Designing, Implementingand Assessing
tape and providing hookup diagramscustomized for each lab exercise in order to streamline student experience as shown inFigure 6. Second, the lack of readily accessible audio output from the board preventedstudents from integrating audio or music into their projects (audio output only being Page 26.1272.10accessible via HDMI, and we could not generate a functional breakout of this due to timeconstraints). Third, and by far the most frustrating, was the sensitivity of the BeagleBone (A) (B)Figure 5. An web-browser accessible Python and engineering automated tutor, CAT-SOOP, was adapted to
in order to further the possibility of creating an extension of the uses of grey-water by code. Once an acceptable system is established, the local government is all that is needed to be convinced, with no need for any more guerrilla builders. Student B: Allen and Woelfle-Erskine need to at first come up with a slightly more qualified system as opposed to bathtubs. The idea is great of course, but working with a company like Rewater might be a good place to start in developing a cheap system that isn't $7,000, but is slightly more defined than pvc pipe into tubs and barrels. After they come up with a solid system then they should look into applying to change the code in whichever way
(a) developstructural models using free computer software, (b) calculate structure dependent seismic loads,(c) iterate their designs to ensure sufficient structural capacity, (d) construct and test a physicalmodel, and (e) optimize a performance index. The capstone modules total duration is twenty in-class hours and can be executed at aunit cost of $2 per student (this does not include the cost of the shake table). The modulecontains vetted handouts and supplements (a teacher’s guide, all necessary student handouts,PowerPoint presentations for instructor use, design examples, software tutorials, fabrication tips,grading rubrics, and videos of an engineer presenting the module) that permit an instructor whomay not have an engineering
, we were able to gain abetter idea of student understanding of each desired proposition. For the first three scenarios inthe IBLA, the student was asked to (a) predict the correct answer and explain his/her reasoning,(b) perform the hands-on experiment depicted in the Scenario, and (c) explain how the results ofthe experiments compared with their original prediction. In order to emphasize conceptualunderstanding, students were instructed to “think aloud” during the activities in order to maketheir learning explicit and use as little mathematical tools as possible. Page 26.858.6 Figure 4. The four scenarios utilized for the IBLA (see Appendix A
the pathogen are part of innovativeapproaches using Synthetic Biology. New drugs that come into the Federal Drug Authoritypipeline use the randomized group clinical study which relies heavily on average results from agroup to a drug rather than individual results. Engineers currently have tools to make theseimportant discoveries and change the mechanisms of actions of medicinal therapies.Challenge 3- Restore and improve urban infrastructure.How does cost economy and sustainability influence the future of transportation systems? Highlyurbanized areas such as Hong Kong have one of the highest density of humans living in a smallcity footprint. They have the challenge of having to move citizens from Point A to Point B in acost effective manner
bothcompletion and accuracy, and partial credit was awarded for both. For the homework, since alarger number of problems were submitted, only a selection of problems that were submittedwere assessed for each assignment. Table 1: Description of courses included in the study ID Assessment Term Class Period Instructor(s) N* H1 Homework Fall 2013 TR 8:00-10:45am A&B 37 H2 Homework Spring 2014 TR 8:00-10:45am A&C 32 Q1 Quizzes Fall 2014 WMF 8:00-9:50am A&C 35 Q2 Quizzes Fall 2014 MWF 11:00-12:50pm B 33*N is the number
almost universally viewed as a good thing” 8.A new innovative approach has been developed to increase engineering student success andretention by linking student development focused first-year engineering courses and a projectcalled “Design Your Process of Becoming a World-Class Engineering Student”. It is importantto emphasize the “engineering” student development focused first-year courses to distinguishfrom general student development focused courses. The first-year engineering courses at theUniversity of Alaska Anchorage and Oregon State University were developed after the modelpresented by Raymond B. Landis who outlines five cornerstone objectives which will benefitengineering students: 1) improve their peer environment; 2) teach them
established the optimum choice of material, withoutsolving the complete design problem. Reference [3] discusses a wide range of situationsinvolving a variety of loadings. For the purpose of illustration only two cases were consideredalong with the associated material indices. It was felt that most of the loadings associated withthe products analyzed by the students could be viewed in terms the following two loadingscenarios:: (a) Design of a light stiff beam in bending (b) Design of a light strong beam in bendingIt was left up to the students to use the loading appropriate to their product. They were expectedto find the material properties of the various components of their products from literature. Thespecific properties were the density, ρ
Fall 2014 2011 Course Number CEE 3412 CEE 3412 CEE 3412 CEE 3402 CEE 4404 Course Title Structural Structural Structural Structural Reinforced Design Design Design Steel Design Concrete Design Credit Hours 3 3 3 3 3 Instructor Professor A Professor A Professor A Professor A Professor B Lab Integrated Into No a No a No a Yes Yes Course? Required/Elective Required Required Required
Strengthening 21st Century Skills in Undergraduate Students through Project-Based Design CourseDeeksha Seth, Gabriel Carryon, Dr. James TangorraDrexel UniversityAbstractThere is sufficient evidence to support that the need for innovators in the country appeals for amakeover in the engineering pedagogy at a K-16 level. Studies suggest that problem-basedlearning methods can aid in nurturing the development of 21st century (C21) skills namely: “(a)Creativity and Innovation, (b) Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, and (c) Communicationand Collaboration”. To that end, a project-based engineering design course is developed andtaught to undergraduate mechanical engineering students at Drexel University. The
Companies, “The critical role of teams.” , Retrieved January 30, 2015.7. Kozlowski, S. W., and Bell, B. S. (2001). “Work groups and teams in organizations.” Retrieved January 30, 2015, from Cornell University, ILR School site: .8. Tuckman, B. (1965). “Developmental sequence in small groups.” Psychological Bulletin, 63(6): 384–99.9. Myers, I. B., and Myers, P. B. (1995). Gifts differing: Understanding personality type. Mountain View,CA: Davies-Black Publishing.10. Suskie, L.A. (1996). Questionnaire survey research: What works, 2nd edition. Tallahassee, FL: Association for Institutional Research.11. Herzog, A. R., and Bachman, J. G. (1981). “Effects of questionnaire length on response quality.” The Public Opinion Quarterly, 45(4
control over achievement activities and outcomes and (b)the subjective values of these tasks, activities and outcomes. For example, in terms ofsubjective control, students who feel more in control of the class materials may experiencemore positive emotions in learning. Previous research has also shown that college students’beliefs about their inability to control learning or how well they do in class predicted shamereactions to test feedback. 22 In terms of subjective task value, students who place more valuein mastering a particular class may be more emotionally charged for the class activities andoutcomes. 16, 21 Future Time Perspective Theory (FTPT). In motivational research, Future TimePerspective (FTP), which is described as humans
.ggpht.com/yKDLwvyFupAnpbdHd6vj5PWsshMoOFnLC16h9MLZE8nqd4xJL8znvsTB7IsWXM79Ag=w300.2 J. M. Shafritz et al., “A Theory of Human Motivation,” in Classics of Public Adminsitration, 5th ed., Belmont, CA:Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004, ch. 2, sec. 15, pp. 123-129.3 B. Bloom, “Vol. 1: Cognitive Domain,” in Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, New York: McKay, 1956.4 R. C. Overbaugh, L. Shultz, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Norfolk, VA: Online. Available FTP:http://ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/fx_Bloom_New.jpg.5 Y. A. Ҁengel, M. A. Boles, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 7th ed., Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill,2001.6 B. Gerstman, t Table, San Jose, CA. Online. Available FTP: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gerstman/StatPrimer/t-table.pdf
full basement 41 ft 112 ft (a) Building 1 One-story reinforced concrete building with a 1950 basement (b) Building 2 45 ft 50 ft 45 ft 35 ft 36’ Connected 54-ft tall
starting point—for the purposes of thispaper Computers and Education because of its prevalence in the paper-paper citationnetwork- and draws a network of connected journals based on shared citations29. Journal-seeding illustrates the network of publications that send citations to each other,illustrating the venues through, which a scholarly discourse community is shaped. Todetermine the journals that merit inclusion in the network, a journal relatedness measure,the L Index, is calculated. The L-Index represents two dimensions of the relationshipbetween journals: the number of times Journal A is cited by Journal B and the number oftimes Journal B cites Journal A in the global position of journals indexed by Web ofKnowledge29. Represented
class standing for both male and female students is noted.Although the difference between male and female students is not statistically significant in eachclass level, a steeper improvement was observed for female students. RQ2 is unable to beconfirmed by the data we have collected so far, but the steeper improvement observed forfemales requires further investigation. Multivariate ANOVA was used to test the effects of theclass standing and gender on the ratings of questions A and B in Figure 1. Table 2 summarizesthe p-values of significance for the multivariate ANOVA. The low p-values also support thatthere is significant differences in the mean levels of questions A and B in Figure 1 over the classstanding. For the factors of Gender and
Meadows, L.M., Fowler, R., & Hildinger, E.S.. (2012). Empowering Students with Choice in the First Year, Proceedings of the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, TX, Paper AC 2012-4128.3 Patall, E.A., Cooper, H., & Robinson, J.C. (2008). The Effects of Choice on Intrinsic Motivation and Related Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Research Findings, Psychological Bulletin, 134(2), 270-300.4 Patall, E.A., Cooper, H., & Wynn, S.R. (2010). The Effectiveness and Relative Importance of Choice in the Classroom, Journal of Educational Psychology, 102(4), 896-915.5 Schwartz, B. (2004). The Paradox of Choice, New York City: Harper Perennial.6
regard toconceptual knowledge of DC circuit analysis and this unique population of community collegestudents. This is a major gap that has been addressed by the present study, which confirms thesame relationship in this population.Bibliography1 Streveler, R., Litzinger, T. A., Miller, R. L., & Steif, P. S. (2008). Learning Conceptual Knowledge in the Engineering Sciences: Overview and Future Research Directions. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3), 279-294.2 Jones, B. D., Paretti, M. C., Hein, S. F., & Knott, T. W. (2010). An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First- Year Engineering Students: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans. Journal of
order to define a protocol in item 6 above, each stage in iSLR is broken down into a moredetailed list of specific tasks, e.g., for items 3. Search Strategy and 4. Selection Process we have: a) Perform snowballing search from the starting paper and deliver a. Raw list of references, (this should be exported from Zotero in some electronic format for future inclusion in written documents) b. Selection criteria for eliminating / keeping papers from that list c. List of references after selection; each eliminated paper should have a comment or code explaining why it was eliminated. d. Suggestions for possible refinement of research question b) Perform
of pre- and post-test experiments and involve a theoretically-intensive, highly-organized qualitative approach.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DUE 1122654.Bibliography[1] Huang, S., & Fang, N. (2010). Prediction of student academic performance in an engineering dynamics course: development and validation of multivariate regression models. International Journal of Engineering Education, 26, 1008-1017.[2] Kumar, R., & Plummer, M. (1997). Using contemporary tools to teach dynamics in engineering technology. International Journal of Engineering Education, 13, 407-411.[3] Rubin, M. B., & Altus E. (2000). An alternative