arenecessary. In this manner, the process owner ensures that the process improvements remain inplace.PFMEA in Capstone ProjectsPFMEA is used in AT497 Applied Research Project as one standard method to assess risk ofalternate designs for processes. AT497 is a 3 semester credit hour course with 2 hours of lectureand 3 hours of lab each week, and is taught in the spring semester. In the previous fall semester,the students form teams and prepare project proposals in AT496 Applied Research Proposal, aone semester credit hour course. The project proposals follow an outline shown in Table 1. Executive summary Table of Contents (with a page-numbered outline) – I. Introduction – II
of Market- ing Education, and the Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Film Festival. An American Marketing Association (AMA) - Sheth Consortium Fellow, Professor Saint Clair has been recognized for academic excellence by the Ph.D. Project, AMA Foundation, and National Black MBA Association. In 2020, Saint Clair and his co-authors received the ACR Best Working Paper award for their study of diversity market- ing. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Insights gleaned from the GAIN peer-mentoring program pilotAbstractThere is a growing collection of literature that documents the persistence problem in Science,Technology, Engineering
ethics as having little to do with real lifeand engineering practice 2. This attitude stems for the greater part from the assumption thattechnology is efficient, predictable, logical, rational, value-free, objective, and a sign of humanprogress. In such situations, teaching engineering ethics through case studies makes studentsreconsider this positivist philosophy of technology, recognize the negative impact of technology,imagine ethical conduct, and then apply these insights to engineering situations. Moreover, whensome cases touch students, they are likely to remember the lessons learned from those cases.One major shortcoming of the case-based method of teaching engineering ethics might be calledthe problem of "professional distance". One
Engineering (EE) from the Virginia Military Institute, Master’s Degree in EE from the George Washington University, and Ph.D. from the University of Louisville in Computer Engineering. He is also a graduate of the Signal Officer Basic Course, Signal Captain’s Career Course, and the Army Command and General Staff College. At West Point, LTC Lowrance also serves as a senior researcher in the Robotics Research Center. He has led multiple research projects related to robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. His research has led to over 25 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, several of which have won best paper awards.Major Eric M. Sturzinger, United States Military Academy MAJ Eric Sturzinger is a
, graduate instructional assistants and undergraduate tutors, who take part in the oral examprocess. These two goals give rise to the two corresponding research questions of our project: RQ1. What is the impact of oral exams on student learning? RQ2. How well has the instructor and instructional assistants training program prepared them to successfully deploy oral exams in their engineering courses?These research questions in turn give rise to four major components of our research program: 1)Design and implement oral exams in various engineering courses; 2) develop and implementinstructional assistant training; 3) develop evaluation instruments to measure the projectoutcomes; and 4) disseminate project
. This experience suggests that one potential role for GenAI ineducation is to address gaps or deficiencies in existing course materials. In an engineering ethicscourse, the use of GenAI can provide additional information on the environmental and societalimpacts of engineering projects. GenAI could also be used to locate information about the policyimplications of historic events and long-term impacts of engineering failures. The case studiesfeatured here had far-reaching, multi-faceted effects on the communities impacted. While thetechnical and decision-making processes featured in the textbook are important, GenAI can beuseful for developing a more holistic view of engineering case studies.Our study demonstrated that the best results from
evaluated entirely on first assessment. Theweight of these tasks leads many engineering instructors to de-emphasize oral communicationefficacy, leaving students at a disadvantage when required to give high-quality formalpresentations later in their career.The authors feel that one possibility capable of making a major impact on developingconstructive feedback is recording and subsequent review of oral presentations. Currenttechnology enables presentations to be recorded, edited, and uploaded online with minimal effortrequired from the instructor. A similar practice has been shown to reduce the time commitmentrequired for pre-laboratory overview lessons.4 While preparing videos involves little extraneouseffort, the instructor still sacrifices his or
epistemologies.Dr. Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park Chandra Turpen is a Research Associate at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Physics Education Research Group. She completed her PhD in Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder specializing in Physics Education Research. Chandra’s work involves designing and researching contexts for learning within higher education. In her research, Chandra draws from the perspectives of anthropol- ogy, cultural psychology, and the learning sciences. Through in-situ studies of classroom and institutional practice, Chandra focuses on the role of culture in science learning and educational change. Chandra pur- sues projects that have high potential
AC 2008-1006: HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM: ATTRACTING YOUNGLADIES WITH "ENGINEERING IN HEALTH CARE"Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Tania Monterastelli graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2008 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi. She has been working on the YESS program for the last two years. In July 2008 she will begin her career with Exxon-Mobile Corporation.Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Taryn Bayles is a Professor of the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC, where she incorporates her
instructors participated in a 5-week training program facilitated by the Office of GlobalLearning at the University of Florida in the Spring of 2023. The version of the Virtual Exchangedescribed here was executed during the Fall of 2023.3. LEARNING OBJECTIVESThe student learning objectives for this virtual exchange were: 1. Design a biomedical engineering solution tailored to a specific global health problem. 2. Explore multiple perspectives on engineering and global health. 3. Communicate effectively across different cultures. 4. IMPLEMENTATION For 7 weeks, 20 graduate students fromUF, and 12 undergraduate and 2 graduatestudents from PUJ collaborated to identify a Beforespecific health problem
their interest in pursuing aSTEM-related discipline in their future. Data was collected from multiple STEM summer campsduring 2017-2023 (except for 2020 & 2021). The summer camps were intended to exposestudents to STEM. The data collected is used in a qualitative and quantitative analysis todetermine if self-efficacy is related to and has any impact on students’ interest in STEM.Program DescriptionStudents and teachers coming from multiple school districts in (state in the mountain westregion) were invited to attend a week-long summer engineering camp. The camps took place inthe summers of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Another similar camp was scheduled for summer 2020 butwas cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.The camps were designed to increase
engineering and digital electronics, including the text used by Project Lead the Way.Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University Cheryl Beauchamp serves as the Engineering and Computer Science Department chair of Regent Univer- sity’s College of Arts & Sciences. She is a PhD student in the Engineering Education program at Virginia Tech. She earned her Master’s of Science degree in Computer Science from George Mason University and her Master’s of Education degree from Regent University. Her research interests include Computer Science education, STEM education, teamwork design, online learning, and cybersecurity. Currently, she is on a research team examining the impacts of the Summer Engineering Education for Kids out-of-school
biometry and statistics (2001) and an M.A. in mathematics (1997) from the University at Albany and a B.A. in mathematics (1994) from SUNY Geneseo.Dr. Alicia Dawn Beth, Landmark College Dr. Alicia Beth has worked in a number of roles in education, including as an educator from preschool to graduate level, researcher and program evaluator, and grant writer and director. In 2015, she secured $2.7 million in federal and philanthropic grants to establish UTeach Computer Science at The Univer- sity of Texas at Austin a program designed to increase the participation of students and teachers from groups historically underrepresented in computer science. Alicia earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in Educational Psychology from The
involvement of six people, including a facultytheatre director/acting coach/stage manager, three student actors, and two faculty or stafffacilitators, the online performance needed an additional member of the production team, aZoom Technical Moderator (ZTM), to support the activities of everyone in the production. Thisrole evolved as the production team and IT department learned from each other and developed“best practices” for operating a Zoom theater production. These best practices include: creatingand distributing different Zoom links to the same session for the cast, director, facilitators,student audience, and the ZTM; leading online rehearsals; and creating and sharing a “TimingSheet” (spreadsheet containing columns for time, performance
productivity. Sadly, physical scientists who want to learn such things usually have to teach themselves.The project described here provides an authentic context in which our undergraduatemechanical engineers gain such computing expertise and more. Programming, design,simulation, and analysis are all intertwined in a project-based setting designed to beengaging for engineering students. We have patterned our approach after what cognitivepsychologists call a macro-context [7], connecting lessons and assignments to ameaningful overall goal that gives learning purpose. Research has shown that suchcontextualized learning is significantly more effective than traditional classroom learning[1,2,6].In addition to enriching the educational experiences of
Paper ID #34171Cross Sectional Assessment of CEM Curriculum Offerings at thePre-college level in North Carolina (Evaluation)Ms. Cayla Lenore Anderson, Clemson University Cayla Anderson is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Planning, Design, and Built Environment program at Clemson University. Her research interests include construction education at the pre-college level, workforce development for minorities in construction, and gender and space in- tersections on construction jobsites. Her interests stems from her experience as a Black woman in the construction industry. Cayla received a dual
expectations set forth by ABET.IntroductionThe landscape of undergraduate engineering management programs in the United States hasexperienced an evolution captured by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology's(ABET) recognition of the need for traditional engineering disciplines alongside a morecomprehensive discipline that integrates leadership, communication, and teamworkcompetencies as seen in (Figure 1. Engineering Managers manufacture fiscal and enterprisevalue in creating, designing, and implementing technical projects, products, or system solutions[1]. The West Point Engineering Management (EM) Program embodies this approach. It ishoused in the Department of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy(USMA) as one of
for the innovation Studio in the Engineering department.Luke G. Grzech, Wartburg College Luke is a Student in the Engineering Science Department at Wartburg College. He is getting his major in Engineering Science and Minors in Mathematics and Leadership. Research interests include recruitment into STEM and diversity in STEM.Prof. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker is the current director for the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering
) Worldwiderecently accepted a Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award on Earth Day from the EPAfor contributions and innovations in protecting the Ozone Layer 2. In recent years, theSaturn Corporation teamed with the EPA to study car recycling 3.One of the best ways to ensure that future industry will be environmentally friendly is toteach the principles and importance of sustaining the environment to today's engineeringstudents. As demonstrated by such companies as IBM and Saturn, there are industriesworking hard to preserve the environment. One way to help future engineers learnsustainability is for universities to partner with such industries.Few fields of study can have a more dramatic impact on sustainable development thanthat of engineering. Engineers
. Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an active member of ASEE and a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. His research areas include climate change impact on water resource systems and infrastructure. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Helping Students Learn Engineering Mechanics Concepts through Integration of Simulation Software in Undergraduate CoursesABSTRACTThis paper describes recent experience within the civil engineering program at the U.S. MilitaryAcademy (USMA) to integrate simulation tools to assist students in
as much as possible.What is important about this case is that the engineers involved recognized the dangers andactively took steps to reduce them. When we think about what engineers do, we usually envisionthem building or designing. But there are aspects of the job that often go unnoticed that areincredibly important to society. For the last decade, engineers involved with air bags could notsimply sit in a lab and research and design. They have had to stand before congressionalhearings, be interviewed by the media, find social solutions to technical problems, and some ofthem even had to face the rage of parents who’s children had been killed by air bags. They didnot always have a completely accurate picture of the risks, but they recognized
off-grid energy micro-grid design Students can make significant contributions to a team-based design an off-grid energy system that meets specified requirements in an economical wayIII. Course structureThe contents of a weekly course module are shown in Table 3. A consistent presentation is made,allowing the student to progress through their week’s responsibilities by following the links fromtop to bottom. The module begins with a video of the instructor introducing the technical contentand presenting the major tasks and deadlines for the week. Readings and video lectures present Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universitythe technical material. Practice problems reinforce the technical content
Interdisciplinary Design Experience and a core faculty member in the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management at Bucknell. He was the founder and inaugural chair of the Undergrad- uate Research Track at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) conference, and co-organized the Biomedical Engineering Body-Of-Knowledge Summit. He served on the board of the Biomedical En- gineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and was elected as chair of the division in 2012. He is the winner of the 2010 National ASEE Biomedical Engineering Teach- ing Award and in 2011 was selected to be a National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education faculty member
online coursework, which is easy access andconvenience to work at one’s own pace.A current challenge instructors face is how to use these tools effectively creating an onlinecourse environment that rivals an in-person classroom experience. “Many institutions … havefound it challenging to achieve faculty use that truly enhances the learning interaction betweenfaculty and students as opposed to simply posting materials online [8].”Research studies have confirmed that best practices exist for online learning [8, 9], yet the maininfluence in student outcomes is the instructor and his or her approach to teaching [9]. Oneexample is how might the instructor combat the loss of interaction forced by a classroom setting?“One of the most interesting
thoughtful, educated citizens. In addition, on a more practical level,when we look at the ABET Criteria 2000 5, several of the outcomes in Criterion 3 are eitherdirectly or indirectly tied to a person’s ability to be reflective. For example, the ability to designand conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (3b) may require the designerto reflect on his/her preferred learning style, ability to interact effectively with others, etc. Inaddition, outcomes 3d (an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams), 3g (an ability tocommunicate effectively), 3h (the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global and societal context), and 3j (knowledge of contemporaryissues) all require a degree of
for women than men [8].Since 2011, researchers at our institution have been studying the impact of gender-specificinterventions in computing and cybersecurity on the self-efficacy of girls and women incomputing. Mississippi State University’s (MSU) Bulldog Bytes K-12 computing andcybersecurity outreach program has engaged over 1000 informal computer science learners since2013 [4,9,10,11]. With increasing gaps between the number of computer science graduates and thenumber of unfilled jobs in computing, it is imperative that we discover opportunities for increasingentry and retention of persons traditionally underrepresented on computing pathways.For this project, the authors considered best practices from Bulldog Bytes
entrepreneurship,tailored to engineering students. These educational opportunities are provided either byintegrating entrepreneurship concepts into the engineering curriculum or through non-engineering courses, minors, and certificate programs available to engineering students [2].However, despite the growing recognition of the importance of entrepreneurship education forengineering graduates, research indicates that its widespread inclusion in undergraduateengineering curricula is still limited and not yet fully institutionalized [2, 3]. This could be due tofactors such as ABET accreditation requirements or constraints related to program flexibility andresources. ABET, Inc. is a recognized organization responsible for accreditation of around
MentorshipMost importantly, evidence from the research on teacher scholarship shows that for professionaldevelopment to be effective, it must be an ongoing process that extends beyond the lifetime ofprofessional development workshops [25]. Instructors are best suited to succeed when theycultivate a community of practice that meets regularly to discuss resources, pedagogicalapproaches, and tools that teachers use to improve student outcomes. The philosophy of thefacilitators was that participation is most effective when participants complement others bybringing their wealth of individual experiences. At the intersection of those unique experienceslies the picture of the ideal educator. Participants were encouraged to learn from their peers andthe
. Instead of grading for total level of learning, wespent an exorbitant amount of time focused on trying to make sure we “nickel and dimed” everystudent equally, consistently assessing the same penalty for the same errors. In a sense, precisegrading became more important than measuring student learning. As a result, we missed theforest for the trees and were less prepared to adjust course topics and class lectures for theoverall goal of student learning. For even the best designed rubric cannot accurately reflectstudent learning without including instructor intuition.After a semester grading against a rubric, our instructor intuition and grading confidence quicklygrew. Within this maturation process, we became more adept at focusing on the overall
Paper ID #22303Standardizing the Statics Curriculum Across Multiple InstructorsDr. Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology Kimberly B. Demoret, Ph.D., P.E., teaches Statics and Aerospace Engineering Capstone Design at the Florida Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Florida Tech in 2015, she worked for eight years at Kennedy Space Center on development of launch systems in support of NASA’s space exploration goals. Before that she was a US Air Force officer for 20 years, supporting several aerospace programs as a developmental engineer and manager.Dr. Jennifer Schlegel, Florida Institute of