Paper ID #32724Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Project ManagementCurriculum: Exploration and Application to Time, Cost, and RiskMr. Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University Ben D Radhakrishnan is currently a full time Faculty in the Department of Engineering and Computing, National University, San Diego, California, USA. He is the Academic Program Director for MS Engineer- ing Management program. He develops and teaches Engineering and Sustainability Management grad- uate and undergraduate level courses. Ben has taught Sustainability workshops in Los Angeles (Army) and San Diego (SDGE). His special
objectives in a credit-bearingcourse by meeting real community needs. The approach of S-L, with its roots in experientiallearning, is consistent with the theories and empirical research of a number of leading educatorsand developmental psychologists, as documented by (1). The approach is also consistent with therecent change in paradigm in education from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning (2). Inengineering, the goals is to have students become better professionals and better citizens whilethe community also benefits. Service-learning (S-L) has been shown to be effective in a largenumber of cognitive and affective measures, including critical thinking and tolerance fordiversity, and leads to better knowledge of course subject matter
isincreasing consensus around the need to make connections across science and mathematics Page 23.684.2* This project was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award # 0908582).explicit; to teach in an integrated manner so that students establish math-science connectionsthrough active inquiry in authentic contexts. Our efforts to make mathematics and scienceinstruction more relevant and integrated for teachers and their students through the utilization ofsocietally-relevant contexts and problems grew out of a reading of the literature brieflysummarized here.One of the major concerns of the mathematics education community is a
Paper ID #6098Vertical Integration of Engineer Education in K-12 Rural SchoolsDr. Gary R. Mayer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dr. Gary Mayer is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Southern Illinois Uni- versity Edwardsville. His research emphasizes formal model composition between disparate subsystem models. Other research interests include robotics and artificial intelligence. Dr. Mayer regularly teaches courses in software engineering, robotics, and modeling and simulation. He is a Botball Educational Robotics Program instructor and coordinator for the Greater St Louis Region
performance. During the pandemic,the computer-based techniques became an essential way of teaching and learning as the universitymoved completely online, and were used at much higher frequencies. Along with othertechniques like Zoom, the teaching and learning experiences were reshaped as the universitymoved online or hybrid, as resources like office hours, computers/workstations were accessedremotely, while laboratory experience became limited. Although the work of C. Lee et al. showspositive impact of computer-based techniques on teaching experience from the perspective of theprofessors, perception of students over these techniques and online learning experiences remainsunknown, calling for research from the students’ perspective.Survey on MSE 182
levels of both structural response and secondary systems. After re- ceiving her PhD, Dr. Wong began a post-doctoral fellowship at Lawrence National Laboratory developing a modern computational framework for the nonlinear seismic analysis of Department of Energy nuclear facilities and systems. This work seeks to expand the understanding of soil structure interaction for these structures and the means of modeling this behavior both theoretically and experimentally. In addition to her research experience, Dr. Wong also has worked for the public and private engineering sectors in the areas of water infrastructure, transportation, data systems, and project management. She joined San Fran- cisco State University in 2014 as
Introduction to Digital Logic Design Laboratory Course,” Proceddings of 2015 American Society for Engineering Education, (Zone III). https://www.asee.org/documents/zones/zone3/2015/Active-Learning-in-the-Introduction-to-Digital-Logic- Design-Laboratory-Course.pdf[7] Aws Yousif Fida El-Din and Hasan Krad, “Teaching Computer Architecture and Organization using Simulation and FPGAs,” International Journal of Information and Education Technology, Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2011.[8] Guoping Wang, “Lessons and Experiences of Teaching VHDL,” Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition[9] Chao Wang and Michael Goryll, "Design and Implementation of an Online Digital
learning is thetopic of this study. A number of journal articles are available that address teaching core engineering courses,and this situation is true for the teaching of Process Control and Automatic Control. Mostpublished papers (e.g., Edgar et. al., 2006; Khier, et. al., 1996; and Seborg et.al, 2003) addressthe course content and issues like whether frequency response should be included in the course,the proper role of dynamic simulation, and design of physical laboratories. Recently, a fewstudies have addressed teaching and learning methods that could be applied to any appropriatecontrol course content. Rossiter (2014) describes blended learning using YouTube videosdeveloped for students to prepare before class. The class was large
80% lecture as demonstrated in study afterstudy.Student participation in engineering classrooms is limited and highly structured. The studentexperience is largely to solve problems in a methodical fashion, and accessing knowledgethrough sequential presentation of textbook material. Though laboratory assignments arecommon in undergraduate engineering, historically, the majority of the student experience hasconsisted of strictly following prescribed steps to arrive at a predetermined conclusion. In theirseminal work with science, engineering, and math undergraduates Seymour and Hewitt found themajority of engineering teaching to be a deductive transmission of facts, controlled by theteacher, and leaving little room for students to understand
one in terms of the negative influence it may have on the quality ofeducation engineering students get.Firstly, by having two sets of professors (the non engineers and the engineers) and two sets ofcourses (the complementary studies and the science/technology courses), the teaching is offeredin a compartmentalized way and students develop two sets of competencies that do not mingle,that are not integrated. This is what we, at Sherbrooke, call the “two solitudes”. This fact is inline with the findings of Al-Holou et al [1].1 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in the United States and Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) in Canada.2 To be fair, it is essential that one widely spread exception be
AC 2007-863: THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTHE ENHANCEMENT OF THE ECONOMIC EXPANSION OF DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIESFazil Najafi, University of Florida DR. FAZIL T. NAJAFI Dr. Najafi is a professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. He earned his BSCE from the American College of Engineering, Kabul, Afghanistan, and his BSAE, MS, and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has worked for 35 years in government, industry, and education. Besides teaching during the last 14 years, Dr. Najafi has conducted research, has been a participating member of several professional societies
Paper ID #37568Redesigning an Introductory Mechanics Course to Include MeaningfulDesign ExperiencesCapt. Damon Kirkpatrick, U.S. Air Force Academy Captain Damon Kirkpatrick is the Executive Officer and a Senior Instructor in the Department of Me- chanical Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He teaches Statics and Mechanics of Materials and Thermodynamics to more than 100 cadets every year. Capt Kirkpatrick commissioned in 2016 as a Distinguished Graduate of USAFA. Before his assignment at USAFA, he was the Space Vehicle Attitude Control and Propulsion Lead Engineer in the Global Position
Highway Laboratory: Work in Progress. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations.12. Pereira, M. A. C., Barreto, M. A. M., & Pazeti, M. (2017). Application of Project-Based Learning in the first year of an Industrial Engineering Program: lessons learned and challenges. Production, 27(SPE).13. Sohoni, S. A., Jordan, S. S., Kittur, J., & Pereira, N. L. (2019, June). Work in progress: Integrating differentiated instruction and project-based learning to teach embedded systems. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.14. Lin, Y. T. (2019). Impacts of a flipped classroom with a smart learning diagnosis system on students' learning performance, perception, and problem-solving ability in a software
AC 2008-1507: COMPARISON OF DIFFERING CREDIT HOUR ALLOTMENTSFOR THERMODYNAMICS AND FLUID MECHANICS COURSESAndrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU and is the Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Coordinator. He serves on the ASME PTC committee on Air-Cooled Condensers.Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville Philip Gerhart is the Dean of the College of Engineering and
to promote efficiency in the technical domain by exploring connections between the processes and mindsets of design thinking and technical engineering design Integrate new content Use an extant activity or The team added design thinking to existing course environment within the course activities (new content) to existing structure to teach a new topic laboratory exercises Change order of Reorganizing the timeline in The team reorganized course content learning skills which concepts and skills are to accommodate in-class design
the scholarship of teaching and learning.Dr. Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering & Engineering Technology Adeel Khalid, Ph.D. Associate Professor Systems Engineering Office: 678-915-7241Dr. Daniel R Ferreira, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Dan Ferreira is an assistant professor of environmental science at Southern Polytechnic State Univer- sity in Marietta, GA. He is a passionate science educator who believes in giving his students a practical, real-world oriented learning experience. Dr. Ferreira’s research focuses on adsorption and ion-exchange reactions of cations at the soil mineral/water interface.Dr. Jeanne Law Bohannon, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityDr. Beth Stutzmann
review of the possible benefitsderived from the literature. Student responses to the research experiences were largely positive;91% of students indicated that they experienced gains from completing the research experience 4.They also identified a number of benefits to students, including personal and professional gains,gains in communications skills, gains in various research skills (e.g., laboratory/field skills, workorganization skills, etc.), clarification or confirmation of educational and career plans and goals,and improved career or graduate school preparation 4. These identified benefits aligned largely Page 26.1243.3with those
Session T4C1 Design Project for PLC Course: Automation Work Process Control Cody Ross and Hesham Shaalan Engineering Technology Program Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi AbstractDesign projects provide a means to teach students many important skills. TheProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC) course utilizes a project-based approach. One ofthe major goals of the project is to prepare students to apply effective problem solvingtechniques to a problem that simulates a real world situation. This includes the ability todefine the problem
area of InformationSystems and other from Mechanical Engineering) for an internship including teaching the first cohort of UDEM students.The two NUT students stayed at UDEM from October 2008 to March 2009. UDEM obtained funds to house these teachersin the university dorms. For this activity, NUT also sent special equipment for PET rocket experiments and developedtechnical manuals in Japanese. The NUT interns designed exciting learning activities that were incorporated into theprogram for future generations.NUT also sent visiting professors, one of whom was Professor Ishizaki who taught Thermodynamics in Japanese to thestudents in the program and gave a public lecture about Japanese culture. Later, Professor Noboru Yamada and otherteachers from
and Science Education at Clemson University. Her research interests include perfectionism, self-regulation, and decision-making. She earned her BS and MS from Middle East Technical University in Industrial Design.Baker Martin Baker Martin is a Lecturer in General Engineering at Clemson University where he teaches in the first-year engineering program. His research interests include choice and decision making, especially relating to first-year engineering students’ major selection. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech.Jessica Allison
demonstration use, several solutions toimplement PIV in educational settings exist. Examples include the commercially available “all-in-one” systems which gather and process data such as FlowMaster EducationalTM,HEMOFLOWTM, and miniPIVTM. For users willing and able to gather data separately,MATLAB provides a free (with MATLAB license) PIV application for computing velocityfields and fluid flow parameters from PIV data [23]. Beyond MATLAB, open-source PIValgorithms in several coding languages are available in the freely available software libraryOpenPIV [24]. With these resources, engineering educators have successfully implemented PIVin classroom demonstrations and interactive laboratories as a part of teaching fluid dynamics[25-28].Recent growth in
Paper ID #39049Board 367: Reflections from an Interdisciplinary Team Research Projectduring a 10-week NSF REU ProgramProf. Eric Markvicka, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Eric Markvicka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). There, he also holds a courtesy appointment in the De- partment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Computing. At UNL Dr. Markvicka directs the Smart Materials and Robotics Laboratory, an interdisciplinary research lab that is creating the next generation of wearable electronics and
Ph.D from North Carolina State University in the Fall of 2020.Eileen Johnson, University of Michigan Eileen Johnson received her BS and MS in bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. She previously worked in tissue engineering and genetic engineering throughout her educa- tion. She is currently pursuing her PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan. After teaching an online laboratory class, she became interested in engineering education research. Her research interests now are focused on engineering student mental health and wellness.Mr. Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign Joseph Mirabelli is an Educational Psychology graduate student at
Justin Fantroy is a Master of Science in Engineering student studying Aerospace Engineering at Saint Louis University’s Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology. He also obtained his bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Saint Louis University (SLU), as well. Throughout his time at SLU, he was involved in SLURPL (SLU Rocket Propulsion Lab) and AAMS (African American Male Scholars Initiative). He also assisted with research in the Polysonic Wind Tunnel Lab, where he has gone on to conduct his master's Thesis research. Topics of research he has been involved in include shock-wave boundary layer interactions, fluid mechanics, statistical data reduction and laboratory measurement methods. His career
International (Society of Au- tomotive Engineers). He has been a noted author of many publications in the fields of combustion, CFD, rocket propulsion and automotive engineering. He was a U.S. Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in 2012 and 2013. He has educated and mentored many under- represented minority and female students via various STEM programs including the NSF-funded AMP (Alliance for Minority Participation) program.Dr. Hyung D. Bae , Howard University Dr. Hyung D. Bae received his B.S. M.S. degree in mechanical engineering of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering of the University of Maryland in 2013
virtual Zoom meetings give supplementalinstruction and lets the project manager coordinate and assign which students will participate inat home and limited on-campus laboratory activities. Campus-visit compliance training forCOVID-19 social distancing and hygiene requirements was defined and conducted before eachweek’s Lab sign-in used by the students. The courses proved to be exciting learning experiencesfor the college students. They applied critical thinking skills and creativeness in developing aquadcopter / airplane hybrid payload delivery/surveillance UAV, making presentations, andimplementation of the garage manufacturing. Overall, the experiences have motivated thestudents doing a great job to learn and approach engineering even with the
, and fabrics. Itis projected that nanotechnology market will grow by 19% during 2013 to 2017[1] from its present market value of US$1.6 trillion [2]. There will a demand fornanotechnology workforce and the demand is projected to sustain over the years.Nanotechnology markets are growing in electronics, energy, healthcare, and 418construction [1]. It is felt that there is a need to introduce nanotechnology to thefuture generation of scientists and engineers while they are still in their middleschools.Project DescriptionSeven teaching modules involving various aspects of nanotechnology weredeveloped and introduced to the seventh grade students at West Fargo STEMCenter Middle School in West Fargo, ND. Pre
. Aucoin has per- formed research and teaching in academia and has worked in large and small organizations, including General Electric. He served on a Mishap Investigation Board with the NASA Johnson Space Center, and projects he has led have received the Outstanding Engineering Achievement and R&D 100 Awards. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and has earned the Project Management Professional Certification.Brandon Bowen, Texas A&M University I am currently a Masters student in Engineering Technology, concurrently researching machine learning with applications in cyber security. I completed my Bachelors at Texas A&M in Electronic Systems Engineering Technology with a minor in Mathematics. Outside of
Page 26.1762.2Scholars spent two weeks immersed at Cooper University Hospital, where they shadowed onrounds on medical and surgical floors and in Intensive Care Units; participated in discussionswith doctors, nurses, technicians, hospital staff, secretaries, and patients; attended Grand Rounds;and were present in Operating Rooms and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Scholarsfollowed a three-step process: 1) observe clinical processes, 2) identify problems associated withthat process, and 3) formulate a need statement. Each Scholar maintained an “innovationnotebook” to ensure that observations were accurately captured.5 For a few hours at the end ofeach week, engineering and clinical faculty met with the Scholars to discuss their
course dealing with Portland cement included both traditional classroominstruction as well as the laboratory experiences presented in this paper. The subset of theCourse Learning Outcomes regarding Portland cement is rather well developed and dealsparticularly with understanding the nature and application of Portland cement; it includes thefollowing: 1. Appreciate the historical development of concrete and its current physical composition. 2. Understand the basic steps in producing Portland cement. (Refer to www.cement.org/basics/images/flashtour.html for audio-visual presentation.) 3. Understand the process of hydration and its critical role in achieving compressive strength. 4