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: Demographics of the 2017-2018 Academic Year cohort by (a) major,(b) classification, (c) gender and (d) ethnicity.The 2018-2019 Chevron Leadership Academy consists of 37 students from ISDSand all engineering majors (except biological) and all classifications (Figure 3).Of those, 21 students were retained from the previous year. This year,Construction Management was added to the distribution of majors. We were alsoable to increase the diversity of the program by adding more African American,Asian and Hispanic participants to the cohort. Between Fall 2018 and Spring2019, three students failed to meet the GPA requirements of the program andwere separated from the program. 2018-2019 by Major 2018 - 2019 by
roommates. Entry 2: I came into UGA as a third year being an A/B student with only one C on my transcript. After my first round of tests, I failed everything single one. My study habits did not change whatsoever. I continued to do my work, I prioritized school over everything else, yet I did not perform to the level I am used to. To say the least, it was very discouraging. After this time, I did what many students do, and called my mom crying. I was so upset because I spent so much time studying and had no reward. She did not know what to tell me, but reminded me that it would be okay and I would learn how to adjust and do better. After calling my step-mom, I confessed how scared I was to lose my
), a weighted system familiar to many in higher education. The two primaryvariants are the `straight’ scale (i.e. A, B, C, D, F) and the somewhat more granular `plus/minus’scale (i.e. A+, A, A-, B+, etc.), both used widely. Despite research on cumulative GPAs, gradeinflation, and academic performance, there is a dearth of research correlating grading systemsdirectly to students’ passion, interest, or motivation toward their coursework.In this work, we consider another GPA system using a continuous scale in which students’numerical course grade (0-100%) would map directly to their course GPA (0-4). The approachallows the GPA to provide infinite grade differentiation among peers. No prior literature hasconsidered student attitudes about such a
add-on script necessitatesthe use of easily-evaluated question types, including multiple-choice, matching, true/false, andshort answer. Student averages for the past three years’ assignments are: 2016-17 exam = 73%,homework = 66% (students given 2nd homework attempt = 84%); 2017-18 exam = 74%,homework = 68%; 2018-19 exam = 73%, homework = 71%.This consistent performance drop is troubling given all the afforded homework advantages. Inaddition to the homework’s aforementioned selected-response question style (most examquestions are free response), students are a) permitted to work with classmates, b) encouraged toask TAs and instructors for help, c) given a week to complete the assignment, and d) reminded toreview their notes and the fall
. ECG signal acquisition – Acquire an ECG signal, and generate a clear and recognizable ECG profile 3. Graphics – Generate and display meaningful animations on the LCD 4. Presentation materials – Provide an accurate and concise description of how your cardiograph operates 3 Figure 2. Cardiograph hardware: custom LUC motherboard (A: biopotential amplifier, B: analog filters, C: microcontroller interface circuitry, D: seven LEDs), TI LaunchPad development kit, Sharp LCD BoosterPack. The hardware is stacked in the personalized cardiograph top case.Student results were used as evidence for achievement of new ABET
approach in future offerings of the course. References[1] M. W. Maier and E. Rechtin, The art of system architecting. CRC Press, 2009.[2] M. Ryschkewitsch, D. Shaible, and W. J. Larson, “The art and science of systems engineering,” Syst. Res. Forum, vol. 03, no. 02, pp. 81–100, 2009.[3] B. K. Muirhead and D. Thomas, “The Art and Science of Systems Engineering Tightly Coupled Programs,” SAE Int J Passeng Cars – Electron Electr Syst, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 117– 130, 2010.[4] M. D. Griffin, “How do we fix systems engineering?,” presented at the 61st International Astronautical Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.[5] A. Salado and R. Nilchiani, “Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Define
mastery of course information. a. Ability to engage current topics (88 pts available) Assessments Daily Homework (88 pts) b. Ability to sustain expertise on past topics (126 pts available) Assessments Daily Review Problems (46 pts) Review Week Problems (80 pts) 3. Students will be able to apply computational tools to calculate and verify solutions to mechanics problems. (105 pts available) Assessments Computational lab assignments (60 pts) Computational analysis of design problems (45 pts) 4. Students will demonstrate the ability to
. Additionally, the overall final gradesare shown as well. Each histogram in Figures 1-4 shows the grade distribution of each of thesecategories, with each section of the histogram corresponding to a letter grade (A, A-, B+, B etc.)based on the standard university grade scheme shown in Table 2.Based on these histograms and the course averages for each category, there are minimaldifferences in the Application Assignments, Midterm 2 Exam, and Overall Course grade betweenthe semester that used the traditional textbook and the semester that used the zyBooks e-textbook. The one category that did have a difference was the Final Exam. In this case therewas a 2.4% decrease from Autumn 2017 to Autumn 2018. The exam and preparation for theexam was the same in
-varying nature of dynamic systems. Some teaching strategies to overcome thisinclude computer simulations and the use of videos, but only a few researchers have utilizedmotion analysis systems or other instrumentation in their dynamics courses.One of the goals of our recent Keck Foundation grant is to incorporate our motion analysissystem into courses in engineering and kinesiology. To date, we have utilized three differentassignment versions in our dynamics course: (a) allowing students to select their own artefact foranalysis, (b) supplying six specific artefacts for analysis, and (c) interfacing with a Kinesiologyclass on motor learning to provide “expert” engineering advice on performance measures ofnovice jugglers versus advanced jugglers.We
-MSEdisciplines as depicted in Figure 1. The proposed ‘adopt-a-material’ project methodology workswithin the framework of the modified materials engineering diagram (Figure 1(b)) and harnessesthe natural curiosity students bring to the course to engage with MSE.Figure 1: Modifying the MSE tetrahedron suitable to other engineering majorsThe need for a different pedagogical approach to engage students Apart from the challenge of balancing the MSE curriculum between fundamental topics andinterdisciplinary product applications, instructors must also keep students intellectually engagedthroughout the semester. In the current age of social media and various multimedia platforms, theattention span of a typical student has gone down [3], [4]. Thus, it is
develop team and leadership skills for students and instructors. Table 2. Learning activities and assessments generating data for continual improvementAssessment Description and Purpose Frequency Assessor /Type (Case) Data TypePre – Post Students self assess individual skills required Twice per IndividualTest Student for project teamwork as an input to team course StudentSkill Self formation and developmental goal setting. The /Assessment skills assessed are mapped to graduate attribute Quantitative(Case A, B - outcomes and the purpose is to identify areasDeveloped
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posed to the students werecollectively worth about 9% of their exam score and were presented to them as follows:Question 1. The force on a dropped apple when hitting the ground depends upon A) whether or not the apple bounces. B) the speed of the apple just before it hits. C) the time of contact with the ground. D) … all of the above. E) … none of the above.Question 2. As was demonstrated in class, if you throw a raw egg onto the floor, it will break. However, if you throw it with the same speed into a soft, sagging sheet, it won’t break. Carefully explain the significance of the sagging sheet in terms of keeping
pg. 11 Table 13. Weighted ranking of presentations. Generalize Topic Weighted Score Count Presentation A Civil Design 45 20 B Civil Design 38 18 C Civil Design 25 14 D Civil Design 23 15 E Civil Design 13
cycle to flexibly consider and assess varied options andminimized loss of valuable time and material resources after committing to physical prototyping. (a) (b) Figure 3: Comparing robot designs of a team in (a) treatment group and (b) control group.Most teams in the treatment group were deemed to have designed and implemented betteralgorithms for their robots. As an example, one treatment group team used a systematicexperimentation approach with various sensor combinations to select their sensing strategy andthen developed an efficient algorithm that relied on input from five IR sensors. Alternatively, theteams in the control group tried trial-and-error approaches to
.” 5th international Project and Construction Management Conference (IPCMC 2018),Cyprus. November 16-18, 2018.[35] B. J. Avolio, W. L. Gardner, F. O. Walumbwa, F. Luthans, and D. R. May, "Unlocking themask: A look at the process by which authentic leaders impact follower attitudes and behaviors."The leadership quarterly 15, no. 6 (2004): 801-823.[36] B. J. Avolio and F. Luthans, The high impact leader: Authentic, resilient leadership thatgets results and sustains growth. McGraw Hill, 2005.[37] D. R. May, A. Y. Chan, T. D. Hodges, and B. J. Avolio. "Developing the moral componentof authentic leadership." Organizational dynamics (2003).[38] W. L. Gardner, & J. R. Schermerhorn, “Unleashing individual potential: Performance gainsthrough positive
modern tools skills used inmastery of tools used in the used in the the discipline.modern tools discipline with rare discipline withused in the mistakes or errors. few mistakes ordiscipline. errors. 5 4 3 2 1 N/AOutcome b. ☐Can ☐ ☐Can ☐ ☐Often needs ☐/Performance demonstrate demonstrate an help to apply aIndicator 1. comprehensive ability to apply a knowledge ofDemonstrates ability to apply a knowledge of
. Maranzana, F. Segonds, F. Lesage, and J. Nelson, “Collaborative Design Tools: A Comparison between Free Software and PLM Solutions in Engineering Education,” in IFIP International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012, pp. 547-558.[9] C. Pezeshki, R. T. Frame, and B. Humann, “Preparing undergraduate mechanical engineering students for the global marketplace-new demands and requirements,” in ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. Salt Lake City, USA, 2004.[10] M. J. Gorp, “Computer-Mediated Communication in Preservice Teacher Education,” Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, vol. 14(2), pp. 8-14, 2014.[11] E. A. Fielding, J. R. Mccardle, B. Eynard, N. Hartman, and A. Fraser
of the LabVIEW perature of the system (b) program front Fig. 4: panel (a) Block diagram for the greenhouse (b) Front panel for greenhouse [1] is shown in Figure 8-24. The measured temperatures were typical best-case scenarios with percent error for overshoot and steady-state operation being approximately 2.96% and 0.1%, ! respectively. ! 8.2 Data Acquisition Case Studies Analysis and Conclusion The results show that the
relative compaction value would be (something less than/greater than 100%) ifthe field conditions were measured to be 112 pcf. In comparison, the L10 level 3 question reads,Given the above flownet, assume the datum is at the bottom of the headwater. If a piezometerwere installed a point B, what would it read? The 2D seepage question requires the student toevaluate a figure and dive deeper in concept. As a result, the significant difference reported onthe L10 data is promising. 3 2.75 FLIP TOPIC Control (Next Class) Combined Mean Score Treatment (Next Class) 2.5
. Hendler, N. Shadbolt, W. Hall, T. Berners-Lee, and D. Weitzner. Web science: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the web. Communications of the ACM, 51(7):60–69, 2008.[12] T. E. Jacobson and B. L. Mark. Separating wheat from chaff: Helping first-year students become information savvy. The Journal of General Education, 49(4):256–278, 2000.[13] P. Korovessis, S. Furnell, M. Papadaki, and P. Haskell-Dowland. A toolkit approach to information security awareness and education. Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2017(2):5, 2017.[14] C. Lestch. College IT experts and students have opposing views on cybersecurity. https://edscoop. com/college-it-experts-and-students-have-opposing-views-on-cybersecurity
cross-sections test. Hanna explained, For this one, because the cut from here and at here we will not have the same size so it will, and it is not a triangle because it does not meet at any part in the blue one… so, it’s not B and I think the upper here is smaller than the cut at the base.She seemed to have a particular criterion or expectation of what the correct answer should looklike based on the cut. This fits into the strategy we have classified as, guiding rule. Then, basedon this criterion, she could eliminate the unlikely answer choice, thereby demonstrating aprocess of elimination. Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R): In this section, we discussstrategies students used in solving PSVT: R
hour. The “Levels” ofto substitute for the lower scale (in technicians listed above will disappear overcomparison to heavy equipment operators) time. These were originally set up basedthere were “perks” given to the technicians upon levels of certification. Level Athat are not typical for union tradesman in the technicians do not possess any certifications,Chicagoland area. These included while Level B have ACI Level I and areguaranteed forty hour work weeks (rules for nuclear density gauge safety trained. Level Eunion personnel vary, but typically there is a possesses either Certified Weldingminimum 2 hour show up time for rain outs, certification, DOT
. Ten teachers represented School A and one teacher representedSchool B. The majority of students in both schools were White/Caucasian, followed bymultiracial, Hispanic, and other (district level data statistics), and these patterns were observedby researchers in the classrooms (demographic data were not collected on students). In all, 265students participated in the activity.Two researchers facilitated the CALE activity in the classrooms. The activity ranged in durationfrom 30-50 minutes, depending on classroom schedules. After completing the activity in eachclassroom, researchers made field notes and discussed aspects of the activity that did and did notwork. Because the activity was in development, we refined and updated the activity as
open systems perspectives. Routledge, 2015.[9] J. S. Carroll, "Introduction to organizational analysis: the three lenses," MIT Sloan School of Management Revised Working Paper vol. 14, pp. 1-13, 2006.[10] D. M. Riley, "Aiding and ABETing: The bankruptcy of outcomes-based education as a change strategy," in ASEE 2012 Conference, 2012: American Society for Engineering Education.[11] E. Godfrey, "Understanding Disciplinary Cultures: The First Step to Cultural Change," in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 437-455.[12] A. Kezar, How colleges change: Understanding, leading, and enacting change
Fall Construction II (fluid dynamics) or EN-4111 (fluid mechanics) and EN-7257In addition to these core courses (9 credits), students are required to take another 9 credits tofulfill the minor degree requirements. In order to provide more flexibility in educationalplanning, students can choose plan A, i.e. take three 3-credit elective courses (total of 9 credits ofelective courses) OR plan B, i.e. take one 6-credit co-op plus one 3-credit elective course. Acredit hour for cooperative
Paper ID #27318A Complementary Approach to Implementing Entrepreneurship into a Me-chanical Engineering Senior Capstone Course SequenceDr. Nathan John Washuta, The Citadel Dr. Nathan Washuta is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. He received both his B.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Maryland – College Park. His primary research interests include Hydrodynamics, Free Surface Flows, and Experimental Methods.Dr. Patrick Bass, The Citadel Patrick Bass is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel, in
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in order to make progress – just as we hopeprofessional engineers would.References[1] W. G. Vincenti, What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History, First Edition, Thus edition. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.[2] R. Stevens, A. Johri, and K. O’Connor, “Professional Engineering Work,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp. 119–138.[3] M. Koretsky, D. Montfort, S. B. Nolen, M. Bothwell, S. Davis, and J. Sweeney, “Towards a Stronger Covalent Bond: Pedagogical Change for Inclusivity and Equity,” Chem. Eng. Educ., vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 117–127