finished their graduate work abroad and have returned toserve their home institutions as young faculty, began to assert their presence andassume their role as a new addition to the faculty. Cultural issues, and conflictingviews on how to move forward without adversely affecting earlier gains,characterized stage two. Stage three: the stage of pondering and deliberations,which has lingered on for a long time, is characterized by calls from industries,engineering graduates, and invited experts, for more rounded engineers with the skillsand abilities to function in a modern business climate. Unfortunately, the response tothese calls has been slow. The “piece meal” approach and/or periodic adjustments toan already over-burdened curriculum, in an
andautomation in the fall of 2018. This program, the first engineering program on campus, is mix ofelectrical, mechanical, and computer engineering appropriate for developing robotic systems. Aspart of the engineering curriculum, students take an electronics course in the spring semester oftheir second year. The course introduces students to the behavior of circuits and elements whenvarying voltage sources are used. The frequency response of circuits is of particular interest. Thisprovides an opportunity to introduce the concept of automating data acquisition and analysis. Weare taking advantage of this opportunity.Program DescriptionThe Engineering Physics program (Program) is focused on robotics and automation. Thecurriculum consists of classes in
surveys.IntroductionThe past several years have seen a renewed enthusiasm for the development of new instructionalmaterials and approaches in introductory physics education at the college level1 . At the core ofthese efforts is a shift away from a traditional physics curriculum that emphasized textbookproblem-solving, descriptive knowledge, deductive reasoning and a top-down approach toinstruction. Physics education research has been instrumental in the move towards a student-oriented approach that recognizes that students learn better when they are actively engaged in thelearning process itself. In particular, the pioneering works of Arnold Arons and LillianMcDermott have provided an excellent framework for systematically modifying the traditionalmethod of
any.Analysis of the data would yield an informative conclusion of effects of the AI intervention inengagement and learning.AcknowledgementThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Innovative TechnologyExperiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program under award numbers DRL–1949384and DRL–1949493.References[1]Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Science TeachersAssociation, “Advisory Group Promotes ‘5 Big Ideas in AI’ for K-12 Schools”, June 7, 2023.[Online]. Available: http://ai4k12.org/ Accessed Dec. 26, 2023].[2] H. Zhang, I. Lee, S. Ali, D. DiPaola, Y. Cheng, and C. Breazeal, “Integrating Ethics andCareer Futures with Technical Learning to Promote AI Literacy for Middle School Students
in this context is not only to improve the level of usability of thislearning experience but also to open up the integration of laboratory learning to totally newlearning settings.The remote lab’s integration into new educational settings is accompanied by a new demandfor formative evaluation in order to assess and improve the setting as a whole. Therefore,after a short literature review this paper will focus on four different aspects: 1. The developed remote laboratory equipment 2. The course content and how laboratory experiments connect with engineering practice 3. The assessment tools used in evaluating the success of the remote laboratory 4. The results of the student evaluations from an online course given in 2015Developing
curriculum, an increased responsibility for self-directed learning is highly desirable. Students about to embark on a career must independently beable to meet professional development demands in a rapidly changing engineering environment.Students who arrive in class with assigned reading completed, notes reviewed, and prepared forclassroom activities are developing the ability to be self-directed learners. Limited classroomcontact time can be much more effectively utilized by focusing on concepts and applicationsidentified by students as needing further review and explanation. This paper describes changesimplemented to a Civil Engineering “Structural Design of Foundations” course at a Penn StateUniversity’s College of Engineering. These included
Liu, et. al., 2002)Analog VLSI and Neural systems (Carver Mead, 1989)Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, (Gray, Hurst, Lewis, Meyer, 5thEdition 2009)These were supplemented with readings from literature on neuromorphic VLSIdesign, neuroscience and computational neuroscience.d. Credits, hours, gradingThis course was offered as a 3-credit hour, elective lecture course for students inElectrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering and Neuroscience. Pre-requisites included a course in circuit design and/or introductory course inneuroscience or permission of instructor.Class meetings included 3 lectures weekly. Each lecture was an hour long. One hourof weekly lecture time for the initial 10 weeks was set aside for
. 127 (1), 6 (2000).5. H. Gould, J. Tobochnik, and W. Christian, An Introduction to Computer Simulation:Applications to Physical Systems, third edition, Addison-Wesley (2006).6. J. Tobochnik and H. Gould, “Teaching computational physics to undergraduates," inAnnual Reviews of Computational Physics IX, edited by D. Stau_er, World-Scienti_c(2001), p. 275.7. H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, “Integrating computational science into the physicscurriculum," in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 2074, Part I, 1031, Springer(2001).8. H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, “Using simulations to teach statistical physics," inComputer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVI, edited by D. Landau,Steven P Lewis, and Heinz-Bernd Schuttler, Springer (2004).9
enable them toconduct some detailed analysis and design (for example, in the sizing of the pipes for thedistribution system), but also to integrate some components where that level of analysis and pilottesting has already been completed (for example, the river pump and the slow sand filters). This “simplification” of some aspects of the design could give the students anopportunity to actually build and hand off the system, in addition to designing it, within the timeconstraints of an academic schedule. For example, they could design the system and constructportions throughout a semester-length independent study project, then spend a week or two on-site during the summer with a contractor installing the system and handing it off
Prof. Baker is the Ohio Eminent Scholar in Scientific Computing in the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University. He is internationally known for his research on boundary integral methods as applied to free surface flow in liquids. He is also very concerned about math teaching for engineering students, and is conducting research on several aspects of improving teaching; impact of curriculum, prior knowledge of students, connections between physics and math, impact of technology and success in teaching methods. Page 24.619.1 c American Society for Engineering Education
, "Board 100: Enhancement of a Thermo-Fluid Laboratory Course: Focus on Technical Writing," presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, 2019. Available: https://peer.asee.org/32165[7] R. A. Fenner and P. O'Neill, "Board 44: Work in Progress: Integrating Writing into Engineering Labs: Developing Curriculum and Creating a Writing Fellows Program," presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, 2019. Available: https://peer.asee.org/32351[8] J. S. Underwood and A. P. Tregidgo, "Improving Student Writing Through Effective Feedback: Best Practices and Recommendations," Journal of Teaching Writing, vol. 22, pp. 73-98, 2010.[9] S. G. Wettstein and J. R. Brown, "Using Existing University
1987. He was the Campus Coordinator for the Texas Alliance for Minority Participation program from 1993 to 2002, and is currently the Department Chairperson for Physics, Engineering, & Architecture. He has been involved in numerous initiatives to integrate the findings of physics and engineering education research with education practice. Page 15.294.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Community Colleges Can Help Universities During ABET Accreditation EffortsAbstractEvery Engineering program in the U.S. accredited by ABET undergoes a review process
understandany derivations regarding limits. A student who has just been introduced to the word, limit, issimply in no position to appreciate limits of difference quotients. The limit of the differencequotient is just a method of obtaining the value of the slope, not the derivative itself. There ismuch to be learned about curves with such an approach without belaboring the difficultiesinherent in limit processes. The integral of a positive piecewise monotonic function should bedefined as the area under the curve and again the limiting process should be viewed as just amethod of obtaining the value.All references to the concepts and perplexities of the 19th century Cauchy’s analysis should bepostponed until the series forms are confronted head on, and
). Oftentimes inschools, an attempt to focus on STEM can lead to actually ‘siloing’ science and math as separateentities. Teacher preparation, until most recently, did not include the integrated subjects ofSTEM, which was not only true at the 7-12 grade levels, but especially true at the elementaryand early childhood levels. The lack of effective teacher training for STEM content and theNGSS negatively impacts K-12 students as they lack positive engaging hands-on experiences inSTEM education that is very motivational. Prepare and Inspire [1] states that “we must inspire allstudents to learn STEM and, in the process, motivate them to pursue STEM careers.” There is adirect link between teachers’ self-efficacy in their ability to plan and facilitate
Paper ID #39847Edible Entertainment: Taste Diversity in Additive Manufacturing forAuthentic Digital Food Design SolutionsDr. Nandhini Giri, Purdue University - West Lafayette (COE) Nandhini Giri, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Human Computer Interaction and Founding Director of Entertainment Futures Lab at the Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University. Dr. Giri studies the impact of emerging entertainment graphics technologies to develop interactive media systems for authentic human experiences. She also develops design frameworks for expertise development in the computer graphics industry
can be found by simulation. An example of a basketballthrown with unknown speed at 45 degrees with known range can be found on page 73 of PhysicsFundamentals, Vincent Coletta, Second Edition, 2010, Physic Curriculum & Instruction Inc. Abasketball with unknown speed thrown at 45 degree going from (0, 2m) to (6m, 3m) is listed andthe book method contains algebra steps to solve for initial speed by eliminating time variable,with the answer = 8.4 m/s.The simulation results can be categorized in the following format for the illustration of deductionthinking and induction thinking:Science Deduction1 (Statement)If speed was 8.4 m/s, then ball entered basket.Science Deduction2 (Contrapositive)If ball did not enter basket, then ball was not thrown
AC 2012-3442: LAB-IN-A-BOX: TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIESTO MANAGE LARGE AND NOT SO LARGE LABORATORY COURSESMs. Justeen OlingerMichael HuttonMr. Christopher Gretsch CovingtonDr. Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Kathleen Meehan is an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at Virginia Tech. She joined Virginia Tech in 2002 after having taught at the University of Denver (1997-1999) and West Virginia University (1999-2002). Her areas of research include optoelectronic materials and devices, optical spectroscopy, packaging for power electronic applications, and electrical engineering pedagogy.Dr. Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community CollegeMr. Branden McKagen
rampant spread of thismisinformation. Online misinformation represents a complex, multidisciplinary problem.Consequently, recruitment of students to the program was not exclusive to those from ComputerScience or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educational backgrounds.Participants were actively recruited from fields such as Linguistics, Social and Political sciences.This data analytics outreach program aimed to train educationally and demographically diverseundergraduate students in computational techniques and presentation skills through guidedresearch regarding the current burst of misinformation. Over ten weeks, participants wereinstructed in an online curriculum covering five milestones: Python programming, dataprocessing
is also interested in the development of metacognitive strategies that may have beneficial application in other areas such as cognitive rehabilitation and education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Design in a Materials Processing Laboratory Course through a Guided Case StudyAbstract: Materials selection and evaluation is an integral aspect of the Engineering DesignProcess and an essential skill for the practicing engineer. Materials and their associatedprocessing and forming methods serve to both enable and limit product design and performance.The current work presents the use of guided case studies as an approach to achieve a design-centric
Engineering Educationappropriate and an example of these is shown in Figure 4. However, if the learningrequirement is the integration of a number of elements, then a variant of the above techniqueis used. Most realistic Thermodynamic and Fluid Mechanics based problems are tackledusing a procedural approach and require the integration of knowledge obtained from theunderstanding of the terminology, physical principles mathematical r epresentations,mathematical solution techniques etc. The teaching of these problem solving techniques takeslonger and is more complicated. However, the application of the learning cycle whereby thestudent is actively involved can similarly be applied. Figure 5 shows a typical exercise
entrepreneurship into engineering curricula was set into motion [1]. From the unique position ofreceiving a donation from a local industrialist whose goal was to establish a high-quality engineeringschool in the REGION, the university had great momentum from capital investment and policy directionto create an engineering program from scratch. Efforts to achieve this ambitious goal includedappurtenant curriculum development, faculty recruitment, and educational policy implementation.The distinctive feature of the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering’s (HMRCOE’s) curriculum is itseight-semester, multidisciplinary, hands-on and project-based sequence of engineering clinics. Theengineering clinics are intended to provide students with experience solving
IE 4785 andENGL 2000, detailing the advanced preparation required and the methods used to teach thesecourses and a description of the global aspects of this study-abroad program, as well aspreliminary assessments of the collaborative program.Advanced Preparation:The bulk of the planning took place around the engineering course, IE 4785. The course wascertified as a Communication-Intensive (C-I) course through our university’s campus-wideCommunications across the Curriculum (CxC) program. This program improves studentcommunication skills by integrating communication based assignments in the disciplines. TheCxC program recognizes four modes of communication: writing, speaking, visual, andtechnological communication.9One of the difficulties in
AC 2012-3434: E-CLOCK: A WIKI-BASED OUTREACH AND RECRUIT-MENT TOOLDr. Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University Joseph A. Morgan is a Full Professor in the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Texas A&M University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. His major areas of interest include wireless networking and embedded microcontroller-based data acquisition, instrumentation and control systems. Morgan has also served as Director of engineering and as a Senior Consultant to the private sector where he has been involved in several design, development and system integration projects sponsored by the FAA, USAF, and major airport authorities. As a Texas A&M faculty member, he
, consistent student teams or groups as implemented here, may contribute tothe social integration of first-year students. However, this is dependent on the formation ofeffective student teams which may involve more thought on the part of the instructor. There are limitations of the active learning implementation method and this assessmentstudy that should be noted. Specifically, the addition of in-class collaborative learning activitieswithout any out-of-class videos to offset instructional content necessitated a slight reduction inthe level of detail covered during lectures. Due to the structure of the curriculum in the School ofBiomedical Engineering, this reduction is not expected to have any effect on future studentsuccess in the program
Paper ID #36536Using High Impact Practices to Broaden UndergraduateParticipation in Computer Systems ResearchMargaret O'neil Ellis Margaret currently serves as an Associate Professor of Practice of Computer Science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is focused on instructing and designing curriculum for CS2104 Problem Solving in Computer Science and CS2114 Software Design and Data Structures and works with undergraduate research students on the Computer Systems Genome project(https://csgenome.org/). Margaret began teaching at Virginia Tech in 2013 and enjoys integrating her various professional
include topicssuch as academic integrity, personal management skills, testing and test anxiety, diversity,registration process, problem solving and decision making.The “second punch” comes from “boxing” lessons taught by the Engineering Technologyfaculty. Their contribution centers on giving freshmen an engineering specific perspective on theprofession they will enter upon graduation. “Sparring” skills the faculty teach include subjectssuch as an overview of the engineering profession, success strategies, personal growth anddevelopment, student organizations, the difference between engineering technology andengineering, and employment opportunities.IntroductionMany incoming college freshmen believe that they have developed the requisite skills in
,characterized stage two. Stage three: the stage of pondering and deliberations,which has lingered on for a long time, is characterized by calls from industries,engineering graduates, and invited experts, for more rounded engineers with the skillsand abilities to function in a modern business climate. Unfortunately, the response tothese calls has been slow. The “piece meal” approach and/or periodic adjustments toan already over-burdened curriculum, in an attempt to meet a broad set of demands,have not been effective in meeting objectives, and have convinced many stakeholdersthat the time has come for a radical departure from the traditional layered andsequential structure that has prevailed for decades. There are clearly significantchallenges ahead
- Introduction to Engineering Design, ENME 371 -Product Engineering and Manufacturing, and ENME 472 - Integrated Product and ProcessDevelopment (capstone design course). All these courses require the students to design andfabricate an object of interest. Such courses would be hard to be delivered over distance,especially if the two institutions are not within commuting distance, and hence are offered onsite, at FSU. Similarly, courses such as ENME 271 - Numerical Methods in MechanicalEngineering, ENME 331 -Fluid Mechanics, ENME 332 - Transfer Processes, ENME 350 and351 - Electronics and Instrumentation I and II, and ENME 382 - Engineering Materials andManufacturing Processes involve theory and laboratory and/or computer component. Suchcourses, once
Paper ID #27648Engagement in Practice: Using STEM Outreach as a Platform to ImproveSocial Awareness and Learning SkillsDr. Robert Schaffer, Santa Clara University Dr. Bob Schaffer is a full-time lecturer at Santa Clara University where he teaches general Engineering classes and upper-division and graduate classes in Electrical Engineering. He also teaches as an adjunct professor in the Engineering department at Mission College (Santa Clara, CA). His classes include Intro- duction to Engineering, STEM Outreach in the Community, Digital Signal Processing, and Programming for Engineers. c American
creative engineering design for academia,business, and the engineering profession is a much greater challenge than was originallyimagined by the founders. The ideal product of the program is an individual with traits thatstretch beyond conventional engineering education norms to include commitment to Page 15.1052.2creating value, creativity, risk-taking, strong communication and interpersonal skills,business acumen, ability to integrate ideas, capability to explore ideas, and a capability tocollaborate with other professions, in addition to technical competence. This individual, indue course in their career, would show adeptness at creating higher