the driving force of many processes. The practice of coastal engineering involves not onlythe traditional civil engineering principles, but also the sciences of oceanography and coastalgeology. The typical civil engineering curriculum of an undergraduate program, however, doesnot include course work in marine sciences and coastal engineering.The discipline of coastal engineering in the United States began in the 1930s in connectionmainly to oceanfront development and grew significantly during the Second World War inconnection to naval operation and troop landing on the beach. Today, coastal engineers have Page 11.60.3expanded their role from
Session 1320 Developing Computer-Based Laboratory Instruments in a New Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Program—a Summary David M. Beams University of Texas at TylerABSTRACT: This paper describes the culmination of a two-year project which had two aims:(1) development of computer-based laboratory instruments (CLIs) consisting of LabVIEWvirtual- instrument programs coupled with custom external hardware; (2) integration of theseCLIs into the undergraduate curriculum. Students were brought into the design process whereverpossible, giving them first- hand
performance and student learningoutcomes of first-time African American students in engineering technology (ET); to increase the number ofAfrican American females entering ET; create a VAR learning lab to enhance the introductory ET curriculum;and to increase dual enrolled students in ET programs at Augusta Technical College. The dual enrolled studentgoal is 30 by year five of the grant. The VARiETy initiative received multi-year discretionary funding underthe Department of Education’s Predominately Black Institution (PBI) Formula grant program. The grantfunding supports renovation, equipment and supplies, personnel, outreach and other activities within the scopeof the goals and objectives.Table 1. Metric to improve educational outcomes for African
these [more in-depth] lecture notes available, whywould I stop? I think it just makes sense to keep doing it.” Faculty were quick to mention thatthey make them available via Box, the current campus cloud file storage and sharing platform, sothey can maintain at least some control of these materials by knowing who is allowed to accessthem.Student Literature Research SkillsAs mentioned, the author specifically focused this study on faculty who had not previouslyrequested course-integrated library instruction for their classes. It is understood that not allengineering courses require an overview of library resources. For this study though, a deeperunderstanding of how faculty think about how their students conduct library research and theirability
itself, and build on a growing effort at the K-12 [10]–[12],introductory [1], [2], and teacher education [13] levels to include these discussions in our upperlevel classrooms.We present on a two-pronged instructional approach in a Modern Physics for Engineers course atthe University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) in which we: a) construct an inclusiveenvironment through course structure, policies, and practices and b) implement a course unitengaging students in explicit discussions around representation and diversity in STEM. In thispaper, we describe the goals and implementation of this integrated approach to fosteringinclusion and teaching equity in a Modern Physics class (N=120). We report results of somepreliminary analyses to assess the
experience within ourcommunities.The search for new approaches to the design studio is being seen throughout the designdisciplines; one example of an innovative educational practice is the concept of incorporating‘live projects’[6]. Experiential education puts students in the field, addressing real, complex andopen-ended projects. Fieldwork is integrated with the academic content and students have acontext in which to apply practical, theoretical, and ethical solutions to problems or projects.[4]“Live projects reject the separation between real and theoretical, practice and education, andallow the student to be creative within constraints.” [7] Sara defines ‘live projects’ as: “The live project is defined here as a type of design project that
education after helping develop and teach an online only laboratory class. She currently works as a research associate under Dr. Karin Jensen with a focus on engineering student mental health, retention, and development of resources.Joseph Mirabelli Joseph Mirabelli is an Educational Psychology graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His work focuses on mentorship, mental health, and retention for STEM students and faculty. He was awarded the 2020 NAGAP Gold Award for Graduate Education Research to study engineering faculty perceptions of graduate student well-being and attrition. Before studying education at UIUC, Joseph earned an MS degree in Physics from
Paper ID #23952Work in Progress: One Approach to Software Engineering Project Selectionfor Small Student PopulationsDr. Paul A Bender, Ohio Dominican University Paul Bender is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at Ohio Dominican University in Colum- bus,OH. He previously taught Computer Science at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, an M.S. in Computa- tional Mathematics from Ohio University, Athens, OH, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Wright State University, Dayton, OH. These degrees were
practicing engineering when they leave college. Yet, industry expects tohire engineering graduates who “can go beyond the numbers” by understanding how technicalresults fit into a larger systems perspective, who can integrate knowledge to find new solutionsto problems rather than relying on a traditional reductionist approach, who can deal withuncertainty and develop engineering judgment skills, and who can communicate the results oftheir work to many different audiences. [1,2] In short, they want engineers who can “thinkoutside the academic box.” In response to these expectations, many of the new ABET EC-2000outcomes focus on professional practice including: (3b) “an ability to design and conduct
-efficacy of senior engineering students through a set of increasingly more challenginglaboratory exercises. The experimental setup consists of a programmable logic controller (PLC),a replica of an intersection of two roads with a set of traffic lights and road sensors, and anumber of toy cars capable of triggering the sensors. Experiments progress from flashing red andyellow lights, through controlling a single traffic light, controlling the whole intersection, toimplementing the sensors in creating a more complicated intersection control. The self-efficacyof students is assessed through a questionnaire. An analysis of the results shows the change inself-efficacy for engineering students who participated in this study.IntroductionIn his theory of
sufficient depth in their engineering education. One solution tothis challenge is to incorporate laboratory experiences in a mixed learning approach, whichincludes laboratory experiences provided by both in-class studio labs and larger take-homeprojects. This work briefly describes the mixed-learning method and provides further details onthe projects employed in a multidisciplinary digital signal processing course. This work alsodescribes the blind review method that is used to assess student learning to judge the success ofthis method.K eywor dsBlind review; Mixed Learning; Take-home projects; Reverberation; Computer VisionI ntr oductionIt is commonly held knowledge that laboratory experiences are an essential component ofengineering education
, Power Electronics and Controls for Photovoltaic Systems, Handbook of Research on Solar EnergySystems and Technologies (Eds: Dr. Sohail Anwar, Dr. Salahuddin Qazi, and Dr. Harry Efstathiadis), IGI, Global,pp. 68-125, 2012 (DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1996-8.ch004).12. R. Belu, Wind Energy Conversion and Analysis, in Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering & Technology (Eds:Dr. Sohail Anwar et al.), Taylor and Francis, 2012 (in press).13. R. Belu, Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate EngineeringTechnology Curriculum, 2011 ASEEE Conference & Exposition, June 26 - 29, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CDProceedings).14. R. Belu and I. Husanu, An Undergraduate Course on Renewable Energy Conversion Systems for
and accountability. Journal of Engineering Education 2002;91(2):211-21.[6] Splitt FG. The challenge to change: On realizing the new paradigm for engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education 2003;92(2):181-7.[7] Adams RS, Turns J, Atman CJ. Educating effective engineering designers: The role of reflective practice. Design Studies 2003;24(3):275-94.[8] Pomalaza-Raez C, Groff BH. Retention 101: Where robots go...Students follow. Journal of Engineering Education 2003;92(1):85-90.[9] Tay FEH, Gu J. A methodology for evolutionary product design. Engineering with Computers 2003;19(2- 3):160-73.[10] Fink FK, "Integration of engineering practice into curriculum - 25 years of experience with problem based learning," in
reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Sams, A. and J. Bergmann, Flip your students' learning.(student-centered flipped learning), 2013, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: Alexandria. p. 16.2. Goodwin, B. and K. Miller, Evidence on flipped classrooms is still coming in. Educational Leadership, 2013. 70(6): p. 78-80. Page 24.1295.123. Toto, R. and H. Nguyen. Flipping the work design in an industrial engineering course. in 39th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Imagining and Engineering Future CSET Education. 2009. San Antonio, TX.4. Zappe, S., et al
being “xunhuan xiangji yiweiyong” (“being integrated without any barriers”). Because engineering is comprehensive,involves complexity, and attempts to meet human needs, it seems potentially well-aligned withthis way of organizing knowledge, which promotes coherence and convergence betweenscientific and humanistic knowledge in engineering education. Yet based on establishment of “arational engineering curriculum system,” engineering students were required to take compulsorycourses related to specialized technical topics in order to avoid achieving breadth withoutsufficient depth.11 This approach was consistent with a traditional Chinese view that “naturalsciences cannot be isolated. And if it was separated from humanities, it would be looked
-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based active and passive learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and include how K-16 students develop engineering thinking and professional skills when addressing complex socio-technical problems. He aims to apply his research to the design of better educational
redesign for Ponce de Leon Park, http://www.nbc-2.com/story/28718195/fgcu-students-reveal-redesign-for-ponce-de-leon-park23. Schmidt, D. E. and Clark, R. M., “Improving Student Capstone Experience by Early Exposure and Engagement,” Proceedings of the ASEE 124th Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, OH, 2017.24. Al-Dojayli, M., and Czekanski, A., “Integrated Engineering Design Education: Vertical and Lateral Learning,” Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 45-59, 2017.25. Fries, R., Cross, B., Zhou, J., and Verbais, C., “How Student Written Communication Skills Benefit during Participation in an Industry-Sponsored Civil Engineering Capstone Course,” Advances in Engineering Education, Vol
' contributions or scholarly achievements [27].Although there are mixed observations on how SMPs shaping the online learningenvironment and complementing in-class learning experiences, SMP use is changing thepractices in instructions in engineering education [28]. For STEM students, the growing needfor enhanced communication and interactions on SMPs makes it necessary to integrate onlinesocial networks into the classroom in a more accessible way, thus enhancing the traditionallearning environment [23, 29]. Mentoring in an online setting poses many difficulties eventhough online engagement offers different expected benefits. The potential interference ofincluding SMPs in the classroom is one of the main issues [30]. Another study exhibited thatover thirty
), 552-565.Goffman, E. (1974). Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience. Harvard University Press.Heitin, L. (2015). Updated map: Which states have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards? Education Week: Curriculum Matters. Retrieved from: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2015/08/updated_map_which_states_have_a dopted_the_next_generation_science_standards.htmlJiang, Y., Ekono, M., & Skinner, C. (2015, January). Basic Facts About Low-Income Children. National Center for Children in Poverty. Retrieved from http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1100.htmlLakoff, G. (2010). Moral politics: How liberals and conservatives think. University of Chicago Press.Lazar, M. M
, andprinciples within an emergency management framework. The curriculum focuses on such topics asemergency planning and decision-making, homeland security, disaster response and recovery, andhazard identification and mitigation. Emergency Management Technology will serve as the lead andfocal point of this project.The Department of Psychology: The Department of Psychology works to enhance student’s knowledgeof psychological principles and practices through scholarship, research, undergraduate service-learning,and graduate clinical training. The mission of undergraduate education in the department is to exposestudents to the breadth and depths of the various fields of psychology. Students are encouraged andtaught to think critically about psychological
Paper ID #44809Engaging students in developing course improvements leads to bothfaculty and student insightsDr. Susannah GAL, Wentworth Institute of Technology Associate Dean Dr. Susannah Gal has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry and her PhD in Biochemistry. She has held academic positions at in New York, at Penn State, and at the University of The Bahamas in Nassau and served as a program officer for the National Science Foundation before joining Wentworth Institute of Technology in January 2023. Her research has included work in plant enzymes, DNA computing, DNA binding proteins in cancer and in
Paper ID #44474Work-in-Progress: Human Capital Formation as a Framework for Entrepreneurshipand Venture Design EducationDr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a Research Scientist in the Designing Education Lab in Mechanical Engineering and co-founder of the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab in Career Education at Stanford University. She earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her PhD in Communication with a minor in Psychology from Stanford. Her scholarship is focused on engineering and entrepreneurship education, portfolio pedagogy, reflective practices, non-degree credentials, and reimagining how
engineering student’scurriculum. At this point in the curriculum, the students have completed all of their structuraldesign courses, but have not yet dealt with studio projects beyond the schematic design phase.Fig 1: Oklahoma State University - Architectural Engineering majors Curriculum ChartThis studio is team taught by four faculty members (two architects, one environmental controlsand one structural) and has been structured to give the students an experience similar to whatwill be experienced in practice upon graduation. The course is structured so the schematic,design development, and construction documents phases are explored during the semester.During these three phases, each student acts as their own design firm where they deal with
CourseAbstractEngineering students typically encounter formal engineering report writing in their laboratorycourses. These courses normally occur in the curriculum well after the required Englishcomposition courses. Besides the increased demands of being able to write an engineering report,many students at this point are rusty in the grammar department. To help overcome thesedifficulties a two week technical writing component (writing workshop) was added to the juniorlevel mechanical engineering experimentation course in spring 2010. In this paper the writingworkshop is presented in detail. Quizzes and the final paper submitted by the students were usedfor assessment of the students’ writing.MotivationEngineers must not only be technically competent, they must
northeastsection of the state. The Reservation has many mesas which may produce such effects (Figure2). Figure 2 Mesas on the Hopi ReservationIn response to the request, five engineering faculty members traveled to the reservation toinvestigate the planned tower erection sites and talk in detail about the project. The departmentsaw this as a great opportunity to enhance the PBL nature of the curriculum by adding thisproject as an elective for the entering freshmen. A one-credit hour elective course was addedand 22 of the 29 freshmen signed up.Opportunity with Hopi ReservationThe wind assessment project had several goals as defined by the Hopi representatives. 1. Understand the problem of justifying wind power turbines for
movement toward use of wise, informed, and economical sustainable development. This should begin in our educational institutions and be founded in the basic tenets of the engineering profession and its actions.”5Beyond their immediate academic programs and accreditation umbrella, engineering students atthe UW are a part of a campus community supported by an environmental stewardship andsustainability program that has been recognized internationally for its success in developingsustainable campus projects that integrate sustainability into culture, community, andoperations.6Thus, we would expect that the students we interview in this study to be speaking from a culturepermeated by concerns for a more sustainable world. Familiarity with
Riddle Aeronautical UniversityKatrina Robertson, Embry Riddle Aeronautical UniversityTrey Talko, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Small Shifts: New Methods for Improving Communication Experiences for Women in Early Engineering Courses Abstract: This paper outlines methods and initial data from an educational intervention based on previous research published at ASEE. Students in introductory engineering courses face challenges communicating and integrating their ideas in team projects. Often these challenges with team communication fall along gendered lines, where women students experience marginalization in team settings. This paper builds from previous research in the field of engineering education which integrated
mentioned areas that allowed opportunities to be inclusive. Inside theclassroom, there were opportunities to create an inclusive environment by how the educatorsinteracted with students and how they conducted themselves when students were present andteaching was in action. Finally, educators also talked about what things they thought about orconsidered (mindsets), similar to Integrity of practice, in that educators had a reason for theirpractices [4] when doing any preparation or working with students. Practices are found in Table1 with the following codes: ● CS- Inside Classroom- with Students ● CE- Inside Classroom- by Educators ● OC- Outside the Classroom ● IP- Integrity
-K through post-secondary education programs and of professional development programs for educators. She has worked on projects relating primarily to the areas of literacy, science, technology, engineering, and math. Prior to joining the Donahue Institute, she worked as an independent assessment and evaluation consultant. Ms. Quinn received an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University and a B.A. in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University.Jill Rulfs, Worcester Polytechnic Institute JILL RULFS is Associate Professor of Biology & Biotechnology at WPI. In addition to being a former public school teacher herself, she has remained active in university/public
father’s side. In the context of Maui and my Hawaiian identity, I may havebeen born and raised in Waiʻehu, Maui, Hawaiʻi, but my mother’s family land is in Pāʻia whilemy father’s side is in Mākena. These ethnicities and locations show how globalization andcolonization of the Hawaiian Islands play an integral role in my multiracial identity and the lossof family land, respectively.The moʻolelo of engineering in Hawaiʻi also begins with a moʻokūauhau. The Kumulipo is theʻŌiwi genealogy of all people by forming the identity and mindset of Native Hawaiian culture.This 2,108-line oli (chant) extends over 800 generations beginning in the time of darkness or Pōand describes the evolution of the universe [1]. The Kumulipo begins with light, heavens, and