presently includes nine topics: facultydevelopment, cultural capital and cultural relevance, inclusive teaching, persistence, field work,laboratories, patents, funding and research, gender inclusive standards, and STEM librarianship.Each page in the disciplinary and special topics modules contains readings, videos, and websitesto explore as well as reflection questions. When adopted, the content can be used as is by faculty,or edited to meet their specific learning outcomes and course topics. Content was selected toprovoke discussion and introduce students to issues and resources. For example, the ElectricalEngineering page contains readings on gendered interests in computer engineering [11], andengineering identity in electrical engineering [12
worldwide. To determine if the implementation of these initiatives is having a positiveimpact on engineering students’ performance in a first-year programming course, a correlationalresearch study at a mid-size Michigan public university was completed over a three-semesterperiod beginning in 2022. Students were surveyed regarding their prior experience with computerscience at the beginning of the semester, and student scores on the first laboratory practicum andfinal course grade were recorded. The data demonstrates that nearly sixty percent of students hadno prior experience with computer science and withdrew from the course at nearly double the rateas students with AP experience. For those that did complete the course, a Welch’s t
and the required workforce. Especially in engineeringfields, the synergy between theoretical and laboratory components needs to be rethought with thepossibilities of inter-disciplinary flavors. There is also a demand from the industries, for moreexperiential learning focused courses.Digital transformation is happening in many sectors leading to transformations in the workforce[4]. The transformed workforce now needs to be aware of digital tools and possible risk factorswhile using them. Moreover, more digital devices and workflows have unfortunately resulted intechnological drawbacks, and cyber-attacks [5, 6]. The actual number of cyber-attacks may belarger as many industries do not report attacks or may successfully deal with them. The
importanceof pressure difference over the top and bottom of the airfoil was also mentioned. Furthermore,the experiment gave all the students a better understanding of how to operate both a wind tunneland a multi-manometer. Many students stressed that the visual aspect of the multi-manometerwas aesthetically pleasing and gave them a greater interest in the subject matter. Overall, thestudents were grateful for the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and compare real-worlddata to their computer-simulated data. As a result of this project, many university students willbenefit from new, exciting laboratory experiences.ConclusionThis paper has shown a research project where the students designed, manufactured, and testedan airfoil section and a multi
construction project engineer for a construction contractor and as a research engineer for the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme California. His teaching interests include construction equipment, cost estimating and construction process design. His research interests include highway and heavy construction methods, road maintenance methods and innovations in construction process administration.Dr. Natalya A. Koehler Koehler, Franklin University, OH Instructional Design Faculty Franklin University, OHDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Page 24.1400.1 c
curriculum. Don was a published game developer, with over a dozen titles ranging from Orbiter in 1985 to Harpoon 3 Professional in 2012. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10328Dr. Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach Dr. Reza Toossi is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at CSULB. He received his B.S. degree from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He continued his Post Doctoral research studies in the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and joined the CSULB
be coveredin a laboratory course, rather than in a course called statistics. Further comments on this point arein the Discussion. Universities do not all use semester credit hours, but when necessary weconverted a university’s system to a credit hour basis. We did not consider general chemistry,physics, math, or humanities and social sciences, but confined our attention to engineeringcourses as well as biology and organic chemistry, which are less common topics for other types Page 24.1082.3of engineers. For the 2004 data sample, 40 of the 43 programs accredited at the end of 2004 wereevaluated, along with 31 programs that were not
. and R.D. Braatz (2002). Experimental projects for the process control laboratory. Chemical Engineering Education, 36(3): 182-187.[23] Pérez-Herranz, V., A.I. Muñoz, J.L. Guiñon, J. Garcia-Antón, S.C. Navarrete (2003). An Internet-based Process Control Laboratory Project. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, 21-25.[24] Selmer, A., M. Goodson, M. Kraft, S. Sen, V.F. McNeill, B.S. Johnston, C.K. Colton (2005). Performing Process Control Experiments Across the Atlantic. Chemical Engineering Education 39(3): 232-237.[25] Gossage, J.L., C.L. Yaws, D.H. Chen, K. Li, T.C. Ho, J. Hopper, D.L. Cocke (2001). Integrating best practice pedagogy with computer-aided modeling and simulation to improve
implemented in a junior-level fluid mechanics course thatincluded both lecture and laboratory components. A total of nine learning objectives werespecified for the course. These learning objectives are: calculate fluid thrust forces, calculateaerodynamic forces, solve pipe flow problems, select a pump for a system, select a flowmeter fora system, write a computer program to solve transient fluids problems, write a professionalquality lab report, acquire and analyze laboratory data, and be a valuable member of team thatsuccessfully completes a project. The learning objectives can be mapped to ABET studentoutcomes. In this implementation of Standards-Based Grading, all assessments are done on apass-fail basis. That is to say, there is no partial credit
IntroductionThe operating systems course is part of the classical curriculum of undergraduates in softwareand computer engineering. The content is well established from decades of iterative refine-ment and covers topics such as task management, system calls, synchronization, scheduling,memory management, and file system structure.1, 2 There are usually practical activities,or laboratory assignments, that complement the lectures. One approach to these activitiesconsists in using simulators.3–5 A simulator can help visualize the execution of classicalalgorithms, step-by-step. However, subsystems interaction is not covered from these ac-tivities, such that the global perspective is missing. The other common approach involvesprogramming a small scale
intuitive.According to Moreno, “The importance of feedback in promoting learning is inarguable butadditional research is needed to determine the effects of structured guidance on other educationalareas, methods, and student populations.”15 One way to better understand the effect of simulatedactivities on students’ learning is to expand the research to uncommon educational areas suchlearning technical concepts related to information technology (IT). Even though for severaldecades researchers have explored the use of simulation to augment the laboratory experiences inthe areas of surgery, physics, chemistry, biology, math, and dental education, there is nosignificant study that measures the effect of students’ learning of IT matters using simulationsoftware
obvious differences between the discussion topics selected by more- andless-experienced mentors, combining the responses from both groups highlights interestinggroupings among the topics. For instance, nearly all mentors chose to discuss logistics, the valueof the research, and the student’s role: 98% of mentors discussed how students can seek help for research-related questions 93% of mentors discussed the intellectual merits or significance of the research area/topic 91% of mentors discussed students’ expected work schedules 91% of mentors discussed the value of the student’s role within the project/groupDiscussions of how the student would be integrated with existing research and laboratory/groupprocesses were the next
Education Director for the NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST).Prof. Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University Mehmet C. Ozturk received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey in 1980. He received his MS degree from Michigan Tech in 1983 and his PhD degree from NC State University in 1988. Immediately after graduation, he joined the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since 2008, Dr. Ozturk has been serving as the director of the NCSU Nanofabrication Facility, which operates as the central laboratory for the entire University. In 2012, he became the
UnLecture furthers theunderstanding of concepts that students learn from traditional lectures and laboratory projects. “I do remember seeing a diagram (in my co-op) that was made during one of our meetings … I believe it was a class diagram, since it showed what some classes would contain and what methods we would need to implement. I didn’t know UML then…” “It does seem like it takes a lot of time to create models for a software project but it will force you to think and know how the software will be structured and designed. This can also lead to solving many issues that may arise before any coding is actually begun.” “Another point from this Unlecture I found interesting was when one student talked about his experience as
excitinghands-on design challenges to analyze artificial organs. In more advanced core engineering courses andlaboratories, students will explore the function of artificial organs in the laboratory and investigate thevariables affecting their performance. The engineering goals of this project are: (1) to explore the function of human and artificial organs; (2)to apply current research methodology state-of-the-art medical devices for a hands-on investigation ofartificial organs; and (3) to introduce fundamental engineering principles through experiments with artifi-cial organs; (4) to investigate the factors affecting artificial organ performance and design criteria; and (5)to explore the complicated ethical issues regarding the technological
B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of Cape Town at South Africa, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland since 1986. He also works at the National Institute on Aging with researchers in the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences. In 2010 he was elected as a fellow of the American Statistical Association. His area of interest in statistics is the linear mixed-effects model that is used to model longitudinal data. Page 23.1014.1 c American
was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM grant to improve diversity at Rose-Hulman.Dr. Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Edward Wheeler is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman In- stitute of Technology. His teaching and research interests include electromagnetics, signal integrity, mi- crowave devices, MEMS and the electrical and magnetic
in a pair of looselyconnected undergraduate Aerospace Engineering courses that integrate teaching and research.The first one-third of each course is devoted to conventional lectures and/or laboratory exerciseswith computer interfaced data acquisition systems. The latter two-thirds focus on design andresearch projects in Aerospace Engineering with a few lectures interspersed. The teachingmethod has some unique characteristics: i) Undergraduates gain a research experience byworking in small groups of two or three students supervised by a volunteer graduate studentresearch mentor, ii) The particular research project is developed by the course instructors and thevolunteer graduate student research mentor in advance of the course as one related
Paper ID #8119Research Experiences for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M
students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings–over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls
the biodegradable polymers as a mechanism to deliver chemical oxidants to remediate chemical and bio- logical contaminants in wastewater and soil. She conducts educational research where she has creatively works to change educational instruction in laboratory courses by introducing topics in sustainability us- ing case studies. In 2010 she led the NCA&T team that developed the National 4-H Science Youth Day experiment which was used to teach millions of K-8 students about water quality, energy use, and global warming. Her work and research involvement includes over $2,000,000 of research funding. To date she has received a number of teaching and research awards including the 2005 National Women of Color in
. Page 23.1155.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Teaching Your First Large Lecture: Surviving with Attentive and Engaged StudentsAbstractThe usual and customary appointment for a graduate teaching assistant or even new instructor inengineering is a recitation, workshop, laboratory or small classroom of typically 30 students orless. Hence, most practical advice for promoting attentiveness and engagement centers on thattype of environment. In those environments, individual student-instructor interaction is easilypossible in order to keep students attentive and engaged. Although less common, some newinstructors are assigned to teach large lectures (>75
. John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University Dr. DuVall is a Full Professor and facilitator of TECS-TRAIN in the Department of Technology Sys- tems at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. DuVall currently teaches online classes to practicing professionals at the undergraduate, Master’s and PhD levels in areas such as strategies for technology management and communication and industrial supervision. He served as Director of a NSF/ARPA/TRP research project called The Factory as a Learning Laboratory – A Practice-Based M.S. Degree Program for Black and Decker (U.S.) associates and defense industry scientists and engineers. In 1994 this led to the development of the first Internet programs for East
design, open-ended problem solving, laboratory work, etc. As the learning styles ofstudents can vary considerably [1-7], achieving this goal can be very challenging even whenother variables which impact student learning are taken into account. Various teaching methodssuch as case studies, projects based learning, contexts based learning, computer based learning,etc, address the learning styles of different student populations [2], [8-11]. In this paper, weconcentrate on student populations who favor “learning by doing” [3], [6]. We will use the term“learning by doing” to refer to the approach of learning by solving many individual problems orthrough practice as opposed to studying the theory with which the problems are solved.The instructor of a
advection flows induced by surface waves or bed forms M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2004 M.S.S. Software Engineering, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, 2003 B.S. Hydrogeology & Engineering Geology, Nanjing University, China, 1994 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Assistant Professor, (06/2008 – Current), Lamar University, Civil Engineering, Beaumont, TX • Research Associate (01/2008 – 05/2008), University of Minnesota, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) • Civil Engineer (08/2007 – 01/2008), HZ United, LLC, Plymouth, MN • Research/Teaching Assistant (01/2003 – 01/2008), University of Minnesota, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL), Department of Civil Engineering • Lab Assistant (02
Paper ID #7904Work-in-Progress: Design of an Online Learning CoachDr. Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Dr. DePiero began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. His research interests include
Paper ID #37941Creating and Implementing a Custom Chatbot in Engineering EducationMr. Shameel Abdulla, Texas A&M University, Qatar Shameel Abdulla is currently working as a Technical Laboratory Coordinator in the Mechanical Engineer- ing Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He joined the MEEN program in December 2012. He is responsible for coordinating experiments in the Controls and Measurements labs. Shameel’s professional interests include Product Design, Control System Design, and Mechatronics. He is a former student at Texas A&M University at Qatar.Dr. Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University
Paper ID #42965Reflections of Undergraduate Engineering Students Completing a Cross-DisciplinaryRobotics Project with Preservice Teachers and Fifth Graders in an ElectromechanicalSystems CourseDr. Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University Dr. Krishnanand Kaipa is an Associate Professor and director of the Collaborative Robotics and Adaptive Machines (CRAM) Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Old Dominion University. Dr. Kaipa received his BE (Hons.)Dr. Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University Dr. Jennifer Kidd is a Master Lecturer in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Old
Laboratories,Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Mozilla Foundation.REFERENCES [1] Forcael, E., Glagola, C., and González, V. (2012). ”Incorporation of Computer Simulations into Teaching Linear Scheduling Techniques.” J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 138(1), 21–30 [2] Adams, W.K., Reid, S., LeMaster, R., McKagan, S.B., Perkins, K.K., Dubson, M., and Wieman. C.E. (2008a). A study of educational simulations part I—Engagement and learning. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 19(3), 397-419.[3] Adams, W.K., Reid, S., LeMaster, R., McKagan, S.B., Perkins, K.K., Dubson, M., and Wieman, C.E. (2008b). A study of educational simulations part II—Interface design. Journal of Interactive Learning
-Champaign I am currently the Associate Director of Assessment and Research team at the Siebel Center for Design (SCD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work with a group of wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Nicholas Robert PozzaDr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor