projects byproviding the practical and technical training for projects. SERC is multidisciplinary in electrical,mechanical, and biomedical engineering fields and encourages students to collaborate on projectsand share ideas with each other. SERC provides student the technical training and hands onknowledge in order to complete their projects and get experience with rapid prototyping.References:[1] T. W. Barrett, M. C. Pizzico, B. Levy, and R. L. Nagel, “A Review of University Maker Spaces A Review of University Maker Spaces Introduction,” no. 2013, 2015.[2] R. J. Morocz, “University Maker Spaces : Discovery , Optimization and Measurement of Im- pacts University Maker Spaces : Discovery , Optimization and Measurement of
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. The main topics of the course include stress, strain,deformation, and stress/strain transformation. In the three-semester duration of this study, threefaculty members (Instructors A-C) taught lecture sections and one faculty member (Instructor C)taught laboratory sections (Table 1). Instructor C taught one section of CIVL 304 and twosections of CIVL 307 in fall 2017. The syllabi, textbook, and topics covered were identical forall lecture and laboratory sections. For this study, the summer cohorts and fall cohort are treatedas equivalent. It should be noted that Instructor A is an early-career tenure-track assistantprofessor with less than five years of teaching experience, Instructor B is a full professor withapproximately 15 years of
Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and instrumentation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Modeling Student Performance in an Introductory Chemical Engineering CourseWe have developed an open-ended, laboratory-based introduction to chemical engineering, acourse coupling traditional, hands-on, and
,this is not a problem that can be completely written off. Instead, the results presented here point to theneed for further in-depth, multi-institution studies to determine the extent of mental health andwellness issues in engineering programs nation-wide, and how engineering programs can best servetheir students’ mental health and wellness needs. We are in the process of seeking funding to conductsuch a nation-wide study.ReferencesBlanco, C., Okuda, M., Wright, C., Hasin, D. S., Grant, B. F., Liu, S.-M., & Olfson, M. (2008). Mental Health of College Students and Their Non–College-Attending PeersResults From the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Archives of General Psychology, 65(12), 1429
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undergraduate students, facultymembers, and practicing engineers and their approaches to an ill-structured problem using verbalprotocol analysis to document and assess problem solving approaches and evaluate differencesbetween the three groups. Thus far, we have worked on the development of the ill-structuredproblems and are currently in the pilot-test phase. A summary of the procedures followed thus farfor problem formulation and pilot testing are included in Part A of the methodology. This isfollowed by the planned methods to be followed for the remainder of the study in Part B-D.A. Procedures for Problem Formulation The first task includes the design of ill-structured problems that could be presented toparticipants to better understand their
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the probabilityat the given value or less. With this information, all the needed probabilities can becalculated. The syntax of the formula is =NORM.DIST( xo, µ, σ, TRUE) where, xo isthe value of the continuous random variable, µ is the mean and σ is the standarddeviation. The value TRUE request the cumulative probability for all x values in therange from -∞ ≤ x ≤ xo.Normal Distribution EXCEL Problem 1:The mean incubation time for a type of fertilized egg kept at 100.1°F is 21 days.Suppose that the incubation times are approximately normally distributed with a standarddeviation of 2 days.(a) What is the probability that a randomly selected fertilized egg hatches in less than 19 days?(b) What is the probability that a randomly selected
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change and innovation with in the School that led to improved retention efforts [1].Several new personnel were hired, including several faculty and a retention and engagementexpert, who prioritized improvement of services to promote retention.Retention Efforts within the School of EngineeringSeveral academic and community enrichment services were implemented after 2011. The firstwas Supplemental Instruction (SI), which was designed to give students’ academic support incourses that commonly reported high percentages of low final grades (D or F) and/orwithdrawals [2]. Courses are assigned an SI Leader, which is a student who has previouslypassed the course with a final grade of B or better, to hold twice-per-week support sessions. Inaddition
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below shows first year 0students’ math and ELA ACT scores to visually represent A AB B BC C CD D Fthe distribution of each. Coursegrade 50 Numberofstudents UN1015 ENG1102 40 30
growth. Therefore, this project aligns well with calls to study the designof STEM learning experiences and whether those experiences improve valued outcomes.References[1] E. Towle, J. Mann, B. Kinsey, E. J. O. Brien, C. F. Bauer, and R. Champoux, "Assessing the self efficacy and spatial ability of engineering students from multiple disciplines," in Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference, 2005, pp. S2C-15.[2] N. Veurink and A. Hamlin, "Spatial Visualization Skills: Impact on Confidence and Success in an Engineering Curriculum," presented at the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011. Available: https://peer.asee.org/18591[3] M.-T. Wang and J. Degol, "Motivational Pathways to
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the presence of a reflection prompt may help increase the efficacy of anassignment. In assignments where a reflection prompt was present, the magnitude of thestandard deviation in students’ responses regarding perceived efficacy of an assignment wassmaller when a reflection prompt was present. This suggests that the presence of a reflectionprompt may serve to focus students on the efficacy of an assignment.Bibliography[1] M. Thorpe, “Encouraging students to reflect as part of the assignment process”, Active Learning in HigherEducation 1 (2000) 79 – 92.[2] B. M. Colley, A. R. Bilics, and C. M. Lerch, “Reflection: A Key Component to Thinking Critically”, TheCanadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 3 (2012) 1 – 19.[3] H. P
students each term. The number of teaching assistants hired to help with the course istypically 10-14 per term. 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Fall 2017 Spring 2017 Winter 2017 Fall 2016 Spring 2016 Winter 2016 Female Male Figure 5. Teaching Assistants by Term and Gender (ENGS21 - Introduction to Engineering)Survey and Interview DataIn another attempt to better understand why the percentage of women in engineering is high atDartmouth, we surveyed faculty, students, and alumni. The surveys that we used are included inAppendix A and B. The goal of the surveys was to determine what factors faculty, students andalumni
not thecase with this project. There were no grades below a B and 20 teams earned an A or A-. We’d like to 4think that the unique content engaged students more than the traditional topics used in previousprojects, and student surveys helped us understand how. This is discussed in detail below in the surveysection. A. Fuel Leak Dynamics. The accident at the Damascus, Arkansas site involved a complex series of events that ultimately resulted in the explosion. We cannot fully analyze the mass balance, chemical reaction hazards, and process dynamics due to a lack of detailed information and because the ChE content
Conference, 2017.[2] Farook, O., J. Agrawal, A. Kulatunga, A. Ahmed, W. Yu, Y. Lee, and H. Alibrahim. FreshmanExperience Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Emphasizing Computation,Simulation, Mathematical Modeling, and Measurements. Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 2017.[3] Polasik, A. Successes and Lessons Learned in an Undergraduate Computational Lab Sequence forMaterials Science and Engineering. Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 2017.[4] Rihana-Abdallah, A. and J. Lynch. Using Matlab-generated Numerical Solutions in an EnvironmentalEngineering Class to Predict the Fate and Transport of Contaminants. Proceedings of ASEE AnnualConference, 2017.[5] Wheatley, B., T. Donahue, and K. Catton. An Active Learning
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anecdotes was effective in drawing the attention of the classand throwing in a different element to the general engineering theory that was refreshing. Iappreciate the effort you put into engaging the students. […]” II-b) course-related EPsSome course-related activities were used to make the lectures more interesting and rich ofcontext, and keep the students engaged. As an example, a guest speaker was invited to give amini lecture on a real-life design problems on fatigue (one of the subjects of the course). Theguest speaker talked about a mining factory and the fatigue problem in the exhaust fans and howthey could solved the problem. It was so interesting to the students to see the equations they havejust learned, were used in a real-life
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examples that relay to very basicdaily observations such as the relation between moving shadows to differentiation andintegration. (b) First order differential equation and time constant of first order system. Based onaccumulated teaching experience, some helpful examples are: (1) battery charging a mobilephone at different initial charging values, and (2) cooling rate of coffee. There are of coursemany other examples, but less related to students’ everyday experiences (e.g., radioactive decayand carbon dating). These ideas are shared so that instructors can use them to enhanceunderstanding of engineering-related math concepts, and to show their relevance.We refer to this approach as “work in progress.” When using the above examples (and
M i 1 (3) where ti ti 1 ti time increment, M i 1 M i m p ti , m p M P t B assumed constant (usually not sufficient info to do otherwise). 2 Thrust, Ti , is obtained from a thrust vs. time curve per the example given in Appendix A or an average thrust is used calculated from total impulse and motor burn time. Drag force is given by, Di 12 CD AVi 2 (4) where air density (assumed about constant over the trajectory
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recognition and solving handout shown in Appendix B. Journal 5: How has your note-taking changed? How has it affected your ability to recognize and solve problems? Journal 6: At the end of the course, students completed a short questionnaire, enabling them to reflect on their participation and to offer suggestions for improvement. The questionnaire content is included in Appendix A.The data from the journal prompts and the questionnaire is included in the Results section below.MethodsThis naturalistic study was conducted within the class as described above. The journals, whichwere simply a part of the normal structure of the class, were collected as data. These journalswere analyzed using qualitative methods. Since
). (a) (b) Figure 2. Pole-zero map and Nyquist diagram of rotary inverted pendulum system 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of Columbia Figure 3. Bode diagram of rotary inverted pendulum systemControl System DevelopmentFrom the given mathematical modeling, the overall system could be converted into the blockdiagram representing the state-space model. In this model, the overall signal flowing could beshown clearly, and the input signal is consisted of two parts, the original step signal, which testsabout how the system reacts to a constant input, and the band-limited white noise signal, whichshows how the system reacts to constant
stated:“Before I got into this program, I really didn't think that much of engineering because in school Itook a physics class and that class was a great struggle for me. So, I came out with a B- in thatclass so I don't really know how I would feel about trying to pursue this career for myself. Forothers it seems like a cool experience”.This meant that while she did not want to pursue a degree in engineering, she took note of theparticipants who did want to be and learned much more about it in the process. Participants weresurprised to learn that engineering can be applied to many aspects of society.DiscussionIn reviewing the study’s findings, it appears that the Wolverine Pathways participants learnedmore about engineering and now have more