to align with UCI’sselection criteria for freshmen admission. California resident must receive a 3.0 GPA or higher inacademic subject requirements, also called “A-G” requirements during grades 10 and 11. Theserequirements include: a) two years of history/social science; b) four years of English; c) threeyears of mathematics; d) two years of laboratory science; e) two years of a language other thanEnglish; f) one year of visual and performing arts; and g) one year of college preparatoryelectives. An unweighted GPA was also used to reduce the chance of overlooking applicantsfrom disadvantaged schools that may have limited honors and advanced placement (AP) courses.Recruitment: The program targets students from underrepresented groups in STEM
a complete description of the active learning tool. This file consists of the following sections b) Instructional Slide: This is a MS Power Point file that provides instructional support to the instructor. This file is available for most of the tools. Instructors are advised to use this as it is or customize it to suit their needs. c) Student Handout: This is a MS Word file that can be customized and handed out to students during class. Students either return the completed version of this file or develop new documents that are then submitted for assessment. d) Assessment Instrument: This is a MS Word file that is used for assessing student learning (Figure 1). The survey has 10 questions and the
in early electronic engineering: Some methods and results,” in Proc. 2011 ASEE Conf., Fremantle, Western Australia, 2011, pp. 460–465. [8] C. R. Smaill, G. B. Rowe, E. Godfrey, and R. O. Paton, “An investigation into the understanding and skills of first-year electrical engineering students,” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 29–35, Feb. 2012. [9] (2012, May) Interactive power electronics seminar (iPES). ETH Zurich. Switzerland. [Online]. Available: http://www.ipes.ethz.ch[10] A. M¨using, U. Drofenik, and J. W. Kolar, “New circuit simulation applets for online education in power electronics,” in 2011 5th IEEE Int. Conf. e-Learning Ind. Electron. (ICELIE),, Nov. 2011, pp. 70–75.[11] J. D. Bransford, A. L. Brown, and R. R
. Students thatwere absent the date of the Mediation received no score for this component. The second part oftheir assessment grade was based upon the written research report for the case study. SeeAppendices A and B for instructions and point criterion. The typed research papers were duebefore each debate and required students to cite referenced materials, cases and summarize theirlegal position and arguments. Students had to attach any supporting articles so that the instructorcould review their sources for relevance to the case.The overall point values increased from the first to the third mediation. All mediations had a 25point verbal debate component grade. However, the written research component point valuesincreased with each subsequent
Paper ID #18599University Library Services to Engineering Summer CampersJulie Arendt, Virginia Commonwealth University Julie Arendt is a Science and Engineering Research Librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to coming to VCU, she was a science and engineering librarian at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She received her M.S.I. from the University of Michigan and her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. In her research, Ms. Arendt is interested in the relationship among library services, open access, and scholarly impact.Dr. Rosalyn S. Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University
exercises and the Beancritical thinking tasks ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes Writing Exercise Bean critical thinking task (a) an ability to apply knowledge of 3, 5, 7 mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct 3 experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, 3, 4, 6 or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and
data of first year students in college of identified community needs and (b) reflect on the serviceengineering. Considering the result of the study, the activity in such a way as to gain further understanding ofprinciple goal of this program is to increase the retention course content, a broader application of the discipline and anstatistics for engineering students. Each of these fellows enhanced sense of civic responsibility” [1]. Consideringhas been assigned to one engineering department. Using society’s needs, students are led in solving real-worldthe help of this graduate fellow in the Civil and engineering problems using the concepts of their engineeringEnvironmental Engineering
, the NCWIT resources and publications, we designed a set ofstrategies and activities to strengthen several areas to improve recruitment and retention of womenin computing and engineering.III. RecruitmentWe selected three recruitment strategies that NCWIT has identified as successful at otheruniversities and that could be implemented at CSULB in a short timeframe [3]: a) increaseoutreach to accepted students, b) improve messaging on relevant websites and print materials, andc) conduct roadshows at area high schools and community colleges.A. Outreach to accepted studentsIn Spring 2016, we began our recruitment by writing an email to students admitted for the Fall2016 semester into one of the four computing and engineering majors. The email
universities. A total of six experts withexperience in pre-college engineering, first-year engineering, and engineering education researchreviewed the instrument and provided feedback on both the content and language which weincorporated to create an initial version of the instrument.A total of 279 domestic students (152 from University A and 127 from University B) completedthe initial instrument using Qualtrics online survey software. Reliability analysis of theinstrument focused on the items related to ways of experiencing the transition from pre-collegeto first-year engineering, and we assessed the reliability of individual items, reliability of the fiveconstructs which the items measured, and the overall reliability of the instrument. To
repeating the course, while only 2% were repeating the course in the traditional lecture. It isunclear whether this influenced the instruction in the course, but further follow up will explorewhether this influenced the pace of the course or the instruction. The flipped classroom mode ofinstruction did result in a higher percentage of the repeat students passing the course the secondtime taking it (75% in the traditional course versus 84% in the flipped course), a promising resultfor these highly at-risk students who already have experienced failure in the course. Total Students Pass (A/B/C) Fail (C-/D/F/W) Trad Flip Trad Flip Trad Flip Trad Flip Trad
. (2003) Comparison of student performance using web and paper‐based homework in college‐level physics, Journal of Research in Science Teaching 40, 1050-1071.11. Cheng, K. K., Thacker, B. A., Cardenas, R. L., and Crouch, C. (2004) Using an online homework system enhances students’ learning of physics concepts in an introductory physics course, American journal of physics 72, 1447-1453.12. Mestre, J., Hart, D. M., Rath, K. A., and Dufresne, R. (2002) The effect of web-based homework on test performance in large enrollment introductory physics courses, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching 21, 229-251.13. Bonham, S., Beichner, R., and Deardorff, D. (2001) Online homework: Does it make a difference?, The
including NSF, NIDRR, VA, DOD, DOE, and industries including Ford and GM. Currently, Dr. Kim is the site director for the NSF Industry and University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for e-Design. Dr. Kim is an editorial board member of Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science. Dr. Kim received top cited article award (2005-2010) from Journal CAD and 2003 IIE Transactions Best Paper Award. Dr. Kim was a visiting professor at Kyung Hee University, South Korea from September 2013 to June 2014. Dr. Kim’s education includes a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Pittsburgh.Carolyn E Psenka, Wayne State University Carolyn Psenka, PhD is a cultural anthropologist with research interests focused on the
course.The reasoning given for the students’ choice for the over-damped systems also showeddifferences between the two versions of the course. Thirty one percent of ME students mentionedthat system 3 has the slowest pole, while none of the PDM students mentioned this. PDMstudents who correctly matched the over-damped systems mentioned that system 3 has higher 9 1.4 1.2 Amplitude 1.0 0.8 0.6 a 0.4 b
andtangentially related efforts geared towards the design and implementation of an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) system based upon the culture of white-leg shrimp and a redseaweed, Gracilaria (Figure 4). These efforts formed the basis of a doctoral dissertation and werebeing undertaken on campus in a large greenhouse without a functioning environmental controlsystem. Figure 4. IMTA based upon shrimp and Gracilaria: (A) Artificial feed, (B) Fed shrimp culture(C) Nutrients from uneaten feed & excrement, (D) Extractive seaweed culture, (P1) Product 1, & (P2) Potential new productSince the research was being undertaken in a location with no direct connection to any marine orestuarine systems, all system
of students who placed into Calculus I by AP Calculus Credit, standardized test score,PCALC score or were erroneously enrolled in the course earned an A or B in the course. It isdifficult to discuss the success of the erroneously enrolled students, but it is most likely that thesestudents have been exposed to Calculus I course material at some point and just did not meet theminimum qualification of AP score or passing grade in transfer course credit.Students are encouraged to enroll in the appropriate math course at summer orientation (beforetheir fall semester) based upon the qualifications outlined in this paper. However, some studentswill elect to retake Calculus I, even though they earned credit for the course through AP exams,either out
limit states *Significance, two tailed: p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001;As part of the survey students were also asked what grade they expected to earn on the exam.Out of a traditional 4.0 scale, the treatment section estimated an average grade of 2.74(approximately a B-) while the control section estimated earning a 3.12 (between a B and B+) onaverage for the midterm. Despite being less confident in their abilities, the control section hadhigher, and ultimately less realistic, grade expectations than the treatment section as both classaverages were on the lower cusp of a B-. For the final exam, the treatment section estimated anaverage grade of 2.24 (Between a C and C+) while the control section estimated earning a 2.67(approximately a B
good. An alternative approach is to develop courses for upper-level non-engineering students based on technical subjects that (a) are interesting and educational to thestudents, (b) do not rely on large amounts of prerequisite knowledge and mathematical skills, and(c) are taught by regular engineering faculty. Such courses can then be offered as electivecourses to students in non-engineering disciplines. These courses would offer students in otherdisciplines the opportunity to learn about technical subjects of current importance from engineerswith expertise in these areas, but without expecting mathematical rigor for which they may notbe prepared.In this paper, the author describes his experiences with preparing and teaching a seminar courseto
thegoals of the internship program were then invited for face-to-face interviews. During theinterviews, applicants were asked for their reasons for pursuing the internship, prior experiences,and interest in becoming a teacher. The number of applicants and selected students during eachof the cohort cycles (Cohorts 1-8) is found in Appendix B. A majority of the interns within thisprogram were engineering majors from a range of the engineering disciplines offered at ourinstitution. While the majority of applicants to this program and accepted interns to this programwere from majority ethnic/racial groups within STEM, the program had a high percentage offemale students (Appendix B, Table 4).Preparation of Cooperating Teachers and Selected InternsThe
tasks in the projects and use our skills to bring our project together as a whole.”Student SurveysTwo surveys were done to quantify student outcomes for the capstone leadership project. Onesurvey was done immediately following the “pitch” competition and the other was given as anend of the class exit surveys of the students. Three key questions, evaluated using a Likert scaleof 1-5 (1=none at all to 5=extreme), were statistically compared to previous year’s results. Theresults are shown in Table 1 and the questions were a. “Rate your overall satisfaction with the leadership development experience” b. “Rate the level of challenge offered by your leadership development experience” c. “Rate your increased understanding of leadership concepts
weeks to develop three key components of an extended air cannonsystem subject to constraints provided to them in the initial design challenge: (A) a fast-actingpressure release valve, (B) a muzzle velocity measurement circuit, and (C) a velocity-corroborating, energy-absorbing projectile backstop. As borne out by generally successfulcompletion of (A)-(C) and sub-system integration (functional air cannons developed by 13 of 14teams by test day), this set of deliverables was of appropriate scope for the allotted project timeand group size.Summary of DeliverablesBy the beginning of Project Week 5 (see timeline in Figure 2), student design groups were taskedwith developing three key components of an air cannon system and integrating them into a
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Paper ID #19637Approaches to Coaching Students in Design ReviewsDr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Robin S. Adams is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and holds a PhD in Education, an MS in Materials Science and Engineering, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. She researches cross-disciplinarity ways of thinking, acting and being; design learning; and engineering education transformation.Mr. Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University Tiago Forin is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education and researcher at Purdue University affiliated with
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indicate a request for attention bymoving closer to the audience, an action that may feel more natural than raising a hand. It intends to allowspeakers to coordinate caption control with one another with relative ease. For example, if a passivespeaker would like to add to the active speaker’s discussion, the passive speaker can lightly tap the activespeaker or make themselves visible in the active speaker’s peripheral vision to politely interrupt andindicate a request to speak.(a) Traditional captioning; static, no (b) Tracked Captioning in (c) Tracked Captioning intracking Presentation Mode Panel Mode Figure 4: EnvironmentEvaluationWe recruited
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soil mechanics problem for particle grain size distributionillustrating integration of graphical and numerical components.problem correct or incorrect based on the submitted answer falling within an error bound set bythe problem’s author. For example, the coefficient of uniformity in Figure 1, part b, the value ofwhich is approximately 7.29, would be graded correct for any entry between 6.93 and 7.65. Thatrange corresponds to an error bound of + 5% chosen for this particular problem.To address the concerns of Pascarella 10 about students attempting trial and error solutions toguess the answers and in keeping with the recommendations of Kortemeyer 12, students areinitially allotted a maximum of five attempts to get the problems correct. Note in
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Paper ID #20567Setting the Foundations for International and Cross-disciplinary Innovation:The U.S.-Denmark Summer School ”Renewable Energy: In Practice”Dr. Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz Tela Favaloro received a B.S. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Univer- sity of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently working to further the development and dissemination of alternative energy technology; as project manager of a green building design initiative and researcher with the Center for Sustainable Engineering and Power Systems. Her background is in the development of