the Texas A&M Indy Racing team was created. The facultymember in this paper, Dr. Hur, was engaged with this team for the system integration part. Inorder to assist this Indy Racing team, he intended to create a small-scale autonomous carplatform. In order to reach this goal, as an intermediate phase, a car simulator was chosen to bebuilt first. For this purpose, four undergraduate engineering students have met with the facultymember and decided to make a capstone project team for the car simulator that can also monitorthe driver’s health and the attention status. This capstone project idea was proposed to theprogram and was selected to be supported by a capstone endowment given by the institutionalTexas A&M foundation. This capstone
thefull liberal arts general education curriculum in addition to the engineering curriculum. Theprogram has had a successful start, with great interest from students and also from prospectiveemployers. Westmont engineering is built on three “pillars:” a Christian liberal arts foundation,excellence in technical competence, and integration of a Design Innovation thread throughout thecurriculum. This paper will provide details of the three pillars and then proceed to show theimpact of these pillars in three areas: impact on student recruitment, student satisfaction duringthe program and employment potential (from the perspective of prospective employers). Someadditional aspects of the Westmont engineering experience are also evaluated including
Paper ID #25463Board 19: The Impact of a Research Experiences for Teachers Program inPrecision Agriculture and Sustainability for Rural STEM EducatorsDr. Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech Bradley Bowen is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the School of Education’s Integrative STEM Education program. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master’s of Civil Engineering and an Ed.D. in Technology Education both from N.C. State University. Using his work experience in both engineering and education, he specializes in designing integrative STEM activities for K-12 students and implementing professional
on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment; and the integration of reflection to develop self-directed learners.Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Grace Panther is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln where she conducts discipline-based education research. Her research interests include faculty change, 3D spatial visualization, gender inclusive teamwork, and studying authentic engineering practice. Dr. Panther was awarded an NSF CAREER
help to bridge the gap betweenthe rich and poor within the digital divide.The rapid growth and popularity of the MOOCs have led experts to predict thatthe traditional higher education market will face pressure over the next severalyears, due to growing competition from MOOCs as well as internationaluniversities. Although the top educational institutions will continue to attractstudents, other institutes are likely to suffer if they do not integrate MOOCs andnew technologies in their curriculum, especially given the rapidly changinglearning preferences in the current generation of students.Since no open education standard has emerged to define the future of MOOCs,there is currently a barrage of unregulated courses on the Web that
greater benefit than those who viewed the entirecourse negatively.The middle-school students benefit from meeting near-peers who are willing to give ofthemselves and their time, receiving an aspirational view of the future, and being exposed toSTEM and STEM fields. The data collected from the college students show that the collegementors believe themselves to be providing a benefit to the younger students. Data collectedfrom the younger students is not yet available for the years including engineering students in theprogram.Our next steps are to further integrate the service learning program into the Introduction toEngineering curriculum, with more substantial reflection and synthesis, and in having theengineering majors mentoring each other
to increasethe participation of students from diverse backgrounds in engineering majors. Additionally, theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology recently made a commitment to diversityand is considering changes to curriculum criteria which would require engineering programs todemonstrate a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion [1]. In alignment with USAFA’sstrategic plan and the anticipated accreditation criteria, the authors are developing a newfoundational engineering course as one element of an institution-wide effort to improve students’sense of belonging, make engineering majors more accessible to a wider audience, andultimately increase diversity among engineering graduates.In addition to exploring best practices from
, felix.martinez@up.edu.mxAbstract - The a-k outcomes established by Accreditation All Engineering programs have shared Mathematics andBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for Basic Sciences subjects such as: Differential Calculus,Engineering students in their self-assessment framework, Integral Calculus, Algebra, Vector Calculus, Differentialshould be reflected in the different subjects that taught to Equations, Electricity and Magnetism, Physics, Chemistrythe students of the first two years of the various and other courses of academic areas of humanities andengineering programs. On the other hand, in those first businesses.semesters, the vocation of the students
Learningand Sustainability: Practice and Potential”, Faculty of Engineering and Science, AalborgUniversity, 2014[14] Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi, Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, Haslenda Hashim, Zainura Zainon,“Sustainability Education for First Year Engineering Students using Cooperative Problem BasedLearning”, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 56, Pages 52-58, ISSN 1877-0428,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.631, 2012[15] Carolyn McGibbon, Jean-Paul Van Belle, “Integrating environmental sustainability issuesinto the curriculum through problem-based and project-based learning: a case study at theUniversity of Cape Town”, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 16, pp. 81-88,ISSN 1877-3435, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust
Computer Engineering at the University ofCalgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He received his M.Sc. in Electronics from the Technical University in Sofia,Bulgaria in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadain 1994. Martin teaches fourth-year technical elective courses from the regular electrical engineering curriculum atthe University of Calgary, entitled Electronics for Instrumentation and Digital Integrated Electronics. Recently he hasbeen awarded the University of Calgary Student Union Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Mintchev is a registeredProfessional Electrical Engineer in Alberta and is actively involved in joint research in the local industry.BRENT J. MAUNDYBrent J. Maundy is
importantimplications. In order to further effectively achieve teacher cooperation, theevaluation committee needs to work closely with the curriculum committee.3.3 Student power“Student-centered” teaching is one of the educational philosophies followed by 4colleges and universities. The main function of the school is to maximize the role ofthe student in teaching. “student-centered” teaching is the foundation of the survivaland development of colleges and universities, and individualized education forstudents is the embodiment of the school’s characteristics. Taking WPI as an example,“student-centered” teaching is the basic educational philosophy of the “WPI Plan”.Under the guidance of the “student-centered” teaching
food process (orsimulation) exists, it would be of particular interest for implementation in an educational settingdue to its low cost, use of standard laboratory equipment, and relevance to Electrical Engineeringand Engineering Technology curriculum. The MPC strategy and MSF algorithm applied to afood manufacturing process may be the most appropriate for a senior level and/or graduate levelinstrumentation and data acquisition course in either Engineering or Engineering Technologyprograms.For an existing sugar cooking process facility, the MPC strategy and MSF algorithm successfullyimplemented in a PLC setting have shown that the following enhancements are achieved: (1)energy conservation due to reduced fluctuations in the overall control; (2
solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State UniversityDr. Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University Debra Gilbuena is a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is
practice, a largecompartment in the base is preferred since it simplifies the routing of the wires. A hole connectsbetween the ESP32 and the motor compartment allowing for passing the wire through.This part has an angled connector on top that allows it to slide easily together with the base. Theangled design prevents it from sliding out easily, as it doesn’t rely only on friction to hold it in.3.2 The main base and the orb poleThis part's main purpose is to elevate the orb's height while maintaining structural integrity. Thus,the orb pole is designed thick. Figure 3. CAD drawing of the main base (uses mm).A groove and rail running down the length of the pole can be used to align the orb horizontally, atthe same time, it gives
engineeringdesign curricular experiences from freshman to senior years.Defining Inter-, Multi-, and Cross-Disciplinary EngineeringSeveral authors have addressed the crucial definitional issues involved in defining the integrationof engineering with other disciplines in engineering education. Some commonly used termsinclude multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and cross-disciplinary engineering.Williams14 notes that traditional engineering disciplines are becoming increasingly―interdisciplinary‖ as technological problems require an integration of engineering disciplinesand sciences. Coso and Bailey3 also employ the term ―interdisciplinary‖ to describe engineeringcurricular subjects or programs that develop graduate abilities and tools from
Paper ID #26523Designing For Stakeholders: Engineering and Applied Science Students MeetStakeholders in a First-Year Undergraduate Introduction to Design CourseDr. Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines Elizabeth Reddy is a social scientist, holding a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Cal- ifornia at Irvine and an MA in Social Science from the University of Chicago. She is Co-Chair of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology and Computing in the American Anthropologi- cal Association. She studies experts and their work in relation to environments, technologies, and human lives. Her
Photovoice with Entrepreneurial Design Projects as a High Impact Practice in Engineering Technology EducationIn the recent years, interdisciplinary research has become a necessary tool for successfullyfinding solutions to real-world problems. Yet, in the undergraduate engineering technologycurriculum interdisciplinary projects is extremely limited (if used at all), particularly in non-capstone project courses. In this study we present findings and lessons learned from aninterdisciplinary research project that integrates entrepreneurial mindset, bio-inspired design, andart into in an engineering technology classroom in the sophomore-year of the post-secondaryengineering technology education. Engineering
addition, mechanical engineering experiencehelped to take this project’s concept into completion. Utilizing the mechanical engineeringstudent’s experience with modeling and operations research, the group was able to modify theGridLab-D to model the experiment. As the nation’s only urban land-grant university, the University of the District of Columbia hasa special focus on urban sustainability, which is reflected in its curriculum and research focuses.The experience that these students brought to the framing of this project was integral to itssuccess. Collaboration through the capstone project allowed students to share the lessons they’velearned through their internships or research projects in a concrete manner. One student, who haddone
concepts in the language spoken in thehomes and communities of their students, and miss opportunities to appreciate the family andcommunity structures that American Indian students rely on in their everyday lives [7] [9]. WhenAmerican Indian children are taught by a majority of non-American Indian teachers, the teachersand students may struggle to identify with one another, which research shows negatively impactsthe ability of teachers to mentor and motivate children, particularly toward a love of math andscience [10]. Sharing an understanding of one another’s core beliefs and value systems is criticalto implementing a culturally responsive curriculum and building the much needed teacher-student trust that improves URM retention, particularly for
, 2009IntroductionA four-university collaboration has received National Science Foundation (NSF) Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) funding for a three-year project with twoprimary goals: 1) to develop a database of reliable and valid measures for assessing attainmentof teamwork skills and ethical awareness in undergraduate students enrolled in multidisciplinaryproject based, design projects, and 2) to identify and describe ‘best practices’ from across theseinstitutions that improve the achievement of learning objectives and thereby increase programquality. Example learning objectives from one course are described as follows: “Studentsenrolled in these project courses will experience and demonstrate an understanding of ‘bestpractices’ in the
provides the REPs with masterydigital badges. The curriculum guides REPs on utilizing mentoring as a leadership developmenttool that helps navigate career advancement in their respective engineering fields. Integrated intoeach of the three courses are best-practices designed to positively influence the development of aself-directed learning mindset and building leadership capacity among REPs as future engineeringleaders.Mentors often cite the ability to increase their professional skills as personal benefits gainedthrough the mentoring process, stating that serving as mentors caused them to reflect on andsharpen their own skills, including coaching, communicating, and introspection.2 We report on ourongoing efforts to scale a novel leadership
structured class. Findings from thestudy illustrated how students were able to develop core competencies such as in CAD-CAMwhile characterizing the kinds of mistakes that students make in developing said competencies.We conclude on the illustration of a future iteration of an M3 curriculum, one where thechallenges students typically face in CAD-CAM are purposefully woven into the assignmentsthemselves, serving as a way to provoke awareness and improvement in skill development.Introduction‘Making through Micro-Manufacturing’ (M3 ) [1, 2] provides a model of how to couple theflexibility of ‘Making’ with the concerns of production engineering. Such an approach inproduction emphasizes customizability and personalization in product design. Because of
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whosuggested that it “might be called a post-graduate secondary school.” [ 1,p131].Payne cites US Admiral Rickover who said “Most of the liberal arts education given in ourliberal arts colleges has been absorbed into the curriculum of the European academic secondaryschools…”[1.p132]. It was an attitude that had important consequences for beliefs about the roleof the university in liberal education. Another consequence of this specialization was that itenabled the three year bachelor‟s degree to be the equivalent of an American master‟s degree[1.p 133]Payne notes that if the purpose of the grammar school system was to enable its students to go touniversity then it had been singularly disappointing [p144]. Only a quarter completed all thestages for
Paper ID #27774Bringing Human Factors into Engineering Education Realm - A Case Study:Teaching Human Factors in Fire Protection EngineeringDr. Lily Xiaolei Chen, California State University, Los Angeles Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, California State Univer- sity, Los Angeles c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Bringing Human Factors into Engineering Education Realm -A Case Study: Teaching Human Factors in Fire Protection EngineeringHuman-factors engineering has long been considered an integral part of
AC 2010-1998: ARE FRENCH FRIES AND GRADES BAD FOR YOU?CONFLICTING EVIDENCE ON HOW K-12 TEACHERS SEARCH IN A K-12DIGITAL LIBRARYRene Reitsma, Oregon State University RENE F. REITSMA is an associate professor of Business Information Systems at Oregon State University's College of Business. He and his students are responsible for the design, development and maintenance of the TeachEngineering digital library system architecture. Reitsma’s research concentrates on how digital libraries are used and can be improved.Paul Klenk, Duke University PAUL A. KLENK received his PhD in mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering in 2006. Since then, Paul has
water and wastewater, she has strong interests in engineering education research, teacher professional development, and secondary STEM education.Dr. Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada Hasan Deniz is an Associate Professor of Science Education at University of Nevada Las Vegas. He teaches undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level courses in science education program at University of Nevada Las Vegas. His research agenda includes epistemological beliefs in science and evolution education. He is recently engaged in professional development activities supported by several grants targeting to increase elementary teachers’ knowledge and skills to integrate science, language arts, and engineering education within the
Paper ID #242582018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Embedding Cross-Cultural Communication Awareness and Skills Trainingin a Living Learning Community for First-Year Undergraduate EngineeringStudentsMs. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash
curriculum can stimulate cognitive development, butmaintaining these habits may require ongoing explicit training that is integrated over time.Decreasing scores despite ongoing experiential learning emphasizes that cognitive advancementnecessitates more than just engaging in activities.The result presented in Table 4 shows that using an experiment-centric pedagogy resulted ingradual improvements over several semesters, but these gains decreased by the last term.Engagement scores increased slightly from Spring 2022 to Fall 2022 and showed more significantgrowth from Fall 2022 to Spring 2023 with the new teaching method. Yet, the increase in activityhalted, and involvement decreased once more by Fall 2023 despite the continuous interactivecurriculum
Elsevier and an author of a number of peer reviewed journal articles. She is an active member of the American Evaluation Association and a member of the Ohio Program Evaluators’ Group program committee. Dr. Jarosewich received her PhD in School Psychology from Kent State University and a BA in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati.Ms. Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Adapting Tested Spatial Skills Curriculum to On-Line Format for Community College Instruction: A Critical Link to Retain Technology Students (SKIITS)I. IntroductionSpatial Skills Instruction