the context of an “ecosystem” e.g., business needs, regulations, cultural issues). This has been presented for several semesters by a venture capitalist with ties to the university. • The role of Industrial Design. This is important to the engineering students who are the majority of class members. It is presented by a Professor of Industrial Design.During several semesters student team members were given additional opportunity to makepresentations to their classmates by having them present the lectures based upon the material inthe text. This was felt to have the additional value of exposing them to a “teaching” experience.To further support this idea, in semesters when there were few teams, each team was asked
Page 10.793.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”have learned in school.1 The same can be said for some college graduates. Wherever educationis inadequate:1 Students know little about work. Students have no clear idea about what they must do to enter a particular career or occupation. Students do not know what might be expected of them at work since the teaching environment bears little to no resemblance to the engineering environment found in industrial companies. Schools do not teach the attitudes and maturity needed on the job. Schools isolate young people from adults who
asynchronous learning network (ALN) with traditionalHTML web pages separately providing the usual course information such as syllabus, bulletinboard, tutorials, laboratory guidelines, and homework samples. WebCHARLIE is a tool used todeliver individualized homework and exam exercises, receive students' numerical answers, giveinstantaneous feedback, encourage students to find and fix their errors, discourage homeworkprocrastination, enforce the college's policy of two hours of homework for each hour in class,and record usage log files which permit numerous assessments. Students learn more when theydo homework that is assigned, collected and graded every week. The continuous availability(24/7) of webCHARLIE is a significant feature. WebCHARLIE helps
Paper ID #9822Using an Engineering Design Center to Infuse Design Experience into a Me-chanical Engineering ProgramDr. Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University Vincent Wilczynski is the Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale Univer- sity. As the Deputy Dean, Dr. Wilczynski helps plan and implement all academic initiatives at the School. In addition, he manages the School’s teaching and research resources and facilities, including establishing the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design. Previously Dr. Wilczynski served as the Dean of Engineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Dr
Year Engineering Experience committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team. Dr. Gerhart conducts workshops on active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, entrepreneurial mindset education, creative problem solving, and innovation. He is an author of a fluid mechanics textbook.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Merrimack College Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is the new founding Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computational Sciences at Merrimack College (MA). Previously, she spent 13 years at the University of New Haven (CT) where her last role included four years as Assistant
Modeling Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to Analyze 17 2020 Computing Persistence in Undergraduate Programs A Comparison of Network Simulation and Emulation 15 2016 Virtualization Tools Implementing Building Information Modeling in 14 2011 Construction Engineering Curricula Teaching Modern Object-Oriented Programming to the 14 2014 Blind: An Instructor and Student Experience Since neither downloads nor citations are perfect measures of impact, we combined thetwo scores and present the top 10 rated papers in Table 6. Table 6 largely shows that downloadsdrives the final scores for impact
Paper ID #42473Growth of Student Awareness within a Discipline-Agnostic Introduction-to-EngineeringCourseDr. Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel Dr. Mazzaro earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2004, a Master of Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2006, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as an Electronics Engineer for the United States Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. For his technical research, Dr. Mazzaro studies the unintended behaviors of radio-frequency electronics illuminated by
in Science and as Associate Director, Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh; Director of Research & Development for a multimedia company; and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. His current efforts focus on innovation of teaching practices in STEM fields and systemic change within higher education.Dr. Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Pennsylvania State University Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi is an Assistant Research Professor, and Assessment and Instructional Specialist at Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Also, he has BSc and
of implementing SDGs into curriculum. Not only will a wide variety of topics beingrained into engineering education, but student experiences must reinforce this learning.Options exist to create a “living laboratory” out of the campus “for the implementation anddeployment of [SDGs]” [13]. Implementing SDGs into project work often demands localizedand unique solutions acknowledging the greater system which any project exists within. Asystems thinking and entrepreneurial mindset offers the potential to identify needs and designinnovative solutions in the realm of sustainability. SDG-oriented course learning objectives candirect and motivate inclusion of topics of sustainability within course material and teachings[14].As with any topic of
Edinburgh Panting Yu earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. As a STEM teacher, she plays an integral role in Dr. Yeter’s Research Team, bridging academic research with daily educational practice. Panting brings expertise in educational and practical studies, providing a unique perspective on STEM+C teaching and educational innovation.Jiafei Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong Jiafei Wang is a master student majoring in STEM Education at The Education University of Hong Kong. He actively participates in Dr. Yeter’s Research, focusing on projects related to engineering education and computational thinking. Drawing on his experience as a mechanical engineer, Jiafei’s
adaptation of a distance-learningcomputer system (WebCT Vista). The logistics of the team assignments, kit issue,student teaching assistants and computing/laptop management are addressed in thispaper. Specific issues of using a distance-learning system for an on-campus, team-orientedclass are also addressed.IntroductionThe College of Engineering and Natural Sciences (CENS) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) isrenovating the way it recruits, educates and graduates engineering students. NAU is the smallest ofthree Arizona universities offering undergraduate engineering education programs. While the largerUniversity of Arizona and Arizona State University (ASU) enrollments have increased since 1998,NAU Engineering enrollments in engineering has
proposal. And inthe second course (EET-410L, Senior Project Laboratory) students implement the project plan bybuilding and testing a prototype. A typical project involves a solution to a software/hardware-based engineering problem. The process of developing and implementing a solution to theproblem offers a learning opportunity for students to gain new insights and competencies as aresult of “constructivist” and “deep learning” teaching/learning approaches. According to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 3 constructivism is a "viewpoint inlearning theory which holds that individuals acquire knowledge by building it from innatecapabilities interacting with the environment." The constructivist approach is based on recentresearch about the
first hand.Similarly, toy gyroscopes can be used to help teach students about precession and demonstrate howgyroscopic navigational devices operate. These hands-on laboratories can be much more powerful thandemonstrations and lecturing – the students can actually feel the gyroscopic moments generated. TheIBLA was assessed through two problems on the final examination. The first asked what happens to themotion of a gyroscope when you push gently on the outer gimble. The second involved the action-reaction moments involved with gyroscopic motion (e.g., if you are riding your bike and lean to the left,which way to do you have to push on your handlebars). Scores on these different problems along withsubjective survey results were used to assess the
Intuitive Concerned about Impatient abstract concepts PushyPreferred Learning Brainstorming Lectures Laboratory Do it themselvesActivities Role playing Reading Simulations Design Discussion Objective testing Problem solving Open-ended problems Questioning Seminars Experiments Work experience Visualization Example problems Reports Teach someone else Journals
Computer Engi- neering at Morgan State University. He also serves as Director of the Engineering Visualization Research Laboratory (EVRL). Under his direction, EVRL has acq ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Holistic Review of Multi-Site Combined REU/RET Program and the Long-Term Effects of Hybrid Mode of Instruction AbstractTo increase the participation and graduation rates of post-secondary students fromunderrepresented and minority groups in the field of engineering, the Smart City ResearchExperience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) (SCR2)Mega-Site program was introduced in 2018. The SCR2
thetheoretical background necessary to provide a meaningful opportunity for students to performanalysis in the laboratory portion of the class. The purpose of this activity is to bring students toa common level of proficiency so that they can perform an iterative engineering designexperiment investigating the performance of a small vertical axis wind turbine, VAWT.BackgroundBeing mindful of how students acquire knowledge, Turns and Van Meter [1] discuss teachingmethods to improve problem solving, informed by cognitive science. Part of the objective of thisintroduction to engineering and technology course is to show students that engineers work tosolve concrete problems and improve solutions. For many of the students, they are embarking onthe first step
librarians who selected and used theresources and staffed the libraries. This paper will explore the following questions aboutacademic engineering librarians in the post-war period.What was the demographic profile of engineering librarians in the late 1940s? How didengineering librarians compare to other librarians in terms of geographic region, age, education,and gender?What professional credentials did engineering librarians possess? Did engineering librarians havesimilar professional credentials as other librarians? Were they more likely to have advanceddegrees? Did they have degrees in engineering or a related field?What was the status of engineering librarians within the academy? Where they consideredacademic staff on par with teaching faculty
environmental hazards.The remaining four weeks of the program took place at the RELC located in Niskayuna, NewYork. This state-of-the-art training facility provided a classroom setting for handling theoreticalmodules and discussions and laboratory spaces for performing hands-on simulations. Laboratoryspaces contained industry-sized turbine equipment, such as decommissioned nacelles anddrivetrains. Faculty with experience as wind turbine technicians instructed both the theoretical andtechnical portions of the program, providing the participants with the opportunity to inquire aboutpotential hazards and dangers in the field.Technical EssentialsThe second week of the pilot program focused on understanding the technical knowledge, safetyprocedures, and
problems andhands-on lab activities illustrate new approaches to introduce students to graphical techniquesand robotics through excel software and scope of laboratory experiences, respectively. Thecourse trains students how to use excel tool to graph and interpret the data through visualizationand introduce them to simple computer programming for path planning and navigation of robots.The initial observations and results are in favor of promoting visualizations and concepts ofrobotics.IntroductionVisualization and robotics are rapidly developing disciplines in engineering and science. The useof visual aids in learning process has been recognized by many educators and researchers [1-3].Various studies report that 75 percent of all information
same in all environments even though the syntax may differ.ENGR 111 also uses Arduinos and their associated Arduino Programming Language (APL). TheArduino Uno is the chosen microcontroller for the ENGR 111 course since it is an excellent toolto teach basic circuitry, programming, and the interaction of the two.Scaffolded lessons are used in ENGR 111 to introduce the students to circuitry, programming onthe Arduino, and interfacing between an Arduino and circuits. The lessons began with basicstand-alone circuits using breadboard, basic components, and wires. Programming the Arduino isnext. The programming lessons focus on basic programming concepts and how to interact withan Arduino. These programming lessons also discuss the similarities and
. She has worked for companies such the Air Force Research Laboratory in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Labs and as an R & D Intern for Sandia National Labs con- ducting Natural Language Processing and AI research and was been inducted into the Bagley College of Engineering Hall of Fame in 2021.Dr. Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is the Director of Diversity Programs and Student Development for the Bagley College of Engineering and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Mississippi State University. Through her interdependent roles in research, teaching, and service, Jean is actively breaking down academic and social
project aimed at fostering the persistence and retention of low-income engineering transfer students.Kameryn DenaroAnalia E. RaoDr. David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and an adjunct faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of New
. Dr. Hsu received his PhD in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University and has a background of statistics education. He works closely with researchers in STEM to pursue high quality of STEM education for future researchers. He is currently participating in an NSF-funded grant (#1923452) to spearhead research into middle school students’ digital literacies and assessment. Recently, Dr. Hsu has received a seed grant at UML to investigate how undergradu- ate engineering students’ digital inequalities and self-directed learning characteristics (e.g., self-efficacy) affect their learning outcomes in a virtual laboratory environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Hsu’s research interests include advanced
, but not one of the course instructors. This paper describes the format ofthis project, and results of its successful implementation during the fall 2003 term at Rose-Hulman. Course DescriptionThe Software Requirements and Specification course teaches the basic concepts and principles ofsoftware requirements engineering, its tools and techniques, and methods for modeling softwaresystems. Topics include: • Problem analysis • Requirements elicitation • Functional and non-functional requirements • Requirements tracking and change managementThe course is taken for four-quarter hours of course credit, consisting of four contact hours perweek for 10 weeks. Two sections of this course were
are placed a coil’s radius apart from each other. Due to ease of assembly andcompact nature of the apparatus, Helmholtz coils are useful laboratory and testing tools.The objectives of the senior design project were to a) create collaborative senior designopportunities between the two institutions due to limited industry partnerships availability duringthe, and b) design a Helmholtz coil to be used with a temperature changing device between itstwo coils. The senior design team, graduate student, and faculty advisors were located at theUToledo. The senior design took on roles of project managers, safety manager, designer, andtester. The online teaching and meeting tools developed during the onset of COVID-19 pandemicwere leveraged to maintain
participating in teaching, scholarship and service to the department. Dr. Stiner-Jones recently won funding for the College’s first National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates SITE program. She and her co-investigators aim to pro- vide students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds with a 10-week research immersion and prepare them for graduate school. She is the recipient of the 2018 College of Engineering Faculty Diver- sity Excellence Award for achievements that support the College’s goal of excellence through diversity and inclusion. She and her co-author are the recipients of the 2019 Best Paper and Best Diversity Paper Awards from the American Society for Engineering Education for
Paper ID #39615Barriers to Engineering Study Abroad in SwitzerlandDr. Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University Nicholas Baine, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Chair of the ASEE North Central Section. His expertise is in the design of electrical control systems and sensor data fusion. As an instructor, he specializes in teaching first-year courses as well as control systems. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Barriers to Engineering Study Abroad in Switzerland Nicholas Baine, Ph.D., P.E
, and Intelligent Computing and Creative, Augmented, and Virtual Environments research laboratories, and is a faculty fellow at the Frugal Innovation Hub and the BioInnovation and Design Lab at the university.Gangshu Cai, Santa Clara University Dr. Cai is a full professor and Department Co-Chair of Department of Information Systems and Analytics, Leavey School of Business. He is the former Faculty Director of Graduate Business Program and founder of undergraduate Minor in Business Analytics. Dr. Cai is an Associate Editor of Decision Sciences Journal and a Senior Editor of Production and Operations Management Journal.Dr. Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University Dr. Prashanth Asuri joined the Bioengineering faculty at
(b) Top ViewFigure 3: Pressure contours surrounding a delta wing at Mach 2 and zero angle of attack. Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section Conference Figure 4: Pathlines for replicated chamber with 12.5 m/s inlet velocity. Figure 5: Velocity vectors for FSAE inlet plenum at 0.001 s.The four examples of student projects that were discussed in this section give some indication ofthe range of CFD problems considered and the breadth of CFD techniques employed by thestudents. These examples utilized more advanced techniques that were not addressed in thelecture or laboratory portions of the course. As a result, students had to engage in self-directedlearning to find the appropriate
Fuzzy Versus Conventional Control Marian S. Stachowicz, Laboratory for Intelligent Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, The Warsaw School of Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland mstachow@d.umn.eduAbstractThis article presents notes from the interdisciplinary course ECE 5831 Fuzzy Sets Theory and ItsApplications and an introduction part to ECE 4951 Design Workshop dedicated to IntelligentControl, both taught at the ECE Department, University of Minnesota Duluth. What are theadvantages and disadvantages of fuzzy control as compared to conventional