already havelearnt at least the basics of the FEM.A different bracket model has been used each semester. Most of these brackets are similar ingeometry to brackets that support the engine of a car. But topology optimization can be carriedout on any type of structure.1. Reverse engineering of a bracketIn this work the following labs are proposed to design a lighter version of a known bracket: a) obtain the geometry of a bracket using a laser scanner, b) carry out a topology optimization to lighten the design of a bracket, checking that the new lighter design will not fail under a specified load, and c) experimental test using a universal machine to validate stress and topology optimization carried out using
survey was conducted at the end of the project to evaluate how well the overall team project was designed to facilitate learning engagement and students’ attainment of knowledge and skills. All four CM students completed the survey. Figures 2 and 3 below summarize the results from two of the survey questions. It appears that everyone on the team acknowledged the capstone team project placed a strong focus on “B. Addressing authentic needs and generating real impacts on society and community”, “C. Encouraging sustained inquiry via an active, in-depth process that involved real-world, field-based interaction with experts, service providers and users”, “E. Encouraging student reflection on the content knowledge and
2018.[15] G. Hoople, A. Choi-Fitzpatrick, and E. Reddy, “Educating Changemakers: Cross Disciplinary Collaboration Between a School of Engineering and a School of Peace,” in Proc. of the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference Proceedings, San Jose, CA, October 2018.[16] B. Przestrzelski, E. Reddy, and S. M. Lord, “Integrating Social with Technical: “Bring in your Trash” module for a Materials Science Class,” in Proc. of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2018.[17] B. Przestrzelski, E. Reddy, and S. M. Lord, “Mission Possible: Blending the social and technical through an innovative biodesign challenge module for a materials science class,” in
relationship between structure andcomplexity in successful PBL implementations. They argued that good PBL problems should be(a) open-ended and ill-defined; (b) of challenging complexity, engaging, and adapted to priorlearning of students; and (c) realistic. Pedagogical introduction of problem-based learning is credited to the medicalcommunity (Savin-Baden & Howell, 2004), and has been recognized for “inducing revolutionaryundergraduate medical reform” (Maudsley, (1999). With a seemingly parallel objective over amulti-year period, the National Science Foundation has continued to appeal to researchers torevolutionize engineering education (National Science Foundation, 2014, 2018). As PBL has become more widespread, several changes have
NFigure 1. Communication with different audiences. a) Percent of total respondents indicating that theycommunicated with identified audiences and b) the frequency with which positive respondents (those who spoke withspecific audiences) communicated with these audiences.Students communicated most with engineers (in discipline (80%), out of discipline (72%)), non-engineers (with technical degree (74%), without technical degree (59%)), managers in engineering(69%) and external employees (contractors, suppliers, etc.) (57%). Of these, students had mostfrequent interactions with in-discipline engineers, with nearly 90% of students indicating veryfrequent (2-3 times per day) or frequent (1-2 times per day) interactions. Interestingly, 46 of the77
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efforts andtheir contributions in guiding two of the group projects. We also thank Dr. Mohammed Qazi, forhis valuable effort in coordinating the MAKERS program across the partner institutions.References[1] B. S. Bloom, M. D. Engelhart, E. J. Furst, W. H. Hill and D. R. Krathwohl, “Taxonomy ofeducational objectives: The classification of educational goals. Handbook I: Cognitive domain.New York: David McKay Company, 1956.[2] W. Zhan, J. Wang, M. Vanajakumari and M. Johnson, “Creating a high impact learningenvironment for engineering technology students,” Advances in Engineering Education, Spring2018, pp. 1-23.[3] J. Marshal, A. Bhasin, S. Boyles, B. David, R. James and A. Patrick, “A project-basedcornerstone course in civil engineering: student
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, “What am I doing here?” But I definitely didn’t want to let down my teammates . . . I think more thananything, me being a people-pleaser is the reason I stayed in engineering more than for [intercollegiate sportsteam]. But I did consider transferring and not playing [sports] and staying with engineering. (lines 397 – 413)They’re like, “It’s okay if you get a B.” I’m like, “No, it’s not.” But it is. It’s very much okay. (line 111-113)Theme 3: Reacting to dissonance through a shame experienceI felt bad for feeling bad because I know that there are people that have it so—They’re in so much worse situationswith their grades. They’re trying to get jobs, but they have too low of a GPA or they’re trying to pass a class. I’mover here upset about a B
introduction to immutability of blockchains. Retrieved on July 20, 2018 from https://bitsonblocks.net/2016/02/29/a-gentle-introduction-to-immutability-of- blockchains/2 Posey, B. (Aug, 2014) Redundant Cloud Storage Ensures High Availability. Retrieved on July 20, 2018 from: https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/feature/Redundant-cloud-storage-ensures-high-availability3 Concordia, U. (2018) Transcripts. Retrieved on July 20, 2018 from: https://www.cui.edu/studentlife/registrar/index/id/27224 Orcutt, M. (Nov 16, 2017). Blockchains use massive amounts of energy-but there’s a plan to fix that. Retrieved on July 20, 2018 from: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609480/bitcoin-uses-massive-amounts-of-energybut- theres-a-plan-to-fix-it/5
differentmajors were put together to increase the diversity within each group as follows: Group A: 2robotics students, 2 mechanical engineering students and 2 masters students in mechatronicsystems and control. Group B: 2 robotics students, 1 Bio-medical engineering student, 1 masterstudent in automotive engineering and 2 masters students in mechatronic systems andcontrol.The students who took the course had taken various courses in the past that were not necessarilyneeded for their final project and more importantly there were skills that were new for somestudents. For example, robotics students had completed all their control and programming coursesand were familiar with the control strategies and robotics implementation needed for the project.For this
the big rocks (i.e., conceptual must-haves) (b) Develop program goals (c) Develop program-level learning outcomes (d) Develop two to four proficiency levels for each learning outcome (e) Distribute the proficiency levels across the program's curricular and co-curricular elements, creating a curricular map / spreadsheet (f) Design the courses and co-curricular elements to ensure that the assigned proficiency levels are appropriately taught and assessed (g) Collect periodic quantitative program assessment data on aggregated student achievement of the proficiencies and qualitative feedback from instructors and students (h) Regularly analyze the collected data and revise program (courses, co
rather than asking their own questions. a. Do what they are told vs. plan and execute on their own. b. See the role of small tasks in the bigger picture.These challenges were not un-expected and were used as teaching moments to discussprofessional skills. To improve communication, students were allowed to determine the meansof communication that they felt most comfortable using and they settled on a free program calledSlack. The instructors focused on teaching students to write messages with specific objectivesand questions, providing a timeline for a response, directing the question to a person rather than agroup, and following up in a kind but timely manner.To improve individual ownership for tasks, team sizes were reduce to 2
Foundation.References[1] M. Mahmoud, "Attracting Secondary Students to STEM Using a Summer Engineering Camp," PhD, Engineering Education, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2018.[2] D. W. Callahan and L. B. Callahan, "Looking for engineering students? Go home," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 500-501, 2004.[3] M. F. Kazmierczak and J. James, Losing the Competitive Advantage?: The Challenge for Science and Technology in the United States (no. Book, Whole). American Electronics Association, 2005.[4] D. R. Heil, N. Hutzler, C. M. Cunningham, M. Jackson, and J. F. Chadde, "Family Engineering: Exploring Engineering with Elementary-Age Children and Their Parents," in American Society for Engineering
RubricThe original version of the oral presentation rubric for our laboratory course is shown inAppendix A. This is an example of a scoring guide rubric. There is narrative of expectations ofan excellent presentation, but there is no clear rationale for what separates “excellent” from“very good,” for example. This presents a clear drawback when it comes to inter-rater reliability,as each evaluator has their own opinion for the different standards.The original video presentation rubric is shown in Appendix B. Arguably this is not an effectiverubric. It could generously be categorized as a scoring guide rubric as well.One proposal was to move toward more of a check-box style rubric, as described in Stevens andLevi [2]. However, the team quickly found
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science and IT play increasingly important role in the Chinese economy, just as theydo in the U.S. It is important for all to understand how future computer scientists and engineersare educated in China. References[1] X. Li and B. Lunt, “Undergraduate computing education in China - a brief status and perspective,” in Proceedings of the 7th conference on Information technology education, Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 19 - 21, 2006, New York: ACM, 2006, pp. 35-38.[2] Working Group for Software Engineering Curriculum, Guidelines for undergraduate curriculum of applied software engineering majors, 2016. Original in Chinese, 高等学校本 科软件工程专业应用型人才培养指导意见 2016 年.[3] X. Zhou, “Some historic notes of
Paper ID #25741The Evolution of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge: From the FirstEdition to the Third EditionDr. Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University Dr. Decker B. Hains is a Master Faculty Specialist in the Department of Civil and Construction Engi- neering at Western Michigan University. He is a retired US Army Officer serving 22 years on active duty with the US Army Corps of Engineers and taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA). He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from USMA in 1994, Master of Science degrees from the University of Alaska Anchorage in
Journal of Engineering Education. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison.Dr. David B. Knight, Virginia Tech David B. Knight is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head of Graduate Programs in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of International Engagement in Engineering Education, directs the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program, and is affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more effective, efficient
owner of STEMinent LLC, a company focused on STEM education assessment and professional development for stakeholders in K-12 education, higher education, and Corporate America. Her research is focused upon the use of mixed methodologies to explore significant research questions in undergraduate, graduate, and professional engineering education, to integrate concepts from higher education and learning science into engineering education, and to develop and disseminate reliable and valid assessment tools for use across the engineering education continuum.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University
students’ understanding of this topic. Submissions per student Number of submissions by each student 30 100 25 80 20 60 15 40 10 5 20 0 0 (a) (b)Figure 1: Submission data. In (a), the bars indicate the average per-student number of
consequences of traditional notions of rigor? • How does theater function as a space in which difficult subjects can be safely explored? What are the similarities between laboratories and theaters as educational spaces? How might the educational experience in laboratories be enhanced by exploiting the parallels between labs and theaters? Figure 1. Excerpts from the Discussion Notes Created for Session U434B. completing the notes for all technical sessions, I synthesized a necessarily impressionisticAftersummary of 14 common and emergent themes from the 2018 LEES program. This summaryappears in Appendix B. Based on this input
Orr for reviewing this paper.References[1] “Employment Outlook for Engineering Occupations to 2024,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/employment-outlook-for- engineering-occupations-to-2024.htm. [Accessed: 30-Jan-2019].[2] S. D. Sheppard, A. L. Antonio, S. R. Brunhaver, and S. K. Gilmartin, “Studying the Career Pathways of Engineers,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 283–309.[3] National Science Foundation, “NSRCG Public 2006 Data File,” 2006. [Online]. Available: https://sestat.nsf.gov/datadownload/.[4] G. Lichtenstein, H. G. Loshbaugh, B. Claar
Paper ID #27007ARM Cortex M4F-based, Microcontroller-based, and Laboratory-orientedCourse Development in Higher EducationDr. Byul Hur, Texas A&M University Dr. B. Hur received his B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University, in Seoul, Korea, in 2000, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. In 2017, he joined the faculty of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. USA, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He worked as a postdoctoral associate from 2011 to 2016 at the
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A Survey of Digital Systems Curriculum and Pedagogy in Electrical and Computer Engineering Programs Hector A. Ochoa1 and Mukul V. Shirvaikar2 1 Stephen F. Austin State University 1936 North St, Nacogdoches, TX 75962 USA 2 University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75025 USA E-mail: ochoah@sfasu.edu, mshirvaikar@uttyler.edu Abstract “touch and feel” the
systems,” 2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation, Corfu, Greece, 2011.[6] Butzin, B., Golatowski, F., Niedermeier, C., Vicari, N., Wuchner, E., “A model based development approachfor building automation systems,” Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Emerging Technology and Factory Automation,Barcelona, Spain, 2014.[7] Gokceli, S., Bahadir Tuğrel, H., Pişirgen, S., Karabulut Kurt, G., Berna Örs, S., “A Building AutomationSystem Demonstration,” 2015 9th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Bursa,Turkey, 2015.[8] Kindelin, L., Brookins, J., Tijerina, A., Morris, A., Morgan, J., “Sophisticated 1:4 Scale Internet of ThingsModel Home for K-12 STEM Outreach,” 2019 American Society for Engineering Education
[www.texastribune.org]. [www.texastribune.org]. This RET Site provides manufacturing experiences to teachers from middle and highschools with large numbers students from underrepresented groups and averaged academicachievement. The program objectives are to: a) Enhance the teachers' professional knowledge by providing unique research experiences in modern and advanced manufacturing, b) Use a design thinking approach to help teachers integrating new research knowledge into their class/laboratory activities while motivating young students to pursue engineering careers, c) Support the school infrastructure for long term partnership, and d) Enhance the schools' quality and
Paper ID #26738An Analysis of Factors Impacting Design Self-Efficacy of Senior Design Stu-dentsDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology.Mrs. Heather S. Lewis, Texas A