. 23 7.3% Teaching in Higher Education, 12(3), 349-‐363. 2007. I. Jung & C. Latchem. Quality assurance and accreditation in distance education and e- 22 6.9% Learning: Models, policies and research. Routledge. 2012. R. Donnelly. Harmonizing technology with interaction in blended problem-‐based learning. 20 6.3% Computers &
1998 Department ofEducation longitudinal study on women and men majoring in engineering, it is the student’sperception about their credit overloads in engineering that influence their decisions to leaveengineering due to the high ratio of classroom, laboratory, and study hours to credit awarded.Engineering pathways are used rather than pipelines to describe the students trajectory andstoryline narrated by the individual student. It is not a paved roadway with exit ramps at set intervals, rather a trail that one constructsalong contours of the terrain. One can wander away from a rough trail marked by the footstepsof predecessors, finding another pathway that may fit one’s proclivities and changing valuesthere from here. And “there” is
Professor, Electrical/Computer Engineering, UAF Earth & Planetary Remote Sensing, UAF Geophys- ical Institute Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration 2009-2012: Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate 2006-2009: Deputy Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research 1999-2003: Deputy Head, USAF Academy De- partment of Astronautics 1992-1996: Assistant Professor, USAFA Department of Astronautics 3. PUB- LICATIONS 1. Cunningham, K., M. C. Hatfield, and R. Philemonoff, Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Alaskan Civil Research, 2014 Arctic Technology Conference, 2014 2. Hatfield, M. C., and J. G. Hawkins, Design of an Electronically
variable modeling. She also focuses on individual differences (e.g., in well-being, cognitive functioning) from a process modeling perspective.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Tucker holds a joint appointment as Assistant Professor in Engineering Design and Industrial En- gineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also affiliate faculty in Computer Science and Engineering. He teaches Introduction to Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) at the undergraduate level and developed and taught a graduate-level course titled Data Mining–Driven Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers by Design” (SBD) program, Dr. Tucker supervises students from Penn State
science of hair. In our first year of the camp, we devised a lesson onrace and hair to help students think about the ways their ancestry and cultural conditioninginfluenced their hair texture and hairstyle choices. We knew the girls would be using an AFMmicroscope as part of the hands-on learning at the camp, thus combining a conversation aboutrace and ancestry with the ability to observe differences in hair under the microscope would helpstudents connect social issues with laboratory methods. As the GAMES girls tend to be abouttwo thirds white, we also thought introducing small group and intergroup interaction would be animportant way to engage on this topic12.We began the lesson, led by Dr. Kathryn Clancy, with a discussion question: What do
second problem ex-ists by Knuth’s design: choosing a source document from which LP tools produce both sourcecode and a formatted document prevents direct modification of either the source code or the for-matted document, isolating authors from the writing they must do. For these reasons, no literateprogramming tool has gained widespread acceptance in the programming community or for sus-tained pedagogical use.This last point is substantiated by noting that most education-focused research using literate pro-gramming tools took place in the 1990s. Efforts in this area include using LP tools to grade home-work submissions8, teach programming9 (with success, but accompanied by student complaintsabout the difficulty of LP tools), or write better
Paper ID #14516MAKER: An Entry-Level Robotic System Design Project for Undergradu-ates and K12Dr. Rex H. Wong, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology Currently a professor at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, located at Queens, New York. The courses I teach include DC/AC electric circuits analysis, control and communications systems, mecha- tronics and robotics, as well as some avionics courses in the past. My interests of research area lies in robotics and its applications, particularly in service robotics (domestic or industrial), and integrated network of robotics and sensors (Internet of Things
Paper ID #14873Innovative Design within the Context of Virtual Internships: How Can It BeDefined and How is It Related to the Student Design Process?Matthew Raymond Markovetz, University of Pittsburgh Matthew Markovetz is Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His inter- est in both engineering education and technical engineering research developed while studying Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Matthew’s research in education focuses on methods that increase innovation in product design, and his laboratory research seeks to un- derstand and
design project is the Rodent Tracker; a mechatronics solution for managing wiring harnesses of laboratory rodents in large-scale obstacle courses. Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1495 East 100 South, 1550 MEK, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Phone: 801-808-3571 Email: nicolas.n.brown@gmail.comMs. Joy Velarde, University of Utah Joy Velarde is an Academic Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University and a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Administration from Boston College.Dr. Debra J Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies
American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Preparing Aerospace Engineering Students for Career in UAV TechnologiesAbstractUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have potential of reducing human casualty and cost formany dull, dirty, and dangerous missions. UAVs are one of the fastest growing sectors ofAerospace Industry. However, there is a lack of professionals entering the workforce. There isalso a lack of students pursuing studies for graduate degrees in the UAV related areas. Thispaper talks about innovative projects and teaching practices designed to increase students’interest and involvement in UAV related projects. Many aspects of UAV technologies are not orcannot usually be taught in classroom
Paper ID #19934Active Problem-based Learning on Nano-amended Cement Composites forNuclear Waste Storage for Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergrad-uate StudentsCaroline HaggardFabio Matta Dr. Fabio Matta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina (USC), where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on civil engineering materials, structural mechanics, and infrastructure repair. His research focuses on hazard- resilient construction, novel cement composites, and corrosion characterization and monitoring. Funding sources include DOE, NIST
deployed a bomb finding robot named the LynchBot to Iraq late in 2004 and then again in 2006 deployed about a dozen more improved LynchBots to Iraq. His team also assisted in the deployment of 84 TACMAV systems in 2005. Around that time he volunteered as a science advisor and worked at the Rapid Equipping Force during the summer of 2005 where he was exposed to a number of unmanned systems technologies. His initial group composed of about 6 S&T grew to nearly 30 between 2003 and 2010 as he transitioned from a Branch head to an acting Division Chief. In 2010-2012 he again was selected to teach Mathematics at the United States Military Academy West Point. Upon returning to ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate from West
. Page 13.504.8 7Quality Policy: We, at Vellore Institute of Technology, aspire to establish a system of QualityAssurance which would on a continuous basis evaluate and monitor the quality of education andtraining imparted at the Institute, improve the teaching-learning process and, ultimately, developthe Institute as a Center of Excellence. Few universities have made such strict commitment to quality and quality assurance ineducation. This is one of the primary causes for the rapid successful rise of VIT University.Discipline and Ethics Another factor in the high graduation rate is the strict discipline which occurs at theuniversity. The
VisionAEL fortheir architecture and engineering work on ‘big box’ retail stores. Over 4,000 units later, theyhave demonstrated that cost and time can both decrease if the quality of contract documents(C/D’s) and their accessibility are both improved (scope held constant)3. In fact, the number of Page 12.333.3C/D’s was drastically reduced by BSW’s PWO, thereby improving the clarity and confidenceneeded to construct each building. This seemingly counterintuitive finding is not dissimilar fromthe recent history of BIM in the shipbuilding and automotive industries4, nor is it dissimilar fromthe authors’ experience teaching at Texas State.The authors
disciplines because they enjoy creating systems and devices that are used to solve real problems. However, it is our belief that many engineering classes, especially at the introductory level, fail to engage students because they focus too much on objective data-manipulation exercises instead of encouraging inventive problem solving. This paper examines the effects of methods that allow students in an introductory level engineering course to use their creativity and inventiveness to solve problems, an approach referred to as inquiry arousal. The approach used in this research was to modify a certain number of laboratory requirements to allow the student to apply an open-ended problem solving approach to obtain a solution. The goal
girls. The purpose of the program is to introduce participants toengineering and related technologies through various hands-on activities, laboratories, andpresentations. Student Transition Engineering Program (STEP) is a five-week orientation programfor new students entering Virginia Tech's College of Engineering. Students participate in anintensive academic program during the summer prior to their freshman year. Hypatia, a learning community for first-year women engineering students, is a programdesigned to bring together students in a residential environment to provide encouragement andsupport in their pursuit of a career in engineering. Galileo, a learning community for men in engineering, is a program designed
worked as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for over 20 years before earning her Master's Degree in Computer Science. She is interested in developing successful methods of recruitment, retention, and placement of students majoring in computer science. Page 11.344.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Computer Science Recruiting and Retention of Undergraduates to Meet the Needs of the Business CommunityINTRODUCTIONAvailable information from a variety of governmental and private sources indicate anincrease in the demand for computer science (CS) and information technology (IT)professionals in the
Paper ID #5950Infusing Mechatronics and Robotics Concepts in Engineering CurriculumDr. Anca L. Sala, Baker College of Flint Dr. Anca L. Sala is Professor and Dean of Engineering and Computer Technology at Baker College of Flint. In addition to her administrative role she continues to be involved with development of new engineering curriculum, improving teaching and assessment of student learning, assessment of program outcomes and objectives, and ABET accreditation. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA serving in various capacities
. Most commonly, this is accomplished through assessment of somecourse-related activity including homework assignments, exams, laboratories, and projects.However, some of the learning outcomes are not easy to assess in a typical classroom setting. Inparticular, professional skills and their related outcomes are the most challenging to assess, likestudent learning outcome „f‟ which states that by the time a student graduates, they must have anunderstanding of the professional and ethical responsibility.[1] Multiple challenges have beenreported in the literature regarding educating students, and assessing the mastery level of thisparticular outcome.[2, 3] Some of these challenges are common to all engineering programs,including limitations to
Dakota State University Roger Green received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1992, 1994, and 1998, respectively. During his Ph.D. studies, he also obtained a graduate minor in statistics. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at North Dakota State University, where he teaches courses in signals and systems, digital signal processing, ran- dom processes, communications, controls, embedded systems, and others. His main research interests include digital and statistical signal processing, time series analysis, spectral and time-frequency analysis
existence of distance learning technologies,massively open online courses (MOOCs), and financial incentives provided byinstitutions to faculty members, departments and schools that teach or offer entireengineering degree programs on-line.So, what does this mean for the engineering educational system in the U.S. – where arewe headed (Quo Vadis)? The author is convinced that there are huge policy issues thatmust be identified, studied and analyzed in order to develop plans for the future ofengineering education in the U.S. This paper identifies and discusses some of these issuesin an attempt to bring them into sharper focus. IntroductionAccording to a 2011 article in Time magazine1, “everyone from President Obama to theUnited States Chamber of
Paper ID #6345An Analysis of Two Interventions Designed to Improve Student Performancein Engineering CalculusDr. Julia H. Chariker, University of Louisville JULIA H. CHARIKER, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Bioinformatics Core at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. She teaches courses in human cognition and learning. Her research combines the psychology of learning and cogni- tion, new information technologies, and collaboration with experts in biology, medicine, and engineering.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Patricia A
Paper ID #6570Applying a knowledge-generation epistemological approach to computer sci-ence and software engineering educationDr. Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University Dr. Stephen T. Frezza, C.S.D.P. is a Professor of Software Engineering at Gannon University in Erie, PA (USA). Dr. Frezza is a Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), and at Gannon pursues research in Program Assessment, Software Engineering Pedagogy, and Engineering Philosopy. His teach- ing interests include Software Process, Requirements, Design, Testing and Quality Assurance. He is the past chair of the Computer and Information Science Department
. Since 2006, entering freshman take an “Introduction to Engineering” course, a two credithour course that meets the university’s “freshman experience” requirement. The course also givesfreshman engineers an introduction to the engineering profession, engineering design, differentengineering disciplines, and critical thinking. In the fall of 2011, there were 450 students in 12 sectionstaught by an instruction team of four faculty and six graduate teaching assistants. Critical Thinkingbecame an explicit part of the course in response to the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP),and the introduction to engineering course is responsible for teaching students the critical thinkingframework adopted by the university. Another significant
2011 Ray Fahien Award. Her group has published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Lab on a Chip, and had an AIChE Journal cover. She is an active mentor of undergraduate researchers and served as co-PI on an NSF REU site. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineering classrooms or as outreach activities in area schools. Adrienne has been an active member of ASEE’s WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams since 2003.Dr. Keisha B. Walters, Mississippi State University Keisha B. Walters joined the chemical engineering faculty at Mississippi State University
, multimedia now provides greaterflexibility in teaching and learning. Although prior short-term experimental programs conclude strongly that VR can enhancelearning, educators still must overcome several technological and educational challenges to bringVR into regular classroom use: • When, where, and how should we introduce VR into existing curricula? • How can VR be used as a communication tool, rather than just a visual aid, in the classroom? • How should we teach students to use VR tools? Introducing new technology into classrooms also brings in the requirement for coursereformation. This paper describes a teaching and learning experience in which VR tools wereintroduced into design and technical graphics courses at three
theirown mistakes and avoid making any similar mistakes again in the future. Unfortunately inreality, it is commonly known that most students do not make full use of the learning potential ofthese assessments. (Henderson & Harper 2009) They either look at these solutions superficiallyor simply are discouraged by their bad scores hoping to see a better grade next time or choose towithdraw from the class or simply change their majors to avoid taking physics. Quizzes/examsare thought by students as a report for their performance but not chances to improve theirlearning, professor’s time in some means are wasted.The typical PH411 Calculus Physics I course has four 50-minute lectures and one 1 hr 50 minutelong laboratory per week. The official
Paper ID #9385Comparing Student Performance on Computer-Based vs. Paper-Based Testsin a First-Year Engineering CourseMs. Meagan Eleanor Ita, The Ohio State University Meagan Ita is a Master’s student in the Biomedical Engineering Graduate program at The Ohio State Uni- versity, graduating in May 2014. She graduated with her BS in Biomedical Engineering in Spring, 2013 from The Ohio State University. Meagan works as a Graduate Research Associate in the Injury Biome- chanics Research Center and as a Graduate Teaching Associate with the Fundamentals of Engineering with Honors program in the Engineering Education Innovation
Engineering Technology at The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB). Prior to join- ing the faculty at UTB he was a visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Also, an Associate Professor of Production Engineering Technology at PSG College of Technology Bharathiar University, India, where he served as the Director of Computer Vision Laboratory and National Cadet Corps – Engineering Division Director. With over 26 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing/mechanical engineering and engineering technology, he currently teaches in the areas of CAD/CAM/CIM, Robotics & Automation, Product and Process Design, Materials and Manufacturing processes, Machine Design, Renewable
. o Recommitment to engineering issue. Engineering students can take this course but right now, it will not transfer to the engineering institution. However, one engineering student is serving as a volunteer Teaching Assistant in order to keep her interest in engineering alive. o Engineering advising issue. Advising can never start too early in a student’s education. In addition to introducing students to engineering earlier, the education majors who teach will be able to give their students sound advice on how to prepare for success in engineering. • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) minor currently supported by