methodol- ogy, Engineering Technology Education, and hardware description language modeling. Dr. Alaraje is a 2013-2014 Fulbright scholarship recipient at Qatar University, where he taught courses on Embedded Systems. Additionally, Dr. Alaraje is a recipient of an NSF award for a digital logic design curriculum re- vision in collaboration with the College of Lake County in Illinois, and a NSF award in collaboration with the University of New Mexico, Drake State Technical College, and Chandler-Gilbert Community Col- lege. The award focused on expanding outreach activities to increase the awareness of potential college students about career opportunities in electronics technologies. Dr. Alaraje is a member of the American
-division courses.Labs covered with the Pocketbeagle include digital and analog I/O operations, PWM and UARTinterface lab projects, all using Python programming. Several of these labs will be discussed in thispaper, along with schematics, configurations, and results as well as an assessment of how well thestudents were able to achieve the course goals.IntroductionIn a General or Mechanical Engineering degree, there are many classes that incorporatemicroprocessors / microcontrollers as part of their curriculum. The format for each of theseclasses are similar (in curriculum) in that their end goal is to teach Python programming, as wellas embedded hardware and applications.While educational philosophy and pedagogy will vary from one instructor to
inclusion into engineeringcourses. Specifically, the third author works to integrate content concerning folks withdisabilities and teaches an upper-division course on design for disability. In dynamics, the thirdauthor incorporates modified versions of this content and helps emphasize the ways in whichengineering solutions can contribute to equity and access. In addition, the fourth author hasexperience with issues of engineering and social justice and teaches an upper division class onengineering design theory and social justice. Similarly, the fourth author works to incorporatesociotechnical topics into all their courses, including engineering statics. We note ourpositionality because the topics we teach likely influenced student responses to the
that may include science, mathematics, general education, and introductoryengineering requirements. In a review of over 1,800 ABET EAC-accredited programs with anintroductory course sequence, Chen (2014) identified 1,651 engineering programs that offer a 2-term suggested introductory course sequence, representing 88% of the accredited programs witha first-year curriculum. Of those 1,651 programs, 16% require or recommend an engineeringcourse in the first term and 17% require an engineering course in the second term. Consideringall of the two-term institutions further, Chen determined that approximately 95% of engineeringcourse credit in those programs is mandatory for students to complete. The engineering coursescould be classified as “general
Page 2.356.1aid in the classroom and to the student as a multi-media study aid. In essence, what is being 1created is a structural engineering visual handbook or encyclopedia. The development of theprogram is being funded by NSF, (DUE-9555124).Curriculum BackgroundUntil 1969 each civil engineering student at the University of New Hampshire was required totake an engineering graphics course. Part of the course involved learning to read and interpretengineering construction drawings. In 1969, a computer programming and applications coursewas added to the curriculum and the number of credits for the engineering graphics course wasreduced by removing the reading and interpretation of engineering
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Espoused Faculty Epistemologies for Engineering Mathematics: Towards Defining “Mathematical Maturity” for Engineering1. IntroductionWhat role should mathematics play in an engineering student’s education? A typical engineeringundergraduate takes a five-semester course sequence of Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III,Linear Algebra and Differential equations (henceforth known as the calculus sequence). Thissequence forms a rigid prerequisite structure for many engineering curricula. A single failinggrade in one of these prerequisite courses can prevent a student from being able to progress intotheir engineering curriculum. Students may have to substantially delay graduation
school. Because of the added costs of these kits, no high schoolsin the district were able to participate in this work, however in future years, the desire is to makethem an integrated part of the learning-mentoring-learning experience.The ultimate goals for the students were as follows: For grades six-eighth, increase studentexposure to technology and technological careers and raise expectations to these students thatsuch careers are possible and educational resources are available to them at both vocational anduniversity levels. Specifically, use robotics and data logging tools to expose the students to usingthese tools for competitions, and to solve math, science, and engineering problems. In addition,through the process of working with
inception.In 1990, we began the process of creating an undergraduate program. Part of this effort requireda look at the demand for the curriculum and, indeed, what that curriculum should look like.With the growing demand for operations research (OR) skills this type of curriculum seemednatural, and this belief was supported through interviews with several industry representatives.The undergraduate program began in 1996.As a consequence, the INSE Program has always been grounded in the community. Studentsreceive a significant level of immediately applicable knowledge. Faculty members use examples Page 5.311.2pulled from experiences with the community
the lack of preparedness to conduct experiments in the lab. In this work, weattempt to improve student competence and learning outcomes associated with ABET criterion 6(an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze, and interpret data, anduse engineering judgment to draw conclusions) related to a Circuit Analysis lab at our university.We aim to achieve improved student learning through the development of enhancedcomprehensive laboratory instructional resources including revised and redesigned lab-manuals, aseries of virtual lab tutorials/audiovisual instructions to complement the written instructionalmaterials, integrating industry-standard LTspice-based simulation exercises invoked throughmandatory pre-laboratory
regulatory agencies, and tradeassociations to design a curriculum format that would provide both the classroom andexperiential training that this profession requires, all while reaching the greatest number ofpotential learners. This training program would work to confront the most immediate needs ofthe water/wastewater workforce; that of creating an informed and skilled crop of new operators.With this funding the Water Training Institute (WTI) was formed and immediately faced severalchallenges. The education provided by this program is provided completely online and unique inthat the product of ones studies was an Associate of Science Degree in Water ResourceManagement, something that is not required by most utilities when recruiting new
ERC area. When completed this SOPS curriculum guide will make it easyfor an instructor to pick problems to integrate into their course.The plans for 2009 are to pilot test these problems in some of our courses at Rowan and obtainfeedback/assessment for improvement of the problem statements and solutions. We also plan todevelop new problems in other ERC areas as well as for other courses in the chemicalengineering curriculum. We intend to provide more animation and artwork for the K-12 problemsets. The students will benefit from close interaction with graduate student liaisons from theERC so that we can be provided with background material on research activities of the Center aswell as feedback on the technical content of the educational
this understanding. Given the fragmentation of course work into individual courses, it is challenging for students to integrate the concepts from one course with others before or after it in the curriculum. Many schools, MSOE included, have had considerable success mitigating this problem through the use of just-in- time instruction approaches and capstone design sequences. This, though, is often not enough to guarantee that a curriculum-wide understanding is obtained. Course material is often too distanced in time to properly reinforce or link the topics sufficiently for most students. The effects of this temporal distance can be reduced by insuring that the basic concepts are well understood or that appropriate
for students from minoritybackgrounds [23]. While the range and type of learning communities may vary [24, 25], mostlearning communities embody several vital characteristics, including the use of smaller groupsamong faculty and students; the bringing together of faculty and students in more meaningfulways; curriculum integration; emphasis on the development of academic and social supportnetworks; and a focus on learning outcomes [26]. Learning communities help foster increasedstudent engagement, defined by Astin [27] as “the amount of physical and psychological energythat the student devotes to the academic experience” (p. 518).Description of InterventionThis project builds on a previous grant-funded project aimed at small cohorts of
, surprised me. Not because I don’t think it should be an outcome, but because it was one of the outcomes that I view as more than important, but is more than lacking from what I experienced in my undergraduate curriculum. Globalization is especially important as technology increases and we can travel halfway across the world in less than a day. Cultural interaction is at an all-time high, and that is only going to increase. In general, engineering seems to be a major for primarily first world people…. Civil Engineering seems like the discipline that is most fundamental, most integrated through all disciplines - but my classes only prepared me for the first world aspects like structural engineering large buildings, designing
Paper ID #38411Teaming Engineering Students with Medical Students -Interdisciplinary Learning for Biomedical InnovationGeorge Tan (Assistant Professor) Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering at Texas Tech University.Luke LeFebvre Luke LeFebvre (PhD, Wayne State University, 2010) is an assistant professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. His research primarily explores classroom communication and instructional processes primarily associated with the introductory communication course. Recent articles appear in Communication Education
Paper ID #33792Engineering Faculty’s Beliefs About Teaching and Solving Ill-structuredProblemsSecil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Secil Akinci-Ceylan is a PhD student in Educational Technology in the School of Education, co-majoring in Human-Computer Interaction at Iowa State University.Yiqi Liang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Yiqi Liang is a PhD student in Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at Iowa State Uni- versity.Dr. Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University Dr. Kristen S Cetin is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in the
, Bramhall, MD, Robinson, IM “Product Development: An Integrating Curriculum”, Keynote Paper and Address, 2nd Global Congress on Engineering Education, Conference proceedings pp 49-52, Wismar, Germany (2000).Biographical informationPROFESSOR MIKE BRAMHALLProfessor Mike Bramhall holds a Chair in Engineering Education in the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineeringand Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University and is the Faculty Head of Learning, Teaching & Assessment. He isalso the Associate Director of the UK Centre for Materials Education at Liverpool University. Mike is the Editor ofthe British Journal of Engineering Education.PROFESSOR IAN ROBINSONProfessor Ian Robinson is the Head of Undergraduate Studies in the Faculty of Arts
selectively de-emphasized, directing student attention to the essentials of problemformulation and interpretation. The approach integrates Mathcad’s many pedagogical advantageswith the accessibilty, flexibility, and richness of the Web.I. Introduction: The MathSoft Learning SiteThe ubiquity of the World-Wide Web has brought both new opportunities and new concerns tothe teaching of the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Indeed, the Web has forced a re-examination of the curriculum itself. Using the Web has some obvious advantages—in terms ofavailability, inter-connectivity, and access to rich sources of data and reference information. Onthe other hand, spurious and distracting content, and the difficulties of integrating open-endedinstructional
technologies influence the traditionalmethods of designing products and manufacturing systems. While the lower-level coursesintroduce the concept, the upper-level courses provide opportunities to gain expertise in specialareas of Mechatronics (Figure 1) (Alptekin and Freeman). Several projects integrate the coursesoffered at the different levels of the curriculum. The design and manufacturing laboratories of theIME Department are utilized in the design and development of these products and systems. Thefollowing courses utilize the Mechatronics Design Studio that is the topic of this paper: IME101: Introduction to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, IME 356: ManufacturingAutomation, IME 416: Automation of Industrial Systems, and IME 516
: a) the differences in the demands of theengineering curriculum compared to other college majors5; b) the types of students who chooseto study engineering 6,7,8; and c) a belief that factors affect engineering students’ performanceand persistence decisions differently than non-engineering students9. Studies in engineering retention have been influenced by factors from the collegeretention literature. These factors include pre-entry characteristics such as skills and abilities10,11family background12, institutional experiences13,14, and finances15. While research in collegeretention has focused on integration into the university, research in engineering retention hasfocused more on integration into the engineering culture16
accreditation or reaccreditation visits hinge on the significance ofpresenting the necessary materials and corresponding data to support the Self-Study conciselyand clearly. PEVs will assess materials that adequately showcase the program's adherence torelevant criteria and policies. A significant portion of this information should be integrated intothe Self-Study Report. Supplementary evidence of program compliance may be shared withreviewers before and during their visit through an online storage platform [5].ABET’s glossary defines display materials as “textbooks, course syllabi; sample student workincluding assignment and exams, ranging in quality from excellent, average and poor, andassessment materials [6].” While the overall glossary term is
al.3 provide an in-depth summary and critique of prior research that focuses on post-transfer transition processesfor community college students who transfer to four-year institutions.3 In their review, theauthors identify, define, operationalize, and synthesize findings for five concepts that mostfrequently emerge in the existing body of literature; among them include: integration,involvement, environmental pull, capital, and transfer receptivity. In the following paragraphs,we briefly introduce each concept, explain its relevance to transfer student persistence, and pointto a small number of relevant studies for readers who seek a more in depth review. In this context, the concept integration is inspired by Tinto’s theory of
student teams have formedrelationships with their guests and are having continued professional interactions. This paperwill describe the ELE Seminar process, discuss specific guest examples, and relate the seminar tosuccess in the E4 initiative.IntroductionWith the implementation of the new outcomes-based TAC of ABET accreditation process,Engineering Technology programs are now required to integrate into the undergraduateeducational experience relevant material focused on such topics as: An ability to understand professional, ethical, and social responsibility; A respect for diversity and a knowledge of contemporary professional, societal, and
[its] parts,” and suggested that there was a lack of shared vision among faculty,leading to classroom efforts feeling siloed rather than a part of an integrated framework ofstudent development across the curriculum. Furthermore, there was a general sense ofhelplessness when it came to enhancing the curriculum, citing concerns that the curriculumalready felt too rigid and overloaded. Faculty recognized that representation and equity problemsexisted, in that different students entered the program with a wide range of experiences, skills,and knowledge. Diversity and inclusion efforts to help reduce these differentials were recognizedfor their value, although faculty felt they needed more guidance to improve effectiveness.Regarding the use of
-2269.8 The Learning Factory of the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership , E. DeMeter, J. Jorgensen, A.Rullan, Proceedings of SME conference on Manufacturing Education for the 21st Century, San Diego CA,March 13-15, 1996.9 Mechanical Dissection: an experience in how things work , S.D. Shepard, Proceedings of the EngineeringEducation Conference on Curriculum Innovation and Integration, Jan.6-10, 1992, Santa Barbara, CA.10 ME99 Mechanical Dissection - course notes , by Sheri Shepard, Stanford University.11 Teams in Engineering Education , L. Bellamy, D. Evans, D. Linder, B. McNeill, G. Raupp, Report to NSF ofGrant Number USE9156176, March 1994.Biographical Information on AuthorsJOHN S. LAMANCUSA, P.E. is an associate professor in
-hardwareapproach was proven effective to promote the understanding of the theoretical concepts byintegrating the theory with hands-on computer simulations5. Furthermore, a Karnaugh Mapplethas been both utilized to improve student learning and digital logic skills and proven to be veryeffective for subject comprehension6. The use of Karnaugh-Mapplet has resulted in significantimprovement in students' understanding of Karnaugh-map problems as well as betterperformances in the exams. In addition to these studies, we present an integrative project-baseddesign approach in a DLD course, a sophomore-level core course offered at the ElectricalEngineering Department of Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) and evaluate theproject effectiveness. The goal was
access, which in turn may lead to widedifferences in the quality and complexity of physical prototypes. There is a clear need for FYEengineering design curriculum that affords students an opportunity for hands-on, open-endedprototyping in an online-only setting.In this paper, we introduce a novel hands-on, mechanically-oriented product design module,called UDGears, which could be offered with fidelity in FYE engineering courses in acompletely online course setting. The UDGears curriculum was designed for a large-enrollmentcourse format but can be scaled to fit any class size. The curriculum addresses financial,material, and student safety constraints inherent to FYE courses of any size enrollment whilealso presenting students with a substantive
beyond text comprehension, a domain forwhich ChatGPT is renowned. It aims to nurture future engineers to become critical thinkers, whoare proficient in applying acquired knowledge to execute complicated engineering tasks. However,there’s an apparent gap in understanding how ChatGPT can be effectively integrated intoeducational practices within this specialized area due to a lack of detailed insights into its abilitiesand limitations. This research seeks to fill this void by exploring and assessing ChatGPT’sreasoning abilities and limitations within the context of mechanical engineering. It examines thecapabilities and constraints of ChatGPT in engineering reasoning by analyzing two mechanicalexamples, which are drawn from machine design and
Paper ID #33383Broadening the Middle School Computational Thinking Interventions Be-yondBlock ProgrammingDr. Mohsen M. Dorodchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Dorodchi has been teaching in the field of computing for over 30 years of which 20 years as an educator. He has taught the majority of the courses in the computer science and engineering curriculum over the past 20 years such as introductory programming, data structures, databases, software engineering, system programming, etc. He has been involved in a number of National Science Foundation supported grant projects including Scholarship for STEM
A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on stu- dent perception of the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education Sympo- sium in 2013, awarded the American Society for Engineering Education