note that the 11.1% of students thatsaid that they would “do nothing” in the pre-GSF survey dropped to 0% in the post-GSF results.There was also a 13.7% increase in students who would take the initiative themselves betweenthe pre- and post-GSF results (Fig 3B & 4B). In short, GSF seems to have boosted thewillingness of students to take action in their EE.ConclusionThe GSF has developed into a well-established model for uniting a diverse group of students forthe common cause of improving EE. With approximately one decade of GSF experience behindus it is a critical point in time for us to reflect on ways to further bolster our principal event. Inthe future we would like to develop more creative ways to preserve the strong sense ofmotivation
centuryinstruction is process-oriented, evaluation of instruction can thus reflect a process-orientedschema to more clearly reflect that under evaluation.30 The field of engineering education needsmore contextually relevant evidence-based research about evaluation methodology for GBL.Adding the results of this study to the literature base can help bridge educational researchmethodology and actual practice of GBL for engineering education. The authenticity of oureducation research methodology has wide applicability for engineering education researchersdesiring to assess the effects of GBL unobtrusively on students’ learning while doing.2. Problem statementA critical component missing in education research literature are methods to reliably andcredibly
) have been created in a flexible manner that supports theiradaption to multiple venues and grade levels. The design presented here simplifies the lessoncreation process while supporting a broad dissemination to pre-college teachers and students.The importance of this effort is reflected in the research findings that many young students donot know what engineers do.3 The proposed approach supports faculty and graduate students inmaximizing the potential impact of their outreach efforts, reaching a broader population of youngstudents. Two specific lesson plans are presented, Mining Coal and Bridge Building. These lessonswere selected because they illustrate flexibility in design and our initial efforts at embeddingsuch flexibility
areimposed on and expected from members of an Engineering society or association. These rulesand regulations, similar to the rules of law, identically apply to all members of the profession. Inother words, compliance with the deontological approach to professional ethics, does not requirefurther reflection on personal or societal value systems. Professional engineering ethics is adeontological approach (Quebec Order of Engineers, Professionalism, Ethics and Deontology).Moreover, on the other side of the engineering ethics, is the engineering social responsibility(ESR) which is an organizational matter. Society is best served by pursuing joint-interests of allthe stakeholders involved in an engineering project or initiative and through an
MoleCell activity this semester was just having a team to work with on activities (not necessarily the quizzes). It was nice to have a group of classmates I could talk to and consult in class and sometimes outside as well. I enjoyed when we talked about diseases in more depth. I also really liked learning about the different signal pathways and how certain breakdowns in the pathways can lead to various diseases. Cancer topics very interesting and relevant. I loved the clicker questions - it really helped with learning and understanding the material.In fact, almost two-thirds of the students in the class arranged study groups which met outside ofclass which could be viewed as a reflection of the student’s perceived value of
share activities that would add valueto your recruitment process.8. Please add any other reflections and suggestions for improved career development andemployer engagement events for our students.
required to supplement the remote classroom experience. Social activities during this residency will bring cohorts together for a final shared experience. 3. Capstone/Graduation Residency (Reflections) - The culmination of the TCMT program, this residency provides students the forum for final class presentations and assessments. Interactions, discussions, and feedback mark the integration of learning and application. Students participate in Aggie's graduation ceremonies alongside campus students.Residency Week 2017 will be held August 13-17, 2018 in College Station, Texas.Costs & AdmissionsThe 2018-2019 tuition rate for the METM program is $45,000 for in-state and $55,000 for out-of
the Manufacturing Excellence group as a Process Engineer for the Paper Machines.Dr. Ashlee Nicole Ford Versypt, Oklahoma State University Dr. Ashlee N. Ford Versypt is an assistant professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in ChE at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and her B.S. at the University of Oklahoma. She also conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on developing computational models for systems biomedicine & pharmaceutics and using computing and reflection in the classroom. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
Student C. The findings suggested the community-basedparticipatory research project positively influenced the ECE students’ motivation inprofessional development, skill levels of problem solving, and interpersonalcommunication.Lessons LearnedThe engineering students identified some of the problems faced by children with ASDwho attended a special education school, worked out solutions to implement change,and reflected on the process. The service learning project improved the quality ofprofessional development for several reasons. First, action engagement improved thestudents’ domain knowledge of local work practice through personal involvement.Additionally, personal involvement by the students enhanced their emotionalunderstanding of some
noted that the number of questions and responsesin each dimension were identical. The composite score shows that while students report feelingmore able and motivated to perform engineering design, and less apprehensive about doing so,they remain no more convinced that they will be successful in completing the task (p = 0.888, d= 0.012, N=84 for success). This is in contrast to students to first-year students in a very similarimmersive project-based design class taught by us, who showed significant gains in thesuccessful dimension over the course of a single semester [11]. This may reflect a limitation ofthe skills-focused approach; students do not see the end product of a design experience. Table 2: Gain and in loss in dimensions of engineering
interpersonal 3. Engineering skills: design and system integration 4. Business skills and acumen: cost accounting, scheduling, and planningUsing these categories offered a simplifying strategy for presenting all of the literature reviewedin this study, from both themes. Results are shown in table 2.Although articles in this theme do not attempt to elaborate upon how these necessarycompetencies should be taught or applied within the engineering curricula, they did all reflect anattitude that the reform of engineering curricula is a work in process that should continue,sometimes offering a proposed categorized list of competencies which they felt could bridge thetransition between academia and industry10.Theme 2: Approaches to Address
testing can be done in about 2 hours. Like standard batteries, the voltage output reflects thechemical potential difference of the electrode metals and the flow of current happens through iontransport in the electrolytes and salt bridge. This origami paper microfluidic battery is a low-costactivity that deepens the understanding of capillary action, chemical potential, and chargetransport in batteries. It also represents a hands-on way to introduce students to the emergingtechnology of paper microfluidics.Introduction to Paper Microfluidic TechnologyPaper-based analytical devices are an emerging, ultra-low cost, open-source, scalable, portable,solution for biological and chemical sensing assays pioneered by Carrilho, Martinez, &Whitesides
could be configured to transmit when the UAV experiences loss of power orwhen an accelerometer senses an impact. The operator components are the receiving antennaand receiver. A highly discernable antenna pattern is needed for the receiving function. The on-board power needs for the transmitter are defined by the search limits. Power concerns arerelated to the maximum distance between the operator and the crashed UAV and to the desiredsearch time. The procedure for the transmitter hunt is influenced by the antenna characteristics,the supporting electronics, and the environment. For instance, direction finding is complicatedby obstacles or terrain that block line of sight and introduce multipath reflections. An appropriate frequency of
user to learn about reflection, rotation, and transcribingpoints using a square with four points on the corners. Pressing the buttons shows how each pointis moved around the graph.Sample Scratch project developed for English class:The Vocab Project is a program that allows the user to take a vocab quiz to test their knowledgeof words taught in class. The program will tell the user if they got the answer right or not andexplain what words they need to review the definitions.Sample Scratch project developed for Music class:The Music Intro Project is a fun and simple program to introduce the rules and expectations of amusic/digital arts class. It uses animations and music to explain the syllabus and some of theguidelines for the class
degree from a program that isnationally accredited provides the students confidence in the quality of education they receive[5]. Accreditation status provides the opportunity to students to transfer their credits to otheraccredited programs or institutions, if needed and also signals the potential employers that astudent’s degree met the widely accepted standards relevant to his/her program [6]. For a highereducational institution and its programs, accreditation provides the opportunity for self-definitionand self-reflection, and opens the door for continuous improvement effort [7, 8].Savannah State University (SSU) is a SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools)accredited higher educational institution. Southern Association of Colleges
improvement.The author is not certain why the average in 2016 was so low however, the loss of half ofthe students from the fall to the spring semester might indicate that their were manystudents who were undecided and therefore, uncommitted.In 2017, we hired a teaching assistant who held a minimum of five office hours per week.This student had taken the course in 2016 and had performed very well. The 2017students related well to him and found him extremely helpful as reflected in the increasefrom 3.3 to 4.3 on question five.MATLAB was well received until the chapter and assignment on functions. Only one ortwo students from the 2017 class had prior programming experience so learning theconcept of a function, calling a function, and returning results to
standards, the assessment process for the course could be made morestraightforward facilitating future course development. Adaptation to ABET assessment criteriaevolvement may become more robust.Assessment of Student performanceThe results of the course improvement may be assessed through student satisfaction survey[9,10]. This paper takes an outcome based approach. Similar evaluation approach was adoptedby SJSU [11]. Student assignment grades were used as measurement of the effectiveness of thecourse as being used in ABET assessment. This method directly reflects the students’performance in the course. By comparing this data between two semesters, the instructor maymonitor the improvements of the student’s performance. The assessment data are
machining and steel for welding. • The cost of the materials should not be significantly increased from the current year’s lab.Each team submitted a report describing the proposed product and the sequence of lab activitiesneeded to fabricate each component. Each team also presented a 5-minute “sales pitch” to theirclassmates. The students peer evaluated the projects in four categories: feasibility, cost,presentation quality, and appeal. The highest scoring project (Fig. 5) was created in thefabrication lab the following year (spring semester 2018). Overall, the reflection essays anddesign project established the grade for the hands-on component.Figure 5: The winning lab design project was a Christmas Tree consisting of a milled aluminum“tree” (1
an important part of who I am Jaussi, et al. Overall, my creativity has little to do with how I see myself. Jaussi, et al. My ability to be creative is an important reflection of who I am. Jaussi, et al. Being creative is important to me personally. 69. Rate your degree of confidence (i.e. belief in your current ability) to perform the following tasks byrecording a number from 0 to 100. (0 = cannot do at all; 50 = moderately can do; 100 = highly certain cando) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Conduct engineering design Identify a design need
, much, some, little, or no. The rating processmakes students reflect upon each item. Similar to DIT-2, the most important metrics are P (Post-conventional) and N2 scores where higher score values indicate higher ability to participate incomplex moral reasoning.To assess the effectiveness of our proposed ethics education framework, we obtained permissionfrom the EERI developers to use this instrument. EERI will be used as a pretest-posttest toevaluate the level of students’ ethical reasoning skill level before and after participating in the KIactivities. As we are interested in the development of students’ ethical reasoning skillsthroughout the curriculum we have also developed a system for longitudinal tracking of students’performance on the
, it was seen as the best option. A heat-reflective layer was also attached to the interior ofthe walls. Inside the drying space, we installed 2 shelves made of a coated mesh framed with cedarwood. A nickel-chrome wire powered by a 12 volt battery acted as a heating source. Internaltemperature was measured and regulated with a thermocouple and a controller, respectively. (a) (b) Figure 2 the Final Design for the Dryer, (a) Design Assembly, and (b) Explosion View of Assembly3.5 Analyze the designThe engineering analysis was conducted from three aspects: 1) structural analysis, 2) flow analysisin the NX CAE environment, and 3) cost analysis for the prototype
level of comfort aperson has as it relates to people that are different from them.Intercultural Learning Goals. In preparation for the study abroad experience, the leaders of thiscultural experience identified the following intercultural goal for the program.Students acquire knowledge in ways they did not anticipate through the learning, social, andcultural experiences at the German university. Ultimately, students experience curiosity, opennessto different cultural norms, and can identify components of other cultural perspectives respondingwith their worldview.The leaders also added a reflection to the end of the Miville-Guzman Universality – Diversity Scalewhen administered post-event to further their understanding of what the students
participation criteria. The survey instrument included the aforementioned published andpreviously validated measurement scales. The measurement scales included the following: 1)identification with engineering 17 to measure engineering identity; 2) ethnic identity scale 19 tomeasure the level of identification with racial or ethnic identity; 3) Womanist Identity Attitudescale (WIAS) 20 to measure attitudes reflective of the four stages of womanist identitydevelopment (i.e., Pre-encounter, Encounter, Immersion–Emersion, Internalization); the RacialMicroaggressions Scale (RMAS) 21 to measure students perceptions of racial microaggressions;and 4) the Patients Health Questionnaire 22 is a self-report measure of symptoms of depression.Each scale include
activitieshad a higher interest in engineering than girls. This study also showed that biomechanics-basedactivities could increase interest in considering careers in engineering, regardless of initial interest.Of note, when both boys and girls had little to no interest in engineering, boys were more easilydrawn in by the outreach activities than girls. The challenge with engaging girls in engineeringmay be a reflection of intrinsic differences such as gender stereotypes (Bieg et al., 2015), andpsychological factors (Stoet et al., 2016) between boys and girls that are more pronounced at lowindividual-interest levels. Thus, it may be necessary to tailor interventions (e.g., biomechanics-based activities) that target girls with low interest in engineering
. MENG 242 (Dynamics) objective is to understand the kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies using vector analysis; force mass acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum, translating and rotating coordinate system. The two types of homework problems (in-house and textbook) were similar in difficultyand did not cover the same topic in every course. For example, if in one quarter, Newton’s SecondLaw is covered by in house assignment, it may not be the case for the next time around. This is toensure that the data does not reflect the difficulty of the topic. In addition, some in house problemswere assigned more than once, without given any kind of solution to the students. For MENG 242 (Dynamics
of recommendation 8 To enhance my resume 7 To have a good intellectual challenge 6 To work more closely with a particular faculty member 6 Other Option 1In Tables 4 and 5 on the following page, the responses indicate that the students had a greatworking relationship with each other as well as with their faculty mentors, at least mostly. Thiscertainly reflects the assessment of the seed vibrations team. Further, Table 6 indicates thatstudents generally felt well supported during their summer work
Economy. Working with amultidisciplinary student team for testing and reflection turned out to be very informative andinsightful.References[1] M. Amrine, “The Real Problem is in the Hearts of Men”, New York Times Magazine,June 23 1946, pp. 7.[2] M. Geissdoerfer, P. Savaget, N.M.P. Bocken and E.J. Hultink, “The Circular Economy –A new sustainability paradigm?” Journal of Cleaner Production. 143, 2017, pp. 757–768.doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.048[3] E. mac Arthur, “Homepage of Ellen MacArthur Foundation”. [Online]. Available:https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy [Accessed Jan. 26, 2018].[4] L.R. Lattuca, “Creating interdisciplinary: Interdisciplinary research and teaching amongcollege and university faculty”. Nashville, TN
Instructional Consultant of the Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning at the University of Washington. He taught design, education-research methods, and adult and higher education theory and pedagogy courses for over 35 years. He has been involved in instructional development for 20 years, and currently does both research and instructional development in engineering education. Jim has taught courses on the development of reflective teaching practices, and has presented workshops on learning how to learn and developing metacognitive aware- ness. He has published and presented on engineering design, engineering pedagogies, and instructional development topics. c American
provide recommendations to manufacturing and service systems.The class involves lectures, online quizzes, two midterm exams, in-class problems, a case study,and a final exam. The course grade reflects the student performance in six quizzes (15%), twomidterm exams (40%), in-class questions and attendance (10%), case study (15%), and finalexam (20%). The instructor of the course does not provide homework assignments. In previousoffers of this course, the instructor noticed that many students received perfect grades in thehomework assignments but they received low grades in the high stake assignments and/or exams.This rendered the homework assignments ineffective in this course and other courses taught bythis instructor. Nowadays, students are able
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