AC 2012-3154: CREATING AND SUSTAINING PRODUCTIVE RESEARCHGROUPS IN GRADUATE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS: RESULTS FROMA FACULTY AND FUTURE FACULTY WORKSHOPMr. John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech John Andrew Janeski is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department. His primary research interests center around spacecraft dynamics and control. However, the Dean’s Teaching Fellowship has afforded him the opportunity to pursue research topics that span his experiences as a graduate student and instructor. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from Rhodes College.Dr. Erin Crede, Virginia Tech Erin D. Crede completed her Ph.D. in engineering education from Virginia Tech
talked about theneed for more projects with the goal of developing innovation described it as follows: “But maybe some more opportunities to do your own projects or choose from a bunch instead of going in and turning some dials according to this prescribed little lecture they had planned.” “When you’re in college and taking classes and regurgitating what the teacher teaches you, that’s tough. I think that really falls to the teachers in those courses to create – push the students and create some innovative projects to incorporate with the criteria that they’re teaching.”According to the participants, incorporating more of these projects into the curriculum wouldhave the additional benefit of helping
paradigm proposed here combines the advantages of laboratory teaching (e.g., hands-on experience) with an effective teaching of scientific methods and problem solving [1]. Ofcourse, a primary benefit of this method is that students play an active role in tackling ab-stract concepts, which have not been traditionally conducive to such participation. Further-more, these exercises result in an improved competency of the students in using spreadsheetsfor engineering purposes, thus preparing them better for their future professional endeav-ors. [1] The novelty of the proposed technique resides in its objective to illustrate abstractconcepts. This is a departure from prior efforts to use spreadsheets, CFD, or software toolssuch as Mathcad in the engineering
,” Asia-Pac. Educ. Res., vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 375–394, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1007/s40299-020-00525-x.[10] T. Gok and O. Gok, “Peer Instruction in chemistry education: Assessment of students’ learning strategies,” Learn. Strateg., vol. 17, no. 1, 2016.[11] M. F. Golde, C. L. McCreary, and R. Koeske, “Peer Instruction in the general chemistry laboratory: Assessment of student learning,” J. Chem. Educ., vol. 83, no. 5, p. 804, May 2006, doi: 10.1021/ed083p804.[12] N. Lasry, E. Mazur, and J. Watkins, “Peer Instruction: From Harvard to the two-year college,” Am. J. Phys., vol. 76, no. 11, pp. 1066–1069, Nov. 2008, doi: 10.1119/1.2978182.[13] J. Schell and E. Mazur, “Flipping the chemistry classroom with Peer
presentation.Background – What we have doneFor the past 12 years we have been developing a pedagogy that combines aspects of Cooperative,Hands-on, Active and Problem based Learning into a unique classroom environment, which we refer toby the acronym CHAPL. This has been developed in a required second semester junior year course, FluidMechanics and Heat Transfer. This course is the second course in our transport series.CHAPLis a group-centered learning approach in which the instructor and teaching assistants act aspreceptors to assist groups in narrowing the discussion focus, probe and guide group thinking whenmisconceptions are encountered and, on occasion, assist groups in resolving conflicts. One of thepedagogical tools central to this approach is the “Jigsaw
) An issue related to the rhetorical literacy skill of clearly stating the purpose and providing an explicit justification for the writing (16% of evaluations) 3) An issue related to the ethical literacy skill of using citations for others’ ideas, including both textual and non-textual materials (36% of evaluations)In 2006, Drury, O’Carroll, and Langrish[8] reported on an interactive online program for teachingreport writing at the University of Sydney. They included in their results the assessment of acohort of third year chemical engineering students’ laboratory reports. This cohort wascomprised of 46 students, 42% of whom were non-native English speakers. Assessment criteriaincluded “academic literacy” based on a
improve the approaches used in theapprenticeship model of research, ultimately benefiting both students and mentors. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceReferences[1] Boyer Commission, “Reinventing undergraduate education: A blueprint for America’s research universities,” Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University, Room 310, Administration Bldg, 1998. Accessed: May 01, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED424840[2] M. Healey, F. Jordan, B. Pell, and C. Short, “The research–teaching nexus: A case study of students’ awareness, experiences and perceptions of research,” Innov. Educ. Teach
Paper ID #8214Enhancing Retention and Achievement of Undergraduate Engineering Stu-dentsDr. Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati Dr. Anant R. Kukreti, Ph.D., is Director for Engineering Outreach and Professor in the School of En- ergy, Environmental, Biological and Medical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati Ohio, USA. He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural mechanics, with research in steel structures, seismic analysis and design, and engineer- ing education. He has won five major university teaching awards, two
Eric is a Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University and NSF Graduate Research Fellow conducting research in global product development and experiential learning. He was as a teaching assistant in Stanford’s Product Realization Lab for two years. From 2011 to 2016, he worked extensively in Zambia while growing programs and teaching courses at MIT D-Lab. Previously, he was an engineer at Battelle Memorial Institute, researcher at New England Complex Systems Institute, and co-creator of Zimba Water. He holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford (2018) and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with honors from Ohio State University (2009).Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D
Paper ID #19970Rethinking Engineering Pathways: An Exploration of the Diverse K-12 SchoolExperiences of Six Black Engineering UndergraduatesDr. Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. Bruk T. Berhane received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Mary- land in 2003, after which he was hired by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) where he worked on nanotechnology. In 2005 he left JHU/APL for a fellowship with the National Academies where he conducted research on methods of increasing the number of women in engineering. After a brief stint
graduatewhen structured properly (Rassati et al. 2010; Solnosky et al. 2014). With regard to team situations in the classroom, most degree programs (teaching building en-gineering) are working to adopt more opportunities to develop team assignments, projects, andopportunities. These opportunities are often less than ideally constructed due to relatively few fac-ulty members being trained, or they have no similar industry experience necessary to guide studentteams. Such faculty often are unaware of the nuances that the teams must go through based onassignment structures (the major exception is faculty with significant industry experience) (Hannahand Venkatachary 2010). Consequently, only a surface level understanding of their value on thestudents
Board of Directors in 1996to adopt new standards for accreditation, called Engineering Criteria 2000 or EC2000 whichshifted the basis for accreditation from what was actually being taught in the classroom to whatwas being learned by the students.6 Under Criterion 3, 11 learning outcomes were specified andprograms were required to assess and demonstrate their students’ achievement in each of thoseareas. Among these specified areas was the requirement that students demonstrate “an ability todesign a system, component or process.”7 Universities have adopted capstone design courses toaddress this requirement. Among the modern teaching approaches adopted by some programs isproject based learning (PJBL) which is a student centered approach that
Conceptions of the Engineering Design Process: An Expert Study of Advanced Practicing Professionals Susan Mosborg, Robin Adams, Rebecca Kim, Cynthia J. Atman, Jennifer Turns, and Monica Cardella Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching, University of WashingtonAbstract. Published models of the engineering design process are widely available and oftenillustrated for students with a block diagram showing design as sequential and iterative. Here weexamine experts’ conceptions of the design process in relation to a model synthesized fromseveral introductory engineering textbooks. How do experts’ conceptions compare? What mightthey see as alternative accounts? We
Directorat the Center of Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Hynesreceived his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and his Ph.D. inEngineering Education in 2009 (both degrees at Tufts University). Inhis current positions, Hynes serves as PI and Co-PI on a number offunded research projects investigating engineering education in theK-12 and college settings. He is particularly interested in howstudents and teachers engage in and reflect upon the engi- neering designprocess. His research includes investigating how teachers conceptualizeand teach and how students engage in engineering through in-depth case study analysis
.” Q24One of the women also studying at the CS who changed her schools mentioned that the moreintellectual the school environment, the more equality it possesses. Other participants of theinterview, who do not have STEM specialists in their family, mentioned an example of howthe schools’ extra-curricular activities, such as laboratory visits and career orientation testswere carried out. One of them even had a chance to talk to a professional in her field on acareer orientation course (Q25). “My school provided professional orientation sessions to help us decide with the field of study.” Q26It is also necessary to highlight university activities as well as representatives of the facultywho help and encourage their students both in academic and
higher education [49]. This focus on assets-basedapproaches may be due to the predominantly qualitative nature of the reviewed literature, or thefact that none of the empirical research studies about undergraduate military students inengineering education are more than six years old given the recent shift towards JEDI inengineering education. No matter the cause, this research approach builds a foundation for futureresearch that is both inclusive of and equitable to military students.Synthesis of Research OutcomesOur synthesis of this literature points to some key research outcomes that have implications forcurrent teaching practice and ongoing research related to military students in engineeringeducation. These outcomes can be organized into
seven Information Technology textbooks, over 100 peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and she gave numerous presen- tations at national and international professional events in USA, Canada, England, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Romania. She is the founder director of the Auburn University Educational and Assistive Technology Laboratory (LEAT), Co-PI of NSF EEC ”RFE Design and Development: Framing Engineering as Community Activism for Values-Driven Engineeringan”, Co-PI of NSF CISE ”EAGER: An Accessible Coding Curriculum for Engaging Underserved Students with Special Needs in Afterschool Programs”, institutional partner of AccessComputing (http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/), Ac
Paper ID #34647Leveling the Playing Field: A Virtual Summer Camp for Women of ColorDr. Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati Dr. Gaskins is the Assistant Dean of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement in the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science, the only African-American female currently teaching in the faculty of the College of Engineering. Whitney earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomed- ical Engineering, her Masters of Business Administration in Quantitative Analysis and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering/Engineering Education. In her role as Assistant Dean
sample, the data collection, and the thematic analysis approaches [15]used to develop our findings in terms of salient challenges and recommendations.Student SampleWe recruited 36 second- and third-year students from a mechanical engineering department at alarge, public, teaching-focused university in central California. We selected mechanicalengineering for three key reasons: 1) the relative size of the department (approximately 1200students); 2) the focus on creative product design and; 3) access to the student population throughdepartmental listservs. First, the mechanical engineering department is the largest engineeringdepartment on campus, and so it offered the greatest potential to stratify student samples accordingto relevant demographic
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notapplicable. Examples of these ratings are shown in Table 3. Students have not yet rated allcourses, as this rating exercise was only piloted on selected courses in Civil Engineering. Thenot applicable ratings were averaged into the scores as a zero. Students do vary their ratingssomewhat, although self-assessments of learning are of questionable value. The goal is for thestudent feedback to be used as a logic check on faculty claims in order to indicate potentialdisconnects. These areas will then be targeted for specific review of student work and/ordiscussions with the faculty on whether the learning objectives were being achieved. Becausecourse learning outcomes may vary when different instructors teach courses, reliableexpectations for the
and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society.Faber, C., Vargas, P., & Benson, L. (n.d.). Measuring Engineering Epistemic Beliefs in Undergraduate Engineering Students.Ferguson, L. E., & Braten, I. (2013). Student profiles of knowledge and epistemic beliefs: Changes and relations to multiple-text comprehension. Learning and Instruction, 25, 49–61. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.11.003Galloway, K. R., & Bretz, S. L. (2015a). Measuring meaningful learning in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory: a national, cross-sectional study. Journal of Chemical Education. Easton: American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education.Galloway, K. R., & Bretz, S. L. (2015b). Using
traditionalrequired engineering calculus sequence as it offers a one-semester laboratory-based immersioninto the ways mathematical concepts—including trigonometry, vectors, derivatives, integrals,and differential equations—are actually used by engineers. Research from Wright State, as wellas other implementation sites, has robustly demonstrated that completing the WSM courseduring the first semester of college leads to boosts in retention rates and engineering persistence,desirable outcomes motivating nationwide replication [1]–[3].As administrators and instructors of the WSM course pilot at the University of Colorado Boulder(CU), we are interested in understanding the change processes wherein the WSM becomesinstitutionalized and integrated into the
Paper ID #28122Board 14: Materials Division: Measuring Student Learning of Crystal Struc-tures Using Computer-based VisualizationsDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is an Assistant Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the Uni- versity of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. She is specifically interested in students’ com- putational literacy and life-long learning of computational materials science tools. c American
Man- agement (BEEM) and the Executive Master in Technology Management (EMTM) Program at Stevens. He was the Editor of the ASEM Engineering Body of Knowledge (EM BoK) published in 2008. He was Special Editor of the EMJ issue on Green Economics. He won the Morton Distinguished Teaching Award for full professors at Stevens. John Wiley published his book, ”The Selection Process for Capital Projects”. Dr. Merino received two Centennial certificates from the ASEE in Engineering Economics and Engineering Management. He is past Chair of the Engineering Management Division and Engineering Economy Division of ASEE. Dr. Merino was awarded the ASEM and ASEE Bernard Sarchet Award. He is an ASEM and ASEE Fellow and past
State University. He serves on the advisory board of the Engineering Ambassador Network. With Melissa Marshall and Christine Haas, he teaches advanced presentation skills to Engineering Ambassadors in workshops across the country. Page 23.496.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Engineering Ambassador Network: Establishment of Successful Engineering Ambassador Programs at Four UTC Partner UniversitiesThis paper presents an overview of the establishment of the Engineering AmbassadorProgram at four schools to begin the
Paper ID #10253An Inventory to Assess Students’ Knowledge of Second Law ConceptsDr. Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University Dr. Timothy J. Jacobs is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research interests include thermodynamics, internal combustion engines, and ped- agogical improvements to content and integration of design in engineering science courses. His teaching interests include thermodynamics, internal combustion engines, and experimental design.Dr. Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University
engineering coursework isintegrated with parallel courses and units that address culture, political, and other societal issues,then the overall experience exceeds what is typically learned on a “land-based” campus. Hence alecture on IP issues in China might be followed by visits to a Japanese firm consideringrelocating certain manufacturing process in that country. Teaching courses that address problemsbeyond engineering require different resources than would a manufacturing course that focusedonly on local companies. Finally, to best reinforce student learning, especially in a course thatfocuses on cross-cultural learning and experiences, it is necessary to have students reflect ontheir experiences. We summarize these reflections and their
concerns and family responsibilitiesas key factors affecting students’ mental well-being, with many students juggling multiple responsibilities alongsidetheir academic pursuits ([34]).Development of rPPG Technology In the development of rPPG technologies, significant challenges arise in real-time data acquisition and processing,particularly when integrating with systems like LLMs. One of the key challenges has been adapting rPPG algorithmsto work effectively across diverse demographics and in various environmental conditions, as traditional connectedPPG algorithms often focus on homogenous subject groups in stationary laboratory settings. Recent advancementsin rPPG have enhanced its accuracy and adaptability, particularly in varied environmental
that "Yes, now it feels like an F-80!" but some of their feedback pressure calibrations varied over a nearly ten to one range! Part of this was due to simulating the various center of gravity conditions and the pilot's setting of the simulated trim tabs. e.) DECISION: Since diversity of pilot opinion was part of what the Air Force Aeromedical Laboratory wanted to explore and quantify, they were pleased. We altered the simulator to make dial-in changes easier and then put it in a long test and/or modification program. Page 4.525.93 This was before the era of “OP-amps” (operational amplifiers