Engineering program was conducted.II. IntroductionIn the early 2000’s, forecasters believed the United States was on the verge of a nuclearrenaissance. Tremendous growth in the energy industry was expected at that time since theaverage age of the nuclear power sector was 48 years of age which ranked among the oldest inany US industry 1. Many colleges and universities geared up new programs with help fromfederal agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department ofEnergy (DOE). Over 40 college programs across the country were developed to create a pipelineto help fill the shortage of workers 2. The majority of the programs were two-year Associatedegree programs designed for entry level positions in nuclear fields. At that
at University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. She teaches courses in both Industrial and Mechanical Engineering at SAU, focusing in Engineering Graphics, Manufacturing, the Engineering Sciences, and Design. She was recently the PI of an NSF S-STEM grant to recruit rural stu- dents from Iowa and Illinois into STEM. Dr. Prosise mentors the collegiate chapter of SWE and organizes many outreach events encourage girls to go into STEM. She leads a study-abroad trip for engineering students to Brazil every-other-year, where students design, build, and implement assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Her research focus is to develop
that were asked onthe trip. The expectation was for them to relate their answers to concepts learned in class whichwere reinforced on the trip. The instructor(s) teaching the course with the subject most alignedwith the trip had the responsibility of grading that assignment. To make this a manageableresponsibility for the instructor, a rubric was used in grading the field-trip reports (Appendix 1).Six Sigma DMAIC LabsThe curriculum included a course in Quality Management, which covered Six Sigmamethodology and tools, lean thinking practices and tools, process mapping, and applications forbusiness process improvement. Six Sigma is a method to reduce variation in business processes.DMAIC is a problem-solving technique integral to lean Six Sigma
2019’s sixteen-week CGT Game Dev I course. All Fall 2019 CGT Game Dev I students retained in the course,who were sophomores or beyond, were considered participants, though due to unforeseentechnical difficulties in survey distribution and some student non-responsiveness, not everyretained student’s results were analyzed (n=56); all students belonged in the same group, withouta control comparison due to existing limitations of sample size and length of study.Figure 1. Gantt chart depicting the modes of work throughout the semester and when relevant data was collected.On the first day of lab, students were told the attendance policy: every student was allotted onefree unexcused absence without question, and any additional unexcused absences
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same characteristics given the current state of the system, as proposed by Ackoff´s“Interactive Planning methodology”[11] . The Idealized Design model proposed by Ackoff,allows the participants to establish the existing gaps between reality and their ideal modeland begin to co-create projects focused on eventually achieving those goals, planning in theshort, middle and long term. They are also asked to do a subsequent exercise ofprioritization of objectives to know which are the most important for the actors as a group.The final outcome of STW#2 is another set of agreements among stakeholders on the mostimportant variables to be addressed through any proposed project.STW#3The third social transformation workshop STW # 3, “Critical Systems
learningand also assists the Center with its assessment needs.The Assessment Partners program entails three stages. First, faculty partners identify theSLO that most closely aligns with their course learning objectives. They agree to createan assessment for that SLO in their course through an assignment aligned closely with therubric (exam question(s), project, assignment, etc.) that they can easily share with SLSCenter. A Center staff member meets with each faculty partner to review the assignmentand ensure that it will work well with the rubric. Student work products for multiplecourses aligned with a particular SLO are then scored by a team of SLS staff and facultypartners collaboratively, using the rubric (faculty do not score the work of their
anincreased course passing rate. Unsurprisingly, student perception ratings also increased.Table 5. Student Perceptions of Teaching Survey (SPOTs) for online course CGN2420Course S tructure Fall 16 Spring 17 Fal l 17 Spring 18 Fall 18 Spring 19 Fall 19 1 Description of course objectives and assignments 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.6 3.8 4.4 2 Expression of expectations for performance in this class 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.4 3 Description of grading policies in the course syllabus 4.2 3.6 4.3 4.3 4.5 3.9 4.5Learning S upport 4 Consistency in following the course syllabus
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, rational and Competency easy to follow solution process, including required diagrams and figures 80% Incorrect answer due to one or two mechanical errors but supported by a correct solution process as described above Does Not Meet Mini- 0% Incorrect answer due to conceptual or procedural error(s) mum CompetencyTable 2: Timeline for exam grading, regrading, and retakes for the midterm exams for the experi-mental section. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Version A Grades Regrade Regrade results posted;Week I (evening) posted
curriculumwriting portion of the EngrTEAMS: Engineering to Transform the Education of Analysis,Measurement, and Science Project. There were nine teachers that participated in all three years.Of these nine, seven had pre-interview data. These seven were invited to participate in thefollow-up interview. Six of the seven responded to our request for an interview. Table 1 providesan overview of the teachers’ demographics. Pseudonyms have been used to preserve the identityof the teachers.Table 1 Participant Background Years of Grade(s) Teaching Teacher Degree experience* taught assignment School information
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also want to workwith faculty in other engineering disciplines to ensure that environmental protection issues areaddressed. This could include giving guest lectures in courses, particularly design-focusedcourses where environmental considerations should be part of the constraints and criteria for allengineering projects.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] StartClass by Graphiq. Compare Colleges & Universities. http://colleges.startclass.com/ Accessed March 10, 2017
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student retention in engineering. Ms. Bego is also a registered professional mechanical engineer in New York State.Dr. Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville Dr. Patricia A. S. Ralston is Professor and Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She received her B.S., MEng, and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville. Dr. Ralston teaches undergraduate engineering mathematics and is currently involved in educational research on the effective use of technology in engineering education, the incorpo- ration of critical thinking in undergraduate engineering education, and retention of engineering students. She leads a research group whose
not been widely used in previous research in this area. Its validity is questioned, butit shows internal consistency. For these reasons, and because the LSI has not really been used inthis area, we have decided to adopt the LSI as the learning style assessment tool.2.5 Criticism of cognition and learning stylesWang and others looked into the correlation between Biggs’ constructive alignment and how itaffected students’ learning approaches. This research went off the basis that “university students’learning approaches... are highly correlated with students’ achievement of learningoutcomes” (Wang, 2013). However, it then noted that “[s]uch a statement... was underpinnedneither by qualitative nor quantitative empirical data.” Their research
course(s), certificate, degree, etc.) and set of LO’s should provide all of the necessary content and skills for that course. o Timebound – time constraints for specific tasks and overall attainment of LO’s should be considered such that all LO’s can be attained and assessed in the course. Time constraints should be specified somewhere, though not necessarily in the LO itself.Try to limit the number of these course-level learning outcomes to 10 or fewer. An example listfrom a Heat Transfer course is given here:Example Course-Level Learning Outcomes In order to successfully complete CBEN 308, students should be able to: 1. Explain in your own words the three modes of heat transfer
in the process. (3) Hands-on activitiesneed careful preparation and close guidance.1 IntroductionThe wireless telecommunication industry has grown tremendously since the first cellular systemwas deployed in 1983. Digital techniques were introduced in 1993 to accommodate the hugeboom in subscribers of portable telephone service in the mid 90’s. Cellular communicationssystems evolved from providing voice in the mid 90’s (2nd generation or 2G) to all-IP dataservices that are available since 2011 (4G). Advanced mobile broadband and real-time controlwill be enabled by future 5G systems. Wireless systems that provide personal andmachine-to-machine communications currently constitute a major research area of vitalimportance.Telecommunication
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made regarding the status of this course. If the course remains as it is, a stronger emphasizeswill be on topics related to the electric machine dynamic analysis, advanced control, design andmodeling. However, the final decision on the course content is in stand-by, until after thefeedbacks from the 2018 Spring semester industrial advisory board meeting. Any suggestionsand recommendations from 2018 ASEE Conference audience are highly appreciated.Power System Analysis: This course introduces student to power systems concepts, per unitconcepts and notations, symmetrical components, and symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults onthe transmission line. Selected textbook for this course is J.D. Glover, M. S. Sarma, and T.J.Overbye, Power System
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/dissemination outlets and topics (at the local level and beyond)and to strengthen collaboration between engineering and education faculty and students as far asresearch goals (such as how a working group can facilitate research collaborations). Thecollaboration is cross-disciplinary. The members of the working group include individuals fromEngineering, Education, and Family Studies and Human DevelopmentThe chair of the working group usually generates ideas and facilitates meetings between theworking group members and the faculty member(s). Specific ideas for writing and organizingabstracts come from the group members as well as the chair. This group has meetings scheduledfor the spring semester to divide work among members based on their preferred
opportunities. Although not identical, these IRES programs both presentunique opportunities to develop both students’ cultural and research skills as well as theirpersonal interests, goals, and professional skills.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantsNo. 1658620 and No. 1658604. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.References[1] D. Bremer, “Engineering the world,” Online J. Glob. Eng. Educ., vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 13–18, 2008.[2] A. Parkinson, “The rationale for developing global competence,” Online J. Glob. Eng. Educ., vol. 4, no
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parents have not completed their H.S. education. Childs participation in some college, when parent(s) have a bachelor’s degree or more is 87%. Childs participation in some college, when parent(s) did not complete High School is 47%.The Winds of ChangeThe winds of change are blowing the sands of time through the pages of history; as the sayinggoes. We are standing at the precipice of seismic shifts in national and international highereducation and public institutions of higher education in particular. The U.S. economy is stuck inneutral since the last recession [8, p.1], tuition prices are skyrocketing, student loan debt hassurpassed $1.5 trillion [15, p. 1], parents – who have leveraged their homes through equity loansand second
, international relations in the sphere of transport communications, iternational logistics and supply chain management, sustainable development and ecology.Mrs. Karalyn Clouser, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University Karalyn Clouser is a GIS and planning specialist with the Western Transportation Institute. She has expe- rience editing and managing spatial data to support transportation planning and implementation projects, and offers skills with numerous GIS tools and platforms. At WTI, she has provided GIS and planning support to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Technical Assistance Center, which assists with the de- velopment of alternative transportation on federal lands. Her experience includes
detection. In addition, a study on the trends of curiositylevels across the different lab’s QFT data may yield insight into whether students are improvingin their critical thinking skills and developing more curiosity in exploring a provocative orchallenging statement. We also plan to continue work with studying curiosity detection withother learners, other data mining schemes, investigating linguistic text mining methods, andother QFT or question-based datasets.References[1] D. L. Schwartz, J. M. Tsang, and K. P. Blair. The ABC’s of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, NY, 2016.[2] M. J. Kang, M. Hsu, I. M. Krajbich, G. Loewenstein, S. M. McClure
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