the PBL model, team facilitation and project definition,applied to first-year design courses better support retention and persistence for engineeringstudents. In this paper, we focus on findings associated with facilitation using interview datafrom the first phase of the study. The overall study employs a mixed methods design(observations, interviews, and questionnaires) in two settings. At State U1, students select aspecific engineering department (biomedical for this study) before entering the university andparticipate in a well-established PBL-based course in their first-year. At State U2, students entera general engineering program that uses a project-based approach to integrate design projectsinto the first-year curriculum; we have
building orientation to reduce energy use, planting suitablevegetation and reducing the development of open space. 16Background:In our Fall 2008 paper titled Sustainable Construction – An Education and ResearchPerspective,4 we concluded the following: • 46% of construction management programs offer at most two courses in sustainable construction. • None of the construction management programs studied offer a course in sustainable site planning and design.We recommended the integration of sustainable construction practices throughout constructionmanagement programs, as opposed to offering separate sustainable courses as electives, to reflectthe standardization of “green” development.Methodology:This paper will examine the
building orientation to reduce energy use, planting suitablevegetation and reducing the development of open space. 16Background:In our Fall 2008 paper titled Sustainable Construction – An Education and ResearchPerspective,4 we concluded the following: • 46% of construction management programs offer at most two courses in sustainable construction. • None of the construction management programs studied offer a course in sustainable site planning and design.We recommended the integration of sustainable construction practices throughout constructionmanagement programs, as opposed to offering separate sustainable courses as electives, to reflectthe standardization of “green” development.Methodology:This paper will examine the
Page 26.1389.8serve to impact an individual’s spatial ability. We expect that this analysis to be the most impactful 7in the future as the lived experiences that impact spatial ability can be translated into instructionalinterventions that can be applied in existing curricula in STEM disciplines. 6. Conclusion We trust our study will inform engineering education community in two ways: 1).Gaining a deeper insight on the intrinsic relationships between spatial thinking and STEMdisciplines. 2). Findings from this study can lead to clues on how to integrate elements of spatialthinking with engineering concepts and incorporating
of the simulationexperience. The paper compares other production system projects, presents the project itself,describes the application of modern production systems and the integration of sustainability, andconcludes with student project experiences.Introduction and MotivationTextbook and lecture methods are much more effective when complemented with a computersimulation. Simulation allows students to make decisions in dynamic real-world environments.The output from the simulation allows the student to evaluate the impacts of decisions and makenecessary adjustments while learning new problem solving strategies. The manufacturingenvironment provides an excellent application of computer simulation. The complexity,uncertainty, and
manufacturing processes that they mightencounter as part of their cooperative work experience. The revision of the curriculum in 2001caused a redesign of the course and added some design experiences to further enhance theeducational process. This paper discusses the development of the new course calledInterdisciplinary Design and Manufacturing and discusses relationship of course coverage to theSME competency gaps. The manufacturing portion describes the lecture topics and laboratoryexperiments that were an integral part of the course. The mechanical and electrical designportions describe the use of commercial toys and a self-designed toy platform that formed thebasis of the new design laboratory portion of the class. It will be demonstrated that it is
theywork toward a relevant project solution4. By engaging with an open-ended problem, students areencouraged to learn the course concepts at their own pace and seek out other sources ofinformation. Numerous studies have been conducted that demonstrate the efficacy of PBL inundergraduate engineering education5–7. Another approach called design-based learning (DBL)incorporates the concepts of PBL with an emphasis on the design process, and its origins can betraced to improving secondary science education8–10. In the past few decades, DBL’s conceptshave been integrated into engineering education. This learning approach prepares students tofunction in an engineering role by placing an emphasis on solving open-ended design problems.Wei et al. found
exportable modules which can be used as is or modified to fit the needs of otherinstitutions and which cover elementary teaching skills, advanced teaching skills, proposal writing,time management, and preparation for the job search process. There is also a mentored teachingcomponent, which is individually structured for each student. Requirements for participation areset by each department. The program prepares students for the full range of academic positions,at research-intensive or more teaching-oriented schools. It also offers a forum for faculty toupdate their teaching skills and for the discussion of issues of diversity, learning styles, anddifferences in culture between instructor and students. In addition, an associated yearly lecture
enhanced by mentoring and teamwork activities that are built in as integral elements of theprogram. At the University site, HERE partners with both the College of Engineering, ComputerScience and Technology, and the College of Health and Human Services. The HHS KinesiologyDepartment at CSULA is host of an innovative laboratory for rehabilitation exercises withsignificant outreach to the disabled community. HERE also collaborates with the highlysuccessful Math and Engineering Program (MEP). The MEP is based upon the principles ofcommunity building and collaborative learning. It fosters peer interaction between itsparticipants and provides enrichment opportunities so that the desire to learn and apply oneself isboth stimulated and nurtured through
demand for higher resolutionequipment created an opportunity to develop a strategic alliance with the NMSU ArtDepartment.Students are not required to pay to use the resources available at the AIS. All that is required forthem is to follow a consultation process through their interaction with the AIS and to be willingto acquire a new skill outside of their academic curriculum. Currently, the AIS has seen anincrease in non-engineering projects being consulted, which presents an invaluable opportunity Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Educationto promote
acres about 20 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. In 2002, following approval by thestate Department of Education, the college became Robert Morris University. From a School ofAccountancy with 26 students, Robert Morris University has grown to an enrollment of over3,400 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. Robert Morris University’s mission is tobe the gateway to engaged, productive, and successful careers and lives. True to its heritage ofprofessional education and applied instruction, Robert Morris University builds knowledge,skills, and citizenship and prepares students to lead with integrity and compassion in a diverseand rapidly changing world. Robert Morris University is a nationally ranked university thatcombines academic
. Page 22.835.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving Math Skills through Intensive Mentoring and TutoringAbstractMathematic skills are essential for the career success of students in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs. As prerequisite for major course requirements,passing rate in math courses is an important factor for the retention and graduations rates forSTEM majors. This paper presents a successful practice to improve students’ math skills throughintensive mentoring and tutoring. A group of students participate as a cohort in a summer bridgeprogram supported by an NSF grant. They take an introductory math class under the sameschedule and requirements as
in Structural Steel Design," in ASEE 1265th Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019.[7] Y. A. Mehta, A. Ali, P. Bhavsar, S. Park and K. C. Dey, "Integration of SHRP2 Solutions into Civil Engineering Curricula at Rowan, Temple, Villanova, and West Virginia Universities," in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, 2018.[8] L. S. Lee, R. Kisst Hackett and H. Estrada, "Evaluation of a Flipped Classroom in Mechanics of Materials," in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA, 2015.[9] R. Clark, A. Kaw and M. Besterfield-Sacre, "Comparing the Effectivenss of Blended, Semi-Flipped, and Flipped Formats in an Engineering Numerical Methods Course," Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 5, no
includesa 1-credit course devoted to selection of an engineering major. This includes hands-on activitieslead by faculty and industry professionals to learn about each of the engineering disciplinesoffered.At the Private institution, the students are exposed to a basic engineering design process throughmulti-week projects that are not intended to aide in engineering discipline selection. However,students complete a series of homework assignments throughout the semester that aid inselecting their major, understanding engineering career options, and integrating into the Collegeof Engineering.At the Large Land Grant, the students are exposed to a variety of engineering disciplines throughweekly laboratory experiences, but selection of a major is not a
anddesign. To address the aforementioned challenges and assimilate massive amounts ofinformation, the instructors decided to use case studies to help introduce basic concepts with thebackdrop of real-world design scenarios during the 50-minute design lab. In addition to thedesign lab, MasteringEngineering™, which is an online teaching and learning platform designedby Pearson publishing company, was used for assignments and integrated into the learningmanagement system (LMS) for the course. MasteringEngineering™ was also used to providereinforcement outside the classroom given the video tutorials available. As such, the followingtopics were addressed during the lectures: • Loads and Basic Structural Design Concepts • Idealization and
, and teamwork. Clearly, design/buildprojects completed by small teams of students and which include both written reportingassignments and oral presentation requirements could help address the preparation shortfallsrevealed by the survey. With engineering up front, it was logical to put some of these designprojects into the freshman programs in addition to such projects traditionally positioned in thejunior and senior years of the curriculum. As a side note, one of the surveyed graduatesremarked, "without these people skills many of an engineer’s technical skills will gounnoticed".182. The Early EffortsFor several years, the Ohio State engineering faculty and academic advisers had observed thatmany students dropped out of engineering before
integrated latest technological innovations (IPTeam software by Nexprise, Inc) intotheir product development with great success. The results of a survey and the role of ConcurrentEngineering and latest technological innovations in enhancing U.S. competitiveness in the worldmarket are also presented.I. IntroductionThe competitive and intense manufacturing market and global economic recession haveprompted many manufacturing companies to re-evaluate and reconstruct the process theyundertake to design and manufacture a new product. Rapid changes in technology are changingthe basis of competition throughout the world. Weakness in design and manufacturingcapabilities in U.S. firms is often cited as a major factor in decline of their
behavioral skills include: questioning,observing, networking, and experimenting s [2]. Critical thinking is then used to formassociations between content, effectively linking ideas/processes/solutions together which helpsinnovators generate new uses for existing technologies modification to existing technologies thatcan improve the effectiveness [3].One of the recent strategic initiatives of [our] University is promoting innovation andentrepreneurship, specifically within the engineering majors. Evaluating Innovation: Fixtures,Fads, and Flops was developed to create a cornerstone experience that infuse innovation andentrepreneurship into the first-year in an intentional way, integrated as a new course offering tofulfill an existing general education
(2004).Menzel, P. and F. D’Aluisio, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, Ten Speed Press (2005).Pollan, M., The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, The Penguin Press (2006).Roedel, R.J., S. El-Ghasaly, and J.T. Aberle, “An Integrated Upper Division Course in Electronic Materials and Electromagnetic Engineering—Wave Phenomena for Electrical Engineers,” Proceedings, Frontiers in Education, Tempe, AZ (1998).Smith, B.L., J. MacGregor, R.S. Matthews, and F. Gabelnick, Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education, Jossey-Bass (2004).Somerville, M. et al, “The Olin Curriculum: Thinking Toward the Future,” IEEE Transactions on Education, 48(1) 198—205 (2005).Sternberg, R.J., “Interdisciplinary Problem-Based
(2004).Menzel, P. and F. D’Aluisio, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, Ten Speed Press (2005).Pollan, M., The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, The Penguin Press (2006).Roedel, R.J., S. El-Ghasaly, and J.T. Aberle, “An Integrated Upper Division Course in Electronic Materials and Electromagnetic Engineering—Wave Phenomena for Electrical Engineers,” Proceedings, Frontiers in Education, Tempe, AZ (1998).Smith, B.L., J. MacGregor, R.S. Matthews, and F. Gabelnick, Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education, Jossey-Bass (2004).Somerville, M. et al, “The Olin Curriculum: Thinking Toward the Future,” IEEE Transactions on Education, 48(1) 198—205 (2005).Sternberg, R.J., “Interdisciplinary Problem-Based
(2004).Menzel, P. and F. D’Aluisio, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, Ten Speed Press (2005).Pollan, M., The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, The Penguin Press (2006).Roedel, R.J., S. El-Ghasaly, and J.T. Aberle, “An Integrated Upper Division Course in Electronic Materials and Electromagnetic Engineering—Wave Phenomena for Electrical Engineers,” Proceedings, Frontiers in Education, Tempe, AZ (1998).Smith, B.L., J. MacGregor, R.S. Matthews, and F. Gabelnick, Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education, Jossey-Bass (2004).Somerville, M. et al, “The Olin Curriculum: Thinking Toward the Future,” IEEE Transactions on Education, 48(1) 198—205 (2005).Sternberg, R.J., “Interdisciplinary Problem-Based
with the background information during our first meetingand I was really intrigued by the data, especially as an engineering student myself. …I'm reallyintrigued by this topic, and interested in the data and resulting analysis.” This quotation suggeststhat the driving questions and phenomena being investigated within this collaboration wereengaging and intriguing to URFs which contributed to their interest development.URFs described enjoying the forms of collaboration in this research team, valuing thecommunication skills they developed, and coming to see communication as integral to thedevelopment of ideas. URFs valued receiving useful feedback on their ethnographic writingwhich they saw as integral to building proficiency in academic
progress toward a degree more quickly.Low Academic Preparedness. Many students enrolled in ME/CIVE majors are underprepared inSTEM subjects, particularly mathematics. ME and CIVE largely share the same curricular planfor the first two years, which assumes that first-year students enter the program “calculus ready.”Students who are unprepared to take calculus often take one or more semesters of preparatorymath which can delay their progress in their engineering curriculum or lead them to give up theirpursuit of an engineering degree. Also, in the first two years, students take the requiredmechanics core courses which include Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials. Thesecourses are the students’ first experience with engineering analysis
Session 1453 Students Teaching Students: Engineering 100 Jonathan Dolle, Ray Price University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignAbstractThis paper describes an orientation course every first year student entering the College ofEngineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign participates in during the first sixweeks of class, fall semester. The program is unique in that it is entirely organized and taught bythird and fourth year engineering students, each of which facilitates one or two sections of thecourse, known as Engineering 100. Although the sections group students
for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP), Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education, a 3M national Teaching Fellow, and a mOliver Pan, University of Toronto Oliver Pan is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, studying finance with a double minor in statistics and economics. He exhibits a deep enthusiasm for data analytics, driven by a curiosity to unveil analytical insights spanning multiple sectors such as financial technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engineering Students’ Engagement and Learning Outcomes: A Typological Approach Qin Liu, Greg Evans, and Oliver
inthe areas of mathematics, physics, computing, and electrical and computer engineering theoryand practice.A distinction of our hands-on curriculum is the senior design experience. All senior engineeringstudents participate in year-long design projects sponsored by local companies. Teams of fourstudents, advised by industry professionals and faculty members, bridge the gap betweeneducational and real-world experiences by working on practical design projects, preparingengineering reports, delivering oral presentations and responding to review comments from asponsoring company. Final project presentations are given on Projects Day, an annual eventthat takes place at the end of the spring quarter.The main objective of this project was to increase
Investigator and Director for the TIME Center (Technology & Innovation in Manufacturing & Engineering), an Advanced Technological Education Regional Center of Excellence funded by the National Science. Mr. Faber has extensive curriculum design experience in developing customized education, training and occupational certification programs. His leadership helped build the DACUM Resource Center into a respected state, regional and national curriculum and instructional design resource over its sixteen-year history, serving business, industry, labor, government and educational customers and training over 350 DACUM facilitators nationally. He continues to be ac- tively involved in a variety of educational and
work environment, ultimately leading tocost and time savings.Over the last decade, the construction industry has seen an increased use of alternative PDMsthat integrate the roles of both designer and contractors into a single entity, and offer morecollaboration opportunities among the various disciplines. One of these growing alternative PDMis Design Build (DB). DB has experienced increasing popularity in the construction industryultimately for its recognized benefits, including overall reduction of project cost and completiontime, compared to traditional Design Bid Build (DBB) PDM. A quick comparison of the majordifferences between the two PDMs shows that in a traditional DBB, the owner hires an engineerto design the project and develops the
Paper ID #20144Redeveloping a Senior-level Highway Design Course Considering IndustryFeedbackMr. Steven Kurtis Younkin, Iowa State University Steven Younkin is a graduate student in Civil Engineer with a focus in Transportation engineering. He works as a graduate assistant with Dr. Peter Savolainen. His research interests include traffic safety, engineering education, and geographic information systems. He has been a teaching assistant for the highway design class at ISU the last three semesters. His passion is to study and implement integration of design software into civil engineering curriculum as a teaching aid and
Professional Standards Commission/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Her teaching experience spans across secondary, adult, technical and higher education. She has presented at state, regional, national and international conferences and has several publications. She has served on ac- creditation committees, K-12 school committees and local community boards and received and managed over two million dollars in federal grants. In addition, Dr. Mosley serves on state and national committees for teacher education.Dr. Mir M. Hayder, Savannah State University Dr. Hayder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Savannah State Uni- versity, GA. He received PhD in Mechanical