the removal of unnecessary words, pictures, andsounds in multimedia lessons helps students learn better than including interesting but onlytangentially related material; the Redundancy Principle informs that slides with graphics andnarration or on-screen text help students learn better than when slides include graphics, narrationand on-screen text; The Personalization Principle informs that students learn better when contentis presented in a conversational style, and the Segmenting Principle informs that the use ofsmaller user digestible segments in multimedia lessons help students learn better than the use oflonger materials [2], [4].HypothesesThus, based on our project goal, the findings and limitations of previous research literature
Journal of Testing and Evaluation and International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. He serves panel member for several NCHRP and ACRP projects. He is also a registered professional engineer in Alabama and LEED AP.Min-Wook Kang, University of South Alabama Dr. Kang is a professor of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering at the University of South AlabamaDr. John Cleary, University of South AlabamaLisa LaCross, University of South Alabama ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Fast-Track to Research Writing Mastery: A 9-Week Intensive Course for Graduate StudentsAbstractResearch writing is a critical skill for graduate students, yet many
of Engineering Leadership,”Daley and Baruah [18] identify six knowledge bases or skills required for engineering leadership,including management skills. Bariraktarova et al. [19] explored leadership training in BulgarianSTEM education, noting the importance of partnerships between businesses and STEM schoolsto offer management training. Zhu et al.’s [20] qualitative study of Chinese engineers'perceptions of engineering leadership found that, under the Four Capabilities Model (4-Cap), theaspect of inventing includes discussions about project management skills as important forleadership. Management skills have also been critical in leadership assessments, particularly theManagerial Behavior Instrument, which aims to measure students
. Therefore, the course included several systems engineering topics: thesystems engineering process; conceptional systems design; design requirements; integration andprototyping; testing, evaluation, and validation; design for reliability; design for maintainability;and design for affordability. The remainder of the course was organized to focus on thefollowing topics: Logical foundations of systems thinking; the Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD)technique; systems thinking for control systems; and systems thinking applied to problemsolving. Course activities included homework assignments, in-class essays, group discussions,and a final research project. The following table shows how student performance was evaluated.What sets this course apart from other
context of their individual research project and laboratory environment. Theresults were recorded in their journals, with several examples shown on the following pages.Lessons learned from the incubators also informed outcomes for the REU site, including aPechaKucha-style talk (modified to a slide show of ten images, each auto-advancing after 20seconds [27]), a 15-minute research talk, and a scientific poster.The REU activities were evaluated in several ways. Pre- and post-surveys were administered toassess perceptions, attitudes, and skills acquired from the program. An evaluator also led smallgroup exit interviews with the students, gaining important insights about the program’s impacts.Incubator Outcomes1. Outcomes of Week 1 Incubator: Basics
content and teaching style. While there is slightly less project-basedlearning in India, the differences are minor. Indian engineering companies typically do notrecruit graduate engineers from the leading institutions: they cannot offer high enoughsalaries. A close examination of young engineers working in a leading export-oriented Indianmanufacturing company11 shows a large mismatch between their training and the work theyare expected to do. Therefore it is not surprising that Indian graduates create relatively lowvalue for their Indian companies employing them.Given the pressing need to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions fromdeveloping countries such as India, such skill mismatches point to significant futuredifficulties in
Paper ID #36476Creating a collaborative cross-institutional culture to supportSTEM women of color and women with familyresponsibilities at four midwestern research institutionsCinzia Cervato Dr. Cinzia Cervato is the lead PI of the NSF-funded ADVANCE Midwest Partnership project and Morrill Professor of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. She has served as faculty fellow for early career and term faculty in the Office of the Provost and faculty fellow for strategic planning in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She earned a doctor of geology degree from the University of Padova (Italy), and a Doctor of
efforts.For several years, students participating in UAF’s UAS/aerospace design courses have often matriculated to thestaff of ACUASI, having been involved in UAS design projects benefitting the research center or having becomeinvolved in flight operations by virtue of acquaintances through the instructor or other previous students. Thiscourse offers direct practical knowledge of UAS flight operations needed by ACUASI personnel to be cognizantof UAS operations campaign planning and execution. It also provides a baseline of fundamental knowledge tofuture potential collaborators who may work with ACUASI to build UAS-centric research proposals or conductflight operations. [4] [5]Finally, through the development of this course and other UAS/aerospace
the University of Toronto (Canada) in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, the Institute for Robotics and Mechatron- ics, the Toronto Institute of Advanced Manufacturing, and the Institute for Aerospace Studies. He was a researcher in Onboard Space Systems at Lule˚a University of Technology (Sweden). Dr. Bazzocchi also worked for the RHEA Group as a spacecraft concurrent design engineer on the Canadian Space Agency satCODE (satellite concurrent design) project. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Advancing Engineering Education through University Ground Stations Michael I. Buchwald and Michael C.F
traditional boundaries of higher education. The resources that expanded their learning (guestspeakers, community projects, and internships) were mostly brought into the higher educationsetting by their instructors, and these “outside” resources were often linked to their expandingviews of engineering work is in the workplace. Also, some students learned that they could aligntheir engineering education with their life passions that were beyond what they originallythought was engineering. For these students, engineering education was more than a path to anengineering career, it was a strong foundation to potentially many different careers in the future.Findings 2: Newly Hired Engineers Learning Experiences in the Workplace EcosystemBeginning their
overarching goal of this research project was to engagefamilies in opportunities to explore STEM concepts and skills and expand access to STEMlearning and activities into home environments. Bell et al. [38] defined learning as “a jointcollaborative effort within an intergenerational group of children and significant adults” (p. 33).Because they have more knowledge and experience, caregivers can enact various roles to supporttheir children in learning and transmit values and expectations around learning and problemsolving [39]. However, children are not considered passive learners in this study, but rather theyshare ownership in learning throughout their engagement with the engineering design cycle.Eccles’ Model of Parent Socialization [40], [41] and
second year students and serve as a motivating introduction to the program. The coursesoften use prototype boards to interface sensor and actuator modules from a system-levelintegration perspective. There are also courses at the other end of the spectrum that focus on thelow-level development of microcontroller firmware and how microcontrollers interface withindividual sensors, actuators, and other devices. Due to the detailed nature of the material, it canbe challenging to present these topics and labs within the context of an overarching project whilestill limiting the scope to fit within a single term.Pinball machines integrate many core topics of electrical engineering, computer engineering,mechanical engineering, and computer science in
Paper ID #34692Using Rapid Prototyping to Realize Design: Mindset and EngineeringSelf-EfficacyDr. Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University Andrea Kwaczala is an assistant professor at Western New England University in the biomedical engineer- ing department. She teaches Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Courses, Senior Design and Prosthetic and Orthotic Design. She focuses on hands-on labs centered on student engagement and project based learning. She works in collaboration with Shriners Hospitals for Children where her re- search focuses in the design of assistive technologies to help people with
Curriculum (MUSIC), Techtronics Program) and is currently co-investigator on a grant developing computer software to teach immunology to middle school students. Her special interests include developing ways to teach science/engineering to engage diverse populations especially females and underrepresented minorities.Paul Klenk, Duke University Paul A. Klenk, Ph.D., is a Visiting Scholar at Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, developing K-12 engineering education programs. He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from the Pratt school of Engineering at Duke University in 2006. He is the Duke Project Director for the TeachEngineeirng Digital Library Project
fibroblast) cells onthese hydrogels are then observed. In the biomechanics module, students measure and analyzeEMG (electromyography) signals and relate force generation and limb movement to thesesignals.This course also includes a research project. Students research how a technique presented in thiscourse is used to develop a medical device, clinical therapy, or to study a biological process.Students present their projects as both a poster in a public setting, and in a written report.This class has been taught to over 150 students to date over the last two years. This integratedapproach has consistently received favorable course evaluations from students and faculty andmeets several ABET criteria.1. IntroductionThe Department of Biomedical
to not only describe an element of engineering work, but also to connect it toimprovements in engineering education.Books: Vincenti, Davis and Vinck In his 1990 book titled, What Engineers Know and How They Know It, Walter Vincentiprovides a frequently referenced look at engineering work8. An aeronautical engineer andprofessor, Vincenti is arguably one of the premier engineering historians in the United States. Inhis book, he uses examples from the history of aeronautical engineering to detail how engineersapproach their work and learn through doing it. Vincenti argues that most engineers practice “normal design;” they simply modifysomething that already exists. Radical design, starting a project from scratch, happens much
Engineer in Ontario and in Qu´ebec. He began his professional career as a project engineer for the consulting engi- neering firm Urgel Delisle et Associ´es. From 1989 to 1999 he held a faculty position at Universit´e Laval, where his teaching and research activities focused on agricultural machinery engineering. While at Uni- versit´e Laval, Dr. Lagu¨e also served as Vice-Dean (Research) of the Facult´e des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation and he was the founding chair of the D´epartement des sols et de g´enie agroalimen- taire. In January 2000, Dr. Lagu¨e was appointed to the Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry industrial chair at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of
, energy audits and condition surveys for various mechanical and electrical and systems. He has conducted several projects to reduce emission impacts of buildings by evaluating and improving the energy practices through the integration of sustainable systems with existing systems. His current research focuses on engaging and educating students in sustainable and green buildings’ design and energy conservation. He is currently investigating various ways to reduce energy consumption in office buildings. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Students’ responses to flipping Applied Fluids from instructor- centered to a student-centered using PBL paradigmAbstractFluid
- sional Responsibility. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Designing for a Sustainable World: Integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into a First-Year Engineering Course in Science, Technology, and SocietyIntroduction I am an instructor on a teaching team for a required first-year engineering course inscience, technology and society (STS) at the University of Virginia. The course enrolls 360-400students each semester, and its primary learning goals are to introduce students to social andethical aspects of engineering design and to help them hone communication skills relevant toengineering practice. The major project in the course is a
Institute, studying the intersections of engineering cultures, peace and ethics, educational power structures, and the experiences of disabled, queer, and trans engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Ethics Education as Enculturation: Student learning of personal, social, and professional responsibilityIntroductionThis paper explores how engineering students understand the meaning and role of ethics withintheir own life experiences, the context of their education, and their projections of professionalpractice. While the majority of work in engineering ethics educational research seeks toimplement and assess new educational activities, approaches, or paradigms, this
, and educators have advocated moving from educating engineers in a waythat reinforces that engineering is a purely technical endeavor to one that recognizes that it issociotechnical, and happens in a global context. As part of a National Science Foundation -funded project, our engineering program is exploring ways for engineering educators to do thiswithin required engineering courses. In this paper, we present an example of how content relatedto sociotechnical and global context was integrated into a required senior-level Heat Transfercourse in mechanical engineering. We describe the design of the Social Relevance and GlobalContext Module and its use with students in Fall 2017. The module is designed for use in theHeat Exchanger section of
Curriculum and Instruction (Science Education) from the University of Washington.Ms. Jill Lynn Weber, Center for Research and Learning Jill Weber is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Com- munication Studies and English. She has worked as a Project Manager in Information Technology as well as in the Marketing group at AT&T Wireless, and was a corporate trainer for new hires. Ms. Weber was in charge of managing large cross-company project teams and several large technology projects. In 2005, Ms. Weber completed the University of Washington Certificate in Program Evaluation. Currently, she is the owner of The Center for Research and Learning and has expertise in planning and
Paper ID #14730The Case for a Master’s Degree for Civil Engineering LicensureMr. Mark William Killgore, American Society of Civil Engineers MARK W. KILLGORE, PE, D.WRE, F. EWRI, F. ASCE Mark Killgore has worked as Director, Raise the Bar for the American Society of Civil Engineers since 2011 focusing on the future educational prerequisites for professional licensure. He spent over 30 years as a consulting engineer and project owner in the hydro and water resources sector. He also served as adjunct faculty at Seattle University where he taught water resources engineering and fluid mechanics. He is currently a research
Paper ID #13052Fostering Innovative Skills within the Classroom: A Qualitative Analysisfrom Interviews with 60 InnovatorsLaura Atkins, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Laura Atkins is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois. Recent research includes projects aimed toward improving the lives of students. Her other research interests relate to health disparities along class, gender, and racial lines.Mr. Julian Ernesto Martinez-Moreno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Julian currently works as a researcher at Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences
26.946.3This paper describes increased student and faculty participation in the 2014 Program. The 2014Program comprised 49 students and 14 Faculty Advisors. The 49 participating students is thelargest number of students since the start of our assessment effort (The 2013 Program comprised43 students, and the 2012 Program comprised 48 students). SOCHE continues to advertise theresearch internships conducted at the Federal Government Institution throughout southwesternOhio.In the 2014 Program, we introduced and implemented a fifth component. This component is: (E)Counseling. This component provides personal interaction among the students and SOCHE atthe Government Institution (where the students are pursuing their research projects). In thiscomponent
at San Diego State University. She received her PhD and MS degrees from University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Mladenov is the Director of the Water Innovation and Reuse Lab at SDSU and leads projects on decentralized water reuse systems and water quality in pristine and polluted environments. She is also a founding member of the Area of Excellence, ”Blue Gold: Mitigat- ing the Effects of Water Scarcity,” an interdisciplinary and collaborative group conducting research and educational activities on topics relevant to water scarce regions of the world. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 International Scientific Research Experiences: Developing Global Citizens
-EWB participants. A higherpercentage of those with internship experiences rated teamwork in the top five importantoutcomes, and a lower percentage rated attitudes among the five least important outcomes. Thosewith future career interests in construction engineering rated project management in the top fiveimportant outcomes with higher frequency; students with structures career interests believeddesign to be more important; fewer students with water and/or environmental career aspirationsrated globalization among the least important outcomes. Content analysis of an open-endeddiscussion of the BOK2 found that the majority of students (93%) had overall positivestatements. Some promoted the inclusion of creativity and innovation as a new outcome
engineeringclasses that compares lecture-homework-project teaching approaches to peer-to-peer active learn-ing when combined with design-based learning approaches. Although both approaches show thatstudent do show improved performance, the peer-to-peer active learning and design-based learningapproach received much greater interest, engagement, and intrinsic motivation. Dicheva et al. [5]present a survey of published empirical results on the applications of gamification in education.The authors further stated that although most of the papers surveyed showed promising resultsthere is still more research needed to determine the impact on student learning.Clarke et al. [9] describe how WReSTT (Web-Based Repository of Software Testing Tutorials)is used to
Analysis studied FEA using ANSYSMechanical APDL. Five teams of senior students each performed a different type ofoptimization on the FSAE chassis design as the final course project. In both courses, studentsrecord predicted torsional rigidity and predicted chassis weight for their respective designs. Thejunior Vehicle Design I students measured torsional rigidity of two completed FSAE vehicles.Assessment of relevant student learning outcomes for each course and student feedback arepresented.IntroductionThis paper provides a tutorial for using the CATIA V5 Generative Structural Workbench todesign a space frame. Junior level vehicle design students demonstrate the application of theprocess to their own individual FSAE chassis designs. In parallel
. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She has over ten years of construction and civil engineering experience working for energy companies and as a project management consultant. Dr. Simmons has extensive experience leading and conducting multi-institutional, workforce-related re- search and outreach. She is a leader in research investigating the competencies professionals need to compete in and sustain the construction workforce. Dr. Simmons oversees the Simmons Research Lab (www.denisersimmons.com), which is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary mix of graduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers who work