Groups are held on an ad hoc, by need basis (e.g. often before a particular submissiondeadline). At the time of writing, these activities have been taking place regularly for the past 11months. Most impressively, they are now being planned, organized, and led by the studentambassador and other lab members. Our team still conducts workshops, but the other activitiesare run by the students. These observations show that implementing a SC-CoP in a lab contextcan be self-sustaining.4 OutcomesIn this section, we analyze the outcomes of our projects on students’ writing habits, whilefocusing on the potential benefits that became manifest from this experience. We created asecond voluntary survey to monitor any change in the difficulties students
engineering students, and dyads ofprofessional expert engineers through a study of their cognitive processes while designing. It usestools and processes developed in previously funded NSF projects to provide a uniform basis forcomparing students and professional experts that is independent of the educational andexperiential background of the participants.Outcomes of this research provide a cognitive foundation to inform and improve engineeringeducation models while expanding our understanding of how students evolve to acquire expert-level design skills. The results inform leaders in engineering education and developers ofinstructional materials and curricula, as well as teachers and designers planning classroomstrategies, of initiatives in formal
intentional and longer conversations with students across all four class years helped me identify issues in scheduling, advising, campus support, housing, employment, dining and other campus offices that affected the students. Many of these topics might not have been communicated in the typical once a semester meeting with an advisee, but meeting as much as twice a month with the mentees provided the opportunity for increased depth and breadth of our conversations." (Faculty mentor #1) "While I do try to work on my advisees on more holistic planning when they meet with me each semester in their course plans, it pales in comparison with the opportunities we can meet in the OMEGA scholars. (Faculty
the interviews concluded with anexploration of the participants’ perceptions of how sustainability and resiliency relate to the workof practicing civil engineers, and how they plan to use what they know about sustainability as acivil engineer. The interviews lasted between 15 and 50 minutes length, depending on the depthof students’ experiences with sustainability and resiliency, and their willingness and ability totalk about those experiences. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim.We analyzed the interviews inductively using sensitizing concepts [16] derived from thepreviously presented literature on sustainability and resiliency. The interviews were open-codedto capture the different ways that the participants understood and
, and final written report. A post-project survey (see appendix B forcomplete survey questions) served as the concluding project requirement and assessmenttool.LimitationsThis was the first implementation of this laboratory project. Although students knewfundamentally how to produce injection molded parts and perform tensile tests fromprevious lab experiences, they still encountered difficulties during the project. Forexample, it was hard to set the injection molding process temperatures high enough tomelt the ABS pellets and ensure complete fill of the mold cavity. Similarly, because ofthe relatively high ductility of these thermoplastics, final length measurements were notvery precise. The schedule of the project was affected and some planned
thefocus of the problems, the necessity of the clear vision of the difficulties. The investigation oftarget users needs is added to the "insights" concluded from the previous two stages, andwithin these areas there is a clear target for the shot at bull's-eye of the chosen concept. That is,after the information about the problems in this or that area is collected, it needs to select a fo-cus. The focus in this case is the combination of the "task" and the "person" in one sentence,that is, the formulation of the task, at which it is planned to work, focused on a specific user. Inorder to create the innovation, we need to solve what is not solved by the others, and every-thing else can be copied. That means, to focus on those problems and tasks that
an assistant professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education at Iowa State University. Michael’s program of research centers on the role of technology in the experiences of undergraduate stu- dents. His current projects focus on large undergraduate science and engineering lecture courses exploring how students use digital study resources, how faculty and instructors design and plan for the use of digital technologies in the classroom , and, how data from digital study resources (e.g., learning analytics) can be used with other forms of data to understand student learning and performance and ultimately, to improve instructional practices.Dr. Stephanie D. Teasley, University of Michigan Dr. Teasley is a Research
Crime Scene Investigation”, and theyreserved in a new course for EML activity [22]. The author found that the freshman year is agreat time to introduce EML concepts. The University of Florida College Of Engineering offersan entrepreneurship course which mimics the real-world experiences of enterprise formation andgrowth in an academic environment [23]. Tabrizi [24] fostered an entrepreneurial mindset in“digital systems” class through a jigsaw-puzzle model.Several universities developed detailed four-year plans to implement EML in curriculums.Lawrence Technological University merges a technical skills curriculum with EML. Engineeringstudents will advance through the “Interdisciplinary Design & Entrepreneurial ApplicationsSequence (IDEAS)”, a
to Use themResearch-Based Virtual Dissection Module and Case Study As an example of how to translate these research results into an educational intervention,we present a virtual dissection module developed to help students develop creative ideas andprovide discussion on the impact of the type of product dissected on creativity. While the modulewas developed to be deployed over a 1.5 hour time period, see Figure 2, it can be easily brokeninto several class periods or instructors can take aspects of the module to utilize as needed fortheir educational goals. The remainder of this section presents the resources needed to utilize thismodule, the module’s lesson plan, and a case study of the modules deployment in a first-yearintroduction
electronic circuits before? 10 Have you ever programmed an Arduino before? 11 Have you ever used a laser with mirrors and motors to create a light show? Figure 4. Pre and Post Survey given to camp students in 2018Results In the early years of the camp, each portion of each day was scripted and planned withdesigned activities. After assessing interest and response to each activity and the curiosity of thestudents, the activities were left more open ended and had multiple levels of depth so thatadvanced students could experiment while the lagging students achieved basic competency in thetask. The final day is now planned as mostly creative free time for students to
Modeling and Simulation in health care and energy planning. He has participated in several funded projects through various sources such as NASA, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Colombian Research Institute. He also have several years of experience working as a consultant for Pharmaceutical and energy companies in the U. S. and Latin America.Dr. Yaneth Correa-Martinez, Colorado State University, Pueblo Hasan School of BusinessMrs. Katherine Sof´ıa Palacio, Fundacion Universidad del Norte Education: PhD in Engineering Management, May 2014 - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Mas- ter of Science in Industrial Engineering, September 2006 - Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colom- bia. Bachelor of
Hispanic Serving Institutionnature of the university where this study takes place. The University of Puerto Rico is a systemthat serves over 60,000 students, of which 99% are Hispanic, with Spanish as their primarylanguage.The project has two main expected outcomes: 1) Capacity Building through Critical Transitionsand 2) Capacity Building through Cross Sector Partnerships. Capacity Building will be reachedthrough the development of a sequence of courses and experiential learning experiences that willlead to a minor degree. Regarding Cross Sector Partnerships, they will be reached by means ofan Advisory Board composed by government agency representatives and faculty, and throughthe development of a plan for hands-on experiences for participating
of Regional and Com- munity Planning in 2001 from Kansas State University. She has taught design studios at the college level since 1998: at Kansas State University in the Department of Interior Architecture and Product Design for over fifteen years, at Chongqing Jinazhu University in the People’s Republic of China for one year, in Afghanistan at Kabul University for two summers, and in Bangladesh at the Asian University for Women for one year. Lewis’ scholarly interests include: teaching methodology, especially with beginning design students; in- ternational educational experiences, cultural exchanges, and study abroad; and the intersection between design and social justice. She received the honor of being
digital natives (students), and incorporates: mind mapping (discoverybased learning), experts on call, gamification, all integrated through teacher views thatproduce dynamic project-based lesson plans. The system encourages an interdisciplinaryapproach that requires students to draw on multiple subject areas simultaneously to solvereal world problems. Previous research conducted by the authors has indicated that in thecontext of learning style models, the PLMS provides a balanced approach to learning andtherefore should be a very useful learning tool in the physics curriculum. This study willfirst present the results of attitudinal and learning style surveys that were conducted inlocal junior high schools that correlate learning style profiles
onmember design and the use of the design aides within the AISC Manual. While the majority ofthe examples were instructor lead, almost all lectures required students to assist in findingsolutions using the think-pair-share (TPS) collaborative learning strategy, in which students thinkindividually and share their ideas with classmates. TPS examples are a powerful learning tooland help student identify areas of weakness if they struggle while attempting to solve a problem.Since TPS examples can take more time to execute, they could be more easily and regularlyincluded within a flipped classroom model. Finally, if all of the examples planned for a lecturewere completed, lecture occasionally ended early to acknowledge and reward students for
collaborative learning) enabled. Another sectionwas given access to the website with all of these features disabled. In the other two sections, onlygamification and only social interaction were enabled, respectively.The sequence of LOs assigned throughout these sections were: Hand Tracing Sequential Code,Pair Programming, Statement Coverage, Hand Tracing Method Calls, Debugging, ProgrammingCoding Standards, Introduction to Software Testing - 1, 2, and 3, Introduction to UML, and CS1Unit Testing-1. This sequence was designed to align the LO with the material covered in class atthe time. About half of these LOs were directly related to course material, so SEP-CyLEintegrated well into the curriculum. In future semesters, we plan to develop more LOs to
. Some offer apps that include conceptsrelated to programming and controls, such as block programming, which can be found in toyslike Kamigami robots [37], and trajectory planning, which can be found in toys like the Spherorobot. Some toys include advanced vision capabilities [38] and an interactive learningenvironment, such as the Cozmo robot. The Cozmo robot (shown in Figure 1) is an autonomousrobot that is shaped like a truck [39]. It integrates computer vision capabilities with artificialintelligence algorithms [40]. Children can interact with it and see how the robot can readinformation from the objects in its proximity, which is important for various applications inmaterial tracking. It also has vision recognition capabilities that are
test, I also took a biology test that was absolutely horrible. I'm not used to information heavy examination. It seemed like he wanted us to know everything in both the book and the powerpoints. The blame falls on me for underestimating biology and putting a lot of time to graphics. I plan to solve this by seeing the biology teacher for help. I wish to actually understand how to work through his purely conceptual tests.First entries by Author Y Entry 1: My old school, [name of prior university], had a campus that you could walk from any building to another within 10 minutes. At a campus the size of [current institution], it is very easy to get caught up in the “human traffic.” Students at this
researchexperiences in England, Sweden, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, theNetherlands, Japan, China, Singapore, Australia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Honduras, Colombia,Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts, Ethiopia, Togo,Ghana, South Africa and Morocco [6].IR SITE PROGRAMS A summary of research sites with universities can be seen in Table 1, below. Previouspublications on IR for underrepresented minority students in Sweden, the Netherlands, andAustria provide a detail description of the university sites research facilities and activities [5,6].In the last six years, 25 students were hosted at TU Graz/U Graz and 12 were the recipients ofthe Marshall Plan scholarship. From 2008 to present, 32
engineering design [2]. Stanford University also requires that first-year students takeIntroduction to Solid Mechanics, a course dedicated to teaching first year students themathematics behind design [3-4]. Stanford does not teach their students Engineering Drawinguntil their second year, but they still made this class a requirement before advanced engineeringdesign classes [3]. These colleges are similar to NAU’s Mechanical Engineering 4-yearprogression plan because they require introductory mathematical and engineering design coursesin the students’ first years. However, these colleges differ from NAU’s 4 year progression planbecause students are taught geometric dimensioning for engineering drawings and designthroughout multiple classes and
of the following: Week 1: Introduction to Human-Centered Design - design exercises to show the difference between human-centered design and more standard processes Week 2: The Inspiration Phase - framing a design challenge, choosing a design challenge, planning research, building an interview guide Week 3: Conducting research and preparing for presentations Week 4: Ideation Methods - finding themes, clustering, creating insight statements Week 5: Selecting a Project - storyboarding, brainstorming, selecting best ideas, gut check Week 6: Project Proposals - complete project proposal presentations, team assignments, mechanics for the rest of the semesterAt the completion of the six
Develop your own original hypothesis and a perform that skill research plan to test it or ability now Grasp the concept and limits of a technology well enough to see the best ways to use it Design and build something new that performs very close to your design specifications Innovation Rate the extent to 1-5 Search out new technologies, processes, Orientation which you techniques, and/or product ideas partake in the Generate creative ideas following Promote and champion
system directly from the CAD application. A file stored within the PLM system maintainsfull traceability and can be accessed from the CAD system without opening the PLM systemitself. In our case, XPLM was integrated with Siemens NX and CATIA V5 (see Figure 1). Figure 1. XPLM integration with Siemens NX (left) and CATIA V5 (right)We adopted an agile development plan so that we can quickly maneuver to solve issues thateither the students or the instructors have with the system. This led to many smaller quality-of-life updates that made the system easier and more effective for every party involved.In the first implementation, a workflow and a lifecycle were developed to allow the release ofweekly assignments. This portion of the system
, trigonometry and analytic geometry, and finally CalculusI enhance learning objectives in this renewable energy class. In addition, a laboratory manual fromFESTO-Didactic provides detailed review information on related fundamentals before thelaboratory activities.This curriculum update serves as a major and minor class for multiple degree concentrations suchas Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET), construction management, safetymanagement, and engineering design and development in the department of engineeringtechnology. The university’s recent strong partnership with a major energy services company alsomakes electrical power and renewable energy curriculum central to the University and College’sstrategic planning that will produce
trouble for him and the whole JediOrder. Yoda earns positive scores in each of these areas. The authors agreed that Yoda’sorganization was neutral. While having a clear lesson plan that captured the attention of so manyvery young students is impressive, allowing Obi Won to interrupt is a significant, if important,distraction. The authors disagreed on how to assess Yoda’s communication. While clearlyengaging young students at a level they could understand, “Yoda speak” is confusing to many.Ultimately, the largest Star Wars nerd among the authors insisted this not count against Yoda andassigned a positive score. However, the debate highlights that different students view the sameactions differently. Thus, one’s place in Lowman’s Model is not
oncharacteristics that also support an innovative environment, which is generally characterized by acollaborative, social, open, contextual, and tangible culture of learning. Project teams andcultural norms are developed with this in mind, while community projects take into account notjust STEM and workforce skills, but also building community commitment and placeattachment. The third core element of the C-EEEM, neighborhood asset-based communitydevelopment, is grounded in the idea that neighborhoods and their residents have a multitude ofresources to improve quality of life beyond the typical focus on financial investments. Thisapproach to community outcomes builds community engagement as well, especially when thereis a tangible project planned in the
education and developers of instructional materials and curricula, as well asteachers and designers planning classroom strategies, of initiatives in formal engineeringeducation. The development of educational strategies is explored with the intent to move studentsalong a trajectory towards expert design behavior.AcknowledgementJeff Kan carried out the sentiment analysis. This material is based upon work supported by theNational Science Foundation under Grant Numbers: 1463873 and 1463809. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authorsand do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References Ahmed S. (2001). Understanding the use and reuse of experience in
] and others have suggested that heteronormativity and heterosexismmay be promoted through particular ideologies in engineering culture, especially“technical/social dualism” (devaluation of social, communicative and personnel-related aspects)[38-40] and “depoliticization” (relegation of questions of social justice and inclusion as“political,” and thus irrelevant to “real” engineering) [41, 42].This project used a mixed-methods research plan with surveys of engineering deans [43], facultyand students as well as ethnographic participant observations of a Virtual Community of Practicefor LGBTQ inclusion in STEM. The surveys and ethnographic research generated newknowledge and understanding of engineering cultures, which provided empirically
learning. When I said it doesn't feel right, I mean it makes me alittle nervous. I’m not used to this style of learning yet.”Throughout this data set, while focused on their course-related industry work, consistentdeclarative indicators include scoping project and task requirements along with using specificstrategies to accomplish those tasks. Consistently displayed procedural indicators include tasksidentification and their progress as well as directing resources to accomplish those tasks.As an example, time management and planning are consistently referred to for scoping anddetermining strategies to successfully address tasks and projects for industry related work. Thedeclarative presents itself as the ability to estimate how long a task will
) Career Services – Interviewing 3.7 Guest Speakers 4.2 Hands-On-Activities 3.9 Green Fund Proposals 3.7 Poster Development 3.8 Meetings with Mentor 4.0 Project Planning 3.0 Research/ Project Activities 4.0 Technical Writing 3.3 Professional Presentation 3.7