connect withone another and reflect on the information they have been exposed to throughout the day.As shown in fig. 6, the majority of teachers have already used, or are intending to use the activitykit provided. Some have even mentioned using activities from the website that were not part of thetrack they attended at the workshop but fit their classroom curriculum. There was a wide breadthin the ways teachers implemented their classroom kits. Some teachers mentioned they use theactivity as an introduction to a new concept, while others used them as hands on reinforcement ofa concept they had already taught in a traditional fashion. Teachers who used the kits mentionedthat they encouraged them to try new teaching strategies in their classrooms
four iteration in 20 years, and given the USGBC’s goal of being on theforward edge of sustainability in construction, it is likely that our students will be utilizing anewer version from the one they learned. Furthermore, in the meantime, given the demands of amilitary career, it might be difficult for the former students to be able to maintain theircredentialing. This area represents an opportunity for further study.This study concludes that the content and format of the credentialing course needs to change. Itmust spend more time on the foundational concepts of integrating sustainability into design andless on simply obtaining specific credentials. To this end, the instructors added an applicationproject to the course where the students must
American Council of Engineering Companies’ Senior Executives Institute, an advanced management, leadership, and public policy training program for current and emerging leaders of engineering and architectural firms. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing a Team-Based Regulatory Framework for Mobility Engineering ProfessionalsAbstractTransportation mobility has gained burgeoning attention in the past decades driven by theadvancement of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and ubiquitous InternetCommunication Technologies (ICT). As the innovation of CAVs progresses towards an upperlevel of automation, safety concerns induced by advanced autonomous vehicle
it is common for studentsto work alone on projects at the undergraduate level.For many second-year engineering students, on the other hand, team projects have been anessential part of the curriculum since starting college. By the time of graduation, it is expectedthat these students have developed as specialists who can contribute to a larger project in whichmultiple disciplines are required to achieve a solution. Thus, it is not surprising that theteamwork aspects of an undergraduate engineering curriculum affected students‟ perceptions ofinterdisciplinary engineering work.During the focus groups, students identified critical components of a successful interdisciplinaryengineering team as good communication, trust, and mutual respect
twoexcellent regional universities, Kansas State University at Salina and Pittsburg State Universitythat offer bachelor degrees in Engineering Technology. Wichita State University offers aMechanical Engineering program that could also provide areas of collaboration between thesimilar disciplines.Therefore, the leadership at Wichita Area Technical College (WATC) proposed to initiatetransferable engineering technology programs within their curriculum structure. In developingthese programs, the curricula will provide the overall hands-on workforce skills required byindustry while maintaining an educational level conducive to upper- level degree transferability.The proposed curricula will serve to enhance and elevate the knowledge base, thereby
successfully and are currently in use.2. The Keytag MakerEGR450 (Manufacturing Controls) is a course that teaches logic based process control usingPLCs. The course includes extensive lab work that applies PLCs in a variety of applications. Thefirst labs effectively teach the student to program and interface the controllers, but for the peda-gogy some of the unpredictably of real implementations is hidden. An advanced lab was neededto expose the more difficult problems such as integration of multi-module systems, process star-tup, process integration, alignment, etc. [1]. This need was met by having a senior project studentteam develop a small production machine.Initially the objectives for the project were left somewhat open, they were, - make
number of engineering students that enter internships in community or international service. As a result of the newly established agreements with sponsoring organizations such as the US Department of Health and Human Services, Engineers Without Borders, the Namlo Foundation, Golden Independent School, and the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil, we anticipate an increase in students participating in these endeavors. Furthermore, we plan to establish additional agreements with similar agencies during the course of the project.2. Program Implementation2.1. Curriculum Development and EnhancementsSenior Design/Service MissionsSenior design is a linchpin of the program, through which some students engage in designprojects
specific things happen (i.e., change theatmosphere). Without effective communication skills, a good idea could be overlooked. Another example is Yahoo! Hack-U, which is a 24-hr programming contest. Under the time constraint, clear communication and teamwork are necessary among team members. I was able to divide the work, integrate my part with others and change the atmosphere to one that was both enjoyable and memorable.In this last example, the participant describes specific outcomes (e.g., gain funding, convinceothers, prove something is worthwhile) that engineers might desire and asserts that effectivecommunication will empower them to achieve these outcomes. In the work place, an engineer needs to be able to
performance levels are met anduse of these results in the curriculum revision process. Sarin20 provides a general, detailed planto assist faculty with the development of a curricular review process. Continuous improvement,including the importance of documentation, is discussed but no formal process is described. Acurriculum renewal process, including analysis of existing curriculum, followed by design andimplementation of a new curriculum is provided by Leonard, et. al.21 Once the renewedcurriculum is in place, they provide an accreditation preparation methodology for assessment andcontinuous improvement. They too emphasize the importance of documentation.Our literature review, described in the previous paragraphs, points to a need for a
. Some students begin to view SDL in terms of their own interests andlearning. The range of responses becomes wider as different individuals state different ideas ofwhat self-directed learning is and how SDL might be demonstrated. We see that students createtheir own meaning, and their conceptions often overlap with our working definition of SDL butmight not be as encompassing. SDL begins to show up as choices that students might have, interms of not only what to learn but also how.Defining SDL became an ongoing process as the research unfolded and as the studentsprogressed in the curriculum. They began defining the instantiation of SDL practices by the waysthey interpreted varying instructional models. For example, when students assumed
first limitation was thedistance between the end user and the student. Second, the view of only one COR was discussedin this paper, despite having 4 community partners involved in the project. Since the roles of theother organization members were more limited, their views were excluded. A further-reachingstudy could be conducted to assess the impact on the university students, 8th grade students, endusers, and other organization members. Finally, it is possible that the COR was perceivedprimarily as a faculty member rather than as the client, and a different community partner wouldhave had a larger impact.Further integration with the end user could be implemented. Ideally, an international SL projectincorporates the end user regularly to ensure
students into STEM (ODU BLAST).Dr. Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University Dr. Anthony W. Dean has had several roles in academia. He is currently Assistant Dean for Research, Batten College of Engineering and Technology (BCET) at ODU. His previous appointments include As- sociate Professor of Engineering Technology and as Associate Director of the Institute for Ship Repair, Maintenance, and Operations at Old Dominion University (ODU).His research has focused mostly on control systems (integration and testing) and the reliability and maintainability of complex systems. He has been selected as both a NASA and an ONR Faculty Fellow. He regularly teaches courses in Ma- rine Engineering and in Maintained Systems. Most
[4]. Therefore, these engaging, accessible, and affordable courses and challenge problemshave been and will continue to be developed to reach more students throughout the state, and inthe future, the country.SLI’s goal is to increase the number of students and enhance the education of students pursuingcareers in space. The objective is to create an integrated set of educational resources, implementthem strategically in undergraduate classrooms, K-12 classrooms, outreach events, andworkshops, and assess their efficacy in achieving our goal. The public benefit of the project isexpanded opportunities, materials, and resources for enhancing K-12, undergraduate,teacher/professor, and public knowledge and understanding of space science and
and developing arguments in writing. Thisstudy draws on experiences from changing a course previously relying onmandatory attendance towards challenging and encouraging the students‟contribution to each other‟s learning. Page 26.1586.21. Introduction: Tools For TransformationImagine coming into a classroom, an auditorium housing 150 students. After settingup your computer and PowerPoint-presentation, the bustle quiets down and you beginby welcoming the crowd to your country and university. Though they come from allover the world,from different societies, cultures and schooling, thestudents have twothings in common: all of them are engineering students, and; none of
at the Colorado School of Mines. Their teams participated in the Spring2004 EPICS Challenge – a Versatile Weather Station. As an award for their outstanding work on the project, theywere selected to submit this paper to the ASEE.ROBERT KNECHTRobert Knecht’s 23 years of experience in the engineering industry focuses on technical and management support forminerals, energy and waste projects. He currently directs an engineering design program based on a curriculum thatfocuses on projects from industry. His projects require students to implement a design methodology in teams to solveopen-ended problems and to communicate these solutions both in written and verbal forms
to prove/“establish” himself/herself in his/herdiscipline and hop on the treadmill in a mad rush toward the “life and death” (or so they seem atthe time) goals of promotion, tenure, merit raises, and national/international professionalreputation [1-4]. In many instances, the intensity of the effort and associated time and energydemands outweigh even those of graduate school. The new professor often is totally dedicated toand immersed in this effort, essentially placing all other priorities, even family, on the “backburner”, as an “investment” in the future that will pay dividends after the above goals arereached, say in roughly a decade. As a relatively new/young professor (during my fifth academic year), I presented“Development
academic career in 1987 as an Assistant Professor in mechanical engineering at Bucknell University and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1992 and Professor in 2002. In 2003, he became Associate Dean of the College of Engineering. He received in 2003 Bucknell's Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles on the dynamics and control of robotic systems. His research interests include multibody dynamics, nonlinear control, mechanical design, systems thinking, and engineering management education. Page 11.1031.1© American
Your Hand, a multidisciplinary collaboration between engineering and the artsAbstract: Raise Your Hand is an immersive, interactive sensor-driven dynamic art exhibit.Vision tracking software changes the video projections, mechatronics, and music composition inresponse to the height of a visitor’s raised arm. The 1 ½-year project brought together studentsand faculty from computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, industrialdesign, mechanical engineering, literature, media and communication, computational media, andmusic technology. Further, students were integrated into the project in different forms, includingcapstone design teams, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) students, undergraduate research
aspect of freshman engineering courses. Gaines et. The students conduct research and brainstorm different trussal. [1] presented an introduction to engineering course with designs. Once they select a design, they generate a set ofhands-on engineering design projects for several engineering equations to model the truss, solve these equations usingdisciplines. Hargather [2] presented and integrated lecture- MATLAB, and determine the load in each of the truss’lab course to replace traditional free-standing lecture and lab members. Finally, they fabricate their prototypes using verycourses. Swenson [3] wrote about freshman engineering simple materials and subject the prototypes to testing. Theycourse where
Session 2520Faculty Proficiency with Technology: Distribution among Rank and Institution John C. Chen1, Mike Ellis2 1 Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University 2 Architectural Engineering, North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractIn recent years there has been a rapid growth in interest to integrate technology into theengineering curriculum, both to extend the reach and effectiveness of teaching and learning, andin response to industry needs. We have conducted a survey of engineering faculty at the eightSUCCEED coalition universities to
. Randall Davies, Brigham Young University Dr. Davies is currently an assistant professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. His research involves program evaluation in educational settings with the general objective of understanding and improving the teaching and learning process. His research has a specific focus of evaluating technology integration, assessment policy, and educational practices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Understanding Engineering and Technology Student Perceptions: Barriers to Study Abroad ParticipationIntroductionWe live and work in a global environment that presents many opportunities and
process from mini-design problems, which focus on problem solving skills, to majorcapstone design projects, which encompass many skills 2, 4, 9, 26, 30, 31, 33, 35, 47. Leifer has notedthat instructing students in the engineering design process provides an opportunity forintroducing constructivist learning experiences into engineering student classroom activities 22.He drew on Kolb’s experiential learning model which describes learning as taking place in aniterative cycle of four basic steps: reflective observation, concrete experience, activeexperimentation, and abstract conceptualization. Based on this cycle, Leifer suggests thatengineering design and technical concepts should be intertwined. In this way, students can bestlearn technical
annually in courses organized to ensure student success through rigorous academics in a team-based environment. His responsibilities in- clude operations, faculty recruiting, curriculum management, student retention, and program assessment. Dr. Merrill received his Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from The Ohio State University in 1985, and has an extensive background in public education, corporate training, and contract research. He has made frequent presentations at conferences held by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and its affiliate conference, Frontiers in Education (FIE). He is part of the research team that was recently awarded an NSF grant to study strategies for maximizing
content and/or integrated throughout the curriculum as one of theaccreditation criteria.There are educational materials available for ethics education which provide information at thefundamental level and focus on discipline specific issues. For example, design specific cases anddiscussion usually become the focal point in professional design curriculums 7 while contractualand competitive relationships take the center stage in construction curriculums 8. There are also Page 25.23.2comprehensive study materials and educational approaches which present a wider perspective9,10,11 . However, the discussions and study of these subjects are highly
was better using functions like NPV (Net Present Value) or IRR (Internal Rate of Return). Screenshots are presented in Appendix 4.The homework was assigned throughout the 2 months, corresponding to the topics covered in thecourse. At the end of the semester, the student groups had to turn in their Purple Report whichrepresented an 80% complete project, complete a peer review of another group’s report, and turnin their final fully completed business plan as their final exam.Integrated Solution: Elements of their final project related to both this course and other coursesin their curriculum and the ability to use these in a practical and integrated approach. Importantelements were: • Safety –They had to analyze employee safety
management, real-time embedded systems, and digital signal processing. Page 14.1182.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Case Study Approach to Engineering EthicsAbstractEngineers are routinely called upon to make decisions that affect the users of the products theydesign, develop, and manufacture. The desired outcome is to produce a product that is withoutdefects and safe for the public to use. However, the potential impact could be very harmful if thewrong decisions are made. The technical aspects behind these decisions are studied in detail asan integral part of the engineer’s undergraduate curriculum
Agricultural Education,Communications and Leadership. Her research interests include ethics in leadership andagricultural communications, as well as academic integrity and ethical issues in agriculturalcommunications. Her other duties include serving as the Communications Director for the OSUNew Product Development Center.Paul WecklerDr. Weckler an Associate Professor in the Department of Biosystems and AgriculturalEngineering. He is a registered, professional engineer with over twenty years experience inelectromechanical system design. His responsibilities include: teaching undergraduate andgraduate level courses (including the capstone senior design project courses), and conductingProceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American
and coding. c. Develop engaging coding challenge activities for students to explore.7. A Moment in Time, an intro to Statics. a. Start from the beginning with particle physics and forces. b. Teach moment analysis through to application. c. Introduce the basics of truss analysis with a focus on procedural thinking.8. Explore digital supports. a. PhET is a solid source of physics concept simulations. b. Physicsclassroom.com provides lessons, often from alternate views. c. Hyperphysics.com is a visual sources of concept and equation applications.9. Dig into some math application with derivatives and integrals. a. Connect calculus actions with engineering applications. b. Deep dive
order tomake “thinking visible” as well as to create a sense of community7, 8, 9. For example, selfreflection is a central part of the framework for the Knowledge Integration Environment (KIE)developed by Linn and coworkers10. Students use tools in KIE to provide evidence and structurearguments, and to provide social support for students as they formulate and defend an argument.These tools implicitly promote self-reflection since students are required to organize, represent,and justify their thinking.Self-reflection activities are embedded in SIMALE in a variety of ways. The web-basedcomputer software contains a feature called the ‘share findings page4,5. This page provides aspace for the students to share their discoveries with the class
andservices with cons such as biases in algorithms and loss of privacy). Surprisingly, despite thepandemic moving most students online between year one and year two of the sampling, littlevariation was observed from year to year.Potential implications of these, and other, results and next steps for scaling the survey arehighlighted. While this preliminary study is limited to one US university, it indicates the need toinclude topics related to data economy in the engineering curriculum. While the curriculumfocuses on building their expertise in technology, it appears crucial to empower students with theknowledge of their broader role in the society as they are building technical systems.1 IntroductionRegardless of an individual’s intent, anyone