) Sustainable Development Goals. An overview lesson encourages students toexplore the concept of a “grand” challenge and a selection of challenges; a second lesson focusesspecifically on the “Clean Water” grand challenge, identified in both the NAE and UN lists. Inthe “Clean Water” lesson, teams are provided with a simple, low-cost water cleaning technique(e.g., coffee filters; various combinations of sand, gravel, and activated carbon; boiling; anddistillation) and “dirty” water samples. Students compare techniques by analyzing water qualitybefore and after, using optical measurements, TDS and EC meters, and other techniques.Deployment of Learning Modules through Online SystemsTo simplify integration of the learning modules and to enable broad
elementsof a curriculum—available to everyone, anywhere. As part of a quarter to semester conversion atMTU a Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory was integrated with the traditionally requiredtextbook course. The goal of the lab was to illustrate some of the abstract concepts of the courseusing "hands-on” experience. A secondary goal of the lab was to strengthen a student’sunderstanding of Computer Aided Control System Design (CACSD). The second phase of thedevelopment of this lab was to determine and overcome the challenges and barriers ofimplementing the lab remotely. This paper describes our approach to converting traditional on-site control system labs to remote versions. In addition, limitations inherent to remote experimentexecution are
Maryland. He also holds an MA in Experimental Psychology from S.U.N.Y at Geneseo, and a B.S. from S.U.N.Y.at Brockport where he majored in psychology and business administration.Dr. Susan Pruet, STEMWorks, LLC Dr. Susan Pruet has been actively involved in STEM education for over 30 years – as a teacher, teacher educator and director of reform initiatives. Since 1998 she has directed two STEM reform initiatives for the Mobile Area Education Foundation (MAEF): the Maysville/Mobile Mathematics Initiative and, most recently, Engaging Youth through Engineering (EYE), a K-12 workforce development and STEM initiative in Mobile, Alabama. Both initiatives, funded largely through NSF grants, involve valuable partnerships with the
from a variety of brainstormed projects after a thorough discussion,elimination, and voting. Teams are formed based on the project, not the other way around ,wherestudents form their own teams. This approach enforces one of the basic rules in professionalpractice, which is working with teams that the students do not choose.Concepts of engineering project management that students learn in their curriculum areincorporated into the senior project course by integrating the time, scope, and cost dimensions ofa project in the process of development.A team usually consists of 2-4 students, with 3-5 projects in each class. Lectures are given on allforms of intellectual property and specifically utility patents. Using this information, apreliminary IP
activeness of the system. Since the system isaimed at controlling an embedded system which is Lego Mindstrom EV3, hence for avoidingsynchronization problem with Android platform in terms of programming, LeJOS EV3 API isused. It facilitates to program the whole system using Java without the integration of any otherprogramming environment. Immediately after the implementation of the system, it is tested forits functional validity and programming correctness. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 2016 ASEE Southeast Section ConferenceAs aforementioned and as mapped in the system architecture, each component of the overalllifecycle of the system implementation can be applied in
paper describes the author’s experiences with teaching an industry-based capstone designcourse. In this course, students work as members of small teams to complete softwaredevelopment projects. These projects proceed from requirements gathering, to analysis, design,implementation, and delivery of products to real-world clients. In recent years, several of theseprojects have involved the development of serious games for real-world clients. Serious gamesare games whose purpose is education in its various forms, rather than entertainment. Seriousgames and simulations can be good candidates for student projects that provide them withopportunities to manage projects with real-world development constraints and deadlines. A finalcumulative written
faculty.III. 1999 – 2000 Professional Development SeriesIn the fall of 1999, a graduate engineering student coordinator and an engineering faculty advisorimplemented the series, with some administrative and financial support from the NU PFFprogram. Under the guidance of the coordinator and advisor, the PFEF participants identified sixtopics of interest to most future engineering faculty: • Hiring • Tenure • Teaching/curriculum reform • Grant writing • Service • Different types of institutionsThree events were scheduled in the fall, and three in the spring, each lasting one and one half totwo hours.The coordinator and advisor met periodically (once or twice per month) to discuss possiblepanelists and administrative
project was also a common focus among the studentsas they compared two fuels. Though the Engineering Economics module taught to our MEs isintegrated into their senior-year Manufacturing course, the students stepped up and madeeconomic evaluations without the formal understanding of cost basis, capital investment, ordepreciation. By working through the details of this project, students were able to move past thesimple delivery charges of goods and delve into plant construction and transportation costsassociated with alternative energy systems.Discussion of ethics in engineering practice are rarely integrated into engineering curricula. Thisproject provided an opportunity for students to make “value” judgements as they contemplatedtheir trade-off
design‐build‐test cycle for effective product development," International Marketing Review, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 32-46, 1994.[5] D. R. Moogk, "Minimum Viable Product and the Importance of Experimentation in Technology Startups," Technology Innovation Management Review, vol. 2, no. 3, 2012.[6] J. M. Bekki, A. Ayela-Uwangue and S. R. Brunhaver , "I Want to Try That Too! Development of a Conceptual Framework for Interventions that Encourage Pedagogical Risk-Taking Among Faculty," in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017.[7] J. O., Prochaska, and C. C. DiClemente. "Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: toward an integrative model of change." Journal of consulting and clinical
Paper ID #31997How First-Year Students’ Reflections on Themselves as Learners ChangeOver TimeAbigail R Brown, Abigail Brown is pursuing a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with an Honors concentration at Rowan Uni- versity. Her current research focuses on the use of reflection in engineering education. She is active in the Rowan community as a member of SWE and AIChE as well as underclassmen mentoring programs.Barbara Cerefin, Rowan University Barbara Cerefin is a senior chemical engineering major at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. She is currently researching how first-year engineering students view themselves as
to recognize that thebarriers were factors for a lack of participation. Having this knowledge serves as an opportunityfor institutions to develop intervention to increase participation. Despite sharing similar barriers,a majority of active students perform better in academics which is assessed through theirself-reported GPA as depicted in Figure 4. In the case study interviews, we found that someparticipants faced similar barriers later on in their education, but were able to overcome themwhen they began to integrate and involve themselves in extra/co-curricular activities.The case-study interview participants have reaped the benefits of community of practice. Beingable to connect with individuals pursuing the same goals while supporting
Paper ID #25719Trash Teachings: How a Materials Science Module Series about Waste canEmpower Engineering Students to be More Sociotechnically ResponsibleDr. Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego Bre Przestrzelski, PhD, is a post-doctoral research associate in the General Engineering department in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she innovatively integrates social justice, humanitarian advancement, and peace into the traditional engineering curriculum. Before joining USD in August 2017, Bre spent 9 years at Clemson University, where she was a three-time graduate of the bioengineering program (BS, MS
move forward instarting a business based on those technologies. The NSF I-Corps™ site featured in this study,located at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), brings together diverse teams fromregional academic institutions to complete an abridged I-Corps™ curriculum. To date, 73 teamshave completed the I-Corps™ training process at this site; these teams have achieved variouslevels of success in completing the process and moving beyond it in commercializing their work.Along the way, anecdotal evidence has suggested that individual characteristics, teamcomposition, and team interactions are key factors in the success or failure of I-Corps™ teams,but until now, these hypotheses have not been investigated in detail. Our first aim in
last 30 years, whether working in corporate engineering or nonprofit international develop- ment, Ms. Leslie has developed and utilized her technical interests in creating solutions for engineering projects that integrate the needs of the client along with the sustainable needs of the environment. As Executive Director of EWB-USA, Ms. Leslie uses her organizational and project management skills to ensure that the volunteer organization can fulfill its mission and vision. Ms. Leslie was a part of the second project to be completed within EWB-USA, a water project in Mail, Africa. There she worked directly with the community and other volunteers to develop a agricultural water source, and this project was what
defining, understandingand solving problems while some others struggle with logical and critical thinking. Teaming andcommunication skills are being addressed in a relatively small number of college courses. Inorder to get students who can solve real problems, we must address the need for developmentand implementation of course modules in innovation and inventiveness in different disciplines,especially engineering and technology. Such modules can and should be designed to enhanceteaming, communication and interpersonal skills.This paper discusses some of the problems in teaching innovative problem solving and suggestssome possible solutions based on experience in an undergraduate course at Florida AtlanticUniversity titled: “Introduction to
Session 2793 The Pilot Design Studio-Classroom Joseph Cataldo and Gerardo del Cerro The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtAbstractThe teaching of fluid mechanics at Cooper Union has been revised to make it aninteractive design mode. Key fluid mechanics principles are demonstrated using designproject assignments, demonstrations/experiments, videos, and lectures. A series of elevenmodules has been developed. Each module consists of an outline of the theory of a topicthat will be covered in lectures, an illustrated design problem, historical and culturalnotes, a design homework example
engineering curricula. Among the multiple ways used to cultivatecreativity, arts integration might be one of the most underappreciated ways.Based on the conclusions of this paper, we suggest that we should attach importanceto arts education. Some reports at both the K-12 [21] and professional levels [22] haveshown that integrating arts and science/engineering could have unexpected effects.Some colleges such as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology have even steppedfurther to explore a new combination of arts and engineering, in which the course wasprovided from an art perspective with examples of engineering pulled in to reinforcetopics in art, rather than creating an engineering course with examples of art pulled in.This course engaged students in the
students detect inconsistencies in theirargumentations. Tested PSLEs favored the development of students’ ability to argue throughoutthe curriculum. Very important differences (occurrence and quality) concerning argumentationamong individual students from the same semester were detected by means of qualitative dataanalyses, mainly with regards to adequacy of premises, organization of arguments, and quality ofclaims. Our results validate that argumentation is an essential skill in learning to solve studied Page 26.234.2food engineering problems as well as a powerful method for assessing problem-solving abilityfor both ill-structured and well
a few steps ofprogramming. For example, a Proportional Integral and Derivative (PID) controller can bedesigned, tuned and demonstrated to students in a few steps. This tool can be used to modelan electromechanical device such a servomotor system that consists of a servomotor, a servodrive, an encoder, a gearbox, and a load. The virtual model setup in turn would carry the wholeconcept through graphical demonstrations including timing. Furthermore, this software toolcan communicate with simple real world hardware such as a switch and a light bulb to a verycomplicated hardware like a hydrocarbon based fuel reformer. Page 3 of 15SoftLogix 5800, Studio 5000, and
serve the anticipated 400 mentees for the fall semester 2005, aformal application and interview process was conducted during the spring semester 2005.Information on the mentor positions was posted on the CoE/CEED web site and sent out in emailmessages over student listservs. Requirements were instated to ensure candidates met certainstandards. To be considered for the program, prospective mentors had to 1) be a Virginia TechCoE student, 2) have completed their first-year of the general engineering curriculum and beaccepted into one of the 11 CoE departments, 3) have earned an overall GPA of 2.5/4.0, 4) be afull-time student in the fall semester 2005, 5) be able to attend a four-hour mandatory trainingsession the Friday before fall classes began
mechanics course,Capstone includes an entire module in DC motor, stepper motor, and servo motor control. Thismodule provides students the hands-on skill set needed to create functional mechanicalengineering prototypes that move as they do not learn it elsewhere in the curriculum. Interestingly, students report enhanced course enjoyment fostered by the opportunity tolearn new skills. So, it is positive that they do learn these skills somewhere in the curriculum andthrough hands-on application in Capstone rather than a pure theory-based exposure. It is, however,worrisome that they are having these experiences for the first time in Capstone rather than learningin a prerequisite course, bringing those skills into Capstone, and using the
? Page 10.703.13 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”References1 Masters, C. and R. Behr (2001). Integrated Statics Experiments in the ‘MechANEX’ mini-laboratory, 2001 Annual Conference Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education, June 24-27, Albuquerque, New Mexico.2 Behr, R (1993). Concurrent Structural Analysis and Experimentation Using the ‘AN/EX/ Mini-Laboratory, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 1(3), pp. 213-222.3 Belarbi, A, R. Behr, M. Karson, and G. Effland (1994). Formal Assessment of the AN/EX Structural
desirable for programs that do not have designthroughout the curriculum where the multiple design experiences fill a void in the program. The Page 5.135.4major advantage of multiple projects in one course is the ability to integrate many aspects ofengineering together. With single project courses, some aspects of engineering may be integratedbut with multiple design projects there are more opportunities to integrate more engineeringaspects together. There are two major disadvantages of a multi-project design course. Five weeks onaverage per project is a very tight time schedule to do design. Therefore, the projects must bevery limited in
Paper ID #38822Board 419: Students use their Lived Experiences to Justify their Beliefsabout How they Will Approach Process Safety JudgmentJeffrey Stransky, Rowan University Jeffrey Stransky is a PhD candidate in the Experiential Engineering Education (ExEEd) Department at Rowan University. His research interests involve studying engineering ethics and decision making and using digital games as safe teaching environments. He has published in the overlap of these topics by integrating digital games into chemical engineering curriculum to help students build an awareness of the ethical and practical implications of their
Paper ID #6826Development of a Framework for the Online Portaion of a Hybrid Engineer-ing CourseDr. Natalya A. Koehler, Iowa State University Dr. Natalya A. Koehler has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instructional Technology and Human Computer In- teraction. Dr. Koehler is currently the post-doctoral research associate in Iowa State University’s College of Engineering-Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering.Dr. Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University Dr. Charles T. Jahren is the W. A. Klinger teaching professor and the assistant chair for Construction Engineering in the Department of Civil
anddisadvantages of a variety of alternate energy technologies. The course topics, contents, andgoals are discussed in detail in the paper. After two offering, the AES course meets the statedpurpose of the course and has become a popular elective even though the workload and effortrequired are significant.Background Virtually all mechanical engineering (ME) programs make use of technical electives toprovide students with depth or breath in an undergraduate ME curriculum. Many of thesetechnical electives explore traditional topical subjects such as finite element analysis or HVACsystems, but some such as composite materials or nanotechnology, provide introductions to newor emerging areas of mechanical engineering. Technical electives with titles
evolving technological landscape. By equipping graduates with a morecomprehensive skill set and deeper understanding of the field, it is hypothesized that they will bebetter positioned to secure higher-paying jobs and contribute more effectively to the economy.Moreover, to gain exposure to modern technologies used in the industry, students need to gettrained with the latest tools and techniques. An extension of the degree program allows thestudents to delve deeper into these modern technologies and gain hands-on experience thatdirectly aligns with industry requirements. To achieve this goal, the addition of specializedcourses and internships into the curriculum will ensure that graduates are well-prepared to enterthe workforce and excel in their
Controls laboratory at DeVry,in order to provide them with hands-on experience that they are likely to experience onthe job.Virtual Instrumentation is a current technology that is making a significant impact intoday’s industry, education and research. DeVry Institute selected LabVIEW as an goodrepresentative of this technology and is using LabVIEW in its curriculum at all DeVrycampuses in the United States and Canada. This article is a result of a research projectfor LabVIEW implementation into the Industrial Controls course. LabVIEW is also usedin the communication and physics courses. LabVIEW is one of many skills that thestudent will need as he enters today’s highly competitive job market.I. IntroductionLabVIEWTM (Laboratory Virtual Instrument
:Clinical Immersion in a Classroom Setting (Work in Progress)," presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017. Available: https://peer.asee.org/27799[14] A. J. Carroll, A. J. DiMei Sr, H. O. Ozturk, and J. McCall, "Board # 2 :Integrating Medical Economic Perspectives through Information Literacy in a Biomedical Clinical Immersion Design Course (Work in Progress)," presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017. Available: https://peer.asee.org/27803[15] L. Denend et al., "Using an Accelerated Undergraduate Needs Finding Course to Build Skills, Inspire Confidence, and Promote Interest in Health Technology Innovation," Biomed Eng
AC 2008-2131: GEARUP: TEACHING ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, ANDMATHEMATICS TO JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSTHROUGH THE USE OF K’NEX BRIDGESHeath Tims, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Heath Tims is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 2001. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, in 2003 and 2005 respectively. His research focus is dynamic systems, modeling, and controls. He is also involved with STEM educational research at the college and pre-college level.Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Galen Turner