remainder had a ‘fractured educational background’ in that theiracademic career to this point had been spread over many years in several institutions andprograms. The practical work consisted of six extended experiments with two or three weeksallocated for each and no scheduled lab location or time.Students were recommended to buy their own Analog Discovery in place of a textbook and dothe experimental work on their own and off-campus. However, there were no restrictions oncollaboration and two workstations were available for open access in a lab for anyone who didnot have their personal instrument. At the 21-day point, 27% of the class did not own theinstrument but within another month, the flexibility and outcomes being demonstrated by theirpeers
there can be a lot to learn sort of from all sides of it…” Ryan had an engineeringbackground and was one of three males in the class. He also volunteered to work with the localnon-profit (TI) to enter survey data into a database for the resource-limited organization. Ryancame straight from an engineering undergrad and was drawn to this program, saying “I figuredout that I don’t want to do structures (structural engineering design on buildings/bridges) withmy career, I want to do something broader, solve some more problems that affect more people.”We chose these case study students to explore how two students with different backgrounds, butwith high-engagement in the class grappled with the challenges of learning in a project-basedsetting
Paper ID #7930Faculty and Student Perceptions of Project-Enhanced Learning in Early En-gineering Education: Barriers, Benefits, and BreakthroughsProf. M. Razi Nalim P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Prof. Razi Nalim has over 25 years of practical and analytical experience in combustion, explosions, engines, and non-steady flow related areas in industry, academia, and government. His career began in internal-combustion engine emissions control, cogeneration systems, and engine testing. After his doc- torate, Dr. Nalim went to NASA Glenn Research Center to study unsteady flow devices for propulsion
categories. Six instructors describe their drive to teach in terms of a desire toshare knowledge with their students. These instructors view teaching as their life calling, andfrequently mention their love of teaching and positive affect towards students. In the quotebelow, a physics faculty member discusses her motivation for teaching: Ever since I was a little girl I would always play school with chalkboards like [I] kind of knew that I loved teaching…this is something that I wanted to make a career out of...once I was granted this position it felt like the most natural thing to do to move into teaching a subject that I really am passionate about and want to share with my students
ourproposition that statics is a very important course in the “engineering design of anengineer.” Thus it is important that further study be undertaken on this topic. Furtherstudy is required to identify the most successful teaching strategies for increasingstudents’ knowledge about and enthusiasm for engineering as a career, and the mostsuccessful strategies for ensuring future success as an engineer. 1 Burke, R., and M. C. Mattis. 2007. Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics: Upping the Numbers. Edward Elgar Publishing, 190, 256
. Duringmost of that first semester, the course materials were being delivered “just in time” for studentuse.EST104 Topical Syllabus A. Engineering as a Career B. Ethics C. Engineering Design and Teamwork D. Engineering Communication E. EXCEL - Workbooks & Graphs F. MATLAB programming – script files, functions, input/output, plotting, logic and conditionals, logic and relational operators, conditional statements, for loops, while loops.EST104 Schedule of topics for fall 2011 Week 1-5 EXCEL with applications to Ohm‟s Law and the Speed of Sound in air. Week 6 Flowcharting and Procedural Programming Week 7-10 MATLAB – Programming a Stepper Motor in MATLAB
education2, although examplescan be found in civil engineering3,4, construction engineering and management5, andenvironmental engineering6. Many of these examples stress the importance of “GIS for work”, or Page 23.642.2“GIS as a toolbox”—the idea that GIS education and skills are needed to help prepare studentsfor their future career in industry—but a broader reason for GIS education is the notion of“spatial literacy.”Spatial literacy includes the “teas[ing] out [of] complex interrelated elements of connectedsystems7”; and “the confident and competent use of maps, mapping and spatial perspectives toaddress ideas, situations and challenges. The
assistants (pp. 33-45). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.13. Crede, E., Borrego, M., & McNair, L. D. (2010). Application of community of practice theory to the preparation of engineering graduate students for faculty careers. Advances in Engineering Education, 2(2), 1- 22. Retrieved from http://advances.asee.org/vol02/issue02/papers/aee-vol02-issue02-p04.pdf14. Cox, M. F., Hahn, J., McNeill, N., Cekic, O., Zhu, J., & London, J. (2011). Enhancing the quality of engineering graduate teaching assistance through multidimensional feedback. Advances in Engineering Education, 2(3), 1-20. Retrieved from http://advances.asee.org/vol02/issue03/papers/aee-vol02-issue03-p04.pdf15. Matusovich, H. M., Lee, W. C., Janeski, J
preparation for a career in anyengineering field2.With the importance of senior capstone courses so high, the challenges associated with them areequally high, both in number and scope. Challenges frequently associated with senior capstonedesign courses, as described by others1 and experienced in our course are as follows: 1. An atypical course format: Typical undergraduate courses follow the classic structure of lectures, homework, labs, and exams. Capstone courses are centered on nontechnical lectures, project benchmarks, student presentations, and design reviews. The nontraditional course format is jarring to many students. 2. Unfulfilling first semester (for two semester capstone sequences): When capstone design is a
different undergraduatecourses and realities, to prove its robustness.References:[1] L. Shuman, C. Atman, E. Eschembach, D. Evans, R. Felder R, P. Imbrie, J. Mc Gourty, R. Miller, K. Smith, E. Soulsbi and C. Asilha and Yokomoto, "The future of engineering education," in 32º ASEE/IEEE “Frontiers in Education Conference”, 2000.[2] E. Smerdon, "An Action Agenda for Engineering Curriculum Innovation," in 11th IEEE-USA Biennial Careers Conference., San José, California, 2000.[3] I. Pant and B. Baroudi, "Project management education: The human skills imperative.," International Journal of Project Management, vol. 27, pp. 124 -128, 2008.[4] C. Rojas Cruz, "Aprendizaje basado en proyectos, experiencias formativas en la práctica
assignments.The intent of the game is to increase student interest and engagement in the course, leading toimproved attitudes toward the laboratory and increased knowledge retention. Furthermore, thegamification elements were used to incentivize certain actions that we believe would bebeneficial to students' future careers, be they in academia or the work force. Hopefully, studentswould perform the extra tasks and allow them to become habit, contributing to their futuresuccess. The game was conducted during the Fall 2012 semester using a class of 51 seniors.The students were predominantly 20-22 years old, and there were 14 female students in the class.1.1 Gamification as an Educational Tool:Over the past several decades, video games have become
is an active Affiliate Re- searcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy efficiency and assessment for IT equipment in Data Centers, and continues this work as a Consultant. He is also a mem- ber of the San Diego Gas and Electric’s Public Advisory Group for ’Workforce Education & Training’. Prof. Ben Radhakrishnan has an MS from State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, M.B.A (Uni- versity of Phoenix), and Sustainable Business Practices Certification from University of California, San Diego. His previous corporate careers include Qualcomm (Director, Technology Program Management) and Senior Program & Design Manager in Lucent Technologies.Dr. Shekar Viswanathan
Paper ID #5914Introducing Calculus to the High School Curriculum: Curves, Branches andFunctionsDr. Andrew Grossfield P. E., Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology Throughout his career Dr. Grossfield, has combined an interest in engineering and mathematics. He earned a BSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. de- gree in mathematics at the Courant Institute of NYU at night while working full time as an engineer for aerospace/avionics companies. He studied continuum mechanics in the doctoral program at the University of Arizona. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE and MAA
speaks to both the complexity of the highlighted projects,and to a limitation of the taxonomy. One example of an award that represents the interplaybetween boundaries is “UT3” (UToledo. UTeach. Utouch the Future); it is represented by apurple circle on the macro/meso-scale line. UT3 is a professional development program forsecond career science and math teachers who are Noyce Scholars (recipients of the Robert NoyceScholarship for STEM Professionals). Once the Noyce Scholars’ pre-service training ends,workshop participants can continue to receive support through an online learning community.So, although projects containing online communities are typically classified as Macro-scaleproject, the exclusivity of the community qualifies it for Meso
be supported as they translate their findings and processes into newcurriculum initiatives for their own classrooms. Teacher interns and pre-service teachers (seniorscience education major undergraduates) will be an integral part of the program, rigorouslypreparing them even before their careers as in-service teachers. Twelve teachers, six engineeringfaculty and six experienced engineering undergraduate students will be formed into six researchteams. During a six-week summer program, each team will conduct intensive work on variousaspects of smart vehicle development initiative. Teachers will also work with educationprofessionals to develop classroom activities based on the active research areas in which they areinvolved. Proposed RET Site
engineering for its own sake, to 81.4 87.3 Psychological experience enjoyment that is inherent in the activity. Motivation to study engineering due to the belief that Social Good 76.2 83.1 engineers improve the welfare of society. Motivation to study engineering due to the belief that Financial 66.1 72.6 engineering will provide a financially rewarding career. Mentor Motivation to study engineering due to the influence of
conducted the initial interviews in 2008. I used to hold a very mechanistic model ofchange in human systems, replete with coping mechanisms when people did not behave in theprescripted ways. Having considered the impact of the Changemakers' careers and listened totheir stories, my current belief is that our thoughts have a more powerful role in what occurs tous as the physical world than I had previously considered. This is a concept that the Chileanbiologists, Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela have captured in the aphorism, "Allknowing is doing.16" The evidence that he offers for this coupling of cognition and "real"-izationis embedded in the basis of biological life forms. In terms of the partially-virtual research collaboration that
Education.Major Hans J Thomas, United States Military AcademyLt. Col. Shad A Reed, United States Air Force Academy Lt Col Shad Reed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. He is in the second year of this his second teaching assignment. Primary interests include engineering education research, aircraft design and aircraft structures.Lt. Col. Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy LTC Bruce Floersheim, Ph.D. P.E. was commissioned from the United States Military Academy as an officer in the Corps of Engineers in 1989. He has served in the United States, Turkey, Bosnia, Germany and Iraq during a career spanning over 23 years. His assignments include platoon leader, company
in the course of their career at Iowa State University. In addition to outstanding performance in at least one of the follow- ing areas: teaching, research/creative activities, extension/professional practice, and institutional service, a University Professor must have acted as a change-agent to improve the quality with which the university carries out its mission.”]. From 2003-2007 he served as Director of the Research Institute for Studies in Education (where he also was Coordinator of Research from 1999-2003), and from 1999-2007 was a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. He served as Vice Chair of the Department of Political Science in 1993-1994, Director of the Public
Recruiting and Retention Program thatIncreased Undergraduate Enrollment Over 60% in Four Years, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta,GA, Paper 7881.9. Veenstra, C. and Herrin, G.D., (2009). Does a Survey Course on Engineering Careers Improve First-YearEngineering Retention?, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, AC 2009-104.10. Anderson-Rowland, M.R., (1998). The Effect of Course Sequence on the Retention of Freshman EngineeringStudents: When Should the Intro Engineering Course be Offered?, 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference,Tempe, AZ, pp. 252-257.11. Ochoa, H.R. and Shirvaikar, M., (2013). An Update: The Engagement and Retention of Electrical EngineeringStudents with a First Semester Freshman Experience Course
computer networks to pursue a career in. An unexpectedresult is the high interest in the security area. In consultation with the industrial advisory boardand as a result of the market demand, the IET program includes now (starting in Spring 2014) anintensive hands-on course in cryptography and network security (IT 410, see Figure 4). It isimportant to highlight that this course requires a background on discrete math (CS 201), andcomputer networks (EECE 330 and EE 342). Students will be able to opt for the CCNA Securitycertificate once they pass the course IT 410.Figure 12. Impact of knowledge acquired in computer networks course on work-relatedexperiences
students. The first B.E.G. talk occurred onMonday, November 18th, 2013 outside of the regularly scheduled engineering economy classtime. The B.E.G. students hosted a member of the finance faculty from the school of Business atPenn State University Park. The talk covered various topics including completing a businessminor, M.B.A. after graduation, careers in finance and accounting, corporate finance, financialstatement analysis, stocks and business planning among other topics. The talk was optional andall undergraduate students from this department were invited to attend the talk. The studentsofficially kicked off their student group (B.E.G.) at this talk. Approximately 45 undergraduateindustrial engineering students attended the talk
environment, Chinese students need to have a good command ofboth spoken and written English. Language barriers negatively influence Chinese students todevelop their full potential not only on campus, but also in the more fiercely competitive societyat large. In order to get better involved in American student life and to prepare for theengineering career market of the future, improving these students’ English clearly seems acritical subject for the Chinese student in the U.S.Learning vocabulary is the most foundational block and first step in learning English as a secondlanguage, since no language acquisition and application can take place without the accumulationof vocabulary 26. Research has shown however that the problem of learning vocabulary was
-authored over 85 professional journals and conference publications and 4 book chapters. Dr. Franklin was the recipient of the 1998 Presidential Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by the National Science Foundation. She is an active member of the MTT-S society in the technical area of passives, packaging, integration and microwave education and is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave Wireless Components Letters.Dr. Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa Page 24.119.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Systems-Centric
the course.INTRODUCTIONThe development of digital media has made possible many varying and innovative deliverysystems and instructional methodologies for university courses. The motivations for developingfully online or blended courses are many. Some of the motivating factors are tied to the learners’needs while others are linked to organizational and social factors1.Addressing Learner Needs. A first need that online and blended instructional formats address isan extended access. The traditional student life does not work for all those seeking to learn. The“non-traditional student” includes older students wishing to resume an abandoned college career,employed people wishing to continue an education, students with family commitments
to apply their newly acquired training and education in engineering work, The freedom to select their own solutions to an engineering problem The opportunity to prove primarily to themselves, that they are now empowered for a career in engineering.The traditional educational environment lacks a “„playful‟ climate where students can explore„new spaces or concepts‟2. By contrast, students greatly enjoy the freedom they are given incapstone courses. They are enthusiastic, thrilled to perform research work; they develop strongmotivation to overcome challenges and to succeed with their projects, which can greatly improvetheir learning skills and self-confidence. Challenges are just means to trigger their
informed by two quotes from the PROPEL application: Because Hispanic university students are often reluctant to dedicate themselves to the STEM fields, believing the profession will not integrate well with their community- minded career aspirations or that the time commitment to STEM majors will prevent them from actively engaging with their community, we created new STEM service learning opportunities. These will focus on innovation in addressing sustainability issues in the community, state and country. Service learning is a critical component in attracting Hispanic and low-income students to STEM degrees. Hispanic STEM students in particular express a desire to pursue a chosen profession
sequence,the user needs to check the calibration box that has been built. If the support material roads don’tlie directly on the center of the model material, the students need to check the tightness before heor she can determine which values need to be changed and by how much. And then the studentsneed to input the offset increment values for x, y and z dimension in the FDM status window andsend the new settings to the machine.It is known that there is a need to improve the skills given to the future workforce, and thatonline courses are trying to be applied but the career that has the lowest implementation of onlinetechniques in their given courses is engineering1, 2. Since online techniques are not being fullyapplied to engineering courses
,because it enables a cognitive awareness of the profession that should inform a large part of theirlearning over their undergraduate career. Achieving such a goal at the freshman level presents asignificant challenge, but would produce significant benefit by allowing such an awareness toinform all of their future learning. While many studies have examined how students engage inengineering design, none have looked at how students understand engineering design, and howpersonal definitions can influence undergraduate students’ perspectives on their studies and theprofession.Typically, in defining engineering design, instructors rely on textbooks which arrive with rich,well thought out, and thorough definitions of engineering design. Such definitions