teachers were trained to fabricate DSSCs as partof an ongoing NSF RET program. The materials and equipment used for producing DSSCs arebasic, and a standard procedure was formulated for the work to be replicated in a regular classroom.DSSCs were constructed using fruit juices from blackberry, raspberry, mulberry, blueberry, andstrawberry. The absorption spectra of fruit dyes, along with food dyes, were examined in contrastto the solar spectrum. Teachers demonstrate the working principle of DSSCs and integrate hands-on activities into the K-12 curriculum. As the outcome, students should be able to (1) explain howa dye-sensitized solar cell converts sunlight into electricity; (2) design and build a dye-sensitizedsolar cell from basic components; (3
application.Previous Course Content:Since 2012 the content of the Introduction to Composites (PCE 372) course consisted of lecturetopics, a prescribed laboratory exercise, and two projects. The lecture content covered a largevariety of topics but had its focus in room temperature materials and processes. An AdvancedComposites course was (and is) also part of the curriculum and focused more on classicallamination theory and elevated temperature materials and manufacturing process.The prerequisite for the introductory course is an introduction to polymers and processing thatmainly focused on the basics of polymer chemistry and thermoplastic materials. The goal of theintroductory composites course is to enable the students to understand the basics of
University of South Alabama(USA) began, in Fall 1993, an evaluation of the undergraduate program to meet the challenge ofengineering education for the 21st Century. Restructuring of the mechanical engineering curriculum atUSA is also prompted by the changing ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)requirements for design. Under the current criteria, design is defined as "an experience that must grow withthe student's development," and "the design experience is developed and integrated throughout thecurriculum"1. In addition to the development of student creativity, formulation of design problemstatements and specifications, consideration of alternative solutions, and feasibility considerations, ABETsuggests that design should also
in seven strategic areas: 1. Evolution of the Educational Environment 2. Accreditation of Professionalization 3. Technical Employment 4. Assessment and Evaluation 5. Education Continuum 6. Image and Marketing 7. Faculty IssuesThe project team met and wrote a major national report, entitled A National Agenda for theFuture of Engineering Technician Education. A manuscript, entitled “Workshop PondersCampus of the Future,” was published in the fall 1997 edition of this publication.The section of the report on image and marketing concluded that the success of an engineeringtechnician education program depends heavily upon the following factors that are related toimpact and marketing: · Having a
are excited to share their stories. The Ambassador Club is designed toincrease interest in the College of Engineering’s signature program, the Rising SophomoreAbroad Program, as well as other international opportunities available at Virginia Tech.Ambassadors speak to interested college and high school students about their experiences abroadand future international travel plans. The Ambassadors lend a hand at orientation events,information fairs, panel discussions and other functions that highlight international programs forstudents. The students provide an integral networking and marketing service that goes beyondthe scope of what the International Programs Office would otherwise be able to provide.Garnering input from students can enrich the
Computer Programming Skills to Engineering Students Using Mekin2D Modular Kinematics SubroutinesAbstractComputer programing is a fundamental discipline taught early in the curriculum to allundergraduate engineering majors. Fewer opportunities exist however for students to practicetheir programing skills before they graduate. In this paper, a number of computer programingexercises on planar mechanism kinematic simulation given to Mechanical Engineering studentsat Texas A&M University Corpus Christi are presented. Students are instructed on how todownload the MeKin2D subroutines and the Free Pascal Integrated Development Environment(IDE) on their computer. Then they perform, as homework assignments, three exercises usingthese
deviation from consistency is an indication of a serious problem in the coursestructure and probably methods of delivery that should be dealt with at the department level.The paper will discuss the process of the successful writing of measurable learning objectives.We will introduce statistical analysis of results from selected course assessments.We will demonstrate that this assessment process could lead to a continuous improvementprocess if it is properly integrated in the plan of improvement.The paper will also discuss the mapping of course learning objectives to the program learningobjectives and university goals.2. Teaching by Measurable ObjectivesA common belief that the student’s grades in different tests and assignments could be used
(36), 4995-5013.Gilbert, D. J., Held, M. L., Ellzey, J. L., Bailey, W. T., & Young, L. B. (2015). Teaching ‘community engagement’ in engineering education for international development: Integration of an interdisciplinary social work curriculum. European Journal of Engineering Education, 40(3), 256-266.Handford, M., Van Maele, J., Matous, P., & Maemura, Y. (2019). Which “culture”? A critical analysis of intercultural communication in engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 108(2), 161-177.Lundy, M., & Aceros, J. (2016). A community-based, interdisciplinary rehabilitation engineering course. In 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp
Paper ID #21502The Career Pathways of Non-tenure-track Full-time Engineering FacultyMr. Cliff Fitzmorris, University of Oklahoma Cliff Fitzmorris is a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He was a practicing engineer in the telecom industry for fifteen years before joining the Uni- versity of Oklahoma as an adjunct instructor, later transitioning to a full-time non-tenure-track teaching role.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is a President’s Associates Presidential Professor and Associate Professor of Computer Science and
their social positions and unconscious biases might be operating in teamdynamics (DiAngelo, 2011). Recognizing the value of the work we have done on a smaller scaleand also the above, our university has, for instance, taken steps to begin to integrate this work ata programmatic level across the curriculum so that students have regular and repeated exposureto it. We have also, however, seen instances where this work does help privileged studentsbecome more aware of these processes and become able to recognize when they are happening.Such students then work to further understand and counteract the effects of stereotyping andbias, as one of our students writes: “As a white-passing male, I now feel obligated to learn moreabout the systems and
’ identity development, belonging, and agency in interdisciplinary engineering education. She leads the ASEE CDEI virtual workshop team focused on building a community of educators passionate about expanding their knowledge concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering education.Jacqueline Rohde Jacqueline Rohde is a PhD candidate at Purdue University and is the recipient of an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Her research interests in engineering education include the development student engineering identity and professional developmentHeather Lee Perkins (Post-Doctoral Researcher) I entered the Applied Science & Community Psychology program in the fall of 2014, after completing my Bachelor of Science
, and continued STEM interest in girls. Therefore, we developedtwo bioengineering curriculum modules for the NSBE SEEK program. These two modules areinfluenced by the Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts,and Core Ideas [20] published by the National Resource Council in 2012. This frameworkprovides an approach to strengthen and diversify the STEM pipeline through three dimensions:core ideas, scientific and engineering practices, and cross-cutting concepts. This framework,which additionally calls to address lack of diversity in STEM by equalizing opportunities tolearn, serves as the basis of the NGSS [21]. We used this framework to drive the design of ourmodules. We report here on the development of the two
(ASCE), American Society of MechanicalEngineers (ASME), and others. This framing of engineering codes of ethics begins to expandfrom microethical issues into larger macroethical issues such as sustainability and socialresponsibility. Social responsibility (SR) has been defined as “an ethical theory that an entity, beit an organization or individual, has an obligation to act to benefit society at large.” 2 In thecontext of engineering, Vanasupa et al.3 define SR as “the responsibility of engineers to carefullyevaluate the full range of broader impacts of their designs on the health, safety and welfare of thepublic and the environment.” Some have suggested that engineering ethics education should
: The Impact of Engineering Criteria 2000 and Its Global Influence. Journal of Engineering Education, 94, 1, 165-184.6. Sageev, P. & Romanowski, C. (2001). A Message from Recent Engineering Graduates in the Workplace: Results of a Survey on Technical Communication. Journal of Engineering Education, 90, 4, 685-693.7. Pappas, E.C., Kampe, S.L., Hendricks, R.W., & Kander, R.G. (2004) An Assessment Analysis Methodology and Its Application to an Advanced Engineering Communications Program. Journal of Engineering Education, 93, 3, 233-246.8. Lamancus, J.S., Jorgensen, J.E. & Zayas-Castro, J.L. (1997) The Learning Factory- A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum. Journal
of this project, a map of coalition campus locations throughout thestate of Pennsylvania is shown in Figure 1, below. The interventions initiated by Toys’n MOREare being administered at 15 of these regional campuses. The University Park campus is thelargest campus and the administrative home of the University and the Toys’n MORE project.With close to 18,000 STEM students enrolled full and part-time at these geographically-dispersed locations, the regional coalition campuses are an integral part of the Penn State system. Figure 1: Regional Coalition Campus Locations across Pennsylvania.Collectively, the participating regional coalition campuses offer 32 associate degrees and 26baccalaureate STEM degrees in majors such as biology
with photos (Figure2). The AY00-01 competition resulted in USMA being the 2001 National Champion based onthe following places: 1st Place-Best Deck Design, 1st Place-Most Practical Design, 2nd Place-Willamette Industries Design Award, 2nd Place-Best Support Structure. An added bonus was thecommunity service link after the competition, what to do with a bridge that could support 5000pounds? The bridge has been incorporated into the West Point Elementary School nature trailproject currently under construction. AY01-02 competition resulted in USMA placing 3rdoverall. Figure 2. USMA 2001 Timber Bridge Page 8.299.5
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Exploring Circuit Education for Early LearnersAbstract:Early exposure to circuits is critical to fostering an interest in engineering for young students, buttraditional circuit education is often not adapted to their cognitive and motor skill levels. Wedeveloped and evaluated two hands-on circuit education approaches, the Circuit Sticks and thePre-Prepared Copper Tape Circuits. Both methods were designed for first-grade students toimprove accessibility and engagement in early circuit learning. The Circuit Sticks provide astructured, guided experience, using color-coded polarity indicators and modular assembly tolower the barrier to entry. The Pre-Prepared Copper Tape Circuits, on the other hand, requireindependent
Nasr, R., “Adoption of Active Learning in a Lecture-Based Engineering Class,” 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, 2002.5. Impelluso, T. and Metoyer-Guidry, T., “Virtual reality and learning by design: Tools for integrating mechanical engineering concepts,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90(4), 2001, pp. 527-534.6. Chang, Y.-H. I., and Miller, C. L., “PLM curriculum development: using an industry-sponsored project to teach manufacturing simulation in a multidisciplinary environment,” Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2005, pp. 171-177.7. Jorgensen, J. E., Mescher, A. M., and Fridley, J. L., “Industry collaborative capstone design projects,” International Conference on
Paper ID #38645Death by 1000 cuts: Workshopping from Black engineering narratives frominterview to stageDr. Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Debalina Maitra is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at ASU. Prior to her current role, Debalina Maitra was employed by CAFECS (Chicago Alliance for Equity in Computer Science), a NSF-funded Research Practice Partnership, for almost two years. She complDr. Brooke Charae Coley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brooke Coley, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona
signal processing programs and processes data o Indirect data acquisition and control: PC serves as a local host to a digital signal processing system which crunches the data at very high speed.(III) Course DescriptionWeb experiments were introduced into the senior level course “EE482 Instrumentationand Control” in the 2001 academic year and has since been an integral part of thisrequired course. The old curriculum focuses extensively on classical frequency responsemethods such as complex variables, frequency response methods (Bode, Nyquist,Nichols), stability assessment techniques (Routh-Hurwitz, root locus), performancecriteria (sensitivity, steady accuracy, transient response
(construction) 2. Take risks and learn from failures IBM, Lockheed Martin 3. Low fear of failure BASF, Campbell Soup 4. Be a self-starting seeker of opportunities Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Pankow, IBM 5. Have the pride and motivation to make a big BASF, IMDS (medical devices), Lockheed difference Martin, Pankow 6. Have the integrity to tell the truth, even when Ford its bad news 7. Live with and function well with ambiguity FordAll of these capabilities were suggested as important to being an innovative engineer and anintrapreneur in corporations, and all depend to a significant degree on ones
coming in to sightWhen it feels so rightTakes all my mightTo change my mindLook behindAnd be okayWith what I sayAnd what I doSo close to youBut I feel too trueTo myselfPlease give me helpTo move beyondThe feelings so strongThey eat awayHappiness staysDon’t you leaveNo not againPain happensBack in sightNot black and whiteCan I be okayWith all these shades of greyAnother area that might allow students to branch out from the engineering curriculum is free-hand drawing, a drawing that is executed by hand without guiding instruments, measurements, orother aids. Freehand drawing enables visualization of an idea in the form of a sketch. It is also auniversal language designers use to communicate with other participants of a project. That iswhy freehand
coming in to sightWhen it feels so rightTakes all my mightTo change my mindLook behindAnd be okayWith what I sayAnd what I doSo close to youBut I feel too trueTo myselfPlease give me helpTo move beyondThe feelings so strongThey eat awayHappiness staysDon’t you leaveNo not againPain happensBack in sightNot black and whiteCan I be okayWith all these shades of greyAnother area that might allow students to branch out from the engineering curriculum is free-hand drawing, a drawing that is executed by hand without guiding instruments, measurements, orother aids. Freehand drawing enables visualization of an idea in the form of a sketch. It is also auniversal language designers use to communicate with other participants of a project. That iswhy freehand
junior-and senior-levelundergraduate lecture classes.1 BackgroundIn recent years there have been enormous financial pressures on engineering departmentsstruggling to deliver to increased enrollments, unchanging budgets, and the need to maintaineducational quality. As departments look for ways to cut costs, hands-on instructionallaboratories, typically expensive to develop and maintain, are slowly being replaced withsimulated experiments [1-3]. While simulations are an important component for teachingstudents about general system behavior, they cannot always account for all the details that mustbe considered in designing and analyzing a physical system in an interdisciplinary, team-orientedenvironment. Furthermore, a laboratory curriculum based
programs. VAx represented not onlya conversion from traditional travel-based programs but was a departure from conventionalprograms featuring unique characteristics as follows [6]:1) Participation of six engineering institutes and universities from five countries across Asia (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines),2) A 14-class interdisciplinary curriculum led by 12 multiethnic lecturers including six each in technological and social science fields, supplemented by non-lecture activities like group discussions and team presentations,3) An engineering knowledge component designed to stimulate participants’ borderless engineering interests beyond their specific field of study and teach participants to apply combined
- 5 mA Threshold of sensation 5 - 20 mA Involuntary muscle contraction ("can't-let-go") 20 - 100 mA Pain, breathing difficulties 100 - 300 mA Ventricular fibrillation (changes in heart beat), possible death > 300 mA Respiratory paralysis, burns, unconsciousnessThe amount of the current flowing through the body during an electric shock depends on thevoltage and the resistance between the terminals of the voltage source. This resistance consists of[12] : ≠ resistance of the contact point between body and circuit (e.g., a ring or a watch) ≠ skin resistance at the point the current flows into the body, ≠ internal
that it is asummative evaluation of engineering education and is a prerequisite for professional licensure,such poor performance is alarming. This paper presents a computer-based system that has thepotential to improve and assess problem-solving skills of engineering students.Literature ReviewThe importance of conceptual knowledge as one of the prerequisites for expert-like problem-solving has been recognized in several studies [5-11]. Dufresne et al [9, 11] have proposed amodel for problem solving, identifying three key knowledges: i) concept knowledge, ii)operational/procedural knowledge, and iii) problem-state knowledge. According to this model,the conceptual knowledge of an expert is richly clustered and hierarchically arranged with
appointment in Engineering Education. His research interests include engineering identity, self-efficacy, and matriculation of Latine/x/a/o students to graduate school. He works with survey methods and overlaps with machine learning using quantitative methods and sequential mixed methods approaches.Dr. Janice Mej´ıa, Northwestern University Dr. Mejia is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences. She also teaches in the Design Thinking and Communication (DTC), Masters in Engineering Management (MEM), and College Prep programs. Her research interests focus on mixed methods research in engineering education, curriculum assessment and development, and engineering
Paper ID #28273Beyond Buzzwords and Bystanders: A Framework for SystematicallyDeveloping a Diverse, Mission Ready, and Innovative Coast Guard Work-forceDr. Kimberly Young-McLear, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Dr. Kimberly Young-McLear is currently an Assistant Professor (Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff) at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She has served at a variety of Coast Guard units since 2003. She holds engineering and technical degrees from Florida A and M, Purdue, and The George Washing- ton University (Ph.D in Systems Engineering). She has taught a breadth of courses including Operations and Project Management