languages in the 1990's/2000's. Today, even relativelysimple embedded systems in practice may consist of tens of thousands of C code. However, introductory courses and textbooks mainly still focus on configuring and interfacing with peripherals, with little guidance provided to students on how to write programs that are elegant, robust, and scalable. The result is that much embedded systems code, including much commercial code, follows no particular programming discipline, is prone to bugs, and is hard to maintain. Many commercial embedded systems projects fail to become products, or 1experience failures in the field, as a
) offerscutting edge research projects to community college students, hosted by the University ofCalifornia. The overall goal of the TTE REU program is to increase the number of communitycollege students transferring to a 4 year school to earn a bachelors in science and engineering.TTE REU has been operating since 2011 and has hosted 66 community college students. EachTTE participant is placed in a faculty member’s lab and mentored closely by a graduate studentfor their nine-week internship. This paper will focus on the impact this program has had on theparticipants through a follow up study with the students hosted in 2012, 2013, and 2014. All TTEREU participants were surveyed and asked to evaluate how the program has impacted them inthe short term. TTE
Specializa- tion Mechatronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, VA on projects focusing on digital thread and cyber security of manufacturing systems. She has funded research in broadening participation efforts of underrepresented students in STEM funded by Office of Naval Research, focusing on mechatronic pathways. She is part of the ONR project related to the additive manufacturing training of active military. She is also part of the research team that leads the summer camp to nine graders that focus on broadening participation of underrepresented students into STEM (ODU BLAST).Dr. Onur Bilgen, Old Dominion UniversityDr. Karina Arcaute
hands-on projects that do notimmediately seem related, and thus seeks to link a service-learning project to 3D modeling andprinting. The first part carries students on a journey to understand the need for and to plan aservice-learning project. The story begins with two students frustrated by their experience offacilitating an engineering design challenge with elementary school children. The case thendirects students to use provided resources to plan and engage in a meaningful service-learningproject. The second part continues the story of one of the disgruntled students experiencing abreakthrough when the needs addressed by the service-learning intervention are well-defined andwhen the student discovers a shared interest in 3D printing with one
is presented to the students where they will make decisions as a professional facing anethical dilemma.Knowledge Integration Activities and the Building Blocks for Ethics EducationAs part of the RED project, our team of educators in the department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering have designed a framework that treats the undergraduate curriculum as a complexintegrated system. A set of knowledge integration (KI) activities are created to illustrate howdifferent anchoring concepts can come together and be applied toward solving a real worldproblem. The new educational model in our department recognizes the fact that students learnabstract concepts better in the context of a set of familiar applications [8]. Using familiarapplications such
deliver a successful statics course for AET students, projects aredesigned as combinations of lecture and laboratory work. In addition, it is important to enablestudents to associate theoretical knowledge with subjects that they would encounter in theworkforce. To better enhance the practical education of AET students, this paper introduces astrategy in the lab session of statics course for AET students. This lab session embraces real-world aeronautical examples from aircraft, so that students can develop analytical skills.Exposure to airworthy aircraft parts is expected to more effectively introduce students to theimportance of statics and motivate students to apply theoretical knowledge of statics. Duringlecture, analogs of typical physical
certificate program on Circular Economy.Ing. Bart J.A. van Bueren, National Cheng Kung University Bart van Bueren aims to be a visionary entrepreneur in circular economy. As founder, Van Bueren suc- cessfully launched Deltasync, Waterarchitect and the Dutch Design Post. His skills came clear when his graduation project turned into a building commission for an 1100m2 floating pavilion. It became inter- nationally known as icon of climate adaptation. On four continents he presented his visions and in 2008 he got elected as Young Technical Professional by NLengineers. Since 2012 Van Bueren is assigned as visiting expert in DeltaDesign and Circular Economy at NCKU in Taiwan, here he teaches in five dif- ferent departments
literature. It is well known that a semester system has many advantages over a quarter system [7], [8].The benefits of a semester system are its reduced student cognitive load each week, betterstudent engagement both inside and outside the classroom, smooth student transfers, and bettertiming of students’ availability for internships and employment. Most of our students have daytime jobs, thus with the shortened contact hours each week in the semester system, there is lesslikelihood of student and faculty burnouts; and enhanced opportunities for project basedlearning, group exercises, field trips, and subdivision of projects into several phases in designoriented courses.Why is our college converting to semesters? • Aligns our academic calendar
design development cyclewas highlighted in his work. He asserted that the engineering curriculum at that time did notaddress the importance of prototyping and was less practiced in homework, projects, orlaboratories. An experiment was conducted with senior design students through an iterative design-fabrication-redesign-fabrication sequence to enable hands-on experience on desktop-levelmanufacturing equipment. His work strongly asserts the need to include practical training whileincluding design-intensive prototyping courses. During the initial phases, universities do not needto invest in commercial-level equipment, since desktop machines could provide students withuseful insights for basic understanding of processes. The same experimental
are encapsulated and modularized with friendly and easy-to-useinterfaces. AI curricula are developed based on constructivism, project-based learning andmultidisciplinary integration. Typical teaching cases, such as speech recognition, text recog-nition, image recognition, intelligent transportation, smart home, intelligent robots, etc.,which are used to enhance comprehension of AI concepts and applications, are also discussed. Keywords : AI Education, Innovation Capability, Constructivism, iSTREAM1. Introduction The radical and transformative technological revolution of artificial intelligence (AI) hasresulted in fundamentally new ways of science and engineering practice. Countries aroundthe world have released national strategies to
relating to the technical details of a particular project component or part, thetechnical or mechanical details of the larger product being created, and the immediate existingstructure surrounding the project – including course requirements or team competition rules. Anumber of students also mentioned considerations relating to the temporal elements of aproblem. For many, this meant an emphasis on the project timeline or time as a factor thatrestricted them from exploring other solutions. Several students mentioned looking at howsimilar projects had been addressed previously or how they might adapt their solution in thefuture.Other types of factors were less commonly mentioned among undergraduate engineers. Severalstudents mentioned factors
outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering edu- cation in the classroom. She is also the founder of STOMP (stompnetwork.org), LEGOengineering.com (legoengineering.com), and the online Teacher Engineering Education Program (teep.tufts.edu).Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt UniversityDr. Rebecca Deborah Swanson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Dr. Swanson is a postdoctoral research associate studying teacher learning in an online graduate-level engineering education program at Tufts University. Prior to joining the CEEO at Tufts, Dr. Swanson worked on research projects studying professional development of formal and informal science educators, learning through citizen
Networking (SDN) has been a core technology in cloud computing and other cyber-physical systems whereSDN facilitates network management and enables network programmability and efficient network configuration to improvenetwork performance, monitoring, and security. In this paper, we will demonstrate our great efforts in the development of GENIand SDN learning and experimental modules for computer networking and security courses in order to achieve the goal of ourfunded NSF project. Specifically, we will first present our methodology for the design of our modules and then give the detail ofGENI and SDN modules including GENI account setup and resource reservation, measurement tool labs, as well as SDNlabs for network traffic management and the
laboratories. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Translating the Instructional Processor from VHDL to VerilogAbstractAn Instructional Processor has been developed for use as a design example in an AdvancedDigital Systems course. The system was originally modeled in VHDL and was simulated usingXilinx design tools to demonstrate operation of the processor. The design model can also besynthesized and implemented in hardware on a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The goalof this project was to translate the Instructional Processor into the Verilog hardware descriptionlanguage, while maintaining the same operational characteristics.VHDL and Verilog are IEEE standard languages used for the
students commenced their placements in July 2017, after 18months of project-based and self-directed online learning.Figure 1. Engineering students on industry placementsSeventeen students enrolled in workplace learning placements and the planning and review-focused class. Students on placement worked with 15 host organizations, where theorganizations exist at the local, national, and international levels. Students were involved invarious projects across the civil engineering discipline. Example projects that studentsworked on included a pedestrian and cyclist river bridge, dam safety upgrade, commercialbuilding upgrade, local effluent disposal investigations, and road and roundabout design.Local government organizations hosted the majority of
leadership roles, exploringpathways to STEM leadership, and developing a personal plan for professional growth. Thefourth year also culminates with the honors project or thesis, taken over two semesters. Studentsdevelop their own research plans, engineering design projects, or theses, and present their workat the end-of-year symposium. They develop an in-depth understanding of identifying andsolving STEM problems and effectively communicating their work to the general public. TheWISE curriculum and associated timeline are summarized in Table 1.Table 1WISE Curricular Sequence for Undergraduate STEM Majors FALL SPRING ANY SEMESTER FOCUS First Year Introduction to University
upperclassmen role model that the first-year students can associatewith engineering. On average, each mentor has three to seven mentees. The Eco-Carorganization has sponsored workdays, where new members get paired with older members tocomplete projects. The workdays have encouraged mentor to mentee relationships, whichinvolve teaching new members various skills. They have set up an organized system of sub-leads, where a sub-lead of a specific aspect of the car would serve as a mentor to a group ofmentees. This gives the mentees a consistent person to go to if they ever need help with Eco-Carprojects or projects outside of the organization, such as schoolwork. They plan to set upadditional activities, not directly related to the car, but for various
solution for integratingsubtractive and additive manufacturing. The robotic arm used in a manufacturing system in hassix degrees-of-freedom and can fabricate into multiple projections in each layer9. Mostafavi et al. Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 406presented a materially informed Design-to-Robotic-Production process for achieving architectureapplication10. David Scheltema introduced a KUKA robotic arm to produce the micro-structureof a spider’s silk thread11, as shown in Fig 2. The previous work inspires us
61 91 course and overall competency from university. (Yes/No) Has your motivation for studying your course work increased or 83 69 decreased over the past few semesters? (Increased/Decreased) Do you believe that grades (e.g. projects, lab work, homework and numerical grades from examinations) and interest, passion 103 49 and motivation are intrinsically related? (Yes/No) Does knowing that you will not be able to cross into a higher- grade boundary undermine your motivation to study for your 111 41 finals or complete any related coursework given? (Yes/No) A continuous GPA system with a greater
- year college. The program's objectives are to (1) increase the number of financially needy and academically talented students who graduate or transfer in a STEM program and (2) improve the retention and completion rates of STEM students through individualized and group support systems. The project was launched in the fall semester of 2016. Up to 60 students will receive full scholarships and support over five years to aid in their completion of a two-year program for graduation or transfer in either Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering. A central feature of the program is the use of a STEM Student Success Coach as the first line of support for participating STEM students. The Student Success Coach provides personal one-on-one
basics of engineering as well as the importance of renewable resources. In addition, thiswork educates students on various skills such as research, persistence, design, construction, andtechnical writing.IntroductionAn innovative teaching approach was developed for the newly designed eight credit hourcornerstone course for the first-year engineering students. This method was very effective andwell-suited to educate students. Rather than just studying for exams to gain good grades, this skill-and knowledge-integrated approaches help highly motivated students to interact with otherstudents and faculties from various institutions and take further strides towards real worldsituations.This paper shares a sample project illustrating a new teaching
Paper ID #28661Purdue Mission to Mars 2.0: A learn-by-doing approach to recruitingDr. Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany Dr. Rustin Webster is an assistant professor in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University and specializes in mechanical engineering and computer graphics technology. Dr. Webster’s industry expe- rience includes time as a contractor for the Department of Defense as an engineer, project manager, and researcher. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Graphics and Design and a M.S. in Management of Technol- ogy from Murray State University, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from the
preserved in thescaled IST. The core region, heat transfer, flow patterns, and coolant inventory in the downcomer, coreand the riser above the core were all kept in similitude with an actual reactor. The steam generatorpreserved the heat transfer and boiling effects and the condensation with and without non-condensablegases [2]. Outside of these, the design of the IST included features to support its adaptation for otherdesign or research missions. While testing in support of the mPower SMR ended in 2014, the facility has been maintained tosupport other projects. The facility is still in use by several companies and Liberty University for thepurposes of furthering nuclear engineering research on multiple fronts.Description of Thermal Hydraulic
. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Weihui Li, Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology Weihui Li received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University and her PhD from Tulane University. She was also a research fellow in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
trained on the hardware tools and softwarealgorithms for cryptography, identification of user, authentication of user and data, monitoring ofcritical digital activities, and prevention from intrusion. Students will also be engaged in real-lifeproblem solving process through design projects. Graduates of the program will be equipped withskill in state-of-the-art technology in the field and hence be competent to serve the public andprivate sectors to ensure security and privacy in the digital world and to help development andgrowth of the community.AREAS OF EXPERTISEThe curriculum will incorporate the following areas of expertise. 1. Computer Programming 2. Digital Logic and Systems 3. Cryptography 4. Computer Network 5. Data Security 6
materials, 3) thermodynamics, 4) fluiddynamics, and 5) heat transfer.Examples of student work are shown in Figures 1 and 2.Figure 1 –Student painting representing mechanistic and non-mechanistic insights, sentient andtranscendent knowledge.Figure 2 – Student drawings representing tension, compression, shear, flexure, torsion, stressconcentrations, fatigue, buckling, impact, and corrosion.OutcomesThe results of five years of conducting these creativity exercises in an introductory mechanicalengineering class are anecdotal and are based on less than one hundred students. When askedabout the abstract image project in which they were required to draw an abstract image of anassigned abstract noun, students reflected on their work in three ways: 1
friendly, and safe manner. Most car manufacturers are focusing on publicroad transportation, but an intermediate proving ground may be large industrial, government andacademic campuses. This paper discusses the design and integration of an autonomous golf cart vehiclecalled the Autonomous People Mover (APM) as part of a multidisciplinary capstone project for engineeringseniors. The APM has been through prior capstone projects which firstly made the vehicle remote control,and then added advanced sensors such as LiDAR, computer vision, and GPS. The focus of this research ison navigation, localization, and obstacle avoidance on a large college campus. Through theimplementation of a particle filter algorithm combined with A* navigation and image
AC 2007-1012: PODCAST-ENHANCED LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERINGKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson has been on the Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty at Michigan Tech since 1993. His research interests include public health, engineering and social justice, effective teaching methods, and multimedia-based learning. His teaching repertoire ranges from first-year students to graduate students, all his classes are designed along best learning practices. Kurt is coordinator for several international study programs at Tech, and is co-director of the International Sustainable Engineering Initiative there. He is involved in many engineering projects
database applications development. His interests are in open source software deployment, programming, applications design, and project management.Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi Tulio Sulbaran is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Construction and is the director of the Innovation for Construction and Engineering Enhancement (ICEE) center. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from the University Rafael Urdaneta in Venezuela and his Ph.D in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interest is on the impact of information technology resources on construction and engineering education and training
projects include wireless sensor and digital signal processing technologies for data acquisition systems in machine condition monitoring, and ultra wide-band techniques for wireless sensor transceivers in industrial environments. Before Dr. Nie joined UNI in Aug. 2006, he won several federal level research grants in Canada as a principle investigator.Recayi "Reg" Pecen, University of Northern Iowa RECAYI “Reg” PECEN Dr. Pecen holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S.E.E. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW). He has served as faculty at