Department. The program has the following continuing goals, which directlysupport the mission of the College and the University: a. Prepare students for entrance into the professional engineering programs; b. Smooth the transition from high school to college for new freshmen in engineering through proper advising, schedule-building, counseling and monitoring; c. Assist freshmen and transfer students in career counseling related to both engineering and non-engineering fields; d. Recruit and retain high quality high school and transfer students interested in majoring in engineering with special emphasis on attracting women and minorities; and e. Maintain the high quality of instruction and professional development necessary to
theclass. The quantitative parameter identified to be the most closely related to this criterion was therate of success of students in the subsequent courses following statics (e.g., strength of materials,dynamics).Step 2: AnalysisA root-cause analysis was subsequently undertaken once the two quantitative criteria wereidentified. This analysis led to the following conclusions: 1. The high non-completion rate is likely linked to: a. The pace of the course, which may not correspond to the preparedness of the students entering the course. b. Inconsistencies in the grading practices of instructors teaching the course. c. Instructor-centric pedagogies. 2. The inadequacies of students’ statics knowledge and
differenttypes of digital manufacturing technology. El-Mounayri and Aw et al. [2] had developed a virtualmanufacturing laboratory of CNC milling. The laboratory environment provided the students: (a)access to a fully-functional virtual CNC milling machine, (b) training on the key operations of theCNC machine, (c) a lecture describing the components of the milling machine, and (d) a lecturedescribing the concepts of CNC milling. This virtual CNC machine was enabled by three softwaremodules: (1) a CNC Milling machine simulator, (2) a virtual-environment display engine, and (3)an intelligent-agent engine. The three modules was running on a single computer in a seamlessweb-based framework, which allowed students to access and run the virtual CNC machining
eight (10) classes, Person, Student, Professor, Admin, StudentLogIn,ProfessoryLogin, Course, Grading, StudentRegistration, Payment and the aggregate classStudentInfSys. While classes Student holds the information of each individual student profile (a) (b) (c) Figure 2. Some classes defined in UML (a) Class Student Login; (b) Class Professor Login; (c) Class Student Registration. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Conferencewhich includes person info, academic records, financial info, etc.. Class Professor carries theprofessor’s individual info, teaching assignment, and grading
Change Agent award, the 2006 Hewlett-Packard Harriett B. Rigas Award, and the 2007 University of Washington David B. Thorud Leadership Award. She is a Fellow of the IEEE.Ms. Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington Sonya Cunningham has over 15 years of success in higher education leadership - directing, managing and supporting critical initiatives, working with diverse student populations, colleagues and academic depart- ments. Currently she serves as Co-Principal Investigator and the Executive Director for the Washington STate Academic RedShirt Program (STARS). STARS aims to increase the retention rate of economically and educationally disadvantaged students in engineering. Deeply passionate about equity, access and
Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He received the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University in 1986. Mr. Jones also earned the M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1990. In addition, Mr. Jones graduated from the General Electric Advanced Course (A, B, and C courses) in Engineering as part of the Edison Engineering Program in 1989. Mr. Jones is a Licensed Professional Engineer, PE 054155E, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Jones began his engineering career in 1986 with General Electric Company in Erie, Pennsylvania. Subsequent to that time he worked for Morrison Knudsen Co. in Boise, ID, and Atchison Steel Castings Co. in Atchison, KS. He
Engineering Graphics, Computer-Aided Design, Capstone, and Fluid Mechanics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Designing the LMS Environment to Improve SolidWorks Certification Exam ScoresAbstractFear of the unknown, test anxiety and being unfamiliar with the test environment can result inpoor test results. Test anxiety is a well-documented form of distress that may lead to poorperformance no matter the ability of the student. A short learning curve during a timed exam canlead to poor exam results. The Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam has beenadministered at our university since 2011. The scores averaged around 38% for the first fewsemesters and were
Paper ID #34604Abruptly Transitioning an In-Person Hands-on Prototyping Course to FullyOnline Instruction: The Creative Tension Between Maintaining a PositiveExperience and Achieving Learning OutcomesMr. Adulfo Amador, Undergraduate StudentDr. Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University Matthew Wettergreen was appointed director of the department’s Master’s of Bioengineering Global Med- ical Innovation program in 2020. He is also an Associate Teaching Professor at the award-winning Osh- man Engineering Design Kitchen at Rice University, recruited as the first faculty hire in 2013. Wettergreen co-developed six of the seven engineering
students to actively interact in class/field/lab and participate in the assigned tasks. When teamwork is required, it is measured via anonymous peer evaluations. b. Project(s) Completion [30%]: The allocated percentage is for successful completion and generation of assigned 3D model(s). If teams were employed, 5 percent points of the total allocated points are used for peer-evaluation of team members assigned to the project. c. Completion of Assessment Documents [10%]: This requires the completion of quiz(zes) for direct assessment and survey(s) for indirect assessment of the acquired knowledge. d. Poster and/or Oral Presentation [10%]: In the course, a poster related to the assigned project is generally
packet, which can befound in the Appendix. The implementation of the design review process is described below: 1) Each team member will identify their “role” or “job” within the team. This role represents their engineering sub-discipline. Examples include Project Manager, Fabrication Specialist, Concrete Mix Design Engineer, etc. 2) Each member of the team will partner up with a teammate. Partner A will be Partner B’s reviewer and vice versa. 3) The partners will consider each other’s roles on the team. Partner A may ask themself, “What is Partner B working on? What should Partner B know about the project?” Partner A will then come up with a set of questions (at least 5) to ask Partner B that will provide them
- Triac board 2. Jumper leads 3. Oscilloscope 4. Resistance decade box 5. Instruction sheet and referencesPart I. How a SCR is used for switching. A. Connect oscilloscope to load-have instructor help if needed. B. Connect up leads 1, 2, and 3 as shown in diagram 1. Turn on power source for D.C. and then A.C. and note that lights do not light up on either source of power. This indicates that the SCR does not permit current to flow in either direction. C. Connect up leads 4,5,6, and 7. Turn on D.C. power source. Then turn on switch for control circuit. Note the shape of the D.C. current on the oscillo- scope. Now turn off the switch in the control cir- cuit
future collaborative projects.INTRODUCTIONEngineering Graphics and Design (ENGR171) is a four-credit required course in the MechanicalEngineering major. It is typically taken during fall or spring semester of the freshman year andis usually the first or second course the student takes in the engineering department. The otherengineering course that electrical and mechanical engineering students take during the freshmanyear is a one-credit Introduction to Engineering course. The following is the ENGR171 coursede c a e U e S.T a c e ca a : T g ac b a f ec ures, hands-on computer lab time, and design projects, studentswill learn to read, and create, engineering drawings and use computer-aided
for every unit increase collaboration) ● Are provided help by the TA (0.088 unit increase in confidence for every unit increase in TA help)Students place lower value in completing a DC when they: ● Perceive the task as difficult (0.042 unit decrease in confidence for every unit increase in TA help)Regression Analysis for ConfidenceTable 3. Regression model for confidence.Variable UnStandardized Standard Standardized t P F Degrees R2 Coefficient, Error Coefficient, of B β FreedomConfidence
provide enthusiasm and interests in these disciplines. In this respect, LamarUniversity at Beaumont, Texas hosted a one-week summer camp called gO W.E.S.T (gO Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University Copyright © 2009, American Society for Engineering EducationWomen for Engineering Science and Technology) for female high school students under thesponsorship of Texas Higher Education Certification Board and Lamar College of Education andHuman Development and College of Engineering. The camp was offered to provide thefollowing goals: (a) To persuade young women to enroll in math and science throughout high school. (b) To
persistence.Theoretical FrameworkStrayhorn [6], [7] built on Maslow’s [8] hierarchy of needs to argue why it is needed in collegeexperiences related to student learning outcomes. Pilcher [13] extended Strayhorn’s [6] sense ofbelonging work and applied it to a review of the literature in online learning spaces. Our paperexplores the intersections of Strayhorn’s sense of belonging and related concepts, online learningspaces, and STEM courses, specifically in engineering classes.Seven assumptions guide Strayhorn’s [6] theory of sense of belonging: 1. Sense of belonging is a basic human need. 2. Sense of belonging is a fundamental motive, sufficient to drive human behavior. 3. Sense of belonging takes on heightened importance (a) in certain contexts, (b) at
15th of each month, so itwould have two pay periods for each month.Payment Class: The payment class represents a payment from the company to a payable entity(either an employee or a vendor). The payment includes information about the payment amount,the date of the payment, and a reference to the recipient of the payment. (a) Payment class (b) PayPeriod class (c) PayableEntity class Figure 2. A selected class definition in UML Class model (a) Payment class (b) PayPeriod class (c) PayableEntity class.PayableEntity Class: An abstract class containing information about a potential payee, and theirpayment information. It
Paper ID #34498Infrastructure Education in Unprecedented Times: Strengthening aCommunity of PracticeDr. Kristen L. Sanford P.E., Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford is an associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infrastructure management and transportation systems, and transporta- tion engineering and infrastructure education. She teaches a variety of courses related to transportation and civil infrastructure as well as engineering economics, and for the last ten years she chaired Lafayette’s interdisciplinary Engineering Studies
view about SEE. The number of times each topic wasmentioned was totaled in the table. In addition, for consolidation purposes, each topic wasassigned to one of five major categories, labeled A-E: A. Faculty Issues and Rewards B. Pre-College K-12 and Outreach Issues C. Curriculum Reform and Evaluation Issues D. Outside Resources and Influences E. Research Topics and IssuesThus, some consensus of topics could be construed. It should be noted that there is no guaranteethat 100% of all thoughts and comments were captured from the twelve Section YOD events. Table 2: Topics Discussed at the Section YOD Panels
, we mean a set of nodes thatshare all possible pairwise connections; with the term (induced) star, we imply a set of nodes each with aconnection to a common center and no other edges between other pairs of nodes. To find the largestinduced clique that includes a certain node and the largest induced star that includes that node as a center,we solve the integer programs presented in (1) and (2), respectively. We also present pictorial examplesof cliques and stars in Figure 1 in (a), (b), (c) and (d), (e), (f), respectively.In both mathematical formulations, 𝑥𝑖 is a binary variable that is equal to 1 if and only if node 𝑖 is in theclique/star. Additionally, in the clique formulation, two nodes are not allowed to both be in the clique,unless
& Beilock, 2012). There is a lotof evidence that math anxiety robs individual’s working memory (Beilock & Willingham, 2014).The working memory's "space" or capacity is some fixed amount that varies from person toperson. It is used to solve problems and reason. If part of the working memory is occupied byanxiety, it is taking away from the fixed capacity that can be used to come up with a solution(Beilock, 2008). There is also neurological data that supports these findings (Young, Wu, &Menon, 2012).Attribution: How students attribute their failures and successes is also tightly linked to howstudents perform. A study looked at twelve factors to which most influenced success in acomputer programming course (B. C. Wilson & Shrock
/articles/it-isnt-a-new-era-for-productivity-yet-11620313683.3. Lichtenstein, G., Chen, H. L., Smith, K. A., & Maldonado, T. A. (2014). Retention and persistence of women and minorities along the engineering pathway in the United States. In Eds. B. Olds & A. Johri, Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research. Cambridge University Press.4. Kirkpatrick, A. T., Danielson, S., Warrington, R. O., Smith, R. N., Thole, K. A., Kulacki, A., Wepfer, J., & Perry, T. (2011). Vision 2030: Creating the future of mechanical engineering education. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29.5. Lattuca, L. R., Terenzini, P. T., &
they believe each engineering undergraduate degreeprogram should be able to cultivate in their students, including: (a) an ability to apply knowledgeof mathematics, science and engineering, (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, aswell as to analyze and interpret data, (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process tomeet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability, (e) an ability to identify,formulate, and solve engineering problems, and (g) an ability to communicate effectively (ABETCriterion 3. Student Outcomes (a-k)). We argue that all of these skills are essential componentsof the argumentation process
. Lamb, R. Dales, L. Willis and E. Hurdle, "Meeting the needs of industry: the drivers for change in engineering education," Engineering Education, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 18-25, 2010.[17] B. Toven-Lindsey, M. Levis-Fitzgerald, P. H. Barber and T. Hasson, "Increasing persistence in undergraduate science majors: A model for institutional support of underrepresented students," CBE—Life Sciences Education, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 1-12, 2015.[18] J. E. Mills and D. F. Treagust, "Engineering education—Is problem-based or project-based learning the answer.," Australasian journal of engineering education, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 2-16, 2003.[19] J. Qadir and A. Al-Fuqaha, "A Student Primer on How to Thrive in Engineering Education during
throughput enhancement for 5g enabled uav swarm networking,” IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, pp. 1–1, 2021.[11] X. Liu, H. Song, and A. Liu, “Intelligent uavs trajectory optimization from space-time for data collection in social networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, pp. 1–1, 2020.[12] C. Xu, B. Chen, Y. Liu, F. He, and H. Song, “Rf fingerprint measurement for detecting multiple amateur drones based on stft and feature reduction,” in 2020 Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), 2020, pp. 4G1–1–4G1–7.[13] J. Eason, C. Xu, and H. Song, “Software define radio in realizing the intruding uas group behavior prediction,” in 2020 IEEE 39th International
/orlimitations they faced, and their recommendations for improvement to teaching. Theinterview questions were prepared open ended for the purpose to collect a vast variety ofresponses from the participants [21]. Because the interview protocol was semi-structured,we posed emerging questions during the conversations that were not listed in theprotocol. A copy of the interview protocol is represented in Appendix B. We conductedindividual interviews with the participating teachers using the semi-structured interviewprotocol at the end of the summer workshop. Each interview lasted around 30 to 45minutes and all of the conversations were audio recorded.Data AnalysesThe mean scores of the teachers’ responses to the evaluative questionnaire werecomputed and
content was added for the following topics to support students as theydesigned their mechanical puzzles: (a) overview of 2D subtractive manufacturing processes, likelaser cutting, with tips for basic design elements; (b) introduction to part tolerancing practices;and (c) start-up guides and demonstrations of creating laser-cut designs for both recommended2D software packages (Inkscape and SolidWorks). Figure 1. Example student work from PBL#1: Product Design, which was a 6-week team-based project that involved physical prototyping of a multi-part mechanical product. (Left) from the F2F version of the course, a 3D sketch of an automaton. (Right) from the online version of the course, a laser-cut
SystemsThe battery charging system for each of the four turbine installations was designed in asimilar fashion and closely resembles each other. The Skystream turbine system isunique amongst the other systems due to its standard “grid-connect configuration. Theother three systems are designed for a battery charging system interface and are able toconnect to the electric grid using alternative manufacturer/distributor supplied equipment.The configuration for these three turbine systems will be referred to as configuration A.The Skystream turbine system will be referred to as configuration B and will be describedseparately. All four turbine systems were configured using a four-battery 48V nominalbattery pack constructed of deep cycle sealed Absorbent
conversations.” In Building Research &Information, v. 35, no. 14 Lee, N. and Rojas, E. (2010), “Innovative and transformative learning environments in construction engineeringand management education,” in Proceedings, 2010 ASEE Annual Conference, 11 pp.5 Keys, J. B. (1997), “Strategic management games: a review.” In Simulation & Gaming v. 28, no. 4, 395-4226 Alarcon, L. F. and Ashley, D. B. (1999), “Playing games: evaluating the impact of lean production strategies onproject cost and schedule.” In Proceedings, 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction(IGLC-7), 26-28 July 1999, University of California, Berkeley, CA.7 Bichot, T. (2001), “The construction marketing game,” unpublished masters thesis, Bradley
. Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Education (a) (b) (c) Figure 4: (a) Original RGB image, (b) UVRGB color composite image, (c) Difference between the original and UVRGB composite imageFigure 4 (c) shows the difference between the original RGB image and UVRGB composite toidentify the details that are not visible in the original image. The “Cardinal” is reflecting lots ofUV light that can be perceived to prevent the bird from overheating. On the other hand, theground, some of the background green and seeds absorbed
in our Statics course. A more novel pedagogy is necessary, however,due to the shift from the equilibrium approach to the abstract concept. This paper details a project thatcombines experiment and theory to give students an understanding of VW. (a) (b) (c) (d) Figure 1. (a) Sketch of a roly-poly comprises a top cylinder with fixed height H and a hemispherical base with radius R. (b) Horizontal force F applied at the center of base area tilts the roly-poly at an angle . Center of gravity is xc from the cylinder- hemisphere interface. (c) Vertical force is applied at one corner while the roly-poly lies on