Session 1380 Keeping the “General” in General Engineering: Designing Multidisciplinary Courses for the First Year of Engineering Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractThe General Engineering program at Clemson University teaches two courses required for allstudents planning to major in engineering. The first course, Introduction to Engineering, focuseson presentations and tours by each of the engineering departments. During the past year thesepresentations have become more active. The second course, Introduction to
system was working as planned. Page 8.1019.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1353 Figure 5. Raw data from an actual rocket mission using a C6-5 engine. As this is the output of an inverting amplifier, upward acceleration causes decreased output voltage. This curve was readily plotted in the field and shows that the system functioned correctly. The ripple is the switching frequency
Page 8.249.82002 are very promising. Full implementation of this approach is planned for Fall 2003, alongwith formal assessment and evaluation. The use of Mathcad and Working Model 2D (without anyadditional instruction) in follow-on courses in Machine Elements and Senior Design will also aidin the assessment and evaluation of these materials.MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATIONPrior to the implementation of computer-based training in the Measurements and Instrumentationcourse, two weeks of instruction were devoted to computer data acquisition and programmingwith LabView. Since it was not possible to devote more class time to this subject five hours oflab instruction were set aside for LabView instruction for a total of approximately eight hours
Harrisburg. He graduated from the United States MilitaryAcademy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers.Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics ofmaterials, graphic communications, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management. Page 8.910.6“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering
use of multiple assessment techniques provides increased confidence in theability to assess these outcomes. Our results indicated that student and faculty assessment was inagreement on 8 of the 13 outcomes and that there was disagreement on 5 of the outcomes. In thefuture we plan to modify some of the assessment questions and to determine the reasons for thedifferences in outcome assessment.ANN M. ANDERSONAnn M. Anderson is an Associate Professor at Union College. She received her BS in MechanicalEngineering from Tufts University and her MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from StanfordUniversity. Before coming to Union College she spent two years designing computer cooling systems at IBMin Poughkeepsie NY. In addition to her research in the
engineering programat Baylor University is a small, undergraduate only program with a strong emphasis on teachingand student/faculty interaction. Retention statistics for the program are presented and comparedwith the literature. The work and results from the School of Engineering and Computer ScienceRetention Committee is reported. The committee explored risk factors contributing to the loss ofstudents. The freshman course sequence is also presented. One outgrowth of this study was thecreation of a Freshman Success Task Force, which is charged with generating “a plan andprocess to increase the success/persistence of freshman computer science and engineeringstudents at Baylor.” The retention goals set by the Task Force are discussed and the
into the College Curriculum. Journal of Academic Librarianship 29, 386-398.13. Thomes, K., Cornell, E., and Gottfried, B. (1997). Teaching Freshmen to Write Technical Reports and tonavigate the Library: A Win-Win Situation. 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, Session S4F, pp.1557-1563.14. Black, C., Crest, S., & Volland, M. (2001). Building a successful information literacy infrastructure on thefoundation of librarian-faculty collaboration.[Online]. Research Strategies, 18, 215-225.15. Palmer, S., & Tucker, B. (2004). Planning, delivery and evaluation of information literacy training forengineering and technology students. [Online]. Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 35(1), 16-34
Professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Denver and Co-director of the Active Communities Transportation (ACT) research group. He focuses on transporta- tion research dedicated to building a more sustainable infrastructure, particularly in terms of improving road safety, active transportation, and transit-oriented communities. Other recent research topics involve transportation planning, congestion pricing, human behaviors, parking, and street networks. A native of Watertown, Mass., Marshall is a recipient of the Dwight Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship and winner of the Charley V. Wootan Award for Outstanding TRB Paper
) pedagogies by student teachers in their lesson planning. A group of students hadto develop a proposal to a local school principal to promote the use of RAL for inquiry basedlearning in relation to STEM. In the current form this is only a conceptual lab. Although this isonly a conceptual RAL activity, it addresses all four principles for the effective use of lab basedwork. Page 25.605.6Department of Nursing and MidwiferyThe Department of Nursing and Midwifery is currently undertaking a project where remotelaboratories are used as a vehicle for rehearsing professional practice skills, i.e. anaestheticdelivery to patients. The project’s aim is to
understanding of calculus. As mentioned earlier, learners of all ages are more motivated when they can see the usefulapplications of what they are learning. The plan is to use selected relevant topics in NASA’smission to enhance the quality of the teaching of calculus. The need for scientific computationsinvolving the application of calculus in NASA’s space explorations will be emphasized. Currentevents such as the year of 2009 being the International Year of Astronomy and successfulreplacement of the Hubble telescope camera by NASA astronauts will be utilized to motivate andeducate students about astronomy and mathematics along with the contributions that exploringspace makes to society and culture. This will be achieved in a systematic manner
AC 2012-5127: HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN BANGLADESHDr. Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint Quamrul Mazumder is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at University of Michigan, Flint. His research interests includes computational fluid dynamics, metacognition approaches of learning, ac- tive and experiential learning, renewable energy, and global engineering education. His teaching areas are fluid mechanics, renewable energy, introduction to engineering, and senior design. He is a Fulbright specialist in engineering education discipline.Prof. Md. Rezaul Karim Ph.D., Khulna University, Bangladesh Urban and rural planning discipline. Email: rkarim@kuurp.ac.bd. Click the following
Real Exam (lab session 2). Students are asked to answer multiple-choice questions (10-30% of the grade) and to provide a programming solution to an assignedproblem (70-90% of the grade). Students plan their time accordingly within the one-hour classtime to complete both. Another approach is to use the first lab session as a small-class review,encouraging the students to be more vocal than they might in a large lecture. Students areencouraged to prepare for the review session and bring pertinent questions from their studies.Practice exams are reviewed, with rationale given for the answers. The second lab session isbroken down into a short (20-30 questions) multiple-choice / short-answer section online and alonger programming portion on paper
were designed to elicitresponses from participants for identifying factors that affect their retention the most and Page 25.711.2provide more knowledge about their academic and social first year experiences. Moredetails about the STP can be found in10.Qualitative Research DesignQualitative research methodologies are effective way in terms of analyzing non-quantitative data or data in the form of text rather than numbers. Researchers definedqualitative research as an “important modes of inquiry for the social sciences and appliedfields, such as education, regional planning, health sciences, social work, communitydevelopment, and management.”11. The
Figure 2. Page 25.745.7Figure 2. Inner pages of the Geek booklet profiling two students.Note also in Figure 2, the students are wearing an identically designed engineering tee-shirt.The caption, next to a retro-looking robot, states “Think it, Plan it, Build it”. Developedprimarily for retention purposes to assist in the development of an engineering identity forVUW and WelTec students, these shirts are also distributed as part of our regional efforts toincrease engineering awareness. As an aside, the adoption of these shirts (which includes ahooded sweatshirt option) by both staff and students at VUW has been very enthusiastic. It iscommon to
Large Classroom Settings. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 10(2), 147-163.Holden, I.I. (2010). Science Literacy and Lifelong Learning in the Classroom: A Measure of Attitudes amongUniversity Students. Journal of Library Administration, 50, 265–282. DOI: 10.1080/01930821003635002Mounce, M. (2010). Working Together: Academic Librarian and Faculty Collaboration to Improve Students’Information Literacy Skills: A Literature Review 2000-2009. The Reference Librarian, 51(4), 300-320.National Society of Professional Engineers. (2007). Code of Ethics for Engineers. Publication 1102.http://www.nspe.org/Ethics/CodeofEthics/index.htmlOakleaf, M. (2009). Writing Information Literacy Assessment Plans: A Guide to Best Practice. Communications inInformation
-longdomestic or possibly international trips.A key issue that will need to be resolved in future offerings will be its scalability. For larger classsize, we will revisit the current architecture (of project topics and teams) to ensure it is viable andsustainable. In the pre-pilot version, the small class size was easily served by different projects,supervised by different staff and graduate students. For larger class size (and varying level ofstaff resources available to the class), we will evaluate the best options for future project setups.“Introduction to Engineering Systems” is part of a broader plan to develop over time, a largersuite of undergraduate Engineering Systems courses offered by ESD. As additional courses aredeveloped, we expect to
quality. At Uppsala Uni-versity these initiatives are operationalised by the passing of a univeristy wide educationalquality initiative (Pedagogiska Programmet). As a part of its response to this general planfor further development of educational quality at Uppsala University, the Faculty of Tech-nology and Natural Science established a higher education development and advisory body”TUR” in 2008. An inventory of existing practices and attitudes to education among aca-demic staff was identified as a priority area in the three year action plan for TUR developed Page 25.855.2in 2009. 1The Approaches to
analysis will establish potential trends and willidentify the most significant livability contributing factors that explain variation in weight status.Moreover, a refinement of the scoring methodology is currently under way. A questionnairesurvey was developed and used to solicit inputs and recommendations by state department oftransportation and metropolitan planning organizations personnel on proper selection of scoresand relative weights. This process is expected to reduce the potential bias of the scoringmethodology and lead to an improved model for possible adoption in the near future.Bibliography1. Wakefield, Julie. (2004). "Fighting Obesity Through the Built Environment." Environmental Health Perspectives, 112 (11), A616-A618.2
strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, architecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Guerra also spent three years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for future high-energy astrophysics missions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope. She began her career at the Johnson Space Center working for Eagle Engineering and SAIC, focused on con- ceptual design of advanced spacecraft for human missions to the moon and Mars. Guerra earned a B.S in aerospace engineering and a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame. She received a master’s of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas, Austin
ElectricityChapter 5.1 Hydro EnergyChapter 5.2 Geothermal EnergyChapter 5.3 Solar Thermal EnergyChapter 5.4 Solar Photovoltaic EnergyChapter 5.5 Wind EnergyChapter 5.6 Transmission, Distribution, and Storage for Renewable Energy SourcesSection 6. Future Energy ChoicesChapter 6.1 Natural Gas as a BridgeChapter 6.2 HydrogenAppendicesAppendix A: Mathematical NotationAppendix B: Abbreviations and AcronymsResearch DesignTo assess the pedagogical impact of the newly developed online and dynamic textbook onstudent learning outcomes, we designed an iterative educational research study. Informed by theprevious grant work,5,6,7 we have planned to explore the following student learning outcomes: (a)content understanding, (b) attitudes towards engineering, (c) life
for student learning. This will be done through both quantitative andqualitative means with freshmen students at Texas A&M University. An experiment will analyze Page 25.927.2the effects of Mechanix on both short-term impact and longer-term retention measured throughhomework assignments, exam questions and pre/post concept inventories. Results from the mostrecent and third overall evaluation of Mechanix, as well as plans for future evaluations, arepresented.Prior FBD and Truss SoftwareThere are other statics tutoring programs that already exist; these tools help students to solvetheir problems step-by-step and provide them with feedback
robotic nanoscale assembly devices.2010 Toxic Substances Control Act requests regulation of commercial nanomaterial use. Page 25.965.4 United Kingdom issues a lengthy report on nanotechnology and food, warning the country’s food industry not to hide the use of nanotechnology2011 The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee continues gathering evidence on revisions to the 30-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act to regulate the commercial use of nanomaterials. The NEST Subcommittee updates both the NNI Strategic Plan and NNI EHS Research strategy based on
. Work Experience: Utah State University, Jan. 2010 to present, instructor for ETE 1020 energy, power, transportation systems control technology exploration of the concepts and processes relating to the control and automation (both hard and programmable) of technical systems in the areas of energy and power, transportation, and agricultural and related biotech- nologies. California University of PA, Jan. 2008 to May 2009, Teaching Assistant. Assisted the professor in class preparation, lesson plans, and distribution of materials Also gain teaching experience by lecturing the class section which deals with programming robots. Managed a laboratory, which allowed students to complete experiments. AT&T Broadband
://ecluster.ou.edu/apps/solid3d/default.aspx. Once the tool appears in the webpage (seeFigure 2), the user controls are located at the top of the window. The 3D solids tool has onlybeen recently incorporated into the mechanics eBook, and, as a result, there has been insufficienttime to assess the impact of the tool in an actual classroom setting. The effects of the 3D solidstool on professor pedagogy and any observed improvements in student performance will betopics of a planned future paper. Page 25.1010.5 Figure 2: Tool interface with loaded geometry1. Loading a geometry fileThe user can choose to upload a geometry file from
for their final projects. Future collaborations with an Intro to EngineeringDesign course are planned for the spring of 2012, and are described in the future work section.Notably, the work completed in Tanzania on the physical design of a Universal Connector andthe construction of an affordable greenhouse are examples of the work completed in the firstyear. These success stories are leading the venture in the direction of focusing more on the actualinnovation space. Below we highlight the work that came out of Tanzania in order to describeour next steps as a venture. The Universal Connector and the Greenhouse are examples oftechnologies and ventures that would emerge from the Innovation Space in the future.Case Study: Universal ConnectorIn
requested to answer (with a five pointscale: 1-very poor, 2-poor, 3-satisfactory, 4-good and 5-very good) an anonymous questionnaireas shown in Table 1, and based on their feedback we will refine and improve the laboratoryactivities and manuals. Similar surveys were or are planned to be conducted at the end of eachquarter of the current and next academic years. Also, more in-depth evaluation and assessment ofthis course will be performed starting with the next academic year. The future procedure isdescribed below. Page 25.516.9Evaluation of the course and data collection will begin soon after the start of the course. On thefirst meeting of each
quality and even with the reduction in features it was still found to bevery functional for its intended use.Project Description and FrameworkThe senior design project course spans two consecutive quarters during the students senior year.The first quarter is devoted to the design and planning of the project. The second quarter isdedicated to refining the design and building a prototype. Some senior design projects weredetermined to be a perfect fit for applying the concepts of universal design and these wereconcentrated on for this pilot project.The senior design projects are selected by the faculty and chosen to give the students anassignment that would be typical of a task they could receive as a young engineer in theindustrial world. Great
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. Page 15.418.9Figure 2: Engineers and Non-engineers Collaborate in Introduction to Engineering at Rice.The Rice Minor in Engineering Studies ProgramThe unique character of Rice University presents both opportunities and challenges inimplementing technological literacy courses and a minor. Minors are new to Rice, having beenapproved only in the past two years. Thus, although there are presently fewer than five minors,there is an interest in their creation, and each proposal generates significant publicity amongstudents and faculty. Many Rice undergraduates arrive with a solid background in high schoolmathematics and science, many with AP credit—even those who do not plan to major inengineering or science. It is expected that such students will
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