Understanding Fatigue TheoryAbstractIt is well known that more than 90% of metal components in mechanical systems fails due tofatigue. With this in mind, a basic working understanding of fatigue theory is very important tomechanical engineering students. Fatigue theory, however, is only covered with a few lecturesin a typical undergraduate mechanical engineering program’s curriculum. Typical treatmentcould be as few as four lectures during two weeks in our mechanical program at WentworthInstitute of Technology. Because of this, some students were typically confused about fatiguetheory and might not have a basic working understanding of fatigue theory. Students willtypically develop a better understanding of a topic if the same topic is presented to
. Sample Result of SPSS statistics software for V9 of engineering and non-engineering students.ResultsSurvey-Based Analysis of Students’ Perception of OER:The web-based OER system can help students by providing plenty of useful features. Keepingthat in mind, 19 variables were selected, and Figure 3 makes it clear that these features were wellliked by the majority of the students. For example, around 90% of the students thought that thissystem provides better quality visuals and helps them review and remember material more easilythan the traditional textbook system. Most importantly, around 90% of the students believed thatthe outcomes of the web-based OER materials exceeded those of the traditional
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framework of professional engineering licensure, it is interesting to ask, “Is it ethicalfor university engineering faculty to teach technical subject matter to engineering students withoutobtaining professional licensure?” “Since a professional engineer does have ethical obligations tothe “Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public” [5], should an engineeringeducator be held to those same standards?” “Will faculty with licensure teach better and producemore practice-minded graduates?” These questions are of interest to the Civil Engineeringdepartment at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where faculty’s engineering practiceexperience and professional licensure is traditionally highly valued. As an engineering discipline,civil
mind, the library’s collectiondevelopment efforts will better represent the nature of the program. DSU’s provost also had akey role in communicating the importance of library resources and his support of includingfunding of library resources in program proposals when necessary. This was critically importantin dispelling the sense that departments shouldn’t include additional funding for library resourceseven when clearly justified. Although funding is tight at the institution, having this direction andsupport from the provost for building library collections is appreciated.The final mechanical engineering program proposal approved by the curriculum committee andacademic council is financially realistic, and as a 2012 ARL Issue Brief [7] stated
variations in the engineering discipline composition of teams is a reality of theclass, we needed to ensure that variations to the project requirements could be made relativelyeasily. Design requirements were formulated with this in mind and Table 2 shows how differingmake ups of team disciplines could work in each team. Table 2. Discipline Specific Design Requirements Based on Team Composition Missing Deiscipline in a Group Responsibility with Design and Project Mechanical Engineer/Mechanical Students may purchase any 1/24 RC Rock Engineering Techology Crawler Kit (but cannot use the electronics). The Makerspace has a limited
strong learning community within each class and the use of high-impact practices to engage and challenge his students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Developing an Effective and Engaging Concept-Driven Approach to Teaching Structural DesignAbstractStructural engineering students are expected to have a very well developed understanding ofstructural design upon graduating. However, many students achieve only a low level ofunderstanding with design abilities amounting to “plug-and-chug”. This might be the product ofthe combination of two factors. First, commonly instructors only use traditional teacher-centereddirect instructional practices (e.g. only lecturing and
Paper ID #22530Drones and Satellites: Identifying Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects withOther Departments at Your Own UniversityDr. Bruce E Dunne, Grand Valley State University Bruce E. Dunne received the B.S.E.E. (with honors) and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985 and 1988, respectively, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in 2003. In the Fall of 2003, he joined the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, Grand Val- ley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, where
Paper ID #21735Effects of Service-Learning Projects on Capstone Student MotivationDr. Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania Jason Forsyth is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at York College of Penn- sylvania. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in May 2015. His major research interests are in wearable and pervasive computing. His work focuses on developing novel prototype tools and techniques for interdisciplinary teams.Dr. Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University Mark M. Budnik is Paul H. Brandt Professor of Engineering at Valparaiso University. Prior to joining the faculty at
Paper ID #18333Low-cost Fixed-wing Construction Techniques for UAS CurriculumDr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Dr
national awards. Over the past 15 years, she has designed and taught multiple face-to-face and hybrid courses. She has recently won Purdue’s Digital Education MVP: Instructional Design and Support Award for her work in hybridizing the Weekend MBA program. She has presented on several aspects of online learning and instructional design at national and international conferences.Prof. Robert J. Herrick, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Robert J. Herrick is Purdue University’s Robert A. Hoffer Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engi- neering Technology. He served as the Department Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University 2001-2010 and its Assistant Department Head in the 1990s
Paper ID #20155Case for a Course in Digital Control in the Undergraduate Engineering Tech-nology ProgramDr. Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Northwest Jai P. Agrawal is a professor in electrical and computer engineering technology at Purdue University Northwest. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1991, dissertation in power electronics. He also received M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1970 and 1968, respectively. His expertise includes analog and digital electronics design, power electronics, and
); compulsory attendance at ONE of two in-person workshops offered on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, from 12 p.m. or Thursday, January 26, 2017, from 5-6 p.m. (inventors receive a fund code to access their $500 at the workshop); providing a progress report midway through the semester documenting a meeting between sponsor and inventor (due by March 10, 2017); and presenting their project as a poster during the College of Engineering Research Open House in April 2017.We did not have any specific projects in mind. They could solve a problem in the world, oncampus, or in the student’s room; they could be a prototype or a finished product.During the workshop in January, each inventor will receive a RedBox (Figure 3) that
, sophomores, and seniors [13]–[15].However, as described in Table 1, these existing approaches present several problems.Table 1: Problems with infusing sustainability and resiliency into the CE curriculum PRO BLEM DESCRIPTION Junior-year Gap Most civil engineering programs implement sustainability concepts in freshmen, sophomore and senior years, which clearly indicates a junior year gap. Students gain sub-discipline specific knowledge during the junior year. It would be prudent to show students how S&R applies in each of these sub-disciplines. Weak Transitions Designers created a number of modules with specific courses in mind, but with no
Paper ID #25251Developing a Collaborative Undergraduate STEM Program in Resilient andSustainable InfrastructureProf. Carla Lopez del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Carla Lopez del Puerto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying at The University of Puerto Rico - Mayag¨uez.Prof. Humberto Eduardo Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Experienced Faculty with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Design Theory and Methods in Architecture from
Paper ID #25079Direct and Indirect Assessment of Student Perspectives and Performance inan Online / Distance Education Chemical Engineering Bridging CourseDr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University Dr. Matthew Cooper is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University where he teaches courses in Material and Energy Balances, Unit Op- erations, Transport Phenomena and Mathematical/Computational Methods. He is the recipient of numer- ous teaching and pedagogical research awards, including the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, NCSU Alumni Distinguished
cohort of secondary level math and science teachers,the research team concluded that more hands-on manipulatives would be required to support ahigher level of engagement necessary to bring IoT-based building automation and energymanagement into their classrooms. Specifically, the team agreed that having a buildingautomation and IoT house that could be used by the teachers would significantly improve andaccelerate the engineering concepts and processes. With this goal in mind, the team looked atseveral implementation paths to create such structures. The ESET, MMET and MXET programsused their Capstone Design Project students to design, implement and document prototypes ofthese structures. These included three different levels of capability and
technology practitioners along with others interested in thestate of engineering technology published a report entitled “Engineering Technology Educationin the United States.” This report garnered a list of recommendations and things that needed tobe investigated to further our understanding of this student population; specifically focusing onthe students and how they relate to other students studying both similar and different material.A team of like-minded engineering technology education researchers have been workingtogether to ascertain the answers to the findings. They prepared two surveys, obtainedinstitutional approval, and distributed it throughout the United States. One survey was designedto query undergraduate students and the other
support this, Hithcock & Hughes also argue that reflecting, criticising and putting forward a more informed view to the educational process would be possible by doing research in education. Consequently, the educational practice could benefit from the outcomes of such research. Also, there has been strong links between research in education and the research traditions of the social sciences which both are complex and complicated themes 15. v. The final shift entitled the influence of ‘Information, Computational and Communication Technology (ICCT)’ on engineering education.Having the above shifts in engineering education in mind, it is believed that individuals differin regard to what mode of instruction
, McDougall Weise T V., Hrabowski FA. Meyerhoff scholars program: A strengths-based, institution-wide approach to increasing diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Mt Sinai J Med 2012;79:610–23.[4] Lee DM, Harmon K. The Meyerhoff Scholars Program: Changing Minds, Transforming a Campus. Metrop Univ 2013;24:55–70.[5] Maton KI, Hrabowski Iii FA, Schmitt CL. African American College Students Excelling in the Sciences: College and Postcollege Outcomes in the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. J Res Sci Teach J Res Sci Teach Caucasians 2000;37:629–54.[6] Smith JS. Needed: A Ten-Fold Increase in Minority Engineering Graduates. Eng. E. Conf. Gen. Electr., Crotonville, New York: 1972.[7] Russell S
Paper ID #15595An Active Learning Approach to Core Project Management CompetenciesDr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark Angolia, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Industrial Distribution and Logistics degree program in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to entering academia in 2005, he held industrial positions in engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, and operations management for manufacturing companies within the automotive sup- ply chain. Dr. Angolia’s teaching focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning with SAP software
Paper ID #14879Cross-disciplinary Teamwork During an Undergraduate Student Project: Re-sults to DateRachel K. Anderson, Clemson University Rachel Anderson is a doctoral candidate in Engineering and Science Education and the research assistant for Clemson University’s Creative Inquiry program. Her research interests include cross-disciplinary undergraduate teams. Rachel received a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and a B.S. in Physics from Baldwin-Wallace University.Dr. Julie P Martin, Clemson University Julie P. Martin is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at
feel confident in respondingto the case, our initial focus is on providing technical details surrounding the case. Specifically,we present students with content describing the scenario, facts, scope of impact, and othergeneral information. As the ultimate focus of the case is for students to justify the ethicality ofcontinuing deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, we prime students to keep the followingprompt in mind as they work through the case content: “There are overlapping technical andethical questions to consider here: How can we prevent future disasters like the DeepwaterHorizon disaster? Should we be engineering ways to drill in the Gulf of Mexico?” Following thispreliminary text, the case opens with a narrative video that
Paper ID #15316Examining Student Outcomes from a Research Experiences for Undergrad-uates (REU) Program: Year Two ResultsD. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park D. Jake Follmer is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at The Pennsylvania State University. His interests are in issues related to learning, assessment, and program evaluation.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a
Paper ID #16965Shared Capstone Project Mentoring for Improved LearningDr. Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Kevin Sutterer is Professor and Department Head of Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech- nology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering at University of Missouri-Rolla, a second MS in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, and a Ph.D. from Georgia In- stitute of Technology. Although his specialization is geotechnical engineering, he has consulted in envi- ronmental and structural engineering as well and currently teaches courses in geotechnical
can change and it is up to the librarian to keep up with all the changes.A dynamic and open-minded information professional can prove to be crucial characteristicsthat will lead one to continually evolve as a successful engineering librarian.[1] A. Magid, "The Road to Interactive Patent Searching at an American University in the UAE," presented at the IEEE Educon Global Engineering Education Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2016.[2] United States Patent and Trademark Office. (2015, January 31,). The Claims. Available: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1824.html[3] European Patent Office. (2015, 2016). What is prior art? Available: https://www.epo.org/learning- events/materials/inventors
Paper ID #16995A Design-and-Build Project for Heat Transfer CourseDr. Mehmet Sozen, Grand Valley State University Dr. Mehmet S¨ozen is a professor of mechanical engineering at Grand Valley State University. His general area of interest is thermo/fluid sciences with specialty in transport phenomena in porous media, thermal management of high heat flux systems and applications of alternative energy systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Design and Build Project for Heat Transfer CourseAbstract Design and build type projects could constitute a part of experiential
have an open mind and reflect thoroughly onethical situations in the future before jumping to conclusions. For the point/counterpointassignment in this experiment, the first team chose a case study that was related to the topic ofthe engineering class. The students were asked to write a point/counterpoint essay and discusstheir opinions in class. Upon completion of the point/counterpoint study, the students were askedto complete a survey to gauge how effective this method of ethics teaching was, as well asdetermine reactions to the assignment. In addition to the point/counterpoint assignment, the first team also developed a heuristicsassignment for the same senior-level class. A six step analysis method was adapted from varioussources10-13
Bachelor’s of Art in Physics concentrated in Astronomy, San Francisco State University Graduate stu- dent in Mechanical Engineering, University of North Florida Lab Assistant for Department of Physics, University of North Florida Lab Assistant for Mechanical Engineering, University of North Florida Page 26.833.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Hands-on Experiments in Dynamic Systems and Control With High Student ThroughputAbstractIncreased student enrollment with limited instructional resources poses significant challengeswhen attempting to meet