The Impact of COVID19 on Students’ Learning Outcomes in a Thermodynamics Course
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Minneapolis, MN
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August 23, 2022
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June 26, 2022
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June 29, 2022
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10
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--40813
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https://peer.asee.org/40813
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366
Paper Authors
Khalid Zouhri University of Dayton
Dr. Khalid Zouhri is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology in the Department of Engineering Management, Systems and Technology at the University of Dayton. Before joining the faculty at UD, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Higher College of Technology. Prior to that Dr. Zouhri was an adjunct professor at the University of New Haven while working in the aerospace industry. Dr. Zouhri has over a decade of experience in the aerospace industry beginning at Timco Aviation as an airframe structure mechanic. Following his time at Timco, he joined Pratt and Whitney as a test engineer for the F135 military engine STOVL and CTOL program for F35 Joint Strike Fighter and also worked for Radiall Aerospace in New Haven, CT. Dr. Zouhri received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University, MBA from Southern Connecticut State University and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University. Dr. Zouhri’s research interests include nanomaterials characterizations and testing, materials’ behavior at high temperature for a propulsion system, materials corrosion and prevention, non-destructive testing and analysis, nanomaterials behavior and electrochemical reactions for energy conversions devices, electron and phonon transport modeling and experiments, thermal fluid sciences application and analysis, bio-fluid mechanics application using particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique, and turbulence analysis, jets, bluff bodies, and airfoils.
Philip Appiah-Kubi University of Dayton
Dr. Appiah-Kubi is an Associate Professor at the University of Dayton (Department of Engineering Management, Systems, and Technology). He has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a master's degree in Aviation Systems and Flight Testing from Ohio University and The University of Tennessee, respectively. He also has a graduate certificate in Engineering Management. His research interests lie in engineering pedagogy, data analytics, and supply chain management.
Kayla Nulph University of Dayton
Abstract
The COVID19 pandemic has resulted in many institutions having limited options of instructional modes and tools that can be used when the schools are closed. Many institutions in the United States and around the world moved some or all of their courses to fully online back in April of 2020. Faculties and students faced new challenges with new tools that each had to learn and use effectively to deliver and receive the lecture material as efficiently as possible. The impact of COVID19 on engineering courses is going to go beyond the Spring semester of 2020. The aim of the study is to highlight the real impact of COVID19 on engineering students for a Thermodynamics I course during the pandemic where half of the semester was delivered online and a Thermodynamics II course during the Summer semester of 2020 which was fully online. The study illustrates how the lockdown impacted the students’ learning outcome for both courses. Moreover, the study illustrates the most impacted learning outcome of the course compared to the previous two semesters. The results of this analysis describe the real impact of COVID19 on Thermodynamics I and II course outcomes and how it can be corrected in case the same situation happens in the future.
Zouhri, K., & Appiah-Kubi, P., & Nulph, K. (2022, August), The Impact of COVID19 on Students’ Learning Outcomes in a Thermodynamics Course Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--40813
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