scholarly journals Conceptual Understanding of Resistive Electric Circuits Among First-year Engineering Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Sangam ◽  
Brent Jesiek
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Electric Circuits

scholarly journals Gender differences in chemical engineering students identified in understanding of rolling motion

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Male Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Rolling Motion ◽  
Energy Principle ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Engineering And Technology

In this research papaer we presented the results of exploration of gender differences in conceptual understanding of rolling motion (velocities and work-energy principle). For this purpose, we have selected nine conceptual items and conducted experiment with 184 first year students at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb. Results show that male students significantly outperformed female students. We detected particularly large differences on items that tests knowledge of the rolling phenomena. Results of our research can help teachers to create lessons that are adapted to general student population.

scholarly journals Using Broad-Disciplinary Laboratories to Teach Electric Circuits to First Year Students While Introducing Design and Professional Lab Practices

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyrus Shafai
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Wireless Systems ◽  
Digital Systems ◽  
First Year ◽  
Initial State ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Electric Circuits ◽  
Electrical Systems ◽  
Systems Control

It is possible to engage first year students tolearn the history and applications of electrical systems invarious disciplines from power systems, wireless systems,control, digital systems, biomedical, and micro-sensorsthough laboratories that emphasize design and expectprofessionalism. Teaching electrical systems starting withthe traditional electric circuits first approach provideslittle motivation for first year engineering students. Ourapproach has been to complement lectures in electricaltheory with a sequence of laboratories that focus onupper level electrical systems specialties. Laboratorydesign projects start with a discussion of historical andmodern application of the presented technologies. Thispaper discusses some of the challenges faced andsolutions implemented to enable the application of thebroad-disciplinary laboratories. Professional labpractices have been introduced with the qualitativeassessment of student designs and the expectation thatthey maintain cleanliness of the laboratory and supplyinventory. We have found that TAs are more comfortable(and more critical) in their critique of student designswhen assessment is done using verbal quality indicatorsin place of simple numerical assignment. Accordingly,students make greater effort towards quality labpractices, as opposed to only finding the numericalsolutions. We have further observed that students willmeticulously return the laboratory to its initial state, ifthey were required at the outset to source suppliesthemselves, as opposed being given them.

REVERSE ENGINEERING: TENSION RATCHET DISSECTION PROJECT

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremiah Vanderlaan ◽  
Josh Richert ◽  
James Morrison ◽  
Thomas Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
First Year ◽  
Stepping Stones ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Undergraduate Study ◽  
Solid Edge ◽  
Part Modeling

We are a group of engineering students, in our first year of undergraduate study. We have been selected from one thousand first year students and have competed and won the PACE competition. All engineers share a common general first year, but we have been accepted into Civil and Mechanical engineering. This project was assigned as the final project in the Design and Graphics course. The project we are tasked with, called the Cornerstone Design Project, is to first dissect a product, discover how it works, dimension each part and create a fully assembled model using CAD software (Solid Edge V20 in our case). As part of discovering how it works we must benchmark it so the device can be compared with competing products. The goal of the project is to develop a full understanding of part modeling and assembly in Solid Edge, learn proper measurement techniques, and learn the process of reverse engineering and product dissection. All of these tasks were stepping stones to help us fully understand how the device, and all its components, work.

Implementation of the Second-year course in an Engineering Professional Spine

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Iqbal ◽  
Deena Salem ◽  
David Strong
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Research University ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Core Courses ◽  
Second Year ◽  
First Time ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this paper is to document the experience of developing and implementing a second-year course in an engineering professional spine that was developed in a first-tier research university and relies on project-based core courses. The main objective of this spine is to develop the students’ cognitive and employability skills that will allow them to stand out from the crowd of other engineering graduates.The spine was developed and delivered for the first time in the academic year 2010-2011 for first-year general engineering students. In the year 2011-2012, those students joined different programs, and accordingly the second-year course was tailored to align with the different programs’ learning outcomes. This paper discusses the development and implementation of the course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department.

First-Year Engineering Computing Courses in Canadian Engineering Programs

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Maw ◽  
Janice Miller Young ◽  
Alexis Morris
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Expected Value ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
First Year ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Digital Computation ◽  
Pedagogical Philosophies ◽  
Introductory Computing

Most Canadian engineering students take a computing course in their first year that introduces them to digital computation. The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board does not specify the language(s) that can or should be used for instruction. As a result, a variety of languages are used across Canada. This study examines which languages are used in degree-granting institutions, currently and in the recent past. It also examines why institutions have chosen the languages that they currently use. In addition to the language used in instruction, the types and hours of instruction are also analyzed. Methods of instruction and evaluation are compared, as well as the pedagogical philosophies of the different programs with respect to introductory computing. Finally, a comparison of the expected value of this course to graduates is also presented. We found a more diverse landscape for introductory computing courses than anticipated, in most respects. The guiding ethos at most institutions is skill and knowledge development, especially around problem solving in an engineering context. The methods to achieve this are quite varied, and so are the languages employed in such courses. Most programs currently use C/C++, Matlab, VB and/or Python.

Engineering for good: A case of community driven engineering innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinweike Eseonu ◽  
Martin A Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Consideration

There is a culture of disengagement from social consideration in engineering disciplines. This means that first year engineering students, who arrive planning to change the world through engineering, lose this passion as they progress through the engineering curriculum. The community driven technology innovation and investment program described in this paper is an attempt to reverse this trend by fusing community engagement with the normal engineering design process. This approach differs from existing project or trip based approaches – outreach – because the focus is on local communities with which the university team forms a long-term partnership through weekly in-person meetings and community driven problem statements – engagement.

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