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The laboratory is an indispensable component of learning in engineering education. In this paper, we examine the impact of Advanced VLSI Virtual Lab, which is a part of the Government of India's suite of Virtual Labs, in improving the understanding and learning of students at a small sized university in India. The Advanced VLSI Virtual Lab includes ten simulated interactive experiments in the area...
The Rochester Institute of Technology has recently developed an Engineering and Public Policy master's program that is modeled after the program instituted at Carnegie Mellon University in 1976. One of the key graduate-level courses in this program, and the focus of this paper, is the Sustainable Energy Management (SEM) course offered within the Mechanical Engineering Department. SEM is an upper level...
Early drop out and poor retention rates are a major challenge to engineering education, which in many institutions have prompted a focus on improved first-year experiences. Retention and contributing learning challenges persists into the middle years, particularly when students confront the first engineering science courses in their major field. Students often perceive these courses as too abstract,...
Thermodynamics can be challenging to students, thus improving thermodynamics instruction and assessment is an important area of science and engineering education research. Constructed response assessments can reveal the complexity of students' ideas about thermodynamics. We investigate the use of lexical analysis software for examining students' constructed responses using a group of three questions...
We present the design and an evaluation of Thermo-Tutor, an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) that teaches thermodynamic cycles in closed systems. Thermo-Tutor provides opportunities for students to practice their skills by solving problems. When a student submits a solution, Thermo-Tutor analyzes it and provides appropriate feedback. We discuss the support for problem solving, and the student model...
This NSF CCLI Phase II project is focused on addressing improvements in student pedagogy and educational materials for the thermodynamics curriculum. The project intends to complete the development of the “Engineering Scenario” concept as a textbook supplement based on actual engineering facilities and real-world problems. The material is based on an expanded case study format and constructed in a...
Computer-assisted tools are infrequently adopted for bilingual specialized basic education in China universities and colleges. In order to meet the needs of the development of information society and the cultivation of persons with professional skills, we develop the course learning system through computer-assisted instruction method based on multimedia and network technology for Engineering Thermodynamics...
The action programme set out in the Bologna Declaration is based on a clearly defined common goal; to create a European space for higher education in order to enhance the employment and the mobility of citizens and to increase the international competitiveness of the European higher education system. To do it, some technical problems must be solved, and consequently, important changes in education...
An implementation of an overall methodology to ensure that students develop and maintain satisfactory problem solving abilities is reported. Most aspects of this methodology have been implemented in two sophomore engineering courses: statics and thermodynamics. The objective of this methodology is to ensure that students who pass (a grade of "C" or better) these introductory engineering...
In the fall of 2003, ENG3200, thermo-fluids was developed at Michigan Technological University to introduce biomedical engineering students to thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. Since then, the course has evolved into a course for a diverse group of majors: biomedical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, geological engineering. Additionally, other engineering undergraduate and graduate...
To enhance the learning potential from actually developed concurrently during the problem driven traditional semester-long "projects" in individual and engineering courses, a novel steam engine design project was undertaken between two concurrent junior level mechanical engineering courses: Mechanical Design and Thermodynamics. As in traditional class projects, students were provided the...
Entropy, energy, and efficiency are concepts with broad applicability. As such, it is reasonable to expect that these concepts would be extremely useful to engineering students from a wide range of backgrounds. However, the classical definition of entropy in terms of heat transfer in a physically reversible operation does not provide intuition about the nature of entropy. Instead of starting with...
This paper describes techniques that have been developed to combine technology, assessment and feedback in two different required undergraduate courses in mechanical engineering. In both thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, technology was incorporated in a variety of ways. For example, the daily learning objectives and class syllabi were provided to the students via the Web, which allowed for the inclusion...
Thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer comprise the thermal stem, which, along with the mechanical systems stem, is required for the BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. Traditionally, each of these subjects is covered in a separate course. A set of concept inventories that cover the fundamental concepts in the thermal science subject areas have been developed. The inventories have been...
Mechanical Engineering (ME) faculty members are often called upon to teach service courses to non-ME majors. In courses such as statics and strength of materials, existing ME courses work well to satisfy student needs from other departments. However, the traditional ME thermal-fluid science courses are often not a good match for the non-major. Special courses are then used to present the material...
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