Engineering College Students Research Articles

Comparative Analysis of Student Performance in Flipped and Traditional Classroom Models

Rapid change in technology has transformed the way of interaction between the teacher and student especially in engineering education where large classes are now common. Students have changed how they want to learn and how quickly they want feedback in their learning. Flipped classroom model has become very important as it promotes active involvement and participation by students and allows the teacher to efficiently engage with students in their learning process. This research study investigates the impact of flipped and traditional classroom models on student performance among third year electrical engineering students. The sample sizes that were considered are 71 and 44 students for year 2019 and 2022 respectively. In the flipped classroom model students were instructed to watch pre-recorded videos before the lecture and during lecture time interactive learning was used to discuss the lecture content. The students performance on four tests were compared between the two groups using t-test analysis. The results show that students who experienced flipped classroom model performed better than the students who attended the traditional class-room model. This finding supports that teaching methods that include interactive learning strategies such as a flipped classroom model can be effective ways of disseminating key engineering concepts to university engineering students.

Collaborate like expert designers: An exploratory study of the role of individual preparation activity on students' collaborative learning

Collaboration skill is one of the most critical skill sets for engineers-to-be while university engineering students have challenges engaging in productive collaborative learning practices. This study examined the effect of individual preparation before collaboration on students' collaborative learning outcomes and processes. A total of 82 engineering undergraduates (41 pairs) participated in the study and collaborated under two conditions: immediate collaboration and individual preparation before collaboration. A mixed-method approach was applied in this study. Students' online-design solutions and verbal discussions were collected for both collaborative learning outcomes and process analyses. Students produced higher quality design solutions with individual preparation before collaboration than immediate collaboration. There were different engineering design behavioral patterns under the two conditions, indicating different ways to define the design problem, generate solutions, and analyze and evaluate solutions. The findings and discussion provide insights for innovating pedagogical design to promote collaborative learning efficiency in real-world university classrooms.

Research on the Academic Growth and Engineering Ability Cultivation of Students in Private Universities Based on the Concept of “CDIO-F”

The CDIO concept is an advanced engineering education concept. Private universities are an important component of higher education in China, and academic growth and engineering ability are key indicators for cultivating engineering college students. However, in private universities, the academic growth and engineering ability cultivation of engineering students cannot fully meet the needs of society. Therefore, the cultivation of students’ academic growth and engineering ability has become an urgent issue to be solved. On the basis of the CDIO concept, the paper adds a feedback link and proposes a CDIO-F engineering education model. By demonstrating the compatibility of the CDIO-F concept with students’ academic growth and engineering ability cultivation, a CDIO-F based model for private university students’ academic growth and engineering ability cultivation is established. This provides new ideas for the cultivation of engineering majors in private universities.

CubeSat-Based Observations of Lunar Ice Water Using a 183 GHz Horn Antenna: Design and Optimization

Technological advancements have revolutionized the space industry, facilitating deep space exploration using CubeSats. One objective is to locate potential life-support elements, such as water, on extraterrestrial planets. Water possesses a distinct spectral signature at 183 GHz, useful in remote sensing and environmental monitoring applications. Detecting this signature provides crucial information about water and ice presence and distribution on celestial bodies, aiding future exploration and colonization efforts. Mostly in space remote sensing uses corrugated horn antennae due to high gain and radiation patterns but fabrication of corrugated antenna is very challenging or even impossible in some cases. To ease this challenge, in our research we propose ideas to transform a corrugated horn antenna into a smooth-walled design by using MATLAB Cubic smoothing Splines algorithms. We compare simulation results between smooth-walled and corrugated antennas, and we can see some improvements in insertion losses, Voltage Standing Wave ratio (VSWR), and gain. We also manufactured this 183 GHz antenna using a commercially available 3D printer by utilizing Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) material. The antenna surface was then coated with a thin layer of copper using conductive paint. In the end, we practically evaluate smooth-walled antenna functionality and compare it with the theriacal results. Validating the antenna’s functionality proposes a cost-effective and accessible production method to be used in a CubeSat engineering model or university students’ project.

Attributes and Entrepreneurial Intention in University Students of Electrical Engineering and Computing Sciences

<italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Contribution:</i> This article analyzes the elements that determine entrepreneurial intention (EI) in electrical and computer engineering students of a private university in <p xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Ecuador. <p xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Background: There is a lack of studies examining the EIs of university students in electrical engineering and computing sciences, where EI is influenced by elements, such as personal attributes, the student’s social assessment of the characteristics of entrepreneurs, and the perception of professions in society, including business activity. <p xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Research Questions: Are personal attributes positively associated with EI? Is the EI of university students influenced by social profession valuation? Is the EI of university students influenced by perceptions of several attributes of the entrepreneur? <p xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Methodology: A questionnaire was administered to 570 students to test the model, and a structural equation model from partial least squares (PLS) was used. <p xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <i>Findings:</i> The results positively associate personal attributes, in addition to factors, such as gender and family, with EI. On the other hand, the social valuation of the entrepreneur in the profession and the social valuation of the entrepreneurs’ characteristics do not have a relationship with EI. The results suggest promoting the personal attributes of students through entrepreneurship education programs, linking the presence of entrepreneurs in academic activities and the transfer of knowledge from the university to the business sector, thus strengthening the entrepreneurial profile among students and increasing the positive image of entrepreneurs.

PENGARUH PLATFORM ONLINE FOOD DELIVERY (OFD) TERHADAP PERILAKU KONSUMTIF MAHASISWA

Online Food Delivery is a food delivery service carried out by an application that serves online ordering, the use of online food delivery is very popular among Indonesian people such as students or university students. This research is a study conducted to find out "the influence of a consumptive lifestyle and Online Food Delivery. The method used in this study is a quantitative method using Google form. We conducted research on Digital Technology University students with a research sample of 39 respondents from semester III - V semester students of the Digital Technology University management study program aged between 20-23 years. The technique in collecting data uses a questionnaire technique which contains questions about the Online Food Delivery platform then the results of the information are analyzed using a descriptive qualitative method. The results of the research show that there is a significant correlation and influence between Online Food Delivery on consumptive behavior actually 46.2% meaning that Online Food Delivery has an effect positive and significant impact on consumptive behavior among students in using the Online Food Delivery platform, besides that consumptive behavior of students is shown to female students which cannot be avoided without awareness to be wise in using the Online Food Delivery platform. Furthermore, the average student does Online Food Delivery because it is practical, there are lots of promos and invitations from friends to buy food that is currently viral. &#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: Consumptive Behavior, Food, Platform, Students ,Technology

Pengukuran Usability Wastafel Otomatis Berbasis Arduino Menggunakan Metode Use Questionnaire

One of the automatic sink products was made by Yogyakarta Technology University students. It is felt that this automatic sink product needs to be tested for its usability or ease of use. The USE questionnaire was used to carry out this test, and five test parameters were used. specifically, learning ability, efficiency, memory, error avoidance, and satisfaction. Based on its use, the purpose of this paper is to find out the user's opinion about the automatic sink product. The distribution of the USE questionnaire consisting of ten questions and five rating points on a Likert Scale was used to conduct this kind of quantitative descriptive research on consumers of automatic sink products. This study obtained usability measurement results for automatic sink products with a value of 84.67% on learnability, 96.22% on efficiency, 82.44% on memoriability, 88% on errors and 76.88% on satisfaction.

Evaluating the Role of the Communication Skills of Engineering Students on Employability According to the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Theory

With the advent of the digital age and Industry 4.0, the communication skills of engineering students has been exerting gradually increasing influence on the need for enhanced student employability. To address this issue, this study evaluates the influence of communication skills on the employability of engineering students from the aspects of verbal and non-verbal skills through the four key elements of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) theory. A total of 130 college engineering students and practitioners participated in the questionnaire survey, and the hypotheses were tested by regression analysis and a structural equation model (SEM). The results show that in the digital age, the verbal (p &lt; 0.01) and non-verbal (p &lt; 0.001) components of students’ communication skills play a significant role in the employability of engineering students. Meanwhile, the employer’s assessment simultaneously makes a significant contribution to the further improvement of students’ communication skills, which can help educators further cultivate and improve students’ communication skills through the assessment of their employability by employers. Therefore, this research has theoretical and practical significance, which not only enriches the basic theoretical knowledge, but also broadens the training methods of engineering students in the digital age, thus enhancing their employability.

Analysis of Student Performance Applying Data Mining Techniques in a Virtual Learning Environment

Students' academic performance is a key factor for educational institutions and society, which is an important indicator of the quality of the teaching-learning process and the appropriation of knowledge. Its analysis allows an understanding of the behavior of students and teachers, generating valuable knowledge for making timely academic decisions. In this study, the following phases were carried out: (i) identification of factors that influence the academic performance of engineering university students, (ii) early prediction of academic success, and (iii) identification of use patterns in a virtual learning environment (VLE). The Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) methodology was applied based on predictive and descriptive data mining techniques, using academic and socioeconomic data and interactions (resources and activities) with the VLE. The tools and programming languages ​​used were Pentaho Data Integration for data integration and processing; Jupyter Notebook, Python, and Scikit-Learn for correlation analysis and prediction modeling; and R Studio for the clustering task. The results show that VLE resources such as files, links, and activities such as participation in forums are factors that lead to good academic performance. On the other hand, it was possible to make predictions of academic success (pass or not) with an accuracy greater than 95% and to identify the main patterns of use of the VLE. The group with excellent academic performance (grades 9 to 10) is recognized for using file-type resources and high participation in class and forum activities.

Constructing Operational Methods for the Continuous Development of Design Concepts

The main focus of this article is to understand the process of how students develop design concepts. By analyzing the process of developing design concepts, and through the results of questionnaires and statistical analysis, key factors are identified to provide teachers with ways to assist students in developing sustainable design concepts in the future. The specific results are as follows. (1) Logical thinking and language expression are necessary factors to achieve excellent design concepts. To achieve this goal, sufficient case analysis, a well-equipped studio space and adequate teaching hours are indispensable. (2) General university students prefer to use models to interpret concepts, while technology university students prefer to use images. (3) In teaching, materials courses and construction courses must be moderately integrated with design courses so that teachers can provide students with more assistance in design teaching. (4) When students verbally explain their design concepts, it can easily lead to misunderstandings by the teacher. (5) About the SDGs, this suggests that there is still room for improvement in promoting them, and it is something that should be taken into account in teaching. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss real design work to gradually improve students’ design skills.

Academic and career motivation of future engineers through foreign language teaching and learning

The paper discusses the issues of academic and career motivation of engineering university students. This motivation deals with the development of cognitive motives and interest in the future profession. Although there are many publications focusing on this topic, most of them consider academic and career motivation of students in relation to the future profession through professional courses, practice in the workplace, or project-based learning. Only few publications consider humanities as the tool to develop this motivation. This paper aims at analyzing academic and career motivation of engineering students through foreign language teaching and learning based on literature review and a poll of the faculty members. The results show that academic and career motivation of engineering students througha foreign language integrates language specific and profession specific issues, as the foreign language course implies the development of intercultural and professional competencies to train students for their future professional communication. The authors define the following prerequisites necessary to enhance the students motivation including problem-based teaching and learning combined with active methods in class as well as specific teaching and learning materials related to the future engineering profession. The authors conclude that the process and results of academic and career motivation influence social and professional self-directed development of students, a foreign language course is a good tool, and further research into topic is relevant.

Use Of Mobile Apps By The Engineering College Faculty And Students In Hyderabad: Telangana

Use Of Mobile Apps By The Engineering College Faculty And Students In Hyderabad: Telangana

How COVID-19 impacted soft skills development: The views of software engineering students

Since a pandemic was declared in 2020, Irish higher education institutions transitioned from on-campus to online delivery. This disruption created challenges to students’ acquisition of hard and soft skills. With greater employee mobility, there is an increased emphasis on soft skills development, especially those skills that enhance employability, i.e., creativity, leadership, communication, innovation, teamwork, adaptability, resilience, time management, organization, self motivation, ability to work under pressure, critical thinking and problem solving and organizational ability. The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of COVID-19 on fears for the future and on soft skills development. In this study, 111 Software Engineering university students were surveyed. The results show heightened fears for the future with regard to job opportunities, the loss of time and the lack of control. While females reported to being more fearful, they also reported enhanced empathy and strengthened resilience. Postgraduate students were less fearful about the future compared to undergraduate students whilst also reporting better time management and organization skills. This study showed that despite disruptions to education, the Software Engineering students self-reported enhancements to resilience, empathy, time management and organizational skills, with the greatest impact on resilience and time management.

The study on designed gamified mobile learning model to assess students’ learning outcome of accounting education

This study constructs an innovative course for accounting teaching based on a student-centered strategy. The curriculum is designed through the effective teaching module (BOPPPS) to assist students to understand accounting knowledge. A game-based mobile learning environment is created by developing an accounting mobile game and combining it with a mobile learning system (TronClass). The private technology university students had been selected by purposive sampling. A total of 81 accounting majored students, among them, 41 students are in the experimental group, and the rest were in the control group. The quasi-experimental design was to be applied in curriculum development. Meanwhile, quantitative data were collected by questionnaires and the qualitative data were collected through interviews. The result shows that game-based mobile learning can be beneficial to teaching effectiveness. And the regression model supports that information quality and service quality have positive predictive power on use intention. In addition, use intention and user satisfaction impacted learning engagement positively. Further, user satisfaction has a mediating effect. Finally, some suggestions are put forward to provide references for accounting educators and researchers.

An Exploration of Gender Differences on EFL Students' English Learning Satisfaction by Technology University Students

An Exploration of Gender Differences on EFL Students' English Learning Satisfaction by Technology University Students

An Exploration of Gender Differences on EFL Students’ English Learning Satisfaction by Technology University Students

The purpose of this study is to explore whether the learning satisfaction of teachers’ instruction and course content were varied according to gender diversities. Based on this notion, this study conducts a questionnaire survey with 232 participants, including 142 males and 90 females from seven classes as the study samples. The study employed descriptive statistics, and ANOVA etc.to perform analysis, and obtained the following conclusions; the EFL technology university students reported higher satisfaction with teachers’ instruction than with the satisfaction of the teachers’ course content, and male students reported higher satisfaction with the overall English learning satisfaction than their counterparts. Furthermore, it is likely that male students are more satisfied than female students in the English learning class.

THE INVESTIGATION OF STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION AND PROBLEMS TOWARD USING BLENDED LEARNING METHOD IN ENGLISH CLASS

Blended learning is one of popular methods used in this period to improve student’s skill in EFL course. There are various problems that have been found in implementing blended learning to the students in the class from positive to negative impact. This study investigates student’s perception and problems in the implementation of blended learning in their EFL courses. Collected data will be analyzed in qualitative descriptive method. This research was only conducted with one English class in electric engineering students of Islamic University of Kediri. The result shows most of students have positive views on both online and offline learning that used blended learning as the method. On the other hand some students still have problem while joining online learning. One of their main reasons is technical problem such as internet connection, e-learning programme and etc.

Understanding the role of peer pressure on engineering students' learning behavior: A TPB perspective.

With the advent of the digital age, the gradually increasing demands of the engineering job market make it inevitable that engineering students face the pressures that arise from academic life with their peers. To address this issue, this study aims to explore the influence of engineering students' peer pressure on learning behavior based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB). In addition to attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral controls inherent in TPB, two new dimensions-gender difference and peer academic ability-were incorporated to construct a framework of the dimensions of peer pressure as affecting engineering students as well as an expanded model of TPB. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 160 college engineering students and a structural equation model (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The result showed that positive peer pressure can increase engineering students' learning intention and thus promote learning behavior. It was also determined that the TPB model can effectively explain the effect of peer pressure on learning behavior, in addition to expanding and reshaping the relationship between the attitudinal dimension in the TPB model. From the results, it is clear that positive attitudes toward learning can trigger positive peer pressure. Good group norms can induce peer pressure through rewards and punishments as a way to motivate students' learning intention and learning behaviors. When peer pressure is perceived, students mobilize positive emotions toward learning. Meanwhile, both male and female engineering students are also significantly motivated by high peer achievement, and high-performing female students motivate their male peers, which leads to higher graduation rates.

Industrial Engineering’s Speaking Problem in Learning English

Abstract&#x0D; This study aims to analyze the difficulties faced by industrial engineering college students. It also investigates the way they triumph over those troubles in learning speaking. This study employed descriptive qualitative research. The subjects of this study were the freshman of industrial engineering department at University of Madura who took English course. The data were gathered from the observation, questionnaire, and document. The findings of this study confirmed that industrial Engineering students faced some problems in learning English. They were fear of making mistake, shyness, anxiety, lack confidence and lack of motivation. This study is expected to be useful for other researcher to consider their student in learning English speaking.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: Industrial Engineering, Speaking English Problem

Fostering Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Education for Science and Engineering College Students

Fostering Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Education for Science and Engineering College Students