, ranging from an individualcircuit board for each project block to all blocks on a single board. Teams who selected to createmultiple boards were able to test and troubleshoot circuit problems in a more efficient manner;however each team noted the impracticality of this approach for a final design. Teams with ahigh level of block integration on their circuit boards faced difficulty in testing individual blocksand troubleshooting circuit failures. Group presentations helped to demonstrated the contrast inresults and allowed course instructors to revisit the differences between prototype and finaldesigns which are spanned by the closed-loop, iterative design process. Figures 2a,b – Multiple Block and Single Block PCBs (Team A, C)This
AC 2009-509: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS INENGINEERINGMichael Gustafson, Duke University MICHAEL R. GUSTAFSON II is an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. His research interests include linear and non-linear control systems as well as curriculum development. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University.Rebecca Simmons, Duke University REBECCA SIMMONS is an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Her research interests include computational modeling and experimental analysis of dynamic bubble systems. She received her Ph.D
education and careers in STEM fields. Theprogram provided a rich learning environment centered on problem-solving, understanding of theintegration and interrelatedness of STEM fields, and an understanding of fulfilling statecurriculum standards in mathematics and science through hands-on projects and investigations inSTEM topics.Affective Instructional EnvironmentsIn developing the curricular plan for the summer academy, the participating faculty stronglysupported an integrated curriculum conjoining the areas of mathematics, science, andtechnology.11 The traditional disjointedness of mathematics, science, and technology instructionechoes an unrealistic view of the world. Today, interdisciplinary understanding is needed tosolve technical problems
theirfundamental skill sets including professional skills associated with communication and globalawareness. These components, which are critical in the ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK) andABET Criteria, are generally difficult to integrate across the curriculum in conventionalclassroom environments. Interaction between the universities provided a novel approach forhighlighting the importance of local geologic conditions, promoting unique teamwork exercises,and incorporating recent technologies in a laboratory learning environment. Page 14.1347.3The industrial partner collaborated on the project to positively affect engineering education andthe civil
curriculum content and pedagogy. The current “LanguageFirst” CSE curriculum globally followed has stood the ground for close to five decades; but ithas many inherent flaws. Some among them include emphasis on language and syntax ratherthan design methodology and problem solving.We put forth a pedagogy that is flexible, practical, and is based on the “Middle-Out Approach”which is a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches; typically one integrates thesetwo at an intermediate architect’s level in an attempt to optimize a system. We, however, do notaddress these optimization and integration issues as part of our curriculum, because of timelimitation. They can be undertaken as part of a Master’s program. We categorize ourundergraduate curriculum
(RET) program and is hosted by the College of Engineering (COE) at Texas A&MUniversity (TAMU). The E3 RET program is an integral part of the COE outreach plan andtargets secondary STEM teachers across Texas. Since each teacher may reach 1000+ students inhis/her career, this initiative can have tremendous impact in encouraging young people intotechnology fields and preparing teachers to equip them for success in their journey. The goal ofthe outreach efforts is to increase the pool of engineering applicants and build a network torecruit partner teachers.Although many RET programs focus on a single research area, the E3 RET program providesaccess to engineering faculty across 12 departments, thus allowing for a better match of researchareas
studentengagement in terms of “quality of effort” (p. 339), while engaged faculty create an environmentthat stimulates student engagement. Faculty activities influence the experience of students. Theseactivities include instruction, professional development, and overall attitudes. Studentexperiences occur in and out of class, and these events affect what and how well the studentlearns. Importantly, if the students believe their professors care about and take an interest in theireducation, they persevere and become more engaged in their education [1]. Although the contentof both curricula and courses affects student engagement, far more important factors involve thestudents’ outlook on their educational experience as well as how effectively the faculty
comparable engineering schools and their workload showed that facultymembers tend to work 50.5 hours during an average work week. Faculty members spend amajority of their time on teaching undergraduate students (56 percent), and on institutionalservice (15 percent), and research/scholarship (12 percent). Forty-seven percent of facultymembers describe their primary professional research as program/curriculum design, and more Page 14.1185.8than 50 percent admitted that they are not engaged in funded research. The most commonscholarship activity that most of faculty members are engaged in is making presentations at
their first two semesters to establish a learning community and to allow facultyto integrate concepts in the courses. Supplemental Instruction (SI) was provided for themathematics courses these first two semesters. SI was identified as a significant contributor tothe success of the ILC, as were the opportunity for students to use and apply mathematicsconcepts and bi-weekly meetings of the instructors to review issues of attendance, motivation,retention, student academic progress, curriculum integration, the status of assignments inprogress, and assessment.14 Page 14.137.4North Carolina State University put forth an effort to intervene on behalf
informationtechnology requirements. Furthermore, UDLAP’s Quality Enhancement Plan: EnhancingCritical Thinking Skills in Our Undergraduate Students is an integral part of our generaleducation curriculum, as well as the community service project required for every UDLAPgraduate35.UDLAP has established a general education curriculum for undergraduate students regardless oftheir major to assist them in acquiring the traits valued by UDLAP. The general educationrequirements (31.5 credits) for the undergraduate programs are published in The InstitutionalCatalog and include since fall 2006 the following:≠ Spanish: two consecutive courses (3 credits each) regarding writing and oral communication in Spanish (Thought and Language and Writing in the Professions
games have become an essential part of children’s culture. Theemergence of the “Gamer Generation” presents interesting challenges to educators. Traditionalteaching methods and tools have clearly not had the same success as they had in the past. It hasbecome apparent that our instructional methods and tools need to take into account the changingprofile of students entering our schools and colleges. This paper reports on a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) Combined Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) project at TexasA&M University (TAMU) which entailed the development of a prototype implementation of avideo game to demonstrate its potential and identify needs for revisions and future designprescription. The video game will be
a standard form of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) based upon the Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4 standard. ZigBee protocol was engineeredby the ZigBee Alliance to provide OEMs and integrators with low-power consumption wirelessdata solution with multiple network structures and secure connections for monitoringapplications 1.This paper describes an experimental study for the design and implementation of a ZigBee IEEE802.15.4 wireless network to offer low power and low cost wireless networking applications inan industrial setting. The experiment has been driven by the problems associated with the use ofthe cables in industries such as the high cost of maintenance, limited mobility of workers, andpotential
simulate a model of whathappens in the real world. One of the great strengths of SU's EE curriculum is theemphasis on fundamentals that apply to real world problems. The ultimate goal of thisdesign course is to bring together seniors in electrical engineering, and industrial designengineers with a focus on mixed signal testing of discrete components in themicroelectronics area. The lecture will cover the following topics: modern analog andmixed signal technologies, an introduction to test electrical characteristics of integratedcircuits (IC) and devices incorporating both digital and analog functions; the laboratorywill give the students an opportunity to test a variety of circuits for AC and DC
partners with the faculty in both research andteaching. Integration of these activities could lead to Ph.D. graduates naturally having anunderstanding and appreciation for engineering education research.Professors who did not have an educational background can obtain the background to understandeducational theories and research methods through workshops, books10-13, 24 and journals.Chemical Engineering Education (CEE) and the new applications-based ASEE electronic journalAdvances in Engineering Education26 can help provide this understanding.CEE is a journal for all chemical engineering faculty. Thus, CEE publishes rigorous researchpapers, and expository and application papers about curriculum and course improvements,hands-on activities, and
developing fundamental design skills and aptitudes in pupils. Problemsolving, creative thinking and practical skills are integrated into a unique set ofsubjects with a common philosophy grounded in design. “Designing is a demandingand complex problem solving activity of great economic importance and sketchinghas an integral part in this” 1. A central focus is placed on sketching and the influencethat technological education has in the development of pupils’ ability to sketch. Theimportance of sketching will be explored under three facets which are cognitiveimplications, educational significance and the economic benefits.Educational SignificanceThe value of freehand drawing in technology education cannot be underestimated. Ithas been found that
drawsheavily from the degree of freedom analysis taught in the introductory material and energybalances course.IntroductionMultiple effect evaporation is an industrially important unit operation. It is the foundation ofseveral industries, including, for example, the production of sugar, which had over $6.9 billion inrevenues in the United States alone in 20081. Teaching multiple effect evaporation in the junioryear of the chemical engineering curriculum reinforces and integrates key topics from thesophomore year such as mass and energy balances, structured problem solving, and steam tablecalculations. As a side benefit, teaching multiple effect evaporation allows the opportunity todiscuss the work of Norbert Rillieux2, and his role as an inventor
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET): Criteria for Accrediting EngineeringPrograms. Baltimore: MD, USA (2004).7. The National Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century.Washington D.C., USA: National Academic (2004).8. M. Jawaharlal, U.J. Fan, and S. Monemi, Implementing service-learning in engineering curriculum. Proc.ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, (2006), no. 2614.9. J. Selingo, May I help you?. PRISM, American Society of Engineering Education, 15/9 (2006), 41-45.10. K. Al-Khafaji, and M. C. Morse, Learning sustainable design through service. Int. J. Service-Learning inEngineering, 1/1 (2006), 1-1011. E. J. Coyle, L. H. Jamieson, and W. C. Oaks, Integrating
engineeringdesign of a specific robotics problem and implementation in the laboratory. Topics includeindustrial engineering techniques, hardware interfacing, software interfacing, and control devicesfor robotics applications. An interdisciplinary approach is used. The challenge in teaching thiscourse is the integration of knowledge and skills from mechanical engineering, electronicengineering, and computer programming for students in manufacturing technology program.In the Robotics Interfacing Engineering class, weekly labs are set up which account for the sameamount of time as the lectures. The outcome of this curriculum is to help students to exploreavailable equipment and technologies in industrial robotic applications, understand hardware andsoftware
. This paper reports on the second yearof an NSF CCLI Phase I project to implement a sequence of Excel modules for use in theThermal Mechanical Engineering Curriculum.A collection of Excel Add-ins has been developed for use in solving thermodynamics problems.This paper reports on development of three Add-ins to compute properties of refrigerants R134and R22 and to compute gas dynamics relations for isentropic, Fanno, and Rayleigh flows ofideal gases. All of the Excel Add-ins developed can be downloaded at the project websitewww.me.ua.edu/ExcelinME.IntroUnder a National Science Foundation (NSF) Curriculum, Classroom, and LaboratoryImprovement (CCLI) grant a number of software modules have been developed to facilitateengineering analysis in a
programs in engineering. Graduate schoolapplication rates for engineering students are significantly higher for students participating in theservice-learning program, but more time is needed to fully understand the rate of graduate schoolapplication, acceptance, and completion. This data will continue to be collected for resentgraduates and alumni of the WATER program.ConclusionsOne significant advance of the WATER program was the integration of an international servicelearning experience into the curriculum. Students were able to work on the service learningaspects of the project and incorporate their ideas into the capstone design projects, enhancingboth the service-learning experience and the capstone design experience. The
willmanage the implementation of an integrated collection of formative and summative assessmentstrategies for the laboratory-based course in Lean Six Sigma namomanufacturing.The formative evaluation will provide evidence of the strengths and weaknesses of the project,informing the instructor of what works and what does not in order to implement necessarychanges. Document analysis will interpret the quality and usefulness of materials produced inproject delivery, while surveys will reveal attitudes and levels of understanding amongparticipants—students and the AET faculty. Knowledge outcomes and skill development in theform of instructional materials and strategies, as well as applied knowledge products will beevidenced in the form of content
. 2465, 2004.4. Miller, R. and Olds, B., “A Model Curriculum for a Capstone Course in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp 1-6, October 1994.5. Mokhtar, W., Walworth, M., Hester, J., and Dyer, G.,”Distance Learning and Student Recruiting Using an Internet Controlled Robot”, International Journal of Learning, Common Ground Publisher, vol. 15, no. 8, pp: 277-286, November 2008.6. Hadim, H., and Esche, S., “Enhancing the Engineering Curriculum Through Project-Based Learning”, 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, November 2002.7. Newell, T. and Shedd, T., “A team-oriented, project-based approach for undergraduate heat transfer instruction”, 2001
responsibilities of engineers. This is certainly a concern among manyfaculties including those teaching courses in online learning environments. The focus is toachieve meaningful ethics education for all engineering students, with particular emphasis oncompeting curriculum models.Our enduring practice with crafting online examinations was a student-centered approach in thepast. By using a “student-centered” approach, we imply relying on students themselves to be astruthful and self-disciplined as possible when taking exams in an online learning environment.We recently focused more on providing the learners with some documents serving as ethicalguidelines for taking online examinations. This is due to our astonished finding that somelearners are truthful
, their critical thinking skills. This case study evaluationrubric will need to include such things as the clarity, depth, relevance, logicalness, preciseness,and significance of the answer as well as the importance of each part.5.2 Follow through assessmentCritical thinking cannot be developed in a single course or at a single point in a student’seducational career. Mature critical thinking takes time to develop, it must be practiced, and itmust be practiced in many different domains. Exposure of incoming engineering students tocritical thinking both explicitly through formal definitions and models, and implicitly byexample is the first step towards an integrated approach to strengthening the development of
GenderParticipant Gender (N=69) n %Female 12 17Male 57 83The Computer Graphics Technology 116 course an introductory engineering design graphicsclass that requires the students to plan, visualize, create, and manipulate 3D solid and surfacemodels in several high-end parametric and NURBS-based computer graphics software packages.The students receive theory lectures and practical assignments involving sketching, 2D and 3Dgeometry applications, orthographic and pictorial imaging, the design process, creativity, andother related topics during a 16-week
credit for such work. Accept design reports, oral and written, if presented in true professional style, in lieu of certain conventional course work and examinations.25Craft builds on the broad creativity definition in her recent examination of creativity ineducation, and distinguishes among the “everyday creativity” of Maslow, the “extraordinarycreativity” of the likes of Einstein, and “localized creativity” that lies between the two Page 14.918.7extremes.26 Craft argues that creativity is relevant across the entire curriculum but manifestdistinctly in different fields – an approach that should spark some excitement
capstone engineering design courses 2. Define an assessment structure that measures achievement of targeted outcomes in the context of capstone engineering design projects 3. Present assessment instruments and bases for scoring used in team-based design projects 4. Propose an approach for measuring reflective practice in team-based design projectsOutcomes and Performance CriteriaThe Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium recentlyreported four areas of performance for learning and solution development in capstoneengineering design courses. [22-24] In this paper, the four areas have been revised to alignclosely with learner development and solution development needed in a rapidly changing
content anddismiss any negative precepts the students had about the steel industry in general.Students would understand as well that the iron and steel field, as the largest metals-based market in the world, still has a wealth of exciting discoveries to be made4. Throughintegration with an existing curriculum, the steel industry and engineering students wouldbe greatly aided by this new material. The specific structure of the lesson given at theUniversity of Kentucky in 2008 is described below in detail.Background and Structure of Plan In their first semester at the University of Kentucky, all engineering freshmentake introductory major-related courses. These introductory courses are designed mainly
creative in coming with ways to offer a Biomedical Instrumentation course thatprovides their students with the fundamental understanding of the principles of BiomedicalInstrumentation with a sufficient hands-on component included.II. The BMET Option in EETThe Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program at Southern Polytechnic State University(SPSU) recently instituted an option in Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET) (2 – 4). TheEET program is accredited by ABET, Inc6. The BMET option was designed with a view towardsretaining the ABET accreditation of the EET program. The curriculum for the option is shown inTable 1.The curriculum adds five new technical courses to a core of ECET, Mathematics, English,Science, and Social Science courses
14.1163.2Over the last decade, the growth of the project-oriented model has been spectacular, as theincrease in the number of certified professionals in Project Management worldwide shows 7. Theavailability of people with the appropriate skills in managing projects is a powerful developmenttool that should be considered at all levels of society.Project management as an academic subject is in its infancy, and in Europe there are now stillfew universities offering standard courses as part of their curriculum, it being mostly theprovince of business schools. The offer of training products at the university level ranges from30-hour courses to 120 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) Masters. Most of theapproaches to training undergraduates, with regard