connectionbetween their classroom knowledge and professional practice. Important pressures also exist forour industrial “customers” who must be able to respond to the need for increasingly sophisticatedproblem solutions, requiring more sophisticated skills in professional practice from ourgraduates. Given this “moving target” in needs, if we are not able to more completely prepareour students, there will be a delay between the time of graduation and the time when ourgraduates can be fully effective innovators.In the Carnegie Foundation’s summary of their study on engineering education3, part of theirfindings included the following: “The central lesson that emerged from the study is the imperative of teaching for professional practice — with practice
being applied in avariety of processes in business, design, manufacturing, service delivery, laboratory,maintenance, distribution and supply chain. Lean and Six Sigma were developed separately.Lean is sometimes understood to be the Toyota Production System4 described by Taiichi Ohno5.When introducing Japanese lean philosophy and techniques to the United States, Womack andJones described a lean philosophy that focuses on customer value and extends beyond theelimination of waste6. In 1993, the Lean Aircraft Initiative (now renamed Lean AdvancementInitiative) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology began to formalize and study the effectsof lean throughout the aerospace industry and have numerous publications7. Six Sigma wasdeveloped at
of theircurriculum.In recent years, many studies have been presented on the effectiveness of using computationalmethods to enhance the teaching of heat transfer 1,2,3,4. Though numerical analysis is an integralpart of engineering education, it is largely agreed that simulation can not replace hands-onlearning5. As a result, there is an effort to establish laboratory work that supplements numerical Page 14.777.2investigations in the field 6.In both the numerical analysis and the experimental testing, students work in groups of two tofour students. This was done to promote teamwork and also give the students the chance to learnfrom each other
Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. She also is the faculty advisor for the Material Advantage Student Professional Organization and of the Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research (JUMR). In addition to teaching the materials processing laboratories, she mentors at least one team each year in their senior capstone project. Page 14.68.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Multi-University, Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project in EngineeringAbstractA senior capstone design project is being conducted jointly by research teams at two
AC 2009-268: A MODERN MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT FORCHEMICAL ENGINEERING PBL PROBLEMSPeyton Richmond, Lamar UniversityDaniel Chen, Lamar UniversityJohn Gossage, Lamar UniversityQiang Xu, Lamar UniversityKuyen Li, Lamar University Page 14.63.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Modern Manufacturing Environment for Chemical Engineering PBL ProblemsAbstractThe use of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is growing in popularity because educational researchhas shown its effectiveness versus traditional teaching methods. This educational approachprovides students with a realistic problem as motivation and then guides them through theprocess of
AC 2009-1704: OPERATING A CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH ANDTECHNOLOGY (CART)Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College Page 14.935.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Operating the Center for Applied Research & Technology (CART, Inc.)AbstractThe paper describes the continuing development of the Center for Applied Research andTechnology (CART, Inc.) at a small college as a vehicle for entrepreneurial success. It discussesour Unmanned Systems Laboratory (USL) to provide teams of engineering technology studentsfor our School of Engineering Technology and Computer Science (SET) with in-house internshipexperience and the School with a source of increased funding through CART
Education and SciencesAbstractIn order to accomplish the strategic plan of COPEC - Council of Researches in Education andSciences, the engineering education research team has started to offer another Program: theInternational Engineering Educator Program. The goal is to improve the formation of theengineering educator providing her/him with all the competencies necessary to teach at the stateof the art with the best available teaching technologies. As COPEC has already the IGIP NationalMonitoring Committee that provides the courses for engineering educators, and a largeexperience developing and implementing engineering programs, the engineering educationresearch team has decided to develop and to offer a graduation level program for
that houses both University of Nebraska – Lincoln’s College of Engineering andthe Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction and University ofNebraska at Omaha’s College of Information Science and Technology. The involvementof industry leaders will be a key component of the workshops.3.2.1 – The Peter Kiewit Institute and LearningExtensive research has proven that traditional lecturing that takes place in mostclassrooms is not as effective as other teaching methods11. It is not until the classroom isreplaced by a laboratory setting that fundamental concepts and theories of science andengineering allow students to apply and reinforce their knowledge12.The Peter Kiewit Institute takes into account various learning styles of
AC 2009-1115: COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND STUDENTEVALUATIONS: CAN BOTH BE IMPROVED?Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Prusak is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. He teaches courses in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs. He has over 10 years of international industrial and research experience in the fields of precision manufacturing, design of mechanical and manufacturing systems and metrology. Dr. Prusak received M.S. Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Krakow and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from
principlesthey are meant to illustrate become lost in a blizzard of factoids about perishable tools andtechniques that have little long-term value.Various drags also combine to make curricular change difficult. Sources of drag include thelogistics of laboratory technologies. These tend to be expensive in dollars, with price magnifiedby the number of copies needed in the teaching environment. Another expense is the time spentby faculty and technicians to install and make new technologies functional for teaching purposes,including time to learn new tools and techniques and to address in advance the problems thatstudents are likely to encounter. The latter costs are particularly hard to quantify and articulatefor purposes of resource allocation within the
middle schools.MSET also helped to recruit the State University to create the AVEP and broker thearrangement that allows local engineering professionals to teach laboratory classesdirectly at the LUC. Because of its central role in coordinating engineering educationalactivities in the AV, the City of Lancaster Aerospace Office, which manages MSET,holds a seat on the local Industry Advisory Board for Fresno State’s AVEP. Other activities which support the engineering student pipeline in the AV arepervasive. In conjunction with another servicing state university with a program inteacher education, CSU Bakersfield, Antelope Valley College won an NSF grant toestablish a Teacher’s Pathways program to increase the number of certified math
AC 2009-1222: DEVELOPMENT AND OUTCOMES OF A “DESIGN FOR THEENVIRONMENT” COURSEMelissa Bilec, University of PittsburghDavid Torick, University of PittsburghJoe Marriott, University of PittsburghAmy Landis, University of Pittsburgh Page 14.467.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development and Outcomes of a Design for the Environment CourseAbstractWe have developed a Design for the Environment (DfE) course which is a dynamic mix of non-traditional lectures and hands-on DfE laboratory experiments that are infused with real-worldinteractions. Our engineering teams (E-teams) partner with local green industries
DiversityThe XXX community of volunteer scientists, teachers, and students has a diverse range Page 14.569.2of teaching and educational opportunities and needs. The ____ School District (XXXX)and other local schools serve a diverse population that includes groups typicallyunderrepresented in science and engineering (Table 1) and that vary widely in classroomneeds. Teachers represent the full spectrum of grades K-12, both genders about equally,and a broad range of experience from fairly novice to veteran teachers. Scientist-volunteers include graduate students, post docs, and occasionally staff or alumni, andthey vary in the grade-level, subject area, and
laboratories and reactor design. His current research activities include engineering educational reform, enzyme-based catalytic reactions in micro-scale reactor systems, and bioengineering applied to renewable fuels and chemicals.Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University Dr. Rebecca K. Toghiani is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MSU. She received the 1996 Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award and the 2005 Outstanding Teaching Award from the ASEE Southeastern Section. A Grisham Master Teacher at MSU, she is an inaugural member of the Bagley College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Teachers. She has also been recognized at MSU with the 2001 Outstanding Faculty
module students synthesized biodiesel and analyzed theproducts through chemical analysis and using it as fuel in a jet engine. The 12principles of Green Chemistry were presented as foundational knowledge for comparingthe life cycle of petroleum-based diesel to vegetable-based biodiesel. Students’ learningwas assessed quantitatively for each module along with qualitative comments using theStrengths, Improvements, and Insights (SII) format. From feedback gathered in the firstcourse offering, the Green Chemistry module was enhanced to include the use of thestudent-made biodiesel in a laboratory jet engine housed in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment. In addition to the student assessment, the role of Green Chemistry in thiscourse was assessed by
high.Table 2 – Survey questions and resultsQuestion 4 year university 2 year college1) What is your interest level in engineering? 4 4.12) What is your interest level in engineering 3.7 3.6related to sports and sporting activities?3) Please rate the quality of the instructions in your 4.1 3.6lab handouts.4) How did the laboratory experiments affect your 4
. She received two B.S. degrees from North Carolina State University and her M.S. from the University of Texas at Austin. Contact: kim@talleyweb.comKathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the Director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In this position, she promotes the College of Engineering's commitment to finding ways to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation. Contact k.schmidt@mail.utexas.edu
degree in Mathematics and a PhD in Computer Science under Neil Wiseman. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.Warren Seering, MIT Warren Seering, PhD is Weber-Shaugness Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. His prior positions at MIT have included Division Head of the Design and Systems Division of Mechanical Engineering, Co-Director of the Nissan Cambridge Basic Research Laboratory, and Co-Director of the MIT Center for Innovation in Product Development. He has won several teaching awards and is a Fellow of ASME.Sallie Sheppard, Texas A&M University Sallie Sheppard, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at
AC 2009-1416: THE WRIGHT STATE MODEL FOR ENGINEERINGMATHEMATICS EDUCATION: NATIONWIDE ADOPTION, ASSESSMENT, ANDEVALUATIONNathan Klingbeil, Wright State University Nathan W. Klingbeil is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and former Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching at Wright State University. He is the lead PI for WSU's National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work in engineering education, including the CASE Ohio Professor of the Year Award (2005), the ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teacher Award (2004), and the CECS Excellence in Teaching Award in both 2002 and 2007.Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University
seventeen laboratory exercises. The author's life-long interest in amateur radiocoupled with the discovery of a textbook entitled the "Electronics of Radio" by Rutledge [1],based on a transceiver designed by Burdick [2], made the course extremely practical withemphasis on construction techniques and subsystem testing. In addition, only a modest amounton non-calculus mathematics is required for the student to gain an adequate understanding oftransceiver design concepts.Professor Rutledge's textbook uses an off-the-shelf 7 MHz RF transceiver kit known as theNorCal 40A as a vehicle for teaching RF circuit analysis and design. The term NorCal is anabbreviation for Northern California amateur radio club which initially participated in the
(NSCC) campus was selected for the site for the new program as it already had largewell equipped but underutilized electronics laboratories which housed an existing AS degree inelectronics. The laboratories appeared to be generally adequate to offer a BSEE program. Apre-engineering program had existed there for many years as well.In order for a regional university like EWU to offer a BSEE program Washington State law hadto be revised. Organized by EWU, NSCC, AeA and many engineering firms, staterepresentatives and senators were persuaded to put forward legislation to amend the state lawallowing regional universities to offer the BSEE program. There was some initial apprehensionby representatives and senators about universities other than R-1
AC 2009-705: HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS MAKES A DIFFERENCE:EIGHT-SEMESTER PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION RATES FOR FEMALEAND MALE ENGINEERING STUDENTSMatthew Ohland, Purdue University Matthew W. Ohland is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and is the Past President of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida in 1996. Previously, he served as Assistant Director of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Engineering Education Coalition. He studies longitudinal student records in engineering education, team-member effectiveness, and the implementation of high-engagement teaching methods.Michelle
that industry has employed to certifythe certification process6,7.Corporate-based certification consists of certifying competency in a specific company’s systemsor products. Cisco, Motorola, National Instruments, and Rockwell Automation are all examplesof the many companies that offer certification programs for individuals. For example, Cisco Page 14.605.2offers individuals a three-level general networking certification program, with the option foradditional evolving specialist certifications. The general program offers six parallel certificationtracks, requiring a laboratory practice exam and a written examination to attain certification
AC 2009-750: EDUCATING GENERATION Y IN ROBOTICSDavid Chang, United States Military AcademyPeter Hanlon, United States Military AcademyKirk Ingold, United States Military AcademyRobert Rabb, United States Military Academy Page 14.510.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Educating Generation ‘Y’ In RoboticsAbstractWe present our approach to educating the new Generation ‘Y’ using robotics in undergraduateeducation. This course is a laboratory based education for life-long learners through a look at anew course for non engineering majors in the senior year. As the centerpiece of this course, weuse a robotics platform to integrate introductory
facultymembers would be an efficient way of achieving the goals of both participants. Facultymembers are required to publish in their area of research while effectively teaching classes. Newfaculty members find it especially challenging to meet these demands. It is common foracademic librarians to be assigned as a liaison between the library and faculty. Librarians have avested interest in seeing these faculty members succeed as researchers and teachers. They havethe responsibility to see that the information needs of the faculty and students in their assignedsubject areas are met. Meeting the information needs of faculty members enables them tosuccessfully perform their research. Meeting the information needs of students can enhance theirlearning
. Page 14.164.7Student Course Evaluation and Teaching Effectiveness:At the end of the course, course evaluations were conducted. At ASU-Poly, a course isevaluated on the basis of 17 criterions. The students evaluate course (exclusive ofinstructor based on following 7 questions).EVALUATION OF THE COURSE (exclusive of the instructor) 1. Textbook/supplementary material in support of the course 2. Value of assigned homework in support of the course topics. 3. Value of laboratory assignments/projects in support of the course topics. 4. Reasonableness of exams and quizzes in covering course material. 5. Weight given to labs or projects, relative to exams and quizzes. 6. Weight given to homework assignments, relative to exams and quizzes. 7
AC 2009-1567: ENHANCING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ENGINEERINGPROGRAMS AND THE K-12 SYSTEMRichard Zollars, Washington State University Dr. Zollars is a professor in, and Associate Director of, the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has been teaching engineering for 30 years. His interests are colloidal/interfacial phenomena, reactor design and engineering education.Donald Orlich, Washington State University Don Orlich graduated from the University of Montana in 1953 with a B.A. in Education. He received a Masters of Science Education in 1959 from the University of Utah and
the Frith Freshman Engineering Design Laboratory and the Faculty Advisor of the VT Mini-Baja Team. He is actively involved in bringing joy and adventure to the educational process and is the recipient of numerous University teaching awards. Page 14.291.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Bridging Theory and Practice in a Senior Level Robotics Course for Mechanical and Electrical EngineersAbstractAs a diverse discipline, robotics is a synthesis of a variety of subjects such as kinematics,dynamics, controls, mechatronics, mechanical design, artificial intelligence etc. The crossover
AC 2009-1468: MANAGING COURSE OFFERING RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS INNEWER GRADUATE PROGRAMS THROUGH SPECIAL TOPICS COURSESBimal Nepal, Texas A&M UniversityPaul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Page 14.858.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Managing course offering resource constraints in newer graduate programs through special topics coursesIntroductionMost new graduate programs face many challenges including lower initial enrollments, limitededucational resources such as laboratory equipment, faculty lines, and under developed or“work-in-process” curriculum. While the institution has its resource constraints, the studentsmay
AC 2009-1953: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AT UNDERGRADUATE SITES FORTOMORROW’S ENGINEERSAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean for Engineering Education Research and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won five major university teaching awards, two Professorships, two national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field