ABETa through k general criteria outcomes. The ePortfolios can then be used as evidence for TAC ofABET accreditation purposes. Finally, the ePortfolio, as a compendium of highlights from thestudent’s academic career within the ET program, will also be useful for exhibiting studentcapabilities to potential employers.Implementation: The planned revisions of the ET program will take effect in the fall of 2010.As a matter of best practice, compilation of the ePortfolios cannot be left until the senior year.Ideally, students should be exposed to the concept and begin working on their ePortfolios duringthe freshman year. Students must be given regular input and guidance regarding their progress incompiling the ePortfolio throughout their four-years
institution. Therefore, the Director of the Ethics Programsought out and teamed up with a faculty member from the Department of Theology interested inpresenting ethical thought processes from a faith-based perspective. The Workshop strives toreinforce the concept that the two sources of moral wisdom, philosophy and theology are notcompletely independent but cooperate together within the individual to produce ethical behavioron a day-to day basis.Recruitment of Engineering FacultyBy its very nature, the faculty of the CoE is primarily focused on technical issues and technicalproblem solving. This primary focus can, without alteration, exclude other extremely importantand essential aspects of a professional’s career. These other essential aspects
students can take away from their technicaleducation is the ability to become ‘curious and persistent continuous learners,’ to quote PurdueUniversity’s Purdue Engineer of 2020 outcomes statement.2 The engineering community haslong realized the need for lifelong learning, as evidenced by the theme of the 1978 ASEE AnnualConference of ‘Career Management – Lifelong Learning.’ However, with the publication ofEducating the Engineer of 2020, which recommends, ‘…as well as delivering content,engineering schools must teach engineering students how to learn, and must play a continuingrole along with professional organizations in facilitating lifelong learning,’(pg. 55) lifelonglearning has taken on much greater visibility in the engineering curriculum
, but it does not discuss assessment of interpersonal orlifelong learning leadership skills. While all three instructional strategies show potential fordeveloping leadership skills, only a few articles have been published directly assessing students’leadership skills. Thus direct assessments of students’ leadership skills are needed in order toadequately determine the strengths and weaknesses of the various instructional strategies whenteaching leadership so that they can be applied in preparing doctoral students for a career inindustry.Assessing Leadership SkillsIn industry, managers often assess interpersonal leadership skills of others by a project’s success.Employees with successful projects and more innovative performance tend to possess
AC 2010-435: IMPLEMENTING A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO TANGIBLEAIRCRAFT DESIGNMatthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy MAJ Matthew Rowland graduated from the University of Washington in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. He earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2008. He has served in various command and staff positions during his Army career and during his tenure at USMA has course directed the aeronautical subdiscipline course for Aircraft Performance and Stability. He is the current faculty advisor for the SAE Design Build
in participants’dispositions or beliefs, the program will use pre and post online surveys designed to gatherinformation on students’ attitudes, skills, self-confidence, interest in careers, and perceptions ofexperiences related to integrated virtual teaming. For virtual teaming metrics includecommunication level, leadership, and performance as a unit4, 6, 1. Quantitative data will beanalyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to test for statisticallysignificant differences from pre to post. Page 15.248.7Faculty mentors also complete online surveys. Since mentoring is one of the hardest, yet mostrewarding
part of her work. Through many events and circumstances, includinglearning to see water not as a physical object to be moved across space but as a resource to beprotected, she conceived and implemented strategies that empower communities to take controlof their own water consumption, sanitation, and treatment. Throughout her career, this engineerbecame an agent of organizational change, political action and community empowerment. Shemobilized organizational resources and drafted national legislation to protect water as a resource,engaged social scientists in her attempts to communicate with communities, and more recentlydeveloped community-based processes to map communities and their water use. Throughout herexperiences she learned that
BRIGE grant), advancing problem based learning methodologies (NSF CCLI grant), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineering outreach.Eric Pappas, James Madison University ERIC PAPPAS is an associate professor in the School of Engineering and the Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University. Page 15.1082.1© American Society for Engineering
and working collaboratively as • successfully enter careers in civil environment, professionals in a diverse, engineering, serve society, and • pursue further studies in their interdisciplinary environment, and pursue further studies in their profession to remain technically • successfully enter chosen careers in profession, and competent and advance their technical the medical device, health care, or • attain professional licensure. competencies, and biotechnology fields, and/or • attain professional licensure. graduate studies or professional
modeler) to create a solid 3-D model of that object made from polycarbonate. This gives the students an understanding of the trade-offs involved when designing a component for “printing” using a rapid prototyping device. It also provides students with experience in using rapid prototyping, a tool that they will use in subsequent classes, and likely in their future careers. B. BME Design and Manufacturing IIStudents typically take this course in the spring of junior year. Because this course is more labintensive than the above class, it is only offered in the spring. It is a two credit hour course withthe following objectives: ≠ To learn about modern design practices ≠ To learn about and use a variety of
in their curriculum that leads to academic career in engineering or engineeringtechnology. Two courses that students have in their senior year are transferable to Drexel, if theyare accepted to the AET program. The two courses are EET 102, Introduction to AET, and MET101, Manufacturing Materials. The courses follow the syllabi of the same freshman classestaught at Drexel. The books and other materials for those courses are the same as for thefreshmen students at Drexel University.Currently, the administration of AET Program at Drexel University is working on transferarticulation agreements with Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) and CommunityCollege of Philadelphia (CCP). Both colleges have successfully prepared students in the past
: a. Student’s reason for participating on this project. b. Student’s skills and talents that he/she brings to the project. c. Student’s academic standing. d. Impact on student’s career and life.The two teams are given below: Fall Semester Team Brian Kunkel, William Hurles, and Bryce Thelen Spring Semester TeamNabeel Aslam, Kevin McPhail, Ryan McPhee, Brent Rowland, and Eric TingwallThe author took on the role of faculty advisor for both teams.The DesignFollowing the traditional design process, the first step was to develop a conciseproblem statement. After significant discussion with ATDC, the followingstatement was developed: The goal of this project is
, Heat Transfer, and Analytical Microdevice Technology courses. In addition, she is an NSF CAREER Awardee, has served as co-PI on an NSF REU site, PI on grants from NSF and DOE, and was the faculty advisor for MSU’s chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). Her research is in medical microdevice diagnostics & dielectrophoresis.Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University Dr. Keisha B. Walters is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. She received her B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from Clemson University in 1996 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering
AC 2010-2143: IMPROVING TECHNICAL WRITING AMONG ENGINEERINGAND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSPeilin Fu, National UniversityShekar Viswanathan, National University, San DiegoRonald Uhlig, National University, San DiegoHoward Evans, National University, San Diego Page 15.702.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Technical Writing among Engineering and Technology StudentsAbstractThe ability to communicate clearly and effectively is crucial to success in an engineering career.Good writing skills give students a competitive edge in job searches and career advances. It iswidely agreed in and out of academia that instruction in
engineering principles with math and sciencecurriculum standards. Between meetings, teachers were encouraged to collaborate with thefaculty and fellow participants by e-mail, invite engineering faculty to their classrooms to serveas resource teachers and talk about careers in engineering, bring groups of students to campus fortours and activities, and prepare their students for engineering-based competitions.In the era of No Child Left Behind, school districts evaluate all professional developmentactivities on the extent to which they support the implementation of curriculum standards. Theproject team provided orientation for the engineering faculty on mathematics and sciencestandards and encouraged them to develop their institute sessions in
Accreditation Process Steps – duration is approximately one yearfrom application to decisionThe assessment team proposed is composed of three members from academia and industry. The Page 15.334.12inclusion of representatives of both sectors is particularly important for a system that evaluatesthe quality of engineering careers and results in achieving the required expertise in theseprofessionals. One of the team members must be from the same country as the institution beingevaluated to ensure that the contextualization of the national situation and thus the objectivity inapplying the model to the realities of different countries.The proposal indicates
table. The camp was very effective in increasing students’awareness of transportation engineering (means across both camps increased from 2.05 to 3.89),helping students understand how transportation engineering research relates to the real world(mean=4.63), and helping students understand career opportunities in transportation engineering(mean=3.95). This is also revealed in comments from the students: “The Georgia Tech campwas an excellent experience for me. Now I have a better understanding of what civil engineeringis. Now every time I’m at a traffic light, I will think about the engineers that work every day tomake this possible.” However, overall, the course was not as effective in encouraging students toconsider a career in transportation
outsidetheir alma mater and are looking forward to acquiring new skills and degrees that will make themprofessionally more competitive. However, most students have entered graduate school directlyfrom their undergraduate semesters, armed with Bachelors degrees, but unhappy with the jobmarket and their career prospects.Just as their motives for being in this class are diverse so are the academic backgrounds of theCSE graduate students. Many students have undergraduate degrees in mathematics orengineering, whereas some have majored in biology, business, physics, and agricultural sciences. Page 15.301.6Their level of knowledge of statistics is also varied
AC 2010-1121: THE ENACTED CURRICULUM: A VIDEO BASED ANALYSISAmy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison Amy Prevost is a graduate student in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research has focused on the STEM career pipeline, especially related to engineering and engineering education and biotechnology.Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Mitchell J. Nathan is Professor of Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Instruction, and Psychology, in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Chair of the Learning Sciences program. He is a research fellow at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research
committingto purchasing initial production units once the new vehicle has successfully passed Federal TransitAdministration (FTA) certification testing. The project provides exposure to a very real industryapplication which is similar to what many of the students will face when entering their career fields,and will allow for practical application of project planning, design innovation, budgeting, working withindustry standards and government regulations, as well as manufacturing process planning andexecution. An industrial approach is being utilized for the design process which emphasizes use of severalautomotive industry best practices including Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Design FailureMode Effects and Analysis (DFMEA), as well as
to test the abilities students have gainedover their college careers and to provide a design experience that simulates real-worldengineering. An important factor in giving students a valuable Capstone Design experience isthe selection of an appropriate project. A good project for this purpose should have appropriatetechnical rigor and allow students to focus as much as possible on engineering design rather thanon logistical activities like fundraising. Further, the work done by students in the course shouldbe assessable, both for the purposes of accreditation and for assignment of grades. Additionally,the deadlines imposed must be appropriate, and evaluation criteria need to be established.One solution for many of the project planning
fly, run, walk, or drive home. There will be days where thestudent feels they cannot stand one more day in the residence halls, in the large lecture, with theirroommate, with their professors and teaching assistants, or their load of courses. These personaltransitions can consume a first year student’s thoughts if they are unable to seriously focus on Page 15.343.3why the university experience is important to their career goals. Insights from mentors can bevery helpful. There may be what appear to be insurmountable personal changes during the firstyear, and research on student persistence supports the importance of linking students
also noted that the legacy cycle helped students to think differently about theircareer trajectories and to consider STEM fields they had not previously considered: Implementation of this legacy cycle in the classroom has had a profound impact on the student perspective of careers in science and engineering. I teach at a small, rural school...Opportunities for furthering education after high school are limited for these students as most of them come from low SES families and motivation to attend postsecondary schools is scarce. Opening the door with aspects of engineering and scientific inquiry has made students aware that there are more fields of study besides teaching, medicine and business
careers in the future." • "My most rewarding aspect throughout the quarter would have to be between the interactions with my fellow students, seeing our prototype actually prove its concept, and using knowledge from the year to accomplish our goals. After two quarters of limited student involvement, finally getting to work in a group setting for more than a week was extremely rewarding to me." • "I have learned how surprisingly hard it is to work as a team to come to a solution." • "Another way that the course has helped me grow is by forcing me to become a better leader by getting a group of four people to work together effectively on one goal." • "This project also helped better my understanding of
basic competence in the English language is a prerequisite for themodern automotive engineering graduate. This is not always the case at comparableinstitutions.While motivation for the course, even in the “difficult” subjects such as Mechanics, tends tobe high, very often students pose the question (usually in the first EFL lesson taught) if thereis not a way for them to accredit the course, as they consider other areas to be more central totheir study. Clearly, at this early stage of their academic career, the important role of theEnglish language has not yet become clear to them – as the language of communicationbetween international companies and also the language in which the majority of academicreports are written (and in the student’s own
, Emergent, and Distributed Systems, the Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, and the Journal of Computers and Applications. He was a founding program cochair of the International Workshop on Security in Systems and Networks (SSN), a general co-chair of the IFIP 2006 International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC ’06), and a member of the program committees of numerous conferences. His research was supported in part by the US National Science Foundation, NASA, and Cray Research. He is a recipient of the Faculty Research Award of Wayne State University in 2000, the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2002, and the Career Development Chair Award in
programs, where she coordinated student courses as well as parent information sessions. Her research interests include students' perceptions of their learning experience as and how to promote students' learning who show giftedness in the Engineering and Technology areas. Page 15.423.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of Parents’ Engineering Awareness Survey (PEAS) According to the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior FrameworkAbstractWith increased interest in promoting engineering as a field of study and career pathway to bothcollege and pre-college student, it is important to
AC 2010-1242: IMPACT OF CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY EXPERIENCES ONCULTURAL SENSITIVITY DEVELOPMENTLarry Bland, John Brown University Larry Bland is currently Chair, Division of Engineering and Construction Management and Associate Professor of Engineering at John Brown University. Dr. Bland has been at John Brown since 2002. Prior to his academic career, he spent over 30 years in industry. His industrial career moved from engineering to executive management with significant international experience. Since joining John Brown, Dr. Bland has been active in expanding undergraduate research opportunities for students and assessing university study abroad programs
education through graduate study in engineering. This educationalmodel would be similar to that followed by those preparing for careers in law, medicine, andbusiness. In contrast, ABET’s EC2000 accreditation criteria allow a more moderate approachthat places greater emphasis on liberal education in the undergraduate engineering program.NAE’s E2020 reports occupy a middle ground, advocating for even greater curricular breadthand liberal education than ABET’s EC2000 accreditation criteria require but stopping short of acomplete restructuring of undergraduate engineering education. The Engineer of 2020, inparticular, presents the engineering education of the future as liberal education, stressing theroles of interdisciplinarity, communication
leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology;and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growthand service.The Department mission statement includes educating and inspiring, which align along a set ofcommonly accepted educational taxonomies; that is, Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is based on theseminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom. The committeeestablished a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning: cognitive, affective andpsychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and has beenidentified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”3 The taxonomies are a language