thevarious meanings of this phrase with the goal of helping academic departments inindustrial engineering (whatever they are called) decide (1) how to use or not use theword “systems” in describing industrial engineering and (2) what to teach students aboutsystems engineering. What can we learn from the other fields that use the phrase“systems engineering”?Meanings of “systems engineering”When people use the phrase “systems engineering,” they have in mind one of thefollowing meanings: 1. The INCOSE definition, 2. A sub-field of electrical engineering, 3. A sub-field of industrial and systems engineering, 4. A sub-field of engineering management or technology management, 5. The information technology definition, or 6. Systems
Figure 4. The Think Loft at Solvay Advancedcreative than engineering students, there Polymers in Alpharetta, GA.was no statistical difference between themeasured scientific creativity levels ofthese same students.32 The above study on people in the arts and engineering examined thehypothesis that creativity is not valued in modern engineering education.31 This study concludedthat engineering education does not embrace many of the open-ended non-traditional principlescommonly associated with innovation such as: keeping an open mind, learning to fail andencouraging risk. Another principle that was not typically followed by engineers in this studywas the search for multiple answers. A similar study we
definition, analysis and configuration management · Human Systems Integration · Life cycle engineering and life cycle cost analysis Page 15.775.4 Figure 1. Systems Engineering Process [2] To graduate competent electrical engineers with systems engineering skill sets, the educational (BSEE) programs should emphasize “systems thinking” throughout the curriculum. “Systems thinking” is the ability to always keep the ultimate objectives in mind throughout the design process and make the decisions to stay on track. This must occur throughout the requirements, the design, the production and deployment phases
response to the opening question, “What comes to mind when you hearthe word ‘engineer’?” had to do with the mechanistic work of building or fixing. Jack, forexample associated construction to engineering by stating, “People building things, making Page 15.1054.7things, like trying to fix them.” When asked if he could become an engineer, Jack stated, “Ithink I could. I live on a farm, so I have to fix a lot of engines and stuff like that.” Building orfixing things was the primary component of the definition of engineering for 20 of the 27students interviewed. Five of those 20, however, included a variety of other jobs. For example,Jane said that
fundamental to keep the levelof development of humanity in order to achieve the social development similar to thetechnological. However the present challenges of engineering education institutions are notlimited only to the formation of a professional for a new global work market, but also to defeatthe crises of education in which they are inserted. The crucial problem is the necessity of thinkagain the kind of education which has fragmented knowledge that drives people to an inability ofarticulating its several parts. Education must promote the natural ability of the mind to set and tosolve problems and by inter-relation to stimulate the full usage of general intelligence [04].4. University at present worldPeople live today in a world of no
. Student learning outcomes e. Assessment 4. Engineering Design: Innovation and Invention a. Design processes: definitions, parallels b. Practicing problem solving and design c. Evaluating products and designs 5. The Technological World a. Previous definitions b. Changing paradigms 6. K-5 Educational Programs a. Children’s Engineering b. Engineering is Elementary c. Competitions (Odyssey of the Mind, Science and Technology Fairs, etc.) d. Working with parents: STEM nights 7. Educational Grant Writing and Publishing a. General grant writing principals b. Identifying requirements c. Research versus program
around "grand challenge" type issues. As of thiswriting, we have recently developed a partnership with Consumer's Energy Company focused onthe topic of energy. To maximize the engagement of students, corporate partners, and academicpersonnel in learning, professional, and service experiences outside the classroom the programoffers a series of discussions and focus groups. Feedback loops will ensure that activities will becontinuously reviewed as the program evolves.Activities for the Engineering Residential Experience were created with the following objectivesin mind: 1. Create an environment where students are free to express themselves and learn from one another; 2. Enhance the classroom experience by implementing experiential
AC 2010-166: INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN AND EDUCATIONHoward Eisner, George Washington University Page 15.738.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN AND EDUCATIONAbstract This paper explores innovative approaches to both the engineering design process as well aseducation regarding engineering design. First, the engineering design process is discussed as adistinct two stage procedure involving (a) architectural design, and (b) subsystem design. Thesteps in these two stages are articulated and examined. Innovative aspects of the engineeringdesign process are then discussed in terms of some of the ways of “thinking outside the box
the population is dependent on others for helping them‖, ―lawlessness‖, and―emotional distress‖ are priorities for engineers to consider. These may not initially be whatcome to mind when thinking about engineering priorities in a natural disaster. This is especiallyintriguing and leads to better understanding the influence of cultural milieu on engineering Page 15.733.8experiences.The final qualitative question prompts respondents to include their perspectives about the waysthat engineers can address the challenges facing developing countries. A range of ideas from―cheap and clean water supplies‖ to ―develop biodegradable but safe waste
inengineering schools and relatively little has changed in the past 20 years. Innovation inengineering education will require both faculty members and education researchers collaborateto work on and maintain change such that the practice of teaching informs engineering educationresearch and vice versa. This change must be driven by faculty and administrators in engineeringschools 3, which suggests that these individuals must gain the knowledge and develop the skillsand abilities necessary to produce and support change. With this in mind, we held a workshop forrepresentatives of engineering schools who have made significant changes. The goal of theworkshop was to learn from these successful change leaders to inform our efforts at developing abroad
elementary school teachers in EiE. A three-year goal ofimplementing a unit of EiE in two-thirds of the classrooms of each of the twenty-two elementaryschools was established.Included in the paper will be the findings of an outside evaluator hired to gather and evaluatedata from the students and report the results.The paper will conclude with lessons learned that will be applied in the second year expansion ofthe program which will include many more elementary school teachers implementing EiE withinthe four school systems.IntroductionIn the spring of 2008, a grant-funded three-year project entitled THE PROJECT began. THEPROJECT sought to win hearts and minds of students in the elementary schools and to put the"T" and "E" (technology and engineering
AC 2010-2111: QUALITY INDICATORS FOR ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGYEDUCATIONMichael Dyrenfurth, Purdue UniversityMike Murphy, Dublin Institute of TechnologyGary Bertoline, Purdue University Page 15.1008.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Quality Indicators for Engineering & Technology EducationAbstractIn recent years the development and use of university rankings, comparisons, and/or leaguetables has become popular and several methodologies are now frequently used to provide acomparative ranking of universities. These rankings are often based on research and publicationactivity and also not uncommonly focus on indicators that can be measured rather
AC 2010-1586: ENGINEERING, REFLECTION AND LIFE LONG LEARNINGNora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh Nora Siewiorek is a graduate student in the Administrative and Policy Studies department in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh where she also received her MS in Information Science. Her research interests include: engineering education and educational assessment and evaluation. Her K-12 outreach activities are organizing a local science fair and a hands on workshop in nanotechnology. Her other research interests are: higher education administration, comparative and international education.Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate
AC 2010-361: A CASE STUDY OF A THERMODYNAMICS COURSE:INFORMING ONLINE COURSE DESIGNSimin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech Dr. Simin Hall is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and Polytechnic Institute. Her applied research in education is focused on cognitive processes and motivational factors in problem solving in computationally intensive courses such as engineering using online technology. Prior to joining ME at Virginia Tech, she completed a collaborative research project between the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, College of Engineering at Texas A&M, and Department of Sociology at University
cognitive and affective dimensions of student development asthey are understood today.11 He argues that while, at the time, it was a much-usedphrase, it nevertheless required elucidation for its proper understanding. A similarargument applies at the present time, as for example when the phrase “educate thewhole person” is used. Without further clarification this phrase can mean what anindividual wants it to mean. Be that as it may, the question for engineering educationis whether or not it contributes to that enlargement of mind that society wouldassociate with a liberally educated person irrespective of what that person brings withthem to their study? It is not the purpose of this paper to discuss this issue, but toargue that a person who has no
techniques of engineering economicsin a small number of classes or laboratory sessions, with possibly some material in therequired senior-level design course. This approach meets the accreditation requirement;however, it does little to adequately prepare graduates to be economically-minded as theyenter the engineering workforce.The purpose of the panel discussion is to develop innovative, plausible approaches toincluding the most important concepts and topics of engineering economics in allengineering curricula in such a fashion that faculty might accept them as a primaryknowledge base, even in the face of these external pressures.Following a brief stage-setting introduction and potential discussion questions/topics bythe moderator, the session will
AC 2010-1587: IMPROVING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PEDAGOGY VIADIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Automation, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning.William Marshall, Alief Independent School District William Marshall is the Director of Instructional Technology and Career & Technical Education for the Alief Independent School District in Texas. He provides supervision of Program Managers in the areas of
standardized tests, some lacked the ability to promptly recall importantmathematical principles or practical solving techniques that are often needed inengineering design or upper level engineering courses. These students needed a coursethat reminded them of what is important to engineers, how to rely on specific solutiontechniques, appreciate the math course sequence required from them, and identify therelationships between these mathematical techniques and engineering. In short, theylacked concept drilling, and were unable to build (in their mind) a bridge between whatthey were learning in a required math sequence and their future engineering discipline.So, the attention of the engineering division at Lafayette turned to this introductorycourse to
innovation and its role developing tomorrow’s leaders.The Entrepreneurial Mindset and Engineering EducationThe Entrepreneurial Mindset goes beyond creating a business venture. The foundationalelements of entrepreneurship include creating an awareness of the importance of managing risk, Page 15.487.3experiencing failure and ambiguity. Entrepreneurial thinking is important for individuals whomay create a business as well as for those who will work in larger organization as “CorporateEntrepreneurs” or “Intrapreneurs.” The entrepreneurial mind creates inventive solutions tocomplex problems. It also recognizes the importance of identifying entrepreneurial
AC 2010-2146: TEACHING ENGINEERING REASONING USING A BEAMDEFLECTION LABNatasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana Page 15.1173.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Engineering Reasoning using a Beam Deflection LabAbstractWell crafted laboratories reinforce theoretical concepts presented in class, but also sharpenstudents’ technical reasoning skills and provide practice in technical communication. This paperpresents an introductory mechanics laboratory on beam deflection, suitable for freshmenengineering courses or as an opening week experiment for Strengths of Materials. The labconsists of 4 distinct experiments, each requiring students to
AC 2010-25: PROMOTING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN GLOBALENGINEERING PROJECTSJoanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University Joanna F. DeFranco is an Engineering faculty member at Penn State University. She earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Math from Penn State, M.S. in Computer Engineering from Villanova, and earned her Ph.D. in Computer and Information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Previous to entering academia, Dr. DeFranco held a number of positions in industry and government, including software engineer for Motorola in Horsham, PA and an Electronics Engineer for the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA. She has published a number of articles in
beliefs in the need to expose engineering students toart are vital to the profession.This same thought trail unwinds in the mind of David Snider, University of South Florida, who usesthe fine arts to broaden his students’ engineering perspectives. The National Science Foundation inits press release 06-127 comments that “On a college campus, it would be difficult to find twosubjects more different from each other than art and engineering. Yet on the campus of theUniversity of South Florida, one engineering professor responsible for teaching classes aboutdifferential equations and electromagnetism has created a popular course that merges his researchworld with the world of fine art.” 4 Snider is able to utilize the principles of engineering
they are trying to do. When a Page 15.1391.8 person first comes to you and says what they want, [it] may not actually be the solution that they need. It is really up to us to try to understand what you are trying to achieve and then have an open mind to consider the possible options. That’s one that I think is a big oneFor most engineers in our study, meeting with clients or colleagues and trying to determine theirneeds was a challenging and satisfying part of their work lives, as this engineer’s experienceillustrates: I like meeting with the clients and hearing what they have to say and either agreeing with
experience.Teachers were given 10 min to draw an engineer (previously they were asked to close their eyesand imagine an engineer at work) on a sheet of paper (directions were read to the teachers andalso provided in writing in the sheet of paper). Once they had completed their drawings, teacherswere given 15 min to answer three question prompts (read by a facilitator and projected on thescreen for the whole audience to see them during the entire 15 min) related to what they haddrawn: 1) Describe what the engineer is doing in your drawing. Write at least two sentences. 2)List at least three words/phrases that come to mind when you think of an engineer. 3) What kindsof things do you think an engineer does on a typical day? List at least three things
AC 2010-623: SUMMER ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE FOR GIRLS (SEE): ANEVOLVING HANDS-ON ROLE FOR THE ENGINEERING LIBRARIANDonna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University Donna Beck is the Engineering librarian at the Engineering and Science Library of Carnegie Mellon University. She received her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2009, she served as President of the SLA Pittsburgh Chapter. She was the winner of the 2007 IEEE Continuing Education Stipend, administered by the SLA Engineering Division.G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University G. Lynn Berard is Principal Librarian at the Engineering & Science Library at Carnegie Mellon University, where she managed the science libraries for 20+ years. She
perspectives ondevelopment, helping, community, and the need to listen. Those interactions catalyzed severalquestions: What kind of curricular journey can help students to change their beliefs and attitudestowards development? How could engineering students learn to position and assess their ownknowledge and question their desires to help, while finding value in building relationships andlearning from local knowledges? With these questions in mind we set out to develop and Page 15.475.11implement a course entitled Engineering and Sustainable Community Development. After oneyear of research and preparation, a team of faculty from the liberal arts
provided in Table 1. Given the apparent success of this method of introducing freshmen engineers toadvanced topics in engineering theory, I believe it would be beneficial to expect designgroups to carry out more advanced engineering calculations in the future. Although itmay demand extra time and effort to introduce students to topics of greater complexity,the freshmen engineering design project seems to be the perfect method of instillingabstract mathematical and physical concepts in the minds of young engineers by havingthem incorporate more advanced concepts into their mathematical models. I have nodoubt that the chemical engineers from this past fall’s ENES 101 class will have a mucheasier time grasping convective heat transfer
AC 2010-2220: ENGINEERS AS TEACHERS: HELPING ENGINEERS BRINGCUTTING EDGE SCIENCE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIESLindsey Jenkins-Stark, IridescentTara Chklovski, Iridescent Page 15.501.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 K-12 Pre-Engineering Education Engineers as Teachers: Helping Engineers Bring Cutting Edge Science to Underserved CommunitiesAbstractThere is growing concern among the scientific community that the United States is not preparinga diverse enough group of students, in the areas of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM). The percentage of bachelor’s degrees in STEM awarded
AC 2010-2292: BUILDING ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGHTRANSPORTATION (BEAT): A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PROGRAM FORHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Michael Hunter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on transportation design, operations, and signal control. Dr. Hunter conducts research in the areas of transportation simulation, operations, and performance evaluations. Dr. Hunter as has several years experience as a traffic engineer with an engineering consulting firm.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Marion C
InstructionExperts agree that high school engineering should be centered around design (Katehi etal., 2009). Therefore, we adapted the SL Cycle of CBI to support Design BasedInstruction (DBI) by creating a cycle that was suited for addressing design challenges Page Page15.1277.11rather than problem solving challenges (See Figure 2). 15.1277.8Teachers will generally enter the DBI cycle with some idea in mind of a classroomactivity they would like to further develop, or with