-produce the worldduring WWII. Innovation put us on the moon and fueled the computer and internet boom of the1990’s. Studies going back as far as 1959 have identified engineering creativity as a vitalcontributor to industry competitiveness and the national welfare. 1 A preponderance of literaturepublished in the past five years points to a lack of soft skills, including creative innovation, asfactors in declining global competitiveness. 2,3,4,5 At the root of this problem is a deeplyentrenched educational paradigm that does not encourage creative thinkers.This innovation was possible because there were people that not only understood engineeringprinciples; they also knew how to apply them in ways that satisfied a human need. Theseengineers were
to institute an Innovation Boot Camp. In short, the Innovation Boot Camp was an intensiveworkshop focused on teaching innovation in a collaborative hands-on environment.BackgroundKleppe (2001) noted dating from the late 1700’s to modern day, “a major source of technologicaladvancement has been the result of individual inventors [and] innovations” (p. 16); surprisingly,most technology and engineering programs around the U.S. do not explicitly teach innovation(Smoot, 2006). With the increasingly complex and competitive global market, and with newinterest and concern over environmental issues, biotechnologies, and so forth, many companies(American and foreign) are reforming how and in what they do business. Additionally manyacademic
tremendous growth to a pointwhere the World Wide Web (WWW) currently supports nearly 600 million virtual world usersworldwide with nearly half of those falling into the up and coming 10-15 year old age group.3Current reports also indicate that nearly 150 virtual world environments in existence today withthat number expected to grow to 900 or more within the next three years.4 The past two decadesthe Web has witnessed a 1990’s era, often referred to as Web 1.0, that focused mostly on read-only content and static HTML-based websites with early websites that were generally notinteractive and Web technologies concentrating mostly on linking documents between the ever-increasing numbers of Web servers.Over the past ten years Web users have shifted gears
Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program. The authors also wish to thank student assistants Matt Bender and Brad Pols for their dedicated efforts.Bibliography 1. National Academy of Engineering. 2005). Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 2. Cone, C., Chadwick, S., Gally, T., Helbling, J., and Shaffer, R. (2005). "Interdisciplinary Freshman Experience," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 12-15, Portland, Oregon. 3. Helbling, J., Lanning, D., Madler, R., Beck, A., and McElwain, R. (2005). “Integrating Communications into Team-Taught Senior design Courses,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual
of the Kolb’s cycleimplementation will result in positive changes in students’, and later engineers’, approaches tolearning.Bibliography1. Kolb, D. A., “Management and Learning Processes,” California Management Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, 1976, pp. 21-31.2. Kolb, D. A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1984.3. McCarthy, B., The 4MAT System: Teaching to Learning Styles with Right/Left Mode Techniques, EXCEL, Inc., 1987.4. Harb, J. N., Durrant, S. O., and Terry, R. E., ”Use of the Kolb Learning Cycle and the 4MAT System in Engineering in Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 82, April 1993, pp. 70-77.5. Harb, J. N., Terry, R. E., Hurt, P. K
for the senior project and on some design for my employer. ≠ KiCad was a powerful tool but required a lot of self learning. A class would have been nice to have… ≠ It was an easy program to use, but seemed to have problems with floating and open points when doing schematics.In question A5 students are asking for more support; in particular, they would like moreappropriate tutorial material and that KiCad be introduced earlier in the curriculum. ≠ It would be nice if there was a tutoring lab for Engineering S/W. ≠ The tutorial on the board layouts and creating the footprints should be improved. ≠ …more components for KiCad and an earlier encounter with it would be helpful.A second survey provides additional
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stoppeddropping after a while. Water at different temperatures were then assigned to different groupsand they were asked to take temperature readings at regular intervals for 10 minutes with a waterflow rate of 74 mL/s (70 gph) and an air speed of 1 m/s (as measured by an anemometer). Figure2 is a schematic of the process. Following the data taking, the students worked on several con-ceptual questions that prepared them for the analysis of experimental data and evaporator per- Page 15.243.7formance predictions that they would be doing as homework. The evaporator analysis involvedfinding the slope of the temperature versus time graph near time zero along
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inside Afghanistan and asrefugees outside the country, in conditions of poverty and despair, showed a keen interest in theeducation of their children".References1 UNDP (2000). Human Development Report 2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press.2 UNICEF (2001). State of the World´s Children 2001. New York: Unicef.3 CIA (2000). World Fact book 2000. New York: Central Intelligence Agency.4 Karlsson P., Mansory A. (2004). “Islamic and Modern Education in Afghanistan-Conflictual or Complementary?” Institute of International Education Stockholm University, 20045 Mansory A. (2000). Mathematics achievements among Afghan primary school children Stockholm Institute of International Education, Stockholm University6 Country Studies, http
Assessment. For example, many student misconceptions of crystalstructure included addition or deletion of atoms in the unit cell. Not all misconceptions involvedadding or removing the same atom, but because these were similar misconceptions, hinting at anemergent theme, they were grouped into one category referencing extra or missing atom(s). Eachstudent conception was then assigned categories based on these emergent themes. This processcontinued for each student response to each question on each Topical Module Assessment. Thecategorization with emergent themes gave categories of misconceptions on atomic bonding,crystal structures, deformation, polymers, and electrical properties.Support for Student Learning SurveyAt the end of the course, students
- teamwork 3e - problem solving, and 3g - professional writing (we emphasized a memo format), and communication (particularly if there were teamwork issues). B. Student GrowthTo investigate individual’s growth over time, we looked at twelve students who completed at Page 15.499.8least four MEA reflections. Table 1 provides a summary of each student and his or hergeneralized responses in terms of the following: the process (es) that the team used, theindividual role(s) assumed in the team, a perception of the main targeted engineering conceptslearned, the professional skills he or she felt were used, and a characterization of the response
data collected in the second phase of the study will be extremely instrumental in further Page 15.79.14understanding faculty beliefs about entrepreneurship education and how these translate intoteaching practices.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to acknowledge grant support from NSF-EEC #0835992,“Entrepreneurship Education and Its Impact on Engineering Student Outcomes: The Role ofProgram Characteristics and Faculty Beliefs.”Bibliography:1. Katz, J. A. 2003. The chronology and intellectual trajectory of American entrepreneurship education 1876- 1999. Journal of Business Venturing, 18(2): 283-300.2. Ohland, M. W., Frillman, S. A
new projects, simply because they cannot pronounce your name; it keeps us from getting the recognition we deserve. (Gonzalez & Musielak, 2002)The article goes on to report: Hispanic women also are underrepresented in higher education. Of the 39,400 women employed as S&E faculty and researchers at universities in 1997, only 1,300 were Hispanic – accounting for just 3.3 percent of all female professors and less than 1 percent of the S&E faculty in the nation. (Gonzalez & Musielak, 2002)Dr. Evelyn Hammonds, a pioneer in issues related to minority women on science andengineering and a professor at Harvard University is quoted as saying that she “was surprisedthat even in 2002, these women (faculty
mobile stations can be used anywhere in the world whereelectricity is available, making engineering education accessible to students without access tobenchtop measurement instrumentation. This might include junior-college students that wish toalign with university-level teaching efforts, or perhaps non-engineering students to whom facultywish to teach circuits principles but do not have the local laboratory resources to support.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation Course, Curriculum, & Laboratory Improvement Program underType I grant DUE–0942425. Opinions, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the
‐90,000 <20,000 20,001‐50,000 50,001‐90,000 >90,001 Blank >90,001 BlankFigure 5 – Question 7) “Many universities have ‘no-loan’ policies based on family income. This means, if your parent(s) or guardian(s) make less than a certain amount of money per year, the university will you a scholarship. How much do you think the ‘no-loan’ family income is at Rice?” “No-loan” university policies displayed in 4 distinct brackets: $0-20,000 per year; $20,001-50,000 per year; $50,001-$90,000 per year; and over $90,001 per year. “Blank” represents the mentees which failed to complete the question. Blank answers for CHS
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in the U.S.,Black and Hispanic Americans represented 2.5 million (under 10.8 %) while White and AsianAmericans represented 19.6 million (nearly 87%). These percentages illustrate the vast disparitybetween the representation of White and Asian Americans and underrepresented minority groupsin the science and engineering workforce. The engineering workforce has an even more disparaterepresentation of underrepresented minorities with African American and Hispanic Americanscomprising only 4.7% of engineers, while White and Asian Americans represent 95%. NationalScience Board studies encourage the government’s leading science and engineering (S&E)organizations to consider under-represented groups as un-tapped resources with enormouspotential
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toucheseveryone and to think critically about what they do on the job.Bibliography 1 Harris, Jr., C. E., Davis, M., Pritchard, M. S., Rabins, M. J., “Engineering Ethics: What? Why? How? And When?” Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, 4/19962 Abraham, S., Knies, A. D., Kukral, K. L., and Willis, T. E., “Experiences in Discussing Ethics with Undergraduate Engineers,” Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, 10/19973 Freyne, S. F. and Hale, W. M., “A Preliminary Survey of Engineering Ethics Courses Nationwide,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 20094 Hole, L. D., Radebaugh, D. W., and Soschinske, K. A
AC 2010-1331: THE HYREV PROPULSION SYSTEM: A B20 POWER-SPLITEXTENDED RANGE ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR THE ECOCAR CHALLENGEVincent Sabatini, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Vincent Sabatini is a second year graduate Mechanical Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He graduated from Embry-Riddle with an B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus in Robotics and High Performance Vehicles. He is currently the Team Leader for ERAU's EcoCAR Team, the EcoEagles.Ryle Maxson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Ryle Maxson is a second year graduate Mechanical Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He graduated from Embry-Riddle with an B. S. in Aerospace
· Wave equation in the frequency domain · Propagation constant k 3. The boundary conditions · Incident and reflected waves · Changing reference system (x = l − d) · Reflection coefficient Γ 4. The scattering matrix S · Scattering matrix S of a transmission line · Obtaining Sij (general case) · The Smith chart 5. Practical transmission lines · Ideal vs. real transmission line · Microstrip line · Introduction to
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TestMeasure df t-test p-value Mean diff Cohen’s d2007 Algebra 20 3.62 .0017 10.91 0.52 Trigonometry 20 4.26 .0004 12.10 0.902008 Algebra 11 5.43 .0002 15.50 1.03 Trigonometry 11 4.58 .0008 15.66 1.26Note. Mean diff = Mean difference (post – pre); X post − X pre s 2post + s 2pre Cohen’s d = where s p = sp 2 Page 15.536.7Math Course PlacementTo further assess the Summer Bridge Program with regards
has greatly benefited from hiring employees that participated in an international experience. 6. International experiences enhance a prospective employee’s abilities in… Leadership. Teamwork. Innovation. Global Awareness. Character Development. Technical Competence. Motivation/Career Goals. Other:My company hires in the following area(s):___ Chemical Engineering ___ Industrial Design___ Civil and Environmental Engineering ___ Information Technology___ Construction Management ___ Manufacturing___ Electrical and Computer Engineering ___ Mechanical Engineering
, he does without rather than make amistake.It is hard to accept seemingly pointless learning, especially in a field that values linearaccrual of knowledge. But as Jobs says, you can’t connect the dots looking forward.Informal, self-directed learning may lead nowhere—or, it may lead to true innovation, asin the design of the Macintosh. If innovation is what we want from a “thinking society,”rather than mere competence, then the challenge for engineering education is to fosterstudents’ ability to engage in lifelong learning in the absence of an immediate payoff interms of grades, certification, or other resume-enhancing qualification. REFERENCES[1] Jobs, S. (2005). Commencement address delivered at
Pitch Rate 30 ) g 20 e d( α, 10 ) c e 0 s g/ e d( -10 q ), g -20 e d( iH -30 -40 -50 478.5 479 479.5 480 480.5 481 481.5 482 482.5 483 483.5 Time (sec) Figure 7: Flight Data Segment used for Parameter Identification15A