professor and the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne Universities
in developed countries (National Project ImplementationUnit, 2011). Several educational institutions in India have obtained World Bank funding and Page 22.833.2have recruited U.S. educators to improve the quality of education to help them (NationalProject Implementation Unit, 2011; NIT Trichy, 2011). Two researchers from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education(LITEE), Auburn University, were invited to use LITEE multi-media case studies to trainengineering students at the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, during summer 2008, andto train several educators and students in a workshop at the National Institute of
Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and MS and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a post- doctoral teacher and researcher at Notre Dame. Page 22.52.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Large Scale Analysis of First-Year Engineering Student Essays on Engineering InterestsAbstract:There is an increasing demand for qualified engineers in the workforce, and a decreasing interestin engineering educational and professional pathways into the field. This has prompted manystudies of engineering
AC 2011-1325: THE ENGINEERING ”PIPELINE” METAPHOR AND THECAREERS OF FEMALE DEANS OF ENGINEERINGPeggy Layne, Virginia Tech Peggy Layne, P.E., joined Virginia Tech in 2003 as director of the AdvanceVT program, a National Science Foundation sponsored program to increase the number and success of women faculty in science and engineering. Prior to accepting her current position, Ms. Layne worked as a diversity consultant for the American Association of Engineering Societies and as director of the program on diversity in the engineering workforce at the National Academy of Engineering. She also spent a year as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Bob Graham, where she was responsible
AC 2011-1234: INCORPORATING LABVIEW(R) IN JUNIOR ELECTRI-CAL ENGINEERING LABSBill Yang, Western Carolina University Dr. Yang is currently assistant professor at Western Carolina University. He holds Ph.D. degree in Elec- trical Engineering from Princeton University. Prior joining WCU he has worked more than 7 years at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technology, Inc. as Member of Technical Staff and Ciena Corp. as Principal Engineer, doing research in photonic networks and optoelectronics. His teaching interest focuses on the project-based learning (PBL) model of engineering education with self-directed learner as enhanced edu- cational outcome. His research area focuses on optoelectronics, semiconductor lasers and
. Page 22.1043.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 MATE ROV Competitions: Providing Pathways to the Ocean STEM WorkforceIntroductionThe Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center organizes international andregional underwater robotics (remotely operated vehicle or ROV) competitions for students ingrades 5-16 from around the world. The competitions use ROVs as a platform to excite, engage,and instruct students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and demonstratehow these disciplines are applied in the real world. The competitions include mission tasks thatare based on practical problems from the ocean STEM workplace as well as
students to explore energy, and how heat energy from the Sun can be harnessed by a solar cooker to heat food. Many students might take technologies such as stoves, ovens, and toasters for granted, but these conveniences aren’t available to Lerato, a girl who lives in Botswana. Through the storybook Lerato Cooks Up a Plan, students will be introduced to Lerato and her family. Lerato and her siblings have to gather firewood in order to build a cooking fire to heat their food. When Page 22.667.2 Tsoane, another villager, returns from University, Lerato learns about the field of green engineering. Green
Recognition Award and the 2008-2009 School of Engineering Excellence in Outreach award.Vibhuti Dave, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Dr. Vibhuti Dave joined Penn State Erie, The Behrend College as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering program in Fall 2007. She received her undergraduate engineering degree in the field of Electronics and Communication from Nirma Institute of Technology, India in 2000. She received her M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. (2007) in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. Dr. Dave’s research interests lie in the field of High Speed Computer Arithmetic and Computer Architec- ture. Her research has been focused
potentially support theirengineering learning.Methods of Survey ConstructionAs the first step taken to understand parents’ viewpoints in children’s engineering learning,we constructed a short survey mainly to probe parents’ knowledge, self-efficacy and attitudes.We adopted 10 items from an instrument that was used to assess teachers’ perceptions andfamiliarity with the domains of design, engineering and technology 6. In addition, we addedthree questions that pertained to the focus of the study: parental roles and children learningengineering (see Table 1). We used a 5-level Likert scale (5-strongly agree; 4-agree; 3-neutral;2-disagree; 1-strongly disagree) and asked the participants to rate their level of agreementwith each statement. We also
AC 2011-1975: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN EN-GINEERING (IREE) 2010 CHINA: DEVELOPING GLOBALLY COMPE-TENT ENGINEERING RESEARCHERSBrent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brent K. Jesiek is assistant professor in Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech. His research examines the social, histor- ical, global, and epistemological dimensions of engineering and computing, with particular emphasis on topics related to engineering education, computer engineering, and educational technology.Yating Chang, Purdue University
AC 2011-915: SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM: A JUMPSTART FOR EN-GINEERING STUDENTSDanny King, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Danny is the Associate Director of the New Student Academic Advising Center within the School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. In addition to his advising duties, Danny teaches in the First Year Experience Seminars for Engineering students, and has taught the Summer Bridge Program’s Engineering section for three years. Danny has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, an MS in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Indiana University, and is currently a doctoral student in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Indiana University.Laura Masterson
Engineering in 2010. His research interests include success in first-year engineering, introducing entrepreneurship into engineering and engineering in K-12.Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is a graduate student in the Engineering Education Program at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-professional Studies Program and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes and interventions aimed at improving learning objective attainment. Prior to his University as
our thinking. Instead of permitting engineering educationto lag technology and society, “Should the engineering profession anticipate needed advancesand prepare for a future where it will provide more benefit to humankind?”[3]So the question becomes, how do we train engineers to be more entrepreneurially minded?What is an Entrepreneurially Minded Engineer? Page 22.244.2According to Dawn Tabat, Chief Operating Officer of Generac Power Systems (and a group ofthe company‟s engineering executives), Entrepreneurially Minded Engineers (EMEs) “act like aproduct manager within their engineering discipline”. In other words, “EMEs are not justworking on
determining their persistence in engineering careers 4.Largely unexplored, however, is the role of the subconscious in determining persistence inengineering majors and careers – this is the domain of implicit cognition.Explicit and implicit cognition are related but distinct concepts 5. Explicit cognition includesconscious choices, judgments, and declarations (e.g. “I believe that men and women are equallygood at math.”). In contrast, implicit cognition operates without conscious awareness or control,and mediates thought, feeling, and action (e.g., 6-9). Implicit attitudes (e.g. “Math is good.”) andstereotypes (e.g. “Engineers are male.”), along with self-concept (e.g. “I am male.”) interact withone another in the prediction of science, technology
AC 2011-2520: SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ENGINEER-ING DESIGN COURSESJunichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute After seven years with the Information Science Research Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was an Associate Research Professor, Dr. Kanai joined Panasonic Information and Networking Technologies Lab, Princeton, NJ in 1998. He was a senior scientist developing and transferring new tech- nologies to product divisions. From 2002 to 2004, he was a manager at Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (Panasonic) Secaucus, NJ, providing system integration and software development for clients. Dr. Kanai joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, in 2004. He is
Industrial Electronics and Control Engineering National 1 2 Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Engineering National 2 2 Renewable Energy Engineering National 1 1 Electrotechnology (Industrial Electronics & Control Eng) State 1 1Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Engineering National 5 12* Engineering Technology State 2 10 Engineering (Aerospace) State 1 1Mining Engineering Engineering (Oil & Gas
. (Iowa State University 2000), all in civil engineering. He has been on the faculty of the de- partment of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University of Science and Technology since 2001, and currently holds the rank of Associate Professor and is the holder of the Weg- ner Professorship. Dr. White is the Director of Earthworks Engineering Research Center at Iowa State University and is in charge of the Iowa State University Geotechnical Mobile Laboratory. Dr. White has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in introduction to soil engineering, foundation analysis and design, experimental testing, soil behavior, and soil stabilization and compaction. Dr. White has research interests
mentors5. ConclusionAddressing engineering student success in calculus is not a trivial issue. This paper presents amethod aimed at fostering deeper learning in calculus among engineering students withoutrequiring changes in the current calculus curriculum. In addition, the alterations presented areengineered to be easily implemented at any institution and can be used by any science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) department that positions calculus as aprerequisite to specific disciplinary content.6. References1. C. Grattis, B. Hill and A. Lachowsky, "A Successful Peer Mentoring Program," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2007
Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored or co-authored over 70 papers on engineering education in areas ranging from curricular change to faculty development. He is collaborating on NSF-supported projects for (i) renewal of the mechanics of materials course, (ii) improving preparation of students for Calculus I, (iii) systemic application of concept inventories. He is currently an ABET Program Evaluator and a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal on Engineering Education
appeal to those students who have abasic knowledge of Power Point and challenge them to have more sophisticated slide shows.In summary, increasing enrollment in civil engineering coupled with fixed, or in some cases, adecrease in instructional personnel challenge instructors to provide students with individualizedattention and feedback. Yet, one-on-one contact is paramount to improving students’communication competence. To rise to this challenge, we offer a model of interdisciplinary teamteaching that capitalizes on split sessions as the way to provide both introductory civilengineering information, while also consulting on speaking, writing, and teaming skills.Bibliography1. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. www.abet.org.2
3.60 -3.48 fall 2009, n=28 (-0.42) (-0.12)Discussion and future workThe research is clear: hands-on design project courses are beneficial to engineering students.Longitudinal studies of FYEP students at the University of Colorado Boulder demonstrate ahigher retention through the seventh academic semester in engineering studies for those whocomplete the course than those who do not1,2. Multiple sections of the course are offered eachsemester and projects range from assistive technology innovations, interactive learning exhibitsfor youngsters, Lego robots, and Rube Goldberg devices. Several departments already requirecompletion of the team-based, multidisciplinary, three-credit projects
AC 2011-1719: PREPARING ENGINEERING GRADUATES FOR THE REALWORLDJessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisBeverly Radloff, Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisNancy Lamm, Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisTerri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Terri Talbert-Hatch is the Assistant Dean for the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI. In this position she is responsible for recruitment of undergraduate students and all scholarships. She is responsible for all marketing for the school including program brochures and the school’s website. She also oversees the School’s Career Services office and is the advisor to the
AC 2011-2162: RET PROJECT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGLisa Denny Choate, Cannon County High School Lisa D. Choate is a mathematics teacher at Cannon County High School in Woodbury, Tennessee. She teaches Algebra One, Honors Algebra Two and Geometry.Kenan Hatipoglu, Tennessee Technological University Kenan Hatipoglu is a graduate research assistant at Center for Manufacturing Research and Ph.D. student at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee. His research interests are in power system design and smart grid applications.Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Ismail Fidan is a faculty member at the college of engineering of Tennessee Tech
AC 2011-1837: EVOLVING IDENTITIES: UNDERGRADUATE WOMENPURSUING THE ENGINEERING PROFESSORIATESarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Sarah Hug is Research Associate at the Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society (ATLAS) Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Hug earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research and evaluation efforts focus on learning science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics, with a special interest in communities of practice, creativity, and experiences of underrepresented groups in these fields across multiple contexts.A. Susan Jurow, University of Colorado at Boulder A. Susan Jurow is an Assistant Professor and Co
AC 2011-460: USING SCREENCASTS TO ENHANCE INTRODUCTORYENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONPhilip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Philip Parker is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY. Page 22.1635.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Screencasts to Enhance Introductory Environmental Engineering EducationOverviewActive learning is widely accepted as a best practice in higher education
that changes are needed in theengineering classrooms, and the need to think about women as a diverse group. Femaleundergraduate engineering students are typically studied with little attention paid to theintersection of race/ethnicity and gender. Some researchers consider this dual minority status tobe a “double-bind 1” while other researchers look at how attributes of certain underrepresentedracial backgrounds offer advantages to female students in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) fields 2. Despite continued calls for disaggregated data on race and gender,few datasets have detailed information on student experiences with sufficient representation ofunderrepresented minorities to facilitate statistical analysis 3.Using
AC 2011-1278: THERMAL SCIENCE CAPSTONE PROJECTS IN ME-CHANICAL ENGINEERINGNihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy Nihad Dukhan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he teaches courses in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and energy systems. His ongoing research interests include advanced cooling technologies for high-power devices with focus on metal foam as the cooling core, service learning and other engineering education pedagogies. Dr. Dukhan earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toledo.Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy Mark Schumack is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the
engineering structures - Field trip to an engineering companyA list of engineering departments that that participated in offering activities follows: - Aerospace Engineering - Biological & Agricultural Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering Page 22.1183.4 - Nuclear Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Petroleum Engineering - Industrial Systems Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Civil Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Eng Technology & Industrial DistributionHighlights of the 2009 STEW included hands-on design projects, flight simulation
Engineering she serves as the coordinator of ABET and other accreditation processes, acts as a resource/consultant to faculty in the different programs, develops and implements assessment plans, and serves as the primary educational assessment/data analyst adviser on the Dean’s staff. A particular interest is in helping faculty to develop and implement classroom-based assessment and action research plans to establish the effectiveness of instruction and to use the data to improve teaching and student learning. She is currently working with several engineering faculty assessing the impact of in-class use of technology on teaching and student learning. Dianne has also worked as an education consultant for a number of
. Page 22.599.2ABET, Inc., has been the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in appliedscience, computing, engineering, and technology for more than 75 years. Among the purposes ofABET, Inc. (ABET) are two that relate to accreditation. ABET intends to 1) organize and carryout a comprehensive process of accreditation of pertinent programs leading to degrees, and assistacademic institutions in planning their educational programs, and 2) promote the intellectualdevelopment of those interested in applied science, computing, engineering, and technologyprofessions (ABET Policy, 2008). The Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) evaluatesand accredits individual degree programs with the word “engineering” in their title