, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Peterson is Sr. Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs at U. Texas Arlington College of Engineering, and is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Her Ph.D. is in medical computer science from U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Research interests are in artificial intelligence, engineering education and medical computer science. She is a member of the UT Arlington Academy of Distinguished Teachers.James Sells, San Jacinto College Central Campus Professor James Sells teaches mathematics at San Jacinto College (SJC) in Pasadena, Texas (a suburb or Houston). He has a B. S. degree in Mathematics, an M. S. in Mathematics, and an M. S. in Petroleum Engineering, all
Genencor, a Danisco Division, where she developed a metabolic flux model for an enzyme production process. Additionally, after her postdoctoral research at the ETH-Zurich, she obtained a Science and Diplomacy Fellowship from the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science to spend a year working in the U. S. Agency for International Development providing technical expertise to the Child Health Research Project which promoted research targeting the reduction of child mortality in third world countries. She has 19 publications and 2 patents, has received over $1MM in grants since joining SJSU. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ACS Biochemical Technology Division and on the advisory board of
instructor, would be gearedtowards relevant technical and nontechnical issues that had a bearing on the case. In this secondsession, all seven groups that made up the class contributed to the discussion. In the thirdsession, an invited speaker, a practitioner, would address the class, focusing on real issues andconcerns that only practitioners could address. During the final fifteen minutes of the thirdsession, the instructor would summarize the case pointing in the direction of: lesson(s) learned,discrepancies, if any, and how the presented case would relate to and/ or supplement theknowledge students have been exposed to in previous courses.Getting off to a good start is vital, so the first class session was an ideal opportunity to be clearabout
operations lab experiments and provides instruction for the virtualbioreactor. Dr. David Hackleman developed CBEE 416 and served as the Linus PaulingEngineer for 5 years. The authors are indebted to numerous practicing engineers for sharingtheir time and experiences with students. Finally, several faculty members sponsor seniorprojects, committing resources and knowledge.References1. Feisel, L. D. and A. J. Rosa. (2005). The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education. J. Eng. Educ., 94, 121–130.2. Wankat, P.C. and F.S. Oreovicz. (1993). Teaching engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill.3. ABET Website, http://www.abet.org/, retrieved Jan. 2011.4. Dutson, A., R. Todd, S. Magleby, and C. Sorensen. 1997. A Review of Literature
, environmental and health problems in the developing worldthrough the formation of innovative business structures that disseminate these products on thewidest appropriate scale. The GIC has played a central role in facilitating the spinoff of a varietyof CSU-related business ventures such as Envirofit [9] and Solix Biofuels [10]. Figure 1 showsan example of the GIC approach wherein research on clean cookstoves at the EECL (Fig. 1a)was transformed into a viable product (Fig. 1b) by the non-profit corporation Envirofit, whichrecently partnered with the Shell Foundation to produce and sell 10 million clean-burning stovesover the next 5 years. Figure 1 (a) Cookstove research at CSU and (b) the Envirofit S-2100 cookstove in use in India.Putting it All
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for options. For example, adesign engineer may use brainstorming for all occasions; there can be various reasons for this, Page 22.174.4some of them understandable. First, learning a new method may require some time, further,identifying which method is more appropriate to learn for the particular design problem can bedifficult. The knowledge or expertise to identify which method(s) are most appropriate for eachdesign problem, takes time to develop, and when considering multiple areas or disciplines in thedesign process, one can imagine the difficulty of becoming expert in more than one area (e.g.design quality, design creativity, sustainable
capstone senior design course objectives and outcomes are met, the senior designteams and each student is evaluated by course instructor, faculty advisor(s), two or more in thecase of the multidisciplinary teams, peer evaluation, external sponsors, Mechanical EngineeringAdvisory Council (MEAC) and by senior exit interviews. These evaluations are conductedthrough presentations, reports, staff meeting and Peer self evaluations. Grading rubrics weredeveloped for assessment during the course. It was established to assess the students on the courseobjectives and student outcomes as set forth in the course syllabus. During the two semesters the teams present their project a total seven times. During the 1stsemester the team has three presentations
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design and problem solving throughout theirundergraduate curricula. Findings are drawn from the Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A 360-degree Study of Effective Education (P360) and Prototype to Production: Processes and Conditionsfor Preparing the Engineer of 2020 (P2P) projects. P360’s qualitative data from six case studiesexamines concrete examples of effective design curricula and co-curricular activities. P2P, whichcollected quantitative data from 31 four-year engineering schools to provide information on thestructure of the design curriculum in nearly 120 engineering programs, augments the qualitativedata from P360. Both projects collected data from multiple sources: faculty, program chairs,administrators, and undergraduate engineering
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achievements for theperformance indicators, the capstone course assessment can be viewed as a significant indicatorfor the program assessment, as well. It is a best practice that the set of performance indicatorsand rubrics used for identifying the gaps and assessing the course should be developed incollaboration with the program faculty and stakeholders.References1. Henscheid, J. M., “Professing the disciplines: An analysis of senior seminars and capstone courses,” National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, Monograph No. 30, Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2000.2. Kerka, S., “Capstone experiences in career and technical education,” Practice Application Brief No16, Clearing house on Adult
studentsagree or disagree with a survey question.Question Survey QuestionNumber1 I understand which technical communication skills are needed and how they are used in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) career field.2 I can compose a standard business letter.3 I can compose a standard interoffice memorandum (memo).4 I can create a data spreadsheet and related graph(s) for the data using a typical spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel ®.5 I can compose a complete technical report including title page, cover letter, table of contents, and body of the report.6 I understand what skills are necessary for a team to function
concepts inelectrical and computer engineering at a much deeper level so that they can participate fully inthe design, construction, and testing of mechanical systems. This is forcing changes in theundergraduate ME curriculum. Starting in the 1970‟s,5,6 microprocessors have been incorporatedinto ME courses, usually in a senior technical elective or laboratory course at a number ofschools. Coursework on mechatronics, a discipline form at the overlap between mechanical,electrical, and computer engineering, exist in almost all engineering schools with minors anddegree programs available at some institutions.While a two-course sequence in mechatronics is routinely offered to seniors at Virginia Tech anda Minor in Mechatronics is under consideration
by Sheila Tobias3 and Richard Felder4 in the 1990’s are “second tier” engineeringstudents. Tobias3 defines first tier engineering students as those who have intentions and abilityto earn science degrees and do so. Second tier are students who have the initial intention andability but instead switch to nonscientific fields. For many engineering students who start atcommunity colleges or are a “second tier” student, the calculus math sequence is a key factor intheir decision to complete an engineering degree and then their time to graduation. This is due inpart to the math prerequisites required for engineering and physics courses. To finish anengineering degree in four years, a student needs to start in calculus 1 in the fall of the first
allowed waste-to-energy plants to become highly clean. 3. Explain the important issues and environmental impacts USA is suffering environmental costs by not utilizing the potential of waste to energy plants. The environmental impact is higher greenhouse gas emissions and loss of cheap electricity. 4. Recommended actions. Create awareness that waste-to-energy plants do not mean the end of recycling Streamline the process of selecting and building the incinerators Change public perception by educating them about effective operation of waste to energy plants elsewhere Government funding 5. Based on your analysis/reflection of the environmental impacts what action(s) you would like to take
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documents seemed veryuseful to evaluate any of the 3 skill areas for a pilot. However, an interesting idea surfacedregarding the team status meetings with the instructor in which an interview Q&A style could beused to gather sufficient evidence.A pilot was conducted in spring 2010 involving the capstone for Electrical Engineering as wellas Computer Engineering majors. The face-to-face meetings with the teams provided anexcellent opportunity to evaluate the skill levels. The instructor reported that each teamemployed all 3 skills at one or more point(s) during the semester. The results are shown in Table5 for all 6 teams. Good performance was observed in 2-3 teams for each skill; however, the bestteams were not always the same. No team
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improvement in the capstone courses. The first module is anintroduction to systems engineering while other modules relate to systems engineering toolsthat are taught „just-in-time‟ to support completion of the capstone design projects.Implementation Method:The SE training modules were developed by an Industrial and Systems Engineering facultymember under the consultation of the Assistant Director of Wayne State University‟s Office ofTeaching and Learning.The process began with the development of an instructional design matrix which included:Instructional Goal, Objectives, Assessment Methodology, Information Presentation, Practiceand Feedback, and the Media and Materials to be used (4). An example of an InstructionalGoal was: “Students will be able to