disciplines including computer applications and networking, materials properties and production processes, and quality control to improve production processes and techniques. • Plan, facilitate, and integrate technology and problem solving techniques in the leadership functions of the industrial enterprise system. • Engage in applied technical research in order to add to the knowledge of the Page 22.195.4 discipline and to solve problems in an industrial environment. • Apply theories, concepts, and principles of related disciplines to develop the communication skills required
mandated by the Bologna Declaration in 1999 and are part of a strategic plan for creatingan integration of the higher education systems in Europe by the end of the year 2010. The ECTSis an important part of this overall effort since its intent is to allow students to transfer creditsamong the diverse universities in different European countries. The countries involved in theEHEA are not limited to, nor all-inclusive of, member countries of the European Union (EU).The process leading to the ECTS has been reasonably well accepted by European systems. Asnoted by the European Students Union (1), “The three-cycle system (bachelor, master, anddoctoral degrees) and the ECTS are among the prime examples of successes of the BolognaProcess…”One significant
easily favor active methods of learning and the results may not even differ significantly frommore passive forms of learning. However, the effect of active learning methods on the highercognitive levels needed to succeed in an engineering curriculum, e.g. knowledge synthesis, maypoint out more significant effects of active learning.Another common problem in the literature is the lack of shared terminology for active learningmethods. For example, some studies classify any “hands-on” activity as inquiry basedintervention without stating the important aspects of inquiry, such as to what degree students willbe responsible to generate research questions, or who is in charge (i.e., teacher or students) todecide data collection methods. Another example
Lead the Way, apre-college engineering curriculum program, which has been adopted by over 10% of highschool and is used in all 50 states15. The goal of this program is to integrate STEM content intothe program of study for middle and high school students. Seven courses are offered through thisprogram at the high school level, some of which can be used to earn college credit. Teachers ofPLTW courses must go through professional development and training in project-based andproblem-based instruction. In a study comparing the beliefs of PLTW teachers with regular mathand science teachers, PLTW teachers were more likely to identify support for engineering intheir schools, were less likely to believe that a successful engineer must be a high
during the Summer II term in 2010, for a total of100 students.It is one of the main goals of this new course to get students engaged in STEM fieldsthrough CBI, working in teams, and performing hand-on activities as early as possible inCollege. It is important that students integrate multidisciplinary knowledge andexperience real-world situations, not only to become engaged and motivated in thelearning process but also to acquire a holistic perception of the STEM education processas early as possible in their careers5-14.2. Education with Challenge-Based InstructionChallenge-based instruction contextualizes the knowledge and provides an environmentthat is knowledge, assessment, learner, and community centered15-20 to engage students inthe
., is a Professor of the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Bio- chemical Engineering Department at UMBC, where she incorporates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering princi- ples. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development.Dr. Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Page 22.594.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Engineering in Healthcare: A Heart Lung SystemAbstract INSPIRES is an
,content-integrating and interrelating and so on (Rieley & Crossley, 2000; Cole et al, 2000;Tan & Thoen, 2000; Bradley et al, 2007) . So, the teaching approach requires faculty tobelieve and affirm that every student can learn and model good practices that increaselearning. However, the traditional teaching approach cannot develop Higher Order CognitiveSkills (HOCS) and problem-solving skills that are needed in the work (Broussard et al., 2007;Mbarika, 2003). The mission of the Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education(LITEE), created at Auburn University, is to bring real-world issues into classrooms, usingmultimedia case studies that illustrate in detail how an industrial problem is analyzed and asolution found
, especially inthe pool of potential college students. Furthermore, increasing the participation of minorities inthe sciences, engineering and math fields is also a matter of fairness. Despite the growingnumber of STEM careers in the American economy, education statistics suggest that far too fewHispanic students are being encouraged and equipped to take advantage of opportunities intechnical disciplines. According to national statistics, Hispanics are not only the largest minorityin the United States but also one of the fastest growing [3-5].In the present paper, the Catalyzing and Supporting Minority Talent Development model ispresented, it is based on an integration of proven engineering education models, undergraduateresearch experiences, and
cur- rent education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for educating Strategic Engineers those who have developed the competencies to create value through the realization of complex engineered systems for changing markets in a collaborative, globally dis- tributed environment. It is in this context that he enjoys experimenting with ways in which design can be learned and taught. Farrokh is a Fellow of ASME and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. Email URL http://www.srl.gatech.edu/Members/fmistree Page 22.681.1 c American Society for
,” and canon 6 holds that “engineers shall act in such a manneras to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity, and dignity of the engineering profession and shallact with zero tolerance for bribery, fraud, and corruption.” The CPC believed that an engineer’sobligation to serve his or her client faithfully and to be vigilant in eschewing fraud anddishonesty created a clear ethical obligation for the engineer in this case to report with strictaccuracy the time spent on his client’s project.The engineer claimed that he had initially questioned the order to falsify his time sheets but saidthat his supervisor had given what, at the time, appeared to be plausible explanations of why theoverbilling was neither dishonest nor unethical. The engineer said
book Constructing Complexity, William Mitchellreferenced to shift to digital design in architecture stating that “buildings were once materializeddrawings, but now, increasingly, they are materialized digital information – design with the helpof computer-aided design systems, fabricated by means of digitally controlled machinery, puttogether on-site with the assistance of digital layout and positioning devices, and generallyinseparable from flows of information through global computer networks.”[2]However, design exploration is an integral aspect of the design process in any discipline.Traditionally sketching has functioned as a primary conceptual design tool due to itsindeterminacy and ambiguity. Goel [3] suggested that the ambiguity in
]. Page 22.44.2Wind energy can be used in Qatar by hybridizing it with another abundant energy source like ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, Canada, June 2011solar energy. By integrating it with proper electric energy storage, a reliable and efficientrenewable electric power plant can be obtained.This paper introduces an effective solution by integrating a renewable energy source (i.e. solarenergy) with wind power plant.Other objectives of this paper are using renewable energy sources as reliable power sources withstand alone and grid connected capability which can improve distributed electric power quality.The green hybrid power plant (GHPP) is significant because of the following:- Using renewable energy sources
the development of clean and renewable energy to the forefront of futuretechnological endeavors. This has ignited considerable interests in education and research onrenewable energy methods and renewable energy systems projects. As such, there is anunprecedented priority for educating and training a technologically solid workforce with anenergy focus. Senior design examples are discussed to show our experiences of incorporatingRenewable Energy projects in the senior design course. Introduction of renewable energyprojects into our curriculum has impacted students, faculty, and university community positivelyand promoted feasibility and adoption of more eco-friendly energy technologies.IntroductionEnergy literacy and renewable energy programs
Design program for Ivy Tech Community College Columbus between 2006 and 2009. His research interests are: temporary shelter systems for post-disaster relief, living and working in extremely small environments, human-product - environment interaction, product development and usability, and human-centered design. Page 22.446.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011DESIGNING STEM KIOSKS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDENT PROJECT TO TEACH ERGONOMICS AND HUMAN FACTORSAbstractThis paper explains how sophomore-level Interior Design students in a three-dimensional studioclass were involved in
with reduced functional capabilities due toaging or disability. Research projects range from the design of sustainable and potable watertreatment technologies to the design of an anatomically correct hand.The RET at Pitt includes four major components: 1) curriculum development for Pittsburgh areahigh school teachers during an intensive summer experience, 2) teacher implementation of newengineering design units into their courses, 3) an annual design competition where the teachers’students present their projects, and 4) high school student internships in university research labs.A snapshot of the Pitt RET program’s longitudinal timeline is shown in Figure 1. The processbegins in February, when we start recruiting 8-9 new teachers into the
tomeasure the level of student and faculty engagement in the course development process. Thispartnership includes two universities in the U.S., one in Puerto Rico, and one in Spain and is inthe final year of an NSF funded project to integrate sustainability into supply chain managementand facility logistics curriculum across institutional boundaries and international time zones.Lessons learned from the assessment are used to identify progress toward learning andpedagogical development goals as well as suggest measures for overcoming engagementbarriers.IntroductionGlobal strategies and skill sets are essential to meet the challenges of the modern businessenvironment. Engineering managers and other technology-based business professionals must
. Which of the following does not describe an aspect of management? (a). Planning (b). Organizing (c). Controlling (d). Stalling (e). Directing 4. What possible roles could a civil engineer have regarding management? Choose all that apply. (a). Engineers integrate aspects of a heavy infrastructure project (b). Engineers know where to get information and resources (c). Engineers monitor the construction of their designs to ensure quality and performance (d). Engineers collaborate with an office and outside their firm/entity to ensure the best possible product in the least amount of time for the least cost (e). Engineers provide management services to subcontractors (f). Engineers have no
22.814.3on anecdotal evidence from teacher feedback to improve students’ understanding of fundamentalengineering concepts8,9,10. The Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program at theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder developed a Creative Engineering course for students at anearby high school. This course focused on hands-on design based engineering in conjunctionwith the high school curriculum and demonstrated that students had increased confidence in theuse of engineering methods to solve problems11.Research on learning styles reflects the positive impact of integrating kinesthetic learningenvironments with traditional learning structures. A recent study showed that learning is aconglomeration of a variety of interactions12. The results
onthe types of support and professional development needed to adequately prepare teachers todeliver the new curriculum. The SLIDER Fellows are an integral part of this professionaldevelopment, spending one day each week in a classroom with the SLIDER teacher, and so it isessential to determine the Fellows’ impact on curriculum implementation and teacherdevelopment. Our purpose in studying factors such as power distribution, ways teachers andFellows interact, and interdependence is to discover ways to leverage positive aspects of theteacher-Fellow relationship and identify and improve any difficulties so Fellows will have thegreatest impact possible in the classroom, both in their interactions with students and withteachers.Fellows Programs
infusion to high schools was to adopt the university-developed research course template for high school research activities14. A summer researchexperience camp involved junior and senior high school students for only science disciplines butoffered a chance to earn one semester hour of college credit and reported to establish a studentpipeline for many undergraduate programs nationwide15. Another activity offered a six-weekresidential summer research camp only for sophomores and juniors in high schools, focused onbiological, agricultural, environmental, and natural sciences and required a fee and anexpectation of a scientific report16. Also, a no-fee summer camp offered a variety of engineeringresearch topics in an eight-week session but the camp
environmental consultant prior to being employed by the Center in 2004.Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky UniversityJoseph L. Gutenson, Center for Water Resource Studies - Western Kentucky University Joseph Gutenson has been an employee at the Center for Water Resource Studies for over two years. His duties have varied but most of his time is devoted to research and field work. He is proficient in ArcGIS, creating maps for a variety of purposes. In addition, he has been a contributor to the WTI program, assisting in research endeavors, curriculum development, and student advising. Joseph graduated Magna cum Laude from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Science in Geography and plans to begin pursuit of his
AC 2011-556: INTEGRATED STEM-BASED PROJECTS TO INSPIRE K-12 STUDENTS TO PURSUE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMSIN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGQING ZHENG, Gannon University Qing Zheng received the M.Eng. degree from the National University of Singapore in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree from the Cleveland State University in 2009, both in electrical engineering. She is currently an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Gannon University. Her research interests include modeling, estimation, control and optimization for complex systems, such as chemical processes, MEMS, hysteretic systems, biological systems, power systems, etc. Dr. Zheng is an IEEE senior member and an Associate
Connections: Facilitating Student Integration of Chemical Engineering Concepts into a Coherent Framework," 2008 ASEE Conference Proceedings.10. CCR/NSF Discipline Wide Curriculum Workshops, “Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Education: Overview Presentation of Frontiers Initiative”, http://web.mit.edu/che- curriculum/statements/RCA_NSF_ChE_Frontiers_Overview.pdf, 19 May 2008.11. Akay, G.; Mackley, M.R.; Ramshaw, C.; “Process Intensification: Opportunities for Process and Product Innovation” IChemE, 597-606, (1997).12. Ramshaw, C and T. Winnington, “An intensified absorption heat pump.” Proc. Inst. Refrig, 85, 26-33, (1988).13. Oxley, P.; Brechtelsbauer, C.; Ricard, F.; Lewis, N.; Ramshaw, C.; “Evaluation of Spinning
aspects of everyday life – starting from household ovens toprofessional supercomputers. As such, curriculum in electrical, computer, andtelecommunication engineering disciplines incorporate the basics of digital systems as amandatory course. Such courses traditionally contain the design aspects of digital systems.Testing of such systems is seldom covered in those courses 1, 2. However, testing of such rapidlygrowing systems is both complex and costly 3. As a result, it has become an important part of theoverall life cycle of any digital system. Due to its importance and significance in the real world,digital system testing needs to be accommodated in the curriculum of the above mentioneddisciplines. Testing of combinational and sequential
: Using the Liaison Librarian Model to Integrate Information Literacy into a Faculty of EngineeringIntroductionThis paper will update our earlier work on an integrated approach to information literacy[1] . Our initial goal was to integrate information literacy into a technical communicationcourse in the Faculty of Engineering and to explore whether two pedagogical outcomeswere achievable within this framework: first, instantiating the benefits of an engineeringresearch report in a field where applications and design exigencies are paramount and,secondly, determining whether engineering research skills – far from being “short-termcompetencies,” as some would suggest [2] – are valuable additions to a student’s learningrepertoire
Future WorkThe objective for this research was to better understand the baseline, demonstrated informationliteracy skills of first-year engineering students by using an authentic assessment tool to evaluatewritten artifacts produced by student teams. The results of this study are consistent with theliterature in that students exhibit weakness in both gathering and evaluating information 12,17,28. Aunique contribution of this study to the literature is the finding that students had very weakdocumentation skills. While no specific criteria regarding citation style (e.g. APA, MLA, etc.)was specified in the project description, providing citations for referenced material is asignificant element of academic integrity and is discussed in detail in the
onessuitable for teaching by actually performing them and revising the protocol to fit our class needs.In this paper, we present the progress of our project and discuss the course contents and researchexperiments revised for student labs.Facilities and Course ContentsCalifornia State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is predominantly an undergraduate institution,so the author, Dr. Roger C. Lo, has been seeking to include microfluidics technology in thechemical engineering curriculum at the senior and first-year graduate level since his initialappointment in Fall 2009. Currently in the College of Engineering, there are several coursescovering some topics of microfluidics technology offered in the Department of ElectricalEngineering (EE 435
AC 2011-510: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CURRICULUMDEVELOPMENT FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES WHO ARE SOCIALLYAND ENVIRONMENTALLY JUSTCaroline Baillie, University of Western Australia Chair in Engineering Education Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Maths University of Western Australia Page 22.71.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A multidisciplinary approach to curriculum development for engineering graduates who are socially and environmentally justIntroductionThe traditional approach to teaching engineering problem solving, where students are limited tofinding
AC 2011-1570: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND DESIGN EXPERIENCESIN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COURSES ASSESSING AN IN-CREMENTAL INTRODUCTION OF ENGINEERING SKILLSAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man
classes in Chemical Engineering", Bringing Problem- based Learning to Higher Education: theory and practice, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1996, pp. 91- 99.[17] Krishnan, S., C.M. Vale, and R. Gabb," Life in PBL: two PBL teams", AAEE, 2007.[18] Ribeiro, L.R.C., and M.D.G.N. Mizukami," Problem-based learning: a student evaluation of an implementation in postgraduate engineering education", European Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 30, No. 1, 2005, pp. 137 - 149.[19] Smaili, A., and S. Chehade," Effective Integration of Mechatronics into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: A Cooperative, Project-Based Learning Model with Seamless Lab/Lecture Implementation", International Journal of Engineering