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Kathryn Schulte Grahame; Diane Schilder; Christos Zahopoulos

2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Can Real-life Projects in Engineering Classes Result in Improved Interest and Performance in Clean Energy Careers? Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Diane Schilder, Christos Zahopoulos Northeastern University/Evaluation Analysis Solutions, Inc. / Northeastern UniversityAbstractWith funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Northeastern University has beenoffering the Early College Experience (ECE) program to Boston Public high school seniors withthe goal of increasing their interest in Clean Energy careers. The ECE program has provided highschool students the opportunity to take a college-level Engineering Design course that

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Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

in science and engineering. Since 2006,the program has recruited 50 doctoral students to perform a combination of experiential two ormore mentors. Interdisciplinary scholarly outputs were tracked through progress reports, surveys,and online databases. Both Nanomedicine trainees and mentors reported a significant increase ininterdisciplinary activities, including publications, presentations, and funded research proposals,as a direct result of the program. To determine whether trainees were sufficiently prepared for acareer in Nanomedicine, graduates of the program were tracked through social media. Nearly90% of graduates were found to have pursued careers in health care. Currently, 43% of graduatescontinue to perform research or develop

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Moses Tefe; Tara Kulkarni

in industry, but majority proceedwith careers in academia. While doctoral programs are pursued in large research universitieswhose focus is to produce researchers that are able to conduct rigorous scientific studies2,3, notall academic careers are research focused as other institutions lay more emphasis on teaching3.Most of the time, however, graduate programs do not provide adequate preparation for academiccareers2, so only a few graduate students receive any formal preparation in teaching while ingraduate school4.The environment for the training is thus radically different from the environments in which mostof the faculty jobs exist today. These are small public and private colleges, public comprehensiveuniversities, and community colleges

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Corinna Fleischmann; Elizabeth Nakagawa; Tyler Kelley

. The demanding schedule resultsin just one free elective over the four year course of study. Graduates of the USCGA CEprogram have the opportunity to pursue a variety of career paths within the U.S. Coast Guard(engineering and non-engineering), therefore the CE program educational objectives (PEOs) arepurposely broad and aim to meet the needs of the U.S. Coast Guard in and out of the field ofCivil Engineering. The CE PEOs are to produce graduates who1: 1) Are prepared for professional practice in engineering positions as U.S. Coast Guard Junior Officers 2) Are prepared for a variety of U.S. Coast Guard career paths, based on their abilities to apply fundamental engineering principles in dynamic technological environments

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Colleen Symansky; Hudson Jackson; Kassim Tarhini

, construction sitevisits and semester-long team projects. In addition to providing significant assessment data tofulfilling ABET accreditation requirements, the course is viewed as vital in preparing futureCoast Guard officers for successful careers as civil engineers in both Coast Guard and the privatesector after graduation.A unique course requirement is the application and coordination of several term projects withother courses. One of the design projects incorporates a cross-disciplinary design projectcoordinated with two other courses: Geotechnical Engineering Design and Reinforced ConcreteDesign. This combined project focuses on the complete design of a Coast Guard facility thatincludes a multi-story building, retaining wall, bulkhead, pavement

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Leonard Anderson; Michael Davidson

applicants and sophomore transferstudents from the Civil Engineering Technology Program.The mission of the Civil Engineering (BSCE) program at Wentworth Institute of Technology is to “providea high quality undergraduate education that prepares graduates with the appropriate knowledge, skills,and attitudes to successfully begin a career in the civil engineering profession and continue to growprofessionally and personally throughout their career”. The mission of the program is accomplishedthrough the program curriculum which include courses with traditional lecture course, lecture/ laboratorycourses, design project courses, and two mandatory Co-op semesters.Civil Capstone Design - Course structure, scope and scheduleCivil Capstone Design (CIVE 650) is

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Sigrid Berka

degrees: a B.S. in an engineering discipline, and a B.A. in a foreign language. Intheir 4th year they go abroad first studying for one semester at one of our partner universitiesin Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, or Spain, followed by a six-monthinternship in a company in the foreign country, in the second language.The paper will discuss the context of educating engineering students for global careers the sequencing of a model of local to global research and internship engagement the academic framework, supervision and credit transfer guidelines for advisors examples of successful student engagement in various areasKeywordsGlobal engineer, international engineering education, undergraduate

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Jeffrey R. Mountain

issues in mechanical engineering and related fields.(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern 11. Utilize techniques, skills and modern engineeringengineering tools necessary for engineering tools (including CAD/CAM) necessary forpractice. mechanical engineering practice. 12. Develop broad based technical skills and knowledge, strong work ethic, integrity, and leadership skills that will lead to successful careers in

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Matthew Stein

that can benefit students significantly when introduced in the sophomore year. Allof the conjectural results described in the first section were confirmed by direct survey. The authorconcludes that the inclusion of SolidWorks not only improves the teaching of Dynamics, butstrengthens the entire engineering program by equipping students with the tools for lifelonglearning early in their career. 8 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference We plan on continuing this use of SolidWorks in the Dynamics course and may expand itsapplication to other

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Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala

,engineering technology majors, learning attitudes.IntroductionMany college students regard physics as a very difficult subject. They often hesitate to takephysics or change their career paths to avoid taking physics. To improve teaching methods,numerous faculty members are conducting rigorous research on how students learn physics1-4. Infact, physics departments of more than 20 well known universities offer PhD degree programs inphysics education research5. As a result, the physics education research field has produced alarge volume of literature over the past decade. Many physics faculty are aware of these findingsand many adapt these discoveries in their classrooms6-12. It is very difficult to determine the bestmethod of teaching that improves

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David Willis; Jeremy Vaillant

/introductory_electives.html, last ac- cessed 3/22/2015. 4. http://eeic.osu.edu/first-year/, last accessed 3/22/2015. 5. http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/academics/undergrad/firstyear/common, last accessed 3/22/2015. 6. http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/ge/es140/, last accessed 3/22/2015. 7. http://www.eng.ufl.edu/students/career-resources/egn1002/, last accessed 3/22/2015. 8. http://engineering.tufts.edu/docs/IntroEngF12.pdf, last accessed 3/22/2015. 9. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/resources/advising/orientation/upload/ENGRI- Offerings-2013-FINAL.pdf, last accessed 3/22/2015 10. J. Weitzen, D.J. Willis, E. Maase, S.P. Johnston, M. D. Rashid, A Methodology for Re- structuring Our first year Introduction To Engineering

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Ashwag G. Battarjee

training should be carried out as an ongoing process toprovide opportunities for career growth and job satisfaction. Deeper training on basic concepts ofmedical care will ultimately contribute to improvement of quality in global health care.d) I mpr oving patient car e and safetyThe other factor that influences global health is the patient safety and care. Most reviewedresearches show that patient care and safety is closely related to cost, the competency of healthcare workers, level of motivation and the care facility equipment. Patients from low income areasare unable to access quality healthcare. A conducive working atmosphere such as the patient tonurses ratio, appropriate funding by the government, involvement of nurses in the decisionmaking

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Prerana Pal Karmokar; Shwetha Krishna Pondicherry; Elif Kongar

Journal of Project Management , 325-336.6. Boggs, M. (2014). Innovative approaches to procurement.(Management & Careers). Government Finance Review, , 46.7. Denyer, D., Kutsch, E., Lee-Kelley, E. (., & Hall, M. (2011). Exploring reliability in information systems programmes. International Journal of Project Management , 442-454.8. Doloi, H. K. (2011). Understanding stakeholders' perspective of cost estimation in project management. International Journal of Project Management, , 622-636.9. Fortune, J., & White, D. (2006). Framing of project critical success factors by a systems model . International Journal of Project Management , 53-56.10. Garel, G. (2011). A history of project management models: From

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Md. M. Rashid; Mahbub Ahmed

articulated in the syllabus should match. For example,professors who expect to take an expert role should clearly communicate this in their syllabi, justas those who adopt a more student-centered approach should communicate this (Baecker1998)16.3.6 Describe rationale of the course: An effective syllabus describes its rationale – it discusseswhy this course satisfies departmental or institutional requirements and how it fits into studentsmajor, or why it is a valuable elective or why it is important for their career. It should answer thefollowing questions to the reader. Why does this course exist? What is the content? Why should 9