Paper ID #5746Introduction of New Technologies in the Engineering Technology CurriculumDr. Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College Dr. Alireza Rahrooh received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Akron in Ohio in 1979, 1986, and 1990, respectively. He worked as an electronic engineer in Kurdistan from 1979 to 1984. He was involved in conducting sponsored research for the Electrical Power Institute and NASA Lewis Research Center from 1984 to1998. He was appointed to a faculty position in electrical engineering at Penn State University in 1988. In 1994, he joined the faculty of
, for twenty years, he was on the faculty of the University of Missouri’s Department of Practical Arts and Vocational Technical Education in various professorial, coordinator and leadership roles. He maintains a consulting practice in the area of third party evaluation, technology futuring and leadership and curriculum development. He received his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University and his Masters and Bachelor’s degrees at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Dr. Susan Kubic Barnes Page 23.401.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013
thirty-five years of experience in science and technology fields and has been the independent evaluator for many international programs. Prior to joining the JMU faculty, Dr. Barnes was the Director of NASA RISE, a NASA research institute at Eastern Michigan University and at the technology research center at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned his doctoral degree from Virginia Tech and authored numerous publications in Problem Solving, Sustainability, and Innovation.Dr. Susan Kubic Barnes Page 23.28.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A
Paper ID #7053Educational outcomes and effects on cross-cultural communication skills ofan international experience for undergraduate STEM students through Michi-gan Technological University’s Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Lead-ershipMadelyn Espinosa, The Pavlis Institute - Michigan Technological UniverisityHelena Keller, Michigan Technological UniversityMs. Nicole Westphal, Michigan Technological University Page 23.456.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Educational outcomes and effects on
Paper ID #6212Improving ECE Education in Sub-Saharan African Countries Using the Mo-bile Studio Technology and PedagogyDr. Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University Dr. Yacob Astatke completed both his Doctor of Engineering and B.S.E.E. degrees from Morgan State University (MSU) and his M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a full time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at MSU since August 1994 and currently serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Astatke is the winner of the 2012- 2013 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Mid-Atlantic
Paper ID #7017Seven Years of Success in Implementation of a 3 + 1 Transfer Program in En-gineering Technology Between Universities in China and the Unites StatesProf. Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton Scott Segalewitz, P.E. is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton (UD). He also serves as Director of Industrial and Technical Relations for the University of Dayton China Institute in Suzhou, China where he is responsible for establishing corporate training programs for US partner companies in the Suzhou Industrial Park, and for developing opportunities for UD students to
Paper ID #6175The Teaching and Evaluation of Technology and Engineering Concepts to Do-minican Junior High and High School StudentsDr. Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University Dr. Geoffrey A. Wright is an assistant Professor of Technology and Engineering Education in the College of Engineering at Brigham Young University.Prof. Ron Terry, Brigham Young University Ron is a Professor of Technology and Engineering Education at Brigham Young University. His scholar- ship centers on pedagogy, student learning, and engineering ethics and has presented/published numerous articles in engineering education.Dr. Steven L Shumway
Paper ID #5689Water Filters in Ghana: An Exploration of the Technology and Educationthat is Required for Sustainable Development at the Base of the EconomicPyramidDr. John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University John Farris is currently a professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University (GVSU). He earned his Bachelors and Masters Degrees at Lehigh University and his Doctorate at the University of Rhode Island. His professional experience includes designing engines for Caterpillar in Peoria and designing laparoscopic instruments for Portlyn Corporation in New Hampshire
Paper ID #5856Overview on the ”Tokyo Institute of Technology International Research Op-portunities Program (TiROP)” - Season One: 2012Prof. Jeffrey S. Cross, Tokyo Institute of Technology Jeffrey S. Cross received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 1992. He has worked at a corporate research lab, government lab, and in academia for 20 years in or near Tokyo and speaks Japanese. He presently serves on numerous international program committees at Tokyo Institute of Technology involving student research exchanges and chairs the steering committee of the Asia Oceania Top University League on
activities in Europe, Asia and Africa. Dr. Friess’ research background includes laser diagnostics, composite materials and performance optimization, and he has been active as consultant and design engineer working on a variety of projects. Current research interests focus on engineering education, sports engineering and sustainability and energy efficiency.Dr. Muhieddin Amer, RIT-Dubai Dr. Amer is a professor of Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology - Dubai. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1999. Before joining RIT, he worked for Nortel Networks in Dallas, where he held several technical leadership posi- tions in wireless network engineering
Paper ID #6987Enhancing Student Retention in Undergraduate Engineering Programs – ACase StudyDr. Ahmed Imran, Ajman Univeristy of Science & Technology, UAE Dr. Imran’s fields of interest include Engineering Education and Biomedical Engineering.Dr. Mohamed Nasor M. KalilProf. Fahar G. M. Hayati, Ajman University of Science & Technology Professor Fahar Hayati received his B.Eng. degree with honors from Sheffield University in Electronic Engineering in 1966 and the Ph.D. degree from Edinburgh University, Scotland in 1971. Since 1969 he has been extensively involved in the engineering profession and engineering educatuion
Paper ID #6264Developing Globally Aware Engineers and Scientists in NanotechnologyDr. Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology Nancy Healy is the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN). NNIN is an NSF-funded user support network of 14 universities which also provides nano-education outreach activities and programs. Her office is located at Georgia Institute of Technology, Nanotechnology Research Center. Prior to joining the NNIN in 2004, she was a program manager at the S.C. Commission on Higher Education focused on science and math K-12 issues, teacher
Paper ID #7673A Cost Effective Methodology for Pedestrian Road Crossing for DevelopingCountriesMr. Muhammad Ali, University of Florida Engr. Muhammad Ali is a graduate student of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. He earned his B.E. in Civil Engineering from the NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. He has worked for four years in United Arab Emirates and Pakistan’s civil engineering industry. His area of specialization is Transportation Engineering.Dr. Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida For more than forty years, Dr. Fazil T. Najafi has worked in government
Paper ID #6978The role of Universities in the Continuous Professional Development of theRussian Engineering WorkforceDr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West LafayetteJulia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological UniversityProf. Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University Born in U.S.S.R., Barabanova graduated from Kazan State University in 1983 as a doctor of law. In 1986, Barabanova began working at what is now known as Kazan National Research Technological University. Barabanova is a specialist in educational law, and a participant in government commissions for
Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, in 1988, 1989, and 1993, respectively. Prof. Bøhn’s research centers about geometric modeling, software engineering, and the engineering design process in a global context.Dr. David J. Dixon, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Dixon currently serves as a Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Biological Engi- neering Department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Technical University Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany during the 2009-2010 year. He is a member of ASEE and AICHE and has an active interest in improving engineer
Paper ID #7057Capstone Design Alumni SurveyDr. John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Aidoo is currently an associate professor of Civil Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute Technology. Prior to this appointment, he worked as the Bridge design engineer at South Carolina De- partment of Transportation. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Science & Technology in Ghana in 1997 and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. His research activities include repair and strengthening of buildings and bridges using Advanced Composite Materials, laboratory and field testing of
(SHERO), vice-president of Word Council on Communication and Arts (WCCA) and vice-president of R´eseau Carthag`ene d‘Ing´enierie (Cartagena Network of Engineering). He is chair of Intersociety Co- operation Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc); chairman of Working Group ”Ingenieurp¨adagogik im Internationalen Kontext;” member of the International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, member of the Board of Governors of ”International Council for Engineering and Technology Education” (INTERTECH); member of the Board of Gover- nors of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) from 2001 to 2004, from 2008 to
Paper ID #7324Developing Direct Measures of Global CompetenceDr. Jennifer DeBoer, MIT Jennifer DeBoer is currently a postdoctoral associate for education research at MIT’s Teaching and Learn- ing Laboratory. She completed her doctoral work at Vanderbilt University in international education pol- icy studies, focusing on engineering student access, equity, and success, and she completed her bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and foreign languages and literatures at MIT. Her research interests in- clude the use of technology in education in low-income contexts and the structure of engineering training for
Paper ID #6416The State of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Engineering Educa-tion: Where do we go from here?Dr. Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Flora Tsai is a lecturer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and an associate lecturer at Singapore Institute of Management (UniSIM). She has over eleven years of teaching experience for undergraduate software engineering subjects. She was a graduate of MIT, Columbia University, and NTU. Dr Tsai’s current research focuses on developing intelligent techniques for data mining in text and social media. Her recent awards
Paper ID #6402Incorporating New Trends and Teaching Methodologies: Improving State ofEngineering Education In PakistannDr. Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech. Salahuddin (Sala) Qazi holds a Ph.D., degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technology, Loughborough, U.K. He is a full Professor (Emeritus) and past chair in the School of Information Systems and Engineering Technology at the State University of New York Institute of Technology, Utica. Dr. Qazi has published several articles, book chapters in the area of fiber doped amplifiers, wireless security, MEMS based wireless
Paper ID #6299Eliciting Incoming Engineering Students’ Images of Engineering and Engi-neers at Two Mexican InstitutionsMiss Caridad Cruz L´opez, Universidad de las Am´ericas, Puebla.Prof. A´ıda Hern´andez Hern´andez, Universidad Polit´ecnica de Tlaxcala A´ıda Hern´andez Hern´andez is a Science, Engineering, and Technology Education Ph.D. student at Univer- sidad de las Am´ericas Puebla in Mexico. She teaches industrial engineering related courses at Universidad Polit´ecnica de Tlaxcala. Her research interests include design of experiments, transfer of learning from schools to the workplace, and creating effective learning
Research Organization (SHERO), Vice-President of Word Council on Communication and Arts (WCCA) and Vice-President of R´eseau Carthag`ene d‘Ing´enierie (Cartagena Network of Engineering). He is Chair of Intersociety Cooper- ation Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE- EdSoc), Chairman of Working Group ”Ingenieurp¨adagogik im Internationalen Kontext” and Member of International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, Member of Board of Governors of ”International Council for Engineering and Technology Education” (INTERTECH), Member of Board of Governors of Educa- tion Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) in (2001-2004
Paper ID #5708Transatlantic Interaction with European Project SemesterDr. Duane L. Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Abata has worked in academia for over thirty years at universities and with the Federal government around the country. He began his career at the University of Wisconsin, served as Associate Dean and Dean at Michigan Technological University and then at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. as program manager in the Engineering Directorate. From 2003 to 2004, Dr. Abata was President of the American Society for Engineering Education. Following his appointment at NSF he
Paper ID #6883International Exchange in Higher Engineering Education - a RepresentativeSurvey on International Mobility of Engineering StudentsMrs. Ute Heinze, RWTH Aachen University Ute Heinze is a research assistant at IMA/ZLW and IFU of RWTH Aachen University. She is part of the project ”Excellent Teaching and Learning in Engineering Science.” Her research interests include interna- tional student mobility and technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher engineering education.Ms. Ursula Bach Since January 2008, Ursula Bach has been a scientific researcher at the IMA/ZLW & IfU, initially in the fields of
international locations and across cultures, gaining first-hand experience during their education will be of significant value as they move forward. Page 23.1322.3Research done by our team and others in the field indicates a strong potential for internationalservice-learning based programs to meet the criteria outlined by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET)1. ABET and The American Society of Civil Engineering(ASCE) both acknowledge changing expectations for engineers entering the workforce, withstudents expected to have strong interpersonal skills such as leadership, teamwork,communication, and intercultural awareness2
Page 23.209.3 engineers need additional dimensions of knowledge in order to compete for the United States toretain its role as world leader in technological innovation.” Study DevelopmentAs a part of a continuous quality improvement program, the College of Engineering periodicallysets up study groups around specific issues. In this case the Core Curriculum and CollegeServices Committee authorized a study group around the preparation of undergraduates for thepractice of engineering in a global environment. The study group included engineering faculty,graduate and undergraduate students as well as representatives from the Office of InternationalAffairs. The initial charge to the group included to identify and define importantdimensions
Paper ID #6392Problem-Solving Learning Environments for an Introduction to Food Engi-neering CourseProf. Tammara Ram´ırez , Universidad de las Americas Puebla Tammara Ramrez is a Science, Engineering, and Technology Education Ph.D. student at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. She teaches ethics and development complex thinking skills related courses. Her research interests include faculty development, outcomes assessment, and creating effective learning environments.Prof. Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas PueblaDr. Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Professor Palou is director of
situations may benefit thedevelopment of engineers and better prepare them for the future. The “Engineer of 2020” isexpected to need strong technical skills as well as socially oriented knowledge, skills, anddispositions that will enable creative problem solving. The Accreditation Board for Engineering Page 23.840.4and Technology (ABET) and ASCE both acknowledge a change in the work environmentsengineers find themselves upon graduation, ones that require strong interpersonal skills such asleadership, teamwork, communication, and globalization10, 11. Research and instructors alike arestarting to discuss how engineering service-learning can be used to
. Page 23.646.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 GOING BIG: SCALING UP INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION TO WHOLE COLLEGE INITIATIVESAbstractComprehensive globalization in engineering design and manufacturing in the last decades has ledto fundamental new imperatives, as we consider how to effectively train and prepare our Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce to succeed in this diverse,multicultural, widely-distributed, multi-lingual research, design and production network. Overthe past 10 years, many forward-looking institutions have experimented with internationalizedcurricula and programs to meet this need, but many remain smaller
- searchers (Comit´e Mexicano de Investigadores Educativos, COMIE). Secretary of the Executive Com- mittee (2009-2013) and Member of the Network of Centers for Research in Mathematics Education. Co- ordinator of the Faculty Academy of Differential Equations in the Mathematics Department since 2009. Thesis advisor and Professor at ITESM Virtual University School of Education in the graduate programs of Education and Educational Technology and in the PhD program in Educational Innovation. Page 23.133.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 ACE: Innovative Educational