(ABET). In a project-based learning environment where students are highly motivated, professionalism can be easilyintegrated into the curriculum. Iron Range Engineering, a newly established project-basedprogram, has given considerable attention to professionalism and has incorporatedprofessionalism in the curriculum as a course series. In this paper, we discuss the Iron RangeEngineering program, professionalism activities, ABET outcomes associated withprofessionalism and the integration of professionalism in the curriculum.1- IntroductionSince the publication of Engineer 20201 (and before) and the modification on accreditationcriteria made by ABET, professionalism has been an important subject in the engineeringeducation2,3. The expectations of
prepare engineers to fulfill their cultural and civicresponsibilities. For an engineering educator, it is vital to inculcate in the engineering students,the importance of studying humanities that can open up their minds to the use of creative ideasfrom great minds outside of science. Humanists claim that the state-of-the-art scientificknowledge techniques that engineers learn in their college curriculum have a limited shelf life. Ifthey master the humanities, it can provide tools for extending that shelf life. One of the mostimportant aspects of engineering is effective communication, both verbal and written.Humanities study can strengthen the ability of engineers to work and communicate with others.Importance of HumanitiesA number of engineering
Paper ID #6217Interconnecting the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Through An Inte-grated Multicourse Model Rocketry ProjectDr. Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Matthew J. Traum is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [2007] where he held a research assistantship at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN). At MIT he invented a new nano-enabled garment to provide simultaneous ballistic and thermal pro- tection to infantry soldiers. Dr. Traum
several. The technology beingnew, students are often misled by an incomplete understanding of the subject--understandingBIM as an acronym for 3D design, rather than appreciating BIM as a process of sharing andsimulating information. Teaching BIM as a process versus a single software package is acommon issue that may be effectively addressed through a stepped progression of smallerpackets of information spread in different courses throughout the curriculum, so called ‘verticalintegration.’ Vertical integration of curriculum supports a comprehensive understanding of asubject and the means and methods that form its core. Further, vertical integration of curriculumhelps students retain knowledge from year to year as repeated exposure to a subject
implementation includes integrating BIMwithin specific courses such as scheduling,7 estimating,8,9,10 engineering graphics,11 MEP(mechanical, electrical, and plumbing),12 or project management.13 Other programs aremodifying their curriculum by adding specific stand-alone BIM courses.14,15 Cooksey and Schiffstate that “introducing BIM to students is more complex than just adding a new course to thecurriculum, because BIM has the potential to be involved in the entire program.”16 However,they further clarify that integration of BIM within the curriculum should correspond with thestudent’s academic maturity.16 While individual CEM programs have to balance how to bestutilize BIM within their individual unique curriculum, it is clear that there is an
development engineer in crashworthiness. He hast taught extensively at both undergraduate and graduate levels in civil and mechanical engineering disciplines. Page 23.356.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 CURRICULUM DESIGN OF STATICS AND DYNAMICS: AN INTEGRATED SCAFFOLDING AND HANDS-ON APPROACHABSTRACT Statics and Dynamics are necessary fundamental components of the engineeringcurriculum for Mechanical Engineering (ME), Civil Engineering (CE), and some otherengineering disciplines. Students typically take these courses at the beginning of their second
Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Introducing a Business Acumen into an Engineering CurriculumAbstractThe Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at the Western NewEngland University began an effort to integrate business acumen into the ECEcurriculum. The effort started in academic year 2011 – 2012 with two required lab-basedECE courses and one lecture-based design elective course. For academic year 2012 –2013 the effort has been expanded to include four additional lecture-based courses.Students enrolled in the Junior EE Lab sequence, EE Lab I (EE 319) and EE Lab IIa (EE323), are required to develop a budget for each lab experiment. The budget is an estimateon the costs associated with performing the lab experiment. Students
Learning and Engineering EducationIn most parts of the world, engineering education started and took roots in early to mid-nineteenth century. Itwent through, like other specialized streams, the changes with respect to liberal education. Only a few decadesago, it incorporated liberal education in its curricula. Today the engineering educators wholeheartedly agreewith statements such as ―humanities and social science courses are very important in preparing engineers‖ andthat the undergraduate engineering curriculum should ―prepare students to assume community leadershiproles.‖10. Cherrice and Klein 11 point out that many of the engineering ―grand challenges‖ require a multi-disciplinary approach and integration of engineering and liberal arts
Paper ID #5987Development and Assessment of an Innovative Program to Integrate Com-munication Skills into Engineering CurriculaDr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the associate dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering and holder of the Ned Adler Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. He obtained both his baccalaureate and master’s degrees from LSU ME and his doctorate from Purdue University’s School of Mechanical Engineering. He has been actively engaged in teaching, research and curricula development since
been shown to helpthe student connect theory with a practical application that increases the relevance of thepotential solution8. Case-based instructional methods have long been used in engineeringeducation, almost exclusively in the context of ethics where “there is widespread agreement thatthe best way to teach professional ethics is by using cases.”9Less common is the use of the case study method to integrate business learning, specificallyentrepreneurship concepts, with core engineering curriculum. Weaver and Rayess,10 on behalf ofthe KEEN Network, have developed a series of short case studies across a variety ofentrepreneurial situations that are incorporated into various engineering courses. Garcia et al.11tested an entrepreneurial case
derivative graph; this way, process of visualizingthe antiderivative is becoming an important fact at the first contact with calculus, where theFundamental Theorem of calculus takes a special place as background knowledge throughout thecourse.IntroductionThe development of new digital technologies must have a positive impact in the learning processof Mathematics, but the speed that is characteristic of this development limits the time needed tounderstand the importance of these resources and their inclusion in the courses. On the otherhand, a traditional curriculum, the standard in many classrooms, actively resists questioning andcreates difficulties in the establishment of defined criteria that can guide us into making allies outof technologies
three-year leave from Rose-Hulman, Tom served as CFO and CEO of a 140-person network management systems business. In 2007-08, he used his sab- batical to study entrepreneurship in Indiana and assist start-ups as Educator/Entrepreneur in Residence at Indiana Venture Center. He has been advisor/director for several high tech firms and has been involved in national efforts to integrate entrepreneurship and engineering education. Since his retirement from full time teaching, Tom has co-authored an updated edition of Forecasting and Management of Technology, teaches part-time, continues his research and writing on innovation and entrepreneurship and works in an advisory capacity with several emerging firms. Dr. Mason
Paper ID #7518A Modular Approach of Integrating Biofuels Education into Chemical Engi-neering CurriculumDr. Qinghua He, Tuskegee University Dr. Q. Peter He is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tuskegee Univer- sity. He obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University at Beijing, China in 1996 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering in 2002 and 2005 from the University of Texas, Austin. His current research interests are in the general areas of process modeling, monitoring, optimiza- tion and control, with special interest in the application of data
properties of materials. Page 23.1019.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Rationale for a Required Course on Signal and Power Integrity in Computer Engineering Curriculum AbstractTwo aspects of digital systems are digital logic design and digital circuit implementation. Theformer is a standard required subject in an electrical and computer engineering curriculum. Thelatter is usually taught as a senior elective or more often as a graduate class. While the formerhas become simpler, easier and more abstract, the latter has become more analog, moreintegrated
Paper ID #7318Developing a cross-disciplinary curriculum for the integration of engineeringand design in elementary educationMs. Emily Ann Marasco, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary Emily Marasco is a graduate student in electrical engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, Canada. She received an undergraduate degree in computer engineering and a minor in music from the University of Calgary in 2011. Marasco is a registed Engineer-In-Training with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, and is a member of both ASEE and IEEE.Prof. Laleh Behjat, University of
experiential understandings of the world 11 . Theknowledge integration perspective suggests that learners create understandings through a processof adding, sorting, evaluating, distinguishing, and refining ideas from their wide-rangingparticipation in life (i.e. classroom, culture, and routine engagements). An instructionalapproach using knowledge integration pinpoints essential processes that assist students toconnect related ideas to elaborate and develop their understandings. This perspective translatesinto an instructional approach that maps on very well to engineering design12, and forms thebasis for WISEngineering curriculum design, assessment, and subsequent revision.The KI framework can be used to examine the connections students make among
Engineering Education, 2013 Integrating Online Identity Management Tools in a Complete Social Media Literacy Curriculum for Engineering and Technology StudentsThe management of one’s online identity - defined as the sum of information available about aperson online - is becoming very important for engineering and technology students entering acompetitive job market. In an age when employers review Google search results, LinkedIn andFacebook activity, in addition to the traditional resume1, students need to be able to craftprofessional online identities that represent their skills and personalities accurately while servingtheir career goals. However, with the abundance of social media accounts, online information,and the complexity of
” engineeringcourses throughout their entire engineering curriculum represents a new “authentic-learning”approach toward teaching engineering to students. Medical Schools and Law Schoolspredominantly use authentic learning, or experiential learning, techniques to teach our futuredoctors and lawyers.3 Engineering education has been slow to follow their lead in this regard,basing almost all instruction on lecture-based and laboratory-based teaching methodologies,rather than authentic learning methodologies. However, in the Spring semester of 2010, aneducational initiative was begun to determine the value of integrating semester-long, Project-Based Design Streams (PBDSs) into the entire electrical engineering curriculum. Due to theexceptional response by the
provided students with an integrative, hands-on learning experience. The course,SmartSurfaces operated as a “multidisciplinary, hands-on, think-tank” and enrolled students fromthe Stamps School of Art & Design (A&D); the Department of Materials Science andEngineering in the College of Engineering (MATSCIE); and the Taubman College ofArchitecture and Urban Planning (ARCH). The three-credit course was offered by each of theunits and was operated as a ‘meet-together’ model (i.e. it was listed in each unit’s offerings as aseparate course that met at the same location and time). The course was team-taught by threeprofessors (one from each unit). All three professors attended each class meeting - 6 hours; oneday a week; for a semester (this is
Paper ID #6885Collaborative Research: Integration of Conceptual Learning throughout theCore Chemical Engineering Curriculum – Year 2Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Dr. Milo Koretsky is a professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He currently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel faculty fellow and has won awards for his work in
Paper ID #7675Evaluation of the Effect of Wireshark-based Laboratories on Increasing Stu-dent Understanding of Learning Outcomes in a Data Communications CourseDr. Craig A Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University Craig A. Chin received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Florida International University in 2006. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering technology at Southern Polytechnic State University. His research interests include biomedical signal processing, pattern recog- nition, and active learning techniques applied to engineering education.Dr. Leigh SharmaDr. Garth V
activity, students calculate the frequency needed to drive an electric motorat a several differed speeds (RPM). The students then program a variable speed driveunit and use a strobe light to determine if their calculations were correct.In the mechanical power conversion curriculum, students gain insight into componentssuch as bearings, gears, chain drives, motors, lubrication, and vibration analysis. Thelearning lab provides hands-on problem solving activities in each of these areas. Thepurchase of specialized mechanical power transmission learning modules weresubsidized by local industries who realized the need for engineers and technicalmanagers with problem solving abilities.Sophomore levelThe sophomore level fluid power course also makes
company TVSCOM, Mexico City, Mexico, designing teletext products, first as a Design Engineer and later as a Design Manager. In 1995, he joined the Me- chanical and Electrical Department, Universidad Iberoamericana as an Associate Professor. From 2002 through 2008 he was with the DSPS R&D Center’s Mobile Wireless Communications Technology branch, Texas Instruments Dallas, TX and in 2008 he moved to the nanoMeter Analog Integration Wireless branch where he worked as Analog IP verification technical lead. In 2009 he worked for Intel Guadalajara, De- sign Center in Mexico as Front-End/Back-End technical lead. In 2009 he joined the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department at the
Paper ID #6332Real-time EEG signal processing based on TI’s TMS320C6713 DSKDr. Zhibin Tan, East Tennessee State University Dr. Zhibin Tan received her Ph.D. at department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University in 2011; From 2011 to present, she is an assistant professor at the department of Engineering Technology, Surveying, and Digital Media at East Tennessee State University. She is teaching in the biomedical engineering technology program and electrical engineering technology program. Interested research areas include engineering education, digital signal processing, biomedical signal processing
components are unclear on thesyllabus and suggested that workshops or talks can help clarify them. They also suggested thatfew design components such as Background Survey & Patent Search, Statistical Analysis &Experiment, Economic Analysis & Mass Production and Reliability & Sustainability Analysiscould be combined. An additional comment was that the grading was confusing if a senior and ajunior work on the same paper. These comments will be implemented in the new improvedversion of syllabus for spring 2013.References 1. Wilczynski, V., Douglas, M., (1995) ” Integrating Design Across the Engineering Curriculum: A Report From the Trenches,” Journal of Engineering Education, v84 n3 p235-40 2. Nicolai, L.M., (1998
Paper ID #7544Development of an Internet-delivered Communication Curriculum for Grad-uate Women in STEMDominic R. Prim´e, Arizona State University Dominic.Prime@asu.eduDr. Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State UniversityDr. Amy K. Way, Villanova University Amy K. Way (Ph.D., Arizona State University) is an assistant professor at Villanova University. As an organizational communication scholar, she draws upon critical and feminist theory to inform engaged qualitative research. Her research takes a discursive approach to processes of socialization of identities across the lifespan to understand how discourses organize
Paper ID #8004Development of an Open-Source Concurrent Enrollment Course that Intro-duces Students to the Engineering Design and Documentation ProcessProf. Richard Cozzens, Utah Educational Network This paper will be presented by four of the TICE Grant Curriculum Development Team members: Richard Cozzens Professor at Southern Utah University Jeremy Farner Professor at Weber State University Thomas Paskett PhD Isabella Borisova Professor at Southern Utah UniversityMr. Jeremy Ray Farner, Weber State University Assistant Professor Design Engineering Technology Weber State University, Ogden Utah Bachelors in Design
Paper ID #6448Pre-Service Teachers’ Engineering Design Practices in an Integrated Engi-neering and Literacy ExperienceDr. Kristen Bethke Wendell, University of Massachusetts Boston Dr. Wendell is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction Center of Science and Mathematics in Context. Page 23.973.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pre-Service Teachers’ Engineering Design Practices in an Integrated Engineering and Literacy
Innovations in Software Engineering Education: An Experimental Study of Integrating Active Learning and Design-based LearningABSTRACTSignificant advancements have been made in engineering education in recent years. An importantoutcome of these advancements is the integration and extension of fundamental pedagogies as part ofengineering curricula, as well as the need for continued research into the effectiveness of thesepedagogies on students’ learning within engineering knowledge domains. In this paper, we focus on anengineering educational research study in the domain of software engineering. This study considers theimportant research question of the efficacy of traditional lecture-homework-project teaching approachescompared to peer-to
Paper ID #7047Work in Progress:Developing an integrated motion capture and video record-ing for pediatric biomechanical studiesDr. Mohammad Habibi, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Habibi is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at the Minnesota State University-Mankato. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering. Fol- lowing his postdoctoral appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he joined the Iron Range Engineering (IRE) Program in August 2011. The IRE is an innovative, 100% project-based, upper division engineering program located in