difficulties that may be encountered when ensconced in full-time, permanentengineering employment. This paper will detail some of the necessary elements required to makemechanical engineering and engineering technology capstone courses simulate real world workexperience and provide students with immersion in their senior design experience which engagestheir “soft skills”. It presents a method whereby the senior design course is taught by a facultywith extensive industry experience and guided by the panel of experts made up of other facultyfrom the department and industry representatives. The technique(s) presented in this paper weretailored to the traditional roles of mechanical (design) engineers in the modern industrial setting,but can be reapplied
development for faculty in their respective area(s) of expertise is imperative for theviability of any academic program and the success of the institution of higher education [1].Professors are expected to understand the subject(s) that they teach and understand how to applythe material to real-world scenarios. While research suggests that most faculty members “areinherently self-driven learners” [1], some academic disciplines, such a pharmacy education, useaccreditation councils that specifically advocate an effective continuing professionaldevelopment program [1]. This paper posits that one of the most effective ways for engineeringand technology faculty to obtain continuing professional development is through active andcontinual engagement with
Scholars in Engineering: Promoting Student Success through Cohort-Building and Industrial EngagementIntroductionThe National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (S-STEM) program provides grants to institutions of higher education to supportscholarships for academically well-prepared undergraduate students with demonstrated financialneed. The goal of the program is to contribute to the number of well-prepared scientists andengineers in the workforce by increasing the number of students with financial need who enterthe STEM workforce after completing a degree program in science or engineering1,2.In spring 2012, we received an S-STEM grant to establish the “CLEAR Scholars in Engineering
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generation project was asignificant advancement over the previous two generations. The project met all seven of Todd etal.’s criteria for an industry-sponsored project,19 although the increased scope proved to be toolarge to complete all of the objectives.The evidence of the success of this project was a third place award in a regional ASME contest.The project was also featured in an article in the university’s engineering department newsletterand in the campus-wide newspaper. The students benefitted by getting the opportunity to workon a real-world project of interest with direct applicability to JZI. The company benefitted bygetting a functional, top-quality simulator that is currently used to enhance training classes. JZIstudents benefit by
acknowledge PNM for the support of this project. Inparticular to Steven Willard, Brian Arellano and Jon Hawkins who were alwayssupportive of the educational initiatives and provide us with technical expertise. We alsolike to acknowledge the several collaborators of this project, which include Mr. CharlesKnight, Dr. David Torres, Dr. Claudia Aprea, Mr. Raul Peralta, Mr. Stephen Price, Mr.Adam Drew and Dr. Michael Beddo from NNMC.This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under AwardNumber(s) DE-OE0000230.Disclaimer: “This application was prepared as an account of work sponsored by anagency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor anyagency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any
, with a minor in fields and optics). His research interests include human-centered design and engineering; the empirical study of engineering systems; and reconfigurability of complex socio-technical systems. He is a member and the treasurer of the Purdue Karate Club.Dr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Robin S. Adams is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a PhD in Education, an MS in Materials Science and Engineering, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Her research is in three interconnecting areas: cross-disciplinary thinking, acting, and being; design cognition and learning; and theories of change in transforming engineering education
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-specific Outreach Activities within the faculty member’s annualproductivity plan thus providing significant benefits to the faculty member, to his/her students, tothe industry sponsors who support the process, and to the local economies where participatingworkforce members live and work.References1. Boyer, E. L. (1996). The scholarship of engagement. Journal of Public Service & Outreach, 1(1), 11–20.2. Ellison, J., & Eatman, T. (2008). Scholarship in public: Knowledge creation and tenure policy in the engaged university. Imagining America, Syracuse University. Retrieved from http://imaginingamerica.org/TTI/TTI.html3. Freeman, E., Gust, S., & Aloshen, D. (2009). Why faculty promotion and tenure matters to community
build better relationships between universities andcompanies by opening communication between faculty and engineers.References[1] Cox, M.F., Zhu, J., Ahn, B., London J.S., Frazier, S., Torres-Ayala, A.T., and Guerra, R.C.C.“Choices for PhD’s in Engineering: Analyses of Career Paths in Academia and Industry”.Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2011[2] Cox, M.F., Zhu, J., London J.S., Ahn, B., Torres-Ayala, A.T., and Ramane, K.D.“Recommendations for Promoting Desirable Characteristics in Engineering PhD’s: Perspectivesfrom Industry and Academia”. Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.2012[3] Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineering – Phase 1: Synthesizing andIntegrating Industry
Paper ID #8648The Effect of Cooperative Education, Contextual Support, and Self-Efficacyon Male and Female Student RetentionProf. Joseph A Raelin, Northeastern University JOE RAELIN is an internationally-recognized scholar in the fields of work-based learning and leader- ship. He holds the Asa S. Knowles Chair of Practice-Oriented Education at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business in Boston where is he also professor of management.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Professor Margaret Bailey, Ph.D., P.E. is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the Dr. Bailey is a Professor