accomplished teacher and has taught a variety of construction courses, including Construction Planning and Scheduling, Construction Project Management, Cost Es- timating I, Project Control, Proposal Preparation, and Project Implementation, among others. Sulbaran received the prestigious John Trimmer Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010. Sulbaran engages stu- dents in learning activities inside and outside the classroom continuously advocating hands-on experience and collaborative learning. He has been in the forefront of online teaching, and he was one of the pioneers in delivering online courses in the School of Construction. He established the Study Abroad program in Panama at the University of Southern Mississippi
2, first three columns). In the figure, the fourthcolumn shows total response over all semesters. Half the students come into EGR120 planningon going into ME, a quarter plan on EE, and a quarter plan on doing something else. When the1-2-3 ranks are inversely weighted and summed as Score = ∑ (4 − rank) (1)then the interest is more varied (Figure 2, far right column). 14% of the students are initiallyinterested in MET and 13% in the ITM/CM programs. In the figure, category “(Other EGR)” isstudent-added engineering disciplines other than ME or EE (that are not offered at CMICH
curricula and to create new courses to meet the New York State Education Department’s new technology standard. Zhang is also a member of the NYC FIRST Robotic Competition’s Planning Committee. This committee is responsible to provide training to FIRST mentors and high school students on robot building and programming. For the past three years, Zhang has organized numerous weekends and after school robotic training workshops for high school students.Farrukh Zia, New York City College of TechnologyDr. Iem H. Heng, New York City College of Technology Iem Heng earned his bachelor’s degree from Providence College (Providence, R.I.) with double majors in the pre-engineering program and mathematics. In addition, he earned
in strategic planning. For the case study (energy company) thefollowing custom topics were taught in three sessions (two 8 hour days per session):Session I:Communication Skills 1. Know your Audience 2. Types of Communication 3. Directions of Communication 4. Virtual Teams 5. Multi-Cultural and Multi-Generational Teams 6. Managing Difficult Communications 7. Communication and Decision Making 8. Building a Communications PlanPractical Negotiation Skills 1. Negotiation planning and preparation 2. During the negotiation 3. Concluding the negotiationSession II:Collaborative Relationships 1. Building collaborative relationships 2. Gaining trust 3. Team structure and collaboration
a consideration of Bloom’s Taxonomy13 which willinclude an appropriate range of competencies probed including Knowledge, Comprehension,Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. Additionally, the learning outcomes must beframed in terms of the goals that are expected of students, as in the two examples given above.The above-described assessments should be part of a standardized assessment plan that willinclude the following steps:1) Determine intended learning outcomes to be assessed using internal, and where possible, Page 25.1100.10external benchmarks.2) Develop two varied assessments for each outcome assessed and a criterion for
contribution with a project thesis,which is submitted to the MIT thesis advisor for approval. Most projects involve a stipend paidto the student by the company.Recent projects include: Implementation of RFID for Parts Tracking in a Equipment Manufacturing Factory Robust Product – Process Design for a Diagnostic Microfluidic Device Process Improvement in a High Volume Packaging Material Manufacturing Plant Process Improvement for Manufacturing of High Lift Oil Well Pumps Process Improvement for Manufacture of Deep Well Instrumentation Systems Development of a Logistics Resource Allocation System Supply Chain Planning of Global Electronics Manufacturer for Short Life Cycle Products Analysis, Scheduling and
effectively guide students through the complex process of operational planning anddesign. As a result, students gain insight into actual industry practices.Faculty mentoring of capstone projects is used extensively within the construction managementprogram at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). This paper describesthe overall structure of the capstone course and projects, outlines the role and expectations forfaculty mentors, and provides an assessment of the impact and effectiveness of the facultymentoring on student performance and project outcomes. Capstone students were surveyed at thecompletion of the course and asked to rate the effectiveness of their faculty mentor. An analysisof the results appears to indicate a
. She recently completed a four-year assignment from NASA headquar- ters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at the University of Texas, Austin, as a pilot for national dissemination. Her efforts in systems engineering curriculum can be located at http://spacese.spacegrant.org/. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, architecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Guerra also spent three years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for
with their abilities to teach engineering 8, 9, 10. However,many teachers have been able to overcome these barriers by using comprehensiveengineering units, such as the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) units, developed byresearchers at the Boston Museum of Science. The EiE units are designed to incorporatea science topic, an engineering discipline, and a design challenge, and provide guidancefor students to learn about and use the engineering design process consisting of five steps:ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve10. Our current research project at TuftsUniversity, entitled Integrating Engineering and Literacy (IEL), takes a similarlyintegrative approach to engineering in elementary curricula, but aims to empowerteachers to incorporate
AC 2012-5093: INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN A TECHNI-CAL UNIVERSITY USING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESProf. Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politcnica de Madrid Edmundo Tovar, computer engineering educator, has a Ph.D. (1994) and a bachelor’s degree (1986) in computer engineering from the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (UPM). He is Certified Software De- velopment Professional (CSDP) from the IEEE Computer Society. He is Associate Dean for Quality and Strategic Planning in the Computing School of the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid. From this last po- sition, he is in charge of the training for academic staff, the introduction of innovative solutions including new pedagogies, new approaches that improve student
. Assessing alternatives in terms of consequences, public defensibility, institutional barriers, etc. Engaging in reasoned dialogue or negotiations. Revising options, plans, or actions.This list highlights the complexity of the issues that engineers confront. An engineer‘s actionscan have effects on stakeholders whose existence, perspectives, and values she does notnecessarily see. An engineer does not always directly interact with the people whose livesare being altered as result of her decisions. Obviously, engineering students need to refinetheir technical competence. But it is crucially important that they develop ―soft skills‖ aswell [3]. Among these skills is the ability to identify hidden ethical challenges.Ill-Structured
Design – AASHTO-Empirical 12 9, 10 and 11 Design AI Mechanistic-Empirical 13 9, 10 and 11 MEPDG software 14 Graduate Presentations Table 2 Undergraduate Course Outline at Villanova University Topic Design Theories Tools & Software Supporting ReadingIntro to Course and Land Land use, topography, roadway GoogleEarth; Census Chapter 4 pp. 183-189,Use Planning classifications ACS 198-206Travel Demand Planning Trip generation; planning Websites; Census ACS Chapter 4 pp. 206-214
. Page 25.349.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Core Concepts and Learning Outcomes in an Introductory Transportation Engineering Course: An Evaluation of Pilot ImplementationsAbstractOver the last two and a half years, about 20 transportation engineering educators from 13different colleges and universities across the United States have been working collaboratively onan initiative to develop and implement a set of core concepts and learning outcomes for a typicalintroductory transportation engineering course. This group has developed knowledge tables forthe core concepts associated with traffic operations, transportation planning, geometric design
grappled with MIT’s unique wartime experience.Without question, the MIT administration, beginning with Karl Compton and James Killian,played a key role in MIT’s postwar transformation.1 Yet it was the Lewis Survey thattransformed MIT’s organizational structure through its “Four School Plan,” began the work ofredefining the role of the faculty at a “technological university,” and most importantly built aconsensus among the faculty for a way forward. This paper looks closely at the intense efforts ofthe Lewis’ committee—its members met no less than 119 times over the course of three years—and how their views evolved in conversation with the MIT administration. Especially amidstpresent-day concerns about the erosion of shared governance at many U.S
the‘Digital Ladies’ in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. The following sectionswill explain the various operational aspects, impacts and challenges associated with the program.Program StructureStudent board: A WiME board handles the idea-conception, planning and execution of allprofessional development and social activities. The WiME board consists of a group of 4-6women ME students. The chair of the WiME board is usually a senior student, who has severalyears of active participation in planning, organizing and participating in WiME activities. Sheworks closely with the vice-chair, who is a junior student and is the chair-elect for the next year.The WiME board consists of at least one student from each year as well as one graduate
the course spreadsheet along with regular course homework.These teaching-to-learn sessions help to ensure a level of relevance and topical interest that isdifficult to attain given the wide array of student backgrounds and the semester-to-semestervariability in student demographics. Further, the idea behind these sessions is consistent with theexperiential knowledge that one understands a subject more deeply when one is required to teachit to others. This seemingly straightforward pedagogical intervention has been surprisinglysuccessful. These sessions are often of higher quality than lectures planned by the assignedcourse instructor, and both the students and the instructor consider them the highlight of thesemester. End-of-semester
operational planning, project management, and technical sales and marketing. Prior to joining the University, Hunter worked for several companies, including IBM and Anaquest, Inc., as an engineer, engineering manager, technical sales professional, and Director of Informational Technol- ogy. At the University of Arizona, she oversees the freshman engineering experience, which includes the introductory engineering course required of entry-level students. She also teaches undergraduate/graduate courses in the Engineering Management program. She is a member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Project Management Institute (PMI), and American Society for Engineering
werecurrently working with at their home institution. The goal of the case studies was to allow Page 25.356.4participants to devise a plan for managing this research group based on the themes determined det inthe first session and the current organization and resources available to the research group.Participants often cited examples from their own experiences, but the case studies gave acommon anonymized foundation for the discussion. The questions listed in Table 1 were usedby the facilitators to guide the discussion. The first three questions applied to
engineering disciplines. The plan is for three of the six collaboratinguniversities to host an enrichment opportunity over three consecutive summers that focus onentrepreneurial education themed to the unique attributes of the host city. The first summerenrichment program was hosted at Lawrence Tech University who partnered with The HenryFord in the Detroit metro area. The first camp was focused on exploring creativity, innovation,and ingenuity as it relates to the American experience and manufacturing. In addition to learningobjectives, a goal of the program is to demonstrate the curricular enhancement of engagingmultiple institutions in interdisciplinary problem solving and to inspire students by showing themthe history of innovation in technology
self-reported feelings of confidence and preparedness to facilitate EiE activities with their students.EiE Professional Development Workshops: An OverviewThe majority of EiE professional development workshops take place at the request of a school ordistrict that is planning to have its teachers implement an EiE unit in their classrooms. (EiE alsohosts professional development workshops for teachers at the Museum of Science, Boston, albeitless frequently.) District or school-sponsored workshops are typically attended by in-serviceteachers and focus on one specific EiE unit, ideally the unit that is to be implemented by theworkshop participants in their classrooms. These workshops typically take place on a single dayand span four to six hours
program is a full-day seminar split into twosessions; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The morning session focuses on markingstrategies and planning skills while the afternoon session focuses on the TA-student relationship.Time management, task planning and communication skills are identified as crucial componentsof the TA experience and thus are the central themes of the training program. Through thistraining, TAs will be able to identify the wide range of needs in the classroom and be equippedwith the tools and resources necessary to facilitate the learning in culturally diverse settings.The individual sessions are run by the facilitators through five general steps:Identify objectivesDiscuss relevanceExpand discussionActivities &
encourage completion of a baccalaureateengineering degree in the traditional time frame. To accomplish the goal of integrating the students through academic and social supports,the proposed action plan was to implement program activities through two strategies. The firststrategy was to develop a set of student support activities that included academic, financial, andsocial components that would facilitate mentoring, community building, and retention. Second,internship opportunities were to be developed to enhance career development and post-graduatecareer preparation. However, a selection of the student support activities became non-operational. This was due in large part to the different needs that transfer students bring withthem to the
making classes were interspersed with activities thatinvolved mathematics either directly, e.g., working on traditional math worksheets or playingmath games, or indirectly, e.g., creating games or participating in discussion activities.Students were given surveys to evaluate their a) interest in games, b) technological literacy, andc) math motivation and college plans. A pre-algebra readiness test was given from the suite ofstandardized tests developed by the Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP, 2010).Decisions about math integration were based on the results, and also on conversations withadministrators, in particular their concerns that every child be able to pass the California StateHigh School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) as soon as possible
theentire test set. For prioritization, test cases are ranked based on a suitable metric (e.g., based onthe statement coverage of each test).This module also discusses the potential weakness of using minimization and prioritization forselecting regression tests. Additional test selection techniques for regression testing are alsocovered. Module 3 is most suitable for inclusion in the advanced programming course (e.g., CS4336) and the undergraduate testing course (e.g., CS/SE 4367).Module 4 – Quality Software Testing Documentation: Leave yourself more than a noteThis module covers software testing documentation standards and the importance of creatingquality documents. Students are taught about the documents such as test plans, test requirements
especially due to a fixation on a fewof the more attention grabbing aspects of the process. The most definitive and accuratedefinition found for BIM, as defined by the National Building Modeling Standard Committee ofthe National Institute of Building Sciences, is: “ . . . an improved planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance process using a standardized machine-readable information model for each facility, new or old, which contains all appropriate information created or gathered about that facility in a format usable by all throughout its lifecycle.” (2)Although there are some general terms in the above definition, it does a good job ofspecifying some of the key concepts of BIM. In its essence, a building
solutions in a global, economic,environmental, and societal context.”3 Critical thinking also supports the ABET programoutcome “a recognition of the need for, and ability to engage in, life-long learning”3. And finallycritical thinking is an essential component of “the ability to identify, formulate, and solveengineering problems”3. Other schools have reached similar conclusions4.Section two describes the Speed School of Engineering’s response to the i2a initiative, andbriefly describes some of the implementation of that response in fundamental courses common toall engineering students. Section three discusses the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)department’s plans to emphasize critical thinking in the sophomore courses Network Analysis
are chosen, but have no real input or ON power.Compliance Tasks are assigned with incentives; outsiders decide FOR agenda and direct the process.Consultation Local opinions are asked; outsiders analyze and decide on FOR/ WITH a course of action.Cooperation Local people work together with outsiders to determine WITH priorities; responsibility remains with outsiders for directing the process.Co-learning Local people and outsiders share their knowledge to create WITH/ BY new understanding and work together plans, to form action with outsider facilitation.Collective Local
Industry: Employment, Earnings, and Hours, Bureau of Labor Statistics,” September, 2009. www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iagauto.htm/ . Accessed October 12, 2009.2. Testimony of Brian T. Petty, Chairman, ITAC 2 (Automotive Equipment and Capital Goods) before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means of the US House of Representatives. Hearing on the Trade Advisory Committee System, July 21, 2009. http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/111/petty.pdf/. Accessed October 5, 2009.3. The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, “FACT SHEET: The State of the Union: President Obama's Plan to Win the Future,”4. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/25/fact-sheet-state-union-president-obamas-plan-win
assist the local school districts (K-16) teachers and administrators with STEMeducation by providing mentoring, opportunities for real life role models andshadowing opportunities for students. In addition, they do presentations on STEMCareers at the schools, and facilitate teachers in planning and implementing STEMCareer Fairs. They provide technical assistance to our TechPREP and STEM Techclubs.Local School Districts and Community Organizations – the College WISEProgram, TechPREP and STEM Tech have several partners that are communityorganizations. The Girls Scouts, Girls Learn Inc. of Long Island, a communitycenter, libraries, is just some of our partners. Our community partners, such as theGirl Scouts and local school districts, provide
Implementation Plan for ENG1001/1100 ENG1001 ENG11001) In-Class Module Introduction 1) In-Class Module Introduction (provide students (provide students with specific with specific design goals) (or re-introduction from design goals) ENG1001).2) Student construction/testing of their 2) Student modeling of a portion of their design using designs. 3-D modeling software (NX).3) Student analysis and documentation 3) Student development of a simulation to test their of project test data, both individual physical model using MATLAB. teams and class performance. 4) Student