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prototype along withlessons learned may be passed on to follow on teams in the development of refined prototypes.We highly encourage faculty members to employ this approach in developing new labware andcourseware. All material discussed in this paper is available from the corresponding author.AcknowledgmentsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the Hewlett Foundation for their sponsorship of the EWSI-UW Curriculum Improvement Grants that sponsored this project. References (student co-authors listed in bold)1. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs – Effective for Evaluations During the 2011-2012 Accreditation Cycle.” ABET, Inc. October 30, 2010.2. S. F. Barrett and C.H.G. Wright, “For Students By Students
faculty exchange student exchange or established short term faculty –led study abroadprograms. Most schools offer scholarships for their students and provide services to aidinternship opportunities. Such support garners interest in the field of engineering, as well asprovides a means to an end for those students who aspire to experience cultural variety in theircareer(s).New Challenges for Construction EducationThe education of construction engineering is traditionally designed to train students for technicalinformation in construction and building, structural management. Admittedly, there is nohesitation about the importance of teaching core engineering and analytical skills to our students.On the contrary, it is pertinent to educate them as
only difference between the two groups will be around the method ofinstruction (i.e. animation or, alternatively, static diagrams).We recommend that our colleagues include animations, developed with an eye toward thestudents' background, when teaching the operation principles of electronic devices such as theBJT.Bibliography1. Karmalkar, S. (1999). Simple unified elucidations of some semiconductor device phenomena. IEEE Transactions on Education, 42, 323 – 327.2. Benesen, L. & Robinson, B. (1983). A study of the mathematics requirements for Israeli technicians and Page 25.700.7 practical engineers. International
this increase is due to the 0course getting the status of a regular S-2009 S-2010 F-2011course as opposed to a special topic Semester-Yearcourse or the course being classified asan undergraduate course. Prior to the Page 25.721.4Fall-2011, Nanotechnology-1 course was Fig 1. Number of students enrolled as a functionoffered at 600-level which allows of semesters and years, F: Fall, S: Springundergraduate as well graduate students to take a 600-level course. Fig. 1 has also thestudent enrollment data from our earlier NUE project (2007-2010, NSF-EEC 0634218).A.1. Description Nanotechnology
, velocity and acceleration profiles; examples using Excel 2.2. S-curve velocity profile derivation of kinematics formulas for position, velocity and acceleration profiles; examples using Excel and MATLAB 3 Multi-axis motion 3.1. Slew motion Uncoordinated motion of individual axes of a machine. Solved examples of motion profiles
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intendedobjective. We had at least two translations per questions that were compared, which resulted inCATS-S v1. For the second activity, ten (10) graduate students from civil engineeringparticipated in a pilot study. They were asked to answer all 27 items of CATS-s v1, rate theclarity of each question, and provide suggestion to improve unclear questions. Nine (9) of thestudents completed their BA at a Hispanic University from Latin America. CATS-s v2 was thencreated after analyzing their responses. Finally, the third activity completed so far consisted oftesting the protocol to identify if bilingual students exhibit the same misconceptions (commonerrors) than those currently identified in CATS. Ten (10) Hispanic senior students from the civilengineering
work on design projects provided and supportedby the local industry and professional societies such as IEEE and ASCE. Types of the designprojects that the local industry is interested in include: completely new design to perform specifictask(s), modify or improve existing design, and solving problems in some industrial operations.Teaming skills can be improved through the use of a structured framework using a Team ProcessDocument (TPD), which is a general document that can be used by students and faculty advisorsto outline goals and objectives and to facilitate communication among team members. Whenused properly it provides a method that facilitates good teamwork and organization. It is not astand-alone method for developing good teamwork, but
-simulations have been integrated in the teaching of courseELEG4223 “Photonic and Electronic Materials and Devices”. The student survey results arepresented in the paper. Students’ responses show that they believe that the VR simulations arevery helpful in increasing their understanding of nanotechnology.1. IntroductionThe fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology have rapidly developed and received enormousamount of attention in recent decades1. The U.S. has long been playing the leadership role inresearch and development of emerging nanotechnologies. To maintain its technological andeconomic leadership, there are emerging needs for U. S educators to change and enhance theinfrastructure for nanotechnology education2. Rapid development in
. Page 25.119.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Versatile Platform for Teaching MechatronicsAbstract Mechatronics courses typically include a project which allows the students to integrateand apply their knowledge in the design, construction and testing of a real mechatronic system.At one extreme, these projects can be free-form. The students think of an original device andthen deal with all aspects of engineering development from parts procurement to final testing ofthe full-up system. At the other end of the spectrum students are given prebuilt systems andmust program them to perform certain task(s). These often take the form of small mobile robotsthat are run in a
ability to use that knowledge to solve problems, which providesolutions that further increase knowledge1. Unfortunately, cognitive development related toknowledge collection has been the primary focus of education in the past.Active learning has been a topic of numerous papers and research since the 1970’s and continuesto be the focus of research and methodology discussions of instruction at all levels. Thetechniques of active learning are designed to move the focus of education from primarilyknowledge acquisition to include the solution-based strategies that teach the “whole” student.Originally designed for face-to-face instruction, active learning now must be taken into thenewer realm of on-line and technology enhanced learning. Figure 1
schools for a particular college or university as well as the number ofstudents who enroll from those high schools are useful in evaluating future outreach programs.If we label the number of high schools who have graduates attending a university and the numberof students, Fs, from each school (s) attending the university, then we can characterize the usefuloutput of the feeder high schools through a single number, the f-index, for a given academic year.In any given year, an institution of higher education has index f if f of the number of feeder highschools, H, have at least f students each entering the institution where the other (H –f) schoolshave less than f students each. Cumulative f-indices can be easily created for periods of
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Women Engineers in the Middle East from Enrollment to Career: A Case StudyAbstractThis study investigates the status of women engineers in Lebanon as a case study in theMiddle East region. Through this study, the author investigated the following questions:What are the motives behind female‟s decisions to choose engineering major? What arethe difficulties that female engineers have encountered in their transition from universityto workplace? And what are the perceptions of female regarding the essential skills for asuccessful engineering career? An online survey with Likert-scaled items was completedby 327 female engineers graduated from different universities in Lebanon and working indifferent locations around the world
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experiment server while still maintaininga secure level of communication. With this interface, no add-ons or plug-ins will need to beinstalled on any computer, and anyone with a web browser and internet access will be able to usethe interface to control an experiment remotely.AcknowledgmentsThis work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers EEC-0935208, EEC-0935008, and DUE-0942778.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography[1] Ambrose, S. A., & Amon , C. H. (1997). Systematic design of a first-year mechanical engineering course at Carnegie Mellon
Due in One WeekObjectivesThe objective of this laboratory is: Getting familiar with the various motion types and associated instructions utilized in TP ProgrammingProcedure Generate a TP program that writes your first or last name in a font system similar to ARIAL and also in cursive.Deliverables Name of your program(s)/robot(s) and its/their output (name written by the robot) Instructor Initials ____________________ Grade _________ Page 25.1050.4 ENGR 4700 - ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LABORATORY ACTIVITY 3 – TP MOTION PROGRAMMING
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experienceto make the idea of STEM more appealing to a wider, diverse group of students.Acknowledgment:The program described in this paper is run by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion ofMichigan Technological University under coordination of Ms. A. Step. The author of thispaper is not a staff member of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion. The author is anassistant professor at the Michigan Technological University and has served as Research Page 25.1214.10Undergraduate Academic Advisor for several students participating in the program.References:[1] S. C. MichiganWorks. "Building the Bridge to Tomorrow’s STEM Careers." http://www.scmw.org
. Taran and Carter,44 Mee and Teune,45and Robillard46 indicate that trust is central to team collaboration in most professions. Taran andCarter state, “Becoming worthy of trust and learning to trust are active processes that require theparticipants to communicate and interact.” (p.99)44 In Morell de Ramirez et al.’s study, in orderto build trust among team members, “students are given a seminar on organizational behaviorand participate in a number of hands-on activities to expose the newly formed teams to situationsthat accelerate team cohesiveness”. (p.434)43 Brown, Flick and Williamson suggest that buildingtrust is one of the important components of social capital that should be taught in engineering.47They summarized that “development of
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engineering disciplines. Currently thereis not enough research data available to substantially validate this claim. In addition there is a‘myth’ that PhDs are not hired at the institutions where they received their PhD. This paperattempts to quantify the hiring pattern in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the top 10Mechanical Engineering research programs in the United States.This is important as people who have trained at great length and expense to be researchersconfront a swindling number of academic jobs4. In 1974, fewer than 30% of all science andengineering (S&E) Ph.D.s were working in industry, and more than 45% were in tenure-trackfaculty positions. By 1999, the trend had reversed with nearly 38% S&E Ph.D.s who had received their
AC 2012-5131: IMPORTANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH INENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSDr. Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology Sidi Berri is a professor and the Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department of New York City College of Technology.Dr. Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology Andy S. Zhang earned his master’s in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York in 1987 and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1995. Zhang’s research areas include materials testing, composite materials, CAD/CAE, engineering animation, and mechatronics design.Dr. Gaffar Barakat Gailani, New York City College of Technology
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remediation in spatial visualization by PSVT:R Pre-Test for all engineering and sciencefreshman students. Based on the Pre-Test results, all students who scored lower than 60% will berequired to take a spatial visualization course. After the training course, all those students whofailed the Pre-Test have passed the Post-Test. It is recommended that even earlier detection andremediation would be more helpful. Testing incoming engineering students and offeringintervention before they arrive on campus and begin their foundational first year course wouldfurther increase student success.8. References[1] Sorby, S., "Educational research in developing 3-D spatial skills for engineering students”, International Journal of Science Education, Vol. 31