professional activities have included projects in East Africa, Central America, the Middle East, Alaska’s North Slope, and throughout the ”lower 48 states.” His current activities at Texas A&M cover a wide spectrum from K-12 outreach and recruiting to undergraduate curriculum design to retention, monitoring, and post-graduation engagement.Dr. Debra A Fowler, Texas A&M University Dr. Debra Fowler serves the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M Uni- versity. Following 16 years working in industry she completed a Ph.D. is in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives
engineeringprograms should make efforts to integrate the best researchers in the bachelor level education.Project based learning, industrial internships, capstone projects and the elaboration of bachelorthesis have proven to be successful strategies that we strongly recommend. The main differences Page 26.574.11that we identified in Mexican and ABET international process were the criteria related toProgram Educational Objectives, Student Outcomes and Continuous Improvement aspects, whichare not explicitly included in the Mexican criteria. The quality systems that are beingimplemented in higher education can be of help to establish successful continuous
Page 26.1658.13 entrepreneurship education and capstone projects while exceeding ABET requirements. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.Ohland, M. W., Frillman, S. A., Zhang, G., Brawner, C. E., & Miller, T. K. (2004). The effect of an entrepreneurship program on GPA and retention. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(4), 293–301.Petersen, O. G., Jordan, W. M., & Radharamanan, R. (2012). Proposed KEEN initiative framework for entrepreneurial mindedness in engineering education. In ASEE Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX.Rideout, E. C., & Gray, D. O. (2013). Does entrepreneurship education really work? A review and methodological critique of the empirical literature on
Epsilon). His research interests involve first year engineering course analysis, authentic projects and assessments, and K-12 engineering. Page 26.1280.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Providing Authentic Experiences in the First Year: Designing Educational Software in Support of Service Learning ActivitiesIntroductionEducators have often sought to incorporate experiential learning into the curriculum through theuse of authentic, reality-based projects. One mode that has been successfully employed is servicelearning, where classroom instruction is combined with
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Building the Design Competence in Industrial Engineering Junior Students through realistic constraints of the Operations and Logistics LaboratoryAbstractThis paper provides a laboratory development experience through a product design projectwith junior students of the Industrial Engineering (IE) program in Universidad del Norte,Barranquilla, Colombia. In the course “Productive Systems Design” (PSD) the students hadthe opportunity to develop their final project according to the needs of the Operations andLogistics lab, which serves around 6 courses of the IE department. Students wereintroduced to a challenge: to design a product with its manufacturing process
paper thereby serves as an innovative way to expose technology students to this difficult topic and gives them a fresh taste of Python programming while having fun learning the Discrete and Fast Fourier Transforms. 1. Background Engineering departments are often confronted with the necessity to update laboratory exercises and equipment with the latest emerging technological trends within tight budget constraints. Another challenge faced by departments pertains to satisfying the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) criteria for capstone senior project experience within the curriculum. In this paper we will explain how we attempted to solve these challenges by exposing students to new emerging
provided the sixteen units required to support the demandsof the course as well as a unit used by the professor for demonstrations and three units reservedfor student based projects such as those associated with the capstone sequence.Lab SequenceThe original lab manual was limited to a procedural introduction to various functionalities ofPLCs and was constrained by having only eight available training units. Because the typicalclass had approximately 30 students, each group generally had three to four people. This limitedthe participation of all group members to very little actual hands-on time spent with the trainer. Page 26.526.5In redeveloping
completionof the course, students will be able to: 1. Complete a flowchart of how to solve a problem; 2. Use a computer program to solve an engineering problem; 3. Correctly and clearly plot the results of calculations; 4. Program a microprocessor; and 5. Use software to accurately represent a 3-dimensional object.Prior to this curriculum change, mechanical engineers were not all exposed to microprocessorprogramming. A number of students employed them in club, competition, or capstone projects,but this was generally a minority. Department faculty decided to seize the opportunity in thisnew course to introduce microcontrollers to all mechanical engineering students. Not only is itan engaging way of exercising and reinforcing recently
Paper ID #13903The ”Minty Boost R ” as an Exciting Laboratory Experience in Learning PowerElectronics and InstrumentationDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities
NanoJapan: International Research Experiences for Undergraduates(NanoJapan IREU) and the RQI Research Experiences for Undergraduates (RQI REU)programs for comparison because both programs are funded by the NSF, headquartered at RiceUniversity, recruit participants from universities nationwide via a competitive selection process,enable students to participate in cutting-edge research in fields related to nanoscale and atomic-scale systems, phenomena, and devices, and require participants to present topical researchposters on their summer projects at a summer research colloquium as a capstone experience.The NanoJapan: IREU Program, the key educational initiative of the NSF PIRE grant awardedto Rice University in 2006, is a twelve-week summer program
valve dis- ease. Currently, she is investigating cyber-based student engagement strategies in flipped and traditional biomedical engineering courses. She aspires to understand and improve student attitude, achievement, and persistence in student-centered courses.Dr. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause is professor in the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory
interest in socio-scientific issues, and how they saw the role ofethical reasoning in their future profession as an engineer.Brief field notes taken after each interview helped in the preliminary data selection. Two of theinterviewed students, Tom (a junior-year engineering major) and Matt (a junior-year computerscience major), talked about weaponized drones as part of their interview. They had writtenabout this topic in their sophomore year as part of a capstone research project in the STSprogram. Besides the thematic congruence, another thing that caught our attention was that bothstudents regarded drone warfare to have negative consequences but, to different degrees, wantedto absolve the designing engineers of bearing responsibility.One of us
engineeringsciences to place them closer to the engineering side of the spectrum. As a consequence, thecreation of the engineering programs could be accomplished through additional classes inmathematics, expansion of use of this new material in existing classes, increase in designexperiences in the curriculum, and the expansion of the capstone project experience. The need toadd significant additional new content as new classes was limited to the areas of Design forManufacture and Assembly and Machine Design. Table 1 summarizes the courses offered in thenew program. More details on the challenges of creating a program by transition will bediscussed in a later section of this paper. Page 26.393.5
) at Queen’s University, Kingston, On- tario, Canada in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Educational research interests include engineering education development, cultural change in higher education, higher-order thinking develop- ment and assessment, outcomes-based data-informed continuous improvement, educational data visual- ization & reporting and authentic performance-based assessment.Ms. Natalie Simper, Queen’s University Natalie Simper coordinates a Queen’s research project investigating the development and measurement of general learning outcomes. Natalie comes from an Australian Senior-Secondary/ Post-Secondary teaching background, with experience at the State-wide level in curriculum
Paper ID #11940Engaging Freshmen Women in Research – Feedback from Students and BestPractices for FacultyMs. Terri Christiansen Bateman , Brigham Young University Terri Bateman is adjunct faculty in the Brigham Young University College of Engineering and Technol- ogy where she has worked with Women in Engineering & Technology at BYU, numerous mechanical engineering capstone senior design teams, and the Compliant Mechanisms Research Group. She received her bachelors and masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from BYU, and also worked at Ford Motor Company as a manufacturing and design engineer in Automatic
Vibrations and undergraduate level capstone design courses, thermodynamics, Measurement c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #11637 Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. One of Professor Orabi’s most recent projects involves the development of learning modules. These modules provide undergraduate engineer- ing students with improved learning of basic, conceptually-difficult engineering concepts in the context of a basic knowledge of finite element analysis.Prof. Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific Kyle Watson earned his B.S. in mechanical
Engineering Technology. In 2001, she joined the Spacecraft Technology Center as an Assistant Director where she was responsible for the structural and thermal analysis of payloads. She served as Director of the Space Engi- neering Institute and in 2010 she accepted a position with the Academic Affairs office of the Dwight Look College of Engineering where she oversaw outreach, recruiting, retention and enrichment programs for the college. Since 2013, she serves as the Executive Director for Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships with responsibilities to increase opportunities for undergraduates engineering students to engage in experiential learning multidisciplinary team projects. These include promoting capstone design
Paper ID #11121The Paul Peck Program: A Multi-Year Leadership Development ProgramMs. Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Ms. Alistar Erickson-Ludwig serves as the STEM Program Coordinator in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. She focuses on outreach and education programs for current undergraduates, k- 12 students, and the community. She concentrates on the Greater Philadelphia Seaperch Underwater Robotics Competition, Summer Diversity Program, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, and Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at Drexel, among others. In collaboration with
manufacturing. The challenge for MFS online lies in successfullyreproducing the learning experiences that arise during face-to-face teamwork activities andinteractive projects. This means moving the MFS online involves creating online equivalents forsignificant interactive team work and activities ranging from laboratory experiments on differentmanufacturing processes, team-based product design with physical products/in softwareplatforms and their assessment to simulating manufacturing system and supply chain operations.To help students master the complex technical concepts and skills and to give them a foundationin creativity and teamwork, these interactive aspects of the coursework are critical. The goal of the MFS degree program at the
Paper ID #12319Effect of Implementation of JTF Engagement and Feedback Pedagogy OnFaculty Beliefs and Practice and on Student PerformanceDr. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause is professor in the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory
external training organization 9. Review of creativity and innovation in the engineering design process Introduction of final projects. 10. Requirements and constraints of final project. 11. Brainstorming for final project. 12. Building models of final project. 13. Refining models of final project. Presentation of draft model to peers and peer review of models. 14. Refining models of final project. Presentation of draft model to peers and peer review of models. 15. Submission of final project and presentation of final projects to peers. Page 26.748.9 Wednesday Thursday
Paper ID #12965Maker: Twisted Sister RoverDr. Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology Dr. Andy S. Zhang received his PH.D. from the City University of New York in 1995. He is currently the program director of a Mechatronics Project in the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. For the past 10 years, Dr. Zhang has been working on bringing mechatronics technology to the undergraduate en- gineering technology curricula and on helping high school students to learn mechatronics through FIRST Robotic Competition events.angran xiao, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York Angran Xiao is
Paper ID #12326Surveying industry needs for leadership in entry-level engineering positionsBeth Lin Hartmann P.E., Iowa State University Beth L. Hartmann is a Lecturer of Construction Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU). A retired U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer (O-5), she currently teaches the design-build capstone course for civil and construction engineering students and the construction engineering learning community. Hartmann received her Bachelor of Art in Architecture and her Master or Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Construction Engineering and Management from ISU in 1989 and 1996
assignment was utilized to allow students an opportunity to creatively expresstheir understanding of a particular topic(s) that had been discussed in class. This activity wasgiven near the end of the semester and in some ways served as a “capstone” project for thestudents. Students were allowed to select a topic(s) based on the course readings, class lecturesand discussions, any of the video segments, or topics brought up through the guest lectures. Inaddition, students were encouraged to consider the topic of their short paper as a springboard fortheir creative projects.Students were required to submit a proposal, in 250 words or less, that included an overview oftheir proposed project. Abstracts were submitted electronically through Blackboard. In
educationalopportunities. The area of T-shaped education, that touches several of the key competency areas,will be used as an example.Collaborative ProcessFigure 1 illustrates the four schools that came together as a “dense network”3. The process tochoose these schools was the result of an exercise at the 2011 annual winter meeting of KEENthat challenged the group to seek dense networks of schools with synergistic opportunities.Baylor, University of Dayton, University of Detroit Mercy and Villanova recognized that eachengaged with industry in varying and complementary ways. The University of Dayton had anextensive industry sponsored project system tapping local industry in the Ohio area; theUniversity of Detroit Mercy had extensive co-op and industry-sponsored
State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The
Paper ID #11437Measuring the Complexity of Simulated Engineering Design ProblemsMs. Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison Before becoming interested in education, Golnaz studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illi- nois at Urbana-Champaign with a minor in Spanish. While earning her Bachelor’s degree in engineering, she worked as a computer science instructor at Campus Middle School for Girls in Urbana, IL. Along with a team of undergraduates, she headlined a project to develop a unique computer science curriculum for middle school students. She then earned her M.A. in mathematics education at
working in a marketing research firm. Practicumexperiences also allow students to design and develop a project in which they applyknowledge and develop skills such as a doctoral student preparing the components of anonline course. Service Learning Experiences are distinguished by being mutually beneficial for bothstudent and community. Service learning is growing rapidly and is considered a part ofexperiential education by its very nature of learning, performing a job within the community,and serious reflection by the student. Service learning involves solving some of society'sissues; such as, homelessness, poverty, lack of quality education, pollution, etc. One of thegoals of service learning is to help students become aware of these issues
betweenintention, participation, and skills (e.g., leadership, creative thinking)11–16 or investigate theimpact of entrepreneurship education on student outcomes (e.g., retention)17–19. However, withnotable exceptions20,21, these studies do not consider students’ socio-demographic characteristicsto evaluate or assess programs. Much can be gained by considering socio-demographic characteristics, as numerousempirical studies in higher education show that these characteristics, such as gender, race, andpre-college academic preparation affect students’ college experience22. A notable exception isDuval-Couetil et al’s. (2012)20 multi-institutional study of engineering capstone courses. Duval-Couetil et al. (2012)20 found that while engineering major
, dispositions, and worldviews. His dissertation focuses on conceptualizations, the importance of, and methods to teach empathy to engineering students. He is currently the Education Di- rector for Engineers for a Sustainable World, an assistant editor for Engineering Studies, and a member of the ASEE Committee on Sustainability, Subcommittee on Formal Education.Ms. Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology Sarah Brownell is a Lecturer in Design Development and Manufacturing for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She works extensively with students in the mul- tidisciplinary engineering capstone design course and other project based elective courses, incorporating