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 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
. These include projects, assignments, reflective essays, or exam questions that directly link to student outcomes and are scored using established criteria. Exams. Locally developed comprehensive exams or nationally standardized exams (FE Exam or Major Field Test). Capstone or senior-level projects provide evidence of how well students integrate and apply principles, concepts, and abilities into a culminating project. They are evaluated by faculty and/or external review teams. This is an effective assessment tool when the student work is evaluated in a standard manner that focuses on student achievement of the outcomes. Graduating senior exit
. There are a number of ways to create such a community, and no single solution is sufficient. Thebest recommendation is for the university to have a holistic approach employing multiple strategiessuch as: tutoring, mentoring, learning centers, first-year student programs, at-risk student programs ,strong academic advising, and career awareness7.Over the years, much has been done to understand and improve the retention of students8-12.Universities use problem solving recitations, and the integration of math/science/engineering intomore exciting engineering courses with more active design projects for students. Many of theseefforts have had limited success and are often overwhelmed by changes in the student bodyattending the university, changes in
student reflective learning outcomes during a final Leadership/Mentorshipcourse, after their participation in significant, experiential design projects in the University ofMichigan’s Multidisciplinary Design Program in the College of Engineering. Throughout thecourse, class discussions and assignments prompted students to reflect and examine theirpersonal experiences in engineering design projects, their learning (both technical andprofessional), leadership, and team styles as well as understand group development anddynamics.A feature of the projects was the integration of students from diverse disciplines in engineeringwith other programs such as: Art, Architecture, Primary Sciences, Kinesiology, and Business.The diverse teams provided a rich
sustainability is not neglected by simply being part of a large list of choices. • Lowered the threshold on project management. The first proposed CEPC required students to “apply principles of project management” which would have met the level specified by the BOK2. The CEPCTC considered that examples of project management opportunities in the undergraduate program include design teams for course assignments, capstone design projects, and undergraduate research. These opportunities exist in all of the sub-disciplines of civil engineering. The comments generated from constituents and the survey of the department heads demonstrated that many thought a course in project management would be required and
Paper ID #11205Improving Undergrad Presentation SkillsDr. Gene Dixon, East Carolina University Gene Dixon is a tenured Associate Professor at East Carolina where he teaches aspiring engineers at the undergraduate level. Previously he has held positions with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, Westinghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom and Washington Group. His work expe- rience includes project engineer, program assessor, senior shift manager, TQM coach, and production reactor outage planner, remediation engineer. He gives presentations as a corporate trainer, a teacher, and a motivational
that wouldplace fewer burdens on educators, while helping engineering students take the time to understandthe lessons that are afforded by engineering courses through reflective activities.To address these issues, a few researchers in engineering education have successfully designedor developed new methods and tools to support student reflection. For example, Chen et al.combined the use of weblogs and wikis with the creation of portfolios (Folio Thinking) tosupport learning and reflection in an introductory freshman seminar on design engineering atStanford University. Chen et al. indicate that a challenge in project-based design courses is thatstudents “see what they have produced but they do not see what they have learned.” They reportthat
Paper ID #11720Factors Impacting Retention and Success of Undergraduate Engineering Stu-dentsDr. 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 for assessing conceptual knowledge and
Minor Undergraduate courses + capstone 2005 Development Minor (ELDM) project [21] B.Sc. in Leadership University of Texas El Paso B.Sc. Degree Undergraduate 4 years Fall 2014 Engineering1 if the engineering leadership program is not run directly through the University’s engineering school (Institution may be embeddedwithin)2 the ELP program was a pilot program that began in Fall
Paper ID #14175Introduction of Diagnostic Problem-Solving Approach within UndergraduateDesign Courses – Application to Building IlluminationDr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering (AE). He teaches capstone, lighting, electrical, HVAC and energy design courses. He is the ABET Coordinator for the AE Program. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling, and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Dr. Megri holds a PhD degree from INSA at Lyon (France
in the engineering classroom.Dr. Paul B Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an MS and PhD Washington State University and made the switch from Instruc- tional Laboratory Supervisor to Post-Doctoral Research Associate on an engineering education project. His research area has been engineering education, specifically around the development and assessment of technologies to bring fluid mechanics and heat transfer laboratory experiences into the classroom.Prof. Robert F. Richards, Washington State University Dr. Robert Richards received the PhD in Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He then worked in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at NIST as a Post-Doctoral Researcher
follow the sameformat as the other items on the survey.The survey included a number of items about students’ perceived ability to use the practicalsoftware taught using the simulation such as “Do you feel confident using Microsoft Excel?”; “Ifyou were asked to complete a project using Microsoft Excel, would you feel: comfortable?;prepared?; confident?; able to complete the project?” This allowed the researchers to betterunderstand the students’ perceived ability to effectively complete activities using the targetsoftware.The survey also included items that asked about student prior experience with Excel, how oftenthey used MyITLab, if they attended the Exam Review lecture, and if they felt MyITLabprepared them for the exam. These items were
included:3. an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of solutions in a global and societalcontext10. a knowledge of contemporary issues13. an understanding of the elements of project management, construction and assetmanagement14. an understanding of business and public policy and administration fundamentals15. an understanding of the leader and leadership principles and attitudesAn analysis of these outcomes reveals that, while some understanding of various aspects of thehumanities and social sciences are needed to meet the outcome, there are no direct outcomes inthe humanities and social sciences.Humanities and Social Sciences in BOK2Building on BOK1, those
) Operations Research Probability & Statistics Ergonomics, Human Factors, Work Design Operations & Production Management Production Planning, Inventory Control, Scheduling Marketing Systems Analysis Total Quality Management Senior Design or Project Project Management Automation, Simulation, or Manufacturing Processes Senior Seminar & Internship or Senior Design Statistical Process Control & Quality Methods 18 hours in emphasis area Facilities Design, Material Handling, & Plant LayoutA study by Zander14 demonstrated this program content diversity found by Elrod et al13
Course and a Senior Capstone Project Design Course. College Student Journal, 47(2), 244-263. . Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1416788555?accountid=7078 11. Townend, M. S. (2001). Integrating case studies in engineering mathematics: A response to SARTOR Page 26.665.9 3. Teaching in Higher Education, 6(2), 203-215.
, students enjoyed the exposure, and they believe that this curricular enhancement was abeneficial learning experience. Future work includes integration of the Analog Discovery in higher level ElectricalEngineering courses, Capstone projects, and undergraduate research projects. The impact of this Page 26.430.11effort on the transition of students between consecutive courses will also be studied.Acknowledgements:This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award Number1255441 for Experimental Centric based engineering curriculum for HBCUs. The authors wouldlike to acknowledge the
Material Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in China in 2007. Her research interests focus on educational studies that can help improve teaching, learning, and educational policy decision makings using both quantitative and qual- itative research methods. Her current research project in National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) focuses on measuring engineering students’ entrepreneurial interests and related individual characteristics. Her Ph.D. dissertation involved using statistical modeling methods to explain and predict engineering students’ success outcomes, such as retention, academic performance, and grad- uation
teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $1 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award, and the 2007 Faculty Advisor of the Year
State University Robert M. Leicht is an assistant professor and graduate of the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the Director of the Partnership for Achieving Construction Excellence (PACE) at Penn State. Rob is an investigator in the new delivery methods study seeking to empirically capture the impact of integration on project success. Rob leads the construction engineering course dedicated to mechanical and electrical systems construction, he is the lead faculty for the construc- tion option capstone course; he teaches graduate level courses in production management and project delivery systems
26.504.2project pitch phase, mixing and recruiting phase, project development phase, projectpresentations, judging, and closing statements (Duhring, 2014). Hack-a-thons are conducted onevenings or weekends, outside of typical working hours and can range from one day to threedays. Famous design firm, IDEO, designed a version of the hack-a-thon, called a make-a-thon,which is more design-driven and centered on collaboration across silos (Zhang, 2012). Newventures and early-stage startups also use a process called teaming, which involves creatingtemporary groups to solve problems that are complex and rapidly changing (Edmondson, 2011). Developing an entrepreneurial mindset prepares students for the 21st century workplace.Entrepreneurship is defined as
nanocomposites and engineering education. He was trained as a Manufacturing Process Specialist within the textile industry, which was part of an eleven- year career that spanned textile manufacturing to product development.Meghan Daly, James Madison University Senior Engineering Student and Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Engineering, James Madison University.Mr. Cairo Jahan, Lakil Sherrell, James Madison University I am a senior engineering student at James Madison University. I expect to graduate with a B.S. of engineering and a mathematics minor in May 2015. I am pursuing a career in systems, sustainable, or environmental engineering while continuing to grow professionally by aiding my capstone project team
Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative undergraduate engineering curricula. He has authored over 70 papers and offered over 30 workshops on faculty development, curricular change processes, cur- riculum redesign, and assessment. He has served as a program co-chair for three Frontiers in Education Conferences and the general chair for the 2009 conference. Prof. Froyd is a
a. Custom resin formulations 5. Industrial Quality Assurance a. Control charting of results from testing i. Cpk studies ii. Measurement Systems Analysis 6. Capstone Projects a. Senior projects i. Resin formulating ii. Process ImprovementsAs a hands-on development tool for students through use in demonstrations or labs, studentscould experience a process not used by many at an undergraduate or even graduate level.9. SummaryThe research team was able to successfully automate the lab scale prepreg treater into acontinuous system within the prescribed budget. The treater was qualified through a processingrun that produced 23 feet of prepreg which
Page 26.422.3introduce techniques for learning innovation piecemeal over multiple courses. Consequently,teaching the processes of creative problem solving and innovation becomes disjointed amongmultiple courses. Alternately, the content could be integrated into an existing course (e.g.,capstone/senior project). Unfortunately with this approach, the students will all be from thesame institution and potentially all from the same major. A multi-institution, multi-disciplinaryexperience is highly conducive to learning creativity and innovation. More details are availablein reference 9, but in particular, one camp student noted, “Having all of us work as groups fromdifferent schools made it so that we were able to solve the problems given to us
undergraduate capstone projects) and the project or thesis research required for a graduate SE degree.6) Graduate study in SE should focus on preparing candidates for service as engineering interdisciplinarians, who think always about “the end before the beginning”.7)) The overarching goal should be to promulgate systems thinking focused on the human - made world; that is, the world emerging from system design by humans.10Entirely too much engineering time and talent is being expended addressing operationaldeficiencies plaguing the human-made world. Operational problem mitigation will always beneeded, but the dramatic payoff for humankind lies in operational problem avoidance throughsystem thinking, as recommended for addressing pervasive
management, from the University of Missouri-Rolla. As the author or coauthor of over 100 technical papers, his research interests include supply chain management, humanitarian and healthcare logistics, healthcare/medical in- formatics, and data standards. He has directed several projects funded by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Lab, and Wal-Mart Stores.Prof. Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University Dr. Corey Kiassat is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at Quinnipiac University and has a BASc and a PhD degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has an MBA, majoring in Marketing and International Business, from York University. Corey is a Professional Engineer and
fromthe knowledge, skills, and attitudes of toy Makers to advance teaching in the engineeringclassroom? Findings are presented to inform possibilities for design in engineering contexts anda multi-disciplinary, holistic attitude towards engineering education that is rising fromdiscussions on the future of engineering education.IntroductionIn undergraduate engineering academic programs, engineering design often serves as acornerstone or capstone experience, supplying context and motivations for how to construct andredesign the world. There is usually an undue burden on the instructor to seed such classes withcompelling and technically sufficient projects and provide enough structure to make a goodlearning experience.1 With this concern, it is
Paper ID #12518Supporting Students’ Plans for STEM Careers: How Prepared are HighSchool Educators in Appalachia to Help?Dr. Cheryl Carrico, Virginia Tech Cheryl Carrico is a Postdoctoral Research faculty member for Virginia Tech. Her current research fo- cus relates to STEM career pathways (K-12 through early career) and conceptual understanding of core engineering principles. Prior to her current role, Dr. Carrico spent over 25 years in the aerospace in- dustry conducting and leading R&D, design engineering, and project management for composite aircraft components. Dr. Carrico received her B.S. in chemical engineering
participating on those teams associatewith leaders and leadership. Team members strongly associated five categories of behavior withleadership: Ideal Behavior, Individual Consideration, Project Management, TechnicalCompetence, and Communication. Other leadership behaviors, including Collaboration, Training& Mentoring, Problem-Solving, Motivating Others, Delegation, and Boundary-Spanning, wereless consistently recognized, and some behaviors were valued more highly within one team thanthe other. When asked to define leadership, most team members ascribed to a mainstream view.A few team members revealed a more mature understanding of the nonpositional andcollectivistic aspects of leadership.BackgroundThe Jets and the Sharks are the largest engineering
610prototyping in the engineering design process . The introduction of inexpensive and functional 3D printing technologies into the marketplace has permitted the adoption of this technology by 1112many colleges and universities . The addition of 3D printers to engineering design spaces provides students with an authentic, industrylike opportunity to rapidly realize product concepts. The inclusion of 3D printing technology appears particularly useful in firstyear cornerstone and 1317senioryear capstone design courses . The remainder of this paper describes an approach for introducing 3D printers in a large introduction to engineering