other industry professions andcommunicate effectively across those disciplines. At the same time, economic conditions and agrowing interest in sustainability are changing the way that construction is performed, especiallyin the residential market. This change has to do with areas that are required to effectively manageresidential projects such as business plans, marketing plans, sales plans, and subcontractoragreements. The job market for CM graduates seeking jobs in residential construction has beencompetitive. In today’s tight job market, a green building professional designation will not onlyhelp set a college graduate apart from their peers, but it will also keep their educationcurrent2,3,4,7,10.There has been a push by many universities to
introduced resistdyeing techniques from Asia and Africa. For the final course project, each studentdesigned and created his or her own silk scarf using the techniques learned in class.The scarves created by the students were outstanding and exhibited their willingness totry a new design. For example, one student wanted to create the illusion of a branch ofbamboo growing along the length of his scarf. He planned three different colors: abrown foundation representing the dirt, followed by yellow changing gradually to greenand finally blue. He used Shibori techniques to design the bamboo branch, and usedscraps of silk to determine the combination of mordant and dye to yield the shades hedesired.The students kept the scarves they dyed, so photos of them
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
measurement, intellectual achievements in mechatronics and contributions to product design. He has five Patents for inventions that involve interdisciplinary areas of mechanical engineering, design and computer science. Dr. Shetty has led several successful multi insti- tutional engineering projects. In partnership with Albert Einstein College, he invented the mechatronics process for supporting patients with ambulatory systems for rehabilitation. Major honors received by Pro- fessor Shetty include the James Frances Bent Award for Creativity, the Edward S. Roth National Award for Manufacturing from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineer Faculty Award, and the Society of
• Biotechnology • Sporting Goods • Electronics/Semiconductor Industry • Material Science including textiles, polymers, etc. • Auto Industries • Aerospace IndustriesAs nanotechnology is emerging, there is a big demand for a new generation of nanotech literatestudents. Educational excellence requires exposing students to the current edge of research. Toensure that student projects are along the same trajectory that the industry is moving, educators Page 26.1183.4must continually introduce emerging techniques, practices, and applications into the curriculum.The field of nanotechnology is growing rapidly and there is an increasing
forother engineering majors. The changes include: • Addition of several hundred ConcepTests so that more than 1,600 ConcepTests are available to faculty. • Preparation of more than 350 screencasts so that links are now provided to more than 1,250 screencasts, which are located on YouTube. Screencasts are now available for eleven courses. Closed captioning was added for more than 400 of these screencasts. Page 26.1494.2 • Preparation of more than 70 interactive Mathematica simulations, which are located on the Wolfram Demonstration Project website and are accessible from
Technology. She received her B.S. in Engineering from Brown University, her M.S.E.E. from the University of Southern California, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1999. Her area of research is centered around the concept of humanized intelligence, the process of embedding human cognitive capability into the control path of autonomous systems. This work, which addresses issues of autonomous control as well as aspects of interaction with humans and the surrounding environment, has resulted in over 180 peer-reviewed pub- lications in a number of projects – from scientific rover navigation in glacier environments to assistive robots for the home. To date, her unique
several major research projects on industrial applications of sensing and Control with focus on Energy Efficiency. He is a senior member of IEEE, ISA, and a member of ASEE.Mr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Salem, Text Scope CTO , Text Scope www.text-scope.comDr. Mais Nijim, Texas A&M Kingsville Page 26.1592.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Towards an integrated Hardware And SOftware Book (iHASOB)Abstract: This paper describes a new concept of an integrated Hardware And SOftware Book(iHASOB). The proposed iHASOB platform aims at increasing subconscious or habit learning
(BB) to and within the operating rooms. Consulting with the local medical center BBmedical officers, the blood unit (BU) storage and handling logistics were defined and anautomated process for monitoring and tracking them was suggested. A real time, efficient andcost effective UHF RFID system was proposed. A senior electronic engineering technology(EET) student was tasked with the project while performing independent research under thesupervision of the faculty member. This paper presents the research findings, their analysis, andthe educational outcomes of performing research at the undergraduate level for EET students.The involvement of students in research is of utmost importance, as it provides an excellentvenue for the student to
residence hall. This coeducational program targeted high school students, and 2 male and 3 female counselors were rotated throughout the week so that the students were never unsupervised. The classroom was monitored by one engineering teacher and an undergraduate facilitator. Each day, the students were in the classroom from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm with a lunch break at noon in the university cafeteria. They would also take time during the class day to tour various engineering research buildings on campus, listen to speakers, and complete projects. After class, the counselors accompanied the students to their dorm room for a break, followed by various extracurricular activities (i.e. movies, games, kickball, etc.). The program lasted for seven days and
Paper ID #13123Using Khan Academy to support students’ mathematical skill developmentin a physics courseDr. Christine Lindstrøm, Oslo and Akershus University College Christine Lindstrøm works as an Associate Professor of Science in the Faculty of Teacher Education at Oslo and Akershus University College in Oslo, Norway, where she teaches physics and science education to pre-service science teachers. She undertook her tertiary studies at the University of Sydney, Australia, from which she has a Bachelor of Science (Honours), Master of Education and PhD in Physics. Christine’s PhD project was in Physics Education Research
numerical values (𝑞 = 2.5 litre/ sec,𝐿 = 100 m and ∆𝑝 = 103 kPa) is shown in the following output.The calculations give a diameter 𝑑 = 38.97 mm. Flow pipes are manufactured in standarddimensions, and from lookup tables the students conclude that the smallest possible pipe suitablefor this project is a 2" OD BWG 10 pipe with a diameter of 𝑑 = 43.99 mm. We also recognize thevalue of Reynolds number to ensure that our assumption about turbulent flow is correct.After these calculations, the students can change some of the premises and recalculate. Say, forinstance, that we cool the water to 5°C and use the same (standard) pipe diameter, the pressure dropis reduced with 40
freshmanIntroduction to Mechanical Engineering course. The course design combines benefits of bothteam and individual requirements. It contains both small hands on activities as well as short termhomework style assignments. The hands on activities and projects are designed to fosterteamwork in an open-ended problem solving environment. Formal assessments includeindividual as well as team homework problems, presentations, and group projects / activitiesthroughout the semester. Several of the individual and team homework problems containelements of multiple mechanical engineering areas, giving them a “tree-top view” of mechanicalengineering as they work their way through several focus areas.The objectives of this paper are to explain the lecture and lab content
seven years of experience in teaching engineering undergraduates design methods and guiding them in project based courses at UTFSM in Chile, where he also worked as a product innovation consultant for several small companies.Marya H Schnedeker, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, Tufts University Marya Schnedeker is a M.S. student at Tufts University in the Human Factors Engineering program. Her research focus is instructional design. She is currently researching methods of training novice users on CAD software and 3D printers. Page 26.244.1 c American Society for
in the way thatfaculty teach and design courses. This process is moderated through our three-stage model ofchange (see Figure 1). First, faculty are organized into CoPs through which they will innovatetheir courses. Second, faculty commit to an implement-evaluate development cycle for which theCoP must commit to collecting data about their innovations and using the data to inform iterativedevelopment. Finally, we expect that the adoption of RBIS will naturally emerge without anymandates from the leadership team or administration. Page 26.419.3Figure 1: The three key levels of transformation that form the objectives of this project; eachlayer
Institute of 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
a clear structure is present which supports the hypothesis of the researchers. Theinitial reliability and validity are supported and several exciting uses for the decision makinginstrument are presented for future research and practitioner use; it is hopeful that each of theseuses will reinforce our ability to accurately measure the quality of group design decisions.References1. Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., & Leifer, L. J. (2005). Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning. Journal of Engineering Education, 94, 103-119.2. International Technology Education Association, & Technology for All Americans Project. (2000/2007). Standards for technological literacy: Content for the study of
DoubleAdvanced). Instruction took place over about 20 class sessions spanning a period of five weeks,covering three main topic areas in succession: Math, Social Studies, and Science. At the end ofinstruction, students in both conditions played both the Posterlet and Photolet assessment games(described below).In both conditions, the lessons integrated the subject matter content within the context of a seriesof design projects. In Math, design projects included designing a house or a candy box. InSocial Studies, the project was to design a fair system for making class-level decisions. InScience, the project was to design a game that would teach people about factors contributing tothe stability of ecosystems. Throughout the instruction, we introduced and
“implant” for Distal Bicep Fracture in Athletes. bGiving the students a contextual project with relatable and recognizable applications helps ignitestudent interest and maintain engagement.Background for the design project is that approximately 5.2 million sports injuries occur everyyear which leads to yearly spending of $1.83 billion dollars on athletic injuries.12 Five percent ofthese injuries occur in the wrist or forearm, meaning that annually $91.5 million dollars is spentrepairing and rehabilitating forearm injuries. One of the most prominent forearm injuries is adistal bicep rupture. This occurs when the tendon that attaches the biceps muscle to the elbow istorn from its insertion in the bone (Figure 1). This injury occurs mainly in
stronghold in science and technology. The President Council of Advisors onScience and Technology released a report in 2012 that there is a need to produce one milliongraduates in the STEM fields for the United States to keep up with the projected demands of theeconomy. In order to achieve this, the council recommends an overhaul of the old, traditionalmethods by adopting empirically validated teaching methods and replacing traditional labcourses with discovery based research courses1. The current generation of students are millenniallearners described as students born between 1982 and 20042. These students belong to the mostethnically diverse and computer literate generation and now represent the students currentlyenrolled in colleges across the
. Garzolini, Boise State University Judith (Jude) Garzolini is the National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Project Manager for the Idaho STEP grant at Boise State University. She is responsible for managing the $1 Million grant to plan and implement activities focused on increasing the throughput of graduates in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics. During her over 23-year career in industry she worked for Hewlett-Packard Company where she contributed as both an R&D project manager and program manager in the disk drive and printing supplies businesses. Jude received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Wayne State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis. She was
past several years. Dr. Aydin is the implementor of SCTP module in QualNet network simulator (a public software). Before coming to US for graduate studies, she had also worked as a software engineer in a tech company in Istanbul, Turkey on projects such as implementation of GPS based tracking software. Dr. Aydin is also interested in computer science education and increasing the recruitment and retention of women in computing Page 26.448.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Design and Development of Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Modules for
development engineering and manufacturing content expert. He develops and teaches all related engineering courses. His responsibility as a director of Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory include the plan- ning, implementation and dissemination of research projects that are related to the need of accessibility. He received his BS from RIT and his MS from Lehigh University. His last assignment with IBM was an Advanced Process Control project manager. He managed team members in delivering the next generation Advanced Process Control solution which replaced the legacy APC system in the 300 mm semiconductor fabricator. Behm has fifteen patents and has presented over 30 scientific and technical papers at various
% 72.4% 71.4%70% 68.9% 68.6% 68.7% 67.6% 68.1% 64.5%65%60%55%50% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Figure 1. A 14-year history of Freshman retention rates.School, the reputation of its programs, and the career-readiness of its students. Students alsoview them as an important factor in their job search. Industry participation in capstone SeniorDesign projects is becoming the rule rather than the exception. All is not uniformly rosyhowever; the most commonly reported reason for students in academic
Page 26.1105.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015AbstractWe are working to create a culture of making at Bucknell University. We are doing this through a multi-path approach that makes tools widely and freely available, offers training in multiple ways, andencourages both curricular and co-curricular experiences in making. By taking existing workspaces oncampus, such as parts of the engineering project development laboratory and the sculpture studio, and re-imagining them as makerspaces, we are making tools and training more widely available without havingto start from scratch with a new facility. In addition, we are hosting “skill seminar” events whereuniversity community members can learn specific
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
experiences were the same and that there were no distinct differences betweenthe two experiences. When reflecting on the different ways that they approached problem solving in classes andin college, students often stated that in college there is a preference and focus on following theengineering design process. Some students focused on specific aspects of the process such asmodeling and planning. These are practices that they did not often engage in during theirengineering and design experiences. Two students explicitly stated that in high school, they usedthe scientific method rather than the engineering design process. Since they did not use theengineering design process and since exploration was not a component of their projects
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
environment where students gain real world experience running an IT business. Professor Justice takes extreme pride and is a great innovator in the area of experiential learning and ser- vice. Experiential learning and service contributes to the integration of theory and application by creating an environment where the students learn by doing or apply their theory in service learning projects, prac- tica, internships, games, and simulations. The Living Lab for CIT was created out of the need to provide a business environment for students to give them a taste of a ”real” IT environment. A secondary purpose is to provide service to internal and external clients. The Living Lab has served many internal and external
various formswithout being bound to a static location3. Construction personnel, who until recently werelimited to the office when performing coordination and communication functions, now havemobile devices and wireless networks that allow for nearly unlimited access to digitalinformation, as well as input and output capabilities while on the construction site4. Page 26.1612.2The Construction Site and Mobile TechnologiesTo do a project right you need the right tools. In the construction industry, those tools are notlimited to tools in a toolbox. The construction team, both in management and in the field, needthe right tools to maximize productivity