Fellow of ASEE in 2008 and of ASME in 2012. He holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, an M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from RPI, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton.Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California, San Diego Dr. Bertram Gallant is a Lecturer with the Rady School of Management and Director of the Academic Integrity Office at UC San Diego. She is also the Outreach Coordinator for the International Center for Academic Integrity (Clemson University).Dr. Robert G. Melton, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkDr. Shiyu Liu, Pennsylvania State University Shiyu Liu is a postdoctoral scholar at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering
success.References[1] J.S. Lamancusa, J.E. Jorgesen, and J.L. Zayas-Castro, “The Learning Factory – A New Approach to Integrating Design and Manufacturing into the Engineering Curriculum,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 2, January, 2013[2] K. Yelamarthi, J. Slater, J. Wu, and P.R. Mawasha, “Engineering Management in an Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project,” Balkan Region Conf. on Engineering and Business Education. vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 153–156, August 2014[3] Z. Siddique, “Structuring Senior Design Capstone to Develop Competencies,” ASME Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Design Education, vol. 7, August, 2012
, University of PittsburghProf. Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University Kristen Parrish is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environ- ment at Arizona State University (ASU). Kristen’s work focuses on integrating energy efficiency measures into building design, construction, and operations processes. Specifically, she is interested in novel design processes that financially and technically facilitate energy-efficient buildings. Her work also explores how principles of lean manufacturing facilitate energy-efficiency in the commercial building industry. Another research interest of Kristen’s is engineering education, where she explores how project- and
professional level, and describing the interactions betweenthe use of standards, integration, formalization, level of effectiveness, and degree ofunproductive tension between Program Management and Systems Engineering. The surveyquestionnaire that emerged contained 39 questions that explored the organization (e.g., industrysector, annual revenue, and location), program characteristics (size of the program, budget,duration and main result), processes (e.g., main standards and practices, tools and techniquesadopted) and professional characteristics such as background, years of experience, andengineering and program leader responsibilities in the organization. Data were collected during the fall of 2012. An invitation to participate in the study was
required mechanics sequence in a new integrated format to sophomores beginningwith the Fall 2009 semester. As shown in Table 1, the classical sequence of coursework insubjects of Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Fluid Mechanics, and Civil EngineeringMaterials was replaced with a series of three four credit courses. An overview of this curriculumrestructuring process is provided by Glynn et al.1 and Wadzuk et al.2 A Body of Knowledge(BOK) approach was used to identify the key concepts to be included in the three new courses.3 Page 26.780.2 Table 1 – Old and new mechanics curricula in CEE at Villanova University
education, there has been lack of measures toaddress the fundamental integrity of the online learning environment. This results in lack ofacceptance of online degrees by potential employers12. In addition, only a few faculty membersaccept the value and legitimacy of online education13. To address this issue on academic integrityin online education, the WCET developed, in 2009, a statement of best practice strategies topromote academic integrity in online education. The statement is organized into five discretesections: institutional context and commitment, curriculum and instruction, faculty support,student support, and assessment and evaluation14.The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions has developed the interregional guidelinesfor the
,like the New Jersey Project. This 1986 conference developed an inclusive curriculum that beganas distinct women’s studies and evolved into curricular integration of race, ethnicity, class andgender, introducing both content and methods. By 1996, the project grew to involve more than100 faculty members in two- and four-year higher education institutions; it was followed by theCurriculum Mainstreaming Teaching Initiative that involved faculty from New Jersey, Maryland,Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, California and Tennessee.History textbooks in British Columbia tended to add content about women’s issue in sidebarsand asides from the main text. This “filler feminism” trivialized the contributions of women anddepicted a subservient, lessor role
Page 26.863.2found that introducing American engineering education style could stimulate the Chinesestudents’ creative thinking and help them apply their knowledge at a higher level 1, 5. Theybelieved that the application of the successful experiences of American higher education couldbe an asset to the development of the Chinese engineering curriculums 7.During the last decade, the Chinese higher education programs started modernizing theircurricula to meet the demands from the rapid growth of the global economy 7. Through thecollaboration among Chinese universities and universities in western countries (especiallyAmerican universities), engineering educators tried to integrate the best practices from theAmerican engineering education with
Paper ID #14207An Assessment of the Graphic Communications Skills Needed by Construc-tion Management GraduatesDr. Joseph A Wright P.E., University of Wisconsin Stout Joseph A. Wright has 21 years as a university lecturer/professor in construction management with an em- phasis on contract administration. He has 15 years experience in industry as a Project Engineer/Manager on oil and gas and infrastructure projects. Current research interests include pathways for integrated project delivery and the use of software to enhance communication through the project process
, if not expertise in, each of the four mechatroniccomponents.The course described in this paper, MSE 5183 Mechatronic Systems I at Lawrence Tech, servesas an entry-level graduate course for students enrolled in the Lawrence Tech Master of Sciencein Mechatronic Systems Engineering (MSMSE) program as well as a technical elective forundergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and BiomedicalEngineering. For many undergraduate and graduate students, this course serves as a firstexperience with the integration of sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers. Control theory is notintroduced but is instead offered in subsequent courses.Mechatronic Design ProjectBefore discussing course modifications and assessment, the
career as an engineeringstudent. The benefits of this approach can be summarized as follows: Individual accountability for success as an engineering student Setting the goal of graduating with an engineering degree and developing a plan to achieve the goal will result in more efficient students, potentially reducing the time to graduation, and reduce the number of students who “drift aimlessly” through a curriculum Students will perform better in all courses The skills students develop to be an effective engineering students are the same skills they need in their later career Learning to apply general student development topics from the course to their personal development planThe focus
University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indian (2009). His current research interest includes smart sensors and integrated microsystems, microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems, Nanoelectronics, and Smart Devices.Dr. Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Dr. Aldo Morales was born in Tacna, Peru. Dr. Morales earned his B.S. in Electronic Engineering, with distinction, from Northern University (now University of Tarapaca), Arica, Chile. He has an M.Sc. Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from University of Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Currently, he is a professor of electrical Engineering at Penn State Harrisburg. Dr. Morales was the PI
Paper ID #13942Letting students learn through making mistakes: Teaching hardware andsoftware early in an academic career.Dr. Derrick Rodriguez P.E., Colorado School of Mines Dr. Rodriguez is a Teaching Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He has taught over 30 courses and specializes in Thermal/Fluid Systems.Prof. Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Jenifer Blacklock is the Assistant Department Head in the Mechanical Engineering department at Col- orado School of Mines. Jenifer is active in the Undergraduate Curriculum in the Mechanical Engineering
Paper ID #12147An Automatic Grading and Feedback System for E-Learning in InformationTechnology EducationDr. Peng Li, East Carolina UniversityMr. Lee Toderick, East Carolina University Page 26.179.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 An Automatic Grading and Feedback System for E-Learning in Information Technology Education1. INTRODUCTIONIn the past few years, new, e-learning, virtual hands-on labs have been deployed in theInformation and Computer Technology Program at East Carolina
, and provides faculty development workshops on effective teaching. In 2006, the Kern Family Foundation named Dr. Carpenter a Kern Fellow for Entrepreneurial Education recognizing his efforts to bring innovative team based problem solving into the engineering curriculum to promote the entrepreneurial mindset. In addition to his work on ethics and entrepreneurial skills, Dr. Carpenter is an accredited green design professional (LEED AP) and practicing professional engineer. As founding Director of the Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute, he conducts research on water management and routinely provides professional lectures/short courses on innovative stormwater treatment design and its role in Low Impact
provides support in the development of new lab exercises and integration of new equipment and components in all of the undergraduate laboratories. Page 26.1635.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Upgrading Digital Signal Processing Development Boards in an Introductory Undergraduate Signals and Systems CourseAbstractThis paper presents the results of a controlled one semester study where students responded to ahardware upgrade from the Texas Instruments TMS320C6713 DSK development board to theBeagleboard-xM platform in the laboratory associated with the first
Paper ID #12630From Pretending to Engineering: An examination of students’ dynamic en-gagements in Novel Engineering design activities (Fundamental)Mary McCormick, Tufts UniversityDr. Jessica Watkins, Tufts University Page 26.804.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Pretending and Engineering: An examination of students’ dynamic engagements in Novel Engineering design activities (Strand: Fundamental)IntroductionRecent reports, frameworks, and assessment criteria1-3 have
engineers must be taught to becreative and flexible, and topics of renewable energy are an effective vehicle for developingmulti-disciplinary instruction using a variety of content disciplines and academic standards.Preparing engineering students with the skills and knowledge required to be tomorrow’ssuccessful engineers in the 21st century. Our educational strategy, embedded in our program’scurricula, is based on experiential learning (including also self-directed learning), on discoveringsolutions to design problems that are sustainable, and is focused on helping students to recognizethat they are part of a global community. Throughout our curricula we offer a relevant andvalidated curriculum that prepares students for post-graduation success
. Client companies can leveragethe advanced capabilities of graduate students to address business challenges and have theopportunity to interact with and evaluate potential recruits.The successful integration of open-ended client projects into a graduate course poses challengesfor all parties involved. Assessment of students’ experiences with such a project can guide futuredecisions about the structure of projects that best meets the needs of students, clients, andfaculty. This paper presents the results of a study of students’ experiences with an open-endedclient project in a graduate course. The study participants are master’s, doctoral, and advancedundergraduate students enrolled in graduate courses at two different universities. The content
). Stagl et al. 15 summarizecurrent work in team leadership research and find that “the totality of research supports thisassertion; team leadership is critical to achieving both affective and behaviorally based teamoutcomes” (p. 172). Hill 16, supports this position in her team leadership chapter. In thedevelopment of their integrative team effectiveness framework, Salas et al.17 assert that leadershipplays a central role over the lifespan of the team, claiming that despite the complexities of teamleadership, “most would agree that team leaders and the leadership processes that they enact areessential to promoting team performance, adaptation, and effectiveness.”17 Additionally, Salas etal.17 assert that team leaders play an essential role due to
interesting and beneficial to have these existing global engineering challenges as part of theircourse curriculum. Efforts of SPEED India and IUCEE with respect to grand challenges will becontinuously monitored and measured.Reference:[1] David D Delaine. “The Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED) –Empowering the Global Engineer”, SEFI Annual Conference (2009), Rotterdam, Netherlands.[2] http://iucee.com/ Page 26.661.11[3] Rohit Kandakatla, Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, “Diversification in Engineering Educationthrough Indian Student Forum: An Experimentation Project in India“, 2014 World
students), then integrate that advice into an action plan. • Students in a difficult circumstance are not always good at integrating and acting on advice. The UGO staff discovered that students often did not follow up with ODOS (which was always part of our advice), or if they did, subsequent follow-up with the UGO or ODOS was lacking. Students struggled to manage and act on the on-going conversations across the UGO and ODOS offices, especially when they are in a Page 26.1049.4 compromised state due to their circumstances. • ODOS was not near the engineering precinct. The ODOS offices are centrally located on
coaster project allows students to investigate and creatively apply their analytic skillsto an ambiguous, real-world problem that they are highly motivated to explore. It both reinforcesthe underlying curriculum and also helps students develop intellectually, as the project isdesigned to teach that dynamics isn’t so much about looking for the “right answer” as it is aboutchoices and simplifications made in modeling reality.Although roller coaster design projects have been used as the basis for entire undergraduatecourses and also in STEM activities for pre-college students, the author is unaware of a similarproject being included as part of a first course in dynamics. For this project, students in teams ofthree were tasked with designing
during her freshman year she earned the basketball Rookie of the Year award for her conference. Page 26.112.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Student-Led Approach to Promoting Teamwork in an Introductory Engineering PresentationAt the Polytechnic School of Engineering of New York University, formerly known asPolytechnic University, a first-year required course, Introduction to Engineering and Design, hasbeen a core part of the curriculum for many years. As part of this course, student teams areexpected to solve one of eight independent
- ods for integrating information literacy knowledge into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Prof. Van Epps has a BA in engineering science from Lafayette College, her MSLS from Catholic University of America, a M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is currently working on her PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue.Mrs. Nastasha E Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 26.275.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Badging Your Way to Information Literacy: A Comparison of Competency-based andTraditional Classroom
Science from the University of Illinois. She started at Michigan Technological University in the Fall of 2012 as an Instruction & Learning Librarian.Dr. Paul J. van Susante, Michigan Technological University Dr. van Susante received his BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology. He was invited to do research at the Colorado School of Mines and received a MSc and PhD in Engineering Systems (Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering hybrid). He started at Michigan Technological University in Fall 2012 as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and has been focused on teaching junior and senior engineering design classes as well as educational and curriculum development. He is coordi- nator
Paper ID #12167What makes an undergraduate course impactful? An examination of stu-dents’ perceptions of instructional environmentsDr. Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexandra Coso is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to her time at Georgia Tech, she received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include graduate student experiences in engineering programs, engineering
learn in class. This paper introduces a software based educational tool designed to be used in introductoryrobotics courses. The software simulates the geometry of motion (kinematics) of any multilinkindustrial robotic arm and is to be used in place of or along with an actual robotic arm. Thestudents can use this tool to support their learning much the same way they use an actual roboticarm. The tool includes an integrated development environment that models the environments thattypically included with robotics packages. This tool allows the student to input the characteristicsof the arm they wish to program allowing the student to program any type of arm they wish. Thistool provides a low cost solution to situations where purchasing
Paper ID #14208An Elective Mathematics Readiness Initiative for STEM StudentsDr. Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is the Founding Associate Dean for the College of Engineering at Boise State University and a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department. Dr. Callahan received her Ph.D. in Materials Science, her M.S. in Metallurgy and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. Her educational research interests include freshmen engineering programs, math success, K-12 STEM curriculum and accreditation, and retention and recruitment of STEM majors.Ms. Judith A
research, and facilities layout. Before joining to SIUE he worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi.Dr. Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Page 26.718.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 International Cooperation in an Industrial Engineering Dual-diploma Program S