engineering problems in the workplace. A vast amount of research has beendedicated to the study of new teaching methods and laboratory curricula to ensure that ourstudents are understanding, learning, and applying this knowledge to solve problems1,2,3.Project-based learning (PBL) provides students with a broader context to the material learned inclass. With project-based learning students shift from a passive to an active learning pattern thatis likely to improve knowledge retention as well as the ability to integrate material from differentcourses4. Each project provides students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge they havelearned in classes, and each problem they face in the project inspires them to explore the materialmore deeply in
, power system control, renewable energy resources and power electronics.Dr. Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Mingyu Lu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Bei- jing, China, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. From 1997 to 2002, he was a research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with
semester-long data collectionand analysis project which included a fun laboratory experiment to motivate students. Mini-companies of two students each were asked to treat the project as if they had been hired toperform a consulting job for a customer – their professor. The project provided context for theproduction of a series of typical engineering consulting documents: a formal introductory email,a follow-up cover letter, a meeting summary memo, a project specification document includingan estimate/quote, project planning documentation, an interim technical progress report andfinancial summary, and a final technical report were woven through the fabric of the course.Three iterations later, with minor continuous improvement modification based on
stereotype endorsement (x-axis) and aself-conception (y-axis) as a function of whether students participated in collaborative learning. Dashedlines represent the 95% confidence intervals. Consistent with Table 1, the maximum value displayed forstereotype endorsement (x-axis) is 3.5.DiscussionA recent recruiting advertisement featuring female software engineer Isis Wenger resulted in a barrageof scrutiny on social media concerning whether or not Wenger actually worked as an engineer at theadvertised company. 4 Further, esteemed Nobel Laureate and biochemist Tim Hunt, recently made apublic statement that the “trouble with girls” who work in research laboratories is that they “fall in lovewith you and when you criticize them, they cry”. 24 These are
education systems, other ASEAN countries struggle to adequately fundhigher education. Any accreditation process will incur both fixed (those costs not controlled bythe institution, e.g., accreditation fees paid to the accrediting body) and variable costs (thosecosts controlled by the institution, e.g., consultants or internal costs of the accreditation team’sefforts or laboratory improvements). ASEAN institutions often face significant costs in bothareas as a culture of accreditation often is not present. There are relatively few programsaccredited by either ABET or AUN within the ASEAN system, so many do not have experiencewith the costs of either system. However, the less common ABET accreditation is widelyperceived as much more expensive. This
an A-Level is achieved in different parts of the UK. The Fulbright Commission points this out, sayingof admissions considerations, “The most competitive universities will expect to see three A-Levels or their equivalent. This could include a minimum of three Scottish Highers, A-Levelsalongside the Welsh Baccalaureate, the IB.”2In order for this mechanism to be meaningful, there must be consistency in the teaching of, andawarding of, A-Levels across the schools of the UK. Consistency is supposed to be controlledby the OFfice of STandards in EDucation (OFSTED).3 OFSTED inspects and assesses publicschools. They generally give a school a 24 hour notice before descending on the facility andinvading its classrooms, laboratories, and offices. Such
ability to build ontheir technical knowledge base (with classes such as Green Energy, Biofuels, Mechatronics,PLC, etc.) or to satisfy additional transfer requirements (accounting, environmental science,biology, computer science, etc.).In order to provide students with enough content related to clean energy, it is essential tocontextualize as many courses as possible. This involves including homework sets, projects,research papers, laboratories, etc. related to clean energy into the academic, technology, andindustry prep courses. Course contextualization is a key to enabling instructors to keep coursecontent relevant and to allow for a broad base of education related to the clean energy industry. Italso allows for the inclusion of a more diverse
increase confidence thatthese students can study and enter STEM fields.In addition to the course specific lectures and laboratory work, the Summer STEM Program includedseveral seminars and workshops for all sections to teach students about patent law, technical writing andpresentation skills, college admissions, and careers in engineering and STEM. There was also a generalmid-way assembly featuring a panel on Women in STEM and inclusion.Literature ReviewTeaching the engineering design process with a project based course can be a good introductionto engineering concepts for high school students. From the Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS) on engineering design, “students are expected to be able to define problems – situationsthat people wish
students “to see beyond the fire and smoke” and use data todirect effort. These teachers represent about 50 high schools in this Southern state. They aretaught to use Socratic teaching methods, with a focus on formulating good questions that leadstudents to discovery across a range of topics that include those from aeronautics, electricalengineering, and fluid dynamics to those in algebra and calculus. Program staff also collectsmany anecdotes of program alumni being directly recruited by postsecondary engineering 2departments. Additionally, the program now has alumni who have done well and work forSpaceX, NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. How
information is available; consider convenience factors such as studentavailability and dormitory location ). Importantly, because of the small size of the laboratory 4,10sections from which the teams are formed (capped at 20 students), these competing suggestionscan never all be satisfied. Sometimes women and URM students are isolated on teams eventhough it is not considered best practice.Team AssessmentsAt the end of the seven- to ten-week project, students completed teammate ratings via theComprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness (CATME) system . (In the middle 11of the project, they completed a similar assessment.) They rated themselves as well as eachteammate on five behaviorally-anchored
. The machine in me: An anthropologist sits among computer engineers. New York: RoutledgeEtzkowitz, H., & Leydesdorff, L. (1995). The Triple Helix, University-Industry-Government Relations: A Laboratory for Knowledge Based Economic Development. EASST Review 14, 14-19.Evans, A. G. T. (2001). C. Y. O'Connor: His Life and Legacy, University of Western Australia Press.Faulkner, W. (2007). Nuts and Bolts and People. Social Studies of Science, 37(3), 331-356.Fayol, H., Administration industrielle et générale; prévoyance, organisation, commandement, coordination,controle, Paris, H. Dunod et E. Pinat,Fensham, P.J., Defining an Identity: The Evolution of Science Education as a Field of Research, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic
lead for two aircraft. She earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor from Rose-Hulman Insti- tute of Technology in 2005. Her research interests include control systems, mechatronics, instructional laboratories, and experiential learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Success: Delivering Your Ph.D. on Time, on Budget, and Ready for Your CareerIntroductionSuccessfully completing a doctorate degree takes a lot of hard work, perseverance, anddetermination. Throughout my time as a doctoral student, I searched for the key to success. I readbooks and blogs, sought advice from mentors, and learned through trial and
. Concurrently students worked to fundraise forimplementation, discussing with the Bozeman community, the failure/lessons learned andanticipated path forward. With the design and funding complete the design was submitted to andapproved by EWB-USA for implementation during the 2015 travel season.The same contractor that had drilled the well at Munjiti the previous summer was hired toconstruct the rainwater catchment system. Some on-site design changes were made andconstruction was completed near the end of the time for the travel team associated with theimplementation of the RWCS. One seemingly small task remained for a complete system, thesand needed to be graded and cleaned for the sand filter. A small set of laboratory screens wasbrought from the US
happy to provide further information upon request including samplesof lab and lecture activities.Bibliography[1] – Feisel, L., Rosa, A., (2005) The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education, Journal ofEngineering Education, January, 2005.[3] – Comer, D, (2004), Network Systems Design Using Network Processors, Pearson Prentice Hall.[4] - Giladi, R., (2008), Network Processors, Morgan Kaufmann[5] – IEEE, Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK). https://www.computer.org/web/swebok/v3[6] – Cisco Systems, Inc., Internetworking Design Basics, Chapter 2.http://www.cisco.com/cpress/cc/td/cpress/ccie/ndcs798/nd2002.htm#33232
10.2 Thermofluids I 39.0 Heat Transfer 8.1 Principles Mechanical Design .2 Energy Science Laboratory 3.0 Energy Systems Design 2.6 Intermediate Thermodynamics 1.1 Thermofluids II .5 Applied Combustion 2.1 Computational Fluid Dynamics 3.2 Renewable Energy 2.1 Renewable Energy Engineering 2.7 Other 21.6 Other 1.6 Total Recruitment: n=704 Possible
included a pump designactivity. Finally, the petroleum engineering lesson allowed students to use laboratory simulatorshighlighting fluid flow, the role of proppants in maintaining fracture openings, and the effect ofpermeability on production of hydrocarbons. The learning objectives for each discipline aresummarized in Table 1. Table 1: Lesson learning objective for six disciplines Discipline Lesson Learning Objectives • Describe moment of inertia and how it relates to bending of structural Civil members • Describe the distribution of forces over an area • Describe the consequences of constructing structures and infrastructure without proper foundations
havesurvived with time and offer potential for future growth and development. Correction of planscan be carried out by the remote office.Level 4: sustainability (application of the “productive” approach). Long-lasting optimizedjoint projects are implemented with partners in industry and the academic area such as dualdegree programs or joint laboratories. Administrative barriers are well-known and aresuccessfully overcome. Finally, the remote office can offer academic and R&D programs andget the status of the remote college.According to this model, success in all the activities at a previous level is required to startimplementing higher level networking activities. If poor attention is given to a certainnetworking group, it will push back higher
Processes Make, build Industry, Improving, production efficiency Business, Systems Design, company create Don’t know: 9 (17%) Don’t know: 7 (30.4%)Table 6 illustrates that students in both camp years had a similar proportion of students havingsome idea about the nature of the chemical engineering discipline. However, students in 2014seemed to have stronger perceptions of the discipline as laboratory-based while students in 2015were more focused on the products developed by chemical engineers.Table 6. Language used to describe chemical engineering 2014
resources are scarce, andmaterials for hands-on activities are not always available. Several hands-on activities wereimplemented in this program, and it is clear that some were more beneficial than others. Forexample, the activity to calculate the coefficient of restitution (COR) between various balls andvarious surfaces was hands-on and similar to a laboratory experiment. By contrast, theengineering design activity employed a discovery-based learning approach to keep studentsdeeply engaged and help them explore the steps of the engineering design process.Implementations of discovery-based design activities have been shown to be beneficial, as notedin the engineering education literature.25 It is possible that discovery-based learning played
Mellon University. Prior to this position, he was Head of the Science Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University from 2006 through 2014. He has also served as the Physics and Math Librarian at Carnegie Mellon from 1999 through 2006. Earlier in his career, he served as the Library Team Leader for the National Energy Technology Laboratory Library in Morgantown, West Virginia and as an Assistant Science Librarian at the University of South Carolina. He also served in the United States Navy as a surface ship nuclear propulsion plant operator aboard the USS Mississippi. He is currently a United States representative on the Governing Council of the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3
”, Session 1027018. Brannan, P.C., and Wankat, P.C., “ Survey of First Year Programs”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”19. Mikesell, D.R.,and Yoder, J.S.,” Introducing Mechanical Engineers to Microprocessors with Arduino Tank Robots, Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, Session 1227020. Mascaro, D.J., Bamberg, S.J. and Roemer, R., “ Spiral laboratories in the First Year Mechanical Engineering Curriculum”, Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, AC 2011-206221. Rosen, W., Ertekin, Y,. and Carr, M.E., “ An Autonomous Arduino Based Racecar for First Year Engineering Technology Students”, Proceedings of the 20141 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition”, Session
the office, located in the City Hall building which is offering this service to thecommunity. The workspace is basically a clean neat room with tables, chairs, computers and atelephone line.It is up to the City Hall to advertise the service “The Innovative Office” to the local community.The university is responsible for providing the students and the necessary laboratories. In case alaboratory is used, a fee is charged to the consultant to cover basic material and energy. There isanother professor in charge of mentoring the students’ team for a determined period as volunteerwork, in order to help refining their proposed projects to their clients.The next step is to have students working in teams at the offices, available to receive
decisions about accreditation standards to ABET itself, each constituency of ABET hasto be able to read these implications through a better understanding of the process.While this detailed understanding of process is the major objective of the study that we have yet to amassdata for, we can at least demonstrate the consequence of a difference in process by comparing the twoversions of the proposed changes that we have seen so far. An initial reading of TF-3’s original “1-6”Criterion 3 student learning outcomes that the task force put forward as an alternative to “a-k” reveals thefollowing commitments:11 A strong linear model of applied science A tendency to view engineering as an experimental, laboratory-based discipline. The
Professional Engineers as their 1996 Young Engineer of the Year.Dr. John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Aidoo is currently an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute Technology. Prior to this appointment, he worked as the Bridge Design Engineer at South Carolina De- partment of Transportation. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Science & Technology in Ghana in 1997 and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. His research activities include repair and strengthening of buildings and bridges using Advanced Composite Materials, laboratory and field testing of structures and the fatigue behavior of concrete bridges.Dr. Jeremy R. Chapman, Rose-Hulman
volunteers to network with the professional volunteers during the camp; (b) Recruit volunteers from other than the “usual suspects” groups (that is, look for ways to include other professional women who might not have the opportunity through their work and professional networks to do similar outreach activities).It is also clear that the student volunteers saw their involvement as a professional developmentopportunity in which they fully engaged. This can be built upon more intentionally withpreparation and follow-on activities in the future.AcknowledgmentsWe gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Society for Women EngineeringSouthwest Idaho section, the Micron Foundation, Idaho National Laboratory, the
Laboratory at Georgia Tech. Farrokh’s current research focus is model-based realization of complex systems by managing uncertainty and complexity. The key question he is investigating is what are the principles underlying rapid and robust concept exploration when the analysis models are incomplete and possibly inaccurate? His quest for answers to the key question are anchored in three projects, namely, Integrated Realization of Robust, Resilient and Flexible Networks Integrated Realization of Engineered Materials and Products Managing Organized and Disorganized Complexity: Exploration of the Solution Space His current education focus is on creating and implementing, in partnership with industry, a curriculum for
expand horizons.As a class assignment a student interviews a laboratory owner which results in futureopportunities to work as a lab assistant, travel, and receive a professional reference. Thebenefits24 of this extended network are summarized at the end of the vignette, as well asrecommendations to help reflect on how current contacts may be approached to expand theirnetwork. – 4:19 minutes#6 Working in Teams – overcoming some common pitfalls in teamwork. A new team begins toorganize itself, and storming quickly becomes evident. As the team works through thedisagreements, some actions are taken to help normalize their efforts. Tuckman’s model25 isaugmented with symptoms of and
Paper ID #17151A Call to Arms: Defending Against Point of Sale MalwareMs. Sarah A. Cunha Sarah Cunha is a student at Brigham Young University studying Information Technology with an em- phasis in Cyber Security. She is originally from Dos Palos, California. She has participated in multiple Collegiate Cyber Defense Competitions and Capture the Flag events and currently is employed as a Re- search Assistant in the BYU Cyber Security Research Laboratory. Sarah is an active member of the BYU Red Team which has participated in several penetration tests for departments on campus, and businesses in the local area. Sarah has
including the ability to comprehend business procedures related to the legalenvironment, budget, resource management and implementation of new and emergingtechnologies in a construction environment. The department suggested layout of the program takesthe student through introductory courses that cover broad aspects on construction managementduring the first year of study through courses such as Introduction to Construction Management,Construction Graphics with plan and specification readings, Building Construction Material &Systems and Construction Safety. As the program advances to the second year, courses that engagea more hands on and experiential learning focus with laboratory class times are explored - such asBIM (Building Information
chair for the 2009 conference. Prof. Froyd is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), an ABET Program Evaluator, the Editor-in- Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Education, a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education, and an Associate Editor for the International Journal of STEM Education.Mr. James L. Wilson, Texas A&M University 8 years USAF. 24 years experience in IT, Laboratory Management, Facilities Management and System Design. Received Bachelors from LeTourneau University in Education Technology. Masters from Texas A&M Commerce in Engineering Technology. Currently the Facility Manager of the Texas A&M Engi- neering Innovation