Analysis requires that a usable with comprehensive appraisal of internal and external situations qualitative be undertaken before suitable strategic options can be data, determined. interactivePDCA Cycle The PDCA cycle is a problem solving technique that is Successful: graphical and logical in most situations and is an open loop. visual, P stands for plan, D for do, C or Check, and A for act. qualitative
Careers Course was a Career Module created by three groups of teachers basedon the 2014 National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan and data from national, state andlocal workforce development entities to help depict the career opportunities in nanotechnologyand the academic and skills attainment that their own students would need in preparation forthose careers. The main deliverable for the pedagogy and lesson plan development course wasfor students to produce five lesson plans centered on their various teaching content areas(biology, earth/space science, chemistry, physics, engineering technology, etc.) whichincorporated a nanotechnology-based theme.Study OverviewIn this multi-methods research evaluation, we sought to understand the
solving the complex problems that challenge our future. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017S-STEM Scholarship Program at UNC Pembroke: A COMPASS for Science MajorsIntroductionIn the United Stated, educating students and creating leaders in science, technology, engineeringand mathematics (STEM) is a growing priority and viewed by many as the key to 21st centuryglobal competitiveness. In 2013, the White House National Science and Technology Councilreleased an ambitious five-year STEM Strategic Plan to coordinate federal investments in STEMeducation targeting five priority areas.1 One of these is graduating one million additional studentswith STEM degrees over the next ten years. Another is
Paper ID #19941Work in Progress: Quantification of Learning through Learning Statementsand Text MiningMr. Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma Jackson L. Autrey is a Master of Science student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ok- lahoma from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and currently is involved with research into design-based engineering education. After completion of his Master’s degree, Jackson plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.Jennifer M. Sieber, University of Oklahoma Jennifer M. Sieber recently graduated
and why’ behind each activity.Many participants still attend based on parent or school recommendations but generally seemmore invested in the program mission.Program planning begins with securing funding, as OPTIONS relies solely on external fundingto continue operating. The curriculum is adjusted to meet the goals and requirements set by thefunding agency, while remaining true to the program mission of encouraging young women toexplore and pursue engineering and computer science. Curriculum planning coincides withscheduling field trips, mentor visits, and faculty-led workshops. Advertisements generally beginin December and January, and college counselors are finalized in the spring semester.Registration is accepted on a first-come, first
and learn about current research.ImplementationThe program focuses on teachers and students at both the middle and high school level. It startswith the training of teachers through a 5-week intensive research experience in which teacherscomplete the design challenge while simultaneously developing lesson plans they will use toteach the material in their classrooms. Teachers implement the program in their schools and havestudents complete the challenge. Finalist teams from each school present their design at anannual competition. Throughout the process, representatives from the Center make classroomvisits or host tours in order to support the teachers’ implementation. To date over 50 teachershave completed the summer training. Over 400
chapters ranged from the basics of tabulated factors through load factors,replacement analysis, and capacity planning to the type of enterprise, financing, forecasting,extreme conditions, and social implications. Its coverage of the human element is businessfocused.Another important text was Woods and DeGarmo (1942) which has evolved into today’s text byWilliam Sullivan et al. The text’s topical coverage was more limited than Grant’s but with moreexplanation—and still with more advanced topics than most of today’s texts. H.G. Thuesen(1950) added a functional system for interest factors along with the “given x find y” languagethat is still used today. Early editions of both texts were focused on topics and examples forbusinesses and the public
University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work in Progress: Self-Guided Professional Development as an Enabler for Multidisciplinary ProgramsAbstractThe capstone design program at Colorado School of Mines serves three departments and fourdegree programs, each having their own demands, distinctive industry-specific languages, anddepartmental expectations. Each discipline is looking to the capstone design program to provideABET required capstone projects and assessment, professional practice training, and instructionin multiple discipline specific design tools and techniques to their students. This paper describesthe use of student-specific professional development plans, in
anexample, fixed sequences of operations are very efficient when the production is set to themaximum throughput [2]. Due to the rigidity and centralization of their control structures,the traditional industrial robotic systems are not designed to exhibit responsiveness,flexibility, robustness and reconfigurability [3]. This centralized hierarchical organizationcould potentially lead to a situation where the whole system could be shut down by a singlefailure at one point of the system hierarchy [4].3 The Missing Component in Current Robotics EducationReconfigurability and flexibility are two key aspects when designing an industrial roboticsystem. A new trend of research which focuses on Reconfigurable Process Planning [5],enables local
College • Collaborative Projects (2007-2013) – Orange, Lake, Sumter, Seminole and Osceola County Public Schools, Lockheed Martin, Electronic Arts, Girl Scouts, Junior Achievement, Prism, Orlando Science Center, University of Central Florida, Valencia, Seminole and Lake Sumter Colleges • Coordinator of Industry Expert Review Committee: 2008 Math Sunshine State Standards • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee (2011-2012) - Florida Center for Research in Math and Science Education • Medical Scholars Program (2014-present) – Florida A&M University, MCAT prep curriculum developer c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
Paper ID #20279Engineeering the Accreditation ProcessDr. Susan O. Schall, SOS Consulting, LLC Susan O. Schall is President of SOS Consulting, LLC. Susan has over 20 years experience delivering improved performance using engineering, statistical and business process improvement methodologies, including Lean Six Sigma, team-based problem-solving, and strategic planning. Clients include higher education institutions and non-profits as well as organizations in the chemical, food, automotive,industrial supply and printing industries. Prior to consulting, Susan held a variety of process improvement and leadership roles at
effectiveness of the video and use this analysis to plan thenext steps for continuing the video instruction initiative. The goal for these videos is to provideall students with a fundamental background to get started on their projects and laboratoryexercises. Students are required to watch the videos throughout the semester and this is enforcedthrough a quiz administered at the beginning of the lab session each week – currently, there areonly two lab quizzes based on videos, but all labs have a quiz. With the background provided bythe video, the researchers aim to increase the creativity in student solutions and encourage theirimplementation of a systematic engineering design process.IntroductionThis paper addresses the use of the flipped classroom
their context, by adapting strategies we have employed.At this stage, formalizing our engineering project curriculum as authentic experiential learningrepresents a work in progress involving a pilot group of five engineering students who mustsatisfy the new ELI requirements by spring 2017 to graduate on schedule. Results of this pilotgroup help test our plan, providing feedback to inform us what adjustments we may need tomake, as we ramp up to the “full-on” implementation of 50+ students per year over the next twoyears. As available, this paper presents details of the ongoing pilot group results.Having introduced the case for experiential learning with its move from popularity towardmaturity in engineering education, and having described the
partnerships and activities. As part of this ITEST project, the fields of building automation, internet of things, andadditive manufacturing was chosen as the focus area for all planned activities. This work-in-progress paper will present the ongoing work for this project, including the concept of usingbuilding automation to introduce teachers and students to STEM concepts, a novel summerworkshop for secondary education teachers, the development of a simple building automationplatform that can be deployed in secondary education classrooms, and the development ofeducational partnerships with industry to introduce and excite secondary education studentsabout the STEM opportunities.Introduction There is growing concern in the US about the
half in actually building what the team and sponsor settle on. Projectsare presented at a Senior Design Expo, a day-long celebration of Senior Design that is open tothe public, sponsoring companies participate, other companies attend and prices for the topprojects are awarded.The School also has one of the largest internship programs in the country. A typical plan for alarge local technology company is the recruit in the Fall of the student’s junior year for aninternship in the next summer and make job offers the following Fall for employment aftergraduation. The internship gives the company a good look at the candidates and a pretty solidbasis for making job offers. The internship may also lead to a UTDesign project proposal thatfurther
Paper ID #19950An Integrated Approach to Promoting STEM among High School Students(Evaluation)Dr. Bin (Brenda) Zhou P.E., Central Connecticut State University Dr. Zhou is an Associate Professor at the Engineering Department of Central Connecticut State Univer- sity. Her research enthusiasm and expertise lie in quantitative analyses and modeling techniques, with applications in transportation planning and engineering. Recently, she has focused on issues of STEM ed- ucation since planned and directed a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded outreach program: National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI).Ms. Sharon
to ensure that all students have a common knowledgebase in engineering, plant sciences, and data sciences, no matter their background. The goal is toget all students communicating in the same language. The course “Fundamentals of PredictivePlant Phenomics” was developed to meet this challenge. The course planning took nearly oneyear and incorporated input from faculty with various disciplinary backgrounds. The actualcourse is coordinated by an engineering faculty member and taught through a series of guestlecturers covering various plant science, data science, and engineering topics over a 15-weekperiod. In addition to the three 50-minute lectures per week, a 3-hour laboratory each weekprovides an experiential learning opportunity where
Polytechnic Institute community with regards to the use of instructional technologies in teaching and learning. Kate also collaborates with academic departments concerning the policies, planning, and man- agement of e-learning and blended initiatives on campus.Rachel LeBlanc, Worcester PoIytechnic Institute Rachel LeBlanc is the Executive Director of Corporate and Professional Education at Worcester Polytech- nic Institute. She manages the portfolio of non-traditional academic programs for the University including online programs, corporate education, and professional education. Rachel has over fourteen years of ex- perience working with faculty and industry experts to create education solutions to meet business needs. She
Utah.Dr. Mercedes Ward, University of UtahProf. Tariq J. Banuri, University of UtahProf. Sajjad Ahmad, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dr. Ahmad is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). His teaching and research interests are in the area of sus- tainable planning and management of water resources, water-energy nexus, and stormwater management . He is particularly interested in using systems approach to address water sustainability issues.Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar, Mehran University, Pakistan He is a working as Professor in U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro
provide service to meet authentic needs. Service links through deliberate planning to the subject matter students are studying and the skills and knowledge they are developing in school. Students reflect on the service they provide. Service-learning is coordinated in collaboration with the community. (p. 3).To further understand what service learning is, it is also useful to define what it is not. Theliterature appears to consistently distinguish service learning from community service, in thatacademic learning is a fundamental feature of the service learning experience, while it is not anessential component to community service2, 29, 32. Similarly, as noted above, structured time forreflection also sets apart
students needed to write three short mid-term papers(approximately 5 pages in length, and citing at least three references) and one final paper(approximately 10 pages in length). Students were given suggestions for the mid-term and finalpapers; these suggestions are listed in Table 2. Students were also encouraged to suggest otherideas for their papers, particularly with respect to their final paper. If students were able toidentify a topic for their final paper that overlapped with their primary major, they wereencouraged to explore that topic. For example, one student from education prepared as theirfinal paper a lesson plan for 4th-grade students on energy. Another student from business did acase study on the Enron case to explore how energy
activities running specifically in Business Harvard Focused model School and Management School University Cornell Radiant model Instructional activities spreading all over the campus US University Entrepreneurship Education Center taking charge of Magnet model planning and running the whole program using resources MIT from Business School and Management School Specialized education
), and habitual curiosity, a drive to understand how things workand how to make them work better3. Thinking patterns derived from effectual logic canstrengthen an entrepreneurial mindset by helping students leverage current knowledge resourcesand move through uncertainty by developing connections with other people and information inthe pursuit of value creation10. Common learning outcomes that demonstrate entrepreneurialknowledge include opportunity recognition, design iteration and prototyping, projectmanagement, strategic and financial planning, communication and presentation, leadership andethics3.Maker MovementThe Maker Movement in education is broadly characterized by three components – making as aset of activities, makerspaces as
graduates to meet evolving demands of the buildingsector and societal expectations for the built environment.The entire process included three critical phases, aided by strong industry consultation: - Validation of need for architectural engineers - Definition of skills and competencies - Rubric design & curriculum mappingOver the course of the program’s development, industry input and engagement was sought andsecured through surveys, interviews, and half-day workshops. The end state was thedevelopment of an Industry Advisory Panel, whose members are now fully engaged in thecurriculum content and delivery, with scheduled plans on collaborative projects, site visits, andinternships. Historically, industry engagement in engineering
University in their School of Construction Management. Brad focuses on construction supervision, project management, strategic planning, preconstruction, and sustaining the built environment. At Purdue, Benhart also leads the Healthcare Construction Management program and works with the first ASHE (American Society of Healthcare Engineering) student chapter. His position allows him to further develop construction education in the built environment and be an in- dustry advocate for the next generation of builders. He is also very involved in field supervision training programs, both at Purdue and on the national level. He focuses on the sustainability of our industry by mentoring the retiring baby boomers with new foremen
committee on ”survey of the state of the practice on traffic responsive plan selection control.” He is also a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Traffic Signal Systems committee, Artificial Intel- ligence and Advanced Computing Applications committee, and the joint subcommittee on Intersection. In addition, he is currently a chair on a task group on Agent-based modeling and simulation as part of the TRB SimSub committee. He also serves as a CEE faculty senator at Virginia Tech. Dr. Abbas is a recipient of the Oak Ridge National Lab Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralf E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award and the G. V. Loganathan Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Civil Engineering Education. He
. Mathematics: Mathematics instruction was designed to reduce loss in proficiency during the summer and support the 3D modeling and app development curriculum. Topics included geometry, mathematics tricks and shortcuts, division, exponents, square roots and logic. Entrepreneurship: Participants were introduced to entrepreneurial ventures through topics like marketing, financing, business models and visits from local technology entrepreneurs. Final Project: In the fourth week, participant teams were asked to develop an entrepreneurial venture. The teams brainstormed and refined a concept that integrated an app, a 3D model, business plan and a website or social media page. Ventures ideated were a) Customized key chain with GPS locator, b) Online
they are working towarddegree completion.Program ManagementThis one-of-a-kind scholarship program has a complex structure and requires carefulcoordination. Because the program continues to evolve and develop, we created a checklist toensure all key tasks are correctly completed throughout the year (see Appendix A). The checklistcomponents include information on marketing and recruitment, communications, student supportservices, event coordination, and program evaluation and assessment activities; and it is crucialfor replicating and improving program management. In some aspects, the working checklistbecomes a reflective journal for the current year. While there were aspects we planned out beforeimplementation, some facets of the program are
curves and surfaces started to appear at a very rapid rate. NC machinesequipped to take NC codes from such packages marked the third generation of NCmachines. Traditionally machines were developed for individual processes and hencethere are drilling machines, planning machines, shaping machines, boring machinesand so on. The third generation started to combine the capabilities of some of thesemachines and the machining centers were born. The combination of functions in onemachine gathered momentum resulting in a change in the entire product concept andthe machine architecture itself changed completely to accommodate differentfunctions. This together with advancements in CAD into feature based modelling,gave rise to the fourth generation of NC
) provides an opportunityfor vertical integration across courses within CCEM curriculum. The goal of introducingsustainability concepts is two-fold: to enhance undergraduate students’ interest in andunderstanding of sustainability by engaging them in real-world sustainability projects; and toprovide students with necessary knowledge for advancing a career in sustainability withinCCEM. The PBL framework is developed and implemented at "Arizona State University" between alower-division construction management course, Construction Materials, Methods andEquipment (CON252) and an upper-division/graduate cross-disciplinary course between civilengineering course, sustainability, and planning, Urban Infrastructure Anatomy and SustainableDevelopment (CEE