graduate studentsenrolled in mathematics and computer science were international students [1]. Moreover, thenumber of international students, both at graduate and undergraduate levels, has been increasingannually since 1950 with few exceptions [2]. Besides contributing to the ongoing research and development work at the universities,adding to the cultural diversity on campuses, and contributing to university’s finances throughtuition and other fees, international graduate students play an important role in the undergraduateeducation at US universities by serving as teaching assistants (TAs), especially in STEMdisciplines [3]. These international teaching assistants (ITAs) serve as laboratory assistants,graders for assignments, and
students obtain solid basic knowledge. Secondly, FEH focuses more on basicengineering education. ENGR1281 and ENGR1282 have been specially set up with diversetopics and laboratories providing a broad overview of engineering disciplines to enablestudents to understand and choose an engineering major. Relevant research also proved theimprovement of retention rates in engineering [12]. Thirdly, FEH courses place moreemphasis on students’ practical ability, capability to solve practical problems, as well asteamwork skills. All the ENGR and the physics and chemistry courses have correspondingexperimental parts. Hands-on lab experience about once a week, is designed to give studentsexposure to a variety of engineering disciplines, as well as to teach
general, and to the use of modern pedagogicalskills in particular. The paper also argues that any meaningful change in Region’s classroompractices today (dominated by traditional lecture-based methods) must be mandated andsupported by the university administration. What is necessary to create a change, is for thedepartment or college, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components: clearlyarticulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies ofengagement. The theme advocated here is that student
- ucator of the Year Award 2004. • Utah Engineers Council, UEC: Engineering Educator of the Year 2005 award, in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of engineering and for service to society. • SLC Foundation; Salt lake City, Utah: Teaching Excellence Award 2004. • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): Chapter faculty Advisor recognition award 2002. • Computational Sciences and Ed- ucation; recognition for outstanding contributions and for exemplary work in helping the division achieve its goals1998. • Engineering Division; recognition for outstanding contributions and for exemplary work in helping the division achieves its goals 1995. • Science and Humanities; recognition for outstanding
Paper ID #24541Maker Education in a Sino-American Joint Institute: Taking Sichuan Uni-versity - Pittsburgh Institute as an ExampleMr. Dong Liang, Sichuan University Dong Liang is Laboratory Director in Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute (SCUPI). He is in charge of building teaching laboratories and oversight the routine use and maintenance of the lab facilities. He has a B.S. from Northwestern Polytechnical University in China in Flight Vehicle Manufacture Engineering and M.S. from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in France in Mechanical Engineering. Before joining in SCUPI, he has worked in GE Aviation as a
.” Much of this naming discussion is connected to aforementioned topic of which school and campus should house the department.• Motivation for developing an undergraduate degree in BME.• Overview of the undergraduate curriculum including coursework, laboratories, and teaching staff.• Implications for research including a movement toward multi-disciplinary collaborations within and across schools.• The vision of the BME department: ‐ Improve and extend the technological capabilities of medical personnel in healthcare delivery; ‐ Operate a department which serves as solution hub for research, medical device manufacturers and clinicians; ‐ Train highly skilled biomedical engineers capable
mechanics of anisotropic ductile fracture Graduate research assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (10/2004–04/2009) - DOE Hot rolling scrap (Investigation of edge cracking of AA2024 using a crystal- plasticity-based damage model) Graduate research assistant, Seoul National University (03/1993–02/1995)Prof. Jun H. Park, Tongmyong University Jun-Hyub Park received the B.S. degree from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, in 1985, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejeon, Korea, in 1987, 1995, respectively. He was a member of research staff of MEMS Laboratory in Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. He works in School of Mechatronics
centralized wastewater treatment plant and public health laboratory toascertain laboratory and field studies opportunities in the areas of water resource managementand public health. Lincoln University’s STEM students will have an opportunity to engage inhigh impact research opportunities in the future. Five full scholarships (tuition and fees) wereearmarked to ACC graduates electing to study STEM, particularly engineering, at Lincoln.As Lincoln University’s Engineering Program continues to grow, the expectation is that multiplefaculty-led experiences to these various locations will occur over short breaks and during thesummer as well as students can embark on individual semester opportunities. For example,during the development of the ESP curriculum
Paper ID #22078The 2015, 2016, and 2017 Best Diversity Papers: Summary and PerspectiveDr. Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is Chair and Professor of the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University. Dr. Callahan received her Ph.D. in Materials Science, M.S. in Metallurgy, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. Her research interests include diversity, retention, mathematics and materials science teaching and learning, first-year programs, accreditation, and faculty development.Dr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie
College of Engineering and Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development at Michigan Tech. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. Adrienne’s research interests include elec- trokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineer- ing classrooms or as outreach activities in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is past
how to engageand learn from it. During the first semester, students had 24/7 access to a student-run design studio space, andthe opportunity to work closely with project mentors in small settings, and collaborate with motivated peers. Inaddition, mentors tried to make students apply knowledge that they were acquiring in the second-year classes(structures, environmental, and transport). Hence, there was an intentional overlap of learning outcomes.Students, through the research projects, were acquiring the learning desired for the courses. The program was developed to complement academic’s teaching and research effort and students’curricular and extracurricular time. The program allows students and academic to spend more time
did you learn that you didn’t know before? Discuss the session that you attended following the morning Florida 2016 plenary, e.g., sustainability, teaching engineering. What did you learn that was new?The questions in Table 4 are covered generally by the SDGs and GCs, including references inspecific activities such as “La Paz” and the connection of SDG 15: Life on Land, and the “EthicalHacking” activity which connected to GC 8: Secure Cyberspace.While the Florida LACCEI 2017 conference yielded the least amount of data, we learned thatnetworking was a major part of the students’ experience. In particular, Florida participantsdiscussed having “male champions for women (inclusion).” They had conversations aboutgendered social and
(STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant teaching professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She received her B.S. in aerospace engi- neering from Syracuse University and her Ph.D. in engineering education from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in teaching conceptions and methods and graduate level
Paper ID #22398A Methodology and Experience of Facilitating International Capstone Projectsfor Multidisciplinary Fields: Costa Rica Internet of Things (IoT) Case StudyDr. Karim Altaii, James Madison University Dr. Altaii holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, and received his doctorate from The City University of New York. He is a registered Professional Engineer. He holds five patents in solar energy applications and in an irrigation system. He is the director of the JMU international summer program in Costa Rica. He is the Director of the Advanced Thermal-Fluids laboratory at James Madison University. His primary