educational programs throughresearch and educational activities through the year 2016. The National Science Foundation(NSF) is leading the way in initiating interdisciplinary learning methods and in particular theScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas2. Examples of the NSFprograms taking root in this area include the basic STEM learning strategies, the Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM), and the STEM -TalentExpansion Programs (STEP). State Departments of Education are also providing grants forSTEM initiatives. The Ohio Department of Education, for example, awarded several grantstowards this cause recently. A Masters in Arts in STEM has been developed by the University ofMassachusetts3
prototypes at conferences and workshops. In thisway, learning was maximized by allowing students to go beyond working behind doors Page 12.1016.6and interact with contacts from the industry.The integration of the KSS into design curriculum was facilitated by the constantinvolvement of students who could at once contribute their ideas and opinions and alsoact as advocates of the system to other students.The downside of student turnover was mitigated by recruiting students to work with thosewith experience on the project. In this way departing students could explore continuingtheir education and involvement with the project by applying to masters and
scholarship. Thisflow of capital will even increase when the students will come for masters and Ph. D. programs.As you can see that this process has not been implemented in the developing Southeast Asiancountries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. All the three countries have been maintaininga growth rate of more than 5% for the last several years. Indian economy has more than doubledits size since 1991and it is one of the fastest growing markets for American exports. A sustaininggrowth of middle class who likes durable goods supports it. Technical education has a directimpact on industrial growth. It is considered as a basic input for national development, industrialexpansion and economical growth. Technical education provides the human
the course offerings of that student’s high school and require thatstudents take the most challenging curriculum that their high schools offer. Generally, this Page 12.185.3means that a student who has access to AP courses in high school but does not take themreceives a less favorable review in the admissions process than a student with similarstandardized test scores and class rank who pursues a similar high school curriculum, but at aschool that does not offer AP courses. Thus, it can be inferred that a student who comes to NotreDame without AP credit either did not score well enough on the tests to earn the credit (and thushas not mastered
AC 2007-796: AN INTEGRATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TECHNOLOGYPROJECT IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONP. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University P. Ruby Mawasha is the Assistant Dean of College of Engineering and Computer Science and is the director of Wright STEPP. He holds a PhD from the University of Akron, and is a PE. He has received numerous honors including Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Tau Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon, and Tau Beta Pi. His research interests include thermo-fluids sciences, bioengineering, applied mathematics, and engineering education.Kumar Yelamarthi, Wright State University Kumar Yelamarthi is currently a Ph.D. student, and holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Wright
false not receiving reaction 4 low battery 3 1 12Mote-master power, loose data fail to react 5 connection 3 1 15 false 4 code/design 4 3 48software software bug reaction error fail to react 5 4 3 60 Figure 5. FMEA 2.7. Assessment The project is evaluated based on the performance of each team in the following categories
Central Missouri State University. His areas of interest are logic design, CPLDs, FPGAs and distance learning.Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford Akram Abu-aisheh is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hart ford. He has his Ph.D. majoring in fiber optic communications in 2003 from the Florida Institute of Technology and a master degree majoring in power electronics in 1995 from the University of Florida. His e-mail address is abuaisheh@hartford.eduMark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University Mark Rajai Dr. Rajai is an associate professor at Northern Kentucky University. He is editor of an international journal and serves on
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hart ford. He has his Ph.D. majoring in fiber optic communications in 2003 from the Florida Institute of Technology and a master degree majoring in power electronics in 1995 from the University of Florida. His e-mail address is abuaisheh@hartford.edu Page 12.442.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Define TBT*(Technology base Training) SCORM / based tools for the real-time production of Learning Objects in WBDL PWUTVU (Power & Water Virtual University), WBDL (web base distance Learning)AbstractThe
associated with Jatropha production? a. Flammability b. Toxicity (Jatropha is quite toxic.) c. Have there been any injuries or deaths related to Jatropha in Ghana?10. Is anyone investigating alternative uses of Jatropha such as: a. Soap from glycerin b. Fertilizer from the seed cake c. Leaves to feed silkworms d. Blue dye from bark11. Is anyone considering Jatropha as a comprehensive energy resource? a. Combustion of seedcake briquettes b. Jatropha oil for lamps c. Jatropha boilers d. Jatropha oil for cooking12. Discern from chief what he expects of us, and his “master plan” for the village
AC 2008-1352: HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING THAT WORKS: THE “DAY INCOLLEGE”Ralph Schaffer, Purdue College of Technology Dr. R. Andy Schaffer is the Director of Purdue University's College of Technology statewide locations at New Albany, Columbus, Greensburg and Vincennes and Associate Professor of Industrial Technology. He earned his Baccalaureate degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision “with highest distinction” at Purdue University, West Lafayette. He completed his Master of Business Administration degree “with distinction” at the University of Louisville and earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration at The Ohio State University. His Doctoral program emphases were in
engineer.Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University Trian Georgeou graduated from Arizona State University (ASU) in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. He worked in industry as a Mechanical Engineer while attending graduate school, earning his Master of Science in Technology, concentration of Mechanical Engineering Technology in 2006. While in graduate school, Trian also taught as an adjunct faculty member in Chandler Gilbert Community College’s Automated Manufacturing Systems program. Trian worked in the aftermarket automotive industry as an engineering and design consultant for two major companies. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the ASU Mechanical &
acquisition of technical knowledge and industry-relevant skills. Developing curriculum for rapidly advancing fields makes it imperative to utilize SMEswho have up-to-date knowledge and are able to share this knowledge with IDs as described inthe article by Gayeski, Wood, & Ford, 1992. Large companies and industry associationssometimes use their “workforce dollars” to enable some of their most knowledgeable employees(SMEs) to use company time to help develop training and education. This educational support isprovided only to the degree that a significant number of graduating students master skills thatmake them valuable candidates for employment at contributing companies. The exchange workswell for both parties, because educational
. Page 13.970.10 Appendix Perceptions of Engineering Education - InstrumentDirections: Please select an appropriate response or complete as needed.1. Please select one field describing your primary affiliation division: [ERM] [ETD] [K-12]2. Years of service with primary affiliation division: ______________ 3. Gender: [Male] [Female]4 Please indicate your academic discipline: [Engineering] [Engineering Technology] [Education]5 Select basic Carnegie classification of your institution: [Associates] [Baccalaureate] [Masters
. Page 13.838.76. Katz, J., and Henry, M. (1993), Turning Professors into Teachers, Pheonix, AZ, Oryx Press.7. Lowman, J. (1995). Mastering the techniques of teaching, Second Edition, San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass.8. McKeachie, W.J. (1999). Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers,Tenth Edition, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.9. Skilling, H.H., 1969, Do you teach; views on college teaching, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.10. Vershaffel, L., DeCorte, E., Kanselaar, G., & Valcke, M. (Eds.) (2005). Powerful environments for promotingdeep conceptual and strategic learning. Leuven, The Netherlands: Leuven University Press.11. Wankat, P.C. and Oreovicz, F.S. (1993). Teaching engineering. New York
, accessed 01/17/08.3. Lowman, J. (1995), Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, Second Edition, San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass.4. Brawner, C.E., Felder, R.M., Allen, R. H., Brent, R. (2002). How important is effective teaching to engineeringfaculty and administrators?, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education AnnualConference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada.5. Wankat, P.C. and Oreovicz, F.S. (1993), Teaching Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.6. , “The Teacher Scholar Philosophy of SIUE”,http://www.siue.edu/graduate/pdf/Teacher_Scholar_Philosophy_10-07_DRAFT.pdf, accessed 01/17/08.7. Anonymous, “2007, Draft Recommendations 7 May 2007”,http://www.calpoly.edu/~acadsen/Documents/R&PDCdraftRecommendations.pdf, accessed
isbecause students already know how to use IM and do not feel they need to be instructed on itsuse, but the students rated email and the phone as extremely important. This indicates that thestudents do not see how IM would be beneficial to group work or how it may benefit them intheir careers. Examples of IM use in industry may demonstrate to the students that IM is indeed askill they will need to master to become World-Class Engineers.Although the students do not believe IM may be an important method of group communication,they do feel it is just as efficient as email and the phone. These findings may indicate thatstudents feel they can use IM to get work done in a timely manner through all these methods, orthat email and the phone have their
Engineer and Surveyor.James Koehn, Chadron State College James F. Koehn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business and Economics at Chadron State College, Nebraska, where he is also the Director of the Nebraska Business Development Center. Koehn currently serves on the Education Advisory Committee of the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Accounting degrees from Rice University and earned a Juris Doctor from Baylor University. Koehn has worked for an international accounting firm in both their Houston and New York City offices, and he practiced tax and corporate law in Austin, Texas. Koehn is a member of the American Institute of
13.147.8 Figure 4. Summary of student assessment of their level of achievement of the learningobjectives during the Fall 2006 (n = 59), Spring 2007 (n = 30), and Fall 2007 semesters (n = 50).Bibliography1. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), “Engineering a ‘pink collar’ profession?” 2003, URL: http://www.asce.org/pressroom/pinkcollar.cfm2. Estes et al. “The ExCEEd Teaching Model,” Journal of Professional Issues in Education and Professional Practice, ASCE, 131(4), 218-222, 2005.3. Felder, R. M. and R. Brent, Effective Teaching, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1998.4. Lowman, J., Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, 2nd ed., Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1995.5. Project WET Curriculum and Activity
. Students will study the Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) industry and learn applications in MEMS, Bionanofab Technology, and Nanochemical Technology. Students will become familiar with the basic concepts of NMT including atoms, nano-particles, tubes and rods, semiconductors, transistors, and integrated circuits. This course will be available to all the engineering technology majors at Excelsior College. • Nanotech Practicum This work experience will expose students to participation in real-world science and engineering teams and familiarize them with the specialized tools and techniques that nano-technicians and technologists must master. Initial discussions have already been held
the concept(s), and then generate some test questions to evaluate theunderstanding of the learner. Once the learner has mastered the concept, he or she will be giventhe opportunity to try to solve the original problem again.d. Continuously improve the system’s ability to diagnose misconceptions. Whenever the learnerruns a program that contains an error, the system will add the incorrect configuration to the ErrorPatterns database. The system will also maintain a record of the tutorials the learner chooses tocomplete in the course of solving each problem. Thus the Error Patterns database will graduallyaccumulate more error patterns and be better able to diagnose learners’ errors in the future.System ImplementationWe have developed the
materials in mechanical, thermal, electro-magnetic andoptical design. It offers a high degree of integration with CES EduPack, includingexercises using the software. “Materials and Design” (6) addresses issues of industrialdesign, providing an introduction to materials for students of product design.“Materials Selection in Mechanical Design” (7) is a more advanced text, developingthe methods to a higher level, one appropriate for third, fourth year and masters levelteaching. All three have numerous exercises for which solution manuals areavailable.Project-based teachingThe CES EduPack provides a resource for project-based teaching. The projects thatwe use for first and second year students focus on analyzing material choice forfamiliar products
AC 2008-1689: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT IN THEUTILIZATION OF COLLEGIATE SWE SECTIONS AS A RECRUITMENT ANDRETENTION STRATEGYDebra Lasich, Colorado School of Mines Debra K. Lasich, Colorado School of Mines Debra Lasich has a B.S. degree in sociology from Kearney State College and a Masters of Community and Regional Planning from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the Executive Director of the Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (WISEM) Program at Colorado School of Mines, and also teaches in the Applied Communication Department at the University of Denver. Debra has worked in the academic arena for over 25 years as a college administrator, adjunct faculty member, and
AC 2008-1691: FRESHMAN PROGRAM TO GERMANY: AN INTRODUCTION TOGERMAN ENGINEERINGIlka Balk, University of Kentucky Ilka Balk, a native of Germany, joined the University of Kentucky, College of Engineering, in 2006 in order to start and establish a German Engineering Program. In the fall of 2007, Ilka took on the added responsibility of Director of Cooperative Education. Ilka has lived and worked in Germany and the United States, and has a Masters in Political Science with minors in History and Communications from the University of Goettingen, Germany.G. Lineberry, University of Kentucky G.T. Lineberry is Associate Dean for Commonwealth and International Programs and Professor of
. Csete, J and Davies, H. `Servant of two masters? Comparing results from matched employer andgraduate surveys. ` Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago,Illinois, March 27 1997 (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED413334) (1997).5. Davis, L. `High fliers must hit the ground running`. Chartered Surveyor Monthly, RICS, London, p. 42,(September 1996).6. Eraut, M. Developing Professional Knowledge and Competence, The Farmer Press, London (1994).7. Frank, J. `A comparative analysis of 1990 graduates`. Research Report No. 73, Columbia, MD: HowardCommunity College. (1991).8. Gao, M. L. and Chen B. The extension from practice teaching links to training the engineering practice ability,Proc. Fourth Int
presented.In these early stages of ISfE, Kate Thomes, the engineering librarian, worked with Pitt’s Officeof Measurement and Evaluation of Teaching (OMET) to develop tests to measure studentlearning of the concepts in the new curriculum. With input from OMET, the engineeringlibrarian developed multiple-choice tests based on the student learning objectives. An itemanalysis of the pre-test data was used to identify concepts that needed to be emphasized withinthe curriculum, or that could be dropped because students had already mastered them.Comparative analysis of the pre/post test data demonstrated that the ISfE curriculum waseffective in improving student understanding of the material. OMET’s assistance in interpretingthe test data allowed the
AC 2008-882: A RACE CAR DESIGN-BUILD-TEST PROJECT FOR LOWINCOME, FIRST GENERATION PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTSNicholas Oswald, Oklahoma State UniversityCharlie Huddleston, Oklahoma State University Charlie Huddleston is currently earning his Masters degree in electrical engineering at Oklahoma State University. His experience in embedded systems and electronic design has enabled him to be technical lead on a wide variety of technology development projects both at OSU and for small technology companies.Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University Page 13.95.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008
AC 2008-905: REAL OPTIONS IN ENGINEERING ECONOMY EDUCATIONNeal Lewis, University of Bridgeport Dr. Neal Lewis received his doctorate in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri – Rolla, and his MBA in 2000 from the University of New Haven. He is an associate professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. He has over 25 years of industrial experience, having worked at Procter & Gamble and Bayer. Prior to UB, he has taught at UMR, UNH, and Marshall University.Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting Dr. Ted Eschenbach, P.E. received the MCE degree in 1998 from the University of Alaska Anchorage. His masters
instructor. Features that can be easily extracted withthis methodology include how well the exams written by the instructor match the StudentLearning Outcomes, and what topics are the most difficult for students to master. Year-to-yeartrends which might require intervention from faculty are also evidenced.The authors are now working on using the same methodology to analyze and interpret the datafrom the General Physics I and General Physics II courses. These will be presented in a futurepaper. Our intent is to continue the process of data collection and analysis for all three Physicscourses in the undergraduate engineering sequence.Bibliography1. Rogers, G., “Assessment 101: Direct or Indirect Measures? Are We Asking the Right Question
AC 2008-998: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ENGINEERING “ECONOMICS”Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng) Steve earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Physics at the University of Maryland and his Masters and Doctorate in Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. After graduating, he was hired by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he developed new and innovative microwave, millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave remote sensing systems. In 2000, he joined Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems where he served in a variety of systems engineering and program management roles. In 2006 he moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana to accept the position as the
/father completed? (Mark one)” Value Don’t know or Not applicable 0 Did not finish high school 0.14 Graduated from high school 0.29 Attended college but did not complete degree 0.43 Completed an Associate degree (AA, AS, etc.) 0.57 Completed a Bachelor degree (BA, BS, etc.) 0.71 Completed a Masters degree (MA, MS, etc.) 0.86 Completed a