coursework that they may not recall well (e.g., drafting and surveying) in addition torelying on sources of information with which they are not familiar (e.g., building codes,manufacturer’s data sheets, master plans). In short, in our capstone course there are manydeliverables that the students struggle to manage, especially since they may have otherchallenging coursework, and many are holding part-time jobs (e.g., with their co-op employers).Probably the most challenging part of the project is that it is done collaboratively in a team.While we do incorporate teamwork in previous coursework (e.g., lab reports), none of theprevious experiences are as intensive as in the capstone course. Some students struggle with timemanagement and procrastination
associate for OSU’s fundamentals of engineering honors program - a first year, introductory course required for all honors engineering students. She also spent two semesters working as a teaching assistant for the Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Department’s thermodynamics class. She worked in a chemical engineering laboratory for four semesters studying separation of human red blood cells from whole blood. After that, she spent four semesters studying engineering education, resulting in four publications. She also volunteers at a free clinic called Physicians Care Connections, the Dublin Food Pantry, and Sandlot Children’s Sports Camp. This fall she will begin her masters in Biomedical Engineering at
State University, San Luis Obispo Eltahry Elghandour, Associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the Mechanical Design Department of the University of Helwan, Cairo, Egypt in 1989. He later earned his Philosophy of Doctor in Engineering degree from the Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Helwan, Cairo, Egypt in 1995. His expertise is in composite Materials analysis and manufacture, fatigue and fracture mechanics, and advanced finite element analysis.Ms. Eileen W. Rossman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Eileen Rossman has a worked in various industries for over 14 years
degree in Physics Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey and a doctoral degree in Mathe- matics Education from Syracuse University, NY. Dr. Dominguez is a member of the Researchers’ National System in Mexico (SNI-2) and has been a visiting researcher at Syracuse University, at UT-Austin and at Universidad Andres Bello. She teaches undergraduate courses in Mathematics, graduate courses in Education, and is a thesis advisor on the master and doctoral programs on education at the Tecnologico de Monterrey. Her main research areas are: faculty development, teaching methods, and gender issues in STEM education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Socioeconomic and Gender
Computing in Engineering is a course required for all 200 engineering students ata research university in Massachusetts. In the last few years, the course underwent a transitionfrom a large, lecture-based course taught by one professor to several smaller sections taught bydifferent professors, each using their own instructional technique. In the spring of 2019, fourprofessors taught the Introduction to Computing Course using three different instructionalmethods. All courses had the same syllabus goals, outlined in Table 1 below. Table 1. Course Goals (as defined in the 2019 syllabi) Overall Goal Key ComponentsFluency in a Master basic Know common Use good code Plan
, LLC Gale A. Mentzer, PhD, the owner and director of Acumen Research and Evaluation, LLC, has been a pro- fessional program evaluator since 1998. She holds a PhD in Educational Research and Measurement from The University of Toledo and a Master of Arts in English Literature and Language—a unique combination of specializations that melds quantitative and qualitative methodologies. She and has extensive experience in the evaluation of projects focused on STEM education including evaluations of several multi-million dollar federally funded projects. Previously she taught graduate level courses for the College of Education at The University of Toledo in Statistics, Testing and Grading, Research Design, and Program
challenge was not considered successful.22 Instead the need todayis to not only provide education but to stimulate responsibility and action. To that end,sustainability engineering programs have emerged in a variety of forms. As an example, fourseparate ways of teaching sustainability have emerged in the curriculum at Syracuse University.The first is through an entire academic program, Master of Science in Energy SystemsEngineering, which is offered for graduate students. This program, although not explicitly entitledsustainability engineering, has four required courses that cover the three broad areas of concern insustainability engineering; namely environmental, social and economic, as shown in Figure 1.Among the curriculum requirements are
/uncertainty in 3D geospatial datasets. His research develops new methods and techniques to enhance functionality of 3D geospatial data and models. In addition, recent research interests include utilizing 3D data for creating realistic environments in immersive virtual reality, as well as the application of virtual reality in engineering education.Mr. Jeffrey Daniel Chiampi II, The Pennsylvania State University Mr. Chiampi is a Lecturer of Computer Science and Mathematics at The Pennsylvania State University Wilkes-Barre campus. He holds master degrees in Business Administration and Software Engineering. He regularly teaches courses in computer science, game development, and information sciences and tech- nology. Before
. student in the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research interests are in computer science education and scientific computing.Dr. Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr Amos joined the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois in 2009 and is currently a Teaching Associate Professor in Bioengineering and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Educational Psychology. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech and Ph.D. in Chemical En- gineering from University of South Carolina. She completed a Fulbright Program at Ecole Centrale de Lille in France to benchmark and help create a new hybrid masters program
Science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #29700Ms. Dana Hamadeh Dana Hamadeh earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Master of Education in Cur- riculum and Instruction with a minor in Mathematics. Some of her professional experiences include over ten years teaching college mathematics, supervising student learning center for physics and mathematics, managing million dollar STEM grant programs, and serving as Associate Dean of STEM Academic Af- fairs at Palm Beach State College. She continues to develop and present dynamic and interactive staff, faculty, and
ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. (ABET a) Commentary: A technical core of knowledge and breadth of coverage in mathematics, science and civil engineering topics is stressed in this outcome. Underlying the professional role of the civil engineer as the master integrator and technical leader are most of the following: mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus- based physics, biology, chemistry, ecology, geology/geomorphology, engineering economics, mechanics, material properties, systems, geo-spatial representation, and information technology. Increased exposure to or emphasis on biological systems, ecology, sustainability, nanotechnology, and information
, child development and nursing. • Start-to-Finish Design Experience: EPICS provides a start-to-finish design experience for students. Each project begins with identification of the Project Partner’s needs and the definition of a project to meet that need. It then progresses through design, development, testing and deployment with the Project Partner. This process typically takes two or more years, thus providing the students with sufficient time to master the many different aspects of an engineering design project, including: exploration of design alternatives, project planning and management, team leadership, technical innovation, design revisions, and economic considerations.While one or sometimes
(EPSCoR). Page 12.907.1Sandra Wood, University of Alabama Sandra A. Wood received her B.S. degree in Biology/Chemistry from the University of Alabama in 1977 and pursued graduate study in Mathematics and Physical Chemistry before obtaining a Masters of Science in Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 1981. She has over twenty five years experience as an engineer and scientist in the areas of biomedical, materials and environmental engineering encompassing project and personnel management, technical sales, marketing
bachelor and nine master-level project management degrees in 1994, whereas by 2006, morethan 284 degree programs at 235 worldwide institutions existed. The GAC states that the“programs have broadened to be part of degree offerings in business, management, construction,engineering, and architecture.” This interdisciplinary focus is a core element of many programs.Thinking globally, but acting locally, The Citadel School of Engineering listened to constituentinput concerning the need for graduate level education programs in the Charleston, SC area andestablished a graduate certificate program in Technical Project Management (TPM). Theobjectives of this program 1) delivered a knowledge and performance-based curriculum focusedon the knowledge, skills
multiple examples. Not onlyhave team-forming activities encouraged mathematical communication and teamwork among thestudents, but we have used these activities to create an active learning environment. The activitiescan help introduce new calculus topics, reinforce calculus skills, encourage problem solving, andpromote the discovery of new calculus concepts.Team ActivitiesAs described above, team composition can be determined by using a mathematical exercise;however, sometimes we assign teams with a less time-consuming method (such as counting off ordrawing playing cards). In this section, we describe some of the collaborative learning activityassignments.Find the Error: One skill that is critical for engineering and mathematics majors to master
Department at Seattle University. Dr. Miguel received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Washington, and MSEE and BSEE from Florida Atlantic University in 1996 and 1994. Her teaching and research interests include image and video compression, image processing, and wavelets. Page 12.1151.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Performing Engineering Research at Non-Ph.D. Granting InstitutionsAbstractResearch is becoming increasingly important at liberal arts colleges and masters universities.However, performing research at a non-Ph.D. granting institution has unique
processing, students need only a computer with Internet access and a standardbrowser, making OASIS well suited to student-centered and large-class learning.Students are encouraged to practice OASIS questions from day one. In this way they canimprove their skills and understanding and receive timely feedback on their progress throughthe semester. Each question has 200 to 300 numerically different variations, so students canpractice each question until satisfied they have mastered the particular skill, situation, orconcept. As students practice and improve their skills, they also become familiar with theenvironment that will be used for assessments. Figure 1 shows a typical question from theyear-two course ‘Circuits & Systems
investigator for the “Back-To-Basics” project aimed at engineering student retention.Nikhil Satyala, University of Texas-Tyler NIKHIL SATYALA received the Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), India in 2004. He is currently pursuing his Masters degree at the University of Texas at Tyler, while working as a research assistant. His research interests include embedded systems, dual-core processor architectures and microprocessors. Page 12.152.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Virtual Machine
Professor in the Industrial and Engineering Technology Department at Southeast Missouri State University. He obtained his BS degree from the University of Roorkee(now IIT-Roorkee), India and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from West Virginia University. He is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and is certified as a Quality Engineer and Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. Page 13.910.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Multi-disciplinary Team Project with SoftwareAbstract Multi-disciplinary team projects are an important element in the ABET accreditation ofengineering
thatallow for engineering service learning programs to expand into schools outside of the metroAtlanta area. Plans have also been developed for an engineering design competition thatincludes ethical elements aimed at the high school/middle school audiences. Details of theprograms mentioned as well as lessons learned and a study of the impact on participatingstudents is presented in the following sections.BackgroundSTEP Program/Georgia TechThe Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP) Program started in 2001 and partnersadvanced Georgia Tech undergraduate and graduate students with metro-Atlanta area highschools in teams that are led by master teacher-coordinators. The program seeks to improve theteaching-related communication and
mostly one-on-one or ininformal small groups. Class activities are purposefully structured to foster cooperative learning.An approach of continual (formative) assessment and extensive feedback on performance isfollowed. A strong emphasis is placed on a high standard of work.During the first semester the main focus is on fundamental mathematical concepts. The aim is togive students a thorough understanding of 2-D functions and their graphs. Our research affirmsthat freshmen engineering students are in dire need of gaining competence in, and mastering ofthese concepts to ensure a solid basis for their calculus study.14, 15 In the second semester the
AC 2008-511: ADVANCING STRATEGIES FOR ENGINEERINGACCREDITATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANMaria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, is a Professor of Computer Engineering and the Associate Dean of Academic and International Affairs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. She is Executive Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI). In ASEE she is on the boards of the Minorities in Engineering Division and the Women in Engineering Division, and the Web Master and past Secretary Treasurer of the International Division. She is Vice
ofexamples of how the REU program opened their eyes to Ph.D. work (n=7, 11 references to thistheme appeared in the interviews) and/or changed their mind about academic or career plans asresult of the research experience (n=7, 12 references).When discussing how the program made them aware of opportunities and advantages associatedwith obtaining Ph.D. and their increased self-efficacy to do so, participants made comments suchas: “I’ve always wanted to go to grad school to get a Masters, but I wasn’t sure how far I’d go. I think after this program, I’m interested in a Ph.D. now because I can see what it can open up for me.” “I want to go to grad school now. I wasn’t really excited before. So, you know, it’s definitely made
the application of the CRS DEA model to the evaluation process of theapplicants for graduate engineering programs.4. Applying data envelopment analysis to the application review processThe proposed DEA model in this study aims at (i) accepting students, (ii) comparing the acceptedstudents with the DEA model results, and, (iii) preparing a base to observe the students’ futuresuccess to evaluate the performance criteria fed into the model. Page 13.219.7 5To achieve these objectives, the data for all 37 M.S. candidates (n = 37) for the Masters of Science(M.S.) in Computer Science
student in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University. He has B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research interests are in stability of interfacial fluid dynamics.Andrew Dressel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Andrew Dressel is a doctoral student in the Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has a Master of Science degree in Mechanics from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His primary research interest is bicycle and motorcycle stability and handling
of Industrial Engineers student chapter and INFORMS.Idalis Vazques, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Idalis Vazques is in her senior year in Industrial Engineering at the UPRM participating in an undergraduate research opportunities program related to engineering education. Idalis is member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers student chapter and INFORMS.Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Dr. Alexandra Medina-Borja is an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and Director of the International Service Systems Engineering Lab. Alexandra holds a Masters and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a BS in
Systems Engineering Lab. Alexandra holds a Masters and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a BS in Production of Materials Engineering from the Federal University of Sao Carlos, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her research interests are systems thinking, system dynamics, service operations, performance measurement using DEA, evaluating success factors in engineering and understanding the cognitive processes that occur during their acquisition. Page 12.958.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivators to
students’future success to evaluate the performance criteria fed into the model.To achieve these objectives, the data for all 107 applicants (n = 107) for the Masters of Science(M.S.) in Computer Science program in the School of Engineering for Fall 2004 semester iscollected. According to the office of admissions records, the acceptance rate of the ComputerScience graduate program for the Fall 2004 semester is approximately 34 percent, with 36 accepted,and 71 rejected students.Following data collection, a DEA model to evaluate the relative efficiency of each candidate isemployed with six performance criteria, viz., the Bachelors of Science (B.S.) GPA, TOEFL andGRE Quantitative (-Q) scores, number of years of work experience, number of
poster isviewed at once; changing the color scheme can be distracting. Although a poster is less formalthan an oral presentation, it requires that you be much better prepared since you will beinterrupted continually during your overview; you need to know the flow of your presentationextremely well. Proofread your poster material thoroughly; do not trust spell-check utilities.Most student technical paper competitions tend to be poster sessions; hence, it is stronglyrecommended that you master the art of presenting a poster well!6b. Organizing Your PosterDetermine if you are going to use a left-to-right row or column layout. If for some reason youneed to mix the row and column layouts, use easy-to-see arrows to indicate the flow. It is
, employees of Into YourHands, and the students and staff at St. Denis Secondary School.Scholarship Recipients Scholarship recipients are divided into two teams: curriculum development team andwater treatment team. Both teams are led jointly by a Ph.D. candidate and a Masters’ degreecandidate. One Ph.D. candidate and one Master’s degree candidate are female. Five freshmenundergraduate scholarship recipients are working on the curriculum development project and sixfreshmen undergraduate scholarship recipients are working on the water treatment project. Onlyone undergraduate scholarship recipient is female and she is developing engineering curriculumto support the proper usage and maintenance of the water facility installation on the