where it is stated, the collaboration yielded under-graduate, masters anddoctoral theses in engineering, management and operations research, whilst also exposingand enabling students to contribute to actual industry practice. The company involved gainedin return, a number of tangible benefits including PC-based tools and predictive models, anda general awareness of relevant long-term issues in an environment dominated by short-termpressures. Other benefits of this project included the sponsorship of several six-month in-house internships and the decision to employ one particularly promising graduate.The project, though successful, was not however without its problems. Students andacademic staff found that the company was unwilling to contribute
Paper ID #38412Promoting Research Quality to Study Mental Models of Ethics andDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in EngineeringDr. Justin L. Hess, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Justin L Hess is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Hess’s research focuses on empathic and ethical formation in engineering education. He received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s School of Civil Engineering. He is the editorial board chair for the Online Ethics
) Sara Schley is a Professor in the Masters in Secondary Science Education in NTID at RIT, and director of the Research Center for Teaching and Learning at NTID, where diverse teams of faculty and students conduct research to improve deaf education . She h ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Identifying Misrecognition in Engineering Identity ResearchAnnie Y. PatrickGeorgia Institute of TechnologyJoseph LedouxGeorgia Institute of TechnologySara SchleyGeorgia Institute of Technology Identifying Misrecognition in Engineering Identity Research Introduction Engineering identity and its subcomponent, recognition, is highly
. Grinter from the University of Florida; and the 1968Goals Report, as coordinated by Penn State President Eric A. Walker. The Grinter Report, whichwas itself quite controversial in its time, is widely recognized for having given better articulation Page 22.1015.4to the notion of engineering science, and for establishing a more science-based curriculum as thepostwar norm for engineering education. The 1968 Goals Report, meanwhile, was an even morecontroversial document that recommended that the master‟s degree ought to be the firstprofessional degree in engineering. Both studies placed considerable emphasis on generaleducation, including, quite
at the Uni- versity of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Subsequently, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a Masters of Science in Polymers, Colloids and Surfaces. Her disserta- tion work presented a novel technique to allow for the control of mass transport in crosslinked hydrogels with applications in the fields of biosensors and microfluidics. Under a fellowship from the National Research Council, Marvi worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST). Her project at NIST involved the study of encapsulated neural stem cell’s viability and differentiation under AC electric fields. More recently (2008-2010), she worked as a
presentations from my wheelchair in ways that no other professor at my school could. This summer also gave me the opportunity to mentor someone else helping an intern who was just about to go off to college learn some of the independent navigation skills to be active in the community by herself. On the technical side, I was given a chance to see the field of Assistive Technology at work and allowed me to finalize my decision to pursue AT in not only a Masters Degree
andAdvanced Manufacturing (EDAM). Each of the four focus areas involves at least threePortuguese universities plus MIT, and involves multiple industry partners. The four areas wereidentified during a 1-year assessment period by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technologyand Higher Education (MCTES) in coordination with MIT as strategically important forPortugal‟s future with a high chance of international competitiveness. The confinement to fourfocus areas stands in contrast to a Portuguese equity tradition university funding, which has oftenlead to a sub-critical dispersion of funding across many fields and places.The four focus areas have created a total of 7 new graduate degrees, 4 Doctoral programs and 3Advances Studies/Masters programs
AC 2011-1069: STUDENT-CREATED WATER QUALITY SENSORSLiesl Hotaling, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg Liesl Hotaling is a senior engineer at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida. She holds a B.S. in Marine Science, and Masters degrees in Science Teaching and Maritime Systems. She is a partner in Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence - Networked Ocean World (COSEE-NOW) and specializes in real time data and hands-on STEM educational projects supporting environmental ob- serving networks.Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham, UK Dr. Stolkin is a Research Fellow at the Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Birmingham, UK. He is an interdisciplinary engineer, with diverse
MEAs, Paper Plane Challenge, Just-In-Time Manufacturing, and Travel Mode Choice,were implemented in Fall 2008. For MEA 1: Paper Plane Challenge student teams used data toconstruct a procedure (model) for judging paper airplane contests, for MEA 2: Just-in-TimeManufacturing student teams provided a model for ranking shipping companies, and for MEA 3:Travel Mode Choice student teams developed a model from data to make predictions aboutstudents’ transportation choices in order to inform a university’s master development planningprocess. A more detailed description of these MEAs is provided by Zawojewski, Diefes-Dux,and Bowman3. The MEAs were part of a required problem-solving and computer tools course inthe first-year engineering program
engineering faculty first to rank how important or useful these skills are forengineering students to master. Forty-one faculty took the survey, and they ranked “giving clear,organized, and credible presentations” and “creating a well-organized document” as the mostimportant skills for engineering students to have. (Figure 1 shows how faculty ranked seven ofthe 17 skills.) Page 22.579.7Figure 1. Sample faculty responses to the Spring 2009 College of Engineering Faculty Survey. This questionasked faculty to rank the importance of 17 communication skills. (Only seven of those 17 skills are shown here.)After faculty ranked the usefulness of those skills
face-to-face collaboration, andseveral drawbacks were associated with this mode of communication. First of all, students foundthat relying on distant correspondence was not as efficient and slowed research progress: When I was in (her home country) I was all on my own. I managed to get through it for my Masters but it wasn’t easy to be honest. I did struggle a lot because sometimes I would get just stuck for like weeks and weeks and not be able to move forward because he (the student’s advisor) can’t really help me.Working on campus was considered more advantageous to provide easy access to physical andhuman resources and can hasten degree process: Um, well, it’s been quite interesting actually
mastering knowledge incertain areas as well as the integrative and social skills for combining their knowledge with thatof others in hybrid learning formats. Companies like IBM and IDEO refer to people with bothdomain-specific and integrative skills as “T-shaped” people,31, 61 and find them key to theinnovation process.b. Integration grooms entrepreneursEntrepreneurship is the ability to marshal resources in order to realize an idea or cluster of ideasthat creates value for a stated stakeholder set. As Schumpeter106 explained, entrepreneurs exploitnew inventions or ideas, or they find new ways to exploit existing ones. Entrepreneurs are able tosuccessfully change established routines by orienting people and markets to produce new formsof value
. 10 The U.S. occupation authorities actually jump-‐started the whole process by allowing small and medium-‐sized enterprises to trade in their existing machinery for equipment that had been seized in the reparations program. This continued after independence in 1952 with prefectural governments and cooperative organizations playing the key role of matching the needs of local firms with available machinery. Prefectures also supported small local laboratories for improving production practices in industries of local interest (Morris-‐Suzuki 1994). There was no master plan. Rather a multitude of overlapping ministries competed with one another to
, preserving nature [13] Unity with nature, fitting into nature [16] Respecting the earth, harmony with other species [14] Altruistic values Equality, equal opportunity for all [12] Social justice, correcting injustices, care for those who are less privileged [17] A world at peace, free of war and conflict [15]Methods of Instrument AdministrationThe instrument was administered in three parts at a private research university in the northeasternUnited States (E-group), a public research university in the southern United States (S-group) anda public masters university in the pacific coastal United States (P-group). Students wererequested to take the survey by the faculty in their courses. The
help identifythe key elements of technology-supported active learning strategies. With the course subject andthe selected redesign model in mind, we followed each guiding principle in the manner notedbelow.1. Redesign the Whole CourseStatics is traditionally taught as a 3-hour credit course using a lecture format. Besidesintroducing various topics, the instructor also works example problems that clarify mechanicsconcepts while describing the analysis procedure. Much of the learning, however, occurs outsideof class as students master the material by working homework problems. Our course redesign isbased on three integrated activities that can be categorized as: 1) pre-emporium, 2) emporium,and 3) post-emporium, where the word “emporium” refers
. This commitment however makesthem less open to critical review. They neglect to learn from their own experiences and that theseexperiences are not valued. Learning from experience is an important avenue for knowledge thatcan be expensive but without this knowledge, organizations are doomed to continue to fail.IS/IT trainingThe ever expanding skill set for the IT professional to master has created a new array of issuesfor the IT profession. The IT organization, to remain successful, must foster IT competencewhich requires not only attracting competent IT professionals but provide training for theseprofessionals. This training comes in many forms including: academic IT programs, ITworkshops, self motivated training, vendor training, and
AC 2010-745: A QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF FACULTY BELIEFSRELATED TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATIONKirsten Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University Kirsten Hochstedt is a Graduate Assistant at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education. She has received her Masters degree in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in educational and psychological measurement, at Penn State and is a doctoral candidate in the same program. The primary focus of her research concerns assessing the response structure of test scores using item response theory methodology.Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Sarah E. Zappe, is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional
, there simply was not enough time or resources to devoteindividual attention to each student. This impacted the teaching and learning of teamwork,communication, and writing. There is a personal aspect to writing, even in teams. Oralcommunication takes time and practice to master and teamwork cannot be sufficiently, activelytaught via large lecture periods. We were challenged in such a large class that provided verylimited lecture time.To combat these challenges, students were repeatedly offered individualized help during officehours, but few took advantage. It is recommended that students be required to sign up for teamconsultations early in the semester, to facilitate development of their communication skills and
– Professional & Ethics as outcomes that may be challenging for programs to fullyimplement.The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the University of Louisiana’scivil engineering curriculum with respect the BOK2 outcomes associated with the baccalaureatedegree. Specific emphasis is given herein to these identified “challenging” outcomes.Institutional ProfileThe University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a public institution of higher education offering thebachelor, master, and doctoral degrees. It is the largest member of the University of LouisianaSystem with an enrollment of approximately 16,000 students. Within the Carnegieclassification, [University A] is designated as a Research University with high research
Taiwan in 2002 and her Masters in I/O Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2005. Her research interests include measurement and evaluation issues, individual differences, leadership, cross-cultural studies, work motivation, and the application of technology on human resources management. Page 15.302.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Computational thinking: What should our students know and be able to do?AbstractA NSF funded project on our campus has two overarching goals: (1) to create a computationalthinking thread in engineering
Arab Emirates and many other countries.Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch Since Fall 2004, N. Jean Hodges has been an Assistant Professor of Writing and Writing Center Instructor at Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar (VCUQatar) in Doha, Qatar. Hodges works on writing assignments individually with VCUQatar students in all three of the university’s design majors as well as in the liberal arts courses. She earned her degrees in North Carolina: a Master of Science in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University; a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Queens College (now Queens University); and an Associate of Applied Science
National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Education Title III and Title V; National Institutes of Health; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, among others. Dr. Eddy also trains professional evaluators from around the world as a faculty member at CGU in the Advanced Certificate in Evaluation Program.Ms. Nancy Hankel, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc. Ms. Hankel earned a Master of Arts in Psychology with a co-concentration in Organizational Behavior and Evaluation degree from Claremont Graduate University. She also graduated from Hillsdale College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. As a Research Associate at Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc., Nancy manages several studies
students. Nathan has bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford Uni- versity and a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Page 24.1089.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Social Responsibility Attitudes of First Year Engineering Students and the Impact of CoursesAbstractThe goal of this research was to characterize the social responsibility (SR) attitudes of first yearengineering students, determine if these
– an essential behavior that must be mastered on their journey tobecoming practicing engineers. At the beginning of each quarter, after the peer evaluations fromthe previous quarter had been compiled and distributed, the instructors would discuss them withthe class as a whole. In these open discussions the instructors would solicit reactions from thestudents on the feedback they had received, and offer a faculty perspective of the process anddiscuss ways to interpret and respond to that feedback. These sessions were an attempt todemystify the process of giving professionally relevant feedback to their peers, to have thestudents to reflect on their personal development, and to get them to the point where they canreceive constructive criticism
Roundtable, Ohio’s Great Corridor Association, and the University of Dayton Rivers Institute. Prior to her position at SOCHE, Maggie worked for the Fitz Center for Leadership in Community at the University of Dayton. Maggie has a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Dayton.Dr. Sean J Creighton, SOCHE Sean Creighton is the Executive Director of SOCHE, a regional consortium of colleges and universities dedicated to educating, employing, and engaging citizens. In 2012, SOCHE received the Dayton Business Journal Non-Profit Business of the Year Award. Sean is an elected member of the Board of Education for the Yellow Springs Public Schools, and