% of respondents were female and 62% male (18% did notrespond); 13% were lecturers (i.e., not tenure track), 17% assistant professors, 25% associateprofessors, 17% full professors, and 10% listed their position as other (18% did not respond).The respondents came from a variety of engineering departments or programs: 34% mechanicalengineering, 34% civil, 5% aerospace/aeronautical, 2% engineering mechanics, and 7% indicated“other” (18% did not respond).Data AnalysisWe operationalized an RBIS user as someone who indicated that they were currently using theRBIS (responded “I currently use it”). A non-user is an instructor who is not currently using theRBIS (responded any other way to the item). It was determined that an instructor spent time onan
), and their years of employment at the University.III. Results and DiscussionResponse RatesOverall, 48 out of 176 teaching faculty responded (27.3% return rate). The rates across differentdepartments varied from a low of 14% in Mechanical, Industrial & Aerospace Engineering, to ahigh of 64% in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ELCE). FEAS has undergone a massivefaculty renewal, with 95 new faculty hired in the last five years, accounting for 54% of the total.Very few of those were senior faculty with significant prior experience. Thus, it was assumedthat the self-declared years of teaching experience in the survey corresponded to employmentseniority information provided by the University. Figure 1 shows the demographic breakdown
, no. 3, 2001, pp. 413-421. 4. Dutson, A.J. et al., “A Review of Literature on TEachnig Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 1, 1997, pp. 17-28. 5. Waitz, I.A. and E.C. Barret, “Integrated Teaching of Experimental and Communication Skills to Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 3, 1997, pp. 255-262. 6. Duffie, J.A. and W.A. Beckman, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. Page 8.865.16Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for
with scores of 2 or 3 included descriptions of workingconditions that considered client involvement or team work, environmental health, sustainability,service, developing countries, or some form of helping language such as “improve quality oflife”. Responses with a score of 1 contained purely technical responses that seemed to occur in avacuum, devoid of any acknowledgements of external factors, clients, or social impacts.The results from the incoming freshman pre-surveys, by major, are presented in Figure 2. Thedistribution of Civil and Mechanical Engineering students is about the same, with about 60% ofrespondents with scores of 2 or 3. In Environmental Engineering, 75% of respondents hadscores of 2 or 3. In Aerospace Engineering, a
mechanical engineering at Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University and as Co-founder and CTO of RFB Solartech SL, a company that specializes in solar thermal solutions for the Spanish residential and commercial sector. Friess has established and leads the Sustainable Energy and Energy Efficiency Research Group at RIT, Dubai. Current research interests are focused on sustainability and energy efficiency and the field of engineering design and design education, with a focus on multinational student collaboration and educating the ”global engineer.”Dr. Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of engineering at Penn State Brandywine. His interests are in
: Criterion f: an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, Criterion g: an ability to communicate effectively, Criterion h: the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context, and Criterion j: a knowledge of contemporary issuesThe uniqueness of this course stems from the fact that, it is taught by a large number of facultyrepresenting many disciplines such as philosophy, bioethics, physics, as well as aerospace,chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering. We believe that in this way students will beexposed to views of ethics from a variety of perspectives. Besides, many guest lecturers areinvited to give lectures on ethical issues that
AC 2012-5030: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN GROUND VEHICLE COAST-DOWN TESTINGMr. Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University Zeit T. Cai is a third-year mechanical and aerospace engineering student at Princeton University. Over the summer of 2011, he participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) hosted by Michigan Technological University. Under the tutelage of Jeremy Worm, he conducted research on coastdown testing and helped design a procedure to conduct coastdown testing in a classroom setting.Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University Jeremy John Worm is the Director of the Mobile Sustainable Transportation Laboratory at Michigan Tech and a Research Engineer in the Advanced Power Systems Research
, and Ingraffea12 explored the TAM model and socialnetworking in a distance education project for aerospace design. Landry, Griffeth, andHartman13 looked at student perceptions of the Blackboard ™ learning managementsystem.Other research has focused directly on the role of perceptions in online courses. Osborne,Kreise, Tobey, and Johnson14 developed a survey instrument to investigate student andfaculty perceptions of online courses in social science departments. This study found thateffective communication methods are critical for online courses.It is clear that faculty and student perception is a key component in the acceptance andimplementation of new technologies, including online and distance education programs,and it is important to
listing is notexhaustive but is a limited selection of representative examples. In addition, these examples areoften taken verbatim from websites, catalogs or flyers and therefore, the authors of this articlehave made no editing or interpretation of their content or format. Page 25.639.54+1 Blended BS/MS Program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (CalPoly)9 Blended BS+MS engineering degree programs are offered by the following departments: Aerospace Engineering Biomedical and General Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering
they participated because they like building things and that they thought it was fun,71% enjoyed designing and working with robots, 61% liked the robotics competition, and 56%participated because their friends were interested. Focus groups conducted with program studentsconfirmed most of the reasons for participation. Many also suggested someone in the STEMfield piqued their interest in the program:“My dad is learning to be an engineer, and I really wanted to learn.”“I know an aerospace engineer, and I wanted to become one.”“I talked to my mom. I have an uncle who is an engineer. I’ve seen what he does, and I’m reallyinterested in engineering. She said that robotics is kind of the same thing. I said I’d like to join.”The students’ decision to
) delivering lectures or conducting recitations. Amongst thoseprograms, a maximum of 25% of meetings were run by TA’s.This chemical engineering course currently draws enrollment for students in many other majors,including: Civil, environmental engineering Aerospace engineering Agricultural and biosystems engineering, biomedical engineering, biological engineering Nanosystems engineering Paper science Materials science and engineering Mechanical engineering Textiles engineering Physics Chemistry Engineering management Pharmacy Engineering physics Petroleum engineering Industrial engineeringNo historical data on enrollment from other disciplines was available.A
sameinstructor during the 10-week fall quarter 2011. The courses were SE 1 (Introduction toStructures and Design), which ended up with 178 students, and SE 103 (Conceptual StructuralDesign), which ended up with 123 students. SE 1 serves as the very first Structural Engineeringcourse (freshman level) and is a survey of the field of Structural Engineering, covering topicssuch as introduction to structural components of civil and aerospace structures, the designprocess, engineering ethics, and cost-benefit analysis. SE 103’s objective is to introduce students(junior level) to the creative aspects of the design process and to the professional aspect of theindustry
AC 2012-5134: INTRODUCING LAB-ON-A-CHIP-TYPE EXPERIMENTALACTIVITIES IN A THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT TRANSFER LAB-ORATORY COURSEDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University Irina Ciobanescu Husanu (Co-PI) is Assistant Professor in applied engineering at Drexel University. She received her Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and also a M.S. degree in aeronautical engineering. Her research interest is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro- combustion, fuel cells, green fuels, and plasma assisted combustion. Husanu has prior industrial experi- ence in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and
AC 2012-3712: K-12 ENGINEERING EDUCATION: PRIORITIES, RESEARCHTHEMES, AND CHALLENGESDr. Eugene F. Brown, Virginia Tech Eugene Brown is a professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech. He has worked with ONR and DoD since 2001 on educational outreach-related work-force development issues. He teaches undergrad- uate and graduate courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics and is the author of many papers and reports describing his research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics, fluid mechanics, and his work in educational outreach.Prof. Larry G. Richards, University of Virginia Larry G. Richards is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia
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also serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Utah Partnership for Education. He is a member of the American Insti- tute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Birch has nearly 20 years of experience in detail design, engineering, and engineering management in the aerospace and process equipment industries.Megumi Usui Leatherbury, Weber State University Megumi U. Leatherbury possesses a master’s in technology from Purdue University, a bachelor’s of sci- ence degree in computer design graphics technology from Weber State University. Leatherbury is an Assistant Professor for the Design Graphics Engineering Technology program in the Engineering Tech- nology
coordinated by national metrological institutes such asthe National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) in the United States and the NationalPhysical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom. The national metrological institutesmaintain their traceability to the international standards maintained at BIPM in France.Traceability, accuracy, precision, systematic bias, and evaluation of measurement uncertainty areall critical parts of a quality management system.5 Metrology has thrived at the interfacebetween science and its application in manufacturing, defense, aerospace, medicine and amultitude of areas that rely on metrology to translate theoretical science into mass produced andmaintainable reality.It is through the interconnectedness and
specializationcourses (Aerospace Engineering, Biotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture,and Computer Integrated Manufacturing). These courses can be used for credit at accreditedcolleges and universities. In addition, there is an engineering research capstone course,Engineering Design & Development20.Everyone teaching PLTW courses must attend an extensive professional development program,including training provided by the PLTW network of affiliate colleges and universities, as aprecondition to teaching any one of the courses. This training aims to make teachers proficient inproject- and problem-based instruction21. In addition to hosting summer training institutes andongoing professional development, national affiliates offer graduate
: Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PracticeW. A. Hornfleck Lafayette College 30 VaST 241, a “Values and Science & Technology” core curriculum courseMahour Mellat- University of North Carolina- 30 Operations Management (MGT4410)Parast PembrokePeter A. Stanwick Auburn University 60 Strategic Management (MNGT 4800)Kenneth J. Reid Ohio Northern 100 Freshman Engineering 2 (GE 105)Raghu Echempati Kettering University 20 Introductory Mechanical Engineering
dieshops. Every State in the Union has some tool shops; however, they are heavily concentratednear the automotive, aerospace, and durable goods industries. They consist of organizations ofvarious sizes ranging from only a few workers to hundreds, primarily privately owned whileothers are under corporate control. These tool shops either can be independent entities orembedded in much larger organizations. The population of interest was comprised of tool shopsranging from small to large and from private to corporate.Within the tool shop, the people and their actions hold the most significance for this study. Ofparticular interest was the management team that may consist of the owner, president, generalmanager, director, department heads, or other
with Oxford University, the Rover Car Company, and British Aerospace. His research has been funded by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners and the Department of Defense. He has written more than sixty articles on software design, architecture, process, and management, and serves as associate editor-in-chief of Innovations in Software and Systems Engineering. Page 15.701.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Team Performance: The Cognitive Style FactorAbstractIt is widely considered that success in the design and development of an engineering system iscontingent upon
central figure in the design, development and articulation of curricula for educating manufacturing engineers in the United States and in selected off-shore venues. He also participates in Surface Mount Technology Association and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Prior to joining NDSU, Dr. Wells held manufacturing engineering and management positions in energy, aerospace, commercial sheet metal and automotive industries for twenty-six years. He also held a faculty position at University of Cincinnati for fifteen years, including thirteen years as chair of a department of some five hundred student head-count. He has also served as an academic dean in
AC 2010-127: GAINS IN KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF ENGINEERINGAFTER PARTICIPATION IN AN ENGINEERING DESIGN WEB-EXPERIENCEARE GENDER-DEPENDENTKimberly Edginton Bigelow, University of Dayton Kimberly Edginton Bigelow is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. Her focus area is biomechanical engineering. Kim teaches the freshmen engineering design experience and is involved in a number of K-12 engineering outreach activities.Gail Wheatley, Edheads Gail Wheatley is the founder and President of Edheads (www.edheads.org), a website featuring interactive educational activities focused on science and technology. She has 23 years
Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington University he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, professional ethics and piano technology. Page 15.1201.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Testing Several Composite Materials in a Material Science Course under the Engineering Technology CurriculumAbstractThe primary objective of a material science course is to provide the fundamental knowledgenecessary to understand important concepts in
ofconnections among educating networks. Of particular interest are the complexities of students’ contemporarysocial-biographies in conjunction with education policies and practices, and the social challenges and policyimplications changing patterns have on educational outcomes.RICHARD SMITHPrior to his appointment as Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Dr. Smith was Professor in theDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer. He joined the Department in 1977,following a brief tenure at Rice University. During 1977-78, he was a Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Scholarvisiting the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania. From 1983-91 he served as Associate Head for GraduateStudies of the Department. In 2004
Engineering Technology and his M.S. in Manufacturing and Mechanical System Integration, both from RIT. His research and teaching interests include new methods in teaching engineering education leveraging the environments of today’s students, and using Mind Mapping techniques integrally in the teaching of classes. Prior to his academic position, he spent 30 years in Product Development for the commercial, medical, aerospace, and military industries.Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology LARRY VILLASMIL, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Applied Science and Technology Larry is an Assistant Professor. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from “Universidad Nacional
received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian Self is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly in 2006, he taught for seven years at the United States Air Force Academy and worked for four years in the Air Force Research Laboratories. Research interests include active learning and engineering education, spatial disorientation, rehabilitation engineering, sports biomechanics, and aerospace physiology. He worked on a team that developed the Dynamics Concept Inventory and is currently
AC 2010-1741: EXAMINING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OFINTERDISCIPLINARITY BASED ON GENDER AND DISCIPLINARYAFFILIATIONAlexandra Coso, University of Virginia ALEXANDRA COSO is a graduate student pursuing an M.S. in Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia. She received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. Her current research focuses on interdisciplinary engineering education and students' perceptions of the different dimensions of interdisciplinary engineering projects.Reid Bailey, University of Virginia REID BAILEY is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research interests focus on studying how students
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