container to the construction site, where it can produce the panels fromlocally sourced supplies. The design of a self-contained collection of wood-working equipmentwas discussed as a possibility of a student-team design competition, but has not been pursuedyet.Within the Engineering Department, a degree in Advanced Manufacturing is offered,specializing in manufacturing technologies and techniques. A team of three seniors, twoAdvanced Manufacturing students and one Industrial Engineering student, took for theircapstone project the design of a work cell that could easily and economically produce theassemblies for these houses. The team observed the construction site several times throughoutthe semester in order to identify the sizes of the parts
Paper ID #12232Ongoing Development and Evaluation of an Engineering Service CourseDr. Michael Foster, George Fox UniversityDr. Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University Page 26.1202.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Ongoing Development and Evaluation of an Engineering Service CourseAbstractGeorge Fox University has a service-learning course required of all engineering programgraduates. The course began in 2010 as a one-credit per semester, four-semester sequencestarting
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Paper ID #33382Engagement in Practice: Community Engagement Challenges for FoodSupply-chain EngineeringMrs. Pouneh Abbasian, Texas A&M University Pouneh Abbasian is a PhD student in an interdisciplinary program at Texas A and M university.Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam joined the faculty of Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M Univer- sity in 2007. Natarajarathinam received her Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from The University of Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Engineering (Major: Industrial and Systems Engineering) from Anna University
, team-based design project [1], [2]. Thesemester-long projects for the course are traditionally chosen by individual professors, and topicsrange from assistive technology projects with actual clients to water filtration systems fordeveloping countries, among others. First year engineering undergraduate students spend thesemester learning about the design process by working on teams to produce a tangible finalproject, culminating with an Engineering Design Expo at the end of the semester. Severalengineering departments require this course for first-year students, including mechanical, civil,environmental, and aerospace engineering.Further research from this team and others around service-based projects suggests that students inactual client
and rewards students for pursuing a deeper understanding of math concepts and theirapplications in science, technology, and engineering (STEM) fields.MATHCOUNTS was designed for 6th-8th graders. Each fall when the school semester begins,the participating schools register with the national MATHCOUNTS office and assign a coach,usually a math teacher or sometimes a volunteer parent, to lead math club activity either afterschool or during the 7th period of the school schedule. The coach receives the annualMATHCOUNTS School Handbook [2] and the previous year competition materials [3] to trainstudents on topics and problem solving skills usually not covered in school math classes. Thetopics include arithmetic, algebra, geometry, number theory, and
University of Massachusetts-Lowell andWorchester Polytechnic Institute; the D80 Center at Michigan Technological University is acommunity-inspired research-and-design project; co-curricular or extracurricular group designprojects found at many engineering schools are sponsored by organizations such as Engineerswithout Borders; and stand-alone courses include “Engineering Strategies and Practice” atUniversity of Toronto, “Global Engineering Outreach Projects” at Brigham Young University,and “Introduction to Engineering Design” of this paper.LTS has been driven by a paradigm shift in engineering education beginning with the 1994Report of the Engineering Deans’ Council and the Corporate Roundtable of the ASEE (the GreenReport6) and cumulating in The
of experience tutoring students and working with schools, and became interested in education through these experiences. Her primary interest is in informal learning environments and educational technologies. She currently conducts research with the Lawrence Hall of Science on their engineering exhibits and works to improve the facilitation and design of the exhibits. Her research fo- cuses on how science center visitors engage and tinker at engineering activities and the impacts of these open-ended tinkering activities in terms of STEM learning and engineering understanding.Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley Ryan Shelby is a joint 2013-2014 Millennium Challenge Corporation-Arizona State University Science
Paper ID #23209Engagement in Practice: Developing a Sustainable K-12 Outreach STEMProgramDr. Joan B. Schuman, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Joan Schuman is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department at Missouri S&T. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Arkansas and completed her Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi. Schuman is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified through the Project Management Institute. She worked for several years
as well asglobally. EA also opened participants’ eyes to the possibility of graduate school and increasedtheir motivation, confidence and motivation to complete their studies. A very large number ofEA alumni described career goals in green technology, water conservation, and transportationmanagement. Now that the program has just completed its sixth year and the past delegateshave transferred to universities and are practicing engineers, the next steps would be to survey allsix cohorts.ConclusionThe Cabrillo College Engineering Abroad Program is now in its sixth year and one of the fewengineering abroad programs in the country that serves community college students. It hasengaged a total of 75 students in interdisciplinary engineering teams
Paper ID #23861Engagement in Practice: Lessons Learned Partnering with Science Educa-tors and Local Engineers in Rural SchoolsMs. Holly Larson Lesko, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia TechDr. Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia
continued to expand and grow over the years, both technically as well as pedagogically. Currently he works in one of the most technically outstanding buildings in the region where he provides support to students, faculty, and staff in implementing technology inside and outside the classroom, researching new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways
-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER) published by Cam- bridge University Press, New York, NY. Dr. Johri earned his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University and a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at Delhi College of Engineering.Mr. Habib Karbasian, George Mason University Habib Karbasian is a PhD student at the Department of Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University. He obtained his BSc in software engineering and MSc in artificial intelligence from University of Tehran. His research interests span from online social network data mining, reinforce- ment learning, evolutionary optimization and big data. His thesis is focused on online
from the University of Colorado Boulder.Dr. Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech Yanna Lambrinidou is adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Science and Technology in Society (STS), president of Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives (PNA), and co-founding member of the Campaign for Lead Free Water (CLFW). She works as a researcher, advocate, and activist at the intersection of engineering, engineering ethics, and environmental justice. Her focus areas include lead in drinking water and engineers’ engagement with communities in crisis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Representations of “the Public” in Learning Through Service (LTS) Versus “Mainstream” Engineering
learning pedagogy. Her focus has been on science and engineering programs. She has been a member of the Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Women in Science group for the past four years. She partnered on the Forward to Professorship grant. This will provide workshops to WISE students and post graduates on how to negotiate the post graduate years. The program will also provide mentoring for young women. She developed and implemented the Macro Social Work class for the master’s degree program at Stony Brook University. Collaborators include David Ferguson (Stony Brook University, Department of Technology and Society), TechPREP; Judy Murrah, Motorola Founda- tion and Connect To Tech; Paul Seigel (SUNY at Stony Brook
underserved communities in Bogota, Colombia. These academic spacesare part of a course called University Social Project (Proyecto Social Universitario - PSU). Thecurrent approach in PSU is insufficient to foster students’ innovation skills, to help themunderstand the impact, commitment, and responsibility of their performance as an engineer insociety, and to serve populations and institutions that are either underserved or in vulnerableconditions by providing solutions to their needs and problems. To enhance the educationalexperience of the PSU, we created a project model where PSU students conceive, design, andconstruct low-cost prototypes of educational technology (e.g., educational robots) to support theteaching and learning processes in
entrepreneurship.Mr. Samir Narendra Patel, Pennsylvania State University Samir Narendra Patel is a Schreyer’s Honors College student double majoring in biology and economics. He has taken part in several ventures with the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program for the past three years.Ms. Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Tara Lynn Sulewski is a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Penn State and is an engineering design instructor in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Program (SEDTAPP). She has worked with Penn State’s Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program for more than three years and has taken a lead on
of an Appropriate Handwashing Technology.” Colleen’s dissertation research involves a human and embodied material energy analysis of the Shea Butter process; mapping the Shea Butter belt using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to estimate the area and population that work with and consume Shea butter; and quantifying emissions of carbon black from the smoking and boiling of shea nuts.Mr. Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida Nathan Manser is an Environmental Engineering PhD candidate at the University of South Florida con- ducting research on the fate of pathogens in biological waste to energy systems. His research interests include the application of household engineered systems to recover
community. School district partnersincluded the district’s Superintendent and Business Manager. School district physical plantworkers assisted during the site visit and provided vital information on building services,technology, and infrastructure. Participants from the university included nine junior electricaland computer engineering students, one engineering faculty member, and the Director ofSustainability, who is an electrical engineer with experience in energy audits, energy purchasing,energy savings projects, and sustainability.Project DescriptionThe superintendent of the school district contacted the university’s engineering faculty todevelop an educational partnership. This community partnership intended to apply engineeringtechnical
critically thought-out solutions to local and national problems, eliminating the needfor importing or relocating future engineers or resources.The 21st century student expects and needs access to global populations in order to comprehendtheir position in a global market. These include local Indigenous populations as well as thosefrom international sources. Universities are internationally sourced collaborative communitieswhose populations bring their own histories, technologies practices and science.Challenges faced by tribal collegesMany of the challenges faced by mainstream institutions are shared with tribal institutions.Complying with expectations of accreditors for their colleges, competing for state and federalgrants and seeking funds from
AC 2012-3801: ENGINEERING SERVICE LEARNING: CASE STUDY ONPREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE GLOBAL COMMUNITYDr. Shoba Krishnan, Santa Clara University Shoba Krishnan received her B. ech. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, in 1987, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University, East Lansing, in 1990 and 1993, re- spectively. From 1995 to 1999, she was with the Mixed-Signal Design Group at LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, Calif., where she worked on high-speed data communication IC design and testing. She is an As- sociate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Calif. Her research interests include analog and mixed-signal integrated
1988, respectively. She has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for the Norton Com- pany and Product Development Engineer for the Olin Corporation. She is currently Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Co-director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center, and Director of the Melbourne Global Project Center. In the fall of 2001, she was in- vited as the Lise Meitner Visiting Professor, Department of Design Sciences, Lund Technical University, Lund, Sweden. Her primary teaching and course development responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate-level courses in computer-aided design, mechanical design, and rehabilitation engineering. She served as the Director of
AC 2012-5500: HIGH TECH HIGH TOUCH: LESSONS LEARNED FROMPROJECT HAITI 2011Dr. Yan Tang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Yan Tang received a B.S. degree and a M.S. degree in automatic control theory and application from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. She received a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla., in 2009. She is currently an Assistant Professor in mechanical engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla. Her research interests include intelligent control, robots, and applications of biomimicry techniques in engineering.Dr. Marc Compere, Embry-Riddle
of Applied Leadership at City University of Seattle; meyers@cityu.edu. Page 26.1508.1Mr. Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company Fabian Zender is an Engineering Performance Coach at The Boeing Company where he participates in research in the Technical and Professional Learning Solutions group. He obtained his undergraduate and graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In his research c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #14006
the world have developed programs and initiativesrelated with engineers making social and environmental impacts. This paper presents the results of a twoyears design process of a humanitarian engineering educational Program at Universidad Sergio Arboledain Colombia in South America from a practical perspective. The Program looks for the generation ofprofessionals more aware of their decisions where they change the perspective from “knowledge owners”to “design facilitators”. It is based in three main conceptual paths: Social Appropriation of Technology,Listening and co-creation, and facilitation of social business model for communities.The main goal of this Program is to provide our engineering students with systemic thinking methodologiesand
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA. His research interests include additive manufacturing, advanced CAD modeling, and engineering pedagogy. Before transitioning to academia, he worked for years as a design engineer, engineering director, and research scientist and holds MS and PhD degrees from University of CA, Irvine and a B.S. degree from Walla Walla University.Dr. Robert E. Gerlick, Eastern Washington University Dr. Gerlick is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology at Eastern Washington University. He teaches courses in the areas of Robotics, Mechanics, Thermodynam- ics, Fluids
Paper ID #29929Engagement in Practice: Establishing a Culture of Service-Learning inEngineering Orientation Classes at KSUDr. M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University M. Loraine Lowder is the Assistant Dean of Accreditation and Assessment at Kennesaw State Univer- sity. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Lowder’s research interests include image processing, computer-aided engineering, and cardiovascu- lar biomechanics. She is also interested in performing research in the area of the scholarship of
Executive Director of FUSP - The Foundation for Supporting the USPDr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Dr. Walther is an assistant professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is a director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), an interdisciplinary research group with members from engineering, art, educational psychology and social work. His research interests range from the role of empathy in engineering students’ professional formation, the role of reflection in engineering learning, and interpretive research methodologies in the emerging field of engineering education research. His teaching focuses on
of designerly epis- temic identities and vocational pathways. Dr. Lande received his B.S in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in Education (Learning, Design and Technology) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Design Education) from Stanford University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Whitewater Rafting Guides’ Values of Learning and TeachingIntroductionBeing in the natural environment affects one’s place in the built environment. Literature suggeststhe impactful role that nature-based tourism (NBT) can play in increasing tourists’ generalenvironmental knowledge as well as their environmentally-conscious behaviors
AC 2012-3941: LEARNING FROM WORKING ON OTHERS’ PROBLEMS:CASE STUDY OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT-BASED GLOBALSERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMDr. Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech Aditya Johri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. Sites of research include distributed work among globally dispersed workers and social development in emerging economies. His research is supported by several grants including a NSF Early Career Award.Prof. Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech