students.Besides developing disciplinary knowledge and skills in their area of specialization as well asgeneral studies competencies, students in all disciplines at the Polytechnic campus are expectedto demonstrate knowledge and skills in the 7 core areas: ethics, communication, critical thinking,social and leadership skills, information literacy, scientific and technological knowledge andskills, and quantitative knowledge and skills. In their portfolios students must provide evidencethat the learning has occurred in their majors and in the seven core areas. Furthermore, thestrongest practical concept used at the Polytechnic is problem-based learning. The followingmain principles are expected to be incorporated and maintained in each class: students must
reference the criterion are listed here. ABET Criterion 3. Program Outcomes and Assessment Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the
theUniversity students’ strong work ethic and hands-on abilities.The SkillsUpon being contacted by the co-op through NDSU’s Agriculture Extension services, the school’sengineering faculty decided that the best fit for the project was with the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment (ME) with support from Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) andAgricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABEN) departments. Because of several factorsincluding traditional interest area, existence of the design sequence, available resources etc. AndME department took the lead function in the project. A project mentor was appointed with twoassociate mentors. The timing dictated that spring summer semesters would be used for theproject. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of
) Department has established the following objectives for its BSREEprogram:≠ Graduates will excel as professionals in the various fields of energy engineering.≠ Graduates will be known for their commitment to lifelong learning, social responsibility, and professional and ethical responsibilities in implementing sustainable engineering solutions.≠ Graduates will excel in critical thinking, problem solving and effective communication.Program outcomes are based on the ABET EAC outcomes, the so-called "a through k" outcomes,plus three additional program-specific outcomes, 'l', 'm', and 'n.'(l) an ability to apply the fundamentals of energy conversion and application(m) an understanding of the obligations for implementing sustainable engineering
the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2009, American Society for Engineering Education The College’s overall graduate placement rate is outstanding. In the past 10 years, that rate has exceeded 95%, with a number of years with 100% placement. Our co-op students and graduates demonstrate leadership skills and quickly integrate into the culture and work ethic of their new companies. With their unique foundation, our graduates are ready and able to be immediate contributors to Electric Power and Energy sector and their communities. CAS co-op students and alumni are known for being exceptionally profession and well- prepared in tackling problems and applying what
team’s design and construction of an APVAWT, total eightdecision gates (stakeholder requirements, system requirements, system operations, systemfunctions, system architectures, implementation, verification and validation) are set for theproject from inception to completion in order to satisfy the need of a client who asks to make anAPVAWT. This process includes technical and artistic designs considering functionality, beauty,safety, economics, and ethical implications, ensuring the functionality and beauty for thecompleted physical unit. Through this project, students will have an enriched opportunity for aninterdisciplinary design process combining engineering and arts. 1. IntroductionAccording to recent reports on renewable energy, although
,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.The concept of design is open to multiple interpretations, and education researchers have createddetailed abstractions to define it and charactize how it is conducted.15–17 But fundamentally,design is recognized as essential to the engineering profession.Design-focused coursework is of particular importance for electrical and computer engineeringeducation; Passow, et al, score design within their high cluster of ABET SOs for electrical andcomputer engineering populations.18 Design-focused coursework has been shown to beparticularly hard to learn and teach, but it improves retention, student satisfaction and studentlearning.19 Design begins with
, science and engineering (c) an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs (e) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (h) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (m) an ability to use statistics and linear algebra (n) an ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areas including the design and realization of such systems Page 12.462.7 (o) an ability to work effectively as team members in mechanical engineering projectsEven though there are seven outcomes given above, outcomes (c) and (n) are the major outcomesrequired
with the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge that they have gained in previousprojects. Students learned about various aspects of renewable energy including problemidentification, technical, social and environmental constraints, multidisciplinary teammanagement, communications and documentation skills. These projects also provided thestudents with an opportunity to view their designs from an ethical and sustainability awarenessperspective, thus realizing a lifelong learning opportunity. Through practice, the students realizedthat the key success to a design project is team work, industry interaction, and collaborations.Two renewable energy-related courses were developed and are being offered in the department.One of the courses is a
Design of Alternative Energy Systems Project 3 Design of Cold Geothermal Systems Due Monday, March 28, 2011People for Ethical Energy (a consumer advocacy group) is concerned with the pricing of coldgeothermal heating and cooling systems. PEE is most concerned if these systems actually payfor themselves through natural gas savings as advertised by the installers. They have hired theengineering firm of Bénard and Somerton to provide a comparative cost analysis betweenconventional heating and cooling systems and cold geothermal systems. Two associates of thefirm have been assigned to beta test the analysis package developed by the firm. The teamshould consider one or two of the following
22.1586.7and holes in the depletion region leading to the spontaneous emission of radiation. II. Incorporation of Simulations and Virtual Experiments to support DeVry University’s Academic Programs:For the past several years, DeVry University has been using ATeL’s software with measurablesuccess to support laboratory objectives in our Wireless and Broadband courses, as well as onegeneral education course titled, “Technology, Society and Culture” (HUMN-432). Figure 5below shows two screenshots of a simulation that enables students to visualize and measure airpollution in one of the case studies of HUMN-432 course, wherein students explore the socialand ethical implications and influences of technologies on society, and the relationships
, in this case the cost of batteries. Until the new technology can approach the market cost-per- Page 22.15.3 function, benchmark comparisons will be poor 4 and there will be a natural reluctance to move away from the familiar technology. The commodity market is the hardest for any emerging technology to penetrate. Energy is a commodity. 3. International standards relating to quality, safety, environment, ethical applications and warranty have to evolve and be met. It can be a slow process but if standards are not met, the evolution of the technology will be curtailed 5.These three constraints are a formidable ‘catch
more design alternatives to better solve the problem. It isagreed that such attribute can only be developed by exposing students to the experience of open-ended problem solving which includes linking engineering science knowledge to complex, real-life design problems. Apart from the engineering and technical issues, these problem solvingactivities should include extra- and trans-disciplinary and soft factors, such as economic,environmental, sustainability, manufacturability ethical, health and safety, social and politicalconsiderations. It is well-accepted that such problem-based learning type is only achieved byusing quite complex project scenarios, and therefore requires careful planning and integrationinto the rest of the curriculum in
engineering graduate course,a computer science graduate course, an environmental science graduate course, andundergraduate research activity. All of these projects were mentored by faculty that were on theEnergy Action Team. These projects are described below, along with the contexts in which theywere implemented, and representative outputs generated by the students.Undergraduate Engineering Design CourseWithin the engineering programs at our university, students receive 13 credit hours of designinstruction. In their third year, the learning emphasis is on technical communication and thefront-end stages of design related to problem clarification, concept generation and evaluation.Topics surrounding engineering economics and ethics are also woven
moderate to high complexity. (ii) Demonstrate an ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team. (iii) Demonstrate acquisition of new technology skills through use or development of appropriate computer hardware, software, and/or instrumentation. (iv) Demonstrate business and entrepreneurial skills which may include developing a business plan, market plan, venture plan, or other approved instrument. (v) Demonstrate effective use of project and personnel management techniques. (vi) Identify and meet customer needs. (vii) Integrate engineering professionalism, ethics, and the environmental in their work and as it relates to the context of engineering in society. (viii) Demonstrate
Page 11.803.10engagement14. Excerpts from texts and pre-designed software and hardware curriculum will beintegrated into these modules to ensure the most advanced and comprehensive tools2, 23.V. SummaryThe impact of this effort will be the following:(1) Power-aware issues are becoming of central importance in many applications. Thesecurriculum modules will transfer an increasingly important subdiscipline of computer systems tothe undergraduate and graduate curriculum.(2) Students will learn the value, both ethical and economic, of sustainable technologies.(3) The project will assist in the education of women and racial minorities. This is consistentwith emphasis at Smith and UMass to actively seek out under-represented minorities to enter
will be placed on professional, ethical, global, environmental, and contemporary issues. Contact Hours: 2 Lecture, 2 Lab. ENGR 400 - Engineering Capstone I - Senior engineering project selection, planning, and development. Emphasis will be placed on defining project requirements, developing project work breakdown structure, conceptual designs, and working prototypes. Contact Hours: 1 Lecture, 4 Lab. ENGR 450 - Engineering Capstone II - Senior engineering project design, development, fabrication, and testing. Emphasis will be placed on iterative design processes, project management and execution, fabrication and testing. Contact Hours: 1 Lecture, 4 Lab.The PBL sequence of courses provided the
advised them to design a fuel cell stack system that would meet desired power output,conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data, and solve engineering problems. Before thestudents started the course, the project advisor selected the project topic which was thecontinuation of the 2017 REU summer internship project.The course advisor instructed students once a week on topics including: how to write a projectproposal, share responsibilities, design realistic constraints and marketing requirement, maptimeline, identify professional and ethical responsibilities, present collected data, andcommunicate effectively. Once a week, the course advisor assessed students’ performance oncourse assignments and the project advisor evaluated students’ project
-long learning, at the highest of ethical behavior and social responsibility. The emergingclean-energy smart grid environment in the electric power sector has necessitated that relatededucational programs, course or laboratory development and implementation evolve to meet theneeds of students, faculty, and employers alike. In order to prepare the future power engineeringprofessionals to meet the challenges ahead in the power industry, a new curriculum must bedeveloped that includes core power engineering principals coupled with emerging aspects ofsmart grid technologies, green electricity generation, or clean energy integration. SG initiativenot only requires power engineers to have a better understanding of auxiliary fields like
process to meet desired needs.needs within realistic constraints such (c.2.) - An ability to apply realistic constraints withinas economic, environmental, social, a system, component, or process design.political, ethical, health and safety, (c.3.) - An ability to identify and use appropriatemanufacturability, and sustainability technical literatureEAC (e) An ability to identify, (e.1.) - An ability to identify engineering problems.formulate, and solve engineering (e.2.) - An ability to formulate engineering problems.problems (e.3.) - An ability to solve engineering problems. Table 3. Capstone Team Assessment Results
and the Young Masters Program”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 13, Issues 10–11, August–September 2005, pp. 1107-1112.11. Vargas, C.M., “Sustainable development education: Averting or mitigating cultural collision”, International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 20, Issue 5, September 2000, pp. 377-396.12. Lindgreen, A., “Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Developing and Transitional Countries: Botswana and Malawi”, Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 90, Issue 3 Supplement, December 2009, pp. 429-440.13. Orts, E. and Spigonardo, J. “Special Report: The Pathways to Sustainability in Emerging Economies”, Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL), University of Pennsylvania, 2012
, (c.2) An ability to apply realistic constraints within a system, environmental, social, political, ethical, health component, or process design. and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability EAC (d) An ability to function on (d) An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams multidisciplinary teams (g.1) An ability to produce written technical reports (g.2.) An ability to present oral reports EAC (g) An ability to communicate effectively (g.3.) An ability to apply graphical
Criteria for Baccalaureate Level Programs”, Criterion 3, as follows [2]: • Outcome 2: “an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.” • Outcome 4: “an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.”Various experiential learning strategies in general and service learning in particular are some oftools in educators’ disposal to teach these skills [3]. Service
. The authors will beaddressing this issues in the future iterations of this project by allowing several students with samemajors contributing to the same group.One of the challenges of practicing engineering is the ability to research and find appropriate technologyto meet the needs of the task at hand. Overall, the realworld project addressed several AccreditedBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria for student outcomes, specifically, (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; (b) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economics, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety
50-minute periods which is twice that for a lecture-based course, reflecting the studio nature of EDSGN 100.The first project is more structured and provides the students with an opportunity to learn andapply a design process while developing their teamwork, communication, and ethics skills. Thesecond project is industry-sponsored and more open-ended, and typically all teams in all sectionswork on the same project. Students apply stakeholder needs assessment, ideation, research,analysis, testing, concept selection, detailed design, prototyping, and reporting.In the Zero Energy Home (ZEH) project, students work in four person teams to design the homeof their dreams with the main constraint being that it must produce as much energy as it
students is to read the document on thedesign of General Electric (GE) H-turbine system12 and submit a memo identifying anddiscussing the design process, rational for design changes, testing and validating thedesign. The last lecture on this part deals with formation of design team, importance ofteamwork skills and understanding of team dynamics. In addition, responsibilities of anengineer as a professional are discussed in terms of codes and standards, ethics, andimpact on society.Selection and design of components of thermal systems Many thermal systems share common components such as pumps, fans,compressors, heat exchangers, turbines, etc. Six lecture periods are used to discussselection and design of pumps, fans, compressors, heat
GenEd curriculum 8. Although eachuniversity may have different requirements for GenEd, a survey of the American Association ofColleges and Universities identifies common themes, including science, global studies,technology, sustainability, and others 7. We maintain that the class described can be tailored tomeet a General Education requirement at many institutions. The course also is well suited foraddressing the ABET expectations that students understand the broader impacts of engineering.Practically speaking, it is our claim that energy is also an excellent topic for extending STEMeducation into the realm of social, cultural, economic, environmental, ethical, and other domains.Energy is clearly a subject for scientific and engineering study
professional and careerdevelopment, such as professional guest speaker presentations, career development activitiesoffered through university student support centers, and publishing their work in undergraduateacademic forums. Coupled with these activities, participants were enrolled in at least three of theCollege of Engineering and Technology’s project-based learning (PBL) courses, starting at thejunior level. The PBL sequence included the following courses: ENGR 350 - Engineering Practices and Principles III - Engineering project-based learning (open-ended) with emphasis on project control and engineering design processes. Special emphasis will be placed on professional, ethical, global, environmental, and contemporary issues
answering the questions confronting society. Specifically, the fouroverarching learning objectives are:1.) To develop scientific energy literacy;2.) To closely examine the production and consumption of energy in both developed and developing countries;3.) To examine the social, political, environmental and ethical problems of an energy- dependent civilization.4.) Understand, hypothesize, propose and execute a research project in the theme, “The campus as an energy-efficiency and alternative-energy laboratory.”The burgeoning term “energy literacy” suggests that people exhibit varying degrees of energyknowledge. Many may not fully understand the differences between a BTU and a Calorie, a Wattand a VA, what a KWh is on their electric bill
offerings were as follows: Figure 1: Project Based Learning Core of CoursesBy starting in the Junior year and culminating with a year-long senior capstone, participants wereable to progressively build their professional skills over several semesters. Detail PBL coursedescriptions may be found after the following titles: ENGR 350 - Engineering Practices and Principles III - Engineering project-based learning (open-ended) with emphasis on project control and engineering design processes. Special emphasis will be placed on professional, ethical, global, environmental, and contemporary issues. Contact Hours: 2 Lecture, 2 Lab. ENGR 400 - Engineering Capstone I - Senior engineering project