with changing regulations. The microbiology students analyzed the implications ofthe new policy from the perspective of identifying populations of microbes present in wastes withvarying amounts of organics content to represent current and future wastes. Results of the analyseswere shared between classes by the students. Teaching and learning effectiveness were evaluatedusing direct assessment (homework assignments and laboratory reports) and indirect assessment(student self-perception surveys and oral presentations) methods. Bloom’s Taxonomy ofeducational objectives were used to evaluate levels of cognitive achievement attained throughproject activities. The assessment results demonstrated that the students advanced their knowledgein the
AC 2011-46: SOLAR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDWESTBill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Bill Hutzel is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University. He manages the Applied Energy Laboratory that is used for teaching and applied research into High Performance Buildings.Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association Tehri Parker is the Executive Director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). Tehri has served as a member of the Focus on Energy renewable energy coordinating committee, an advisory group that developed Wisconsin’s statewide renewable energy incentive and training programs. She is also on the Milwaukee Shines Solar City
service.How much energy would be saved and could the level of service be maintained in a highereducational environment by switching from five to four day weeks? This study occurs at aregional university within an Industrial and Engineering Technology department that hasexclusive use of a building. The department contains seven degree programs ranging from TAC-ABET programs to non-accredited technical degree programs. During the study period allclasses and laboratories were scheduled Monday through Thursday. Staff only worked Mondaythrough Thursday. Faculty but not students could gain access to the building on Fridays.The objective of this paper is to study the costs, benefits, and educational impacts of changingthe five day academic and building
buildings and other facilities of the higher educationalinstitutions, including TVE, that were until this time under government control wereseverely damaged or totally destroyed in all major cities. Laboratory equipment, furniture,and libraries were looted and in some cases burned to ashes. Page 13.1183.2Since the establishment of the new government with the help of the internationalcommunity in 2001, the progress in establishing a proper educational system in the countryhas been very slow as most of the effort has been focused on security and governance in thecountry. There is an urgent need for teacher training, new buildings or repair of
I & II) focus on design and communication, whilecontinuing to address teamwork and other “soft skills” that are important aspects of the clinic Page 13.1060.3experience. In SEC I, students receive classroom instruction in technical writing while havingdesign laboratories that emphasize parametric design. In SEC II, students receive classroominstruction in public speaking, while having design laboratories that emphasize the framing ofdesign problems. During both semesters, communication instruction is linked to the designproject deliverables.The junior and senior year continues the progression toward more open-ended and more real-world
student learning inSTEM via formation, nurturance and sustaining an important targeted school-university urbaneducational partnership. Our university has partnered with a large urban school district to plan,deliver and sustain a targeted inservice teacher professional development and a middle and highschool STEM curriculum intervention.Teacher Intervention Through our university partnership with local urban public middle and high schools, weengaged in a targeted recruitment of mid career teachers in the sciences. The project’s leadershipteam has worked with teams of two teachers who were placed, based on research interest, in anengineering laboratory that is conducting research using societally relevant engineeringtechnologies. The teacher
http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/319003/6/ARTCL/Display/none/1/PSEG-to-build- $150-million-power-plant.11. National Renewable Energy Laboratories. (2007, May). Retrieved June 25, 2008, from Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installations, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2006: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/41435.pdf12. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2008, from Assessment of Parabolic Trough and Power Tower Solar Technology Cost and Performance Forecasts: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/34440.pdf13. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2007, October 30). Retrieved June 25, 2008, from Fuel From the Sky: Solar Power's Potential for Western Energy Supply: http://www.nrel.gov/csp
, the manufactureris responsible for the type approval of the sold system. If the system is custom made or ismanufactured in a university laboratory, the specifications should be extracted or measured usinghigh precision tools. Most manufacturers and universities outsource them. Average cost of thetest is around 6000 $ and makes these measurements expensive. The required system data arealready covered in most Communications System and Circuits courses2020,21.Some of these technical characteristics such as protection ratios and power spectral densities canmake significant effect on interference level and propagation model. Among device data, antennahas an important effect. To provide this data, frequency users should learn the fundamental of
curriculum already contains material related to publicpolicy issues, although not explicitly defined as such to students. For example, our junior-levellaboratory course contains a module on the use of humans and animals in research which tracesthe origins of legislation related to these issues and the relevant regulations involvingInstitutional Review Boards (IRB) and Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC). This isfollowed by a senior-level laboratory where students perform experiments on human subjectsafter completing the process to obtain IRB approval. Finally, students are introduced to the FDAQuality Systems Regulations during the first semester of our two-semester senior capstonedesign sequence and follow the process outlined in the regulations
lecturessought to focus student attention to the societal and regulatory issues that will arise asnanotechnology moves from the laboratory to commercial production. Page 11.548.4Technology and regulation (Week 4). Professor William D. Kay, Department of PoliticalScience, offered an overview of why governments historically have intervened in the marketsystem to regulate emerging technologies or their side effects. Based on experiences with othernew technologies, Kay noted that effective regulatory frameworks and institutions can serve topromote the advancement of research and development, promote more timely commercializationof products, protect the
• determine the equivalent circuit of single- and three-phase transformers • apply the principles of electric machines and their control, • apply AC circuit analysis techniques to transmission lines and interconnected power networks.Virginia Electric Power Laboratory experiments based on principles of electric power engineeringTech17 Engineering Major Measurable Learning Objectives: Laboratory • develop models of transformers, motors, and transmission lines from experimental data, • apply models to
andenterprises. We should stimulate further the activity of trainings for talents combiningindustries and schools, give full play to the important role of industrial resources in thetraining for talents with engineering technologies, establish and improve the talent trainingsystem integrating both industries and education and promote the comprehensive and deepcollaboration between universities and enterprises in the faculty team, curriculum module,practice base, major projects, key laboratories, etc. Five, continue to optimize and update the resources of engineering talent training andpromote the opening and sharing of high-quality educational resources. We should activelyadapt to the new challenges and new requirements for the development of the
, technology, and health (ESTH). Oerther earned his B.A. in biological sciences and his B.S. in environmental health engineering from Northwestern University (1995), and he earned his M.S. (1998) in environmental health engineering and his Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has completed postgraduate coursework in Microbial Ecology from the Marine Biology Laboratory, Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati, Public Health from The Johns Hopkins University, and Public Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington. Oerther is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE, DC, MO, and OH). He is Board Certified in Environmental Engineer- ing (BCEE) by the American Academy of
they already know and careabout 3) demonstrate that women can make a positive impact on the world with a career inengineering. WIT is currently surveying past participants to see if the increased positiveperception is maintained over time.Women in Technology has hosted a Girl Technology Workshop 2-3 times per year since the2008 academic year. This workshop is led by female Engineering Technology students with Page 22.1671.14support from female faculty members. The workshop introduces engineering concepts to 4th -7thgrade girls through a series of interactive laboratory experiments. The day-long workshops wereoriginally exclusively offered
“university-enterprisejoint laboratory” and the last is “university-enterprise union.” The first type is animportant innovative practice of PETOE. These elaborate practice platforms will notonly provide high-quality internship opportunities for students, but also ensure a longcontinuous internship for students. As pointed out in the official document “Several Opinions from of the Ministry ofEducation on the Implementation of a Plan for Education and Training OutstandingEngineers” (Teaching High Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education[2011] No. 1), universities and enterprises should build engineering practice educationcenters which should be charged by the key managers of enterprises.Engineering practice
policy 17. Cassaza reinforced this idea: [Engineers]…“must understand that there are different audiences for which different techniques must be used”3 . Likewise, Dunn 13 made their students present their project to the external public, the Chicago Page 25.383.6Department of the Environment and to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a verydifferent audience to engineers.Finally, a further skill related with communication, is the ability to express opinions, relay facts,and articulate arguments clearly and concisely in writing. This skill is “substantially different[from] writing laboratory or design project reports” 4. This knowledge can
2006-1722: HOLD PARAMOUNT: DESIGNING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONTO OPEN MINDS AND SERVE THE PUBLIC GOODCarole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens Carole Womeldorf is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University. Her areas of technical expertise and interests include distributed energy generation, combustion, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. She worked in the Fire Sciences Division of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 1993 to 2000. Dr. Womeldorf earned her Sc.B. et A.B. in Mechanical Engineering and English and American Literature from Brown University, her Masters of Science in Oceanographic Engineering from
EE 301 and CIV 201), thereis generally a step function increase in section enrollment when the number of sections isreduced. While the result is more dramatic for CIV 201 (Statics) and EE 301 (Electrical CircuitsI) as these large enrollment courses declined from 2 sections to 1 section, the impact on studentsmay be greater in a smaller class such as ME 438 (Mechanical Engineering Experimentation)which dropped from 4 sections a semester in the early part of the decade to 2 sections a semesterin the later part. The student experience in a hands-on laboratory course is likely to be impactedmore by larger class sizes than lecture courses.Overall, from Figures 9 and 10 we can get a sense of what impact budget cuts in the second halfof the decade
assessment of specific technology interventions in mechanics classes. He was one of the co-leaders in 2013-2014 of the ASEE Virtual Community of Practice (VCP) for mechanics educators across the country. His current research focuses on student problem-solving pro- cesses and use of worked examples, change models and evidence-based teaching practices in engineering curricula, and the role of non-cognitive and affective factors in student academic outcomes and overall success.Prof. Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeffrey F. Rhoads is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with both the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at the
examinations, fraud resulting from people other than enrolledstudents sitting for exams, accreditation and certification, the counting of MOOC’stoward engineering degree program fulfillment at universities that do not originate thecourses, and a reported gulf between student enrollment in MOOC’s and the number whoactually successfully complete them.ABET is beginning discussions about the accreditation of on-line degree programs.Specifically, if it is possible for students to earn a B.S. degree in engineering on-line,possibly without ever setting foot on a campus, how can the EAC of ABET assess suchprograms to ensure that the basic and program criteria are met that would warrantaccreditation? And, how can on-line students obtain the laboratory
, equipment, and laboratories are consideredto be a function of the number of positions allocated to engineering education. In the currentmodel we do not consider the quality of students as an input.Each institution is assumed to have an objective (output) that is a combination of the number ofBS degrees, MS degrees, PhD degrees, and amount of externally funded research. Someprograms may have an undergraduate emphasis, other have a focus on professional mastersprograms, while others emphasize PhDs and funded research.Data envelopment analysisTo compare schools (or any systems) with each other, in terms of efficiency, there are somenumeric methods are useful in determining efficiency. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is amethod to evaluate the
”) are notcapped by University requirements, most faculty teaching J-courses restrict enrollments to 20students. This is done primarily due to the heavy writing component and the need for facultyfeedback on students’ writing skills. Significant out-of-class time is devoted to each student inthe development of critical written communication skills. Further, while engineering studentsoften have developed sufficient technical writing skills by the Spring quarter of their Junior year,policy writing to targeted audiences is substantially different that writing laboratory or designproject reports. For this first class offering it is of interest to note that the class enrollment was 25students, with several additional students requesting
degree in mathematics in 1974 from the University of Southern California and his Master of Science degree in computer science in 1984 from California State University, Fullerton. He has completed the bulk of units necessary to receive a Master of Business Administration from the Claremont Graduate School of Business. Stephens is an enrolled member of the Pala Band of Mission Indians and served as its chairman from 1988-89. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps officer.George Backus, Sandia National Labs George Backus is a project manager in the Exploratory Simulation Department of Sandia National Laboratories. He has over 30 years of experience in industrial and national policy
contributed to the development of the new ProLine Fusion Flight Control System and served as the project lead for two aircraft. She earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor from Rose-Hulman Insti- tute of Technology in 2005. Her research interests include control systems, mechatronics, instructional laboratories, and experiential learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #15210Dr. Mary C. Verstraete, The University of Akron Mary Verstraete is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Associate Chair for the Undergraduate
to research facilities (e.g., library, laboratories, computational facilities, communications facilities) Page 13.891.9 • Rates of Research U library usage (on-line and in-person) by students and faculty at consortia within geographic region or non-research institution • Lab / office space allocation: amount of space allocated by dept. in tenured/ tenure track positions by rank; location, available resources • Undergraduate recruitment, matriculation, retention (also by nationality) • Students transferring schools (research/non-research; average over last five years) • Graduate student recruitment, matriculation, retention
and report format, but as the styles improved for the Policies, it issurmised that the students primarily need to be reminded about proper report writing style. Thestudents were able to provide meaningful information to, and learn from, each other. Thestudents do need more education on how to assess information, and some need more educationon how to research topics.Benefits of the Public Policy ProjectFrom an engineering education viewpoint, there are a number of benefits that are achieved withthis project. First, students are given a project experience that goes beyond the standard designor laboratory projects. Decisions in their future will be made for reasons other than onlytechnological merit. This project gives students the opportunity
which is a major, but littlerecognized, challenge for engineering education. The use of computer assisted learning toprovide the required knowledge is already being promoted as an alternative. Clearly, thereis no need for a lecture if the same material is available by alternative methods and can beat a time and paced to suit an individual. Considering the effectiveness of such onlinelearning as the only metric, as educators are wont to do, is foolish. What will increasinglydrive adoption of automated learning platforms at all but the most elite institutions iseffectiveness vs. cost [26]. If there is no need for lectures, and laboratory work can besimulated, what is the purpose of a university other than as an aid to social mobility? Auniversity
time for laboratory and field research which couldlead to scholarly products in the STEM fields. Prior to AY 2003, the scholarly requirement offaculty was significantly lower than it is at the present time. In addition, the ranks of associateand full professors have minimal female representation; at Gannon, tenure does not presumeadvancement in rank. Just as there has been increasing number of advanced degrees awarded tofemales across STEM disciplines, many of the recent hires affected by the increased emphasis onscholarship at Gannon University were female. Some STEM departments had no senior, femalefaculty to serve as mentors (see Table 7) and most full professors had received promotion whenthe university culture placed the majority of its
the development of technology-based firms. These are mainly located at or near universities and science and technology parks. They are characterised by institutionalised links to knowledge sources including universities, technology- transfer agencies, research centres, national laboratories and skilled R&D personnel. Specific industrial clusters and technologies may also be targeted such as biotechnology, software or information and communications technologies. A main aim is to promote technology transfer and diffusion while encouraging entrepreneurship among researchers and academics. In some countries, technology incubators not only focus on new firms but also help existing technology-based