out how the professional uses the specific method beingcovered in class. Essentially, they are asking, “How do you do this at General Motors?” as anexample. After each of the five conference calls, the student group writes a reflective paperabout what they have learned. This method differs from the traditional case study approachbecause the students do not just read what is written, but can ask initial questions and ask follow-up questions to get a better understanding of what is important by the inflection of the mentor’svoice and hearing the mentor convey it in his/her own words.This research is for the purpose of sharing best practice with other instructors and understandingthe key factors to the program’s success. With this preliminary
’ potential fordeveloping a “business culture,” that is, developing optimization models, which reflect andencompass the student’s goals. These unique attributes of this game make it ideal for presentingthe students with a problem that evolves, aims to define the student’s decision making rational,develop key concepts regarding goals and formulation relevance, allows the student to addressconflicting and competing objectives within the mathematical abstract model, and presentscontinuous change that must be addressed in order to increase the relevance of the mathematicalmodel and its solution. Thus, this game has multiple characteristics that have high relevance inthe instruction of basic and advanced operations research such as linear, integer
. Costs reflect resource requirements to address complex endogenous and exogenouschallenges that require strategies for allocating resources, and monitoring and adaptingstrategies to ensure accountability.Program accountability is also important in flagship institutions. However, smallperturbations in degree programs strategies of flagship institution can be major problemsfor regional universities because of insufficient resources to quickly adjust for unintendedconsequences of these strategies. The signature of engineering degree programs in regionaluniversities is graduating successful practicing engineers and mid-level managers for regionalcompanies and regional operations of larger companies from a student population that includes
strategic planning and continuous improvementacross colleges, departments, and academic degree programs.BackgroundThe Tennessee Public Agenda focus is on increasing statewide educational attainment byimplementing Tennessee’s Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), enacted in 2010.(“Complete College TN Act of 2010”) CCTA also acknowledges limitations on state funding forhigher education. The Agenda reflects the importance of the state’s educational system forleveraging economic development. Specific CCTA provisions include establishing: Higher education funding, in part, based on outcomes that include degree production, research funding, student remediation, transfer and graduation rates, and job placements. Each institution has uniquely
of statistical concepts, enhanced by the necessary technical foundations intheory and programming.IntroductionCritical thinking is an important skill for engineering students and is the central theme of ourcourse redesign in one of our core Industrial Engineering (IE) courses. According to philosopherPeter Facione, critical thinking is defined as the intellectually disciplined process of actively andskillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating informationgathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, orcommunication, as a guide to belief and action [4]. In layman’s terms, critical thinking isreflectively thinking through and making decisions about a problem using logic and
testing were discussed inthe class. Topics covered several products drawn from different industries including surgicaltools, surgical simulators, chair controls, display monitors, using virtual reality in usabilitytesting, and more.The weekly paper (self-reflection) was a weekly assignment in which students discussed themain key takeaways from the lecture and the in-class research review discussions. They alsolisted the main concepts that they will include in their usability portfolio.Usability Portfolio was the last assignment that students completed by the end of the semester.Students were asked to build an e-portfolio to use as a resource when conducting future usabilitystudies. In completing this assignment, students used information from
explore how changes in global manufacturing should be reflected in changes tothe PEOs. They note: “This situation highlights the critical importance for programs inmanufacturing not to just react to the needs of current employers but to consider the new roles,challenges and opportunities that technical and business changes will create for graduatingmanufacturing engineers.” Also, “we need to be sure that our continuous improvement processcontinues to look for shifts in technology and business processes that can impact our students. Ifwe sit back and wait for external constituents to tell us what is required it will typically be toolate for us to react and change to meet the challenge. As engineers we are comfortable withreacting to changes in
time helping to fill a community need. Service-learning combinescommunity engagement, critical reflection, reciprocity, and public dissemination in an effort tocreate effective partnerships2-3.Studies have shown that service-learning is a high-impact practice that increase student effort ina course through the process of solving real-world problems4-6. The application of service-learning to the classroom allows for students to participate in “active, challenging, learningexperiences, experience diversity, interact with faculty and peers about substantive matters,receive more frequent feedback, and discover the relevance of their learning through real-worldexperiences.”2 Additional benefits of service-learning have been found related to
method and set up, the groups conduct a 90-second run and countcompleted cookie treats. Before the next 90 second trial, the groups discuss how their assemblyprocess worked, and what changes they will make in the method and process to improve thethroughput. A second trial is done, with completed cookies counted. A handout is given outwith questions to prompt the teams to reflect about what they learned, how they might applywhat they learned to a manufacturing facility, what equipment would help, and any suggestions.This, then, provides the basis for a class discussion on what Industrial Engineering is, and whatthey have learned from this experiment.At MSU, groups of three to four students are given an assembled Lego motorcycle with enoughparts
. Page 24.808.4 2. Any course that is taken to satisfy required courses or university core requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in IE cannot be used to meet the cognate requirement. This requirement simply ensures students do not attempt to double count credits and then fail to meet the overall degree credit requirements. 3. At least six (6) credits of the cognate must be at the 300-level or above. This requirement ensures that students move beyond superficial topics and obtain some depth in their chosen area of interest. 4. The credits must represent a coherent area of study relevant to some aspect of IE as a discipline or practice. This reflects the very definition of cognate and helps ensure that
the University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA)in MANE 4311 – Quality Control during the Fall 2011 semester. Sixteen students were enrolledin the course and eleven students completed the (voluntary) demographic information survey.Assessment results are provided in Tables 1-3.Table 1 contains the student demographic information. Participation in the demographic surveywas voluntary and only eleven students completed and submitted a demographic survey. Thedemographics are reflective of the UTPA student demographics. All students in this course wereHispanic. 55.6% of students reported a family income of $60,000 or less. An interesting statisticis that only 9.1% of the students responding had English as a first language. During the studyperiod
, consider, and discuss society’s norms, society’s needs, and society’s Page 23.1251.11expectations of engineering solutions and technology. The ability to think beyond thetechnological design is crucial to developing engineers that are also leaders and promoters ofsustainable policy.AcknowledgementsThis project is funded by a grant received by the United States Department of Agriculture underthe Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program. The findings and the viewsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of theUnited States Department of Agriculture.References 1. ABET Criteria
measures. b. Ethical and professional responsibilitiesIssues such as ethics in engineering businesses are best addressed through context; otherwise thesubject essentially receives lip service. The conflict between quality product/process and costeffectiveness should be illustrated through examples of where this issue arose and was/was not Page 25.800.3addressed, e.g., costs of oil spills, externalities in production processes, social vs. out of pocketcosts. Ethics is becoming increasingly important in engineering and business courses and is afocus of ABET5 (2011) accreditation as reflected in the associate-level Criterion 3Ah andbachelor-level
Survey: Self-efficacy statements regarding three different aspects of thecourse - statistics, RStudio, and theory - were included in the survey. Since each methodinvolved RStudio and theory, it was crucial to look at each of those measures in thesurvey. Likewise, quality control is part of the statistics curriculum for industrial andsystems engineering so we found it important to include a few statements on statisticsself-efficacy as well.A. Statistics self-efficacy: The survey asked students to reflect on their comfort with statistics as well as their feelings about learning more statistics. Although quality control is a specific type of statistics, we were interested in how the course changes students’ perspectives on statistics in
attached to the product. In other words, the product consisting of itsphysical goods and bundled services will serve as the glue that will enable our students to realizethe connectedness and complementary nature of these core IME methods for the successfulrealization and commercialization of goods and services. Just as journalism students learn topractice their craft on the school newspaper, IME students will run the closest thing to aManufacturing and Services company.This product-based learning and content delivery approach relies on the careful identification anduse of a set of products that reflect the global dimension of product design and manufacturing, aswell as the symbiotic relationship between manufactured goods and the consumer services
Boix-Mansilla model iscaptured in four dimensions: 1. Purpose: students must understand the reason why multiple disciplines are necessary to solve a given problem 2. Disciplinary Grounding: students must have fundamental knowledge from all of the disciplines needed 3. Integration: students must know how to integrate the different worldviews, approaches, and tools used by the different disciplines 4. Critical Awareness: students must be able to reflect on the appropriateness and utility of taking an interdisciplinary approach for a given problem.Students apply for the LEP at East Central State University at the end of their first year and, ifaccepted, are in the program from their sophomore through senior years
agent, that is, the student did not set the value of life, but it was given to them. 2) The monetization of human life was different for US citizens than for citizens of Agrabah.Out of the 86 students, only 19 students addressed at least one of the two ethical issues. The restof the students (that is, more than 77% of the students) solved the problem without addressingthe ethical issues. The reason could be that the problem does not reflect an ethical dilemma forthem. However, and although this is beyond the scope of this paper, this should be an indicatorof us (the engineering education community at large) doing not such a great job in conveying theimportance of ethics to engineering students. We do not mean though that
had an impact on writing competencies of engineeringundergraduate students.As an example, Teaching Writing in Engineering contained questions to gauge faculty’sperceptions of agency in their assignments – “I believe that there are opportunities in my course(s)for students to write about topics that interest them” [12], as well as a question with options toselect as many forms of writing faculty believed occurred in their course(s). “Writing in mycourse(s) is in the form of…” where options for reflection, homework, professionalcommunication, examinations, etc. are listed with definitions in a mouse-over component. Acomplete relation of variables, their definition, and questions are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Number of questions per
timely that the FE and PE exam specifications have been revisited to reflect changingpriorities within the profession. For academic departments to stay relevant and assist industrialengineering graduates to become PE licensed, modern curriculum should stay closely aligned tothe FE and PE exam specifications but not attempt to “teach to the test”. The paper concludeswith a discussion of how these specifications have been used to assess and update academiccurriculum.I. Background on Professional Licensure through NCEESThe National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) is a nationalnonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers andsurveyors. It develops, administers, and scores the
National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0525484. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.learning and designs with more than one possible correct outcome depending on designconstraints; and because students could compete against their peers using the same designconsiderations.In 2009, the West Virginia University Engineers of Tomorrow research team reviewed regionalliterature on STEM career opportunities for Appalachian students, and noted, "It has long beensaid that high tech industries with higher paying jobs would improve the lives of residents of theAppalachian region. Careers in the sciences
by the United States Departmentof Agriculture under the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program. The findingsand the views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect theposition of the United States Department of Agriculture.References.1. National Academy of Engineering. (2004). The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering inthe New Century.2. Ambrosio, A. M. A., Allcock, H. R., Katti, D. S. and Laurencin, C. T. (2002). Degradablepolyphosphazene/poly(α-hydroxyester) blends: degradation studies. Biomaterials, 23: 1667-1672.3. Arslan, H.; Cosgun, N. (2008). Reuse and recycle potentials of the temporary houses after
Two will be adding sufficient staff to handle the increased scope ofwork and to provide the essential training to enable the new team members to learn from thosewho were active participants during Phase One.Phase II – Implementation of Online B.S.I.T. ProgramDuring Phase II, the following actions will be taken. 1. Complete Set-up of Online Platform 2. Complete Hiring of Learning Managers & Content Developers 3. Complete Training of Faculty & Staff 4. Review Student Support Infrastructure 5. Revise Marketing Materials to Reflect New Course Structure 6. Monitor/Address Accessibility Issues 7. Integrate Technology Infrastructure 8. Implementation of Teaching
believing p = (0.51,0.49) and p =(0.49,0.51) would assign r = (1,0) and r = (0,1), respectively, and receive very differentscores-even though their knowledge is almost identical. The insensitivity of students’ scores to their knowledge is a major limitation of standardmultiple-choice exams. These exams are not incentive compatible, in that they do not encouragestudents’ responses that reflect their beliefs. A set of scoring rules is needed that encouragesstudents to set their responses equal to their beliefs. Such a class of scoring rules does exist andis discussed next.Strictly Proper Scoring RulesA strictly proper scoring rule T is a scoring function such that the student strictly maximizes herexpected score by setting r = r* = p; that is
; commitment to improvement; activelearning; and systems perspective.ISO-9000 standards exist principally to facilitate international trade. The driving forces thathave resulted in widespread implementation of ISO-9000 standards can be summed up in onephrase: “the globalization of business”. Expressions such as “post-industrial economy” and “theglobal village” reflect profound changes during recent decades6. These changes include: newtechnology in virtually all industry/economic sectors; worldwide electronic communication Page 11.1371.3network; widespread worldwide travel; dramatic increase in world population; depletion ofnatural resource reserves
applied probability itself, butalso for the nature of problems. They should understand structuring problems and posing problems.They should be informed that there is a spectrum of problems, ranging from well-structuredproblems with definite answers and clear boundaries, such as are found in traditional textbooks (andnowhere else), and open-ended, ill-structured problems, such as are found in the engineeringworkplace. The essential and unique point is that learners s must pose, clarify, and define problems,not simply solve them.And, at the same time, learners should practice metacognitive skills such as reflecting on how theyare building these schemes. Metacognitive activities are manifold and not easy to classify. Howeverthere is widespread
cooperative learning. These approaches go beyond traditional lectures typical of ArtHistory classes. Students in art appreciation classes consider the visual arts from multipleperspectives including concepts, interrelationships and relevance to different disciplines and witheveryday life. Many strategies support and reinforce critical thinking that is essential to alldisciplines including systems engineering.The following examples illustrate some of the active and cooperative learning techniques15. 1. Affective Response - provides an emotional or evaluative response to material. Students look at works of art and note the reaction/response they have to the image/artwork. They reflect on what they see and what has been discussed regarding
for this study, because racial identity is notdeeply explored, it is associated more broadly with engineering identity (and simply referred to as“Saviour Complex”). While these two aspects of engineering problem solving may be present in senior designprojects, the intent is not simply to criticize but to understand and correct these features ofengineering design. Preparing students to understand the social contexts of the technologies theycontribute to, requiring students to define problems by listening to stakeholders, and promptingthem to critically reflect on their work, can all reduce their Saviour Complex and the unintendedconsequences of their designs [19, 20]. Our study codes for instances of both unintendedconsequences and
contrasted againstwith the varying technological abilities of the older generations. With academic successdependent on the instruction of the generations before Generation Z, the need for clear,consistent, well delivered eLearning services becomes very significant.Limitation. It is worth noting that this study has some limitations. All of the participants are allISE students at University of Florida located in Gainesville, FL. This creates several limitationsfor this study. First, the age range is limited to the older population within Generation Z. Forthis reason, the results of this study are only a reflection of the user acceptance of this age range.Second, all participants are learning in the state of Florida the region could impact a
Acreditación)In addition to the assessment results obtained, the outcome leader uses input from three differentsources for the analysis: the course card, the course syllabus, and the reflective memo. Thecourse card contains the key competencies to be developed, the general objectives and thegeneral learning strategies. The course syllabus contains the detailed course learning goals andlearning units. The reflective memo contains the faculty self-assessment report about learningstrategies and explains how learning strategies support the achievement of competencies andlearning goals. The student outcome leader and faculty involved in the courses associated withthe outcome discuss the assessment findings and identify improvement opportunities and
; and 2. faculty and industry’acceptance of smaller lathes as viable alternatives to their costly industrial size cousins. Themetal lathe was selected for this study because of its multipurpose nature and the capability ofthe unit to provide hand-on experiences in a variety of manufacturing applications, e.g. milling,drilling, and grinding.Historical PerspectiveThe Industrial education roots can be traced to ancient times where a need existed to educateworkers in the performance of various tasks essential for work. And, according to Bennett, 3industrial education in America reflected the needs and values of an ever-changing world wherefathers provided industrial education for their sons at a time when it was possible for sons tolearn what they