mathematics at Jackson (Mich.) Community College in 2007, and finally accepted his current position at Trine University in 2009 as Assistant Professor of design engineering technology. He currently teaches statics, mechanics of materials, machine design, and the senior design capstone sequence. His research interests include integration of industry and academia and utilization of project-based learning to enhance the applicability of learning.Dr. M. Brian Thomas P.E., Trine UniversityProf. R. Thomas Trusty II, Trine University Page 25.490.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
, and runs the Industrial Design Clinic, where students work on real-world industry problems with specified deliverables for their capstone projects. He is also interested in global engineering and the evolution of engineering education. Page 24.1288.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Understanding Change and Development of Engineering Education in ChinaKey Words: Understanding; Change; Development; Engineering Education; ChinaIntroduction: It well known that Chinese economy is booming, with a dramatic increase in people’sstandard of living. For instance, in China, the
College of Engineering and Technology. Before coming to BYU, he worked in the military aircraft industry developing tools for advanced aircraft design and manufacture. He received a B.S. and M.S. from BYU and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He has pursued research in design tools and processes, team formation and management, design education, and commer- cialization of new mechanism technologies. Magleby teaches design at the graduate and undergraduate level and is interested in educational partnerships with industry. He has been involved with the capstone program at BYU since its inception, has worked with the Business School to establish special graduate programs in product development, and helped to
summer courses; increasingknowledge of others cultures through exchange programs, lectures, special lectures and othermulti-cultural activities.The Universidad del Norte has a special interest in achieving international accreditation2 withone of the agencies of the US. For this reason it has advanced the respective contacts and theinternal preparation. Particularly in the Engineering College, the strategy of internationalizationgoes back to 1993, when seeking to have international projection, the college looked for theABET accreditation (Substantially equivalent that was offered to the programs of engineeringout of the US) which was achieved in 1996, and it was renewed in 1999. Unfortunately, thetravel warning for Colombia mentioned by the
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Associate Professor. She completed her Doctorate in Higher Educa- tion from OSU in 2012 where she focused her research on women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. She accepted the position as Program Coordinator of Construction Engineering Technology at OSU in 2013. Dr. Yates began her teaching career at Pittsburg State University in 2002, and has taught numerous construction courses throughout her academic career including: Construction Drawings, Concrete Tech- nology, Estimating I, Strength of Materials in Construction, Structures I, Construction Contracts, and Capstone courses. She received the Halliburton Excellent Young Teacher Award in 2008, and the CEAT Advisor of the Year in 2010. Dr. Yates served
currently working with Dr. Stolk on an NSF-supported project to understand students’ motivational attitudes in a variety of educational environments with the goal of improving learning opportunities for students and equipping faculty with the knowledge and skills necessary to create such opportunities. One of the founding faculty at Olin College, Dr. Zastavker has been engaged in development and implementation of project-based experiences in fields ranging from sci- ence to engineering and design to social sciences (e.g., Critical Reflective Writing; Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering, etc.) All of these activities share a common goal of creating curricular and pedagogical structures as well
) 4 CP (2 credits) Produktentwicklung I (product development) Tech elective 1 4 CP (2 credits) Turbomaschinen I (turbomachinery) Tech elective 2 8 CP (4 credits) Umformtechnik I (deformations) Tech elective 3 4 CP (2 credits) TOTAL 30 CP (15 credits) Summer Semester (April 4 – July 21) Praktikum Aktoren für mechatronische Systeme (laboratory on mechatronics) 6 CP (4 credits) Bachelor-Thesis (senior capstone design project) 12 CP (6 credits) Produktentwicklung II (product
students’ meet the needs of the global workforce. One exampleof such experiences is the use of cross-national engineering student teams at the capstone level.Introduction “In the United States the oceans that bound our coasts no longer insulate us from other nations. In this dynamic global economy and political environment, engineering must adjust to the new world view.” (National Academy of Engineering, 2004)1 “Every day the men and women of this workforce will face the stress of competing in the fast-paced world of change we call the knowledge-based global economy of the twenty- first century. They will also face even larger challenges because the nation and world will need to call on them to seize
thesis project. In addition, senior-level engineering students were required to complete ateam-oriented, design focused capstone project as well as an individual based, research focusedproject in order to graduate. Both of which were evaluated by the departmental staff. The scope,rigor, and quality of such projects appeared to be similar to those found in the U.S., which wasencouraging. However, the lack of staff with academic credentials made this problematic as thenumber of available project supervisors was so limited to adequately mentor approximately 20master level and 30 undergraduate students within the department. As a consequence, the authorspent considerable time during the year assisting students in formulating appropriate
University at Harrisburg. Page 13.16.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Color Image Merging Algorithm Using MATLAB Eric Boyer and Aldo Morales Electrical Engineering Program Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA 17057Abstract:Students in the Electrical Engineering program at Penn State Harrisburg have manyopportunities to apply their acquired knowledge through hands-on course projects andlaboratory experiences in electronics, digital and image processing, VLSI, power andother courses, in addition to their capstone
AC 2007-1830: TRANSATLANTIC DUAL BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMSBETWEEN TWO EUROPEAN AND AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITYManfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet DarmstadtLars Hagman, KTHJan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech Page 12.1501.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Transatlantic Dual Bachelor’s Degree Programs in Mechanical Engineering between two European and an American University AbstractThe ATLANTIS project joins the European Union and the United States of America in an unprecededendeavor to foster international education on the undergraduate level.Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD), Germany, Kungliga Tekniska
the Smalley-Cury Institute’s Research Experiences forUndergraduates (SCI REU) programs for comparison because both programs are fundedby the NSF, headquartered at a private unban university, recruit participants fromuniversities nationwide via a competitive selection process, enable students to participatein cutting-edge research in fields related to nanoscale and atomic-scale systems,phenomena, and devices, and require participants to present topical research posters ontheir summer projects at a summer research colloquium as a capstone experience.The NanoJapan: IREU Program was the key educational initiative of the NSF PIRE grantthat was awarded to this private university from 2006 - 2015. NanoJapan was a twelve-week summer program through
teaching experi- ence, he also has performed extensive research and published numerous technical papers. He has secured more than $1 million in the form of both internal and external grants and research funding. Foroudastan is the faculty advisor, coordinator, and primary fundraiser for EVP teams entering national research project competitions such as the Formula SAE Collegiate Competition, the Baja SAE Race, the SolarBike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, and the Solar Boat Collegiate Competition. For his concern for and ded- ication to his students, Foroudastan received MTSU awards such as the 2002-03 Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005-06 Outstanding Public Service Award, and the 2007 Faculty Advisor of the Year
AC 2012-3341: UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BE-TWEEN CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA BY EXAMINING ENGINEER-ING EDUCATION TIESJennifer A. Acevedo-Barga, University of Washington Jennifer A. Acevedo-Barga is currently in the process of earning her undergraduate degree from the Uni- versity of Washington. She is pursuing a double major in human-centered design and engineering (HCDE) and psychology.Prof. Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University Charles Pezeshki is the Director of the Industrial Design Clinic, a large performance-based industrial outreach program providing deliverable-based capstone experiences to WSU MME students.Mr. RunLu Li, WASEDA University Charles Li is a special Chinese student who grew up
grasping of the young, well-educated, andflexible engineering students of both genders. Since “business as usual” doesn’t work anymore,the curricula are kept current and up-to-date. Topics such as mechatronics, bioinformatics arecovered to meet the competition and challenges posed by outsourcing and globalization. Theimportance of soft skills, such as project management skills, IT, and good communication skillsin addition to the basic sciences, engineering sciences and in-depth skills in a specificengineering discipline has been realized and implemented in the curricula. In this paper, thecontemporary curricula in EE at Indian Universities will be investigated and compared to pre-outsourcing curricula. The merits of these curricula and areas for
a leader in internation- alization of Engineering at NAU since arriving in 1999, expanding this initiative to the Natural Sciences starting in 2005. Significant milestones in this area include the development of an effective model of re- ciprocal ”exploratory trips” to motivate international study in engineering; the International Engineering and Natural Sciences certificate program; and the Global Engineering College project, an NSF-funded exploration of a comprehensively internationalized curricular model for engineering education. These efforts culminated in 2010 with the creation of the Global Science and Engineering Program (GSEP), an innovative initiative to establish a comprehensive framework for
the Institute for Tool Machinesand continued working for the company’s parent in Wolfach, Germany. When those studentsreturned to URI for their 5th year of studies, they often participated in a capstone design projectwhich was also sponsored by the same company for which they had interned both locally andglobally. Several of them were hired upon graduation by those companies if they did not decideto pursue a master’s degree elsewhere. Again, tying together experiential learning through ameaningful sequence of research and internships during study abroad gives the student acompetitive advantage on the job market.24Undergraduate Research Linked to a Greater CauseIt can also happen that a student’s international research project is part of a
include Curriculum Assessment, Exit Exam, and Capstone Course. Theindirect tools include Internship Advisor Survey, Industrial Advisory Board Survey, StudentsExit Interview, Alumni Survey, and Employer Survey. The objective of this paper is to present indetails the framework developed for the curriculum assessment. Figure 1: CE Program Outcome Assessment Framework Page 13.41.4Table 1: Relationship between Program Outcomes and Program Educational Objectives CE Program CE Program Educational Objectives
in equipping our students with the “tools of the trade” thenwe need to alert our graduate students( the future engineering teachers) to the need ofdeveloping proper and enduring connections with industries in their locale, andeventually have a mutually beneficial relations with the industrial sector; not so muchto supplement their income; but, principally, to be able to reach the broader goal, i.e.,to gain valuable experience and be truly involved in real engineering.iii) Third, reaching out to the industrial sector and engineering services in the Region,and striving to form symbiotic partnerships between local industry and academiathrough: capstone projects, theses work with practical overtones, and applied researchprojects in selected
and laterbecome motivated by the good in the world that can result from application of engineering.One of the alumni, Karl, traveled to Nicaragua as part of a senior research project, which hadgrown out of an international service-project in his senior capstone design course inenvironmental engineering. He noted: …poverty, it's one thing to know about it, it's one thing to study about it, … but it's a whole other thing when you are immersed in it and then... if you take it a step further and think how can I help these people, other than just be in poverty and experiencing that...just for me it was an eye-opener… And so I just realized, ...I wanna go this path.... There's a lot more need for a guy doing water and sanitation work than
specialize through their choice of technical electives in Year 2, earlier intheir studies as compared to the programs in the US with which the author is most familiar. Therequired hands-on experience in Years 1-3 is gained through companion laboratory courses; thecompanion lab course is typically taught by a different instructor than the faculty member who Page 26.153.4is teaching the lecture course. In addition, projects may be assigned in lecture courses that donot have a companion lab course. In Year 4, students are required to enroll in a capstone designcourse, which is an individual rather than a team project. The laboratory courses and
Leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). The center provides oversight for leadership development and inter- national activities within the college and he works actively with students, faculty and staff to promote and develop increased capabilities in global agility and leadership. His research and teaching interests in- clude developing global agility, globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Gregg has lived in numerous locations within the USA and Europe and has worked in many places including North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked for Becton Dickinson, a
-, and transdisciplinary ways, cyberlearning and cyber-environments, service and experien- tial learning, teaming and collaborative learning.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests
! 𝐶!!.! −𝑟!! = 0.0745𝐶! 𝐶!Determine the proper order to install both reactors. Figure 3. Decision-making problem example (Adapted from Tiscareño12 for IQ407 and Doherty and Malone17 for IQ412).A final design problem was used to simultaneously assess student attainment of learningoutcomes for both courses, through the synthesis and analysis of the reaction and separationstages in a chemical plant. The final project was assigned for teamwork (groups of three to fourstudents) on the last week of the semester and students had a period of two weeks to developtheir proposal, which they presented as their final exam. The same chemical process, styreneproduction, taken from the
guidingstudents’ learning strategies [9], it is useful to understand the impact of internationalcollaborative engineering education on students’ epistemological development.Literature ReviewConsidering the significance of international cooperative efforts on engineering education,there have been multiple initiatives to facilitate international collaboration. The types ofinternational collaboration include branch campuses, cross-border collaborative arrangementssuch as student and faculty exchange, dual degrees, joint capstone projects, etc. [10]Multiple studies have been conducted to understand the organization, implementation, andimpact of international collaborative programs, identified the specific benefits andopportunities of international
this debate include the attractiveness of the career forprospective students, the retention of those students who enter the program, the diversity ofstudents in the program, and then the degree of fit between program outcomes and the needsof the workplace. Within this debate it is generally assumed that the curriculum is the arenain potential need of reform [3]–[5]. Curriculum reform deliberations tend to operate at arelatively high level, with a central tension between “theory” (engineering and basic sciencecontent) and “practice” (professional skills, often in project type context) [6].A relatively recent focus for global curriculum discussions has been the spread of outcomes-based criteria for accreditation through the mechanism of the
engineering and automation, electricalengineering and automation, chemical engineering and technology, computer science andtechnology.In 2007, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance decided to implement the“Project of Undergraduate Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform in Colleges andUniversities” in order to actively explore the reform of the program evaluation system andfocus on advancing the pilot work of program accreditation in engineering technology andmedicine, in an attempt to build a accreditation system adapting to the social and professionalneeds. In December 2007, the National Engineering Education Program AccreditationSupervision and Arbitration Commission was established to further promote the improvementof engineering
Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student moti- vation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incor- porating engineering into secondary science and mathematics classrooms. Her education includes a B.S. Page 26.874.1 in Bioengineering from the
Paper ID #11690A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Student Perceptions and ExperiencesRelated to Global ReadinessDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working