demonstrate non-technical student outcomes, including those pertaining to ethics,global issues, economics, and understanding of environmental and societal contexts.2When the objective is to improve student writing skills (“learning to write”), an integrated, orwriting across the curriculum (WAC) approach to teaching technical writing is consideredfavorable over the alternative of isolated, stand-alone communication courses that oftendecontextualize writing.3-4 In the integrated approach, communication instruction and practice isdistributed throughout the curriculum and embedded in technical courses, well beyond thestandard inclusion of laboratory reports in laboratory classes. Such an approach also maximallyleverages the writing process towards the
demonstrate the skills and habits acquired through PITCH courses. Student outcomes for the project were established based on an extensive survey ofemployers, alumni and faculty. Communication instruments include technical memoranda, posterpresentations, oral presentations, laboratory reports, proposals, and senior design reports. Inaddition to text elements, the use of tables and graphics also are addressed. Advice tables,annotated sample assignments and grading rubrics are being developed for each instrument toassist students in their work and facilitate consistency in instruction and assessment acrossmultiple instructors teaching different course sections. Within each of the seven programs, specific courses within all four years are
a graduate student, Rudolpho Azzi, who happened to be an experienced teacher, thegroup worked to assemble a research program and teaching laboratory in behaviorism at theUniversity.15This work was deemed a success, and Bori and Keller were invited to take their work to theUniversity of Brasilia, Bori to create a new department of psychology, and Keller to continue onas advisor. With the university’s doors yet to open, they had the time and space to plan. It was inthe course of designing from scratch an introductory course in experimental psychology that thegroup came up with PSI. Pressed to be experimental in form as well as content, the group beganconsidering how their knowledge of behaviorist principles could be applied to the
Paper ID #10168A Sequence of Technology Commercialization Courses for Science and Engi-neeringDr. Arthur Felse, Northwestern University Arthur Felse is a Lecturer and the Assistant Director for Research in the Master of Biotechnology Pro- gram. His responsibilities include teaching, student advising, coordinating research training, and man- aging the MBP teaching laboratory. Before joining Northwestern University, Dr. Felse completed his post-doctoral training at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. He received his BS in Chemi- cal Engineering as well as his MS in Biotechnology from Anna University, India and
Paper ID #8653Integrated 2D Design in the Curriculum: Effectiveness of Early Cross-SubjectEngineering ChallengesProf. Kevin Otto, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Otto is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Product Development Pillar at the Singapore Uni- versity of Technology and Design. He teaches the design courses as well as disciplinary courses including thermodynamics, and is very interested in multidisciplinary education.Mr. Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin, and Singapore University of Technology & Design BSME Carnegie Mellon 2008 MSME University of Texas at Austin 2010 PhD
aspects of the flipped and blended learning environments.Ms. Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology Jacquelyn E. Borinski will receive a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2014. She is the External Vice President for the Georgia Tech Chamber Choir and volunteer with the Georgia Aquar- ium. Her research interests include pediatric device design and human-robot interaction. She is an Under- graduate collaborator with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta designing interactive teaching modules for math and science using the patient’s condition as motivation. She was awarded a Women in Engineering Scholarship from Axion BioSystems.Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMs
serve as a bridge between theoretical and practicalknowledge. 4 It is practical research that addresses an immediate, local need while providing Page 24.1130.2opportunities for deep reflection leading to individual professional growth. 5Although there are similarities, action research should not be confused with case study research.Typically, case study research involves an independent, outside observer studying a phenomenonin a naturally occurring environment, whereas an action research study includes a researcher whoactively participates in his or her own environment. For educators, this is often a classroom inwhich they teach. Action research
sports projectiles. She is the co-author of an innovative textbook integrating solid and fluid mechanics for undergraduates.Dr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford Bernhardt is Chair of the Engineering Studies Program and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infras- tructure management and transportation systems. She teaches a variety of courses including sustainability of built systems, transportation systems, transportation planning, civil infrastructure management, and Lafayette’s introductory first year engineering course. Dr. Sanford Bernhardt serves on the American Society of Civil Engineers
Paper ID #9075Integration of Art and Engineering: Creating Connections between Engi-neering Curricula and an Art Museum’s CollectionDr. Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering Katherine Wikoff is a Professor in the General Studies Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where she teaches a variety of humanities and social science courses including literature, film studies, po- litical science, and communications. In addition to her teaching at MSOE, she consults and teaches tech- nical communication courses on-site for industry professionals at companies like Harley-Davidson and Milwaukee
civil ethics. A good engineer first had to bea good citizen and responsible for the civil society.However, this separation of Confucian liberal learning from technique may also bring challengesto engineering education practice in contemporary China. On one hand, Confucianism stillimpacts Chinese thinking and actions in personal and professional life. On the other hand, somefundamental ideas and assumptions embedded in the Western engineering education posechallenges to Confucian traditions of teaching and learning which are remain evident in Chineseclassrooms. For example, it remains unclear how team-based, active, and student-centeredpedagogies in Western engineering education can be adapted for “Confucian classrooms” and“Confucian learners
including serving as director of the Georgia Tech Air Quality laboratory from 1988 to 2008. He currently serves as deputy director for Research and Technology Transfer for National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management at Georgia Tech.Dr. Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology Caroline Noyes is trained as an educational psychologist, and her education and work have focused on assessing student learning both in and outside of the classroom. Experiences in both academic affairs and student affairs provide her with a holistic understanding of the modern university and a broad collection of assessment methodologies suitable to a variety of situations. As her intellectual pursuits turned in
State University’s Salina campus. A Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) and a Certified Enterprise Integrator (CEI), she teaches lecture and laboratory courses in the areas of computer- aided design, manufacturing, and automation. Ms. Morse earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Auburn University, where she also worked with Auburn Industrial Extension Service. Her work in industry in- cludes engineering experience in quality control, industrial engineering, and design and development functions for automotive parts manufacturers in North Carolina and Germany.Dr. Doug Carroll, Missouri University of Science and
“program evaluator competency model” to specify the competencies thatsuccessful program evaluators exhibit. This model includes six major categories: technicallycurrent, effective at communicating, interpersonally skilled, team-oriented, professional, andorganized.17In comparison, CEEAA accepted most of the same qualifications/competencies provided byABET, including six basic qualifications. For instance, similar to ABET, CEEAA requires“accreditation experts” to “know scientific, technological, and engineering advances in their ownfields”, “have abundant teaching, administrative, and working experience”, “have disciplinarybackground necessary for accreditation”, and “have strong working, organizational, andcommunicative competencies.”17 However