Paper ID #9352Team-Teaching Secondary STEM CoursesDr. M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology) Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Technology Purdue UniversityMrs. Nicole Otte, Central Nine Career Center Page 24.1176.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Team-Teaching Secondary STEM CoursesAbstractThe transition from high school to college can be difficult for some individuals. Especially in forstudents from high needs areas or first generation college students. In some
towards youth development. His educational background is a BS Civil Engineering from Bluefield State College and he is currently pursuing a MS Engineering Technology from Drexel University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 MAKER: Simple Making Activities to Expose Middle School Girls to STEM CareersAbstractThis paper describes a set of making activities that was utilized in Girl Makers, a week-longprogram that was part of a university outreach summer camp organized to inspireunderrepresented middle school minority girls to choose STEM careers. With the goal to exposethe students to making and makerspaces, Girls Inc. middle school students participating
AC 2009-620: RAISING THE LEVEL OF MANUFACTURING CAREERAWARENESS AT THE MIDDLE-SCHOOL LEVELTom Brady, Purdue University, North Central Tom Brady is Department Chair of Enigneering Technology at Purdue University North Central. He holds BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests are in manufacturing, computer simulation, and optimization. Page 14.1004.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Raising the Level of Manufacturing Career Awareness at the Middle School Level ABSTRACTThe
Paper ID #27182Exposing Students to STEM Careers through Hands-on Activities with Dronesand RobotsDr. Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University Dr. Vukica Jovanovic is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program. She holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering Technology, focus on Digital Manufacturing. Her research is focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of
Paper ID #11178Do K12 robotics activities lead to engineering and technology career choices?Dr. Marilyn Barger, Florida Advanced Technological Educaiton Center Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Founda- tion and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways; has produced award winning curriculum design and
workers in manufacturing due to a lack of interest in technically based jobs in general and manufacturing jobs in particular. This is due to the poor image held by young people and their parents of the traditional skilled jobs in manufacturing and the poor image of the new technician careers.• A greater percentage of potential younger workers are graduating from four-year colleges (meaning a lower percentage of workers entering the skilled technician labor force).These and other factors will cause the US workforce to fall short of the numbers ofskilled technician workers needed in the future. While the shortfall will impact allsectors of US business, the impact to manufacturing is expected to be more dramatic thanin other areas
manufacturing being a dirty and non-technical career, allmanufacturing related education programs have experienced difficulty in recruiting students totheir programs1. Additionally, manufacturing’s increasingly technical methods, requiredinnovativeness, and the emergence of advanced manufacturing technologies have necessitatedcontinuous improvement of manufacturing engineering programs. Succumbing to thesepressures, some undergraduate manufacturing engineering programs have even begun to close,despite the high demand for the graduates of these programs. This paper will examine strategiesthat the University of Wisconsin-Stout has deployed to keep its manufacturing engineeringprogram one of the largest and most vibrant in the face of these
Paper ID #19173A Quiet Revolution: Growth of Credentialed-Based Manufacturing Educa-tion in FloridaDr. Marilyn Barger P.E., National Science Foundation ATE Centers Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Founda- tion and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways; has produced award winning curriculum design
Engineering EnrollmentAs the undergraduate program in manufacturing engineering grew from its creation in 1994, theprogram peaked at 259 students in 1998. Shortly thereafter, the program began a precipitousdecline dropping to a low of 123 students in 2003. This enrollment drop was due to manyexternal factors, i.e. economic slump of 2000 and 2001, persistent negative manufacturing newsheadlines, and a general perception that manufacturing careers are dirty and not exciting, all ofwhich contribute to a lack of awareness of the exciting career possibilities for manufacturingengineers. University of Wisconsin-Stout began an aggressive campaign of recruiting directly forthe engineering and technology based programs in 2002. Through a series of
understand Millennial and Generation Z student manufacturing perception whileworking to get students interested in manufacturing careers through coursework, internships, andco-op experiences. The generation divisions are often argued about, but Millennials aregenerally thought of as being born from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s with Generation Zfollowing. Millennials can be defined as those born from 1981 to 1996, with Generation Zfollowing from 1997 on. The results of over five years of questionnaire data shows that a well-designed manufacturing processes course equipped with hands-on labs, plant visits, andmanufacturing job fairs can be effective in changing student’s perception of manufacturing. It isalso shown that campus location may play a
member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and is a certified Lead Auditor through RAB for ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001. Page 15.262.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010CareerME: Encouraging an Advanced Manufacturing Worker PipelineAbstract:Advanced manufacturers face a shortage of skilled workers, a problem exacerbated bythe negative image of manufacturing careers. To overcome the outdated view ofmanufacturing, the National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME), inconjunction with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (SME-EF), has developed a website that takes a unique approach by
. Page 12.1034.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MARKETING MANUFACTURINGUSING CONNECTICUT’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES’ COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY’S REGIONAL CENTER FOR NEXT GENERATION MANUFACTURING: A National Science Foundation Funded Initiative Page 12.1034.2AbstractThe Connecticut Community College’s College of Technology with support fromthe National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technology Education Grants (ATE#0402494) established a Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (RCNGM). TheRCNGM’s goals and objectives included implementing a marketing campaign for careers inmanufacturing. This paper will identify specific activities that the
Paper ID #26206The Next Generation for Manufacturing Competitiveness?: Children’s Per-ceptions as Shown Through DrawingsMs. Liesl Krause, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Liesl Krause is a current Ph.D. student at Purdue University in the Polytechnic Institute. She is currently funded through the Purdue Doctoral Fellowship. She has research interests in student career perceptions and student mentorship in graduate school. Liesl graduated from Villanova University in 2016 with her Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and graduated from Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomed- ical Engineering in 2018 with her Master’s.Dr
manufacturing that will improve their ability to make informed decisionsabout manufacturing careers. For innovative learning environments that market STEM, inparticular manufacturing technicians and engineers, the Connecticut’s College of Technology’sCenter, has designed and piloted local expos entitled “Immerse Yourself in 21st Century Page 22.1040.2Technology”. The idea of developing the local expositions evolved from two highly successfulstatewide expositions held in 2006 and 2008. The techniques and lessons learned from thestatewide expos have guided the development of the more focused, local expositions thatconcentrate on an individual Connecticut
of industry advisory boards, career fairs, apprenticeship and student work experience programs. As a Dean, Mr. Abina manages multiple academic programs including Math, Engineering, Mecomtronics, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Machine Technology, Electronics Technology, Electricity, Engineering Drafting, Air Conditioning, Heating and Environmental Control and Office of Vocational Educational. His responsibilities include but not limited to program development and planning, capital and instructional budget review, evaluation of facilities and equipment, preparation of class schedules, supervision of organization and operation of vocational advisory committees, coordination of curriculum
Paper ID #6806Florida’s Model for Industry-Technical Education PartnershipsDr. Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathway; has produced award winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post-secondary Career
Paper ID #9268A Statewide Initiative for Manufacturing Day in FloridaDr. Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence) Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathway; has produced award winning curriculum design and reform for
report outlines the following factors as contributing to the shortage of youngadults and other participants interested in pursuing manufacturing careers: • A lack of communication between the potential workforce, manufacturers, educational institutions, and regional community • Parents and schools are not encouraging students to pursue careers in manufacturing • School counselors rate the quality of information available to them as fair to very poor • Manufacturing still has a negative (outdated) stereotyped image Additionally, economic briefings by academic and professional policy analysts continue torecommend that Indiana shift its economic focus away from “…manufacturing goods toproviding
AC 2012-4183: ALIGNING FLORIDA’S MANUFACTURING PROGRAMSWITH EXTERNAL STANDARDS: CLOSING THE LOOPSDr. Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Cen- ter of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida and its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways, curriculum development and reform for secondary and post-secondary Career and Technical Education programs, and professional development for technical teachers and faculty focused
essential components and growth opportunities of thefoundation - manufacturing and innovation - of an economy.There are many indicators of the decline of manufacturing in the US, most of them economic.One troubling indicator is the persistent lack of interest in careers in this field, particularly at thecollegiate and post-graduate level. While there are continual calls for better labor force trainingand government programs to support the same, there are actually disincentives for promisingyoung professionals to enter this field. Societal perception and industry needs seem to runcounter to one another. We propose that the MEngM can serve as one example of a newnational model for professional manufacturing engineering education. It can profoundly
keeptheir programs attractive as viable educational and career pathways.As policymakers continue to try to revive the economy, newly proposed educational policies atthe federal, state and local levels are largely tactical rather than strategic, if policies exist at all.This paper will examine manufacturing education policies and their impact on the sustainabilityand growth of manufacturing programs. Key aspects of manufacturing programs will bepresented including student recruitment and retention, faculty and curriculum development, andlaboratory and programmatic costs.The current interest and discussions surrounding support for manufacturing, although wellintentioned, are not the result of proactive manufacturing policies but rather of a belated
Paper ID #27933PathTech LIFE: Overview of Findings from a National Survey of TechnicianEducation StudentsDr. Will Tyson, University of South Florida Will Tyson is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida. Dr. Tyson’s re- search examines STEM educational and career pathways with a focus on student- and institutional-level influences on high school and college science and math course taking and STEM degree attainment. Dr. Tyson was the Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded project ”Successful Academic and Employment Pathways in Advanced Technologies” or PathTech (4 years, $1.2 million
unions, industryand the public sector, in the U.S. these same relationships have been largely antagonistic formany years.What can we learn from Austria that could aid the U.S. in its efforts to revitalize our advancedmanufacturing sector? Discussion in the paper will focus on the following: • The resurgence of advanced manufacturing in the U.S. and the resultant need for a highly skilled engineering education workforce at the sub-Bachelor’s level • The state of career and technical education in the U.S. at the sub-Bachelor’s level Page 24.859.2 • The state of career and technical education in Austria at the sub
AC 2009-1978: THE STEM OUTREACH INITIATIVE AT ROBERT MORRISUNIVERSITYWinston Erevelles, Robert Morris University Winston F. Erevelles is a Professor of Engineering and the Dean of the School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science at Robert Morris University. He was also the founding Director of the PRIME coalition – a partnership delivering innovative manufacturing education and career development in Southwest Pennsylvania. Dr. Erevelles was responsible for the design and implementation of the RMU Learning Factory and has raised over $4 million at Robert Morris University (over $6 million in total funding to date) in external funding in the form of grants, gifts, and contracts from
technology and mobility,networked devices and embedded systems, the ecosystem of the IoT, andinformation securityand mobile devices. [6] Associate Degrees: Miami Dade College (MDC) started offering a 60 credit AS degree in IoT Applications in 2018 [8]. The college seeks to fill in the positions requiring IoT skills to develop, deploy and support connected devices. The program prepare graduates for career opportunities like: o IoT programmer, IoT developer, IoT consultant o Product application assistant, tapid prototyping assistant o Connected devices support specialist o Embedded software developer, embedded application programmer o The curriculum for the program is given below in Figure 5 and 6. 8
is greatly researched and indemand on most fields in this industry. Blending these subjects in the classroom can be expendedto motivate students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).Image and video capture using a cell phone camera and VEX sensors can be explored into moredepth in the middle school classroom.This study examined the use of VEX sensors and an iPhone 6 camera as an introduction to robotperception to middle school students. VEX line followers, ultrasonic rangefinders, and an iPhonecamera were used to perform object recognition and conduct robot navigation within a classroomrobotics competition field setting.OverviewComputer science drives innovation and is one of the fastest growing fields in
engineering technology educators, MERC can provide both classroommaterials through its online clearinghouse, as well as professional development opportunitiesthrough the resource center.Another goal of MERC is to provide technical assistance to colleges and universities wanting tostart, expand or improve technology programs, especially in manufacturing. MERC is alsoactively working to increase the pipeline of students choosing careers in STEM fields, with anemphasis on engineering technologies, and in particular stressing the critical workforce shortagethat is facing advanced manufacturing. Page 13.327.3Perhaps less directly impacting the STEM
existingframeworks, coordinating the statewide curriculum team, hosting workshops, soliciting industryinput, selection of national certification, developing the new frameworks for the engineeringtechnology core courses, and institutionalization within the Department of Education. Theprocess for conducting this reform could be applied to any technical career cluster to facilitaterelevant degree programs and articulation pathways.A Need for Change Page 13.85.2When speaking at the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Conference at Los Angeles ValleyCollege in Los Angeles, California, in October 2007, Northrop Grumman Corporate VicePresident and Chief Human
Paper ID #22011New Mechatronics Education InitiativesDr. Marilyn Barger, National Science Foundation ATE Centers Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Founda- tion and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways; has produced award winning curriculum design and reform for secondary and post-secondary
5. Use certifications to empower employees and careersFinancial 5. Make programs relevant to industry to encourage more funding 8. Industry must support educators who want to teach new technologiesPipeline 10. Industries should preferentially hire manufacturing graduates 13. Support career pathways that do not include collegeMany of these goals are less about developing new initiatives and more about taking advantage of efforts Page 25.374.5that already exist. Some of the successes to date are listed below. • Recently the (US