engineering and scientificconcepts, increases interaction with faculty and industry sponsors, and provides opportunities forwork in emerging technology areas. Benefits accrue both to students who pursue a researchcareer and to those who enter applied fields by strengthening their ability to propose innovativesolutions. Over the past nine years, we have sought to improve student research in apredominantly teaching institution. The two primary challenges were: (1) academic - how tointroduce and promote inquiry-based learning given the constraints, and (2) business - how toobtain and sustain funding for student-based research. Further complicating the effort was a lackof experience on the part of most students in identifying an appropriate research
AC 2007-336: AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS COURSE IN A GENERALENGINEERING PROGRAMJason Yao, East Carolina University Jianchu (Jason) Yao received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Shaanxi university of Science and Technology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. Dr. Yao joined East Carolina University as an Assistant Professor in August, 2005. Prior to this appointment, he served as a Research Engineer in China from 1995 to 2001. His research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research
, Parallel, OverhaulAt Michigan Tech, the Enterprise program provides course credit to students who participate ininterdisciplinary projects, often with an entrepreneurial focus. These course credits can apply toan Enterprise Concentration or Enterprise Minor.8 The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) hasa program called Interprofessional Projects Program (IPRO) and requires engineering students toparticipate in at least two interdisciplinary design projects through that program. TheEntrepreneurial Projects Program (EnPRO) expands IPRO with entrepreneurially-focused Page 15.843.5projects.9 Both universities have made sure the team
Paper ID #7540Robotics as an Undergraduate Major: A RetrospectiveProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Prof. Michael A. Gennert is Director of the Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he is Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, the University of California/Riverside, General Electric Ordnance Systems, Pittsfield, MA and PAR Technology Cor- poration, New Hartford, NY. He received the S.B. in Computer Science, S.B. in Electrical Engineering
to ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate from West Point he has continued his research on unmanned systems under ARL’s Campaign for Maneuver as the Associate Director of Special Programs. Throughout his career he has continued to teach at a variety of colleges and universities. For the last 4 years he has been a part time instructor and collaborator with researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (http://me.umbc.edu/directory/). He is currently an Assistant Professor at York College PA.Dr. Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania Jason Forsyth is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at York College of Penn- sylvania. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in May 2015. His
Paper ID #23299Robotics as an Undergraduate Major: 10 Years’ ExperienceProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michael A. Gennert is Professor of Robotics Engineering, CS, and ECE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he leads the WPI Humanoid Robotics Laboratory and was Founding Director of the Robotics Engineering Program. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the University of California Riverside, PAR Technology Corporation, and General Electric. He received the S.B. in CS, S.B. in EE, and S.M. in EECS in 1980 and the Sc.D. in EECS in 1987 from MIT. Dr. Gennert’s research
,”Design Issues: 26(3), Summer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology © 2010[14] Yassine, Ali and Dan Braha. “Complex Concurrent Engineering and the Design Structure Matrix Method,”Concurrent Engineering, 11(3), 165-176, 2003. Page 26.1013.16
Paper ID #33393Creating a Multi-College Interdisciplinary B.S. Data Science Programwith ConcentrationsDr. Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas Dr. Karl D. Schubert is a Professor of Practice and serves as the Associate Director for the Data Science Program for the University of Arkansas College of Engineering, the Sam M. Walton College of Business, and the J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences. His research interests include data science and analytics, innovation, technology, and interdisciplinary project-based active learning methodologies. As part of his current role, Karl is leading a State-wide
TO ZERO COMPETITION 8 Table 1. Participants' academic profile Academic level Major Graduate - PhD Construction Management Technology Graduate - PhD Civil Engineering - Innovation Science Graduate - Master Ecological Environmental Engineering - Building performance Graduate - Master Building Construction Management Undergrad Civil Engineering – Architecture Engineering (Team Leader) Undergrad Construction Management Technology Undergrad Interior Design Undergrad
Paper ID #19291A Systematic Review of Sustainability Assessments in ASEE ProceedingsDr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr. Mary Katherine Watson is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel. Prior to joining the faculty at The Citadel, Dr. Watson earned her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. She also has BS and MS degrees in Biosystems Engineering from Clemson University. Dr. Watson’s research interests are in the areas of engineering education and biological waste treatment.Dr. Elise Barrella, James Madison University
for Engineering Education, 2021 Investigating Construction Courses within the US Civil Engineering Curricula – A Resource for Designing the CourseAbstractConstruction courses in the civil engineering curriculum significantly contribute to the technicaland professional knowledge, even if students do not follow a career in construction.Construction courses are offered during the junior or senior year of studies and meet several ofthe learning outcomes of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)Criterion 3. Additionally, the engineering topics covered are necessary for the successfulcompletion of both the National Council of Examiners for Engineering (NCEES), Fundamentalsof Engineering (FE) and Principles
, Dr. Greenburg served in technical program management and leadership positions at Eagan McAllister Associates, and Science Applications International Corporation until he joined the faculty at the Citadel. Dr. Greenburg’s research interests include modeling project networks, technical decision making and leadership. Dr. Greenburg earned is bachelors degree from The Citadel (1981), Masters of Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School (1994), and his PhD in Business Administration (Management of Engineering and Technology) from Northcentral University (2010). He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by The Project Management Institute (PMI).Dr. Nahid Vesali P.E., The Citadel Dr. Nahid Vesali is
Crockett received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder and President of Xeragen, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based biotechnology startup company. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was employed by
by any other DMU. With similarreasoning, if the technical efficiency value is less than one (TE < 1), then DMU p is not on theoptimal frontier and there exists at least one efficient DMU in the population.The following demonstrates the application of the CRS DEA model to the evaluation process for theSchool of Engineering.3. Applying Data Envelopment Analysis to the School of Engineering departmental reviewprocessAt the graduate level, the School of Engineering has a total of four departments each offering aMaster of Science degree, viz., Computer Science and Engineering (CPSE), Electrical Engineering(EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), and Technology Management (TM), in addition to thedoctorate degree offered by the Department of Computer
and more broadly, as life-long learners7. The AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has articulated the importance of being able tofunction on a multidisciplinary,8 and the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) GrandChallenges requires a multidisciplinary approach.9 Curricular and knowledge differences acrossdepartments, a lack of standardization in working with industrial partners, and differences infaculty rewards and expectations limit the development of multidisciplinary capstone courses.3,10Although few question the importance of and need for multidisciplinary education, sustainablestrategies for accomplishing these goals are limited. This paper will report the results of afeasibility study performed to examine the
Paper ID #30250Mechatronics and Robotics Education: Standardizing Foundational KeyConceptsDr. Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University Before coming to Kenesaw State University, Dr. McFall lived abroad for more than ten years. His international experiences began with a study abroad for his entire undergraduate senior year at the Lule˚a University of Technology in Sweden 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle. After graduating with his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, his international travels continued during masters studies at MIT with an appointment at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in
leadership in the last decade include the evolution of theglobal workforce, the influence of information technology on the interaction among virtual teams,and the recognition that understanding of ethical implications of engineering is paramount tolong-term professional development.The idea to formalize activities related to student leadership at Rensselaer actually was initiatedby the Rensselaer Union, which is the self-supporting and self-governing student organizationthat controls, finances, and organizes student activities on the campus. In 1988, the ExecutiveBoard of the Union proposed to the Vice President for Student Affairs that Rensselaer form aCenter for Student Leadership Development on the campus. Early activities focused onleadership
the project. The advisory board meets annually to review technical progress bythe group and also to provide guest speaker and plant trip opportunities. Ford Partnershipfor Advanced Studies has offered a set of modules for use in adaptation andimplementation of the course.The National Science Foundation is financially supporting the project with a three-yearCCLI grant DUE#0511322.IntroductionThe goal of creating a multi-disciplinary course with industrial input arose out of thewords cited in The Engineer of 2020 as written by the National Academy of Engineering(NAE). The NAE states that “Engineering practices must incorporate attention tosustainable technology, and engineers need to be educated to consider issues ofsustainability in all
Graphics. Page 22.561.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Encouraging Art and Science Cross-Departmental Collaboration through an Interdisciplinary ProgramAbstractThe impact of computational algorithms on many art disciplines outside the arena ofmathematics, engineering, and technology has been no less than profound. This impactespecially applies to biology and criminal justice, two disciplines which have benefitedimmensely from the advances in computer technology at both the hardware and the softwaresides. Drawing on the strengths of the Criminal Justice, the
technology onmany fronts. The explosive growth in computing and communication has revolutionized theway we work and live. Increasingly, the engineering work force is becoming more diverse withteams working with global foci. These forces of globalization, demographics, and technologicaladvances are changing the role of engineering in society,1 identifying a significant problem in theway universities address the engineering profession, engineering education, and associatedengineering student assessment processes. There have been many national studies about critical issues facing universities regardingSTEM education, specifically engineering education.2, 3 With the world becoming “flat” due toglobalization, increasingly, jobs requiring basic
interdisciplinary program taught by faculty members from threedifferent schools, namely the school of engineering and technology, the school ofbusiness and management and the college of letters and sciences is expected to make thisdegree program relevant and appealing to professionals from many disciplines.IntroductionThe term "sustainability" began with the 1987 publication of the World Commission onEnvironment and Development’s report, defined as "development that meets the needs ofthe present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their ownneeds."1,2 A combination of forces, including an unprecedented growth in population,economy, urbanization, and energy use, is imposing new stresses both on the earth'sresources and on society's
management encompassesseveral disciplines, among them engineering, architecture, management, business, andconstruction. As a result, it has not traditionally been well developed enough in any of theseprograms to a level that covers the large variety of topics and aspects of facility management.Today, there are only six universities in the US that offer a degree in facility management;several other universities offer courses in facility management. Those with full degree programsare Brigham Young University (College of Engineering and Technology), Cornell University(College of Human Ecology), Ferris State University (College of Engineering Technology),Georgia Institute of Technology (College of Architecture), Pratt Institute (School ofArchitecture
sustainability education and transdisciplinary learning.Dr. David Robert Bruce P.E., Fulbright University Vietnam Dr. Bruce has a passion for technology development with a focus on empowering society through altering perception and perspective. He holds a B.A.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo, an M.A.Sc. in Materials Science & Engineering from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of British Columbia. This varied engineering education has taught him to view our world through a multifaceted lens. Dr. Bruce has studied and worked in the alternative energy field for 15 years in a variety of disciplines, with industrial experience in both
accreditation for ABET. In a Prism article8while she was ASEE President, Sherra E. Kerns noted that “ASEE is a founding member societyof ABET.” Finally, in 2005, after several years of groundwork, from the initiative of ASEEmembers, the support of many other multidisciplinary engineering educators, and thecooperation of both ASEE and ABET leadership, ASEE had become the lead society for theaccreditation of multidisciplinary engineering (and engineering technology) programs.As a result of this new accreditation role and with leadership from Edwin C. Jones, Jr. and thesupport of many other ASEE leaders, ASEE adapted and strengthened its AccreditationActivities Committee (AAC) during 2005-06 to include this new role in its purview, inpreparation for the
thank the National Science Foundation, DUE # 0089036 and 0442531for funding theproject where the Superstar case study was developed. In addition, the College of Business,Auburn University, funded part of this project. We thank Dr. Amit Mitra, Associate Dean andDr. Paul Bobrowski, Dean of the College of Business for the support. In addition, we thank Dr.Earl H. Wagener, CEO, Tetramer Technologies, LLC, for providing the materials and workingwith us to develop the Superstar Case Study. We also thank Dr. P.K. Raju, Department ofMechanical Engineering, Auburn University and Principal Investigator of the NSF projects forworking with us to adapt the Superstar case study for use in statistics classrooms.References 1. Bremner, B. and Roberts, D
opportunities. Plumblee’s primary interests are in engineering and innovation in resource constrained environments and seeking ways to offer these programs to a broader audience, including partnering with other universities and developing online platforms for community engagement courses. Plumblee is the Founding Director of Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries, a student-driven pro- gram that provides sustainable solutions to improve the quality of life of those in developing countries. Plumblee is the Founding Advisor for Tigers for Multigenerational Technology Implementation, which is a partnership with a local retirement community to develop tech-based solutions for aging populations. He also serves as Director of
differentbackgrounds and engineering pursuits, their instructor/advisor, and the AI consultant mentionedearlier. Being a former Principia student herself, the AI consultant was able to mind-meld withthe students throughout the project, giving them insights on both a professional and student level.A strong bond of respect and understanding was forged among the entire team which contributedsignificantly to the research and the educational processes. Described below are some of theinsights gained from both the teaching and learning aspects of this project. ● The instructor was impressed by the ease and speed with which the students learned the technological aspects and capabilities of the drones used for photographing the Maybeck Chapel. This was also
, S.S. Warner, I.M. Hierarchical mentoring: a transformative strategy for improving diversity and retention in undergraduate STEM disciplines. J Science Education Technology 21: 148-156, 2012.3. Bonous-Hammarth, M., Pathways to Success: Affirming Opportunities for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Majors. The Journal of Negro Education, 69(1/2): 92-111, 2000.4. Carpi, A., Ronan, D.M., Falconer, H.M., Boyd, H.H. Lents, N.H. Development and implementation of targeted STEM retention strategies at a Hispanic-serving institution. Journal Hispanic Higher Education 12(3): 280-299, 2013.5. Kokkelenberg, E.C., Sinha, E. Who succeeds in STEM studies? An analysis of Binghamton University
(Venezuela) in 1995, MS in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2005, both from University of Delaware (USA). Dr. Ayala is currently serving as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Department, Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Prior to joining ODU in 2013, Dr. Ayala spent three years as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware where he expanded his knowledge on simulation of multiphase flows while acquiring skills in high-performance parallel computing and scientific computation. Before that, Dr. Ayala held a faculty position at Universidad de Oriente at Mechanical Engineering Department where he
engineering courses and guides undergraduate student research in electrical system design. Prior to joining Norwich he spent 10 years in industry developing sensor systems after serving as an officer managing Science & Technology development programs for 15 years in the United States Air Force (USAF). He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University, a MSEE from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a BSEE from Norwich University. Page 24.178.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014An Update to a Multidisciplinary Hydroelectric Generation