c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work-in-Progress: Perspectives on a multidisciplinary project of a ball wall to support Pre-KSTEAM learning at an early education and care centerAbstractA multidisciplinary group of four upper class students at University X completed a three-termproject that combined elements of technology and society, and over the course of the project,faculty advisors tracked student evolution and growth. The students researched pre-K curriculumand pedagogy, then designed, built, and delivered an interactive kinematic ball wall sculpture.The ball wall was installed in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM)room at the Town YWCA non-profit early education and care center, where teachers
andPolicy. The Practicum is a three-credit course that must be taken once during the program, whilethe Colloquium is worth one credit and must be taken at least twice. Both of these courses willbe discussed in further detail later in this paper.Beyond the core courses, each TMP student must take one course in each of the focus areas.These areas include Technology/Engineering, Economics, Policy/Management, andEnvironmental. Each focus area lists two to three recommended courses but the student can, withapproval from the TMP Chair, take courses outside of the recommended ones. However, thesubstituted course must adequately satisfy the intent of the of the focus area in which it’s beingsubstituted. These recommended courses are offered by multiple
sufficiently interdisciplinarytopic that a normal sequencing of classes might not fill student needs. Indeed, while manyengineering universities have begun tackling how to offer interdisciplinary curricula on climatechange (Table 1), it appears that few define a sequence of climate coursework. Most universitieshave disparate classes related to climate across the colleges of engineering, policy, architecture,and social sciences. Some few schools, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Columbia University, and Cornell University define degree requirements, but the course Page 26.786.2requirements are restricted to one department
Paper ID #14937Exploring Student Impressions of and Navigations through a Flexible andCustomizable Multidisciplinary Engineering ProgramDr. Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado Boulder Marissa H. Forbes is a research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder and lead editor of the TeachEngineering digital library. She previously taught middle school science and engineering and wrote K-12 STEM curricula while an NSF GK-12 graduate engineering fellow at CU. With a master’s degree in civil engineering she went on to teach physics for the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST), where she also created and
. His research interests include capstone design teaching and assessment, undergraduate engineering stu- dent leadership development, and social network analysis. He is also a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.Prof. Tom Weis, Rhode Island School of DesignLt. Col. Harry Howard Jones IV c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Mechanical Engineering Design for Complex Environments: Incorporating Industrial Design Perspectives into a Multidisciplinary Capstone Design ProjectAbstract The rapid pace of global communications development coupled with an unprecedentedincrease in technological advancement has increased the need for
. This process will be completed before the larger group meets todiscuss sustainability issues.Sustainability review. Sustainable engineering is a multidisciplinary task and will involveall participants for a thorough review. The questions for consideration will depend upon Page 13.913.7the type of project, but will include at least the following: • Does the design employ “appropriate technology”, that is, technology that matches its particular context in terms of cost, scale, complexity, cultural acceptability and level of ownership? [2] • Is the design able to be constructed using local materials and local
California State University, Northridge as an Assistant Professor. His research interests include assistive technology for victims of acute aphasia, the evolving cost models of cloud services, and the development of power and cost-efficient embedded and mobile software.Mr. James Flynn, California State University, Northridge James Flynn is a part time faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). He holds a B.S. (1977) degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts (1981) degree from Northwestern University. He is owner of a consulting firm specializing in electronics for television and film
Modules in Math and Chemistry for High School Students Based on Fuel Cell Technology,” in Proceedings of 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition in Louisville, KY, June 2010. 11. M. Abdelrahman et al, “Bringing Engineering Ideas based on Nano Materials into the High School Classroom,” in Proceedings of 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition in Louisville, KY, June 2010. 12. H. Anthony, M. Geist, S. Pardue, M. Abdelrahman, “ Legacy Cycle as a Vehicle for Transference of Research to Classroom,” in Proceedings of 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition in Louisville, KY, June 2010.The Appendices include sample responses from the project directors on research experiencesites.Appendix A.1A.1 Research Experience for
AC 2012-4604: PROFESSEURS SANS FRONTIERES: SPREADING FAC-ULTY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AROUND THE WORLDDr. Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy Grant Crawford is currently the Director of the Mechanical Engineering Program at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. He graduated from West Point in 1985 with a bachelor’s of science in me- chanical engineering. He earned a master’s of science in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994 and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Kansas in 2004. He has taught courses in aeronautics, thermal-fluid systems, heat transfer, computer-aided design, and aerospace and mechanical engineering design. He is a licensed
fuel Wave and tidal energy The economics and business of oil Geothermal energy Table 3c Engineering Context The students study power producing systems using fossil and renewable energy sources. The components and operations of nuclear reactor, solar panel, wind turbine, and bioreactor are investigated. The topics are: Energy sources and consumption Environmental impact of energy uses Thermal power generation Solar power generation Hydro power generation Wind power generation Nuclear power generation Alternative transportation energy technologies
mainly focused on the reform strategies of engineering① The Engineers’ Council for Professional Development (ECPD) was founded in 1932 as an engineeringprofessional body dedicated to the education, accreditation, regulation and professional development ofengineering professionals and students in the United States. In 1980, ECPD was renamed the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) to more accurately describe its emphasis on accreditation.http://www.abet.org/about-abet/history/teaching and curriculum from the perspective of curriculum design, students appraisal andclassroom teaching evaluation under ABET accreditation, and impact of ABET upon thedevelopment of engineering disciplines and programs. A few monographs were also
Paper ID #18639Benefits and Challenges of Transitioning to Community Service Multidisci-plinary Capstone ProjectsDr. 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 major research interests are in wearable and pervasive computing. His work focuses on developing novel prototype tools and techniques for interdisciplinary teams.Dr. Nicole Hesson, York College of Pennsylvania Dr. Hesson graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina with a degree in Biology
Department in the College of Engineering.Dr. Noah Salzman, Boise State University Noah Salzman is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University, where he is a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and IDoTeach, a pre-service STEM teacher preparation program. His work focuses on the transition from pre-college to university engineering programs, how exposure to engineering prior to matriculation affects the experiences of engineering students, and engineering in the K-12 classroom. He has worked as a high school science, mathematics, and engineering and technology teacher, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He
processthat would enable them to realize their creative potential and learn to innovate within a self-directed learning environment. Another aim was building a global creativity community,connecting learners around the world with a passion for change. These topics and skills are ofparticular importance to engineering students as they learn to create our technological future, butthey are equally important to students in other disciplines as they solve the most pressingproblems in their respective domains. The integration of engineering and non-engineeringexpertise may, in fact, lie at the heart of solving some of our greatest challenges today.In the following sections, we describe the essence of our MOOC and explore several keyquestions related to our
comprisedof a three year curriculum that fosters a learning environment in which electrical, computer and systemsengineering students collaborate to engage in the designing, prototyping and testing of engineeringprojects. At the end of the curriculum, students of both majors will have developed a unique skillsetwhich allows for them to effectively solve the real world engineering challenges faced in industry.Specifically, fourth year systems engineering graduates will have the ability to work on technology-oriented projects while electrical and computer engineering graduates with have the ability to integratedomain-specific technical designs into larger systems.During the spring semester of 2012, a pilot study was conducted at the Sunapee State
simulated laboratories are as effective as hands-on labs in teachingcourse concepts. Another study by Viegas et al. [10] showed that remote laboratories were usefulfor basic courses, but not as effective on more advanced courses. While there is growingpopularity to offer courses based on virtual instruction, significant challenges remain forengineering education using this format. These challenges include the fundamental need forexperimentation and for students to learn through interactions with hardware [11].Significant scrutiny of virtual instruction is expected to occur during the accreditation process ofengineering programs that have incorporated virtual methods into their curriculum. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET
Paper ID #33671Work-in-Progress: The Design and Implementation of EFRI-ResearchExperience in Mentoring Catalyst InitiativeDr. Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Olgha B. Qaqish, Ph.D. is a engineering educator and researcher, who has experience working with stu- dents at all levels in science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM). Dr. Qaqish is an author of a mathematics textbook: Algebra Essentials. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at NC State. Courses that she’s taught in the last couple of years include BME 210: Biomedical Electronics and BME 490: Research in Engineering. In
perspectives. • Communicate technical and other trade-offs, and negotiate satisfactory resolution. • Generate creative, integrated and effective solutions collaboratively.We agreed that our ultimate goal would be to include students from outside engineeringin our junior-level, multi-disciplinary design course, but that we would begin by defining“multi-disciplinary” as inclusive of all college of engineering programs, includingMechanical Engineering Technology and Computer Science.Assessing the Ability to “Function on a Multi-disciplinary Team”Parallel to the process of choosing an alternative for providing our students with a multi-disciplinary educational experience, we have been ruminating about how to determine abaseline
Research Centers Approach to Environment, Safety and Health Manager for the Center for FunctionalNanomaterial ESH Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, DOELocal Oversight of Emerging Technologies, The Cambridge Director of Environmental Health, Cambridge Biosafety Committee,Experiment Cambridge Public Health DepartmentRisk Mitigation Strategies For Companies Manufacturing Engineered Reed SmithNanomaterials: A Legal PerspectivePanel Discussion All SpeakersTours and Social EventsREU participants have always expressed the desire “to have more contact with students
Government,private industry and various academic institutions feel that it is important to integrateengineering because most systems existing presently are developed with integrated engineeringteams. Discipline specific organizations have identified the need for their disciplines to crossboundaries. In the “2028 Vision for Mechanical Engineering,’ from ASME, the report drawsattention to the complexity of advanced technologies and the multiple scales at which systemsinteract. Both will require engineers to collaborate in developing multidisciplinary solutions.2 In Page 14.1016.2“Vision 2020: Reaction Engineering Roadmap,” from AIChE, participants
., & Evangelou, D. (2007, June). Precursors to engineering thinking. Paperpresented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition,Honolulu, HI. Brophy, S. B., Klein, S. S., Portsmore, M., & Rogers, S. (2008). Advancing engineeringeducation in PK-12 classrooms. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3), 369–387. Brown, J. C., Bokor, J. R., Crippen, K. J., Koroly, M. J. (2014). Translating currentscience into materials for high school via a scientist-teacher partnership. Journal of ScienceTeacher Education, 25, 239-262. Burrows, A. (2015). Partnerships: A systematic study of two professional developmentswith university faculty and K-12 teachers of science, technology, engineering, and
Paper ID #18886Formalizing Experiential Learning Requirements in an Existing Interdisci-plinary Engineering CurriculumDr. Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College Dr. Underwood received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) in 1989, and has been a faculty member of the engineering Department at Messiah College since 1992. Besides teaching Circuits, Electromagnetics, and Communications Systems, he su- pervises engineering students in the Communications Technology Group on credited work in the Inte- grated Projects Curriculum (IPC) of the Engineering Department, and those who
. in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Institute of Technology. She is an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy, currently serving as Director of the Informa- tion Technology Program. She is an active duty military officer who has served over 23 years as an Army Aviator and educator.Dr. Lisa Shay, United States Military Academy LISA A. SHAY is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci- ence at the US Military Academy at West Point. She received the M.Sc. in Engineering from Cambridge University as a Marshall Scholar in 1996, the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute in 2002 and is a Member of ASEE and a Senior Member
NCSU where she began Energy Clubs, an out-of-school-time program for third, fourth and fifth graders to introduce them to renewable energy.Dr. Edward H Currie, Hofstra University Edward H. Currie holds a BSEE, Masters and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Miami and is an Associate Professor in the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science where and teaches Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and serves as a Co-Director of Hofstra’s Center for Innovation. Research interests include Additive manufacturing plastic and magnetic technology, robotic systems, color night-vision, autonomous wound closure systems, microchannel plate applications, thermal imaging, programmable systems on a
working in industry she completed a Ph.D. is in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives and growth through curriculum design and redesign, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, reflective eportfolios and professional development of graduate students related to teaching.Dr. Raymundo Arr´oyave, Texas A&M University Dr. Arroyave is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He received his Ph. D. degree in Materials Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching inter- ests include undergraduate courses on materials science and numerical methods and
a design engineer at Ingersoll Rand and an adjunct professor at Augusta State University.Ilan Ben-Yaacov, University of California, Santa BarbaraTanya Das, University of California, Santa BarbaraDr. Lubella Lenaburg, University of California, Santa BarbaraProf. Francesco Bullo, University of California, Santa Barbara Francesco Bullo is a Professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was previously associated with the University of Padova, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His main research interests are network systems and distributed control
Paper ID #16719Assessment of K-12 Outreach Group Project Highlighting MultidisciplinaryApproaches in the Oil and Energy IndustryDr. Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University Dr. Paula Monaco, E.I.T., successfully defended her dissertation research Spring 2016 and will begin a career in the water/wastewater reuse treatment. Paula has led multiple outreach summer programs at TTU and provides support to student organizations within the college of engineering. Her technical research focuses include; anti-fouling and scaling RO technology and pharmaceutical and personal care product screening to predict environmental exposure from
) Educational Research team and a few fellow STEM education graduates for an obtained Discovery, Engagement, and Learning (DEAL) grant. Prior to attending Purdue University, she graduated from Arizona State University with her B.S.E in Engineering from the College of Technology and Innovation, where she worked on a team conducting research on how students learn LabVIEW through Disassemble, Analyze, Assemble (DAA) activities.Prof. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process En- gineering from the Department of
-centric, adaptive cyber- tools and cyber-environments. He was one of 49 faculty members selected as the nation’s top engineering educators and researchers by the US National Academy of Engineering to the Frontiers in Engineering Education symposium. Dr. Madhavan leads a major NSF funded effort called Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (DIA2) that attempts to characterize the impact of NSF and other federal investments in the area of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education using interactive knowledge mining and visual analytics for non-experts in data mining. DIA2 is currently deployed inside the NSF and is already starting to affect federal funding policy. Dr. Madhavan also served as Visiting Research
received her S.B. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and she received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Illinois, Dr. Imoukhuede completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research interests are at the interface of Systems Biology and Angiogenesis with applications to Breast Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease. Page 26.245.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015