prepare engineers to fulfill their cultural and civicresponsibilities. For an engineering educator, it is vital to inculcate in the engineering students,the importance of studying humanities that can open up their minds to the use of creative ideasfrom great minds outside of science. Humanists claim that the state-of-the-art scientificknowledge techniques that engineers learn in their college curriculum have a limited shelf life. Ifthey master the humanities, it can provide tools for extending that shelf life. One of the mostimportant aspects of engineering is effective communication, both verbal and written.Humanities study can strengthen the ability of engineers to work and communicate with others.Importance of HumanitiesA number of engineering
statement was made almost 30 years ago and is probably true even today as, forexample, the Japanese cars still stand out in quality and are sought by consumers who buy for qualityand reliability.Dr. Walter Shewhart, considered the father of modern statistical quality control, said (Shewhart1939): ”The long-range contribution of statistics to quality control depends not so much on getting alot of highly trained statisticians into industry as it does in creating a statistically minded generationof physicists, chemists, engineers and others who will in any way have a hand in developing anddirecting the productive processes of tomorrow.”Dr. W. Edwards Deming, the quality guru who taught the Japanese how to make quality products,realized the need for
Paper ID #7102Developing Interdisciplinary Research Partners: The Learning by InnovativeNeuro Collaborations Research UREDr. Barbara Burks Fasse PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology Barbara Burks Fasse is the Director of Learning Sciences Innovation and Research in the Coulter De- partment of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech. Dr. Fasse studies the efficacy and value of student-centered learning initiatives and reform pedagogy, specifically Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning, in classrooms, instructional labs, capstone design, and undergraduate research experiences. She joined the BME faculty in 2007
care systems ('bedside'). An integrated Engineering-Rehabilitation Livinglaboratory should be set up that can provide a common workplace where engineering minds andmedical minds will likely create fruitful synergies and innovative outcome. Secondly, theconcepts and prototypes can be quickly developed and tested with the end-users i.e., doctors, Page 23.527.15therapists and patients in the very environment in which the end product will be used. An ideallocation for such a lab will be somewhere closer to the hospital premises.ConclusionThe Engineering in Medicine program is a unique academic program with promising results. Theprogress of the
Paper ID #5697Learning Outcomes from an Art-Engineering Co-curricular CourseProf. John J. Marshall PhD, University of Michigan John Marshall’s research focuses on: design methods; tangible interaction; and cross-disciplinary collabo- ration. He has a collaborative approach to designing, making and teaching that recognizes the boundaries of the problem being addressed, not the artificial boundaries of traditionally-defined disciplinary practice. Marshall is an Assistant Professor at the Stamps School of Art & Design and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
engineers 1 2than womenEngineers fix things 3 Page 23.139.10Engineering makes a good contribution to 2 1societyWhen the Kinesiology students were asked “What is the first word which comes to mind when Isay engineer?”, they said contractor, designer, and studious. When asked “What is the first wordwhich comes to mind when I say engineering?”, they answered building, structure, and design.Finally, they were asked “What expectations do you have about working with engineeringstudents on an adapted physical activity design project?” Answers included: I
Paper ID #5997Assessing Student and Employer Satisfaction in a Liberal Arts/EngineeringBachelor of Arts DegreeDr. Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University Michael Haungs is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at California Polytechnic State University. He received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley, his M.S. degree in Computer Science from Clemson University, and his Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis. Over the last 8 years, Dr. Haungs has been actively involved in curriculum
in Computer Science at James Madison University.Mr. Matthew Edwin Schumaker Page 23.376.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Designed-for-Motivation based Learning for Large Multidisciplinary Team One Semester Hands-on Network based Course Case Study Dr. Emil H Salib, Joshu A. Erney, Matthew E. Schumaker Integrated Science & Technology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA salibeh@jmu.edu, erneyja@dukes.jmu.edu,schumame@dukes.jmu.edu1. IntroductionA key goal of
Paper ID #8104The Comprehension ChallengeDr. Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor of Aerospace Engineering. Former chair, Aerospace Division of ASEE. Over 300 papers (120+ refereed), 3 Patents, 15 PhDs and over 160 undergrads guided in research. Team leader, EXROVERT project on learning to innovate on complex systems. Page 23.1174.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Comprehension ChallengeAbstractThe need for increased
Paper ID #7659Teaching Undergraduate Introductory Course to Mechatronics in the Me-chanical Engineering Curriculum Using ArduinoDr. Jose Antonio Riofrio, Western New England University Jos´e A Riofr´ıo received his B.S. in Engineering Physics from Elizabethtown College in 2003, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2005 and 2008, respectively. At Vanderbilt, Jos´e focused his research in controls, mechatronics and mechanical design. After obtaining his Ph.D., Jos´e worked in the Fluid Power industry designing servo-pneumatic control systems for various motion-control applications
the implementation of this robotics project and uses student surveysand course evaluations to assess its effectiveness. Additionally, assessments of common multi-disciplinary course problems of class size and student level disparity are also performed. I. Introduction:One of the most challenging tasks in engineering education is teaching courses to students thatare outside their major area. Majors other than electrical and computer engineering (ECE) arenot typically motivated about circuit theory and many educators have tried to address thischallenge.1, 2 With this lack of motivation in mind, the College of Engineering (CoE) at theUniversity of Oklahoma (OU) developed a unique curriculum for teaching circuits and
Paper ID #7070Integrating Engineering and Arts through Capstone Design: Creative Cam-pus Meets the Learning FactoryProf. Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Timothy W. Simpson is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Penn State with affiliate appointments in Engineering Design and the College of Information Sciences and Technology. As the Director of the Learning Factory, he coordinated 150 industry-sponsored senior design projects each year for over 700 students in the College of Engineering. He also serves as the Director of the Product Re- alization Minor. His research