University of Applied Sciences, HS-Ulm in Ulm Germany working with their design programs and finalizing a dual degree graduate program between UAS and Rose-Hulman. His current research interests include engi- neering design methodologies, student learning styles, active/cooperative education and the integration of entrepreneurial concepts and practices throughout the curriculum. He was the 2001 – 2003 chair of the Educational Research Methods (ERM) division of ASEE, is a senior member of IEEE, and an ABET program evaluator. He was FIE program co-chair for FIE 98, 01, and 04 and served two terms on the FIE steering committee. He is an associate editor of the on-line Journal of Advances in Engineering Education (AEE
completingthese graduate programs are not adequately equipped to perform in an interdisciplinaryenvironment where the needs of the system overshadows the desire to optimize or even improvethe component technologies or subsystems. Bearing in mind that contractors produce designs forthe DoD, the government engineer’s role is often associated with facilitating trade-offs andevaluating system level impacts, not the detailed electrical, mechanical or aeronautical design.This paper presents an argument and cites examples for using selected curriculum elements fromSE within the other STEM graduate programs, and reinforcing these elements withinterdisciplinary capstone projects. While this may not be the traditional approach to graduateengineering research, it
states the outcomes that a student is expected to achieveimmediately upon graduation.SACS Long-Term Objectives for MSSE GraduatesThese are goals for career and lifetime achievement for graduates to attain 5 to 20 yearsafter graduation, by applying the Program Learning Outcomes.1. IMSE Graduates will assume enterprise leadership responsibilities in Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering environments.2. IMSE Graduates will develop innovative systems and processes for the design, development and deployment of products and services, for the benefit of society.3. IMSE Graduates will discover new knowledge, and develop new tools for the practice of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering.4. IMSE Graduates will earn
; Engineering Economics (EE), OperationsResearch (OR), and Management Science (MS) are addressed and synthesized. Educational Page 26.1452.2benefit from integrating known academic areas, overlaid with a Design Dependent Parameter(DDP) paradigm, should be of value to graduates destined for professional engineering practice.Although sometimes incorrectly called systems engineering, SA is demonstrated to be necessarybut not sufficient for teaching and practicing SE. The system design (or synthesis) process leadsand sets the pace. Stumbling through the system design space with an evaluation ‘compass’ helpsconverge system design in the face of multiple
AC 2012-3473: BIOMIMICRY INNOVATION AS A TOOL FOR DESIGNDr. Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Department at Kettering University and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. She serves as the Director for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kettering. Her areas of interest in teaching and research include ergonomics and human modeling, statistics, work design and lean princi- ples, supply chain management, and environmental sustainability.Dr. Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit MercyDr. Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy Darrell Kleinke has more than 25 years of
- A Capstone Design Approach Armand J. Chaput (ajchaput@mail.utexas.edu), Senior Lecturer Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics The University of Texas at Austin1.0 OverviewA hands-on educational approach for teaching undergraduate aircraft design students aboutSystems Engineering (SE) has been developed which we believe is applicable to otherengineering disciplines. The impetus for the initiative is our conclusion that (1) fundamentalunderstanding of the principles of SE and their practical application is important for all engineersand (2) SE can be taught as a principle of design without displacing other course content
AC 2012-5046: DEFINING THE CORE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (COR-BOK) FOR A GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: AWORK IN PROGRESSDr. Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires is Manager of Systems Engineering at Aurora Flight Sciences and an adjunct systems engi- neering faculty for the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. She is one of many authors on the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (http://www.sebokwiki.org/) and the Graduate Curriculum for Systems Engineering (http://bkcase.org/grcse-05). She was previously a Senior Researcher for the Systems Engineering University Affiliated Research Center (SE UARC) and Online Technical Director for the School of
. Page 25.487.5 • LEP students will place greater value on the work of individuals from other disciplines.Supporting Objective: DesignCompared to their non-LEP peers, LEP graduates will be more skilled at: • executing a design process, • designing multicomponent systems including the ability to manage interfaces between subsystems, and • applying practical design skills such as reading specifications sheets for electrical components or selecting parts from distributors for an integrated design.The research question to be addressed by the research strategy described in this paper is asfollows: Are LEP graduates different than their non-LEP graduate peers with respect to theirability to perform interdisciplinary work as described
electives and the credits can be counted for both the undergraduate and graduatedegree plans. The goal is to accelerate the students’ progress toward achieving advanced degrees.Our project is in synergy with this effort and will positively impact the engineeringundergraduate program. Each proposed new course will be an elective offered for bothundergraduate and graduate students; once enrolled, undergraduate students can learn from andwork with graduate students in the same course, allowing them to experience graduate study.These courses will also provide undergraduate students with opportunities to participate inadvanced research and create a pathway to graduate study. All of the courses developed will beopen to the entire college. The new
made a number of specificrecommendations, including adding an introductory course in SE in all undergraduateengineering and technical management degree programs; and working with major universities torecommend SE curricula to improve consistency across programs in order to achievestandardization of skill sets for graduates3.Research Objectives and Program GoalsResearch on Building Education & Workforce Capacity in Systems Engineering, (referred to asthe SE Capstone Project), aims to understand the methods through which SE learning and careerinterest may be increased among undergraduate and graduate engineering students. The keyresearch question this program is designed to address is:What organization of course work (course sequence, course
, passenger-freight integration, multi-modal competition and cooperation, strategicsystem decision-making, and economic and land development impacts at the urban and mega-region scales.In order to serve as a useful teaching tool as well as a useful input to real policy and technicaldecisions in Portugal, these varied research efforts demanded a unifying engineering systemsframework. The CLIOS Process was chosen as the integrating engineering systems framework.The rather ambitious challenge made to the students was to design at a relatively macro-level,using the CLIOS Process as well as inputs from active research and guidance from activeresearchers, a complete HSR system for Portugal (excluding detailed design of infrastructureelements and focusing
the component level. The SE team will follow up on issues with a system level impact. 4. Integration Testing: The SE team will lead and coordinate the effort. 5. Demonstration: A series of live demonstrations will be conducted to demonstrate the capabilities and suitability for the operational scenarios given.The educational elements planned were as follows, with the primary vehicle being intensive just-in-time workshops placed at the key points in the project timeline to be most effective. Theyhave used a common day/time that aligns with the discipline capstone schedules for all sub-teams: Lectures on critical SE principles and best practices to address the learning
, internships andpractical courses (Provitera, 20078). This paper describes a case in which a well designed andsuccessfully integrated Capstone Course can serve as an amalgam of theory and practice andprovide benefits like reinforcing learning, developing skills, and improving congruence withthe discipline.Background of the InstitutionLa Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) is a private, non profit institution founded in 1969 inthe city of Monterrey in northeastern Mexico. UDEM offers 35 undergraduate degreeprograms in fields such as business, medicine, architecture, engineering, education and law.It serves 3,000 preparatory, 8,000 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students.Its undergraduate degree program in Industrial and Systems Engineering is focused
, “Designing and conducting mixed methods research (2nd ed.),” Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2011. 5. Felder, R. M., D. R. Woods, J.E. Stice, and A. Rugarcia, "The future of engineering education II. Teaching methods that work." Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2000, pp. 26-39. 6. Fink, L. D. "A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning," University of Oklahoma, 2003, pp. 1-35. 7. Frank, M., and J. Kasser, “Assessing the Capacity for Engineering Systems Thinking (CEST) and Other Competencies of Systems Engineers,” in “Systems Engineering – Practice and Theory,” InTech 2012. Available online at: http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/32624/InTech
academic achievements he won the nomination by the University of New Brunswick as the best doctoral graduate in science and engineering. Since 2000, he joined the Systems Engineering Department, Uni- versity Arkansas at Little Rock where he is currently a tenured Professor. He has published over 35 peer- reviewed journal papers, 70 conference presentations, and two patents. He won the UALR’ excellence awards in teaching and research in 2007 and 2009, respectively. His research areas include implantable antennass and wireless systems, smart antennas, WLAN deployment and load balancing, electromagnetic wave scattering by complex objects, design, modeling and testing of high-power microwave applicators, design and analysis
0.50 Class in Lecture Hall 4.08% 4.08% 32.65% 40.82% 18.37% 0.68 0.33 0.50Each Index value was calculated by summing the product of the survey results and thepercentage of respondents’ answers to each question, indicating a general level of value for eachresource categorized by letter grade. It is interesting to note that most students find the Lessons,Examples and Practice to be the most valuable resources in the course. Also, the studentsearning D/F grades seem to find relatively little value in any of the many course resources.Measured EffectivenessLearning outcomes were assessed to determine the impact of the hybrid/buffet model on studentlearning. As
impact ofother technologies, such as clickers and financial calculators, can be combined to provide a moreeffective educational experience to prepare students to become practicing engineers. Thepreliminary results using logistic regression found that the probability of a student earning anExam #1 score of 80% or higher was negatively affected by transfer student status and positivelyaffected by recitation attendance and the first attempt score for the fourth homework assignment.IntroductionAs engineering education continues to evolve and instructors strive to integrate technology in theclassroom, research must be done to understand the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of thetechnology. In many higher education institutions around the country
structured design process for systemsengineering projects. In the second, they developed syllabi for their new courses by selectingfrom a menu of modular content to construct courses appropriate for their respective universities.In the third workshop, faculty received training on assessment best practices and agreed on acommon assessment process. The new courses were implemented in three programs in the 2010-11 academic year and implemented in additional programs in the 2011-12 academic year. Thepaper describes the lessons learned in adapting and implementing the systems engineering-basedmulti-disciplinary capstone design courses as well as assessment results for the first year ofimplementation.IntroductionAs engineering teams undertake more high
, intelligent processin which designers generate, evaluate, and specify concepts for devices, systems, or processeswhose form and function achieve clients’ objectives or users’ needs while satisfying a specifiedset of constraints.” [1]. Therefore, it can be assumed that PBL is actually the most appropriatepedagogical model for both engineering design and SE Education. Even though PBL seems to be the most adequate model for teaching SE, there are a numberof open research questions and challenges regarding this pedagogical model. Some of themhave been identified by Dym et al. [1]Current practices in SE educationInterstingly, current SE education programs do not pay much attention to the design of compe-tency models, nor to the adoption of SE standards
electronic features on production passenger vehicles such as enhancements to vehicle stability control (VSC), adaptive cruise control (ACC), and other active safety features. He holds four patents and launched Provectus Technical Solutions, LLC, an engineering services company. Dr. Riley has implemented a Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Laboratory (VMSL) and current research interests include autonomous vehicles, sensor fusion, and smart manufacturing American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Design and Manufacturability of Medical Ventilators from the Perspective of a Global Automotive Footprint: A First Course Development H
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learning model as “active (learn by trying thingsout …) or reflective (learn by thinking things through …).” 7 Chen et al. have used guidedreflection in an introductory engineering design course in the context of “Folio Thinking, acoached process of creating learning portfolios and supporting reflection.” 8 Feest and Iwugoused reflective learning logs in a graduate program in Water and Environmental Management. 9All of these authors report success in meeting learning objectives in a cost-effective way usingreflective learning as one of their strategies. Clearly, reflective learning can be applied at almostany level in higher education or professional practice in a wide variety of fields.We identified two benefits to using guided reflection to
, complex system governance, infranomics, systems engineering, systems of systems engineering, and systems theory. His research has been published in several journals including International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, and Journal of Requirements Engineering. He is a co-editor of ’Infranomics: Sustainability, engineering design and governance.’Dr. Joseph M Bradley, Leading Change, LLC Dr. Bradley has had an extensive career in ship operations, maintenance, repair and organizational design. Repeatedly called upon to start new activities for the United States Navy, he successfully met a succession
Lunabotics competitionrequires a paper to be submitted prior to the actual mining event. The systems engineeringscoring rubric requires that students demonstrate a variety of processes and practices—fromrequirements development to design reviews to trade studies, with professional engineers judgingthe submissions. University teams vie for the best systems engineering paper award, and theirpaper scores contribute to the grand prize score.This paper highlights the qualities of the winning systems engineering papers from the threeyears of the Lunabotics design challenge. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of systemsengineering demonstrated by the university teams, as well as compliance with the statedchallenge requirements. The paper also compares
23.710.3 Researchers found a positive correlation between homework activities and the class drop rate. Leone and Richards[20] found that homework plays a critical long-term role in the developmentof students’ achievement motivation in instructive practice. Homework provides students withtime and experience to develop positive beliefs about achievement, as well as strategies forcoping with mistakes, difficulties, and setbacks. The authors also argued that homework is a vitalmeans by which students can receive the training they need to become mature learners. Keith andCool[15] tested the influence of ability, time, quality of instruction, motivation, and academiccoursework on students' achievement, controlling for relevant background variables
. Page 25.800.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Integrating Innovative Pedagogies into Engineering Economics CoursesAbstractIn this paper, we make a case for incorporating high-impact practices into the engineeringeconomics classroom as a way to increase student engagement, learning and performance.Wherever possible, we tie proposals to our own experiences. In some cases, the practices werefer to are extant in the education literature, but not ones that we have tried as yet; however, weplan to examine them in upcoming semesters and, possibly, incorporate them into our ownclassrooms. We also indicate how several of these practices help meet the requirements ofagencies that accredit engineering
college cost increased about 15%. The US global rank [11] in the highereducation attainment is 10, in the since and technology researchers is 6; corporate investment inR&D is 5, and in government investment in R&D is 8. Half of the employers surveyed [11] saidthey had trouble finding qualified college graduates to hire.Adopting the systems engineering approach will open a new horizon to aerospace engineeringstudents and excites them to embrace the new challenges. Throughout this approach, varioustechniques for generating creative design alternatives are introduced. An effective approach increative design as a source of new ideas is brainstorming which is mainly applicable in theconceptual design phase. In general, aircraft design requires
-user is providedall safety information regarding the unit.Overall, there is a definite need for the CACTIS unit, and market research has revealed a clearviability for the product to thrive in the current market. Positive market sales are projected inseveral different markets which increases the stability of a production operation. The CACTISonly includes the control module, valves, and a small set of mechanical parts, which allows forinterchangeability among different systems. The problems that arise while manually airing-downtires demonstrates a clear need for an automatic system, and CACTIS fills that need.Ethical Considerations of the Design Process to demonstrate KEEN’s outcome to discern andpursue ethical practices. Design engineering is
Paper ID #9927Developing and Teaching a Multidisciplinary Course in Systems Thinking forSustainability: Lessons Learned through Two IterationsDr. Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky Fazleena Badurdeen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and also affiliated to the In- stitute for Sustainable Manufacturing at University of Kentucky where she leads the Sustainable Manu- facturing Systems and Supply Chains Research Group. She is also the Director for Graduate Studies in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, a multidisciplinary program in the College of Engineering. With backgrounds in Engineering and
is the course director in circuits and electronics area. She taught variety of underrated and graduate courses including capstone design in Electrical and Computer Engineering area. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Design and Development of an Auto-Fetch Dog System Using a Systems Engineering Approach in an Electrical Engineering Master’s Capstone Course John Santiago, Jr., Ph.D. and Jing Guo, D.Eng. Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of Engineering, Colorado Springs, COIntroductionRecently, the College of Engineering (COE) Master of Science in Electrical Engineeringprogram shifted emphasis in the