2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20755The NAU/CQUPT 3+1 Program in Electrical EngineeringDr. Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University Dr. Mlsna is an Associate Professor in the School of Informatics, Computation, and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University. He currently serves as the Faculty Director of the NAU/CQUPT 3+1 program in electrical engineering described in this paper. His research interests are mainly in the areas of image processing, computer vision, engineering education, and academic ethics. He has extensive
Engineering Management in the Department of Electronics at the University of York where he has worked for 24 years. Prior to that he spent 18 years in Industry as an electronic design engineer, technical manager and programme manager for a number of different companies. Within York he has held the position of Provost of Alcuin College and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Enterprise. Externally he has been President of the European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering and managed or participated in over 20 research projects. His research is in general area of Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship.Prof. Olivier Bonnaud, University of Rennes 1 Olivier
2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20820A Review of Engineering Education in China: History, Present and FutureDr. Xisong Dong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institutionof Automation ,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Institute of Smart Education Systems, Qingdao Academy ofIntelligent Industries Xisong Dong received the B. Sc. degree in applied mathematics in 2001 and Ph. D. degree in control theory and control engineering in 2007 from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. He worked as a post
Industries. He received the Ph.D. degree at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan in 2006. His research interest covers smart education systems, science and technology innovation education, human factor engineering, sensor network, modeling and control of complex systems, management information system.Prof. Xiaoyan Gong, 1.The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Au-tomation Institution,Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2. Intelligent Education Institution,Qingdao Academy ofIntelligent Industries. Prof. Xiaoyan Gong got PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003.Supported by Beijing Science and Technology Star Program,she went to University of Arizona as visiting scholar in 2005. Her research
for open-ended STEAMchallenges created by the community, for the community to empower learners around the world.IntroductionBy 2050, global population is projected to reach ten billion, with 80% of the population living in cities,requiring twice as much energy compared to today’s civilization(1). Challenges such as creating anabundance of future of energy, water, and food belong are termed “wicked” problems(2), that requiretransdisciplinary collaborative approaches to address. However, many structural elements of the modernuniversity(3) (departments, grades, professional disciplines) were established to meet the needs of industryat the dawn of the industrial age, a time period when the average human life expectancy(4) wasapproximately forty
is constructed in addition to the displacement and resettlement of people caused bythe formation of Lake Nasser in the upstream side of the dam.4. History of Ancient EgyptThe following are the major eras in ancient Egyptian history [1]. These periods are significantbecause all visited monuments, temples, and note-worthy attractions are associated with one ormore of the periods shown below [2].• Pre-Dynastic History.• The Early Dynastic or Archaic Period (3100-2686 BC).• The Old Kingdom (2686-2181 BC).• The First Intermediate Period (2181-2050 BC).• The Middle Kingdom (2050-1786 BC).• The New Kingdom (1567-1085 BC).• The Nineteenth Dynasty (1320-1200 BC).• The Late Period (1085-322 BC).• Greek Rule (332-30 BC).• Roman and Byzantine Rule (30
University Alabama as part of itsvisit to The University of Havana. Jones arranged, through the faculty in residence, a meetingwith The Director of International Programs Office CUJAE. Professor Jones, a member of thedepartment of civil engineering, had been engaged in a number international education andresearch efforts in locations around the world for several years. He conducted this first trip as anexploratory trip to determine if CUJAE had interest in collaborating with this U.S. institution.This trip was very illuminating and the following observations were made: (1)CUJAE had avibrant international program with over 100 collaborative relationships/MOUs with engineeringinstitutions from all over the world, (2) these relationships were for the
, challenges and opportunities for growth.Introduction“Among the states of northern Mexico, Tamaulipas is less developed in regard to policies andinstitutions supporting innovation, science, and technology. The northern states, andspecifically the border cities, are the best-positioned regions for innovation. This is confirmedby the sustainable competitive index, government programs, universities, and researchcenters.”1.Due to its distinctive characteristics – economic development, culture, language, etc. – theborder USA-Mexico is indeed a region with particular challenges, as well as opportunities,which go beyond any boundary. These particular obstacles enhance the importance of theregion known as the Rio Grande Valley to turn it into a
million people, amongst USA and Mexico, and hosts broadly diversemanufacturing industries. As a result, higher learning institutions are working towardsincorporating higher education as a dynamic regional element.The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), was created in 2013 by the TexasLegislature as an unprecedented and remarkable move to bring together the assets of the twomost important regional higher education institutions: The University of Texas at Brownsville(UTB) and The University of Texas Pan American (UTPA) 1. As a new institution, UTRGV isemerging as a regional research institution projecting to grow as a leader among minority-serving research institutions.As a young institution, with an innovative organization, and with two
. Referred to as higher educationmakerspaces and academic makerspaces, these facilities have been established at manyinstitutions. This trend has been prompted by developments in several areas, including calls fromindustry for more practical skills in engineering graduates as well as increased access to andsupport for digital manufacturing [1, 2].Higher education makerspaces combine elements of traditional machine shops (such as handtools, portable power tools, and standing machinery) with modern tools for design andfabrication (such as computer aided design software and laser cutters). In addition to the toolsand equipment, higher education makerspaces also promote collaboration and peer-to-peerlearning. These elements help develop a sense of
“Digital repositories: Critical analytical study” 1 data highly relevant to this topic.None of this is surprising, because the phrase “Publisher Institutional Support Model” is one thisauthor made it up for the purpose of this article; not exactly a neologism, and certainly not one totry to render as an acronym (PISM?); just a newly coined phrase that describes the IEEE’s ClientServices Managerial focus. To a large degree, we’re skiing here on fresh powder.Fresh powder because not many “publishers” (sometimes referred to in the library acquisitionsworld perhaps ungracefully as “vendors”) could begin to offer holistic support to the corporate,academic, or governmental institutions they service with the same breadth, geographic range, orvariety of
and recruit Qataris toward STEM-related education and careers.The need is great: Some industry leaders estimate that Qatar’s national demand for citizens intechnical professions is more than double the available workforce — Qatar’s national populationis estimated at approximately 300,000 citizens.1 This demand does not account for rapidlyemerging needs in defense and national security as Qatar invests in high-tech defense systemsand weapons; government ministries are actively recruiting Qatari engineers and scientists tosupport deployment, maintenance and oversight of these technologies. As a result, there has beena need to introduce Qatari youth to new notions of the diverse range of engineering disciplinesand to highlight their significance
optical and mechanical engineering. Travel and living expenses for both USand Korean students were also important considerations of this arrangement.The program curriculum and course offering is described in Table 1.Table 1: Shows schedule of courses, location, and quarter or semester of offerings. Dates At Rose-Hulman At Seoul Tech Spring semester Advanced Optics (only for (Mar-Jun) Korean students) Fall quarter OE580 Lens Design and (Sep-Nov) Aberrations OE592 Fourier Optics OE595 Optical Metrology OE520 Principles of Optics (optional
process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community with the aim of combining knowledge and action for social change…”10The primary purpose of utilizing CBPR as a conceptual framework for the engineering designprocess is to empower community members as agents of change, building upon community assetsin every phase of the design process in order to develop appropriate, sustainable solutions10, 12.Importantly, shown in Figure 1, CBPR proposes a paradigm shift in the traditional attitude andmethods of engineering design10, 13. CBPR challenges the model of traditional engineering designin which a team of engineering “experts”, most often from outside the community
) to meet the needs of Hong Kong as a knowledge-based economy [1], [2]. Thenew academic structure principally aims to prepare students for future challenges thatdemands skills/qualities such as adaptability, creativity, independent thinking and life-longlearning capabilities. It is expected that the combination of subjects offered, new teachingmethodologies and the assessment methods help students to develop those skills to becompetitive in the local and international job markets.The new senior secondary curriculum which is more diversified and broad, breaks the barrierof traditional arts and science streaming. The subjects suit different students’ interest,aptitudes, needs and abilities allowing them to reach their full potential. The new
Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Kepler Tech Lab: Developing an affordable skills-based engineering lab course in RwandaPractical hands-on education remains one of the main challenges of science and engineeringeducation worldwide [1]. Numerous innovations have made it easier for teachers to incorporatehands-on lab activities into their curricula, including commercially available student lab kits,virtual labs [2], and maker space technology [3]. However, these innovations are often expensiveand inaccessible in lower-income communities.In addition to adapting existing technologies from developed to developing contexts, we need tofind novel approaches to incorporate hands-on activities into global engineering
VirtualBox and Linux Fedora will bediscussed in this paper. Best practice of STEM projects in classroom based on open sourceapplication will be demonstrated. Assessment results will be analyzed. This might inspirefreshmen students and empower women to enter STEM education field in developing countries.Introduction: In developing nations, there are many causes for lack of education. The common ones areinequalities that create in sex, health and cultural identity, poverty and economic challenges.This can be seen in big families who decide not to send their children to schools instead theyforce them to work and support their families and not benefit from learning which is vital to theirintellectual and social development [1]. The majority of
indicated in brackets. We haveincluded some of the respondents’ quotes in Appendix 1. A. What is the mission of a PoP? Why would a university want/need to hire a PoP?Respondents indicated six possible reasons for IU to hire a PoP. The ability to demonstrate howknowledge is being applied in the real world was considered the most valuable contribution,both beneficial for students and faculty. 1. Knowledge of state of the art in the industry (N3) 2. Integration with the industry (N3) 3. To become a center of expertise (N2) 4. To demonstrate how knowledge is being utilized in the real world (N6) 5. Cost efficiency (N2) 6. Teaching curriculum – offload from
Pittsburgh, LehighUniversity, University of Southern California and Clemson University) which investigates howthe broad spectrum of international experiences both in and outside of formal curricula impactengineering students’ global preparedness. Its four major objectives are delineated into threeseparate, but interconnected studies (i.e., Delphi, mixed-methods, and cross-institutional)combined with a dissemination system. Below is an excerpt of parts of the analysis of thepreliminary URI results of the third study within this work, an in-depth study to analyzeengineering students’ global preparedness as the result of their academic and non-academicinternational experiences.The instrument of the Global Perspective Inventory (GPI)1 was used to
methods of assessments, and expected outcomes.The following pages show the actual data collection from individual courses based on variousperformance indicators and sources of those data (such as quiz 1 or test 2 etc.)ConclusionA key to learning is a well- designed assessment process. The assessment, however, has novalue without student’s actual learning of the subject area. So a well-designed lesson plan and awell-developed series of problems is actually the foundation of the assessment. Assignmentsmust be supplemented by short and focused lectures. The assignment must be designed so thatthe students must spend some time outside the class working in teams. The other maincomponent is individual student’s preparation before coming to the class
theofficially stated learning objectives and the teaching methods [1]. In other words, the exammethods should fit the learning objectives of the particular course or program, which also meansthat the examination method influences what is measured and noticed. Furthermore, a futureexam is a well-documented factor in the students’ motivation for the course, and it influenceswhat the students learn [2,3]. It is, therefore, vital, that the exam method is considered carefullyin order to support the teaching methods and the intended learning objectives.This paper focuses on the assessment of engineering students’ collaborate project work and usesthe project supervisors' perceptions to understand how essential skills such as collaboration andcommunication can
best knowledge of the authors, this has never beenexperimented in other institutes. To provide the best learning experience for our students and totake advantage of the MakerSpace (a new facility that was recently set up in SCUPI), the idea ofa SCUPI Derby, which was modeled after the well-known US Boy Scouts’ Pinewood Derby [1],was assigned to our students as the final project. What is different from the Pinewood Derby isthat the model car of our project would be made from 3D printing instead of elaborating on apinewood block. To prepare our students for this challenging task, SolidWorks has been used asthe main design tool. Not only the concept of concurrent engineering was introduced in the earlystage of the class, but also the technology
. They had no problem following the various Western ethical theories andsimply took the case studies as aberrations in foreign lands. Even if a few did not agree withsome decisions, they accepted them as course requirements. But Group-B accepted certain concepts, and rejected others. For a (relatively) unbiasedassessment of corruption, I would show something like Figure 1. The figure, indicating anaverage ranking from two reliable sources2,3, does not cover all the 180 countries involved in thesurvey ranging from No. 1 (Denmark) to the last (No. 165 being less than 180 because ofcountries having same rank). It shows 31 nations, some as 'benchmarks' and half a dozen SouthEast Asian countries of my students, with others tacked on to avoid
associations as the Russian-American Center for Development ofEntrepreneurship, Frankfurt Business School, Association of Development ofEntrepreneurship for the Republic of Tatarstan, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry ofthe Republic of Tatarstan, and others. Therefore, innovative activities of higher education institutions create an absolutelynew resource, that is innovative knowledge, achievements and technologies of the future,which create conditions for the implementation of the entrepreneurship strategy in futureprofessional activities of young people - graduates of higher educational institutions of theRussian Federation.1. Slepneva Y.N., Butryumova N.N. Involving students to innovative entrepreneurship : experience of NIUVSHE – Nijnii
countries are still facing challenges inthe economic growth because of the problems in the education sector. With the increasingnumber of Higher Education Institutions coming forward for accreditation and assessment, thereis a demand for an appropriate mechanism for accreditation.Higher Education in India The types of Institutions offering Higher Education in India can be categorized under (1)central universities, (2) state universities, (3) private universities, (4) deemed-to-be universities,(5) institutions of national importance (INI) (6) Institutions under a state legislature act, and (7)colleges. Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology(IIITs), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), National
arepassionate about contributing to.The VIP ModelThe VIP Model involves seven key elements relating to the focus and scope of projects (2elements), curricular structure (3 elements), and logistical considerations (2 elements).Focus and Scope of ProjectsCentral to the VIP model is the homing of VIP projects in faculty mentors’ research. TheVIP program grew out of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program [1-6], established at Purdue University in 1995. EPICS pioneered vertically integrated, large-scale,long-term undergraduate design teams. It was shown to meet nearly all of the ABET 2000criteria [2,8], and it provided the time and context required for teams to solve the technology-based problems confronting local non-profit
– Global Practices1. IntroductionCompetency Based Education (CBE), which focus on flexibility, mastery of abilities and the roleof the professor as a coach, is fast expanding worldwide. This is the result of an approach thatresponds to current global needs. Universities are aware of the changes and challenges ahead,and are committed to developing “global citizens” 1. One dimension they are working on, is theinternationalization of their students.The promotion of scientific and technological careers is on the agenda of international agenciesand countries. It is expected that the demand of Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) professionals will increase rapidly in the next 10 years. Also, thecompetencies they must have are going to
world, creatingopportunities for them to learn about the needs of the underprivileged, and acquiring practicalwork experience in developing solutions with real-world impact. Research studies revealedthat exposing students to international experiential learning can effectively enhance theirprofessional skills competencies, including lifelong learning [1], teamwork in amultidisciplinary [2, 3] and multicultural [4] setting, and awareness of social responsibility [5, 6]and global issues [7]. These are the learning outcomes that we would like to achieve throughthis project.In an effort to provide multidisciplinary and multicultural learning experience for ourstudents, we establish cross-university and cross-country collaborative teaching and