. Thisrequires the development of innovative curricula, new courses, and laboratories to educateengineering students to work in this rapidly developing industry. This paper presents thedevelopment of a multi-disciplinary course on alternative energy technology. The motivation forthe course is outlined and a detailed description of the topics covered in the course is given.Sample student projects, and students’ responses, as well as the students’ evaluations to thecourse are also presented. The course is a part of our new projected renewable energyconcentration of the Engineering Technology (ET) program at our university. The course is alsooffered as an elective for the new graduate ET program at our university.IntroductionEnvironmental concerns, the
have been experimental offerings of a first-year engineering coursethat incorporated a very extensive design-build-test-compete (DBTC) pedagogy. This course wasspecifically positioned to exercise core-engineering competencies, communication skills, andcreativity. The course is intense in that it involves two Aerospace Engineering team projects,integrated technical communications and technical content, teamwork, and individual scientificand fabrication laboratories. The projects involve design, build, test, and compete cycles withballoons and then with radio-controlled blimps. The students entering this DBTC course andother first-year courses were studied with respect to typical admissions criteria including highschool grades and test scores
environments.David D. Sam, Ph.D., Utah State University Dr. David Sam, Principal Lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University instructs Materials Science, Manufacturing Processes, and General College Physics courses at the Uintah Basin Regional Campus. David has been with Utah State University for 2 years. Prior to joining the faculty at USU, he was a technical staff member at The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for over 20 years. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Science from Yale University. His current position involves building and improving distance education programs in the area
Engineering project investigating persistence of women in engineering undergraduate programs. Dr. Lord’s industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors Laboratories, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and SPAWAR Systems Center. She served as the President of the IEEE Education Society in 2009 and 2010.Candice Stefanou, Bucknell University Candice is an Associate Professor of Education at Bucknell University. Her teaching interests are in applied measurement and assessment and educational psychology. Her research interests are in motivation and classroom environments.Dr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell UniversityJohn Chen, California Polytechnic State University John Chen is an Associate Professor
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, in 2003. In 2003, Dr. Lima became a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, where he is currently an Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Lima is a senior member of the IEEE Photonics Society and of the IEEE EMBS society. In 2006, Dr. Lima was as a Faculty Fellow in the 2006 U.S. Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program in the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, OH. Dr. Lima research interests have been devoted to optical communications, optical coherence tomography, volumetric displays, and biomedical engineering
unable to readily provide detailed course information. information The studyprovided the results summarized in Figure 5 below, which indicated some level of hands-onhandswelding and fabrication courses offered at the overwhelming majority of institutions, howeverthey varied in content from lecture only, or survey type, to in in-depth depth laboratory activities,including one institution that offered certification in welding technology. A discussion of theresults follows. No. of Eng. Science 50
initiated the fluid mechanics course, as the principles of hydraulics were Page 22.373.2needed in the curriculum and no one was available to teach this course in the EM Department.Fluid mechanics courses are also offered in the Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Chemical& Biological Engineering (CBE) Departments.As a basic, introductory course to the phenomena, concepts, principles and methods of fluidflow, CEE 310 is organized with two lectures and one two hour discussion/lab each week, threeexams, weekly homework and quizzes, and laboratory experiments. After defining andillustrating the nature and properties of fluids, the concepts and
AC 2011-421: INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ENGINEERING/SCIENCEVIA NANOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSMaher E. Rizkalla, Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University In-dianapolis, 723W Michigan Street SL160, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132 Received his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1985. He was research scientist at Argonne National Laboratory from January 1985 to September 1986 while he was an Assistant Professor at Purdue University Calumet. He joined the Department of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI in September 1986 where is now Professor and Associate Chair of the Department. His research interests include solid State devices
Page 22.928.2The performance of the nano scale device simulation is carried out using the websitewww.nanoHUB.org. Each student has created an account to carry out the simulation. Thespecific simulation tools are then launched. The simulation tools allow users to enter theirown data and parameters to perform a specific task. Users can access these tools and performsimulations remotely through the website. This web based simulation makes it possible toprovide a simulation based laboratory experience to many off-site users. The followingsimulation tools are used to promote nanotechnology education through simulation-basedlearning. MOSfet & nanoFET: 2D simulator for thin body MOSFETs, with transport models. FETToy: Simulates I-V
collaborationIn order to facilitate the accumulation of new knowledge in the capstone exercise, the facultywanted to find a way to enhance the students’ schemata. A laboratory exercise designed aroundthe Alpha.60 RC airplane was developed for this purpose.Resources Required to Start the ProgramThe success of the first year UAV concepts sparked a growth in the UAV design program withinD/C&ME. As interest increased, the number of teams expanded from two to three. Projectadvisors assigned four mechanical engineering majors to each team. One multi-disciplinaryteam was supplemented with two electrical engineering majors and three computer sciencemajors. A difficulty associated with the inclusion of students from outside the mechanicalengineering
,interdisciplinary interaction, design, and depth. Every student completes a structured set ofcourses that form a foundation in written and oral communication, mathematics, chemistry,physics, and engineering fundamentals. Special emphasis is placed on learning the basic toolsand techniques of engineering. Interdisciplinary interaction is introduced and emphasizedthrough interdisciplinary design projects, team experiences, and laboratory exercises that beginthe freshmen year. Depth is provided through theory and hands on experience (laboratories) inone of nine disciplines – chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, industrial,mechanical and UTeach (education).Four of the engineering disciplines are structured as discipline specific programs
academic year 2001-02 and an AUSAID scholarship from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia for the academic year 1996 - 1997.Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston Miguel Angel Ramos is the assistant dean for assessment and accreditation for the College of Technol- ogy at the University of Houston. His primary focus has been the practical application of assessment and evaluation strategies to enhance educational quality in the college and university. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dr. Ramos worked as a researcher for the Southwest Educational Develop- ment Laboratory, and as an Evaluator for Boston Connects. He earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from
Intelligence and Design Informatics (CInDI) Laboratory and the Product Development and System Engineering Consortium (PDSEC). Dr. Kim’s research focuses on assembly design; collaborative product development; computational intelli- gence and informatics for product design and development; sustainable and renewable energy product design; and design and manufacturing of soft products. Dr. Kim has received over $5.9M by external funding from several U.S. federal agencies including NSF, NIDRR, and Department of Energy, the Ko- rean Ministry of Knowledge Economy, and industries including Ford and GM. Currently, Dr. Kim is a planning site director for the NSF Industry and University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for e
in the fieldof nanobiomedicine; and have been accepted into graduate medical physics programs. Based onthe new course Principles of Nanomedicine, a set of interdisciplinary laboratories has beendeveloped and offered for Rose-Hulman students by the Department of Physics and OpticalEngineering (PHOE) and Department of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering, whichcover the basic principles and practice of photonics, laser physics and nanoscience to addressfundamental questions in health science.We have organized and managed research on biophotonics and nanomedicine at RHIT for sixyears (2004-2010), during which time 40 undergraduate students have participated in a widerange of cancer-related projects. Currently, we are developing a
anddistance delivery2, but this paper will focus on using these systems strictly for face to faceclasses.One of these systems, Moodle, has been used for two years in three Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology courses at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Of the three courses,one is a senior design capstone project course, one is a traditional lecture course, and one is acombination of lecture and laboratory. This paper will describe the attributes of this coursemanagement system, and how it can be effectively incorporated into a face to face course. Someof the attributes that will be described in this paper include: Students can upload assignments, and be able to see their grade, comments from the instructor, and have their
undertaken when conducting a “Microbial Kinetics andReactor Design” project during the Spring 2010 offering of Advanced Water and WastewaterTreatment (CE 434) at Marshall University is summarized in the sections below. CE 434 is asenior-level, elective undergraduate course without a lab component, and it is taken by studentsas a follow-on to an earlier required undergraduate water and wastewater treatment course thatdoes include a laboratory component. During the Spring 2010 semester, eight students wereenrolled in CE 434, and they were assigned into two groups by the instructor for purposes ofconducting this project.Project problem statementMidway through the semester, after having already covered concepts related to kinetics, reactortheory, and
collection was transferred to the new facility.The FDLP print reports have been moved to an off-site remote storage with retrieval capabilitiesfor on campus use; the FDLP microform reports have been partly incorporated with theGovernment Documents collection and partly moved to an on-campus storage facility. The onlyunit of the reports collection retained at the library was the departmental technical reports.The library has collected departmental reports issued by departments, laboratories and centersaffiliated with the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) from the late 1940s to thelate 1990s. Today, SEAS at Princeton University consists of 6 departments and 6interdisciplinary centers but the school evolved over the years and that
ENGR 3 AOE 4214 OCEAN WAVE MECHANICS 3 ME 3134 FUND OF THERMODYN 3 AOE 4244 MARINE ENGINEERING 3 ELECTIVE** 3 STAT 4705 STATISTICS FOR ENGR. 3 18 18 SENIOR YEAR FALL SPRING AOE 3044 BOUND LAYER & HEAT TR 3 AOE 4066 SHIP DESIGN (WI) 3 AOE 4065 SHIP DESIGN (WI) 3 TECHNICAL ELECTIVES++ 3 AOE 4254 OE LABORATORY 1
educational objectives and outcomes and to educategraduates that are well-rounded to enter the profession or to pursue graduate studies. This isachieved through a well-balanced set of courses to ensure the strength needed in basic scienceand engineering, basic architectural engineering, hands-on experience through laboratory andprojects, humanities and social sciences, senior level architectural engineering professionalexperience and major design experience through senior-level courses and the capstone designcourse. The courses required are versatile. Each course has a set of objectives that focuses onlearning the materials needed to ensure the level of competency required from students. TheProgram outcomes are listed in each course descriptions; and
Linux dual operating systems. Various EDA tools are available tostudents. Some EDA tools are: Cadence PSPICE, Synopsys (Tetramax ATPG, Design Vision,DC Shell, etc.), Mentor Graphics tools (IC Station, Design Architect, Accusim), etc. All thecomputer labs are equipped with ceiling projectors with multimedia support, and networkprinters.A Digital Design Laboratory is also available, which is equipped with 10 workstations. Eachhas a PC, programmable Altera boards, 2 power supplies, and oscilloscope, functiongenerator, different kinds of TTL chips, Altera boards, Xilinx boards, multimeteters, andother related hardware. Furthermore, we have a Microprocessor Laboratory/EmbeddedSystems Laboratory. It has 10 stations. Each has a personal computer
problems, example problems, and laboratory experiences. Theseare integrated through a Website that provides a framework for the coursework, as well as aportal for independent inquiry into related topics. When fully implemented, specific CATs willfollow cohorts through their 4-year curriculum.The concept of CATs draws inspiration from aeronautical engineering for which exists aninherent application thread—an aircraft—touched upon throughout the curriculum, and also thesubject of a focused capstone design experience; the latter is a course taught by the author for thepast 12 years. The result is a more unified, though admittedly narrower, view of fundamentalengineering concepts, and an exposure to a critical systems engineering lesson—that
maintains an active laboratory group that develops laser systems for optical sensing and LIDAR applications. Dr. Mead has previously served as Senior Program Officer at the National Academy of Engineering and served as study director for the pivotal report, Engineering of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century.Dr. Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ruth A. Streveler is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Before coming to Purdue she spent 12 years at Colorado School of Mines, where she was the founding Director of the Center for Engineering Education. Dr. Streveler earned a BA in Biology from Indi- ana University-Bloomington, MS in Zoology from the
is a licensed professional engineer and licensed professional land surveyor in the state of Missouri, and is a member of ASCE, the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, and the United States Society on Dams. Rick’s research focuses on laboratory and field testing of soils and remote sensing applications within geotechnical engineering. Page 22.1115.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Observations from an Engineering Writing ProjectAbstractWritten and oral communication skills are highly sought after abilities in engineering graduates.However
laboratory course were explicitly designed to mesh with the MEEN401 Capstone project. Any survey instrument would not have revealed any deeperrelationship. However, the students were clearly able to see how a complex project(design of a concept vehicle) could be broken into smaller and more manageablepieces to facilitate analysis and design.The perspective from the MEEN 401 instructor’s standpoint is as follows.Enlisting the MEEN 360 teams made the MEEN 401 students become the client.The fact that the MEEN 360 students were able to come up with reasonableestimations and feasible designs although their “client” provided limited and vagueinformation gives them an excellent foothold of experience when they do enter intothe capstone design class. Also
using soft lithographic techniques11 and the AnalyticalInstrumentation Laboratory capable of fluorescence microscopy and image processing formicrofluidics applications through the collaboration with another ChE faculty, Professor SergioMendez. The cleanroom and laboratory are fully functional since Summer 2010, and we havepresented some preliminary results from these facilities at the 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting12.In the first course, the fundamentals of microfabrication techniques, chip design andmicrofluidics will be introduced in both class lectures and related readings. In the lab sessions,students will actually go to our research laboratory to design and fabricate microfluidic chipsusing soft lithography and perform simple experiments on
bachelors and masters degrees in civil engineering in India, earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Punjab Engineering College in 1978 and an M.S. in Structures from the Indian Institute of Sci- ence in 1980. Saigal’s recent research interests include computational orthopedic biomechanics for the spine and shoul- der; computational cardiomechanics; computational nanomechanics for nanocomposite structures; and computational mechanics. Saigal has also held several prestigious research appointments, including at NASA, Ford Motors, and Sandia and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and Mercedes Benz. He has been the principal investigator on grants and contracts including research on computational models for the
energy lessons to their ownclassrooms, sustain student interest with inquiry-based problem solving experiences, and assessthe effectiveness of their efforts using valid research methods. The Emerging Technology Institute (ETI) is a collaborative project of Northern IllinoisUniversity, Rockford Public School District, West Aurora Unit School District, Rich TownshipHigh School District, and Harlem Consolidated School District supported by the Illinois StateBoard of Education. The main focus of the project is to provide middle school and high schoolscience, math and technology teachers with hands-on interdisciplinary experience with faculty instate-of-the-art laboratories of alternative energy, nanotechnology, fuel cell, and
NSF-funded S-STEM program at UCF entitled the ”Young Entrepreneur and Scholar(YES) Scholarship Program” as well as the NSF-funded STEP program entitled ”EXCEL:UCF- STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence.” Dr. Georgiopoulos’ research interests lie in the areas of machine learning, neural networks, pattern recognition and applications in signal/image pro- cessing, communications, medical field, manufacturing, transportation engineering, amongst others. Dr. Georgiopoulos is a Director of the Machine Learning Laboratory at UCF.Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida Dr. Cynthia Y. Young is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Central Florida where she holds a secondary joint appointment in
with ten community colleges. Students complete a two yearengineering technology degree at the community college, then complete the bachelors primarilythrough live videoconferencing. One of the most challenging aspects of this program is thestudent laboratory experience. The focus of this paper is on a bottling process that allows forremote monitoring and control.Comments on Engineering Laboratory InstructionIn the last thirty years there has been “major paradigm shift in technology, starting from analogto digital, macro to micro, from fixed (or wired) communication to mobile (or wireless)communication, etc.”1. Tiwari also notes that there is a lag in traditional engineering laboratoryexperiences, especially with regards to remote monitoring
in laboratory develop- ment and experiential learning, particularly in the areas of biomedical and sustainable engineering.Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan UniversityC. Stewart Slater, Rowan UniversityMaryfaith Rodgers, Rowan UniversityPavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University Coauthor as a 4th year undergraduate student at Rowan UniversityKeith McIverHaddy Diallokaitlyn jean zienowiczJason J. Giacomelli, Rowan UniversityVladimir de Delva Page 22.931.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integration of Particle Technology with Pharmaceutical Industry Applications in the