Page 15.1271.3The same templates are used by all departments with exhibits posted online so faculty and staffcan view what has been prepared across the College. Department Chairs and Program Directorsserve as prime movers for much of the work and maintain consistency in style and content toharmonize efforts and facilitate communication. We were aided by a wide range of ABETmaterials published on the web by other institutions, making it easy to find best practices1,3,5.Figure 1 shows the CIP flowchart for the Mechanical Engineering (ME) program, and illustrateshow the multiple missions and strategic plan support the PEOs and POs.Program Educational ObjectivesPEOs, developed based on input from the constituencies, describe the 3-5 year career
much faster than for other engineering disciplines.2 Reasons for thisprojected rapid increase include the demand for more technically sophisticated medical devicesdue to an aging population, and concern for the development of more cost effective medicalprocedures.2 This increased demand coupled with an existing trend of engineers going to themedical device industry necessitates a change in the academic setting to better prepare and train Page 15.1335.2these engineers for careers in biomedical device and related industries. The objective of thispaper is to present an experientially-based pedagogical method using the senior capstone designcourse to
creativity in engineering students. The principal aim of thetrans-disciplinary course under discussion here is to investigate the degree to which theintegration of architecture and engineering pedagogy is successful in producing desirableoutcomes for either group of students. Given their different but potentiallycomplementary skill sets, engineering and architecture students are a natural fit forinvestigations into creative pedagogy. In fact, the practices of both disciplines areintimately related and, yet, students whose careers may be so closely linked, rarely haveopportunities for cross-disciplinary interaction in their formative years, least of all indesign contexts where dialogue and collaboration could be so productive for both.2
research to an understandable andinteresting K-12 level. This process instills better communication skills in the STEP Fellows andbreaks any reservations of working with the K-12 environment once employed as a university Page 15.626.2faculty member. The secondary goal of Project STEP was to impact student learning by relatingSTEM content to urban city issues through the use of hands-on, technology-driven, inquiry-based projects that also relate to desired curriculum standards. Students need an understanding ofSTEM and the reasons to pursue STEM careers; over 3,000 students have been exposed toSTEM lessons in the past three years with Project STEP
cited in Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in America, and in Who’s Who in the World. He has been nominated two times for the best teacher award (2005 and 2006) in the College of Engineering at UTSA. He is the IEEE Director and IEEE ComSoc chair Whasington DC Section. He is Faculty Fellow for ONR-ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program.Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Esther T. Ososanya is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. During her career, Dr. Ososanya has worked for private industry as a circuit development engineer and as a software engineer, in addition to her academic activities. She
design, interest in pursuing engineering as a career,and increased technological literacy” (pp 49-50).13 However, despite the critical need forstudents in 21st century society to possess problem solving skills and basic technological literacyto be informed decision makers, technology and engineering education has received littleattention in K-12.13The ISTEM approach is reinforced further in the National Science Education Standards forScience and Technology, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, and Standards for TechnologicalLiteracy, all of which suggest that science and technology instruction can be treated ascomplements to emphasize connections between the natural and designed worlds.14,15,16 Aspectsof scientific inquiry (the use of evidence
approach ensures that we fulfill our dual role ofdeveloping Coast Guard Officers and Civil Engineers through a total design experience workingon an actual Civil Engineering project with engineers in the field. When possible, one or twonon Coast Guard projects that are community based are included in the choices. Engineeringprojects that serve the community are an excellent way to introduce students to real worldprojects and to allow them to serve the public in the spirit of their chosen career path. This paperfocuses on the process used in the selection and execution of capstone design projects atUSCGA.USCGA Civil Engineering ProgramThe USCGA is a small undergraduate institution of approximately 1000 cadets (students) witheight majors and
Mathematics Learning Outcomes for Engineers in an Age of Excel®, MATLAB®, etc: Some Observations and Thoughts By Ronald C. Lasky, Ph.D., PE Instructional Professor, Thayer School of Engineering Dartmouth College Session: Tools, techniques and best practices of engineering education for the digital generationAbstractHaving spent a career in industry, about a decade ago, I looked forward to the prospect ofteaching courses on Design of Experiments, Statistical Process Control, and statistics. I was thenand still am impressed with the enthusiasm, aptitude and accomplishments of the students
crimes. At most someof them were sentenced to twenty years in prison. SS officer Karl Bischoff, chief architect ofAuschwitz lived a quiet life until he died in 1950. Walter Dejacko and Fritz Ertl, the twoarchitects of the crematoria, were put on trial in Vienna in 1972. They were released because noone in the court could read the blueprints and they went on to have successful careers in Austria. 4The Topf engineers had mixed fates. Ludwig Topf committed suicide and ironically a fewweeks later Kurt Prufer, the engineer who received a large bonus from the firm for solving thecrematoria problem was set free by the Americans. Ernst-Wolfgang Topf moved west with theAmericans and was never charged
college in astudy (Seymour, 2001), making the first year college experience for students a critical one in the choiceof their careers. Several models have been used to describe the attrition of STEM students including aleaky pipeline model, a path model and statistical models based on pre-college characteristics forincoming freshmen as indicators of their future retention in engineering programs (Veenstra et al 2009). However, it should be noted that one of the important findings of Seymour (2001) is that theproportion of students switching (40%) because of “inadequate preparation in high school math andscience” is almost equal to the proportion of “non-switchers” (38%) reporting inadequate preparation inthose subjects. This suggests that
Platform 3(USM), Keene State College (KSC), Saddleback College (SC), University of Massachusetts ,Lowell (UML), and the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE).Central Maine Community College Located in Auburn, Maine CMCC is a comprehensive, public two-year college that providesquality, accessible education and lifelong learning opportunities. The college delivers career andtechnical degree programs; education for transfer to baccalaureate programs; and services to supporteconomic development and community vitality. CMCC is accredited by the New EnglandAssociation of Schools and Colleges. In their lead role, the staff at CMCC works closely with theManufacturers Association of Maine by providing
” examines the alignment ofengineering practice and engineering preparation to determine how well engineering students areprepared for their careers. Our eventual aim is to suggest ways that engineering educators mightbetter design curriculum and pathways to engage, retain, and eventually produce successfulengineers.Our analysis pulls from qualitative data collected over the past two+ years of a three year study,including surveys of engineers (n=162), interviews of engineers and their managers (n=100), andsix workplace case studies (with over 53 hours of observation and more than 50 interviews). Asof this writing, the final stage of data collection has begun, which will launch a secondquantitative survey of practicing engineers.Survey questions and
are usually restricted. This raises the question of whichimprovement programs are being implemented and how successful have they been? Anengineering management study (Loendorf18, 2008) was conducted in 2008 with its mainobjective to answer these questions in a definitive manner.Knowledge about the improvement programs most frequently used by manufacturers is a keyaspect that must be included in the management courses associated with the engineering andengineering technology curriculum. Exposure to this important information better preparesgraduates for the challenges that they will encounter during their real-world engineering andmanagement careers in manufacturing. To meet that objective, various engineering andengineering technology courses
from California Polytechnic State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. His research and teaching interests include energy systems, engines for alternative fuels, and building energy efficiency. Prior to his academic position James developed advanced powertrains for General Motors. Page 15.1287.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 UFAST – Practical Advice for Accelerating New Faculty ScholarshipAbstractThe issue of accelerating faculty scholarship is a key item especially for new/untenured faculty.New faculty future career success
spent much of his career conducting research on stars that pulsate and working with NASA spacecraft. Later he became involved in managing scientific projects. He served as the director of a scientific research center for a major corporation and operated his own consulting firm. In recent years he has been focused on issues of space science education. He was in charge of education activities for the Hubble Space Telescope and later became the Director of NASA’s Origins Education Forum. He has served as the Assistant Director for Maryland Space Grant Consortium since March, 2006.Guangming Chen, Morgan State University Dr. Chen is an associate professor in Industrial Engineering
engineeringdesign process. Sessions included career roundtable presentations by faculty advisors, careerdevelopment and resume writing presented by Career Services and industry based engineers, andinterning and student organizations presented by student leaders. Topics include in depthinformation on the types of engineering, career opportunities, degree programs, assistance in thecareer decision processes, the basics of the engineering design process, and reinforcement of theimportance of communication, teamwork and continued professional development within theengineering profession. Students are required to maintain a design and professional developmentnotebook, attend a career fair and work on a team based design project. In the Fall 2007 ENGR
associated with students who enroll inengineering programs. In particular Steele notes that “students who major in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM] seem to have additional transitionalconcerns beyond the normal developmental tasks.”43 She highlights specific concerns forSTEM students, including making the transition from high school to the rigors of collegework, questioning their choice of major, and integrating academic and career advising. Page 15.1096.6Chemical Engineering LiteratureIn general, the chemical engineering literature has four classifications of articles that wecategorize as developing or sustaining a departmental
years (freshman and sophomore) of a student’s college career in a STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline. In the book Talking About Leaving, WhyUndergraduates Leave the Sciences4, it is stated that nationally 40 percent of undergraduatestudents leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and60 percent leave mathematics. The losses are disproportionately greater among women andminorities (also seen with the one-year retention numbers at our university; see Table 1).Thefeeling of a small college experience and a supportive learning community are some of thefeatures that make EXCEL a successful, retention program. Over 90% of the 2006 EXCELapplicants (n = 247) indicated in their
being that this type of FIgoes elsewhere largely because she feels isolated, disconnected, and adrift. Faculty engagementwith the student can make the difference between the student's remaining in engineering andchoosing a different, seemingly “friendlier” career path.The subgoals of the CF program are to link early engineering students to engineering faculty and project the core value of the College of Engineering that engineering faculty care about the early engineering students.Studies have repeatedly shown that one important factor in promoting early student engagementin coursework is the degree to which the students perceive that the instructor wants the students
-on ActivitiesIn order to support the DEEA program as well as other similar programs at STC, andUTPA, CBI with hands-on activities were developed and implemented to encouragestudents to integrate and understand multidisciplinary concepts through new instructionapproaches. Introduction to STEM was implemented as one of the initial steps in thisproject to use CBI with hands-on activities in early STEM career courses. CBI is aresearch proven methodology that provides students with an interactive approach inlearning and understanding new concepts . The literature indicates that hands-onactivities are required to promote STEM interest as a career path. These hands-onactivities also allow students to develop abilities and apply concepts and
manner to ethical, environmental, economic, legal, political, and social issues.These departmental Educational Objectives further state that Bachelor of Science in CivilEngineering (BSCE) graduates are to be prepared to contribute to their communities through thefollowing career and professional accomplishments and abilities:1. To plan, design, construct, and manage both natural and built processes and systems to meet determined needs using technical knowledge, computer skills, and design principles with communication, leadership, and team skills;2. To utilize measurement and analysis tools along with experimental data in investigating natural and built systems;3. To understand and incorporate economic, environmental, political, social
.” “It looked great on my résumé and in interviews. I learned some about working on a team long-term.” “I think I got some great experience working with other disciplines, however, I do not use that in my current job. I would have liked to have been able to focus more on my skills/major.” The following four questions were purely qualitative-based, open-ended response. Theresponses to these questions were categorized according to subject. Table 7: The Innovations Process survey Question No. 10 “Please provide an example of how this course impacts your career.” (N=11) Does not relate
and Performing Arts High School of Philadelphia. He has participated in Drexel University's Research Experiences for Teacher's program in 2008 and 2009.Jason Silverman, Drexel University Jason Silverman is an assistant professor in the School of Education at Drexel University and is interested in teaching and learning of mathematics.Gail Rosen, Drexel University Gail Rosen is an assistant professor at Drexel University in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. She is lead PI on the Discovery K-12 program at Drexel, where university students are developing laboratories to engage performing arts students. Also, in 2009, she received the NSF CAREER award, and will
maps and determine positions with relative ease. The professionalsurveyor, whose career has been the production of maps at varying scales and accuracies, nowfaces real challenges in keeping abreast with the technological advances. Surveyors in Nigeriaare burdened by: ≠ new and changing user demand for products in varying formats, ≠ inadequate knowledge to explore or venture into new and emerging areas of opportunities, ≠ diminishing career opportunities.Although new and emerging technological innovations are creating new opportunities forsurveyors many feel unprepared to explore or to venture into these new technologies.To reverse the trend, a committee from the Department of Surveying & Geoinformatics at theUniversity
AC 2010-1232: DEVELOPMENT OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR ATECHNOLOGY PROGRAMFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.405.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Renewable Energy Course for a Technology ProgramAbstractEnergy systems play a critical role in everyday life and are an important part of engineering. Theacademic, business, and industry fields have been seriously pursuing renewable energy systemsadvantageous to their needs. Students graduating from engineering and technology programs areinvolved in buying, managing, and trading alternative energies during their careers as part
AC 2010-1256: STUDENTS BUILT EDUCATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGYTRAINING UNITSFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.1131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student-Built Renewable Energy Training UnitAbstractEnergy is one of the major building blocks of modern society. Understanding energy meansunderstanding energy resources and their limitations, as well as the environmental consequencesof their use. When preparing students for their future careers, real world training is a plus duringtheir education. Renewable energy training units are very important for the hands-on laboratorysections of energy
once we are able to get a better understanding of how everything works. We are currently expanding in the hopes that our workload will continue to increase. It seems that many manufacturing companies are currently hesitant to expand in the area of simulation due to tighter budgets. However, when something arises where those same companies need some work done in 3D, we are more than happy to step in and do the work for them!4. How much did this simulation curriculum benefit you personally in your career development? Personally my training at Ohio Northern benefited me very much. Even though I trained on Delmia's D5 platform IGRIP the same logical thinking and general user interface helped
effectiveness of their choice of electives inconsideration of the student’s career goal. The required research and development based directedproject will also be guided by this committee which also serves as the students final examiningcommittee. The program will culminate in the award of two Masters degrees (one from each sideof the Atlantic) and the issuing of transcripts and diploma supplements from each of the threepartner institutions.The key content components, overviewed in Figure 1, of the dual degrees include formal studyof: ≠ Research and development and statistics ≠ Technology policy and innovation ≠ Globalization and international perspectives ≠ An international language ≠ A technology deepening or broadening experience that could
life of the ASEE Manufacturing Division, education in manufacturing engineering and manufacturing engineering technology has faced more-or-less continuous challenge. It has always been difficult to convey the excitement and fulfillment of a manufacturing engineering career to young students -- and to the choice as an undergraduate major. It has always been difficult to make the case for the value proposition of expensive laboratories with university administrators. It has always been difficult to forge and maintain meaningful and effective linkages between campus and industry. Over the years, these challenges have been framed to reflect the crucial focus of the time -- of a particular year. At several key points in the past
each of the course in their formal education, are now familiar with aboutit as well as how practical the topic will be in their career. The research findings may beinstrumental for e-commerce training programs, licensing bodies, departments and curriculumdesigners in field of software engineering. The results of this study can provide usefulsuggestions to help software engineers for selecting the suitable and right learning courses aswell as to act as practicable guidelines for EC curriculum planning and development.Keywords: software engineer, e-commerce, EC education, curriculum development, knowledge topicIntroductionWith the invention of World Wide Web (WWW) by 1990, the global network is applied tovariety of domains. The digital