, and electronics testing.Telecommunications graduates performed similar functions, but specifically for traditionaltelephone service providers. Since then, there has been an evolving shift in the career paths ofElectronics and Telecommunications graduates. Today, even though the graduates take positionsworking for small to large companies that span a broad range of market sectors includingautomotive, medical, oil and gas, quality of life, telecommunications, and semiconductormanufacturing; one can see a common thread in their duties and responsibilities. Most studentsare hired to support one or more aspects of electronic product and system development. To a large degree, this can be attributed to the dramatic change in the faculty
as their major. In polling student teams informally, the interest in engineering ishigh, with several students indicating that they are very interested in pursuing a career in thisfield. We will continue to track this data and update our records as additional students graduatefrom high school.References1. Turner, Wayne C., et al, Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering, Prentice-Hall,1993.2. Starr, Paul, July-August 1996, Computing Our Way to Educational Reform, The AmericanProspect no. 27: 50-60 [On-line], http://www.princeton.edu/~starr/articles/27star.html. 30 June2011.3. Common Core State Standards Initiative. 15 June 2012. www.corestandarsd.org.4. Foreman, J., July/August 2003, Next Generation Educational Technology Versus
A Direct Method for Simultaneously Teaching and Measuring Engineering Professional Skills Edwin Schmeckpeper1, Ashley Ater Kranov2, Steve Beyerlein3, Jay McCormack4, Pat Pedrow5Abstract – Proficiency in professional skills related to teamwork, ethical responsibility,communication skills, the impact of engineering solutions, life-long learning, and contemporaryissues is critical for success in the multi-disciplinary, intercultural team interactions thatcharacterize 21st century engineering careers. Yet, programs across the nation have struggled todefine, teach, and measure professional skills since their introduction as ABET criteria forengineering programs in 2000. The Engineering Professional Skills Assessment (EPSA) is
Engineers (IEEE).Dr. Loren Limberis, East Carolina University Loren Limberis joined the engineering faculty at ECU in Aug. 2006. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah. Limberis taught for several years as an Assistant Professor at the College of New Jersey and was a Research Analyst with Southwest Research Institute prior to his academic career. His research interests focus on designing techniques to utilize nature’s highly complex and sophisticated biological systems to develop biohybrid devices for use in biotechnology applications.Dr. Steve Warren, Kansas State University Steve Warren received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State
career. the Knovel database type of go to h (1) engineering engineeringrecognition of relevant handbooks and the need for information other Knovel lifelong Freshmen: database learning 40% reported
the University of Michigan’s Department of Radiology (1997-1999). Her industry experience includes embedded systems software development at Microware Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa (1996-1997), local operating network appli- cations development and support at Motorola Semiconductor in Austin, Texas (1994-1995), and research and clinical fabrication of controlled-release drug delivery systems at Alza Corporation in Palo Alto, Calif. (1986-1990). Bhatti received the NSF CAREER Award in 2011.Mr. Burton Dicht, IEEE Burton Dicht is currently Director of IEEE University Programs, where he is responsible for directing IEEE’s engineering education accreditation activities and for developing programs for faculty and stu
participation by women in engineering studies, including discrimination, unwelcominguniversity attitudes, and a lack of role models.4 Simply overcoming enrollment barriers isinsufficient, for a significant percent of women who do choose to enroll in these programs do notcomplete their degrees. Self-confidence has been shown to be an extremely important factor in Page 25.808.2enabling women to complete degrees in engineering.6 In 2010, 40% of females in chemicalengineering positions reported feeling discouraged at some point during their career, with UScolleges the primary place where discouragement is occurring.7 Fostering a supportiveengineering
Educator Award 2009, ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005, and the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002, she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. She has more than 175 publications, primarily in the areas of recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented minority engineering and computer science students. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially transfer, women, and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on enhancing the transfer experience, career opportunities, and
, energy dispersive spectroscopes, and nano-indenters, andcomputational software such as ABAQUS finite element analysis (FEA) simulation software.During the course of this project, a number of seminars focusing on research-based careers andgraduate school opportunities were presented by leading faculties of the university.The goal of the research work undertaken by the undergraduate student was to characterize themechanical properties of Sn and shape memory alloy indium-thallium (InTl) nanowiresembedded into cylindrical pores arranged along the thickness direction of anodic aluminumoxide (AAO) films. A broad range of nanotechnology applications requires one-dimensionalnanostructures such as nanowires. Before any feasible application, the
. He stated that by seeing the “finished product” and “appliedelectrical engineering” he was motivated to change his career plans and major in electricalengineering. As an ECE student organization leader he has been actively engaged in planningnew recruiting events to attract more students in the same way he was attracted. The followingdata and student testimonials will show evidence of this occurring and provide information onhow it can be replicated. a. Increase in ECE DLC Mentors The first evidence is the growth in ECE students applying to and being accepted into the Dean’s Leadership Council mentor program. “The Dean’s Leadership Council (DLC
AC 2012-3364: DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR U.S. MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN STUDENTSDr. Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Cen- ter of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida and its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways, curriculum development and reform for secondary and post-secondary Career and Technical Education programs, and professional development for technical teachers and faculty
providestraining to prepare students for the demands of modern science and biomaterials technology.This paper details about developing and implementing an integrative biomechanics course forSTEM majors. The aim of the proposed course is to provide students with an understanding ofbasic structure/function relationships of biological tissues and systems, mechanical principlesgoverning animal locomotion, and mechanics of biofluids by engaging students with hands-onexperiences in computational, demonstrational, and experimental laboratories. This innovativeand interdisciplinary course is expected to broaden the experience of our STEM majors towardssuccessful careers in STEM related fields. STEM students can also be engaged in peer mentoringand learning from
AC 2012-3195: EDUCATING ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO SUCCEEDIN A GLOBAL WORKPLACEDr. Vukica Jovanovic, Trine University Vukica Jovanovic, Ph.D., began her academic career in 2001 when she graduated with her dipl.ing.- M.S. degree at University of Novi Sad, majoring in industrial engineering and focusing on mechatronics, robotics, and automation. She lectured various courses at departments of Industrial Engineering, Me- chanical Engineering, and Mechatronics from 2001 until 2006. She was an active member of a Euro- pean organizing committee of the student robotic contest Eurobot and chief of the Eurobot organizing committee of the Serbian student national competition in robotics. In the summer of 2002, she had an
professional expertise while also developing anunderstanding and appreciation of the other disciplines in order to be innovative, creative leadersin their fields. In short, they need a “T-shaped” education thatgives them a balance of disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary Breadth breadth. After all, given the rate of change of industry (andsociety at large), the college is actually preparing students for Disciplinary Depth jobs and careers that probably don’t even exist yet. So, while adeep disciplinary understanding in one’s major will help astudent secure their first job; creativity, critical thinking
which students learn communication skills, ethics of the use of technology, and teamwork, among other topics. Gomez presented at the Teacher Networking Technology 2010 conference, where he presented on mobile technologies and the use of Podcast Producer to help the process of creating and publishing podcasts. Gomez also participated in MaST (Math and Sci- ence Teachers Academy) delivering workshops for the students. Gomez, as well, works with the UGLC team to provide Center for Life Learning classes to assist our returning community members in keeping up with the fast-paced and ever-changing world of technology. When not preparing our students for their technology dependent future careers, he assists in the UGLC with
, Rose-Hulman Ventures Brian Dougherty has spent the last 20 years working in various parts of the product development cy- cle. His early career focused on product design verification and manufacturing test engineering support for new products while the last 12 years has been focused on developing the new products themselves. Dougherty specializes in fast-paced development within the innovation space, and has documented how the project management practices within the innovation space should differ from classical techniques. As the Engineering Manager for Rose-Hulman Ventures, Dougherty fosters an environment where 60 engineers can develop functional proof of client concepts in a way that is more financially viable
manufacturing engineering. He has background ranging from concept creation, analysis, business case management, and design to vehicle development, tooling design and development, launch, marketing, and service. Stark received a bachelor’s degree in mechani- cal engineering from Kettering University and a master’s degree in engineering science, management of technology, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Joseph L. Petrosky, Macomb Community College Joe Petrosky is the Dean of Engineering and Advanced Technology at Macomb Community College with responsibilities for a breadth of career and technical programs including advanced manufacturing, engineering technology, and automotive for degree, certificate, workforce, and
typically find jobs with a more diverse group of employers,primarily but not exclusively, in agriculture. The BRAE graduates initially gravitate towardproduct and process design-based work and once in their career, often move into project and/oroperations management. Many graduates find themselves working in agricultural processingand machinery design and development, while a large number focus on irrigation system designand management. The remaining graduates often seek other engineering roles in construction,manufacturing, and R&D.The BRAE graduate often starts their career in the role of a designer, then moves up to a projectengineer position where they oversee small projects. While starting out, they are likely the onlyengineering resource
coordinators, and therefore are supporting the work they do with the students. Page 25.1414.2These outreach programs work to increase student STEM content knowledge, attitudes,motivation and career possibilities.Campus-wide Community of PracticeThe project constructed a campus-wide learning community that would bring together the K-12STEM outreach providers and leaders, NCSU’s student recruitment and enrollment managementleadership, and experts in educational research and evaluation to collectively analyze and revisecurrent outreach practices around robust data analytics. The campus network will fostercommunication, encouraging the formation and
the rest of their academic career. The project course hasalso been shown to have an impact on the student's enthusiasm and self-confidence in theirpersonal ability to succeed in engineering 1.Typically, the topic or scenario for early project problems are created by the faculty. Viewedfrom a cynical point of view, problems may appear to students as “cooked-up” , perhaps a bitstale, and in some cases students expect that they are not “real” design projects... after all, theyare just assignments in a university course, not design in the “Real World”. Unfortunately, eventhough the learning can be excellent, the experience of students can be influenced by their beliefof whether or not the design project is “real”.This paper describes an approach
the BS level of achievement and theapplication level of achievement is made up entirely by engineering experience, which arguesthat formal education is not necessary to reach the full performance level of achievement forthose outcomes. It is only in the area of technical specialization that graduate level work isneeded to grow past the application level of achievement and up through four levels ofachievement in Bloom’s taxonomy to reach the full performance level. However, deep technicalspecialization is not needed to pass the FE exam or to begin one’s career in engineering as anEngineering Intern. Technical specialization is something that can well wait until the youngengineer has gained a little experience and identified an area of
. Page 25.1190.4Course content. Clear explanations that connect to students’ prior knowledge foster students’ability to integrate new knowledge and skills into their mental frameworks of a discipline27, 28.As students come to courses with various levels of proficiency, professors are tasked withmeeting students at their level of understanding; one approach to this is to provide extra materialor exercises for students who lack essential background knowledge or skills10. Students’perceptions of the usefulness of content affect their motivation to engage with course material,and therefore their desire to persist in STEM majors29, 30, 31. Establishing the relevance of coursematerial to students’ potential future careers, applications of the material
productive work. We heard the same complaint at various workshops and the conclusions ofthe Engineer of 2020 proposal1 reinforces this complaint about engineering education in general.The two course instructors, Wilczynski and Crowley, are well familiar with industrial needs.Both of them went from academic research to industry and entrepreneurial careers beforereturning to the university to teach. Our students are talented, but the evolving workplace often Page 25.1264.2outpaces our curriculum. We needed to find a way to maintain contact with the needs ofindustry; otherwise, we are seen by industry as mostly irrelevant. In particular:1. Working On
Page 17.34.4 ABOUT ISTE Indian Society for Technical Education is a National, Professional, Non-profit making Society registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 The First Meeting of the Association of Principals of Technical Institutions (APTI) in India was held at Delhi on 28th July 1941 The Meeting of APTI held at the University of Mysore, Mysore on 27th May 1968 a decision was made to Register Society under the name "Indian Society for Technical Education" (ISTE) Page 17.34.5 OBJECTIVESThe Major objectives of the ISTE to help the students in Personality Development, Faculty members in Career
New York. This six weeks program is designed for high achievingminority high school and middle school students. The program extends over six weeks periodand its goal is to encourage those students to pursue careers in engineering and science whenthey go to college. The curriculum is designed to be introductory to engineering and science.This is well aligned with the goals of NASA CIPAIR funding that our MechanicalEngineering Dept. has received. Another partner in this project is Louis Stokes for MinorityParticipation in Science and Engineering (LSAMP) who supported the undergraduatestudents for two full academic semesters, spring and fall of 2011, in their effort to design acurriculum in aerospace to be taught in Proyectoaccess summer
from 2002-2006. He is experienced in industry as well as the teaching profession with a career spanning five years in engineering design, several years part time consulting in industry, and 24 total years of teach- ing first high school, then community college and presently university-level courses in the engineering technology subject area. Irwin has a research focus on evaluation of teaching and learning in the area of computer aided design, analysis, and manufacturing subjects introduced in the STEM related courses in K-16 educational levels. From 2009-2010, Irwin served as PI for a Michigan Department of Educa- tion Title II Improving Teacher Quality grant targeting grade 5-12 physics and chemistry teachers’ use of
of programs that develop community and help move faculty and student entrepreneurs from innovative ideas to the launch of products and businesses. Weilerstein began his career as an entrepreneur as a student at the University of Massachusetts. He and a team including his advisor launched a start-up biotech company and took it to IPO. This experience, coupled with a lifelong passion for entrepreneurship, led to his work with the National Collegiate Inven- tors and Innovators Alliance. He is a founder of the Entrepreneurship Division of the American Society of Engineering Education and is the recipient of the 2008 Price Foundation Innovative Entrepreneurship Educators Award
and vision totransform the future.SPSU is a place where students are educated for life and for leadership in anincreasingly technological world. We prepare our students for their very first jobafter graduation, with the skills that make them highly marketable and successful.We feel it is just as important that our education also prepares students for the lastjob in their careers. Thus, our courses and programs are structured to enable menand women to adapt, grow, and continue to learn over the years, developing theleadership skills needed to implement the vision of a technological future.Students at SPSU learn skills beyond the essential technological and scientificknowledge that qualifies our graduates to contribute to some of the
concepts and makes the underlying mathematicalor scientific principles more relevant to the student, and in doing so it generates challenges andexcitement. It is our hypothesis that by adding EBL as an organizing principle to our STEMclasses, this will lead to increased student achievement and interest in STEM education asmeasured by the number of students taking elective science and math classes and the number ofstudents selecting STEM careers. Second, the EBL provides a general framework, skill set andtools that are applicable to any STEM subject or course. That is possible because EBL pedagogyuses the engineering design process (EDP) and the college-level known capstone experience. The paper will cover the details of our implementations
togauge student perceptions. The assessment is broken down into two parts: student ratings of theirpersonal abilities in the learning goals and student perceptions of the importance of these skills totheir career goals. The instrument consisted of Likert items using a scale of 0 (no ability or notimportant) to 5 (excellent ability or very important). A complete list of the survey items can befound in the Appendix. Surveys were completed as a part of a homework grade via Google Docswithin the first two weeks of the semester and will be conducted again at the completion of thesemester. Identifying information was recorded only so that the resulting changes in theindividual student perceptions and self-assessed ability could be compared pairwise.To