tenured full professor. CSULB is a teaching-intensive institution and thus, he has taught classes at different levels from introduction to programming and data structures; to junior level classes in database design; senior level classes on database, web development, and senior projects; and finally to graduate classes in database systems. In 2014, Dr. Monge joined a team at Google that created NCWIT’s EngageCSEdu, an online living col- lection of peer-reviewed teaching instruments that use research-based techniques that retain and engage students, particularly effective in broadening participation in computing. Dr. Monge’s research inter- ests have evolved over time. Through his participation in an NSF sponsored
this program concluded, the authors determined to use whatthey had learned with local CCs to work with non-metropolitan CCs. The authors then received aone year NSF exploratory grant (#0836050) to work with three non-metropolitan CCs. Based onthis successful project, ASU was awarded a five-year STEP grant from NSF (#0856834) to workwith five non-metropolitan CCs, only one of which was within an hour’s drive of the university;most are about three hours distant. After the program was expanded out from Maricopa County,our acronym METS was defined to stand for “Motivated Engineering Transfer Students” with anunderstanding that computer science is included in the term “engineering.”Our “Motivated Engineering Transfers STEM Talen Expansion Program
offerings. The first exams consisted of an in-class portion and atake-home programming assignment. The final exam was cumulative and had no take-homeportion, although students had previously completed a large, multi-week final project. Thoughdifficult to directly compare, in both offerings performance on the final projects were comparablewith most students meeting or exceeding expectations.ResultsAs Fig. 3 show, formatting of exams across the Fall 2016 offering without daily quizzes and theFall 2017 offering that included daily quizzes was similar. In 2016, the in-class portion of the firstexam had 35 questions that varied between multiple-choice style questions and open-responsesquestions. Similarly, the Fall 2017 offering’s first exam had 47
is the cause of inadequate pressure, and (c) realizing that the water tower isinsufficient to meet the minimum required water pressure at the current daily demand. Figure 1-ii–iv show some views corresponding to these tasks in the FS case study.The municipal engineer is then tasked with designing a new water tower that provides adequatepressure at the base of the water tower throughout the day while not exceeding the maximumpressure rating imposed by the town’s old pipe network. The new water tower is also expected tomeet the minimum/maximum pressure constraints for both current and projected (1.5x) demand.Designing the new water tower that meets all the design requirements (minimum/maximumpressure at current and projected demands) involves
classroom, and engaging her students with interactive methods.Dr. Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Texas A&M University Andrea M. Ogilvie, Ph.D., P.E. serves as Assistant Dean for Student Success and Assistant Professor of Instruction at Texas A&M University. Prior to her current appointment, Andrea served as Director of the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin. Her expertise includes: project management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering. Since 2014
MindsetBusiness acumen • Understanding engineers’ roles within the organization • Understanding the role of management functions • Discussing their products and services in business and economic terms • Being willing to make decisions with incomplete information • Effectively collaborating in a team setting • Effectively managing projects and commercialization processUnderstanding • Searching for market opportunities for technological innovationcustomer needs • Recognizing customer segments and their needs or problems • Constructing and communicating customer
evaluation of the projectssuccess, psychometric survey-based measures of these social psychological outcomes will alsobe operationalized as dependent variables, thus providing both quantitative and qualitativeassessments. A vital first phase of this RED project then involves the development of thepsychometric scales (i.e., testing of the tests), that will be used. Although researchers have developed a number of survey-based measures of socialpsychological aspects of the learning process, and recent efforts have been made to assess causal 2models of the multiple social psychological influences on educational and career outcomeswithin the area of engineering [cf. 4, 2, 5]. Importantly, the
art facilities.One of the more effective ways to increase knowledge about science, technology, engineering,and math (STEM) careers is to increase the knowledge of teachers. As part of a National ScienceFoundation Advanced Technological Education project, a group of high school teachers wasoffered the opportunity to work in advanced manufacturing labs with engineering faculty. Theseprojects included additive manufacturing (AM) of ceramics, surface characterization of AMmetal parts, and surface alteration. The teachers were tasked with developing lesson plans whichincorporated the advanced manufacturing concepts that they had learned.As part of the assessment of the program, teachers were given pre- and post- research experiencesurveys
by the high schoolparticipants themselves. Most reports of service learning outreach focus on the experience ofundergraduate and graduate student volunteers, including recent studies of efforts to recruitwomen [15, 16]. Other studies involving K-12 outreach do not address effectiveness of specificmaterials in engaging underrepresented students, but instead focus on general best practices,program development, or assessment [17-20]. Additionally, groundbreaking studies involvingbest practices in teaching engineering to K-12 students have not been within the context ofoutreach, but instead have focused on formal classroom teaching approaches in general such asproblem-, inquiry- and project-based approaches [21]. One program that evaluates
”). Professional codes of ethics and ABET requirements are sometimes applied, withsustainability introduced as a design constraint.3 In our experience, these professionalrequirements are often treated only in senior design projects, and then only as items on achecklist. Optional minor and certificate programs may exist for those engineering students whoare interested, but even here crucial tensions often go unexplored between definitions ofsustainability (between weak and strong sustainability4, 5, between “technological sustainability”and “ecological sustainability”6, between “eco-efficiency” and “eco-effectiveness”7, or betweensustainability and sustainable development8, 9, 10, 11) and even between areas of the triple bottomline.3 Missing, too, are
explore engineeringconcepts, to investigate solutions to problems too complex for hand solutions, to analyze andpresent data effectively, and to develop an appreciation of the power and limitations of computertools. Students are introduced to such ideas as interpolation, curve-fitting, and numericdifferentiation and integration, through applications areas such as data analysis, imageprocessing, communications, position tracking, basic mechanics, and system modeling.The Engineering Models sequence was required for all incoming first-year engineering andengineering technology students starting with the 2012-2013 academic year. Lectures, recitationactivities, homework assignments, exams, and projects were common across all sections, thoughsome
communication must be thoughtfully designed tohelp readers make meaning of data. Such visual design for readers requires our students tobecome metacognitive of their own experience as consumers of visual communication. Yet oftenengineering students are not prompted to think about or design visual data communication untilthey must present their own data, typically as part of a senior capstone project. Our students’ lackof experience leaves them without a solid foundation for critical thought about figures, and thuswith scant preparation to learn from the experience of creating and refining them. If capstonesare to be an opportunity to learn about visual communication rather than simply perform it,students are in need of a swift means to gain perspective
their own presentation abilities.Understanding the students' mileu and motivationEngineering presentations are typically complex combinations of facts and data (logos),credibility-building (ethos), and persuasion (pathos), housed in a mileu that demands thespeaker understand the big picture (kairos). Speakers need to be comfortable and assuredin their data, they need to communicate precisely and efficiently without being scant, andthey must be masterful with their persuasive moves to convince often reticent audiencesto accept their new ideas or proposed projects. Page 26.1780.7The groundwork for teaching presentations in any online course must be
independently, but the students were always recruitedfrom the same two sections of the course (n-range 28-34). This study was approved by theinstitutional review board at the University (IRB# PRO2017002152) and may form the basis of along-term project in the future. The tests consisted of two related instruments – the Defining Issues Test version 2 (DIT-2) [8] and the Engineering Ethical Reasoning Instrument (EERI) [9]. The DIT-2 is used to assessthe moral judgement of individuals when faced with ethical dilemmas. In this test, a specific setof five (5) ethical dilemmas is presented to the individual, who must decide how to solve eachdilemma. The individual is then presented with a series of statements suggesting how they madetheir decision
'17 Companion Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web Companion, Pages 1445-1450, April 3-7, 2017. [Online]. Available: ACM Digital Library, http://dl.acm.org/. [Accessed: Jun. 15, 2018].[8] J. H. Jeon, K. Kim and J. Kim, "Block chain based data security enhanced IoT server platform," 2018 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Chiang Mai, 2018, pp. 941-944. Available: IEEE Xplore, http://www.ieee.org. [Accessed: Jun. 16, 2018].[9] “Terminology,” 2018. [Online]. Available: https://docs.bigchaindb.com/en/latest/terminology.html. [Accessed: Jun. 18, 2018][10] “How to Set Up a BigchainDB Network,” 2018. [Online]. Available: http://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/latest
successes. FIG seminar panels areaverage less than 2.0 (disagree) for their self-efficacy designed based off of Stephens and Destin (2014)ratings for teamwork. Improving teamwork ability and difference-education intervention module that can providemindset are a key student outcome for BME 303L, as students with an identification with panelists. [6] Whenstudents worked in teams on various projects throughout students understand that their background or other relatablethe semester. These data indicate that the students’ factors matter, and they see other students like themexperience with teamwork in BME 303L had little effect on persisting through similar challenges, they can oftentheir
past decade.Several local, regional and national activities are contributing to a continued and increasingenrollment in the manufacturing engineering program. These efforts are also beneficial torecruiting into other manufacturing post secondary education.Local Actions to Recruit Manufacturing EngineersThe University of Wisconsin-Stout has developed many actions that are directly or indirectlydesigned to reverse the declining interest in and promote a positive image of manufacturing. Thelocal programs supported and developed include Engineering and Technology Career Days,FIRST LEGO League Regional Tournaments, Project Lead the Way Affiliate, SkillsUSA, andSTEPS (Science, Technology & Engineering Preview Summer Camp) for Girls. These local
several ideas about how to operatemore efficiently the following year. They planned to recruit between five and ten employeesduring projected times of peak demand, find storage facility closer to campus, require the use ofsmaller boxes, and get approval from the Residential Life Office to advertise in the dormitories. Page 12.415.4During 2005 the business enjoyed more success, but experienced unanticipated difficulties.Seeing the success of the moving and storage business, another student decided to start acompeting business. The competitor tore down the advertising posters and replaced them withits own. The competitor put flyers unsanctioned by
inUniversity Park, PA, held on September 28, 2006.Students received information on resume creation, with a number of resumes from pastBSEMET graduates provided for students to review and critique. The class worked cooperativelyin groups to accurately represent course experiences, project information, and software andhardware experience for inclusion on their own resumes.After locating a description for an entry-level position of interest, each student met with theDirector of Career Services to craft a resume for the position description of his/her choice.Following the resume critique, students made modifications based upon feedback. Next, theBSEMET Program Coordinator reviewed resumes and provided additional comments. Studentsreceived input from
Resources for Engineers). In 2004, the CEED office received a $2million dollar STEP (STEM Talent Expansion Program) grant from the National ScienceFoundation. The goal of the project is to increase the number of students earning degrees inengineering and computer science. One component of the grant activities was the expansion ofASPIRE, marketing it to a larger number of first-year students admitted to the College ofEngineering (COE). The expanded bridge program still operates under the auspices of theCEED and has been named STEP Bridge – Student Transition to Engineering Program.Here, we provide a brief overview/history of ASPIRE and then discuss the transition to, andimplementation of the STEP Bridge program. We will compare the logistics of
to clearly documentcollected pre-ideation information and to aid in the decision making process. The followingsections discuss steps followed in generating the NPM. This is followed by an illustrativeexample from an actual student project. Figure 1. Schematic of how disparate information from several pre-ideation design tools and methods are integrated into the Needs-Function Matrix2.0 Steps in Constructing an NPM2.1 Customer Needs AnalysisPerform a customer needs analysis to find out what is important to the customer. The resultinghierarchal list should be weighted using methods such as the Analytic Hierarchy Process.1 Data
at the University of Utah in 2004. He has conducted major research projects in the areas of solid-state sensors, mixed-signal circuits, GaAs and silicon-on-insulator circuits, and high-performance and low-power microprocessors. Prof. Brown serves as chairman of the MOSIS Advisory Council for Education. He was Chair of the 1997 Conference on Advanced Research in VLSI and the 2001 Microelectronic System Education Conference. He has served as Guest Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits and Proceedings of the IEEE and as associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) Systems
. The main purpose of this research isthe design and implementation of a framework to integrate the instant audio communication andinteractive three-dimensional models over the Internet. This framework makes the online real-time team engineering work possible.IntroductionThe Internet is changing Americans’ communication methods in many new ways. According tothe survey of Pew Internet & American Life project, more than half (55%) of all onlineAmerican youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites [1]. Nearly two in five adultInternet users in the US (39%) have gone online to look for information about a place to live, upfrom 34% in 2004 to 27% in 2000 [2]. Fully 87% of online users have at one time used theInternet to carry out
, appraisal costs, failure costs(consisting of both internal failure costs and external failure costs), and intangible costs. The listis not exhaustive, but rather is intended to offer a general understanding of what is involved witheach category. If a detected cost fits the general description of the quality cost, then that categoryshould be used. Many subcategories of these costs of quality exist and it would be impossible todescribe all of themOnce the costs of poor quality have been identified projects can be implemented to improve thesituations. Those projects that have the greatest potential for improvement or highest possiblereturn (either in quality or monetary gains) should be selected first for realization. The process toaccomplish this
Internet. Students from Arizona State Universitysuccessfully implemented Internet applications to remotely operate the robot in the formof information interface as shown in Figure 9. The last two weeks were allocated to thespecifically designed online robotic experiments for both schools. Such onlinelaboratories enable multiple institutions to share expensive laboratory resources, henceproviding engineering and engineering technology students access to more sophisticatedconcepts and laboratory experiences as shown in Figure 10.Figure 10. Students worked on the laboratory projects in the MET 205 Robotics andMechatronics offered at Drexel University.3. Evaluations The Internet-based laboratory course is a new concept, and evaluation of
curriculum projects, especially in the areas of technical education. Dr. Alfano has a B.S. in Chemistry, M.S. in Education/Counseling, and a Ph.D. from UCLA in Higher Education, Work, and Adult Development. She also directs the Cisco Academy Training Center (CATC) for California and Nevada.Joseph Gerda, College of the Canyons Joseph Gerda has been at College of the Canyons since 1987, where he is currently a professor in the mathematics department. Since 1988 he has held a variety of positions including Department Chair, Division Chair, Coordinator for Instruction, Assistant Dean of Instruction & Athletic Director. He has been involved in the Hesburg Award winning staff development activity
generally out-of-sync with this trend; we still rely primarily on a“push” approach. Recent research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project indicates thatthe current generation of high school and college students are dissatisfied with the “digitaldisconnect” between their lives and the classes they take in school1. Today’s students desireextensive control over how they get their information both in their courses and in their lives, andthe mixture of “life” and “work” information is complex. Many professors have begunproviding some content over the internet, experimenting with podcasting, vodcasting and othermodes2,3. The vast majority of this content is recordings of the conventional classroom lecturesthat students can then access at their
collection.Several laboratory projects utilizing the MaxStream XBee wireless module are presented. The firstlab is designed to introduce this module to the students. The objectives include interfacing themodule to the computer serial port, using HyperTerminal to communicate with the module,configuring the module through AT commands, and verifying functionality of the module throughfile transfer. The second lab is designed to introduce remote data acquisition. Students will design aterminal program utilizing LabVIEW, integrate a temperature sensor, and perform remote datacollection. The third lab will introduce students to personal area networking (PAN). The objectiveis the establishment of a wireless sensor network. It will utilize a star network
materials engineering course which met for 3 hours per week over the courseof a complete academic year (90 total class hours). In essence, the course that we arespeaking of made up 6-8.3% of the units taken by this cohort of students during theirfreshman year. We note that the balance of the curriculum was the usual sequence offreshmen-level communication courses (technical writing, composition, speech),calculus, chemistry, and physics. Some may have also taken courses in computer scienceand computer-aided drawing. In other words, ~91-94% of their total freshmen year ofcourses was similar to other engineering programs in the U.S..During the first of the three-term, freshmen design sequence, students worked in teams offive or six on three projects
definitions and requirements.In addition, Table 1 highlights what is commonly held: that there are aggregate effects ofindividual activities. Isolated acts that are perfectly benign and sustainable, can be unsustainablewhen aggregated. There is a scale effect of professional action; and professions need to look atthe aggregate effects of their action. The natural time and space scales imposed by naturalresources, transcending individual projects and actions, (as well as jurisdictions, lifetimes),imposes a professional burden – to channel individual actions toward sustainable relations with,common property resourcesviii.Lacking this responsibility, “no one is watching the store.” NAE and ASCE are asserting aprofessional role for engineering in