, Electrical and Mechanicalengineering degree programs have historically required their students to complete a coordinatedMultidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory sequence.2 Finally, multidisciplinary capstone courseshave been experimented with at CSM since the early nineteen nineties.3 Even with this strongfoundation, there are significant challenges to running a successful, multidisciplinary capstoneprogram.Capstone programs differ from other multidisciplinary courses in several ways. Freshmanexperiences don’t have the same expectations to deliver discipline specific technical content thatare required at the senior level. For that reason, a closer parallel to multidisciplinary capstonemight be found in multidisciplinary laboratory sequences
Science & Technology. His research focuses on spectral imaging for predicting food quality (beef tenderness) and early diagnosis of human diseases (peripheral arterial disease). He has active research in the area of food safety engineering through integration of heat transfer model and predictive microbial growth/death models for food safety risk assessment. Every fall, he teaches a large sophomore- level class on engineering properties of biological materials, which consists of both lectures and laboratory sessions with an enrollment of more than 70 students. Every spring, he teaches a junior-level course on principles of bioprocess engineering which has an enrollment of about 25 students.Dr. Ashu Guru, University of
graduate students responded to the question of theirconfidence in their ability to mentor students at the beginning and towards the end of theexperience. Figure 6 (a) shows the confidence the graduate student had in themselves to mentorothers in research, while Figure 6 (b) demonstrates the students’ evaluation of the program interms of helping them develop their confidence in mentoring.Table 2 which summarizes some of the statements made by the students themselves, showinghow they reacted to the experiences they were provided in the laboratory setting. It is clear fromtheir responses that the students gained a substantive experience that they would not have had theopportunity to have in the classroom. In addition, these students were able to
Paper ID #18366Industry Funded Research Impacts on Engineering Faculty’s Research Ex-periences: A Review and Synthesis of the LiteratureMr. Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Eric Holloway currently serves as the Senior Director of Industry Research in the College of Engineering at Purdue University, where he focuses on industry research in the College of Engineering. From 2007-2013, Eric served as the Managing Director and the Director of Instructional Laboratories in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. As Director, he was in charge of the building and
challenges of this environment is that on a given day, all classroomsare used at about ninety percent capacity. Hence, we do not have the facilities orinfrastructure to move our massive amounts of introductory physics courses into a studioor laboratory based setting for some of the larger scale pedagogy initiatives. Further, withsuch saturation of our overall facilities, professors are typically never in the sameclassroom twice per day, making even tasks such as carrying demonstrations orspontaneous live experiments cumbersome. The setting at Wentworth is not unique andwe believe that our findings will benefit similarly sized institutions that are consideringthe inclusion of MLM content in their introductory physics sequence. Conducting thestudy at
social, environmental, and economic aspects ofsustainability and triple bottom line decision analysis. As we face growing populations andlimited resources, innovative approaches decision analysis will be important for engineers of the21st century and beyond.A key challenge in the course was the integration of life cycle assessment (LCA) software intothe curriculum due to (1) accessibility to the proprietary software and (2) a lack of previousexperience with the software. SimaPro 8 is proprietary software that was available to students inone computer laboratory. Unfortunately, online versions of this software were not readilyavailable and some students expressed frustrations in accessing the laboratory. Future versions ofthe course could include
measuring instruments as an entrepreneur. He has delivered invited short courses in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. He is also the author of a textbook in power electronics, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. His other books are, Analog and digital communication laboratory, and First course in Digital Control, published by Creatspace (Amazon). His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology and wireless power transfer.Prof. Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest Ashfaq Ahmed is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University
industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His educa- tion and research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development.Dr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on
undisturbed soil samples that in many cases are difficult to collect. Soils are inherentlyrandom media and the information on the material properties and in situ conditions will alwaysbe incomplete if based only on small sample lab testing. Unlike other branches of engineeringwhere practitioners have greater control over the materials they use, geotechnical engineeringdepends heavily on field exploration and experience. Unfortunately, geotechnical engineeringeducation has been mainly focused on a limited number of small sample laboratory experimentsbecause it is geographically and cost prohibitive to conduct actual field tests for the students.Currently, there is a prevalent lack of an affordable and reliable way to educate and train studentson the
Computational modeling and interdisciplinary projects for engineering technology students The advances in nanotechnology, tissue engineering, and robotics has precipitated the need forengineering technology students who can understand and contribute to simulation and development ofcomputer models for complex command, communications, biological and control systems.The engineering faculty at our university is developing multidisciplinary projects/classes, which includehands-on application-oriented laboratory exercises, which can actively engage students. These laboratoryprojects will also be helpful to students who will take capstone senior project coursework.This paper will discuss the new, interesting multidisciplinary projects
construction in an efficient manner.The team put significant effort into providing a high quality facility that can be used for teachingand research purposes. While the design project worked well as a capstone project, theconstructed water channel will be used as a valuable facility in both Mechanical Engineering andElectro-Mechanical Engineering Technology programs.1. IntroductionFluid Dynamics is an inseparable part of the Mechanical Engineering world and manyuniversities include lab activities in the area of Fluid Dynamics in their curriculum. However,commonwealth campuses have very limited access to laboratory facilities where real liferesearch experiences can take place. Previous studies such as Kubesh and Allie’s have stated thatthe design and
(Design and testing of CE, CB) The following two projects illustrate how the lab projects were structured. Sample Lab Exercises The purpose of the first project was for the students to use their understanding of basic op amp circuits to design a linear transfer function circuit which converts a DC input voltage over a certain range into a DC output voltage from 0 to 0.5, 1, or 1.7 volts. The linear transfer function circuit consisted of a non-inverting amplifier, a summing amplifier, and a voltage follower providing a DC reference voltage using a Zener diode. The objectives of this laboratory were to design, simulate, construct, and test the op amp circuit designs outside of the classroom and then assemble these sub
earned her PhD in Biokinesiology from the University of Southern California and completed her post doctoral training at the Pathokinesiology Laboratory at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Burnfield holds adjunct faculty appointments at Creighton University, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, University of Nebraska Med- ical Center, and University of South Dakota. Dr. Burnfield’s research and development activities focus on improving independence, fitness, health, and well-being of individuals with physical disabilities and chronic conditions.Dr. Linxia Gu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Associate Professor Dept. of Mechanical & Materials EngineeringDr. Adam Wagler, University of Nebraska
UniversityMr. Nicholas J. Durr, Johns Hopkins University Nicholas J. Durr is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and the Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design. He leads the Computational Biophotonics Laboratory at Hopkins. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from U.T. Austin. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School in 2010 and an independent investigator at MIT from 2011 to 2014 as a Fellow in the M+Vision Consortium. Before joining Johns Hopkins, he was the Founder and CEO of PlenOptika.Dr. Hien Nguyen, Johns Hopkins University
, 6:187-194, 1999. http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?wasp=1b22a8h1wkcrvhd16dtx&referrer=pare 9. Nichol, C.A., Kim, E. Molecular imaging and gene therapy, J. Nucl. Med. 2001 42: 1368-1374 http://jnm.snmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/42/9/1368 10. Bagaria, H., Dean, M., Wong, M., Nichol, C.A., Self-assembly and nanotechnology: real-time, hands-on, and safe experiments for K-12 students, J. Chem. Ed., 2011 88 (5): 609-614. 11. Cloonan, C. A., Andrews, J.A., Nichol, C.A., Hutchinson, J.S., A Simple System for Observing Dynamic Equilibrium via an Inquiry Based Laboratory or Demonstration, J. Chem. Ed., 2011 88 (7), 975-978. 12. Cloonan, C.A., Nichol, C. A., Hutchinson, J.S., Understanding
online professional masters program, courses in genomics and genomic technologies, and creates laboratory experiences. She also performs educational research and aimed at continually improving student learning and outcomes, and conducts research in online education to improve access to bioengineering education for students at various times in their careers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Work in progress: Building Engineering Skills for the Genomics Revolution, a Genomics Technologies and Analysis Course for Biomedical EngineersOver the past decade, development of next-generation sequencing technologies has led todramatic changes in how
others on final examproblems related to their research topic. But after the research project their interest in science hasSpring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUincreased significant amount while control group only had slight increase in science interest.Further detailed study is required to achieve clear conclusion. References: 1. Thornton, R. K. and Sokoloff, D. R. (1998) Assessing Student Learning of Newton's Laws: The Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation and the Evaluation of Active Learning Laboratory and Lecture Curricula, American Journal of Physics 66, 338-352. 2. Brown, R.W. (1995). “Autorating: Getting individual marks from team marks and enhancing teamwork.” 1995 Frontiers in Education
Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engineering. His academic background and professional skills allows him to teach a range of courses across three different departments in the school of engineering. This is a rare and uncommon achievement. Within his short time at Morgan, he has made contributions in teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses. He has been uniquely credited for his inspirational mentoring activities and educat- ing underrepresented minority students. Through his teaching and mentoring at Morgan State University he plays a critical role in educating the next generation of underrepresented minority students, especially African-American
Device Tax Relief Act• Sponsor: Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio)• Exempts a qualified emergency medical device provided by first responders from the excise tax on medical devices. Entrepreneurship & Diversity• Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act• Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)• Authorizes the National Science Foundation to encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world. Similar bill passed the House Jan. 24. Entrepreneurship & Diversity• Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act.• Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.). Backs various NASA initiatives to encourage women and
middle school, high school, and community college students to expose and increase their interest in pursuing Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Dr. Astatke travels to Ethiopia every summer to provide training and guest lectures related to the use of the mobile laboratory technology and pedagogy to enhance the ECE curriculum at five different universities.Prof. Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University Dr. Petru Andrei is Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering at the Florida A&M University and Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of c American Society for Engineering Education
experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for Applied Mechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology.Mr. David English David English received and Associate in Electrical Technology Degree from New England Institute of Technology, presently David is about to complete his Electrical Engineering in Technology Degree from Drexel University. David has been employed in the power generation field for the past 10 years. The facility where David is presently
consisted of a set ofhands-on laboratory experiments on material testing while for spring 2016 a non-hands-onproject was assigned. For spring 2016 the students were required to simulate a material propertyor a basic manufacturing process using any finite element analysis software, or write a shortreview article on a topic closely related to the subject of materials and manufacturing. It was 3intended to add enrichment to the learning experience beyond the confines of the traditionalclassroom and positively impact a students’ academic performance. This would also lead todevelopment of better pedagogical practices by the engineering faculty, help the college to bettermeet the ABET objectives by
Domestic Undergraduate Engineering Students," in 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011.[2] C. Ciocanel and M. Elahinia, "Teaching Engineering Laboratories Based On A Problem Solving Approach," in Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Pacific Southwest Annual Conference, 2008.
Paper ID #20154Comparing the Effectiveness of Semester-long vs. Accelerated-summer CourseOfferingsIlse B. Nava Medina , Texas A&M University Ilse earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at the Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Texas A&M University. During her doctoral study, she has been a graduate teaching assistant for General Chem- istry and Organic Chemistry laboratories. She is also currently teaching the Metallic Materials (MMET 207) laboratory, as part of the Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering
approach is that it lacks a certain “WOW” factor1 that sparks student interest andentices engagement and active learning. Accordingly, a significant body of literature related tohands-on, design-build-test (DBT) projects has grown to address the gaps in student engagementand between classroom theory and practical implementation.2-6 The relative merits and demeritsof DBT-type projects over pre-designed laboratory experiments are discussed elsewhere;2,3nevertheless, in parsing the design ambiguities associated with open-ended DBT projects,students certainly employ some non-technical competencies such as imagination andresourcefulness. These skills are desirable in engineering graduates, but are typically notexercised in pre-designed laboratory
Paper ID #18226Correlation of Admission Data to Undergraduate Student Success in Electri-cal EngineeringDr. Harry O. Aintablian, University of Washington, Bothell Harry Aintablian is a Lecturer of Electrical Engineering. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering from Ohio University. He has eighteen years of experience in aerospace power electronics/power systems at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at Boeing Space Systems. He has five years of full-time teaching experience in electrical engineering. His research interests include the application of power electronics to space systems and to alternative energy
majors. The course is not tailored toengineering in so much as the content covered is not presented or framed within the context ofengineering. Different than pre-medical or biology majors, the engineering students are notrequired to take the laboratory portion of the course.InstrumentsThe engineering students were given a series of instruments at the end of their biology course.Four different instruments were utilized to assess the relationship between future timeperspective, course belongingness, and interest.Future time perspective was measured using two different instruments that represent the twocomponents of future time perspective: perceptions of instrumentality and career connectedness: Perceptions of Instrumentality (PI): The
including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET Masters program. Also
under-represented minority groups.Dr. Mark Tufenkjian, California State University, Los Angeles Dr. Tufenkjian is Chair of the Civil Engineering Department at Cal. State LA. His research interests include advanced geotechnical laboratory testing and in-situ testing of soft clay soils. His research has been funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Department of Defense. He is currently the PI on a STEM grant from ONR to provide engineering students pathways to careers at Navy Labs in the southern California region.Dr. Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles Emily L. Allen, Ph.D., is Dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at California State University, Los
, September, 2012. 6. I. Minakov, R. Passerone, A. Rizzardi, and S. Sicari, "A Comparative Study of Recent Wireless Sensor Network Simulators," ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 1-20, July 2016. 7. N. Jovanovi, A. Zaki, and M. Veinovi, “VirtualMeshLab: Virtual laboratory for teaching Wireless Mesh Network,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 567-576, May 2016. 8. Packet Tracer. Retrieved July 21, 2017, from https://www.netacad.com/about-networking-academy/packet-tracer/ 9. Riverbed Modeler. Retrieved July 21, 2017, from https://www.riverbed.com/products/steelcentral/steelcentral-riverbed-modeler.html