the STEM Collaboratory. Taylor has built a large network of professional educators, education researchers and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals who actively collaborate to improve science education for K-University in San Diego County.Adrienne Marriott, San Diego Science Alliance Program Manager, STEM Professionals With Class Page 22.1323.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 STEM Professionals With ClassProject IntroductionBy all accounts there is a great need to improve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering
learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology, particularly sus- tainability, designing open-ended problem/project-based learning environments, social computing/gaming applications for education, and problem solving in ill-structured/complex domains.Dr David F Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. David Radcliffe is the Kamyar Haghighi head and Epistemology Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue. His research focuses on the nature of engineering; engineering habits of mind, how engineering knowledge is created and shared and how it is learned especially outside the classroom. Over the past 20 years he has conducted field research on the practice of
AC 2011-1372: IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE SUPPORT MODELFOR INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNINGDeborah L. Helman, University of Wisconsin, Madison Deborah Helman is the Director of Wendt Commons, which provides teaching, learning, information and media services in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to assum- ing responsibility for this new organization, she led the staff of the CoE’s Wendt Library in providing engineering library services.Ryan J. Kershner, University of Wisconsin, MadisonDiana Wheeler, MA-LIS, University of Wisconsin, MadisonAmy L Kindschi, University of Wisconsin, Madison Amy Kindschi, MLS, Head of Faculty and Student Services at UW
service-minded engineers, and assist communities-in-need through engineering; and• Improve the image of engineers in the eyes of the general public, through promotion of service projects.1. IntroductionOver the last few years, concerns have escalated among many national organizations thattechnical expertise is no longer solely sufficient for the development of future engineers 1, 3, 4, 46.Additionally, in the United States engineering programs continue to struggle to attract students, Page 22.979.2especially women and minorities, despite decades of strategies to change these patterns. Theneed for a “paradigm shift” is recognized; one that
AC 2011-1292: ASSESSING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ READINESS TOCOLLABORATE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: AN OPEN ACCESS INSTRU-MENT FOR EXPERIMENTATIONLinda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University Linda Vanasupa is a professor of materials engineering and co-director of the Center for Sustainability in Engineering at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.Dr. Qiong Zhang, University of South FloridaJames R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida Dr. James R. Mihelcic is a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and State of Florida 21st Century World Class Scholar at the University of South Florida. He also directs the Peace Corps Master’s International Program in Civil & Environmental
AC 2011-2129: DESIGN IN CONTEXT: WHERE DO THE ENGINEERSOF 2020 LEARN THIS SKILL?Betsy Palmer, Montana State University Betsy Palmer is an Associate Professor of Adult & Higher Education and Educational Research & Statis- tics at Montana State University. She conducts research on college student outcomes and university teach- ing, particularly focused on student epistemology, non-traditional pedagogies, and multicultural educa- tion. She also collaborates with engineering colleagues to research educational practices in engineering education. She is currently a Co-PI on the NSF funded Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A 360-degree Study of Effective Education grant.Dr. Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State
undergraduatetechnology and engineering curricula. The approach can be introduced in one classsession, with additional mentoring offered as needed. If time and resources allow,students can be coached through the proposed strategies over the course of a semester.Educators should keep in mind that it takes a long time for Google to “forget”information posted online, and that it takes time to see the results of the social mediaapproach proposed here. The senior year of college is a time when students are motivatedto change their online behavior, but ideally, social media literacy for online identitymanagement should be taught early, before damage is done, and while enough time isavailable to invest in building both a positive online identity and a professional
AC 2011-1667: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR EN-GINEERING STUDENTS IN CHINA IN THE AREA OF FUEL CELLSXia Wang, Oakland University XIA WANG (wang@oakland.edu) is an assistant professor in the department of MechanicalEngineering at Oakland University. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluidmechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on fuel cell technology. She is program director of the NSF IRES program at Oakland University.Laila Guessous, Oakland University Laila Guessous, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering at Oakland University (OU) in Rochester, MI. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer
AC 2011-575: INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS WITH PURPOSE: COMPEN-SATE, SUPPORT, AND CHALLENGE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STU-DENTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY THERMODYNAMICS COURSEDan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Dan Cernusca is Instructional Design Specialist in the Department of Global Learning at the Mis- souri University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Information Science and Learning Technologies in 2007 from University of Missouri, Columbia. He also holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Sibiu, Romania with a specialization in manufacturing technologies and respec- tively cutting-tools design. His research interests include Design-Based Research in technology-enabled
engineering curricula faces barriers that must be overcome. Thefactors impeding assimilation of virtual labs in engineering education are both perceptual as wellas substantive in nature. Physical labs are used as one of the primary means of providing hands-on experience to engineering students. In the mind-set of many present day engineeringeducators, hands-on experience is better gained in the physical domain as compared to hands-onexperience obtained in the virtual domain through virtual laboratories. This is due to the widelyheld view that physical labs provide a window to real world while virtual labs are just animitation of the real stuff – merely a computer-based simulation and visualization of the realworld. To some extent this view is
. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, June 2008; 2008-2883.7. Tranquillo, J., & Cavanagh, D. (2009). Preparing Students for Senior Design with a Rapid Design Challenge. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, June 2009; 2009-1917.8. TeachEngineering Resources for K-12. http://teachengineering.org. Accessed January 2011.9. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Page 22.1596.10
AC 2011-2354: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING INNOVATION TOENGINEERS AN EXPLORATION OF MENTAL MODELS OF INNOVA-TION EXPERTSEden Fisher, Mustafa Biviji, Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University Eden Fisher is the Director of the Masters Program in Engineering and Technology Innovation Manage- ment (ETIM) and Professor of the Practice at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Fisher holds a BS in Chemistry from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon. She worked in technology innovation for over 20 years at ALCOA. Indira Nair is Vice Provost and Professor Emeritus in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon. She has a Ph.D. in Physics from Northwestern University and has
AC 2011-1639: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF ESTABLISHING ANENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS CHAPTER AT WWUForrest Alden Copeland, Western Washington University While completing his undergraduate degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Forrest Copeland helped establish the Engineers Without Borders student chapter at Western Washington University in 2006. Copeland completed his degree in 2009 and graduated as the Engineering department’s outstanding senior. He also received the Presidential Scholar Award due, in part, to his work with the Engineers Without Borders student club. Shortly after graduation, Copeland traveled with four other students and one professional to conduct an assessment trip in Guatemala for the
AC 2011-165: ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO ASSESSING MILITARYTRAINING FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT INTO ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSKevin James Wainwright, BC Institute of Technology Kevin Wainwright a faculty member in the School of Business at the British Columbia Institute of Tech- nology in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. BCIT has over 50,000 full and part time students and is the second largest post-secondary institute in the province of British Columbia Kevin has his Ph.D. in economics from Simon Fraser University where his fields of specialization were mathematical economics, industrial organization, law and economics, and environmental economics. He is co-author of the book, Fundamen- tal Methods in Mathematical
AC 2011-1776: WEIGHTED SOCIAL TAGGING AS A RESEARCH METHOD-OLOGY FOR DETERMINING SYSTEMIC TRENDS IN ENGINEERINGEDUCATION RESEARCHXin (Cindy) Chen, Purdue University Xin (Cindy) Chen is currently a Ph.D student in School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on the influences of modern technologies on science and engineering education, including science and engineering virtual organizations, mobile devices and social media.Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University Nikitha Sambamurthy is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.Corey M Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette Corey Schimpf is a PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is
reality.”There seems to be general consensus that that the skill sets and goals put forth by this educationcomponent are tremendously important:“Very important! I think this is something that is lacking in our courses in Engineering in Portugal. [..]They are not used to this.”“Yes, this is definitely important. It has not existed in Portugal before, [and] it has been a major concernof the MIT-Portugal Program. We were aware that this was a lack of teaching. It was already on our„back mind,‟ so to speak, but it was never implemented.” “I think would be very important [..] for all the engineering schools to have some entrepreneurship atthe PhD level. I think this is crucial.”Students are expected to perform their thesis research in collaboration
AC 2011-926: IDEALS: A MODEL FOR INTEGRATING ENGINEERINGDESIGN PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ASSESSMENT AND LEARNINGDenny C. Davis, Washington State University Denny Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led multi-institution collaborations developing and testing assess- ments and curricular materials for engineering design and professional skills. He has been a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education since 2002.Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University Dr. Michael S. Trevisan is Professor of Educational Psychology and Associate Dean for Research and External Funding in the College of Education at Washington
gave rise to thosecategories.LimitationsIn the subsequent discussions of the results of this study, it is important to keep in mind thatlimitations do exist within the research design. The sample of students is from a singleuniversity, which has a specific first-year engineering curriculum that may or may not bedifferent than other universities. By not expanding the sample beyond one institution, it ispossible responses from second year students at a smaller or large institution will not beconsistent with the perceptions of this sample. Still, the intent of this research was to focus ondeveloping a deeper understanding about the specific sample at one institution. Beyond samplesize and selection, researcher bias must be taken into account, due
connection with course concepts. “I like the opportunity to do hands-on things. It helps ideas we’re talking about in class come to life and makes me more excitedabout what we are learning.” Preparing demonstrations and presentations for high schoolstudents also increased commitment to engineering. “Talking about engineering with highschool students has made me more excited about engineering.” Finally many of the Page 22.1581.13undergraduate students stated that the program had a strong impact on their career plans. Asignificant number of students who had not planned on attending graduate school changed their minds and are now working on advanced
AC 2011-1490: TEAMS BATTLING TEAMS: INTRODUCING SOFTWAREENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE FIRST YEAR WITH ROBOCODEJohn C. Georgas, Northern Arizona University John Georgas is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci- ence at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. He holds the Ph.D and M.S. degrees from the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. He also holds a B.S. degree in Com- puter Science from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His research interests include self- adaptive software systems, software architecture, domain-specific architectures, social aspects of software engineering, software engineering education
RFID reader RFID location Medical Medicine database Fig.7 Tele-healthcare lab setup4.3 Dimension 3: Encourage innovative engineering design A NSF-sponsored research project (called “The Galileo Project”) by Dr. Kazerounian [6] hasshown some valuable findings on higher education: our students (especially in engineering majors) stillhave lots of room for creative improvement. Unfortunately, most of our engineering education approachesdo not encourage students to keep an open mind when viewing a problem. Perhaps engineering studentsthink
AC 2011-957: NOVEL AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT PROJECT:DEVELOPING ULTRA-LIGHT-WEIGHT AERIAL VEHICLE DESIGN ANDPROOF OF CONCEPTHoracio Andrs Trucco Mr. Trucco was a Vice President and Principal Scientist at GASL, Inc., where he has been a full-time staff member since 1968 until 1994. He headed both the design and fabrication departments. His activities have involved projects related to analytical and experimental research in advanced propulsion systems and components, low and high speed combustion, air pollution and energy conservation. Mr. Trucco was responsible for design and fabrication of wind tunnel components such as air heaters, water-cooled nozzles, vacuum-producing air ejectors and scramjet engine
wide variety of engineering programs developed for K-12 education, most exhibit acommon set of characteristics but differ in the scope and approach to packaging the content. Ourproposed ICE-HS curriculum complements existing programs by providing a flexible frameworkfor selecting, adapting and integrating such materials, and it also follows the principles outlinedby the National Academy of Engineering8.The three general principles of the National Academy of Engineering8 include emphasis ondesign; appropriate math, science and technology content; and engineering habits of mind. Thedesign process is the main trait of engineering by identifying and solving problems. Mathematicsand science concepts serve as the foundation to understand engineering
AC 2011-750: ”IT’S GONNA BE A LONG TRIP.”- A STUDENT’S EXPE-RIENCE WITH ENGINEERING ABROAD.Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tiago Forin is currently a third year student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received his Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Florida State University in ’06 and his Masters degree in Environmental Engineering from Purdue University in ’08. While in the School of Engineering Education, he works as a Graduate Research Assistant in the X-Roads Research Group and has an interest in cross-disciplinary practice and engineering identity development
are not only educated on topics in mechanical engineering, but also in otherindustrial design classes such as kinematics and human factors. Courses in this degree programinclude diverse study in design methods, product design and need-finding. At the University ofGlasgow, product design engineering is a collaborative effort designed to bring together schoolof mechanical engineering and school of design students. The program focuses on teachingengineering design knowledge through the use of directed and open-ended design projects38.The University of Glasgow has also collaborated with additional like-minded institutions fromthe UK, Holland, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway and Finland to further the understandingof engineering design knowledge
AC 2011-628: CLASSROOM TEACHER - ENRICHMENT TEACHER PAIRS:CO-TEACHING AS A MEANS TO IMPLEMENT ELEMENTARY ENGI-NEERING EDUCATIONPamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She began her career as process engineer, taught high school physics and pre-engineering, and has been involved in both Project Lead the Way and Project FIRST robotics. She was a Hub Site Partner for Engineering is Elementary (EiE) through their National Dissemination through Regional Partners program. As a pre-service teacher educator, she has added engineering to her elementary and early
, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, CivilEngineering, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math. CSULA faculty train fellows through apreparation course and workshops in order to improve communication, collaboration, andteaching skills. Furthermore, a strong partnership between CSULA, LAUSD, local industry, andminority serving organizations such as Great Minds in STEM and MESA has been established inorder to achieve program goals. Broader impacts include increasing the number ofunderrepresented minority students who pursue college degrees and careers in STEM and tostrengthen the research and teaching skills of the graduate fellows. At the time these demonstrations and activities were performed, the program consisted ofeight fellows
a product, but also the global and societal contextthat influenced its development. It also provides a context for studying the environmental impactof a product by considering, for example, the energy and material usage throughout the life cycleof the product. When implemented in an engineering classroom, product archaeology allowsstudents to place themselves in the minds of designers during the time a specific product wasdeveloped to try to re-create the global and local conditions that led to its development.2 Paradigm DevelopmentIn order to further develop the archaeological analogy, we consider the four primary phases andtheir relevance in product design. The site preparation phase of archaeology corresponds tobackground research that
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