wide range of important subjects ofgeneral interest to students and are very amenable for learning in group environments. Studentsin small groups will be required to select one topic from an approved list (see Table 2 for apartial list) to prepare and present to their fellow classmates in a weekly workshop. Thepresentation is in an electronic PowerPoint format with additional write-up material prepared bythe group. All the material, presentation, and the write-up are made available to the students onthe course web site. Table 2. LTT topics in Introduction to ME Class Main Theme Topics Examples ME as a Profession Historical Facts about Engineering History of Technology
notes that the cost of maintenance and insurance arehigh and not easily recoverable from student fees. As an alternative approach, some institutionsutilize flight simulation as an education tool to enhance the aerospace engineering curriculum [5,6, 7], for training flight instructors [8], and enhance the learning experience [9]. In addition toflight simulation as a means to understand the dynamics of flight and human factors associatedwith it, some institutions also offer courses on aircraft flight test using these flight simulator tools.The Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano (DSTA-PoliMi)has developed a unique graduate course on flight testing that focuses on hands-on experience [10].Students are required
portfolio that contained their comments about the pedagogytools used in the course. The portfolio, along with other tools, was used to assess the effects ofthis new teaching and learning environment. The design of multimedia tools in this course wasbased on the objectives of the department, the requirements by employers, and the new criteriaset up by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET 2000).The instructor’s perception is that the video lectures enriched the learning process and enhancedefficiency of the class sessions, though they cannot completely replace every class sessions. Thecourse web site is an excellent archive for course material and a tool for constant interaction withstudents. The portfolio improved some of the
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resources category. This indicates the need for more programsthat encourage exposure and education for minoritized students within computing andcomputer science at this critical pre-higher education junction in order to improve recruitmentand retention at the university level and beyond.Scholarships Scholarships offer opportunities for students to pursue higher education and attendconferences in their field. They provide support in one of the most crucial ways to overcomebarriers to computing: financial support. We found numerous scholarships for minoritizedstudents in engineering, computing and computer science, and technology. Funding for thesescholarships are supported by companies including Apple (HBCU Scholars Program), Google(Generation
Paper ID #37205Work-in-Progress: Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation touncover themes in student comments from peer evaluationsof teamworkGaurav Nanda (Assistant Professor) Dr. Gaurav Nanda is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University with focus in Industrial Engineering Technology. His research interests include text mining, collaborative information systems, and intelligent decision support systems combining AI and human expertise. Dr. Nanda has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University for two years and in the software industry for five years. He obtained
The Practices of Play and Informal Learning in the miniGEMS STEAM Camp Chaoyi Wang, Dr. Michael Frye, Dr. Sreerenjini Nair Autonomous Vehicle Systems Laboratory, University of the Incarnate Word 4301 Broadway Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78209, the United States E-mail: chwang2@student.uiwtx.edu Abstract on providing learning and research opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics underrepresented communities.(STEM) play an important role in the educational reform miniGEMS has developed very fast in the past threeand global economy. However, STEM
/2/02/index.asp, Page 9.1004.8 Accessed July 31, 2003. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringTulio SulbaranTulio Sulbaran is an Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering Technology at the University of SouthernMississippi. He is the director of the Innovation for Construction and Engineering Enhancement (ICEE) center. Hereceived his BS in Civil Engineering from the University Rafael Urdaneta in Venezuela and his Ph.D in CivilEngineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. His research
trainings on engineering, communication, and socialawareness.The project was a great example of developing suitable technology to the targeted population.From the project, the students learned that the best technology is not necessary the mostadvanced technology, but the most suitable one. They did not need to use state-of-the-artcomponents and materials. On the contrary, they are limited to the most primitive means.Nevertheless, they still need to apply their engineering skills to solve demanding problems. Forexample, they had to build a bomb calorimeter to test the calorific value of the briquette. Theyalso need to develop a systematic way to find out the minimum pressure of making a usablebriquette. They also learned the importance of having
. Page 11.1029.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Professional Development for Community College Teachers: Year Two Data from an Online Graduate Certificate Program in Community College TeachingIntroduction and Project OverviewThe departments of Adult and Higher Educations (AHE) and Mathematics, Science andTechnology Education (MSTE) within the College of Education at North Carolina StateUniversity developed an NSF supported graduate certificate program in Community CollegeTeaching (project #0302839). The cohort-based program has focused on developing theknowledge and skills necessary to design and deliver course-related content through technology-enhanced learning environments for
Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. He has done and published research in the areas of additive manufacturing (3D printing) for electronics and the design of smart electronic systems. His current research interests include the design of technology- mediated learning environments in teaching electrical and electronics engineering concepts, and curricular innovations for additive and advanced manufacturing programs.Dr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Nicole is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining VT, Dr. Pitterson was a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She holds a PhD in
Leaves with Industry: Three ExperiencesIntroductionOne approach to developing and strengthening relationships between universities and industry isto have tenured faculty members engage in one-to-two semester sabbatical leaves at an industrysite. Personal relationships between the faculty member and managers/engineers at the host siteare developed; graduate students can become involved in a way that leads to a masters ordoctoral degree research topic; follow-on contracts and publishable results often benefit thefaculty visitor; new methods/technology introduced by the faculty visitor, and introductions toother faculty members with specific expertise, can benefit the industrial host.In contrast, most sabbatical leaves involve leaves of absence for
, University of Michigan John Younger, MD, is a Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In addition to being a practicing physician, he leads a research laboratory focused on issues re- lated to bacterial fouling of materials. In the context of human health, the work concentrates on infections of implanted medical devices. In other contexts, his work focuses on ways to prevent, or even facili- tate, bacterial interactions with engineered surfaces. Examples of the former include preventing fouling of industrial surfaces. An example of the latter is the development of new technologies to enhance the detection of low-level bacterial contamination in clinical samples and food.Prof
role of adaptive technologies in increasing participation in science and engineering.Dr. Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University Dr. Adam R. Carberry is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University in the College of Tech- nology & Innovation’s Department of Engineering. He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. Dr. Carberry was previously an employee of the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education & Outreach and manager of the Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP).Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Dr. Milo Koretsky is a Professor
programming environment.The samples of the qualitative responses documented in this paper represent the common themeof the feedback from one or more students. Some of the students recognized that the projectactivities formed not just part of the reinforcement of the classroom learning of STEM principlesbut also had some impact beyond the classroom on engineering design issues and constraints.Clearly, one of the aspects that should be emphasized at similar outreach events conducted byother institutions is maintenance of the close relation of engineering and technology to providesolutions to real-world problems. Projects which reveal such relationships should be identified andused in the STEM outreach events with the students and school educators.In
acommon first-year experience with multi-disciplinary projects2,3 to more discipline specificcourses for students with direct matriculation into a specific major4. These courses aim toprovide an early introduction to the engineering discipline5 thus positively impacting a student’sengineering identity6, which has been shown to increase student persistence within theengineering field1.This paper presents a successful multidisciplinary project, Smartbeam, that exposes first-yearstudents to the world of smart infrastructure in the first semester of their first-year program. Thegoal of this mini project is for students to design and construct a structural flexural member (i.e.,beam) instrumented with smart technology to span a given distance while
Campus Coordinator for the NOAA Center for Earth Systems Science and Remote Sensing Technology. He was the Founding Director of the UPRM Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and Engineering, and Associate Director of the NSF CenSSIS ERC. His research interests are in integrating physical models with data driven approaches for information extraction using remote or minimally intrusive sensing. He has over 160 publications. He is Fellow of SPIE and the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico. Received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers award from the US President in 1997. He chairs the SPIE Conference on Algorithms, Technologies and Applications for Multispectral, and
teacher fromthat of a traditional lecturer to a role that is more prominently that of a mentor, trainer or aconsultant, who actively participates with students in their learning activities. The model is reportedto be promising for providing engaged learning experience for engineering students [12, 13].Numerous studies indicate that these technology-integrated instructional methods, including those 1that formally feature classroom flipping, provide opportunity for active and interactive learning.These methods are promising, particularly in engineering education. Many have significantlyimproved academic success in terms of problem solving skills, quick learning, and deeper-structureunderstanding and
Course through Curriculum Coordination,” NSF award 0126776.2. Mason, G. and Rutar, T. “Creating a Learning Community in a Freshman Design Course with a Senior High- School Class and a Freshman Graphics Class.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2002.3. Rutar, T. and Mason, G., “Assessing Student Design Team Performance in a Learning Community of University Freshman and High School Students.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2004.4. Rutar, T. and Mason, G., “A Learning Community of University Freshman Design, Freshman Graphics, and High School Technology Students - Description
Technology (IDPT-Vol. 3), Society for Design and Process Science, pp 97-104.4. Todd, R., Magleby, S., Sorensen, C., Swan, B., and Anthony, D. 1995. A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America. Engineering Education: 165-174.5. McKenzie, L., Trevisan, M., Davis, D., and Beyerlein, S. 2004. Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: A National Study. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, June 2004.6. Ulmann, D. 1992. The Mechanical Design Process. McGraw-Hill, New York.7. Pahl, G. and Beitz, W. 1996. Engineering Design, 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag, New York.8. Dym, C. and Little, P. 2000. Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction. John Wiley
Associate Professor and the Fornelli Engineering professorship holder at the Civil Engineering department, Kansas State University. Parameswaran’s research interests pertain to all aspects of biological wastewater treatment and sustainable resource recovery from wastes using novel environmental biotechnology platforms. He is an international expert in the implementation and long term operation of Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors (AnMBRs) and currently operates a pilot scale system at K-State’s north agronomy farm to treat swine lagoon wastewater, with efforts currently supported by the DoE’s IEDO office. His research interests also include: anaerobic digestion, pretreatment technologies for bioprocessing of wastes and
Paper ID #18283Empowering Students with Self-Regulation in a Project-Based EmbeddedSystems CourseDr. Jiawen Wang, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Jiawen Wang holds a doctoral degree in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology from Michigan State University. All his interests lie in research of how to make learning happen. His interest in recent years is more related to engineering education.Prof. Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Chaomin Luo received his Ph.D. in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo, Canada in 2008, where he was awarded Postgraduate Scholarship
Paper ID #26988Board 40: Developing a Culturally Adaptive Pathway to SuccessProf. Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles Eun-Young Elaine Kang, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Computer Science of the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at Cal State LA. Her research interests are in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Augmented/Mixed Realty, and Game Programming. She has served as prin- cipal undergraduate advisor for the Computer Science department for several years. Also, she has served as PI/Co-PI on multiple educational projects sponsored by NSF programs including NSF S
Paper ID #17428Comparison of AUN-QA and ABET AccreditationDr. Scott Danielson, Arizona State University Dr. Scott Danielson is a faculty member in the engineering programs within the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). Before returning to the faculty, Dr. Danielson was an Associate Dean for almost four years in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the College of Technology and Innovation. Before assuming the Associate Dean’s role, he had been a department chair at ASU for over 13 years. He also serves as the project director for the USAID-funded
Session 1313 An Introduction To Process Simulation For The Capstone Design Course David C. Miller, Tony N. Rogers and Bruce A. Barna Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological UniversityIntroduction The use of process simulators during the capstone process design course has become anexpected part of most chemical engineering curricula. Unfortunately, the mechanisms to teachstudents how to use these tools have often been ad hoc or completely lacking. Ideally, studentswould gain familiarity with process
Paper ID #28384Increasing the Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation of UndergraduateWomen Majoring in ComputingDr. Leisa D. Thompson, University of Virginia Dr. Leisa Thompson is a Research Scientist in Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia. She also works for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) as the Director of Research and Consulting for the NCWIT Extension Services for Undergraduate Programs. Dr. Thompson conducts research on systemic reform that focus on recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in undergraduate computing and engineering programs. Dr
cuttinginserts.IntroductionThe senior design project is a capstone course taken in the final year of the ManufacturingTechnology program at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). The purposes of a two semesterresearch course, as highly suggested by both ABET and NAIT accrediting bodies is to provide anopportunity for students to work on a team to perform research and develop a project with anindustrial sponsor.Engineering technology and industrial technology programs must offer a relevant and validatedcurriculum that prepares students for post-graduation success. Courses that cover traditional Page 12.700.2subject matter in mathematics, sciences, materials, engineering
Paper ID #36402WIP: Investigating the relationship between FYE students’ reflectionsand academic performance across genderMr. Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Ahmed Ashraf Butt is a doctoral candidate in the school of engineering education at Purdue University with a multidisciplinary research focus that combines theory and practice in the area of learning science, Human-computer interaction (HCI), and engineering education. His primary research focuses on design- ing and developing educational technologies that can facilitate different aspects (e.g., engagement) of the students’ learning and
students had previously read. Because the panel was unscripted, students werefree to ask any questions they wished. The discussion was quite fruitful, andconversations which began during the panel interview continued informally during lunch.The activities on Saturday afternoon were designed to deepen students’ understanding ofthe many stages of the design process. Faculty from the Schools of Engineering andBusiness, and experts from the field, offered a series of mini-lectures on topics whichincluded Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, successful product marketing, acase study on lighting design for the elderly, and a hands-on activity on new materialsand technology. After these structured activities, students broke into their design teamsand
. Page 9.960.4“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering”The theories and concepts in support of our work are further explored in the followingReferences.ReferencesClouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2001-2002). Entrepreneurs in action: A web case model. Journal ofEducational Technology Systems, 30 (3), 311-321.Clouse, R. W. & Goodin, T. L. (2000). Entrepreneurs in Action [On-line]. Available: http://entrepreneurship.vanderbilt.eduClouse, R.W. (2003). Entrepreneurs in Action! Entrepreneurship Education: A Five-Year Report and Planning Paper. Nashville, TN: Forum for Entrepreneurship Education, VanderbiltUniversity