international institutions, and to serve as role models in their communities.3. To conduct plans and outreach programs that will respond to the needs of the African- American Community, the Nation and the developing World.4. To pursue and conduct research programs that contribute to the state-of-the-art in Systems Engineering and Computer Science, and serve as a vehicle for education and the development of our department.The objectives and corresponding Measures of Performance of the SCS Department follow:(1) To improve the productivity of all academic programs. • Number of graduates/year • Retention rate • Average stay in the program(2) To support the School and University by continuing to offer
fundamental subject matter as opposed to merely existing as a tool [11].Principle Aim and Direction for the Engineering Education FrameworksAs stated in the principle aim of EEF, it is our goal “to produce a technically literate society proficient with state-of-the-art engineering tools. To accomplish this end, it is necessary for students in grades 9-12 to develop sophisticated and systematic methods for the exploration, understanding, and improvement of technology. This is accomplished by providing a rich experience in multidisciplinary research, decision making and problem solving which unifies mathematical, scientific, socioeconomic and ethical principles to practical applications.”Since
sensing and precision agriculture, robotics, systems and control and design of mechanical and mechatronic systems. Dr. Nagchaudhuri received his bachelors degree from Jadavpur University in Calcutta, India with a honors in Mechanical Engineering in 1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for 4 years before joining Tulane University as a graduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Madhumi Mitra is currently an Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. She is also the
about the first course in the sequence:CvEEN 1000 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering, CvEEN 3100 TechnicalCommunications for Civil Engineers, and CvEEN 4910 Professional Practice & Design. CvEEN4910 is the capstone course for the program. All three classes are required for graduates of thedepartment’s baccalaureate programs. Each is a one semester experience. Table 1 Professional Skills Outcomes and Courses in the Utah CvEEN Program U. of Semester Course Title BOK Professional Related Outcomes* Utah CreditCvEEN Hours
generally agree that anintegrated interdisciplinary curriculum results in greater enhanced problem-solving skills andhigher achievement; and that motivation to learn increases when students focus on problems thatare interesting to solve3. Other researchers such as Jeffries4 and Kitto5 have also emphasized howsimultaneous engineering has become an agent for sweeping reforms in manufacturingeducation. Internationally, the integrated product and process development paradigm ofsimultaneous engineering has positively impacted manufacturing education in countries such asAustralia, Brazil, China, and Japan in recent years6-9. Evidently, simultaneous engineeringcontinues to be the norm in modern manufacturing education and hence a meaningfulmanufacturing
[5]. Faculty at the University of Michigan have gone a step further todesign and implement seven “biomedical engineering in practice” modules in theirundergraduate curriculum [6]. These modules are designed to be student-centered, with most ofthe experiential learning activities occurring in the classroom. The modules led to significantlearning gains, particularly in female students. These studies show the value of incorporatingexperiential learning in the classroom with the goal of not only reinforcing course content butalso building professional engineering skills.There is a significant need for workforce development for the biopharmaceutical industry withcourses going beyond the science and emphasizing R&D skills used in process
technical papers and presented several papers at national and international conferences. Page 12.1266.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Senior Design and the US Space ProgramAbstractABET defines engineering as “the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical andnatural sciences gained by study, experience and practice is applied with judgment to developways to use economically the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.”Engineers are problem solvers. They graduate from school with a formal education and a set of“tools”. In addition to the tools of societal knowledge
Printing, Casting, and Entrepreneurship1. AbstractCasting is one of the oldest manufacturing processes. 3D Printing is known as one of the newesttechnologies used in the manufacturing field, and it is almost thirty years old. Although bothtechnologies are commonly used in various fields of industry and daily life, this research studyreports a unique implementation of both technologies in a new entrepreneurial environment. Theentire study had been performed in Summer 2016 as part of the Research Experiences forTeachers (RET) Supplement of a National Science foundation (NSF) funded project. In tenweeks of extensive design, 3D Printing, and casting studies, several best practices between theP16 educators and students have been established. As a
and scholarly approach. The structured framework has guided the comprehensiveexamination of relevant literature in a manner reflective of best practices in scholarly writing. Thereview used research databases, search strings, and inclusion criteria for an unbiased search toprovide a narrative description that elaborates meaning full story about the existing research in thisfield.Search ProcedureMultiple search databases were queried to select papers to write a literature survey. EBSCO host,Wiley Library, and IEEE Xplore databases were selected because they provide the advanced searchoption to apply practically identical search strings to select papers to ensure that the chosen papersalign with the objectives and focus of your research. EBSCO
. Perez, and P.R. Hottinger, Complete evidence-based practice paper: The impact of information literacy instruction on the synthesis level of first-year engineering students. Presented at the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/34316[2] J. M. Williamson, N. Rice, C. Tenopir, J. Kaufman, C. J. Faber, and R. M. Ellestad. (2019). Best practices for engineering information literacy instruction: Perspectives of academic librarians. Presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/best-practices-for-engineering-information-literacy- instruction-perspectives-of-academic-librarians[3] R.A.M. Hensel, O. Brown
2006-1373: A NOVEL INTRODUCTORY COURSE FOR TEACHING THEFUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGLisa Huettel, Duke University LISA G. HUETTEL, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Laboratories in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She is interested in engineering education and the application of statistical signal processing to remote sensing. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University.April Brown, Duke University APRIL S. BROWN, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Her research is focused
by trend line equation)For example, the change in sensor reading from 5 cmto 10 cm was much greater than the change in sensorreading from 30 cm to 35 cm. To account for the Figure 8.0 Sensor Output vs. Distance [cm]non-linear characteristics of the IR sensors thestudents needed to develop an approximate managerial and invaluable teamwork experiences.exponential curve that was best fit. To do so, The process of starting a research project and seeingstudents placed the host RC at different distances it through has many moving parts which the teamranging from 10 cm to 40 cm while measuring the was unfamiliar with but can now say they
1020,1022,1023) in year 1. Students taking Calculus Iin year 1 graduated at a rate 12.4% higher than those who did not. African American studentshad the lowest graduation rate of all ethnic groups. Thus, math preparedness has a criticalcorrelation of success in graduating with an engineering degree, particularly for diverse andunderserved populations.Newman [4] discussed moving from remediation classes, especially in mathematics, to a co-requisite model of education and highlighted that the assumption that all high school students areprepared for college-level work is incorrect. This especially impacted students interested inSTEM fields. Students being ill prepared students is a national problem [5] which is furtherevidenced by reduced numbers of
for graduates mentioned above, it becameclear that a comprehensive overhaul of the curriculum was needed. Over a period ofapproximately two years, the new electronic systems engineering technology curriculum wascreated through a process that involved faculty retreats and multiple cycles of industry feedback.6Throughout the process, an emphasis was placed on ensuring graduates would have the tools andexperiences necessary to be successful in the electronics product and system developmentindustries. This includes design and project management as well as support elements such asapplications development, maintenance and test. Today, the new curriculum has four main areasof focus: Embedded systems: Modern electronic products and systems are
Engineering Education and earned her Ph.D. from Arizona State University, in Engineering Education. After gaining her Ph.D., she worked as a postdoctoral associate at Florida International University in the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education and a visiting assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education. Her research interests center on the concept of sense of belonging, graduate education, mixed-methods and synthesis research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 [Work-in-Progress] Sense of Belonging in STEM Higher Education: Developing a Scoping Review Protocol and StrategyIntroductionIn STEM higher
, andSociety Department (EDS) at the Colorado School of Mines. We discuss interventions that takeplace across the curriculum, including our first-year introduction to engineering design course,integrating design throughout an engineering curriculum via a design spine, and how we considerproblem framing as a core component of our ABET accreditation performance indicators. Ratherthan attempting to provide a series of “problem-framing best practices,” we seek instead topromote a deeper conversation on how engineering educators perceive and frame engineeringproblem solving, the assessment of student learning of sociotechnical integration, andengineering judgment post-graduation.BackgroundEDS offers a range of academic programs emphasizing design and
situationsthat exist which could be capitalized on by developing a new product or service.Creating a Business from OpportunitiesOnce the survey had been completed and the potential opportunities that exist had beenrecognized by each student, the class came together as a group. The areas of potentialopportunity that each student identified were shared with the class. Each of the ideas werecompared to one another to identify the top ideas with the best potential. One of the nextsteps performed by students is to design the company. Students started from developing thename of the company for the service or product that it provided. This is beneficial because itshowed the students that there are many possibilities for entrepreneurship and it also showedthem
isalso determinant to accessibility. A sex and gender analysis are necessary to highlight thesedifferentiated experiences and needs, which will in terms allow civil and building engineersdesign more inclusive spaces.Fourthly, the conception of electric devices that enable the usage of apps and software havegendered impacts. A research team identified that the way people use software often cluster bygender and especially regarding problem-solving [14,39]. Their research highlighted that manysoftware features are inadvertently designed for people who have problem-solving stylesgenerally attributed to men. This led to the development of a tool called “GenderMag” [14] tohelp software developers create features better suited to other styles of
as a small meal allowance. Each teacher has received up to$2000 for the supplies in their lesson plans. Teachers worked in teams on their respectiveresearch projects. The teams worked closely with the engineering faculty members supervisingtheir projects and graduate students. In addition a number of group activities were alsoorganized. These activities include industrial sites visit, research seminars and some professionaltraining such as CAD, machine shop and 3D printing. Besides research activities in the researchlab, the faculty member from the School of Education and Human Resources offered a project-based learning workshop each Thursday. This aims to help the RET teachers to transform whatthey have learned from the research project to
instrument which was distributed to graduate and undergraduate students enrolled incourses taught by the Department of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Respondents wererequested to indicate whether (and at what specific level) various design activities and academicsubjects have been enhanced by attendance at and/or participation in class field trips in additionto lectures and seminars presented by practicing professional engineers. The subjects chosen arethose that have been included in the criteria that has been adopted by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) and must be satisfied for a program to be accredited 3
learningstrategies” 3 (p. 222). Given the goals of increasing the number of women in the engineeringfield and the importance of helping faculty to increase the success and persistence of femalestudents, this study sought to extend prior research findings on the connection between supportfactors and persistence in engineering programs and beyond to the workforce. This studyexplored this issue through two facets. The first was a review of recent empirical studies onsupport factors for increasing persistence of women in engineering programs to better identifythe most effective elements of support. The second part, a qualitative study, explored thoserelevant support factors in-depth and extended the field of study to include practicing womenengineers.Career
the case if the program had not beenavailable. The SAS program targeted specific areas of concern that had been previouslyidentified by researchers, and the results were strikingly positive for those students who weresuccessful in completing the program. Even though the program implemented many of theknown best practices, there was still a large portion of students who dropped from the STEMprogram or who failed to achieve their academic goals. Some part of the attrition can beattributed to the “normal” erosion experienced by all STEM programs as students becomedisenchanted or lose interest and change to a non-STEM major.There is at least anecdotal evidence that a contributing factor to a student’s failure or success canbe attributed to their
laboratory courses. Dr. Kim and his collaborators attracted close to $1M research grants to study writing transfer of engineering undergraduates. For the technical research, he has a long-standing involvement in research concerned with manufacturing of advanced composite materials (CFRP/titanium stack, GFRP, nanocomposites, etc.) for automotive, marine, and aerospace applications. His recent research efforts have also included the fatigue behavior of manufactured products, with the focus of fatigue strength improvement of aerospace, automotive, and rail structures. He has been the author or co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed papers in these areas.John D Lynch John Lynch received the BSEE degree from the University of Utah in
response process validity of tests and instruments.Ms. Kirsten Susan Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Kirsten Hochstedt is a Graduate Assistant at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education. She received her M.S. in educational psychology, with an emphasis in educational and psy- chological measurement, at Penn State and is currently a doctoral candidate in the same program. The primary focus of her research concerns assessing the response structure of test scores using item response theory methodology.Prof. Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
ethnically diverse (non-white or Caucasian) and 14% women.Over 40% of the student population is enrolled in one of the three engineering degrees. Whilethe freshmen may demonstrate an interest in the minor and may be targeted for future marketingefforts, they are not eligible to begin the MC minor. Likewise, the seniors are too close tograduation to begin the minor. Therefore, only the second and third year students (sophomoresand juniors) are candidates for the program. As stated previously, the best time for a student toenroll in the MC minor is sophomore year. Of the current junior class (graduating in year 2020),there are 60 engineering students who have a GPA above 2.5, making them eligible to enroll inan academic minor. Of those 60, 22 have
factors and solutions to overcomebarriers. Thus, the following research question guided this portion of the research study: • What do engineering educators take into consideration when making teaching-related decisions?As part of our research, we have chosen to use a qualitative interview approach to understandengineering educators’ teaching-related decision making. We focus our first analysis on half ofthe dataset (10 interviews), in order to identify hypotheses and themes that can be tested againstthe rest of the dataset. This focused analysis of the collected interview data revealed thatengineering educators in our sample utilized a range of factors that may impact their teaching-related decisions making. For the purpose of this
Paper ID #43184Asset-Based Approaches to Transformative Learning: Community and Culturein an Undergraduate Engineering Research Program at a Hispanic ServingInstitutionDr. Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, EdD is a STEM education researcher at New Mexico State University. She focuses her research on qualitative/mixed methods studies addressing minority and underrepresented student college performance and persistence through high-impact practices, particularly in STEM disciplines. Her main lines of inquiry examine best practices in mentoring and promotion of
UNM and Northern NewMexico College (NNMC) respectively, belong to Hispanic communities. Moreover, 8% of thestudent population at NNMC comes from Native American Communities in contrast to the 0.2%of Native American students at UNM. Therefore, the potential improvements in educationalaccess for underserved populations and professional networking among faculty and studentsstatewide are promising.This program is designed to create a sustainable model for sharing the expertise and resources ofa Carnegie Research University (classification: Very High) with educational institutions in NewMexico who serve academically underprepared students. New Mexico ranks 43rd in the nation inthe percentage of the population who complete high school, and 35th in
Kuchnicki is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers University, specializing in computational modeling of dynamic deformations in solids. His areas of technical expertise include solid mechanics, crystal plasticity, vibration, and fluid-structure interaction. He received his PhD from Rutgers University in 2001. Page 15.555.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experiences of Using Formula SAE as a Capstone Design ProjectAbstractCapstone Design courses are, by their nature, intended
backgrounds and disciplines. 7 Leadership and management skills. 8 High ethical standards and a strong sense of professionalism. 9 Dynamic/agile/resilient/flexible. 10 Ability to learn and use the techniques and tools used in engineering practice. Ability to recognize the global, economic, environmental, and societal impact of 11 engineering design and analysis. Table 12: Mentor‐Self Assessment Skill Areas Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education