local industry on an actual mission that will be launched intospace.I. IntroductionEngineering and computer science programs often require a culminating senior design project.Several of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditationoutcomes1 are best demonstrated in the context of such a project. These include: • The ability to design a system, process or component to meet desired needs • The ability to function on a multidisciplinary team • The ability to communicate effectively • The understanding of professional and ethical responsibilityAt California State University, Northridge (CSUN) engineering and computer science studentsare assigned to work on group design projects during their senior year
of engineering students a force in the worldaround them. The structure of the courses within a department could expand to all requiredcourses as in the following. The communication elements in each course are shown below.EGR 100 – Intro to Engineering Design (Freshman)Resumes, email, short engineering focused reports, engineering writing demands, problemsolving, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the university/college/majorsME 201 – Thermodynamics (Sophomore)Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertiseME 332 – Fluid Mechanics (Junior) ME 371 – Machine Design ILaboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4-6 Short Technical Reportingpages each) Design Analysis Reports (2 @ 4-6
Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests include human-centered design learning and assessment, service-learning, ethical reasoning development and assessment, leadership, and assistive technology.Ms. Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ming-Chien Hsu is a doctoral candidate of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She was an elec- trical engineer working on semiconductor devices before stepping into the realm of education research. Her current research explores and characterizes learning experiences in engineering such as design and interdisciplinary learning.Dr. Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica Cardella is an Associate Professor of Engineering
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University of Louisville in Educational Administration with a cognate in urban education. Dr. Feldhaus spent 20 years as a classroom teacher, principal and district administrator in public education. His research interests include P-12 STEM education, STEM workforce education, post- secondary STEM education discipline based research, engineering technology recruitment and retention, and engineering ethics. Page 24.734.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 1Increasing Female Participation in Engineering: Evaluating POWER
largest privately held construction firms in the nation. Its success is theresult of a strong work ethic and industry knowledge combined with innovation andcollaboration. The GC in cause is a recognized builder of one of the world’s largest aquarium,which is a model of project efficiency, superior quality, and exceptional service from start tofinish. The calculated stadium expansion project duration is approximate to 10 months. ThisStadium Expansion Project includes many key players. The University’s Athletic Foundation isthe owner of the project. There are also two major subcontractors handling concrete work andstructure pertaining to development of stadium expansion
already been shared with aresearch team exploring high school students’ pathways to engineering.Second, the researchers’ experiences with recruiting participants provides a contribution to theengineering education community. Our team explored a variety of approaches for recruitmentand found that using a third-party recruitment firm was the most expedient approach. For othersto follow this approach, however, they would need to work closely with their IRB to determinethe most appropriate and ethical process. Our team also found that sharing the study flyer withdifferent groups’ e-newsletters was an effective recruitment strategy.Third, while we generally received more screening survey responses from boys than from girls,this difference was
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics, biomechanics, appro- priate technology, engineering ethics, and engineering education. He is PI of two NSF sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. Pa- padopoulos is currently the Program Chair Elect of the ASEE Mechanics Division and serves on numerous committees at UPRM that relate to undergraduate and graduate education.Dr. Aidsa I. Santiago-Rom´an, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez CampusDr. Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
group is responsible of only one designcomponent: architecture, structure, HVAC or Lighting/electrical. An office standard prepared by thedepartment of civil and architectural engineering is distributed over the students.This course teaches the student how to prepare a final set of discipline specific construction documents,including engineering calculations production drawings, and specifications. The student will discusscontracts, ethics, and construction administration as they relate to the project.Autodesk Revit 2013 is pivotal in system design. This program allowed students to layout the architectureplans, sections and elevations of the architecture plans, structural, ductwork, piping, lighting fixtures,power panels, power and lighting
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in each year of study. This sequence of courses is expected toinculcate skills in engineering design and development, use of analysis tools, development ofprofessional and communication skills, understanding of professional behavior, business ethics,commercial constraints, project management, team work skills, etc. Teaching these skills is verychallenging in other engineering classes that are generally focused on delivering a lot of content.Having a chain of PBL courses allows the integration of the content learnt in other courses intoprojects and hands-on activities at different levels during the four years of engineeringcurriculum.The learning outcomes identified for the introductory course discussed in this paper are asfollows: 1
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entrepreneurship and innovation. Theserecruitment efforts have led to a recent increase of engineering and computer science studentsparticipating in the E-scholars program and the Business Plan Competition.The second major effort was a curricular review during 2011-2012 of the four ABET-accreditedundergraduate programs: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, andcomputer science. The curricular review assumed that future leaders and innovators will need abroad technical foundation with opportunities to gain competency in design (disciplinary andmultidisciplinary), real-world problem-solving, communication, ethics and professionalism,global and multicultural understanding, innovation and entrepreneurship, teamwork, computing
potential long term impact.ConclusionThe STEM SLC students significantly performed better in the MATLAB class as the passing rateis 73% vs. 44% in the non-SLC. The fact that the students in the SLC met daily together in theirclasses created not only a bond of friendship, but of work ethic as well. They motivated eachother on a daily basis in addition to the faculty reminding them of their work daily. Thisimpacted their attendance, their participation, and the completion rate of the overall work.The association of all topics across all three classes made the classes more connected. Studentsdid not feel they had three segregated classes, but possibly saw it as one class only. The mini-projects, although specific to each faculty, connected the topics
withinrealistic constraints such as economic, X X X Xenvironmental, social, political, ethical,health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary X X X X Xteams(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solveengineering problems(f) an understanding of professional and X X X X Xethical responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively X X X X X(h) the broad education necessary tounderstand the impact of engineering
realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability” and (k) “an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering toolsnecessary for engineering practice.”The Technology: Inexpensive 3D Printers using Fused Deposition Modeling The 3D-printing lab consists of two UP Plus 3D printers, two Replicator 2 printers, threeReplicator 2X 3D printers, and one Thing-O-Matic 3D printing kit (not used). The inexpensive3D printers use FDM rapid prototyping process where a small diameter nozzle deposits heatedplastic filament first onto the build surface and then in subsequent passes onto the previouslayers thus fusing the layers and creating plastic objects
engineering problem,but rather, an optimal or acceptable solution leading to a final design, presented as the bestpossible balance between technical as well as non-technical constraints. These non-technicalconstraints typically involve economics, politics, social and environmental issues, ethics, etc.And, while professional practitioners generally accept this understanding of design, students, byand large, tend to interpret the engineering design process as an unambiguous and clearly definedprocess supported by rigidly applied principles and processes of “the scientific method.”Undoubtedly, the start of any design course should be preceded by exposure to design thinkingand related processes. The paper reviews the role of design in engineering
development.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank the students who have participated in this workshop and shared theirfeedback, which has helped the authors to learn in many ways. This research has receivedclearance by the Research Ethics Board of the University of Windsor, REB# 14-035.References[1] J. H. F. Meyer and R. Land, 2005, “Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (2): Epistemological considerations and a conceptual framework for teaching and learning,” Higher Education, 49(3): 373–388.[2] F. Marton and R. Säljö, 1976, “On qualitative differences in learning: I—Outcome and process*,” British Journal of Educational Psychology, 46(1): 4–11.[3] J. B. Biggs and K. F. Collis, 1982, Evaluating the quality of learning: the SOLO taxonomy (structure of
not offer this type of information to their undergraduate students. However, theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires that graduates be able “todesign a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability.”5-8The topic of sustainability has become ubiquitous. It is part of corporate strategy, consumerchoice processes, university initiatives, engineering, and technology programs within thebusiness discipline. This moves toward more sustainable business practices and education is adirect result of an increasing awareness of the significant green manufacturing covers a
ethics skills and the ability to work with people of differentbackgrounds. Nair et al. (2009) reported that the results of the 2007 Monash UniversityEmployer Survey concluded that there is a need to have a clearer understanding of essentialgeneric and professional attributes of engineering graduates to ensure quality in higher education,and that colleges and universities need to collaborate more closely with industry to re-design orre-align its educational programs with the competencies required by the employers.On the other hand, in 2006, the results of a survey conducted by the Association of AmericanColleges and Universities (AAC&U) among employers, indicated general agreement thatcolleges and universities should place more emphasis in
undergraduate research assistants is both difficult and rewarding. Students come tothe project with different backgrounds, motivations and work ethics. While engaging inundergraduate research can be a powerful learning experience for students,1 expending resourcesto train undergraduates does not always translate to increased research output or academic creditfor faculty mentors.2–5This paper presents a three-stage, scaffolded approach to training undergraduate researchassistants, based on experiences and lessons learned in mentoring more than 50 undergraduatesin engineering research projects. This three-step methodology reduces faculty effort whilepreserving the learning experience for new undergraduate researchers, and helps faculty quicklyassess the
Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Engineering and research associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty at U-M in their scholarly endeavors. Her current research interests include studying faculty motivation to change classroom practices, evalu- ating methods to improve teaching, and exploring ethical decision-making in undergraduate engineering Page 24.1120.1 students. Dr. Finelli leads a national initiative to create a taxonomy/keyword
theimportance of 172 characteristics based on the (then current) ABET 2000 Criterion 3 categories,which were also shown as averages on a 5-point scale. The summary of non-discipline-basedskills ranked as most important included data analysis proficiency, teamwork skills and Page 24.1146.11multidisciplinary communication, ability to identify problems and alternative solutions,professional and ethical issues, interpersonal skills (including written, verbal, presentation skills,and technical report writing) and computer, information, and technology literacy skills 8. Martinet al. (2005) studied recent graduates’ perceptions of how well they felt they
Paper ID #10863The CARE (Center for Academic Resources in Engineering) Program at Illi-noisProf. William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign William Mischo is Head, Grainger Engineering Library Information Center and Professor, University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC). He has been a Principal Investigator on a number of digital library grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including the National Ethics Portal grant, several National Science Digital Library (NSDL) grants, and the Digital Library Initiative I grant. He has also received an Institute of Museum
) ResearchExperience for Undergraduates program under Award No. EEC‐1156747. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions and recommendations expressed in this material are those of the Page 24.1226.14authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.References 1. Sweeney, A., Vaidyanathan, P., & Seal, S. (2006). Undergraduate research and education in nanotechnology. International Journal of Engineering Education IJEE 22(1), 157-170. 2. Sweeney, A., Vaidyanathan, P., & Seal, S. (2003). The promises and perils of nanoscience and nanotechnology: Exploring emerging social and ethical issues. Bulletin of Science and Technology, An
appreciation for international engineering cultures; gain knowledge of, and sensitivity to, cultural norms; understand the differences in problem definitions and problem solving strategies that exist between cultures; and gain an appreciation for ethical responsibilities.Before proceeding with an overview of assessment and a frank evaluation of the efficacy of thePMFC, it is important to note that few of the core and experimental components detailed aboveare truly original in form. Workbooks, blogs, instructional videos, case studies and concept-based evaluation tools, for example, all have been utilized, with varying degrees of success, ineducational contexts7-9,13-28. As such, the true novelty of the PMFC largely stems from
states that “as a community of scholars, we seek to educate students to pursueboth knowledge and wisdom, and to aspire to ethical and moral leadership within their chosen Page 24.1243.5careers, their community, and the world.”9 Courses in the humanities are included in thecurriculum across major areas so that the student engineer is more fully aware of the socialresponsibilities and better able to consider non-technical factors in the engineering decisionmaking process. While the CoE seeks to educate strong leaders and citizens, it does not, atpresent, include global learning experiences as part of its core mission. However, diversity
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