Paper ID #32321Course Strategy: Executing High-Enrollment Engineering Economics OnlineKellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science and Technology Kellie Grasman serves as an instructor in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She holds graduate degrees in engineering and business admin- istration from the University of Michigan, and began teaching in 2001 after spending several years in industry positions. She was named the 2011-2012 Robert B. Koplar Professor of Engineering Manage- ment for her achievements in online learning. She serves as an eMentor for the
AC 2009-220: A QRW PARADIGM FOR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGCURRICULAMarlin Thomas, Air Force Institute of Technology MARLIN U. THOMAS is Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, past Professor and past Head of the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. He received his BSE at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and MSE and PhD at the University of Michigan. He has held other academic appointments at Lehigh University, Cleveland State University, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Naval Postgraduate School. He has also served as a Program Director for the National Science Foundation; Manager
AC 2009-242: TEACHING REVENUE MANAGEMENT IN AN ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENTAbhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 14.1149.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Revenue Management in an Engineering DepartmentAbstract: Revenue management is one of the newly emerging topics inthe area of systems engineering, operations research, industrialengineering, and engineering management. While it is not expected tobecome a part of the core curriculum in any of these disciplines in the nearfuture, it is being taught in many universities in the business schools thathave programs in operations research. Since the ideas
Paper ID #26820Experience with Mastery Learning in Engineering CoursesDr. Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology Professor Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE, FAAN, FRSA, FRSPH, FCIEH, ANEF, FSEE, joined the faculty of the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2010 as the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering after serving ten years on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he was Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Oerther earned his B.A. in biological sciences and his B.S. in environmental health engineering from Northwestern University
Paper ID #14888A Fatigue Life Experiment for Aerospace Engineering UndergraduatesDr. David C. Fleming, Florida Institute of Technology David C. Fleming is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technol- ogy, in Melbourne, FL. He earned his S.B. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Univer- sity of Maryland, College Park, in 1991 and 1995, respectively. His research is in the area of composite structures, including an emphasis on application to crashworthy structures. He
Paper ID #14108Implementing Project Managers in the Software Engineering ClassroomMr. Samuel A Malachowsky, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Samuel A. Malachowsky is a career Project Manager (PMP) currently serving as a Lecturer in the Soft- ware Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Sam’s current interests include classroom application of process and project concepts, working with colleagues in emerging ar- eas of interest, and practical career and resume studies, including the creation of a technical undergraduate maturity model. His latest thoughts and publications are
Paper ID #13150Engineering as an Educational Tool: Restructuring Conceptual PhysicsDr. Franz J Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology Dr. Rueckert is an experimental physicist specializing in condensed matter. His research interests include magnetic and electronic properties of perovskite materials and, more recently, novel approaches to physics education. Page 26.615.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Engineering as an Educational Tool: Restructuring Conceptual
Paper ID #15142Integrating Research and Education in Engineering Design ProgramsDr. Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Martin Edin Grimheden is an associate professor in Mechatronics at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and head of the Mechatronics and Embedded Control Systems Division. Martin Edin Grimheden is also Program Director of the KTH Degree Program in Mechanical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrating research and education in engineering design programsAbstractThis paper addresses some of the challenges related
2006-2560: WOMEN, ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH - PROVIDING CHOICEAND BALANCE?Cecilia Chan, Dublin Institute of Technology Cecilia Chan has published a number of conference papers on Engineering Education in areas of retention, recruiting, motivation and support for non-traditional students such as international students, and female engineers to disseminate successful educational strategies. She is also committed to encourage more women into Engineering. She is also an active researcher in the areas of digital signal processing, machine vision, bio-metrics and medical imaging engineering.Michael Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology
2006-1397: TEACHING THE IID ASSUMPTION IN ENGINEERING STATISTICS IMark Inlow, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 11.1230.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching the IID Assumption in Engineering Statistics IMany procedures taught in introductory statistics courses require that the data meet, at leastapproximately, the normality assumption. However, all require, in some form, the IIDassumption, namely, that the observations comprising the sample are independently andidentically distributed. Because of this, and the fact that statistical procedures are less robust toIID violations than normality
Paper ID #9956Collaboration within Engineering Education Research’s Community of Prac-ticeScottie-Beth Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology Scottie-Beth Fleming is an Aerospace Engineering PhD student and NSF GRFP Fellow in the Cognitive Engineering Center (CEC) at Georgia Tech. She graduated with honors from Georgia Tech in 2009 with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and in 2013 with an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. Her research within the CEC examines training approaches for pilots, interdisciplinary teams within the engineering design process, and human interaction with technology
AC 2012-3810: UNIVERSITY STUDIES OF STUDENT PERSISTENCE INENGINEERINGDr. Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological UniversityMrs. Kaitlyn J. BunkerDr. Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University Nilufer Onder is an Associate Professor of computer science at Michigan Technological University. She received her Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research areas are artificial intelligence planning systems and decision making under uncertainty. Her webpage can be found via http://www.cs.mtu.edu/.Miss Raven Rachaun RebbDr. Laura E. Brown, Michigan Technological UniversityDr. Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University Leonard J. Bohmann received his B.S. in electrical engineering
AC 2011-523: MEDICAL PHYSICS CURRICULUM FOR UNDERGRAD-UATE ENGINEERING STUDENTSRenat Letfullin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Renat R. Letfullin is associate professor of physics and optical engineering department at the Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology. He has extensive academic credentials in nanotechnology and specializes in laser physics, wave and quantum optics, aerosol physics, biophotonics and nanomedicine, where he is using laser-induced explosion of absorbing nanoparticles in selective nanophotothermolysis of cancer. Letfullin served as senior researcher at the Lebedev Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Samara branch), 1993-2002, and research associate at Mississippi State
AC 2011-120: USING THE PROCESSING PROGRAMMING ENVIRON-MENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRyan J Meuth, University of Advancing Technology I graduated from UMR with a B.S. of Computer Engineering in 2005, after which I stayed at UMR (Now Missouri University of Science and Technology) to pursue and complete a Master’s and PhD in computer engineering. I worked for Dr. Donald C. Wunsch at the Applied Computational Intelligence Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. There I worked on the Learning Applied to Ground Robotics project, developing a ground vehicle that can not only navigate unknown terrain, but be able to learn from experience with the world. During the summers since 2006 I worked at
AC 2011-2478: EDUCATIONAL USE OF VIRTUAL WORLDS FOR ENGI-NEERING STUDENTSTumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology Serdar Tmkor is affiliated as a research scientist and adj. professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He had been a full-time faculty member of Mechanical Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University since 1996. Dr. Tmkor received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1994. His teaching interests are Machine Design, En- gineering Design, and Engineering Graphics. His current research interests include Design of MEMS devices with polymeric nano-composites, computer integrated design, process planning and manufactur
AC 2011-32: FAMILIARIZING THE UNKNOWN: THREE UNUSUAL EN-GINEERING CASESMarilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches classes in business and technical writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics; she is part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project. She is active in ASEE as a regular presenter, moderator, and paper reviewer; she has also served as her campus’ representative for 17 years, as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section, and as section newsletter editor. She was named an ASEE Fellow in 2008 and received the James H. McGraw Award in 2010
Paper ID #6327Outreach Activities from First-Year Engineering ProjectsMs. Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University Amber Kemppainen is a senior lecturer in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technological University. She is interested in how students learn within an online course management system. She has been active in course development and the implementation of web-based tools into courses throughout the department.Dr. Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University Dr. Gretchen Hein is a senior lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technological University. She
Paper ID #16354Engineering Outreach on Campus: A Comprehensive Survey of 109 Pro-grams at 91 Colleges and Universities (Fundamental)Dr. Eric Iversen, Start Engineering Eric Iversen is the Vice President for Learning and Communications at Start Engineering. He has over 25 years experience in learning activities, encompassing work in non-profit, academic, and for-profit organizations. He was Manager of Public Affairs at ASEE, where he helped start many of the society’s K-12 engineering education activities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Outreach on Campus: A
Paper ID #25409An Educational Framework to Promote Self-Authorship in Engineering Un-dergraduatesDr. Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological University Laura Kasson Fiss is a Research Assistant Professor in the Pavlis Honors College at Michigan Techno- logical University. She holds a PhD from Indiana University in English (2013). Her work has appeared in Victorian Periodicals Review, The Lion and the Unicorn, and The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan. In addition to her research on Victorian humor, she conducts higher education research and scholarship on issues of inclusion, reflection, and innovation.Dr
AC 2010-283: WHO CREATES AND DEVELOPS FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERINGDESIGN ACTIVITIES?Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological UniversityAmber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological UniversitySusan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological UniversityJason Keith, Michigan Technological UniversityMelissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University Page 15.1372.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Who Creates and Develops First-Year Engineering Design Activities?AbstractThe development and implementation of design activities for first-year engineering studentspresent unique challenges that include variable student backgrounds and knowledge and lack ofengineering experience and
Paper ID #8254An Interim Report of a Four-Year Joint Global EngineerDr. Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology 1969, Dr. Eng., Osaka University 1966-1999, Hitachi Zosen Corp. 1999-present, Professor, Director of Project Education Center, Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyDr. Hiroko Fudano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Ph.D in Japanese Language Teaching, Nagoya University MA in Education, International Christian Uni- versity MA in English, East Texas State University BA in Liberal Arts, International Christian UniversityDr. Jun Fudano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Professor of Science and Engineering
Paper ID #9874Curriculum Revision to Better Integrate Mechanical Engineering Science andPractice in the 2nd and 3rd Undergraduate YearsDr. Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University Dr. Michele Miller is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological Uni- versity. She teaches classes on manufacturing and does research in engineering education with particular interest in hands-on ability, lifelong learning, and project-based learning.Dr. Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological UniversityDr. Jason Blough, Michigan Technological UniversityDr. James P. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University
. Outside of robotics, Isabella finds a relaxing nature in gardening, painting, and competing in Ultimate Frisbee.Ms. Qianwen Zhao, Stevens Institute of Technology Qianwen Zhao is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Her research focus is on Robotics.Dr. Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Maxine Fontaine is a Teaching Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in 2010 from Aalborg University in Aalborg, Denmark. Maxine has a background in the biomechanics of human movement, andDr. Long Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science
Paper ID #32304Motivating and Building Engineering Majors Conceptual Knowledge inChemistryDr. Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Dr. Patricia Muisener has been an Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Chair of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department at Stevens Institute of Technology since 2015. She teaches and coor- dinates the General Chemistry I and II course sequence. She was previously at the University of South Florida for 12 years as a faculty member and Assistant Chair in the Chemistry Department. She taught General Chemistry for Engineers for years. She
, yet effective, interventions to reduce prejudice.Dr. Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Alexander De Rosa is a Teaching Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He gained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 2015 and his M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London in 2010. Dr. De Rosa is currently working in the areas of deeper learning and knowledge transfer, and has published various articles in the field of spatial skills training and assessment.Dr. Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Frank T. Fisher is a
AC 2008-2758: PLASMA TORCH FOR BIOMASS PYROLYSISPeter Schubert, Packer Engineering Dr. Schubert conducts research into alternate energy, space-based manufacturing, and engineering education at Packer Engineering in Naperville, IL. He is Senior Director, and has served as PI on projects from DOE, NASA and the GSA. He has published 47 technical papers, has 25 US patents, and is an instructor with the Society of Automotive Engineers. Prior experience includes 21 years in automotive electronics with Delphi Corporation, where he was a Technical Fellow. His doctorate in EE from Purdue was sponsored by a GM Fellowship. His MSEE is from U. of Cincinnati on a Whirlpool Fellowship, and his
Paper ID #30584Work in progress: a case study of integrating inclusive engineeringskills into a middle-years biomedical engineering course via model-basedreasoningDr. Maysam Nezafati, Georgia Institute of Technology I am a lecturer in the department of biomedical engineering at Georgia institute of technology /Emory University. I have been working on educational research since 2016. My main focus is on problem based learning core courses. But specifically I work on inclusive model based reasoning and interpersonal skills. I have a Phd in bioelectronics and also do research in functional MRI, with the focus on functional
AC 2008-665: ENGINEERING OUR FUTURE NJ: PROMOTING ENGINEERINGIN K-12 SCHOOLS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, POLICYINITIATIVES, AND PARTNERSHIPSElisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of TechnologyMercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of TechnologyDawna Schultz, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 13.516.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Engineering Our Future NJ: Promoting Engineering in K-12 Schools through Professional Development, Policy Initiatives, and PartnershipsAbstractThis paper describes the statewide scale-up phase of an initiative whose goal is to ensureall students in New Jersey experience engineering as an
Paper ID #25831A Comparison of Swedish and Irish Secondary Students’ Conceptions of En-gineers and Engineering using the Draw-an-Engineer TestDr. Jeffrey Buckley, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Dr Jeffrey Buckley received his PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, in the area of spatial ability and learning in technology education. He is a qualified post-primary teacher of Design and Communication Graphics and Construction Studies. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher in engi- neering education in KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland, and is also
Paper ID #17793Following in the Footsteps of Distinguished Leaders in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Narratives of the Next Generationof Young People Preserving key Oral Histories of our Societal HistoryMs. Kelsey Morgan Irvin, University of Missouri, Columbia Kelsey Irvin is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is studying youth emotion dysregulation and how its physiological presentation correlates to depression.Ms. Elizabeth Hiteshue, Bain & Company Elizabeth graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2015 with a degree in Systems Engi