students,” 2009 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.5. Land of Plenty: Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology, The Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Females and Minorities in Science and Engineering and Technology Development, Washington, D.C., 2000.6. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disability in Science and Engineering:2000, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 2000 (NSF 00-327).7. Adelman, C., Females and Men of the Engineering Path. A Model for Analysts of Undergraduate Careers, U.S. Page 26.860.12 Department of Education, Office of Educational
Career Networking Day luncheon.With corporate recruiters and faculty seated for lunch, the College Dean delivers a short speechto companies in attendance thanking them for the support of our college and the students.Following, the participants received a “certificate of appreciation”, see Appendix F, to furthershow support from the college. This provides an excellent opportunity to request companies tofind volunteers to add to the pool of willing industry professionals.9. SustainabilityA critical aspect of anyindustry involvementprogram, including theIndustry Fellows Model, isproviding a methodology tocreate and maintain a flow ofprofessionals to volunteerwithin an academic setting.There is a degree of self-motivation required from
, members are involved in representative range of respected partners and use retention, graduation developing and piloting an program members meet program criteria to self - rates, and career assessment system. frequently to review and and peer-assess in ways placement). refine the program’s that feed back into
career. The survey results shown in black fontrepresent the first year and the ones in red font represent the second year. As can be seen inTable 5, there were 8 respondents in the first year and 13 respondents in the second year for eachquestion. Each survey question had a choice varying from Strongly Agree to Not Applicable. Inthe analysis, each of these options was given a weight ranging from 5 (Strongly Agree) to 1(Strongly Disagree). Not Applicable option didn’t have a weight factor. Question by questionanalysis of results are detailed in the following paragraphs. Table 5. Student Survey Results Strongly Strongly Not
report that the potential benefits ofintroducing children to engineering can be grouped into five areas: • improved learning and achievement in science and mathematics; • increased awareness of engineering and the work of engineers; • understanding of and the ability to engage in engineering design; • interest in pursuing engineering as a career; and • increased technological literacy.2They also note that the impact in science and mathematics may be particularly significant forunderrepresented minorities. Finally, they indicate a belief that “engineering education mayeven act as a catalyst for a more interconnected and effective K–12 STEM education system inthe United States.” 2This paper reports on the development of an
. There are still disparities in academic achievement for minorities, but Math Jam ishelping to close the achievement gap.As more students choose to attend community colleges to ultimately pursue careers inengineering and other related STEM fields, more programs like Math Jam need to be developedto help produce the well-educated work force that is needed to retain and increase the economiccompetitiveness and innovation capacity of the United States.Bibliography1. Committee on STEM Education National Science and Technology Council. (2013). Federal Science, Technology,Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem) Education 5-Year Strategic Plan. Retrieved December 2014 from:http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel
provide advising and career guidance to the students throughout theirstudiesInternships as a strategy to gain professional experience and promote competency development:Since its creation, the program awards credits for a mandatory one-semester industrial internship.Students can apply when they have completed the fourth semester. Normally, our students passtheir industrial internships at companies in the fields of steelmaking and forming, aluminumfoundry, metal and polymer extrusion, ceramics products, among others. Exchange studentstypically go to Europe for an academic semester and an industrial semester which is also awardedcredits. Due to the strong collaboration with the industries through our graduates, companiesoften seek candidates
Paper ID #13880Effectiveness of Scaffolding in Simulated IT Training and EducationDr. Usman Ghani, DeVry University, Addison, Illinois Usman Ghani Senior Professor DeVry University, College of Engineering and Information Science Usman Ghani is a senior professor of Network and Communication Management in the College of En- gineering and Information Science at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. Professor Ghani’s area of specialization is ’Network Infrastructure and Security’. Mr. Ghani began his career as an Electronics Engineer for Johnson Controls, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, developing machine code for high end in
years of academic experience. He taught courses in Engineering, Computer Science, and Networking. Presently he is teaching courses in Cisco, Microsoft, UNIX, Data Communi- cations, and Emerging Technologies. Dr. Taher began his career as a Project Engineer for Zenith Data Systems Company. He worked at Benton Harbor Plant in Michigan for 2 years. Professor Taher is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Dr. Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison Dr. Ahmed S. Khan is a Senior Professor in the College of Engineering and Information Sciences at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. Dr. Khan has more than thirty-two years of experience in research, instruction, curricula design and development, program evaluation and
-Gilbert Community College, the award is focusing on expanding outreach activities to increase the awareness of potential college students about career opportunities in electronics technologies. Page 26.583.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Effectiveness of Traditional, Blended and On-line Teaching of Electrical Machinery CourseAbstractWith an increasing emphasis on student learning outcomes and assessment, educators constantlyseek ways to effectively integrate theory and hands-on practices in inventive course designmethodologies. Critics of
project aims to improve the active learning and engagement of the students in theirSTEM foundational course, thereby pave the pathway for students to move toward their successin the future studies and careers. The rest of the paper is structured as follows: Section 2provides a brief introduction to the evidence-based teaching pedagogical methodologies thathave been utilized in this project. Section 3 describes the implementation approaches followedby the experimental results and discussion in Section 4. Section 5 presents the conclusions andfuture directions. Page 26.586.32. Review of evidence-based teaching methodologiesTeaching is an art of
Nature’s Designs,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI, June 24-27, 2007.10. Petersen, O. G., Kent, R. D., Howe, C., and Vollaro, M. B., 2012, “General Education: Key for Success for an Entrepreneurial Engineering Career,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 2012.11. Norton, M. G., and Bahr, D. F., 2002, “An Upper Division General Education Course on Materials for Non- Engineering Students,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, June 16-19, 2002.12. Krupczak, J., Bair, N., Benson, P. B., Corlew, D., Lantz, K., Lappenga, D., Scholtens, M., and Woessner, D., 2005, “Hands-on Laboratory
underserved pop- ulations. He is active in partnering with the Valparaiso Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Chapter to mentor and provide visit days to middle-school girls. He has also worked with colleagues at Iowa State to develop the educational program ”Boomtown,” with the goal of interesting middle-school girls in com- puter programming. After working with the SWE chapter closely for the past ten years, Will was named advisor for the chapter in the fall of 2013. Will has been an active member of ASEE throughout his pro- fessional career, serving as an officer in his local section from 2002-2007 (Chair in 2005) and attending and publishing at national and sectional conferences
the region’s ethnic makeup. UTEP’sextraordinary success is validated by Washington Monthly magazine’s 2014 ranking of UTEP asone of the top 10 universities in the nation, with UTEP being ranked #1 for the third consecutiveyear among all U.S. universities in the social mobility category for its success in helping studentsachieve the American Dream. At the same time, this program is designed to attract students thatmight not normally consider engineering as a career by allowing them envision and experiencethe kind of impact they could have as engineering leaders.The program was initially housed directly under the Dean of the UTEP College of Engineering,but is now formally offered by the newly created Department of Engineering Education
is Page 26.996.13hard to communicate with them. Remembering our stakeholders by always trying to include them in design conversations is an important task to do so that they are always considered in the project.The social and personal impact is another shared value of EPICS and EWB-USA. Severalstudents commented on the impact that their work had on their view of their discipline,themselves and the integration for their careers. When I started the project, I did not understand the scope of it. I thought the objective was just to build a biogas digester that would help a school kitchen cook food and replace firewood and
the profession and for the behavior ofprofessionals in practice. How such standardization is achieved varies from country to country as does the status of theprofessional qualification. In both the United States and the United Kingdom a doctorate is the usual qualification forteaching engineering at the university level, not the Professional Engineer (USA) or the Chartered Engineer (UK)qualification. Thus many candidates for university teaching are newly qualified PhD’s without any experience ofengineering in the outside world. The PhD serves as a “standard” that qualifies a person to undertake research. Since aPhD is not a guarantee that a faculty member can teach or has been trained to teach, in one aspect of their careers manyengineering
Paper ID #11864 Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology (LIGHT). SARL focuses on the design, develop- ment, and evaluation of medical devices, especially for balance-impaired populations such as individuals with vestibular loss or advanced age. LIGHT focuses on the co-creative design of frugal innovations to address healthcare challenges in resource-limited settings. Prof. Sienko has led efforts at the University of Michigan to incorporate the constraints of global health technologies within engineering design at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is the recipient of a CAREER Award from the National Sci- ence Foundation, a Teaching Innovation Prize from the UM Provost, and a UM Undergraduate
peek, the user seesthe solution temporarily highlighted in green, but the solution disappears when the user continuessketching. Each time a user submits a sketch, a file is sent to a server that includes a copy of the Page 26.1595.3sketch, how many attempts were made, and if peeks occurred. The server that stores student Spatial Visualization TrainerSpatial Visualization involves perception of 2 Dimensional (2D) and 3 Dimensional (3D) shapes.Improving your 3D spatial skills has been shown to lead to higher grades in math, science andengineering courses, and is linked to success in 84 careers. This program is
classes. His research interests are in interdisciplinary fields such as information security in automation, robotics and unmanned systems. He was a vice president of IEEE student’s branch at Eastern Michigan University and has served as a referee for ASEE conferences. Dr. Esmaeili can be reached at mesmaeili1@udayton.eduDr. Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University Ali Eydgahi started his career in higher education as a faculty member at the Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute in 1985. Since then, he has been with the State University of New York, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Eastern Michigan University. During 2006-2010, he was Chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, Founder and
design process. In addition, thesketching and brainstorming process of developing a solution assists the students in developingsystems thinking[4]. Engineering design, particularly at lower grade levels, is essentially sciencedriven problem solving. The development of these skills is tied to their successes throughouttheir academic careers and in their everyday lives. In addition, these engineering concepts helpstudents discover the crosscutting themes between the traditional science disciplines.Research has found a direct correlation between student achievement and teacher preparedness toteach science[5]. Teacher’s subject matter knowledge influences the instruction implemented inthe classroom[6]. However, research on pre-service and in-service
after six years in industry, where she had a successful career as a structural engineer for Kellogg Brown & Root and HDR Engineering, Inc. As EOE Director, Andrea led Cockrell School of Engineering efforts to recruit and retain ethnically underrepresented students as well as students with backgrounds or experiences that contributed to the overall diversity of the School. During her term, Andrea raised more than $3.7 million in private and public grants to support the EOE program and its mission. While EOE was under her direction, UT Austin ranked as high as third in the nation in producing undergraduate engineering degrees for minority groups and the program was recognized with the 2011 NSBE ExxonMobil Impact
26.1345.16Although the results do not indicate significant improvements in achievement on exams and labassignments with the flipped classroom, the instructor nonetheless found some positives in thismethod of instruction for the course. It enabled students to spend more time in the hardware lab,and five of the ten general comments about beneficial aspects of the course on the evaluationsurvey mentioned laboratory work. The hardware lab has modern equipment, which the studentslikely felt would help them in their future careers. Also, the lab environment was very excitingand dynamic, with much activity occurring, as the instructor and TA circulated among the teamsto assist them with various obstacles. The instructor believes the flipped method of
scientific visualization, in particular on the topics of time-varying multivariate data visualization, flow visualization, and information-theoretic algorithms and graph-based techniques for big data analytics. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2014.Mr. Jun Tao, Michigan Technological UniversityDr. Melissa Sue Keranen, Michigan Technological UniversityMr. Jun Ma, Michigan Technological University Jun Ma is a PhD student of computer science at Michigan Technological University. His research interests include flow visualization, large-scale data analysis and visualization, and mesh processing. He received a BS degree in computer science from Xidian University, China, in 2006, and a MS degree in computer science from Michigan
engaged. As the essential connections among different topics areexplored, a holistic view is formed, which reflects the world as known by the students, instead ofthe one abstractly described by the theory.Substantial evidence on the effectiveness of integrated teaching exists in the literature. Forinstance, a discussion on the relevance of integration, including a detailed review of the mostsignificant accomplishments to date with further suggestions for future initiatives, was reportedby Froyd and Ohland15. An investigation about the long-term effects of adopting integratedcurriculum was conducted at the Colorado School of Mines, concluding that the program had avery positive effect on the college-careers of the group of students that were
, using computer programming, as avideo game prototype. The LC approach incorporates and builds on many of the suggestions inthe literature on how to facilitate transfer. Moreover, it makes a statement early in the students’academic careers about the importance of connecting courses throughout the curriculum tofacilitate transfer. Other studies provide a detailed description of the LC, including selectioncriteria and an evaluation of its effectiveness.19The LC builds on previous research showing that introducing narrative elements into PS coursesimproves student performance in general as well as in computer programming-related problem-solving skills.6,7,16-19 Our experience shows teaching the PS course in the interdisciplinaryenvironment of a LC
Paper ID #12556Anatomy of Assessment of Manufacturing Design Engineering Academic Pro-gram – Do’s and Don’tsDr. Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor at the Department of Applied Engineering at National University, Cali- fornia. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational
also teaches courses in Computer Engineering for the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Sys- tems Engineering at Arizona State University Page 26.259.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Assessment of Communication, Teamwork, and Engineering Motivation in Inter-Disciplinary Projects Implemented in an Introduction to Engineering CourseIntroductionInter-disciplinary project teams are a fact of engineering careers. Inter-disciplinary thought andaction are required to solve many of today’s technological and social challenges
real clients, hold the potential to attract Latino/a adolescents to STEM.IntroductionA major challenge for engineering education is the underrepresentation of minority students,particularly Latinos – one of the fastest growing ethnolinguistic groups in the United States.1Although the Latino school-age population is constantly increasing,2 the number of studentsobtaining engineering degrees is stagnant.3 Different scholars have offered reasons behind whyLatinos do not pursue STEM careers.4-6 Studies suggest that one particular powerful reason isthat the cultures of underrepresented students do not fit with the cultures of engineering.7For instance, research has emphasized how underrepresented students may find it difficult toidentify with
reflects the physicist’s way ofunderstanding the world, so we should teach physics that way.The importance of nurturing a scientific curiosity and motivating young students’ understandingof science has been addressed for many years1 and that call invites everyone2. As Barak Obamarecently reinforced: “we want to make sure that those who historically have not participated inthe sciences as robustly -girls, members of minority groups here in this country- that they areencouraged as well”3. In this call, physics and mathematicians become the main filters of young Page 26.353.2students’ career decisions. We want them to select a program because it has
engineering and technology graduates for manufacturing careers." Technology Interface International Journal 12.2 (2012): 79-86.3. Jack, Hugh, et al. "Curricula 2015: A Four Year Strategic Plan for Manufacturing Education." http://www.c2015.com/. Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 2011.4. Eng, Hugh Jack P., and Robert L. Mott. "AC 2012-3751: CURRICULA 2015: AN UPDATE FOR 2012." Paper #3751 in the Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, June 10-13, 2012.5. Mott, Robert, Hugh Jack, Venkitaswamy Raju, and Mark Stratton. "The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering." In Proceedings of the 2011 SME Annual Meeting. 2011.6. Wells, David L. "AC 2012-3113: AN EXAMPLE MAPPING OF THE FOUR