hard to design, especially instrumentation amplifier and LPF…” # 3 THE Network (RF) - “Can we have more lectures on wireless networking? I want to know more.” - “Multi-hop programming over TinyOS is very useful to my career, I believe.” … 6. Conclusions and Significance In this article we have systematically introduced our undergraduate lab development strategy ontele-healthcare engineering. The labs mainly include three parts: medical sensor design, medical signalprocessing, and medical networks. We have proposed a building block style to develop all class labs. Toencourage innovative learning, we have proposed a multi-dimensional pedagogy to link learning
AC 2011-1904: NSF CCLI: AN APPLIED QUANTUM MECHANICS COURSEALIGNED WITH THE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMStella A Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Stella Quiones is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where she has been a faculty member for the past 13 years. She is the Forest O. and Henrietta Lewis Professor in Electrical Engineering and is a 2010 UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award recipient. Dr. Quinones was also selected as an innovative early-career engineering faculty to participate in the Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium in Dec. 2010. Her current research areas include planar and nano-scale
walkways was most responsible for the disaster. Groups of students areassigned to take the role of the engineer, contractor, and other entities and must defend thosepositions. Case studies such as the Hyatt Regency collapse can reinforce the importance ofprofessional licensure by illustrating the responsibilities of the Engineer of Record.It is anticipated that the use of case studies with first-year students will positively impactretention, especially for those who don’t easily relate to engineering as a career, and will alsofacilitate career choices and emphasize the common ground of practice among students invarious engineering disciplines. Student surveys and performance are being recorded todetermine the effects of using case studies with
), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineer- ing outreach. Page 22.1444.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The EFELTS Project - Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning Through ServiceAbstractThis paper outlines the development of a three-year effort that focuses on Learning ThroughService (LTS) – a pedagogical method that
’ engineering self-efficacy and career interests inengineering disciplines. Findings of the surveys for Toy FUN-damentals program participantswill provide valuable information regarding attitude change due to the intervention.For the Campus College Connection, the assessment involves a post-program survey with ratingscales and open-ended questions to solicit students’ feedback about future improvement of theprogram. The purpose of this survey is to learn about students’ learning and participationexperiences, which will form continuous improvement of the mathematics-intensive summerbridge program.It is important to note that even though the coalition campuses are all Penn State campuses, eachcampus is administratively independent. The budget for each
. Page 22.495.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development of Haptic Virtual Reality Gaming Environments for Teaching Nanotechnology1. IntroductionNanotechnology is a key high technology field that is becoming increasingly important tothe United States’ economy. Maintaining leadership in key technologies, such asnanotechnology, is increasingly being recognized as important for Americancompetitiveness.1 There is, therefore, a strong interest in attracting K-12 andundergraduate students to pursue future careers in this area. However, the abstract natureof current learning methods of how things interact and behave at the nanoscale (< 100 nmin any dimension) can be
scanning electronmicroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and nanoparticle synthesis and characterization, to carryout the experimental design. Sophomores from across engineering and science boundaries are expected to participate in thecourse, working in multidisciplinary teams wherever possible. Working in teams withmentoring from the faculty, students will gain an exposure and appreciation of importantnanotechnology tools. Discussion and communication of research results (oral and written) willbe emphasized. Participation will improve specific skills needed to succeed in a career innanobiotechnology. In addition, students in our class will be actively engaged in thementoring of the next generation of engineers, by participating in Introduce a
toengineering careers and UND is the only U.S. institution that offers ABET-accredited B.S.degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering through distance learning.Through this partnership, BC engineering students can pursue these degrees without transferring.Currently, BC professors teach general education, math, science, and freshman, sophomore, andsome junior-level engineering courses, while DEDP teaches upper-level engineering courses.Upon completion of the program, students earn a BC liberal arts or general engineering degreeand an ABET-accredited B.S. degree in chemical, civil, electrical, or mechanical engineeringfrom UND.The BC Engineering Model combines the strengths of distance engineering education, theresources of an
classes to other situations Select one 12 5.2 0.624.3 Using systematic reasoning in my approach to problems Select one 12 5.1 0.67 Using a critical approach to analyzing data and arguments4.4 in my daily life Select one 12 4.9 0.51 Please comment on how you expect this material to4.5 integrate with your studies, career, and/or life? Long answer 8 The responses from the preliminary assessment sought to measure a baseline for thestudents’ opinion for their understanding, skills, attitudes, and integration of learning. The goalwas to determine if there were changes in the student responses from the beginning of the
AC 2011-647: NINE YEARS OF CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW IN RHETORICAND ENGINEERING DESIGNPatricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia A. Carlson received the BA from the College of William and Mary and the MA and PhD from Duke University. She came to Rose-Hulman early in her teaching career and has taught a wide variety of courses. She is currently pursuing research interests in educational applications for Commmunication and Information Technology (CIT) Pat has held a number of American Society for Engineering Edu- cation summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s Classroom of the Future in Wheeling, WV. She was
bank’s non credit service product management orga- nization and profit center profitability programs and was instrumental in the EDI/EFT payment system implemented by General Motors.Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University Dr. Loughry earned a Ph.D. in management from University of Florida in 2001. She also has an M.B.A. from Loyola College in Maryland and a B.A. from Towson State University. Before joining Georgia Southern University, she was a member of the faculty at Clemson University. Her research specialties are control in organizations, especially peer influences and other social controls, and teamwork, especially self and peer evaluation of teamwork. Prior to beginning her academic career, Dr. Loughry
courses at Missouri S&T and use courses at Colorado State University-Pueblo andUniversity of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez as control groups. This was done to better understand themechanics of virtual student teaming and allow effective comparison. The partner from Spainprovided input and assisted with the development of sustainability-based short courses as well asan exchange framework.In order to document outcomes of the project, participating students completed pre and postonline surveys adapted from prior successful programs. Survey questions pertained to the directbenefits of the program (e.g., attitudes toward sustainability, acquisition of a range of skills,interest in a career in science or engineering, self-confidence, and student perceptions
offers students skills that directly prepare them for careers in manufacturing,design and product realization.The participating institutions are: Wayne State University (WSU), New Mexico State University(NMSU), Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), and Macomb Community College (MCC).WSU‟s Engineering Technology Division serves as the coordinating center. See Figure 1. Industrial Advisory Board Coordinating MCC WSU Center IME Dept. ET Dept. WSU ET Div. PVAMU NMSU Key: ME
(ASEE) and actively involved in promoting engineering education.Mr. Fred Scheu, College of Lake County Professor Fred Scheu earned a BSEE from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and an MSEE from San Jose State University, San Jose. CA. Professor Scheu has been teaching at the College of Lake County, Il. since 2005 and is the Electrical Engineering Technology Department Chair since 2008. Prior to his teaching career, Professor Scheu worked in the electronics industry developing thermal and inkjet printing technolgies. Later he was responsible for the development of state of the art time domain reflectometers and fiber optic components. Professor Scheu holds four patents as the result of his work in industry
”Educate Tanzania” of which she is president and CEO. Page 22.315.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Certificate/Concentration in Engineering for P-12 EducatorsThe engineering community has called for the integration of engineering content into the P-12curriculum. However, universities have been slow to offer engineering content courses andprograms designed for students preparing for careers in education. While a number ofworkshops and summer academies exist, their focus is often on specific engineering activities forthe classroom. As P-12 teachers tend to lack confidence in their
careers should be agoal of project-based education, but may also be a hurdle towards effective teaching. In thisstudy, a group of engineering students were surveyed using a modified version of the “Need forCognition” study to evaluate engineering student attitudes towards using cognitive tools.[5] Theresults of this survey are presented in this paper along with several conclusions regarding theeffect of project-based curriculum on student attitudes. Page 22.234.2II. Class DescriptionThis study involves the investigation of a senior level mechanical engineering class ofapproximately 38 students. The students were not identified demographically, but
grant), advancing problem based learning methodologies (NSF CCLI grant), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineer- ing outreach.Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineer- ing at the University of Colorado - Boulder (CU). She has taught the capstone design for environmental engineering since 1998 and began incorporating service learning projects into the course in 2001. She also
Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary faculty members and graduate students in engineering and science, with engineering education as a specific case. Dr. Borrego holds U.S. NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards for her engineering education research. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engi- neering education research methods and assessment from 2005-2010. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is from University of Wisconsin-Madison.Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M
establishing the validity of a direct methodfor teaching and measuring undergraduate engineering students’ professional skills. Proficiencyin engineering professional skills (Table 1) is critical for success in the multidisciplinary,intercultural team interactions that characterize 21st century engineering careers. Yet, programsacross the nation have struggled to define, teach and measure professional skills since theirintroduction as ABET criteria for engineering programs in 20001,2,3,4. In fall 2006, theWashington State University College of Engineering and Architecture partnered with anassessment specialist to create an innovative, direct method to teach and measure the ABETprofessional skills simultaneously. No direct method for teaching and
graduates ill-prepared forthe professional career [8]. An instructional media that is more effective and engaging must needfor students’ learning complex engineering concepts. It has been proven that learning through amedium that combines course materials with interactive visualization can be powerful tool forengineering education.It has been found through NSF funded projects that students learn the best when (i) presentedwith organized information that relates in some way to their own experiences, and (ii) they aregiven the opportunity to test themselves on their own understanding and to work to develop theirunderstanding with other students [9]. High school or undergraduate students in the 21st centurygrow up in an era where interactive role
project team was involved in the study of the AFM and the techniquesinvolved in AFM analysis through participation in training events, webinars, review of technicalapplication notes and other workshops sponsored by AFM manufacturers and others anddemonstrations of various systems at local and regional colleges. These activities included visitsto the Penn State Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge 11 (NACK) Center,College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at SUNY Albany State University 12, SyracuseUniversity 13 and other facilities, visits from AFM vendors, and discussions with faculty from Page 22.1668.4other universities and
, establish close ties among different schools andprograms, and promote interdisciplinary education. Yet current education models areprimarily based on the learning in the classroom with a clear delineation betweendisciplines. Students attend the lectures and are evaluated through homework problems,class projects and exams. Even though the importance of team work has been stressedover the years for the successful engineering career development, the extent ofimplementation is limited to the team projects in the classroom. Manyengineering/business courses are pure lecture-based, and do not usually containcomponents that help student to boost their communication skills within the frameworkof engineering problems. The limited exposure to this critical
-item online survey adapted from the Longitudinal Assessmentof Engineering Self-Efficacy (LAESE) instrument developed as part of the NSF-fundedAssessing Women in Engineering (AWE) project (Assessing Women in Engineering (AWE)Project, 2007).The LAESE was designed to measure undergraduate students’ self-efficacy related to succeedingin the engineering curriculum, as well as feelings of inclusion in the academic environment,ability to cope with setbacks or challenges related to the college environment, and expectationsabout engineering career success and math outcomes. The original use of the instrument wasfocused on self-efficacy among undergraduate women engineering students, and specifically onthe relationship of self-efficacy and the other
Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science and Technology (American Chemical Society) (2008), the AEESP Dissertation Advisor Award (2008), the NSF CAREER Award (2005); the DuPont Young Professor Award (2005); the 2007 Sigma Xi Award for Young Faculty, University of Cincinnati Chapter; the 2006 College of Engineering Research Award for Young Faculty, and the 2009 and 2010 College of Engineering Distinguished Engineering Researcher Award.Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati Ian Papautsky is an Associate Professor in the School of Electronics and Computing Systems at the Uni- versity of Cincinnati. He received a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. His research interests focus on
of its competitors’ vehicles each year [10]) anddesign improvement (e.g., Whirlpool annually invites suppliers to disassemble and help improveWhirlpool products [11]). In the classroom, product dissection has become a popular pedagogyfor engaging engineering students given its “hands-on” nature. Product dissection introducesstudents to functional products and processes, and providing such experiences early in thestudents’ academic careers increases motivation and retention [12]. Product dissection can alsobe used to increase awareness of the design process [5], and such “learning by doing” activitiesencourage the development of curiosity, proficiency, and manual dexterity – three desirable traitsof an engineer [13
product(s) that meaningfully addressesthe driving question.12 Project based learning is associated with some distinctive benefits whencompared to learning solely from textbooks including a deeper knowledge of subject matter,increased self-direction and motivation, improved research and problem-solving skills, andunderstanding how classroom learning connects to jobs and careers.13 This research projectwould work directly with local operational centers located in Charlotte, Concord, Davidson, andMatthews.Methods and the Concept of Operations The end-state of this aggressive research project envisions a successful implementation ofthe guided-inquiry module protocols as well as the deployment of student teams to Habitat forHumanity job-sites
degree would advance past thefreshman-level calculus sequence. Student surveys suggested that the traditional mathematicscurriculum was perceived as very difficult, and more importantly, not tied to applications.Students perceived the math sequence as representative of the overall content of their chosenmajors, and would choose another career path, leading many well-qualified students away fromSTEM-based careers.The solution to this problem developed at Wright State contains 3 principal characteristics 1) Development of a first-year engineering math course, EGR 101, taught by engineering faculty, that covers and motivates only math topics actually used in later engineering courses. 2) Restructuring of the engineering curriculum
Woman Award, a 2001 Hearin Professor of Engineering award, and the 1999 College of Engineering Outstanding Engineering Educator Award.Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech having moved from Mississippi State University in Jan 2010, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1998. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics and the development of biomedi- cal microdevices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER award; her group has published in the Proceedings of the National Academy
sensitiveCapability? 1. RASCL will be neat if all the bugs are figured out in advance. 2. Use of LabVIEW significantly limits the uses of device because of the price, and it can't be used widely without the full license. It cannot be used but in class projects. 3. Need a cover or case to prevent the board being destroyed. 4. The highest frequency the function generator can reach. 5. Higher sampling rate and bandwidth. 6. More functions, such add a digital dial on the function generator. 7. Isolation circuit does not operate properly. What is the most you would pay for a system like this if it were used in several classes over the course of your undergraduate career? (Note: An engineering
from Sungkyunkwan University in Korea. His Ph.D was earned in 2004 from Northwestern University in the field of electric field guided assembly of carbon nanotubes. He has received awards including, the McMinn Endowed Professorship, an NSF Career Award, and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award.Jiangyu Li, University of WashingtonAmy Shen, University of Washington Professor Amy Shen is an Associate Professor at Mechanical Engineering department from University of Washington. She earned her Ph.D in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University and an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis from