; manufacturing engineering; quality; environmental, health and safety; and others. Before joining National University, he acquired 12+ years of voluntary involvement with higher education, including adjunct teaching and research in engineering at the University of Colorado and formal advisory involvement in both science and engineering at the University of Texas. Other past professional and academic activities include being a founding member and officer in the Central Texas Electronics Association; past chairman of IBM’s Materials Shared University Research Committee; Ph.D. Recruiting Coordinator for IBM’s Systems Technology Division; and executive sponsor for 3M division’s
a combination ofengineering, science, computer science, information systems, project management,telecommunications, electronics, and quality assurance topics. Every degree program requires acourse in Integrated Technology Assessment, which is equivalent to a “CAPSTONE” course.Where necessary, students are provided access to a “Virtual Laboratory” for gaining laboratoryexperience.Anwar et.al.3 provided an overview of the engineering technology programs at EC, in a paperpresented at the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Anwar4 presents details of theBEET program at EC in an article to be published in the Journal of Pennsylvania Academy ofScience.2.2 Characteristics of EC Students As stated in Section 1.0, Excelsior College
AC 2007-1598: STUDENT/TEACHER ROLE SWAP IN HEAT TRANSFERNihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy Nihad Dukhan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he teaches courses in heat transfer, thermodynamics and energy systems. His ongoing pedagogical interests include developing undergraduate research programs, service-learning programs, and assessing their impact on students’ soft skills. His technical research areas are advanced cooling technologies for high-power devices. Dr. Dukhan earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toledo.Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy Michael G. Jenkins
AC 2007-1744: ARE FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTS ABLE TO THINKAND WRITE CRITICALLY?Karen High, Oklahoma State University KAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main research interests are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Making. Other scholarly activities include enhancing creativity in engineering practice and teaching science to education professionals. Dr. High is a trainer for Project Lead the Way pre
, Minnesota,Penn State, Purdue, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and the University of Texas--agreedto work with the firm and teach its specially prepared curriculum to more than 600 women.Program representatives recruited sophomore, junior, and senior coeds through advertisements incollege papers, calling especially for those with training in mathematics at least through algebra.The students went through a 10-month immersion in classes on engineering mathematics, jobterminology, aircraft drawing, engineering mechanics, airplane materials, theory of flight, andaircraft production. After that intensive exposure, Curtiss-Wright assigned Cadettes to plants towork in airplane design research, testing, and production.26Two of the institutions in
Page 12.560.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Do They Like What They Learn, Do They Learn What They Like – and What Do We Do About It?AbstractContinuous updates to first-year engineering curricula have seen the development andimplementation of a variety of new learning strategies as standard educational practices1. Trendsinvolving learning methods such as active learning, case-based learning, service learning,problem-based learning, and other teaching innovations have received positive reviews, in partfor their effectiveness and the ability of each to engage college students beyond the traditionallecture format. While novelty, variety, and student engagement have their merits in terms ofraising
Biochemistry) respectively in 1987 and 1991 from the University of Delaware. She also received a master's in Environmental Engineering and Science from the John Hopkins University in 1996. Her past professional experience includes conducting laboratory research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the gastroenterology and oncology departments, working as a risk assessment contractor for the EPA, and directing the Human and Environmental Health research program at the Water Environment Research Foundation, a non-profit foundation that funds research related to wastewater treatment and water quality. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Federation of Earth Science
AC 2007-1166: BUILDING ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION SKILLSTHROUGH SHORT ASSIGNMENTSJoseph Tranquillo, Bucknell University JOSEPH V TRANQUILLO is an assistant professor of biomedical and electrical engineering at Bucknell University. Dr. Tranquillo teaches courses primarily in bioinstrumentation. His research focuses on theoretical and computational models of electrical activity in the heart.Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University Page 12.331.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Building Engineering Communication Skills 1 Building Engineering
5(ABET) have stressed the importance of preparing engineers to effectively work in team orientedenvironments (Lovgren, 2000).Currently, many university engineering programs promote team-work by having studentscomplete group projects. However, few teach students the necessary skills to perform effectivelyin a group environment before assigning team-work. Consequently, students may gainexperience working in teams, but they may not gain effective team-working skills, which in turnmay cause the team not to work successfully and/or to develop negative views about the value ofteam work (Chen, & Lin, 2004; Lingard, & Berry, 2002; Seat, & Lord, 1999). “In order forstudents to benefit from these team projects, efforts must be made to
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department. Her research explores computational tools and practices for promoting critical reflection within design-based learning activities. Her theoretical framework, Cooperative Constructionism, establishes a design-based approach to critical reflection with applicable computational tools and teaching pedagogy. Her publications include chapters in Social Capital and Information Technology and the forthcoming book, Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators. Dr. Chapman has served as Assistant Program Director for NASA’s Space Life Sciences Training Program at Kennedy Space Center and was a
and approved for allmajor courses. Well-defined faculty-driven curriculum design and review processes havebeen in place for many years. Faculty members conduct assessment and attempt to Page 12.1474.2improve their courses and the degree program, by modifying teaching techniques,exercises and assignments to maximize learning. This has been an ongoing workloadexpectation at the course level for more than a decade, and is embedded in thedepartmental culture.To coordinate the assessment and evaluation process to the program level, the departmentformed an Assessment Committee to oversee the assessment activities and coordinateactions to spur continuous
3MIET 410 Mine Production Technology 3MEET 410 Industrial Operations 3GNET 499 Engineering Technology Projects 3Core Skills Social Science 3 Total 15It remains to be proven if we will be able to develop on online version of these courses in everyinstance. Italicized courses are either already offered or in development. We will need toinitially rely on the availability of some transfer coursework in the student’s area, on campusresidency, or other online courses to round out these requirements. Common market agreementsand fee structures will need to be developed. A low residency program may develop to fill insome supervision intensive laboratories. Our
EngineeringTechnology that includes a senior level capstone course in analog integrated circuit design. Thiscourse includes a two credit hour (six contact hours per week) laboratory in which studentswould normally perform six to eight individual “canned” experiments. Recently the author hasre-structured the laboratory to become a term-long group project in the area of analog integratedcircuits. This paper describes the results of one of these team projects.IntroductionThe objective of this capstone course is to expose senior EET majors to the design process foranalog integrated circuits by working as a member of a design team. Upon completion of thiscourse, a student will have been exposed to the processes of working in a team, picking an idea,researching the
began taking a course called Introduction toEngineering Design during the sophomore or junior year. One credit of that four-credit coursewould be entitled Professional Development I and would be taught by the Archer Center. Inaddition, the Archer Center would teach a culminating course, Professional Development III,for students who were simultaneously enrolled in the Capstone Design Course. Theresponsibility for a third course, Professional Development II, was assumed by the School ofHumanities and Social Science; it was organized to be completely independent of the ArcherCenter sequence. All three of these experiences are described below in greater detail.The addition of these curricular components to the School of Engineering did not occur
collectively supportfive four-year ET undergraduate programs:[1] ‚ Architectural Engineering Technology (AET) in the Architecture Department ‚ Audio (AuET), Electronic (EET) and Computer Engineering Technology (CET) in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department ‚ Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) in Mechanical Engineering Department Page 12.417.2The curriculum of each ET program is designed such that students must complete: ‚ One 4-credit lecture/laboratory course in a basic science elective ‚ Two 4-credit lecture/laboratory courses in algebra-based physics ‚ Four 3-credit All University Curriculum (AUC
these characteristics, a workshop wasconvened at Michigan Tech in August 2006 to define a Service Systems Engineering curriculum.Workshop participants consisted of faculty from several universities as well as industry leadersinterested in engineering for the service sector. An additional grant from NSF’s CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program was recently awarded for theimplementation of this curriculum.IntroductionWe are living in a service economy and our educational system has failed to keep pace toprovide employers with graduates meeting the demands of the service sector. Over 80% of theeconomic activity in the United States is within the service sector1 with similar high rates inother developed countries.2 This sector
instructors to perform the assessmentreliably is needed. This is discussed later.Capstone Experiences Capstone experiences are where students are supposed to apply what they have previouslylearned to a comprehensive, usually design-oriented, problem. Therefore, this is a very logicalplace to assess what students have learned. Furthermore, since these experiences are usually Page 12.548.4done in teams and they usually involve written reports and oral presentations, the professionalskills (teamwork, communication, global/societal context, life-long learning, contemporaryissues) can be assessed similarly. Laboratory experiences may also fall into
Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Student Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Pharmaceutical Industry L. Kuczynski, C. McGuinness, S. Farrell, B. G. Lefebvre, and C. S. Slater Rowan University Chemical Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 USAAbstract Rowan University’s Engineering program uses innovative methods of teaching and learningto prepare students better for a rapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace, asrecommended by ABET1. Rowan has developed a program that fosters synergistic
editor for The Engineering Economist journal.Clinton Dancey, Virginia Tech Clint Dancey is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches in the areas of fluid mechanics, compressible flow, and thermodynamics. His research interests include hydrodynamics, erosion, bridge scour, and the initiation of motion of sediment in streams and rivers.Richard Goff, Virginia Tech Richard M. Goff is the Pete White Chair for Innovation in Engineering Education, Associate Professor, and Assistant Head of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. An award winning teacher, his main areas of research and teaching are design and
capable andconscious of the impacts of their decisions. The goal is to address the need for today's engineersto work effectively in global environments where technical solutions must integrate social,cultural and environmental concerns.The curriculum enhancement projects seek to teach the students the fundamentals of engineeringdesign early (first three weeks) in the engineering education process with an emphasis onenvironmental and socio-cultural impact to develop socially conscious engineers with a stronggrounding in the basics of engineers design methods. This will develop a new generation ofengineers with a skill set that includes an understanding of the social, cultural and environmentalimpacts of their decisions and a comprehension of how
AC 2007-523: SELF GRADING FOR IMPROVED LEARNINGMelani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ Melani Plett is an Associate Professor at Seattle Pacific University. Her research interests include engineering education, non-stationary signal processing, biomedical engineering and Christian women engineersDon Peter, Seattle Pacific University Don Peter is an Associate Professor at Seattle Pacific University. He is particularly interested in discovering ways to improve teaching and learning in electronics. Page 12.1263.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Self Grading
AC 2007-528: IMPLEMENTING MACHINING OF FIBER REINFORCEDPOLYMER COMPOSITES TO MANUFACTURING COURSES IN 2 YEAR AND 4YEAR PROGRAMSDave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is an Assistant Professor of School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle, and his M.S. and B.S. at Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. His teaching and research interests include manufacturing processes, composite materials, and mechanical behavior of engineered materials.Michael Flaman, Portland Community College Mr. Mike Flaman is an instructor and the Department Chair of Machine Manufacturing
AC 2007-661: FRESHMAN LAB EXPERIMENT: CITRUS POWERED CARDavid Ye, Polytechnic University David Ye is a senior head teaching assistant in General Engineering. He expects to receive his BSEE from Polytechnic University in June 2007. His interests include robotics. He interned at Symbol Technologies researching wireless protocols and Power LEDs.Roshan Abraham, Polytechnic University Roshan Abraham is a teaching assistant in General Engineering. He expects to receive his BSME from Polytechnic University in June 2007.Gunter Georgi, Polytechnic University Gunter W. Georgi is an Industry Professor at Polytechnic University. He received his B.S. from Cooper Union and his M.S. and professional M
AC 2007-1201: A SUCCESS STORY: THE SAE BAJA CAR AS A CAPSTONESENIOR DESIGN PROJECTDean Kim, Bradley University Dean Kim is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University. His teaching and research interests are in measurement and instrumentation, dynamic modeling, feedback control design and implementation, and fluid power systems.Martin Morris, Bradley University Martin Morris is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University. His teaching and research interests are in fluid mechanics and thermal sciences.Richard Deller, Bradley University Richard Deller is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University. His teaching and
12.187.2are presented and discussed.Mechanical Engineering Program Outcomes and Educational ObjectivesThe Program Educational Objectives are based on the University Mission, the goal of theMechanical Engineering department, and the outcomes expected by ABET1. The UniversityMission states that each undergraduate is offered outstanding teaching and a value-centerededucation in both liberal arts and professional specialization, in order to prepare students forleadership roles in their careers and society.The Mechanical Engineering program/curriculum is reviewed by several groups. These groupsare the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Faculty on the College ABET Committee, students,industrial engineers and business leaders (through the Engineering Advisory
Finance. She currently works for Microchip Technology Inc., coordinating their University Program, with a focus on encouraging schools and universities to teach course work based on Microchip's architecture, thus preparing students to become the engineers of tomorrow Page 12.889.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Collaboration of Industry and Academia Render Business-Ready Graduates Lakshmi Munukutla and Jim Subach Electronic Systems Department Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus
felt confident on the project at the end. Newteam members said they could continue on the project. Team members indicated they gainedtechnical and non-technical skills, such as teamwork, communication, and etc. Furthermore,they expressed that they learned about others’ disciplines by sharing one another’s work, andby cross-teaching one another during the meetings.Tools: The team mostly used phones and email to communicate. Overall the team useddifferent engineering equipment and components as necessary. The mechanical engineersrelied on the Machine Shop in the Mechanical Engineering department to building hardware.Computer Graphics were done with AutoCAD. The team liked their work environment,especially the off-campus laboratory which provided
network architectures and protocolsthat have not been used together very often. New and usually expensive equipment may not beavailable in our laboratories to test these new technologies. Thus, we are taking advantage of ourcommunication networks modeling and simulation course to teach new technologies andprotocols and test their integration.As an example of this approach, this paper presents a course project that our junior studentsperformed. The goal of this project was to evaluate voice over IP (VoIP) over 802.11 wirelesslocal area network (WLANs). As discussed in [1], “both IP voice and 802.11 WLANs are newtechnologies, and so the base of practical experience in merging the two is small.” Voice over IPapplications are real-time applications
sequence in whichstudents synthesize knowledge and skills learned in the previous courses. In the first course(EET-400, Project Management), students research, plan and develop a project proposal. In thesecond course (EET-410L, Senior Project Laboratory) students implement the project plan bybuilding and testing a prototype. A typical project involves a solution to a software/hardware-based engineering problem. The process of developing and implementing a solution to theproblem offers a learning opportunity for students to gain new insights and competencies as aresult of “constructivist” and “deep learning” teaching/learning approaches. According to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors,3 constructivism is a "viewpoint inlearning theory which
AC 2007-815: INDIVIDUAL COURSE ASSESSMENT AS A CORE ASSESSMENTTOOLHyun Kim, Youngstown State University Hyun W. Kim, Ph.D., P.E. Hyun W. Kim is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Fluid Power Research and Education Center at Youngstown State University. He has been teaching and developing courses and research projects in the fluid thermal area. He is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in Ohio and is currently conducting applied research in fluid power control and computational fluid dynamics with local industries. Dr. Kim received a B.S.E. degree from Seoul National University, a M.S.E. from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Univ. of Toledo