projects that require problem solving. The main problem solved in the current case was to find ways to make the subject of statics more easily and more deeply understood.Prof. Mehrdaad Ghorashi P.E., University of Southern Maine Mehrdaad Ghorashi is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario. In 1995, after receiving his first Ph.D. (on dynamics of structures under moving loads), Ghorashi joined the mechanical engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology as an Assistant Professor. In 2004, Ghorashi moved to Canada where he worked in Carleton University as a Postdoctoral Fellow. He also taught a few courses at Carleton for which he received the Best Professor Award from the Carleton Student
pedagogical tools is an excellent way to enhance a student’s knowledge.Introduction Providing proper educational needs for engineering students requires an understanding of basic foundational principles and laws. Some students start learning this information through a shroud of confusion or partial understanding. In this technological society, professors are inventing ways to engage their students while maintaining the integrity of engineering education. The discussion of results from a collaboration between several universities determined that students may not always understand a topic or how it can be applied in industry. (1) Additionally, professors believe that once students matriculate through their program an increased interest
AC 2012-3473: BIOMIMICRY INNOVATION AS A TOOL FOR DESIGNDr. Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Department at Kettering University and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. She serves as the Director for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kettering. Her areas of interest in teaching and research include ergonomics and human modeling, statistics, work design and lean princi- ples, supply chain management, and environmental sustainability.Dr. Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit MercyDr. Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy Darrell Kleinke has more than 25 years of
economic analysis, sustainable engineering, and integrated resource management. She is a member of ASEE, ASEM, APICS, IIE, and SWE. She is a licensed P.E. in Kansas.Dr. Edward A. Pohl, University of Arkansas Edward A. Pohl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Pohl spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, where he served in a variety of engineering, analysis, and academic positions during his career. He received a Ph.D. in system and industrial engineering from the University of Arizona in 1995, a M.S. in reliability engineering from the University of Arizona in 1993, a M.S. in system engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 1988, a M.S
-12 students [1], robotic soccer competitions have spanned the globe [2],and various professional organizations, including ASME [3] and IEEE [4], have included roboticcompetitions in their student design competitions.However, none of these competitions seem to have similarities to many other long-term,successful intracollegiate engineering competitions (such as SAE Baja or Heavy Lift). Thesecompetitions inspire students, but also allow teams to improve their designs and technology overthe years, rules that change slowly, and clear rules on what can and cannot be “reused” fromprior competitions. The result of this is that over the years, a winning Baja car from years agowould struggle to compete in today’s competition – teams have gotten much
the geotechnical effects of climate change on coastal areas? (9 votes) • How did ancient societies create long lasting structures before our modern understanding of geotech? (5 votes) • What is the future of mining? Its impacts, development of new mines and fate of old mines? (5 votes) • How long after a landfill is capped can it be built on? (2 votes) • How are new technologies helping geotechnical engineers realize their role in sustainability? (1 votes)Creating Participant Structures and PracticesCentral to knowledge building and its participant structure is discourse. Scardamalia13 writesabout the socio-cognitive dynamics of a successful knowledge building community:“Participants set forth their ideas and
AC 2012-3360: A HALF BRAIN IS GOOD: A WHOLE BRAIN IS MUCHBETTERDr. Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, D.WRE, and F.NSPE, is an independent consultant provid- ing management, engineering, education/training, and marketing services. Prior to beginning his consul- tancy, he worked in the public, private, and academic sectors serving as a Project Engineer and Manager, Department Head, Discipline Manager, marketer, legal expert, professor, and Dean of an engineering college. Walesh authored or co-authored six books and many engineering and education publications and presentations. His most recent book is Engineering Your Future: The Professional Practice of En
of our Experience Integrating Multidisciplinary and International Design Projects within the Senior Capstone Design Course, 2011 ASEE Annual Conference Vancouver, Canada, June 26-29, 2011 Page 25.572.113. J. V. C. Vargas, PI, Project 558835/2010-4, Life cycle analysis, environmental impact and remediation of the microalgae and other sources derived sustainable biodiesel energy production, National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil, 2010.4. U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program, Project P116M100008, Sustainable Energy and Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Lead: Florida
Engineering and Technology (ABET) (2011) Criteria for Evaluating Engineering Programs. Available on line at http://www.abet.org/criteria.html.8. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2008) Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century, 2nd Edition, ASCE. Page 25.775.14
, government institutions andtheir partners to promote Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education 1-6.The original goal of the project was to start a “Mechanical Engineering Day”. Seniors, juniorsand sophomores, members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) andSociety of Women Engineers (SWE) student chapters, were to host middle school and highschool students one afternoon when they would learn about engineering careers, how engineersimpact everyday life, and they would have the opportunity to participate in three differentactivities guided by college students showcasing different aspects of Mechanical Engineering.In 2008, the authors mentored the two student groups to apply for the ASME Diversity ActionGrant7 with the
AC 2012-4172: ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT PERFORMANCES IN OP-ERATIONS RESEARCH CLASS DELIVERED BY AN INNOVATIVE AP-PROACHMr. Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University Yaseen Mahmud is a doctoral candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Morgan State University’s School of Engineering.Dr. Masud Salimian, Morgan State University Masud Salimian is a faculty member in the Industrial Engineering Department at Morgan State Univer- sity. He is the Interim Director of the Advanced Engineering Design lab and Center for Multimedia In- structional Design and Technology. His research interests are in optimization, simulation, manufacturing systems and processes, and engineering education
Vision 2025, which follows:6 Entrusted by society to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life, civil engineers serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically as master: • planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s economic and social engine—the built environment; • stewards of the natural environment and its resources; • innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the public
. While there are several prominent methods for dissecting and analyzing a program ofstudy, in Mechanical Engineering two methods dominate the discipline. Accreditation drivenefforts, such as ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), take a large scaleapproach addressing entire curricula and generating large amounts of data. The structure of theaccreditation review imposes external drivers of interaction and investment and the focus inthese efforts is often on outcomes rather than instructional delivery and process. Otherstructured efforts, such as SUCCEED (Southeastern University and College Coalition forEngineering Education), focus on staging student learning and developing connections andtransitions between classes
, but those exemptions areunder pressure. This reduction in the number of credit hours in an engineering degree program iscausing much discussion as to whether the baccalaureate degree is adequate for professionalpractice in light of the expanding technology the students must learn. This question is verydifficult to answer until the body of knowledge for a discipline necessary for professionalpractice is developed.Table 1 Credit Hours in Engineering Degree Programs Credit Hours All Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Statistic Programs in Texas Programs in Texas Programs in SEC Mean 127.9 128.0
AC 2012-3043: FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS LEARNING MODULESFOR AN UNDERGRADUATE HEAT TRANSFER COURSE: IMPLEMEN-TATION AND ASSESSMENTProf. Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific Kyle Watson earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Villanova University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. He has been a faculty member at the University of the Pacific since 2003 and has taught undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, combustion, air-conditioning, dynamics, and senior capstone design.Dr. Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific Ashland O. Brown is professor of mechanical engineering, University of the Pacific, and Principal Inves- tigator. He
. Page 25.14.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 "Gamifying" a Library Orientation Tutorial for Improved Motivation and LearningAbstractThis paper evaluates the process and outcomes of converting a library orientation tutorial into agame in a cornerstone design and communication class in the Engineering Science program atthe University of Toronto. The purpose of the tutorial is to help students meet many of theInformation Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology, as well as introducethem to important resources in their field. A hands-on tutorial session aims to move 300 students(100 per session) from a reliance on brute force and shallow
Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon is the Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. She has a master’s of arts degree in education and human development, specializing in educational technology leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She has worked extensively in the design of as- sessment tools for course methods and activities. She is a Faculty Development Consultant with previous experience in instructional design, and the instructor
AC 2012-2963: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT PEDAGOGICAL TECH-NIQUES TO TEACH MECHANISTIC-EMPIRICAL PAVEMENT DESIGNGUIDEDr. Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan UniversityDr. Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University Page 25.333.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Comparison of Different Pedagogical Techniques to Teach Mechanistic- Empirical Pavement Design GuideABSTRACTMechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) is relatively new design methodologyfor conducting pavement structural and materials design. MEPDG is a significant departurefrom the current Association of American Society of Highway
AC 2012-4239: A MECHATRONICS CAPSTONE PROJECT WITH AN IN-TERDISCIPLINARY TEAM AND AN INDUSTRIAL PARTNERDr. Blair T. Allison, Grove City College Blair T. Allison is professor and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Grove City College. He teaches courses in engineering design, mechanics of materials, materials science, control systems, and finite element analysis. Areas of research interest include the modeling and control of metal forming processes, manufacturing automation and control, and dimensional control of components and assemblies. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.S.M.E. degree from Carnegie Mellon
committees.Dr. Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint Anca L. Sala is professor and Dean of engineering and computer technology at Baker College of Flint. In addition to her administrative role, she continues to be involved with development of new engineering curriculum, improving teaching and assessment of student learning, assessment of program outcomes and objectives, and ABET accreditation. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA, serving in various capacities. Page 25.229.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH HOMEWORK
AC 2012-3385: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT ACADEMICINTEGRITY: COMPARISON OF INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC STU-DENTSDr. Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University Isaac W. Wait is an Associate Professor of engineering in the College of Information Technology and Engineering at Marshall University in Huntington, W.V. Wait conducts research and teaches courses in water resources and environmental engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Ohio and West Virginia.Dr. Armin Eberlein P.E., American University of Sharjah Armin Eberlein received the dipl-ing. (FH) degree in telecommunications engineering from the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences in Germany, the M.Sc. degree in communications
leadership.Designing curriculum is one matter; rebuilding an entire program’s educational outcomes(PEOs) is another. The Department of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological Universitydecided to adopt the BOK2 as the new standard for their PEOs just two years before their ABETaccreditation visit in 2010.13 Although this was very progressive, accomplishing this effort waslikened to “a quest to slay the Multi-Headed Hydra.” The department encountered numerouschallenges, including faculty members who were unfamiliar with the BOK2 and Bloom’sTaxonomy, adjunct professors who were suddenly bombarded with educational psychology Page 25.1188.5terminology, debates
AC 2012-3211: FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS ETHICAL ISSUES IN MULTIPLE-AUTHORED AND MENTOR-SUPERVISED ENGINEERING PUBLICA-TIONSDr. Islam H. El-adaway, Mississippi State University Islam H. El-adaway is Assistant Professor, civil and environmental engineering, Mississippi State Univer- sity, 501 Hardy Road, 235C Walker Engineering Building, P.O Box 9546, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Email: eladaway@cee.msstate.edu.Dr. Marianne M. Jennings, Arizona State University Marianne M. Jennings is professor, legal and ethical studies, Department of Management, Arizona State University, Main Campus, P.O. Box 874006, Tempe, AZ 85287. Email: marianne.jennings@asu.edu
purification project demonstrates cost effective Annual mission that works with partner nations to execute a variety of humanitarian civic assistancetechnologies in support of Foreign Humanitarian Assistance missions in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility, from & Disaster Response operations. a ship dedicated to the mission.UHM in joint military technology Two UH civil engineering studentsexchange exercises between US and will participate aboard USNS MercyThai military at Sattahip Royal Navy for Pacific Partnership .Base, Thailand1
:• It underpins our economic prosperity and national security.• In an increasingly global market, it is a driver of US Competitiveness and has played a pivotal role in our economic growth through innovation and idea-driven “creative” industries.• It accelerate the pace of scientific discovery and technological innovation in nearly all other fields of scientific and engineering inquiry• are crucial to achieving our major national and global priorities in energy and transportation, education and life-long learning, healthcare, and national and homeland security 2NIT has the potential to form a pervasive intellectual fabric that
AC 2012-3267: FACULTY AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ONLINELEARNING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONMr. Lance Kinney P.E., University of Texas, Austin Lance Kinney, P.E., is a doctoral student in learning technologies at the University of Texas, Austin. His area of interest is distance education in engineering at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has ex- perience as an instructor in engineering and technology at Texas State University and Austin Community College. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, and is currently the Executive Director of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.Dr. Min Liu, University of Texas, Austin Min Liu is professor of learning technologies in the College of Education. She is the
Technology Education (INTERTECH), member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electron- ics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-EdSoc) in (2002-2005), (2005-2008), and (2009-2012), member of Strategic Planning Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-EdSoc), and Board Member of Global Council on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM). She was President of the Brazilian chapter of the Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electron- ics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc), State Councilor of SBPC - Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science, and Manager of International Relations of SENAC School of Engineering and
member of International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, Council Member of International Council for Engineering and Technology Education (INTERTECH), Member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-EdSoc) in (2001-2004) and (2008-2011), Member of Strategic Planning Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-EdSoc), Board Member of Global Council on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM), and Di- rector of Brazilian Network of Engineering (RBE/SP). He was President of Brazilian Chapter of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE-EdSoc), Secretary
poverty can overlook the multiple dimensions of poverty.45Engineers designing for poverty alleviation frequently incorporate needs first approaches.E.F. Schumacher founded the “appropriate technology” movement by calling fortechnological development that conserved fossil fuels, respected the tolerance levels ofnature, and affirmed human dignity.43 Furthermore, the Millennium Development Goals andtheir associated targets represent an international commitment towards billions of people wholack access to a minimum standard of nutrition and other basic necessities.46 Needs first Page 25.1142.3approaches have inspired agricultural engineers to work
AC 2012-5526: CULTIVATING T-SHAPED ENGINEERS FOR 21ST CEN-TURY: EXPERIENCES IN CHINAMiss Jingshan Wu, Zhejiang University Jingshan Wu, Ph.D. candidate, majors in educational economy and management. Her research interest is the cultivation of engineering talents. She has been working for ”Research on International Engineering Education: Frontiers and Progress” and ”Model Innovation on Engineering Education” recently.Prof. Xiaodong Zou, Zhejiang University Xiaodong ZouPh.D., Vice President of Zhejiang University, professor of Public Administration School, Zhejiang University. His research area is administration and strategic planning of science, technology and higher education, organization management, and innovation