either a lack of equipment, technician support, or both. Yet most topicsin chemical engineering are best learned via a learn-by-doing approach. Computersimulations have been used in lieu of a truly hands-on experience but these are oftenlacking in the fullness of details that real systems provide. With the advent of high-speedInternet communications, an alternative approach to providing hands-on experiences hasbecome possible – remote operation of real equipment. Both this group as well as facultyat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge havedemonstrated this1,2. Such remote operation experiences are fully learn-by-doing withnearly all the positive and negative aspects of true hands-on laboratory work. Such
interests cover high-temperature materials synthesis, nano-sized materials synthesis, surface modifications, applications of high-temperature fluidization technology, reaction kinetics, catalytic effects on gas-solid reactions, and reactor design and simulations.Connelly Barnes, Oregon State University Connelly Barnes is an undergraduate student in Computational Physics and Mathematics at OSU. Connelly is the programmer for the software ThermoSolver which accompanies the text Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics.Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University Danielle Amatore is A PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at OSU. Her thesis focuses on educational methods, including assessment of
. Janna received a B.S. degree, an M.S.M.E. and a Ph.D. from the University of Toledo.John Hochstein, University of Memphis John I. Hochstein joined the faculty of The University of Memphis in 1991 and currently holds the position of Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to engineering education, his research interests include simulation of micro gravity processes and computational modeling of fluid flows with free surfaces. He is a co-author of a textbook, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, with P. Gerhart and R. Gross and is an Associate Fellow of AIAA. Dr. Hochstein received a B.E. degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology (1973), an M.S.M.E. degree from The
Technology Program. Page 11.688.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Home Schoolers in an Engineering/Education K12 Outreach ProgramAbstractThe Toying With TechnologySM program (TWT) has been offered to preservice elementary andsecondary teachers for ten years. This program is designed to explain the principles behindmany of the technological innovations in wide use today. This is accomplished through hands-onlaboratory experiences. This includes, but is not limited to, experiences with programming,global positioning systems, and biomedical engineering. This program uses engineering as abasis to teach math, science, technology
, Council Member of "International Council for Engineering and Technology Education" (INTERTECH), Board Member of “Global Council on Manufacturing and Management" (GCMM) and Director 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)and Member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) in USA.Melany Maria Ciampi Tenente da Rocha Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences Page
the College of Education at the University of Wyoming. Page 11.1339.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Thinking and Doing Math and Science with Engineering: A PartnershipIntroductionDuring the summers of 2004 and 2005, the Colleges of Engineering and Education at theUniversity of Wyoming teamed up to provide engineering topics-based workshops for K-12teachers. The workshop topics focused upon contemporary engineering technology andapplications, providing a foundation for inquiry-based lessons in K-12 math and scienceclassrooms.In this paper, the authors summarize the
2006-1384: METHODS FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONALREFORM IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGThomas Harris, Vanderbilt University Thomas R. Harris is the Orrin Henry Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He is currently Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and the Ph.D. degree from Tulane University in that field. He holds an M.D. degree from Vanderbilt University. His current interests focus on the development of learning science and learning technology for bioengineering. He is currently
. Her research focuses on plastics processing, particularly at the micro and nanoscales and their application to high-rate nanomanufacturing. Page 11.548.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering and Public Policy at the Nanoscale: An Interdisciplinary Graduate CourseAbstractThe excitement and promise of nanotechnology provides a unique opportunity to increase publicawareness of the critical importance of science and technology to society in general and tostudents in particular. Nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing will require a more diversetechnical education of the
2006-1072: DESIGNING A B.S. DEGREE PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING FORGLOBALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGearold Johnson, Colorado State University Gearold R. Johnson is the Emeritus George T. Abell Endowed Chair in Engineering and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). He holds B.S.A.E., M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University. He was on the faculty at CSU from 1971 until his retirement in 1994. From 1994 until his retirement in 2002, he was the Academic Vice-President of the National Technological University.Dueb Lakhder, Consultant to UNESCO Dueb Lakhder is a consultant to UNESCO in Paris, France. From 1974 through 1982, he was the first Dean of
Universities of Toronto, Maryland, and Washington, Princeton University, and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. A textbook, Biology for Engineers, was found in draftform on the internet by Johnson (1). The course presented in this paper was initially tested as apilot course targeted to incoming first-year engineering students who have had AdvancedPlacement Chemistry in high school as they would initially have the free units in their first yearschedule to take the course. It is thought that the introduction of biology and chemistryapplications in the engineering curriculum may improve first-year student interest andmotivation as well as broaden the scope of and improve their preparation to study in the variousfields of engineering
for Engineering Education, 2006 Building Industry/Education Partnership’s for Tomorrow’s Workforce Tech Careers: “I Am The Future”Abstract—The island of Maui is known the world over as a beautiful vacation destination. It isalso home to an emerging High Technology sector. The technology industry in Hawaii has beenfaced with chronic recruitment and retention challenges due to a local labor force insufficient tomeet the growing demand for engineering and technical talent and the expense of recruitingoffshore. The Maui Economic Development Board and Women in Technology1 (WIT) havehelped industry to understand that women and other underrepresented minorities are
2006-341: APPLYING MARKETING PRINCIPLES TO ATTRACTING ANDRETAINING ENGINEERING STUDENTSRobert Summers, Weber State University Dr. Robert A. Summers is a Full Professor in the Computer & Electronics Engineering Technology department at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho, where he was also an Associate Professor. His bachelor's degree is from Brigham Young University, and his masters from the University of Washington. Dr. Summers's experience in the engineering field also includes eight years in the aerospace industry, specializing in the design of avionics instrumentation and control systems. Throughout
2006-639: AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS:IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENTAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won major teaching awards and is internationally recognized in his primary research field.Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati PATTY D. MCNERNEY, Doctoral Student in C & I Education/Technology, College of Education
consultant for the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute on K-12 education and edited Biotechnology: The Technology of Life, a sourcebook for K-12 classroom teachers. Telephone 508-831-5786; email jrulfs@wpi.edu. Page 11.692.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How do you Teach Engineering in Kindergarten and First Grade?AbstractAs part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded program titled “K-6 Gets aPiece of the PIEE (Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education),” graduate fellowsand undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MAhave implemented a
. Albert EinsteinThis article is intended for Undergraduate and Graduate students as a brief introduction of the potential capabilities of theapplied Atomic Theory in the benefit of humankind, as it apply to modern engineering and technology.Although the special theory of relativity was introduced almost a century ago, it is still a fairly new concept. The world hadseen some of its positive as well as negative results. Worldwide research, related to relativity, as well as nuclear physics ingeneral, is one of the main topics in modern science. Much research is being done in such areas as Medical Imaging,including CAT scans, MRI and NMR technologies, Radioactive/ Radiometric Dating, and Radiation Detection, just tomention a few. Perhaps the greatest
thediscipline of acquiring and applying knowledge. The club has a solid foundation of anelementary extra-curricular math and science program and a secondary pre-engineeringcourse. Mid and High school students will surprise you with their talents and creativity ifput in the right motivational package. The MVCS Science club has successfullyintegrated math and science into several applications involving engineering. They haveapplied their skills in several competitions and have won the Boosting Science,Engineering and Technology (BEST) robotics competition at New Mexico StateUniversity(NMSU) and gone to the SW region competition in Dallas at SouthernMethodist University. The club won trips to Washington DC in the US Army’seCybermission for science problem
2006-817: FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES IN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: THECASE OF CHEMISTRYJosef Rojter, Victoria University of Tech. Page 11.658.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Fundamental Sciences in Engineering Curriculum: The Case of ChemistryAbstractAs a response to concerns and suggestions of the Institution of Engineers, Australiaaccrediting the undergraduate curriculum in mechanical engineering, the Department ofMechanical Engineering at Victoria University of Technology (VUT) decided to incorporatechemical sciences into its undergraduate curriculum. The first semester of second yearmaterials technology subject was set aside to include
EFFECTIVE DESIGN, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT OF AN ON-LINE ENGINEERING COURSE Ronald P. Uhlig Shekar Viswanathan ruhlig@nu.edu sviswana@nu.edu School of Engineering and Technology, National University, 11255 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037The emergence of life-long learning has been a happy result of theexplosion of information and the much wider availability of informationthrough the Internet today. The Internet is battling its way into highereducation by offering a flexible and accessible alternative for busy peoplewho want to pursue higher education. However, questions have beenraised whether online instruction
2006-1844: ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: THESEARCH FOR POLICYRichard Devon, Pennsylvania State University Devon is Professor of Engineering Design and the Director of the Engineering Design Program in the School for Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs at The Pennsylvania State University, where he has received several teaching awards. He has directed both the Pennsylvania Space Grant Program and the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Penn State. Devon currently focuses on design education, global programs, and design topics such as design ethics, innovative design, and conceptual design communications.Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State
mission. SEI at Texas A&M’s Spacecraft Technology Center is an exclusive partnershipwith NASA focused on preparing engineering students for a career in the space industry.Throughout the school year, SEI students participate in hands-on projects and practical trainingin various fields of engineering. This is a unique opportunity, as a first-year student at TexasA&M, to work on projects to aid NASA in developing technology for the International SpaceStation (ISS), Space Shuttle, or human exploration of the solar system.Engineering Academic Programs OfficeThe Engineering Academic Programs Office (EAPO), in the Dwight Look College ofEngineering, handles all undergraduate and graduate academic business for the College ofEngineering. In
on Construction Management from Columbia University in the City of New York in 1997, 1998 and 2001 respectively. Prior to her position at the University of Washington, Dr. Dossick worked with Exponent Failure Analysis Associates in Menlo Park, California and Bellevue, Washington, and Parsons Corporation in Pasadena, California. Her research interests include 1) use, application and implementation of emerging technologies and processes to the management of construction, 2) assessment of economic and business ramifications associated with emerging technologies, and 3) the use of emerging technologies in the engineering and construction education. Address: Department of
graduated from Chulalongkorn University in 1978 and joined the Department of Computer Engineering in 1979. Email: Boonchai.so@chula.ac.thManoj Lohatepanont, Chulalongkorn University Dr. Manoj Lohatepanont is the Deputy Director of the Center for Electronic Learning, Chulalongkorn University. He earned his Sc.D. in Transportation and Logistics Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 and joined Faculty of Engineering in 2004. Email: Manoj.L@chula.ac.th Page 11.526.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Electronic Learning at the Faculty of
Engineering and Public PolicyAbstractThere exists a gap between engineering and public policy which must be bridged. Engineers areaffected by public policy but are seldom involved in setting policy. Engineers, and the decisionsthey make, also affect public policy. Those who set the policy frequently do not have a fullappreciation of the technological issues involved and the engineers often do not appreciate theimplication of their decisions on society. If engineers do not take a more active role in the settingof public policy, they will be left to work within the policies set by others who may lack adequatetechnical skills and they will be remiss in their duties as citizens to foster good policy. If thepolicy setters do not develop a greater
justified.Bigger Problems and a New Course to Train Engineers to Tackle Them Engineering problems have gotten bigger and more complex. Likewise, driven by thegrowth in scope of the problems, the technology to handle big problems has blossomed. Thecapacity of disk drives continues to expand as does the data density: the ability to store moredata in a smaller space. Search algorithms are increasing in speed and allow retrieval ofmore data in less time. Overall storage space and processing is readily available at low cost. Courses in structured engineering design teach students to analyze existing products anddesigns (literature search).3 Students taking more advanced training in Computer-aidedEngineering (CAE) learn to merge design and analysis in
whether students could demonstrate competency in four subjectareas. These subjects are Mathematics, English/Language Arts, History and Social Studies, andScience & Technology/Engineering. Consequently, a single integrated test called the ‘MCAS’ orthe Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System was introduced to drive the students andteachers to improve upon the quality of education and student learning. This test is nowadministered at the elementary, middle and high school level, with 25% of the 5th and 8th gradelevel science test addressing technology/engineering learning standards.With the set of state wide tests in place, and a lack of teacher expertise in implementing thetechnology/engineering standards, there arose a need to assist the
Institutions for Excellence Program and is currently responsible for leading a longitudinal study for the evaluation of the MIE program. She also leads the evaluation for University College and assists on the evaluation of the National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant. In the past, she has evaluated the Technology Integration Challenge Grant and has extensive experience in information technology. Page 11.134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Ten-Year Perspective on Changes in Engineering EducationAbstractThe Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) program at the University of Texas at El
2006-1237: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR CAPSTONE ENGINEERING DESIGNPERFORMANCE AND ASSESSMENTDenny Davis, Washington State University Denny Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Co-Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University.Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho Steven Beyerlein is Professorof Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho.Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University Olakunle Harrison is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University.Phillip Thompson, Seattle University Phillip Thompson is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle UniversityMichael Trevisan, Washington State University
it is taught by a team of three architects,one of whom specializes in environmental controls, and one structural engineer, and the size ofthe class varies from 30 to 45 students. Both architecture and architectural engineering studentsare required to take this course. The course requirements are somewhat different for the twomajors, and often less than a quarter of the class is AE students. We have come to call this theComprehensive Semester because it not only requires the use of information learned throughoutthe curriculum, but also incorporates a studio, a technology seminar, and a management courseinto a tightly knit whole. Throughout the semester, all students integrate architectural design withmechanical and structural systems design
career path. And still others conjure up the image of adirty, dull, dangerous, and demeaning factory floor and run (not walk) in the otherdirection.What is needed to turn these impressions around are exciting exposures to technicaltopics in existing high school curriculums such as technology education, science, mathand physics. The purpose of this paper is to identify exactly one such exciting modulethat has been successfully used to build bridges that link high school students to industrialtechnology and engineering technology career paths.This presentation will identify specific outcomes that resulted from an extremely cost-efficient program. The success and simplicity of the program encourages it’scontinuance with existing high schools and
UNL College of Engineering HUD project for New OrleansDR. AVERY SCHWER DR. JAMES GOEDERTAssociate Professor Associate Professor and ChairDepartment of Construction Systems Department of Construction SystemsCollege of Engineering College of EngineeringUniversity of Nebraska – Lincoln University of Nebraska – LincolnPeter Kiewit Institute Peter Kiewit InstituteOmaha, NE, 68182-0571 Omaha, NE, 68182-0571Tel: (402) 554-2777 Tel: (402) 554-3281Fax (402) 554-3304 Fax (402) 554-3304E-mail: aschwer