of their produced designs areusually evaluated to access the level of students’ attainment of the program educationaloutcomes. However, in technology-sensitive areas such as digital design, embedded processingand system-level engineering, software design packages are continually updated or replaced bymore powerful, more efficient, and more complex design packages. Similarly, hardwareplatforms such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are continually improving in terms oftheir functionalities, and capabilities. Therefore, in our view, capstone design projects should notonly be open-ended and realistic, but should also prepare student to work in rapidly-changingprofessional environment.The ever-increasing complexity of digital systems
. He has published more than 10 books, more than 200 papers in various scientific journals and international conference proceedings and he coordinated more than 15 research national and international programs.Prof. Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen Anna Friesel is Professor at the Section for Electrical Technology, DTU Diplom - Technical University of Denmark, Campus Ballerup. She is also the president of the EAEEIE - European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering, which is a European non-profit organization, with members from nearly seventy European Universities, most of them teaching in the area of Electrical and Information Engineering (EIE). Anna Friesel is a member of
DetroitMercy in response to the need for introducing the entrepreneurial mindset to engineeringstudents at a very early stage. The course is required of all undergraduate students in MechanicalEngineering, Electrical Engineering and Robotics/Mechatronic Systems Engineering. Thecourse is centered on a recently developed commercial technology where the students are taskedwith analyzing that technology and associated intellectual property. They are then tasked withproposing ventures in other markets using that technology and to do so in business terms.Assessment results indicate an increased level of self-confidence and self-efficacy in relation todeveloping and presenting product ideas. The balance between technical and business contentwas brought into
professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and the Director of Chemical Engineering Graduate Program. Dr. Ren received an Early Career Translational Research Award in Biomedical Engineering from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation in 2009 and a NSF CAREER award in 2011. He was named the College Technology Educator of the Year by the Technology Alliance of Central New York in 2010. Dr. Ren is also a recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award from the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. Dr. Ren currently has 44 journal publications with over 2000 citations (h-index 24), 7 issued/pending patents and research supports from NSF, EPA, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Alfred
. Laura Sullivan-Green is an Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at San Jos´e State University. She obtained her BS from the University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) in 2002 and her MS (2005) and PhD (2008) from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). She teaches in the areas of Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, and History of Technology. Her research interests include evaluating crack age in construction materials, forensic engineering education, and engineering education pedagogy. She serves on the SJSU Academic Senate and the Forensic Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Laura is the co-PI for the Department of Education’s First in the World Grant awarded to
Paper ID #14745WORK IN PROGRESS: K8—The Future of Engineering EntrepreneurshipMr. Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas - El Paso Mike Pitcher is the Director of Academic Technologies at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has had experience in learning in both a traditional university program as well as the new online learning model, which he utilizes in his current position consulting with faculty about the design of new learning experiences. His experience in technology and teaching started in 1993 as a student lab technician and has continued to expand and grow over the years, both technically as well as
of new, innovative, life-saving technologies. Specifically, the objectivesare: 1) expand the base of expertise needed and available to address the most pressing problemsin global health by developing trans-institutional, problem solving-based research trainingprograms in biomedical engineering that bring together widely diverse experts who worktogether on research problems in Global Health; 2) Stimulate new knowledge, approaches andsolutions in Global Health by putting “innovation” in the Global Health context; and 3) IntegrateGlobal Health research communities within and among institutions by raising awareness andbuilding interdisciplinary biomedical engineering capacity where it is needed the most, in thiscase, sub-Saharan Africa.The theme
forthe quality of life and welfare of the society. However the skills listed above are highly correlatedwith the quality level of engineering education given. Country specific educational habits andopportunities affect the learning pattern of individuals enrolled in engineering programs andtherefore have impact on the career and future. In this study, possible improvement suggestionsfor the engineering education in Turkey will be given while comparing the teaching methods andconditions of two Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditedsurveying engineering education programs in Turkey and USA.1. IntroductionEngineering education in Turkey and USA are given with different number of total credits,curriculum, degree and
business environment whereconsumers have changing needs, engineers need to be able to think creatively to meet thoseneeds. Thus, it is both the goal and the challenge for engineering students and educators alike tobuild creativity into the front end of teaching endeavors, research endeavors, and professionalendeavors. Few engineering endeavors are done without the idea of a cost-benefit analysis, whichbusinesses utilize to determine if they will make profits enough to start, innovate, and sustainproduction. Engineers of the 21st century thus need to realize that they need to think beyond justthe technology involved in a product or service. They need to be able to provide this product orservice at a price/value that would be acceptable to a
Paper ID #14986Integrating an Introduction to Engineering Experience into an UniversitySeminar CourseDr. Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos Dr. Kimberly G. Talley is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Senior Research Fellow and Maker Space Co-Director for the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research at Texas State University, and a licensed Professional Engineer. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University of Texas at Austin in Structural Engineering. Her undergraduate degrees in History and in Construction Engineering and Management are from North
Paper ID #16973A Principlist Approach for Thinking About the Social Impacts of Engineer-ingDr. Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida Jonathan Beever is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and faculty with the Texts & Technology Program at The University of Central Florida. He has held postdoctoral positions with Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute and with Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering before joining UCF. He has held fellowships with the Kaufmann Foundation, the Aldo Leopold Foundation, and the Global Sustainable Soundscape Network. Jonathan works and publishes at the intersection of
Paper ID #17467Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Management, Policy: Intersections or Sepa-rate Domains?Dr. Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia Kathryn Neeley is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society in the Engineering & Society Department of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. She is a past chair of the Liberal Educa- tion/Engineering & Society Division of ASEE and is particularly interested in the role of liberal education in developing engineering leaders. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
project to conform to educational best practices the focused learningobjective is on “design thinking,” which relates to: handling uncertainty, making decisions aspart of a team, technical communication, and viewing design as an iterative process [7].Offering engineering students access to rapid prototyping is a novel approach to understandingthe iterative nature of the design process [17]. Design experiences can be facilitated by the useof 3D printing technologies [17-19], in fact the use of 3D printers within the educational settinghas increased significantly over the past several years. With Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)printers becoming more affordable [19-20], the expansive growth and accessibility of such 3Dprinters is an opportunity to
printers is highly desirable, especially since3D printers can speed up the process considerably. Justification for adoption of 3D printers inengineering education is well documented in engineering education literature1-8.In the past few years, inexpensive 3D printers that can produce plastic parts became ubiquitousdevices in education due to the expiration of many 3D printing technology-related patents. ManyK-16 educational institutions have at least one 3D printer, predominantly of the fused depositionmodeling (FDM) design. While acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polylactic acid (PLA), ornylon can create functional objects, for some applications plastic parts are just not strong enough.Until now, 3D printing in metal was for a privileged few
Introducing Young Girls to Engineering through Summer Enrichment Programs Linda S. Hirsch, Ed. D. Center for Pre-College Programs New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102 linda.s.hirsch@njit.eduAbstract – Women occupy nearly half the total United States workforce, but unfortunately onlyabout 25% of Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (STEM) professionals arewomen, with less than 10% being women of color. Research has shown that providing girls witha positive STEM-related experience in middle school
Paper ID #14573Professional Science Graduate Program Revolutionizes the Educational Ex-perience of EngineersDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 10 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Masters of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tennessee
engineering education - Annual conference of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). His current research interests are engineering education, software engineering, and developing innovative entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.Dr. Pramod Jagan Deore, R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India Pramod Deore is Professor of Electronics and Telecommunication Department at the R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India. He is also serving as a Senate Member and Member of Board of Studies in Electronics and Telecommunication at the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India. His research interests include Interval arithmetic operations applications in Robust Control, Image Processing, and Bio- medical
Paper ID #17453Developing a Distance Learning Curriculum for Marine Engineering Educa-tionDr. Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University Dr. Jennifer G. Michaeli, PE is the Director of the Naval Engineering and Marine Systems Institute (NEMSI) in the Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. NEMSI’s focus is to develop and promote government-academia-industry partnerships to further the advancement of naval and marine engineering and foster the future professional engineering workforce. Dr. Michaeli, a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Virginia, spent 15 years as a
are typically assigned to different treatments and then the groupperformance means (usually some type of comprehension post-test) for each treatment arecompared to each other to determine if one treatment is more effective than another. Another lesscommon type of stimulus presentation research is when two different treatments are comparedside-by-side, or simultaneously. The latter stimulus presentation methodology was used in arecent study by Baukal and Ausburn of the multimedia preferences of working engineers [14].Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia LearningRegardless of the technology or stimulus presentation mode used, multimedia presentationsrequire good instructional design to be effective. Mayer [15] offered 12 research-based
innovators are turned off by anintroductory economics course that stresses static models where technology is fixed. Innovationshould be woven through the course so engineering students can understand incentives forinnovation and effects of innovation on markets, workers and economies.Although the discipline has made some strides in pedagogy, economics instruction is still lessengaging than other disciplines. Economics instruction for engineers should incorporate learningtools that have proven to be effective in engineering education. The paper describes how severalof these tools can be adapted for an economics course. 7
) Develop newcourses for engineers that integrate liberal arts using FLCs.KeywordsLiberal arts, engineering education, faculty learning communities, general engineering paths,sustainabilityIntroductionEngineers are charged with creating, developing and implementing technological solutions tocontemporary challenges, and innovating solutions for tomorrow’s. Yet, engineering training isprimarily focused on comprehension of the mathematical, physical and sometimes, chemicalequations governing the behavior of systems and their components and applications of these,often with little attention to humanistic inquiry. This can lead to engineers who are not trained tothink critically about human and social dimensions of challenges nor integrate them fully
Paper ID #14616WIECE: Women Undergraduates in Electrical and Computer EngineeringSummer Research ProgramDr. Jinhui Wang, North Dakota State University Dr. Jinhui Wang has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at North Dakota State University (NDSU), since Aug. 2014. His research interests include low-power, high-performance, and variation-tolerant integrated circuit design, 3D IC and EDA methodologies, and thermal issue solution in VLSI. He has more than 80 publications and 6 patents in the emerging semicon- ductor technologies. Dr. Wang has been with the editorial board of
Luegenbiehl on global moral issues for engineers. His research and teaching interests include engineering ethics, philosophy of tech- nology, Chinese philosophy, political philosophy, and science, technology, and society studies. Rockwell completed his PhD at Purdue University, West Lafayette, MA at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, and BA at Fordham University, New York.Dr. Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute Dr. Gang Zheng is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education of the UM-SJTU Joint Institute. He is also a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has been leading and/or participating in curriculum development, program assessment
Paper ID #16105”Making” a Bridge: Critical Making as Synthesized Engineering/HumanisticInquiryDr. Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma is Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies and Director of the Programs in Design and Innovation at Rensselaer.Dr. James W. Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute James Malazita is a Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute whose work draws from Science and Technology Studies, Media Studies, Philosophy, and Literary Theory. Orig- inally trained as a game designer, animator, and web developer, Dr. Malazita
University of Virginia. Prior to his retirement, he led the Army Research Laboratory’s vehicle propulsion division, conducting basic and applied research of engine and drive system technologies. His research interests are varied and include unmanned aerial systems, the aerodynamics of vertical axis wind turbines, rotating mechanical components, rotordynamics, and engineering education pedagogy. As an aviator, he has been rated in both rotary and fixed-wing platforms. He also holds a FAA commercial airman’s certificate.Prof. Maureen McFarland, Kent State University, Kent MAUREEN McFARLAND is currently the Aeronautics Senior Program Director and an assistant pro- fessor at Kent State University. Prior to joining the faculty
graduated from Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) in 2007. His major program was Chemical Engineering. He has also a minor degree in Translation for Profes- sional Communication. Artem Berukov received his PhD in chemistry at the same university in 2010. His is the head of Protocol Office at International Affairs and an associate professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry at KNRTU. His activity areas include internationalization of higher education, colab- oration with universities and research organizations in the USA, Europe, and Asia. Artem Bezrukov is the author and co-author of over 50 publications including papers in peer-reviewed journals, proceeding of international conferences
long- term memory retention. He also received his M.S. from Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran, in 2012.Mr. Steven D. Pyle, University of Central Florida Steven Pyle received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering in 2013 and 2015 from the Uni- versity of Central Florida. His first paper received the Best Design Paper Award at the 2015 Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems. He is continuing to pursue a Ph.D. degree in computer engineering at the University of Central Florida. His research interests include: Highly Parallel Computing Architec- tures, Adaptive Computer Architecture, Evolvable Hardware, Beyond CMOS Computing Architectures, particularly
teaching Quantum Mechanics to Engineering Students was discussed in lastyear's Conference in Seattle, WA, so in this present research the author has made a survey ofhow this material was perceived by senior year Electronics Engineering Technology students. Itwas taught to a class of 22 students who took their 2nd Physics class, in their senior year. Theoutcomes analysis show that for most advanced or even average students majoring in ElectricalEngineering programs, the subject is very consumable and exciting and understandable so longas the calculus by which the equation is solved is kept at minimal level.It was also thought that the possibility of providing a 2 credit hours course entitled “BasicQuantum Mechanics “, or could be given any other
Paper ID #15377The Role of Engineers as Policy Entrepreneurs toward Energy Transforma-tionsProf. Efrain O’Neill-Carrillo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Efra´ın O’Neill-Carrillo is a professor of power engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez (UPRM). He holds a Ph.D. (Arizona State), an M.S.E.E. (Purdue), and a B.S.E.E. (UPRM). His profes- sional interests include energy policy, sustainable energy, distributed generation, power quality, social and ethical implications of engineering, and technology. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. O’Neill
Materials Engineering Program.Dr. Joni M Lakin, Auburn University Joni M. Lakin, Ph.D. from The University of Iowa, is Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University. Her research interests include educational assessment, educational evaluation methods, and increasing diversity in STEM fields.Dr. P.K. Raju, Auburn University Dr. P. K. Raju is the Thomas Walter Distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn Uni- versity. He is the co-founder and director of the NSF-funded Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE). LITEE has been recently recognized by the National Academy of Engi- neering as one of the model programs in the country