. The coursecombined previously learned theory by the students in other engineering courses with a largecomponent of application to a specific area of technology which in this case was industrialcombustion. Zink engineers have been teaching this chemical engineering elective courseannually at the University of Tulsa since 2009.This type of collaboration has many benefits for all three primary stakeholders: the students, theuniversity, and the industrial company. The students benefit by learning from experiencedindustry engineers, where most of the instructors have at least 10 years of industry experienceand some more than 20. Each student receives a free copy of the course textbook,18 written bysome of the instructors. The university can offer
engineering and technical project management. Tanya most recently taught mathematics at the Denver School of Science and Technology, the highest performing high school in Denver Public Schools.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, BoulderDr. Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder BEVERLY LOUIE is the director for teaching and learning initiatives in the Broadening Opportunities through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from CU, and a D.Phil. in mechanical engineer- ing from the University of Oxford, England. Dr. Louie’s research interests are in the areas of engineering student retention and
Paper ID #7812Measuring the effectiveness of pedagogical innovations using multiple base-line testingMr. Alex Albert, University of Colorado Alex Albert is a PhD Candidate in the Construction Engineering and Management Program at the Uni- versity of Colorado at Boulder. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute and ELECTRI International, studying hazard recognition and response. Alex specializes in implementing experimental research methods in engineering education to perform hypothesis testing and draw causal inferences.Dr. Matthew R. Hallowell, University of Colorado Dr. Matthew Hallowell is
; whatmisconceptions, preconceived notions, and biases people bring to learning; how to work withdiverse groups; [and] how to use learning and collaboration technologies” 4, p. 11. However, manystudents do not have the opportunity to teach during their graduate career, and many teachingassistantship programs do not provide pedagogical training. Also, within prevailing academiccultures in engineering, teaching assistantships are often not as highly valued as researchassistantships. Our project addresses this issue through an approach that promotes integrative thinking throughdigital portfolio construction. Our portfolio curriculum guides students through the process ofcollecting and posting evidence of their work in teaching, research, service and lifelong
Paper ID #7390Use of Multimedia Case Studies in an Introductory Engineering Course atTwo Southeastern Universities: A Qualitative Evaluation StudyMs. Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia Kim C. Huett is an instructor of technology integration at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. She holds an Ed.S. in Instructional Technology, an M.S. in Secondary Education, and B.A. degrees in English and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently a doctoral student in School Improvement, Kim’s research interests include the design of distance learning environments, teacher education, and STEM
establishing basic concepts,application contexts and analysis frameworks. It also provides the opportunity to establish therisk analysis and management knowledge as an engineering discipline using analogies from otherengineering disciplines such as structures or hydrology. The American Society of Civil Engineers recognized the importance of risk when itstated: Page 23.695.4 “The manner in which civil engineering is practiced must change. That change is necessitated by such forces as globalization, sustainability requirements, emerging technology, and increased complexity with the corresponding need to identify, define
in the Future - Technology in Music and Entertainment The music, arts and entertainment community deeply depend on the expertise of many types of engineers to create, produce and perform their art through the use of many technologies. In this project students participate in a set of hands-on activities on password protection and cyber security, sound effects and sound processing, and microphone and speaker construction. Your Hand in the Future - Light, Photography and Remote Sensing Whether it be for the purpose of creating art of the protection of the world’s nuclear arsenals, light and photography are universal technologies. Multiple types of engineers are necessary to create even the simplest cameras. In this project
Paper ID #8368Invited Paper - Preparing the Global Engineer: How learning to teach in aService-Learning Project Develops Effective Communication Skills in Engi-neering StudentsMrs. Robyne Bowering, Monash University Robyne Bowering began lecturing in science teacher education at Monash University in 1991. In 2006 she became the Schools’ Technology Project Coordinator. The Project operates as a partnership between the Faculties of Engineering and Education and has been specifically developed to enhance the profes- sional skill competencies of final year engineering students through their placement in schools, where they
Paper ID #6849An Effective Project-Based Embedded System Design Teaching MethodProf. Karl L Wang, Department of Engineering Harvey Mudd College 301 Platt Boulevard Clarement, CA91711 909-607-9136 Dr. Karl Wang is the Laspa Professor of Electrical Engineering Practice of in the Department of Engineer- ing at Harvey Mudd College. He is teaching Introduction to Engineering Systems, Digital Electronics and Computer Engineering, Microprocessor-based Systems: Design and Applications, and Embedded Sys- tem Designs, Introduction to CMOS VLSI Design, and Engineering Clinics. His previous experience include working in the
Paper ID #5733Community-Relevant Research for TCC STEM Student RetentionMs. Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Turtle Mountain Community College A. LaVallie, M.S., is a chemistry instructor at Turtle Mountain Community College in Belcourt, ND. She has directed various grant programs at TMCC, aimed at providing STEM research opportunities for Native American students, funded variously by the CDC, NSF, NASA, and EPSCoR.Dr. Eric Asa, North Dakota State University Dr. Eric Asa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota. He holds a doctoral
example, inengineering, business, or foreign languages. The specifics of these curricular changes as adoptedand adapted for our Electrical Engineering program are highlighted in this paper.IntroductionThe main goal of the extensive review of our School’s curricula was to identify curricularchanges that build on the existing strong foundation within each degree program while providingadditional opportunities for our engineering and computer science students to acquire the set ofknowledge and skills needed to be 21st century technological leaders. The existing strongfoundation includes technical depth combined with an extensive University liberal-arts corecurriculum, and the mission, vision, and program educational objectives for the School and
Paper ID #6019Preparing Underrepresented Students for Success in Engineering: Resultsand Lessons Learned from Four Years of the Summer Engineering InstituteDr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of engineering and mathematics at Ca˜nada College. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests in- clude technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority and other underrepresented groups in mathematics, science and engineering.Prof. Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University Wenshen Pong
the fourth portion of this course, students are formed into groups and are asked todevelop their own green designed system or a designed city. Students are taken through theprocess of ideation all the way to prototype or mock up design. They must defend their choicesof green technologies or green alternatives and demonstrate that either their designed system is abetter option or that their designed city is sustainable.Within the Ethics and Ethical Consumerism portion of the course, students realize that all ethicaland green options may not be obvious or simple solutions. Students are placed in the shoes of aCompany, a Sustainability Engineer, and a consumer through role playing, so that they grasp thedriving motivations of each. Students
, Kwame Nkrumah University forScience and Technology in Ghana, and local leaders and community members collaborated toestablish an enterprise as a long-term business venture with specific goals [Fig. 4]. Thisenterprise’s first entrepreneurial venture is to produce clean water sachets and begin an initiativeto repurpose used sachet packages into merchandise. The second business-in-development thatwill be part of the enterprise is to create and sell alternative energy briquettes and briquette presskits. Both of the innovative engineering entrepreneurships are described next. The descriptionbegins with the administrative sustainability plan. Then the details of the water engineeringentrepreneurship in the enterprise will complete this section of the
Key AttributesENGR0081 at the University of Pittsburgh Zero-credit course required for all first- year engineering students Pairs 10 to 15 undergraduate students with a single mentor, who chooses a non- academic theme17 Percentage of honors, probation, transfers, and quantitative survey results show positive effect on students18GUIDE at Michigan Technological University Matches a freshman with
considering issues involved in designing, maintaining,and improving human-technology systems. These include health care delivery, public healthpolicies, sickness prevention, health education, energy, city management, environmentalstewardship, quality control, inventory management, supply chains, workplace design, factorydesign, service delivery systems, and emergency room care. Also, since engineering design touchesalmost every aspect of daily life, ideas can be found in current news articles and in repositories suchas The Probability Web (www.prob.berkeley.edu).Discussing the Nature of ProblemsAs the first step in going beyond problems like those described in the previous section, the nature ofproblems is discussed. The learners that they will find
), MSc. (JCU). Caroline is Associate Dean (academic), Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia where she oversees teaching and learning, international partnerships and pathways, and aca- demic and student administration in coursework programs. Caroline is a chemical engineer and has worked at a number of Australian Universities where she has been led curriculum design and the de- velopment of student centred, active learning practices. Caroline coordinated UQ’s chemical engineering curriculum team that implemented the internationally recognised Project-Centred Curriculum in Chemical Engineering which in 2005 won the Australian Award for
- tion.Miss Afiya C Fredericks, Howard UniversityDr. Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University Dr. Lorraine Fleming is a professor of civil engineering at Howard University. She has spearheaded a number of research and intervention initiatives to attract and retain underrepresented minorities, particu- larly African Americans, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and to improving the quality of engineering education for undergraduates. She is a Carnegie Scholar and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Page 23.1111.1 c American Society for
Paper ID #7484Models of Mobile Hands-On STEM EducationProf. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Kenneth Connor is a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, where he teaches courses on plasma physics, electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, en- gineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. Since joining the Rensselaer faculty in 1974, he has been continuously involved in research programs at such
Paper ID #5933Active Learning Requires Learning - Not Just ActivityMiss Shannon Rhey Butler, Purdue University Shannon Butler recieved her B.S. in Applied Biology for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and is cur- rently a PhD. student at Purdue University studying Ecology, Evolution & Behavior. The work presented in this paper was part of her senior thesis at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Dr. Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Kay C Dee is a Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering and the Associate Dean for Learning and Technology at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The work
environments than there is on learning engineering in informal settings. Research onengineering learning in informal settings is still in its infancy. However, mathematics andscience are inherent to engineering and they form a foundation on which engineering educationis built on. This facilitates the integration of engineering material into P-12 curriculum.Theoretical understandings of how students engage and learn mathematics and science have beenused to shape preliminary thoughts and research studies on P-12 engineering education. Withinthis paper, there will not be discussion dedicated to work on the impact of technology oninformal engineering education. Current research on technology learning in informal settingsfocuses on the design process
. (2010). Learning to teach effectively: Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics’ graduate teaching assistants’ teaching self efficacy. Unpublished dissertation. Corvalis, OR: Oregon State University.9. Lewandowski, G., & Purdy, C. (2001). Training future professors: the preparing future faculty (PFF) program Page 23.81.8 in electrical and computer engineering and computer science at the University of Cincinnati, Proceedings 2001 ASEE Conference, Albuquerque, NM.10. Austin, A. E. (2002). Creating a bridge to the future: Preparing new faculty to face changing expectations in a shifting context
Paper ID #6283Teaching Gage Reproducibility and Repeatability using the Mouse FactoryDr. Douglas H Timmer, University of Texas, Pan AmericanDr. Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American Page 23.1144.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Teaching Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility using the Mouse FactoryAbstractThe Mouse Factory contains a set of web-based, active learning laboratories for teachingstatistical quality control and design of experiments. The sixth laboratory in the Mouse FactoryLearning suite is
education based research is in the areas of communication skills and lean curriculum development. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the Industrial and Operations Engi- neering department at the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. Page 23.1319.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Informal Oral Presentations in Engineering Classes: Training Students for the “You Got a Minute” MomentIntroductionIn today’s workplace, employers expect their employees to
Paper ID #6365Experimental Assessment of Higher-Level Data Analysis SkillsCapt. Julie Ann Layton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute CPT Layton is a master’s degree candidate in the RPI Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering.Prof. Thomas Reed Willemain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Page 23.572.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Experimental Assessment of Higher-Level Data Analysis
context affecting the implementation and consequentimpact of engineering solutions.But are industrial engineers ready; either because of their experience or education, to deal withevermore evident sociological aspects of engineering brought about by economic globalization?According to NAE’s 2007 executive summary to Congress7, in order to sustain its share of high-technology jobs, America must prepare for a new wave of change for which engineering isessential only if it is able to continue to adapt to the above new trends and educate the nextgeneration of students so as to arm them with the tools needed for the world as it will be, not as itis today. In 2009, the NSF funded a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site at theDepartment of
Paper ID #6528Analog-Circuit-Based Activities to Improve Introductory Continuous-TimeSignals and Systems CoursesDr. Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Simoni is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN.Prof. Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University Maurice Felix Aburdene is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University. His teaching and research interests include control systems, parallel algorithms, simulation of dynamic systems, and signal processing.Ms. Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue
Paper ID #6032Assessing Scholarly OutletsDr. Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University Robert A. ”Bob” Chin is a Full Professor in the Department of Technology Systems, East Carolina Uni- versity, where he has taught since 1986. He is the current Director of Publications for the Engineering Design Graphics Division and Editor for the Engineering Design Graphics Journal. Chin has served as the Engineering Design Graphics Division’s annual and mid-year conference Program Chair, and he has served as a review board member for several journals including the EDGJ. He has been a program chair for the ASEE Southeastern Section
, together with innovative design practices, need to be an essential part of thelearning experience in undergraduate engineering technology programs. The proposed integratedapproach teaches the basic theoretical knowledge and hands-on practices of the aforementionedsubjects embedding modules in a sequence of courses across the curriculum. The mainobjectives are: (a) introduce the entrepreneurial process and practice in a multidisciplinaryenvironment, (b) emphasize energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, and long-termsustainability in fundamental engineering courses, and (c) apply the proposed approach in thecontext of human-powered transportation systems, a topic that has great interest and potential inunderdeveloped countries. The work
Paper ID #5786TECS-TRAIN – A Faculty Mentoring Program for Enhancing Quality, In-teraction, and Communication in Online and Blended Learning CoursesDr. Te-Shun Chou, East Carolina University Dr. Te-Shun Chou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University (ECU). He received his Bachelor degree in Electronics Engineering and both Master’s degree and Doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering at Florida International University. His research interests include machine learning, wireless communications, and network security, especially intrusion detection and incident response.Dr