with alumni and students. The PEV then returns to the program andcontinues interviews with faculty and student groups, often senior capstone design teams. TheABET team then re-assembles for Monday evening dinner, discussions, and report writing.By Tuesday morning, most PEVs have a good draft of their final report, which is called theprogram audit form (PAF). On Tuesday morning, the PEV has a brief meeting with the programchair to discuss the findings of the visit. If any shortcomings will be cited, the PEV usuallywants the program chair to know about it here, rather than to hear it for the first time in front ofthe university president later that day. The Tuesday lunch is a closed working lunch for theABET team, in which the final PAFs are
approach different fields of civiland construction management is overall beneficial for a mixed class of students from bothmajors. Civil engineering students are able to learn about concepts that construction managerswill cover in further depth in their future courses, while construction managers are able toappreciate how civil engineers seek design solutions. While these students will only overlap in afew courses over their undergraduate degree (e.g., Engineering Economics), they are pairedtogether again in their final senior capstone design course. In that course, the students work witha project mentor from a local engineering firm to design a civil engineering system (e.g.,wastewater treatment plant, new transportation corridor, bridge
themexplaining their identity formation as an engineer, and many more. Capstone assessments for thesemester are also included in the realms of systems engineering, co-op/project experience, andpublic speaking. Professors and facilitators divide the duties of assessing these deliverables forboth content and delivery, offering constructive feedback on how to learn and grow in theseskills and connecting them to their current work.Program Development & AssessmentThere are numerous ways in which all faculty and staff engage with and take ownership of theprogram's educational model. Their most overt inclusion is through departmental and program-specific continuous improvement meetings or “summits” that occur at the end of each semester.These semester
* Denotes work in progress Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering EducationCONCURRENT SESSIONS, 10:15 A.M.-12:00 P.M.Session GE1: General Engineering Education“An Applied Mathematics/Software Engineering Co-Development Project to Dynamically Predict High- Altitude Balloon Position Using Quasi Real-Time Data”* Jim Fischer & Claude Kansaku.................................................................................................................. 74“An Overview of Engineering Education in the US under a Globalization Environment” Wangping Sun
better equipped to make informed decisions on project alternatives. This ability to understand the subtle nuances of complex technical problems makes EGRS majors the intermediary between traditionally trained engineers and society.” 2Engineering Studies graduates are more diverse in terms of gender than are the College’sgraduates with BS degrees in engineering, and they are more diverse in terms of ethnicity thanboth those with BS Engineering degrees and students with degrees in disciplines other thanengineering [3]. Clearly, the Engineering Studies Program is a place where women and studentsof color feel
methodology is thenimplemented in the context of an example that compares the use of original design andredesign projects in a senior capstone design course.2. Reference Design MethodologyWe have chosen a product design methodology as a basis or starting point for formulatingour methodology for designing hands-on activities. There are two reasons why we believethis is a good choice. First, development of both products and hands-on activities can beconsidered an “ill defined problem” in the sense that there is not an optimal uniquesolution. As the product design methodology shown below is based on a generic stencilfor solving ill-defined problems, it qualifies as a reasonable starting point for formulating anew design methodology for hands-on activity
] describe upper-level courses that center on Android development.There are a variety of courses that teach mobile development as the context, including CS1courses [31, 32, 33], CS2 [34] and courses on topics ranging from HCI [35], softwareengineering [36] to games [37] to security [38]. Iskandarova et al. [41, 42, 43] used mobiledevelopment as a learning tools for kids in a children museum. Other researchers [44, 45] useproject-based classes to teach mobile development or part of a senior capstone project [46].While some of the above-mentioned courses cover almost similar mobile technology relatedtechnical contents that we have covered in our course, our focus was also to inform our studentshow they can continue to do socially conscious computing
. They completed a joint capstone project that required the unique knowledge of both setsof students. They worked in mixed groups with automated arc welding equipment to additivelymanufacture a structure or component of their choosing. The flexible project direction facilitatedeach student expressing their interest areas and revealed what knowledge and experience theybrought from their own backgrounds, such as intuition about influences of welding torch angle(welders) or robot programming methods (engineers).This paper reports on two iterations of the project with two different student groups. Studentswere introduced to the FOK concept during the first day of the joint project and had theopportunity to map their own FOK and learn about each
debug.Our EE program has recently gone through the re-accreditation process. One of the strengthsof the program is students’ hands on skills. In our program, the capstone project is a two-semester course, and students are required to develop a working system as a prototype inteams. Many capstone projects are sponsored by local industry. Student teams design andbuild circuits with well-defined practical applications. For example, several capstone projectswere sponsored as real devices to be used to aid the disabled individuals, particularlydisabled children. As such, our students are required to build systems consisting of hardware(analog and digital) and software and having many different components and physical parts(power supplies, LED matrices
-curricular activities and curricularcoursework. EEPs can vary in intensity, type of delivery, and mentorship and can differ within andbetween disciplines such as business and engineering [13], [15], [16]. For example, engineeringEEPs tend to focus more on innovation, while business EEPs emphasize working toward venturecreation and imparting business knowledge [13]. For instance, North Carolina State University, aprogram founded in 1993, offers weekly seminars and team-based projects with anentrepreneurial focus unique to engineering [17]. On the other hand, capstone projects inbusiness schools may have a more individualistic focus in the form of a written analysis of abusiness case study [17
Education, 2023 Closing the Gap between Industry and Academia via Student Teams SupportAbstractA well-known challenge in engineering education is the attempt to balance the demands of industryrecruitment with the core needs of an already packed engineering curriculum. Due to timeconstraints, real-world examples and other learning opportunities that aim to develop andconsolidate the industry-desirable skills can be difficult to include in the curriculum. One way toaddress this challenge is to collaborate with industry (for example, on capstone projects, studentteam challenges, etc.) while the students are still studying. A place for these collaborations, whichcan provide benefit for both parties, is through student competitions. Student
. Since joining Wentworth in 2010, he has been heavily involved with an array of interdisciplinary design courses that range from introductory to capstone courses.Prof. Johanna P Casale, Drexel University Johanna P. (Doukakis) Casale is an Interdisciplinary Studies Ph.D. candidate at Rutgers University as well as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Drexel Univerisity. She received her BS in Civil Engineering and MS in Structural Engineering from Rutgers University. Her research interests focus on how expert engineers reason and how this can be used to better facilitate student learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Full Paper
applications for emergency and disaster response, as well as for end-user persuasion and behavior change. She also conducts research on broadening participation in computer science, focused on faculty development and undergraduate research engagement.Mohsen BeheshtiNayda Santiago Nayda G. Santiago is professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) where she teaches the Capstone Course in Computer Engineering. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus in 1989, a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1990, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a concentration
, HMI, industrial network devices, etc.) has been aprimary concern for faculty working on this project. There were initial challenges in retrofittingthe CRBs with some existing systems. This was often due to the age of existing systems andtechnological advances since their installation. The faculty of this project sought to keep existingperipherals and components in place as often as possible for various reasons. A primary concernwas that industrial peripheral components are often costly, and replacing these componentsmight not make sense if they are otherwise fully functional. When possible, newer versions ofthe technology were added to replace previous systems. For example, machine vision cameraswere upgraded to work better with the embedded
Paper ID #39262WIP Using Automated Assessments for Accumulating Student Practice,Providing Students with Timely Feedback, and Informing Faculty onStudent PerformanceDr. Brian F. Thomson, Temple University Dr. Brian Thomson is an associate professor of instruction in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. During his time at Temple, he taught courses in circuits, circuits lab, control systems while serving as a mentor for senior capstone projects. In 2016, he was selected as the IEEE student chapter professor of the year. He has also graduated from the provost
Paper ID #39833Work in Progress: An Investigation of the Influence of Academic Cultureon Engineering Graduates’ Workforce Expectations and Subsequent WorkBehaviorsPhilippa EshunDr. Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University Kacey Beddoes is a Project Director in the College of Engineering Dean’s Office at San Jose State Univer- sity. She holds a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Further information about her work can be found at www.sociologyofengineering.org. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: An Investigation of the Influence
infrastructure of educational institutions, industry partners and professional trade associations that evolves MNT education based on emerging technologies. • Establishes resource sharing among current ATE Centers and Projects in MNT related disciplines. • Initiates partner mentorship to increase ATE proposal submissions from a more diverse population. • Optimizes national MNT technician curricula, skills and competencies by incorporating distance education with hands-on training. • Delivers professional development to increase enrollment and retention, ensuring sustainability of MNT programs, and increasing the quantity of qualified technician workers across the U.S.The overarching goal of
via Facebook Live and four of them via Zoom Meetings.In total, there was a participation of 121 undergraduate students from the following courses: - Foundations Engineering, - Design of Steel Structures, - Structural Systems, - Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, - Capstone Project in Structural Design.The average age of the participants is twenty-one years. They were notified about the virtual visita week before the first one, and one session before the following five.III.a. The virtual site visitsStudents were asked to connect to Zoom or Facebook at the beginning of the class. The professorwould already be in the construction site. The professor used a cellphone Samsung Galaxy S9+,to broadcast the visit. The
an active role in reimagining the field of CEE in the future. This course establishes thefoundation for further computing (and sensing) skill development in required junior- and senior-level lab and project courses, including our senior capstone design course. Before graduation, asignificant number of undergraduates also elect to take at least one graduate-level course with astrong computational focus.Both educational activities described in this work were developed and deployed in the Spring2020 semester, after the transition from in-person instruction to remote instruction. In particular,the first activity (“Graph Theory and Disease Transmission”) was released five days after theState of Pennsylvania issued its first “Stay at Home” order
online. Specifically, the campus itself was closed to students and faculty alike, resulting in a hands-on laboratory component that shifted to an ad-hoc “kitchen table” video demonstration format. For senior capstone industrial sponsored projects, the team meetings, sponsor interactions, and project presentations were all converted to a “virtual” format. However, the biggest thing I missed was the interaction with the students in the classroom. I felt the environment was not as interactive and the students tended not to be as engaged. Course content was delivered virtually with lab videos recorded showing how the labs were performed (by the instructor) and the data were collected and sent to the students
Paper ID #35287Who are the instructional assistant interns?: Examining the synergy ofteaching assistants in first-year engineering course during the pandemicDr. Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University Gerald Tembrevilla completed his PhD in science (physics) education in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada in July 2020. Currently, he serves as a postdoctoral fellow for the PIVOT project, a cutting-edge revamp of the engineering curriculum in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. During his
number of works in engineering education, including a Statics workbook for undergraduate engineering students. She is the Director of Innovation Programs and Operations for the non-profit research collaborative, Ad- vancing Engineering Excellence in P-12 Engineering Education. Dr. Gurganus teaches several first and second year Mechanical Engineering classes along with the Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone design course for UMBC.Dr. Tanner J Huffman, The College of New Jersey Dr. Tanner Huffman is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative STEM Education and Director of the Center for Excellence in STEM Education in School of Engineering at The College of New Jersey. Dr. Huffman has served as a
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Southeast Section Conference Adaptive Solar Energy Harvesting and Data TransmissionJames Kaul, Greg Weed, Jared Cunningham, Alisha Sue Pettit, Imtiaz Ahmed, Wook-Sung Yoo Computer Sciences and Electrical Electrical Enginering Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USAAbstractA prototype for an adaptive solar tracking and efficient data communication system empoweredby the harvested solar energy was developed by a capstone project team at Marshall University.The prototype is developed on Raspberry Pi and Arduino development boards and the overallsystem comprises a solar tracking module
development of "Introduction to Embedded Computing," which provided avaluable model for both pedagogical approaches as well as laboratory and instructor resourcesthat would be required.7 All of these courses are taught in a studio style in which the laboratoryand lecture material are combined into a single cohesive period and in the same physical space,as shown in Figure 1. Each class meeting typically consists of a short lecture in which conceptsthat are relevant to the experiment are introduced followed by the experimental section of themeeting; all classes have both experimental, and lecture components and each course in thesequence is taught each semester. Educational research has demonstrated the effectiveness of hands-on project-based learning
, existing assignments did not produceexplicit evidence of achievement of the outcome. For example, one of our outcomes is “Anability to work effectively on teams”. One of the criteria under that outcome is “shareresponsibilities and duties”. If a team of students works together all term on a project, you cantell by the content of the report that the team must have shared responsibilities in order toaccomplish the work. However, the report itself is not explicit evidence that the team membersshared responsibilities and duties. Therefore, that submission of the report by the students wouldfail because the report itself was not direct evidence of sharing responsibilities and duties.The faculty discussed two options to make the data better reflect
AC 2007-2822: LAMPSHADE GAME FOR TEACHING LEAN MANUFACTURINGErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Global Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement for Hitech firms. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and
relativelysimple yet thorough assessment process enables administrators to devote time tocurriculum improvements instead of collecting and compiling assessment data withlimited application focus. The performance methodology, although tested in thisparticular case with Civil Engineering, is applicable to other fields of Engineering.IntroductionIn response to the requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) for assessing the performance of students in Civil Engineering inrelation to particular program outcomes, many educational institutions have developedassessment methods based on satisfaction surveys, senior-level capstone design courses,and Engineer-in-Training examinations. In the past, assessors have struggled to
Applied Programming 3 CIT 340 Computer Graphics 3 CIT 345 Multimedia Systems 3 CIT 360 Management Information Systems 3 CIT 365 Database Systems 3 BUS 309 Introduction to Management 3 BUS 310 Introduction to Marketing 3 Total 17 Total 17 Menu V Non-College Elective 3 CIT 495 Independent Study 4 Elective BUS/CIT elective 3 CIT 490 Internship 6 Elective BUS/CIT elective 3 CIT 499 Capstone Project 3
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Department Chair of Technology Systems at East Carolina University and research interests include technology management and managerial decision methods. During his industrial career, he held positions as project engineer, plant manager, and engineering director.Greg Smith, Pitt Community College GREG SMITH received both his Ph.D. degree in Safety Engineering from Kennedy-Western University and his Master of Science in Safety Engineering from Kennedy-Western University. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from East Carolina University and another Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from West Virginia University. He has worked in the bio-industry as a manager and leader, he has served in project and