American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Involving Parents Can Improve Girls’ Perceptions of Engineering CareersMiddle school girls who participated in a recent engineering technology activity with aparent emerged with more positive attitudes about engineering than girls who workedwithout a parent.The activity, making a diode, was conducted by instructors at Illinois Valley CommunityCollege as part of a National Science Foundation-supported project1 designed to increaseinterest in engineering technology careers. The students who participated were the sixththrough eighth grade girls enrolled in a rural junior high, which has a high percentage oflow-income families. The girls were randomly divided into
AC 2011-940: PROMOTING FACULTY ADOPTION OF TABLET PCS INUPPER LEVEL ENGINEERING COURSESJames E. Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include paral- lel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Page 22.1196.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
”11.Observations have been made on the changing role of universities in society17. The importanceof entrepreneurship education has been emphasized in business and engineering schools. There isa growing need to enhance the entrepreneurship education in universities and colleges due toglobalization and emerging international competitions 5, 10. Entrepreneurship requires learningmethods, pedagogical processes and frames for education3. Managing innovation, integratingtechnological, market, and organizational change have been studied by several authors and arebeing taught at business school6, 21. Design for manufacture and assembly and concurrentengineering concepts have been addressed in technology ventures and engineeringentrepreneurship
) and strategic management of technology and technology entrepreneurship (on the Business side). Page 22.1624.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Materials Science for Community Outreach, Engineering Education, and InnovationAbstract - Innovation has its fundamental roots in engineering and entrepreneurship. This paperpresents primary research gathered from high school science teachers from selected K-12 schoolsacross Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, addressing specifically the gaps that they haveidentified as being most challenging in defining
AC 2011-98: INCREASING BROADER INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPATIONIN ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMSDr. Bill Heybruck and Ms. Linda Thurman, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Heybruck received is BSEE degree from Merrimack College in North Andover MA, a Masters in Computer Science from Union College in Schenectady NY and his Ph.D. in EE from UNC Charlotte. He was with IBM for 32 years where he was a consulting engineer for test technology, a wireless consultant and a Product Development Manager in Printer Development. He retired from IBM as a Hard Disk Drive Consultant when Hitachi bought his division and worked for Hitachi Global Storage Technology for 5 years before coming to UNC Charlotte
AC 2011-392: INTRODUCING ADVANCED ENGINEERING TOPICS TOFRESHMEN STUDENTS USING ROOMBA PLATFORMFarid Farahmand, Sonoma State Univeristy FARID FARAHMAND is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Sonoma State University, CA, where he teaches Advanced Networking and Digital Systems. He is also the direc- tor of Advanced Internet Technology in the Interests of Society Laboratory. Farid’s research interests are optical networks, applications of wireless sensor network technology to medical fields, delay tolerant net- works. He is also interested in educational technologies and authored many papers focusing on eLearning and Active Learning models.Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford
AC 2011-1031: INTRODUCTORY LEVEL TEXTBOOK PROBLEMS IL-LUSTRATING CONCEPTS IN PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERINGStephanie Farrell, Rowan University Stephanie Farrell is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Prior to joining Rowan in 1998, she was an assistant professor in Chemical Engineering and adjunct professor in Biomed- ical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. She received her Bachelor’s, MS, and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Stevens Institute of Technology, and New Jersey Institute of Technology, respectively. Stephanie’s educational interests are in laboratory develop- ment and experiential learning, particularly in the areas of biomedical
Developing VLSI Curricula in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Xingguo Xiong, Hassan Bajwa, Lawrence Hmurcik Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 Abstract VLSI technology has enabled the information technology revolution which greatly changedthe life style of human society. The rapid technology innovation in VLSI industry has lead tonew challenges to modern VLSI engineers. Students need to be trained systematically in theVLSI field to meet these challenges. In this paper, we share our experience in developingVLSI curricula in Electrical and Computer Engineering
work: Exegesis, and plansto continue helping develop low-cost DIY genetics applications for the Reprap.RICHARD DOYLE,Professor of English and Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania StateUniversity, he is also the author of a trilogy of books on information and the life sciences. Thelatest, Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noösphere, was published bythe University of Washington Press in 2011.RICHARD DEVONProfessor of Engineering Design, Engineering Design Program, SEDTAPP, Penn StateUniversity. He was Interim Director of the Science Technology and Society Program for twoyears, Director for six years of the PA Space Grant consortium, and founding Director of theEngineering Design Program. He teaches
program. Engineering isElementary (www.mos.org/eie) is a research-based, standards-driven, and classroom-testedcurriculum developed by the Museum of Science, Boston that integrates engineering andtechnology concepts and skills with elementary science topics. EiE materials also connect withliteracy, social studies, and math. The EiE project has reached over 1.7 million students and22,000 teachers in all 50 states to date. In North Carolina, EiE with supplemental materials inkindergarten and first grade is used in some fashion in approximately 30-40 elementary schools,including three whole school implementations where every teacher teaches engineering to everystudent.The development of a technologically literate citizenry is imperative to not only
University.Leonel Aguilera, UTPA Leonel Aguilera earned his his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from The Technology Institute of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico in 2006. He expects to earn his MSE degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Tx on Dec 2011. His research interests are: Networking and Renewable Energy.Elizardo Garcia, Universidad TecMilenioSanjeev Kumar, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas - Pan American Dr. Sanjeev Kumar is active in research & teaching in the area of Computer Security, Smart Grid Security, High-Speed Internet Switching/Routing, Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Computer Architecture, and Digital Logic Systems. Before joining UTPA, Dr
NSF, FIPSE, the U.S. Department of Education, Department of Defense Education Agency,and the states of Virginia, Maryland and Ohio. Page 22.855.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Incorporating Various Learning Styles in a Geotechnical Engineering LaboratoryAbstractThis paper is an update of an ongoing project involving extensive use of video technology forclassroom activities in a geotechnical engineering laboratory course. In particular, synchronousvideo conferencing was conducted between California Polytechnic State University
that student acquisition of the “technologies” of reading and writing werecausally responsible for cognitive and developmental benefits that could subsequently be transferred to othereducational tasks. [1,2,3,4] This “autonomous” model has gradually given way to a more “social” model of literacythat takes into account the context in which a literacy practice takes place, and the effects that setting may have onhow literacy is conceived and enacted.[5,6,7,8,9] One of these new literacies, Academic Literacy, indicates a fluencynot only in reading and writing, but also in particular ways of thinking, doing and being that are peculiar toacademic contexts such as undergraduate engineering education. This paper reviews the changes in the concept
journals. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Education Society and IEEE Power & Energy Society. Cur- rently, Dr. Huq teaches Electronics, VLSI System Design, Advanced Solid State Device courses. Page 22.928.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integration of Nano Scale Electronics Devices into Undergraduate Course CurriculaAbstractAs deep-sub-micron and beyond technology emerges; integration of nano scale devices intoundergraduate curricula becomes more important than ever. This paper addresses issuesrelated to increasing impact of the nano electronics on
promote institutional change in engineering education.”Shawn S Jordan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Shawn Jordan is an Assistant Professor in the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State Uni- versity. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include virtual cross-disciplinary engineering design teams in industry and pre-college engineering design pedagogy.Dr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Robin S. Adams is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She led the Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) as part of the Center for the Ad
than 10% of instructional time is spent teaching science in the early grades and evenless addressing engineering [3, 4]. One explanation may be that there is significant emphasis onlanguage and literacy skills in these early years and there are limited engineering-related textswritten for this age group. The impact that engineering literature may have on engineeringlearning is therefore not well studied. Two very informative reports on this topic are: (1) theEngineering is Elementary report detailing assessing elementary students‟ understanding ofengineering and technology concepts [5] and Taylor and Smith‟s recent examination of writingassessments geared toward elementary level children [6]. These reports describe large scaleassessments
AC 2011-97: LESSONS LEARNED IN IMPLEMENTING AND ACCRED-ITING A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMVedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University-San Marcos Vedaraman Sriraman is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University- San Marocs. In the past, he has served as the Manufacturing Engineering program coordinator. He has received several gramts form the NSF and SME-EF to initiate new curriculum and laboratories. Dr. Sri- raman has received several teaching awards and has served as the faculty advisor to the student chapter of SME.William A Stapleton, Texas State University Dr. William A. Stapleton received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Alabama in 1997
havetried to produce a number of capable students who can fit in the industrial engine that will takethe country to the modern times of technological leadership.The model has been taken from the general master apprentice model that has been utilize in verysimilar ways in technical team in civil, mechanical, carpentry, and other artesian shops. This is aworking model and has been effectively used in monasteries and religious school. With thatindustrial development we needed to produce much more number of capable people so there wasa need to needed to expand the model. Schools would hire a capable engineer or physicist andask them to teach a class of students to develop certain masteries. The early engineering schoolsfor that reason looked more like
AC 2011-2484: EMPLOYING ENGINEERING DESIGN TOOLS FOR DE-SIGNING/REDESIGNING OF COURSESZeshan Hyder, Virginia Tech & UET Lahore Zeshan Hyder is a PhD student in Mining & Minerals Engineering Department, Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute & State University, Virginia. He has completed his Masters Degree from University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan and is currently working in Virginia Center for Coal & Energy Research (VCCER) under supervision of Prof Dr. Michael Karmis for research in Underground Coal Gasification.zulfiqar Ali, Department of Mining & Mineral Engineering,Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State universityVA, USA.Janis P. Terpenny, Virginia Tech Janis Terpenny is a
islooking for‟ is one aspect of the approach taken, not being able to align your solutionto what everyone wants renders the dominate „formulaic, routinised, and predictable‟approach insufficient22. Students must become the co-constructors of their ownmeaning.Initial Teacher Education StudentsThe performance of 121 year 3 Materials and Engineering Technology and Materialsand Construction Technology student teachers was analysed as the basis of the study.To avoid apathetic participation, the module structure ensured that the design activitywas weighted at 25% of the overall module. Students engaged in the development ofindividual design solutions and democratically decide on the rank order of their peers.Determining the grade boundaries within the
engineering context or problem-solving to teach literacy, mathematics, and science content -- these are some of the varied threadsin the tapestry of K-12 engineering education. Some programs are evaluated on effectiveness bycounting how many students or teachers participate. Some programs measure changes instudent's or adult's awareness and knowledge of engineering as a discipline or potential career.Some, but few, programs assess changes in knowledge of the content, processes and skillsdeveloped through engineering, either in design, technology, or the "traditional" core contentareas. Few programs use a random-control methodology; some use a quasi-experimentalapproach with a matched comparison group; most use pre- and post-assessments.In 2008, the K
AC 2011-2426: A K-12 ADVANCED RESEARCH CAMP FOR ENGINEER-ING AND SCIENCE DISCIPLINESMUHITTIN YILMAZ, Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK)Carlos A Garcia, Texas A&M - Kingsville Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Health SciencesTamara D. Guillen, Texas A&M University-KingsvilleDavid Ramirez, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Assistant Professor Page 22.49.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A K-12 Advanced Research Camp for Engineering and Science DisciplinesIntroduction: Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM
to increase excitement and promote diversity of the engineeringworkforce.IntroductionThe United States has experienced a decline in the number of technology and engineeringcollege graduates, largely due to fewer students choosing to enter an engineering education andprofession (Crawford et al, 1994). Furthermore, the performance of K-12 students in the Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields has decreased in overall achievementas reported by Weiss et al (2003) and others. Rightly so, government agencies and educationresearchers have made the link between a decreasing number of engineering college graduates,relative to demand, and the declining performance of K-12 students compared to other nations onSTEM assessment
it.References 1. Engineering College Profiles, 2009, ASEE. 2. Susan A. Ambrose, Cristina H. Amon, “Design of a First-Year Mechanical Engineering Course at Carnegie Mellon University, Journal of Engineering Education, April 1997, pp 173-181. 3. B.J. Savilonis, D. Spanagel, K. Wobbe. Engaging Students with Great Problems. Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference, Louisville, KY (June, 2010). 4. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, “A First Year Engineering Student Survey to Assist Recruitment and Retention,” Proceedings of FIE 1996, Salt Lake City, pp 372-376.Appendix A, Guest LecturesFollowing are the topics of the guest lectures: Technology and Economics of photovoltaic power, Electronics design for the
annually in courses organized to ensure student success through rigorous academics in a team-based environment. His responsibilities in- clude operations, faculty recruiting, curriculum management, student retention, and program assessment. Dr. Merrill received his Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from The Ohio State University in 1985, and has an extensive background in public education, corporate training, and contract research. He has made frequent presentations at conferences held by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and its affiliate conference, Frontiers in Education (FIE). He is part of the research team that was recently awarded an NSF grant to study strategies for maximizing
AC 2011-1047: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: COLLABORATIVE AND REFLEC-TIVE LEARNING IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMSNeelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University Dr. Soundarajan is a faculty member in the Computer Sc. & Eng. Dept. at Ohio State. His interests include topics in Software Engineering and Engineering Education. Page 22.1700.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Work-in-Progress: Collaborative and Reflective Learning in Engineering ProgramsAbstractThe importance of well developed team-working skills as well as reflective or metacognitive skillsamong engineering
AC 2011-6: TEACHING PROBLEM SOLVING IN ENGINEERING USINGANALYSIS AND SIMULATIONKeith B. Fisher, Montana State University Mr. Keith Fisher, P.E.: Mr. Fisher has been teaching Mechanical Engineering Technology and Mechan- ical Engineering courses and related labs for Montana State University for the past 5 years. Prior to entering the teaching profession, Mr. Fisher obtained over 20 years of industrial mechanical engineering experience. He has developed four new courses, including MET 303 Computer Aided Engineering for Mechanical Design, in the last four years, and was selected by the students as the outstanding Mechanical Engineering Technology teacher at MSU for the past two years.Kevin R. Cook, Montana State
AC 2011-1873: UNDERSTANDING THE ENGINEERING EDUCATION RE-SEARCH PROBLEM SPACE USING INTERACTIVE KNOWLEDGE NET-WORKSKrishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Krishna P.C. Madhavan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is also a member of the Education Research Team of the NSF-funded Network for Com- putational Nanotechnology (nanoHUB.org). Prior to his arrival at Purdue, he was an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the School of Computing and the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Dr. Madhavan also served as a Research Scientist at the Rosen Cen- ter for Advanced Computing, Information Technology at
AC 2011-1537: CASE STUDIES IN APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ENGI-NEERING PRACTICES TO CAPSTONE PROJECTSPeter L Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter L. Schmidt received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his doc- torate degree in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as a research associate and as an instructor at Vanderbilt University. He has also worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana; at Precision Rubber, now part of Parker
the professional level of SAE, serving as a Director on the SAE Board of Directors (term, 2007-2010), a past Director of the Publications Board, and Past-Chair of the Engineering Education Board. He is also active in numerous committees. Greg joined the faculty at Kettering after serving on the faculties of the U.S. Naval Academy and Lawrence Technological University. He received his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991. Prior to this, he worked as an engineer for both the automotive and electric utility industries. Dr. Davis is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan.Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University Dr. Craig J. Hoff is a Professor of Mechanical