an integrated curriculum that spread content and EM learning outcomesthroughout multiple college semesters [9], [10].This paper details a few of the ways in which the authors have incorporated EML in variouscourses at The Citadel. These activities could be incorporated into other courses and classroomswith small modifications.EML Example 1: Engineering Probability and StatisticsEngineering Probability and Statistics is a required course for Civil, Construction and ElectricalEngineering majors at The Citadel. Topics of the course include data collection and presentation,descriptive statistics, probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing,regression and correlation, and analysis of variance. Usually, the course
specific and different orientations, including very specialized courses and occasionally peri-technological courses. This module is conceived in order to allow a certain flexibility to the student whom will beable to make pertinent choices according to his career goals. The third module, generally called integration module,allows the student to realize supervised practical work either in a training form or in engineering project in industry,in the specialized field that this master has trained him for. This program structure, other than being modular, also distinguishes itself from the traditional programs becauseit allows the student to receive an official recognition at each step of his studies. Thus, when the student hascompleted his basic
innot only engineering and physical sciences but also in other areas such as biology and economicsthat are generally considered to be non-computational fields. The interdisciplinary master'sdegree program in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at North Carolina A&T StateUniversity is now more than 3 years old, and provides graduate education in several Page 13.590.2computational areas and the associated primary field disciplines. The CSE program since itsinception has presently graduated more than 12 students who are currently placed in severalmajor industries.Our CSE graduate program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum combining
the springsemester of their senior year. The DBT project is coordinated through the ME program Designof Experiments Plan and further supports the ME program's Professional Component Plan byrequiring the use of engineering design with open-ended problems, integration of professionaltools, and demonstration of professional communications 1, 2.The ability of ME graduates to successfully design, conduct and analyze experiments isintegrated across the ME curriculum. Beginning in the freshman year, students are providedwith opportunities to acquire experimental, analytical and modeling tools and skills, and todevelop effective means of communicating the results of their work. In an analogous fashion tothe capstone design project providing a measure
of information is sacrificed for quality and depth of learning. 4) The Bucknell Biomedical Engineering Program teaches a number of small classes in an integrated lab/lecture format. It is expected to be more challenging to translate this progression to courses with large enrollments and specified lab times. 5) Preparing students to design a project in three weeks is difficult. Page 11.1056.5Addressing the Challenges:Although not all of the challenges above can be addressed, there are some generalguidelines that were found to be helpful: 1) Letting students know up front what they will be doing, and
students an opportunity to see estimating as a dynamic career path was to integrate fieldconditions into their understanding of estimating which was challenging to coordinate butworked out well. Again, a small but measurable increase was observed in course and studentevaluation for the course between this most recent year and the same course the previous year, asshown in Table 2, giving support to this method of engagement for student perceptions andsatisfaction. Table 2: Course Evaluation and Student Evaluation for CE301 Construction Estimating Pre and Post Minka House Project Material Incorporation Course Evlauation Student Evaluation
, leading to the creation of new applications for new and existing technology; patents and licenses. 2. Scholarship of integration, bringing and connecting knowledge together from various sources in the field as in course and curriculum improvements and innovations, developing measures to increase the relevance of ET curriculum to industry, writing of undergraduate text books and book chapters. 3. Scholarship of application through consulting activities, leading to improved processes, practices, programs and products in industry. Page 8.1162.5 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering
professional engineering discourse.Each subject, whether PBL or not, relied on a set pre-requisites subjects to providea knowledge and skills platform for further development. The coursework component in thePBL subject is essential in constructing knowledge and skills scaffolding to enable students totackle any assigned open-ended projects and problems. In some ways, the PBL subject with acoursework component resembled a mini curriculum-based PBL model.In the undergraduate engineering curriculum there are subjects which integrate knowledgeand subjects which are narrowly discipline focused. It is the former that that it is most suitablefor a PBL delivery because of the its nature in integrating knowledge it allows thedevelopment of open-ended student
both laboratory and real-world settings. This concept is an inversion of the traditional laboratory curriculum paradigm.The current situation is that freshman programs focus either on a design project or discipline-specific experiments that may not be cohesively integrated. In real-world settings engineerswork in multidisciplinary teams on a variety of complex problems. The fundamental principlesof measurement and their application are crucial to the solution of these problems.IntroductionThe College of Engineering at Rowan University was created through a $100 million gift fromHenry and Betty Rowan in 1992. The College of Engineering’s key features includecollaborative teamwork in inter- and multi- disciplinary laboratory and
Efficacy of Virtual Models in a Production Systems Course Lawrence Whitman, Barbara Chaparro Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Psychology Department Wichita State UniversityAbstractWichita State University has developed an integrated set of virtual reality models of an aircraftassembly line. These models are intended to provide students an ‘artifact’ of industrial andmanufacturing engineering by providing a realistic environment for initial learning andapplication. By utilizing a virtual model of the line, students are able to view the process andinterrogate the process details, make changes and
QualificationsThe primary qualifications desired of a mentor are that they be a licensed land surveyor,an active member of a state Association of Surveyors, be located within a reasonablegeographic proximity to the distance student’s locale, and be willing to make the requisitetime and resources available to the student. In addition, there are a variety of otherservices the mentor can provide to the student.Licensure is desired because it indicates that the mentoring individual has successfuldisplayed the knowledge required to perform surveying work at a professional level.Licensure in good standing is also an indication of integrity and ethical behavior in theconduct of business. Active participation in the state association is an indication of the
(Kocaoglu, 1984) and currently, there are probably more than100 universities in the US offering an undergraduate and / or graduate programs in EM. EMprograms are generally embedded within the departments of industrial engineering or systemsengineering, depending on the universities (Farr and Kotnour, 2005). However, in order to reflectthe gradual shift from manufacturing to turn-key systems integrators in a global economicenvironment, many universities have aligned their EM programs with their systems engineeringprogram (Farr and Beude, 2003).Research Model and MethodologyThe objective of the research is to revisit and update the graduate EM program at Stevens inorder to make it more appealing to both the students and the industry employers alike
Criticism,” College Composition and Communication 43, 384-92, (1992).5. Howard, R. and S. Jamieson, The Bedford Guide to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines, Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, Boston, (1995).6. Newell, J., D. Ludlow, and S. Sternberg, “Progressive Development of Oral and Written Communication Skills Through an Integrated Laboratory Sequence,” Chemical Engineering Education, in press, (1997).7. Ludlow, D. and K. Schulz, “Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of North Dakota,” Journal of Engineering Education 83(2), 161-168, (1994). Page 2.435.7
and engineering programs, including the Energy Technology and Pre-Engineering Program. Developing programs to meet industry workforce needs and student’s successes are his priorities. He served as an educational co-chair and chair of the curriculum committee of the Indiana Energy Consortium. He is a member of the Executive Board of Association of Technology Management and Applied Science and a visiting team member. Additionally, he serves on the advisory boards for College of Technology at Purdue University Calumet, Purdue University North Central and the Porter County Career Center.Mr. Branislav Rosul, College of Dupage Dr. Branislav Rosul, Investigator Dr. Rosul completed his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical
, and cost effectiveness. Hospitalsdo not function like other production environments, and thus traditional assumptions ofproduction systems performance and organizational management may not always apply. Howcan students with an interest in this emerging area develop the necessary familiarity with thecomplexity of the healthcare environment?(Re) Integrating Industrial Engineering and HealthcareAs several Industrial Engineering departments across the US develop partnerships withhealthcare facilities and providers, there is a continuing need for engineers to be able toeffectively translate their efforts and approaches in ways that are accepted and understood in thehealthcare environment. There are few senior IE faculty who have fundamental
simulation machine. q Thinking Like Leonardo: a curriculum created by Dr. Carol Whitescarver, Director of Continuing Education in the Georgia Tech College of Architecture, that entailed designing, constructing, and testing a large chair of heavy cardboard.Equity Professional DevelopmentDuring the two-week summer camp teachers team-taught one curriculum content to two 90-minute classes of approximately 20 students per day. There were approximately equal numbersof girls and boys in the camp, and they were grouped for one class as a single-sex class, and forthe other they were combined in co-ed groups. An integral component in the professionaldevelopment was giving the teachers the opportunity to observe and manage children in
Woodruff School Doctoral Teaching Intern Program,"Journal of Engineering Education, 87(3)223-226 (1998).10. Stradler R., Ambrose, S.A. & Davidson, C.I.. "An Introduction to the Community of Professors: TheEngineering Education Scholars Workshop," Journal of Engineering Education, 89(1):7-11 (2000).11. Thuesen, G.J. & Sullivan, W.G. "Integration of Economic Principles with Design in the Engineering ScienceComponent of the Undergraduate Curriculum," ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings (1991).12. Torvi , D.A. "Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistant Instructional Programs: Training Tomorrow’s FacultyMembers," Journal of Engineering Education, 4(2):376-381 (1994).13. Wankat, P.C. & Oreovicz, F.S. Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York
poorly defined, requiring additionalassumptions or clarification in order to obtain a well-posed mathematical problem. Throughoutthe course, emphasis is also placed on adequately citing references, validating solutions, andcommunicating results. Student work was assessed primarily through evaluation of writtenreports.IntroductionEngineering analysis - used here to denote the application of mathematical techniques to obtainthe solutions to problems defined from physical principles - is a fundamental component of theengineering curriculum. Analysis is usually an essential part of the design process, especiallywhen comparing the performance of potential designs or in validating proposed solutions. It isalso the basis for a large proportion of the
calculations [15, 24] and providing students theopportunity to explore various questions such as “what happens if...?” [5]. In this study, we investigate the effects of integrating a technology used by professionalsin an Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics course, which is designed to provide students withcollege-level work while still in high school [10]. Technologies in AP Statistics course typicallyinvolve (1) spreadsheets for analyzing data and constructing visual representations of data; (2)multimedia materials to teach, tutor, and/or test students’ statistical knowledge and skills; (3) webor computer-based tools/simulations to demonstrate and visualize statistical content; and (4)graphing calculators for computation, graphing, or
2006-568: CONVERGING-DIVERGING APPROACH TO DESIGN IN THESOPHOMORE ENGINEERING CLINICKevin Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from MIT and his B.S. from WPI. Among his areas of interest are computing and process simulation in the curriculum, and integrating economics and design throughout the curriculum. He has received the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award and the 2002 PIC-III Award from ASEE.Dom Acciani, Rowan University Dom Acciani is a self-employed forensic engineer and an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at Rowan University.Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University Jennifer Courtney is an
and laboratory curricula including online course platforms, and integrated technologies. She has been involved in both private and government grants as author and project director, and is currently PI of an NSF ATE grant, ”Increasing the Number of Engineering Technicians in Southeastern Pennsylvania.” A major goal of this collaborative effort with Drexel University is to connect for-credit, occupational technician education to workforce development certification programs. She was the faculty advisor to two student teams that made the final round of the NSF AACC Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) in 2016 and 2017. She and her students have been involved in STEM related outreach to local community groups
] Amruth N Kumar. Three years of using robots in an artificial intelligence course: lessons learned. Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), 4(3):2, 2004.[11] Carlotta Berry. Mobile robotics: A tool for application based integration of multidisciplinary undergraduate concepts and research. In 2010 Annual ASEE Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky, June 2010. ASEE Conferences. https://peer.asee.org/15642.[12] Michael Georgiopoulos, Ronald F DeMara, Avelino J Gonzalez, Annie S Wu, Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Erol Gelenbe, Marcella Kysilka, Jimmy Secretan, Carthik A Sharma, and Ayman J Alnsour. A sustainable model for integrating current topics in machine learning research into the undergraduate curriculum
Paper ID #42606Board 306: Improving Retention Rate and Success in Computer Science ScholarsDr. Jung Won Hur, Auburn University Dr. Jung Won Hur is a professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University. Her research interests encompass computer science education, diversity in STEM, culturally responsive teaching, and emerging technology integration in the classroom.Dr. Cassandra Thomas, Tuskegee University Dr. Cassandra Thomas is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Tuskegee University. She earned a BS (from TU) and an MS in Computer Science and an Ed. D. in
the concept: plan, design, implement, and control. • Knowledge about organizational development, cost evaluation of design and research. • Understanding of business reality--profitability and cost reduction are the bottom lines. • Enthusiasm in team work environment. • Learn to build "team leadership skills” in an integrated production team (IPT) environment. • Focus on the customer need. 6. Critical and Creative Thinking • Capability to picture in the mind (in a three dimensional form) how to Page 6.924.5 assemble complex components together into a whole unit (product
Paper ID #27468Motivation on Programming Assignments in Materials Science and Engineer-ingDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is an Assistant Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the Uni- versity of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. She is specifically interested in students’ com- putational literacy and life-long learning of computational materials science tools. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
influenced by the learner’s environment such that it impacts how futureknowledge is integrated [16], [17]. While expected to be proficient in MATLAB® by their senioryear, students may have difficulty applying past knowledge without having adequate practicalexperience from the time the course was taken up until required to do so in their senior designproject.The following module was intended to serve as a refresher for concepts that may have beencovered in introductory programming courses while also incorporating practicalrecommendations on how to write a code to minimize errors and debugging difficulties. It wasdesigned as an interactive manual such that students could click on hyperlinked tables andfigures relevant to specific questions or topics
curriculum can bechallenging because of an already busy curriculum and a lack of pedagogical guidance forinstructors. Not addressing these challenges can thus hinder institutions’ ability to developsocially and environmentally responsible engineers. Due to technological and scientificdevelopments, the engineering curriculum is frequently expected to cover more and moretechnical content, which makes the incorporation of other aspects more challenging [10]. Ahorizontal integration of social and environmental justice is an effective approach to dealing withthis issue, and it simultaneously helps defuse faculty resistance to non-technical content[11,12,13]. It has also been pointed out that social justice in engineering contexts usuallynecessitates the
Paper ID #6745A Grand Challenge-based Framework for Contextual Learning in Engineer-ingDr. Lisa G. Huettel, Duke University Dr. Lisa G. Huettel is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University where she also serves as associate chair and director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory development, and applications of
throughoutundergraduate engineering curriculum, rather than just as an introductory design course in thefirst year or as a culminating design experience in the fourth year. The goal of the program is tocreate a suite of courses that support different aspects of design learning to create the opportunityfor an applied, hands-on design thread throughout the engineering curriculum.Multidisciplinary Engineering Design CourseCurrently within the Multidisciplinary Design Program, a two-semester sequence is offeredwhere teams of students from multiple engineering disciplines and varying academic levels areengaged in design challenges with project partners from medicine, industry, or the social sector.Student teams are supported with money to cover spending on supplies
foundation to pursuehigher studies in SET subjects. . Despite this fact, the vast majority of high school graduateswould like to study courses that are related to SET subjects.The problems of existing higher education SET programmes in Afghanistan are thefollowing: i. Weak education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at school level due to lack of an integrated approach. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are taught as four separate subjects rather than an integration of STEM into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications. ii. Graduates from high schools in countries such as Afghanistan do not have the same exposure to the role of science and engineering