students recognize and connect to their potential.Natalie Stringer, Clemson University Natalie Stringer is a senior at Clemson University, graduating in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with a minor in Microbiology. She has worked at the Academic Success Center as an organic chemistry tutor for four semesters. After completing CRLA Level 3 certification, Natalie served the tutoring program in a mentoring capacity as well, acting as a liaison between her colleagues in the sciences and the Assistant Coordinator for Tutoring. Natalie will continue her academic career and research efforts at the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Medicine after her time at Clemson.Dr. Rachel K
’),could encourage them to view IE as an approachable field.Reflections from the IISE definition - IISE defines Industrial and Systems Engineering as “Adiscipline concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems ofpeople, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge andskill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methodsof engineering analysis and design, to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtainedfrom such systems.” Per this definition of IE, this activity addresses the idea of designing asystem consisting of materials and people, improving the system to make it more efficient, andincorporating methods of engineering
are writing intensive and have the technicalwriting course as a prerequisite. Even more of a problem, many Penn State engineering studentswork in internships and co-op experiences without having taken the technical writing course,even though the companies expect those students to write. Worse yet, in those internships, ourstudents are evaluated alongside engineering interns who have had the experience of a technicalwriting course. To address this situation, the Mechanical Engineering Department at Penn State haspiloted an engineering writing course that connects to its required junior-level design course,which is writing intensive. What distinguishes this engineering writing course from traditionaltechnical writing courses is that the
@msudenver.edu Abstract: Most college students routinely carry a sophisticated computer in their smart phone and/or tablet. Instead of viewing these devices as a distraction from our educational goals, it is possible to incorporate these devices into the curriculum, and thereby enhance the educational experience. This is particularly true in the context of the engineering laboratory, as most mobile devices can be viewed as a miniaturized mobile engineering laboratory, with integrated accelerometers, magnetometer, gyroscopes, and optical cameras. In this work, we show how the optical flash can be incorporated into a process control laboratory to enhance the learning outcomes. Our students were tasked with building a transimpedance amplifier for
attitudes appear to make an impacton behavior including the ability to identify opportunities, make connections, and create value.These specific changes in attitudes and behavior point to the development of an entrepreneurialmindset. This experiences overall had a major influence on all three students’ career aspirations.None of these students had entrepreneurial-related intentions prior to college, which makes thefindings all the more interesting.Literature Review The reason for the strong interest to integrate entrepreneurship into engineering educationis it is widely believed entrepreneurship education can lead to the development of knowledge,skills, and attitudes that are in alignment with the ABET E2000 standards (Shuman, Besterfield
social engagement analysis in hashtag campaigns where he investigates the factors affecting retweetability and information diffusion in such contexts.Mr. Rajat Handa Graduate Student in Data Analytics Engineering at George Mason University with an interest in Machine Learning, NLP and social media analytics.Dr. Hemant Purohit, George Mason University Dr. Purohit is an assistant professor in the department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University, USA. His research interest is to study human behavior from the unstructured Web data via an interdisciplinary approach of Computer and Psychological Sciences using social computing and natural language understanding methods
move forward instarting a business based on those technologies. The NSF I-Corps™ site featured in this study,located at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), brings together diverse teams fromregional academic institutions to complete an abridged I-Corps™ curriculum. To date, 73 teamshave completed the I-Corps™ training process at this site; these teams have achieved variouslevels of success in completing the process and moving beyond it in commercializing their work.Along the way, anecdotal evidence has suggested that individual characteristics, teamcomposition, and team interactions are key factors in the success or failure of I-Corps™ teams,but until now, these hypotheses have not been investigated in detail. Our first aim in
a few steps ofprogramming. For example, a Proportional Integral and Derivative (PID) controller can bedesigned, tuned and demonstrated to students in a few steps. This tool can be used to modelan electromechanical device such a servomotor system that consists of a servomotor, a servodrive, an encoder, a gearbox, and a load. The virtual model setup in turn would carry the wholeconcept through graphical demonstrations including timing. Furthermore, this software toolcan communicate with simple real world hardware such as a switch and a light bulb to a verycomplicated hardware like a hydrocarbon based fuel reformer. Page 3 of 15SoftLogix 5800, Studio 5000, and
Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her academic and research interests include the profes- sional formation of engineers, diversity and inclusion in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, leadership, service-learning, and accessibility and assistive-technology.Prof. Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the
studies. The studentsmet weekly to present their work to the person who designed the problem and two otherfaculy members. An assessment was performed, and about 70% of the students wanted toinclude the case study approach in other curriculums, and about 90% felt that they gainedknowledge from this curriculum.Self-LearningLearning for the sake of one’s own knowledge by conducting research, reading articles andbooks, or employing other platforms is termed as self-learning or self-directed learning.Everyone takes advantage of this methodology to some extent, and many well-knownpersonalities, such as Marie Curie 39 have been studied. Rodney Stwart40 (2007) conducted astudy in which three factors of self-learning were evaluated: self-management
- Black ○ 23 - Two or more races ○ 13 - Not specified ○ 7 - Hispanic/Latino ○ 2 - Did Not Disclose The program’s mission is to stimulate skills, talents and behaviors in first- andsecond-year engineering students that lead to success. The program’s vision seeks to establishthe Engineering Village as an integral part of every first-year engineering students’ purposefuland successful transition to the university, the College of Engineering, their chosen disciplineand the global community. The program offers diverse high-impact experiential learningactivities to help students determine the best path to the profession. The program integratesThe Career Identity Programhousing’s residential curriculum “Experience
Paper ID #21908Measuring Student Learning of Crystal Structures Using Computer-basedVisualizationsDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is a Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment in the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University 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’ computational literacy and life-long learning of computational materi- als science tools.Dr. Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, West
- shasa BP 255 Kinshasa XI, Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr.Ing, Aachen University, Germany (1990) Dipl. Ing (MS Eng), Aachen University, Germany (1986) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Using Excel as a Tool to Teach Manufacturing and Heat TransferIntroduction The use of Excel in engineering education is a practical and important topic as Excel isused widely in real-world engineering practice. Microsoft Excel is an affordable, accessible andsimple computational tool for engineering students worldwide. In recent years, Excel has increasingly been used as a computational tool in science andengineering education [1-5] and in other fields [6-11]. The advantages of this tool are
preliminary data, three research questions were formulated toassess the impact of incorporating an Experiential Learning Project as a part of a second-yearcourse on class effectiveness, retention (persistence) and graduation rates, and students’engagement/perception of instruction:Research Questions 1) To what extent does the introduction of IDEAS Active Learning Project improve student’s success in Engineering Analysis Statics? 2) To what extent Active Learning Projects introduced early in the curriculum improve student retention and graduation rates? 3) Do Active Learning Projects improve Engagement, Class Participation, and Students’ Perception of Instruction?Research Design and ControlTo answer these questions, an
foundation of NSF I-Corps program in the scientific approach oftesting the hypothesis with empirical data. He acknowledged that the lean startup approach findsits roots in trial-and-error approach which is natural to scientific research but alien tomanagement professionals. He testified to the Congressional Committee on Science, Space andTechnology 6 that an unexpected result of this program was an impact on the professor's ownthinking about how they teach their science and engineering students. Since the launch of NSF I-Corps in 2010, more than 800 teams have completed the NSF curriculum from 192 universitiesin 44 states resulting in the creation of more than 320 companies that have collectively raisedmore than $83 million in follow-on funding 7
-engineers. Different perspectives and teaching approachesfor ESI were evident among these groups, and this range of experiences could ultimatelyenhance students’ ethical reasoning abilities, impact their attitudes, and effect their behaviors.It appears that one could not expect to achieve adequate education on ESI within a single course.A single course simply cannot cover the breadth of important microethics and macroethics topicsand reach reasonable levels of cognitive and affective depth. Integrating ESI across a range ofcourses in a deliberate manner can reinforce and build on ideas. Including ESI across thecurriculum has been advocated as an effective way to foster ethical development in an alreadydense technical curriculum [23, 24]. One
Paper ID #22418Examining and Characterizing Elementary School Teachers’ Engineering Design-based Instructional Practices and Their Impact on Students’ Science Achieve-mentProf. Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brenda M. Capobianco is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and School of Engineering Education (courtesy) at Purdue University. She holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.S. in science education from Connecticut Central State University, and Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She teaches elementary science methods and
Paper ID #21603Sustainable Development Challenge For BMEProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Dr. Joseph (Joe) Tranquillo is an Associate Professor at Bucknell University in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering, He is also co-director of the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management, co-director of the KEEN Winter Interdisciplinary Design Program, and chair of the Biomedical Engineer- ing Division of ASEE. Tranquillo has published three undergraduate textbooks and numerous engineering education publications, and has presented internationally on engineering and education. His work has been featured
Academy and Women in Engineering Initiatives Fenn Academy • Stimulate and encourage 8th-12th grade students to explore engineering fields • Address the national shortage of students pursuing an engineering degree • Increase the number of underrepresented students • Assist teachers to enhance STEM lessons • Provide information for parents and counselors • Introduce students to college life and undergraduate engineering programBenefits: For Middle School and High Schools • Engineering Activity Day campus events • Engineer for a Day job shadowing program • Women Exploring Engineering program • Summer camp activities • Curriculum consultation • Small grants to teachers for engineering competitions/projects • Participation in
areas compared to biological sciences and physical sciences.Minnesota has a large number of academically-talented and financially-needy students. In 2008,only 6.9% of bachelor’s degrees awarded in Minnesota were in STEM according to theMinnesota Office of Higher Education. The financial burden is a significant obstacle for studentsconfronting a challenging curriculum that needs more time commitment.Saint Cloud State University (SCSU) is the second largest in the system of public MinnesotaState Colleges and Universities (MN State). SCSU’s mission is to prepare students for life, workand citizenship in the twenty-first century to positively transform students and the communitiesthrough the discovery, applied knowledge, and creative interaction
to understand cognitive and noncognitive factors related to success for undergraduate engineering students. Prior to Purdue, she received dual bachelor’s degrees in Industrial Engineering and Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her prior work experiences include product management, consulting, tutoring, marketing, and information technology.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for over 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific
, the college successfully developed andimplemented a program curriculum involving day and night classes in electrical engineering andcomputer engineering. The curriculum program consists of 11-week courses and allows aflexible schedule for students to successfully complete an ABET-accredited degree in eitherBSEE or BSCE. During 2017, CoE proudly received an ABET re-accreditation for six yearswith no required interim reports.In 2015, the University tasked the CoE to develop a strategic plan in delivering onlineundergraduate and graduate engineering courses. Starting in April 2015, the college embraced aflipped learning approach for future and online delivery of undergraduate engineering courses.One reason for adopting flipped learning concerns
from allthat is available is problematic. Similar to our counterparts in the industry, educators must selectsoftware which satisfies a number of often competing requirements. Our software acquisitionsmust compliment the curriculum, integrate with the technical capacity of the institution, andprovide sufficient challenge to students, all the while reflecting current industry standards. Weare thus presented with a shared dilemma: how do both educators and industry decide whichsoftware application(s) to acquire?Software acquisition and adaptation decisions often involve comparing alternatives of severalcriteria. However, the end users of the software systems may not necessarily be familiar with theoverall decision-making criteria. To address this
the Development of Metacognition in Engineering Students in a Problem-Based Learning Program with a Think-Aloud ProtocolThis evidence-based practice paper focuses on how an engineering education program thatpromotes self-regulated learning impacts students’ problem-solving skills. Iron RangeEngineering (IRE) is an innovative, problem-based-learning (PBL) engineering program inVirginia, Minnesota. Throughout the curriculum of this program, students learn about and applymetacognitive skills necessary for self-regulating their learning. For the past several years, wehave been conducting research funded by the National Science Foundation1 to (1) identify themetacognitive skills inherent in self-regulated
their social positions and unconscious biases might be operating in teamdynamics (DiAngelo, 2011). Recognizing the value of the work we have done on a smaller scaleand also the above, our university has, for instance, taken steps to begin to integrate this work ata programmatic level across the curriculum so that students have regular and repeated exposureto it. We have also, however, seen instances where this work does help privileged studentsbecome more aware of these processes and become able to recognize when they are happening.Such students then work to further understand and counteract the effects of stereotyping andbias, as one of our students writes: “As a white-passing male, I now feel obligated to learn moreabout the systems and
Paper ID #21502The Career Pathways of Non-tenure-track Full-time Engineering FacultyMr. Cliff Fitzmorris, University of Oklahoma Cliff Fitzmorris is a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He was a practicing engineer in the telecom industry for fifteen years before joining the Uni- versity of Oklahoma as an adjunct instructor, later transitioning to a full-time non-tenure-track teaching role.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is a President’s Associates Presidential Professor and Associate Professor of Computer Science and
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Technology (ECET) program. Within this course set are the curriculum’s networking and communication courses. As is true with his ECET faculty colleagues, Border supports the program with teaching assign- ments, as needed, in freshman- and sophomore-level courses offerings. Examples of these include the sophomore level electric circuits and digital electronics courses. Border teaches a digital communication graduate course within a Ph.D. Consortium Technology Management program, as well as other graduate level courses at BGSU. Border served as interim department chair of the Engineering Technologies department. He served as chair of the university Faculty Senate curriculum and academic affairs committee. He is chair of the
boundaries of traditional classroom-basedapproaches to project- concept- and team-based, and skill- and knowledge-integrated approachesusing real world situations. This new teaching approach can improve the effectiveness ofengineering education. Introducing new teaching approaches is always a challenging task andhas been explored using various tactics, and the detailed work is published in the peer reviewedjournals and proceedings8-13. For experiential energy innovation team project, we selectedmagnetism and its application to generate electricity via an innovative approach. Magnetic 1induction was discovered by Michael Faraday in the mid-19th century14
” degree• Earn the primary degree and secondary/dual requirements degree concurrentlyILEE Curriculum• Entrepreneurship-related courses to give students the skills to become successful entrepreneurs• 20 courses offered in fall and spring• Taught by a variety of entrepreneurial faculty and industry leaders• Offered to students across campus with an interest in technology entrepreneurshipLearn more at tec.illinois.edu/academicsUNDERGRADUATE • Innovation Certificate • Innovation, Leadership and Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE) – for non-engineers • Technology Commercialization (TC)GRADUATE • Business Management for Engineers (BME) • Strategic Technology Management (STM)Learn more at tec.illinois.edu/academics