. Haynie, W. J. III, “Safety and Liability in the New Technology Laboratory” Technology Teacher , v69 n3 p3136 Nov 2009. 2. "Safety and Health in the Technical Classroom and Laboratory: Part 1," 2013, Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers , 88:2 pp.4447. 3. Jimenez, M., Romero, L., Dominguez, M., Espinosa, M.D.M., (5S Methodology Implementation in the Laboratories of an Industrial Engineering University School), Safety Science 78, pp. 163172, 2015. 4. Forest, C.R., Moore, R.A., Jariwala, A.S., Ngo, P., Quintero, C., “The invention studio: A university maker space and culture” Advances in Engineering Education 4 (2), 2014. 5. Barrett, T.W. , Pizzico, M.C. , Levy, B. , Nagel, R.L. , Linsey, J.S
preparation for anyethical situations that may arise in their future professional careers. Completing the entiremodule was worth a small portion of the students’ final grades, determined by the engineeringprofessor. Following the heuristics assignment was a student survey used to evaluate student opinion onthe ethics module and whether they found the module useful. The engineering professors andethics professors involved in implementing the modules were also asked to provide feedback onthe usage of the module.Results and DiscussionPhase one: in-class modules Throughout this two year study, case studies were used as the basis for assignments andethical thinking. Using case studies requires for the students to understand the situation andexplore
that offers acourse on embedded controllers or go to a micro-controller manufacturer’s web site and learn iton your own.Lastly, one would have to be totally off the grid to not be aware of the tremendous push forscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Since many of the jobs tobe created in the future are dependent upon knowledge in these areas, there has been a great dealof support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for initiatives and special programs toboost the interest of students in these topics and to influence them to pursue careers in theseareas. This is not just a United States undertaking, it is a world-wide effort being undertaken byall the industrialized nations. Recently, new NSF programs like
Cohen, J. & Fulkerson, M. (2014). Affect, Rationalization, and Motivation. Rev. Phil.Psych., 5.10 Epstein, S. (1994). Integration of the cognitive and psychodynamic unconscious. American Psychologist, 49.11 Fortus, D. (2014). Attending to Affect. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51, (7), 821-835.12 Purzer, S. (2011). The Relationship Between Team Discourse, Self-Efficacy, and Individual Achievement: ASequential Mixed-Methods Study. Journal of Engineering Education, 100, (4), 655-679.13 Jones, B, D., Paretti, M. C., Hein, S. F., & Knott, T. W. (2010). An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First-Year Engineering Students: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans. Journal ofEngineering
responsibilities, resolving conflict etc. At the end of each of the fourphases in the semester, each student is evaluated by his/her own team members.Ethics and contemporary issues The true test of engineering ethics education is how graduates behave in the workplace duringtheir careers, certainly a difficult outcome to measure a priori 8. Stephan8, in questioningwhether or not engineering ethics can be taught, quotes philosopher Michael Davis in giving fourgood things that can result if successful: (1) students can become more aware of the ethicalimplications of their work, (2) they can learn ethical standards, (3) they can become better judgesof ethical conduct, and (4) they can become more willing to put their ethical knowledge intoaction. ABET
, this new course is intended to build uponthe foundation established in the freshman year for the development of an entrepreneurialmindset. Specifically, students in the sophomore studio are expected to identify opportunities anddefine problems themselves, interact with real customers, and design, build, and test prototypesthat create value for these customers. In addition, project management, communication,teamwork, and market analysis skills need to be developed in this course to prepare students fortheir senior capstone projects and future careers. Bringing all of these aspects together, thefollowing learning objectives were identified. By the end of the semester, the student will be ableto: 1. Generate, screen, and select promising design
envisioned as a mutuallybeneficial collaboration as the UMSWE members would gain a unique crosscultural opportunity to support peers internationally and as a result develop their global competency that contributes to their professional development; and the LSWE students would have an international peer support group from the UMSWE section invested in their persistence, able to advocate on their behalf internationally to SWE and potential corporate sponsors, and with access to relevant technology and resources to be circulated and disseminated to LSWE. The primary mechanism of this new partnership was envisioned as a twoweek Leadership Camp entitled Setting Up Collegiates for Careers in Engineering through Social Support (LSWE SUCCESS) to be
onlyentrepreneurial mindset which can be likened to a bridge to no-where. This paper is at variancewith the work of Taks et al. (2014), which was geared toward encouraging individuals’ internaldevelopment of an entrepreneurial mindset. Since entrepreneurial studies may encourage willingstudents to pursue careers as future entrepreneurs, what can stop a young adult student entrepreneurfrom designing curriculum tailored to his or her own need and get academic credit for it?Cumbersome roadblocks often found between getting a sound education and pursuing anentrepreneurial venture can be removed. Therefore, engineering entrepreneurship educationshould focus on teaching young adults, at earlier ages, about innovation and the associatedchallenges. Some of these
, complex system governance, infranomics, systems engineering, systems of systems engineering, and systems theory. His research has been published in several journals including International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, and Journal of Requirements Engineering. He is a co-editor of ’Infranomics: Sustainability, engineering design and governance.’Dr. Joseph M Bradley, Leading Change, LLC Dr. Bradley has had an extensive career in ship operations, maintenance, repair and organizational design. Repeatedly called upon to start new activities for the United States Navy, he successfully met a succession
Paper ID #15778Training and Education for Green Construction in the U.S.Dr. Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology at Sam Hous- ton State University. Ph.D. from Virginia Tech M.S. from Stanford University B.S. from Yeungnam Uni- versity in South KoreaDr. Annie R Pearce, Virginia Tech Dr. Annie Pearce is an Associate Professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech specializing in sustainable facilities and infrastructure systems. Throughout her career, Annie has worked with practitioners in both public and
development of thepower electronics course include a PSPICE simulation lab manual and a hardware lab manual toaccompany the power-pole board. Both these resources are available at no cost to anyone whowishes to use them4. These resources were extremely helpful in the development of a newcourse by a faculty member whose primary expertise was not in the area of power electronics.The laboratory component of the course includes some of the simulation labs and hardware labsbased on UMN materials that have been customized for the local context. The power electronicscourse has been offered three times (Fall 2011, Spring 2013, and Spring 2015) and has a numberof graduates who are working in power and energy related careers. Student course evaluationdata
, IEEE GLOBECOM, WCNC, ICCCN, et al. He received the 2015 IEEE ComSoc TC-CSR Distinguished Service Award, the 2013 IEEE Com- Soc MMTC Outstanding Leadership Award, and the NSF CAREER Award in 2010. He is a co-recipient of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2015 Best Paper Award, the IEEE WCNC 2015 Best Paper Award, the IEEE ICC 2013 Best Paper Award, and the 2004 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the Field of Communications Systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Cooperative Wireless Communications with Beamforming and Software Defined Radio Techniques
human interfacing) in real-life problem solving. The experience enhances students’ hand-oncapability and prepares them for entering real world career in robotics and system automation[10]. Future plans include combining multiple robots to form a large robotic network systemwhich can collaborate in the large area surveillance and patrolling in multi-room scenario,exchange sensed data among them and stitch each piece of fragmental information into a bigpicture which reflects an overall view of the entire environment. This kind of data processing canbe sent to Cloud for further analysis for any response to be taken if necessary. Besides thedomestic service applications, the same idea can be applied to industrial environment as well,especially for
field in his first year as an employee of Academic Technologies. The cooperative en- vironment in Academic Technologies has improved Erik’s ethical, professional and personal involvement during the past years.Mr. Gil Paquian Jr., UTEP Academic Technologies Gilbert Paquian has always been fascinated with how things work. During his undergraduate career pur- suing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, his project-oriented work with Academic Technologies and the completion of an internship with W. Silver Incorporated, a local steel mill, were able to satisfy his curiosity learning about the inner workings of various machines, electrical components and computer software. After
disparities such as the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM. Specifically: individual differences in motivations to pursue STEM careers; the psychological processes underlying the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM; and effective interventions for diversifying STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Improving Student Spatial Skills: Using Life Experiences and Motivational Factors to Inform Instructional InterventionsSpatial thinking refers to the ability to create and hold an object in the mind’s eye and manipulatethat object via sectional cuts, three dimensional rotations, and other mental operations. Priorresearch suggests that the
variousVIP processes, students are engaged in learning improvement and career preparation. Through VIP,students get involved into long-term practical team projects, which provide them a significant benefitin terms of the continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth involved in the project. Besides,students’ communication and team-working skills will also get improved through VIP process. 5. Conclusion and Future Work In this paper, we presented our attempts to improve engineering education by offering studentsan educational module library, which is a specifically organized collection of engineering projectmodules. This library will not only strengthen the teaching of engineering courses, but also
to give students time to challenge (invisible) engineering educational norms.Future workAs this research evolves, the focus will center on two main issues. First, more assessment datawill help us understand student perceptions on the sociotechnical emphasis and on making SJvisible. Also, more in-depth knowledge of student performances on assignments that seek topromote SJ visibility can help bolster the ability of those (revised) assignments to challengecommon assumptions about engineering and engineering education. Finally, we would like toevaluate how our courses impact students’ professional careers in the short and long terms, fromtheir choices about employment to their encounters with social injustices in the
and Assessment at Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology. She also teaches Sociology of Crime through the Continuing Studies program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Dr. Martin A. Brooke, Duke University Martin A. Brooke received the B.E. (Elect.) Degree (1st. Class Hons.) from Auckland University in New Zealand in 1981. He received the M.S. and Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Southern California in 1984, and 1988, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Duke University. Professor Brooke was an Analog Devices Career development award recipient from 1988-1993, won a National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award in 1990, the
] “STEM Attrition: College Students’ Paths Into and Out of STEM Field, Statistical Analysis Report.” U.S.Department of Education report, NCES 2014-00, 2014.[3] Peter A. Daempfle, “An Analysis of the High Attrition Rates Among First Year College Science, Math, andEngineering Majors.” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice 5.1 (2003): 37-52.[4] Lizzie Y. Santiago and Robin A.M. Hensel, “Engineering Attrition and University Retention.” ASEE AnnualConference, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 2012.[5] C. Adelman, “Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Career.”National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (ED/OERI): Washington DC.ISBN 0-16-049551-2[6] R.L
Paper ID #15275Infusing Innovation and Entrepreneurship into Engineering Education: Look-ing for Change as Seen by ASEE Members, 2012to2015Dr. Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group Alan Peterfreund is Executive Director of SageFox Consulting Group, an education research, evaluation located in Amherst Massachusetts. Alan has a Ph.D. in Geology from Arizona State University, and has been a research faculty member at Brown University. A career-shift in 1984 led to16 years of consulting in the private and public sector with primarily emphasis on organizational change, quality management, and employee participation
Conference, Terre Haute, Indiana.9. Hattie, J., and Timperley, H. (2007) The Power of Feedback, Review of Educational Research 77, 81-112.10. Erickson, F. (2011) Uses of video in Social Research: A Brief History, International Journal of Social Research Methodology 14, 179-189.11. Powell, A. B., Francisco, J. M., and Maher, C. A. (2003) An Analytical Model for Studying the Development of Learners’ Mathematical Ideas and Reasoning Using Videotape Data, The Journal of Mathematical Behavior 22, 405-435.12. Tolbert, D., and Cardella, M. E. (2014) CAREER: Mathematics as a Gatekeeper to Engineering: The Interplay be-tween Mathematical Thinking and Design Thinking–Using Video Data, In Proceedings 121st ASEE
participants in their STEM math classes in thesemesters following their participation was better for all students, but significantly better forminorities. There are still disparities in academic achievement for minorities, but Math Jam ishelping to close the achievement gap.As more students choose to attend community colleges to ultimately pursue careers inengineering and other related STEM fields, more programs like Math Jam need to be developedto help produce the well-educated work force that is needed to retain and increase the economiccompetitiveness and innovation capacity of the United States.Bibliography1. Committee on STEM Education National Science and Technology Council. (2013). Federal Science, Technology,Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem
for Education Research. His most recent book is How Computer Games Help Children Learn.Dr. Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi C. Chesler is Professor of Biomedical Engineering with an affiliate appointment in Educational Psychology. Her research interests include vascular biomechanics, hemodynamics and cardiac function as well as the factors that motivate students to pursue and persist in engineering careers, with a focus on women and under-represented minorities.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Cheryl A. Bodnar, Ph.D., CTDP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active
students for careers in evolving engineering industries. Theseindustries rely on innovation through understanding and developing complex multidisciplinarysystems for product development. As students progress through these courses, theirunderstanding, insight, and ability to solve real-world problems will be assessed, mainly throughtheir performance in senior capstone design and through after-graduation surveys. Results willbe reported as they become available.5 References 1. Male, S.A., Bush, M.B., and Chapman, E.S., “Perceptions of Competency Deficiencies in Engineering Graduates”, Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 16, no. 1., 2010. 2. Cilliers, F. and Greyvenstein, H. “The Impact of Silo Mentality on Team
: threesophomores, ten juniors, and two seniors. A few of these students expressed interest in pursuinga career in environmental engineering with the remaining having a general interest insustainability. The class counted for three credits with no laboratory component and met twice aweek for eighty minutes. This course was offered for the second time in the spring of 2015, andat that point, few pieces or equipment were available for conducting traditional water qualitylabs. Therefore, the lessons described in this paper were designed to be inexpensive and easy toimplement with minimal facilities. As at many other institutions, this marked the first time firststudents were presented water treatment technologies in a formalized setting.The series of lessons
Pacific Luke Lee is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific, where he teaches courses in structural mechanics and structural design and conducts research in infrastructure renewal, structural health monitoring, and durability of composite materials.Dr. Gary M. Litton, University of the Pacific Gary Litton is a professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of the Pacific where he teaches courses and conducts research in environmental engineering. Dr. Litton has over 30 years of water quality experience with specialization in water quality investigations. The first six years of his career were spent with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, where he
Lafayette College in the computer science department. He is currently an assistant professor at Washington State University in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award. Current research interests include intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, transfer learning, and robotics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in Progress: A Computer-Aided Design Intelligent Tutoring System Teaching Strategic FlexibilityAbstractTaking a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) class is a prerequisite for Mechanical Engineering fresh-men at many universities, including at
utility industry out of New Orleans for two Fortune 500 companies, where his responsibilities included IT disaster recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Previously, he served as an unrestricted line officer in the U.S. Navy onboard a guided missile destroyer and the second Aegis enabled cruiser.Prof. Dante Dionne, Korean Air Dante Dionne is an Organizational Leadership PhD candidate and a Senior Innovation Technology Man- ager at Korean Air. The past 20+ years of his career has centered on management and professional services consulting. Where, he has specialized in leading multi-national project teams in the design and implementation of digital marketing, mobility and innovative technology solutions. Dante holds an MA
to researching bioenergy systems and biofuels for Africa. She joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) HQ in Paris, France in 2007 and later ran the Chemistry programme and International Year of Chemistry 2011 and thereafter the Engineering programme. The Engineering Programme is working with countries, interna- tional partners and program experts to strengthen engineering education through curricula development, hands-on training and capacity building. In line with UNESCO’s global priorities on Africa and Gen- der Equality, it focuses on women and Africa. Rovani is passionate about women in engineering and encouraging more youth to pursue careers in engineering. She
distinctly unique examples of project-based learning.BackgroundIn 1970, Worcester Polytechnic Institute adopted The WPI Plan, a project-based educationalphilosophy that requires students to complete three term-length research projects, adviseddirectly by faculty, during their undergraduate careers [1]. During their junior year, studentsgenerally complete their “Interactive Qualifying Project” (IQP). This is a critical time in astudent’s professional development, as junior-year students have the technical skills necessaryfor a productive research project, but likely have little research experience and are close enoughto graduation to be seriously thinking about the future and focusing more on academic work [2,3]. The final requirement is the “Major