to increase the success rate,which was still below 50% despite earlier attempts at improvement. Another reason was toreintroduce C++ material that had been dropped from the curriculum. Yet another reason was toincorporate more software engineering practices by having students: • write design documents, test plans, and test specifications • participate in reviews and inspections • use version control • do some programs/projects in teamsAlthough the software engineering additions were primarily in support of the newly-createdsoftware engineering program, it was felt that these changes would also benefit the computerscience students, since the majority of the computer science students took software developmentjobs after
for Engineering Education, 2006 Development of an Integrated Learning Framework for STEM LearningAbstractAs part of an NSF Math Science Partnership project targeting mathematics and science learning,our project is delivering a set of courses to high school mathematics and science teachers thatintegrates relevant mathematics, science, and engineering concepts and practice. These courseswill promote conceptual competence in core content and key process behaviors in scientificinquiry, mathematical problem solving, and engineering design. A distinctive element of thiseffort is a commitment to design a coherent approach consistent with existing scholarship in thefields of STEM education. An early result
industryfacilities. In camp year one (CY1), senior students were targeted. In CY2 and CY3,sophomores and juniors were targeted. Each day began with a special-topics lecture in amixed student/teacher setting. Lectures were typically followed by group tours of universityor commercial medical/bioengineering facilities. A group lunch for all participants includingthe camp faculty was provided each day. Mid-week, a separate lunch was arranged for thehigh school teachers and university faculty alone. In CY1 , students were assigned to a singlelaboratory to complete a project (a vote was used to try and match students to their preferredlaboratory). In CY2 and CY3, students rotated throughout the laboratories in small workinggroups of 4-8 students. Teachers were
turning 50 on a daily basis.3 Thiscalculates to over four million each year.These 40- and 50-year olds can boast about being the best-educated generation in history.4 Thefocus team members were no different. Over half had a 4-year university degree, with just underhalf having graduate degrees. Almost 20 percent had doctoral degrees.The participants who responded to the income survey question made over $100,000 annually.Over half were employed in the technology business, with a few employed in engineering firms,and one employed as a defense contractor. Almost half were engineers. The rest had thefollowing job titles: program manager, project manager, chief engineer, or quality and missionassurance director. They represented companies such as
, and other community groups with cost-effectivemethods of contributing to systemic reform that promotes better science, mathematics, andtechnology education1.” The Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program2 is a specificvariety of SWEPT that places teachers into university laboratories to conduct research projects Page 11.247.2and that is sponsored by individual scientific and engineering directorates at the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). Annual requests for RET Supplements, of up to $10,000 per teacher, may beincluded in proposals for new or renewal NSF grants from various directorates, includingEngineering, or as supplements to
software and the spreadof software programming skills (principally Java and Microsoft .NET), more and morework is appearing each year in journals and conference proceedings. While most of thereported systems are developmental projects by motivated faculty, it is only a matter oftime before a robust, commercially-viable solution appears on the market.Is it possible to develop a purely distance EET or CET program via some form ofdistance laboratory. We think not, and have not found a single educator who thinks so.There is a “hands-on” component that is integral to the laboratory experience that isinescapable. Does anyone believe, that a graduate who has never seen, touched, orhandled electronic components and measurement hardware or has not built
project proposals have been submitted by the Dublin Institute ofTechnology, one through Science Foundation Ireland and the other at European level,through the Sixth European Framework, this was submitted in conjunction with otherEuropean Partners.In this paper, we will discuss a number of primary obstacles that our research has foundmost of our female encountered in our survey and interviews – how to balance the choiceyou choose. Some initiatives on the proposal based on the statistics survey to supportwomen in engineering will also present and share among the academic community; it ishoped that the measures proposed will be of practical use for other academiccommunities who are affected by the under-representation of women. The overarchingaim is
, which require tightcommunication and collaboration between multiple enterprises. Effective frameworks donot only enable communication and collaboration, but also can help supply chain partnersto identify and eliminate non-value adding supply chain activities as part of a leanstrategy, to check if the supply chain strategy is aligned with the company’s overallstrategy, to benchmark against competition, and to select the right informationtechnology infrastructure during the supply chain reengineering projects by focusing onthe right processes. The proposed framework can enable the students, the future supplychain practitioners, to communicate and collaborate more effectively, which in turnshould increase their company’s and the overall supply
, 1992).Bauch, Garland T., Chung, Christopher A.., A Statistical Project Control Tool for Engineering Managers, Project Management Journal 32(2): 37-44.Bohlen, George A., Lee, David R., Sweeney, Patrick A. “Why and How Project Managers Attempt to Influence Their Team Members” Engineering Management Journal, Volume 10 No. 4 (December 1998), pp. 21-28.Bureau of Labor, Labor Letter, (Washington: US Department of Labor, 1966).Chermiss, C.(1980b). Staff Burnout: Job Stress in Human Services, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Page 11.66.11 Publications.Chung, Christopher A. Simulation Modeling Handbook, A Practical Approach, (New York
see the job being done. In addition, the baby-care unit was the basis ofthree short team projects to examine data acquisition, maintenance and management ofsuch a unit. The concepts were easily grasped but since no-one had any experience ofthe activities, the module provided a good starting point to define the subject anddevelop team-working skills as they analyzed the different interpretations of what theyhad seen. The limited time available for each topic was fully occupied with preparation,a visit and a short follow-up review. As a result, only the systems features wereconsidered and the students had no problems in working down from the general systemrequirements to the electronic building blocks. We stopped just at the point where agreat
example is selecting the material for use as a container for a liquid: it illustrates themethod and the tools needed to implement it, and makes an excellent introduction for studentsbefore they move on to working on more complicated problems either as homework assignmentsor as projects. The student will need an introduction to the concepts outlined above and willneed to have some knowledge of the EduPack software.On the left of Figure 4 is an inventory of the principle materials, manufacturing methods and useand disposal information about a milk container. On the right is list of the additional informationrequired to allow an approximate energy audit. The need, then, is for a tool to provide this.Granta Design’s CES EduPack Eco-Edition offers
courses into areas of competency. Page 11.954.2• Reorganize elective courses (IE and non-IE) into domain areas.• Introduce elective course(s) in other application areas (e.g., service processes, financial engineering, health care management, etc.)• Introduce a focused design project in various application domains.Description of changesChanges in the non-major courses from other departments in the College of EngineeringThe old curriculum required that the students take the following non-major courses in thecollege. a) Introduction to Engineering Design (ED &G 100) 3 Credits b) Computer Programming for
of regularlecture classes and takes its name from the fact that lectures are not merely filmed but the videosare scripted, filmed and produced in a manner that makes the student feel that he or she isactively engaging with the presenter.Building on the success of the quasi interactive videos for first year lecture classes and in aneffort to overcome many of the problems associated with laboratory instruction, the authors setout to undertake a pilot project to see if quasi interactive video could also be introduced to aidstudent learning in the traditionally challenging area of laboratory teaching.This paper outlines the pilot approach taken and the rationale for lab video production. It alsoexplains the lab structure and the video production
international experience. These include, but are not limited to: o Enrollment in classes or study abroad. Here students take classes delivered by faculty of other /overseas institutions delivered at their campus. o International study tours lead by faculty from the students’ home institution. o International content/activities infused into existing courses delivered at the student’s home institutions. o International internships or cooperative learning experiences (credit or non-credit) in business or industry. Page 11.438.6 o Research project activity, undergraduate or graduate, conducted at an overseas
were already familiarwith. Students proposed visualization projects in areas of their interest and incorporated theknowledge gained from the articles which they reviewed.2. Visualization applied in various power system topics In the power system analysis course a series of information visualization tasks wereassigned to students who were challenged to develop visual cognition systems that would aidthem and their fellow students in better understanding and retaining core concepts of thecourse material. For the purpose of the visualization projects, information visualization isdefined as the use of visual aides, such as computer graphics, to organize and display data insuch a way that facilitates successful decision-making and analysis
more application-focused engineering and technologycourses appears to be much more limited. Documentation of its application in engineeringcourses indicates that JiTT can be effective when students are expected to both learn conceptsand put the concepts into practice5. Published literature did not reveal adoption of JiTT for anyengineering technology courses before 2005, but its success in engineering courses led theauthors to believe implementation of JiTT in a mechanical engineering technology (MET) coursecould benefit student learning.At Purdue University, the upper division MET courses are typically applications-oriented.Students complete at least four MET elective courses, and all have an open-ended projectrequirement. The projects afford
person shooters”, where the user controls themovements and actions of a computer character and the visual display mimics the perspective ofwhat the in-game character would see with his/her own eyes.Some non-entertainment applications of game engines are immersive first person environmentalexploration, social interactions or tactical simulations involving multiple users as well as creatinganimated 3-D movies. The “Unreal” engine for example has been used in the CaveUT project atthe University of Pittsburgh, which aims at designing an affordable open space virtual realityexperience.6 A main computer hosts the “Unreal” game with two other client computers inspectator mode functioning as cameras attached to the user controlled avatar.a Modifications
coupling the RTD and biodegradation rate. Students apply this final formula in ahazardous waste management course. The students have studied groundwater remediationtechniques and are tasked in a final class project to conduct a pilot study to determine ifbiodegradation of contamination at the Ft. Campbell site is significant. This project requiresstudents to perform a tracer study on the bench-scale karst system and then use thebiodegradation rate data from a separate study to predict the extent of biodegradation in thebench scale system. Then a field study is done with a conservative tracer to establish residence-time distribution in the karst aquifer (photo 3). Last, the students use their model to determinethe amount of biodegradation that
. A modernsociety cannot function properly if anyone of these components is missing. Figure 1shows the interactions between mathematics, sciences, engineering, and society. Thediagram illustrates the role of engineering as a bridge between basic sciences and societyusing the four basic components. This approach does not distinguish between engineeringdisciplines and highlights the interdisciplinary character of most technologicalapplications.Most of freshman students are somehow familiar with the scientific approach thanks tohigh school science courses and science fair projects. However, the concept of Page 11.651.5engineering design and differences
Extender Slurry Duration (Hours) 12 24 Compressive Strength 100 250 (Psi) Tail Slurry Duration (Hours) 12 72 Compressive Strength 500 1200 (Psi) API Free Water 6 (ml/2hrs)Operational ConstraintsThese are slurry design criteria imposed to optimize the cost and quality of the cement slurry inthe field. Slurry viscosity, thickening time, and free water are the three major operationalconstraints employed in this project. I. Slurry Viscosity: Correlates to the pumpability of the
) which is used at RIT. The online activities were based on the objectives andoverall design of the course. Also, students actively participated in assigned activities online andshared their experiences online throughout the whole winter quarter.For the “Plastics Processing Technology” Blended Learning Pilot, I proposed canceling theWednesday sessions (although not the first and last sessions) and substituting several onlineactivities for these time periods throughout the quarter. The online activities were dividedamong small groups consisting of three students who would work together to complete theassigned online tasks, such as problem solving, projects, and discussions. The online discussionswere related to topics in the chapters of the
. Page 11.553.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering Education of Minorities: An OverviewAbstractThe population of the United States is becoming increasingly ethnically diverse. The growingnumber of minorities in the United States population presents both challenges and opportunitiesto institutions of higher education across the federation. Minorities (Blacks, Hispanics, Americanand Indians/Alaskan Natives) are projected to constitute 52% of the college-age (18-24 years)population of the United States by year 2050; up from 34% in 1999. Even though the proportionof minorities in the population of the United States is increasing, they have not been assuccessful in obtaining engineering degrees and diplomas
the results of this process.Results of January 2006 evaluationIn any product design project, it is imperative to receive quality feedback from the targetaudience. Such feedback can help guide the product refinement process, leading to resources thatare valuable and effective to their users. In December 2005, we completed a working prototypeof five story pages, a home page, a story index page, a keyword index page, and an “About Us”page. To gain needed feedback, we invited eight engineering education experts—fourinstructional consultants and four researchers in the engineering education discipline—to reviewthe site and offer feedback on three areas: (1) the general concept for the site, specifically the useof stories; (2) the credibility and
are required of all students in the college including computer usage, written communication,oral communication, analytical skills applied to content area, project management, continuedlearning, and team functioning. The items in Section 3 relate to competencies within specificprograms. All items were either refined from previous baseline items or newly developed by theACI with input from program faculty. Early administrations of the survey indicated that a Likertscale did not produce adequate discrimination in response, so the committee researched otherscales. The response scale used was adapted from a classroom checklist proposed by Angelo andCross.13 The students rate their acquisition of a stated skill or concept area as A Advanced levelof
, the latestenhancements of SQL for analytical queries, and features of DBMS for support of dimensionaldata design, the program includes discussions of integration of databases and applications, therole of metadata in the IS, XML technologies, and SOA.The special IT project is aimed on giving students an additional in-depth and hands-onexperience in different areas of database development and maintenance. It enhances theprogram’s flexibility and allows for the testing of discussions and teaching of the new conceptsof data technology before introducing them in the courses of the program.Database program at NYCCT—future:We find it difficult to continue the program’s improvement by keeping it database-centered andby adding discussion of the new
concentration,Vibrations, Kinematics and Dynamics, and Machine Design for the mechanical concentration,and Automated Productions Systems for the mechanical and industrial concentrations. TheENGR 317 Instrumentation and Experimental Methods course described in this paper is intendedto be taken in the junior year, is the highest level common course in the program with alaboratory component, and is intended to help prepare students to specify, design, instrument,take data, and otherwise conduct their own experiments in much of their upper divisioncoursework, labs, and required senior capstone design projects. The prerequisites for the ENGR317 course are: ENGR 311 Engineering Probability and Statistics, and ENGR 232 CircuitAnalysis I. ENGR 315 Engineering
soon back up. It was determined by both hisemployer and social worker that some variety of device that would help David’s pacewould be a great aid. A team of senior engineering capstone design students selected thisproject and dedicated two semesters to the design, fabrication, testing evaluation anddelivery of the final device.During the two terms, David made several visits to the campus and he and the studentsbecame quite close. Delivery day became a highly publicized event with local officials,university officials, family and friends all in attendance along with local and nationalpress. David thoroughly enjoyed the festivities and was immensely pleased by his device.At that time, the project seemed an incredibly successful effort for
all 68HC11 CPU laboratoryexercises and project designs intact, the design/development of a modified Motorola 68HC11development system became a reasonable choice. The objectives of this new approach are: (1)sustain the use of the 68HC11 CPU, (2) keep the EVB hardware cost to a minimum, (3) make asmooth transition from 8 bit CPU to 16 bit CPU applications, (4) give students ownership offlexible hardware that can be used in several courses, and (5) relieve the financial burden on theinstitution. After two trials in designing and testing of the hardware circuits andimplementation in the laboratory with students for two years, this hardware was named the“CETHC11EVB2” and has been successfully used in several related courses. To minimize the
Colorado Commission on Higher Education.Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines RUTH A. STREVELER is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education at the Colorado School of Mines and Associate Research Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She also holds a Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences (DUE
2006-611: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH WOMEN'S INTEREST INCOMPUTING FIELDSElizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Elizabeth Creamer is an associate professor of educational research in the Department of Educational Research and Policy Studies at Viginia Tech. She is the co-PI of the Women and Information Technology project funded by NSF, PI of a grant to assess the climate of engineering departments, and Director of Research and Assessment for the Virginia Tech Advance Project. Creamer's disciplinary background is in the field of higher education and her research insterests involve gender equity and faculty careers and work-family issues.Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech Soyoung Lee is a graduate