aircraft maintenance and engineering technology curriculum laboratory,while pursuing design results that can transfer to industry. Through hands on research and actionlearning experiences geared toward creating a user friendly paperless workspace, learners withinthe aeronautical engineering technology curriculum are teaming up with computer informationand computer graphics student teams and faculty to develop and test enhanced computing toolsfor modernizing and controlling processes for the aircraft maintenance industry.This report covers research and development of one such project in progress by a cross-disciplinary team of faculty and student researchers, who are developing a network-enabled,user-friendly electronic job task card management
, and Systems Department and directed a number of research centers; including the Center for Integrated Electronics. He is the founder of the Mobile Studio project, which enables students to learn and perform experiments that use an oscilloscope, function generator, digital control, and some form of power supply at anytime, anyplace. He holds a patent for the development of a laser-induced, plasma-based Non-Contact Electrical Pathway and has received such awards as the Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware and the Best Paper Award of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Millard has been voted Professor of the Year on three occasions, selected as RHA Professor of
University of Washington (UW), as an example. Projects of the UWchapter of Engineers Without Borders (see http://students.washington.edu/ewbuw/projects/)include cook-stoves, roofs, roads, potable water and irrigation for farmers in rural Boliva, whileprojects of the UW consortium of IT-related researchers known as Change (seehttp://change.washington.edu/projects/) includes a low-cost portable ultrasound system forvillage mid-wives in Uganda, a multi-player educational game for children in India, and a suiteof open-source software tools to build information services for developing regions such as inAfrica. Fields of study of the students and faculty involved include: civil & environmentalengineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering
with their score could loosely be considered a formative assessment, as thestudents would have minimal feedback regarding their performance (the score), though researchis mixed regarding the effectiveness of this practice11, 12. However, to truly improve and supportstudent learning, incorporating specific feedback with information that lets them know why theiranswer is correct or incorrect is an essential part of formative pedagogy6, 9, 11.ObjectivesThis research project investigates implementing formative no-stakes (optional) quizzing and low-stakes (required) quizzing within Blackboard in a freshman level Construction Managementcourse and evaluates: (1) whether the quizzing helps students to better prepare for medium- andhigh-stakes exams
AC 2011-913: UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE FOR FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH A SUMMER BRIDGE PRO-GRAMJacqueline Q. Hodge, Texas A&M University Jacqueline Hodge is a native of Giddings, Texas and currently the Project Manager for the Engineering Student Services & Academic Programs Office (ESSAP) at Texas A&M University (TAMU). In her cur- rent position, Jacqueline is responsible for Retention and Enrichment Programs for engineering students. Jacqueline graduated from TAMU with a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. While obtaining her degree, Jacqueline was involved with several community service activities such as the Boys & Girls Club of Bryan, Help One Student To
distinguished career in IT education, and has made significant contributions to the field of IT. He acquired his PhD degree in Computer simulation of high speed communication networks from University Of South Florida, USA. He has over 20 years of experience in teaching/ research and development in IT related fields and has published over 100 research papers in prestigious international Journals/conferences. Some of his notable research works include: Design of Opto Electronic Interconnect System for next genera- tion super computers, a project funded by Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) USA; Sensitivity enhancement of long-haul optical fiber communication systems funded by Graduate School University of South
educating engineering students in this new and emergent technology of electricdrivetrains.In response to the need of a trained and educated workforce in vehicle electrification, severaluniversities and colleges recently have developed projects, courses, and degree programs fortraining students and automotive engineers and technicians in electric-drive vehicle technology[5-10]. Developing new education and training for electric-drive vehicles requires carefulplanning of support laboratory, equipment and facilities. Existing courses in power electronicsand electrical machines can be expanded and their laboratory resources leveraged with moderatecost. However, the costs will increase if the instruction includes hands-on experience withelectric-drive
AC 2011-2900: ENGINEERING ENERGY SOLUTIONS: FACILITATINGHANDS-ONLeslie Wilkins , Maui Economic Development Board Leslie Wilkins has served as the Vice President of the Maui Economic Development Board since 1999. She was hired to design, launch and direct the Women in Technology Project with a mission to engage girls/women and under represented populations into the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) pipeline. In its tenth year, the program serves annually more than 14,000 students, educators and industry members throughout the state of Hawaii from elementary school to job placement.Diana Papini Warren, Maui Economic Development Board Diana Papini Warren is a Project Manager with the Maui Economic
, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning and As- sistant Professor of Engineering Education & Educational Technology at Purdue University. After study- ing philosophy, religious studies and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. (2004) in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. NSF, SSHRC, FQRSC, and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on the intersection between learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology, particularly sus- tainability, designing open-ended problem/project-based learning
retention and graduation rates as well as supporting faculty with development with effective learning and teaching pedagogies.Warren R Hull, Louisiana State University Warren Hull is the Engineering Communication Studio Manager at Louisiana State University. He earned a baccalaureate in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and master’s degree in En- vironmental Health from Harvard University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 40 years engineering experience. Prior to joining LSU he was an engineering consultant who managed numerous domestic and international projects. He is also a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel.David Bowles, Louisiana State University David (Boz) Bowles is a Technical
studentscan work in teams on their projects (Appendix A and B), was an excellent idea. Studentsstressed that they wanted both options (individual and team-based) to be available to futurestudents. They also supported the idea of creating a 3-credit freshman-level class to introducebioengineering in the context of engineering design, in replacement of the first course of the oldBIOEN program, a 2-credit “BIOEN Tools” class, which taught some specific technical skillsbut did not provide any kind of introduction to the bioengineering field (Appendix A and B).Some students in 2009 expressed concern about removing the Java programming CSE courserequirement from the curriculum. However, the faculty elected to establish this as an electivecourse so students
industry. A three credit course inmanufacturing engineering and a three credit course in quality engineering are being offered inthe spring semester in alternate years. We immediately saw the benefit of this arrangement fromthe feedback of our recent graduates in the industry. In this paper, the authors summarize whatwas learned from integrating manufacturing engineering concepts into mechanical designcurriculum, and incorporating global aspects of manufacturing in manufacturing engineeringcurriculum. We will outline some of the changes we have made to the curriculum and thechallenges we have faced. Topics of discussion also include immersing students in an industrialsetting in and outside of classrooms and hands-on project-based experiential
AC 2011-350: GLOBAL COMPETENCE: ITS IMPORTANCE FOR ENGI-NEERS WORKING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the External Relations and Intern Coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering de- partment in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at BYU. He works directly with industry each year to recruit more than 30 funded Capstone projects and provides project management, team development, and coaching support to each of these project teams and faculty coaches. In ad- dition, he continues to focus on increasing international project opportunities for students and faculty. His research and teaching interests include globalization, project management
, decisions on meaning ultimately cannot be taken away from those who are affected by a design, it stakeholders.” (p. 230)3. “They render design proposals empirically testable, at least in principle. Because a projected future cannot yet be observed, they provide arguments, demonstrations, if not tests for the projected reality of a design.” (p. 230)Utilizing human-centered design processes have been shown to increase productivity, improvequality, reduce errors, reduce training and support costs, improve people's acceptance of newproducts, enhance companies' reputations, increase user satisfaction and reduce developmentcosts8,9.A critical part of design thinking and human-centered design is understanding the peopleaffected by the design
%, aesthetics 15%,and deflection 39%. For the EVEN course the biofuels life cycle assessment (LCA) reinforcedthe sustainability concepts to some extent. However, students were allowed to select their ownimpact categories for the LCA and some selected entirely environmental and human healthimpacts, and lacked economic factors. The EVEN team project involved an exploration of solidwaste generation, recycling, and disposal via landfilling or incineration in 2007-2009; in 2010the students conducted an LCA comparing a biofuel to fossil fuel (gasoline or diesel).Table 2. Course assignments in 2009 and 2010Module CVEN EVEN Topic # lectures % grade Topic
AC 2011-2058: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TO SUPPORT AN INNOVA-TION DISPOSITION WITHIN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAmy C. Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma Amy C. Bradshaw is an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology & Technology at the University of Oklahoma. Her scholarly interests include visuals and visual communication for learning and instruc- tion; complex problem solving; social and cultural implications of technologies; critical pedagogy; and educational philosophy. Current projects explore the overlaps (and gaps) between mental imagery, higher order thinking, and complex problem solving.Zahed Siddique, University of OklahomaPatricia Lea Hardre, University of Oklahoma Dr. Hardre is an Associate Professor of
managing research projects and initiatives in STEM student success, K-12 engineering and integrated STEM programs. She earned a B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Engineering at Boise State University and a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department. Dr. Callahan received her Ph.D. in Materials Science, her M.S. in Metallurgy and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. Her educational research interests include freshmen engineering programs
Workshops in Engineering Calculus Course on Applied Mathematical Problem-solving Skills and Self-efficacy PerceptionsAbstractThis project stems from a collaborative effort by engineering and mathematics faculty at aresearch university to enhance engineering students’ abilities to transfer and apply mathematicsto solve problems in engineering contexts. A recent curriculum innovation resulting from theseefforts involves the integration of collaborative, applied, problem-solving workshops into thefirst-semester engineering mathematics course. In the first year of the assessment project, theproject team developed two instruments - one to gauge students’ abilities in using mathematics inengineering contexts, the Mathematics
AC 2011-1553: NOTE TO SELF: SAVE HUMANITY (A SOCIAL AND CUL-TURAL HISTORY OF THE ”GRAND CHALLENGES”Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng.) Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University and a visiting associate professor at Haverford College. She received her PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and has written on the history of standards and instrumentation in materials science, engineering and the building trades. Her most recent book , Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineer- ing: The History of an Occupational Color Line (Harvard University Press, 2010), traces American ideas about race and technical aptitude since 1940. Current projects
Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation, and the Director of the Center for Assessment in STEM at the Colorado School of Mines and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research interests are educational project assessment and evaluation, K-12 Outreach and gender equity in STEM.Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT and Assistant Department Head. Professor Harriger is leading the $1.2 million NSF-ITEST funded project called Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology (SPIRIT), which has offered three sets
education has been included. Leadership topics were embeddedin courses such as Project/Program Management, Masterful Leaders and Leadership and theCapstone class on Global Strategy, Ethics and Leadership.The emphasis on leadership was expanded in 2000 when our Industry Advisory Board (IAB)asked how we knew that we were achieving our mission, how could we determine that ourstudents were becoming the leaders we claimed and, further, how would we know what ourprogram was contributing to students‟ personal growth? There was further discussion amongindustry representatives, faculty and students on what it meant to be “professional” and a“leader.” With further inquiry and data collection in the industry sector that sends graduatestudents to our programs
AC 2011-1160: VIRTUAL WORLD TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDE PLAT-FORM FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN ON-CAMPUS AND ONLINE STU-DENTS: A CASE STUDYCharles J. Lesko, Jr. Ph.D., PMP, East Carolina University Dr. Charles Lesko is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University. His career focus is on managing and leading technological innovation in the workplace; his past experiences bring to the table a heavy technical background with a strong management and technical leadership base. Dr. Lesko has over (15) years of experience in the systems integration and project management fields; his experience base also includes military service and (8) years in academia. He
carrying out design project work.There is nothing novel about portfolios, or the student use of them; they have been usedextensively in evaluating teaching17, student learning1,24, and for professional development7,14,15.The novelty here is in the purpose for which I require students to use portfolios in an InteractionDesign course: to tell the backstory of their design projects. Kees Dorst9, the design educator,researcher, and practitioner, emphasizes how this backstory characterizes expert design work:“When you design, you are actually creating two things in parallel: the design itself and the storybehind it. This story consists of all the choices you have made during your design project and thearguments that you used in making them. It is the
the Space Coast of Florida (National Center,aerospace) will capitalize upon that growth. The state currently needs 2,000 to 5,000 automotivetechnicians; this number is expected to grow annually as the number of vehicles and theircomplexity increase5-8. Projected growth for automotive technician occupations in SC isexpected to be 8% for the period 2008-2012.1.1.1 Automotive Industry Page 22.1418.3The current automotive industry in South Carolina is strong and thriving with more than 275automotive-related companies located in the state, from Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEM) to an expansive Tier One and Tier Two network of suppliers. This
Secondary Level Engineering Education Numerous K-12 engineering initiatives have emerged across the U.S.1 These initiativeshave generated considerable interest within the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) education community and beyond. Potential positive outcomes includeenhanced student achievement, increased awareness of engineering, and increased levels oftechnological literacy.2 However, a recent study of engineering-oriented teacher professionaldevelopment projects detected some significant concerns.3 One disturbing finding was the lackof a well-defined concept base. In the absence of a conceptual foundation, pre-collegeengineering tends to focus on engaging design-based activities without an appropriate
“Fundamentals of Electrical Energy Systems Engineering” is envisioned to − Equip graduating engineers for day-to-day life relating to energy − Stress basic energy fundamentals, generation, utilization, environment − Be tailored to local needs and placed in the program according to local requirements • There should be mechanisms such as project courses for students to develop a system of systems approach – for example, projects involving power, power electronics, communication and computation. • Incorporation of a system of systems approach should be encouraged in capstone design courses. • A second course in “Energy System Design” is envisioned to − Provide the ability to understand and design
‟ recollection on this general level are exhausted, a more specific manifestationof the emotional indicator could be useful, such as: “Thinking back to your project team meetings, was there a particular time when you felt overwhelmed by the design task?”In both cases, the triggers would need to be developed from the context and the teacher‟sexperience of the course to target aspects that were likely to have constituted a significantlearning moment. The pathways indicated by the arrows in Figure 1 illustrate furtherexplorations of the space with resulting triggers on various levels of specificity. As describedabove, the triggers can be used in any of the existing formats for structured reflection, rangingfrom on-line portfolios to in-person
Naval Ship and Development Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Bell Aerospace Textron, and EDS, among others. She served as the principal investigator and test director for infrared detectability assessments for the U. S. Navy’s Amphibious Assault Landing Craft Program, as editor for operations manuals for the Navy’s Special Warfare submarine delivery vehicles, and as associate program director for projects in electronic countermeasures and radar detection of submarine towed arrays. Her graduate studies in the area of high-resolution spectral analyses of Jovian decametric radiation, leading to a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, also included extensive field work in the installation and operation of observing stations
purchasing the computer board andsoftware that accompanies the lumped mass apparatuses (which in this case was primarilydeveloped for controls laboratory experiments), a world-class analyzer (that also requires a PCand includes computer software for instrumentation) was purchased so that the sensors andanalyzer can be used by students and faculty for research projects. This created hybrid vibrationmeasurement apparatuses that combine the best combination of turnkey and custom systems.Another advantage with the hybrid approach is that the analyzer can also be used for acousticalmeasurements. A disadvantage is that the PC software that controls the analyzer is not userfriendly, and requires substantial setup time by the instructor. The laboratory
AC 2011-1863: BIG: UNITING THE UNIVERSITY INNOVATION ECOSYS-TEMDouglas E. Allen, Bucknell UniversitySteven B. Shooter, Bucknell University Steve Shooter, Ph.D., P.E. is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University where he has taught for design, innovation and robotics for 16 years. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and been PI or Co-PI on grants from NSF, ONR, NIST, ARDEC in addition to industry. As a registered professional engineer he also consults extensively with industry on design projects and formulation of innovation strategies. Page 22.287.1 c