laboratories have no directly associated lecture course, they dohave pre and co-requisites. In addition, the first 3 labs have general areas of specialization. In thesenior labs, a student may have only one project for 2 semesters. The objectives of the ECElaboratories include the ability to: 1. Identify, formulate, and solve practical electrical engineering problems. This includes the planning, specification, design, implementation, and operation of systems, components, and/or processes that meet performance, cost, time, safety, and quality requirements. 2. Communicate effectively through oral presentations and group discussions. 3. Communicate effectively through written reports and other documents. 4. Design and conduct
project phases. This year we have added a two -week module to presentConstruction Management Topics. The module was organized and presented with the help ofconstruction engineers from Environmental Pipeliners, and Kokosing Construction Companythat are alumni of the Civil Engineering Program at ONU. The module consists of six lecturescovering the following topics: Team, Documents and Project Organization; Plan Reading andQuantity Take-off; Productioning; Material and Subcontractor Procurement; Scheduling; andProject Wrap-up. The class is divided into two bidding teams, which are divided into four workgroups. The lecture material is built around each team preparing a competitive bid for an actualOhio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Project. The
executives. However, it has been adapted successfully toteaching the end-to-end process of engineering to college students. The paper describes theCreative System which is the basis of Managing Creativity, outlines the class structure andsubjects covered, and describes the overall process. Positive student evaluations and continueddemand for the course are used for assessment. The course covers all aspects of a creativeenterprise, from assembling a creative team, to generating original ideas, to alignment of theteam and its customers and suppliers, to planning, design, risk management, production, anddeployment into the market or operational environment. All classes include business planningand a hands-on engineering project (usually designing and
askedquestions designed to determine their understanding of linkages between the Equity Ownershiptools presented in ENTR 599 and the real world situations of their unique business opportunitiesand future opportunities. The written portion required: A. Project Summary (1 page limit) B. Project Description (10 page limit) C. Biographical Sketches (2 page limit for whole team) D. Budget (not to exceed $150,000) with budget justification for each significant item. E. Equipment, Instrumentation, Computers, and Facilities (1 page limit)The goal was to simulate a SBIR proposal process as we felt this supported our overarchingtheme to encourage bootstrapping in their start-up planning. Details of the Project
success outcomes. However, finding efficient and effectivetransfer pathways between institutions is challenging, particularly when accounting for programrequirements that are constantly changing, students changing their major plans, the creation of newcourses, etc. Crafting a suitable plan for transfer students demands expert knowledge, effort, andsometimes collaboration among multiple institutions. Managing all of this complexity manuallyis partly accountable for the credit loss issue mentioned above. In this paper we consider the rolethat data and analytics can play in addressing this problem.To gain a deeper understanding of this challenge, we first formally define the Optimal TransferPathway (OTP) problem, which involves finding a two-year to
includes departments inArchitectural Engineering, Architecture, City & Regional Planning, Construction Managementand Landscape Architecture and can provide students and faculty who are competent in all areasof building design and construction. Students in the School of Education are the optimal meansof introducing technical concepts and practices for the present and future education ofelementary school students.The goals of the Sandcastle Project are to stimulate elementary school students’ creativity and aninterest in building design, engineering and construction and to use real world examples of mathand science to reinforce standard curricula. Teacher candidates from the School of Educationand students from CAED will join elementary school
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis at UNO toleverage the skills and expertise from both groups.2. Research Plan 2.1 Specific Aims Our long-term goal is to develop a generic fully operational decision-support systemthat we call a Project Management Informatics System (PMIS). The PMIS will assistproject managers in diagnosing project anomalies, predicting project progress, andrecommending corrective actions. The unique feature of the proposed system is its abilityto leverage the knowledge encapsulated in the large number of previous projects. Thisfeature significantly reduces the dependency on traditional knowledge acquisitionmethodologies, and makes the system easy to update and applicable to different domains. In this project, we
. The Green Team is structured into twocommittees. One focuses on recycling and one focuses on sustainability. Both committeesdevelop new, innovative ideas to help improve campus wide sustainability efforts. The GreenTeam received the award for the Best Student Organization Executive Board in 2008.Within three years of signing the ACUPCC, WIT is required to create a Comprehensive ActionPlan (CAP) with a future completion date and interim milestone dates for becoming carbonneutral. The starting point for this plan is the completion of a comprehensive greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions inventory of the Wentworth Campus. The Green Team was recruited tocomplete this inventory and conduct other support activities such as Recyclemania to facilitatethe
class, and to develop communication skills required for the delivery of lesson plan. The goal of the STEM initiative was 1) to give undergraduate students in the Robotscourse a service-learning opportunity by participating as mentors to middle school students;and 2) to introduce middle school students to the basics of robotics. The specific course learning outcomes are i) understand how robotic systems integratesensors, actuators, and control systems to achieve specific goals; ii) program Arduinomicrocontrollers and apply skills to develop an integrated robotic systems; iii) understand howdifferent type of motors such as stepper motors, dc motors work and measure and control theirspeed to build a robot that can navigate; iv
proposal team, amajor reason our bid failed was the lack of a well-trained technology workforce and lack oftechnology education in the local schools [1]. A year earlier Southern Methodist University(SMU) started working with a local Independent School District (ISD) on a statewide grant toincrease the number of teachers in their district who are certified by the state to teach computerscience (CS) at the high school level. As an outcome of our first grant partnership, we developeda proposal to the National Science Foundation CSforAll: RPP program [2]. We met several timesover six months to develop a pilot program that we planned to base the grant upon prior towriting the grant. As a result, this past August our proposal was funded (NSF 2031515
at our college was initiated by our campus Multicultural Committeewhich gave the event legitimacy and campus wide purpose. The Multicultural Committeeprovided a budget and administrative support; although the budget was limited and our expenseswere less than $100.Our initial hurdle was to develop a plan, organize various groups, generate campus support, andexceed expectations in order to make the day a success. Not everyone on campus was supportiveof the idea, so we had the added burden of proving the value of this Teach-In.Development of a PlanOur initial reason to conduct an Earth Day event was not very focused at the beginning of theprocess. The idea started because our campus multicultural committee asked us to conduct theevent as part
servicelearning. The management of teams class syllabus had planned a semester’s study of teamtheory, observation of team influence and roles and analysis of team performance in films. Theclass made a decision to radically restructure the learning experience to respond to their needs toactively work for a positive outcome from a tragic event.This article talks about how the changed class format helped students to integrate skills from abroad college experience—marketing, accounting, writing, management, leadership, graphics,public relations, facilities planning, project management and research. The learning cyclechanged from observation and reflection, abstract concepts, testing in new situations andexperiencing (Kolb & Fry)1 to one of creating
: 1)Planning; 2) Organizing; 3) Staffing; 4) Directing and 5) Controlling. A living laboratorybecomes a proving ground where engineers with managerial responsibilities are given real-world problem solving opportunities where a blending of leadership and management skills isnecessary to address conflicting problem solving cultures and/or when combined business andtechnology solutions are necessary. In exciting entrepreneurial organizations, theseopportunities occur on a routine basis. However, in a large organization, sufficient agility isoften blocked by risk aversion and technical arrogance. Greenleaf’s text on Servant Leadershipand/or scripture are often suggested as required reading. 3Current StudyThe current article provides an example of
robots with applications in new drug design. The other aspect of her research is engineering education.Sr. Mary Ann Jacobs Ed.D., Manhattan College Mary Ann Jacobs, scc is an assistant professor in the School of Education. She prepares secondary teacher candidates in all content areas through her courses in secondary pedagogy. Her areas of interest include STEM education, brain compatible strategies, and action research in the classroom.Ms. Alexandra Emma Lehnes, Manhattan College Alexandra Lehnes is a graduate student planning on graduating in 2017 from Manhattan College with a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a certificate in aerospace and propulsion. She is also the coordinator of the Engineering STAR Center and
students’ethical leadership, i.e. the ability to demonstrate, model, and promote ethical behaviors in theorganization one leads. This paper proposes an ethical leadership development module that isembedded in a civil engineering graduate seminar course.Section one of this paper reviews two bodies of literature: ethical leadership (EL) and leadershipdevelopment in engineering (LDE). Our module design is guided by a theoretical model thatbridges these two bodies of literature. Section two presents the ethical leadership module in threeinterrelated aspects. First, we report the formulation of learning objectives based on literature onEL, LDE, as well as graduate engineering students’ educational and professional needs. Second,we discuss plans for directly
. Page 26.826.4The class will act as a consulting group representing various interests: the community, the city ofGoodyear and the state of Phoenix. The City of Goodyear has strategic action plan found in thislink: http://www.goodyearaz.gov/government/city-manager-s-office/strategic-plan-goals whichcan be used a starting point.The class will be divided into three groups to advocate for three sectors: community citizens, cityadministrators and state officials. The groups will represent the transportation needs, plans andbudgets of their representative sector. Using a brainstorming visualization map (suggestion:Power Point Smart Art Graphics) brainstorm the elements of your group’s vision statement forthe City of Goodyear, Arizona. This vision
wisdom if the followinggeneration is to survive and thrive. Similarly, it is incumbent upon the present generation ofengineering practitioners to pass on their knowledge and expertise so the next generation ofengineers can develop into competent professionals. Mentoring capstone students provides an excellent opportunity for practitioners to impart theirwealth of knowledge. Students can learn general engineering concepts, as well as subdiscipline-specific skills useful for the creation of accurate designs and realistic project management plans. During the 2013-2014 academic year, an all-female capstone team learned the value ofmentoring from female construction industry practitioners. Moreover, utilizing their capstoneproject as a platform
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology.Dr. Bonita Barger, Tennessee Technological University Currently, Dr. Barger serves as Associate Professor of Management at Tennessee Technological Univer- sity. She has diverse domestic and international operations experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and implement effective strategic human resource management plans that further broaden corporate objectives. Strong personal initiative, effective leader- ship skills, ability to influence others, proven collaborative style, and adaptability to various situations. Her research interests include creating global leaders and
Engineering, Chulalongkorn UniversityAbstractThe Faculty of Engineering at Chulalongkorn University recognizes the growing demand for e-learning and has developed strategy and implementation plan accordingly. In this paper, wedescribe the classification of e-learning readiness of the faculty and show a steady progresstowards greater e-learning readiness. A strategy map based on the balanced scorecard conceptwas developed to formalize and guide our implementation of e-learning based courses andprograms. We show, in this paper, how all of the four perspectives—stakeholder, process,capacity building, and finance—are balanced in our strategy map. We describe our currentmajor e-learning projects, which comprise of three
large part on who is asking. Different people atthe university may well have different reasons to pursue (or not) international collaboration.Hunter2 reported on American efforts and Knight & deWitt3 shared international perspectives onboth such reasons and the condition of internationalization. Page 11.438.2Perspectives matter • Institutional (President) The position promulgated by institution Presidents and senior leadership is usually readily discernable in documents such as a Strategic Plan. Additionally, these positions are often reflected in the comments made by such leaders when addressing senate meetings, convocations and other gatherings of faculty and students. Note that, in the
Carolina-Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR
shifts in engineering and business practice when contrasted to simultaneousengineering versus sequential engineering. The objectives of the student project developed by the authors were to provide studentsmajoring in Electrical Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, andIndustrial Technology programs with an opportunity to simulate a competitive industry styleproduct development scenario and educate them on the critical dimensions of a true simultaneousengineering experience. The critical dimensions were identified as collaboration (teamwork),multidisciplinary learning, project planning, time management, and advanced technology.Student teams drawn from three different courses (one from each program) were asked
competences, and (b) validate thatstudents are achieving course and program objectives.The senior project is a two-semester course sequence in which the students synthesizetheir previous coursework. Students are required to plan, design, implement, document,and present the solution to a software/hardware engineering problem.Faculty use rubrics for the assessment of project proposal development in the eightsemester and for project implementation in form of prototype development anddemonstration in the ninth semester. Feedback from the rubrics is used to take correctiveaction to improve the course sequences, program objectives, and instructional delivery.I. IntroductionA rubric is an assessment tool that allows instructors to enhance the quality of
the most commonly used pedagogy for laboratory sessions in engineering curriculum.However, though commonly used, it is often marred by improper planning and inadequatedefinition as well as assessment of learning objectives. Based on this premise, this paper aims tosupport the claim that while the use of “Group-Work” doubtlessly entail several positive learningoutcomes through collaborative and cooperative learning, it has to be facilitated appropriately toearn higher dividends as an active-learning technique. Good facilitation is fundamentally a resultof good planning. When a session is diligently planned, execution of the same becomeseffortless and increases the likelihood of a session being successful is terms of involving thelearner and
engineeringtechniques to the planning, design and construction of a project in order to controlthe time and cost to complete the project and the quality of the construction.The Bachelor's Degree program in Construction Management offered by AlabamaA&M University, Normal, Alabama is designed to provide a foundation inconstruction management, construction engineering and legal issues relating tothe construction management field. The program’s multidisciplinary approachcombines essential components of construction techniques with concepts ofbusiness management and behavioral science to develop technically qualifiedindividuals for responsible management roles in the design, construction, andoperation of major construction projects. In addition, Alabama A&M
potentially enhance learning processes across the world.University MOOC AdoptionWhile MOOCs have provided the educational arena with a lot of excitement and opportunity,higher education institutions are still undecided (55%) or have no plans (33%) for offering aMOOC6. Many institutions are waiting to see whether the movement is sustainable or becomesan educational fad. One of the biggest proponents of MOOCs and leaders in their developmenthas been Georgia Tech, which plans to offer a computer science master’s degree program on theUdacity platform beginning in January 2014. This program will greatly reduce the cost of thedegree program for students, and enrollment in the Udacity-based platform will be less than$7,0007. It remains to be seen how the
8.826.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationpart. When the design changes, the operation sequence has to be rearranged and redesigned andnew operations must be added between appropriate operations. This, in some cases, may betrivial. However, the interactions among the operations can be quite complex. The students whohave not planned out the complete sequence of operations are not ready to deal with the processplanning under the changes in design, machine and materials. One way to address suchchallenges is to have students work through the real world problems while they are learning themachining
, evaluate potential project opportunities, arrange for faculty andindustry support and sponsorship, and prepare the written documentation and technical presentationsthat culminates in a formal technical proposal. Using the Project Management Institute (PMI) Body ofKnowledge, the students plan the work they will accomplish in their capstone senior design course.I. IntroductionAs part of an overall strategic planning function, numerous faculty members of the Electronics andTelecommunications Engineering Technology (EET/TET) Programs at Texas A&M University met withrepresentatives from a wide range of industries during the Spring and Summer 2001 semesters. Thesemeetings were attended by representatives from the semiconductor, semiconductor
coefficients for flow over a sphere over a range ofReynolds numbers. The students were required to formulate the theoretical approach and solvebased on given information and assumptions. Subsequently the students were required to plan anexperiment using available equipment to obtain data to support their theoretical approach. Oncethe experimental plan was reviewed to avoid critical errors, students completed the experimentand compared solutions to theoretical predictions. Students write a paper on the laboratoryexercise, which is graded against a defined rubric that assesses the work on various areasincluding theoretical approach, experimental approach, data reporting and discussion of results.The overall feedback from students (through online surveys
about graduate school until they became a part of thisprogram.The programming changed every semester. The paper will describe the Academic ScholarshipClass that goes with this program and the changes that have been made over the four years,including a paper assignment on career plans after graduation. The students were encouraged todo research and to take internship positions. Twenty-one of the 30 students in the programworked during Spring 2011, the last semester of this program.Challenges that still remain will be discussed including: convincing students that 18 hours is too Page 25.110.2large a load of classes if they are also working