Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Harwood; Al Rudnitsky

engineeringand engineering education. Should these ideas prove useful to a beginning teacher who isworking with a very complex and important subject matter, it would lend considerable supportfor this sort of curricular integration.Theoretical framework“Reasoning scientifically” or “thinking like a scientist” are two expressions frequently used byeducators to describe an important, long held and almost universally shared educational goal; seeDewey [1]. Recent suggestions for reform in science education such as those from AAAS [2],or NRC [3], reflect this by making scientific inquiry a primary learning goal and alsorecommending that the actual conduct of scientific inquiry serve as a core instructional strategy.“Reasoning scientifically” and “thinking

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton

resonance in the class. It wasboth easier and harder she decided, and certainly more complex. But more rewarding. She feltmore challenged and knew that her students were functioning at a higher level throughout theclass than they ever had before. Yes, more challenging and more rewarding.She would share these reflections at the weekly CS105 debriefing. Her own agent functioneddifferently from the student agents. It had kept track of some vital information from the class,and would help her discussion. These debriefings were becoming one of the most importantparts of her week. Page 10.604.4Scenario Discussion Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sherman

the academicachievement of their child in this College, this factor had the highest numerical countoverall and had the highest level of concern by both male and female parents. Thiscomes despite the child’s high school academic achievements, high test scores, andacceptance into this College. This choice is most likely to be reflective of parentconcerns over the academic preparation of their child, the quality of the child’s secondaryschool education, their perception of the child’s study habits and skills, and the perceivedrigor of an engineering undergraduate education. The literature referenced on parentalinvolvement contains several references to parent concerns with how their child mightperform in a competitive curriculum in college.The

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

EducationStevens Institute of Technology is currently in a phase of dynamic transformations of all itseducational offerings in light of an institute-wide strategic initiative aiming at providingeducation rooted in Technogenesis ®. This term was coined to signify the educational frontierwherein faculty, students, and colleagues in industry jointly nurture the process of conception,design and marketplace realization of new technologies. As part of this restructuring of theeducational programs at Stevens, a new undergraduate engineering curriculum was recentlyimplemented that reflects the latest trend towards innovative pedagogies. The new curriculumincludes an expanded design course sequence. Each semester features one design course to forma design spine

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Orwat; Mark Evans; Joseph Hanus

. Page 7.357.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationB. Effect On Outgoing GPA Compared To Incoming GPAThe incoming and outgoing grade point averages (GPA) averaged for all the students in thecourse provided a before and after glimpse of their academic performance in the course. TheGPA reflects the distribution of letter grades rather than the raw course average. Figures 4 and 5show the average incoming and outgoing GPA of all the students in the course for each of springand fall semesters, respectively. The incoming GPA reflects the students’ average for all theircourses up to EM302 and the

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; David Zietlow

pnts 9) Cost (minimum cost = highest score) 15 pnts Total: 100 pntsBased on our observations of the class behavior, it is clear that the balance of points awarded forthe budget and performance can be adjusted to simulate a variety of industrial environments.This balance could be adjusted to reflect an environment where great emphasis is placed onminimizing cost, like a manufacturer of consumer products. In contrast, the balance could beadjusted to reflect an environment where great emphasis is placed on extremely reliableperformance regardless of cost, for example a company developing a system to land men on themoon or place an expensive satellite in an

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

work and life situations. 2,3,4,5,6Savery and Duffy (1995) 2 outline eight principles of constructivism as follows: 1. Anchor all learning activities to a larger task or problem. 2. Support the learner in developing ownership for the overall problem or task. 3. Design an authentic task. 4. Design the task and the learning environment to reflect the complexity of the environment the learner should be able to function in at the end of the leaning. 5. Give the learner ownership of the process used to develop a solution. 6. Design the learning environment to support and challenge the learner’s thinking. 7. Encourage testing ideas against alternative views and alternative contexts. 8. Provide opportunity for and support of

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Hensley; Marjorie Donovan; Christopher Ibeh; James Otter

), Impact Statement & Significance of Study*, Scope, etc.3. Literature Review---- Briefing of 3 or 4 of the most relevant previous projects;---- Summary of the major schools of thought---- Summary of problem and significance of problem*---- Author’s projected contribution(s) to this field of work4. Main Body under an appropriate heading and sub-headings.---- Heading will reflect and complement title of study---- Subheadings will reflect and follow SCOPE directions of introduction section.---- Theories, Concepts, Fundamentals, Rationale, Principles & Techniques that elucidate and guide study.5. Methodology---- Equipment Used---- Materials Used---- Procedure6. Results/Evidence---- Data Generated -à Tables & Graphs---- Narrative

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Track 8: Technical Session 9: On the Importance of Spatiality and Intersectionality: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Experiences Through Critical Collaborative Ethnographic Site Visits

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Finn Johnson M.A., Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

the research process (Jolivette,2015). Surveys, interviews, and focus groups create great benefits for the institution and itsresearch team (in the forms of grant funding, tenure, and graduate degrees, among others) oftenwith little to no benefit for the subject community (which may or may not even receivecompensation). Fair financial compensation that matches or exceeds the per-hour wages of theresearchers is a way to strive for equal benefit for TGNC subject populations from a researchjustice perspective. Our participants were compensated at a comparable hourly rate as theresearchers in order to reflect the unparalleled value of the unique expertise that they brought tothe research project.Site-visitsThe site-visit activities were divided

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Track 6: Technical Session 2: Enhancing the Cultural Competence of K-12 STEM Teachers through a Global Research Experience

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Leanne Petry, Central State University; Kelly Bohrer, University of Dayton; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Marjorie Langston Langston; Elizabeth Generas

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

teachersengaged in a pre-departure course, a four-week program in China, and a follow-up curriculumdesign and delivery activity. These researchers used the IDI to assess participants’ gains, as wellas other qualitative methods including ongoing reflections, and an assessment of the participants’curriculum design projects. Similar to Cushner and Chang (2015), He Lundgren and Pines(2017) did not see dramatic growth on the IDI, but did see some positive changes in theparticipants’ beliefs, insights, and teaching practices.Using a different assessment strategy, Oken, Jansen, Hoffman and Coelen (2022) foundinternational experience to have a significant positive impact on developing the interculturalcompetence of teachers. Finally, Charity Hudley, and

Collection

2023 PSW

Authors

Helen Choi

90% of the Hub's first-semester visitors were internationalstudents. They also reflect significant linguistic diversity, as 17% of the Hub's studentsreported they were comfortable speaking Chinese and 10% reported feelingcomfortable speaking Persian. Students also reported speaking Korean, Hindustani,Arabic, Greek, Urdu, and Bengali.Student visitors at the Hub represented every year of graduate study, with 30% in thefifth year of graduate study, 27% in the first year of graduate study, and 16% in thefourth year of graduate study. In terms of engineering departments, most (66%) camefrom computer science, but every engineering department (including chemicalengineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, astronautical engineering

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Susana Ramirez, PSJA ISD

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Falling Star, Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites 2000 Return to the Red Planet 2001 2001: An Edu-Space Odyssey 2002 Have Spacesuit Will Travel 2003 Exploring the Unknown 2004 Mars: Journey to the Red Planet 2005 Spinoffs: Bringing Space Down to Earth 2006 Return to the Moon 2007 Robotics and Space Exploration 2008 Space Travel: It’s Out of This World! 2009 Celestial Travelers 2010 Design a Mission to the Moon 2011 Earth’s Reflections: A View from Above 2012

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Logan Oplinger, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

be graded as low (less than -1 total factor score),moderate (between -1 and 1 total factor score), or high (more than 1 total factor score). The idealmodel level will be a reflection of how a model compares to other proposed ideas and keyconcepts.Coauthors collaborated in order to determine how particular models and model categories rate oneach scale. In addition, qualities emphasized by Atman, Haik, and other researchers1, 3, 5, 17 weretaken into consideration before rating a particular design model. Overall, particular ratings areobjectively based on experience.The evaluated models come from various engineering journals and books. These process modelsare often seen in engineering courses and have applications in a real world environment

Conference Session

Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L. Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meagan C. Pollock, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

need for increased STEM awareness, partly to increase interestin STEM majors & STEM careers, but also to develop an overall more technologically literatepopulace. Additionally, there is a concern that engineering should better reflect the nationalpopulation. Increasing diversity amongst engineering practitioners is important both from anequity perspective as well as a workforce development perspective (a more diverse populationmeans more diverse perspectives are represented, leading to innovation; also, to attract asufficient workforce we will need to attract women and underrepresented minorities). Researchsuggests that a majority of engineering undergraduates have a parent or another close familymember who is an engineer, and that this is

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, The University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

reflect upon their experiences throughout thesemester. The course met formally once per week. The main purpose of the meetings was tomake the students accountable for keeping up with their research, to discuss the journal articlesthat they were assigned, to provide opportunities for presenting their results, and interacting withtheir peers and the faculty supervisor. The following excerpt from the course syllabussummarizes the expectations for this research course: Laboratory notebook. The student will keep a notebook recording all his/her findings. This will be reviewed periodically by the faculty mentor to ensure that the essential data is properly recorded and organized so that it can be used to write the final report and poster

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Haaken Hagen-Atwell; Matthew James Ross, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

School Psychology Programs developed a task force to address issues with thepracticum.Practicums are common in a Master of Social Work program. Lee and Fortune (2013) conductedresearch on practicums in MSW programs in order to evaluate the importance of “thinking”activities in addition to “doing” activities. They concluded that student reflection is an importantpart of the learning process in a practicum, and that “school faculties can facilitate students’reflection by focusing on application of theories in practice situations” (p. 657).Several business programs require a practicum. At Stanford University, the Graduate School ofBusiness considers the practicum to be “a key element in the revamped program” for PublicManagement (Stanford

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William E. Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

serve as a bridge between theoretical and practicalknowledge. 4 It is practical research that addresses an immediate, local need while providing Page 24.1130.2opportunities for deep reflection leading to individual professional growth. 5Although there are similarities, action research should not be confused with case study research.Typically, case study research involves an independent, outside observer studying a phenomenonin a naturally occurring environment, whereas an action research study includes a researcher whoactively participates in his or her own environment. For educators, this is often a classroom inwhich they teach. Action research

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

traditionallecture because students reflect about what they are doing after engaging in several learningactivities introduced in the classroom [1, 14, 16, 23-25]. In contrast, students in traditionallecture pedagogies receive information from the lecturer and their participation andengagement is minimal. As Smith, Sheppard [26] express: “students learn more whenintensely involved in educational process and are encouraged to apply their knowledge inmany situations” (p.87). According to Bonwell and Eison [22], the amount of informationretained by students declines considerably after ten minutes of listening, so traditionalinstructional strategies may not be effective, specially in engineering education. Also, thereflection promoted in active learning has been

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Craig Hanks, Texas State University, San Marcos; Dominick Esperanza Fazarro, The University of Texas at Tyler; Jitendra S. Tate, Texas State University, San Marcos; Walt Trybula, Texas State University & Trybula Foundation, Inc.; Robert J.C. McLean, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

-institutional.Our project starts with the notion that ethical and social responsibility (and here we includesafety, health, and environmental considerations, among others) is an integral part of the practiceof engineers and technologists. Shaping engineering education with this idea in mind is attentiveto the role of identity in what people do,30 and can serve to provide intellectual, conceptual, andnarrative resources to assist professionals as they navigate their work world. Engineering,similar to other professions, has a language,18 and that language frames how practitioners thinkof themselves and their work.27 As Korte notes in a 2013 study, “the developing professionalidentities of new engineers are reflected in the narratives they construct regarding

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Peifeng Yin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

studies in learning, thinking, and reaction time2. Below, we summarize some ofthe relevant works on cognition relating to our research based on the extended summary ofcognition, value and decision-making research by Sprehn18.Earlier studies on cognition began in 1940s, where laboratory studies aimed at identifying groupsof people with significant differences in their cognitive processes. Some of the predominanttheories of this epoch are: 1) Perceptual versus Conceptual Groupers3, 2) Sharpeners andLevelers4, 3) Field Dependency/Independency5, and 4) Impulsive versus Reflective Thinkers6,7.We refer the readers to Kozhevnikov8 for an in depth review in this area. One salient criticism ofthese early theories, as voiced by Walker9, Kogan and Saarni10

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Paula Gangopadhyay, The Henry Ford (museums); James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Wroblewski P.E., University of California, Berkeley; Cornelia Huellstrunk, Princeton University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

/entrepreneur engineer characteristics important to each stage of the innovation process. 2. The characteristics or strengths of an engineer in one stage of the innovation process are not necessarily the same characteristics required in a different stage of the innovation process (Caldicott, 2013; Griffin, Price, & Vojak, 2012). This finding has implications for hiring, job placement/selection, team management, professional development and self-assessment of engineering professionals and their education and life-long learning.ConclusionsInsights into the critical characteristics of an innovative engineer will aid student and practicingengineers as well as engineering faculty in self-reflection, instruction and team

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology and the Internet in Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University; Luoting Fu; Levent Burak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

feedback onseparate subtasks, then we might indeed observe improvement in their ability to execute thedifferent subtasks.Thus, our goal is to sensibly designate the different subtasks or distinct skills that must bemastered to ultimately solve such problems. Of course, we also want the clarity of being able tocharacterize each attempt to use a skill as unambiguously correct or correct. We hope thefrequency at which those attempts are correct increases with practice. How then should wedivide up the overall task? Critical to that division is its granularity – how small are the actionsthat are deemed to reflect individual skills and how many different skills are recognized amongthe different actions of the same general type.To illustrate issues of

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Eric Nauman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

complex engineering problems.Apart from the core components highlighted above, there is also considerable ongoingexperimentation within the PMFC with other pedagogy-driven instructional elements. Theseinclude:  Using the Index of Learning Styles (ILS)4-6 to categorize learning style preferences and tailor information delivery. The ILS is a relatively simple measure of how students prefer to receive information. The survey divides learning style preferences into four domains with opposing descriptors, visual-verbal, active-reflective, sensory-intuitive, and sequential-global. Using these domains, it has been established that students tend to prefer visual, active, and sensory modes, despite the fact

Conference Session

Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John David Cioara, Arizona State University; Dean Takeo Kashiwagi, Arizona State University; Sylvia Romero, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

estimating, project management, and client coordination.The goal is to change the students’ role from a traditional reactionary model who listens tolectures and takes notes, to a subject matter expert. This new style of teaching has the studentstake the curriculum, research it, interface with the industry, utilize legal expertise, problem solvethe material and then teach the results to their peers. The new student transition increasedparticipation of other students and in their understanding of the topics being learned. Page 24.1248.5 Class FormatThe new class format reflected the students’ transformation

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Educational Policy and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Clark P.E., Aston University; Jane Andrews, Aston University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. It should be noted however, that at eachcompetition, the somewhat chaotic nature of the event, in which between 50 and 250 children,their siblings, class mates, parents and teachers were present within a single school facilitymeant that the observations did not provide any useful data other than a reflective narrativeaccount written by the researchers in which a number of relevant factors were recorded.The case-study ‘organisational’ fieldwork conducted in 2013 commenced with a documentanalysis of various internal documents, looking at coverage in terms of provision as well asexamining the initiative itself (in terms of tools used). Six in-depth semi-structured interviewswere then conducted with six members of staff responsible for

Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

knowledge structure, although they are usually very objective30.As a result, objective tests may be unsuitable for assessing sustainability knowledge because theydo not allow students to reflect on the inherently broad content and interrelated structure ofsustainability. Open-ended assessment methods, such as essays and presentations, are usualalternatives to objective tests that disclose more about knowledge structure, but are oftenaccompanied by subjective scoring rubrics that are difficult to apply30. In addition, studentinability to produce acceptable artifacts (e.g. reports or posters) may be mistaken for lack ofknowledge in the domain30. Consequently, traditional open-ended assessments may beunfeasible for broad and accurate sustainability

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle; Elizabeth Burpee; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith P.E., Tuskegee University; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

satisfaction with the college experience than some othermajors, the source of that dissatisfaction does not appear to be reflected in a lack of involvementin extracurricular activities. In fact, undergraduate engineering majors are on par with othermajors in the amount of time spent on extracurricular activities. Extracurricular involvement caninclude a wide range of activities, which can have numerous academic and personal benefits (andsome drawbacks). However, little is known about the nature of extracurricular involvementspecifically among engineering and other STEM students, how it evolves year-to-year, and howit differs according to gender, ethnicity, and institutional culture. In this paper we analyze surveydata to examine STEM undergraduate

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the capstone design experience that influence team and individual skilldevelopment include the use of collaborative project management tools, mentoring relationshipswith freshmen students in the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Course, a checklist-basedapproach for creating an ongoing dialogue between the design teams and Industrial AdvisoryBoard project mentors, requirements to reflect on and evaluate decisions as a team, and asignificant emphasis on professional skills reinforced in an ongoing dialogue with teams andstudents. Page 23.1131.3Challenges to Developing Team Skills and Some Ideas for Overcoming ThemTeams and teamwork have

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank V. Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Susan E. Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Patrick B. Kohl, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines; Hsia-Po Vincent Kuo, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

fluency, originality, and honingpositive critical thinking skills. This emphasis is reflected as the group creates a metric toevaluate their potential solutions.A specific case from undergraduate and graduate level engineering physics courses is describedto illustrate how the extensive work done in this arena in psychology, marketing, and businessenvironments can be applied to STEM education. Students were presented with the problem ofhow to measure the mass removed from a quarry. The classroom process is outlined and actualstudent results are presented to illustrate the method for other instructors who might be interestedin employing similar activities in a non-threatening, low-stakes learning environment.IntroductionIn the landmark report about

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Bachelors-Level Manufacturing ProgramsThe four pillars model that emerged from the Curricula 2015 evaluation is an attempt to clarifythe boundaries of the manufacturing engineering discipline and to provide a “tool for promotinggreater understanding of the breadth and depth of the field of manufacturing engineering.”6 Itwas also meant to be descriptive, defining the body of manufacturing knowledge as reflected inABET’s manufacturing program accreditation criteria and SME’s manufacturing engineeringcertification criteria, to create a model useful for describing manufacturing education. Thecurrent version of the model was modified somewhat in format from the version described inCurricula 2015 report. The top level diagram (not including specific sub