. Success in this competition is based on a combination of factors; theability to combine recent advances in concrete technology with the concepts of navalarchitecture; the use of effective project management; and the motivation, creativity and spiritof a team of young men and women who take extreme pride in their work.4At the concrete canoe competition, there are four main areas that are judged; finished product,oral presentation, written technical report and the races, each part now worth 25% of the totalcompetition points. To successfully address the project of designing and building a concretecanoe, students must plan the structure of their engineering design team. Initially, the teamsmust focus on designing a fast and maneuverable hull, a
students varied greatly in terms of their current stage of the graduate process.A few students had started participating in the Program as undergraduates, while others wereclose to the time when they planned to complete their qualifying exams. This heterogeneity,combined with the Program Director’s basis in engineering, made it more difficult for theseminar to fulfill the same role as it had with the first cohort. Furthermore, the bench sciencemajors in the second cohort already had support groups in the form of their lab groups. Thestudents who lacked this support—such as the lone African American woman in the mathematicsdepartment, a program in which students often work in solitude—were subsequently unable torely on the seminar in the same way
faculty redefine our commitment tolanguage teaching as the teaching of multiple literacies, not just language learning. Thiscollaboration required us to move away from traditional course planning and normativeassessments and to increase learning by presenting linguistic and cultural content in anintellectually challenging manner, commensurate with our institutional disciplinary andinterdisciplinary offerings, and capitalizing on our students’ motivation and drive forapplied (“real”) studies. The pilot collaboration helped inform students that language is aculture-based performance, situated in various public, private, and cross-disciplinarycontexts. Recent language research reflects an understanding of multiple literacies associally bounded and
students’ technical skills through individual robot design,inter-robot communication, and system integration, one goal of the IDC is for students todevelop project management and communication skills. Thus, a variety of deliverables wererequired over the course of the IDC including: 1. Conceptual Design Written Report (Due in week 1). To emphasize the importance of planning in the design process, each sub-team was required to present a conceptual design to the instructor before they were allowed to begin actual construction of their robot. This report included: a. the problem statement in the students’ own words, b. a list of objectives and deliverables, c. a schedule with important milestones and task
, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Julia M. Williams is the Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her articles on writing assessment, electronic portfolios, and ABET have appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, and the International Journal of Engineering Education. She is also the recipient of a Tablet PC Technology, Curriculum, and Higher Education 2005 award from Microsoft Research to assess the impact of tablet PCs and
Page 12.985.10applicability. This may include an animation, images, a prototype, models, plans, etc.Our initial four-semester attempt at including video productions in the classroom wasaccompanied by on-line material related to video editing software and equipment usage. Studentteams shared low-end digital video camcorders and used Apple iMovie to edit their material.While students had no difficulty acquiring basic skills in video editing, we have observed thatquality of final videos varied significantly due to level of interest and prior knowledge. Shortlectures on the following topics are necessary: A) storyboarding, selection of appropriate content,B) a selected editing software, e.g. iMovie, C) 3D animation basics (as an extension to
class. These assessments include observations by different instructors,anonymous student surveys, student focus groups, and observed student problem solvingsessions. Overall the kits and the integrated approach have had a positive effect on the class.Students and instructors have both enjoyed using the modular kits. Student groups of three tofive have been used with students happier with the smaller groups. For the larger groups,students have suggested a planned rotation of formal roles to insure everyone in the group isinvolved. Students like the integration of kits and simulation into the classroom setting and haveshown a particular preference for class sessions where a short activity is used to raise an issueand then followed up with
AC 2007-1817: PACE GLOBAL VEHICLE COLLABORATIONMason Webster, Brigham Young University Mason Webster is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and has completed two internships in China at a Lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant. Next year, he plans on attending graduate school to pursue a Master of Business Administration degree.Dan Korth, Brigham Young University Daniel Korth graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University in April 2007. He speaks Spanish fluently and has spent time living in Peru. While at BYU, he participated in the development of a prototype unmanned
- 15 A. Life Cycle Analysis Framework B. Life Cycle methods and software C. Inventory Analysis D. Impact Assessment E. Data location and integrity F. Sensitivity Analysis G. LCA interpretation H. LCA Weighting I. LCA Limitations J. Life Cycle Cost Analysis As time allows K. Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing As time allows L. Project Presentations*Note - this outline is a general roadmap of the topics that we plan to cover in this course. The actual pathtaken and time spent on these topics will vary as we work our way through them
Page 12.1400.7The new course structure for fall 2005 incorporated a slightly modified version of the Hoistinatorproject, but this time it was preceded by a simpler 4-week startup project on building rockets outof 2-liter soda bottles. Bottles were modified by the addition of wings, etc., partially filled withwater, and then pressurized and launched. Schools throughout the country are using variousversions of soda bottle rocket projects in science education12,13 and NASA has proposedstandards and lesson plans for grade 5-12 students.14 Specifications and constraints for thisproject were as follows: The goal was to build a rocket that would fly as far as possible, but distance was measured perpendicular to the plane of the launcher
Ince sion o x Publications f TaFigure 1. Overlap between university activities and economic development agencies actionsTo be sure, the results of center activities can have a significant economic impact. However,each project is intended to directly benefit an individual client in a manner that “scratches theiritch.” There is no grand plan for developing a local, regional, or state-wide economy. Theobjective is to help the client and to enhance the education of the engineering student whiledoing so.Myth #4: Industry trusts Universities
interested in how gender affects career choice. She believes strongly in the scientist-practitioner model, using her academic background to solve practical problems and using her problem solving experiences to enhance her teaching. She has received an award for excellence in service learning. Professor Amel has specific expertise developing assessment plans and dissemination approaches through her work on the UST Bush Foundation Grant. She has completed pedagogical presentations and publications about international education and service learning.Christopher Greene, University of Saint Thomas Dr. Chris Greene comes to the University of St. Thomas following a 20+ year career in industry
bottle rocket project. In the bottle rocket project,students use 0.25 inch thick foam board, duct tape, a 2 liter soda bottle, modeling clay Page 12.1290.6and water to design rockets that can be launched from a nozzle by using pressurized air.This concept has been used at other universities to teach core engineering principles22,and NASA has proposed standards and lesson plans to use for grade 5-12 students23. Therocket project was originally run at Rowan as a one-lab period ice-breaker, which was notincluded in the students’ grades. However, in 2005 this was expanded to a four-weekproject as part of the changes in SEC I. In the current incarnation
. 419 – 427, 2005. 3. Goldin, D., Venneri, S. and Noor, A., “New Frontiers in Engineering,” Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 63-69, 1998. 4. Goldin, D., Venneri, S. and Noor, A., “Ready For the Future?” Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 121, No. 11, pp. 61-70, 1999. 5. Kwon, Y., Wu, T. and Ochoa, J., “SMWA: A CAD-based decision support system for the efficient design of welding,” Journal of Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 295-304, 2004. 6. Kwon, Y. and Fischer, G., The University of Iowa, College of Engineering Equipment Fund, “Three-Year Vision Plan for Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories: Simulation-Based, Reconfigurable Integrated Lean
inspectors. Today every inspector has a fourteen-point RF safety checklist to follow for every site that they visit. Current plans for inspectors include implementing a comprehensive training program and equipping them with survey instruments. At the same time that the FCC has been stepping up its enforcement of RF safety issues, there have been developments at the state level. Two states have passed legislation that requires any company operating antenna systems on towers to have an RF safety program. These new regulations are being challenged so their future is uncertain. While these new regulations may yet be rescinded, some authorities believe that these requirements will evolve into national
processing. The ChE department atthe University of Massachusetts, Lowell, offers a “Nanomaterials Engineering Track” in its BSdegree.14 This program consists of three nano-related courses, one semester in NanomaterialsScience and Engineering and two courses in Nanomaterials Characterization. However, thesecourses again come in the student’s senior year, and do not have a hands-on component. TheUniversity of Southern California has recently added a nanotechnology emphasis whichprimarily uses a survey course on nanotechnology and an independent research project duringthe senior year.15This paper presents the plan to incorporate nanotechnology education in the College ofEngineering (CoE) at OSU. The approach is twofold: (1) to develop a Nanotechnology
upcoming laboratories, students are asked to propose a test plan for using anexhaust gas analyzer for tuning a gasoline engine, balancing performance and fuel consumption.The Exhaust Analysis LaboratoryIn this laboratory students are introduced to measuring combustion efficiency based on theanalysis of the products of combustion. The sources of pollution, mechanisms of pollutionformation, and consequent reduction in combustion systems are important topics studied in thecourse. In addition, this laboratory allows students to become familiar with the measurementequipment and some forms of pollution data processing in automotive applications.The laboratory utilizes the AutoLogic’s 5 gas exhaust analyzer (EA), which is a portable, highlycapable
Engineering Technology Colleges.ASEE 2005 Edition, ASEE Publications, Washington D.C. 2006.2 Drexel University, Online Catalogue: Recommended Plan of Study, B.S. Architectural Engineering.http://coreapp1.drexel.edu/webplanofstudy/plan.asp?plan_id=127 Department of Civil, Architectural andEnvironmental Engineering, College of Engineering. Philadelphia,PA. accessed August 25, 2006.3 Kansas State University, Undergraduate Curriculum, B.S. in Architectural Engineering. http://www.k-state.edu/are-cns/arecurriculum.html Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science,Manhattan, KS. Accessed August 31, 2006.4 Illinois Institute of Technology, Architectural Engineering Curriculum, IIT Undergraduate Bulletin 2004-2007,http://www.iit.edu
start with learning objectivesas narrowly defined behaviors but with “program educational outcomes (broad goals)”6 (p. 7). Inorder to address the resulting lack of specificity more detailed “program outcomes (knowledge,skills, and attitudes)” (p.7) are subsequently defined.Felder6 further develops Tyler’s17 targeted instruction into an iterative process of instructionaldesign in three areas: “planning (identifying course content and defining measurable learningobjectives), instructing (selecting and implementing the methods that will facilitate studentachievement of the objectives), assessment and evaluation (implementing methods that […]determine whether objectives have been reached)” (p. 8).This concept has significantly advanced engineering
Engineering Education, 2007 The Tsunami Model Eliciting Activity: Implementation and Assessment of an Interdisciplinary Activity in a Pre-Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary pre-engineering activity which was designed andimplemented in a seventh grade pre-engineering course. The activity was designed forimplementation in combination with Social Studies and Science classes. The activity is a ModelEliciting Activity (MEA) where students develop a model to specify requirements and costs foremergency housing after a large scale natural disaster – in this case, the 2004 tsunami. Theactivity and implementation plan are described in detail. The activity was tied to Indiana
members set up meetings and design Page 12.809.14reviews because of different time zones. A morning meeting for one school corresponded to anevening meeting for another. In some cases, this was the only way that a meeting could beconvenient for both schools to meet. Time differences are a challenge, but with careful planningthe challenge can be overcome. Despite the awareness of this challenge before the project begins,one factor that may throw off scheduling of meetings was daylight savings. Again, however,careful planning was the most effective remedy; sending an email or routing slip out the nightbefore to warn all members of the change can
spite of effective projects funded byNSF, its partner agencies, industry and postsecondary institutions, challenges remain in creatingand institutionalizing reform initiatives to enhance learning outcomes in science, technology, Page 12.1587.6engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.There are several reasons for this apparent lack of adaptation. An experience to attempt change atMIT is instructive. The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics incorporated activelearning strategies and assessment tools into their Unified Engineering course after a two-yearstrategic planning process that involved all faculty in the department.7 As they
know?’ Even though we have accreditation and we have … some discussions about what constitutes a good engineer, 12 it’s very skill-focused. And we haven’t really asked some of the questions that we should be asking. What do engineers need to know now? What do we need to know in order to plan the future? And to recognize that the choices that we are making have an impact on what kinds of technology are going to be available in twenty years.These are radical ideas in engineering education. While it is not typical to challenge the canon,perhaps by injecting new ways of thinking about modes of teaching/learning, creative responseswill arise to meet contemporary
(Spring 2007), only a traditional lecture format is beingoffered; in the subsequent trial planned (Fall 2007), only a directed problem solving version willbe offered. This should effectively decouple course format choice as well as any latent effects ofon-line lecture availability from the exam performance results recorded. A more detailed analysis of how the Index of Learning Styles survey influenced students’course format choices, relative to the guidelines we provided, as well as how those choices (or“non-choices”) may have impacted their exam performance would also be enlightening.Convincing students to make an active choice of course format (given this relatively uniqueopportunity offered to them in the computer engineering curriculum at
motivation can be used to attract more studentsto mathematics.From its very beginnings in 1865, Worcester Polytechnic Institute has promoted, at thefoundation of its educational philosophy, the balance between theory and practice. The vision ofWPI’s Founders to emphasize the mutual reinforcement between theory and applications,reflected in the university’s motto “Lehr und Kunst”, is ubiquitous on campus from theundergraduate and graduate curriculum to the university seal and the architectural details of itsbuildings.WPI’s undergraduate curriculum affords a seamless transition from courses to real-worldprojects. In 1971 the WPI Plan pioneered a radical departure from the conventional approachesto engineering education by introducing major projects as
of this task has been a stepin the right direction toward engaging students in mathematics used to help solve criticalproblems in applications of interest. Additional tasks are currently under development.For additional information on the Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership, please visit:http://www.math.uab.edu/GBMP/.For additional information on the Mathematics Education Collaborative (MEC), please visit:http://mec-math.org/.References[1] Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership, Five-Year Strategic Plan. July 2006.[2] Blue, C. E., Blevins, L. G., Carriere, P., Gabriele, G., Kemnitzer, S. (Group Leader), Rao, V., and Ulsoy, G., “The Engineering Workforce: Current State, Issues, and Recommendations”. Final Report to the
performance criteria for the final competition are given in Table 3. The “meets minimumrequirements” criteria is the only design-related assessment available for the final designs fromthe 2006 course. A detailed assessment of the final designs, similar to the assessment during thedesign reviews, was not conducted but is planned for the 2007 teaching of the course.Extrapolating to other design frameworksAt the core of the methods describe in this paper is the idea that students must not only beexposed to a design framework, but must also be capable of using it in their design processes.Consequently, the activities developed for this course were meant to reinforce the convergingdiverging philosophy. While this work has focused on a specific framework
Professor in the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education at Colorado School of Mines. She is also the Associate Director for CSM's Center for Engineering Education. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She has recently been appointed to develop Page 12.1295.1 a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Marcus Jones, Howard University
paper describes integration of Tablet PCs into a required first semester freshman yearengineering course called EngE 1024, "Engineering Exploration." Assessment results from in-class clicker-based responses and online course exit surveys are presented to assess theeffectiveness of Tablet PC-based instruction. Problems encountered and plans for futureenhancements are also briefly discussed. A summary table showing Tablet PC related instructionactivities in various other academic programs is also presented.2. EngE 1024, Engineering Exploration – BackgroundEngineering freshmen at COE are required to pass two freshman engineering courses duringtheir 1-year long freshman engineering (also called General Engineering (GE)) program. Thefirst course is
network.These exercises teach students the importance of preparation and planning as well as allow thedefending team to respond to attacks from the red team by closing security holes and changingdefenses. At the conclusion of the exercise the students are given a debriefing by the red team inwhich the methods used to find security holes, which vulnerabilities were most useful for theattacks, and how to best prevent similar problems in the future are discussed. This allows thestudents to learn which of their security measures were effective and which were not, and alsowhich of the measures made it difficult for the users of the green team to perform their taskssince that would have a real impact on the setup’s feasibility in the real world.Another