typical engineering design text books, concept selection is taught after concept generationbut before detailed design 1, 2, 3. Most texts present a variation of the Pugh Concept SelectionProcess. However, the Pugh concept selection method has many drawbacks that are aggravatedwhen inexperienced designers use the process. Inexperienced designers tend to use the method Page 22.614.2to justify the selection of a low risk solution without the benefit of a technical analysis or even anestimate of the capabilities of the alternatives.Inexperienced designers tend to select familiar concepts without properly considering alternativedesigns that may meet
importance of facilitating note taking for students towards improved studentlearning.ApproachApproximately 72 students at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown participated in thisresearch to determine the effectiveness of lecture worksheets facilitating the learning of Statics.An Experimental group consisting of 38 students was given lecture worksheets and was taughtby the instructor who developed them. A Control group consisting of 24 students who did notuse the worksheets was taught by another instructor. A typical lecture worksheet is shown inFigure 1. Lecture worksheets consisted of pre-drawn diagrams, sketches and problem statements.It included an average of two problems that were solved by the instructor and one in-classproblem solved by
causes. Hence, a survey tool was developed with possible causes for low enrollment ofminority students in technology, particularly minority black students, and shown in Table 1. Thesurvey tool was circulated among the minority students of Engineering Technology departmentat AAMU. The students were asked to rate their responses on a scale of 1 – 4. The studentresponses were compiled, averaged and presented in Fig. 1. In this figure, the horizontal axisdenotes the item number for various causes as described in Table 1, and the vertical axis denotesthe average rating for that particular item.Table 1. Survey Tool for possible causes of low Enrollment of African American students in Technology & Construction.Survey Tool for causes of low
Page 22.617.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Enhancement of Student Learning in Experimental Design using Virtual Laboratories – Year 3IntroductionCapstone courses in which students have an opportunity to practice engineering are an importantaspect of undergraduate engineering curriculum. In the last 20 years, capstone courses have beenintegrated into engineering curricula nationwide in response to ABET accreditation requirementsand feedback from industry.1 In addition to providing students the opportunity to practiceengineering, capstone courses facilitate the development of creative and critical thinking, whichare crucial in the practice of engineering. By design
for each during his or heracademic experience, a number of very clear benchmarks that indicate that a student is on trackfor success, and the metrics utilized by the university to assess progress. Each year of theBlueprint clearly delineates the “Engage, Challenge, and Support” activities. One year of thatBlueprint is shown in Figure 1. Page 22.618.4 Figure 1: Blueprint for Success – Junior YearCritical to the success of the Blueprint for Success has been establishing high visibility of thisprogram among students and parents, faculty and staff. Getting this information in front of eachaudience and creating high
describes our efforts in renovating an existing non-required mechatronicscourse to upgrade the contents of the course and to improve the students’ learning experience.The main efforts include developing lecture materials, demo tools, and laboratory projectmodules employing model-based design approach, using Matlab, Simulink, and a number ofother Mathworks toolboxes. These tools simplify the process of system modeling, control design,and embedded microcontroller programming for rapid prototyping and design verification.1. IntroductionIt has long been known that teaching through examples and hands-on laboratory exercisesimprove the students’ learning experience, especially in technical multi-domain subjects such asMechatronics. However, the
Hungary have this partnership concept and would be able to conduct classes with a globalperspective which is an intangible benefit for all students.The ability to combine technology and institutional partnerships provides a significantopportunity to economically solve the low class size enrollment issue.[1] 2009 ASEE data search of member institutions for student enrollment by degree program, R. Pozzi[2] Douglas Benson, Julie Rodriguez, TEL8: The Development of a Transportation Video Conference Network, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University, Staff Paper No. 149, NDSU, November 2002.[3] Z. Balogh, M. Ivanyi, R. Gutkowski, Telecourses in Engineering Education, ASEE World Congress, Budapest, 2004. [4
teaching style could lead to student’s discouragement and change to othercurricula 1, 2. Due to a large number of students with different majors, it was clear that more thanone learning style needed to be implemented in this course in order to achieve successfullearning experience for students of any major. Richard Felder and Linda Silverman suggestseveral teaching techniques to address all learning styles, one of which is to providedemonstrations for students with sensing and visual learning styles and hands-on experiments forstudents with active learning styles1. Edgar Dale’s cone of learning shows that participating indiscussions or other active experiences may increase retention of material by up to 90% 3.Furthermore, the importance of
. Page 22.622.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Enhancing the Entrepreneurial Mindset of Freshman EngineersAbstract:On page 1 of Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the NewCentury cites the most critical task of engineering educators: “first and foremost, engineeringeducation must produce technically excellent and innovative graduates.” This report furtherstates “it is agreed that innovation is the key and engineering is essential to the task of helpingthe United States maintain its economic leadership and its share of high technology jobs.” Thegoal of our research is to benchmark and identify creativity and innovation skill sets in first-yearengineering
leader in innovation.1, 2 Therefore, we must rectify the situation to guarantee our Page 22.623.2prominence in the rapidly changing global economy.Many have stated that the United States is in turmoil due to its ill investment in education andinnovation.3-6 For example, America once led the world in high school graduation rates, butcurrently we rank 18th out of 24 industrialized countries.1, 7 Nationwide, less than 10% ofstudents in the United States pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) disciplines, whereas 75% of students in India and China are pursuing educationalopportunities in these arenas.8, 9 This is concerning as
program that has the potentialto strengthen the engineering education pipeline.1. IntroductionThe Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) at San Francisco State University is a two-weekresidential program held on campus at SFSU. The SEI program is part of a Minority Science andEngineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant funded by the US Department of Educationthrough collaboration with Cañada College, a Hispanic-Serving community college in RedwoodCity, California since 2008. The goals of the program are to introduce students to theengineering educational system and the engineering profession, to recruit students into anengineering field, increase student awareness of resources and skills needed for college success,and to increase student knowledge
to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), therewere nearly 6,500,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2009 [1]. Being involvedin a car accident is a nightmare, and the victims are often disoriented, upset, andunsure of what to do after the accident. In the worst case, the victims may be injuredtoo badly to call for help. But what if the car can call for help automatically right afterthe accident? More than 1 million motor vehicles are stolen each year in the U.S.Losing a car is surely an unpleasant experience, but what if the stolen vehicle canreport its geographical location to the owner or the police? Fortunately, commercialsecurity and safety services, e.g., OnStar and LoJack, are available today on themarket to
faculty survey results about the potential use of socialnetworking technology (SNT) encourage collaboration between students, 58% agreed or stronglyagreed that SNT’s could be effective for this purpose.[1] Companies that participate with jobshadow programs make their facility available to students to learn about a “day in the life” of acareer mentor. The student prepares for the visit then spends the day with the mentor toexperience the work environment. The process usually completes when the student writes areport and presents to the class about their experience. Given easier access to social media andnetworking technologies, students can start the shadow experience before the on-site scheduledday and even continue working with the mentor well
AC 2011-37: ENHANCING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITIES IN EXPERI-MENTAL DESIGNS THROUGH DESIGN-EXPERTY Charles Lu, University of Kentucky Y. Charles Lu is an Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky, Paducah. His research interests include: (1) micromechanics and nanomechanics, (2) poly- mers, elastomers, composites, and advanced materials, (3) finite element analysis and mechanical design. Dr. Lu received the 2010 SAE International Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award for his contributions to mobility-related research, teaching and student development. He was also the recipient of the Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award (2009), Paducah Outstanding Faculty Award
collaboration.IntroductionThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has identified that the Engineers of 2020 need tohave strong analytical and problem solving skills while being readily adaptable to rapidlyadvancing technologies in an increasingly globally interconnected world (1). The NAErecommended that engineering educators develop an undergraduate curriculum that providesstudents with learning opportunities utilizing the latest technology within interdisciplinary teamsin addressing real and meaningful challenges (2). This is not the way in which lean methods arecurrently taught. A typical lean curriculum currently consists of some instructional lectures, acourse project done at some company (if possible), one or two case studies and perhaps somemanual simulations
New York City public schools. He received Polytechnic’s 2002 and 2008 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award and 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU-Poly’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 4 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 43 journal articles, and 92 conference papers. Moreover, he has mentored 67 high school students, over 170 K-12 teachers, 21 undergraduate summer interns, and 11 undergraduate capstone-design teams, and graduated eight M.S. and four Ph.D. students.Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University MAGUED ISKANDER is Associate
schools. He received Polytechnic’s 2002 and 2008 Jacobs Excellence in Education Award and 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU-Poly’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included 3 edited books, 4 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 43 journal articles, and 92 conference papers. Moreover, he has mentored 67 high school students, over 170 K-12 teachers, 21 undergraduate summer interns, and 11 undergraduate capstone-design teams, and graduated eight M.S. and four Ph.D. students.Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University MAGUED ISKANDER is Associate Professor and Graduate Adviser
several times during the past decade.These discussions have been spirited and have engaged literally every constituent groupthroughout the campus. Each time a discussion of calendar conversion has occurred the topichas eventually been tabled due to: 1. a rationalization of the financial and human resources required to complete the conversion 2. disagreement regarding the attractiveness of semesters vs. quarters, and 3. reluctance to depart from what has become to be a readily identifiable component of an RIT education – academic quarters.It is fair to say, however, that each time a conversation of calendar conversion has been raised atRIT, such conversations have concluded with an
highlights two commonthemes: 1) the programmatic goals for the courses are quite similar and 2) the detailedimplementations differ as much as the institutions themselves differ. Although duplication of thesuccessful aspects of another program is rarely easy, surveying the range of possible approachesand leveraging the creative ideas in one’s own situation and institution is valuable.Ochs, Lennon, Watkins, and Mitchell1 from Lehigh University present a 5 phase productdevelopment model; they specifically look at how that model supports the ABET outcomes fortheir program. Lehigh’s IBE (Integrated Business and Engineering) program also ties into theircapstone course. The fourth and fifth phases of the product development model, which look
these talented young people to stay in our region. Our immediate goal is to continuedeveloping a hybrid educational/economic development program that converts state tax dollarsinto regional and state-wide wealth. 1. Katz, J.A. ―The chronology and intellectual trajectory of American entrepreneurship education:: 1876- 1999‖, Journal of Business Venturing,18:2, 2003, pp283—300 2. Carlsson, B. and Acs, Z.J. and Audretsch, D.B. and Braunerhjelm, P., ―Knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: a historical review‖, Industrial and Corporate Change, 19:6, 2009 3. Khanduja, D. and Singla, V. and Singh, R, ―Entrepreneurial ambience of engineering education in India‖, 2:4, 2009, pp341—355. 4
= 417) in the CockrellSchool of Engineering. The average one year retention rate in engineering for EOE FIGparticipants is 92 percent, 11 points above the college average. The average two year retentionrate in engineering for EOE FIG participants is 78 percent, 12 points above the college average.Goals and ObjectivesFIGs led by the EOE Program are designed to increase the retention rate of first year AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, and Native American students in the Cockrell School of Engineering. EOEFIGs were initiated to address the following challenges: (1) gap in retention rates betweenminority and non-minority students in the Cockrell School of Engineering; (2) large percentageof African American, Hispanic, and Native American students with
performanceand desired performance. Feedback in the academic world takes many forms, from interaction inthe classroom to interaction during office hours with a teaching assistant or a professor.According to a meta-analysis by Hattie and Timperely, the effect size of feedback is among thetop of all educational factors, weighted heavier than such factors as student’s prior cognitiveability, socio economic status, and reduction in class size.1 They describe feedback as a processwhere teachers identify specific learning goals, help student ascertain where they are relative toreaching those goals, and then assist students in moving their progress forward. Feedback inside
universities in the west andsouthwest of the U.S. with well-established engineering programs. Based on the number ofacademic semesters completed, participants were classified as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, orseniors. All students participated voluntarily. The study in the U.S. was reviewed and approvedby the respective Institutional Review Boards; in India, an institutional ethics committeereviewed and approved the research project.Research Instruments The materials included the MRSQ12 and RBI17. The rating scales for both used a 5-pointLikert scale. The rating scale for the MRSQ, which measured frequency of strategy use, wasspecified as follows: I use this strategy 1-Never, 2- Rarely, 3-Sometimes, 4-Often, 5-Always. Asample item reads: I make
Institute.Anticipated Outcomes The major anticipated outcome is that at least five new curricular components will becreated by the end of Year 1. In accord with the U.S. Green Building Council’sLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program for rating buildings,the educators involved in this project will design curricula in the areas of engineering,energy, architecture, horticulture, landscape architecture, and the natural and healthsciences, with a specific focus on the six “checklist” areas used to plan LEED buildings:sustainable site, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoorenvironmental quality, and innovation and design. The goal is to infuse sustainability intoconstruction education and career development
outcomes to be measured for program and ABETaccreditation documentation. Fifteen TIDEE assessments have been developed to address fourcritical performance areas in engineering design: teamwork, professional development, designprocesses, and solution assets. Table 1 presents a brief overview of these performance areasalong with corresponding assessment instruments and the general performance criteria of each(adapted from Davis et al.2).The TIDEE assessments typically incorporate multiple response methods including checklist,short answer, and essay. The Team Member Citizenship assessment, for example, asks studentsto assess themselves and their teammates with respect to important attributes of teamwork, aslisted in Table 2. Students then assess the
barriers for current women STEM faculty in regards to rank, tenure,career advancement, leadership role progression, and resource allocation in order to establishhow well the university addresses issues that have been found to be important in the recruitment,retention, and advancement of women faculty. During the study, the research team seeks toanswer six primary research questions: 1) What is the distribution of STEM faculty by gender,rank, and department? 2) What are the outcomes of institutional processes of recruitment andadvancement for men and women? 3) What is the gender distribution of STEM faculty inleadership positions? 4) What is the allocation of resources for STEM faculty? 5) Are therebarriers to the recruitment and advancement of
storage engineers and technicians. Thispaper presents the collaboration between university and community colleges to create anadvanced energy storage curriculum; setup an industrial-based energy storage laboratory;develop and deliver a short course for on-site training of engineers, technologists, and collegeinstructors working in the alternative energy and advanced automotive propulsion fields; developand deliver a series of workshops and seminars for K-12 science teachers, corporate partners,energy and automotive professionals; and provide transfer student advising by university faculty.1. IntroductionThe growing demand for energy and the increasing concerns about man-made climate changeshave called for clean and sustainable energy development
other classmates, and participate in live feedback sessions.Internet-based learning also bears in mind students with various learning styles andphysical disabilities. There are many positive implications of internet-based learning suchas a means to interactively present and disseminate curricula through courseworkmanagement tools such as Blackboard. It also promotes collaboration and continuingeducation for full time employees, i.e. “learning anywhere, anytime.” 1 Students areencouraged to expand their knowledge of the material being taught through media,images, animation and streaming audio/video.Internet-based engineering education is an accepted practice throughout the United Statesand abroad. There are interesting ethical and societal
semester.ConclusionsTeaching ethics sometimes becomes very difficult depending on the composition of students andtheir background. There is not a single pedagogy to teach ethics. It can be taught many waysdepending on instructor, and availability of resources of the department.References 1) Altschuler, GC. “Batting the cheats. Education Life Supplemental. New York Times. Sunday, Jan 7, 2001, section 4A, Page 15, Column1. 2) American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), www. asce.org. 3) Daniel Calhoun, “Goals in the Teaching of Ethics,” in Ethics Teaching in Higher Education. ed. by Daniel Callahan and Sissela Bok (New York: Plenum 1980). 4) Hardigan, Patrick. “ First and Third-Year Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes towards Cheating Behaviors