between student action less time for analysis of student learning. Faculty are oftenand focused feedback, students often make the same type of absorbed checking student data and have little time to add newerrors week after week. Additionally, engineering laboratories student experiences that might be important and relevant todo not typically use efficacious forms of teaching, such as industrial practice. This problem is shared by most science anddiscovery-methods or project-based learning [1]. technology curricula and delays integration of new topics andUnderstanding how people think and learn has forced a
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Virtual Reality in Chemical Engineering Laboratory EducationIntroduction Virtual Reality (VR) technology opens the door to tremendous possibilities forengineering educators. Simulation of a fully immersive, virtual environment incorporatingvisual, auditory, and other sensory elements can enable interactive training experiences thatwould otherwise be difficult or impractical to deliver in a conventional classroom. Besideschemical engineering applications, educational VR modules have been developed in the fields ofconstruction and civil engineering,[1] architecture,[2] mechanical and electrical engineering,[3]micro/nanoelectronics,[4] robotics,[5] automotive technologies,[6] control
), working on initiatives to protect the watershed by bringing value to waste up-stream and transparency to the state of water quality. ● Twain High School, partnering for the participation of pregnant and parenting teens in a USD interdisciplinary course, Creative Minds, that combines ways of thinking from theatre, mathematics and engineering, to create tools or manipulatives that can be used by young children to facilitate mathematical learning. ● Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, enabling USD engineering students and Kumeyaay children to exchange ideas, collaborate, and share cultural knowledge in their Science Technology Engineering Art and Math (STEAM) lab. ● Waste for Life, supporting communities to develop
interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #21673Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer-ing and Science Education from Clemson University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Normative and Non-Normative Engineering
Natasha focused on the ease with which engineers conquer the math and sciences --“Ithink an engineer is someone who uses science, math, technology and stuff to solveproblems”(Rogue). Natasha pointed out the tinkering nature of engineers by describing hercolleagues as men that are “[…] at home playing with Raspberry Pi [a small, inexpensivecomputer, namely used by programming hobbyists] and building Ham radios.” They often spokeof these traits as if they were not traits that they possessed themselves, but they acknowledgedthem as traits of “true” engineers. “I don’t relish in wanting to tinker with something that’sbroke. That’s, I feel, like a trait of engineers that I don’t possess” (Natasha).Personal. When the women described how they saw
Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Courtney June Faber, Clemson University Courtney Faber is a graduate student in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Paper ID #25135A Seven-week Module to Introduce Electrical and Computer Engineering toFreshmen Engineering StudentsDr. Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania Kala Meah received the B.Sc. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1998, the M.Sc. degree from South Dakota State University in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wyoming in 2007, all in Electrical Engineering. From 1998 to 2000, he worked for sev- eral power companies in Bangladesh. Currently, Dr. Meah is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program, Department of Engineering and Computer
Paper ID #5976Teaching System Modeling and Feedback Control Systems: A Multidisci-plinary Course in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical EngineeringProf. Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central DR. LI TAN is currently with the College of Engineering and Technology at Purdue University North Central, Westville, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in1992. Dr. Tan is an IEEE senior member. His principal technical areas include digital signal processing, adaptive signal processing, active noise and vibration control, data compression and digital communications. He
and holder of the Charles W. Oxford Professorship in Emerging Technologies. His research interests include engineering education, teaching improvement through hands-on experiences and enhancement of the K-12 educational experience. Professor Clausen is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arkansas. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Development of an Introduction to Sustainable Engineering Course as a Chemical Engineering ElectiveAbstractDue to the pressing global challenges of climate change, resource depletion, and environmentaldegradation, there is a growing need for sustainable engineering education. In response tostudent interest and employer
determining their persistence in engineering careers 4.Largely unexplored, however, is the role of the subconscious in determining persistence inengineering majors and careers – this is the domain of implicit cognition.Explicit and implicit cognition are related but distinct concepts 5. Explicit cognition includesconscious choices, judgments, and declarations (e.g. “I believe that men and women are equallygood at math.”). In contrast, implicit cognition operates without conscious awareness or control,and mediates thought, feeling, and action (e.g., 6-9). Implicit attitudes (e.g. “Math is good.”) andstereotypes (e.g. “Engineers are male.”), along with self-concept (e.g. “I am male.”) interact withone another in the prediction of science, technology
theindustrial shift towards digitalization and new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) andInternet of Things (IoT), the software engineering curriculum at the University of Calgary hasundergone major updates to keep up with current trends. One change has been to add a “projectspine”, to connect the first-year design course with the fourth-year capstone project. Twoproject-based courses were added, aimed at bridging the gap between technical expertise andprofessional development. However, since technical content has been the primary focus of thesecourses, critical interpersonal skills such as teamwork, communication, and resilience oftenremain underemphasized.The need to address these gaps has been supported by industry stakeholders and
. Moosavizadeh is currently the Principal Investigator of an NSF collaborative research grant: A National Consortium for Synergic for Synergistic Undergraduate Mathematics via Multi-institutional Interdisciplinary Teaching Partnership (SUMMIT-P) and the director of the First Day Success Program at Norfolk State University.Dr. Makarand Deo, Norfolk State University Dr. Makarand Deo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Norfolk State Uni- versity. Dr. Deo has earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Calgary, Canada. His graduate and undergraduate degrees are from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and University of Pune, India, respectively. After PhD, Dr. Deo joined the
and for the past ten years I have served as faculty member in the Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology de- partment, Computer of Technology at Indiana State University. Currently, pursuing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education.Oscar Henriquez, Indiana State UniversityMr. Larry D. Pritchett, Indiana State University Instructor at Indiana State University, with former teaching experience at Lycoming College and Penn State University. Industry experience as I.T. Manager at Keystone Veneers, and Project Manager/Prototype Developer at Rose-Hulman Ventures and Structural Fibers Inc. Interests include software development and software engineering, networkng and security, and I.T
Education in Software Defined Radio Design Engineering Abstract— Software Defined Radio (SDR), an interdisciplinary emerging technology,presents new challenges for communications engineers and engineering educators. In SDR,signal modulation and information coding are defined in the system's software, nothardware. The authors have incorporated SDR design into their respective curricula bothto support the growing demand for SDR engineering and to teach widely applicablesystems engineering concepts. SDR-oriented curricular changes include new courses,laboratories, and software design tools. Software radio design is taught as aninterdisciplinary systems engineering undertaking, emphasizing the importance of
to promote cross-disciplinary education for engineering, business, and intellectualproperty/law oriented students by holding an early-stage technology commercializationcompetition with cash prizes to develop the winning product ideas.2. Key Elements of the ModuleThe module, entitled “Synthesizing core concepts for technology entrepreneurship”, is composedof lectures intended to provide an overview of the product development lifecycle, includingcustomer need identification, concept generation, concept development, scope expansion, andbusiness plan.2.1. Need IdentificationTo help students conceive innovative product opportunities in the need identification process, weused the concept of suboptimal equilibrium9. The term suboptimal equilibrium
Knowledge of Contemporary Issues Held By Engineering StudentsAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has ruled that students shouldhave a knowledge of contemporary issues. In this regard, it is obvious that, today, engineering isconducted on a global scale and is becoming very important for the nation as well as the wholeworld. Therefore, every student should pursue knowledge of contemporary and past informationregarding various engineering issues.This paper presents the level of understanding of typical contemporary issues held by theengineering students. It also compares the knowledge of students enrolled at other engineeringschools. The data may be utilized by institutions to measure and compare the level
, users from all over the worldpost technical questions that are answered by users and by the engineering staff atGlobalspec. Even if I do not formally assign projects for this section, I encourage thestudents to read and if possible to answer questions related to Electrical Technology. Iconsider this activities an integral part of the student education.ForumsAt the time of this writing there are 14 specialized forums in CR4. These forums can beused, just as the questions and answers section as educational tools in classroom. Some ofthe forum titles are: “Education”, “BioMech & BioMed”, “Communications &Electronics”, “Instrumentation”, “Mechanical Engineering”, Electrical Engineering”,“Sustainable Engineering”, and others.Special
that worked in refugee camps in areas hit with natural disasters and civil conflicts. Atthe end of the semester, students write reflective essays on civil engineering and why they maywant to become civil engineers. In these essays, 50% of the 8 women and 21% of the 84 menstated an interest in serving society. One female student wrote: “I was surprised and interested toread [about] the international and service aspects.... I would like to find out more about this formof ‘emergency civil engineering’.” Another female student commented: “I like that I would bedoing something that makes a difference in the community.”The three-credit First-Year Engineering Projects course (GEEN 1400) has had a few sectionsfocused on “Appropriate Technology” over
being pursued by the WFEO Committee on CapacityBuilding: • Engineering for the Americas – capacity building throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, utilizing both a ‘bottoms-up’ approach involving initiatives for Page 11.1366.4 engineering educators and a ‘top-down’ approach with policy level decisions at the Ministerial level of government. The Ministers of Science and Technology of the Organization of American States have endorsed this program in their November 2004 “Lima Declaration”, and a major symposium of government, academic, industry and NGO leaders was held from 30 November through 2 December
excluded pages or parts of pages associated with non-engineering programswithin engineering faculties or departments (e.g. engineering technology, computer science,economics, physics, etc.). Pages were included if they included information that could persuadepotential students to attend. Examples would be descriptions of the career possibilities in a field,support services and educational opportunities offered by the school, or the quality of theundergraduate education offered. Examples of excluded pages were those administrative innature (how to apply, course lists), that referred to graduate programs or research (exceptundergraduate research opportunities), that described fundraising or other non-educationalfunctions, or that described supports
dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Dr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Dr. Liesl M Baum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Liesl Baum is the Associate Director for Professional Development at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She is a former
Paper ID #14871Leveling Up by Gamifying Freshman Engineering ClinicMr. Joseph Anthony Gulotta, Rowan University Joseph Gulotta is a member of Rowan University’s Class of 2016, graduating with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His first job will be at DataStream Technologies Inc. as an Applications Engineer, working primarily on HVAC controls. The interest to work on this research and conference paper came out of a desire to help create course content that is a new and innovative take on engineering course design.Nicholas Steven Parisi, Rowan University My name is Nicholas Parisi, and I studied electrical and
anddeployed to Android devices. A growing trend in recent cross-platform app development is to useHTML5 and JavaScript, which are utilized in this version of app development to obtain auniform interface across different mobile platforms. The major benefit is ‘develop once, deployeverywhere’, which means the same code can be deployed to different platforms with littleefforts. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 introduces the history and technologybackground. Section 3 explains our published mobile app, “Engineering Economics Career”.Section 4 concludes the paper and suggests future work. 2. History and Technology Background In Summer 2012, the authors developed the first version of the Engineering Economicsmobile app to
Paper ID #21409Integration of Global Competencies in the Engineering CurriculumMr. Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati Eugene Rutz is Academic Director in the College of Engineering & Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati. Responsibilities include oversight of eLearning initiatives, working with high schools on engineering coursework, and academic oversight of the Master of Engineering program. Eugene serves as co-PI on an NSF sponsored Math and Science partnership grant and PI on other grants that examine the intersection of instructional technology and learning. Eugene also teaches professional skills
AC 2007-994: USING ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS TO LEARNSTRUCTURAL ANALYSISShane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University Page 12.1545.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Engineering Mathematics to Learn Structural AnalysisAbstractEngineering students by the junior year are required to be proficient in mathematics. At thisstage, the students have taken many of the introductory STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics) courses. However, many students do not see nor appreciate therelevance of their mathematics courses to their major field of study. Beginning in structuralanalysis and in fluid mechanics in the junior year, the need for students to
, The Engineer of 2020 concludes (p. 56) with the fact that an engineerin 2020 must be flexible and capable of operating in a world where “social, cultural, political,and economic forces will continue to shape and affect the success of technological innovation”(p. 53): Given the uncertain and changing character of the world in which 2020 engineers will work, engineers will need something that cannot be described in a single word. It involves dynamism, agility, resilience, and flexibility. Not only will technology change quickly, the social-political-economic world in which engineers work will change continuously. In this context it will not be this or that particular knowledge that engineers will need but rather the ability to
of the course and remedial actions will be devised toaddress any shortcomings.IntroductionIn an era of changing market forces and increasingly complex projects/designs/systems,engineering students are expected to be introduced to real world problems as part of theirtraining. Engineering students must be exposed to the complex interactions, across manydisciplines, of real-world engineered systems. Teaching engineering and engineering-relatedcourses to undergraduates is an interesting and rewarding task. Graduates from engineeringprograms must not only be technologically capable, but they are also expected to exhibit real-world problem solving skills, be team oriented, be able to function in a multi-disciplinary
AC 2007-244: A MANUFACTURING PROCESSES COURSE FOR MECHANICALENGINEERSRod Hoadley, California Polytechnic State University Rod Hoadley has been teaching as a part time lecturer in the Manufacturing Engineering Department and the Industrial Technology Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo since 1996. He has a BS in Engineering Technology and an MA in Industrial Technology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Rod has designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed numerous bicycle related products including a dial gauge wheel centering tool for building and maintaining spoked bicycle wheels; and a patent pending bicycle parking rack
AC 2010-1323: MAKING SERVICE COUNT: ADVICE FOR NEW ENGINEERINGEDUCATORSAndrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown Andrew T. Rose, Ph.D., P.E. is Associate Professor and Department Head of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. His teaching interests are in the areas of geotechnical and structural engineering. His research interests are in curriculum development and inovation, engineering education, engineering history, historic structures, and incorporating practical design experience and professional practice issues into the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum. Dr. Rose received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University
Session 3170 GUIDE: Helping Underrepresented Students Succeed in Engineering Amy E. Monte, Gretchen L. Hein Department of Engineering Fundamentals Michigan Technological University Houghton, MIAbstractThe Graduate, Undergraduate Initiative for Development and Enhancement (GUIDE) programcreates a supportive environment for first year engineering students from underrepresentedgroups. GUIDE provides first year students with undergraduate and graduate student mentors,financial