the Maine Chapter of the Construction FinancialManagers’ Association. He demonstrated the differences of a construction balance sheet andillustrated the importance of understanding the balance sheet from the perspective of thesuccessful contractor. The discussions and supplemental materials provided to students on thesesubjects have provided invaluable assistance to our educational experience. (3)The Career Center at the University of Maine sponsors two major job fairs at UMaine during theacademic year. The fall job fair is held in October and had 100 participants interested inengineering and construction graduates both as full time and summer interns. The smaller springfair is open to all majors and has about 10 construction industry
developing an advanced educationprogram.Bibliography1. Maier, R. and Weidner, E. (1975). Creating and encouraging an innovative academic environment in highereducation, Higher Education, Vol. 4, No. 1, Elsevier: Amsterdam.2. Jones, C (1996), "Careers in project networks: the case of the film industry", in Arthur, M.B, Rousseau, D.M(Eds).(2001). The Boundaryless Career: A New Employment Principle for a New Organizational Era, OxfordUniversity Press, USA.3. Caldwell, Craig (2006). Tenure-Track Candidacy Speech. Informatics and Communications TechnologyComplex. IUPUI. May 2006. Page 14.529.94. Van Vliet, John, (personal communication
master as a result of the course?≠ What topics are built upon in subsequent courses in a typical student’s academic career?≠ What topics/phenomena are difficult for students to visualize?≠ What topics do students traditionally struggle with?The above questions were necessary to reduce the number of small scale experiments. It is veryeasy to look at the content that is covered in a course and feel that most topics warrant alaboratory activity. However, this is an unrealistic expectation due to the limited number ofsessions available for laboratory experiments. In our course, we have 10 laboratory sessions witheach meeting lasting for just under 2 hours. As a result of this step, we determined that weneeded to develop several new experiments
, first year engineering courses, feminist and liberative pedagogies, and student autonomy. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded NSF CAREER and ILI grants. She is currently working on a collaborative NSF-funded Gender in Science and Engineering project investigating persistence of women in engineering undergraduate programs. Dr. Lord’s industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors Laboratories, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and SPAWAR Systems Center. Page 14.675.1Mara Wasburn, Purdue University
AC 2009-732: A SOLAR-POWERED ART PROJECT PROVIDES A REMOTEGREEN ENERGY LABORATORY FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTSDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Sys-tems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer.Frances Jallu, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Frances Jallu is an Electromechanical
employees with deep exposure in their chosen discipline but also broadexposure to related disciplines. Industry requires scientists and engineers who are specialists intheir fields, who know enough about another field to apply their knowledge and can work as partof a team of people from multiple disciplines. Students in the certificate program will learninvaluable skills with the multidisciplinary teamwork and the application of their conceptualcontent knowledge to various tasks even if their career path does not include robotics. Althoughsome technical degrees and graduate programs in robotics engineering exist, there are very fewcross disciplinary programs at the undergraduate level. The U.S. Department of Labor hasidentified several key growth
places a high priority on reaching out toits local community. Such outreach fosters service opportunities so P-12 students can discoverscience, engineering, and technology careers. Service is a fundamental aspect of being a Page 14.1079.2professional and thus fundamental to our students’ education.UDLAP’s Alimentos Divertidos is an inquiry-based science23 and engineering program for P-12students. We have developed, implemented and evaluated educational materials (simple andinexpensive experiments that utilize easy-to-obtain materials) and pedagogical practicesdesigned jointly with P-12 teachers16. An Internet page with most of the developed
technical competence, customerawareness, business acumen, and social values. In addition, engineering students exposed toentrepreneurship early in their education have shown higher retention rates3-6, higher GPAs6, andimproved soft professional skills, which are components of engineering entrepreneurship, evenwhile their understanding of engineering as a technical field does not change3,7. A recent study8revealed how engineering juniors and seniors believe they should receive education aboutbusiness and entrepreneurship throughout their college careers, even though their major is in atechnical field. Traditionally, the capstone senior design projects in undergraduate engineeringprograms come close to exposing the students to the business aspects
client preference in contract decisions and insurance discounts for meeting safety and reliability requirements.For the employee, certification can: ≠ Provide a method to indicate competence in a technical area, ≠ Show a needed level of skill, experience, and understanding of a specific body of knowledge, ≠ Indicate currency with industrial practices and continuing education effort, ≠ Suggest a strong commitment to continued professional development, ≠ Demonstrate potential for more responsibility, promotions and higher salaries, or otherwise offer career advancement opportunities.Background
either research or thespecific subject area is quite different from what they expected, and it is too late to changedirection. With little sense of how engineering knowledge is applied outside the classroom, andthus little awareness of their true research interests, students choose technical elective classes andresearch projects based largely on vague uninformed intuition. Even the students who find theirresearch work interesting may have difficulty concentrating on research while balancing theheavy course load common for third- and fourth-year engineering students.Bringing research opportunities to freshman and sophomore students eager to begin researchwould enable the students to make more informed career decisions. Early involvement
only is the social equality of minorities and women at stake, the quality of theUnited States technical labor force is also in danger. One way to increase the technical pool andattract women and minorities to technical careers is to “change the conversation” [5] and focus onpromoting understanding of engineering and technology literacy to the public.Even with increased efforts nationwide to recruit minorities in STEM, there seems to be a missingpiece. Research shows that minority attrition in STEM is primarily due to a hostile, isolationistenvironment [6] due to the attitudes and perceptions of their peers. While numerous studies onminority students and why they fail to achieve degrees in STEM focus on the students’characteristics, less
educational objectives to reflectcurrent needs of industry. Using current job descriptions focuses these conversations and helpsmaintain currency of the program.IntroductionTo design a curriculum based on ABET-EAC criteria, one works backward, as shown in Figure1. Program Courses Program Program educational outcomes objectives Figure 1: Flowchart for curriculum designProgram educational objectives (PEOs), which are “broad statements that describe the career andprofessional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to
as a factor thathelps him persevere through his program: That’s when that self-motivation comes you just got to keep going so that one day I can graduate and get a good job. You know take everything I learned and apply it to my career and my life and my family. An additional example of self-motivation playing a role in the success of these studentscan also be seen from another student’s comment. He described self-motivation as …self-motivation it comes together and you know it’s important so you give it your all so you can do your best in it. So that’s what helped me through.Another internal motivational factor that students attributed to their success was having apassion for what they did. It was noted in the
somewelcome ancillary benefits to the careers of the responsible faculty. The students get to work onmeaningful projects that excite the sizable portion of the mechanical engineering students whoare glad to be involved in something that has no wheels for a change, as one student put it. Also,the faculty supervising the students work will make sure that publicity or a publication/presentation result from this activity that will help the student. The benefits to the sponsor areobvious since, as an entity, they exist to provide these types of services. The benefits to thecommunity volunteers are deeply rooted in the philanthropic spirit of this country.The second question of assessment is easy to understand but difficult to implement as anyonewho has
following was observed regarding content areas in MGM. Specifically, the differencesbetween the percentages of correct responses for the WEB students versus the LEC studentswere greatest in the following content areas: Page 14.924.7 ≠ Position differentiation ≠ Career stages ≠ Change managementThe content of items dealing with career stages and change management was viewed as beingmore subjective than the content of the item on position differentiation. Students may have beeninfluenced by opinion, general knowledge, preconceptions and prior knowledge rather thanstrictly by what they learned in the course. The content of the item on
. Theconsortium will focus its efforts on preparing the high technology alternative energy workforceby providing relevant education at the AAS, certificate program, and the BS degree levels bothin the state of Arizona and Texas. The consortium partners of this project are currently serving alarge percentage of underserved minorities and will further assist and nurture these minoritygroups by preparing them for STEM careers in high technology industries. The energy field is becoming a major economic driving force in the State of Arizona, thenation, and the world. The Department of Electronic Systems has academic programs in thisemerging field supported by a unique set of laboratories that facilitate hands-on learning andresearch. From solar cells
NONE YES NO INITIAL SURVEY - # OF STUDENTS - 241 Knowledge Of The EDGE Program 6 11 5 22 Knowledge Of College Life 1 14 8 13 Knowledge Of The Engineering Profession 2 5 14 34 Engineering Career Interest 10 5 5 3 15 Math Performance 10 10
and PractitionersAbstract This paper presents an analysis result of collaborative studio course that engagesstudents, faculty and practitioners. The collaborative studio is one of the two sequential capstonecourses. As the capstone studio experience of students’ academic design career, these twocapstone courses encourage students’ initiative and independence in design. Students arerequired to choose a practitioner as a reviewer for their projects. Reviewers are expected to cometo the design presentation critique at least twice during the semester. Throughout the semester,students are expected to share their information and views and to engage peers and visitingprofessionals in meaningful dialogue. The
being kicked around. These activities can be de-stressors thatactually recharge the batteries before the next task. “Personal Time” can also be moments whenyou just think and reflect on the positive aspects of life: sometimes you just have to stop andsmell the roses4. It may also be time spent applying for positions, summer employment or arelaxing trip as a reward for good work. In “Wasted Time,” “Personal Time” can be an excusenot to do things that are more important in a career sense. Computer games fall in this categoryas do long phone calls to friends, emails just to catch up, and any other “necessary” obligations Page 14.835.4that can wait
into whatgraduate students identified as take away lessons for their careers. Finally, sharing their viewson the concept of effective instruction generate demonstrates whether thinking about learningand teaching impacts their understanding of the process. This paper will equally focus on how totie the results of the exploratory study to the emergent explanatory protocol designed tounderstand more fully the experience of graduate student participants while working with theVaNTH ERC.Introduction The National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center (ERC) program wascreated in 1984 to encourage collaborations between industry and academia. Since their creation,these multi-university, multidisciplinary ERCs have increased the
knowledge and experience with potential students. When we walk into a classroom, it seems always to start a bit quiet and tense but by the end of the presentations the students have so much to ask that it feels so rewarding just to be there. A lot of the young women are very shocked to see other women pursuing engineering careers and it is very encouraging to them.”Research shows that stereotypes about engineering turn young women away from those careers3so by having female student ambassadors as role models we encourage young women to considerengineering as a viable career choice. Our peer recruiting program began in Fall 2006 with agroup of 3 peer recruiters, one of whom is still a recruiter as a senior. Since 2006
graduate students and engineers, and learn about graduate schooland other undergraduate research options. Graduate students participate in career developmentworkshops and gain mentoring, project management and teaching experience. The program alsoinvites guest speakers that provide information on the topics most relevant to applying andgetting through graduate school successfully.The goals of GLUE are to:1. Contribute to the overall goal of WEP to recruit, retain and graduate women in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin2. Provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to experience research first-hand3. Increase the number of female engineering students pursuing graduate degrees and research careers4
thisunderstanding, these problems are not yet insurmountable.Curricula, student outcomes, and competencies must be modified to encourage and support theseinternational programs and initiatives. By making appropriate changes to the looking glass withwhich students view their academic careers and the methods by which faculty facilitate thedevelopment of those careers, the outlook should be encouraging. By understanding the strengthsand limitations inherent to the exchange of ideas and practices between two countries of suchbroad distinctions, U.S. institutions of higher education can make the appropriate changes toensure that American education adapts to the 21st century model
MSETI –AREA project has established a partnershipbetween the university and selected area middle schools for the improvement of students’mathematical and scientific skill sets, improve their technological literacy by creating anenvironment where they must understand and figure out relationships among basic mathematics,science and engineering technology applied to renewable energy fields in order to mentor andmanage effectively, and to give them a professional skill-set for successfully applyingmathematics and science to technical projects with diverse teams throughout their careers. Theuse of a number of renewable energy and energy efficiency based hands-on projects will alsopromote mathematics and science for middle school teachers and
social networking tools can be used to stay intouch with alumni. This connection can help lead to a dialogue between the currentunderclassmen and alumni to initiate discussions on internships and career options at their placeof employment.Introduction The ubiquity of online social networking, especially among college students, has made ita candidate for scholarly research. Most of the early work on this phenomenon has focused on auser’s presentation of identity, and privacy concerns 1. However, a growing body of knowledgehas focused on their role within a college or university setting 2, 3, 4. This work examines the useand role of online social networking towards facilitating the high school to college transition, aswell as a tool for
. Page 1.161.1 {hxii~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..plly’..’ One reason that I chose to begin my pedagogical career with NIU was that the College of Engineeringhad no materials engineering facilities at the time that I was hired. One of my personal career goals thereforebecame to establish a well-equipped laboratory where students could learn about engineering materials. I feltconfident in my ability to achieve this goal due to my previous work experience in private industry, federalresearch laboratories, and academia. As a research engineer with ARMCO, Inc.’s Research and TechnologyCenter, I was able to obtain a first-hand look at how an industrial research
development of these thinking styles in students whosemajor strength is in quadrant A or with strengths in quadrants A and B. Although it is too early to draw any conclusions about the effectiveness of the HBDI in forming teams,there is evidence that it has significant value as a self-awareness tool in developing team and individual skills.One author uses the results of the HBDI in counseling students about academic and career issues. For manystudents this is a first serious look at their thinking and learning styles and can be a strong personal affirmation.For several it has given them an indication that success in a technical career is well within their reach but willrequire additional effort to focus on Quadrant A, which is not a dominant
corporations and the .Universities of Tokyo, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya and Hiroshima, and having discussions with MITI officials. Inaddition, a premier private high-school in Tokyo, Musashi School, was visited. Most of all, the author had therare privilege of being invited to two Japanese homes and spent weekend outings with three Japanese familiesand their children. This, combined with numerous visits to museums, gardens, kabuki theater, tea ceremonies,and even sumo and baseball games, provided a great insight into Japanese society, history, and culture. Engineering education in Japan is a career-long process. In discussing the Japanese system we must look atthe total educational, cultural and professional environment that affects Japanese engineers
and integrated with his architectural design throughout his career were thesubjects of the remaining lectures in this series. The first facility discussed in the final series of lectures was the Municipal Stadium in Florence,built in 1929-1932. This is actually the first major project Nervi designed, and he won the commissionthrough a competition. Of particular interest is the resolution of the internal forces in the stadium canopyby the configuration of the structural elements and the design of the exterior stairs, which are helicoidalspirals. Mathematical methods to predict accurately the stresses in these double helix, exterior stairswere not available at the time, so Nervi reduced the system to statically determinant elements
has been the successful implementation of a heavily project-based curriculum. The recent reclassification (by the Carnegie Foundation) of the Institute as a comprehensive university indicates that its doctoral programs have developed to a significant degree. However, until the initiation of the project described in this paper, the school did not provide any opportunities for fiture faculty to learn about teaching. This meant that Ph.D. graduates fi-om WPI hwo pursued academic careers, had no teaching preparation and probably had little knowledge of the strengths of our undergraduate program. Objectives It was our intent to address the general and local problems outlined above by developing