since his graduate school. He has been active with ASEE and educational research for over 10 years. He is particularly interested in en- hancing critical thinking skills among civil engineering students through various educational approaches. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, desalination, and algal biofuels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Writing to Teach Engineered Environmental Systems Design – Learning and Teaching ExperiencesAbstractWriting in engineering courses provides a mechanism for processing scientific informationrelated to an engineering issue or problem and synthesize sound solutions through a
performed well in the class (average = 84%, standard deviation = 7%) andon the final group project report (average = 90%, standard deviation = 4%). Future versions ofthis course could be improved by introducing LCA software earlier in the curriculum andintegrating this course as a pre-requisite or co-requisite to a senior capstone. By teachingstudents an innovative approach to the conventional evaluation-of-alternatives, students wereable to propose designs that minimize environmental impacts (e.g., carbon footprint) and provideeconomically feasible solutions simultaneously. Consequently, this paper highlights a viableteaching model for other universities integrate sustainability into their curriculum.IntroductionCoastal regions in the United
is a Professor and Chair of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering at UTEP. His research focuses on the computational intelligence, data mining, bio- informatics and advanced manu- facturing. Dr. Tseng published in many refereed journals such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transaction, Journal of Manufacturing Systems and others. He has been serving as a principle investigator of many research projects, funded by NSF, NASA, DoEd, KSEF and LMC. He is currently serving as an editor of Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 INTEGRATION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY IN CURRICULA TO ENHANCE CONCEPT BASED LEARNINGAbstract
Paper ID #18344Lab-Integrated Librarians: Engagement with Unreachable ResearchersMr. Alexander J. Carroll, North Carolina State University Alex Carroll is the Research Librarian for Engineering and Biotechnology at the NCSU Libraries, where he works with the College of Textiles and the College of Engineering in areas that intersect with human and animal health. He has an M.S. from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.A. from James Madison University.Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University Bertha Chang is currently a Research Librarian for
Paper ID #18856Reinventing a Computer Technology Curriculum to Meet the Needs of Stu-dents and Future EmployersProf. Troy Harding, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus Professor Computer Systems TechnologyProf. Thomas E. Mertz, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus Thomas Mertz is an associate professor at Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus, in the School of Integrated Studies. He has taught computer science for 36 years and has previously published in the areas of computer architecture, Java programming, undergraduate curriculum, and academic outcomes assessment. You may reach him at tmertz@ksu.edu.Dr
Paper ID #19902Engineering Technology Curriculum Development using a Seven Step Back-ward Design FormalismDr. Soumitra Basu, Fitchburg State University Soumitra Basu, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology at Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts. Dr. Basu has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, an Master’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Penn State, an Mas- ter’s degree in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, and a Bachelor’s degree from BIT Mesra, India. His areas of interest are Green Manufacturing, Industrial
engineering design in terms of the process that students engage in, the skillsthat students may practice, and the behaviors that students develop. The entrepreneurs were well-versed with Lean Launch, but not necessarily the engineering design curriculum, and thus, whenprompted, they were able to objectively identify similarities and differences between the twocontexts. These interviews enlightened many parallels between Lean Launch and engineeringdesign, suggesting that an integration of the two would be seamless. Furthermore, analysis of theinterviews revealed that the utilization of Lean Launch principles in engineering design coursescould strengthen engineering design curricula, allowing for the teaching and assessment of manyimportant engineering
drawing is generated from the3D model. This paper presents the experiences and challenges of using MBD technology in anundergraduate manufacturing engineering curriculum for capturing design function andmanufacturing requirements through GD&T. It reviews a junior level Design for Manufacturecourse, where advanced concepts in GD&T are introduced, and where students are required todemonstrate their grasp of these concepts by utilizing MBD. To facilitate this methodology,students receive instruction in the use of CATIA’s Functional Tolerancing and Annotation (FTA)workbench which they are required to use in their assignments and project work. In addition toallowing the integration of annotation with the 3D model, the FTA workbench provides
Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Continuing Assessment of Sustainability Skills Within the Environmental and Civil Engineering CurriculumAbstractSustainability in engineering practice and design is increasingly important as an outcome forengineering education for Civil and Environmental Engineers. ABET criteria for bothEnvironmental and Civil Engineering stress sustainability, and the development of curriculumcomponents for these degree programs continues to evolve; efforts are directed at spreadingsustainability across the curriculum either in a modular fashion or in directed course sequencesspecifically focused on sustainability. To evaluate curricular sustainability outcomes, wecontinue a longitudinal study to
ofaffairs further is the requirement for our undergraduates to still attain a level of proficiency incore electrical engineering concepts such as circuit analysis, signal processing, E&M fields, andembedded computing. Furthermore, it is important that the students understand the relationshipsbetween these topics and to view them as an entire spectrum, and not as individual courses to bedispensed with at the end of a semester.To address these concerns, we have undergone a major curriculum update in Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Virginia. We have moved all of our undergraduatecore material to a studio format of instruction and directed our efforts to breadth-first instruction.Traditional courses in "Circuits
introduction of the FYE has provided us the opportunity to re-envision our curriculumand be more intentional with course design during the sophomore through senior years. Forexample, we can introduce more scaffolding within the curriculum to prepare students forcoursework and topics they will encounter later in the program. Skills learned in the first yearwill be incorporated into second year courses and so on, so students can continue to grow theirengineering toolkit. However, reorganization of our existing curriculum has also presentedchallenges. We have critically examined all of our course offerings and made changes wherenecessary to continue preparing our students well for an engineering career after graduation.Several other disadvantages have
, amenability to visualdemonstrations, remotely operated laboratory activities integrated with well-developed lecturesoffers excellent means for attracting students to engineering and engineering technology[2].Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer course is a three hour-credit junior to senior undergraduatecore curriculum course designed for all ET students.This course was developed as being writing intensive but also one of the main precursors ofCapstone project, having embedded in its curricula a final student-led team project that has itsmain outcome a working prototype of a thermo-fluid system. While the pre-requisites for thiscourse do not include traditional senior courses for mechanical engineering technology such asfluid mechanics (only Fluid Power
,designers, and lawyers. These professionals were invited in March of 2016 to participate in aday-long workshop to discuss the program in Indianapolis, Indiana. During that time,participants were given an overview of the major ideas for the program, were asked to provideinput regarding employability of this future DCI graduate, and participated in break-out sessionsto discuss curriculum priorities. For potential professional placement of DCI graduates,workshop participants validated the list previously elaborated by organizers, which includedpositions in the following areas: • Design/Build Manager • Owner’s Representative • Developer Representative • Business Developer • Design Manager • Program Manager • Finance or
Paper ID #19738Integrating Engineering Design using CAD Software with Force and MotionConcepts in Middle School (Resource Exchange)Dr. Nidaa Makki, University of Akron Dr. Nidaa Makki is an Associate Professor in the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education at The University of Akron, in the department in Curricular and Instructional Studies. Her work focuses on STEM curriculum integration and science inquiry practices in middle and high school. She is a co-PI on an NSF funded project to investigate the impact of integrating engineering on middle school students’ interest and engagement in STEM. She has also
Paper ID #19542Integrating Problem-based and Project-based learning in large enrollmentfreshman engineering coursesDr. Bill B Elmore, Mississippi State University Bill B. Elmore, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor and Director of the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering. In his role as the Hunter Henry Chair, he served as Undergraduate Coordinator for the chemical engineering program and Faculty Advisor for the student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He continues active teaching and research in engineering education through integration of project- and problem-based learning across engineering
60 peer-reviewed papers and books. He is among the Top 10 Latvian scientists of 2013, as listed by ”Ir” magazine. Professor Talis Juhna obtained the Degree of Doctor of Engineering (EngD) in Water Technologies in 2002 in Sweden and since 2012 is a Vice-Rector at Riga Technical University. He has created one of the most advanced Water research laboratory’s in the Baltic States. He has received several awards, including New scientist 2006 of the RTU, an award of Latvian Academy of Sciences and JSC Latvijas Gaze for contribution to sciences and ITERA award. As Vice-Rector for Sciences at RTU he facilities scientific and industrial cooperation and integration of science and innovations in the study process, and
an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative undergraduate engineering curricula. He has authored over 70 papers and offered over 30 workshops on faculty development, curricular change processes, cur- riculum redesign, and assessment. He has served
learning, specifically in the domains of data analysis and measurement, through STEM integration and engineering. He is also interested in mathematical modeling.Mrs. Elizabeth Gajdzik, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Elizabeth Gajdzik is the Assistant Director of the INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received both her B.S. in Interdisci- plinary Studies with a specialization in mathematics education and M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in mathematics education from Baylor University. Prior to her work at INSPIRE, Eliz- abeth was a district curriculum math specialist in San Antonio, TX
engineering design to teach content, more typicallyidentified methods of engineering integration in curriculum are: teaching engineering separatelyfrom science and math as a stand-alone course, i.e. Project Lead the Way (Katehi et al., 2009);using engineering as a culminating activity to use physics science concepts (Roehrig & Moore J.,2012); using engineering design to set up a context that can be typically solved by tinkering, notrequiring new science content (Dare et al., 2014; Katehi et al., 2009; Roehrig & Moore J., 2012);engineering instruction devoid of experiment, where testing is not systematic, or allowingtinkering or trial and error to suffice in solving the problem (Dare et al., 2014); and teachingengineering concepts instead of
Paper ID #18237Self-Guided Professional Development as an Enabler for MultidisciplinaryProgramsProf. Jered H. Dean, Colorado School of Mines Jered part of the leadership team of the Capstone Design@Mines Program in the College of Engineering and Computational Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. He worked for nine years in product development before returning to Mines to join the Faculty. During his time in industry, he worked on everything from children’s toys to complex electro-mechanical systems. With over 30 products under his belt, you can find products that he and his teams worked on in many stores including Toys
Paper ID #18668A Methodology to Model the Integrated Nature of the Sustainable Develop-ment Goals: Importance for Engineering EducationMr. David Zelinka, University of Colorado, Boulder David Zelinka was part of the first official graduating class from Purdue University’s Environmental and Ecological Engineering Program. In his final year, he passed his FE exam focusing in environmental engineering. Following, he completed his MS in Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver in the Environmental and Sustainability Engineering program with his thesis focusing on an environmental impact assessment of the
uses the space and diversity of use is growing. Integration into thecurriculum of several departments is planned as the space will grow into a resource tosupplement engineering design education. An iterative approach was used for the design of thespace, and this approach is continued as the community and culture of the makerspace develops.IntroductionUniversities in the United States and worldwide are investing heavily in the implementation ofmakerspaces as a key component to developing a mindset of innovation among students,enhancing their learning experience, in particular when it comes to engineering design skills, andpromoting interdisciplinary collaboration. The idea of a university innovation space is quiterecent, with the first one
Paper ID #18450Impact of Undergraduate Teaching Fellows Embedded in Key Undergradu-ate Engineering CoursesDr. Molly A McVey, University of Kansas Dr. Molly A. McVey is a post-doctoral teaching fellow at the University of Kansas School of Engineering where she works with faculty to incorporate evidence-based and student-centered teaching methods, and to research the impacts of changes made to teaching on student learning and success. Dr. McVey earned her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 2012.Dr. Caroline R. Bennett P.E., University of Kansas Caroline is an Associate Professor in the KU Civil
Paper ID #20635Non-Contact Capacitance-Probe System for Part InspectionDr. Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University Michael Mauk is Assistant Professor in Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program.Dr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Dr. Richard Chiou is Associate Professor within the Engineering Technology Department at Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of
., Newell, J. A., “Baseball stadium design: Teaching engineering economics and communication in a multidisciplinary setting.” J. SMET Education. 2001(2): 9–12.5. Sukumaran, B., Jahan, K., Dorland, D., Everett, J., Kadlowec, J., Gephardt, Z., Chin, S., (2006). “Engineering Clinics: An integration of research into the undergraduate engineering curriculum.” Published in Developing and Sustaining a Research-Supportive Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Practices, Edited by Kerry K. Karukstis, Prof. of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College and Timothy E. Elgren, Prof. of Chemistry, Hamilton College.6. Riley, D., Slaton, A., and Pawley, A.L. Inclusion and Social Justice: Women and Minorities in Engineering. Cambridge Handbook of Engineering
the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE). She also taught high school science, where she first be- came interested in the potential of engineering for engaging students and increasing their understanding of science concepts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrated Science and Engineering Design Assessment to Support Teaching and Learning (Fundamental)Abstract Engineering design has become an integral part of K-12 science education with therelease of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and their adoption by almost 20 states.Both the core ideas and practices in the new standards include engineering design
Paper ID #19458A Senior Design Project in Prototyping Roadway Energy Harvesting withPiezoelectric CrystalDr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Dr. Richard Chiou is Associate Professor within the Engineering Technology Department at Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree in the G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering and technology courses at
technologies in education. She has published 15 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and delivered more than 50 presentations at international and local conferences and event and served as the Co-Managing Editor of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository.Dr. Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida Richard Hartshorne is an Associate Professor and Coordinator for the Instructional Design & Technology program at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on educational technology production and technology and teacher education from the Uni- versity of Florida. Prior to his tenure at the UCF, Richard was an Assistant and Associate Professor of
and process datadirectly instead of receiving artificially or simulated data. Our laboratory curriculum integratesthe Raspberry Pi, an inexpensive and versatile single-board computer, with a standard computerto provide dynamic and engaging biomedical-engineering-related programming activities in anintroductory MATLAB course, all without complicated MATLAB commands or routines. Thetotal cost for each station is only about $75 or less. Concurrently, more complicated engineeringconcepts are introduced at this early level to pique interest in biomedical engineering andimprove learning in later classes when these concepts are described in more detail. Studentsreport enjoying programming more and seeing its quintessential role in engineering
Paper ID #18333Low-cost Fixed-wing Construction Techniques for UAS CurriculumDr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Dr