,materials science, cyber-physical systems and robotics to buildan integrated community of interest and stimulate newdirections in research. 1819To assess the opportunities and challenges for a nationalrobotics initiative, over 140 robotics experts from industry,laboratories, and universities from across the country joinedforces to produce a definitive report entitled: A Roadmap for USRobotics- From Internet to Robotics, May 21, 2009(http://www.us-robotics.us/reports/CCC Report.pdf).The primary purposes of this initiative are to provide leadershipin research fundamental to the development of the nextgeneration of robotics, particularly co-robotics, to advance thecapability and
, she is responsible for participating in teaching, scholarship and service for the department. Dr. Stiner-Jones received her Bachelor’s and PhD. degrees from Wright State University and her MBA from Capital University. After completing her PhD in Biomedical Sciences, she completed postdocs, in neuroimmunology and psychoneuroimmunology at Ohio State. Her work has been published in numerous scientific journals and presented both nationally and internationally. After completing her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Stiner-Jones accepted a faculty position in Ohio State’s College of Dentistry and served as Director of Minority Student Recruitment and DENTPATH, a post baccalaureate program to prepare disadvantaged
short amount of time, bothapproaches use commercial FEA software as a teaching tool.Integration of FEA with undergraduate engineering courses has been held in many schools. Anycourse involving applications of mechanics of materials is appropriate for integration with FEA3-7 . However most of these integrated undergraduate courses are for civil and mechanicalengineering (and engineering technology) curriculum, very few evidences have been found thatintroduce FEA in the manufacturing engineering (and manufacturing technology) curriculum.Waldorf1 introduced FEA for fixture design analysis to the tool engineering course. Hedeveloped a series of FEA laboratory exercises to analyze and optimize fixture, mold, and diedesigns.A project-based
16601. Telephone: 814-949-5568, email: ixf107@psu.eduAndrew Vavreck, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Andrew Vavreck, Pennsylvania State University Andrew Vavreck is Head of the Division of Business and Engineering at Penn State Altoona, and an Associate Professor of Engineering. In addition to his administrative duties, he teaches dynamics and engineering design, and his research is in smart materials, especially magnetorheological fluids, including fluid and device design and control. He received his B.S. in Engineering Science, his M.S. in Engineering Mechanics and his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, all from Penn State. Address: 214 Hawthorn Building, 3000 Ivyside
AC 2007-596: UNDERSTANDING ABET OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMESOwe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Petersen is Department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering.Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Stephen Williams is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received the Ph.D. degree
AC 2007-658: FRESHMAN PROJECT: AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE(AUV)David Ye, Polytechnic University David Ye is a senior head teaching assistant in General Engineering. He expects to receive his BSEE from Polytechnic University in June 2007. His interests include robotics. He interned at Symbol Technologies researching wireless protocols and Power LEDs.Ilya Brutman, Polytechnic University Ilya Brutman is a teaching assistant in General Engineering. He expects to receive his BSCompE from Polytechnic University in June 2008.Gunter Georgi, Polytechnic University Gunter W. Georgi is an Industry Professor at Polytechnic University. He received his BS from Cooper Union and his MS and
at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, before joining the faculty at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Currently she teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Her research is in the area of multiphase flows and computational modeling of thermal-fluid systems.Jane Kennedy, California Polytechnic State University Jane Kennedy is a lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. She received her B.S. from UCLA in 1991 and her M.S. from Cal Poly in 1996. She is the Research Director of Investors Internet Inc. and co-author of the book "The
perceived as the onlysignificant gateway to career opportunities in math and science – and academics as the onlycareer path. Therefore the PSM represents a shift towards programs that prepare graduates fornon-teaching careers. It also offers an alternative model to combat the common perception of aMaster of Science as the “default” degree of a failed Ph.D. attempt. PSM degrees are recognized by the American Council of Graduate Schools. An excellentguide to professional master’s education is available from the Council. 7 This guide addresses thetwo main areas of a professional degree, the professional science master’s (PSM) degree and theprofessional master’s degree in the humanities and social sciences. This trend in academics ofthe last ten
, technical equipment and laboratories • Build self-esteem and confidence in students • Encourage and motivate students to excel • Recognize student academic achievementMESA Day competitions include: Mathematics, Trebuchet, Mousetrap powered car, Egg Drop,Model Bridge Building, Soils Science, Web-page design, Crystal Growing, Speech, BalsawoodGlider.We also host or are affiliated with national engineering competitions for all schools and students,including JETS-TEAMS and FIRST Robotics.JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society) offers the TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude,Mathematics, and Science) Competition each year. This unique and challenging national paperand pencil competition for high school students helps them learn how
such as engineering. Joan also displays her dedication to mentorship as advisor to the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) student chapter on campus along with advising the Tau Alpha Pi (TAP) National Honor Society for engineering technology students of the Iota Beta Chapter, Penn State New Kensington. Over the years, Joan has received numerous awards including the prestigious Penn State University’s Women’s Achievement Award in 2003 because of her commitment to the FIRSTE Program and other effective mentoring activities both on campus as well as within the community. In addition, Joan was the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award at Penn State New Kensington in 2005.Tracie L
@hamptonu.edu sankacs@auburn.eduAbstractThe nation’s current and projected need for more Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) workers, coupled with the chronically lagging participation of students from ethnicallygrowing segments of the population, argue for policies and programs that will increase thepathways into engineering. Past research has indicated that compared to traditional instructionalmethods, student-oriented instructional methods such as multi-media case studies that encouragestudent participation and active involvement in learning are better ways to accomplish theseobjectives. This paper discusses the results of implementing the Laboratory for InnovativeTechnology and Engineering Education (LITEE) case studies
AC 2009-1489: CAPACITY AND RESOURCE PLANNING FOR ANENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTDaniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology Daniel P. Johnson is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the past Program Chair for Manufacturing Engineering Technology and teaches courses in manufacturing operations, automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing and operations strategy. Prior to joining the MMET/PS Faculty he was Director of RIT’s Manufacturing Management and Leadership Program and Engineering Manager for the Center for Integrated
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
on Delayed Retention Learning Acquired Via Individualized, Self-Paced Instructional Texts," Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 52-63, 1991.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJOHN C. REIS earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He has worked forChevron, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as a privateconsultant, and currently teaches at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In 1995, he received the RalphR. Teetor award from the Society of Automotive Engineers for excellence in engineering education. Page 1.454.7
the Society of Hispanic ProfessionalEngineers, with partial financial support provided by NASA. Experiences in Engineering is intended to allow 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.78.2multiple-year attendance. In addition to presenting an overview of engineering and of the process of design, theprogram has an educational component for which CUA draws on experienced high school teachers. Anothercritical component is the use of a high ratio of undergraduate students as teaching assistants, to maximize hands-on activity and to encourage mentoring. The targeted population is for
accomplished duringthe summer. This, however, is sufficient time to allow the students to be exposed to, work on,and sometimes solve an engineering problem. The Army Material Command (AMC) and UnitedStates Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sponsor most of the AIADs, but there are sponsorsfrom private engineering organizations, NASA, the national labs, and other Department ofDefense activities. This paper describes the AIAD program and discusses how it attracts andretains engineering majors. Additionally, feedback from the project sponsors can be used tomeasure student progress and assess the curriculum.Introduction “My sponsor and others at the Laboratory took time to talk with me not just about math and science but also the politics and
science and engineering.The program includes presentations at high schools, invited speakers, field trips, hands-on laboratory activities, and science and technology exhibits1 [7]. Specifically, theprogram involves attracting 11th grade students to attend a two-week Science andTechnology workshop. At this level, students are ready to make decisions that affectthem for the rest of their lives; selecting the college they wish to attend and choosing thefield of study they wish to pursue.The workshop is designed to introduce students to job opportunities in the food industryand agriculture, expose them to college life, involve them in hands-on activities, andencourage them to pursue science and engineering careers. One of our goals is to makethe
sections of data are presented. The course laboratory sections have been administered by the same teaching assistant inthe fifth, sixth, and seventh course offerings. He has been able to observe and interact with thecohorts of students during these three offerings. His responsibilities are to hold weekly meetingswith the students as they have matriculated through the milestone requirement sets and built upthe final system using the ESOS environment. During the fifth offering, the TA observed students struggling with heavy workloads inthe lab. These heavy workloads transcended the traditional issues that are seen in many groupdesign projects at this level in the curriculum. There were some imbalances among studentteams, as is to be
appointment with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Clemson Uni- versity. He is the Director of the DOE GATE Hybrid Electric Powertrain Laboratory and the Creative Car Laboratory. His research interests lie in the area of functional safety, security, control and optimization of Cyber-Physical Systems with emphasis in both theoretical formulation and virtual/hardware-in-the-loop validation. He published 34 journal papers and 80 conference papers; he holds 3 patents and published a book on ”Fault Detection and Isolation with Applications to Vehicle Systems”. He is a member of SAE, ASME and IEEE.Dr. Andrej IvancoProf. Robert Gary Prucka, Clemson University Dr. Robert Prucka is an Associate Professor in the
Paper ID #19666Instrument for Assessing Skills related to Free Body Diagrams in a Sopho-more Engineering Mechanics CourseDr. Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University Dr. Kristi J. Shryock is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from the college of engineering at Texas A&M. Kristi works to improve the undergraduate engineering experience through evaluating prepara- tion in mathematics and physics, incorporating non-traditional teaching methods into the classroom, and engaging her students with interactive
obtain help with course materialwhile other students were taking exams and quizzes. This paper compares the overallperformance of both sets of students in order to determine which assessment approach was moreeffective in helping the students learn the course material. This paper also addresses the questionof whether distributed assessment provided true “academic” benefits or whether it simply actedas a mechanism to encourage students to remain current with the course’s subject matter.IntroductionTeaching innovations such as the flipped classroom and the studio format are a result ofinstructors seeking methods to improve their ability to teach. The literature generally agrees onthe overall improvement in student achievement provided by these
discussions a common misconception emerged: many studentsstated they did not want to pursue graduate degrees because they did not want “to teach”. Thestudents believed there was no reason to pursue a Ph.D. unless one wanted to become a professor.The authors strongly believe in undergraduate research opportunities and have severalundergraduates working in their labs. While these research interactions have proven valuable forboth the faculty and the students, the authors felt like it would be good to expose undergraduateswith interest in research to additional mentors beyond university faculty. LSU is located in theheart of the petrochemical industry among the numerous plants and refineries located betweenBaton Rouge and New Orleans. The proximity to
students, but itmay not be the most prevalent. Students see YouTube as a learning tool which providesadditional information (Mao 2014). College students tend to be consumers rather than producersof video media (Schmidt, 2013) and are missing out on what Daley (2003) refers to as “thelanguage of the screen,” an important piece of contemporary literacy. Although students may usesocial media tools frequently and with ease on their phones, they may lack more formal skillsthat could be translated into the workplace.Social media tools, specifically creating videos, are technology falling under the categoryTechnological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) (Mishra & Koehler 2006 and Stewart etal 2013). Traditional laboratory exercises within an
Paper ID #17064Evaluating the Usefulness of Virtual 3-D Lab Modules Developed for a Flood-ing System in Student LearningDr. Chandramouli Viswanathan Chandramouli, Purdue University, Calumet (Engineering) Dr. Chandra has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in Civil Engineering - Hydrology and Water Resources division. His research area includes water resources systems analysis, flood, drought and water quality modeling. He uses artificial intelligence techniques in his research.Dr. Emily HixonDr. Chenn Q. Zhou, Purdue University, Calumet (Engineering)John Moreland, Purdue University Northwest John Moreland
University of Northern Iowa, a founder director of manufacturing engineering program at St. Cloud State University, Project Manager at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Visiting Scholar at TU-Berlin, Germany. Dr. ElSawy teaching and research interests are in the areas of material processing, metallurgy and manufacturing systems. His current research interests are in the areas of renewable energy, bioenergy from waste in order to reduce the carbon footprint and preserve natural resources for future generations. Dr. ElSawy received ˜ $2M of state, federal, and industrial grants in support of his laboratory development and research activities. He advised several masters and doctoral students who are holding academic and
.: ‘A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Product Development’ World Transactions on Engineering &Technology Education vol. 5, no.3, (2006) pp 397-400.4. Ssemakula, M.E; Liao, G.; Ellis, R.D; Kim, K-Y; Aguwa, C.; and Sawilowsky, S.: ‘Manufacturing Integrated Learning Laboratory (MILL): A Framework for Determination of Core Learning Outcomes in Engineering Curricula’ Int. Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 27, no. 2 (2011) pp. 323 – 332.5. Basken, P.: “Why Engineering Schools Are Slow To Change.” Chronicle of Higher Education, January 22, 2009. http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Engineering-Schools-Are/1470.6. Curricula 2015: Moving Forward. SME, Manufacturing Education Web Forum Series: http://www.sme.org
the ASME at the University of San Diego and the President of the Pacific Division of the AAAS. He received the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the San Diego County Engineering Council in 2008, the Faculty of the Year Award from the Zeta Omega Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity in 2013, the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award from the University of San Diego in 2014, the Preceptor Award of the University of San Diego in 2015, and Best Paper Awards from the Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies of the American Society for Engineering Education in 2008 and 2014.Dr. Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego Ernie Kim received his BSEE from the University of Hawaii at Manoa
. Page 26.831.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Hands-On Active Learning via Development of FPGA-based Intelligent Microwave Oven Controller Page 26.831.2 Hands-On Active Learning via Development of FPGA-based Intelligent Microwave Oven Controller1. IntroductionDesign project in laboratory development course plays an important role in electricalengineering education to connect theory and hands-on skills for student learning. In thispaper, a team-based design project with regard to FPGA-based intelligent microwave ovencontroller is presented for its development of learning modules and its pedagogy. The
experience-based learning foster better understanding of engineering and management principles. Prior to joining ASU, Kristen was at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-11) and then a Scientific Engineering Associate (2011-2012) in the Building Technologies and Urban Systems Department. She worked in the Commercial Buildings group, developing energy effi- ciency programs and researching technical and non-technical barriers to energy efficiency in the buildings industry. She has a background in collaborative design and integrated project delivery. She holds a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Civil Engineering Systems
Paper ID #132303D-Printed Smart Lamp WorkshopDr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University - Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University (1984), the M.S. in electrical engineering (1988), the M.S. in industrial engineering (1992), and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University (2000). He is currently a Professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo teaching robotics and automation courses. Dr. Jaksic has over 60 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Jaksic’s interests include robotics, automation, and nanotechnology engineering