, it is likely they will not be retained12. In recent years, engineering educators havetried to engage students through learning communities, team projects, and cooperativeeducation5,12.Although most female engineering students experience a male-oriented environment, many havesucceeded in this environment. Some studies address female engineering students‗ experiences incollege; however, little attention has been focused on determining the elements that facilitatesuccess in this environment, especially the role of the culture in their retention.Methods and ProceduresThe methodology used in this study was exploratory and descriptive with the intent to identifyand describe how cultural considerations shape the experiences of college women
to Nanoscale Science and Technology and Experimental NanoscaleScience and Technology and provide students at UC with an outstanding educational experiencein nanoscale science and engineering. The new and existing courses support UC studentsparticipating in the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Revolutionizing MetallicBiomaterials in which UC partners with lead institution North Carolina Agricultural andTechnical State University and the University of Pittsburgh. They also address the need for atechnologically advanced workforce in the areas of nanomaterials and nanotechnology asexpressed by Ohio's Third Frontier Project 1 and Deloitte Study 2 and by employers in UC’sinternationally acclaimed mandatory co-op engineering program. All four
learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology, particularly sus- tainability, designing open-ended problem/project-based learning environments, social computing/gaming applications for education, and problem solving in ill-structured/complex domains.Dr David F Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. David Radcliffe is the Kamyar Haghighi head and Epistemology Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue. His research focuses on the nature of engineering; engineering habits of mind, how engineering knowledge is created and shared and how it is learned especially outside the classroom. Over the past 20 years he has conducted field research on the practice of
conveying improved theirunderstanding. For example, "It’s just easier visually when they can write something and it can be translated to their projector and they can write stuff actually you know, type it or draw a picture. It usually helps me seeing it, understand it a little bit better."Students also reported benefits of the Tablet PCs e-inking features for drawing diagrams andsharing them with other students. For example, “For civil engineering, if I am discussing how I am going to design a bridge for my design project, it’s really nice to be able to draw it out right there, and have it digital, so we can send it out to each other, and do it that way. Obviously, you can draw them on a paper, you know, it’s harder to make copies
welding that is used to produce innovative next generation manufacturingproducts. (A) (B)Figure 6 - (A) 3D Laser Scanning of physical ski boot with three dimensional renderedimage on projection screen (B) Demonstration of the Rapid Prototyping machine andfinished productsExpo: Final POD- COT Program MarketingAfter students completed the Principle of Design tour for next generation manufacturing stations,at the statewide expos, they entered an academic recruiting area to specifically explore Collegeof Technology offerings in their Engineering Science and Technology Studies programs. Thisarea included faculty, students and admissions staff from all of the community
about their particular field of engineering focusing onthe actions of that particular kind of engineer, the resources that engineer uses, and the peoplethat interact with that engineer. A session on teamwork with emphasis on building a classroomcode of cooperation and a classroom agreed-upon set of rules of behavior for teaming activitieswas also included in this academy.Also in August 2009, a new group of 36 elementary (grade 2-4) teachers from the districtattended the week-long version of the academy. These teachers represented nine elementaryschools that applied, including five schools new to this project. This group of teachers had theopportunity to interact with the original 2008-09 group of teachers. The 2008-09 group
academic yearapply knowledge equivalent) in such areas as environmental of study beyond thein a specialized engineering, structural engineering, basic levelarea related to construction engineering and management, Ability to applycivil engineering public works management, transportation advanced level engineering and water resources management knowledge in a specialized area of engineering13. An Project management—project manager Explain basicunderstanding of responsibilities, defining and
theeffectiveness of these media to achieve the goals stated, but we have observed informally howthe groups have grown since they were created two years ago. Assessment plans are in place forthe future, in the form of surveys to new and current students to gauge their reaction to thesegroups. We will also send alumni in the LinkedIn group the Program Educational Objectivessurvey we send to alumni as part of the ABET accreditation process. We would like to thank thereviewers for their valuable suggestions on how to continue developing this project. Page 22.1707.5References1. Don Tapscott, “Grown Up Digital”, McGraw-Hill, 2009.2. G., D. Baldwin, W. Worley, T
the content once, with only updates needed during future course offerings.During class meeting times, the instructor leads the students in “working sessions” that mayinclude practice exercises, project work, or other hands-on learning. The instructor, as well ascomputers, textbooks, and the other students, are available as resources from which the studentsdraw to complete the assignment. Since assignments must be completed and submitted for gradeby the end of the class session, the students have an incentive to stay current and prepared interms of watching the on-line instruction content. Instead of preparing for a formal lecturesession, the instructor must simply be available during the working session to assist and coachthe students through
control centers,relay and control products and engineering services for industries and utilities nationwide as wellas for the Department of Defense.M.J. Electric (electrical contractor) specializes in electrical and instrumentation construction andmaintenance. M. J. Electric provides an experienced technical and professional managementteam capable of directing the electrical/instrumentation effort from project concept throughcompletion. M. J. Electric serves customers nationwide through these operating divisions:Industrial, Power & Controls Division, Utility Division and Program Management Organization.Several other entities operating in the electrical power sector also participate to includeOntonagan County Rural Electrification Association
Officer and the Construction Officer. In this latter capacity, she was the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) as well as Civil Engineering Project Manager for the Academy’s $5.2 million dollar construction program. In 2003, she was selected for graduate school and attended the University of Texas, Austin where she earned a M.S.C.E with an emphasis on Construction Engineering and Project Management. In December 2004, she joined the USCGA faculty as an Instructor. During her time at the Academy, she has been the advisor for both the American Society of Civil Engineering and Society of American Military Engineers student chapters, a member of the SUPT Gender Policy Group, and worked with CGA Admissions
students in the STEM disciplines, and also serves to encourage active learning inthe classroom environment.The United States Air Force Academy offers a Summer Seminar program in which prospectivestudents from around the country take part in numerous workshops to include the following eightSTEM disciplines: Aeronautics, Astronautics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science,Engineering Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry and Math. These workshops each provide a briefoverview of the respective subject as well as a hands-on project, demonstration, or activity toengage and stimulate student learning and apply their knowledge to real life applications.In the curriculum exchange and demonstration session, the curriculum/lesson plan of theDepartment of
70-80 participants), and included multiple case studies thatincorporate gender equity elements. Detailed information on the LEAD program, resources, andmaterials is available on the project website (http://www.engr.washington.edu/lead/index.htm).Case studies are increasingly being used to empower chairs and deans with the knowledge andskills they need to effectively meet the demands of leadership (Buller 2006; Chu 2006;Higgerson and Joyce 2007; Jones 2006). The case study method allows participants tounderstand the complex phenomena contributing to the marginalization of underrepresentedgroups in the academy and still "retain the holistic and meaningful characteristics of real-lifeevents" (Yin 2003). Case studies are designed to synthesize
capital costs associated with theseimprovements as well as their projected cost savings. Prior to inclusion into the master report, each team’s summary report should be peer Page 22.562.8reviewed by at least one other team and evaluated by the instructor. After the master report isassembled, the collective work should be presented to the students for review. The instructor isultimately responsible for the final technical review of the material prior to its delivery to themanufacturing facility. After the first master report is completed and submitted, the instructor may proceed withthe second and third site visits. The instructor
scanners and other mobile devices in Holtsville, N.Y. His largely experimental research is focused on parametric studies of novel lightweight composites and simulations of functionally-graded materials under load.Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Re- mote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in cooperative control
AC 2011-907: ESTABLISHING INTER-RATER AGREEMENT FOR TIDEE’STEAMWORK AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTSRobert Gerlick, Pittsburg State University Dr. Robert Gerlick is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State Uni- versity.Denny C. Davis, Washington State University Dr. Davis is Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses
involved in all pre-camp activities. This is particularly the case for camp advertising,marketing, and diverse camper recruiting. Although FLATE camps have an upper participantlimit, there is a critical mass of campers required to foster the camaraderie characteristic of a funexperience. Actions to guarantee that minimal enrollment are an important pre-camp activity.There are several approaches to securing the camp’s targeted enrollment. These include placingads in local newspapers or online with local news stations. FLATE useswww.myfoxtampabay.com, for example. There are also lists of summer camps that areadvertised on “camp” websites. FLATE uses www.summercamps.com and its own website,www.fl-ate.org/projects/camps.html.) Other more traditional
Genencor, a Danisco Division, where she developed a metabolic flux model for an enzyme production process. Additionally, after her postdoctoral research at the ETH-Zurich, she obtained a Science and Diplomacy Fellowship from the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science to spend a year working in the U. S. Agency for International Development providing technical expertise to the Child Health Research Project which promoted research targeting the reduction of child mortality in third world countries. She has 19 publications and 2 patents, has received over $1MM in grants since joining SJSU. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ACS Biochemical Technology Division and on the advisory board of
purchased two programmable logiccontrollers and the programming software. Together, we found industrial donations ofinput and output devices such as switches, motors, valves, and pneumatic cylinders. Thehigh school class returned to campus, to develop ideas for their own automated cell to bebuilt from their newly acquired components. Four more visits were strategically plannedover the next two months to provide the high school teacher and their students with theskill sets needed to replicate the University’s automated cell projects on a smaller scale. Page 22.396.3The design and fabrication of the modules purchased by the high schools were college-based
general safety practices within a six month period, or suspension oreven immediate termination because of breaking safety related rules and/or policy. TheState of Michigan (2008) has documentation that states that the safety and health ruleswill uniformly enforce disciplinary action among partnering employers on their projects.It further states that employees who fail to work in a safe manner will be automaticallydismissed from a project due to the deliberate violation of safety rules or safety policiesand procedures. Therefore, it is important that an organization develops a technique tohelp employees to adhere to their safety rules or policy17. a. Application of Creativity Concept/Technique: PPC Technique An idea generated to reduce
engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is cur- rently conducting research with NSF sponsored projects in the areas of: Modules to Promote Conceptual Change in an Introductory Materials Course, Tracking Student Learning Trajectories of Atomic Structure and Macroscopic Property Relationships, and Assessing the Effect of Learning Modes on Conceptual Change. Page 22.232.1
research interests includeElectronic Commerce, Adoption of technology, project Management, and best practices inmanagement of IT. 232 Using Internships and Input from Businesses to Guide the development of a Computer Technician CourseAbstractThis paper discusses the process of developing a computer technician’s course for the Associatedegree program in computer systems. The paper discusses how the faculty perceived a need todevelop such a course, and the process used to develop it. Students who had internships wereasked to list the activities they did in their internships. And then this list was used to develop asurvey that was then sent to department’s advisory board, as well as to
professionalism in the engineering curriculum. In particular, the nature of the relationshipbetween curriculum model used and outcomes on a nationally administered, engineering-specificstandardized examination was the focus of the study. The study’s population includedengineering students enrolled at nine southeastern public universities between October 1996 andApril 2005. The institutions are partners in the Multiple-Institution Database for InvestigatingEngineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) project. The curriculum models used bythe participating programs were identified and defined for the period of the study and aquantitative process was implemented to compare those models relative to performance on theethics and professionalism section of
application of psycho-social models of moral expertise. He also conducts research in student motivation, service learning, and project-based learning. His technical re- search is focused on degradation of biomedical materials in vitro. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the online journal Advances in Engineering Education, is Chair of the ASEE Materials Division, and was ERM Vice-Chair for the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference. He recently received the 2008 President’s Service Learning Award for innovations in the use of service learning at Cal Poly. In 2004 he was named a Templeton Research Fellow by the Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University. Dr. Harding received both the 1999 Apprentice Faculty Grant and 2000
unfamiliar withePortfolios and was somewhat incredulous that the ePortfolio in conjunction with the requiredinternship (or undergraduate research) and senior capstone seminar could provide an adequatecapstone experience for the ET students. The lack of a capstone experience was cited as aweakness, and no mention of the recently implemented capstone ePortfolio was made in thepreliminary report. If such unfamiliarity with and resistance to use of the ePortfolio is commonin the ET community in general and amongst TAC of ABET evaluators in particular, thenprograms may be well advised to retain a traditional senior project in conjunction with acapstone ePortfolio.SummaryInternal funding was obtained from a UD Center for Educational Effectiveness grant
Page 22.860.5 Career designing project for female students Facility improvement Renovation of cafeteria / dormitory / toilet Building girls’ dormitory Girls’ parlor/lounge Others Hiring of female faculty ( e.g. “At-least-one-female-faculty per department”) Most institutions in our survey have started to implement some strategies to increasefemale students in the last few years, but there were no answers indicating how much of aincrease. One of the universities has been implementing multiple strategies since 5 years ago:leaflets with female engineer role models, delivery of lectures at high schools, explanatorymeetings about the university, and so on, and the increase of females is said to be up 0.6% in3 years
transmission, distribution, alternative energy, andpower electronics. In addition, course materials developed through this project will bedisseminated to increase the impact to engineering technology programs at other institutions. Theoverall training plan for students and industry representatives is outlined in Figure 2.Currently enrolled Michigan Tech students seeking a degree in power will have two choices onhow to complete the requirements associated with the courses of interest: PATH 1: Students will register for semester-long, on-site courses and laboratories. Both the courses and the laboratories will be taught in-real time by faculty and lab assistants. PATH 2: Students will register for semester-long, on-line courses with the
the deeperenergy concepts that are of more lasting importance.Finally, it is puzzling that the fuel cell components manipulable object did not enhance thelearning of the majority of the Experiment group. Further study may reveal why the componentswere not recalled on the post-test; whether it relates to the strangeness of the words, therequirement to recall four components, or the design of the object.AcknowledgementsSupport for this project was provided by the Purdue University Energy Center at Discovery Parkand the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department, as well as by The Lilly Endowment.References[1] Cooper, Heather., Goodman, D., Bozell, B. (2007). Promoting Energy Awareness throughStudent Projects in Renewable Energy. The
environmental engineeringstudents. Students often express fear at the course difficulty and a feeling of “wanting to get itover with.” The challenge then for faculty is to motivate the students’ desire to understand thematerial and to help the students understand the importance of the material not only to theirsubsequent coursework but also in becoming “Fluid Mechanics Literate” in a world aboundingwith scientific challenges related to basic fluid mechanics. To this end, Lifelong Learning isincorporated in the current Engineering Fluid Mechanics course objectives. This is in keepingwith one of the ABET outcomes for our students: recognition of the need for, and an ability toengage in Lifelong Learning.Two lifelong learning projects were assigned which
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