too far from being true in undergraduate education in the United States wherein students arememorizing their way through most of the curriculum. In an US News and World Reportarticle2, “High School Students Need to Think, Not Memorize”, an Advanced Placement biologyteacher is quoted “Students go through the motions of their lab assignments without graspingwhy, and ‘the exam is largely a vocabulary test’”.David Perkins3, co-director of Harvard Project Zero, a research center for cognitivedevelopment, and senior research associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, pointsout several observations in his article on “Teaching for Understanding”. (1) “The student mightsimply be parroting the test and following memorized routines for stock
capacity of transmission lines, six- sigma, Design for Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, QFD, Statistics, project management, consulting, and holding workshops on team building, leadership, and creativity and innovation. Presently teaching en- gineering design methods, and coordinating/ co supervising, and instructing senor design classes and projects.Dr. Okenwa I Okoli, Florida A&M University/Florida State UniversitySungmoon Jung Ph.D., FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Dr. Jung joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in August 2008, after working at Caterpillar Champaign Simulation Center as a staff engineer for two and half years. Dr. Jung’s research interests
(Industrial Innovation and Partnerships). In 2006 and 2007, he won the Most Cited Journal Paper award from Computer-Aided Design and the Research Excellence award in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. In 2009, he won the Outstanding Commercialization award from Purdue University and the ASME Best Paper Award from technical committees twice at the IDETC. In 2012 his labs paper won the all conference best paper award from ASME-CIE for ”Handy Potter”. Page 24.683.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 IDEA-Pen: Interactive Design and Analysis through a Pen-based
the Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Program for the Engineering Education Innovation Center at Ohio State University.Mr. Jacob T Allenstein, The Ohio State University Received a Master’s Degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2013 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at The Ohio State Uni- versity in 2011. Currently a Graduate Research Associate at the Aerospace Research Center (ARC) while an Instructor of Record for the first-year engineering program for the Engineering Education Innovation Center (EEIC) at The Ohio State UniversityDr. Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University Dr. Peter Rogers, Professor of Practice Engineering
and construction of a CubeSat to be launched in 2015. Her other areas of research interest have been in engineering education techniques, software defined radio, and neural networks. Dr. Katz is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California. Page 24.343.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 CubeSat: A Multidisciplinary Senior Design ProjectAbstractEngineering and computer science programs often require a culminating senior design project.Several of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditationoutcomes are best
students. Nathan has bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Seattle University, a masters degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford Uni- versity and a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Page 24.1089.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Social Responsibility Attitudes of First Year Engineering Students and the Impact of CoursesAbstractThe goal of this research was to characterize the social responsibility (SR) attitudes of first yearengineering students, determine if these
Undergraduate Course as one possibleeffective approach and present the results of a survey to quantitatively measure the effect of thecourse on preparing the students and graduates for this new work environment. We also describethe course design, the hypothesis of effect, the survey design, the data collection, and analysis.Based on the participants’ responses and the quantitative analysis presented in this paper, weconfirmed quantitatively that the course has achieved its goal of preparing our undergraduates forthe ever changing and challenging environment for developing technology applications andservices. Overall, they believe that the impact on their career is worth the “value of contribution”they have exercised and estimated.1. IntroductionDue to
Education, (2006)3. James Conrad, “Determining How to Teach Management Concepts to Engineers”, American Society for Engineering Education, (2006)4. Ana Valeria Quevedo, “Improving Generic Skills among Engineering Students through Project-Based Learning in a Project Management Course”, American Society for Engineering Education, (2013)5. Donna C.S. Summers, “Practical Methods for Keeping Project Courses on Track”, American Society for Engineering Education, (2001)6. S. Scott Moor and Bruce D. Drake, “Addressing Common Problems in Engineering Design Projects: A Project Management Approach”, Journal of Engineering Education July (2001)7. Charlie P. Edmonson Donna C.S. Summers, “Using Project Management Skills to Improve the Outcome of
research lab will serve as the training site on health and safety issues of nanomaterials. Dr. Tate is a mechanical engineer by training and has 16-plus years of academic and two years of industry experience. His research areas include developing, manufacturing; and characterizing the high-performance polymeric nanocomposites for rocket ablatives, fire-retardant interior structures of mass transit and aircraft, lighter and damage-tolerant wind turbine blades, and replacement of traditional composites using bio-based materials. He has mentored under- graduate African-American students under NASA-PAIR at NC A&T University, an HBCU, and Hispanic students under H-LSAMP at Texas State. He is a member of AIAA, ASME, ACMA
activities (STEM clubs) and one- off initiatives. Building on this addfollowing an action research design, the part of the study discussed in this paper relates tocase-study fieldwork conducted mainly during April 2013 whereupon a fieldwork visit wasundertaken in one of the UK’s largest primary level engineering education for-profit providers“Engineering-First”. Prior to visiting the case-study organisation, the researchers conductednon-participatory observations at three separate ‘Annual Engineering Education Final’competitions sponsored by Engineering-First (occurring in 2011, 2012, 2013). During thecompetitions, an observational framework, developed out of the findings of the first stage ofthe study, was used to record children’s participation
Page 24.1367.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What do Schoolgirls think of Engineering? A critique of conversations from a participatory research approachAbstractWhilst statistics vary, putting the percentage of women engineers at between 6%[1] and 9% [2]of the UK Engineering workforce, what cannot be disputed is that there is a need to attractmore young women into the profession. Building on previous work which examined whyengineering continues to fail to attract high numbers of young women[3,4] and starting withthe research question “What do High School girls think of engineering as a future career andstudy choice?”, this paper critiques research conducted utilising a
personal interests, club activities, research quests and classcomponents. Members who use the space benefit from an appropriate amount of staff oversight Page 24.1320.7that provides design instruction, enforces safe practices, and ensures that projects conform to theCenter’s norms.A Design Center’s Contribution to Design EducationThe design education program at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science has beenadvanced in five unique ways as a result of the Center’s arrival on campus. One of the mostsignificant impacts has been the Center’s contribution to design skills associated withextracurricular activities. By showcasing the space
. The student-teachers willadapt lesson plans for all three levels of public school: Elementary, Middle, and High School.The purpose of this first of three phases of the study is to gauge the impacts on undergraduateSTEM student-teacher-researchers of a series of four-hour Saturday-based sessions occurringover the course of Fall Semester 2013. Participants in this first phase of the internally-fundedundergraduate research project will be assessed for their gains in the areas of K-12 STEMteaching, learning, and educational scholarship, as well as student-teacher mastery of relevanttechnical content necessary for successful micro-controller design, build, application, andinstruction to others.Embedded technology micro-controller programming topic
enterprises.Students also have the option to complete a program at what is called a VET College beginningafter the eighth year of schooling. These programs, like apprenticeships last for between one andfour years. There are many different types of VET colleges, including business schools, schoolsfocused on engineering, management, tourism and fashion. Graduates of these schools qualifygraduates to practice the occupations concerned based on the program completed. It bears statingthat Austria has many more requirements than the U.S. for certifications and diplomas. It is notpossible to get many jobs without the necessary qualifications, which of course providesadditional incentive to complete the necessary programs.Austria’s dual vocational education ensures
Paper ID #10424Prototype Design of a Solar Greenhouse Incorporating Clean Energy Manu-facturing ConceptDr. Richard Chiou, Drexel UniversityDr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding a PHD in power engineering and the other in physics. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and re- search institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as project manager, senior engineer
project director of a National Science Foundation GK-12 grant, Liz developed a highly effective tiered mentoring model for graduate and undergraduate engineering and education teams as well as a popu- lar Family STEM event offering for both elementary and middle school communities. Current projects include providing comprehensive professional development, coaching and program consulting for K-8 integrated STEM using engineering schools in several states and serving as a Professional Development partner for the Engineering is Elementary program. She is also a Co-PI on two NSF DR-K-12 grants focused on practice and research in K-8 engineering education and the chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee on K-12
an obvious need toestablish a more sustainable assessment and evaluation process and oversight structure for longterm impact. Departmental leadership participated in several national workshops in 2010, tolearn best practices for sustainable assessment. As a result, new assessment and evaluationprocesses were established in Fall 2010 by engaging all constituents (faculty, industrial advisorycouncil) throughout the development and implementation process. The underlying philosophywas to focus on summative assessment of the program and minimize faculty and staff burden.New oversight structure and division of responsibilityThe current oversight structure, which was implemented in Summer/Fall 2010 leverages existingleadership positions in the
focus on language processing. MapReduce Design Patterns [16] is an advanced topics book that is focused on MapReduce patterns. The text is a very useful source for users and students who are already familiar with basic MapReduce concepts. NOSQL books Mahout in Action [17] describes a framework for machine learning implemented using Hadoop. It is focused on the technical details of different algorithms and methods. Cassandra: The Definitive Guide [18] and Cassandra High Performance Cookbook [19] describe the Cassandra database management system. The first book gives a detailed overview of Cassandra, and the second text provides practical solutions to common tasks and problems. NoSQL Distilled [20] is primarily a concept book
professional world, as well as how faculty can be facilitated to engage students in engineering service more effectively.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architec- tural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been on the faculty since 1996. She serves as the ABET Assessment Coordinator for the Department. Professor Bielefeldt teaches introduc- tory courses for first year engineering students, senior capstone design, and environmental engineering specialty courses. She conducts engineering education research related to learning through service (LTS), social responsibility, sustainability
background and/or practical experience in the Chinese context. For instance, in thegeneral criteria, the ten “graduate outcomes” include a considerable number of requirements thatare new to China’s traditional engineering education, such as “social, professional, and ethicalresponsibilities”, “design a system and process within the economic, environmental, legal, safety,health and ethical constraints”, working on “teams”, “global”, and “multicultural context.”25These requirements are strongly linked to an American or more generally Western historical andcultural context. For instance, terms such as “safety”, “global”, and “multicultural” may assumea liberal or cosmopolitan view that sees everyone has the right to freedom, basic health andsafety, and
construction project engineer for a construction contractor and as a research engineer for the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme California. His teaching interests include construction equipment, cost estimating and construction process design. His research interests include highway and heavy construction methods, road maintenance methods and innovations in construction process administration.Dr. Natalya A. Koehler Koehler, Franklin University, OH Instructional Design Faculty Franklin University, OHDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Page 24.1400.1 c
the seminar vary from week to week as well as during each class where the MAX facultymentors regularly take turns serving as the lead instructor. The seminars include large and smallgroup discussion as well as guest presentations from other university faculty and staff, industrypartners, or alumni scholars. This adaptive structure is motivated by best practices, especiallyfor a diverse STEM community with four scholars participating as distance learners.4-10 Eachsemester, the seminar course is structured around a multidisciplinary group project addressing adifferent societal issue pertinent to STEM majors. For two recent semesters, these projects havefocused on ethical issues.Ethics AssignmentsThe first semester (spring 2013) focused on
represents the 2011 course, year 2 the 2012, and year 3 the 2013 course.Conclusions The first-year course taught in the College of Engineering at a research institution in thewestern US was designed to help students determine if they would like to major in engineering,and to help them choose which major is best for their interests and career goals. The courseimplements guest lectures, tours of research facilities, in-class discussions, team-based projects,and conceptual design as methods for teaching and learning that occurs both in and outside theclassroom. The course was not taught in the way it was designed during the first year, andstudents were surveyed to determine the teaching methods they preferred for learning. During the first
, research, and service. Teaching. With respect to teaching, UTREE mentors teach or assist the teaching ofclass periods about communication and teamwork in several engineering courses. In2013, UTREE taught more than 60 class periods on communication and teamwork. Mostof the students that UTREE teaching mentors instruct are first-year design students, butUTREE also teaches upper level classes and assists in the teaching of graduate studentseminars. Table 1 shows a breakdown of the types of class periods taught. One of the class periods that UTREE mentors teach concerns rethinking the topic-subtopic approach that most engineers and scientists follow for structuring theirengineering presentations. In this class period, the mentors first
-tions create a pressing need for graduates capable of systems thinking2 and understanding themanufacturing and product development cycle, from making informed cost- and quality-baseddesign decisions, analyzing these designs, to producing and ultimately testing these designs toensure conformance with specifications.Our educational project aims to harness the recent proliferation of low-cost, multi-axis computer-numerical-control machines to address these evolving market needs within the constraints of en-gineering design education. The lower-cost and lower-accuracy hobbyist CNC machines havelargely benefited from the support of a growing hobbyist and open-source community eager todevelop and capitalize on advanced machining and prototyping
Foundation and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011. Dr. Ohland is past Chair of ASEE’s Educational Research and Methods division and a member the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi.Mr. Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette Russell Long is Director of Project Assessment at the Purdue University School of Engineering Education. He has extensive experience in assessment and student services in higher education and has worked for eight years as the Data Steward of the MIDFIELD project
graduates need a broaderperspective of the role they and their activities play in the world at large.In addition to the practical purpose of strengthening our graduates’ engineering careers, theliterature also has much to say about the role of engineers in society, and the societal value ofHSS in preparing engineering graduates (who may function as engineers, managers,entrepreneurs, lawmakers, etc.) for that role. “The liberal arts help equip us for citizenship,”states Unfinished Design [2, p. 7]. “They can sharpen our critical powers and help us examineour preconceptions.” (Ibid.) Arms writes about “the development of the student as a person” [4,p. 141], and emphasizes Drexel’s E4 program’s selection of “[m]eritorious texts … to
UNM and Northern NewMexico College (NNMC) respectively, belong to Hispanic communities. Moreover, 8% of thestudent population at NNMC comes from Native American Communities in contrast to the 0.2%of Native American students at UNM. Therefore, the potential improvements in educationalaccess for underserved populations and professional networking among faculty and studentsstatewide are promising.This program is designed to create a sustainable model for sharing the expertise and resources ofa Carnegie Research University (classification: Very High) with educational institutions in NewMexico who serve academically underprepared students. New Mexico ranks 43rd in the nation inthe percentage of the population who complete high school, and 35th in
PhD in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology. Arthur is a recipient of the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and has served as a faculty in the Chemical Engineering Summer School. Arthur is actively involved in engineering education research with particular emphasis on teaching engineering to non-engineers, and including industry practices in university education. Arthur is a member of American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Igor Kourkine Page 24.103.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014A Sequence
the benefits of a studio pedagogical model, provide details regardingthe intended course structure, and discuss a series of studio projects to be completed by students.Mobile Studio Design PedagogyThe studio design model is a central part of the curriculum for architectural programs, where it isused to foster creativity and develop a student’s understanding of the design process. The studiodesign model also assists students by integrating other issues such as societal impact and legalrequirements into the design process. Because the design process is core to engineering, studiodesign principles are increasingly being used in engineering curriculums8.Features of the design studio include project based assignments (studio projects) that