at Purdue University.Leah Jamieson, Purdue University Dean Leah Jamieson is the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering/Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Jamieson earned a BS degree from MIT and MA, MSE and PhD degrees from Princeton. She is co-founder and past director of Purdue's Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program. Dr. Jamieson is the 2007 President and CEO of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering and she is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Her research interests ;include engineering education,computer engineering and signal processing
constraints. During the early accreditation visits under EC2000, programswere expected to consider most if not all of the engineering constraints. Studentswrestling with the constraints for the first time barely scratch the surface ofunderstanding these constraints within their designs. Recently ABET1 changed thewording of the outcome to “engineering constraints such as regulatory, economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, constructability, andsustainability.” Either it was recognized that not every design project would considermost of the engineering constraints or it might be impossible to get students to fullyconsider most of the engineering constraints. The new wording does require programs toconsider more than one
understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education. This latter project is funded through her recent NSF CAREER award. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics and K-12 engineering education.Julie Trenor, Clemson University JULIE MARTIN TRENOR is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Dr. Trenor holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech and a bachelor's degree in the same field from North Carolina State University. Her research interests focus on factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in
AC 2009-83: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANDINTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONBradley Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley A. Striebig is an associate professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, where he was the head of the Environmental Technology Group at the Applied research Laboratory. Prior to accepting a position to develop the engineering program at James Madison University, Brad was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering department at Gonzaga University. He has worked on various water projects throughout the US and in Benin and Rwanda.Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University Susan Norwood
engineering courseworkteaches only theories of engineering and construction and that students may encounterdifficulties when applying these theoretical constructs to real world situations. Sawhney et al.18maintain that many civil and construction engineering curricula do not allow the inclusion ofissues of importance to industry, the participation of practitioners, or hands-on experience.The University of Washington’s Department of Construction Management has embarked on anambitious project to develop a 28,000 sq. ft. research and education center, the Pacific NorthwestCenter for Construction Research and Education, to foster experiential learning and research inconstruction engineering and management. The Center is divided into three major
Challenges The objective is not to turn us into amateur ethnographers, sociologists, or educators but to understand the complexities of the fields that have come before us, learn some of their tools, and employ them in the fertile territory of art [or engineering]. – Pablo Helguera1IntroductionThis paper critically interprets a set of purportedly exemplary engineering and liberal education(ELE) integration approaches identified by the collaborative ASEE and Teagle Foundationinitiative, titled the “Engineering-Enhanced Liberal Education Project.”2 Drawing on theoreticalinsights from science and technology studies and engineering studies, the paper considers howthe ELE approaches represented within the Engineering-Enhanced Liberal
predict significantjob opportunities for graduates in the Energy Engineering profession due to energy economicsand the age of the current work force in the field. Surveys of members of the Association ofEnergy Engineers show relatively large numbers nearing retirement, an anticipated growth inemployment opportunities, and overall strong career opportunities(http://www.aeecenter.org/files/reports/2015EnergyManagementJobs.pdf ).At the university level, many graduates of chemical, electrical, mechanical, and otherundergraduate engineering disciplines specialize in energy through technical electives andresearch projects. There are also specialized degree programs, although they are somewhatlimited at the undergraduate level. Penn State’s Energy
the recipient of the Fulton Outstanding Lecturer Award. She focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program. She is also involved in the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, the ASU ProMod project, the Engi- neering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, the Global Freshman Academy, and the ASU Kern Project. Dr. Zhu also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineer- ing at ASU, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, etc. She was part of a team that designed a largely team and activity based online Introduction to Engineering course, as well as a team that developed a
variety ofaesthetic issues in the form of practical and creative assignments. The course consists oflectures on photography skills, fluid physics, visualization techniques, critique sessions, and aguest lecture. Assignments consist of images paired with written technical reports, and self-reflection sessions to learn "effective communication" skills. Other course objectives evaluatedthrough students’ assignments and projects are "creative thinking" and "integrative thinking".Some samples of student works are presented. This course proved to be very successful inattracting all students (male and female) in both engineering and non-engineering majors.IntroductionThere has been a great interest in bridging the science and art in recent. Three
individual design project using MATLAB. Figure 2 Backwards Course Design Employed Figure 3 – Sample of Student Learning Outcomes and Course ScheduleTechnologyA key factor in this design was the selection of tools that would bring the vision of this class tolife. The vision of engaging two cohorts of students separated by distance, in group and activelearning, led simultaneously by an instructor in one location had not been done in anyengineering classroom at our University. Figure 4 shows a photo of the course environmentwith the in-person cohort, the instructor, and the distance cohort shown in the upper rightcorner on screen. Both groups of students could see the
audience he co-authored a book on security literacy and has given numerous talks on security. His current funded research is targeted at developing robust countermeasures for network-based security exploits and large scale attack simulation environ- ments and is the director of the Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) test bed project. He has given over 75 presentations in the area of computer security and has testified in front of the U.S. Senate committee of the Judiciary on security issues associated with peer-to-peer networking. He has served as an ABET program evaluator representing IEEE for five years. He is a Fellow of IEEE and received the IEEE Educational Activities Board Major
Paper ID #29000Development of Empathy in a Rehabilitation Engineering CourseDr. Lauren Anne Cooper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lauren Cooper earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a research emphasis in Engineering Education from University of Colorado Boulder. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Her research interests include project-based learning, student motivation, human-centered design, and the role of empathy in engineering teaching and learning.Amanda Johnston, Purdue University-Main
Paper ID #20335Design and Assessment of the Social Responsibilities of Researchers’ Gradu-ate Training Program at the University of Notre DameDr. Mark L. Bourgeois, University of Notre Dame I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values at the University of Notre Dame. I have a professional background in engineering, a PhD in philosophy of science, and for many years taught ethics and design in the Engineering school at Northwestern University. My current responsibilities are for implementing the NSF-sponsored Social Responsibilities of Researchers project at ND
engineering design studentsAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper describes the use of creativity practice exercises intended toenhance student creativity in a capstone design program. Engineering programs, in general, andcapstone design programs, in particular, that seek innovative conceptual solutions to complexproblems would benefit from techniques to develop and assess student creativity. Therefore, astudy was performed to evaluate two such techniques. Over the first two years of the study,capstone design students in the United States Air Force Academy’s Department of EngineeringMechanics were each assigned to one of 14 teams which received various learning experiences(treatments) intended to enhance individual creativity and design project
Standards and Technology.Dr. Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago Peter Nelson was appointed Dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) College of Engineer- ing in July of 2008. Prior to assuming his deanship, Professor Nelson was head of the UIC Depart- ment of Computer Science. In 1991, Professor Nelson founded UIC’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, which specializes in applied intelligence systems projects in fields such as transportation, manufacturing, bioinformatics and e-mail spam countermeasures. Professor Nelson has published over 80 scientific peer reviewed papers and has been the principal investigator on over $30 million in research grants and con- tracts on issues of
experiential education in which students engage in activities thataddress human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionallydesigned to promote student learning”.1 Evidence shows that service-learning activitiessubstantially improve student understanding and retention of quantitative concepts and technicalskills.1 Students also report that they work harder on service-type projects than conventionalassignments.2,3 Furthermore, service learning has been shown to be effective for teaching skills .such as communication, leadership, teamwork, and ethics.2,4,5 These skills are difficult to fit intotraditional class material, but gaining prominence in civil engineering educational objectives andaccreditation criteria
course that involves the students in a design-build project. In addition tothe design-build project, the first year engineering program covers a broad range of engineeringconcepts and skills, and is intended to give students an overview of engineering practice andmethods. The design-build project in the first year program is a group project, as is frequently thecase with these types of assignments. Students enter their specific engineering disciplinefollowing the completion of their first year engineering program. Students entering theMechanical Engineering program have a wide range of skills and knowledge regardingmachining and electronics, depending on their prior exposure and experience. Given that mostmechanical engineers will be working on
majors is theimplementation of support programs. Research literature on effective strategies to increasediversity in STEM fields generally describes support programs as activities crafted to helpovercome factors that deter underrepresented students' from pursuing programs in STEM areas.2NSF supported research indicates that “Students that participate more frequently in supportactivities are less likely to leave engineering than those who do not participate or participate lessfrequently.” 3Based on this hypothesis, Brigham Young University and other universities are implementingsupport programs at the undergraduate level to encourage and assist women in engineering andtechnology majors including mentoring networks, projects for freshmen, and
in non-ECE studentsmatriculating into ECE. In the fall 2014 semester new ECE led freshman orientation sectionswere created that would utilize many innovative practices. These new sections would use therobotics competition at the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference to set the curriculum and providemotivation for the students to learn. Each section was challenged at the beginning of thesemester with creating a robot that could compete in the ASEE Robot Competition and duringthe course of the semester background knowledge needed to complete the project was providedin hands-on focused lab exercises. This paper describes the curriculum of this course, learningobjectives, and how a mentoring structure was established with ECE robotics-based
challenges, a review of theliterature by Houseal et al. suggests (a) considering hierarchical issues and power imbalancesbetween all parties; (b) frequent and open communication; (c) the need for all parties to be in onthe design of the activities; (d) active development of long-term commitment to the collaborationand (e) a third-party liaison to act as a facilitator to help with the interactions. Theseconsiderations were part of the design of this project as discussed in the methods section.MethodsThe participants in this study were enrolled in an elementary science methods course offered at aMid-West university taught by the first author. Participants signed a consent form approved bythe Internal Review Board, which was placed in a closed envelope
planning tool for a large grain elevator and grain storage facilityAbstract: This work reviews efforts undertaken with funding from a State of Michigan EnergyOffice Student Internship grant. The authors document, review and assesse the major aspects ofthis undergraduate engineering student energy-focused summer internship. These componentsranged from the nature of the RFP and, securing the grant, hiring an undergraduate engineeringstudent, the development of the possible energy usage projection tool developed by the summerintern; and finally the energy usage tool itself and the validation of the tool as used by MichiganAgricultural Commodities, Inc. (MAC) personnel.The student internship efforts capitalizes on previous activities from 2012
Liberia and the University of Michigan in collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers and the University of Michigan. She is also working on an engineering education research project – Towards a global network of women engineers, as part of her endeavors in Liberia.Elizabeth Frances Cloos Dreyer, University of Michigan Elizabeth Dreyer is a 4th year Electrical Engineering – Optics doctoral student at the University of Michi- gan in Ann Arbor, MI. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 2012 from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. She is particularly interested in Optics & Photonics and the expanding applications of such in industry. In general, she wishes to change
Paper ID #14981Grading for Enhanced Motivation and LearningDr. Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She has been teaching for 23 years and has continued to develop innovative pedagogy such as project based, flipped classroom and competency grading. Her current research examines grading and the assumptions faculty hold about students. Through the SUSTAIN SLO learning initiative she and her colleagues have been active researching transformation in higher education.Dr. Linda Vanasupa, California
Technical College Jill Davishahl is a faculty member in the engineering department at Bellingham Technical College where she teaches courses ranging from Intro to Engineering Design to Engineering Statics. Outside of teach- ing, Jill is working on the development of a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Technology and is currently PI on the NSF funded ATE project grant in renewable energy as well as PI on an NSF funded S-STEM project. She holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.Mr. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl is faculty and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. His teaching and research interests include
, culminated in Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2017).Dr. Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines Kathryn Johnson is an Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Department of Electri- cal Engineering and is Jointly Appointed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center. In 2011, she was a visiting researcher at Aalborg University in Denmark, where she collaborated on wind turbine control research and experienced Aalborg’s Problem-Based Learning method. She has researched wind turbine control systems since 2002, with numerous projects related to reducing turbine loads and increasing energy capture. She has applied
Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Military Leadership for Engineers: A Comprehensive Look at Leadership from Army Doctrine to Engineering Course WorkAbstractEngineers and engineering educators realize that engineering is a team effort and leadership isinherent to a team’s success. Engineering project completion from ideation to implementationrequires engineers to provide influence in an often-complicated group of multi-disciplinaryprofessionals. In other words, leading is inherent to success as an engineer. ABET recognizes thisreality with student outcome number five where students must demonstrate, “an ability to functioneffectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative
AC 2007-951: ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOL ANDEARLY COLLEGE STUDENTSKaren High, Oklahoma State University KAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main research interests are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Making. Other scholarly activities include enhancing creativity in engineering practice and teaching science to education professionals. Dr. High is a trainer for Project Lead the Way pre
, while understanding correlating managementpractices. One project occupies the entire semester, which is divided into three phases: schematicdesign, design development, and design documentation. Although the AE students must continueto design the project’s architecture, the requirements for them begin to differ during designdevelopment, placing a focus on structural systems design and calculations. Formal juries ofprofessional architects and engineers mark the transitions from one phase to another, and thecalendar allows the rare opportunity for students to respond to jury comments through designrevisions. Handouts are distributed and seminars occur weekly to provide additional informationand requirements as the designs progress.Even after many
Development of a Corporate Feedback System for Use inCurricular Reform. The duration of the grant is three years during which theUniversity is scheduled to receive a total of $ 555,133 (57%). The matchingcontribution of the University of Cincinnati will be $421,396 (43%). Includingmatching funds the University of Cincinnati will be investing $ 0.976 M inindustry integrated curriculum development. The objective of the grant is to builda closed loop system that measures student performance while on co-op anddirects this feedback into curricular development. This project developsmethodologies to use assessment data of student work term performance incurricular development, thereby continuously aligning experiential- orcooperative-education based
board of Learning and Instruction and Teachers College Record. In 2006 she was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presiden- tial Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and served as an external reviewer for doctoral dissertations outside the U.S. She publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and books, and has held both elected and appointed offices in the American Psy- chological Association (APA). Dr. Husman was a founding member and first President of the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in