, and validation lifecycle.III. program launchThe Capstone Experience was originally designed as a 5 credit-hour, one-quarter-long projectcourse. Projects were solicited from internal faculty and from local industry, tapping into thecontacts of members of the EE Advisory Board. A faculty member (the author) was the facultyadvisor and, in lieu of charging companies to participate in the Capstone program as someschools do, each company was asked only to provide material support, such as the cost offabricating a printed circuit board, and provide an engineering mentor for the team. The mentor2 The author is quite knowledgeable about the technology lifecycle, having come late to teaching after spending themajority of his professional career as an
Paper ID #23162Motivational Factors of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Introduc-tory Non-technical CoursesDr. YunJeong Chang, University of Virginia Dr. YunJeong (Eunice) Chang is a Research Scientist at the University of Virginia. She earned her PhD in Learning, Design, and Technology program from the University of Georgia. Her research interests involves supporting teaching and learning in higher education and designing online or blended learner- centered learning environments within STEM context.Dr. Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant professor in the science, technology &
it is taught by a team of three architects,one of whom specializes in environmental controls, and one structural engineer, and the size ofthe class varies from 30 to 45 students. Both architecture and architectural engineering studentsare required to take this course. The course requirements are somewhat different for the twomajors, and often less than a quarter of the class is AE students. We have come to call this theComprehensive Semester because it not only requires the use of information learned throughoutthe curriculum, but also incorporates a studio, a technology seminar, and a management courseinto a tightly knit whole. Throughout the semester, all students integrate architectural design withmechanical and structural systems design
requirements reviewed periodically, and (4) Finalization – addressing issues of delivery andinstallation.Reichlmayr10 reported their experiences using commercially sponsored senior capstone projects in theSoftware Engineering Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. This process includes solicitingsponsors, vetting and revising proposals in terms of collecting high-level requirements and identifyingpotential issues, allowing students to rank and select their preferences among the proposals, hostingmeetings between students and sponsors to develop process plans, and giving final poster presentations. Page 23.742.4Although the
CourseAbstractEngineering Design is a project-based first-year student course that introduces systematicengineering design methods. Using the engineering design cycle, students are walked througheach phase of the cycle using real world examples. Two faculty members introduced asustainability theme into the existing project-based course to around 180 students (approximatelyone third of the incoming freshman). With the university’s mission to become a more sustainablyaware campus, this piloted theme synchronized well with long term goals. Thematicsustainability lessons that focused on water, materials, and alternative energy technologies wereintroduced throughout the course alongside traditional methods used to teach the engineeringdesign cycle and culminated with a
Session 3530 Portfolio Assessment and Improvement for a First-Year Engineering Curriculum Larry D. Stetler, Stuart D. Kellogg, Jon J. Kellar, David J. Dixon, Glen A. Stone, Larry A. Simonson, Zbignew J. Hladysz, Jason T. Ash, and Heidi L. Sieverding South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701Abstract:For the past five years, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has redefined its first-year engineering curriculum. The program, now required of all first year engineering students,incorporates curricular elements developed by the Foundation Coalition and elements from theEPICS program at the Colorado School of Mines. As part of the course, students are required
pursuing academiccareers.IntroductionMentorNet (www.MentorNet.net), the E-Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering andScience, is a nonprofit organization headquartered in offices at San José State University, whichsince early 1998 has offered online mentoring programs particularly to serve women studyingengineering and science. MentorNet's mission is to further women's progress in scientific andtechnical fields through a dynamic, technology-supported mentoring program and to advancewomen and society by developing a diversified, expanded and talented workforce. MentorNet’svision is three-fold: to establish excellence in large-scale e-mentoring, to create the e-community of choice for women in engineering and science through online mentoring
well as receive morehands-on training during their academic program. Historically, technicians and engineers worktogether as team members in real fabs, but they are not trained together as team members inacademic labs. The semiconductor (S/C) manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy is ever-changing. Newtechnologies, such as new interconnect methods, deep-UV lithography, copper metalization, low-dielectric materials, chemical-mechanical polishing, failure analysis, on-line metrology,automation, etc. [SIA, 1997; Feindel, Marteney and Francis, 1999], are sweeping through theS/C industry at ever-increasing rates. As a result of these technologies and heavy competition,the cycle-time for introduction of new products continues to shorten
AC 2012-4240: USING PUBLIC POLICY THEORY TO IMPROVE POWERENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Timothy R.B. Taylor P.E., University of KentuckyProf. Johne’ M. Parker, University of Kentucky Johne’ M. Parker is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering. Page 25.1438.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using Public Policy Theory to improve Power Engineering EducationIntroductionAs society continually increases its reliance on complex, highly integrated technological systemsto function, engineering education must evolve to include not only traditional engineeringsubjects
, Engerman, & Williams, 2006). Similar cases have been observed at U MassLowell-- a disturbing phenomenon that begs further study. The second relevant Howard findingis one of the major reasons their engineering students cite for leaving engineering: “lack of civicengagement”(Fleming, Engerman, & Williams, 2006).The annual spring Assistive Technology Design Fair (ADTF) at U Mass Lowell, in which teamsfrom area high schools identify a person in their lives with a problem, engineer, build and displaytheir solutions for each other to see, 30 out of 124 students were girls in 2006. Only 41% ofstudents surveyed said they had seriously thought about pursuing engineering/ technologycareers prior to ATDF. After having participated in ATDF, 70
2513 “Getting the Best Students to Enter ChE”AbstractThe techniques used to encourage young people to pursue careers in engineering are presented inthis paper. The first two programs were developed by Rowan University faculty at otheruniversities. The third program is being developed for a summer enhancement experience. Thefirst program described was part of the Exploring Career Options in Engineering and Science(ECOES) program developed by Stevens Institute of Technology in which the brewing processwas employed to encourage high school students to consider engineering and science. ANational Science Foundation sponsored Young Scholars program at the University of Tulsa isthe second program presented which features hands-on engineering
graduate students have had little instruction orpractice in writing and communicating as professionals. In addition, those whose firstlanguage is not English often need specialized instruction in writing and presenting inEnglish.This paper describes a series of four collaborative professional communicationsworkshops for engineering graduate students at the University of South Carolina Collegeof Engineering and Information Technology. Each of the workshops focused on a majorcommunications responsibility in engineering at the advanced degree level: teaching,dissertation writing, scholarly publication, and career-related communications. Eachsession included brief, informal presentations by engineering and communications facultyon communications
authored several technical publications of the Mexican Institute of Transportation, extensive publications in congresses, international and national symposiums, as well as in scientific journals. From 2017 to 2020 he served as Director of the Civil Engineering program at Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey Campus Quer´etaro and as professor of the Structural Engineering area at the institution and since November 2020 he leads the Department of Sustainable Technologies and Civil Engineering at Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey Campus Quer´etaro.Prof. Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey Prof. Rodriguez-Paz got his B.Sc. In Civil Engineering from Tecnologico de Oaxaca in 1993. He studied a M.Sc. In Structural Engineering at
Paper ID #38146Electrical & Computer Engineering Students’ Approach to AcademicAdvising and Course SelectionChristopher Martinez, University of New Haven Christopher Martinez is an associate professor of computer engineering in the Connecticut Institute of Technology at the University of New Haven. His area of research is in the field of human computer interaction with a focus on embedded system interfacing.April Yoder, University of New Haven ©American Society for Engineering Education, 20231. Introduc,onFaculty advisors at the University of University of New Haven o7en complain about what theysee as a
Paper ID #33825Motivations and Learning Outcomes: The Profile of ProfessionalEngineering DoctoratesTongjie Ju, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Miss Tongjie Ju, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Tongjie Ju received a Bachelor’s degree in public admin- istration from East China University of Science and Technology (2019), and is studying for a Master’s degree in education at SJTU. Her research interest includes cooperative education, internship and profes- sional engineering doctorates.Prof. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni
; the programs with their educators and thetools they use and the learners of tomorrow.The best way to solve these issues first is to make sure that departments study theirprograms and lay out a roadmap of all the courses being taught to promote a great flowbetween courses. This will ensure that no fundamental skills needed to attain excellencein engineering education are missing. In this constantly changing environment, theteachers must take a guidance role to teach all these basic skills, using the best toolsavailable. They need to communicate the required wisdom from the freshman year, allthe way up to senior year, to produce the best engineers.With all the new technologies, the classrooms have changed a lot since 1911. Fromblackboard and
, operate and maintain thestructures and infrastructure that form our modern society. These facilities include 5buildings, bridges, highways, water supply systems, environmental protectionsystems, ports, railroads, dams, airports and many others.Computer EngineeringThis program trains undergraduate students in the fundamental electrical engineeringprinciples, design of computer hardware and software, and embedded systems.Construction Engineering TechnologyCal Poly Pomona's Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering Technology(BSCET) program has produced over 1000 graduates. The BSCET program isaccredited by ABET under the Engineering Technology
form of a design constraint or performance metric. The five moduletopics include continuity, smoothness, local maxima and minima, inflection points, and areaunder the curve. Students are expected to refine their models in each module, resulting in theprevious design's iteration to satisfy a new set of requirements. This paper presents the projectorganization, assessment methods, and student feedback. This work is part of a multiple-yearcourse intervention and professional development NSF project to increase the success ofunderrepresented and women students in engineering.IntroductionThe attrition rates among STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)disciplines are among the highest of any academic discipline [1, 2]. An analysis
Who You Know Does Matter in Engineering Self Efficacy Susan Amato-Henderson, Jessica Mariano, Pete Cattelino, and Brian Hannon Michigan Technological University High performance in high school math and science are necessary prerequisites for successin science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) majors in college. However, of thesub-group of students who excel in these areas in high school, very few choose to pursue aSTEM degree in post-secondary education. Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive theory suggeststhat a student’s knowledge, skills, and previous accomplishments are not always the bestpredicators of subsequent
the construction, start-up, and op- eration of a $50M optical fiber factory in Suzhou, China where he was the sole in-country representative of his US-based company. Following China, Peter joined the RVCC Science and Engineering Department in Fall 2014 where he instructs Physics and Engineering courses and also remains the Chief Technology Officer of the China company. He holds a BS in Chemistry and MS and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Laser Music – Authentic Engineering Product Development for a Real Customer T. Rokosky, J. Rodriguez, K
Paper ID #28018EDSGN 100: A first-year cornerstone engineering design courseDr. Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Sarah C. Ritter, PhD, is an associate teaching professor in the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs at the Pennsylvania State University and course chair for EDSGN 100, the cornerstone engineering design course. She received her BS degree from Louisiana Tech University and PhD degree from Texas A&M University, both in Biomedical Engineering. Her research focused on developing an optics-based system for long-term monitoring of relevant blood
13.2 26.2 36.0 75.4 1 RVGS 12.4 25.0 21.0 58.4 2 High School Team 1 12.8 24.5 2.0 39.3 3 High School Team 4 8.8 21.2 1.0 31.0 4 High School Team 3 4.2 18.8 1.0 24.0 5 Average Score 10.3 23.1 12.2 45.6JETS Team-S CompetitionGSEN students also participate in the JETS (Junior Engineering and Technology Society) Team-S competition which involves solving real world engineering problems in a team setting.Students travel to a local university or four year college to compete with other high schools fromacross the state by solving problems in areas of
. Design projects can be evenmore challenging since design is an inherently non-linear process and requirescoordinated effort distributed over time.To engage students in their engineering studies, educators have put forth many newapproaches: • Delivering the concepts of engineering via new technologies o Pod casts o YouTube movies of engineering concepts / lectures • Switching the format of teaching from “talk and chalk” to an active learning format6 • Increasing the opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in undergraduate researchEach of these approaches seeks to freshen the educational experience for engineeringstudents and pique their interest, and, in each case
-based work already existed within the course, so it merely had to be adapted to meet CxCrequirements.In 2006, the CxC Faculty Institute hosted 33 faculty participants, with engineering facultycomprising the majority. The focus of the 2006 Summer Institute was on assessment strategiesin the four communications modes: oral, written, visual, and technological. Not only didparticipants explore assessment strategies and rubric design, they also learned ways to integrateiterative assessment effectively throughout the course of a project and a semester.Engineering Communication Studio. During the fall of 2005, the first of several plannedCommunication Studios opened on campus. These studios are intended to be integrated intovarious university colleges
the freshmen and pre-collegestudents at Hampton University and discusses the next steps in our plan to improve preparationand engagement in our engineering students. Our goal is to improve retention and learning. Andthis effort integrates educational research and the classroom experience.IntroductionThe 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. Enhancing the curriculum is recognized to be an important way toimprove overall diversity in engineering. Retooling curricula to prepare students for
AC 2009-2150: APPLYING AXIOMATIC DESIGN AND KNOWLEDGE-BASEDENGINEERING TO PLASTIC DRUM DESIGNJaby Mohammed, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne, IN. He received his PhD in Industrial engineering from University of Louisville in 2006. His research interest includes advanced manufacturing; design methodologies, computer aided design, six sigma, and enterprise resource planning. He is a member of IIE, ASEE,ASQ, SME, POMS, ITEA, NAIT, KAS, and Informs.Jared May, Morehead State University JARED MAY is currently a junior at Morehead State University. He is pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology
universities and amajor professional society. Libraries are transdisciplinary spaces that promote interaction andcollaboration. We are exploring ways to tap into this interest – including a follow on panel composedentirely of student and recent graduate entrepreneurs alongside speakers from corporations, andcompetitions that exercise entrepreneurial thinking.PITCH CompetitionDuring a one month period in the academic quarter following the panel discussion, Drexel UniversityLibraries and the College of Engineering jointly-hosted a blended online competition for students to craftideas for new technology-driven startups. The goal was to engage students across disciplines in thesimulated entrepreneurial experience of pitching an idea in a mock “Series A
Paper ID #21039Probing Correlations Between Undergraduate Engineering Programs’ Cus-tomizability and Gender DiversityDr. Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado Boulder Marissa H. Forbes is a research associate in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the Uni- versity of Colorado Boulder and lead editor of the TeachEngineering digital library. She previously taught middle school science and engineering and wrote K-12 STEM curricula while an NSF GK-12 graduate engineering fellow at CU. She went on to teach advanced placement and algebra-based physics for the Denver School of Science and Technology, where she
Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA). Prior to 2016 she was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Rowan for eigh- teen years. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in inductive pedagogy, spatial skills, and inclusion and diversity. She has been honored by the American Society of Engineer- ing Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learning, and she was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)tephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA) and was 2014
(Order of Engineers) since 2010.Prof. Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho Rosa Maria de Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos is a Associate Professor at the Department of Textile Engi- neering since 2005. Degree in Textile Engineering by the University of Minho. Professor at the University of Minho since 1984. PhD in Engineering –Technology and Textile Chemistry by the University of Minho in 1993. Rieter Award, 1993. Responsible for several curricular units in the integrated study cycles in Textitle Engineering and Engi- neering and Industrial Management, in the 1st cycle course of Design and Fashion Marketing, and also in the 2nd cycle courses of Fashion Design and Communication, Textile