Paper ID #9558Innovation in Construction: New Course Development Within a Construc-tion Management CurriculumMr. J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis J. William White AIA is a lecturer with the Construction Engineering Management Technology program within the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology in Indianapolis. He is a registered architect who has more than 23 years of varied construction industry experience. Mr. White has undergraduate degrees from Indiana University and Ball State University and a masters degree from Purdue University Indianapolis. He is an active member
globally interconnected engineering landscape.• This course stepped away from the traditional engineering curriculum, which is rigorous and technical, and instead focused on the bigger picture— what it means to be an engineer.• This course is symbolic of the stepping stone all engineers in today’s world need to base themselves on when solving problems.Conclusions“Engineering for Social Change” is a unique undergraduate course that combines engineering andphilanthropy and allows students to take a leadership role as both investigator and grantor of theNeilom Engineering for Social Change Grant. Throughout this course more than two hundred non-profit organizations have been contacted, and four grants have been awarded through the NeilomFoundation
. The outcomes were evaluated using surveys, ICAP framework,technical memo, and modeling results using Excel. 1 1. Introduction. 2 Integrating effective problem-solving techniques into engineering education is crucial for 3 preparing students to tackle real-world challenges. This study aims to embed a Problem-Solving 4 Studio (PSS) approach within an introductory engineering course, leveraging a real-world project 5 as the central learning module. The PSS, pioneered by Joseph M. Le Doux and Alisha A. Waller 6 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2016, represented an innovative educational paradigm 7 designed to enhance analytical problem-solving skills while deepening students' conceptual 8 understanding of engineering
University Economic Development Association (UEDA).Building a new Master's of Engineering in Technical EntrepreneurshipLehigh University, a private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has anational reputation in engineering, as well as entrepreneurship. Looking back almost twodecades, the undergraduate Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone course sequence inthe P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science won a curriculum innovation awardin 1996 from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Over fifteen years later, theNational Academy of Engineering of the National Academies selected Lehigh’s IPD offerings,and the newly-created Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Innovation, as anexemplar
existence and was integrated within the curriculum, and some of the important topics covered in the classwith their application.Description and Objectives The catalog description of the new course is: the study of design for manufacturability of variousmanufacturing processes, surface technology, tolerance control, techniques for setup reduction, design forassembly principles, group technology, sequencing of machining operations, chatter theory and control, solidmodeling representations, part feature recognition techniques and computer-aided process planning. The objectives of the course as described in the course outline are: to develop skills in economical part
AC 2007-2381: FACTORS FOR AN EFFECTIVE LSAMP REULeo McAfee, University of Michigan Leo C. McAfee received the BS degree from Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, in 1966, and the MSE and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in 1967 and 1970, respectively, all degrees in Electrical Engineering. He joined the University of Michigan in 1971 and is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has had summer and leave positions at General Motors Research Laboratories, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Telecom Analysis Systems. He has held leadership positions for curriculum and degree
in thecurriculum. Other majors give students an early “feel” for their chosen area of study. We be-lieve that this lack of “feel” in our curriculum was leading to a misunderstanding of what engi-neering is all about, resulting in attrition.We decided to look at this problem as an opportunity. We moved the one-semester-hour fresh-man Matlab course to the junior year,1 which left an opening with which to do something con-structive. We saw this as an opening to excite students with engineering, give them an early fla-vor of problem solving and design, get them involved with other students, use technology tolearn technology and prepare them to design technology. Furthermore, we saw this as an oppor-tunity to pilot a course with balanced pedagogy
of the freshman year and year-long design projects in the threesubsequent years as outlined in Table 1. These hands-on competitive (years 1-3) or capstone(year 4) design experiences help the students comprehend the practical aspects of theirtheoretical learning and give them an opportunity to creatively apply course material. In years 1-3, the design projects are closely integrated with the course content, and involve “spiraling” ofconcepts in successive semesters and years. Weekly laboratory experiences provide additionalhands-on learning and prepare the students to achieve the various design project milestones.Table 1: Design courses in the four-year Mechanical Engineering curriculum. Year Semester Class
engineering students respond to hidden curriculum as well as how Latinx contingent faculty experience workplace inequities in engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture in Education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Dr. Downey focuses on critical qualitative inquiry with a discerning eye toward humanizing and culturally sustaining pedagogies.Idalis Villanueva Alarc´on, University of Florida Dr. Villanueva is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for underrepres
Paper ID #28071Probability and Statistics – Early Exposure in the Engineering CurriculumDr. Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University Roger Marino is an Associate Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. His home Department is Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Marino has 30+ years of field experience, and is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey. His primary focus at Drexel is in the Freshman and Sophomore curriculums teaching courses across all disciplines.Prof. Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng
Paper ID #26694Implementing and Integrating an Engineering Video Game into a Variety ofEducational ContextsMr. Michael Briscoe, American Society of Naval Engineers I am the Educator-in-Residence at the American Society of Naval Engineers. ASNE was founded in 1888 for the betterment of naval engineers and the field of naval engineering. Today, that means that ASNE has an active, cutting-edge STEAM program based around a free naval engineering video game called FLEET. We are beginning to publish our findings on implementing an engineering video game across a variety of K-12 educational contexts. I also am ABD in Educational
involved in consulting on a wide range of projects in slope stability, rock properties and subsidence.Li Wang, University of Auckland Li Wang is the Learning Services Manager at the University of Auckland. One of Li’s responsibilities includes working with subject librarians and academic staff to integrate information literacy into curricula. Li is completing her PhD study in education and her research topic is on how to integrate information literacy into curriculum in higher education. Page 14.676.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 How well does collaboration work in
Page 13.951.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Ontologies and Web-Semantics for Improvement of Curriculum in Civil EngineeringAbstractThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) recommended that engineering education becomes more responsive to continualchanges in society. We propose to address these challenges of improving engineering educationthrough the application of ontology and web semantics. These fields of information technologyallow computers to interpret the vast body of knowledge dispersed throughout the web. The longterm objective of our research is to develop an ontological approach for improving curriculum incivil engineering as
Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the faculty at Lehigh, Dr. Lehman developed and grew new entrepreneurship programs at the University of Pittsburgh and Juniata College. Dr. Lehman holds a B.S. from Juniata College, an M.D. from the Penn State College of Medicine, and an M.B.A. from the Leeds University of Business School in England. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Dedicated Curriculum, Space and Faculty: M.Eng. in Technical EntrepreneurshipAbstractThe Master's of Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship (TE), offered through theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics in the P.C. Rossin College ofEngineering and Applied Science at Lehigh
can be top-down, wherein an entire college transforms simultaneously, or bottomup, in which change is driven by faculty within a specific department. Many literaturedescriptions of curricular change have reported a process that focuses on stakeholders such asstudents, alumni, and employers along with the above-referenced guidance documents, but doesnot contain a substantial benchmarking effort [1, 6-11]. Less common in the literature is theapproach of benchmarking curriculum changes against a set of “competitors”. One approach isshown in [12], in which other curricula are compared based on how they integrate experimentaltraining into the program. This approach is consistent with the typical engineering designprocess, in that a wide range of
second year engineering technologystudents. The projects were linked to the curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Penn StateHazleton. The design and development of an experimental airplane and a solar powered car have provento be very challenging and highly motivating for the freshmen and sophomore students. To design andbuild the experimental airplane, students used the specifications developed by the instructors. Theyanalyzed the feasibility of a full scale experimental airplane and designed the airplane based on theiranalysis. In the case of a solar powered car, students were involved in designing a chasse, suspension,power transmission and steering system from a conceptual design to the implementation of hardware. Asan example
obvious and not so obvious challenges particular to the delivery of an ARETonline curriculum. We are critically analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of suchprogram delivery.Current Capability - The program offered by the BSC Department of ArchitecturalEngineering Technology has been designed to provide graduates with the technical andmanagerial skills necessary to enter careers in the planning, design, construction,operation or maintenance of the built environment. Graduates of the associate degreeprograms have strengths in their knowledge of the building, testing, operation, andmaintenance of building systems and possess the ability to produce and utilize basicconstruction documents and perform basic analysis and design of system
participants with an opportunity to share their successes in leadership areas; • To provide an opportunity to exchange ideas with industrial leaders.The ETLI is a two or three-day event hosted by an engineering technology institution in the fall.In October 2005, the authors presented a workshop regarding ethics education. The purpose ofthe workshop was to provide background and motivation for the integration of ethics into theEngineering Technology curriculum and, to that end, involve the participants in exercises (casestudies) of varying complexity.ETLI ETHICS WORKSHOP: BACKGROUND PRESENTATIONIn order to build a small but common base from which to work, the background for a limitedbasis of ethical philosophies and decision making was presented
Paper ID #10682Utilizing Concept Maps to Improve Engineering Course Curriculum in Teach-ing MechanicsRuben Pierre-Antoine, Stanford University Ruben is a senior undergraduate student at Stanford University studying Management Science & Engi- neering. He joined the Designing Education Lab in the winter of 2013. He has always had a passion for education and enjoys the integration of entrepreneurship into a curriculum. Ruben loves to play sports, videogames, and eat at new restaurants. He also explores entrepreneurship in his free time.Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor
” and “Six Sigma” technical articles published in the Societyof Manufacturing Engineering Technical Articles section, Six Sigma was primarily identified asa quality program with a focus on reducing process variation and Lean as a program focused oneliminating waste and improving flow using problem solving and statistical tools.1 Many of thearticles simply focused on the Lean and Six Sigma tool kits.In a recent article, the author advocated an integrated approach to process improvement usinglean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles.2 Another article which focused on Lean, arguedthat “successful execution of the corporate strategy is the ultimate goal not merely becomingLean” and offered Profit Mapping as a methodology for tying Lean to the
attended a professional developmentworkshop. Assessment rubrics are integrated into the learning module in order to evaluate theeffectiveness of the materials. Prior to using the curriculum, students take an online Interest andAttitude Questionnaire and Pre-Assessment to establish baseline attitudes and knowledge. Inaddition, a short (45 minute) team design challenge is used to evaluate the extent to whichstudent teams are using the engineering design process prior to exposure to the curriculum.Upon completion of these activities, the students begin the unit. Students are introduced to a dialysis patient and her doctor through a professionallyproduced video segment. The purpose of this segment is to provide societal context for
program for several disciplines. It has a calculus and physics pre-requisites and is typically required early in the students’ academic career. A key part ofmastering the concepts in this course is the integration of a laboratory component to demonstratereal world application of the concepts presented. The laboratory assignments typically involve abreadboard, resistors, capacitors, inductors, operational amplifiers, function generators, powersupplies, multimeters, and oscilloscopes. Due to the required laboratory assignments, there weresome challenges in transitioning from bench top lab instruments to laptop virtual instruments andthese will be discussed.The motivation for this paper was to examine the efficacy of offering an electrical
national labs and industry to maintain course projects with real world application. The products of the class and research projects are then tailored to hands on activities for k-12 STEM education outreach. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engineering Design Applications in the Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Authors: _____ New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyIntroductionAt the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), mechanical engineering majorsare required to take an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course. In essence, this course istheir first impression of
and Mentoring (iAM) Program to Promote Access to STEM ProfessionsBackgroundThe Integrated Achievement and Mentoring (iAM) Program at Hofstra University (HU) respondsto the challenge of retaining a diverse STEM student population [1]. This achievement-focusedprogram provides students early access to the hidden curriculum and contextualizes supportservices in a model that is inclusive, promotes belonging, and develops student identity locally inthe STEM community and globally as part of the University community. This is an NSFScholarships in STEM (S-STEM) Track 3 (multi-institution)-funded Program built on thetheoretical framework of legitimate peripheral participation with an emphasis on inclusivity,community, and belonging
effort for decades [1] However, many of these efforts have focused on support of aspecific underrepresented group, but do not necessarily address the independent behaviors orattitudes of all students, or the overall cultural influence of the department, school, or university.The development of a new generation of engineering graduates that is more conscientious of theneed for diverse thinking and teams is critical for retaining members of these underrepresentedpopulations outside of a university setting and developing a stronger and more effectiveengineering workforce.In order to work towards this goal, an NSF-funded multi-institutional project in its third year isdeveloping unique curriculum activities that highlight how the engineering
feedback to make updates.References[1]. Sanati-Mehrizy, Reza, Kailee Parkinson, and Afsaneh Minaie. "Integration of data miningcourse in computer science curriculum." Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 34.2 (2018):87-98[2]. Romero, Cristobal, and Sebastian Ventura. "Data mining in education." WileyInterdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 3.1 (2013): 12-27.[3]. Chakrabarti, Soumen, et al. "Data mining curriculum: A proposal (Version 1.0)." IntensiveWorking Group of ACM SIGKDD Curriculum Committee 140 (2006).[4]. Anderson, Paul, et al. "An undergraduate degree in data science: curriculum and a decade ofimplementation experience." Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computerscience education. ACM, 2014.[5
responsive to employer needs. In the northeast US where Quinnipiac is located, the mostcommon employers are hospital networks, financial and insurance companies, along withtraditional manufacturers that range from small to large. Additionally, several principles wereidentified and used as an aid in curriculum decisions, including a smaller core, flexible technicalelectives for multiple emphasis areas, and broad based methodology courses.In this paper, we first describe the development of the curriculum that integrates the principles ofthe system design process with curriculum development. The IE curriculum at Quinnipiac is thenpresented and discussed.2. A Curriculum Development ProcessCurriculum development can be an overwhelming undertaking when
overall quality of their EM program.Keywords: Quality Management, Process Management, Engineering Management (EM),Ranking, Graduate Engineering Management ProgramsIntroductionOver the years, quality management has been applied as a way of improving activities andperformance in organizations 3, 6, 7. The corporate sector has universally recognized theimportance of quality in their products and services as a vital tool for achieving and sustainingcompetitiveness 5. The importance of quality management has subsequently transcended fromthe industry to academia and has become an integral part of most graduate EngineeringManagement programs. This is especially true in EM since the blurring boundaries betweenmanagement and engineering leads to a large
of the 5-year engineeringcurriculum in that year. Originally, the course was quite isolated (relative to other offshoreengineering courses) in the second semester of the third of the five curriculum years.The Delft University of Technology recently adopted a 3 + 2 BSc - MSc curriculum structurewith English-language MSc curricula. Along with this, OE has become purely a MSccurriculum since the Fall of 2002. An early form of this curriculum was described by Massieand Vugts (2001) 1. The curriculum has continued to evolve since that paper was written; somedetails of the discussion below will be effectuated only in the coming academic year as thisevolution continues. In spite of this on-going and gradual process, the basic objectives of
workshops wereattended by four teams, resulting in fifteen educators in total. The activities were designed todevelop curriculum design capacity with an emphasis on the National Academy of Engineering(NAE) Engineer of 2020 Attributes3. Learning goals for the engineering focused workshopparticipants included: understanding commonalities and differences among participating schools‟curricula and choosing learning outcomes appropriate for their setting; understanding therelationships between student learning outcomes, learning principles, and assessment principles;observing student assessment in action and learning how to foster student learning; examiningissues surrounding the design and implementation of curriculum that integrates theory, research