Paper ID #27989Tackling Real-World Problems in First-Year Electrical Engineering Experi-encesDr. Michael Cross, Norwich University Michael Cross is a lecturer of electrical and computer engineering teaching classes in the areas of circuits, electronics, energy systems, and engineering design. Cross received degrees from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Vermont and began his academic career at UVM where he taught courses in the areas of analog and digital circuits, electronics, semiconductor physics, power electronics, and engineering design.Dr. David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University Dr
AC 2009-1215: ASSESSMENT OF THE VANTH ENGINEERING RESEARCHCENTER ON GRADUATE STUDENTSJames Cawthorne, Purdue UniversityOsman Cekic, Purdue UniversityMonica Cox, Purdue UniversityMelissa Stacer, Purdue University Page 14.262.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessment of the VaNTH Engineering Research Center Experience on Graduate StudentsAbstract The Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT (VaNTH) Engineering ResearchCenter, started in 1999, has focused on improving bioengineering education through theapplications of learning science, learning technology, and assessment and evaluation within thedomain of
Session 2432Breadth and Unity: A Revised Electrical Engineering Curriculum at Princeton University J.C. Sturm and A. Wolfe Department of Electrical Engineering Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Ph: 609-258-5610, Fax: -6279 sturm@ee.princeton.eduAbstract The Electrical Engineering department at Princeton University has completely revised itsundergraduate program. This paper will discuss the forces driving the change and thephilosophy behind the reforms, and then give an overview of the changes in both the sophomoreand upperclass years
.[11] “Computers in Distance Education,” Guide #7, Engineering Video Outreach, Collegeof Engineering, University of Idaho, 1994.[12] D.O. Blackketter, D.M. Blackketter, and C.J. Egelhoff, Kinematics and Dynamics ofMachines, Keep it Together, ME 324 textbook, 1995.[13] Gregory Neff, Steven Beyerlein, Daniel Apple, Karl Krumsieg, “TransformingEngineering Education from a Product to a Process,” Fourth World Conference onEngineering Education, October 1995.[14] Steven Beyerlein and Paul Dawson, "Developing Pre-Engineering Problem SolvingSkills Through the Use of Computer Technology", 1992 ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings, pp. 1062-1065.[15] Steven Beyerlein, Martha Ford, and Daniel Apple, "Using a Learning Process Modelto Enhance Learning with
Engineering and Technology (ABET). It can beargued that implementing a suitable accreditation processes is more effective during thedevelopment phase of a degree program rather than if inserted through changes in an alreadyestablished program. Page 14.772.2In this work, the implementation of the new ECE program is divided into five closely interrelatedcategories: curriculum, personnel, facilities, budget, and institutional support. Each of theseissues is addressed and discussed in a separate section.CurriculumThe curriculum under consideration allows students to graduate as engineers after taking a totalof 128 semester credit hours distributed into
use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for civil andenvironmental engineering practice are all requirements of the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) 3. ABET also requires effective communication skills forundergraduate students. There are not unique ways to identify engineering talents/abilities instudent learning. Oftentimes, outside of academia, potential performance super stars areidentified by allowing contestants to sing a song; for example, on The American Idol reality TVshow. The judges and the general public (by virtual voting) identify the person with the besttalent. Many of these young performers find success, live their dreams, and gain acceptance fromboth from the music industry
. A new program, in its second year,leverages over forty years of manufacturing and industrial technology programs with therequirements and demands of an engineering program and an increasingly sophisticatedmanufacturing environment. The four pillars [1] of manufacturing knowledge: materials andmanufacturing processes; product tooling and assembly engineering; manufacturing systems andoperations; and manufacturing competitiveness provides a framework of educating the nextgeneration manufacturing engineers. Much thoughtful design and consideration has taken placefor manufacturing engineering education to adequately recruit and train the manufacturingengineering workforce [2-9]. Because there are in existence accredited manufacturingengineering
Society, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, California Institute of Technology, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University Fullerton, the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Stanford University, the School of Medicine at Stanford University, and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #19515Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besidesteaching
Paper ID #21469Engaging Engineering Students in Lectures Using Anecdotes, Activities, andGamesDr. Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo Dr. Al-Hammoud is a Faculty lecturer (Graduate Attributes) in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a passion for teaching where she con- tinuously seeks new technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also re- sponsible for developing a process and assessing graduate
Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation project courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epis- temic identities and vocational pathways. Dr. Lande received his B.S in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in Education (Learning, Design and Technology) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Design Education) from Stanford University.Dr. Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Ann F. McKenna is a Professor in the Ira A. Fulton
Paper ID #22401Exploring the Human Dimension of Engineering Through the Built Environ-mentDr. Jeffrey C. Evans P.E., Bucknell University Jeffrey C. Evans, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring the Human Dimension of Engineering through the Built EnvironmentAbstractHumanities and social sciences along with mathematics and natural sciences are at thecore of liberal learning. Further, the proposed ABET student outcome five requiresstudents to
Joseph Derrick, Michael Golub, Dr. Jing Zhang, Vaibhav Shrivastav Purdue School of Engineering & Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Abstract Design and Methodology BenefitsThe convection heat transfer is explored for a new academiclaboratory experiment to help address the lack of practical Conceptual Design Educational
Engineering Foundations and a two-course sequence called Engineering Models I and II, which introduces students to computing as atool for solving engineering problems, through the use of MATLAB®. All three courses arerequired for all engineering and engineering technology majors, are 2 credit hours, and meetonce a week for lecture (55 minutes) and once a week for recitation (2 hours). In a previouslypublished paper at ASEE, it was shown that these courses had a positive impact on studentretention from the first to second year.7Another approach is to get students out into the workforce as early as possible to allow them toopportunity to experience the direct application of engineering in a real-world context. Thispractice is often referred to as
Paper ID #13631DNA Extraction Using Engineering Design: A STEM Integration Unit (Cur-riculum Exchange)Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette Corey Mathis is a Ph.D student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in biology and her M.E.D. in secondary education from Northern Arizona University and is a former high school science and technology teacher. Her research interest includes improving students learning of science and engineering through integrated STEM curricula.Dr. Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School
technologies to automate the product development process and shorten product development time. Anderson received her PhD from the University of Ok- lahoma in aerospace engineering. She also has an MBA degree from the University of Dallas and is a six-sigma black belt.Dr. Kevin Hoag, Southwest Research Institute Kevin Hoag is an Institute Engineer at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. At this private, non-profit research institute he is active in the development of advanced engines for improved efficiency and reduced emissions. He also holds a teaching appointment at the University of Wisconsin, where he teaches in the web-based Master of Engineering in Engine Systems program
of institution to a level not known before because of the coursetransfer issues. Over time this allows for a particularly strong sense of trust to be developedamong collaboratives, as expanded upon below. Curriculum formulation in support ofengineering education, to an ABET approved level, necessitates faculty professionaldevelopment for science, mathematics and technology instructors as well as the “rare”engineering instructor on staff at the TCU. These levels of interaction eventually strengthensindividual collaborations between academics in the program, which heightens concern for thestudents on either side of the transition process. Additional benefits also accrue to the TCUs byavoiding the most costly segment of engineering education
Paper ID #16500Incorporation of Liberal Education into the Engineering Curriculum at aPolytechnicDr. Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout Devin Berg is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the B.S. Manufacturing Engineering and B.S. Mechanical Engineering programs in the Engineering and Technology Department at the University of Wisconsin - Stout.Dr. Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout Dr. Tina Lee is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Program Director for the Applied Social Science Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. c American Society for Engineering
Jiao Tong University. Her primary research interests relate to the assessment of teaching and learning in engineering, cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students, and global engineering. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University in 2013. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Design and Implementation of Engineering Leadership Programs: A Comparative StudyAbstractChanging technological world requires future engineers not only show excellent technicalskills, but also possess multiple skills and attributes, in particular leadership skills. Againstthis context, some universities and engineering
populations.Humanitarian Engineering is an area which aims to promote human welfare through the creation,invention and modification of appropriate technologies. One of the specific goals is to address needs ofpeople who have been largely ignored by the engineering community [12]. Over the last decade,humanitarian engineering programs and organizations have emerged in large numbers in the US.Additionally, humanitarian engineering programs typically tend to attract larger number of femalestudents than mainstream engineering programs. For example, a study at the Colorado School of minesfound that the percent of female engineering students who were participating in capstone projects that hada humanitarian aspect were significantly larger than those participating in
stems from our desireto improve the learning experience in our own classrooms. This study illustrates our desire toassess student testing in order to improve overall student retention and performance.MethodsDesign Parameters of the StudyThe assessed student population consisted purely of non-engineering majors (e.g. English, Math,Leadership, History, etc.) who must each complete the three-course environmental engineeringsequence, taken during their junior and senior years. At West Point, all students, regardless ofmajor, must either major in an engineering field or take a three-course engineering sequence inorder to graduate. The course, EV350: Environmental Engineering Technologies, that was chosenfor this study is the second in that three
33credits. Coursework specific to security engineering consisted of four courses, with theremaining five courses being related electives. Two of the core courses were consecutivesecurity systems engineering courses based on the Sandia methodology. These courses weresupplemented by courses in Security Technology and Instrumentation, and Security RiskManagement. Additional courses offered specific to security include explosives, simulation andmodeling, and cyber security. At the outset of the program, the security engineering courseswere taught by personnel from Sandia National Laboratories. Subsequently, the courses havebeen offered on demand by ASU faculty.Graduates of the program at ASU were all successful in obtaining employment in the
13.919.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Naval Engineering Support Team for the AUVSI/ONR AUV CompetitionAbstractRobotics technology excites young people and fills them with ideas of possibility. Underwaterrobotics has an added element of difficulty and challenge that students accept and thrive on.Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is a foundation that has fordecades encouraged the spread of unmanned vehicle technology both through professionalconferences and student educational competitions. This group, together with the Office of NavalResearch, has supported for the past 10 years a very successful international competition wherestudent teams design, build and swim
tools for internationalcollaborative initiatives in engineering education. The final goal is to have a set of tools forobjective assessment that can be adapted and/or adopted to measure performance, establisheffectiveness and enhance quality of different international educational experiences.IntroductionThe rapid changes in technology as well as the flow of ideas, work, human resources, andmerchandise around the world are causing more interdependence among the nations. Changes inthe way in which people undertake economic production and organize the exchange ofcommodities represent an aspect of the great transformation of our age1. This brings morechallenges to the industry since there is more competition but also brings more opportunities dueto
in general, we believe the results show that the inclusionof even one session on finding and accessing scholarly resources can have a significant effect onstudents’ use of these valuable resources. Since research shows that engineers in the workplacetend to use sources with which they are familiar, it is important to allow students to gain afamiliarity with scholarly engineering resources while they are in school, so that they will be Page 12.577.7more likely to turn to them in the future.References1. Pinelli, T.E. (1991). The information-seeking habits and practices of engineers. Science &Technology Libraries, 11 (3), 5-25.2
2006-1948: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ 3DVISUALIZATION PROCESSINGErik Schwartz, University of Missouri-Rolla Erik Schwartz is a masters student in Information Science and Technology at the University of Missouri -Rolla. His research focuses on human-computer interaction with a focus on learning technologies.Timothy Philpot, University of Missouri-Rolla Timothy A. Philpot is an Associate Professor in the Interdisciplinary Engineering Department at the University of Missouri–Rolla. Dr. Philpot received a Ph.D. degree from Purdue University in 1992, an M.Engr. degree from Cornell University in 1980, and a B.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1979, all in Civil
helpsupport mechanical engineering outside the bounds of its originating institution, then the Page 12.515.3time constructing it will have been well spent.Moving beyond mechanical engineering, the basic framework of a student-directed advisingprogram could also be retained but the entire content revised in order to apply to differentdisciplines – electrical engineering, nuclear engineeering, and so forth.The design of a web resource so that it is easy to use and provides the expected learningbenefits is a non-trivial task [4], [5]. One has to be concerned with technical issues linked tothe web technology as well as be cognizant of learning behaviors
projects through various sources such as NASA, the Department of Homeland Security, NSF, and the Colombian Research Institute. He also have several years of experience working as a consultant for pharmaceutical and energy companies in the U.S. and Latin America.Dr. Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo Ding Yuan received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in industrial automation from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China, in 1998 and a Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering from New Jer- sey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, in 2006. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Colorado State University-Pueblo.Dr. Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo Jane M
Oklahoma State University (1988) respectively and a Ph.D. in Physics from Oklahoma State University (1993). He then held a postdoctoral research associate position at the Liquid Crystal Institute located on the campus of Kent State University working on flat-panel display metrology followed by a research scientist position at AlliedSignal (Madison, NJ) working on developing novel optical devices for new flat-panel display technologies. He then joined UWP (1996) assigned to develop from the ground floor a new Engineering Physics program. He continues in that role today teaching all areas of physics and engineering physics, currently serving as Department Chair as well, and pursues research in optical metrology
Session 2365 Using Engineering Courses to Improve Pre-Calculus Students' Success Amy E. Monte, Gretchen L. Hein Department of Engineering Fundamentals Michigan Technological University Houghton, MIAbstractMany engineering students are not ready to take Calculus their first semester at Michigan Techand are unable to participate in the First Year Engineering program at that time. To prepare themfor their first year experience and to enable them to take an "engineering" course
GK-12 fellow relieson interactive and “fun” instruction techniques. Science and engineering education allows forlab work and other instruction aside from traditional lecture formats. Seeking out thesealternatives and using such things as physical representation and inventive real world analogieshelps to keep the students interested in what is being presented. Gaining and keeping theattention of the target audience is an issue that does not necessarily disappear with age.Technical concepts are often dry and unexciting to those without training in technical fields orany interest in technology, thus attention levels remain an important issue in the professionalworld as well. By being in the classroom and having to think on one’s feet, the