, faculty mentoring and peer mentoring. Theprofessional development activities are designed to target specific points in the students’ plan ofstudy. They include various topics such as preparation of a personal development plan(sophomore level), resume writing and job search skills (sophomore and senior level),developing research skills (junior level), seven habits of highly effective people (senior level),writing and presenting an engineering-based business case (junior level), and presenting andcommunication research (M.S. level).Overview of the SIIRE ProgramThe Student Integrated Intern Research Experience (SIIRE) program at the University ofArkansas is funded via the NSF S-STEM program. The NSF S-STEM program provides studentscholarship funds
social value all over the world. In 2009 and 2010, the expert, who had led the initial recycling project team in the1970’s, presented the aluminum can recycling story to an interdisciplinary class ofengineering students in the course “Innovation for Energy and the Environment.” Asfollow up to the class, a quiz was given to test recollection of the “who, what, when,where, why and how” of the history of can recycling.The aluminum can recycling story lecture was well received, and student performance onthe quiz was good, but the expert was not satisfied that the class was serving the purposeof teaching students how to innovate, as the class was specifically offered to students inthe Engineering & Technology Innovation Management professional
Principles of Product Development Flow. Redondo Beach, CA: Celeritas Publishing.12. Dow, S. P., Heddleston, K. and S. R. Klemmer. 2009. The efficacy of prototyping under time constraints. Source, Proc. C&C-09, Berkeley, CA, 165-174, ACM 978-1-60558-403-4/09/10.13. Jablokow, K. W. and M. J. Kirton. 2009. Problem solving, creativity, and the level-style distinction. Perspectives on the Nature of Intellectual Styles (L.-F. Zhang and R. J. Sternberg, Eds.), New York: Springer, 137–168.14. DeFranco, J.F., Jablokow, K.W., Bilen, S.G., and A. Gordon. 2012. The Impact of Cognitive Style on Concept Mapping: Visualizing Variations in the Structure of Ideas. Proc. of the ASEE 2012 Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, TX.15
factors have been identified that could affectconstruction safety. Among these factors is the provision of construction safety education toengineering students. It is also believed that there is a greater ability to influence safety on aproject earlier in the project‟s life cycle and such ability diminishes as the schedule moves fromconceptual design toward start-up. Thus, provision of construction safety education toengineering students will have benefits both for the project design and later in the procurementstage.Construction safety education for engineering students may involve two main aspects;construction site safety and design for construction safety (DfCS). Progress has been made inthe developed countries to incorporate both aspects in
: two rounds of a perception survey related to the learning of physics and a survey particularly designed for reflective quiz self-correction activity; a pre- and a post-mechanics baseline test at the beginning and the end of the semester plus two tests and a final exam (quizzes and exams are the same as what were used in the previous semester without this intervention); two quiz mistake categorization reports.III. Results, Discussions and Conclusions Some sample materials used and data collected from the project are given below. Sample quizzes questions: Example 1: A car moving with constant acceleration covered the distance between two points 60.0 m apart in 6.00 s. Its speed as it passed the
faculty questions being raised regarding SCL and on the futureimpacts of technology.Student Centric Learning Practices BackgroundLiterature survey credits the concept of SCL to Hayward and the writings of Dewey (1956), andmore recognition for this methodology came during the 80’s and 90’s [2]. Early discussions werefocused on the shifting of power from the teacher to the student: empowering the students, expandand encourage interaction among students and changing the major information flow away fromone-to-many (old traditional instruction). In another well-known research by Craik and Lockhart,it was proven that learning and retention are related to the depth of mental processing [3]. Thepractices and techniques of SCL engage students in a very
and teamwork," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, pp. 7-15, 2001.7 Hinkle, G.C. What every engineer needs to know about leadership and management. SPIE Student Services andSPIE Professional Leadership Searies. Accessed 1/2/2014 from http://spie.org/x15555.xml.8 Farr, J.V., and Brazil, D.M., “Leadership Skills Development for Engineers”, Engineering Management Journal,vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 3-8, 2009.9 Tomek, S., “Developing a Multicultural, Cross-Generational, and Multidisciplinary Team: An Introduction forCivil Engineers,” Leadership Education for Engineering Students, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 191-196, 2011.10 Bloom, B.S., Engelhart, M.D., Furst, E.J., Hill, W.H., Krathwoh, D.R., “Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: theClassification of
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engineering majors at the start of the course, seven were determined to beknowledgeable about the major. By the end of the course, five of the seven demonstrated astrengthened interest in civil engineering with a positive interest score. The score for one of theother two students was zero, indicating that that student’s interest did not change. The studentreported an interest of 5 in civil engineering and 1’s for the other three disciplines on both initialand final surveys. The remaining student scored a -1, and although that student reported a 5 incivil engineering in both surveys, she reported an increase in interest from 3 to 4 in one of theother disciplines.Industrial EngineeringThere was only one industrial engineering major was interested and
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designing an engineeringexhibit for OH Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology,the local children’s science center located in Youngstown, Ohio (OH Wow!, 2011). The Mini-Golf Project is the primary focus of this study, wherein student teams of 3-5 students designed,built, and tested a Mini-Golf hole given a piece of turf that is 6ft wide by 25 ft. long in whichremovable bricks were used to line the course. The students were required to create a design thatincluded: an elevation change, a bend, obstruction(s), and some form of theme. An example ofa student project is shown in Figure 1 in which the project team created a Wizard of Oz themedmini-golf hole
engineering student performance and retention, and how to best teach work skills throughout the engineering curriculum.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Dr. Patricia A. S. Ralston is Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She also has an associate appointment in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Ralston teaches under- graduate engineering mathematics and is currently involved in educational research on the effective use of Tablet PCs in engineering education, the incorporation of critical thinking in undergraduate engineer- ing education, and retention of engineering students. Her fields of technical expertise include process modeling, simulation, and process
71.1% of thestudents reported that this course was important in their decision to studying engineering or CSin college. 85.8% of the students would recommend this course to their friends. The majority ofthe students (85.8%) reported that they would definitely or probably major in computer sciencein college. All of the students indicated that they would major in engineering related fields incollege.The survey results were analyzed by single sample t-test to determine whether the observedmean is different from a set value. Results of the t-tests showed that students’ evaluation on theircomputer knowledge was very positive (mean = 4.71, standard deviation, S. D. = 0.49; t = 3.87;p = 0.008). In addition, students’ perceptions toward CS were
students to see recent research and to cultivate their critical thinking skills.Lastly, our college is trying to engage more students in activities that will allow them to see theopportunities in STEM and STEM-related careers. By introducing students to Sustainability,students are exposed to a STEM area that has grown tremendously over the last few years asevident by the growth of Sustainability programs across US universities since 2008.4 In fact theuse of Sustainability across curriculums has been used by other institutions such as TuftsUniversity and Emory University since the 1990’s.5 A large component of integratingSustainability across the curriculum depends on the ability of faculty to gain a basicunderstanding of Sustainability and how it
. Schaller and C. S. Crandall (Eds.) The psychological foundations of culture. (pp. 335-360). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.[2] American Council on Education (n.d.) Adult learners. [Online] http://www.acenet.edu/higher- education/topics/Pages/Adult-Learners.aspx, Retrieved January 4, 2014.[3] Anderson, W. (2013). Independent learning. In M. G. Moore and W. G. Anderson (Eds.) Handbook of distance education (pp. 86-103). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.[4] Blaschke, L. M. (2012). Heutagogy and lifelong learning: A review of heutagogical practice and self- determined learning. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. [Online] http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1076/2087, Retrieved
?AbstractAs higher education evolves, one instructional tool, the classic textbook, is undergoing varioustransformations. Textbooks, once viewed as the cornerstone to instruction in higher education,are now often seen as outdated. Some instructors are opting out of published textbooks andinstead designing content for their courses on an as-needed basis by creating electronic classreadings from an array of digital resources. While the limitations of textbooks are not new,today‟s technologic advances afford many alternatives to print-based books. Furthermore, certainfields, by their very nature, dictate the need for timely, current resources and the coursedescribed in this paper is one such course for it covers alternative energy sources. This upper
Education; 2012 Jun p. 77.4. Duval-Couetil N, Reed-Rhoads T, Haghighi S. Engineering Students and Entrepreneurship Education: Involvement, Attitudes and Outcomes. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2012;28(2):425.5. Neck HM, Greene PG. Entrepreneurship education: Known worlds and new frontiers. Journal of Small Business Management. 2011;49(1):55–70.6. Rippin A, Booth C, Bowie S, Jordan J. A Complex Case: Using the case study method to explore uncertainty and ambiguity in undergraduate business education. Teaching in Higher Education. 2002;7(4):429–41.7. Banning KC. The effect of the case method on tolerance for ambiguity. Journal of Management Education. 2003;27(5):556–67.8. Practice C on D in the S
lectures are devoted to introducing technical material. The rest of the lectures arespent discussing generic topics of benefit to freshmen, such as time management, groupdynamics, and opportunities for international study. In order to have each technical lectureaccompanied by an applet, we would need a total of about 18 applets. We were able to produce15 applets before the class began in September 2004. The applets did not map evenly to thelecture topics. Some lectures had two relevant applets, while others had none. In the end, weused the applets in 10 lectures, or about one-third of the total number of lectures in the class.Table 1 summarizes the goal(s) for each of the applets we have created.Applet Designed to
Water Level Forecasting along the Texas Coast: Interdisciplinary Research with Undergraduates. G. Beate Zimmer, Philippe E. Tissot, Jeremy S. Flores, Zack Bowles, Alexey L. Sadovski, Carl Steidley. Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78412.Abstract:While pure mathematics makes it sometimes difficult to involve undergraduates who have notyet completed the higher level math courses in research projects, research in applied mathematicsis generally more accessible to these students. We present an example of an integrated researchenvironment including faculty, research professionals and students which has facilitated theproductive
? Princeton Alumnae Reflect. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1993.6. H. K. Qammar, H. M. Cheung, E. A. Evans, S. P. Spickard, F. S. Broadway, and R. D. Ramsier. “Impact of Vertically Integrated Team Design Projects on First Year Engineering Students.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.7. D. K. Sobek II, and V. K. Jain. “The Engineering Problem-Solving Process: Good for Students?” slides for Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.8. “Success of SEAS Interactor Program Hard to Duplicate.” Princeton University
Nontraditional Learning Environments: Do They Prepare Our Students for Life-Long Learning? D. DiBiasio, Department of Chemical Engineering and S. Jiusto, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractRecent research indicates that traditional academic structures may not promote learningconsistent with self-directed learning.1,2 This work investigated whether Worcester PolytechnicInstitute’s (WPI) nontraditional interdisciplinary projects program increased readiness for life-long learning (LLL) and self-directed learning (SDL) using three methods: a calibrated, validatedinstrument called the Self
most important attribute indicative of success in thepractice of engineering.The Auburn study also surveyed 298 industry representatives to determine what attributes areneeded for successful engineers. The survey found that the alumni and the industryrepresentatives ranked the top 16 attributes in almost the same order of importance. In fact, thefirst four were ranked in the same order. Therefore, both the industry representatives and thealumni said that the ability to learn on one’s own was the most important attribute of a successfulengineer.The Auburn University study was performed prior to the adoption of EC 2000’s criterion 3attributes and was a survey of alumni and industry representatives associated with a largeuniversity. Therefore, to
Learning, Spring 2004, pp. 21-33, 2004.6. E. Abes, G. Jackson, and S. Jones, “Factors that Motivate and Deter Faculty Use of Service-Learning,” MichiganJournal of Community Service Learning, Fall 2002, pp. 5-17, 2002.7. S. Adams and F. Pereira, “Measuring Faculty Preparation to Lead Teams in the Engineering Classroom: A PilotStudy,” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002.8. M. Zwyno, “Engineering Faculty Teaching Styles and Attitudes toward Student-Centered and Technology-Enabled Teaching Strategies,” Proceedings, 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, Nashville, TN, 2003.9. J. Mitchell, “Time Professors Spend Improving their Teaching,” Proceedings, 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, IEEE, Savannah
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incorporation of these technologies has had a dramatic, short-term effect on the learning environment. Substantial care must be taken in first-year courses where students may not appreciate the uncertainties associated with educational experiments and may become disillusioned when technology use is not carried over into future years.References Cited1- Brockman, J, TE Fuja, S Batill, 2002, “A multidisciplinary course sequence for first-year engineering students”,Proceedings of ASCE, session 2253.2- McWilliams, L, S Silliman and C Pieronek, 2004, “Modifications to a Freshman Engineering Course Based onStudent Feedback “, 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.3- Pieronek, C, L McWilliams, and S Silliman, 2004
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Page 10.41.6more logical presentation. In practice, the investigator is well advised to conduct at least Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpreliminary Uncertainty B analysis ahead of time using generic or even estimated data.Otherwise a poor experimental design could result in excessive Uncertainty B that cannotbe easily corrected later. Indeed a complete redesign may be necessary. Table 1. Experimental Data for Heat Exchanger Experiment units 1 2 3 4 5 6 AVG m& H kg/s 0.051 0.052 0.052
course work and six hours of thesis. This is theplan under which five students graduated.In 2003 the degree was changed again to permit an optional thesis at 30 hours total (24 of classwork and six of thesis) and 36 hours of straight course work with written and oral comprehensiveexam. It might be noted that this last change followed years of greatly reduced graduation ratesin the department in spite of a growing number of graduate students.The university provided support to the students in a large variety of nontraditional ways. In theearliest days of the program the program director would visit the site weekly for meetings withstudents who drove to campus for some courses. In those days, the early 90’s, a student couldtake up to six hours of
future students. However, to allow for this process a DRIE system would need to bepurchased. Additionally, it would have been helpful if the capabilities of the UtahMicrofabrication Facility were well understood during the initial design stages of the project.However, we still believe the microfabricated energy scavenging system would make an idealsenior or graduate level design project. The system combines aspects from several engineeringdisciplines and offers a great opportunity for students to execute design, simulation, fabricationand testing in a multidisciplinary group setting.References:1. S. Roundy, R. K. Wright, and J. Rabaey, “A study of low level vibrations as apower source for wireless sensor nodes,” Computer Communications, vol
Page 10.1173.11 inquiry," Educational Researcher, vol. 32, pp. 5-8, 2003. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education6. J. Douglas, E. Iversen, and C. Kalyandurg, (2004, December). Engineering in the K-12 classroom: An analysis of current practices & guidelines for the future. American Society for Engineering Education EngineeringK12 Center. [Online]. Available: http://www.engineeringk12.org/Engineering_in_the_K-12_Classroom.pdf.7. A. M. Hoff, M. Barger, R. Gilbert, K. S. Rogers, J. D. Hickey, E. Roe, and B. McCullough, "Teaching problem solving to high school and