2006-680: THE ROADMAP OF ARITHMETIC: SUMMING IT UPAndrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics Throughout his career Dr. Grossfield, has combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He earned a BSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. degree in mathematics at night while working full time during the day, designing circuitry for aerospace/avionics companies. He is licensed in New York as a Professional Engineer and is a member of ASEE, IEEE, SIAM and MAA. Ai207@bfn.org is his e-mail address. Page 11.1323.1© American Society for Engineering
education and possible ways of introducing thesubject into an undergraduate curriculum14 and the urgency for improving it in the educationalsystem that supply industry with engineers15 have been discussed. A reverse engineering modeland team projects for the freshman design1, 2, and computer-based teaching5 in engineeringeducation have also been studied. Page 11.909.2At MUSE, the mechanical and industrial engineering students are prepared for careers inmanufacturing industries. The students are trained from the freshman through senior year indesign, materials, manufacturing, and measurement related areas as explained below.The design and manufacturing
that is the frequency that most agencies can maintain reliably Page 11.221.8Ethics In their careers, most engineers will not face “space shuttle O-ring” type ethics issuesvery often. However, on practically a daily basis they will have to make ethical decisionsassociated with billing hours and expenses, client and employer relations, issues of advocacy,and general professionalism. Santi7 gives a detailed set of examples and exercises to: 1. “reinforce the concept that engineers are frequently involved in judgmental
our fourthyear of partnering with elementary schools. I have chosen to work with 2nd graders this year to Page 11.569.8determine the readiness of the younger children to understand technology and engineeringconcepts. So far, we have found that these younger kids, just like the older ones have a hard timesitting in their chair because they are so excited to learn about the concepts we are introducing,but the older kids are much more ready to comprehend difficult concepts. With this in mind, Ibelieve it is very valuable to bring these topics into the classrooms. The outcomes will includeincreasing interested in technology and engineering careers
, where the Meridian Kesslerneighborhood is located, the review noted that real median family income has dropped 2.7percent and there is no dynamic growth in the local economy. Additionally, the unemploymentrate increased from 2004 to 2005. Adding to this is that in 2003, 51.4% of public school studentsin Marion County were eligible for free or reduced free lunch and that the poverty rate in MarionCounty for children under 18 is greater than 18%. Clearly, with falling economic and jobprospects, the students in Marion County may benefit from an outreach program that introducesengineering and technology and the associated careers in a fun and engaging atmosphere.With these issues in mind, a program called Learning with LEGOTMs has been developed by
in terms of additionaleligible majors, inclusion of first-year transfer students, and the definition of “low-income” willbe broadened to include students in the “middle zone.” All engineering majors at UWT,including Computer, Electrical, Mechanical and Civil are now eligible to apply for the program.Mechanical and Civil Engineering are two of the newest engineering programs, starting in 2021and 2022, respectively.As part of the second phase, a new introductory course was developed and offered for the firsttime in Autumn 2022. This project-based Introduction to Engineering course leveraged bestpractices from engineering education to engage students in their academic careers. The coursewas inspired by the successful coffee-based class
wide variety of existing knowledge as well as the anticipation that the volume ofavailable knowledge will continue to grow during the working career of the graduate. Another area of effort in recent years has been attempts to make the educationalexperience more effective. These attempts have generally followed two pathways, linkingcourses together to enhance the cumulative learning effect,4,5 or increasing the effectiveness ofindividual student experiences. Linking courses together has the combined effect of repetitionand providing an overarching problem in which the student can see how concepts from variouscourses interrelate. Increasing student learning effectiveness comprises a variety of techniquesto include presentation style, use
teacher’s ability to intuit solid state chemistry concepts from other knowledge. It is alsopossible that teachers who decide to pursue professional development in this area are influencedby prior exposure to the material (for example, by teachers in their district who teach materialsscience or workshops attended earlier in their career). Table 3: Descriptive Statistics comparing the baseline content knowledge of teachers in control group and treatment group.Parametric and nonparametric analyses confirmed that the control group of teachers was significantly less knowledgeable about materials science. This was true both when the treatment group included all teachers and only new teachers.Dependent Variable: Pre-camp Number of Items Correct
awards are the ECE George Corcoran Award for engineering education, the NSF CAREER award, the Clark School of Engineering Kent Faculty Teaching Award, the CSE Keystone Professorship, the CSE Faculty Service Award, and the Distinguished Alumni in Science and Technology of the University of the Philippines. He has served as an Editor, an Editorial Board Member of the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, the chair of the Technical Committee, and the General Chair of the Intermag Conference in 2006. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Teaching Engineering in the General Education Program at the University of MarylandAbstractThe University of Maryland
project in 10 daysabbreviated the team formation process and forced mutual reliance early as well. Compared tocourses instructed over a 15 week semester, which the faculty regularly instruct at theirrespective universities, the short course reduces variability in the outcomes and team dynamicissues that generally arise.The short course format and close contact between faculty and participants, who all traveled forthe course, also fostered interaction between individuals from multiple disciplines. It alsofacilitated the sense of care and concern the program directors and resource faculty have for thegrowth of each participant, an interest in their future career goals and potential for futurecollaboration.This is a work in progress and a 5 year
School of Engineering Education. She is the recipient of a 2012 NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach innovation. She serves on the editorial boards of Science Education and the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education (JPEER). She received a B.S.E with distinction in Engineering in 2009 and a B.S. degree in Physics Education in 1999. Her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are in Science Education from Arizona State University earned in 2002 and 2008, respectively.Mr. Austin Spencer Bohlin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) I am a sophomore in mechanical engineering at Purdue University. I am currently working as an under- graduate research assistant for the Engineering
Working in Engineering from Those Who Left theProfession. In D. Bilimoria and L. Lord (Eds).Women in STEM Careers International Perspectiveson Increasing Workforce Participation, Advancement and Leadership. Edward Elgar Publishing,Northampton, MA.Stevens, R., O'Connor, K., Garrison, L., Jocuns, A., & Amos, D. M. (2008). Becoming an engineer:Toward a three dimensional view of engineering learning. Journal of Engineering Education,97(3), 355-368.Suresh, R. (2006). The relationship between barrier courses and persistence in engineering.Journal of College Student Retention, 8, 215.Trede, F., Macklin, R., & Bridges, D. (2011). Professional identity development: A review of thehigher education literature. Studies in Higher Education, 37(3), 365
, whether in industry, academia, or inpolicy-making positions. Given factors as diverse as technological advancement, climatechange trends, and international competition, training engineers in both professional abilitiesand higher order thinking skills is necessary to empower future professionals in solvinguncertain and ever-changing challenges which they will inevitably face in their careers. Forhydraulic engineers, such challenges involve an emphasis on real-world problem solving andthe need for a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach, such as in the case of the inter-agency and cross-disciplinary efforts necessary to resolve complicated extreme weather andwater supply sustainability issues. Additionally, innovation and creative thinking
Engineering, and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering Technology, from the Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. Additionally, Dr. Dean received an MBA from the College of William and Mary. Prior to is academic career Dr. Dean was Director of Operations and Business De- velopment for Clark-Smith Associates, P.C., and served as an Electrician in the US Navy aboard the USS South Carolina and the USS Enterprise. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #20387Dr. Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University Dr. Michaeli is an Assistant Professor in the
professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University. She earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Rice Uni- versity in 1998. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for graduate study, earning an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Nelson’s research focus is in statistical signal processing, specifically detection and estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu
problems (c) Understand the different components used in the project activity (d) If applicable, consider electrical engineering as a possible career option2. Rate your contribution to the project activity in the following categories. Graded response: 5 - major contribution 0 – no contributionQualitative sectionThe participants also provided feedback and general comments in the following categories.3. Are there any components of the project activity which must receive more emphasis?4. Are there any components of the project activity which must be excluded?5. Propose ways to improve the project activity. Figure 12: Sample summary project activity write-upSection 4: Workshop OutcomesThe E-in-STEM workshop titled ‘E = MC2
rat cells and transfected them with a Coder 1 05-Jul-Line polymer and non-viral DNA. After two days 201610 had passed I would observe to see if the genes had transfected into the cell (by turning green) or if the cells had died.Page 1 Student A field/career that I am no longer interested in. Coder 1 05-Jul-Line interest (anti) 201615Page 1 Tedious Its very tedious with very little reward Coder 1 05-Jul-Line 201615Table 2 displays a section of a table of
central resource for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.2Notably, the building is also designed to serve as the home base for first-yearengineering students, complete with maker spaces, fabrication labs, informal spaces,and classrooms for hands-on and problem-based learning.Beyond this suite of hands-on educational amenities, the building’s design supportsinnovation and engagement beginning at the freshman level through centers dedicatedto tutoring and academic advising, career development, and industry collaboration,all facing the main entry and located immediately off the building’s spacious double-height atrium.Labs, machine shops, and other project workspaces, meanwhile, are clustered one floordown, promoting an engaging “garage
job or inacademic research.Most other kinds of assessment place the student in a passive role. The student simplyreceives feedback from the instructor or TA. Self-assessment, by contrast, forcesstudents to become autonomous learners, to think about how what they should belearning. Having learned self-assessment skills, students can continue to apply them intheir career and in other contexts throughout life.Self-assessment is a useful life skill. In school, students are told what they need to learn,but in the work world, they usually need to figure it out for themselves. Most students donot come into higher education with this skill well developed. But if they are to emergeas graduates who can take responsibility for their own learning, they
one of the only effective forms of communication and measurement standards acrossengineering disciplines in manufacturing, making critical to industry. GD&T is widely used inmanufacturing and allows design engineers to research and refine the functionality,interchangeability, quality, and standardization of parts, thus eliminating waste and contributingto corporate profitability [3]. At Georgia Institute of Technology, we have found that manyemployers recommend that students learn GD&T during their undergraduate career so they areready to implement their skills during internships, co-ops, and their fulltime jobs. GD&T is achallenging subject to which many students have had little previous exposure. Even highlyqualified students
University, an M.S. in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Technology in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His research interests include building energy efficiency, computer simulations, spatial visualization skills, educational data mining, learning analytics, and cognitive processes in engineering design and problem-solving.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and Associate School Head in the School of Civil and Environmen- tal Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER
(1):91 – 111, 2013. URL http://www.citrenz.ac.nz/jacit/JACIT1701/2013Gibbs ComputerSelfEfficacy.html.[5] J. P. Downey and H. V. Kher. A longitudinal examination of the effects of computer self-efficacy growth on performance during technology training. Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 14:91 – 111, 2015. URL Retrieved from http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol14/JITEV14ResearchP091-111Downey0828.pdf.[6] Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales. How stereotypes impair women?s careers in science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(12):4403–4408, 2014. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314788111. URL http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4403.abstract.Appendix: Sample Survey Questions
applications, and project management of their problem definition. The VIPcurriculum allows students to develop a well-rounded skill set to take into their careers beyondundergraduate education.2The Vertically Integrated Projects course will consist of four different sub-teams. Each sub-team- cities, vehicles, infrastructure, and transportation users - will design and prototype sensors andtechnological innovations that address the needs of smart cities. Students will coordinate with theNYU Tandon School of Engineering MakerSpace, incubators – NYU Urban Future Lab,research centers, and several departments. These departments include civil engineering, urbanplanning, electrical and computer engineering, computer science, and urban informatics.However
Maintenance on campuses will support an institution’s sustainability goals by reducing the environmental impact of buildings and grounds; creating a positive effect on student, faculty and staff health; and preparing students to be global sustainability citizens. With the goal of transforming existing campus facilities around the world, we have developed a clear vision for the future: LEED Lab. An innovative solution for integrating sustainable practices into daily campus operations and maintenance, LEED Lab is an interactive, multidisciplinary immersion course designed to transform the academic environment by preparing students for competitive 21st century careers in sustainability. In the course
, collaboration, and project management skills, 4-5 students, as one group, arerequired to complete the project that requires many different skills such as design, computersimulation, CNC machining, injection molding, etc. After a year of implementation, evidencedemonstrates that the program effectively enhances students’ understanding and capability ofplastic product development. By implementing this new curriculum, Bradley University has beenable to have a higher impact on the career preparation of the students and the supply of trainedplastics engineers to local industries. The presentation will illustrate the plastics injectionmolding curriculum and describe one of the successful four-module projects conducted based onthe curriculum. The impact to
systems. Prior to joining Rose-Hulman, he was a company co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Montronix, a company in the global machine monitoring industry. Bill is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Illinois College and a Bronze Tablet graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering.Mr. William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences William D. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of Rose-Hulman
. He is Founding General Chair of the IEEE International Electro Information Technology Conferences. Hossein served as 2002/2003 ASEE ECE Division Chair. He was IEEE Education Society Membership Development Chair and now serves as MGA Vice President (2013/2014) and Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award Chair. Dr. Mousavinezhad received Michigan State University ECE Department’s Distinguished Alumni Award, May 2009. He is recipient of ASEE ECE Division’s 2007 Meritorious Service Award, ASEE/NCS Distinguished Service Award, April 6, 2002, for significant and sustained leadership. In 1994 he received ASEE Zone II Outstanding Campus Representative Award. He is also a Senior Member of IEEE, has been a reviewer
reports are a very small set of the work that has been conducted in the field, thecomplete set of works indicate the interest in having appropriate materials for improvement ofspatial visualization skills, perhaps given the reports that such skills are a significant factorpredicting success in technological programs [Sorby, 2005]. Visualization skills competency isnowadays being used for career advising, identification of potential success or need for additionalacademic preparation, and even as an admission factor.BackgroundIn most engineering and technology degrees students are required to have a course in technicalgraphics. There is variety of contents and approaches being used nowadays, with the most typicaloffering being a first-year course
Paper ID #20286Embedded Systems and Internet of Things (IoTs) - Challenges in Teachingthe ARM Controller in the ClassroomProf. Dhananjay V. Gadre, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Dhananjay V. Gadre (New Delhi, India) completed his MSc (electronic science) from the University of Delhi and M.Engr (computer engineering) from the University of Idaho, USA. In his professional career of more than 27 years, he has taught at the SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, worked as a scientific officer at the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, and since 2001, has been with the Electronics and
” and “our neighbors”. BCe2 is also making progress in talent retention, as seenthrough students continuing internships and pursuing post-graduate careers in South Bend. Asthe academic year progresses, there has been an increase in outreach about BCe2’s work due topast intern testimony and advocacy. The leadership of BCe2 also presented their work at the USConference of Mayors at the mayor of South Bend’s invitation to broadcast this model of cityand university collaboration, thus increasing partnerships on a larger scale.Lessons learned at both the organizational and project level can inform the progress of theorganization moving forward as well as implementation of similar programs in other areas.Lessons learned at the project level included