Paper ID #16363Impacts of Sustainability Education on the Attitudes of Engineering StudentsDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice
-friendly technology (with environmentalofficers to monitor it), some “40% of the fleet plying the waters today are older vessels with 35year old waste-treatment systems.” 74 Currently, cruise ships dump a total of 1 billion gallons ofsewage annually.75 GIGO, as the saying goes.To engage students in other engineering majors, having them examine chemical remedies for oilybilge water is an eye-opening experience. Biodispersion, for example, is a very viable solutionfor oil. These products are, as Ganti and Wille note, non-corrosive, non-toxic, residue-free,effective, and environmentally safe.” 63 They are also apparently not used.Legislation and EnforcementThe area of regulation is also a topic where young minds can fruitfully wander. Why
Paper ID #14844Facilitating Learner Self-efficacy through Interdisciplinary Collaboration inSustainable Systems DesignDr. Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz Tela Favaloro received a B.S. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Univer- sity of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently working to further the development and dissemination of alternative energy technology; as project manager of a green building design initiative and researcher with the Center for Sustainable Engineering and Power Systems. Her background is in the development of characterization techniques and
Paper ID #15763Transforming a Dynamics Course to an Active, Blended, and CollaborativeFormat: Focus on the FacultyProf. Jennifer DeBoer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jennifer DeBoer is currently Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on international education systems, individual and social development, technology use and STEM learning, and educational environments for diverse learners.Dr. Maria J. Gerschutz, Trine University After earning her doctorate from Wright State University, Dr. Gerschutz spent five years working for WillowWood, a lower-limb prosthetic company
Paper ID #15270Using a Real-Options Analysis Tutorial in Teaching Undergraduate StudentsDr. John A. White Jr., University of Arkansas John A. White, Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering and Chancellor Emeritus, received his BSIE degree from the University of Arkansas, his MSIE degree from Virginia Tech, and his PhD from The Ohio State University. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from Katholieke Universitiet of Leuven in Belgium and George Washington University. Since beginning his teaching career as a tenure-track instructor at Virginia Tech in 1963, he has taught more than 4,000 engineering
Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN.7. Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by Design (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.8. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (2000). How people learn: brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.9. Barrows, H. S. (1996). Problem-based learning in medicine and beyond: A brief overview. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. 1996 (68): 3–12. doi:10.1002/tl.37219966804.10. Banchi, H., & Bell, R. (2008). The Many Levels of Inquiry. Science and Children, 46(2), 26-29.11. Helle, L., Tynjälä, P., & Olkinuora, E. (2006). Project
the challenges inengineering education. This paper presents the efforts to improve a core undergraduate industrialengineering course, Designing Value in Supply Chain, to infuse entrepreneurial thinking amongstudents using an internally funded grant by Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN).For this purpose, three new course modules are designed and their effectiveness on studentlearning is evaluated. This course is ideal for establishing entrepreneurially minded learning(EML) as a systematic approach is required for managing the chain of supply, especially sincethe impacts of the decisions are not isolated and will be spread out through the entire chain. Inaddition, creative multidisciplinary knowledge is required to address most of
sequentially throughout astudent’s academic career and which researchers can use as a guide for exploring thedevelopment of empathy among engineering students. However, before we do this, we first mustconceptualize this multi-faceted and complex phenomenon.2. What is Empathy?Empathy is a nuanced phenomenon. It has been labeled as a construct, ability, skill, disposition,intellectual virtue, and much more. According to Batson,15 there are eight distinct concepts thatscholars have called empathy, each of which merits distinction. Batson described the first ofthese concepts as “knowing another person’s internal state, including his or her thoughts orfeelings.” The emphasis on knowing another’s mind is akin to what some scholars have called“empathic
Paper ID #14609Transforming Liberal Arts Graduates to Advanced Manufacturing Careers:The First CohortDr. Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University Ibrahim Zaid is a professor of mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing engineering at Northeastern Uni- versity. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Akron. Zeid has an international background. He received his B.S. (with highest honor) and M.S. from Cairo University in Egypt. He has received var- ious honors and awards both in Egypt and the United States. He is the recipient of both the Northeastern Excellence in Teaching Award and the SAE Ralph R. Teetor
sequence of courses in electromag- netics. He has presented at numerous local, regional, and national conferences and also internationally on telecommunications and wireless topics and on the status of the education of electronics technicians at the two-year college level. His current interests are: the development of novel and innovative systems- level approaches to the education of technicians, applications of the emerging field of wired and wireless networked embedded controllers and sensor/actuator networks, and cyber-physical system applications in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching the Internet of Things
our overall goal for the session was to initialize a globalcollaboration to advance diversity and inclusion in engineering education, it was crucial that ouraudience be empowered to continue these conversations following the session. This trainingconsisted of two parts: 1) a definition of biases, explicit and implicit, including examples ofconsequences of implicit biases within a variety of contexts and 2) an interactive activity throughan anonymous PollEveryWhere.com survey in which audience members shared their experienceswith implicit bias within engineering spaces.In part one of the training, we defined bias as habits of mind--preferences, inclinations, orpatterns of thought. Biases play a pivotal role in shaping how we navigate judgments
interdisciplinary research with the goal of improving engineering programs at the undergraduate level. Her research interests include cognitive theories, memory, problem solving, theories of the mind, and the role of identity and motivation in education.Mariaf´e Taev´ı Panizo, James Madison University Mariaf´e Panizo is a first year graduate student in JMU’s Graduate Psychology Doctoral program. She has been working on engineering education research projects for two and a half years, focusing on non- cognitive factors that impact engineering student academic success.Dr. Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University Olga Pierrakos is a Founding Faculty and Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison
, developing educational programs andorganizing and administering engineering work environments with these in mind.4. Behavioral ethicsAs with moral psychology, the field of behavioral ethics focuses on the reasons persons act theways they do and what can be done to insure that they act ethically.38 Although the fields ofbusiness39, 40, law41, and medicine42 have taken interest in and engaged with developments inbehavioral ethics, engineering ethics has not. However, given the tremendous influence ofengineers on the contemporary world – and for the sake of public safety – insights from the fieldof behavioral ethics can and should be brought to bear on research and education in engineeringethics.II. The rationale for and nature of our studyIn this
broaden the appeal of engineering educationto a wider range of gender and ethnic categories. 8 These activities seek to engage students incritical thinking processes while simultaneously achieving a greater sense of civic and socialresponsibility. However, depending on the approach there are inherent technical, cultural andpolitical limitations which can privilege students and teachers at the expense of the communitiesbeing served. 9 With that in mind, we note that analysis of practices such as service learning showpositive effects on students’ attitudes, social behavior, and academic performance. 10 As such,finding the most effective means by which these topics and pedagogical approaches can beintegrated into the engineering curriculum has the
to move with aconstant speed! Of course, the role, even the existence, of friction is not obvious. It is, therefore,no surprise that all of us get these laws wrong until we take physics in school. But, as experienceand research on “How people Learn” shows, it is not easy to change someone’s mind. Therefore,despite the fact that we study these laws, known as Newton’s laws of Motion, for many years,students fall back to their intuitive (Aristotelian) understanding of them.This year, the author started teaching a somewhat unique course called “Scientific Foundationsof Engineering,” to graduate engineering students with at least three years of work experiencewho are enrolled in The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program at Northeastern
Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. The Biomedical Engineering and Software Engineering programs are preparing for accreditation in the next review cycle. Also, a special interdisciplinary General Engineering program is offered that is not accredited. At SJSU, BS Engineering programs are treated as accredited, since all programs are designed with assessment and accreditation in mind. Rationalization for the Course Sequence: The 120 Unit Plan Discussions of reduction in units to earn a baccalaureate degree have occurred within the California State University (CSU) system since the 1990’s. Much progress was made to reduce programs in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. By 2008 approximately 81% of degree programs met the 120-unit
average engineering and computer science students. Asnoted, the faculty input indicated that some consideration of the development of self-sufficiencyis necessary in the definition. In addition, the greater importance placed by faculty and industryon teamwork indicates that that should be considered of greater importance than independentwork. With these factors in mind, the definition of a successful URE for average engineeringstudents is now proposed as follows.The goals for a successful URE for average engineering students are1) The URE should develop applied engineering, problem solving, and critical thinking skills ofthe students to help prepare them for a career as an engineer, likely in industry.2) The URE should improve the communication
immensenumber of activities and university ethics regulations, only a few case study examples aredescribed here.Leadership in Cross-Disciplinary GroupsUndergraduate Music Society: In 2008, a group of like-minded undergraduate students withclassical music training sought to establish a music society specifically for engineering studentsto support the education and awareness around acoustical and noise engineering. This grouprequested financial support to purchase musical instruments that could be used by anyengineering student without access to their own instruments, either due to residence livingarrangements or cost, which would also be used in scientific demonstrations and related lecturesregarding the physics of music. After being successfully funded
Paper ID #17396Approaches to Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development at an Engi-neering UniversityMrs. Galina Burylina, Kazan National Research Technological UniversityDr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University - West Lafayette Dr. Sanger is a professor in the School of Engineering Technology in the College of Technology of Purdue University. His focus and passion is real world, industry based, senior capstone experiences both domes- tically and internationally. He has successfully developed this area at Purdue and at Western Carolina University. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Sanger had a successful 30 year
Paper ID #16608Pre-College Science and Engineering for Inner-City Middle School StudentsMrs. Sahid Lin´es Rosado Lausell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Sahid Rosado Lausell is the Outreach Coordinator for the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the Univer- sity of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez, and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from UIUC. She is currently working on her second master’s in Curriculum and Instruction at UIUC, and working towards a Secondary Education - Mathematics Teaching Licensure. She has been
Paper ID #15596Missing from the Classroom: Current Representations of Disability in Engi-neering EducationMs. Martina V. Svyantek, Virginia Tech Martina Svyantek is a doctoral student at Virginia Tech working towards an iPhD. Her doctoral research will investigate how disability is discussed, portrayed, and institutionalized within academia. Her undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering comes from Auburn University (2011). This undergradu- ate degree will be complemented with further work towards a Masters of Science degree from the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Virginia Tech, developing K-12 outreach
phrases that come to mind when you hear Engineer? Be honest and don’t over think it.”In an effort to identify if differing secondary student perceptions were a factor in the largediscrepancy in female enrollment between disciplines, this question was repeated three times, butwith Chemical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, and Civil Engineer specified. For example,“What are the first three descriptive words or phrases that come to mind when you hearMechanical Engineer? Be honest and don’t over think it.” These three disciplines were selectedbecause they are three of the original, long-standing, engineering disciplines with vastly differentfemale enrollments. Chemical engineering had high female enrollment, mechanical engineeringhad low enrollment
Paper ID #14994Why a Testing Career is Not the First Choice of EngineersDr. Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University Dr Pradeep Waychal is a founder trustee and the chair of Guruji Education Foundation that provides holistic support to the education of underprivileged students and operates on funding from friends. The foundation has recently extended its work in diverse areas such as research in engineering education, youth employability and teaching computer science to adolescents. Earlier, Dr Waychal has worked at Patni Computer Systems for 20 years in various positions including the head of innovations, NMIMS as
Executive Committee of ITEAS. Dr. O’Neill (ITEAS first Director) and Dr. Irizarry are engineering professors; Dr. Pérez and Dr. Ortiz are social science professors that have been ITEAS leaders on public policy. Their capacity building work has proven to be essential in the emergence of engineers as policy entrepreneurs from ITEAS. ITEAS research efforts in sustainability concentrate on how to effectively influence the current energy policy regime to promote the sustainable utilization of renewable energy sources. ITEAS argues that a decision making process based on the principles of sustainability must be designed, operationalized and maintained with the local context in mind. Immersed inside the federal intergovernmental framework, Puerto Rico
K CASHWELL Jr, Norfolk State University Irving Cashwell Jr. was born and raised in Chesapeake VA. His introduction into electronics engineer- ing originated in HS via an electronics coarse at Indian River highs School while playing sports year round; basketball volleyball and tennis. Irving began his college career close to his family at Norfolk State University (NSU) obtaining an undergraduate and master’s degree in Electronics Engineering while also focusing on becoming better in mind, body and spirt. He enjoys sharing his unique perspective of life through the art of photography. Irving’s master’s work at Norfolk state university, under Aswini Pradhan, focused on high-k dielectrics, high electron mobility
. Afirst step is to ask students to repeat task 2, “Do something unusual”, themselves regularly, andusing each pass to go one small step further.ConclusionWhy was it worth thinking about creativity and entrepreneurship in engineering education? Theexperience made by using the learning scenario “Shark Tank” confirms what was written before:To some extend, students can learn to become creative or an entrepreneur. But there are aspectsof both entities that cannot be learned by applying a straightforward learning path under the timeregime engineering education offers, such as courage, non-conformity, openness etc. It isimportant to have these insights in mind, if all the prominent statements about the need ofengineers who change (or even maybe save
Paper ID #17281Unique Potential and Challenges of Students with ADHD in Engineering Pro-gramsDr. Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut Dr. Arash E. Zaghi received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he worked on the seismic behavior of novel bridge column and connection details. After graduating, he stayed with UNR as a Research Scientist to overlook two major research projects involving system-level shake table experiments. In 2011, Dr. Zaghi joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor. His research
Paper ID #15921Creating a University-Industry Advisory Board for a Joint Engineering SchoolDr. Duncan J Bremner, University of Glasgow Dr Duncan Bremner has over 30 years in the semiconductor industry and has held operational and strategic executive roles in product development and technology planning within leading organisations such as National Semiconductor and The Intel Corporation. Duncan is presently employed by the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering working with both academic staff and industry partners to develop collaborative projects. He is also responsible for the development and delivery of the
Paper ID #17202Enhancing Software Engineering Curricula By Incorporating Open, Data-Driven Planning MethodsMr. John (Lalit) Jagtiani, University of Bridgeport Mr. Lalit (John) Jagtiani is currently a Ph.D. candidate focused on Technology Management at the Uni- versity of Bridgeport, School of Engineering. His research interests include software technology manage- ment, software metrics, technology change management, and technology risk management. Mr.Jagtiani has 25+ years of industry experience with technology management and strategic business solutions. He currently serves as a consultant to several organizations and
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