resistance may be student perceptionof writing as an audience-driven performance rather than perceiving writing as part of criticalthinking and creation of social action4. In data- and content-focused fields and disciplines, suchas those in STEM, it is difficult to integrate different forms and genres of writing into upper-levelundergraduate courses due to time constraints and concerns about coverage. Writing is seen as aseparate intellectual process because there are a limited number of courses taken as corerequirements from Humanities and Social Sciences, and many courses and writing programs donot demonstrate overt connections to STEM epistemologies. Although practicing STEM facultystress the importance of writing as part of their own careers
and various student passes, shopping, and the other necessaryactivities of daily life. The Vesalius College staff, the on-site Lafayette program director, andtheir host families stand ready to assist them when necessary in these efforts.Students quickly become integrated into the Vesalius College student body. Because it isstrongly international, with only a minority of native Belgian students, it is particularly open andwelcoming to other newcomers. Lafayette students quickly form friendships with Vesaliusstudents which give them ready entry into Brussels student social life.Lafayette engineering students invariably return from Brussels well pleased with their experiencethere on both an academic and a personal level. They often feel that it
oversimplified pieces of the process and nowthat these are known to work, the simplifications need to be removed from theprocess to reevaluate effectiveness. Most importantly, a more accurate, effective,and efficient way of evaluating cost is needed. A component of the RET experiencewas the development of a Legacy Cycle inquiry lesson unit intended to connectengineering research to high school mathematics and science curriculum standards.This poster session will focus on a mathematics legacy cycle I implemented with 32students in the 2009–10 school year. The legacy cycle featured an exploration oflinear programming, the simplex method, and very basic genetic algorithms todemonstrate to the student the various roles optimization can play throughout
(NSF EEC 9872505). Briefly,Sooner City is a comprehensive, integrated, infrastructure design project that is threadedthroughout the OU civil engineering curriculum, beginning in the freshman year.Freshmen are given a plat of undeveloped land that, by the time they graduate, is turnedinto a blueprint for Sooner City’s infrastructure. Among other things, the projectpromotes five outcomes not always addressed by traditional curricula, but which areemphasized by the NSF Engineering Coalitions and ABET 2000: team building,communication, leadership, design, and higher level learning skills. For practicalpurposes, the original Sooner City project was implemented in the context of thetraditional “course-dictated” curriculum. While this strategy
Paper ID #5842Enhancing Engineering Ethics Curriculum by Analyzing Students’ Percep-tionMiss Brittney Hope Jimerson, North Carolina A&T State University Brittney Jimerson is a Ph.D. student at North Carolina A&T State University. She graduated from North Carolina A&T State University with a M.S. in Industrial and System Engineering in 2013. She was an undergraduate research scholar and earned her B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2009. She is an Alpha Pi Mu Engineering Honor Society Member, NSBE member, and IIE member.Dr. Eui Hyun Park, North
Page 25.486.2through the Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering programs. Incorporation of globallearning into our curriculum gives us an opportunity to better prepare our students for careers astruly global engineers 3;6 .Three key results of this integration of global learning elements into the ECE curriculum are thefollowing: 1. Several elements of global learning were already present in our ECE curriculum, but were not formalized or assessed. The most common were: (a) Discussion of historical background of course topic; (b) Sustainability, in the form of efficient design or use of resources (for example, mini- mized logic, efficient code or spectrum usage). 2. Global learning
for Engineering Education, 2010 The Enacted Curriculum: A Video Based Analysis of Instruction and Learning in High School Pre-Engineering ClassroomsAbstractEngineering excellence serves as one of the primary vehicles for technologicalinnovation, economic prosperity, national security, and advancements in public health.To address engineering preparation and appeal, technical education programs haveemerged that provide hands-on, project-based curricula that focus on the integration ofmathematics and science knowledge with engineering activities. Learning Sciencesresearch emphasizes that integration of conceptual knowledge must be made explicit tolearners to promote successful transfer of these ideas to novel problem-solving anddesign
Paper ID #6092Transforming Undergraduate Curriculum for Green Plastics ManufacturingTechnologyDr. Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Dr. Spencer Kim is an associate professor in Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department (MMET/PS) at RIT and serves as associate director of American Packaging Corpo- ration Center for Packaging Innovation at RIT. He previously worked in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Kim, as a PI or co-PI, received grants and sponsorships from NSF, SME, SPE, universities, and industries. In 2009, he was nominated for the Eisenhart Award for
the same time assuring quality and relevance toengineering practice, (3) preparing students for demanding careers that not only requiretechnical competence in an engineering discipline but also require communication,teamwork and life-long learning skills, and (4) maintaining or enhancing qualityprograms in the face of increasing financial pressure 1,2. It is clear to us that thetraditional approach to chemical engineering education is not well suited to meet thesechallenges. Page 3.39.1In the traditional approach, the chemical engineering curriculum provides acompartmentalized sequence of courses that aims to build a solid, fundamentalfoundation
professionals in systems engineering and related fields that have integrated DEIinto their work to provide recommendations for how DEI principles can be integrated intoengineering education. Participants were recruited online and through snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were completed with 15 participants either over the phone or on a videochat platform. These interviews were analyzed through inductive content analysis, which yieldedthree themes related to integrating DEI into systems engineering education: curriculumdevelopment, course design, and educator development. The results from this study align withrecent calls in higher education to decolonize the curriculum. Beyond strategies like ensuringrepresentation in class readings and
Paper ID #8371Invited Paper - Curriculum Development to meet Accreditation RequirementsMrs. Prue Howard, Central Queensland University Dr Prue Howard has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, A Masters Degree in Engineering, and a Professional Doctorate in Transdisciplinary Studies. She came to academia after four years as an engineer and designer in industry. Her initial research/consulting area was in dynamics and failure analysis, but the opportunity to become involved in Engineering Education research quickly changed her direction. An early grant from what was then known as CAUT showed how integration of
Session 2366 Integration of Design in the First Course in Fluid Mechanics: Experience and Evaluation. Josué Njock Libii Engineering Department Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499 USA Abstract For more than ten years, design has been integrated into the first course in fluid mechanics in our department. This concept is a part of an educational philosophy that distributes design experience across the curriculum before it culminates into two capstone-design courses in the senior year
that participantsmight take to grapple with a new concept or phenomenon [1]. To understand if the participants had gained any HCA, participants were asked to defineHC. Based on these answers, some identified HC as the actions of individual actors (active) or asa byproduct of schooling institutions (passive). As for the deeper understanding of theparticipants’ emotional states surrounding HC, they were asked: Can you think about an exampleof hidden curriculum you experienced in engineering? Briefly explain the situation and theemotions you had in that situation.Data Collection and Analysis The authors previously produced two manuscripts from this larger dataset that hasinformed this study. In one study, they coded the n984
, 2024Strengthening Disaster Resilience Through Diaspora Engagement: A Study on Integrating Diaspora Communities into Engineering Education AbstractsIntegrating resilience into disaster management and harnessing the potential of diasporacommunities in engineering education curriculum is pivotal in equipping future engineers totackle the intricate challenges posed by disasters and their ramifications on diaspora populations.The construction industry has long grappled with a scarcity of skilled labor, which becomesespecially pronounced in the aftermath of disasters during the reconstruction phase. In theaftermath of a natural disaster, the active engagement of diaspora communities within socialnetworks can serve
. Fig. 1 shows the flow of the mixed-signal/telecomm modeling and simulation course. Thecourse begins with the basic flow of an analog circuit simulator - what it accepts as input, what itproduces as output, and what happens in between. Next, the solution algorithms are examined.This includes such things as Modified Nodal Analysis, LU decomposition, sparse matrixalgorithms, Newton-Raphson iterative techniques, and numerical integration. Convergenceissues and simulation accuracy will be explored. Next, the analogous information to the analogalgorithms in part I will be explored for digital simulation. The basics of logic simulation will becovered. Event queues and event-driven simulation techniques are described. Then, mixed-signal(i.e., analog
-stackdevelopment. The recommendations led to the development of a new course that providesstudents with a comprehensive full-stack training with an integrated understanding of thechallenges of software development lifecycles.The faculty-wide focus on data and machine learning aligned well with the addition of a requiredcourse on machine learning for software engineers. The new course introduces students toimportant topics in machine learning and data science, therefore leaving room for more advancedtechnical electives that could introduce topics such as deep learning or reinforcement learning.Removal of existing content:The addition of curriculum content also meant that some existing content would need to beremoved to balance student workload while
Paper ID #36776Statewide Agricultural Biosecurity Curriculum for HighSchool StudentsIftekhar Ibne Basith (Assistant Professor) Dr. Basith is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. His research focus is in Engineering Education, Automation and Robotics.Doug UllrichRichard Kirby FordAshley Morgan-Olvera (Research Director: Texas Invasives) Ashley Morgan-Olvera, M.S. is the Director of the Texas Invasive Species Institute (TISI) located at Sam Houston State University (SHSU). She received her M.S. in Parasitology from SHSU in December 2011 and joined TISI shortly
integratecommunication instruction into and across their existing engineering curriculum by fostering“partnerships,” e.g., teaching partnerships and course partnerships, with communicationprofessionals5. Such integration facilitates students learning communication as “socially situated[technical and professional] practice”6, while also reducing somewhat the workload andsupplementing the relevant expertise of engineering faculty. The Sibley School of Mechanicaland Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and the Engineering Communications Program (ECP) in theCollege of Engineering at Cornell University are actively facilitating the formation of suchpartnerships.The MAE/ECP Engineering Communications InitiativeSince the Technical Writing Requirement was adopted by the College
, orbital mechanics, satellite subsystems,and intellectual property issues. The author has offered multiple versions of spacecraft systemsengineering courses at two different universities. He will present the lessons learned by teachingsystems engineering course in traditional engineering curriculum. In this paper, he will also comparethe differences between the courses and suggest an effective method to teach systems engineering.I. Introduction A skill set that the industry values, but which is not taught in traditional engineeringcurriculum is systems engineering concepts. Temple University is taking the initiative to teachsystems engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels by engaging in the design, build, andtest of a
reconnect with their children in a positive way upon their release. We have some pre-planned assignments, such as a moon weight calculator which asks for auser’s weight on earth and calculates his or her weight on the moon. We also build flexibilityinto the curriculum, incorporating student ideas whenever possible. For example, after workingon the moon weight calculator program, a student said “I wonder if we could use the same ideato come up with a sentencing calculator?”. The sentencing calculator involved accepting as input(a) an initial sentence duaration, (b) eligibility for “half time” and (c) if you were good and gotyour 10% “kick”. This program was exciting to create because we hadn’t yet discussed “if”statements. We had to work around
Paper ID #23750Redesigning the Calculus Curriculum for Engineering StudentsStacie Pisano, University of Virginia After receiving a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Stacie Pisano worked as an Electrical Engineer and Technical Manager at AT&T and Lucent Technologies Bell Labo- ratories for 16 years, designing and developing telecommunications equipment for the business market. After moving to Charlottesville, VA, she had the opportunity to teach Multivariable Calculus for UVA SEAS, and she was hooked. She has been teaching Applied Math from that point on and enjoying every
theme, the Engineering and Humanities SIG hosted a roundtable“collaboratorium” consisting of four discussion topics related to transdisciplinary modes ofthought and practice in engineering education. These topics were: Sociotechnical thinking, whichis an approach to engineering work that recognizes engineering as simultaneously social andtechnical (e.g. [4]); Sociotechnical leadership, which acknowledges the opportunity forengineers to embrace positions of leadership to positively configure the technology-societyrelationship (e.g. [5]); STEAM, which is an educational paradigm that integrates arts practice intoscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction (e.g. [6]); and Decolonization,which calls for radical transformations of
that are needed to be asuccessful engineering problem solver. We describe the status of this project, which has beenimplemented in two courses: an engineering economy course and a manufacturing systemsengineering course. One of the objectives of this new environment is integration of thecurriculum, and we discuss how links were created between these two courses to highlightconnections between the course contents, and how this results in rethinking and improvements ofthe existing curriculum. We also show how the environment encourages development ofengineering problem solving skills, as well as the basic cognitive skills needed. Finally, wediscuss our assessment of the new learning environment, how it has been received by students,and how it is
Paper ID #17817Developing a Curriculum for Marine Mechatronics TechniciansDr. Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University Dr. Vukica Jovanovic is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program. She holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering Technol- ogy, focus on Digital Manufacturing. Her research is focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Co-Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specializa- tion
two-semester seminar sequence, covering current topics in aerospace and case studies in engineering. A two-semester design sequence. Development of the outlines and supporting materials, including educational software modules, for new and modified courses is now underway. First-year students entering in Fall 1997, the graduating class of 2001, will go through the new curriculum. ‘An on-line version of this paper can be accessed on the Aerospace Department home page [l] Page 2.458.1 11 The College-Wide Curriculum 2000 Effort1.1 IntroductionIn summer of 1995, an
and Engineering Ethics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 343-351, 2004.[12] L. Bottomley, "Using a Framework to Define Ways of Integrating Ethics across the Curriculum in Engineering," in 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, 2023.[13] J. Li and S. Fu, "A Systematic Approach to Engineering Ethics Education," Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 18, pp. 339-349, 2012.[14] J. A. Cruz and W. J. Frey, "An Effective Strategy for Integrating Ethics Across the Curriculum in Engineering: An ABET 2000 Challenge," Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 543-568, 2003.[15] A. Colby and W. M. Sullivan, "Ethics Teaching in Undergraduate Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 97
appropriate amount of security (locks, fences, security cameras)for a remote oil collection and storage tank, the best strategy to approach the community aboutthe hazards of the sol storage tanks. Unfortunately, the grading rubric was not designed toextract a subgrade for the assessment of the ethical considerations (the rubric will be changed inthe summer of 2023 to provide an ethics subgrade.ConclusionsOur department has integrated safety into the curriculum using a wide variety of toolscoordinated across the sophomore, junior and senior years. SAChE modules are assigned inevery course and lab, with an additional ten being required in the Safety and Ethics course. Thisenables each student to complete the Level One and Level Two SAChE curricula
, buzzer, capacitors, thermistors,and photoresistors) were supplied, without providing an entire kit.Providing a starter kit for each student which include all of the basics (Arduino, a breadboard, cables,LEDs, resistors and pushbutton switches, motor) and other things that may help the student build somereally fun things (temperature, flame, infrared sensors; light-dependent resistors; a stepper motor; seven-segment display; an LCD display) would also be a desirable option.Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) open-source software, which runs on Windows, MacOS X and Linux, was used. Prior to starting with the mini-projects, the students were guided through the installation ofArduino software (IDE) in their laptops (students
. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University Carla B. Zoltowski is an associate professor of engineering practice in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and (by courtesy) the School of Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Purdue. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Dr. Zoltowski’s research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, and engineering ethics.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University William (Bill) Oakes is the Assistant Dean for
1 A Model for a Bi-lingual Curriculum Abdelrahman M Rabie, Associate Professor, ISAT Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA Rahman Haleem Assistant Professor and Director, Institute for Technological Innovations (ITI), Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAbstractThere has been an increasing demand for multilingual professionals, in various fields includingengineering, which in turn which in turn lead to the increased demand and