Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B.K. Hodge

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

these strategies forincreasing the capture ratio is appropriate. Increasing the rated input power would be moreexpensive and would mean more generator operation at less than the rated input. For example,increasing the rated input of the generator to 10.5 kW/m2 would result in a capture ratio to 0.682,an increase of only 5.5 percent in actual energy extracted. Increasing the cut-off speed muchgreater than 35 m/sec would require enhanced structural integrity of the tower, nacelle, andblades.Vestas Wind Systems, a leading manufacturer of large (MW range) wind turbines, presents aninteresting demonstration of the effectiveness of their control strategy for a Vestas V-52 850 kWwind turbine. Figure 10 illustrate the response of the generator output

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Track Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design Technical Session 8

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ken S. Ball P.E., George Mason University; Oscar Barton, Jr. P.E., George Mason University; Sharon A. Caraballo, George Mason University; Liza Wilson Durant, George Mason University; Michelle Marks, George Mason University; Angelina Jarrouj, George Mason University; Robin Rose Parker

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Tech from 2004-2012, and was Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin from 1989- 2004. Ken has been an active member of ASEE since 1992. He is currently the Campus Representative Coor- dinator for the Southeastern Section of ASEE, and has also served on the ASEE Constitution and Bylaws Committee. Ken is a member of the ASEE Engineering Deans Council Executive Board and its Public Policy Committee. Ken is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and a member of NSPE. He is also active in the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, and is involved in legislative initiatives and public policy issues at

Conference Session

Track : Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, & Curriculum Design Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Mahauganee Dawn Bonds, Georgia Institute of Technology; Veronica van Montfrans, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Technology Dr Wendy C. Newstetter is the Assistant Dean of Educational Research and Innovation in the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Identifying a “Starting Point” for Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives: An ExecutiveSummary from Findings in a Problem-Based Learning Team-Centric CourseAbstract: Teamwork in educational settings can improve learning and prepares students forwhat they will encounter in the workplace, especially within engineering positions. Teamdiversity can strongly influence its success, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse: diversitycan improve the quality and creativity of a team’s outcomes but can also increase the chances

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Nick AuYeung, Oregon State University; Trevor Kenneth Carlisle, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

. (2011). What is the best way to achieve broader reach of improved practices in higher education? Innovative Higher Education, 36(4), 235–247.Kezar, A., & Eckel, P. (2002). Examining the institutional transformation process: The importance of sensemaking, interrelated strategies, and balance. Research in Higher Education, 43(3), 295–328.Mallette, N. D., Bothwell, M., & Kelly, C. (2018). Developing an Integrated Curriculum-wide Teamwork Instructional Strategy. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.Matos, S. M., Riley, D., & Akera, A. (2017). WannABET? Historical and Organizational Perspectives on Governance in Engineering Education. In ASEE Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lehman; Chung-Ling Huang; Muniyappa Venkatesha; Asad Yousuf

, simulators, communication programs, and systems integration environment to implement solutions. Hardware can include both hardware to download code from a PC via a serial parallel, USB or Internet connection. The most basic setup requires at least a serial cable as is used in the BASIC STAMP or BASIC STAMP II from Parallax Inc. There are a number of Third Party Tools provided by such companies as micro Engineering Labs, Inc that sell download hardware and software. Micro Engineering Labs, Inc also sells a basic compiler for the PIC[4]. Microchip Technologies Inc. provides an integrated development environment that also supports several C compilers. Hardware tools include PIC microcontroller boards for interfacing and testing. Several

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

evaluation of student understanding through use of multiplechoice/fill in the blank questions. Performance on these evaluations will be captured using ascore that may be submitted for credit. This coming semester (Fall 2011), the module will bedeployed as a self-paced instructional unit with assessment of student performance using themyCourses platform. Plans are to provide the refined module to other educators wishing toincorporate the content into their courses. The modular format allows the content to be readilyincorporated into a variety of courses in the chemical engineering curriculum in addition tochemical reactor design, including process or plant design, advanced separations, or an electivefocused on process intensification

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William Travis Horton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

goal for first-yearengineering programs to increase the number and diversity of students who earn engineeringdegrees. These efforts have included programs targeted at special populations with the creationof minority and women’s programs in engineering, technology and science; summer andoutreach programs for K-12 students; summer bridge programs and larger curriculum reformefforts including integrated curricula and learning communities1. Earlier design experiences havebecome more common and have shown to be valuable in motivating students to continue inengineering programs2. A challenge with first-year design experiences is a lack of engineeringexpertise. Often students’ designs are scaled down to the level of a first-year student but it

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JoDell Steuver, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to maintain fiscal accountability, integrity and generosity.Not only are the current demands for assistance from non-profits in the United States of Americaat an all-time high, but they are under increased scrutiny from the media and the public.Students interning with non-profit organizations are learning the reality of these challenges asour country recovers from unprecedented natural disasters.The new non-profit is quickly developing into a new organization. It no longer resemblesmunicipal government or the for-profit organization, although it is rooted in both. The legalenvironment is also evolving for non-profits. The Internal Revenue Service is taking a hard lookat many organizations in response to scrutiny in the media.Many information

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developmentof the rapidly expanding bilingual hands-on K-12 Viva Technology™ Program, the hosting ofthe widely recognized HENAAC College BowlTM, and the comprehensive communitypartnership STEM-UpTM Initiative. These combined efforts demonstrate a unique and embeddedcommitment to continue the push for equitable representation of a STEM workforce, reflectiveof the ethnic/racial and gender diversity of the U.S. population.The STEM-UpTM InitiativeIn an effort to build STEM capacity, Great Minds in STEMTM developed the STEM-Up™Initiative. Community engagement around STEM served as the change strategy to boost interestand achievement. Through a comprehensive and integrated approach, STEM-Up™ engagesstudents, parents, teachers, and community-based

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

permanent molds bystudents of metal casting is planned for long term. Plans for the use of this apparatus in pre-college programsis also planned for, with vision toward developing small focus groups comprised of faculty, graduate students,undergraduate students, and prospective students. Young people will be exposed to modern rapid prototypingtechnology and how it is implemented within an actual manufacturing system. It is expected that in the future,the addition of stereolithography to GMI’s Polymer Processing/Computer Integrated Manufacturinglaboratories will provide current exposure to manufacturing systems engineering for GMI students andinspiration in the area of Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) to young people considering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Euan Lindsay, Charles Sturt University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

of the ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Dr. Jeffrey E. Froyd is a TEES Research Professor in the Office of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

for CFDwas the nature of the subject as a computer-based tool. Students seem to be trained through videogames, may be, and other similar tools to learn on their own by trying.AcknowledgmentsThe author would like to thank the students who participated in the course for providing thesamples that were presented in the paper.Bibliography1. Mazumder, Q., “Integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis in Undergraduate Research Program”, ASEE NC conference, paper # 73, 2009. Page 22.1188.112. Mokhtar, W., “Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Introduce Critical Thinking and Creativity in an Undergraduate Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Gatz, Stony Brook University ; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #22003The Power of Peer Mentoring of Undergraduate Women in Engineering: Fos-tering Persistence through Academic and Social IntegrationDr. Jennifer A Gatz, Stony Brook University Public STEM education teacher of AP Biology and AP Research for Patchogue-Medford School Dis- trict. Ph.D. in Science Education from Stonybrook University, 2017. Post-doctoral associate at Stony Brook University’s Institute for STEM education evaluating persistence, motivation, social and academic integration of women in science and engineering at the undergraduate level.Dr. Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University Angela M. Kelly is an

Conference Session

Design Teams 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeanne M. Homer, Oklahoma State University; James Beckstrom, Oklahoma State University; Tom Elliott Spector, Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips, Oklahoma State University; Khaled Mansy, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

2007 ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award, and the 2006 Halliburton Excellent Young Teacher Award. In addition to carrying on an architectural practice while teaching, many of her scholarship and creative activities relate to teaching in the Comprehensive Design Studio. Topics include multidisciplinary collaborations and integration of systems. She has collaboratively created educational material covering basics of egress design which has been viewed by students and professionals worldwide, and has led multidisciplinary design teams and research projects. She has presented at a variety of architecture, engineering, and fire protection academic and professional venues.Mr. James Beckstrom, Oklahoma State University

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design Technical Session 13

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kyle F. Trenshaw, University of Rochester; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Philip Asare, Bucknell University; Nir Aish

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Paper ID #24982Leaders Like MeDr. Kyle F Trenshaw, University of Rochester Kyle Trenshaw is currently the Educational Development Specialist at the University of Rochester’s Cen- ter for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in 2009, and his M.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2014) in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include science, technology, engineer- ing, and mathematics (STEM) education; supporting diversity in STEM fields with an emphasis on les- bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer

Conference Session

COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Mingshao Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Wireless Sensor and Control Network into a Robotics Course for Senior Students of Mechanical Engineering Technology Zhang, Z., Zhang, A., Zhang, M., Esche, S. K.AbstractModern robotics is a field that integrates mechanical, electrical, computer and informationsystems. However, students of Engineering Technology, especially Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET), are facing two dilemmas when taking robotics courses because technologyprograms mainly focus on hands-on skills and there are fewer fundamental robotics-relatedcourses in the MET curriculum than in electrical engineering technology.In order to improve the performance of the student in robotics program of MET, an educationalframework

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; James Devin Cunningham, Carnegie Mellon University; Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Lafayette College; Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

systems can be designed andcreated to provide an integrative learning environment via a theme that connects and transfers theknowledge across a curriculum. The paper will focus on the results of the project from twoperspectives: technological and educational. The technological perspective will describe theresearch efforts of automatically generating virtual environments using the reinforcementlearning (RL) approach while the educational perspective will summarize the results on theeffectiveness of the CLICK approach on students’ motivation, engineering identity, and learningoutcomes.IntroductionThis paper presents the results of our NSF project entitled Leveraging Virtual Reality (VR) toConnect Learning and Integrate Course Knowledge (CLICK) in

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Community Engagement

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tucker Krone, Washington University in St. Louis; Seema Mukhi Dahlheimer, Washington University in St. Louis; Sandra Payton Matteucci

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

the students and the community partners.Course background and evolutionThe first offering of Engineers in the Community centered on an intensive curriculum overSpring Break 2016 in Ferguson, Missouri, one of the flashpoint cities of the Black Lives Mattermovement. We selected speakers that embodied leadership in the community and explored broadthemes of ethics. In this course, we exposed undergraduate engineers to systemic problems in theSt. Louis region, encouraging them to apply their engineering skills to these challenges. Before2020, this course was community-connected, and students found it impactful to (1) get outside ofthe “campus bubble” by visiting locations around St. Louis, and (2) meet people from ourcommunity. The Covid pandemic

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Mathieu; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

engineering design process. The value of amindful design process is a newly discovered curiosity.The second author is a faculty member in the Mines Mechanical Engineering department with abackground in user-centered design and an interest in better understanding the learning ofstudents as they navigate design courses and activities. He and the third author have a personaland professional stake in the propagation of design throughout the curriculum.Overview and Context: Learning By Product Development Project SpineA formal product development set of project-based learning courses have been developed andinfused throughout the four years of the curriculum. Throughout their studies, students areassigned team projects to conceptualize, design, prototype

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Ordel Brown Ph.D., West Virginia University; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering course instructors implemented thegrading rubric in all technical reports required.This paper presents the learning objectives and grading rubrics and describes the contentmodules developed through this project. The results of the assessment of student learning and ofthe development process are presented as well. Recommendations are made for additionalmodifications to more effectively prepare students to search and use information correctly andappropriately, giving them skills needed to succeed as a student and as an engineering Page 25.534.2professional.2.0 Integrating Information Literacy into the Freshman Engineering CourseThe targeted

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michael James Deigert, P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Cole C. McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

departments that share common courses. 7. University Planning: As needed, modify the program plan to integrate university level decisions and guidance as it arrives. 8. Committee Participation: Serve on critical committees and bodies (Academic Senate, GE Committee, College Curriculum Committee, etc.) to help influence policy and decisions.Implementing the PlanThe university decision to convert to semesters was announced in October 2021 (Fall quarter2021) and the draft curricular plan was due late January 2023 (Winter quarter 2023). With 16months to complete the plan, a timeline was developed with elements of the plan due to becompleted in Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022 and Winter 2023.That initial

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Agamemnon Crassidis; Daniel S. Kaputa

benefits students directly by allowing them to focus on an up-and-coming area, i.e., UASthat may be included in resume building and future projects related to UASs. We also outline afoundation for a regional UAS student competition to be housed at RIT’s existing outdoor UASnetted closure facility and, in the future, a student UAS related conference. In particular, weconsider the development of a final capstone requirement for the new proposed UAS relateddual-listed course for mandatory participation in the proposed UAS student competition andstudent conference as part of the curriculum enhancement effort. A new lecture for presentationto RIT’s graduate seminar series was developed in the topic of commercial applications andsocietal benefits of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Carter Kreipke, CSC, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, while also serving as an instructor in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engi- neering Department there. He expects to complete his Master of Divinity in 2023. His research interests include developing student self-efficacy and encouraging thinking across the curriculum in mechanical engineering, specifically in design contexts.Dr. Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Dr. Kerry Meyers holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (B.S. & M.S. Mechanical Engineering) and is specifically focused on programs that influence student’s experience, affect retention rates, and the factors that determine the overall long term success of students entering an engineering program. She is the Assistant Dean for Student Development in

Conference Session

Track 1: Technical Session 5: Motivations for Engineering Faculty Engagement in an Inclusive Pedagogy Program

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Renee M. Desing, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Karen Thomas-Brown, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

thetraining and support necessary to effectively implement these practices in their classrooms. Ourstudy addresses this gap through a pioneering year-long inclusive excellence facultydevelopment program designed to enhance engineering faculty members' understanding andapplication of inclusive and equitable pedagogical approaches.The year-long program consists of two phases. In the first phase, the faculty participate in asynchronous, weekly training during the spring term. The training curriculum integrates acomprehensive array of topics presented by experts. Curriculum topics include critical pedagogy,structural racism in engineering, inclusive teaching practices, and strategies for advocating fordiversity, equity, and inclusion within the current

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

mutant world thatcontemporary society is living at the beginning of 21st. Century. It is the application of Science tohelp society to reach the goal of achieving the same level of development as the technological.Following this thought and due to the nature of the urgency in promoting the society in a nearfuture COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and Sciences and OPASS –Organization ofResearches in Environment, Health and Safety have designed an engineering program with theobjective to form engineers to act in more effective and accurate ways in order to solve socialproblems and avoid future ones. It is a Social Engineering Program, under graduation, five yearsduration, full time students, it is based on the humanities and social

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Chen Lin

muchcomputational work. Students can avoid making mistakes when using calculators and,therefore, increase their interest in taking such a course. Spreadsheet programs areespecially effective in obtaining alternate solutions, which are commonly seen in machinedesign. Although students may have to spend a lot of time in creating a new file, theprogram usually can be easily modified to solve different problems under the same topic.Bibliography 1. Spotts, M.F. & Shoup, T.E., Design of Machine Elements, Prentice Hall, 7 th Edition, 1995. 2. Shigley, J.E., & Mischke, C.R. Mechanical Engineering Design, McGraw Hill, 6th Edition, 2001. 3. Wilson, R.E, Computer Integrated MACHINE DESIGN, Prentice Hall, 1997. 4. Norton, R.L, MAHCINE DESIGN – An

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

theirmethodology. The difference between the two approaches is that the PjBL covers a broaderscope and may include several problems. In addition, PjBL focuses on the final product byapplying or integrating previous knowledge while the emphasis of PBL is on the acquisition ofnew knowledge [3].Currently universities are utilizing entrepreneurial-minded learning (EML) as well. ThroughEML students get to solve a problem in a fashion that creates value, which helps to createengineers to make an impact in the workplace [4, 5]. EML course modulus can be created byincorporating behavioral or complementary skills into student-centered pedagogy. Examples ofsuch skills are demonstrating constant curiosity, exploring a contrarian view of acceptedsolutions, assessing

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman; Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

Session 1338 Process Education in Computer Graphics David R. Forsman, Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Michael Lobaugh Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstract:Changes in the student culture have dictated that we need to change our approach to teaching.These changes have made it necessary for us to reevaluate our teaching methods and how wepresent material to our students. Because we desire to improve our students’ performance andfind a way to have the student be more prepared for class we decided to apply a processeducation approach to our instruction. Process education is “an educational

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Leo Smith; Hisham Alnajjar; Donald Leone; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Ladimer Nagurney; Devdas Shetty

projects for all Senior Capstone Projects• The Faculty involved has gone through a training program in the area of active and collaborative learning and useful pedagogues. A new design laboratory for interdisciplinary, integrated student learning has been created. Further efforts are in progress to create measures to assess the effectiveness and outcomes of the new implemented methodologies.Various parts of the project have addressed engineering curriculum reform from the freshman tosenior year based on a problem based collaborative learning approach. In addition, the curricularreform is very relevant to the new ABET accreditation guidelines with focus on outcomes. Theprojects have taken an

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

Tagged Divisions

International

engineer, with strong knowledge in bioengineering, medical and health.Electrical and Civil Engineering – five years program, the curriculum was elaborated in a waythat the experience in “Scientific Introductory” was part of the program as a course. It is a way toform the Engineers in which the students since the first year of the program had to developprojects and to present them at the end of the each year for an audience. They had also to developprototypes of devices and show them working. Their scores were based in the design, theprototype performance and the student presentation. Every year it resulted in proceedings editedand distributed by the university.Environmental Engineering II – five years program with the adoption of new courses