requirements for special education teachers. Dr. Geiger has served frequently as a consultant to schools, school districts, and state departments of education. He also consults with the Office of Special Education Programs of the U. S. Department of Education. He has worked with local organizations in Bolivia and Russia to improve service delivery for children and youth with disabilities in those countries.Kristian Trampus, University of Texas at Tyler Kristian Trampus received a Bachelor of Science in Oceanography from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1992. She received a Master of Education degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Texas at Tyler. She is
, a case study will be performed toevaluate the effectiveness of the novel research approach. Page 13.1214.7References1. Fink, L., Ambrose, S., and Wheeler, D., “Becoming a Professional Engineering Educator: A New Role for a New Era,” Journal of Engineering Education, American Society of Engineering Education, January 2005, 94(1):185-194.2. Freuler, R., Fentiman, A., Demel, J., Gustafson, R., and Merrill, J. “Developing and Implementing Hands-on Laboratory Exercises and Design Projects for First Year Engineering Students,” 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Albuquerque: ASEE, June 2001).3. Smith, K., Sheppard, S., Johnson, D
Challenges in the coming years. Dr. Charles S. Lessard, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering. • The things that I like most about the design challenge: · This is the first time that many of these students have worked in a team environment; it is a great learning experience for them · In most cases, the work done is of direct interest to NASA, and forms relationships between the students and mentors that can lead to later work, and perhaps even employment. · It gives the students a chance to see very interesting space work being done during their visits to NASA and CSR, and reinforces their decision to become engineers. · It is rewarding for the mentors to work directly with
develop new skills to make the material that is being taught more easily understood”.The weekly meetings between the instructor(s) and the teaching assistants allow for opendialogue and reflection on the teaching and learning process in an attempt to enhance learning.We believe that this dialogue between instructors and teaching assistants fosters a sense ofmutual interdependence in which all are working towards a common goal, or as one teachingassistant wrote, “being a TA has shown me that I am responsible for the education of otherstudents.” As a result of this shared responsibility, teaching assistants/students take on rolesoften not observed in academe. For example, one of the challenges of teaching a course such asEngineering Computing is
Pennsylvania John Bassani is the Richard H. and S. L. Gabel Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. His current research interests include:? the relationship between properties of discrete and continuous media, adhesion and interfacial mechanics, formation and properties of nanostructures, mechanics of living cells, plastic deformation of crystals and polycrystals, and mechanics of fracture and fatigue.Jonathan Fiene, University of Pennsylvania Jonathan Fiene is a Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in 2007 from Stanford University, with a dissertation: "Toward Realistic
energygrand challenge and the resources available for instructors to teach energy from amultidisciplinary point of view within engineering. In the sections below, we posit threepotential reasons for the existing disconnect. Entrenched disciplinary boundariesPerhaps the most fundamental reason for the existing disconnect between educational needs andinstructor resources is entrenched disciplinary boundaries. The energy grand challenge hasemerged long after the present set of disciplinary boundaries (economics, engineering, business,political science, etc.) was established. The energy grand challenge exists between and amongthe disciplines as what philosopher Bruno Latour calls a “hybrid.” “Hybrid[s] sketch outimbroglios of science, politics
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Falade (AEEA) and Duncan Fraser (AEEA) ̇ Strengthening AEEA ̇ Connecting its local industry and government ̇ Identify and connect with funding agencies within and outside region ̇ Results of governments in provisioning of infrastructure and the enabling environment for industry-academia to work ̇ Making the curriculum relevant to industry needGroup 3. Americas– led by Maria Larrondo Petrie (LACCEI, UPE), Ramiro Jordan (ISTEC) and Jose CarlosQuadrado (ASIBEI) ̇ Conduct an IFEES Americas Regional Summit ̇ Collaborators: Signers of the Rio 2005 Engineering Education Collaboration for the Americas (IFEES, ASIBEI, OAS, LACCEI, ISTEC, ASEE, EftA) ̇ Goal – influence decision makers in S&T ̇ Themes
supportive administration at the college anddepartment levels, faculty who understand that students are not the only ones who benefit fromengagement, and effective project leadership and coordination will be vital to the sustainabilityof this project. We expect to report on the status of these efforts at a later date.“Student success is the product of thousands of small gestures extended on a daily basis bycaring, supportive educators sprinkled throughout the institution” George Kuh5This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award0757020 (DUE). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
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first and second semester during the second year of your GTF program? 3. How do you balance your teaching and research interests?Faculty Mentors: 1. What impact has the GTF program had on __[fellows]_ ’s success? 2. What benefits do you see in this program? How might the GTF program be improved?C. Data Analysis Constant Comparative method 18 was used to systematically analyze the data and arrive atconclusions. Based on the results from the first year assessment, and highlighted in othersources 11, 13, 14 we developed an initial visual representation of the coding scheme. This visualrepresentation was created to begin grouping the interview comments into general categories,and to determine the
” decisions. Because licensure would nottherefore be required to accomplish many of this P.E.’s work tasks, much of the work could becompleted by a highly skilled Civil Engineering Technologist. The question is then, how muchof a P.E.’s workday time is actually spent doing civil engineering analysis and design tasks thatcould just as well be done by a civil engineering technologist?Will the civil engineering industry be willing to undertake the creation of a category of positionsthat have different prerequisites and career paths from those of the Professional Engineer? Tocreate such a position would at a minimum require there be established formalizing of credentialsfor the Technologist, complete with educational requirements, examination
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University9 NeKole Varnado, President, IT Enginuity, Inc., Virginia8 Andy Ward, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University Africa5 Abdulkarim S. Ahmed, Head of Department of Chemical Engineering Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria4 David Alcock, Consultant, Khanyisa Projects, South Africa4 Richard Dladla, Zahke Agricultural College, South Africa3 Harriet Eliufoo, School of Construction Economics & Management, ARDHI University, Tanzania6 Trevor Gaunt, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa1 Lammeck Kajubi, Makerere University, Uganda8 Simon Lorentz, School of Bioresources, Engineering and Environmental
ofMinnesota). These MEAs are: Supplier Development, CD Compilation, Quality Improvement,Compressor Reliability, Gown Manufacturing Outsourcing, and Disaster Modeling. The firstfour were originally developed at Purdue University; the last two at the University of Pittsburgh(see Table 1).4. Developing an E-MEAAn MEA or E-MEA should be created for a specific purpose, typically as a learning exercise tointroduce or reinforce one or more concepts. First steps include: ≠ Determining the conceptual issue(s) that will be presented to the students, Page 14.502.8 ≠ What other fundamental concepts will be involved or required? ≠ How will the E-MEA be
Objective(s) Method of Timeline Instrument Number of Evaluation Used ParticipantsTeacher Introduce Participant Before On-line Survey; 22Educator Engineering is Survey June 30 questions fromInstitute & Elementary to Donahue Institute4Planning Lead TeachersDay atMuseum ofScienceTeacher Introduce Pre-test Before On-line Objective 18Educator Engineering is June 30 multiple-Institute & Elementary to choice test; questionsPlanning Lead Teachers drawn
modern era as well as new ideas which have justrecently been applied to the professions. In the spirit of the Diggers from the 1960’s, thepresent work offers new ‘frames of reference’ from which you can consider your decisions.The Diggers focused on promoting a new vision of society free from many of the trappingsof private property, materialism and consumerism. Our hope is to offer a new vision ofengineering which takes into account many of the elements of our society and our planetwhich have been historically ignored.As described by NSPE, “engineering ethics is (1) the study of moral issues and decisionsconfronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering and (2) the study ofrelated questions about moral conduct, character, ideals
): p. 5-13.12. McDonald, M.L., Advising high-ability business students. NACADA J., 2003. 23(1&2): p. 58-65.13. DesJardins, S.L., Jie, W., An analytic model to assist academic advisors. NACADA J., 2002. 22(1): p. 32- 44.14. Simmons, A.N., A reliable sounding board: Parent involvement in students' academic and career decision making. NACADA J., 2008. 28(2): p. 33-42.15. Sams, W.P., Brown, L. S., Hussey, R. B., Leonard, M. J., The development, implementation, and assessment of a systematic academic advising program for exploratory first-year students. NACADA J., 2003. 23(1&2): p. 75-85.16. Gordon, V.N., The Evolution of Academic Advising: One Institution's Historical Path. NACADA J., 2004
of the practical. Surveying commercial applications would help, too. (The professor)'s experience and stories of how things are really done was of great value. I wish more courses would tell students what it is really like out there. I use this aspect of the course when writing cover letters or talking to recruiters. • The course required a lot of research and creativity because the subject material is not frequently touched upon by many classes. • I thought that this course challenged me to think a lot more than most other courses at this level. I loved the concept of actively coming up with a new solution to problems in our assigned fields. I loved this creative aspect of the class and feel it was
, were available on the course website.5.0 Interactive Classroom EnvironmentTo promote active classroom discussions, classes often began with an open-ended question toallow in-depth consideration of a problem and to give students time to develop their own ideasand solutions. For example, the class on green materials started with the question “What criteriado you think we should consider in selection of green construction materials?” or the class onenvironmental life cycle assessment (LCA) started with “Paper or plastic? Which one do youask for in a supermarket?” Students were arranged in groups and were asked to discuss thequestion(s) among themselves and contribute to discussions in groups. This would allow theinstructor to better moderate
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Gross Revenue $ 9,913 $ 68,689 $ 205,336 $ 528,640 $ 1,013,480 Carbon Credits $ - $ - $ 22,650 $ 46,650 $ 79,650 Gross Profit $ 9,913 $ 68,689 $ 227,986 $ 575,290 $ 1,093,130 Operating Expenses Engineer(s) Salary $ 140,000 $ 140,000 $ 140,000 $ 140,000 $ 140,000 National(s) Salary $ 15,000 $ 30,000 $ 45,000 $ 90,000 $ 135,000 Equipment
; Advanced 6ManagementCore 1 Capstone Project Year 2 - Summer Year 4 - SummerSystems Eng and Internship (required) Professional Licensing Course; Exams (optional) Page 14.346.11Example BS Degree and Course Contributions to AEPC OutcomesThe seven core and six advanced Mechanical Science and Engineering courses developedusing the AEPC outcomes and generic degree plan are listed in Table 5 for purposes ofillustration. The knowledge base(s) addressed by each course are also shown in the table. TheAEPC members considered the contribution to outcomes
Page 14.966.51970’s. Among them is the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)16conducted between 1988 and 2000. The NELS:88 study consisted of collecting demographic,attitudinal, experiential, educational, and vocational data about a representative cohort ofAmerican students at specific stages in their scholastic progression. The goal of the study was tobe able to draw conclusions about the factors that could affect the student’s progression andachievement by 2000. Academic performance was validated by obtaining transcripts from post-secondary school attended and by conducting cognitive learning tests in three waves of datacollection during high school. Parents, teachers, and school administrators were also invited tocomplete
their own definition(s) of sustainability in thecontext of their assigned activities.Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the two course instructors made themselves frequentlyavailable for one-on-one consultation with individuals or teams outside of scheduled classhours.External resourcesThe link between Praxis III and the Design Science Laboratory implied a further link to theUnited Nations Millennium Goals. The 2007 revision of the course was linked to theBuckminster Fuller Challenge, which provided the students with additional resources for bothfocusing the project and developing workable, systems-oriented designs for sustainable,ecologically friendly solutions. Students were able to benefit from documents provided by theBFC, such as the
wasvery impressed and pleased with their design, and has pursued avenues to develop the designfurther.Bibliography1. D. Malitz, Personal Interview(s), Topic: “Universal Eye Speculum Design and Background Information.” Ohio Valley Eye Institute, Evansville, Indiana, September 21, 2006, December 28, 2006, February 23, 2007, March 19, 2007, and March 23, 2007.2. Elpers, B., M. Mahrenholz, A. Megal, “Design of a Universal Eye Speculum with Vibrational Component”, Senior Capstone Design Project, The University of Southern Indiana, 2007.3. Cheng, A.C., A.L. Young, R.W. Law, D.S. Lam, “Prospective Randomized Double-Masked Trial to Evaluate Perioperative Pain Profile in different stages of Simultaneous Bilateral LASIK”, Cornea: 25(8):919-22
% -- in your syllabus? No 11% -- No response 2% --10. What is most necessary in your courses? Class Participation 23% The Textbook(s) 13% Tests/quizzes 12% -- Lectures 9% -- Writing Papers, presentations 8% -- Various combinations of the above 23