Paper ID #15677WORK IN PROGRESS: An Integrated DSP and Embedded MicrocontrollerLaboratory CurriculumProf. Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for West- ern Washington University’s Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineering Technology program for 27 years. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C pro- gramming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer
teaching and learning methods to power engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Introductory Laboratory in Power Engineering Technology: A Systems Approach Matthew TurnerAbstractThis paper presents the design of a curriculum and the associated hardware for the laboratory componentof an introductory power engineering technology course for sophomore students. The content wasdeveloped to implement a systems approach that uses the modern electric power network as aninterconnected system to be designed, analyzed, and tested. The major hardware components of theelectrical power system are studied and analyzed in individual laboratory
components.Mechatronics is a newer branch of mechanical engineering that is a synergistic combination ofmechanical, electrical, electronics, computer science, control techniques, and informationsystems. Integrating mechatronics content in mechanical engineering curriculum has been achallenge since it has been viewed as a significant deviation from traditional courses. In the past,pedagogical approaches like semester-long, project-based classes, or linking mechatronics toother engineering disciplines, have been used to integrate mechatronics into the mechanicalengineering curriculum, with varying results. Furthermore, teaching an interdisciplinary class ofthis nature within a semester is a difficult pedagogical endeavor. To overcome these issues, thetopics and
engineering concentrations. Strict avoidance ofpre-designed kits forced students to experience the frustrations and rewards of creating uniquedesign content. The project selected consisted of a magnetically levitated, wirelessly powereddesk lamp.A key initial assumption was that students enrolled in the class would have a wide range ofdifferent hardware and software skill sets. The assumption (which turned out to be correct)necessitated the selection of assemblies that could be integrated into a unique design withminimal prior knowledge or experience. This applied to both hardware and software tools. It alsomade the project choice more difficult, since there needed to be sufficient flexibility to giveadvanced students an interesting challenge while
Paper ID #14663Integrating Compassion into an Engineering Ethics CourseDr. George D. Catalano, Binghamton University Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University Previously member of the faculty at U.S. Military Academy and Louisiana State University. Two time Fullbright Scholar – Italy and Germany. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrating a Compassion Practicum into a Biomedical Engineering Ethics CourseAbstractA required undergraduate course in the ethics of biomedical engineering has been developed andtaught. Students are required to design
Paper ID #16192STEM-Discovery – An Integrated Approach to DESIGNDr. Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University Dr Kelly Crittenden is a member of Louisiana Tech University’s Integrated STEM Education Center (ISERC), and the Harrelson Family Professor of engineering. He earned his PhD and BS in BioMedical Engineering in 2001, and 1996 respectively. Dr Crittenden’s interests lie in K-12 outreach, developing project-driven curricula, and product design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 STEM-Discovery – An Integrated Approach to
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrating an Introduction to Engineering Experience into a University Seminar CourseAbstractRetention statistics show that the most drastic decline in retention rates for engineering andengineering technology majors at Texas State University occur after the first and second years.To address this issue, the LBJ Institute of STEM Education and Research at Texas State isemploying a multi-faceted approach to implement proven strategies for increasing studentretention as a part of an NSF IUSE (Improving Undergraduate STEM Education) grant, TexasState STEM Rising Stars. One of these strategies is to introduce a new first-year introduction toengineering
engineering design context,2 meaning that ethics is implicit throughout design processes.While recognition of major issues is important in an engineering education context, this view ofethics does not allow for an integrated understanding of the way ethics is implicated in themicro-level everyday decisions and reasoning associated with design.1 This more nuancedunderstanding would “provide a firmer basis for thinking about ethics in the engineering designprocess” (p. 514) and might encourage more incorporation of ethical thinking into the entiredesign process. Nuanced micropolitics are interwoven throughout the technical and otherdecisions that comprise the design process, and all decisions and agreements that emerge throughthis process could result
Currently a professor of Mathematics at Brigham Young University, where he has served on the faculty since 2005. He received his Ph.D. > in Mathematics from Indiana University in 2002 and was an Arnold Ross Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University from 2002-2005. Since then, he has won several grants from the National Science Foundation, including a CAREER award in 2009. His current research interests are in nonlinear and stochastic dynamical systems, numerical analysis and scientific computing, healthcare analytics, actuarial science, and network science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Modeling across the Curriculum: A SIAM-NSF initiative
Classroom Learning in Low-resource settingsAbstractWith this work-in-progress paper, we report on the design of an innovative curriculum focusingon engineering skills for low-resource pre-college students. Engineering knowledge and skillsare in high demand for local and global knowledge economies and provide individuals access tosocial and economic mobility. However, basic engineering education is inaccessible to manystudents in low-income and low-resource areas. Educational technology may be one componentof a solution that addresses access and equity.The curriculum focuses on science and engineering problem solving within real world contexts.We adopt the Integrated Course Design for Outcome-Based Education approach1 for this design.This curriculum
technology application centerDr. Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University Dr. Tomovic received BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Belgrade, MS in Mechanical En- gineering from MIT, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan. Dr. Tomovic is Professor and Director of Advanced Manufacturing Institute, F. Batten College of Engineering and Tech- nology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA . Prior to joining ODU Dr. Tomovic had seventeen years of teaching and research experience at Purdue University, with emphasis on development and delivery of manufacturing curriculum, conducting applied research, and engagement with Indiana industry. While at Purdue University, Dr. Tomovic served as W. C
,microcontroller programming and data acquisition, and select topics in robotics with adesign competition.Over the semester there are only two on-campus lab activities, one for each of the twodesign competitions. The development team agreed that two face-to-face visits over thesemester seemed like a reasonable traveling commitment for an online student takingsuch a course. It was also recognized that students in circumstances with severely limitedtravel ability could potentially complete the robotics competition at home, synchronouslyparticipating in the final design competition via live web-enabled video conferencing.Design ProjectsTwo design project competitions are integrated into the curriculum, with experimentsbuilt into the schedule for students to
Northridge were able to graduate as mechanical engineerstrained to think, design, and operate using system-level skills.Bibliography[1] Kirkpatrick, A., & Danielson, S., ASME VISION 2030’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MECHANICALENGINEERING EDUCATION. Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition[2] Youssef, G., & Kabo, J. M., Machine Design: Redesigned Paper presented at 2015 ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition[3] Katz, R., Integrating Analysis and Design in Mechanical Engineering Education Procedia CIRP, Volume36, 2015[4] Towhidnejad, M., & Hillburn, T., An Overview of GRCSE: Graduate Reference Curriculum for SystemsEngineering Paper presented at World Congress on Engineering Education 2013[5] Lee, T
skills in order to becomebetter at identifying opportunities to create value. An entrepreneurial mindset will allow them touse their technical skills effectively in turning opportunity to an achievement that has societaland economic value. Engineering students with entrepreneurial training are therefore expected tobegin their career with a competitive advantage. To develop entrepreneurial engineers, theTagliatela College of Engineering at the University of New Haven is enriching its curriculum byintegrating e-learning modules into regular engineering courses. When complete, there will be 18e-learning modules targeting various entrepreneurial concepts and skills based on the KEENFramework. In this paper, the approach of integrating the e-learning
integratingthese tools into instruction can foster deeper understanding of complex engineering concepts andproblems5-7. In particular, these types of representations are particularly useful for helpingstudents understand microscopic or abstract phenomena.The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign is synthesizing computational tools and skills across the curriculum. Overtwo years, using a collaborative course-development approach, a team of six faculty (one tenuredprofessor and five assistant professors) have integrated training in computational competenciesacross five courses (MSE 201 – Phases and Phase Relations, MSE 206 – Mechanics for MatSE,MSE 304 – Electronic Properties of Materials
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology University of Massachusetts Lowell1. Introduction We are already in the age of information technology revolution. Thisnot only incorporates traditional engineering but all aspects of power ofInternet also, culminating into a variety of state-of-art technologies. It is thesublime duty of engineering educators to integrate these technologies intotheir curriculum as a prime requirement. The class room instructions mustprepare the students not only to meet the challenges of the revolution butmust enable them to cope with the challenges presented because of perpetualenhancements in technologies. Presentation of
expected to be well above averageat 27% from 2012-2022 as projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.11 As a result, BMEprograms are also growing with the demand. Our BME undergraduate program at the Universityof Wisconsin-Madison, which has historically encompassed sophomores and above, has morethan doubled in the last five years. This year, our college has moved to a direct departmentadmission model adding an additional surge of freshman directly to the program (78% morestudents) with progression requirements versus a secondary application.In an effort to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for these 240 freshman, we havedeveloped a mentorship program integrated with our design curriculum. The undergraduateprogram here was founded
transferring new technologies to Panasonic product divisions in Japan. He was also responsible for managing his groups’ patent portfolio. From 2002 to 2004, he was a man- ager at the system group of Panasonic’s sales company in Secaucus, NJ providing system integration and software development for clients. He was also an Export Control officer. Dr. Kanai joined the Design Lab at RPI in 2004. He is currently the Associate Director of the lab and and Professor of Practice of in the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering department. The Design Lab provides industry spon- sored and service oriented multidisciplinary design projects to 200 students/semester. His responsibilities include managing the operation of the
to lead outside the formal curriculum AbstractLeadership has historically been part of professional engineers’ work life, but until recently itwas not integrated into the formal engineering curriculum. With the support of the NationalAcademy of Engineering and Engineers Canada along with regulatory pressures from theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Canadian EngineeringAccreditation Board, committed engineering educators with ties to industry have begun to takeup this curricular challenge in greater numbers. Unfortunately, many of these programs touchonly a small segment of the student body because they remain on the periphery of engineeringfaculties. As a result, we know little about the
University Leigh Ann Haefner is an associate professor of science education at Penn State Altoona and co-director of the Childhood and Early Education program at Penn State University. She is a former junior and senior high school science teacher and her current research includes a focus on inservice teacher’s integration of the practices of science and engineering in STEM education.Jonathan Bell, Penn State University Jonathan Bell is a graduate research assistant at Penn State pursuing a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on science and engineering education. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Hamp- shire college, Jonathan spent 13 years in California designing science exhibitions, teaching middle
among U.S.-based andglobal institutions, development of U.S.-based consortia, curriculum integration, coursematching, and scholarship funding, as well as a robust faculty-led program.Cooperative agreementsCooperative agreements or memoranda of understanding (MOU) are an effective way for U.S.-based and international institutions with mutual internationalization missions and goals to brokerrelationships that advance the individual and collective vision of all signatories. MOUs that tendto work and are productive in the long run are characterized by up front, explicitly negotiatedneeds and strong bilateral support from individual parties. Some items that are typically includedin internationalization agreements are scholarly exchanges, of both
View Connection server.It manages pools of virtual desktops created under the Horizon View Connection server control.vCenter provides access to the web client interface (known also as Web Integration Client Plug-in [16]). vCenter allows for resource management, managing privileges and identity services,and provides users and administrators web access to the virtual desktops running on the ESXiservers.3.3 Horizon View Connection ServerThe Horizon View Connection Server is virtual machine and internal server that manages, providesand brokers connections to pools of virtual desktops. It includes a View Administrator componentwhich provides an interface to create, deploy and manage the virtual desktops pools. These poolsmust be entitled to
. Nurturing entrepreneurship requires capableindividuals and capable institutions. We are aware that we cannot add more credits or workloadon the pretext of developing entrepreneurial competencies. Therefore, our framework wouldattempt to integrate the entrepreneurial requirements in the current curriculum and extra-curricular and co-curricular activities as much as possible. We expect institutions to customizethe framework - based on their creative ideas and their institutional requirements – to formulate ablueprint for developing innovative entrepreneurs from their institutes. We are researchingattributes of such capable institutes and are developing institutional capability assessment model.We also are working on developing case studies of
research focus is in student en- gagement and retention in engineering and engineering technology education. Contact: kgt5@txstate.eduDr. Shaunna Fultz Smith, Dr. Shaunna Smith is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University. She holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with an em- phasis on technology integration and art education. Her teaching and research explore how the hands-on use of design-based technologies (e.g. digital fabrication, 3D modeling and printing, computer program- ming, and DIY robotics) can impact multidisciplinary learning that transcends traditional content contexts (e.g. arts-based STEM integration). At her free
Paper ID #15619Saving Pelicans: A STEM Integration UnitSiddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Guzey is an assistant professor of science education at Purdue University. Her research and teaching focus on integrated STEM Education.Prof. Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and Director of STEM Integration in the INSPIRE Institute at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and postsecondary classrooms in order to help students make connections
affective issues in mathematics education, professional development of preservice and in-service teachers, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrated Engineering in Elementary Education: Tackling Challenges to Rural Teacher TrainingAbstractResearchers worked with a rural education cooperative to deliver engineering educationprofessional development to 38 elementary teachers. Teachers received training in Engineeringis Elementary (EiE) and Family Engineering curriculum and then implemented those lessonswith their 2nd-5th grade students. Researchers administered pre- and post- measures to gaugechanges in teachers’ and students’ knowledge
limit [2]. With the financial crisis that struck the country in 2008, efforts to manage the fiscal crisis replaced those to reduce the curriculum of the approximately 19% of degrees that remained above the 120-unit limit within the 23 campus system. The CSU Board of Trustees presented a proposal in September 2012 to achieve the unit reduction, in part, by eliminating all advanced GE requirements. This proposal was prepared with no faculty input, in direct contradiction to the deeply engrained shared governance culture within the CSU system. Faculty and campus outcry was immediate and aggressive. The Academic Senate at SJSU, in response to a mandate from the SJSU president, developed an alternative proposal that
cohortsAbstractThe capstone course sequence in an engineering or engineering technology program bringstogether all elements of the curriculum into a comprehensive learning experience. A team ofstudents works together, combining the topics learned during their undergraduate coursework tocomplete a substantial design project. Design courses can be uncomfortable for many studentsbecause of the open-ended nature of the requirement, leading to many questions such as “Are weon the right track? Do I have the right answer? Are we approaching this the right way?” Due totheir unique experiences, student veterans in engineering are well positioned to enable theircohorts to overcome these challenges. The military experience teaches veterans to becomeproblem-solvers
Technology (BCET) at ODU. His research has focused mostly on control systems (integration and testing) and the reliability and maintainability of complex systems. He has been selected as both a NASA and an ONR Faculty Fellow. He regularly teaches courses in Ma- rine Engineering and in Maintained Systems. Most recently Dr. Dean was on the Headquarters Staff the American Society of Naval Engineers. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems 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
the modern engineering world, traditional in-class teachingmethods may need to be modified to adequately prepare students to be competent in today’sindustry. Therefore, there is an increased emphasis in providing design experience throughintegrated project-based learning throughout the engineering curriculum. In this paper, we willpresent our recent efforts at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Florida Agriculturaland Mechanical University-Florida State University College of Engineering (FAMU-FSU COE)to develop a coordinated and integrated three-semester course sequence to the capstone experience.The broad aim is to introduce the overall design process through project planning, management,and product development with an emphasis