Paper ID #7222CAPSTONE PROJECTS: UNLEASHING IMAGINATION AND ENGAG-ING MINDSDr. Adrian Ieta, State University of New York at Oswego Adrian Ieta received a B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1984, a B.E.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Timisoara, in 1992, and a M.E.Sc. degree and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of the Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. He was with the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre and the Digital Electronics Research Group, the
Paper ID #6524Engineering Management Creating Individuals with a Mind for Business anda Heart for EngineeringDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 10 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Master’s of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological
ATTRACTING YOUNG MINDS TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY FIELDS WITH MOBILE RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION Faruk Yildiz fxy001@shsu.edu Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX 77341AbstractVarious ways to attract young minds to STEM fields have been implemented bynon-profit organizations and institutions through volunteer work or funding.Mobile Renewable Energy Education (MREE) is a long term project aimed toprovide area (especially rural) K-12 students and teachers with an appliedmathematics, engineering and science curriculum package based on Photovoltaic(PV), wind power, energy conversion and
Paper ID #6879Work in Progress: An Engineering in Medicine Programme - Opening Engi-neering Students’ Mind Through a Living Laboratory EducationDr. Desmond Y.R. Chong, National University of Singapore Desmond Chong is currently a Lecturer in the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (EDIC) and the Department of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and Master of Engineering (by research), both from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a PhD in Orthopaedic Biomechanics from Imperial College London, UK. Prior to joining NUS, he was
Paper ID #6029A Framework for Liberal Learning in an Engineering College.Dr. Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, College of Engineering Pune Pradeep Waychal has close to 30 years of experience in renowned academic and business organizations. He has been the founder and head of Innovation Center of College of Engineering Pune. Prior to that, for over 20 years, he has worked with a multinational corporation, Patni Computer Systems where he has played varied roles in delivery, corporate and sales organizations. He has led large international business relationships and incubated Centre of Excellences for business intelligence, process
faster way and in a larger community. For engineers, the decisionprocess is even more complex once the implications have serious impact not only to the targetcustomers but also to the society as a whole and to the environment. This is an aspect that showsthe necessity for engineers to search for the acquisition of an ability to respond to socialnecessities having in mind the cultural aspects when developing a project.The effects of this aspect in engineering formation implies a different approach providing thefuture engineers a notion about policy, ethics and social sciences, which are so important toprepare them to the future work market that will require the respect and promotion of society andenvironment as assets1.Most of social groups have
to which extent an optimum has been accomplished orits reasons for a failure. Thus, the implied demand for a social, environmental andeconomical responsibility of ones own actions characterizes the modern and likewisepractice-oriented concepts of vocational education. In view of this development in the field ofvocational education and taking into consideration the fact that each individual has to be ableto fill a big spot in the larger scope in the flat personnel hierarchies of current concepts ofconceptualizing and producing, a scientific engineering university education is not able toclose its mind to these progressions.This means that: With all due respect to the importance of practice-orientation, meaning thefacilitation of preplanned
such as analyzing, evaluatingand creating.Pedagogical research has found that writing assignments effectively facilitate learning by forcingstudents to explore connections and patterns in the studied material5, 6. These benefits of writingassignments are enhanced in fields such as engineering, since students are rarely assignedreflective writing tasks and thus have few opportunities to develop associated abilities7, 8. Withthese factors in mind, students are asked to summarize their DOE study and findings in a brieftwo-page report. Additional details about the assignment and student feedback are provided inthe following sections.2. Background2.1. DOE BackgroundOften in research it is desired to determine the effect of various independent
Paper ID #7187Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Develop a Teaching Tool: MiniCNC MillDr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Engineering Technology)Dr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng.) Page 23.802.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Develop a Teaching Tool: Mini CNC MillAbstractThe desired current set of skills required of modern engineers and technologists has been steadilyexpanding. In addition to familiarity with manual machining and fabrication techniques
,#veterans#retain#a#substantial#portion#of#their#benefit#eligibility#for#future#education#or#for#use#by#eligible#dependents.##The#program#was#designed#with#the#following#guidelines#in#mind:## • Qualified#veterans#with#undergraduate#degrees#in#nonFtechnical#areas#can#enter#the# degree#program#after#successfully#completing#articulation#courses#that#are# integrated#into#the#curriculum#and#program#schedule.#Applicants#need#not#have#an# undergraduate#degree#in#engineering#or#science#to#apply#to#the#program.# • #The#academic#program#is#integrated#with#a#professional#practice#and#research# experience#to#ensure#that#degree#recipients#have#ample#opportunity#to#apply#what# they#learn#in#realistic#settings.#The#focus#of#the
what the engineer is doing in your drawing. Write at least two sentences. 2) List atleast three words/phrases that come to mind when you think of an engineer. 3) What kinds ofthings do you think an engineer does? Study facilitators were careful not to talk aboutengineers or engineering during the administration of the DAE test. Facilitators offered helpto clarify directions and question prompts, but they did not offer any ideas or assistance thatwould influence students’ original conceptions of engineers or engineering. Twenty-eightinformal interviews (which were videotaped) were performed after the DAE test andconsisted of one-on-one discussions between a facilitator and students (8 from Puebla and 20from Tlaxcala) to further investigate
prepare engineers to fulfill their cultural and civicresponsibilities. For an engineering educator, it is vital to inculcate in the engineering students,the importance of studying humanities that can open up their minds to the use of creative ideasfrom great minds outside of science. Humanists claim that the state-of-the-art scientificknowledge techniques that engineers learn in their college curriculum have a limited shelf life. Ifthey master the humanities, it can provide tools for extending that shelf life. One of the mostimportant aspects of engineering is effective communication, both verbal and written.Humanities study can strengthen the ability of engineers to work and communicate with others.Importance of HumanitiesA number of engineering
or fulfill a purpose in the most efficient manner possible.”2 “My definition of engineering design has changed as a result of our group and class discussion during the tutorial. While I still believe that at its core, engineering design is the process by which engineers analyze problems and come up with solutions that are feasible economically, efficient, and safe, I have added some side notes to my definition. I believe there are other considerations engineers must keep in mind while designing products. The aesthetics and elegance of the design are also important. In addition, the product should provide some level of innovation. This could be coming up with an altogether new product or simply improving
these lectures.Table 3. Survey instrument given to studentsDirections: We are conducting this survey to better understand what factors you used inchoosing your declared major. We are not asking for your name, just your honest input. Pleaseanswer the following statements to the best of your ability according to the following scale andrecord your answers on the electronic score sheet provided.A = Strongly Agree B = Agree C = Neutral D = Disagree E = Strongly Disagree 1) I was already pretty sure which engineering program I wanted before coming to Binghamton University, and I did not change my mind. 2) The WTSN 111/112 lectures helped me to decide my major. 3) The labs and project in WTSN 111/112 helped me decide my major. 4) The
lecture and in-class activities contributions to learning were ranked 4.8 and 4.9 respectively, indicating almostunanimous student approval of the program.Student FeedbackCandidates provided a substantial amount of written feedback on the program in courseevaluations. Selected quotes include:“GEL is very different from the various leadership programs that I have been exposed to in mycareer. First of all, it is not a generic leadership program that has been tailored for an Page 23.399.13application but instead is a program that was designed with the engineering leader in mind. Ibelieve that its unique blend of technical content and real world
career paths, while supporting the advancement of the both CETs and CEProfessionals (CEPs) and possibly influence salary scales. A TBoK will also distinguish CETsfrom technicians working in the civil engineering field. Table 112 includes grade descriptions forCEPs, CETs, and civil engineering technicians based on existing descriptions published byASCE and the National Institute for Certification Engineering Technologies (NICET)14. Bydistinguishing CETs, a cohort of similarly-minded career professionals can be identified, whichcould lead to the development of professional associations, common business practices, salaryscales, training of technical skills, and similar group dynamics that are characteristic of a groupof people working in the same
engineeringcourses if the proposal is funded. Infrastructure topics have grown in prominence in engineeringprograms as evidenced by an NSF to Clemson University for the establishment of a master ofscience program in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (8) and the Sustainable and ResilientInfrastructures Program launched in 2012 at Illinois University (9). If asked over dinner or at the water cooler, a civil engineer is very likely to say,“Civilengineers have been building infrastructure for 2,000 years.” Even though this is true, the use,understanding, and interest in all things infrastructure has grown in the mind of the public in thepast ten years to the point that is a common element of public and private discourse. Academic,professional, and
Paper ID #8324Educating the Global Robotics EngineerProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Prof. Michael A. Gennert is Director of the Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he is Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, the University of California/Riverside, General Electric Ordnance Systems, Pittsfield, MA and PAR Technology Cor- poration, New Hartford, NY. He received the S.B. in Computer Science, S.B. in Electrical Engineering, and S.M. in
Paper ID #6353Pedagogy for the New Engineering FacultyDr. John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Departmental Internship Co- ordinator at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Automation, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 23.960.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pedagogy for the
. Engineering training process in Russia on each stage of professional education is subjectto Federal State Educational Standards (FSES). According to FSES of higher professionaleducation, university has to provide socio-cultural environment for harmonized personaldevelopment. Growing social significance of engineers in the contemporary global context of rapidtechnological changes and constant innovational processes in industry require engineeringuniversity graduates to by flexible and adaptive, to have open mind and be ready for innovations.Besides, future engineer should be able to integrate into global technological network, be mobileand communicate with colleagues all over the world. Therefore social-psychological competenceof future
Mathematics Humanities Study of the human- Study of the natural Study of mathematical Study of human mind made world world constructs and perception Engineering design Scientific inquiry Mathematical analysis Rhetoric and criticism Iterative design process, Hypothesis testing Theorems, proofs, Eclectic methods, optimum solution and evaluation rational constructs comparative values Artifact produced Theory confirmed Theorem validated Opinion rationalized Engineering, the noun, uniquely connects all three disciplines. In creating
Paper ID #7375Information Graphics and Engineering DesignProf. Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Associate Dean of Student Affairs Marjan Eggermont works within the Schulich School of Engineering at Calgary. Eggermont is also the interim associate dean-international, the senior instructor design and communication, for mechanical and manufacturing engineering and the editor/designer of ZQ | zqjour- nal.com. Page 23.749.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013
Friday Morning Session 2 - Faculty U.S. ENGINEERING EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PRESPECTIVE Camille A. Issa, PhD, PE, F. ASCE Department of Civil Engineering School of Engineering Lebanese American University Byblos, Lebanon AbstractOver the last several years a number of reports have raised concern about the growing challengeto U.S. science and technology (S&T) leadership – and long-term economic competitiveness –from both rapidly developing Asian nations and
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transfer experience. They confirm what we know fromthe literature about the importance of opportunities to interact with faculty, older students andpeers in a welcoming environment, improving math and research skills and working on sociallyrelevant engineering topics.- liked best “I liked that we visited labs and experienced the lab environment, its work and approach of many engineering disciplines. The mentors were very supportive and informative and helped us prepare for the first semester coming.” “I worked diligently in a relaxed environment amongst faculty and peers who had my best interest in mind. I was encouraged and motivated to get involved in the many exciting opportunities for research at Grove
Paper ID #7101Teaching Architecture, Engineering and Construction Disciplines: Using Var-ious Pedagogical Styles to Unify the Learning ProcessJill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University Jill Nelson is an Assistant Professor for the Architectural Engineering Department at California Polytech- nic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, CA. Professor Nelson came to Cal Poly with over 25 years of structural design and project management experience. She is a registered Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer in the states of California and Washington. Jill Nelson received a B.S. degree in Civil
Activities from First-Year Engineering ProjectsAbstractIn April 2012, the Mind Trekkers group from Michigan Technological University attended the2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington D.C. Mind Trekkers is an outreachorganization that focuses on making STEM accessible to all age groups through action-packedhands-on learning. This learning often takes place in short demonstrations or activities. One ofthese activities was modified from a first-year engineering project on wind energy as part of theIDEAS Project (DUE-0836861).For the semester project, student teams developed a bench-scale wind turbine. They measuredthe turbine performance by measuring the RPMs, torque, and wind velocity. They used Excel toanalyze their team and class
bemore fully understood and then creatively reconceived” (Damrosch 1995). With this in Page 23.847.8mind, we now turn to the question, how can we creatively reconceive our approaches toteaching? “What” Are We Teaching, and “How” Are We Teaching It?One approach to the question of “how” that resonates with engineers is the concept ofbackwards design (Wiggins and McTighe, 2006) a design approach adapted for curricularreform. Backwards design starts with the end goals in mind and works “backwards” towardthe
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