even hard to get recognition for a sabbatical in industry … Please understand that I am not criticizing the current faculty. I am one of them, and I respect my colleagues greatly. Rather, I am criticizing a system that prevents us from enriching faculty with a complementary set of experiences and talents.”B) Responsive Universities ─Relevancy to the Creative Professions in the 21st CenturyThe National Collaborative agrees with president Wulf’s point of view of the need for watershed reformin the U.S. system of engineering education and suggests as the Kellogg Commission has pointed out ─in order to remain relevant to their constituencies, and to be more effective ─ universities must change.2Whereas universities have traditionally
andobjectives of the program and institution. The professional component must include: (a) oneyear of a combination of college level mathematics and basic sciences (some with experimentalexperience) appropriate to the discipline and (b) one and one-half years of engineeringtopics…”30 This appears to be clear enough, with the most important part being “appropriate tothe discipline” which, since the SEEK specifies what that knowledge is and SE2004 specifiescurricula “to help accreditation agencies… make decisions about various institutions’ programs”,the two agencies should be working together, with ABET deferring to SE2004 for what specificsubjects are appropriate to the discipline. But that doesn’t seem to be happening.Of the 13 ABET accredited
Page 12.454.2undergraduate and graduate power engineering students were re-designed and adapted foroutreach education. An iterative design procedure was employed with the active involvement ofand feedback from a non-engineer and a high school student. The design process yielded notabledifferences from the original experiments designed for power engineers. Specifically, thefollowing new educational tasks were accomplished: 1. development of additional safety hardware, 2. re-definition of educational objectives, 3. iterative experiment design process, including: a. design of assessment surveys, b. design of new pedagogical material, i.e. laboratory manuals, c. development of new laboratory activities to be
Foundation (Grant#EEC- Page 12.367.140530760). The views expressed within this paper are solely those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Valuable contributions weremade to some of the project-based learning activities by Katherine Chen, Blair London, TrevorHarding and William Hughes.References1. Brito, C., and C. Tenente, “Working with Projects in Engineering Education,” Proceedings ofthe 1999 ASEE Annual Conference: Engineering Education to Serve the World, June 20-23,1999, pp. 5765-5773.2. London, B., Chen, K.C. and Vanasupa, L., "Materials Selection for the Life Cycle - A NewCourse
? 3.5 3 2.5 2 AP A B+ B C+ C D ? GPA Calculus I GradeFigure 1. The distribution of grade point average (GPA) and grade in Calculus I for the two sections of EMCH 201 were similar.Both sections were taught by the same professor and evaluated with the same methods. For mostof the semester, both sections were taught at the same time in a sixty-person classroom.However, the two sections received differentiated instruction at four times during the semester.During each
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majoring in management; two majoring in Englisheducation; two majoring in biotechnology; one majoring in chemistry; one majoring in appliedchemistry (leaning toward a career in nutrition); one majoring in Chinese language and literature;one majoring in French language and literature; one majoring in political science; and onemajoring in economics.Based on the students’ diverse majors, some course assignments were altered to accommodatestudents with non-technical backgrounds. Appendix B contains a table describing each majorassignment in its original version (closely based on that used in GE 3513) and its revised versionfor Practical English. Discussion of the assignments and modifications made is provided in theremainder of this section.The first
designing and executing their projects. The research and education projectthat is presented in this paper has been designed to cover such educational outcomes as havebeen defined by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (12, p. 2), including: (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (…) (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education
article. As you read this article, you should review it with respect to the above student learning objective. Here are some questions about the reading that might help you with this article. a. What is the historical and social impact of Martha Stewart and how does it interact with the dimensions of race, class and gender? b. The author discusses the roles of work and family to be competing areas for women. How does the history of paid work versus unpaid work (housework) compare for women of different ethnic, cultural and class groups? c. The author compares the career of Martha Stewart and the career of Oprah Winfrey and
: building community benefits faculty and other university professionals and serves students well. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on the First Year Experience. St. Andrews, Scotland.11. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. (2003). A template for first-year seminars at IUPUI. (2nd Ed.). Indianapolis, IN.12. Landis, R. B. (2000). Studying Engineering: A Roadmap to a Rewarding Career, Second Edition. Los Angeles: Discovery Press.13. Donalson, K. (1999). The Engineering Student Survival Guide. Boston: McGraw-Hill.14. Holtzapple, M. T. & Reece, W. D. (2005). Concepts in Engineering. Boston: McGraw-Hill.15. Oakes, W. C., Leone, L. L. & Gunn, C. J. (2003
standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic; environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political. The professional component must include (a) one year of a combination of college level mathematics and basic sciences (some with experimental experience) appropriate to the discipline (b) one and one-half years of engineering topics, to include engineering sciences and engineering design appropriate to the student’s field of study (c) a general education component that complements the technical content of the curriculum and is consistent with the program and institution objectives
Page 12.252.161 Richmond B., System Dynamics/Systems Thinking: Let's Just Get On With It. Delivered at the 1994International Systems Dynamics Conference in Sterling, Scotland2 Richmond B., System Dynamics/Systems Thinking: Let's Just Get On With It. Delivered at the 1994International Systems Dynamics Conference in Sterling, Scotland3 Sweeney, L.B, and Sterman, J.D. “Bathtub dynamics: initial results of a systems thinking inventory”,System Dynamics Review, Winter 16, No 4., 2000, pp. 249-286.17 Pala, Ö. and . Vennix, J. A. M. “Effect of system dynamics education on systems thinking inventory taskperformance”, System Dynamics Review, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2005. Pages 147-1724 Forrester, Jay W., 1961. Industrial dynamics, Waltham, MA: Pegasus
12.468.13world and still not find it overwhelming within the requirements of their course work. As alwaysit remains a challenge to define a perfect scope of a new course.AcknowledgementThe authors acknowledge the help and support of Dr. John Farr, Head of the Department ofSystems Engineering and Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, in thedevelopment of the course on Business Process Reengineering and including it as part of theEngineering Management curriculum of the Institute.References 1. Rigby, D.; Bilodeau, B. (2005). The Bain 2005 Management Tool Survey; Strategy & Leadership; 2005; Vol. 33, Number 4; pg. 4. 2. Farr, J.; Sauser,B.J.; Jain, R.; Verma, D. (2005). Engineering Management Education - Technology
willSimilarly, Peterson Tires has received complaints hopefully be able to fix it before any more accidents occur. Individual QuestionsRead the Memo on the previous page individually. Answer the following questions individually.a. Why is reliability important? Besides recalls, what kinds of consequences could a company withreliability problems experience?b. Give two specific examples of products, other than those mentioned, where reliability is important.c. A "reliability curve" shows the total number of products that have failed versus time. Describe what thiscurve might look for a product such as tires. Problem
todetermine a productive statistic regarding the historical unit cost which is then used toforecast future performance on a proposed project. Procedures employ the followingequation in order to develop a “weighted” unit cost: Where A = minimum unit cost of previous projects B = average unit cost of previous projects C = maximum unit cost of previous projectsThis Unit Cost in $ per unit can be summarily used as a factor for estimating the cost of anew facility of known size. As a practical demonstration, the students were providedhistorical data for a number of previously completed projects which provided them themeans for completing a cost analysis and enabled them to
technology-focused andhumanities programs), instructional strategies, and learning outcomes (i.e. academic success,their sense of personal fulfillment in the program and their perceptions of instructional methods),b) analyze correlations between the model variables and outcomes, and c) formulate somerecommendations to improve the learning outcomes. Individual differences that will beconsidered are students’ learning styles, emotional competency as they progress through theirfour-year programs, and their response to instructional delivery methods. The project will alsoinclude development and testing of some assessment tools. The study will follow a cohort ofstudents through their undergraduate education at the authors’ home university from their
room and b) that while interactive multimedia helpedstudents with all modalities improve their scores, Active, Sensing and Global learners benefitedthe most. Other studies reached similar conclusions. For example, a study at the University ofTexas, where interactive online tutorials were used to support Mechanical Engineering labs, alsofound larger improvements among the sections with access to the tutorials8, as compared with thesections that did not use the tutorials. The study also found that Active and Sensing learnersbenefited more from the virtual labs than Visual learners did. These observations supportFelder’s assertion that Active, Sensing and Global learners are the main beneficiaries of ateaching style that includes a mix of
into one of seven program areas, and each area has a coordinator.) Current coordinators may be re-elected, and there are no term limits. This set of program area coordinators constitutes the Assessment Committee for the year.2. During the first month of the spring semester the Assessment Committee identifies the program outcomes to be formally assessed during the current calendar year and presents this list for department approval no later that the first department meeting in March. Outcomes are selected using the following criteria: a. The primary outcomes selected for assessment are those identified as most in need of formal assessment based on informal assessments from the previous year. b. Any outcome not
Unsteady State Heat Transfer Figure1: Students engaged in constructing and executing the experimentStudents are required to calculate the heat transfer rate, overall heat transfer coefficient,plot the temperature against position for different thermocouple, discuss all possiblesources of error and discuss results. The specimen cross sectional area is 0.00049 m2,conductivity of brass heated and cooled sections are 121 W/mk and the conductivity ofstainless steel intermediate section is 25 W/mk. Page 12.981.6 (a) (b) (c) (d
usefulness of media based instruction in an introductory computingcourse for engineering majors at Georgia Southern University. From the survey results andstudent responses in this pilot study, it is concluded that media based instruction, in conjunctionwith traditional teaching methods, is preferred by students. The media based instruction providesa positive reinforcement to the traditional teaching methods. Page 12.126.9References1. P. Cohen, B. Ebeling & H. Kulik, “A meta-analysis of outcomes studies of visual-based instruction,” Educational Communications and Technology Journal, 29, pp.26-36, 1981.2. J.V. Powell, V.G. Aeby Jr. & T
: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved fromhttp://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006084.pdf on November 1, 2006.5. Olaniran, B. (1994) "Group Performance in Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Communication Media."Management Communication Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 3, 256-281.6. Straus, S. (1996) "Getting a Clue: The Effects of Communication Media and Information Distribution onParticipation and Performance in Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Groups." Small Group Research, Vol. 27,No. 1, 115-142.7. Woodrow Wilson Foundation, The Responsive Ph.D.: Innovations in U.S. Doctoral Education. Retrieved fromhttp://www.woodrow.org/newsroom/News_Releases/ResponsivePhD_overview.pdf on March 8, 2006
the department to revise and rerun thecourse. The revised class was team-taught and preserved the seminar-style reading anddiscussion format, but with a larger class size (n = 15). Students in the course had the followingresponsibilities: • Do the assigned readings for each week (see Appendix B for reading list). • Write a short (1-2 paragraph) response to one of the questions posted on the course’s online discussion forum or respond to another student’s post (see Appendix C for sample discussion forum questions). • Attend and actively participate in the weekly two-hour class discussion. • Write a substantial research paper on a topic appropriately related to the course material and themes.The course was open
-1981.9. Reese, T., Stevenson, T., “Planning for Diversity at all Levels.” 2006 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference Proceedings, Paper number: 2006-564.10. Pong, C., Shahnasser, H., “Case Study: Steps to Reach Out to Hidden Underrepresented Student Candidates in Engineering.” 2006 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference Proceedings, Paper number: 2006-779.11. Hagenberger M., Engerer B., Tougaw, D., “Revision of a First-Semester Course to Focus on Fundamentals of Engineering.” 2006 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference Proceedings, Paper number: 2006-1360.12. Crossman G., Dean, A., “Intriducing the Engineering Technology Programs to all Incoming Freshman
assessment of computer science education in a chemical engineering curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.10. Collura, M.A., Aliane, B. and Daniels, S. and Nocito-Gobel J., 2004, “Learning the methods of engineering analysis using case studies, Excel and VBA - course design,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.11. Rosca, R., 2006, “Learning Matlab – just-in-time or freshman year?” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.12. Hodge, B.K. and Steele, W.G., 2001, “Computational paradigms in undergraduate mechanical engineering education,” Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.13. Said, H., Khna, F. 2004, “Towards using
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) hosted the 11th Pre-serviceTeacher Program. The program had two significant components: a) A national Pre-service Teacher Conference (PSTC) held at Alexandria, VA, during February 16-18,2006, that drew participation from HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges andUniversities), HSIs(Hispanic Serving Institutions), TCUs ( Tribal Colleges andUniversities) and majority universities with significant minority enrollment and b) Anintensive two week Preservice Teacher Institute (PSTI) in the summer for a relativelysmall group of pre-service teachers held at NASA Langley for inspiring future K-12teachers in the fields of mathematics, science, and technology education fields. Thispaper will focus on a robotics activity designed by
“What does theKyoto Protocol deal with?” Example of choices given included: a) Substances that deplete theozone layer; b) Climate change; 3) Proliferation of nuclear weapons; 4) Use of biologicalweapons; 5) None of the above. Results from these surveys showed a significant improvementfrom 36% to 65% correct responses by the end of the course. It is possible that even though theKyoto Protocol was not part of the course material, the in-class and on-line discussions revolving Page 12.1479.10around this topic were responsible for this increase. Including even a small statement about thistopic within the class
AC 2007-1374: A NEW APPROACH FOR TEACHING IN-PLANE PRINCIPALSTRESSES, PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS AND MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS FORPLANE STRESSKarim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Karim Muci-Küchler is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Product Design and Development. He has taught several different courses at the undergraduate and graduate level
improvement aswe prepare our students to succeed in a changing global environment.AcknowledgmentThe generous support of Ira and Mary Lou Fulton and members of ACET is gratefullyacknowledged.References1. Home-Douglas, Pierre, “ASEE Today - President’s Profile – Looking Ahead,” ASEE Prism, American Society of Engineering Education, December 2005, Volume 15 Number 4.2. The Engineer of 2020, Visions of Engineering in the New Century, National Academy of Engineering, 2004. Page 12.788.123. T.L. Friedman, The World is Flat, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, N.Y., 2005.4. J. Collins, Good to Great, HarperCollins, N.Y., 2001.5. B. S. Bloom
, April 26, 2001. (see http://www.rpi.edu/web/President/speeches/universidad.html)3. Neeley, K., Olds, B., and Steneck, N. Recommendations for liberal education in engineering: A white paper from the liberal education division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Paper presented at the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, June 16-19, 2002.4. Hawley, R. Engineering and the creative arts: A new frontier? The Royal Society of Edinburg, 2005.5. Florman, S.C. Learning liberally. ASEE Prism November 1993: 18-23. Page 12.84.86. Thorndike, R.L., Hagen, E.P., and Sattler, J.M. Stanford-Binet
, George 3. Random-House College Dictionary, Random-House, NY, 1984, pgs 1079 & 1407. 4. Krupczak, John, and David F. Ollis, Improving the Technological Literacy of Undergraduates – Identifying the Research Issues, National Science Foundation, 2005. 5. Krupczak, John, and David Ollis, Technological Literacy and Engineering for Non-Engineers: Lessons from Successful Courses, Paper No. 2006-744, Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 6. Gorham, Douglas, Pam. B. Newberry, and Theodore A. Bickart, ABET and Standards for Technological Literacy, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &