Paper ID #38218Value Methodology & Frugal Engineering: New frontiers in an engineeringcurriculum?Dr. Bopaya Bidanda, University of PittsburghGajanan Hegde ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Are Value Methodology & Frugal Engineering new frontiers in a collaborativeengineering and business curriculum?Bopaya Bidanda Gajanan G. HegdeErnest Roth Professor of Industrial Engineering Associate ProfessorUniversity of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Businessbidanda@pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh
describes a lightweight approach to incorporate sustainability educationinto engineering curricula. The intention is to complement engineers’ technical knowledge andproblem-solving skills with a sustainability mindset. The first part of this paper describes asustainability designation for engineering majors. The second part of the paper describes the one-semester-hour seminar course that is the gateway to the designation. The third part of the paperdescribes the new textbook we developed to support the gateway course. Finally, the paperpresents some future developments and takeaway lessons. Because curricular design and studentexperience are inextricably linked, we discuss both in this paper.I. Sustainability designationThe engineering
work in progress paper describes a new program that integrates business and engineeringcurriculum. Investments in science, mathematics, and engineering education have increased as amatter of national economic competitiveness [1]. Engineering and business are increasinglyconnected in today’s technological and global workplace and there is a need for graduates whosecompetencies span these fields [2]. Educators have been developing approaches that linkbusiness and engineering curriculum within traditional classes [ 3,4] as well as programs thatprovide minors and degrees for students crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries of businessand engineering [6-8]. Blended engineering and business baccalaureate programs have beendeveloped by at least
ofstudents, demand that we don't simply follow but become a leader for innovative approaches andmodels for an equitable, post-carbon, circular economy that supports a human flourishing andecological integrity. There is a need and opportunity to create a coherent program to form newengineering graduates capable of meeting technical engineering requirements woven with thesocial, economic, political, environmental, and other facets central to sustainability and resilience.In response, an interdisciplinary team of researchers proposed the creation of a new SustainableEngineering (SE) Minor at UPRM as part of a larger plan to develop a new Bachelor's degreeprogram in this area. This plan will allow concrete developmental progress while acknowledgingthat
Paper ID #37586Board 320: Integrating Computational Thinking into a Neural EngineeringHigh School CurriculumSusan Meabh Kelly, University of Connecticut Susan Meabh Kelly is completing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at the Neag School of Educa- tion. Qualified to teach both secondary-level Earth Science and Physics in Connecticut and New York, Susan has twenty years of teaching experience, largely in culturally and socioeconomically diverse urban communities. Having participated in a variety of policy-driven and agency-funded efforts herself, Susan studies secondary students’ and science teachers’ experiences with
Paper ID #38146Electrical & Computer Engineering Students’ Approach to AcademicAdvising and Course SelectionChristopher Martinez, University of New Haven Christopher Martinez is an associate professor of computer engineering in the Connecticut Institute of Technology at the University of New Haven. His area of research is in the field of human computer interaction with a focus on embedded system interfacing.April Yoder, University of New Haven ©American Society for Engineering Education, 20231. Introduc,onFaculty advisors at the University of University of New Haven o7en complain about what theysee as a
Research Center in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the City College of New York of CUNY in 2010. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Compute Engineering Technology at NYC College of Technology of CUNY. He founded the City Tech Robotics Research Lab and is a co- founder of the City Tech Experiential Arts & Technology Lab (EAT Lab) at NYC College of Technology of CUNY. His current research interests include applied control systems, robotics, swarms, wireless sensor networks, computer vision and perceptual computing, and IoT/IoRT. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Introducing ROS-Projects to Undergraduate Robotic Curriculum
teaching goDr. Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Lawrence Angrave is an award-winning computer science Teaching Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He creates and researches new opportunities for accessible and inclusive equitable education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Inclusive Glossary: An Embedded, Interactive Approach to Accessible and Inclusive Learning Abstract To assist students in engineering and related STEM disciplines, we report on themotivation, design, implementation, and evaluation of the Inclusive Glossary, a novelembedded interactive educational tool. The Glossary
problems, making use of the knowledge and trainingacquired through the entire college curriculum, and demonstrating student readiness to enter thejob market or moving into research. These projects are often displayed at venues where judgesfrom academia and industry conduct evaluations to assess those achievements. Grading rubricsare generally based on the engineering approach, ability to reach a solution, specific designcontent, innovation, team performance, and presentation and communication skills. It hasbecome popular that these showcases turn into competitions, with prizes and recognitionsawarded to selected projects. In this study, we took an additional perspective on these capstonecourses and events by analyzing the composition of these
Paper ID #39511Board 91: Work-in-Progress: A Systematic Gap Analysis of the AustralianPower Engineering CurriculumMiss Nisaka Munasinghe, University of New South Wales Nisaka Munasinghe is an enthusiastic undergraduate student at the University of New South Wales. She will be graduating with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Hons), 2023, with her thesis project present- ing research for improvements to the Australian Power Engineering Curriculum. Since 2020, she has been working in construction as a cadet engineer with Sydney Trains, helping deliver and commission railway signalling projects for the NSW transport
, internship or co-op experiences and managing research programs. She earned her PhD in Chemistry from Penn State, conducted postdoctoral research at Wake Forest’s School of Medicine. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Buffalo. Since coming back to Penn State in 2014, she has directed the Chemistry Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs and worked on numerous student success programs at the undergrad and graduate level. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Graduate Research Experience and Transitioning to Grad School (GREaT GradS): A New Approach to Graduate-School Onboarding for Marginalized GroupsAbstract:After
Paper ID #38699Indigenizing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programmed EngineeringEducation Curriculum, Challenges and Future PotentialsDr. Bahar Memarian, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Dr. Bahar Memarian is an interdisciplinary researcher and educator with more than 10 years of research and teaching experience at the intersection of applied and social sciences. She has designed and executed research projects as both a team leader and a member. She has also developed and delivered learning modules and courses in the areas of STEM, design, and engineering education at the secondary and
Paper ID #37974Adoption of CACPLA Pedagogy Collaborate Approach to ImprovePeer-Facilitated Tutorials in Material ScienceDr. David Olubiyi Obada, Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, AhmaduBello University, Zaria, Nigeria David O. Obada holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, specializing in production/industrial engineering. His research interests include fracture mechanics, advanced materials, and condensed matter physics. Before joining the Atlantic Technological University, Ireland, David was a research fellow at the University of
indicated that having to work on common curriculumelements, such as common foundational courses in the first and second year of new programs,with multiple departments or colleges created issues with program development. Beyondfocusing on buy-in from other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)departments in the process, strategies for forming closer connections with other units in order todevelop shared goals and common instructional and assessment methods were discussed. Theseincluded large-scale decisions, such as choosing to merge an engineering college with the collegeof science at the institution to better support the collaborative curriculum initiatives that wereneeded.Planning for the future, allocation of resourcesItems 6
Bloomington. Her research interests include intersections of business and engineering, teaching and pedagogical approaches, and leadership.Ms. Jill H. Powell, Cornell University Jill Powell is Engineering Librarian at Cornell University and manages the budget for collections. She has a B.A. from Cornell and an MLS from Syracuse University. Active in the Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Educat ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Addressing Business Research Needs in the Engineering CurriculumAbstractTeaching business competencies in the engineering curriculum frequently happens in support ofentrepreneurship
, and its synergy with the existing curriculum, this paper provides guidance for datascience curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation in civil engineering.IntroductionThe need to manage, analyze, and extract knowledge from data is becoming a necessity for everysector of society including industry, government, and academia. Engineers routinely encountermassive amounts of data, and new techniques and tools are emerging to create knowledge out ofthese data [1]. The compounded accessibility of data has considerably altered the civilengineering and the construction profession, and data analysis skill is recognized as a crucialexperience desired in engineering graduates [2-4]. Data science in civil engineering has a verywide scope. Data
modelling and scenario simulations, sensing and responding solutions for the built environment, as well as virtual space modelling and data management. In addition to these academic activities, Dr. Martani also has experience as an architect in practice and consultant in civil engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Developing a new course in design, construction, and societyRecent studies have indicated a ‘culture of disengagement’ in engineering students, with an over-focus on technical aspects, to the detriment of social implications. Furthermore, the Architecture,Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is experiencing a burst of technologicaltransformations. Given
Paper ID #39016Connecting the Dots: A Programmatic Approach to Data Science withinEngineeringDr. Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Kristen R. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at University at Buffalo. Her research focuses primarily on technical communication and issues of equity, inclusion, and social justice.Dr. Liesl Folks, The University of Arizona Liesl Folks holds a BSc(Hons) and a PhD, both in Physics, from The University of Western Australia. Her research interests are in spin electronic devices for logic and data storage.Ms. Erin Rowley
teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Building a Communication-Integrated Curriculum in Materials ScienceAbstractWith the need to meet ABET outcomes around professional skills, such as communication andteamwork, engineering programs have long explored approaches to ensure their graduates areable to participate in the workplace in ways that employers demand. While approaches vary andsuccess depends on a number of factors, research demonstrates that an integrated approach toprofessional skill development is the most impactful for student learning. How can anengineering program build an
Paper ID #37425Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Culture-RelatedDesign in First-Year Engineering Curriculum: A Work in ProgressDr. Lisa K. Murray, Western New England University Lisa K. Murray is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in the first-year engineering program at Western New England University (WNE). She currently serves as a co-advisor for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at WNE. She is an alumnus of WNE. She holds a BS in Biomedical Engineer- ing, Masters in Education and a Masters and PhD. in Engineering Management. Her research interests are in engineering education
Ph.D. research at Texas A&M University, Dr. RDr. Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Mesbah Uddin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Williams States Lee College of Engineering. He is currently leading Charlotte’s new multidisciplinary public-private research partnership initiative, Digital Design and Opti- mization (DDO), which is intended to strengthen Charlotte’s connections to North Carolina defense and security-related companies interested in multidisciplinary advanced manufacturing, engineering design and optimization, computer science and cybersecurity, and manufacturing innovation. He is currently
visualization of the first method whileFigure 4(b) shows the second method. In Figure 5 (a) and (b), the red torque-speed curve is thewound-rotor induction motor and the blue is the squirrel-cage induction machine. In theapplication of this new testing method, the second approach was used as the machine under-testwas the wound-rotor induction machine.As can be seen in Figure 5(b), this movement of torque-speed curves results in two uniqueintersection points – one in the stable region and one in the un-stable region of the torque-speedcurves. The unique intersection points in the stable region, from here on referred to as the stablepoint, is utilized for measurements. The stable point provides current, voltage, power input, andspeed in rpm. From these
targeted value design. The development of this approach started with analogous estimates for approximately 60- 70projects designed and constructed in our local market within a 5-year period. As Kanabar notedin his presentation regarding the adaption of the new estimating standards for the ProjectManagement Institute [10], analogous estimating can be a useful departure point to develop highlevel budgets and estimates based upon identification of “Project Effort, Project Schedule,Project Cost, Project Resources, Project Documentation.” The techniques used to develop the spreadsheet included review of 60-plus projects, usingthe schedule of values, change order scope and costs, relationship of general condition costs tothe overall project costs
. Most importantly,even though we recognize that the final picture is important [8], the process of connecting thepieces is also valuable; the process of going through the curriculum is just as important as theoutcome of the curriculum for the learner, and this process is where the learning takes place[22].Even with localization, we continue to critically question our role as EE researchers in theU.S. and reflect on our complicity in reinforcing structures of marginalization in EE. Afundamental understanding within engineering is that a single problem can be approached inmany ways. From their first lessons, engineering students are taught that no idea is toooutlandish, impractical, or advanced—only that every idea should be
curricula are being increasingly adapted to foster skillsets in social intelligence,empathy, and professional skills. Revisions to ABET criteria are partly in response to changes inengineering industry culture. Post-graduation, new engineers can expect to function onmultidisciplinary teams that may span geographic, cultural, and disciplinary differences.Engineering firms have used remote, international, and hybrid collaborative team structures to besuccessful during COVID-19, a trend that has gained momentum. Engineering curricula mustprepare graduates for this changing workforce dynamic. Aligning the engineeringcommunication curriculum to real-world communication challenges positions engineers-in-training to be adaptive, empathetic, and prepared
, I., and V. Jovanovic, “A Pilot Course as a Step towards NewAcademic Programs in Renewable Energies”, Proceeding of 2022 ASEE Annual Conference,Minneapolis, June 2022.[13]Belu, R. and Belu A. “An Undergraduate Course on Renewable Energy Systems withEnhanced Marine Energy Content, Proceeding of 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, July2021.[14] Belu R. and Husanu I.” Embedding Renewable Energy and Sustainability into theEngineering Technology Curricula”, American Society of Engineering Education, 2012.[15] Kavianpour, A. Renewable Energy Engineering Technology (REET) Program, Proceedingof 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, June 2020.[16] Bass, R. and White T. Curriculum Changes Resulting in A New B.S. In Renewable EnergyEngineering, 2009
of Philosophy) in Electrical Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2019. He is cur- rently a Ph.D. student in the Energy Systems, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW. His research interests include power engineering education, curriculum design and development, and condition monitoring of power system equipment.Dr. Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales A/Prof Jayashri Ravishankar is a Scientia Education Fellow and Associate Dean (Education) in the Fac- ulty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. Her teaching and research interests include power system modelling, analysis and control, renewable energy integration, smart
thisanalysis of a microcosm of the experiences with transdisciplinary approaches of engineeringeducators in Canada, we conceptualize this process and these topics as “loose concepts” anddiscuss their power for future research and practice.IntroductionAcademic conferences provide an important venue to connect with the disciplinary community,to share research, and to build new knowledge. These sites of scholarly exchange are often wherewe explore concepts that are fuzzy or “loose” and through these conversations, generate newunderstandings or new directions.The Canadian Engineering Education Association / Association Canadienne de l’éducation engénie (CEEA-ACÉG) is a national organization that brings together engineering educators andresearchers at an
the new curriculum on student understanding of social justice and students’ perceptionof the relevance of social justice to the profession. Student evaluations and written reflectionswere also examined to gauge how students perceived the integration of social justice into anintroductory engineering course. Survey results indicate that student awareness of the relevanceof social justice to the engineering profession increased over the course of the quarter. Inaddition, findings indicate an increase in understanding of social justice concepts along with anincrease in ability to identify social injustice. As seen through course evaluations and writtenreflections, student response to the course has been positive and most students are receptive
, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia, and later at the Department of Semiconductor Physics, University of Ulm, Germany. Currently, he is Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Virginia Commonwealth Univer- sity. His research interests encompass growth, characterization and device applications of semiconductor, nanophotonic, and plasmonic materials. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, and IEEE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 New Course Development for Internet of ThingsAbstractIoT is a fast growing technology sector that is estimated to be valued at 100’s of billions