Paper ID #16654A Systematic Weighted Factor Approach for Curriculum DesignDr. Nebil Buyurgan, Missouri State UniversityDr. Martin P. Jones, Missouri State University Martin P. Jones is an Associate Professor of Technology and Construction Management at Missouri State University. He earned his B.S. degree (Physics, 1981) from University of Maryland Baltimore County, M.S. (Materials Science & Engineering, 1984) from the Johns Hopkins University, and Ph. D. (Materials Science & Engineering, 1987) from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Jones is currently teaching at Mis- souri State University. His interests are in
Paper ID #15176A New Approach to Marketing and Outreach for Engineering LibrariesMs. Ellie Ransom, Columbia University Libraries Ellie Ransom is the Research Services Coordinator for the Science & Engineering Libraries Division at Columbia University. She is the liaison to the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the departments of Mathematics and Statistics. She works to create a robust workshop schedule for the science and engineering departments on campus. Ellie has a B.S. in Mathematics from North Carolina State University, a M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Georgetown University and an M.S
Paper ID #15943A New Approach to Teach Electrical Engineering Using a Para DidacticLaboratoryDr. Ivan Cardoso Mons˜ao, PPGM-UFBA/BiLab-Business and Innovation Lab Ivan Cardoso Mons˜ao received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, from the Federal University of Bahia, (UFBA), Salvador-BA, Brazil, in 1986, and the M.Eng. and the D.Eng. degrees from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of State University of de Campinas (UNICAMP), in 1988 and 2014, respectively, all of them in Electrical Engineering. From 1986 to 1995 he was a researcher associated with the Laborat´orio de Eletrˆonica e Dispositivos at
Paper ID #14452The Solve - Personalize - Integrate - Think Approach in the Process ControlClassroomDr. Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware Dr. Joshua Enszer is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduc- tion to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control and modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarna- tions: electronic portfolios as a means for assessment and professional
. Nottis, Bucknell University Dr. Nottis is an Educational Psychologist and Professor of Education at Bucknell University. Her research has focused on meaningful learning in science and engineering education, approached from the perspec- tive of Human Constructivism. She has authored several publications and given numerous presentations on the generation of analogies, misconceptions, and facilitating learning in science and engineering educa- tion. She has been involved in collaborative research projects focused on conceptual learning in chemistry, chemical engineering, seismology, and astronomy.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He
Paper ID #15996Enhancing Conceptual Testing with Technical WritingDr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University Dr. Matthew Cooper is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he teaches Material and Energy Balances, Unit Operations, Transport Phenomena and Mathematical / Computational Methods. He is the recipient of the 2014 NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award, 2014 ASEE Southeastern Section Outstanding New Teacher Award, and currently serves as the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division’s newsletter editor. Dr. Cooper’s research
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
thinking can be uncomfortable for both student and instructor, but it often leads tosubstantial creative content in a project. As noted in Sheppard et al (1997) in describing thefreshman engineering design and product design program at Stanford, one of the instructors(Faste) noted: “some of the best ideas were initially labeled ‘stupid’.”9 There is a clear need tocreate a classroom environment that encourages divergent thinking and permits new ideas to beexplored.There are numerous examples of cornerstone (freshman/sophomore) design classes inengineering programs. Three examples highlight some of the characteristics needed to provide anengaging engineering experience for freshman students. As part of a curriculum overhaul, MITimplemented CDIO
Paper ID #15891User-Based Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems Approach in In-dustrial Engineering Curriculum Design and Review ProcessDr. Ebisa Wollega, Colorado State University - Pueblo Ebisa D. Wollega, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He received his Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from the University of Oklahoma. His research interest areas include stochastic systems modeling and optimization, big data analytics, large scale optimization algorithms, and engineering education. His email is ebisa.wollega@csupueblo.edu and his web page is http
Engineering Students using Purdue University’s New “Bottom-Up” ApproachIntroduction Historically, undergraduate Electrical Engineering (EE) programs have taught electronicconduction phenomena using a “Top-Down” approach. That is, traditional programs start withlarge devices (i.e., “Top”) and teach how interesting electronic conduction phenomena change asthe size of the device decreases towards the nano-scale (i.e., “Down”). So, for example, if oneconsiders a normal three-dimensional (3-D) macroscopic resistor, as shown in Figure 1 on theleft, where diffusive transport due to electron scattering is dominant, students are taught that theresistance is calculated as R=L/(σA), where L, A, and σ are the resistor’s length
design as opposed to anengineering approach to design. Although engineering programs continue to teach the technicalcompetencies necessary for this exercise, many new engineers lack the mental discipline toperform a thoughtful evaluation of their proposed solution, or a careful interpretation of thecustomer’s needs, some of which may not be clearly defined. We believe that there is a need tointroduce this skill as early as possible into an engineering program, and provide a vehicle for itsdeployment in a cornerstone class.The ability to build confidence in engineering “thinking” should not be overlooked in thefreshman year. One definition of engineering thinking published in 2014 by the Royal Academyof Engineering11 is described as Engineering
Paper ID #14584A Building-Block Approach to Industrial Controls Laboratories Using Pro-grammable Logic ControllersProf. Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Durkin teaches courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology; including the capstone design and independent study projects. He serves as a Faculty Senator and earned the 2013 Outstanding Teacher Award. He has over 25 years of engineering and manufacturing experience including; design, project management, and various engineering, research and manufacturing leadership roles. He has been awarded two US patents. He is an
Longo joined UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering as their Technical Writer in Oc- tober 2010. Her primary responsibilities include helping faculty prepare papers for publication as well as technical reports to funding agencies, and presenting workshops on technical writing as well as ethics in engineering. She has a B.S. in Biology from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Longo has worked in Technical Communications for most of her career. In 1976, she was a Senior Editor in Life Sciences on the first editorial board for an Elsevier subsidiary, Academic American En- cyclopedia, known today as New Grolier. For almost 15 years, she worked at
Paper ID #16226Computational Pedagogy: Fostering a New Method of TeachingProf. Osman Yasar, The College at Brockport - SUNY Osman Yasar is an endowed professor and director of the CMST Institute at The College at Brockport, SUNY. He established the first undergraduate degree program in computational science in the United States and developed a computational pedagogical content knowledge (CPACK) framework for teacher professional development. His research interests include engineering and science education, computa- tional pedagogy, computational theory of mind, fluid and particle dynamics, engine ignition modeling
American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Restructuring Digital Design Courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs, Preparing the Engineer of 2020AbstractAs the complexity of microelectronic systems is steadily increasing, universities must updatetheir curriculum to cope with the increased demands of the industry. New technologies and toolsare frequently introduced into the engineering workplace, and educational programs must find away to integrate many of these into their offerings. In the areas of digital system design, theindustrial use of programmable logic devices (FPGA, CPLD), associated EDA tools and HDLlanguages is increasing rapidly and consequently the demand for highly qualified engineers withthis
an engineering technology department’s industry advisory council at aUniversity in Louisiana approached the department with a need to develop a new course onproject management. The university administration showed support to develop a new course, andit was offered for the first time in less than one year (Fall 2015). According to long termprojections for industrial production managers, the need for managers in industrial situations is2170/year until 2022. In the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Five-Star Jobs listing, there areapproximately 300 advertisements for supervisors, inspectors, controller, and industrialtechnician advertisements7 (accessed on 7/14/2015). With this new course, it is expected thatgraduates with an Industrial
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
leadershipprograms, Tonkay, G., and Zimmers, E.9 remarked that they “migrated their honors engineeringleadership program to the general engineering population because they found it was the middleof the class (who) tended to do quite well years after graduation, often advancing into positionsof leadership.”Although engineering leadership is viewed as important to a student’s professional skill set, thereare issues: limited room in engineering curriculums to dedicate time for a leadership course(s) 10;or engineering faculty may lack the background and training to effectively teach team skills tothe students11. These problems provide the impetus for new and innovative engineeringleadership programs.With leadership so closely intertwined with personal traits of
engineering programs (and theirfaculty) understand what to do – they also need help and new tools to figure out how to makechange happen. Teaching administrators and faculty the strategic doing approach gives themsuch a tool, and ongoing support within the program helps them make using the tool a collectivehabit.The network as the unit of change: Most university leaders (as is true in industry) have anunderstanding of change management rooted in a “command and control” vision of the wayorganizations function. That is, positional leaders (be they presidents, provosts, deans ordepartment chairs) occupy upper levels on the organizational charts and should thus be able totell those below them what to do. However, an honest assessment is that things
taught middle school for three years as partof the Teach for America program and helped found the first Democracy Prep Charter School. She hasdeveloped several programs for students including a series of math competitions for NYC middle schoolstudents and a chemistry card game called Valence. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Preliminary Assessment of and Lessons Learned in PITCH: An Integrated Approach to Developing Technical Communication Skills in EngineersAbstract The Project to Integrate Technical Communication Habits (PITCH) was recentlyimplemented at the University of New Haven. The goal of PITCH is to develop goodcommunication habits in engineering students
sharing these thematic findings is to call out the important considerations for implementing reflection in engineering as identified by educators. These findings will help new and experienced faculty make decisions about how to design and implement reflection activities in their own pedagogy. Methods This work involved thematic analysis of tips offered by engineering educators as part of a largescale effort to document activities used by educators to support student reflection. The tips that we collected are the data for this analysis. In this section, we provide details on this data source, discuss the thematic analysis approach that was used, and identify key features of how the resulting themes presented. Data collection One of the
taught in the Mechanical Engineering department. Students in other engineeringdepartments may take this course as a technical elective credit; however, those students representa minority of the overall population. Therefore, the author approaches this course in a manner sothat enrolled students will be prepared to excel in Thermodynamics II, which is a required coursein the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. As such, certain skills and knowledge must beattained by the students that will be further expanded in the sequence course. It is easy to over-emphasize the laws of thermodynamics and the various solution techniques while devaluing theretrieval of the state and property data for the substances being analyzed in the problems.Unfortunately, if
; Exposition. Indianapolis, IN.17. Bailey, R., & Smith, M. C. (2013). Implementation and assessment of a blended learning environment as an approach to better engage students in a large systems design class. In Proceedings of 120th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Atlanta, GA.18. Chao, C.-Y., Chen, Y.-T., & Chuang, K.-Y. (2015). Exploring students’ learning attitude and achievement in flipped learning supported computer aided design curriculum: A study in high school engineering education. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 23(4), 514–526.19. Love, B., Hodge, A., Grandgenett, N., & Swift, A. W. (2014). Student learning and perceptions in a flipped linear algebra course. International
increase the employability of their graduates. Tothis end, some universities have focused especially on the design project experience at the seniorlevel and some others have taken a more aggressive approach to impact a cluster of courseslabeled as the “professional practice component” or “engineering practice component” as in thecase of UT. In [1], the authors have described the development of a new course at the sophomorelevel that fosters leadership and communication skills for their civil engineering program. In [2],the authors have described the introduction of a course in innovation and entrepreneurship thatcan be taken by both graduate and undergraduate students thus fostering interdisciplinary work.In [3], the authors have described changes
Organizational Behavior from State University of New York at Buffalo c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Statistical Approach to Analyzing a Graduate Curriculum for Construction Management EducationBACKGROUNDOver the past couple of decades, the construction industry, like every other industry today, hasgone through a tremendous amount of change due to technological innovation, intense marketcompetition, and community or government regulations, among other factors. The industry hasalso experienced a significant downturn of revenue since its peak in 2008 and has just started toshow increase in demand and revenue. However, the drastic change in the social, economic
Paper ID #16116’Making’ an Impact: An Ethnographic Approach to University Maker SpacesMs. Meredith Frances Penney, James Madison UniversityMr. James Deverell WatkinsBryan Levy, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Julie S. Linsey is an Assistant Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technological. Dr. Linsey received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas. Her research area is design cognition including systematic methods and tools for innovative design with a particular focus on concept
often as possible to demonstrate the usefulness and applicability of the material beingstudied. Students are interested in how what they learn can be applied in their future. Shareyour engineering experiences as often as possible in the class.Faculty need to become as flexible as possible and shouldn’t be afraid to try new things.Experiment with new teaching techniques to excite the students and enhance their learningexperience. There is no such thing as failure, just approaches that don’t work very well. Modifyit and try again or move on to something else that is new and might work. E and ETs havealways experienced things that didn’t quite go as planned leading to discoveries that usually do.Effective management of your time is critical
environment aroundwhich students can understand and implement the class material. However, in order for studentsto build the necessary to engineering profession team skills, the team groups should be formed ina way to challenge students and contribute to their professional development.Over the years, many different ways of forming groups in the workplace or school have beenexamined. Some of them include using Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers’ personality test, theFactor-C test, pairing motivated with less motivated individuals, using the knowledge differentialand level of team members, selecting members with diverse opinions and approaches, selectingand team leader and let him pick his/her team member, letting individuals select their
their search for theright type of practitioners, to enrich the academic process by bringing the practice into the classroom. After Foundation Engineering was over, and the final course grade was out, a“questionnaire” was sent to those who enrolled in the class seeking their opinions, evaluations,and any comment(s) they may wish to offer. Twenty six out of a total of 30 students returned the“questionnaire” on time! The opinions expressed and comments made were, by and large,positive to say the least. After regrouping, and rephrasing to correct the English language; thecomments offered by the ex- students, could be summarized as follows: The adjunct was easy to approach every time and everywhere, and was always helpful, His
enterprise management and business operations norms to societal,safety and environmental concerns in order to maximize the public welfare while minimizingpotential harm and damages as a result of ongoing construction activities or the future planning.Therefore, there exists a growing interest in incorporating a senior-level/graduate course thatfocuses on construction regulations and multiple aspects related to organizational managementand organizational behavior issues within an engineering enterprise. Therefore, a new courseentitled “Constructional Regulations and Organizational Management” is introduced into theCivil/Construction Engineering curriculum at Syracuse University in 2015 spring semester. Theobjective of this new course is to better