objective of this paper is tointroduce engineering educators to this new subject so that curricula can be augmented. Toward Page 11.278.2that end, several essential topics will be discussed, including concepts of biorefineries, therelevance of these systems to engineering education, resources for educators, and strategies touse the information presented here to bolster current practice in engineering education.Biorefinery ConceptsIn the US, tremendous quantities of biomass are produced annually. It is estimated that between1.8 and 3.2 billion tons are produced each year, which equates to potential energy production ofbetween 34 and 60 trillion GJ
/conferences-and-events/conferences/inaugural-international- forum/presentations2. D. Sanker, Collaborate!. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012.3. K.J. Baker-Doyle, The Networked Teacher. Teacher College Press, 2011.4. G.S. Stump, J.C. Hilpert, J. Husman, W. Chung, and W. Kim, “Collaborative Learning in Engineering Students”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100, no. 3, pages 475-497, 2011.5. P. Ren, D. Hong, J. Terpenny, and R. Goff, “Bridging theory and practice in a dual level robotics course for mechanical and electrical engineers”, Computers in Education Journal, vol. I, no. 4, pages 70-81, 2010.6. D.J. Cappelleri, “A novel lab and project-based learning introductory robotics course
Agricultural Engineering. She teaches properties of biological engineering and bioprocessing. Her research program is focused on renewable energy. She has trained more than 10 graduate students.Dr. Daniel Humburg, South Dakota State University Daniel Humburg is professor of agricultural and biosystems engineerng in the area of machine systems at South Dakota State University. Page 25.453.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Title: Development of a Multi-University Bioenergy Graduate ProgramIntroductionWidespread interest in green
AC 2007-2468: LEADING AND ASSESSING A FIRST-SEMESTER TEAM DESIGNPROJECTKyle Mankin, Kansas State University Page 12.1005.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Leading and Assessing a First-Semester Team Design Project AbstractStudents are known to be motivated by course activities that are relevant to their careers. Designprojects offer this type of real-life experience. This paper describes implementation andassessment of a design project that was adapted to a first-semester course that included bothbiological and agricultural engineering (BAE) and agricultural technology management (ATM)students. The
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Biology and EngineeringAbstract:This paper presents planned activities and some recent successes related to collaborative effortsbetween engineering and biology at North Carolina A&T State University. For many years,faculty in engineering and biology have teamed up to submit research proposals, much of thiscollaboration has occurred through personal relationships among faculty members. Morerecently, the university has encouraged a formal and intentional cooperation between the twodisciplines in an effort to find mutual benefits. Spurred by the establishment of newbioengineering degree programs and helped by the NSF Engineering Research Center
of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering and a professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University (OSU). She earned both her B.S. in agricultural engineering and M.S. in biomedical engineering at OSU, and her Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Clemson University. She worked for an engineering consulting firm before entering academia and continues to collaborate with the consulting industry. She has taught courses in bioenergy, biological en- gineering, capstone design, HVAC, thermodynamics, waste management, professional development, and engineering teaching. Her research interests include energy, the environment, and engineering education. She is assistant dean for teaching and learning
Paper ID #15147STRIDER: Semi-Autonomous Tracking Robot with Instrumentation for Data-Acquisition and Environmental ResearchDr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He is a member American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and, American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers(ASABE) and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of (i) robotics and mechatronics, (ii)remote
content.Timothy Taylor, Utah State University Timothy Taylor is a Principal Lecturer of Biological Engineering. His recent research has focused on cellular physical property changes to plant cells grown in suspension culture with processing. He teaches classes in the areas of engineering quantification of biological processes and biological engineering design. He is currently a Co-Principle Investigator for an NSF Planning Grant in the Department Level Reform Division. Page 11.1072.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Redefining a Biological Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum
rehabilitation of historic agricultural structures. Her research interests include energy, the en- vironment, and engineering education. For one academic year, she served as interim associate dean for undergraduate education and student services in the College of Engineering. She was involved in OSU’s quarter-to-semester conversion effort at multiple levels over 3+ years: as point person and undergraduate studies chair for her department, as a member of the college-level committees in both the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and the College of Engineering, and as a Faculty Fellow in the university’s Office of Academic Affairs. She is a second-generation woman engineer; her mother worked as an
Paper ID #20035Student ePortfolios for Undergraduate Professional Development: A Com-parison of Two ProgramsDr. Ann D.. Christy, Ohio State University Ann D. Christy, PE, is a professor of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering and a professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University (OSU). She earned both her B.S. in agricultural engineering and M.S. in biomedical engineering at OSU, and her Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Clemson University. She worked for an engineering consulting firm before entering academia and continues to collaborate with the consulting industry. She has taught courses in
. Page 13.107.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Spiral Curriculum Approach to the implementation of Instrumentation in Biological Systems EngineeringAbstractThe Engineering Education and Biological Systems Engineering departments at Virginia Techhave identified a need for a spiral themed curriculum in undergraduate engineering education.Approval for carrying out studies in implementing the spiral curriculum was approved in theBiological Systems Engineering (BSE) department in November 2007 by the university’sInternal Review Board allowing the investigators to conduct their studies by gaining access toand analyzing student responses, course materials, and student participation for the efficacy ofthe
, Department of Chemical, Food, and Environmental Engineering at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. He teaches engineering design, food science, and education related courses. His research interests include emerging technologies for food processing, creating effective learning environments, and building rigorous research capacity in science, engineering and technology education. Page 22.207.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Analysis of the Implementation of the How People Learn Framework through Direct Classroom Observation in Selected
Biological Engineers (ASABE) Code of Ethics forEngineers and also increased awareness of ethical issues related to food companies addingquestionable ingredients for the purpose of creating lifelong consumers for their products.Background and Spiral ApproachAt an institution, 1200+ engineering students enter a general engineering program and participatein a common first semester course offered by the Department of Engineering Education (EngE).Each year approximately 30 of these students elect to enter into the Department of BiologicalSystems Engineering (BSE) with about half focusing in the Bioprocess Engineering area of thedepartment. A collaborative effort between some faculty of EngE and BSE, funded by thedepartment-level reform (DLR) program of
, Worcester MA . She also worked as a post doctoral researcher at Duke University, Durham NC. She has been at WSU since 2006. Her research is focused mainly on cellular interactions with surfaces. She has always been interested in integrating her research expertise in the classroom as described in this manuscript. nehal@wsu.edu (509) 335-4961 Page 22.103.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Step towards the Development of a Wet Cellular Bioengineering Laboratory Page
, Kinetics, Catalysis and Reactor Design. She did her undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Aut´onoma de Tlaxcala, M´exico, and his Master and Doctoral studies at the Instituto Tecnol´ogico de Celaya, M´exico. Her research interests are in the field of Process Systems Engineering, Bioprocess ModelIing and Engineering Education. Her research labor has been reported on scientific international journals and presented in different national and international conferences.Prof. Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Aurelio L´opez-Malo is Professor and Past Chair, Department of Chemical, Food, and Environmental En- gineering at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. He teaches
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Case Study: the farming subdivision as a concept tochange non-engineering majors' perception ofengineeringIntroductionStudents graduating from high schools, like the general public, usually have a narrowperspective of the engineering profession. This narrow perspective limits their understanding ofthe contributions engineers make to solving society’s complex problems (English, Hudson,Dawes, 2011; Bowen, Prior, Lloyd, Thomas, & Newman-Ford, 2007; Knight & Cunningham,2004). Often students believe that engineers only deal with the world of mathematics andscience and are not concerned with topics commonly taught in the social sciences andhumanities. The literature has numerous studies
Engineering Educators annualconferences from two divisions, Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Liberal Education.The analysis tracked information about the authors (nodes), with whom they wrote and if thoseconnections (links) are male-male, male-female, or female-female. Then the data was analyzedfor the degree, betweenness, and closeness, in a networking software program. After completion,the statistical analyses will compare the two genders to find differences. The objective is todiscover if men and women in engineering differ, and ,if so, how? This will be answered bydetermining if the graphs are scale-free or random, if one gender network has more links than theother, or if they are the same. Finally, it will determine if the networks
Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE, SME and TAP. Page 26.710.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Expanding Applicability of Senior Projects: Portable EGCC (Environmental Growth and Cloning Chamber) for GreenhousesNowadays it has become a common practice to do senior design projects or capstone projectsunder the sponsorship of an industrial entity, or a technical business/agency, where students willbe performing technical activities closely related to their specific engineering field. A wonderfulopportunity for the students to realize the reach
. Dr. Wolfe has been very active in accreditation of engineering educational programs, including serving as chair of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. for the 2007-08 accreditation cycle. Dr. Wolfe is a Fellow of ASABE, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE), and ABET, Inc.Dr. Nicholas M Holden, University College Dublin Associate Professor UCD Biosystems Engineering Dublin, IrelandDr. Demetres Briassoulis, Agricultural University of Athens Professor D. Briassoulis has a very strong background in education and research in both Agricultural Engineering (Diploma, AUA, 1976; M.S. 1982 & PhD 1985 in Ag. Engineering, University of Illinois) and in Civil
AC 2007-2957: BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE – INFUSING CUTTING-EDGERESEARCH INTO UNDERGRADUATE BIOTECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMRupa Iyer, University of Houston (CoE) Page 12.322.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Bridges to the Future - Infusing Cutting Edge Research into Undergraduate Biotechnology CurriculumAbstractThe last several decades in biology have seen tremendous research in recombinant DNAtechnology and its applications in medicine, agriculture and the environment. The next centurywill see the evolution of new technologies needed for bioprocessing therapeutic drugs, proteinsand enzymes generated through recombinant DNA technology. These new
Carolina University. Page 14.281.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Bioprocess Engineering Curriculum Development and AssessmentAbstractEast Carolina University’s new general engineering program is built around the goal ofexcellence in undergraduate education. The faculty of the program are encouraged to pursuenovel approaches to engineering education in order to achieve this goal. The newly createdconcentration in bioprocess engineering provides an excellent opportunity to develop andimplement a novel curriculum based upon proven pedagogical approaches designed to engagethe students and improve their mastery of
, Catalysis and Reactor Design. She did her undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Aut´onoma de Tlaxcala, M´exico, and his Master and Doctoral studies at the Instituto Tecnol´ogico de Celaya, M´exico. Her research interests are in the field of Process Systems Engineering, Bioprocess ModelIing and Engineering Education. Her research labor has been reported on scientific international journals and presented in different national and international conferences.Dr. Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Professor Palou is Director, Center for Science, Engineering, and Technology Education as well as Dis- tinguished Professor and Past Chair, Department of Chemical, Food, and Environmental
AC 2007-305: INTEGRATION OF BIOINFORMATICS IN SCIENCECURRICULUM AT FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYRamana Gosukonda, Fort Valley State University Assistant Professor computer scienceMasoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State UniversitySanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University Assistant Professor of Computer Science Page 12.936.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integration of Bioinformatics in Science Curriculum at Fort Valley State UniversityAbstractThis paper provides an overview of design and development of recently started bioinformaticscurriculum at Fort Valley State University (FVSU) and reviews the key challenges
in surveying, soil mechan- ics, site engineering, and stormwater management for over 30 years. He has research interests in urban hydrology, stormwater management, and enhancement of student learning. He is in his eleventh year of service on Delaware’s Engineering Licensing Board, the DAPE Council, and has been active on several NCEES committees. Page 26.37.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Dozen Years of Asynchronous Learning: Using LON-CAPA for Online Problem SetsAbstractAn asynchronous learning system tool allows the
Americas Puebla in Mexico. He teaches engineering, food science, and education re- lated courses. His research interests include emerging technologies for food processing, creating effective learning environments, using tablet PCs and associated technologies to enhance the development of 21st century expertise in engineering students, and building rigorous research capacity in science, engineering and technology education. Page 24.338.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Creativity and its Assessment in a Design and Development of Food
. Jurgen G. Schwarz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Sciences and Director for the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Food Science and Technology. Dr. Schwarz received his Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from Cornell University and a Diploma in Food Engineering from the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. Page 13.1081.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Site Specific Farming, Environmental Concerns, and Associated Advanced Technologies Provide a Platform for Active Learning and Research at a Land Grant University
Paper ID #19240Studio Biology For Engineers: Lessons LearnedDr. Christopher Josh Ramey, Colorado School of Mines Teaching Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Mines. Interested in developing active learning ex- periences and undergraduate research programs. Educational background in molecular biology with em- phasis in genetic engineering.Dr. Judy Schoonmaker, Colorado School of MinesSarah M. Ryan, Colorado School of Mines c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Making the Change from Lecture to an Active Learning Environment:Lessons LearnedAbstractWe recently transformed a traditional
-Tenured Fac- ulty (2000), Henry Lutes College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (1999), and several other teaching awards. Dr. Nokes has published over 60 peer reviewed articles and four book chapters and has received over $10M in grant money from sources including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and industrial support. Nokes holds one patent. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Transitioning students into BAE from a common first year engineering curriculum – A work in progressAbstractIn Fall 2016, a new First Year Experience (FYE) was implemented for all incoming engineeringstudents at the University of Kentucky