a Florida-based energy technology industry • Provide a state resource for objective energy systems analysis. • Work with Florida Department of Education via FLATE to develop framework for curriculum construction that will help prepare a qualified energy workforce. • Work with the University of Florida’s extension service to develop a state wide platform to develop and deliver outreach programs to create an informed public.Multiple Tier Education Delivery Approach FESC’s focus on education is to be sure that Florida has the talent needed to support thedeveloping and emerging industries that it supporting. The system’s approach to energyeducation requires the integration of three independent education infrastructures
theaircraft's requirements. This new battery technology in aviation applications has limited publicly-availabledocumentation. This study will use what information is available and existing documentationfrom other industries, such as ground vehicles and industry standards, to build the foundation forfuture curriculum. The results will be evaluated against ABET-accredited engineering andengineering technology programs to provide alignment with ABET student outcomes.Introduction Since the beginning, aviation has flown on gasoline. It is effective, but notenvironmentally friendly nor infinitely available. There have been attempts to fuel airplanes withalternate fuels for decades. The first solar-powered airplane took flight in 1974. The
areessential for NSF-ATE projects.NSF-ATE supports Emerging Technologies and technologies such as Biotechnology,Engineering, Energy, Environmental, Agricultural, Advanced Manufacturing, Micro/NanoTechnologies, Information, Security, and Geospatial. Multiple categories of NSF-ATE grantfunding are available including Projects, Small Projects for Institutions New to ATE, AppliedResearch on Technician Education, National Centers, and Resource Centers. The new NSF-ATEsolicitation (NSF 21-598) was released in 2021 and includes higher funding levels and multiplecategories of grant funding opportunities, including a new Consortia for Innovations inTechnician Education. NSF-ATE has some helpful resources for educators planning to developor improve their
2006-807: COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN A DISTRIBUTEDDESIGN STUDIOJeong Han Woo, Western Illinois University Jeong-Han Woo is an assistant professor of the Department of Engineering Technology at Western Illinois University. His research interests include knowledge management in the AEC industry, BIM (Building Information Model), IT( Information Technologies) on the design and construction industry, and construction process simulation. His e-mail address is j-woo@wiu.edu.Mark Clayton, Texas A&M UniversityRobert Johnson, Texas A&M University Page 11.342.1© American Society for Engineering
14.668.5Case studies are bound by time and activity, an approach by which the researchers collectdetailed information using a variety of data collection procedures. For this study, five differentobservers were responsible for collecting data on the professional development and participantteacher presentations. Professional Development was conducted at two universities and servedteachers of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Observational datawere collected by naturalistic participant observers at each research site. Descriptions written upby the observers were compiled for analysis. Teacher generated lesson plan documents werecollected by the observers and archived for analysis. A team of evaluators collected survey datafrom each
materials sciences. The sciencesand the technologies emerging from them grow by interaction. The social sciences arealso an integral part of this process, creating a context in which to understand the source,modes of creation and dissemination and impact of STI.Thus, adjusting to the convergence across many areas of science, engineering andtechnology means encouraging organization that enables the flows of information acrossand among them. This can be done using ICT, as well as by pointing out the successstories of universities and research institutions that have “de-institutionalized” theirdepartments and encouraged cross-sectoral research. A specific way to adjustconvergence across STI is to develop a particular style and method of
the new and emerging approach, industrial and internationalconnections and collaborations are emphasized in research and education of the engineeringtalent to be responsive to the needs of the global and technology driven enterprises of the future.The first part of the paper describes the DPM that was established at CIT in 1997 for thiscollaborative approach in engineering education. The curriculum in DPM includes Engineering,Information systems and Management as its main components. The undergraduate students areeducated through case studies after developing English language skills, competence in computertechnology applications and knowledge of basic manufacturing processes including varioustechnologies. Students are also exposed to the
; DS/OR) from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineer- ing from the University of Iowa. Dr. Tseng is also a Certified Manufacturing Engineer from Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Dr. Tseng’s research area cover emergency management, systems engineering, computational intelligence/data analytics and cyber engineering technology. Over the years, he has served more than 10 million dollars as principle investigators sponsored by NSF, NIST, USDT, DoEd, KSEF and industry like LMCO, GM and Tyco Inc. Dr. Tseng delivered research results to many refereed jour- nals such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transactions, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems
Classroom Integration: A Critical Feminism Perspective Anna Yinqi Zhang Pennsylvania State University Brian R. Belland, PhD Pennsylvania State University ‘I'm really big into gender equality… women’s rights’ — informant IntroductionThe underrepresentation of girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics(STEM) has been a long-standing concern for many [1], [2]. Despite a tremendous increase inwomen's college enrollment, men continue to outnumber women in STEM fields, and bygraduation, men outnumber women in nearly every Engineering and Science major and thedifference in majors like Engineering
consistently perform.Still, we need to adapt to these tools’ emergence and capabilities. How will we adjust ourcurriculums to this rapidly evolving technology? This paper proposes benchmarking our coursesagainst LLM capabilities to benchmark our curriculums. By introducing Jamieson’s LLM PromptTaxonomy, a three-level classification system for LLM prompts, we create a framework toevaluate the performance of these AI tools within our existing educational structures.Our methodology involves crafting prompts for course assessments, categorizing them using theproposed taxonomy, and comparing LLM performance to traditional student outcomes. Weprovide an example use of this with an undergraduate course on Digital System Design. Wedemonstrate how this
(1996-98). He was on the faculty of the College of Technology at the University of Houston as professor and chair of Engineering Technology (2002-09), associate dean for research and graduate studies (2009-10), member of the Executive Council of the TX Manufacturing Assistance Center (2006-11), chair of the Council (2007-09), director of the Center for Technology Literacy (2006-10), professor and chair of Information & Logistics Technology (2018-2020), and is currently a professor in the Engineering Technology Department. During 2012-2018, he was professor and chair of Engineering Technology, College of Engineering at the University of North Texas. His teaching and research interests are in the Systems and Control
-informed practices inengineering education. By providing a detailed analysis of in-demand competencies for entry-levelelectrical engineering positions in the southeastern U.S., this research empowers educators,policymakers, and industry stakeholders to make informed decisions regarding curriculumdevelopment, workforce training, and talent acquisition strategies.Keywords:Competency, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, NLP, Machine Learning,Engineering Curriculum, Workplace Readiness.1. IntroductionIn an era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting industry landscapes, preparinggraduates with the skills and knowledge required to meet real-world demands has become apriority in engineering education. Electrical engineering, a
proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools within academicenvironments, critical questions continue to emerge regarding AI and its role ineconomizing the research process. While AI tools have the potential to enhanceproductivity and foster greater collaborative inquiry dramatically, there remainoverarching concerns about the impact of AI-driven research related to the ethical usageof information, individual rights to privacy, equitable access to AI technologies for allresearchers, as well as the potential for the reinforcement of social and structural biases,amongst a multitude of growing apprehensions. By extension, in the absence of clearprofessional standards and institutional policies, determining and evaluating theeffectiveness and
Session 1420 Pocket PCs as Tools in Digital Circuit Laboratories Christopher R. Carroll Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota Duluth ccarroll@d.umn.eduAbstractDigital circuit laboratories are notoriously brimming with high-technology instrumentation and allsorts of gadgets that can boggle the mind of students entering any electrical or computerengineering program. These labs are generally the first electrical or computer
integration and experimentwith industries, ROUs, and governments by forming a symbiotic and complementaryrelationship, and thereby made up for the breakpoints of innovation chains to a greatextent.Based on this, from the perspective of relational dynamics, this study focuses on howChinese engineering AOUs participate in the process of transfer, transformation anddiffusion of scientific and technological achievements. Taking Shanghai University ofEngineering Science and Anhui Institute of Information Technology as research cases,this study discusses how AOUs in China manage to find suitable ways of positioningand strategizing with the policy guidance and resource support of two tiers ofgovernments - central and local respectively. Also, this study
(sd = 0.50). Information and presentations regarding science instruction received ratings of9.37 (quality) and 9.19 (utility).In interviews, teachers appeared to embrace the hands-on, concept rich approach advocated byproject personnel. The teaching style they related could best be described as child- anddevelopmental-centered. That is, they all endorsed mathematics and science instruction featuringa cycle of student observation/ interviews followed by activity-rich lessons. However, as ofAugust, 1998, few of the teachers could verbalize curriculum theory or a sense of connectednessfrom concept-to-concept, nor specifics of assessment. It remains to be seen whether the specificsof curriculum development will emerge by spring of 1999.All
thirty years. He is editor of Social, Ethical and Policy Implications of Engineering: Selected Readings (Wiley/IEEE Press, 2000) and co-editor of The Growing Gap between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight: The Pacing Problem (Springer, 2011), and has published numerous articles on engineering ethics and societal implications of technology in engineering, law, social science, and applied ethics journals. Herkert previously served as Editor of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and an Associate Editor of Engineering Studies. He has been a leader in many professional organizations including the Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology University of Massachusetts Lowell1. Introduction We are already in the age of information technology revolution. Thisnot only incorporates traditional engineering but all aspects of power ofInternet also, culminating into a variety of state-of-art technologies. It is thesublime duty of engineering educators to integrate these technologies intotheir curriculum as a prime requirement. The class room instructions mustprepare the students not only to meet the challenges of the revolution butmust enable them to cope with the challenges presented because of perpetualenhancements in technologies. Presentation of
, the students should be able to: Objectives Assessment• Identify an appropriate and manageable Students will illustrate an ability to identify topic of team project that can be an appropriate manageable topic for a team designed, built, and tested. project. Students will demonstrate ability and skills• Apply current knowledge and adapt to using various scientific and technical tools to emerging applications of mathematics, formulate a problem statement, analyze science, and engineering technology. design requirements, and implement a
, the students should be able to: Objectives Assessment• Identify an appropriate and manageable ¾ Students will illustrate an ability to identify topic of team project that can be an appropriate manageable topic for a team designed, built, and tested. project. ¾ Students will demonstrate ability and skills• Apply current knowledge and adapt to using various scientific and technical tools to emerging applications of mathematics, formulate a problem statement, analyze science, and engineering technology. design requirements, and implement a
virtual space to the community of practice model.CLEERhub.org uses HUBzero architecture. HUBzero was originally created by researchers of theHub Technology Group at Purdue University in conjunction with the NSF-sponsored Network forComputational Nanotechnology to support nanoHUB.org. HUBzero [see http://hubzero.org/] is aplatform used to create dynamic web sites for scientific research and educational activities byoffering an organized collection of tools and resources. This platform has capabilities that supportscientific discovery, learning, and collaboration.1 CLEERhub is used in the RREE2 to provide anarchive of critical engineering education information and to expand the engineering educationCommunity of Practice.A Community of Practice (COP
graduate education for scientific research. The design of professionalgraduate education for creative engineering practitioners, who are emerging as innovators andleaders of technology development in industry, requires a different professional curriculum and Page 12.733.5approach than that presently used for the graduate education of academic research scientists. Itrequires a different type of faculty, approach, and focus.4. Aims of Professional Education ─Developing the U.S. Engineering Workforce in IndustryThe education of an engineer is truly a process of lifelong learning, growth and intellectualdevelopment that continues beyond the rudimentary
students’ lived experiences and how their CPID evolved across four educationalstages. Using a self-reporting survey instrument in a mixed methods approach, 45 HBCUconstruction students described experiences that influenced their CPID and rated their own CPIDusing a five-point Likert scale. Data analysis involved weighted means and descriptive analysisof frequently occurring words and emerging thematic categories. T-tests were used to assess thestatistical significance of differences existing between different categories of students.Results showed that across the four educational stages, seven thematic categories (technology,engineering, science, fine/performing arts, sports, arts, and non-degree) of evolving careerinterests emerged from the data
inscience and technology (S&T), innovation, and productivity enhancements. In fields as diverseas education, infrastructure, and information technology, development funds are flowing toengineering expertise that can work with players in developing countries not only to supportconcrete projects, but ultimately to build the local capacity of policy-makers, educators, and theprivate sector, without which the sustainability of any progress is compromised. It is this lattereffort – the process of capacity building and the role of the engineering education sector – that isparticularly exciting for the American engineering education community.This paper will outline the confluence of economic drivers and development challenges thattoday foster
of the work in our course invites reflection and discussion and pairs these components with 3technical learning and application. For example, as students complete the lab protocol wherethey use VR tools to learn about nuclear reactor design, we include reflective prompts, askingthem to note what ideas (concerns, questions) are coming up for them as they are learning aboutthe reactors, and also evaluate how new and emerging reactor technology might be received bypeople in their hometowns. As another example, we took students on a “deep time” journey,asking them to reflect on how today’s nuclear technologies might impact future generations
produce adequate data to routinely monitorand assess psychological and human systems must be developed and validated. For example, socialphysics researchers from the media lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developedsociometric badges (see Petland, 2014) that can used for experience sampling for social networks. Aboutthe size of a cell phone, the badges provide finely grained information about social networks in physicalspaces (i.e. organizations and collaborative groups) that emerge through human interaction. Worn aroundthe neck, they provide real-time data about face-to-face interaction, human to computer interaction,physical proximity, speech characteristics, nonverbal cues, physical activity, and conversation analysis.The
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the M.Ed. degree in higher education management from the University of Pittsburgh. She was a Research Assistant Professor with the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA, then as an Assistant Professor with United Arab Emirates University, UAE. She was an independent Researcher in the computer and information technology field. She is currently an Associate Professor and a Coordinator of the software engineering concentration with the Department of Engineering, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. She is involved in various research areas, including middleware, software engineering, and distributed and cloud computing, in addition to UAVs and wireless sensor networks
information globally, inmultimedia format. Engineering educators have been using the Web the past few years in theirclasses, for posting course guidelines, homework, and to develop courseware [1-4] includinginteractive modules. Several virtual communities [5-7] have been created to enhanceprofessional community. Examples of other virtual community creation tools are “CommunityPlace’ (http://vs.spiw.com./) [8] and ‘The Palace’ (http://www.thepalace.com/) [9]. To exploitthe latest achievements of technology of networked multimedia for instructional purposes thecommercially available “Palace Software” (http://www.thepalace.com/) was installed at CSLA.The software is based on client/server computing model. It allows a group to collaborate in realtime
Science (AAS)degrees in STEM fields that U.S. employers so desperately need. Most high school STEMcurricula don’t offer a career pathway to becoming a STEM technician; therefore both studentsand employers are missing out.Today, technicians are working with a wide variety of emerging technologies, such as photonics;nanotechnology; biotechnology; information and communication technology; advanced Page 24.257.3manufacturing; environmental monitoring; biomedical equipment; and nuclear, solar, wind, andother alternative energy fields, to name a few. Associate Degree and certificate educationprograms to prepare technicians are in place in many of our
Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Page 7.971.2technical products will be used. By providing specific instruction on topics such ascommunication, ethics, and science studies (also called STS or "science, technology and society"studies), LE imparts information and skills that are essential for the responsible practice ofengineering. The technical components of an engineering education provide skills that are usedto formulate, analyze, and solve technological problems. LE helps students develop thecharacter, understandings, and skills needed to formulate