Paper ID #38381Examining first-year engineering programs’ impacts on sense of belongingacross genderDr. Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University Joe Brobst holds a BS in Biological Sciences, MA in Curriculum and Instruction, and Ed.D. in Edu- cational Leadership, all from the University of Delaware. Formerly a high school biology teacher, he is now an educational research and program evaluation specialist with experience on a broad range of projects funded by NSF, US Department of Education, ONR, and NIH and with participants ranging from elementary school to higher education. Much of his work focuses on broadening
international cooperation opportunities anduses advanced teaching technologies1, including distance education.Stage one – bachelor-level training.The project of successive vocational training of engineers is exemplified by the field of studynamed Polymers and Composites Processing. It is based on a four-year curriculum ofbachelor-level training within the major educational program named Engineering Chemistry.The purpose of the bachelor-level program is training professionals competent in synthesizingpolymers, developing polymer composites, and transforming them into products.In process of studying, students master a number of competences: Non-technical, such as theability to self-organize and self-study, as well as to use the basics of legal and
f. Technical Sewing: Pattern Making and Couture Design g. Automotive EngineeringManufacturing can be seen in almost any industry in any field, so building a curriculum aroundthe topic most interesting to students seems like an obvious starting point for building asuccessful manufacturing-based engineering course offering. When seven diverse topics wereintroduced to students, the survey data showed that students would be most interested in a newengineering course if it was related to food, innovation/inventions or architecture (Charts 3a and3b). When broken down even further, creating a class about Inventions or Food Science wouldbe the most appealing to students who do not think STEM subjects in general are interesting
program available for adaptationnationwide.BackgroundThe Community College of Baltimore County CCBC is the largest community college in the state of Maryland, providing an educationto 33,817 credit students, and 33,418 continuing education students in 2010. The mission of the Page 22.63.3college is to provide an accessible, affordable, and high-quality education that prepares studentsfor transfer and career success, strengthens the regional workforce, and enriches our community.In support of that mission, CCBC has partnered with UMBC, a PLTW Affiliate University, toprovide ongoing PD for instructors who are teaching the PLTW curriculum in
[11-14]. At the same time, the ITEA isdeveloping program and assessment standards, and curriculum materials for K-12 education[15]. Engineering departments offering courses on technological topics for non-engineeringstudents are beginning to appear [16].The recent history of efforts to address the technological literacy of undergraduates can beconsidered to start in 1982 when the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation established the New LiberalArts Program (NLA). The goal was to improve undergraduate education in the areas of Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference
missiles. I had also wanted to lead them through a percent error calculation between their two maximum height calculations and relate it to the percent error allowed for angle of reentry into the earth’s atmosphere by a real rocket. The intention was to mention the recent Columbia tragedy and demonstrate the epic magnificence of every single manned space mission and the responsibility engineers and scientists bear. Unfortunately we ran out of time. Page 10.1136.3Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for
% Page 9.8.5 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The 2002 RIT survey provided 30 different job duty choices for the alumni to identify. The 678alumni who completed the survey identified 1,764 self-described job duties. Design andDevelopment job duties were described as engineering design, consulting, hardware andsoftware design, product development, process design, system design, research and development,and product planning. Management job duties included engineering management, generalmanagement, plant engineering management, and manufacturing operations management.Quality Assurance job duties
the advantage of integration with the PC, and makes it easier for an experimenter to compare test data with simulated data from the same circuit. A cursory examination of product lines from several manufacturers (see Test and Measurement World magazine for example4) reveals that these functions are available as PC plug-in modules: analog I/O, waveform generator, digital I/O, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, multimeter, spectrum analyzer, counter, timer, frequency measurement, timing measurement. The unit price, which targets industry test engineers as buyers, is the real impediment in providing these equipment as part of an at-home laboratory for distance
, learn about automation and material handling technologies, as well as learn the computer-aided manufacturing program FeatureCam. • Mechanical Design Applications I, which introduces theories of failures, fatigue and fracture design criteria, materials and their selection and simple machine elements.Course Description ‘Fall 2010The Mechanical Design Applications II is a senior course, which introduces the applications ofprinciples of analysis and design of machine elements, machines and mechanisms, including Page 25.5.3 linkages, cam and follower systems, shafts, gears, clutches, belt and chain drives. The course presents the
received the SME Outstanding Young Engineer Award.Mary Ann Sheline, Grand Valley State University Mary Ann Sheline is Director of the Regional Math and Science Center at Grand Valley State University and has been involved with K-12 science education for 45 years as an elementary, middle and secondary science teacher, college instructor, and administrator. She has taught biology, chemistry and earth science at a variety of grade levels. She has experience developing curriculum and administering collaborative programs such as the National Science Foundation’s Teacher in Industry Program, National Science Olympiad Tournament and is presently Co PI of a Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant. Mrs
, Texas. His research expertise areas include design and manufacturing, automation and robotics, machine learning, computational opti- mization, mariner and offshore safety, and engineering education. He has secured $7.2M ($4.1M as PI; $4.5M since joining UH in fall 2018) funding from NSF, NASEM, USDA, state, local, and foundations. He has received eight engineering education grants from NSF.Peter Weber ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Development and Application of Assessment Tools for a Research Experience for Teachers Site AbstractIn 2019, University of Houston (UH) at Houston, Texas was awarded an NSF
opportunities asstudied by Marques et al. [7].Data Analytics in STEM EducationBrown et al. [8] integrated data analytics in engineering education to address technical require-ments from a multicomplex environment perspective concept using data analytics tools such asIBM Watson Analytics. The results obtained from a multi-complex environment have aided stu-dents and improved their decision approach to quantify data accuracy and project requirements.The integration of analytics tools fostered the engineering students the ability to forecast require-ments and create new methods critical to their engineering design.Data analytics was also added to a core course on product manufacturing in the industrial engi-neering curriculum [9]. The pedagogical method
of hazardous compounds used in industry and the military. She currently has projects funded through the Department of Defense and industrial partnerships.Alvaro Islas, University of Central Florida Dr Islas is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics in the UCF College of Science and the editor of the textbook used in the EXCEL class Applications of Calculus I intended to motivate students in the STEM program. Dr. Islas is involved in the redesign of entry level courses in mathematics to improve learning and reduced costs in higher education, particularly in the delivery of course to a large numbers of students. Dr. Islas's research interests lie in the field of
contemporary issues are all in the ABET/EAC Criterion 3 on expected outcomes.To be sure, these changes did not come because educators suddenly saw the burning need.Industry was a vocal force in stimulating these changes.Engineering work has changed and will change even more. Engineers are working in a muchbroader range of professional activities and while this work has always utilized the technicalskills of the engineer in concept development, problem formulation, modeling, and solution,many of the jobs of engineers today are not strictly technical in nature. Those jobs that arestrictly technical (design and manufacture/build) require a higher level of technical competencethan ever before.Current ConditionsFor a number of years, the National Science
engineering program. Index Terms—software engineering education, software engineering curriculum, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, undergraduate engineering education I. Introduction Software Engineering is critical to the 21st century. William Scherlis wrote, “…software has become the building material of choice for nearly all complex systems” [3]. As systems become increasingly more complex, rendering ad-hoc development inadequate, Software Engineers are becoming the builders of the 21st Century. This statement is not meant to imply that other engineering professions are unimportant, only that software is becoming more dominant. Consider a few domains: automobiles (driverless cars), medical (remote medicine), and home appliances (Roomba
- disciplinary team. 10% 9% 10% 13% 80% 79%14. I understand what is life-long learning. 10% 0% 10% 4% 80% 96%15. I can practice life-long learning. 10% 0% 10% 0% 80% 100%16. I appreciate the role of Page 6.212.3 engineering in modern society. 5% 0% 15% 4% 80% 96% Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
AC 2009-633: USING ENTRY-LEVEL ENGINEERING COURSES AS A METHODOF PROMOTING INDUSTRY AWARENESSKalan Kucera, University of KentuckyT. J. Balk, University of Kentucky Page 14.1321.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Using Entry Level Engineering Courses as a Method of Promoting Industry AwarenessAbstractIn today’s service-based culture, certain industrial and manufacturing jobs have gained areputation for being dirty, boring, and outdated. Even more, due to the ingrained nature ofthis reputation, many students have learned very little to nothing about these jobs andindustries. Due to negative stereotypes, students may dismiss
professional practice.Students from Demographics Under-represented in STEM Careers – each teacher will sponsorfour students from his or her school to attend the one-week summer camp on the RHIT campus –making for a total of 80 students per year. In addition to working with their classroom teachers,these students will be hosted by local firms on plant trips that demonstrate high-tech jobs in bio- Page 12.1502.11medical, engineering, and manufacturing fields.WEEK ONE – Building the Foundation(1) Visiting Expert #1 gives a two-day workshop on integrating IT competencies into the STEMcore curriculum. (2) Visiting Expert #2 gives a two-day workshop on
. However, they are still a point of origin inthe project in that through the campus visit to Richmond High school I wasconnected to become part of Engineering and Manufacturing advising council andwas able to recruit the participation of other teachers on the council, teachers fromPinole Valley High School, to serve as partners.As the momentum grew to work with students and educators outside the Bay Area,we started looking for ways to build collaborations throughout the state. I invitededucators to participate from California communities in the following counties: LosAngeles, Monterey, San Diego, the Central Valley. Serving the state in this capacitymakes the experience meaningful, and feels like a response that is appropriate forthe top ranked
of the ASEE 1997 Annual Conference, Session 1559, Paper 6.6. McDonald, D., J. Devaprasad, P. Duesing, A. Mahajan, M. Qatu, and M. Walworth, 1996, "Re-Engineering the Senior Design Experience with Industry-Sponsored Multidisciplinary Team Projects," Proceedings of the ASEE 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference, Session 9, Paper 2.S7. Pai, D., 1996, “MEEN 645.01 – Aluminum-Based Product Design and Manufacture,” Course Notes (2nd edition), NC A&T State University.8. Pai, D., A. Kelkar, R. Layton, M. Schulz, D. Dunn, S. Owusu-Ofori and A. Duraphe, 1998, "Vertical
will fit in a 2” diameter hole model just fine, but the physically fabricated pieces don’t.Though some engineering programs offer some metrology/NDI related detail in their curriculum,often, these are treated only nominally and any associated labs are uncommon. Even thoughthese should be critically emphasized in the engineering curriculum, it is rarely so as theavailable time/resources are already scarce to even cover common core courses and major-specific fundamentals. Besides, the metrology/NDI field has significantly and rapidly expandedwith the advances in computing and advanced materials/manufacturing, thus rendering acomprehensive treatment infeasible in terms of the time available and costs involved inacquiring, housing and maintaining
students through open-ended problems. She has published in several international conferences.Dr. Carolyn Giroux,Stephanie L. Harmon, PIMSER, Eastern Kentucky University Stephanie Harmon is a part-time instructor in the Department of Physics, Geosciences, and Astronomy at Eastern Kentucky University. She is also a science consultant with PIMSER (Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education Reform). Her interests include supporting preservice and inservice teachers in the implementation of the NGSS, science curriculum and assessment, classroom learning culture, concept development, and curriculum design. She has a MAEd. in Physics from Eastern Kentucky University.Enqiao (Annie) Fan, University at Buffalo, The
Kettering University this approach began a few years ago with various faculty membersworking to integrate their laboratories and the curriculum. The primary driver for this initiativewas the provision of a seamless curriculum to the student body in contrast to the traditionalapproach where learning is often experienced in fragmented fashion. Grants from the NationalScience Foundation were instrumental in obtaining some of the equipment used for this method.Two of the laboratories that welcomed this change were the Computer Integrated Manufacturing(CIM) and Polymer Processing facilities.The CIM laboratory features material handling systems such as a Litton AS/RS, a Litton AGV,and conveyors from Bosch and Flex-link. The sixteen material handling
graduates currently hold- over25% of the respondents are in either management or sales, and another 25% are in design anddevelopment. Page 2.116.4 Engineering Technology Graduate Follow-up Survey Name (Optional) ___________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________ City_____________________ State____________ Zip____________ Phone___________________The year that I graduated NJIT was ___________________1. My undergraduate option was : Construction and Contracting Electrical Manufacturing Mechanical Surveying1. The number of years that I worked before I
involved. Because the projectfocused on the curriculum side of instruction as opposed to continuing education, each collegerepresentative was asked to name a curriculum faculty member or academic administrator toparticipate in this project. By mid-December 1999, faculty members from each member-collegehad been identified to represent their respective colleges for the project. The initial meeting was Page 8.19.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationscheduled for January 2000.Results:The newly
continue.Development of Engineering Technology MajorEngineering Technology (ET) units are organized as programs within engineering departments,or as departments within a college or school of engineering, technology, applied science,professional studies, management, or a combination of these names. Despite the variety oforganizational structures and unit names, common to all is the educational philosophy of ET:using mathematics, science, and engineering fundamentals in the analysis and implementation oftechnology-based solutions to industry problems. “Technology” in this context refers to (i)hardware: any physical equipment, artifact, or tool utilized in an engineering field (e.g., anydevice, instrument, machine, sensor/transducer/actuator, data acquisition
; Exposition Copyright? 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliography[1] Alberto Gomez-Rivas and George Pincus, Design of engineering technology programs to satisfy local needs, Proceedings 2001 CIEC Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, Jan. 2001[2] S. Gary Teng, et al, Connecting industrial practice of engineering education using teaching in the factory approach, Proceedings 2001 CIEC Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, Jan. 2001[3] “Manufacturing Education Plan (Phase I Report): Industry identifies competency gaps among newly hired engineering graduates,” Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Oct 1997[4] “Workplace
/ sustainable design and manufacturing. He also has a growing interest in engineering education, especially with regards to sustainability and entrepreneurial innovation in the curriculum.David Tomczyk, Quinnipiac University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Changes in Affective Capacities of CAD Students Engaged in an Engineering Design ProjectAbstractSuccess in open-ended design activities requires a desire to succeed and a belief in one’s abilityto succeed when faced with ambiguously defined problems. Engineering design courses ideallydevelop these affective capacities as well as technical skills. Multiple approaches to enhancingthem in a design course exist, and this
technology programs that are known for equippinggraduates with the tools to enter the workforce, for the first time, prepared5, 6. This requires aninnovative curriculum that involves hands-on opportunities for practical problem solving.On the one hand, the pipeline for an educated future workforce is already in place. According todata from the Current Population Survey4, the share of the population aged 16 and over whohave college degrees roughly doubled over the past three decades, as did the share of those withsome college education. However, there is concern that the US is still not preparing a sufficientnumber of students, teachers, and professionals in STEM areas7-10. In a recent internationalassessment of 15-year-old students, the US ranked
engineering courses to include more technologies to help students bettersolve calculus questions since calculus questions are at the heart of STEM education. Weencourage researchers and educators to further investigate along the line of this research. It isessential to learn and improve engineering students’ technology preferences to solve calculusquestions. Additionally, mathematics education can extensively benefit from gaming andartificial intelligence integrated into teaching design and curriculum development.References[1] Clough, David E., “ChE’s Teaching Introductory Computing to ChE Students-- A ModernComputing Course with Emphasis on Problem Solving and Programming,” Proceedings of the2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[2] Maase