details are included to illustrate the operational principles within thetransfer process. The historical backgrounds of AAS Electronics Technology programs in theWTCS and the EET program at MSOE are briefly examined to establish the context andmotivation for the subsequent curriculum decisions and transfer-agreements development on astatewide basis. The AAS-EET curricula that were developed within the WTCS are described.Two transfer-strategic electronics bridge courses in the AAS-EET programs are examinedbecause of the vital role of these courses in successful AAS-EET to BS-EET transfer.The transfer agreements are examined to underscore many of the numerous issues that areimportant in transfer agreement operation. The recruitment and advising of
describes the specific affective andcognitive domain outcomes related to ESI that are desirable [2]. Across engineering as a whole,some individuals advocate an ethics across the curriculum approach as most effective fordeveloping students’ ethical reasoning abilities [3-7]. This includes thoughtful design of theethics education of students across multiple courses. The design is intentional, crossing multipletopics as well as depth of cognitive and affective outcomes for ethical knowledge, values, andbehaviors. This may include micro-insertion, which are a few small ethics issues integrated intoclass for a few minutes on multiple occasions during an academic term [8-9]. Vanasupa et al.[10] proposed a four-domain development diagram for effective
Paper ID #22176Promoting Good Scientific Communication Habits by Leveraging the Com-munity of Practice within a Single Research Group ´Mr. F´elix Langevin Harnois, Ecole de Technologie Sup´erieure ´ Librarian at Ecole de technologie sup´erieure, an engineering school in Montreal, he works on developing information literacy skills for undergraduate and graduate doctoral students. He also works, in collabora- tion with 3 professors and a researcher, on a service that uses peer-support to help graduate students who have to write a thesis, a journal article or who want to develop
Paper ID #37086A toolkit to support 8- to 11-year-olds in using theengineering design process across out-of-school settings(Resource Exchange)Susan Letourneau Susan Letourneau is a Senior Research Associate at the New York Hall of Science. She collaborates with educators and designers to develop and study museum experiences that emphasize play, exploration, and creative expression as avenues for STEM learning. She has over ten years of experience conducting inter- disciplinary research on children’s learning and caregiver-child interactions in science centers, children’s museums, and other informal settings.Sonja
Paper ID #37353Engineering a Chain Reaction Machine: Inspiring StudentInterest in Engineering and Engineering Technology(Resource Exchange)Melissa Huppert (STEM Outreach Director) Melissa Huppert, Ph.D., is the STEM Outreach Director for the Minnesota State Engineering Center of Excellence. She has served in this role for over five years and oversees various grant and program development projects, as well as serves on several regional and statewide STEM-related committees. Dr. Huppert has over 15 years of experience in program development and evaluation, working primarily with STEM outreach programming, and has had
interests in engineering education research, teacher professional development, and secondary STEM education. In 2021, Erica received the ASEE Pacific Southwest Early Career Teaching Award and two awards at UNLV for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She also received the Peter J. Bosscher Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2019 from Engineers Without Borders and was recognized as a Nevada Woman in STEM by Senator Jackie Rosen.Rebecca Kober My name is Rebecca Kober. I am an elementary learning strategist in Las Vegas Nevada. I have been in education for 12 years, teaching everything from 1st - 5th grade. I was a 3 - 5 grade science specialist for 3 years, teaching NGSS and helping students to problem solve
such as making, technology, and games can be used to improve student engagement.Dr. David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky David L. Silverstein is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He is also the Director of the College of Engineering’s Extended Campus Programs in Paducah, Kentucky, where he has taught for 19 years. His PhD and MS studies in ChE were completed at Vanderbilt University, and his BSChE at the University of Alabama. Silverstein’s research interests include conceptual learning tools and training, and he has particular interests in faculty development. He is the recipient of several ASEE awards, including the Fahein award for young faculty teaching and educational
, United Arab Emi- rates University. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Benghazi, Libya, in 1989. From 1989 to 1992 he worked as a consultant engineer in Libya for Brown and Root Overseas Limited. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1994, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 2000. From 2000 to 2001, he worked as a research scientist at the University of British Columbia. From 2002 to 2003 he worked as a research & development engineer for Intelligent Mechatronics Systems Inc. in Canada. Farag’s main research interest is in mechatronics, machine vibration and diagnostics. c American
, physical, and/or biological processes,including the hazards associated with these processes.” Thus, more formal approaches to safetyeducation are needed but none of the external constraints (time and credit hours) on curriculumhave eased.Fortunately, faculty are in the habit of sharing information, ideas and best practices in ourteaching and curriculum development and this paper is an example of that. Two of the authorshave attended the annual AIChE-CCPS-SAChE Faculty Workshop for faculty. This workshopprovides in-depth knowledge of the practical implementation of safety culture in an industrialchemical manufacturing environment. This exposure to practice along with materials providedby the workshop allow faculty to educate more comfortably and
AC 2011-2324: ANALYSIS OF CENSUS SURVEY OF MIDDLE SCHOOLSTUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERING IN ALARGE SUBURBAN K-8 SCHOOL DISTRICTMr. Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University John Thieken, MEd., is currently a high school mathematics teacher at the Paradise Valley School District and a doctoral student in the PhD in mathematics education at Arizona State University. He has as Bache- lor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Northern Arizona University and a Masters in Secondary Education from Old Dominion University. His experiences with the district include curriculum design (to include online coursework) and assessment design (district district assessment exams and Arizona Instru- ment of
://www.esm.vt.edu/~ikpuri/ethics/gilee.html. Seventeen participants responded toan eight-item workshop evaluation form and felt that they gained critical insight andappreciation into the field of ethics and became more aware of the value of integratingethics throughout the curriculum. Several participants saw the workshop as a great way tostart a broader conversation about ethics on campus and expressed interest in attendingfollow-up workshops.From these activities and based on data gathered through the evaluation of theseactivities, the faculty group has developed a graduate course titled “Global and EthicalImpact of Emerging Technologies” that is being offered in spring 2010. The course isbased on eight student outcomes derived from the previous work of
components. Course maps help visualize the beginning to the end of a course, theleading of one chapter to the next and, the logic of the structure of the course. On a single page, acourse concept map helps students understand the reason for the course in the curriculum and theimportance of the various chapters to the outcomes of the course. This paper provides conceptmaps for three engineering courses, including senior design. Simple methods are also explainedto develop concept maps for engineering courses using Cmap software. It has been pointed outby many users of concept maps that the process of creating them is as beneficial as the finalresult. Thus, this paper details the process the author used to arrive at the representations of theknowledge
example, process safety information requires the compilation of information pertaining tothe chemicals involved in a process. Graduating students are expected to be able to read andcomprehend a Safety Data Sheet (SDS). Further, they should understand how to accessadditional information generally not available on a SDS but important to process safety (e.g.,chemical compatibility of elastomers and metals used in the Chemical Process Industries). Thegraduating student is expected to develop a process flow diagram, complete with material andenergy balance – a requirement of process safety information related to the technology of theprocess. A thorough review of PSM will reveal topics important to process safety that achemical engineering curriculum
scenarios, case study and film reviews, service andundergraduate research projects as well as internships and cooperative experiences are allconsidered as examples of active learning in engineering education. Engineering students learnmore effectively and retain better by dialoguing with self and others, observing, and doing.Role play, project management, marketing, developing team interpersonal and technical skillsare only a few of the perks actively engaged students enjoy1. This paper focuses on learningby taking part in competitions, and especially the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) BajaCompetition.The SAE Baja competition requires engineering students to design and build a single-seat allterrain or off-road vehicle2. There are three
into how engineering takes placethroughout the world.Although students within both organizations collaborated heavilyon each project, the various projects lacked unity of purpose andefficient sharing of resources. Realizing this disparity, theorganizations jointly decided to develop a blanket program tofacilitate the procurement and distribution of financial,intellectual, and human resources. Figure 2: 2004 Moon Buggy, 4th placeThe purpose of this entity, which eventually became EVP, was toact as the financial and public relations arm of the vehicleprograms, tasks for which engineers are notoriously ill equipped.The organizational predecessor to EVP was tasked with
countries. This is critical, because both Japan and the U.S. need to attract and developlarger numbers of engineering students with the technical skills for successfullyinnovating into the future as their populations increasingly age.This paper provides best practices experienced from teaching in Japan in order to helpaddress and learn from gaps between foreign cultures, so that teaching can be moremotivational and effective for learning. This leads to the following research question:How can engineering education in Japan benefit from cross cultural understanding?This paper draws from the literature streams of knowledge sharing, social influence, andsocial psychology. From these streams, a theoretical framework is developed and appliedto teaching
Anthony Dardy, the faculty mentor/advisor for the co-op program inChemical Engineering. The resulting co -author team is justifiably proud of the success of theCooperative Engineering Education Program at Cincinnati and hopes to provide somemotivation, via this article, for other universities to consider implementing a similar program.2 The Coop Program at Cincinnati2.1 About the ProgramCooperative education or co-op is a program that enriches the student’s education by integratingprofessionally related work experience with academic study. The University of Cincinnati hasthe distinction of establishing the first co-op program in the U.S. Indeed, Professor HermanSchneider, Dean of the College of Engineering at Cincinnati, developed this
thousand qualified personnel to operate and maintain. In response tothis urgent need, the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution (ETID) atTexas A&M University has started a 4-year Power Engineering Technology (PET) degreeprogram in the Fall Semester of 2008 which is dedicated for the nuclear power industry. One ofthe junior courses in the curriculum is Inspection Methods consisting mainly of the nondestructivetesting methods which include liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, ultrasonic, eddy current,radiography, and others.NDT has long been widely utilized for various flaw detections (crack, void, corrosion, anddelamination, etc.) during manufacturing as well as maintenance by many industries to ensure thequality or
the academy, as well as for training in industry. In this case study, graphicsstudents were challenged on how to create organic chemistry molecular structures using Flashanimation. The challenge to the professor was to examine alternative shifts in attitude as to howlearning should take place, and how the presentations should be used in visual and verbalformats for optimal learning.I. What is Learner-Centered Education?There is a quiet revolution occurring in higher education –– a change of philosophy on how oneteaches, how one learns, how a classroom is structured, how faculty and college students relate toeach other, as well as in the nature of the curriculum. Learner-centered education and thephilosophy of learning, encompass issues from
Paper ID #22462Integrating Design Thinking into an Experiential Learning Course for Fresh-man Engineering StudentsDr. Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University Dr. Mark Povinelli is the Kenneth A. and Mary Ann Shaw Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurial Lead- ership in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University where he is developing and teaching curriculum in innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Povinelli current research interests and curriculum development are in experiential team learning approaches to engineering education focused on design thinking
Engineering TechnologyDepartment has implemented an automotive concentration within its Mechanical EngineeringTechnology program. This concentration, consisting of 18 credits, was added in part due tocontinued student interest, both among prospective students and those already enrolled in theprogram.The paper briefly describes the path of the program’s conception and development. Benchmarkssuch as the initial curriculum design by the faculty, the dramatic overhaul of the curriculumbased on the comments of the then President of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) andrelated design process involving industry representatives are discussed. The current state of thecourses and overall curriculum structure is discussed.Of importance to engineering
currently holding a position as Assistant Professor in Industrial Technology and program coordinator of the Manufacturing Technology program at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He received a B.T. in Electro-Mechanical Systems, an M.A. in Manufacturing Process Development, and a D.I.T. in Automated Manufacturing, all from the University of Northern Iowa. His current teaching and research interests include CNC/CAM, CAPP, Quality, Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing, and Nanofabrication. He has co-authored several research papers and presented at national and international conferences.Leonard Perry, University of San Diego Leonard A. Perry, PhD is an Associate Professor
fabricated by Team-1 (Fall of 2009). Figure 5. Steel, aluminum and Delrin resonators designed and fabricated by Team-2 (Fall of 2009). Page 15.329.6SpectraPlus 5.0, the Frequency Analysis SoftwareIn 2007 and 2008 we used a freeware which was good for recording the time-domain data of theHelmholtz resonator but did not provide a satisfactory frequency response. We needed asoftware that is capable of performing the fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the time domain datain order to study the resonator’s performance quantitatively. The author received an instructionalevaluation and development grant from Middle Tennessee State
AC 2011-1629: ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVES OF GRADE 7 STUDENTSMary Elizabeth Spencer, Queen’s UniversityDavid S Strong, Queen’s University Professor David S. Strong has held the NSERC Chair in Design Engineering since joining Queen’s Uni- versity in 2003. His previous experience includes 22 years in the private sector in research, development, and manufacturing with three companies spanning the metals, biomedical, and consumer products indus- tries. Page 22.601.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Engineering Perspectives of Grade 7
AC 2010-559: CONSTRUCTING THE NORM OF THE PROBLEM SOLVINGABILITIES OF SENIOR STUDENTS OF MING-CHI UNIVERSITY OFTECHNOLOGYHsi-Hsun Tsai, Ming-Chi University of Technology Page 15.314.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Constructing the Norm of the Problem Solving Abilities of Senior Students of Ming-Chi University of TechnologyAbstractLots of research regarding the Science-Technology-Society issues reveal that the problemsolving ability should be more important for students. The high level cognitive skill may helpthe students to face the future complicate development of the society. The ability of theproblem solving is thus the front one of the
. Referred to as higher educationmakerspaces and academic makerspaces, these facilities have been established at manyinstitutions. This trend has been prompted by developments in several areas, including calls fromindustry for more practical skills in engineering graduates as well as increased access to andsupport for digital manufacturing [1, 2].Higher education makerspaces combine elements of traditional machine shops (such as handtools, portable power tools, and standing machinery) with modern tools for design andfabrication (such as computer aided design software and laser cutters). In addition to the toolsand equipment, higher education makerspaces also promote collaboration and peer-to-peerlearning. These elements help develop a sense of
AC 2007-702: A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGNCOURSE: MOVING WITH THE REAL WORLDBahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University Assistant ProfessorChandrashekar Subbareddy, Texas State University Graduate Student Page 12.59.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Manufacturing engineering capstone design course: Moving with the real worldAbstractA capstone course in manufacturing engineering has been offered to undergraduates majoring inmanufacturing engineering at Texas State University for four years. In this course studentsexperience all aspects of the design/development cycle: product design, prototyping
into aworking knowledge of DSP hardware design. We have developed a pedagogical frameworkwhereby students can leverage their previous knowledge of DSP theory and VHDL hardwaredesign techniques to design, simulate, synthesize, and test digital signal processing systems.The synthesized hardware is implemented on FPGAs, which provides a fast and cost-effectiveway of prototyping hardware systems in a laboratory environment. This framework allowsstudents to expand their previous knowledge into a more complete understanding of the entiredesign process from specification and simulation through synthesis and verification.1 IntroductionStudents often struggle to bridge the gap between the theory and the hardware implementa-tion of digital signal
with academic, athletic, and militaryexcellence. A center devoted to character development was established to oversee all character Page 8.661.4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationrelated issues including honor education as related to the USAFA Honor Code, AcademyCharacter Enrichment Seminars, the National Character and Leadership Symposium, aProfessional Mentorship Program, and Ethics Across the Curriculum. With the exception ofEATC, most of the character development programs relate to
, curriculum developer, and outreach liaison to the Vir- ginia Demonstration Project, a program supported by the Department of Defense. She has worked in various formal and informal science education programs since 2001.Gail B. Hardinge, STEM Education Alliance - College of William and Mary GAIL B. HARDINGE - Gail Hardinge is a Clinical Associate Professor of Education at the College of William and Mary. She is the director of the STEM Education Alliance, a project center designed to create connections between the educational, science and engineering communities. She is the project director for the Virginia Demonstration Project, a Department of Defense funded initiative that has received several Virginia science awards