Paper ID #8374AAEE Plenary - Engineering Education: A National Integrated ApproachMs. Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland Lyn Brodie is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at the University of Southern Queensland. Her research interests include engineering education, Problem Based Learning, assessment and the first year experience. She is a board and founding member of the USQ Teaching Academy and Director of the Faculty Engineering Education Research Group. Lyn was the academic team leader for the teaching team which successfully designed a strand of PBL courses for the faculty
Nano's Big Bang: Transforming Engineering Education and Outreach C. L. Alpert, J. A. Isaacs,* C. M. F. Barry,# G. P. Miller,§ A. A. Busnaina* Museum of Science, Boston / *Northeastern University / # University of Massachusetts Lowell / §University of New HampshireAbstractThe rapid emergence of nanoscale science and engineering as a focal point for a broad range ofgovernment and privately-sponsored basic research activities – intended to catalyze breakthroughtechnologies and commercially-successful advances in medicine, computing, materials,manufacturing and defense– is having a correspondingly influential impact on the
Paper ID #49674Enhancing Engineering Education through Faculty-Library CollaborationChassidy Miles, University of North Texas Chassidy Miles is the Engineering and Learning Technologies Librarian at the University of North Texas. She possesses a unique blend of experiences that includes serving as a public librarian, system administrator, and user experience researcher. This multifaceted background equips her with a profound understanding of the intricacies of library services and the dynamics of user engagement. Her approach is rooted in innovation and tailored solutions, ensuring the library remains a valuable resource
-centered.Learning Modules Design Through the cooperative efforts of bioengineering and education professors, secondaryteachers, and bioengineering undergraduate and graduate students, and education graduatestudents (facilitated through the sponsorship of Student Leadership Councils, ResearchExperience for Teachers programs and Partnerships in Education and Research programs),VaNTH outreach efforts now include a variety of bioengineering-influenced, inquiry-basedmodules for grades 5-12 classrooms. Each of these modules is designed using the LegacyCycle, a challenged-base approach that takes students through six explicit phases of inquiry: (1)a challenge that provides enough background knowledge to enable them to engage in (2) thegeneration of ideas
Engineering ClassroomThe motivation to bring ASGM into engineering education started with a NSF-Partnerships inInternational Research and Education (PIRE) grant titled Responsible Mining, ResilientCommunities (RMRC), an inter-institutional, interdisciplinary, multi-country project aimed atresearching, co-designing, implementing and evaluating sustainable ASGM technologies andpractices with ASGM miners and affected communities in Colombia and Peru. Using the SRE,Community Resiliency, and ESCD criteria as organizing frameworks, I developed a course titledResponsible Engineers, Socio-technical Systems, Resilient Communities and its description andlearning objectives reads as follows Through the lens of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM
, where his research areas include, hybrid concentrating photovoltaic systems, energy systems, life cycle assessment, sustainable product development, engineering entrepreneurship, alternative energy systems, renewable energy education and active learning.Mr. Casey James McAndrewKendra SlisMaria Elisabeth FrenchMs. Katelyn Maione P.E., Robert Morris University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Educational Evaluation of a Faculty Led Education Abroad Program in Renewable EnergyAbstractIn recent years, there has been increasing demand and push for global experience through anacademic setting. For would-be engineers this is even more important in this
, “National Tsinghua University.”In its early years, teaching and research at Tsinghua University reflected the idea ofliberal art education. Because the start-up and operation of Tsinghua relied entirely onthe Boxer Indemnity, and in the early stages of the school its function was mainly tohelp the Chinese students to improve their language and cultural skills for enteringU.S. universities, the teaching focused on liberal art education, particularly in relationto Western cultures.By the early 1920s, because of worry about the school’s operating funds in the futureand the external criticisms calling Tsinghua as the “comprador school” or exclusionistschool, the development direction of Tsinghua University gradually began to changefrom liberal art
, Director of Women’s Engineering Programs, and CENG Interim Associate Dean. Although she has taught over 25 different courses she current teaches Financial decision making, First year engineering, Senior project, and Change management. Her research is in Engineering Education where she has received $9.8 million of funding from NSF as either PI or Co-PI. She researches equitable classroom practices, integrated learning, and institutional change. She spent the 2019-2020 academic year at Cal State LA where she taught and collaborated on research related to equity and social justice. With her colleagues at Cal State LA she recently received an NSF grant called Eco-STEM which aims to transform STEM education using an asset-based
environments worldwide. In Sept. 2010, he was elected as President of the International Society of Engineering Education (IGIP). Furthermore, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG).Prof. Arthur Walter Edwards, University of Colima Arthur Edwards is a professor/researcher at the School of Telematics of the University of Colima. His research interests include e-leaning, mobile learning, computer aided language learning, and human- computer interaction. He has co-authored and edited several books, as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. He also participated on the editorial boards of several journals and participated in international professional organizations
, other energy sources must be used in orderto produce electrical energy. About 68% of all electricity generated in the United States isgenerated from the fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas, and petroleum4. This leaves only 32%of the electricity generated by non-fossil fuel sources. Extensive research in the area ofrenewable energy sources is ongoing, and relates to many fields, such as engineering,mathematics, physics, chemistry, education, business, and so on.There is both public and private interest in developing new technologies for alternative energysources. Due to this, there is a need for highly talented engineers to analyze and design new andinnovative technologies and ideas for harnessing alternative energy sources5-6. However
Paper ID #37139Students’ Experiences of Discrimination in EngineeringDoctoral EducationMatthew Bahnson Postdoc in Engineering Education at Penn State with Catherine Berdanier.Elan C HopeDerrick James Satterfield (Graduate Research Assistant) Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students' experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation.Anitra Rochelle AlexanderLaila AllamAdam Kirn (Associate Professor) TBD © American Society for Engineering Education
committee on ”survey of the state of the practice on traffic responsive plan selection control.” He is also a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Traffic Signal Systems committee, Artificial Intel- ligence and Advanced Computing Applications committee, and the joint subcommittee on Intersection. In addition, he is currently a chair on a task group on Agent-based modeling and simulation as part of the TRB SimSub committee. He also serves as a CEE faculty senator at Virginia Tech. Dr. Abbas is a recipient of the Oak Ridge National Lab Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralf E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award and the G. V. Loganathan Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Civil Engineering Education. He
ofmicroalgae in photobioreactors may be used for biofixation of CO2 in the atmosphere and production ofhydrogen as a clean fuel for sustainability in the environment [4,5,6]. The rapidly increasing impacts of biotechnology have stirred the interest of groups of peoplesuch as researchers, producers and consumers, environmentalists, economists, politicians, and legislators.Investment, marketing and research, becomes more attractive as there is increased possibility of gainingbenefits with the continuing rapid growth of biotechnology all over the world. Parallel to the developmentof biotechnology related sectors, biotechnology educational programs have started and have grownspecifically for inclusion in the science and technology curriculum at
Paper ID #14915Improving Undergraduate Engineering Education with Educational ModuleLibrary and Vertical Integration ProjectsDr. Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Dr. Lei Zhang received his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering on 2011 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Since 2012 he is working in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore. His main research interests include image processing, autonomous system development, optical SoC/NoC architecture, and on-chip optoelectronic device design.Prof. Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
architecture design learning and teaching. The results serve as a reference for planning architecture design courses in the architecture-related departments of universities and technical colleges. The above research raises two important questions: Which factors influence students’willingness to learn when enrolled in architectural design courses? Why and how do “gender”and “education system” influence students’ learning in architecture design courses? Theobjective of this study is thus to identify the factors that influence students’ willingness tolearn in architectural design courses, with a particular focus on determining the significanceof any correlation between gender and education system.METHODOLOGY The aim of this paper is to discuss
the growth of information technology, the importance of hands-onpractice and active learning has been highlighted in various resources. These factors, coupledwith inadequate and insufficient real-world experiences in undergraduate education, havebecome a major reason for under-qualified and under-employed graduates. This paper discussesthe creation of the University of Missouri Virtual Enterprise, which provides context fordevelopment of learning modules for enterprise engineering education. This approach willimprove the undergraduate education experience by developing, and introducing into theclassroom, a variety of real-world enterprise engineering concepts developed in coordinationwith on-going research projects.BackgroundIn 1999, the
Paper ID #16350Privatization of Public Education: Lessons from New Orleans for Engineer-ing Education in K-12 and BeyondDr. Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech Donna Riley is Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Mrs. Janice L. Hall, Virginia Tech I am a doctoral student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. I have B.S. and M.S. degrees in biolog- ical and bio-medical engineering respectively. It was through my participation in extracurricular activities and my experience as a graduate teaching assistant I found my passion for engineering education. My research interests include broadening participation and
U.S. GDP is attributable to advancements in science and technology. This despite the fact that less than 5 percent of the U.S. workforce is composed of scientists and engineers, thereby suggesting that each one percent of the workforce engaged in those professions accounts for something like 15 percent of the growth in GDP. A truly remarkable multiplier.” - Norm Augustine (Augustine, 2013)In Spring 2015 a workshop was held at the National Academy of Engineering designed to buildcapacity for the engineering education research community to better communicate with a broadspectrum of policy makers. The underlying hypothesis is that despite the impact how engineersare educated has on national priorities, researchers in
Paper ID #30250Mechatronics and Robotics Education: Standardizing Foundational KeyConceptsDr. Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University Before coming to Kenesaw State University, Dr. McFall lived abroad for more than ten years. His international experiences began with a study abroad for his entire undergraduate senior year at the Lule˚a University of Technology in Sweden 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle. After graduating with his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, his international travels continued during masters studies at MIT with an appointment at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in
Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1475Figure 1 provides a summary diagram of the faculty development program designed forthe 2003-2004 academic year. The program provides professional developmentopportunities for all faculty as well as four special groups: new faculty; untenuredfaculty; research faculty and staff; and committee chairs and department heads. Withinthese special groups there were unique needs that dictated specific programs forprofessional development. All Faculty 1-2 Sessions Per Semester
cases common experienceslead to incorrect generalizations about the world. Newton’s first law, for example, implies thatobjects in motion will naturally stay in motion until something stops them. This is in directconflict with everyday experiences in which effort is always required to keep an object inmotion. The difficult process of learning new material that contradicts existing knowledge andways of thinking is called conceptual change. Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 332The field of research that has
Paper ID #13392Modification of Nanoscience Educational Content to Reach a Greater Num-ber of EducatorsDeb Newberry, DCTC/Nano-Link Deb Newberry is the director of the Nanoscience Technology program at Dakota County Technical Col- lege in Rosemount, MN where she created 8 college level nano specific courses and the 2 year, AAS degree Nanoscience Technologist program. Deb also is the Director and Principle Investigator of Nano-Link, Center for Nanotechnology Education which spans 38 states and 4 countries in Europe (NSF funded). After 23 years of experience as a researcher and executive in the corporate world, she became a nanotech
research centers globally because of its interdisciplinary and multidisciplinaryapproaches in many fields, such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics,pharmacy and medicine. One of the major challenges of nanotechnology education is to providenew and exciting technologies/developments to the students in these fields. Nanotechnology hasalready made new products’ (over 1350 nanoproducts in the market now) lighter, stronger,smaller, functional, faster, reliable and durable. In the present study, we have selected 10 highschool students in Wichita, KS, and trained them in Spring 2013 about how to make differentnanomaterials and devices, such as nanoparticles, nanofibers, nanofilms, nanocomposites,nanotubes, hydrogels, and solar cells
societies and industry leadershighlighting initiatives. The initiatives were grouped under an area of focus in the IFEESStrategic Plan: Infrastructure and Accreditation; Research, Development and Entrepreneurship;Student Success; and Lifelong Learning. This paper presents an analysis and summary of theoutcomes of the Summit.IntroductionThe International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)1 was created on the 9thof October 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Within days IFEES joined the Organization ofAmerican States (OAS), the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Engineeringfor the Americas (EftA), the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of EngineeringInstitutions (LACCEI), the Asociación Iberoamericana de
Session 1675 Change Agents: Immediately Implementable Teaching and Educational Hints from the Engineering Education Scholars Program Jodi Reeves, Sandra Courter University of Wisconsin-Madison Kevin Nickels, David Noyce Trinity University/University of Massachusetts at Amherst Annie Pearce, Lisa Schaefer Georgia Tech Research Institute/Arizona State University Ranil Wickramasinghe, Ruthie Lyle Colorado State
Paper ID #7305Translating Educational Theory Into Educational Software: A Case Study ofthe Adaptive Map ProjectJacob P. Moore, Virginia Tech Jacob Moore is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Michel Paul Pascale Michel Pascale is a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and was one of the developers of the Adaptive Map project.Dr. Christopher B. Williams, Virginia TechChris North, Virginia Tech Page 23.1270.1 c American Society
needs. • We should help our students to prepare themselves to be makers, discoverers or along this spectrum, and we should teach engineering fundamentals as a foundation for careers both in research and in practice. • We should build our education around the way our students best learn, engaging them in their learning, and implementing pilots to understand the desirable balance of classroom, project and digital education. • In view of the speed of scientific and technological development, we should teach students the NEET Ways of Thinking, how to think, and how to learn more effectively by themselves.We should be prepared to embark on a bold change, with widespread impact at MIT andpotentially
Paper ID #10246Lessons in Manufacturing Education for the U.S. from Austria’s Dual-TrackEducation SystemDr. Victoria Ann Hill, Numeritics Dr. Victoria Hill is a Founder and Research Scientist of Numeritics, a research and consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. She was recently a part of a delegation of U.S. experts on Advanced Manufacturing and the STEM Talent Pipeline that traveled to Vienna, Austria as a part of the George C. Marshall Foundation’s efforts to increase cooperation between the U.S. and Austria in the area of Advanced Manufacturing. Dr. Hill has worked on STEM talent issues for many years, and recently
report to be used in future course and program design inproduct innovation, within the Swedish PIEp network.In the study, three subject areas have been in focus: creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.These focus areas have been applied primarily on higher engineering education and on programsof product development, engineering design and mechanical engineering. The study summarizescurrent status of research on education in creativity, creativity training and education in productinnovation in general.IntroductionThe Product Innovation Engineering program (PIEp) is a Swedish national research anddevelopment program with the purpose of enhancing product innovation capability withinSwedish universities, companies and organizations1, 2. This
, and research-teaching nexuses. Criterion V, Industry and Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 50Community Engagement, focus on the sustainability of the relationship between the institutionand the community in general including the industry and the alumni. Criterion VI, AcademicSupport Services, measures the sustainability of different administrative services, such as, theregistrar, admissions, etc. Criterion VIII, Faculty and Staff Support Services, measures theorganization climate, retention, professional development