AC 2009-977: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATEPROGRAM FOR AUTOMATION IN NUCLEAR APPLICATIONSMitch Pryor, University of Texas, AustinSheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin Page 14.477.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program for Automation in Nuclear ApplicationsAbstractThis paper outlines the motivation for – and development of – an interdisciplinary graduate levelcurriculum for robotics and automation in the nuclear domain. For cost, safety, and securitypurposes, the Department of Energy and nuclear related industries hope to automate missioncritical tasks for
Paper ID #37442Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Next Generation DesktopLearning Modules for Chemical and Mechanical EngineeringEducationAminul Islam Khan (Mr.) Aminul Islam Khan Received his B.S. and M. S. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology where he also served as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor. Currently, Khan is a Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research including hands-on learning for STEM education, transport modeling in micro/nanoscale devices, and various inverse techniques including Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo
Professional Engineers (NSPE) has identified nine stages of professionalmaturation, autonomy, and responsibility in engineering practice, from entry level to the highest levels oftechnology leadership. These are presented in Appendix A. The correlation between these nine levels andthe educational milestones in framework for the new model for professional graduate engineeringeducation are shown in Appendix B. Here we discuss in general terms the scope of thetechnology development project at each milestone.3.1 Early Career – The Professional Master of EngineeringThe Master of Engineering degree program is designed to enable the practicing professional engineer togrow from entry level to a position of project engineering leadership. The participant will
addition to making numerous other conference presentations. Straub’s research spans the gauntlet between technology, commercialization and technology policy. In particular, his research has recently focused on cybersecurity topics including intrusion detection and forensics, robotic command and control, aerospace command and 3D printing quality assurance. Straub is a member of Sigma Xi, the AAAS, the AIAA and several other technical societies, he has also served as a track or session chair for numerous conferences. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Pandemic Response: Hybrid-Flexible Course Delivery for General Education Computer
Paper ID #8631Leadership Development for Engineering Technology Faculty: Becoming anEducational Leader through Knowledge Generation, Application, and Con-tributionMs. Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College Elaine L. Craft (Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC) holds a baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Mississippi and a MBA from the University of South Car- olina with additional graduate studies in mathematics. Her experience includes working as an engineer in industry as well as teaching and administration at community college and state levels. She has
accredited(ideally) [4]. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) serves as theaccrediting body for many engineering and engineering technology programs, accrediting over500 higher learning institutions [5]. While the value of accreditation may be debatable, currentlyit is the benchmark of engineering and engineering technology schools, and certainly adds to theintegrity of accredited universities. If and how online courses and degree programs will impactour integrity is somewhat unknown, but should be a factor during online course development.Of equal importance, the works of faculty and graduates provide universities gain in reputation:an import consideration given the pervasiveness of online education. If the students are
chairs, deans, student success units, and university leadership toutilize the framework to determine and uniquely predict workforce demands and competitiveskills required of graduates and focus their energy and efforts on those targeted competencieswithin their program. We recognize the need for broad experiences and topics within anengineering program, and recommend increasing translational experiences in engineeringdegrees to provide the important skills required in the workforce to increase job placement andprogram goal achievement.Minimizing loss, increasing goal alignment, and improving student translational skills are allgoals of the translational engineering education model. We recognize that programs andcourses are constrained by time
Page 23.201.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Applying a knowledge-generation epistemological approach to computer science and software engineering pedagogyTLC Topic Area: Concepts and Philosophy of Engineering LiteracyAbstract This paper proposes a brief exploration of the epistemology of knowledge, specificallydistinguishing the development of scientific knowledge from the development of engineeringknowledge. Based on a pragmatic theory approach (1), the paper proposes a pattern fordistinguishing the ‘science’ of computer science from its ‘engineering’ aspects. The paper thenapplies these distinctions to traditional Computer Science knowledge, and explores itsrelationship to
developed as part of a multidisciplinaryundergraduate certificate in power and energy. The course was designed to address the policy,economic, and societal issues of energy, in order to complement the more technical coursesrequired as part of the undergraduate certificate. In order to minimize any additional credit hoursrequired of students pursuing the certificate, the course was also designed to fit within theUniversity’s new General Education requirements as a “Global Dynamics” course. The course isalso well suited to cover the broader “impacts” of engineering as required by ABET. The paperalso overviews class structure and teaching method to promote active student inquiry into thematerial. I. IntroductionIn Fall 2010, the University of
Masters in Liberal Arts from DePaul University, Chicago (USA), and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Western Michigan University. Page 13.265.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Building an Entrepreneurial Engineering Ecosystem for Future Generations: The Kern Entrepreneurship Education NetworkAbstractThe integration of entrepreneurship and innovation into undergraduate engineering education hasbeen found to enhance student performance and improve retention rates (Ohland, 2004). It alsoprepares graduating engineers to work in rapidly changing environments defined by acompetitive global
other scholarly journals. Canary is Co-principal In- vestigator for two inter-disciplinary projects of graduate ethics education, funded by the National Science Foundation. Her other research foci include organizational and family communication, particularly as those processes co-influence each other in contexts of disability, health, and public policies.Dr. Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University Joseph R. Herkert, D.Sc., P.E., is Lincoln Associate Professor of ethics and technology in the School of Letters and Sciences and the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University. He has taught engineering ethics and related courses for nearly 25 years. His work on engineering ethics has
Session 1357 Engineering Problem Solving in Industrial Engineering Curriculum Reform Sigurdur Olafsson, Veronica Dark, John Jackman, Frank Peters, and Sarah Ryan Iowa State UniversityAbstractProblem solving is a major focus of the engineering profession, and upon graduation newengineers are faced with increasingly complex problems. Yet, existing engineering educationpractices often fall short in preparing students to tackle complex engineering problems that maybe ambiguous, open-ended and ill-structured. In this paper, we describe a newly developedlearning
environment standards.The future existence of our present civilization depends on proper and prudent engineeringdecisions, as well as strict adherence to a code of ethics for all technologists to follow. The technologist of the twenty-first century must perform his or her services inaccordance with the highest principles of ethical conduct to maintain high standards ofintegrity, public safety, health, and the general welfare of the public. Until quite recently, engineering education has not emphasized the importance of ethicsas part of the curriculum. However, as of October, 2004 the Accreditation Board of EngineeringTechnology now requires graduate technologists and engineers to demonstrate a practicalunderstanding of “ethical and
Paper ID #15909The Application of Multi-dimensional Learning Portfolios for Exploring theCreativity Learning Behavior in Engineering EducationProf. Ting-Ting Wu, Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin Universityof Science and Technology Ting-Ting Wu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Engineering Science at National Cheng Kung University. She received the MS degree in Information and Learning Technology from
their understanding of the world. This effort included a wider rangeof classes that would count for general science credit. In the promulgation it was stated “faculty in all schools and colleges are encouragedto think across disciplinary lines about the best ways to convey the kinds of sophisticatedknowledge that will produce Temple graduates able to see connections in seeminglydisparate information.” This new program summed these efforts with the motto "Dare toknow!" In a descending order, a series of general to specific skills and requirements wereoutlined. Accordingly, each course had to accomplish the following required goalsassociated with the general education program: 1. Develop students’ thinking and communication
engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). In addition, in 2011 Dr. Sheppard was named as co-PI of a national NSF innovation center (Epicenter), and leads an NSF program at Stanford on summer research experiences for high school teachers. Her industry experiences includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and recently served as Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education.Dr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
accordingly. And if someone brings up as a topic conversation on queries, I can contribute to that topic, because I know what they are talking about, because of this class.” T: “Yes it would allow me to see how systems work in the world and compare them to ER diagram tables or their inner workings and data.” T: “I would find this incredibly helpful for general database management in the workplace like keeping track of equipment and recording the equipment information and the process of how Table 6: Pre-quiz and post-quiz results Pre-quiz Post-quiz Control Test Control Test Question Mean SD
. Mechanical, chemical, electrical, computer, civil and environmentalengineering students work with grades 3-8 science teachers and their students to introduceengineering examples, experiments and inquiry and design problems to stimulate sciencelearning.The first cohort of Fellows started in August 2001, and includes four Ph.D. students, five M.S.students and two undergraduate seniors in an accelerated BS/MS program. All are U.S. Citizenswho are majoring in mechanical, chemical and environmental engineering and have expressedinterest in an academic career. Their first semester, the Fellows enrolled in a graduate coursefrom the College of Education, EDTE 701 - Special Topics in Teaching Science. The course istaught by GK-12 project Co-PI and is
particularized to wind energy metrics, the quantitativeexperience has been extended to the evaluation of system performance—a significant and usefulenhancement. The use of Mathcad to enhance the quantitative coverage of wind energy systemswas a success.IntroductionThe escalating cost of energy is a dominant feature of the 21st Century and has resulted inincreased interest in alternate energy sources topics in engineering education. At MississippiState University, ME 4353 Alternate Energy Sources1, 2 is taught as a technicalelective/beginning graduate course in the Mechanical Engineering program. The course is asurvey course that examines a number of alternate energy sources and alternate applications ofexisting energy sources. One of the topics
Paper ID #44397Characterizing Computing Students’ Use of Generative AIMaura Lyons, Codio Maura is a Marketing Associate at Codio with a BA in Psychology and English.Elise Deitrick, Codio Elise has a BS in Computer Science and PhD in STEM Education. Her thesis was on interdisciplinary, collaborative computing using mixed methodologies. Elise combines her over a decade of teaching experience with her research background to create evidence-based computing education tools in her current role at Codio.Mr. Joshua Richard Coughlin Stowell Ball, Codio Joshua Ball is Codio’s Vice President of Marketing and a Senior Fellow at the
exercises in practical applications.Unlike Computer Science graduates, many graduates from our Information and ComputerTechnology Program will become Network Administrators, Data Analysts, Security Managers,and Cloud Architects, among others, who may use Python scripts to perform tasks but do notfocus on software development or programming. They need to develop career-ready skills of © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023integrating Python in various fields such as IT automation, networking, data analytics, webservices and cloud management. Our students are eager to learn hands-on skills of using Pythonin real-world scenarios, which are not covered adequately in the textbook.Learning by doing is important in our
, such as increased retention [7], predictions oflower time-to-graduation rates [8], improved math skills or readiness [9], and general collegereadiness [5].Based on the unique needs at Tennessee Tech University, the RAMP program was developedwith several goals. The highest priority was advancing math knowledge; it was important as well © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023to increase students’ self-efficacy in math, as studies have shown that when students’ self-effi-cacy increases, their performance increases [10]. Moreover, the program was developed to pro-vide incoming freshmen with a way to engage, to get involved, and to gain a sense of belonging,as evidence suggests a strong correlation between these
University of Michigan. As a graduate student in the Burns lab, she researched dual-wavelength stereolithographic 3D printing. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Unique and Randomized Quiz Generation for Enhanced LearningAbstractAssessment of student learning is difficult in even the best of times. During the pandemic, whenmost classes pivoted to remote instruction in a span of days, administering assessments such asquizzes and exams became even more complicated. Answer sharing and web searches, things thatare relatively easy to control during an in-person exam, are next to impossible to monitor in aremote situation. Even with
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Aligning Internship, Co-op and New Graduate Engineering Rotation Programs to Improve Experiential Learning Abstract It has become extremely important that engineering students participate in relevant industry experience prior to graduation to become sufficiently qualified as the next generation of technological innovators. Through a structured development process aligning Internship, Co-op and New Graduate Engineering Programs within one organization, Northrop Grumman Corporation has been successful in providing significant relevant industry experience to current engineering students during their academic development periods while shortening the time a recent
AC 2012-3532: A PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP: DON’T GRADUATEWITHOUT ONEDr. John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Departmental Internship Co- ordinator at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include power and energy processing, applied process control engineering, automation, fluid power, and facility planning. Page 25.93.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Professional Internship: Don’t Graduate Without
Paper ID #22311A Doctoral Teaching Program in EngineeringDr. Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron Donald P. Visco, Jr. is the Dean of the College of Engineering at The University of Akron and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.Nidaa Makki Dr. Nidaa Makki is an Associate Professor in the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education at The University of Akron, in the department in Curricular and Instructional Studies. Her work focuses on STEM curriculum integration and science inquiry practices in middle and high school. She is a co-PI on an NSF funded project to investigate the impact of
, American Studies, Folklore, Gender Studies, and Education when working with faculty, staff, and students on topics related to inclusivity, diversity, and social justice in the classroom and curriculum.Ms. Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jaclyn Duerr works as a Coordinator for the Multicultural Engineering Program at California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo. Teaching experience includes Engineering Student Success and Multicultural Counseling courses. Research interests encompass advocacy, recruitment, retention, and graduation for under-served students in STEM, with a special interest in first generation and transfer student experiences.Dylan Henson, California
and Staff Association and Higher Education Administration of Student Professionals Association (HESPA).Kimberly Sills, Intel(r) Higher Education Program Manager KIMBERLY SILLS is a Higher Education Program Manager with Intel Corporation. In this role she is responsible for facilitating joint research and curriculum programs between key US universities and Intel. Kimberly is the program manager of the Intel Foundation Undergraduate Research Program whose goal is to provide research opportunities for undergraduate students in order to increase retention in Science and Engineering disciplines and increase the progression of students to graduate school. In addition, Kimberly also manages the
two groups.In addition, while our data from the 2019 REM cohort demonstrates the general appeal of theprogram, much was learned from the interviews we did a year later (for excerpts from theirinterviews, see the video mentioned earlier). Participants in these interviews were asked toreflect on the program’s value in a way that captured its longer-term impact. Here are twotypical examples from participants talking about the life-changing impact the REM program hadon them: • A teacher recommended being a program participant: “if you want to grow as an educator, as a human being, and as a lifelong learner.” • An undergraduate student said: “I learned so much. And so now I’m definitely considering going to graduate school
theinformation about EC curriculum planning in well-known universities in Taiwan (e.g., NationalSun Yat-Sen University). We reviewed the related EC research literature and recommendedAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) curriculum documents, such as IS 2002, “modelcurriculum and guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in information systems”, CC2005,“the overview report including the guide to undergraduate degree programs in computing”, andMSIS 2000, “model curriculum and guidelines for graduate degree programs in informationsystems” to find out critical EC knowledge topics which are critical for university-level E-commerce education in Taiwan. Based on the intensive literature review and several rounds ofin-depth interviews with domain