; the use was primarily historical and was not used to alignthe curriculum to the indicated deficiencies in entering students’ knowledge. The goal of our newtest is to evaluate the incoming students and to modify the curriculum to meet their needs andthen determine the amount of improvement. We have also used employer surveys in the past tolearn if our graduates are meeting employer needs and expectations and have modified curriculato better meet these needs. We shall continue to do so in the future.Test ContentThe current test is a modification of one developed by Sheryl Sorby at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity. The 50 questions include visualization, scales, orthographic views, pictorial views,dimensioning and tolerances, sections
in the most efficient manner. AsKukreja et al.8 stated “the application of Six Sigma methodologies in higher education has beenlimited…[and they had] not found any articles in the literature that employ Six Sigma practice toaddress curriculum development or improvement.” However, this article will attempt tocontribute to the Six Sigma body of knowledge relating to the field of engineering education andcurriculum development.MethodologyTo understand the elements, concepts, and tools of Six Sigma most relevant to today’s successfulorganizations, a mixed-methodology research approach was utilized. Integrating qualitative andquantitative research approaches to acquire data to study a single phenomenon provides a morecomplete understanding and
sustainability education has often been insufficiently integrated into traditionalengineering programs [10]. This gap is especially significant in Historically Black Colleges andUniversities (HBCUs), where culturally responsive approaches to sustainability education areessential for addressing the unique infrastructure needs of underrepresented communities.This study aims to assess civil engineering graduate students' knowledge and perceptions ofsustainable infrastructure development at an HBCU. The research will present the findings of theEvaluation in which sustainability principles are embedded in the institution’s curriculum andfaculty initiatives, and it will explore the barriers and motivators influencing students' engagementwith sustainable
AC 2008-2735: ELEMENTARY TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INENGINEERING: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARYChristine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston Page 13.479.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Elementary Teacher Professional Development in Engineering: Lessons Learned from Engineering is ElementaryThe Engineering is Elementary (EiE, www.mos.org/eie) project aims to foster engineering andtechnological literacy among children and their educators. EiE is creating a research-based,standards-based, and classroom-tested curriculum that integrates engineering and technologyconcepts and skills with elementary science topics
their biomedical engineering (BME) hires. TheBureau of Labor Statistics projected BME to be the fastest growing engineering occupation from2016 to 2026 with a predicted employment growth of seven percent [1], and the World HealthOrganization highlighted regulation and standards of medical devices among the BMEdisciplines required for careers in industry and government [2]. It was also contended that qualityengineering concepts that include device regulation, standards and safety engineering may beeven more important than product development (design) in BME education [3]. In preparationfor an institution-wide curriculum revision, in May of 2014 we conducted our own survey of theBME stakeholders consisting of our program alumni, typical employers
complete listingof open-ended item codes and example responses. Note: The codes and example responses listed Page 26.1542.6in the appendices are based on students’ responses from the junior-level engineering courseexamined here, the example course used to develop the codes, as well as from other engineeringcourses with redesigned curriculum based on the two-day initiative.)As previously mentioned, student respondents who could be matched across time point by usingthe two identifiers collected served as the data set; however, their open-ended responses were notpaired (i.e., a student’s pre-assessment response was not directly compared to their post
Communication: There is need to write specifications, reports, proposals, andcommunications to a wide audience. There is a need to speak and present ideas in a wide rangeof situations.5) Interpersonal Skills: The strong trend toward simultaneous engineering requires manyinterpersonal skills, ISO 9001 specifies many technical interfaces.6) International and Global Climate: Students are entering a multiplicity of social worlds andsubcultures, a globally competitive climate requiring cross-border safety and code compliance.ABET Linkage As part of our ABET self- study process, we have mapped our curriculum into thegeneral a-k outcomes of ABET and to the discipline specific outcomes developed by ABET inconjunction with the relevant professional
have established a new programentitled “Engineering Tour in China.” The purpose of the program is to encourage WMUengineering students to participate in a global education experience, to get internationalengineering experience and to promote faculty and student exchange with Sichuan University. Anew curriculum for the global engineering tour (ENG 3400) is developed and recently wasapproved by the university.Due to a popular demand and in collaboration with Sichuan University, we are conducting thetour for the second time this summer. The program is designed to provide a unique opportunityfor both undergraduate and graduate students to obtain global engineering experience incontemporary China. This global experience is designed to better
Session 1526 Using Real-Time Sensors in the Engineering Classroom: The Ongoing Development of an Engineering Education Experiment Matthew W. Ohland and Elizabeth A. Stephan General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isinvestigating the effect of using real-time sensors on student learning through graphicalrepresentations of various physical concepts and to facilitate learning the concept itself. Thispaper will address the development and adaptation of the experiment as a model for otherengineering
. Page 8.409.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Engineering Design Curriculum In Mechanical Engineering Design Curriculum of Istanbul Technical University, thereis a number of core courses in the junior and senior levels. MAK341, and MAK342 are thecore courses for all junior students. MAK422E is an elective course for the seniorstudents1.The developed gear design system has been actively used in MAK342 course. Studentshave practiced it in the lab and lecture hours and some homework and design projectshave been assigned to student teams since Spring 2002 Semester.The following gives a brief
section and course project. Tim Train, President of Big Huge Games (now Studio General Manager of Zynga East), helped coordinate input from gaming industry leaders during the needs assessment phase, provided feedback on curriculum design, and assisted with recruiting guest lecturers and team mentors.The group defined the course objectives and designed a semester-long video game developmentproject that would define the structure and topics of the course. The students would: 1. Develop a software system in small teams. 2. Design and implement a complete video game. 3. Plan, manage, and document a software development project. 4. Present status updates, project overviews, and technical topics
influences vascular smooth muscle cell glucose metabolism and studying how cell alignment can change vascular smooth muscle cell metabolism. Her current research interests focus on applying her vascular mechanobiology knowledge to vascular calcification and the related cardiovascular diseases. Additionally, Dr. Mathieu teaches multiple classes in Biomedical Engineering, Engineering and Physics. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Development and Assessment of an Innovative, Student- Centered Biomechanics CourseIntroductionBiomechanics is an essential course in a biomedical engineering curriculum studying the structure,function and motion of the
specialized that communicating her research to my 5th grade students and making it relevant toour science curriculum was awkward. I’m sure priority given to Virginia SOL sciencecurriculum inhibited activities she would have liked to do."2. Fellow Gains in Teaching Skills * Enhanced teaching skills * Fellow pedagogical innovations * Strengthening of abilities in curriculum development Fellows Fellow Q5 Fellow Q11 Fellow Q12 GX=7/8 88% GX=6/8 75% GX=7/8 88% S=1/8 13% S=2/8 25% S=3/8 33% N=1/8 13% Advisors Advisor Q5 GX=5/7 71
AC 2010-2310: EMPHASIZING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMWORK ANDENHANCING COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF ACONCEPTUAL BUSINESS PLANMohamad Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University Mohamad H. Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University Mohamad H. Ahmadian is a professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Eastern New Mexico University. He also serves as ABET/TAC program evaluator for electronics and computer engineering technology programs. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before starting Ph.D. work, he worked three years as a project engineer.Tom Brown, Eastern New Mexico University Tom Brown, Eastern New Mexico University Tom
technical research related to the GSSE project.2. Planning the STESE Course and ProgramIn its initial planning stages, the new program relied heavily on other existing strengths at CSUin international development, global sustainability, and an established record of transforminglaboratory research into innovative startup endeavors to benefit the human condition on a globalscale. Specifically, these areas include: A burgeoning undergraduate entrepreneurship curriculum within the College of Business, The newly developed School of Global Environmental Sustainability and The Global Innovation Center (GIC) for Energy, Environment and Health.Each of these resources is discussed briefly below.Entrepreneurship Curriculum within the College of
University of Wisconsin—Platteville. The course isintended for sophomore students and serves two main purposes in the curriculum: 1. To introduce the students to civil engineering and the subdisciplines, and 2. To begin the development of an awareness of infrastructure and the challenges facing the United States with respect to infrastructure overcapacity and degradation.Details of efforts to incorporate exemplary teaching materials in the course development are pre-sented and the content of the course is outlined. As part of the course, students will be complet-ing an infrastructure assessment assignment inspired by the “Report Card for America’s Infra-structure”1 produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Assessment of student
many states in establishing T&E as an important content area withintheir school curriculum. They provided the foundation to help many states develop their ownstate-specific standards, they informed assessment items, and they informed the development oflater released teacher preparation and professional development (PD) standards [5]. However, asT&E fields evolved, so did the teaching of T&E concepts. While this standards document sawminor updates in 2002 and 2007 to reflect the field’s focus on engineering concepts, it was inneed of some major revisions to reflect the current initiatives of T&E fields. That resulted insome substantial changes to the focus of the T&E standards which were published in theStandards for
development strategy and achieving the twogoals of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality", ECUST has actively established theSchool of Carbon Neutrality Future Technology, to accelerate the training oflow-carbon industry professionals, continuously promote scientific and technologicalinnovation in the field of energy and chemical industry, and provide talent guarantee,professional support and technical reserves for China's low-carbon transformation anddevelopment. This paper mainly introduces the vision of engineering education for sustainabledevelopment of ECUST, as well as the specific actions taken, including integratinggreen engineering concept into the curriculum, building green engineering courses,building green engineering case teaching
writing group to develop andreceive feedback on a manuscript showcasing student assessment of learning for anentrepreneurially-minded engineering curriculum. The professional development experiencetargeted engineering faculty who had a demonstrated understanding of how to develop anddeliver the entrepreneurially-minded curriculum within the undergraduate engineeringclassroom, yet had not disseminated the teaching intervention thereby limiting its potentialimpact. The professional development experience was offered virtually, thus, increasing accessto engineering faculty at colleges across the U.S., both within and outside the KEEN network.This paper also demonstrates how KEEN’s priorities of teaching entrepreneurially-mindedcurriculum can be
Research Experiencefor Teachers (RET) site grant titled “RET Site: High School Teacher Experience in EngineeringDesign and Manufacturing.” The goal of the project is to host 12 high school teachers each summerto participate in engineering design and manufacturing research and then convert their experienceinto high school curriculum. Given the experience from the first year’s operation and assessment,it was noted that the extant teacher self-efficacy surveys need to be further improved according tothe specific needs of RET site. As such, an updated set of assessment tools was developed toevaluate the impact of RET site on high school teacher participants. In particular, a new teacherself-efficacy survey was created from synthesizing multiple
needs of the participants. - 4th AuthorThough going virtual was difficult at first, Author 4 acknowledges the importance of adjustingcontent delivery to “meet the needs of participants.” When school educators discussed challengesrelated to navigating issues of being double-booked, finding substitute teacher availability, orother challenges during full- professional development days, CISTEME365 leaders convened tooffer grace and make-up work as needed. Thus, this practice gave room for participants tointeract with the professional development curriculum and materials per their availability andschedule allotment. Author 4 also discussed: Because the professional learning days were spread out, rather than all at once
) has been foundto be a strong indicator of future success [9, 10]. Coincidentally, research has shown that teachinga project-based learning course improves the instructor’s self-efficacy for teaching moreeffectively than teaching via lecture alone [5]. These courses have also been found to increasestudent intrinsic motivation (motivation from enjoying the topic they are learning) for certainstudents [11]. For all these reasons, more authentic projects should be included throughout theengineering curriculum. This paper introduces a project developed to help students learnmechanics of materials concepts. This project has students used skills gained from the freshmanengineering series at Louisiana Tech University as well as topics learned
Paper ID #35282New Course Development for 5G Wireless Communications - Challenges andOpportunities during Covid PandemicChristopher ZarodDr. Xingwu Wang, Alfred University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 New Course Development for 5G Wireless Communications - Challenges and Opportunities during Covid Pandemic Christopher Zarod, Xingwu Wang Alfred University Alfred, NY 14802At the beginning of 2020, we intended to develop new tech
their active thinking, and professors assume the role of guide and mentor.Professional Proficiency through Critical ThinkingThis effort is supported and validated through the development of a program assessment plan, andall undergraduate degree programs have mapped at least one of their program goals andcorresponding student learning outcomes to critical thinking. Examination of curriculum andacademic program instruction shows that approximately 90% of applied critical thinking academicprogram goals and learning outcomes at the mastery level are demonstrated through ‘problemsolving’, ‘design’, and within ‘team-based’ assignments. In engineering and engineeringtechnology, this maps to senior multidisciplinary design courses that encompasses
curriculum developer,with several challenges. These challenges include defining the applied cryptographycourse with respect to course goals, scope, content, and organization. While there arewell-established cryptography courses offered in the Computer Science and Mathematicsdisciplines, these classes tend to focus on mathematical foundations rather than servicesand applications. Consequently, the developer of such courses finds that resourcesparticularly those relating to “hands-on” activities are lacking.For a lab module designer, creating modules that support an applied cryptography classpresents several unique challenges. For example, the choice of laboratory softwarepresents a unique challenge. This is especially true since most commercial
accreditation standards are met, and will often require changes down to the week-by-week order of course content. Often, the rationale for micromanaging such changes is that the‘student will not be able to’, a thought process tempered by the realities of student preparation.The concept of allowing an institution to develop a curriculum, with minimal guidelines, to a setof outcomes is not currently done.The ABET model provides some minimum guidelines on the amount of credit, facultyqualifications, etc. ABET allows program development to be an institutional matter as long itcan provide evidence that the general and program specific outcomes are met. Currently, thismethod would not be approved in most Gulf educational systems. This places programs whoplan
AC 2009-638: A MODULAR APPROACH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OFCURRICULA FOR AEROSPACE SCHOOLS PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY ANDUNIFORMITYJohn Anderson, Oregon Institute of TechnologySergey Dubikovsky, Purdue UniversityRonald Way, El Camino CollegeBradley Harriger, Purdue UniversityBuford Pringle, Butler Community CollegeScott Schaffer, Purdue University Page 14.64.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Modular Approach in Development of Curriculum for Aerospace Schools Provides Flexibility and UniformityAbstractThe aerospace industry is going through a period of radical change. As products becomeincreasingly complex, engineering technicians must be more specialized
facility management positions, health and safety administration, design and manufacturing, and quality control and quality assurance positions for over ten years and is currently is the Curriculum Coordinator for the BioNetwork Bioprocessing Center. He is a member of the East Carolina University School of Medicine Biosafety Committee, and the Pitt Community College Biotechnology Curriculum Advisory Board.Bill Cooper, Pitt Community College BILL COOPER received his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Bill is the Manager of the BioNetwork Bioprocessing Center, helping to develop an effective workforce for the
“little penetration of systemsengineering instruction into the undergraduate engineering curriculum” [3] although moreformalized guidance has been developed for those interested in developing graduate systemsengineering programs (GRCSE) [10]. As of 2016, fifteen U.S. institutions had alreadyimplemented stand-alone undergraduate SE programs while others have opted to add somewhatinsulate systems engineering coursework into existing programs.A search of the literature suggests that no curriculum framework focusing on developing systemsthinking among all engineers exists [11]. Hence, future research efforts must pivot towardapproaches to address the needs of a broader range of engineers as suggested in this effort.Figure 1 captures 4 main levels to
Paper ID #12159Green Chocolate? - Investigating the Sustainable Development of ChocolateManufacturing in a Laboratory-Based Undergraduate Engineering CourseProf. Alexander Vincent Struck Jannini, Rowan University Alexander Struck Jannini is an adjunct professor at Rowan University. His previous work has been focused on incorporating aspects of pharmaceutical engineering into the undergraduate curriculum. Alex plans on continuing his education and receiving a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. His areas of interest are drug delivery and drug loading characteristics of dissolvable thin films.Dr. Mary Staehle, Rowan University