Session 2148 Establishing a Partnership to Deliver Baccalaureate Engineering Technology Programs to Location-Bound Non-Traditional Students Scott Segalewitz University of Dayton Raymond Lepore Sharon Robinson Edison Community CollegeAbstractOhio’s Upper Miami Valley is a rural region extending approximately 30-60 miles north ofDayton. The region is heavily industrialized with manufacturing representing 36 percent ofemployed persons aged 16 years and
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student-Centered Evaluation of a GIS Laboratory in Transportation EngineeringAbstractThis paper focuses on the implementation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) basedtransportation module part of a web-based learning system for civil engineering students. Thisproject introduces a series of GIS laboratories customized for specific courses throughout thecivil engineering curriculum. This exploratory research presents the results of a student-centeredevaluation of the laboratory introduced in a required introductory transportation course. Resultsshowed that students exposed to a 20-minute lecture on traffic safety before starting thelaboratory scored
career-relatedcapabilities. For instance, the work by Felder, et al, describe instructional methods relevant todeveloping the critical skills required of modern engineering graduates.1–3 As well, Feisel andRosa’s work describe the functional role of laboratories in engineering education, including theability to meaningfully assess the objectives set forth by EC2000 in the laboratory setting.4 Dym,et al, describe the role of design in the engineering curriculum and explore project-based learningas a method for developing these engineering capabilities.5 And, Prince and Felder describeinductive teaching and learning methods that include both problem- and project-based learningapproaches.6This manuscript compliments that body of research by
engineering students to control thespeed and torque of the demonstrator.Despite the significance of the previously adopted learning methods in improving the students’learning in engineering courses, these techniques still lack the potential to expose students toindustry-like situations [27]. Furthermore, adopting these learning styles adds additionaleducational challenges. It requires designing hands-on kits and demonstrators(mechanical/hydraulic parts), which can be time-consuming, hard to manufacture, and thusunavailable to some educational institutions, as shown in the example of the modular hydraulicvehicle in Figure 3 [26]. Figure 3. A modular miniature car kit was developed and incorporated into MET classes [26
, 11This work-in-progress paper describes the collaborative PBL laboratory modules developed forone of the food and process engineering courses offered at the University of Wisconsin-RiverFalls. Food and Process Engineering I (AGEN 352) is a required course for multiple majorswithin the college. The course is taken by engineering and non-engineering STEM majors (AgEngineering Technology, Ag Engineering, and Food Science and Technology) in their junior andsenior years. The fact that the enrolled students vary in their majors, background knowledge inengineering, and experiences in solving engineering problems poses a unique challenge for thiscourse. The course must provide a rigorous and applied educational experience for engineeringstudents to meet
Floyd has been teaching in Brownsburg for 7 years, with the past 5 years at the middle school level. She has been instrumental in piloting and promoting the Project Lead the Way Gateway to Technology program for Brownsburg. In addition to serving as Technology Education Department head, Chris is currently a member of the TECCA (Technology Education Curriculum Crosswalk Activity) project working with the Indiana Department of Education to develop technology activities for the State, and is the IEEE Pre-College Engineering Committee K-12 Liaison. Page 12.1476.1© American Society for
thinking byhaving small group discussions and frequent quizzes on laboratory exercises. The direct benefitsof experimental exercises to materials science/mechanical engineering education have beendiscussed. Detailed course assessment for evaluating students’ performance as well as fordetermining the effectiveness of the course is also discussed. These assessments help in regularlymonitoring the course and then modify/improve the course as and when required.Keywords: Teaching tools; Smart material; Laboratory experimental methods; Mechanicaltesting and microstructure; Engineering education; Methods of course assessment.1. IntroductionThe typical undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum has a basic course in materialsscience that deals with
textbooks and/or robotic programs are designed for engineering programs. Assuch, there is a great deal of mathematical modeling and analysis which is not fitting for atechnology curriculum. At the other end of the spectrum, there are a myriad of low level roboticsbased curriculum such as the LEGO or the Parallax Boe-bot robot platforms. These are normallyused in K-12 educational and summer programs. This paper presents the process of developing asuitable robotics course for electronic engineering technology program (EET). We first presentthe challenges encountered when developing the course content to suit the engineeringtechnology curriculum. The curriculum content for both classroom lecture and laboratorysections are then discussed. A discussion
Paper ID #9405Moving Towards a Research Informed Conceptual Model of Engineering GlobalPreparednessDr. Svetlana Levonisova, University of Southern California Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering Divi- sion of Engineering EducationDr. shaobo huang, University of Southern California Shaobo Huang is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in STEM Education in the School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). With BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering, she received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU). Her areas
Paper ID #17083Improving Engineering Learning Outcomes Assessment through PerformanceIndicatorsDr. Doanh Van, Union University Doanh Van, PhD., PE, CEM is founding Chair of Union University Engineering Department. Currently, he is serving as professor of Engineering. Among the courses he teaches are thermal-fluids, energy conver- sion and solid modeling. He worked for Commonwealth Edision, GPUNuclear, Honeywell International, Warner Lambert, and Pfizer prior to joining Union University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Improving Engineering Student Outcomes
projects in which studentteams investigate chemically-related problems from various disciplines, including chemistry,engineering, materials science, biochemistry, earth science, soil science, and environmentalscience. Chemprojects are developed in consultation with faculty from these disciplines andindustry. Science education experts are evaluating the effects Chemprojects on student practices,attitudes, and performance. This paper discusses various aspects of the Chemprojects curriculumreform, including: objectives, description of implemented Chemprojects, modifications to lectureand laboratory format, student teams, description of evaluation methods, and preliminary studentreactions.The General Chemistry Curriculum: What Is Needed?There is an
students signed a licenseagreement with the university that provides a means for profits to be shared with the engineeringdepartment. Along with the university, the State of Oklahoma helped these young engineers.They benefited from established technology commercialization centers, grants, and cooperativelegislation created to keep technologies and skilled workers in the state.The success of this project can serve as an example for universities wishing to try an informalprogram. With a flexible curriculum and a supportive environment, entrepreneurship can flourisheven without a fully dedicated academic program.I. BackgroundOklahoma Christian is a fully accredited private university offering standard degrees in liberalarts subjects, education, music
nanotubes under the electric force. The results were usedto examine the effect of the manufacturing parameters on the production rate and the uniformity of thecomposite materials made in the casting process. The specialty of the project lies in the hands-onlearning strategy for training upper level undergraduate students in the emerging field of energyconversion. Some special learning methods such as active learning via student interactions, instructor-student face to face learning were adopted in the classroom activities. It is concluded that the activelearning should be the future trend in educating upper level students. The curriculum we should strivefor is an integration of knowledge learning and hands-on practicing. Through such a particular
of research, provided consulting services to many companies, and served on many national conference organization committees, national review boards, and technical committees. Roberts’s primary research and teaching interests are in the area of engineering education, computer simulation, and manufacturing automation.Dr. Caroline Baillie, University of San Diego Caroline Baillie is Professor of Praxis in Engineering and social justice. She has held multiple, academic positions in materials engineering and engineering education in the UK, Canada and Australia before joining the University of San Diego. Baillie’s specialization is the intersection of engineering and social justice and she has published over 200 books
, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Second, all performance on a given subject is aggregated; therefore, it is impossible to determinefrom subject
, paper to be presented at the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.[12] Lesh, R., et al., Models and Modeling as Foundations for the Future in Mathematics Curriculum. 2007, Mahweh, NJ: Erlbaum.[13] Lesh, R., The development of representational abilities in middle school mathematics: The development of student's representations during model eliciting activities., in Representations and student learning, I. Sigel, Editor. 1998, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, NJ.[14] Lesh and Doerr, 2003.[15] Lesh, 1998.[16] Lesh, R. and A. Kelly, Teachers' evolving conceptions of one-to-one tutoring: a three-tiered teaching experiment. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1997. 28(4): p. 398-430.[17] Lesh, 1998.[18] Lesh
Teutonic roots. With the development and trade of Zyklon B, Farbenplayed a key role in turning that vision into reality.Topf und SoehneIn 1925, Kurt Prüfer was an ambitious young man, with a background in civil and structuralengineering, when he was hired by the Erfurt firm, Topf und Soehne. Although service in WorldWar I had interrupted his formal education, Prüfer continued at a vocational school, takingcourses in civil engineering. He was promoted to engineer and by 1928 was tapped to head the―crematorium construction‖ division. By 1939, Prüfer had joined the NSDAP, and Topf hadnearly 1,200 employees devoted to the business of death, following an arrangement with theSS.23Topf was just one of many German manufacturers that played a central role
I acquired my Doctoral Degree in Engineering Education. After serving as a postdoctoral associate within the MIT-SUTD Collaboration for three years, and 7 years as a research scientist, I am currently appointed as a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Open Learning Office. My research interests reside in the areas of Early Engineering, Engineering and Technology Curriculum Development and Teacher Training, Online Education, and International Educational Development. Specialties: Engineering and Technology Education, Instructional Design, STEM Curriculum Development, Digital/Online EducationMs. Kathleen D Kennedy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Senior Director, MIT Horizon; Executive Director, MIT
Undergraduate Curriculum Com- mittee, as well as faculty advisor for several student societies. She is the instructor of several courses in the CBE curriculum including the Material and Energy Balances, junior laboratories and Capstone De- sign courses. She is associated with several professional organizations including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and American Society of Chemical Engineering Education (ASEE) where she adopts and contributes to innovative pedagogical methods aimed at improving student learning and retention.Victor Law, Program of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico Dr. Victor Law is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico in the
Paper ID #30452Accelerated Learning and Assessment in Engineering Mechanics: Designingan Interactive Tool to Support Students’ LearningDr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Nicole is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining VT, Dr. Pitterson was a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She holds a PhD in Engi- neering Education from Purdue University and other degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from Western Illinois University and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of
quadrature outputs of the phase- sensitive demodulator by analog inputs of the PCI-1200 multifunction I/O card.A prototype of Project TUNA II has been constructed and tested and has substantially met itsdesign goals. Resources available for Project TUNA II include schematics, a description of thesoftware, and the virtual- instrument program. All are available through links found athttp://www.eng.uttyl.edu/usr/dbeams/home/tuna2/project_tuna2.htm. A permanent copy of theTUNA II instrument has not yet been constructed. Page 7.397.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
take and pass Calculus I their first semester. If not, this delays taking Calculus II andCalculus-based Physics. These are important prerequisites in the engineering program. This wasexplored further in the same survey. Students were asked to list the “first math course you tookin college” with the choices being: below College Algebra, College Algebra, Pre-Calculus,Calculus I, Calculus II or Above Calculus II. The results are shown in Fig. 3. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Education Fig. 3. Response to “The first math
engineers serving as peer mentors to 1st and2nd years learners from an affiliated community college assigned to their teams. Students work ina true multi-disciplinary environment, serving in a variety of functions that range from productdevelopment to manufacturing, project management, communication, and teamwork. Theprojects address authentic problems for industry partners, and students learn while managing trueconstraints and client deliverables. Throughout these projects, students are coached byprofessionals from the fields of engineering, business, management and education. Thiscollaborative mentoring process exposes students to the professional and technical skills neededto become effective communicators, problem solvers and, ultimately
kit included an oil pump, solar cell, solar vehicle, crane, rotating swing, wind power system Page 15.66.8 and water turbine. Kathy Moise, pictured right in Figure 5, discuss implementing program strategies into her curriculum. “The program was excellent! I enjoyed meeting math/science educators from around the Louisiana. We are implementing the engineering design process in both our junior high and high school science classes this year. We look forward to introducing our students to the amazing field of engineering.”• Bioengineering – Rehabilitation Engineering – Figure 5. Kathy Moise and Jesse The
work? a review of the research,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 223–231, 2004. [3] G. P. Wiggins, G. Wiggins, and J. McTighe, Understanding by design. Ascd, 2005. [4] S. Sundararajan, L. E. Faidley, and T. R. Meyer, “Developing inquiry-based laboratory exercises for a mechanical engineering curriculum,” in 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, pp. 25–432, 2012. [5] J. J. Biernacki and C. D. Wilson, “Interdisciplinary laboratory in advanced materials: A team-oriented inquiry-based approach,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 637–640, 2001. [6] N. Smith, “Scaffolded laboratory sequence: Mechanics lab,” in 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 2020. [7] M. M
Session 1625 THEORY OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS -- UNIFYING THEME FOR DESIGN W. Ernst Eder Royal Military College of CanadaAbstractCourses in an engineering program are mostly taught in isolation. Designing, the unifyingexperience of engineering education, is treated a "an art", without guidance about procedure. Asingle "capstone" course attempts to unify the curriculum, which is almost impossible toachieve. A formal structure can help to unify the experience by showing the relationshipsamong parts of engineering knowledge.A suitable formal structure to
) intending to promote the interdisciplinary discussion of engineers, educators, and engineering education researchers around technology, instruction, and research. Dr. May has organized several international conferences in the Engineering Education Research field. He is currently program co-chair and international program committee member for the annual International Conference on Re- mote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV) and served as a special session committee member for the Experiment@ International Conference Series (exp.at).Dr. Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia Beshoy Morkos is an associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia where he directs MODEL (Manufacturing
. Page 26.1665.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Using Graphical Data Presentation Techniques to Improve Student Learning, Program Assessment, and TeachingAbstractPrior to 1997, ABET evaluators focused on inputs to engineering education. Responding to afour decade trend in quality management systems used in manufacturing and service industries,ABET began measuring outputs instead, and focused on continuous improvement. Students,professors, program coordinators, and department chairs must answer three questions: [1] whatare we doing well, [2] what are we not doing well, and [3] how do we improve? In some cases,we can use graphical data presentation techniques to answer these
Paper ID #14216Experimental analysis for an energy efficient product designDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical en- gineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power, and instrumentation & control. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE
production, manufacture and assemble components, and test their design usingthe skills acquired through the computer-aided engineering and manufacturing relatedcourses taken in earlier semesters.2004-05 Self Study Report – AssessmentIn this original report there were (4) program educational objectives (PEOs), and theABET a-k criteria were identified as the program outcomes (POs). The Alignment of thePEOs with the POs was explained in a single descriptive paragraph. The alignment of the Page 14.149.4PEOs and POs to the mission and vision of the SoT and the University was illustrated ina figure. The alignment of the curriculum to the POs was presented using the