Paper ID #11213Project Based Learning in Concrete Industry Project ManagementDr. Anthony Torres, Texas State University, San Marcos Dr. Torres, a native of New Mexico, joined the Department of Engineering Technology (Concrete In- dustry Management program) in August 2013 where he teaches Concrete Construction Methods and a variety of Project Management courses. He received both of his graduate degrees, Ph.D. and M.S., in Civil Engineering (Structural), from the University of New Mexico. His B.S. degree, also in Civil Engi- neering, was obtained from New Mexico State University. Dr. Torres’ research areas include the
Session 2360 Effective Management Development Must Prepare Engineers for Top Level Global Management Tasks Hamid Khan Ball State University Large corporations are struggling for assured of high program quality. (Grotelueschen,survival. The reasons vary. For some, it is the march 1986)of global competition into markets once dominatedby the United States. For others , it is the impact and This paper will apply a comprehensivepush toward deregulation and a freer economy
Paper ID #34107Providing an Enriching Learning Experience for Underresourced AcademicPrograms Through MOOCIBLStanley Shie Ng, Biola University Stanley Ng received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from University of California Irvine and MS in Biomedical Diagnostics from Arizona State University. He serves as faculty and director of engineering programs at Biola University. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering and STEM Education at North Dakota State University.Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University Ryan Striker is a life-long learner. Ryan has over a decade of professional experience designing embed
primer for students desiring to becomeinvolved in their larger-scale CubeSat program (both CanSat and CubeSat are described below).According to the National Space Grant Student Satellite Program [1]: Across America, Space Grant students are learning from the ground up-- Page 10.1133.1 literally—by designing, building, flying and operating a broad range of spacecraft. Students come with an interest in Space, but with different levels of Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education
Session 3553 Using Assistive Devices for the Disabled to Teach Design in a Freshman Engineering Course Dick Culver, Sharon Fellows Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science SUNY-BinghamtonAn effective freshman design project must meet several criteria: motivate students, provide aclear model of the design process, give adequate opportunity to practice the various skills beingtaught in the freshman year and fit within a limited time and financial budget. In the Design,Technology and Communications (DTeC) program at SUNY
AC 2007-1987: UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THROUGHRESEARCH IN EMERGING AREAS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN: PRODUCTPLATFORM PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR MANAGING PRODUCTOBSOLESCENCERahul Rai, Virginia Tech Rahul Rai is a post doctoral researcher at Virginia Tech. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at University of Texas in August 2006. His research interests include qualitative and quantitative sequential sampling, development of methodologies and theories for sustainable and eco-friendly artifact systems and methods to minimize costs and quality loss in a product family. He is a member of ASME and AAAI.Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech Biosketch: Asli Sahin is a PhD candidate in the Department of
within the construction industry.Literature ReviewA large amount of literature has been devoted to the topic of conflict in the construction industry.It is widely known that construction projects are prone to disputes among stakeholders, includingowners, engineers, designers, and contractors.11,16,19 Research suggests that these conflicts canbecome very costly and time-consuming when they are not addressed in a prompt manner andhave the potential to negatively affect project schedule performance and success.11,19,21,22 Due tothe high potential costs of conflict in construction and the deleterious effects that conflict canhave on project outcomes, the topic has been widely suggested as an area of future study.4,16,22Conflict Management StylesThe
Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Everyday Project Management Products Archived as e-Portfolio: Evidence of Social Learning in an Engineering Design CurriculumAbstractElectronic portfolios (e-portfolios) have steadily increased in popularity in recent years as aplatform for students, teachers and programs to collect, reflect on and revise their work. E-Portfolios in education are ideally student-centered and outcomes-based, i.e. students use e-portfolios to evidence learning that showcases authentic work, connections between ideas andcourses over time, and culminating achievements. However, on-the-ground implementation of e-portfolios poses some practical challenges in meeting these goals. First, introducing e
AC 2009-478: STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE SELF-APPRAISAL ANDSELF-MANAGEMENT, AND THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY OF ANENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT: ARE THEY RELATED?Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Oenardi Lawanto is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University. He received his B.S.E.E. from Iowa State University, M.S.E.E. from University of Dayton, and Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Utah State University, Dr. Lawanto taught and held several administrative positions at the Universitas Surabaya in Indonesia. His long years of teaching experiences in the area of electrical engineering have offered him new
adetailed report and oral presentation. In a separate event, they also present to the Maine chapterof the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) during a poster session,Students receive four different grades from the four different instructors: Project Management(fall semester, 2 credits), Fall ECP (1 credit), Engineering Project Design (spring semester, 3credits) and Spring ECP (1 credit). Neither course credits nor instructor workloads changedfrom earlier course sequences. Rather, existing courses were just adapted to the capstoneexperience.This paper includes a literature review, description of the Capstone Consultants experience,advantages over previous capstone courses, specific management and organizational strategies,highlights from some
Paper ID #13205Design and Implementation of Web-based System for Client-based DesignProject ManagementDr. John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Puccinelli is the Associate Chair of the Undergraduate Program in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He began here as student near the start of the UW-BME program and earned his BS, MS, and PhD in BME. He is interested in hands-on instruction – teaching and developing courses related to biomaterials and tissue engineering, as well as design. He was awarded the BMES Student Chapter Teaching Award in 2011, 2013, and 2014 and the Polygon Outstanding BME Instructor
Tech- nology & Innovation’s Department of Engineering. He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. Dr. Carberry was previously an employee of the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education & Outreach and manager of the Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP). Page 23.553.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Evaluation of Perceptual Changes in an Engineering Sales ProgramAbstractThis study presents
Spacecraft Design Program at the Naval Postgraduate School Brij N. Agrawal Distinguished Professor Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 agrawal@nps.eduABSTRACT This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval PostgraduateSchool. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, thestudents take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a threecourse design sequence. The first
manufacturing, rapid prototyping, collaborative design and engineering education. Page 15.286.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Collaborative Tools for Global Design Project Management: Case Study of an Academic ExperienceAbstractThe management of information and the capture of design ideas are very critical during theproduct development and product lifecycle management. They could be very challenging taskswhen time, efficiency and quality are important and the concurrent design team is physicallydistributed in different locations. However, the existing technology for communication
design, improvement,and implementation projects in their companies. Managing and handling projects is an essentialpart of work for most engineers and engineering managers. Because of this trend, mostengineering programs have some kind of industrial project format embedded into theircurriculum1,2,3,4. So it is desirable for programs to include industrial project experience in theundergraduate and/or graduate curriculum5,6,7,8.Teng and his colleagues9 offered a Teaching in the Factory approach which provides engineeringstudents team experiences in industrial settings. The industrial settings include the workingenvironment that an engineer may encounter, such as a manufacturing facility, an operationsfacility, or an office environment. This
Registered Interior Designer (RID) in Indiana. Her focus includes innovative course development and the impact of built environments on human well-being with positive outcomes. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Physical Learning Environment’s Impact on Higher Education Programs: Student Perception of Learning, Satisfaction, and Sense of Belonging in a Construction Management ProgramIntroduction:A principal goal of any legitimate academic program is to sustain learning environments andfacilities which positively influence student achievement and success. More recently, anincreased emphasis on providing flexible
this senior design project, as shown in Figures 6 and 7. Figure 6. Course Learning Outcome Assessment of CS 465 (Spring 2016) Figure 7. Course Learning Outcome Assessment of CS 460 (Fall 2015)Related WorkThe Agile approach has been introduced to the software engineering course and the capstonecourse. For example, Reichlmayr reported on the experiences of conducting a team project in anintroductory software engineering course using agile development techniques [11]. Fox andPatterson used Rails, a highly productive programming framework, to introduce Agile processesin their software engineering courses [12]. Moreover, Mahnic described the observations of thebehavior of developers using Scrum for the first time in a capstone
teaching environment. Page 14.654.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 GRADUATE EDUCATION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT: SUCCESS ONLINE ABSTRACTThis paper will describe the use of videoconferencing software to present synchronous distancelearning graduate classes in a construction management department at a Purdue university.Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional allows the faculty to use a hybrid synchronous, interactivedelivery model for this department’s masters program. Synchronous distance education connectsstudents and professors in real-time. It allows
, WAAbstractTeaching technology in construction engineering and management curriculum has been a topic ofeducation research for some time. The influx of Building Information Modeling has dominatedthe literature in recent years, while data analytics and visualization have increased importance inthe field. Many programs continue to grapple with teaching technology alongside thefundamental concepts of the discipline. To address these challenges, the ConstructionManagement Department at the University of Washington has conducted a holistic review oftechnology across the curriculum for our undergraduate program. In recent years, we developed anew prerequisite class to better prepare students for learning the technologies across estimating,scheduling, and building
a structure for learning about teams by analyzing their verbal processes.2. Managing Engineering DesignEGR 686 Managing Engineering Design is a graduate-level engineering course offered atNorthern Arizona University (NAU) through the College of Engineering and Technology as partof NAU’s newly created Master of Engineering program. The intent of EGR 686 is to introduceengineering students to the basics of design project management. It is specifically geared towardsthe activities of a front-line manager of a team of engineering designers. Page 6.966.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
deliver. 4. The group is to determine and design the age-appropriate activity. Specific requirements for the types of activities were provided based on Girl Scout programing for “Think Like an Engineer” 5. Weekly team meetings were required with submitted minutes. 6. Project execution was on the day of the event. 7. Project closeout activities which included a Project Portfolio, News Release and a Lessons Learned presentation.All the requirements for the project were to tie in with applying project management principlesand satisfying ABET requirements for teams and communication. The student submissions tiedin with standard project management deliverables including a project scope, communicationplan, project plan
students will eventually practice in, they will allutilize project management skills.The main constraint on the CE Management course content derives from the fact that it is theconstruction engineering component of a civil engineering program. All civil engineeringprograms are required to provide a broad education, which includes several design subdisciplinecourses with attendant laboratory experience. Consequently, the credits available for projectmanagement courses are severely limited. While a construction management curriculum mayinclude two project management courses and possibly a separate scheduling course, there areinsufficient credits available in a civil engineering curriculum to provide such coverage.Consequently, CE Management is
engineering education–a heavy dose of rigorousmath and science during freshman and sophomore years–does not engage students’ vision of anengineering career. Freshmen students are suddenly confronted with classes that seem to havelittle relevance to the discipline. Mathematics faculty members, rather than those in engineering,usually teach math classes (Nikias, 2005). The freshman year for an engineering student is verycritical to his or her retention in the in the engineering program. There are reports in literaturethat the introduction of design in the freshman engineering course has an impact on the retentionof students in engineering program , stimulated interest in engineering among freshmen, enhancesoft skills like communication, working in
. Page 14.703.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Improving Construction Management Course Comprehension through Experiential LearningAbstractWhile lectures are the most common way to teach students, they are not necessarily the best wayto convey some types of information. Consider the famous quote by Confucius: “I hear and Iforget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”This paper discusses a hands-on experiential learning laboratory, which complements the lecturein a Construction Management (CM) materials and methods course. Many CM programs avoidhands-on experiences due to the vocational/technical stigma. However, experiential learningtransforms construction concepts that are often
of engineering, particularly analytical tasks, but it isof limited use for the more complex design decisions that engineering professionals make whenworking to solve real-world problems. References Cited1. ABET. (2017). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2018-2019. In.2. Addis, W. (1990). Structural engineering: The nature of theory and design: Ellis Horwood Ltd.3. Agor, W. H. (1986). The logic of intuition: How top executives make important decisions. Organizational Dynamics, 14(3), 5-18. doi:10.1016/0090-2616(86)90028-84. Andersen, J. A. (2000). Intuition in managers: Are intuituve managers more effective? Journal of Managerial Psychology, 15(1-2), 46-67. doi
) to complete the detailed design packages forthe following components: athletic facilities, educational center, landscape and agriculture,composting, water management, transportation, and energy management. The detailed designpackages included design plans, cost estimates, construction phasing, funding sources, andmaterial selection for each component. By having the students organize themselves; studentsoutside of the civil engineering program were able to contribute to the component that related totheir area of study such as architecture or landscaping. In addition, three students were selectedto serve as project managers with the task of holding progress meetings with the individualteams, developing progress reports, drafting the final plan
education.Examples of How Case Studies Can Benefit Engineering Management EducationA simple Google search yields sources to numerous examples of case studies already utilized inengineering education. For example, MIT’s Engineering Systems Division is on the forefront ofeducating graduate students in complex and enterprise systems engineering. Many of their casestudies efforts are publically available.8 In addition, MIT’s System Design and Management(SDM) master’s degree program produces case studies.9 Similarly, doing a Google search forcase studies in engineering management yields another publically available resource.10 The Ste-vens Institute of Technology hosts a plethora of case studies and related material.11 There is moreon engineering case studies at
evaluation form (without modification) may not produce intended desiredresults when applied in a new institution.MethodologyThe school of Architecture, Civil Engineering & Construction at SPSU includes threedepartments and has an undergraduate student enrollment of about 1100. This specific study isconducted in Construction Management program of about 350 undergraduate students. A simple,yet structured questionnaire was designed to collect information for the analysis. The developedand pre-tested/modified questionnaire contained six student-related socio-academic questions;fifteen faculty teaching and performance related questions, and a final question seeking students’opinion on the three most important characteristics of outstanding faculty. A
Page 23.384.8firms/companies that have ‘backburner’ projects.VII. SummaryInnovation and entrepreneurship can change the mindset at a school that concentrates onengineering, engineering technology, computer science, architecture, design, and management,which are normally very siloed disciplines. Within only four weeks a program was built from theground up for the students, launched in a summer semester, and now it is beginning to changethe campus culture. Accelerate is a true startup within a college environment.The biggest reward, however, is the feedback from the students. Some mentioned that “itchanged their life”, “Accelerate altered my thinking forever”, and “it gave me the confidence toknow that I can launch my own business.” This is what
a clear moral dimension, with significant issues [16]• Be relevant to students’ interests/experience levels [17]• Include factual information as well as opinions [17]Classroom ManagementTeaching with cases is similar to managing any other active learning exercise: instructorsrelinquish classroom control and students, typically working in groups, perform designated tasksand then report out to the entire class. They may be armed with instructor-provided handouts, Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society for Engineering Education