AC 2007-2160: AN EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COURSE INHEALTH SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGKaustubh Nagarkar, General ElectricKrishnaswami Srihari, State University of NY-Binghamton Page 12.208.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007An Experience in the Development of a Course in Health SystemsEngineeringAbstractThe healthcare industry is increasingly adopting several Industrial and SystemsEngineering (ISE) techniques and methodologies, such as continuous improvement,supply chain management, and total quality management, to ensure customer satisfaction.Best practices are being developed and aggressively disseminated within organizations.In addition, healthcare systems
working towards his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He is in his final year as an undergraduate student at Slippery Rock University. His research studies span multiple disciplines focusing on sustainability in additive manufacturing. These projects include developing a sustainable process for recycling water bottles to be used as 3D printer filament, using recycled materials for mountain bike frame manufacturing, and applying the use of coffee grounds for biodegradable 3D printing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Promoting Sustainable Innovation: Mechatronics and Collaborative Student Projects with Campus Sustainability Centers
at Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1977 to 1995. During this period, he was a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University from 1987 to 1988. He has published over 250 journal papers in the areas of applied mechanics, fracture mechanics, reliability of microelectronic devices, and others. He is a fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, a fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of Science Council of Japan. He has served and chaired on various scientific and technological committees promoting research and education. He is a vice-president of Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education.Prof. Hisakazu MiharaProf. Masahiko Hara, Tokyo Institute of Technology
. Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 13(3), 165-176.Langham, B. (1994, Dec94). Hidden Costs. Successful Meetings, 43, 82.Marchese, T. (1991). TQM Reaches the Academy. AAHE, 44(3), 3-9.Rochester Institute of Technology. (2003). Institute profile, from www.rit.eduSloane, P., MacHale, D., & Dispezio, M. (2002). The Ultimate Lateral and Critical Thinking Puzzle Book. New York: Sterling Publishing Co.,Inc.Welsh, J. E., Alexander, S., & Dey, S. (2001). Continuous Quality Measurement: restructuring assessment for a new technological and organisational environment. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 26(5), 391.About the authorsLINDA A. TOLAN is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Applied Science
industry experience. Developmentof this course is being supported by a major electronics device manufacturer. Table 2. Restructured Electronics Engineering Technology Program Option Freshman Year First Semester Second SemesterCHEM 107/117 Gen Chemistry 4 (3-3) MATH 152 Eng Mathematics II 4 (3-2)HIST 105 History 3 (3-0) POLS 206 Government 3 (3-0)ENTC 151 Engineering Leadership 3 (2-3) HIST 106 History 3 (3-0)MATH 151 Eng Mathematics I 4 (3-2) KINE 198 Health and
Carnegie Mellon University as a Teaching Faculty in August 2016. Dr. Bedillion’s research interests include distributed manipulation, control applications in data storage, control applications in manufacturing, and STEM education.Dr. Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Shaobo Huang is an Assistant Professor and the Stensaas Endowed STEM Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Her research interests in- clude student retention and academic performance in engineering, student achievement evaluation and assessment, and K-12 STEM curriculum design.Dr. Cassandra M Degen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Cassandra Degen
Engineering Curriculum.” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 253-257. 2004.[6] Geisinger, B. N., & Raman, D. R. Why They Leave: Understanding Student Attrition from Engineering Majors.International Journal of Engineering Education, 29(4), 914–925, 2013.[7] J. A. Middleton, S. Krause, S. Maass, K. Beeley, J. Collofello, and R. Culbertson, "Early course and gradepredictors of persistence in undergraduate engineering majors," IEEE Frontiers in Education ConferenceProceedings, Madrid, Spain, 2014.[8] X. Chen, STEM Attrition: College students’ paths into and out of STEM fields. Statistical analysis report (NCES2014-001) Washington, DC.: National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES); US Department of Education.2013.[9] J. Pearson
, electronic, computer software and other technologies with the aim of designing andmanufacturing effective machines” [1]. Similarly, Histand defines Mechatronics as: “A rapidlydeveloping, interdisciplinary field of engineering that deals with the design of products whosefunction relies on the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and electroniccomponents connected by control architecture” [2]. Being a product oriented discipline, Page 10.87.1Mechatronics covers a wide range of application areas such as robotics, manufacturing, system “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &
worked for nine years in the manufacturing and service industry as an Industrial Engineer prior to her academic career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Understanding competencies transfer during internships in undergraduate industrial engineering students: a case study at the [blinded]IntroductionDespite engineering programs designing curriculum with the goal of preparing students forindustry demands, there is still a disconnection between industry expectations of the workforceand the preparation of engineering graduates [1-3]. One way to prepare engineering students tomeet industry expectations is by involving them in real world experiences where they cantransfer some of the knowledge
AC 2012-3257: CRITICAL THINKING IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTERENGINEERINGDr. James Graham, University of Louisville James Graham is the Henry Vogt Professor of computer science and engineering, and serves as the Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville.Dr. Karla Conn Welch, University of LouisvilleDr. Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey Hieb is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. His research interests include the use of technology in engineering education, secure operating systems, and cyber-security for industrial control systems.Dr. Shamus McNamara, University of Louisville
and improving productivity in manufacturing and private sector businesses”3.Over the past decade, interest in online education has been increasing due to wider acceptance ofits potential benefits including increased access and success for nontraditional students4,increased potential for individualized and student-centered learning, increased collaboration,reduced cost, and its potential to be more effective than traditional methods5-8. The USDepartment of Education has recently started compiling data on online enrollment in highereducation, and the number of students enrolled in at least one online course continues to increaseat institutions of higher education9. In California, the State Chancellor’s Office of the CaliforniaCommunity Colleges
AC 2008-1431: A MODULAR APPROACH TO A FIRST-SEMESTERENGINEERING COURSE: TEACHING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUIDMECHANICSEric Johnson, Valparaiso UniversityDoug Tougaw, Valparaiso UniversityKenneth Leitch, Valparaiso UniversityBarbara Engerer, Valparaiso University Page 13.63.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Modular Approach to a First-Semester Engineering Course: Teaching the Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics1. IntroductionOne of the most important responsibilities of a university faculty is to design the curriculum thattheir students will experience. The design of a first-semester engineering course is an especiallyimportant and challenging
Infrastructure Engineering Research (CATIER) at Morgan State University and the director of the Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory. He has over eighteen years of experience in practicing, teaching and research in civil engi- neering. His academic background and professional skills allows him to teach a range of courses across three different departments in the school of engineering. This is a rare and uncommon achievement. Within his short time at Morgan, he has made contributions in teaching both undergraduate and graduate American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
Licensed Professional Engineer (software). Gilman has been active in various local, state, and national organizations including Rotary, Computer Cleanup Day, Leadership Brazos, B/CS Library Board, multiple IT groups, and the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, and has been nominated to serve on a national committee for the development of a standard professional engineering examination in software engineering.Dr. Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University Dennie Smith is a professor of education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received his Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction at Auburn Univer- sity in 1969. Prior to his current position, he worked as
address specific challenges identified by students, improve student success,and promote a more inclusive BME community.References[1] C. Donham, C. Pohan, E. Menke, and P. Kranzfelder, "Increasing Student Engagement through Course Attributes, Community, and Classroom Technology: Lessons from the Pandemic," Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. e00268-21, 2022, doi: doi:10.1128/jmbe.00268-21.[2] J. Grodotzki, S. Upadhya, and A. E. Tekkaya, "Engineering education amid a global pandemic," Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, vol. 3, p. 100058, 2021/11/01/ 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aime.2021.100058.[3] R. S. Heller, C. Beil, K. Dam, and B. Haerum
, Tampa, FL. Since 2007, she has been the director of the Virtual Manufacturing and Design Laboratory for Medical Devices (VirtualMD Lab). Her research interests include computational geometry, machine learning, data mining, product design, and engineering education with applications in healthcare, medical image processing, computer-aided decision support systems, and medical device design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Impact of Healthcare-Related Workshops on Student Motivation and Retention in Engineering Grisselle Centeno, Susana Lai-Yuen, Iman Nekooeimehr, Sharmin Mithy, Clarissa Arriaga, Carolina Giron
for Engineering Educationtext. Student performance was assessed by grading homework, the student’s notebook, two teamCAD projects, 2 major exams, a number of laboratory quizzes, and a final exam. All studentwork was evaluated summatively, as part of the final grade for the course. The grade a studentreceived for the course included evaluations of the student’s initial understanding of each newconcept.Prior to the 2002 summer semester, ME/CEE 1770 was revised using the “backward design”approach of Wiggins and McTighe1. The approach is a three stage curriculum planning sequencefor educators. In the first stage, educators identify the enduring understandings to be learned andretained by students. In the second stage, educators determine what
instructional materialfor various application of AFM. Training sessions on the operation of AFMs were arranged tobecome familiar with the workings of AFM and its applications. This involved learning aboutvisualization and image analysis of various samples supplied by the manufacturers usingdifferent AFM modes. For further understanding of visualization and curriculum andinstructional material development, the authors participated in various workshop/conferencesand webinars organized by NSF-ATE centers as well as manufacturer of the AFMs. Among theNSF supported workshops/conferences include “Hands-On Nanofabrication for Educators” and 17“Train the Trainer Workshop for Educators
. This strategy in using scenarios emphasizes the designin computer aided design.This paper will also explore the implementation of design scenarios in engineeringgraphics courses, along with highlighting the results, benefits and drawbacks.IntroductionOver the past twenty years, computer aided design has become an irreplaceable tool inthe design of machinery [2]. As the use of this technology has matured, design anddrawing instruction at educational institutions has evolved [3].As CAD was initially being adopted in industry, CAD courses were added to technicalcollege curriculum. These courses were meant to teach the student, who had alreadymastered technical drawing techniques, the procedures and syntax to use CAD software.The CAD courses were
. Cook received her doctorate in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of Washington, with a minor in quantitative methods and emphases in cognitive and educational psychology. Her research has included classroom learning, identity, and person perception.Dr. Gregory Mason P.E., Seattle University Gregory S. Mason received the B.S.M.E. degree from Gonzaga University in 1983, the M.S.M.E. de- gree in manufacturing automation from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984 and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering, specializing in multi-rate digital controls, from the University of Washington in 1992. He worked in a robotics lab for the Department of Defense for five years after receiving his
. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 277 Erin’s Reflections: The process of searching for a senior project for the Integrated Engineering degree at SUU is a difficult one. I had no idea what would be a good project. How to choose one that would not be too much or too little became a key question. A chance
. The program includes sustainability emphasis that attempts toengage students with the awareness of how and why a diversity of values, viewpoints, andactions might assist them in developing into flexible, creative practitioners, with the capacity toenact sustainability in a diverse array of future professional contexts4. Additionally, the programincludes many opportunities for experiential education in the form of labs and hands-on projects.We consider a Madison Engineer to be alumni that successfully combine these attributes.ENGR 314: Materials and MechanicsMaterials & Mechanics is a four credit hour lecture/laboratory core (required) course within theMadison Engineering curriculum. ENGR 314 is generally taken in the junior year and
manufacturing activities at Yale’s academic makerspace. His professional interests in Mechanical Engi- neering are in the areas of data acquisition/analysis and mechanical design. He is the Co-Chair of the Executive Advisory Board of the FIRST Foundation and is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineering. Previously, he was the Dean of Engineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and has had fellowships at the MIT Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, the Harvard School of Public Health and with the American Council on Education. He has also served as the Vice President of Public Awareness for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was the 2001 Baccalaureate College Professor of the Year by the Carnegie
enhances the learning students’ performance, retention, and understanding.experience by allowing students to connect theoretical knowledgewith practical applications. This paper examines laboratory- Keywords—Experiential education; Inquiry-based learning;based pedagogy and how it enhances the Accreditation Board for Teamwork and collaboration; Project-based assessments.Engineering and Technology [ABET] -accredited EngineeringTechnology programs at Queensborough Community College[QCC]. Laboratory-based instruction, as a method of pedagogy, I. INTRODUCTIONcan be utilized across multiple varying engineering curricula. Lab
Department of Mechanical Engineering shortly after. Shih served as the Chair of the department from 2002 to 2011, during which time he led efforts in advancing both educational and research programs of the department. He spearheaded the enhancement of the capstone design curriculum by the establishment of strong mul- tidisciplinary and international collaborations. At the graduate level, he was instrumental in the revamp of the five-year B.S.-M.S. dual degree program and the development of a strong doctoral program, which received excellent ranking in the most recent National Research Council (NRC) doctoral program as- sessment. Working with FSU administration and engineering colleagues, Shih spent the past four years
variety of engineering students. She was instrumental in the development of the curriculum redesign of the Cornerstones of Engineering for the first-year program in 2014. In the fall of 2017, she moved into teaching full time in the Chemical Engineering department where she has implemented improvements in the Transport 2 Lab and Capstone 2 courses. Dr. Pfluger has also spent her time volunteering as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and ChemE Car student groups on campus. In 2018, the AIChE student group won Outstanding Student chapter for its numerous activities within the Chemical Engineering community both on campus, regionally, and nationally.Dr. Dayna Lee Mart´ınez, Northeastern
BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, a Masters in Manufacturing Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Before becoming a professor, he worked for several years in the Eolic and Aerospace industry. Nelson’s research interest revolved around Sustainable Development looked through the lens of the triple bottom line and a system thinking approach. Nelson believes that education is the key to achieve a sustainable world.Dr. B. David Tyler, Western Carolina University David is an associate professor in the College of Business at Western Carolina University. His
." Mechatronics (2008): 179-186. 3. Hargrove, Jeffrey B. "Curriculum, equipment and student project outcomes for mechatronics education in the core mechanical engineering program at Kettering University." Mechatronics (2002): 343-356. 4. Bannerot, Richard. "Hands-on Projects in an Early Design Course." ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Pittsburgh, PA, 2008. 5. Starkey, John M., et al. "Experiences in the Integration of Design Across the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum." 1994 Frontiers in Education Conference. 1994. 464-468. 6. Tsang, Edmund and Andrew Wilheim. "Integrating Materials, Manufacturing and Design in The Sophomore Year." Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference. Atlanta, GA
information regarding upcomingand enhancement, and student-instructor partnership. opportunities such as departmental educational sessions, and providing resources to encourage independent learning.I. Peer Mentoring Table I details site visits by resource type. Prior to theStudents responded positively to ESEPs and reported the help formation of the web site, Eng One students could only accessprovided to be “A+” and “absolutely great”. ESEPs continue individual course shells or instructor web sites withto refine their peer mentoring role through continuous inconsistent formatting. We feel this led
AC 2009-1737: PREPARATION FOR AN INNOVATIVE COURSE SEQUENCE INSTATICS AND SOLID MECHANICSPramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State UniversityShirley Fleischmann, Grand Valley State UniversityJanice Pawloski, Grand Valley State UniversityHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Page 14.971.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Preparation for Innovative Statics and Solid Mechanics Course SequenceAbstractGrand Valley State University has a strong partnership with local industry. We strive to matchour curriculum to their needs while maintaining high educational standards. The contents ofpresent mechanics courses and their