attendance, and performance. In renewable energycourses, active learning can be achieved through a variety of activities which include lab andproject experiments with hands-on projects and hands-on laboratory experiments [14-17].There are recent renewable energy related projects that have been created to focus on studentlearning and promotion of clean energy sources. According to a recent project report, anintegrated electric power system was designed and installed in the Taylor Wilderness ResearchStation in central Idaho by a team of undergraduate and graduate students under the supervisionof faculty. Projects included establishment of a hydroelectric generator, a photovoltaic array, afossil fuel generator, and control units. The results of this
Engineering Skills and Making Oral Presentations. In Table C, preparation in theseskills is perceived to be higher than importance. Therefore, Table C lists the skills that newgraduates feel they are over prepared in and the importance is relatively low compared to theskills listed in Tables A and B.Two observations can be made from Table C. First, the topic identified by graduates as being themost over-prepared is Using General Education Course Materials (AHS). However, some of theskills that the graduates identified as being under-prepared in Table A are those skills that shouldbe covered in the General Education Courses. Further, they are more likely to gain value fromthese courses as they advance in their careers. The other four skills in Table C
Page 12.604.2groups [6,7]. Students in learning communities were found to generate more ideas and to think innew ways [3]. Given the key role that engineers play in technology and product innovation, thevalue of cohort-based learning to graduate engineering education (and to the mission of theNational Collaborative) is significant. Cohorts have been shown to foster both individual andgroup development by creating an environment that supports mutual respect, risk taking, criticalreflection, and shared understanding, while promoting diverse perspectives and understanding ofalternative disciplines [1,7,8]. Cohort members tend to have very positive feelings about theirexperiences and place a high value on the opportunity to be part of a
Engineering Education, 2006 Implementing Lean/Six Sigma Methodologies in the Radiology Department of a Hospital Healthcare SystemAbstractIncreased focus is being placed on the quality of care provided by Hospital Healthcare Systemsaround the country. Caught in the middle between tightening government standards, strictercompliance guidelines for insurance companies, and the basic mission to serve those in needwith quality and compassion; hospitals are looking for ways to improve their processes (services)for the benefit of all.CT (Computed Tomography – CAT Scan) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) services inthe hospital radiology departments are revenue-generating areas. The reimbursement rates forthese services are very
2006-2437: TOWARD AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE DEGREE INTECHNOLOGYHeidar Malki, University of Houston Heidar A. Malki received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a senior member of IEEE and associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. Dr. Malki was the general chair for the 1997 ASEE/GSW Conference and one of co-chairs of 1997 ICNN-IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks. Currently, he is Associate Dean for Research in the College of Technology and a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Houston. His research interests are applications of neural networks
Engineering Dr. Johnson teaches the Introduction to Industrial Engineering course, System Simulation, Enterprise Analysis & Trends, and Manufacturing Systems. She has over 17 years experience in the manufacturing, aerospace industries, and in academia. Her experience includes various engineering, management, and consulting positions at Vaught Aircraft, the University of Texas at Arlington, and numerous manufacturing firms in the Dallas, Texas metroplex. Page 11.643.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 First-Time Accreditation: Lessons Learned from the
in mathematics/science. He joined TAMIU in the Summer of 1999 and has completed 14+ years of service for TAMIU. He and his team was recently awarded a $1.2 million NSF award to promote mathematics education in the area of need in Laredo through pro- viding scholarships to juniors and seniors at TAMIU to prepare talented, skillful, and highly qualified teachers to teach immediately after graduation. Dr. Goonatilake was a recipient of the Scholar of the Year Award in 2006 and the University Honors Faculty of the Year in 2013. He was a PI for more than three program-funded grants and Co-PI for more than 10 different program grants since joining TAMIU. He has a very active research agenda that involves network anomaly
contact! Students see grades as payment for time theyspend on the course. They feel cheated if they don’t get good grades regardless of how long theyactually work at it and how much they have learned. Exceptional students receive A’s. Butstudents who get into college have been told they are exceptional since the first grade. Thiscertainly warps the education plane. The administration is the sole provider of all good to bothfaculty and students. Faculty members do research to obtain grants to do more research. At firsttenure and promotion may be strong motivators, but as motivators they are self-limiting.Students go to graduate school to get an advanced diploma that converts to more pay.The one area where the ancient model is retained in the
prepared for its ABET visitin the fall 2005, it became apparent that its IE 1035 – Engineering Management course was aprimary course for satisfying ABET outcomes (h) the broad education necessary to understandthe 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; and (j) aknowledge of contemporary issues.4 IE 1035 is a semester-long, 3-credit, required course forIndustrial Engineers taken in their senior year. Specifically this course discusses modernengineering management theory as it applies to technical organizations. Topics include: themanagement process; project management; managing technical people; communications
chance” at education. UVU has a high number of non-traditional students (age 25 or older – 34%), students with spouses (45%) and/or children underage 12 (20%) [1]. It also has the largest percentage of low-income (48%) and first-generation(38%) students of any of the universities in the state. These factors affect the overall graduationrate, which is low at 33% (nationally standardized IPEDS rate for completions within 150% oftime; UVU IR 2019) [1]. UVU’s students live at home or in off-campus housing, which makes itvery difficult to organize activities for student programs. Many students do not have time tospend much time outside of class on campus, leading some to feel little connection with otherstudents.New Engineering ProgramsTo meet one of
Graduating SeniorsThe Kolb Learning Style Inventory is widely available and may be administered by anyone. Fora modest fee, the Kolb Learning Style Inventory can be completed entirely online. Since it isspecifically designed for assessing learning preferences, the Kolb Learning Style Inventory canbe packaged with material that includes instructional and learning strategies for specific learningpreferences. The Kolb Learning Style Inventory is perhaps the most widely used inventorycurrently in use in educational research.Cognitive Development and ScaffoldingWhile some researchers focus on an adaptive curriculum based on a student’s learningpreference curve, others suggest that a curriculum focused on the developmental aspects ofstudent learning may
, and subsequent policy discussions, does not tacklethe questions that engineering education research seeks to address, in terms of understanding allrelevant aspects of systems of engineering education and, based on that understanding,modifying system parameters to increase the quantity and quality of engineering graduates. The concept of engineering education research, which seeks to understand and correctstructural deficiencies in our systems for teaching and learning, is largely unknown to mostmembers of Congress, so a key component to generating support for engineering educationresearch funding is informing the members as well as their staffs. The degree to which this is achallenge will vary member-to-member. Some members may be very
. Homero’s goal is to develop engineering education practices that value the capital that traditionally marginalized students bring into the field and to train graduate students and faculty members with the tools to promote effec- tive and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero aspires to change discourses around broadening participation in engineering and promoting action to change. Homero has been rec- ognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for
activities, and abbreviated social media arguments. However, upon graduation engineersneed to be able to interact and synthesize non-interactive sources like codes and design guides.Innovative practicing engineers are critical thinkers, actively synthesizing knowledge,constructively developing new solutions, and interactively engaging with various stakeholders.Engineering students will require coaching and teaching to develop their understanding the way © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023innovative engineers of all generations have: through reading, note-taking, problems solving,peer-interaction, and mentoring4. Engineering educators have a role in training students to usethese methods. Yet, many students are
Paper ID #26285Pedagogical Assessment of Secure Coding in Student ProgramsDr. Saeed Al-Haj, Ohio Northern University Dr. Saeed Al-Haj, PhD., is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. He completed his Ph.D. in Computing and Informatics from the University of North Car- olina Charlotte. His expertise and general interests include: Computer and Network Security; Security Analytics; Firewalls and Access Control Configuration Analytics; Computer Science Education and Cy- bersecurity Education. His teaching experiences include teaching Computer Science courses and labs, utilizing
Paper ID #38278Building a Sustainable University-Wide InterdisciplinaryGraduate Program to Address DisastersMarie C. Paretti (Professor) Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she is Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Coastal Studies and Education Director of the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management graduate program. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on communication and collaboration, design
for undergraduate engineering students to spend part of their education in aninternational setting has been greatly increased. However, traditional engineering education andengineering courses typically have not been conducive to ‘study abroad’ type environments.This paper presents a case study where a basic Manufacturing Systems course taught at a campusin the United States within an engineering program has been adapted for teaching as part of theSemester At Sea program. General guidelines for adapting such engineering courses for globalrelevance are also presented. Finally, we show that student learning and student satisfaction didnot suffer (but actually improved).BackgroundThe Semester At Sea Program operated by the Institute for
greatly impacted student performance, even well into face-to-faceinstruction in 2022. Jonathan Malesic details this in the New York Times guest essay “Mystudents are not ok,” in which he discusses dwindling student performance and the perpetuationof poor study habits generated during the online years2. Keshvarz points out that one of severalshortcomings of total online education includes the lack of discipline and inefficient time usage3,which compliments Malesic’s viewpoint on the development of bad habits. However, theinstructors in this department have noticed a deeper issue that became apparent through Covid-19 and post-Covid-19 instruction: a lack of quality control in terms of course consistency andstudent retention of knowledge. While
Paper ID #240942018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Quantitative Analysis of Barriers to Completion of Engineering Degrees forFemale-Identifying and Under-Represented Minority StudentsNancy Mariano, Seattle University Nancy Mariano is a first generation college student, of Pacific Islander heritage, attending Seattle Uni- versity. She is currently majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Mathematics and is scheduled to graduate in June 2018. Upon graduation her plans are to spend two years gaining industry experience as a software engineer
engineers with both research (at the graduate level predominantly) and engineering skills (atthe undergraduate level to work in industry).This cycle of research and technology development for solving engineering problems in theworld, and solving and sharing of successful solutions for engineering problems, is limited,however, by two important factors: 1. geography and distances; 2. limited engineering skills/expertise in local communities.Given these limitations, this paper proposes a cyber-infrastructure framework among globalengineering communities for engineering education, training, learning and problem-solving, andfor sharing successful engineering solutions among world communities.The framework in this paper is based on the
become increasingly vital in engineering, as interdisciplinary collaboration has 9 become commonplace in many engineering workplaces. The engineering education curriculum10 implemented in universities has mirrored this trend by introducing students to group-based work11 to cultivate group centric skills necessary for post-graduate work. A study was conducted within12 Mississippi State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) with a goal of better13 understanding the group work experience for ME undergraduate students. A general survey was14 distributed throughout the ME curriculum (n = 215, freshman through senior participants) to15 comprehensively inquire of students. The survey consisted of 30 questions, asking
, echocardiography lab,and patient monitoring lab. For example, students use a St. Jude Medical pacemaker andprogrammer to identify the capture threshold in a simulated patient. In this patient and twoothers, they also identify the patient’s arrhythmia and observe how pacemaker therapy affectseach patient. In consideration of equipment costs, other labs use low-cost and academicequipment. These labs are the electrocardiograph design lab, electrocardiograph filtering lab,thermometry accuracy lab, surface characterization lab, and entrepreneurship lab.Curriculum Implementation ExampleWithin the curriculum of Keck Graduate Institute’s (KGI) Professional Science Mastersprogram, these textbook topics are taught in a medical device survey course. The majority
current research is focused towards Rapid Application Development.Arjun Shakdher, Purdue University Arjun Shakdher is currently a graduate student in the department of Computer and Information Tech- nology at Purdue University. He has been working as a Graduate Research Assistant since 2017 on an NSF-funded program called TECHFIT, focused on Computational Thinking. His interest lies in Software Development, Cloud Engineering, Machine Learning, Network/Cyber Security, Analytics, Data Science and IT Project Management. He has previously worked as a Software Development Engineer at Ericsson and is an incoming Cloud Engineer at Amazon (2019). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
, electric circuits, signals and systems, engineering economics, electromagnetics, and integrating the entrepreneurial mindset with an engineering mindset in core engineering courses. He received the Professor Henry Horldt Outstanding Teaching Award in 2015.Dr. J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University Dr. Hylton is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Coordinator of the First-Year Engi- neering experience for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He previously completed his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he conducted re- search in both the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Engineering Education. Prior to Purdue, he
safety.Kwaku Frimpong Boakye, University of Tennessee - Knoxville Kwaku Frimpong Boakye is a graduate research assistant at the University of Tennessee pursuing a Ph.D. program in Transportation Engineering. His research area focuses on traffic and highway safety or risk analyses. He also has the passion of working with pre-collegiate students motivating them to consider careers in STEM programs in college. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Overview and Preliminary Assessment of a Summer Transportation Engineering Education Program (STEEP) for Ninth GradersAbstractA summer educational and experiential learning program for
engineering education,and embody diversity from the perspective of gender, international identity, career stage,underrepresented minority status, and first-generation. We will present salient features fromeach pathway that connect to potential recommendations for advancing recruitment and retentionefforts in engineering. We will also highlight themes across each pathway in the context offrameworks that represent the college experience, and conceptualizing value within a system.IntroductionThe topic of diversity and inclusion has been a longstanding topic of exploration with theengineering education community. From the onset and over a century long period, societal needshave influenced the evolution of the engineering education field and the field in
, the process involved the following steps: 1) Define Goals: Broad objectives of the session were specified. 2) Collect Ideas: During this phase, the participants were asked to come up with ideas while deferring judgment. 3) Group Ideas: Ideas were grouped according to the objectives that they addressed. 4) Rank Ideas: Participants were asked to review and rank ideas according to perceived value and to vote for the best ideas in each topic area.Ideas addressing the future of manufacturing education generated from this process aresummarized and categorized in the following sections of this paper.MethodsSessions at the SME/CIRP international conference in San Luis Obispo were designed topromote discussion and idea-generation
Agricultural Engineering. She teaches properties of biological engineering and bioprocessing. Her research program is focused on renewable energy. She has trained more than 10 graduate students.Dr. Daniel Humburg, South Dakota State University Daniel Humburg is professor of agricultural and biosystems engineerng in the area of machine systems at South Dakota State University. Page 25.453.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Title: Development of a Multi-University Bioenergy Graduate ProgramIntroductionWidespread interest in green
1 toan average of eighteen students over the last three Cohorts. In general, about two-thirds of thestudents in each Cohort enter in the fall semester. There is no negative curriculum impact to thestudents entering in January, so our history has been that about one third of the microEP studentsenter in the spring semester.This educational experiment was supported initially by a NSF small group research grant,followed by a 1999 NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) grantand a 2000 Department of Education Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education(FIPSE) grant. The microEP program has since won a three year NSF Research Experience forUndergraduate (REU) site and then five year extension, a five year NSF
and ionic liquid interfaces. Apart from her primary area of research, her interest in improving graduate student life and experience led her to serve on the Graduate Student Council for the College of Engineering and Science, which was formed and tailored for this purpose. Page 25.577.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Enhancing the Graduate Experience: A Conference for Graduate Student Put on by Graduate StudentsAbstractThe Graduate Student Council at Louisiana Tech University set a goal to enhance the graduateexperience for all graduate students