Paper ID #22068Additive Manufacturing Studios: a New Way of Teaching ABET StudentOutcomes and Continuous ImprovementDr. Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University Currently, Dr. Fidan serves as a Professor of the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Tech- nology at Tennessee Technological University. His research and teaching interests are in additive man- ufacturing, electronics manufacturing, distance learning, and STEM education. Dr. Fidan is a member and active participant of SME, ASEE, ABET, ASME, and IEEE. He is also the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing
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Session 2548 A Systems Approach to Teaching “Introduction to Electronic Communications” for ECET Students James Z. Zhang, Kenneth Burbank, Robert Adams Department of Engineering Technology, Western Carolina University Abstract Traditional electronic communications course in ECET covers a wide range of topics incommunications theory, with the focus on different modulation schemes and the respectivereceivers’ baseband structures and performances. However, it is often found that students donot necessarily grasp the essence of a communications system from a
. Page 12.1307.3IntroductionCurriculum mapping is a relatively new technique used to organize and communicatecurriculum. The technique is most often used within K-12 schools and boards, but has also beenused in colleges and universities that tend to suffer from instructor and course isolation; in otherwords, faculty who do not have a clear understanding of what is addressed in the courses of theircolleagues. This paper describes the initial stages of a large-scale, long-term curriculum mappingproject in an undergraduate engineering program at the University of Toronto. Whiletraditionally, the practice is conducted by the instructors who teach the course, or thoseresponsible for curriculum development, this project takes on a new twist in that
Session 1648 Building Safety Education into Engineering Curriculum David L. Murphy The University of North Carolina at Charlotte “The chapter of accidents is the longest chapter in the book” – John Wilkes Workplace injury and the associated costs significantly erode employer profit margins. Anestimated seven percent of profits are spent, directly or indirectly, as a result of a workplaceinjury. An effective illustration is that of an iceberg. The tip of the iceberg (the smallest yetmost visible part) represents the actual cost of the injury, such as medical
same level of depth as the more “traditional” engineering majors as the corebiomedical courses do not need to teach elementary engineering concepts. This follows thepyramid model of only teaching advanced concepts once the basics are understood, and notattempting to teach high level biomedical engineering concepts first.Traditional undergraduate engineering education, especially in Civil and MechanicalEngineering, allows a graduate to shift among different areas of expertise over their career due tothe similarity of fundamental principles. Using this approach, as well as the recent emphasis onengineering design throughout the four-year curriculum, the University of Hartford developed itsundergraduate Biomedical Engineering Program. During the
with employers offers the opportunity to collectimportant employer insights while avoiding some of the difficulties associated with other datacollection approaches. gained experience and familiarities with industrial trends applying new ME trends and mentoring co-op students applied curriculum knowledge as a completed ME curriculum requirements mechanical engineer discuss with her/him about
. Page 12.1441.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The INSPIRES Curriculum: Stimulating Future Generations of Engineers and ScientistsAbstractThe INSPIRES Curriculum (INcreasing Student Participation, Interest and Recruitment inEngineering and Science), funded by the National Science Foundation, is being developed inresponse to the critical national need to recruit more students into STEM-related fields. Thecurriculum seeks to accomplish this goal by exposing students to a combination of real-worldexamples, hands-on activities and inquiry-based learning activities that target the ITEAStandards for Technological Literacy as well as national standards in science and mathematics.Two new modules
through argument visualization in collaborative learningAbstract:As a committee organized in 2009 by the National Academy of Engineering recognized,ethics education should foster the ability to analyze complex decision situations and ill-structured problems. This presentation aims to build on the NAE‘s insights and reports aboutan innovative teaching approach that has two main features: first, it places the emphasis ondeliberation and on self-directed, problem-based learning in small groups of students; andsecond, it focuses on understanding ill-structured problems. The first innovation is motivatedby an abundance of scholarly research that supports the value of deliberative learningpractices. The second results from a
data for assessment. The class of 2000 was the firstgraduating class to go through the new curriculum (in which this extensive across-the-curriculumapproach to teaching communication skills was implemented). Therefore no alumni data isavailable yet. We plan to survey that class in our alumni survey going out this year.Summary and ConclusionThe ability to communicate effectively has been identified as an important attribute of a well-rounded engineering graduate and is a major student outcome from our program. We haveidentified four major areas of emphasis in the ME curriculum: written, oral, electronic andgraphical communication. An across-the-curriculum approach is taken whereby each of these
increase the employability of their graduates. Tothis end, some universities have focused especially on the design project experience at the seniorlevel and some others have taken a more aggressive approach to impact a cluster of courseslabeled as the “professional practice component” or “engineering practice component” as in thecase of UT. In [1], the authors have described the development of a new course at the sophomorelevel that fosters leadership and communication skills for their civil engineering program. In [2],the authors have described the introduction of a course in innovation and entrepreneurship thatcan be taken by both graduate and undergraduate students thus fostering interdisciplinary work.In [3], the authors have described changes
allengineering majors; chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering here atYSU. Courses were given up by all the majors in order to get the required space in thecurriculum. Three courses were developed, one for each quarter, and each course was worth 3quarter hours and included a laboratory component. The courses were designed to incorporatefeatures that would maintain students’ interest in engineering and develop useful skills for laterparts of the engineering curriculum. Faculty resources would need to be about the same asrequired for the courses replaced so that the program could be instituted without requiring theaddition of new faculty.The factors determined as fundamental to a successful freshman engineering program
AC 2009-949: S-LEARNING: NEW WEB SERVICES IN E-LEARNINGPLATFORMSRosario Gil, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a DistanciaElio Sancristobal, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a DistanciaSergio Martin, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a DistanciaGabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a DistanciaAntonio Colmenar, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a DistanciaMartin Llamas, Universidad de VigoEdmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, MontegancedoAlfonso Duran, Carlos III University of Madridjuan peire, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a DistanciaManuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia Page 14.1040.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009
Paper ID #36227Python for chemical engineers: an efficient approach to teachnon-programmers to programProf. Gennady Gor, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Gennady Gor received Ph.D. in theoretical physics from St. Petersburg State University, Russia in 2009. He continued his postdoctoral research in the United States, at Rutgers University, Princeton University and Naval Research Laboratory. In 2016 he joined the Chemical and Materials Engineering department at NJIT as an assistant professor. He authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, and is the recipient of the National Research Council Associateship (2014) and
modules. Halfwaythrough the quarter though, we learned half of the resources would have to be purchased. Thus,we modified our curriculum on a weekly basis, drawing on knowledge from each other andinspiration from those around us. As we designed around this problem, we communicated to theseminar participants that we would decide together what topics to cover and the kinds ofactivities we wanted to engage in during the seminar.Iteration. As designers, engineers, and educators, our approach to the design of the seminar wasiterative. We created and respected opportunities to listen, observe, and respond based on howstudents were taking notes. For example, one week we designed a tactile note taking activityafter being inspired by Dr. Bennett’s
teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Building a Communication-Integrated Curriculum in Materials ScienceAbstractWith the need to meet ABET outcomes around professional skills, such as communication andteamwork, engineering programs have long explored approaches to ensure their graduates areable to participate in the workplace in ways that employers demand. While approaches vary andsuccess depends on a number of factors, research demonstrates that an integrated approach toprofessional skill development is the most impactful for student learning. How can anengineering program build an
Session 2463 A New Approach to Implementing a PLC-Based Model Predictive Controller for Application in Industrial Food Processes Bryan T. Griffen Karel Stryczek Nestlé USA Rockwell Automation Glendale, CA 91203-3213 Mayfield Heights, OH 44124-6118 818-549-6453 440-646-4711 bryan.griffen@us.nestle.com kstryczek@ra.rockwell.com Recayi Pecen Teresa J.K. Hall
for Engineering Education, 2014 Best Practices in Classroom Management for Today’s University EnvironmentAbstractThe college classroom has changed in many ways over the last two decades due to enhancedtechnology and updated methods of information communication. Disruptive behavior and cheating in theclassroom also have increased over the last 20 years. Engineering is among the top five disciplines withthe highest rates of misconduct. In addition to developing the curriculum for their courses, faculty mustbe proactive in establishing effective classroom management practices. To this end, instructorsincreasingly are encouraged to gain a better understanding of problematic behaviors and to becomemore
areas with you. You are much more likely to stay on top ofthe material and have the course set up in advance if you have someone working ahead.When I have taught new languages in a programming-language course, I have engagedindependent-study students to organize the lectures and write examples—even an occasionalprogramming assignment. Continuous feedback from me is needed to keep the student on track,but the payoff is handsome: the material gets put together ahead of time, and I get a chance toreflect on it several times before I teach it.Kiefer6 describes an independent-study course in which six mechanical-engineering studentsdeveloped a course in mechatronics. They spent ten weeks working projects and then six weeksdoing a final project. They
AC 2012-3702: GRANTSMANSHIP AND THE PROPOSAL DEVELOP-MENT PROCESS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEVERAL YEARS OFPROGRAMS FOR JUNIOR FACULTYDr. Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Laurie Garton is a Senior Research Development Associate with the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta- tion Office of Strategic Research Development. She has B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineer- ing (environmental) from Texas A&M University and was an engineering faculty member before joining TEES in 1999 where she started working on technical research project grants related to interdisciplinary environmental themes. Currently, she leads the TEES New Faculty Initiative targeting grants such as the NSF CAREER awards
Paper ID #37425Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Culture-RelatedDesign in First-Year Engineering Curriculum: A Work in ProgressDr. Lisa K. Murray, Western New England University Lisa K. Murray is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in the first-year engineering program at Western New England University (WNE). She currently serves as a co-advisor for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at WNE. She is an alumnus of WNE. She holds a BS in Biomedical Engineer- ing, Masters in Education and a Masters and PhD. in Engineering Management. Her research interests are in engineering education
Engineering Education, 2017 Engineering Empathy: A Multidisciplinary Approach Combining Engineering, Peace Studies, and New TechnologyAbstractAs educators we train our students to view the world using a particular disciplinary lens. Inengineering this means helping our students to “think” like engineers. We teach them tocategorize and solve problems using a technically focused mindset. For instance, they learn theimportance of using hard data to quantify success or failure. Other disciplines, especially in thesocial sciences, focus additional attention on normative and substantive issues. Students aretaught the importance of developing contextual understanding and of recognizing that livedexperiences generate different
. Page 12.867.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 In Search of Teaching Excellence: Tricks of the TradeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and describe teaching tools and techniques thatwill help new faculty as well as experienced faculty become more effective teachers.Based on a review of the literature, the following excerpts have been divided into twomajor sections. The focus of the first section is the learning process, and the secondsection discusses innovative methods of teaching.Topics included in the “Learning” section include: 1) Focusing on Learning and NotTeaching; 2) Problem Based Learning; 3) Facilitating Group Learning (PromotingAccountability, Linking Assignments, and Stimulating the Idea Exchange
engineers and on academic communities (those groups, projects,and teams chosen by students in relationship to their academic discipline or major). Data fromfour institutions of the five in our larger study were used for this analysis:• HBCU (Bac-Div): A historically black, independent, and state-related institution of 2,605 undergraduates in the Southeast which offers four undergraduate engineering degrees and is typically characterized by small groups of students (class sizes of 5-50). Students can begin the engineering curriculum as early as first semester freshman year.• Private/Faith Based (Masters L): A small teaching institution in the Pacific Northwest of 3,238 undergraduates, whose mission emphasizes building graduates of
students used the solution manual to copy theanswers.METHODData from three different courses in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum were collected forthis study: MENG 240 (Statics), MENG 241 (Strength of Materials) and MENG 242 (Dynamics).We are in quarter system at our institution, and the entire course outlines are delivered to studentswithin 10-weeks-time frame. While Statics and Strength of Materials are 4 hours of lecture perweek, Dynamics meets 5 hours a week. Students are required to face extensive amount of 10Homework Assignments, 3 exams and a final. All problems associated with HW and tests arerequired to be solved using a simple scientific calculator. One instructor taught all of these courses,wrote and graded all the assignments
Paper ID #10302Students’ Persectives on Homework and Problem Sets in STEM CoursesMs. Lea Marie Eaton, Stanford University Lea Eaton is a senior undergraduate student at Stanford University. She is working towards her B.S in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Product Design.Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis
Engineering Education,” AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers 2004 Curriculum Innovation Award Honorable Mention, November 2004,Anaheim, CA; J. Lloyd, T. Hinds, K. David, M. Chung, M. Gonzalez and D. Timmer.2 "New Methods for Studying Global Virtual Teams: Towards a Multi-Faceted Approach," Copyright 2001 IEEE,published in the Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences, January 3-6, 2001, Maui,Hawaii; C. Steinfield, M. Huysman, K. David, C. Jang, J. Poot, M. Veld, I. Mulder, E. Goodman, J. Lloyd, T. Hinds,E. Andriessen, K. Jarvis, K. van der Werff, and A. Cabrera.3 “Virtual Teams: Communicating in a Global Business,” Proceedings of 2001 ASME International Mechanical
, and technology focus electives. Project andlaboratory based instruction are employed as a tool for motivating students and to demonstrate therelevancy of material. Multidisciplinary courses provide the opportunity for students in differentdisciplines to work together. Some of the approaches—and lessons learned—may be of interest to otherstart-ups and programs considering transformation.Introduction Rowan University’s engineering programs are the result of an endowment by Henry and BettyRowan. The Rowan challenge was to create quality programs to develop engineers who could competein the new global economy. Four engineering disciplines (Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Electricaland Computer, and Mechanical) were started in 1995; the
forms indicate the students enjoy the approachand alumni comments indicate they feel the approach is worthwhile.Introduction The USNA was established in 1845 and is the premier institution staffing the officercorps of the Navy and Marine Corps. Its mission is “to develop midshipmen morally, mentallyand physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order toprovide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for futuredevelopment in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command,citizenship and government”. The Academy provides the 4100 midshipmen the opportunity topursue studies in engineering, science or humanities. Due to a large focus in math and
become a primary focus at the University of economic backgrounds, and prior knowledge among studentsTexas at Arlington (UTA). UTA conducted a study that at UTA, ENGR 1300 utilizes the Student-Centered Activefound students were ill-equipped in the areas of problem Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogiessolving, professional writing, and computer (SCALE-UP) method. This method, developed at NC Stateprogramming. Therefore, UTA has recently created a University [1] and now utilized in many universities [2],new first year engineering course focused on improving focuses on creating a highly active and collaborativethese specific skill areas using the Student-Centered