Northwestern University. His research was conducted at the inter- section of robotics and biomechanics in the field of human-machine interactions, and explored novel ways to control robotic prosthetic hands. He is very passionate about student education and currently teaches courses at the undergraduate level that have included manufacturing, design, experimental methods, and thermodynamics. He greatly enjoys advising all levels of undergraduate engineering, but predominantly works with first-year students in his role as a McCormick Advisor. He is the producer for the Lightboard studio, and is currently exploring models for effective online and hybrid teaching models.Dr. Ken Gentry, Northwestern University Ken Gentry is a
content would be quintessential to maximize the nonverbal dominance of engineers forentrepreneurial opportunities.References[1] Dannels, D. P., “Communication across the curriculum and in the disciplines: Speaking in engineering,”Communication Education, 2002, 254-268.[2] Darling, A. L., “Public presentations in mechanical engineering and the discourse of technology,”Communication Education, 2005, 20-33.[3] Clark, C., “The impact of entrepreneurs’ oral ‘pitch’ presentation skills on business angels’ initial screeninginvestment decisions,” Venture Capital 10, 2008, 257-279. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference[4] Mason, C. M., R
three Trident Scholar Projects, and received the AY2006-2007 Raouf-Ali-Raouf Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching at the U.S. Naval Academy. Dr. Ciezki is a member of the IEEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016An Electromagnetic Railgun Design and Realization for an Electrical Engineering Capstone ProjectDr John Ciezki, Lt Col Jeff McGuirk, C1C Taylor Bodin, C1C Santos Bonilla, C1C Gytenis Borusas, and C1C Jacob Lawson, United States Air Force Academy Faculty and StudentsAbstract: This work reports on how a team of four undergraduate students at the United States Air ForceAcademy designed, built, and tested a desk-top railgun for a year
produce answers for engineers.” Carlson thenchallenged engineering educators and librarians to find “three relevant information items” ineach course and assign students the responsibility of finding them. Carlson believed that such anapproach, adopted across an entire curriculum, would develop in students “a fairly sophisticatedknowledge of what the campus has to offer in the way of information resources.” Of course, theidea of integrating library resources with regular engineering courses had been proposed bylibrarians before.[38]Although ASEE President Easton’s vision, which was clearly inspired by the Weinberg Report,may have alarmed some librarians, he apparently had no intention of putting them out ofbusiness. In fact, he needed their help
, is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial & Operations Engineering Department and an Engineering Education Faculty Member at the University of Michigan. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and an M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University; an M.B.A. degree from Governors State University; and a B.S. degree in General Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as a professional in the areas of manufacturing, operations, technical sales, and publishing for ten years. She also served as an adjunct faculty in the Engineering Technology Program at Triton College in River Grove, IL for seven years
creative-innovative aspects which draw on the right-brain and left-brain.However, as shown in the upper part of Figure 6, that design typically occurs near the endof a student’s academic program and comprises a very small part of the program.37 Pleasenote that I am referring to traditional engineering curricula and I am basing my commentson U.S. practice. There are curricular exceptions—engineering programs that embodydesign and other whole-brain educational activities earlier if not throughout theundergraduate program. Some are noted later in this paper. Page 25.55.14 Undergraduate program 4
., & Stauffer, L. A. (1988). A model of the mechanical design process based on empirical data. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering, Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 2(01), 33–52.16. Grasso, D., Burkins, M. B., Helble, J. J., & Martinelli, D. (2008). Dispelling the myths of holistic engineering. PE Magazine.17. Klukken, P. G., Parsons, J. R., & Columbus, P. J. (1997). The Creative Experience in Engineering Practice: Implications for Engineering Education. Journal of Engineering Education, 86(2), 133–138.18. Osborn, A. F. (1963). Applied imagination: Principles and procedures of creative problem- solving (3rd Rev Edition). Buffalo, NY: Scribner.19. Pappas, J., & Pappas, E. (2003). Creative thinking, creative
space and budget became less available. Therefore, the“lab-on-a-chip” approach seeks to overcome these difficulties, and yet to provide students with Page 25.843.4meaningful experiential activities that support and enhance the topics lectured, that are based onemerging technologies and may be easily adapted to emulate real-industrial settings.Broader objectives in microfluidics education, of which this course is an important component,stem from a two-year awarded NSF TUES project. The primary goal is to integrate microfluidicstechnology and applications into Engineering Technology (ET) curriculum, mainly for the“Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Creating a New, Junior-Level, Engineering Design Course in ECE Peter Mark Jansson and Amal Kabalan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Bucknell UniversityAbstract – This paper describes the goals, pedagogical aspects and implementation of a new,junior-level engineering design course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)curriculum at Bucknell University. The need to build a more continuous set of designexperiences between a multi-disciplinary first-year course which contained some limited designexposure and the senior year culminating design experience was a key driver for thedevelopment of this new course. The authors
2001, American Society for Engineering Education”existing emphasis on disciplinary depth. The overarching goal was to better prepare students tobe effective engineers and life-long learners.To this end, the College of Engineering began efforts to integrate the student-center activities inthose parts of the curriculum where they could provide the greatest benefit. The first majoreffort was to restructure the First Year curriculum for all engineering intents. This included thedevelopment and introduction of a new two-course sequence entitled “Introduction toEngineering Systems” for all students who intend to enter the College of Engineering in theirsecond year. These truly multidisciplinary courses introduce engineering students to the role
AC 2008-1950: ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGNPROCESSES AND PRODUCTS IN ENGINEERING CAPSTONE COURSESRobert Gerlick, Washington State UniversityDenny Davis, Washington State UniversitySteven Beyerlein, University of IdahoJay McCormack, University of IdahoPhillip Thompson, Seattle UniversityOlakunle Harrison, Tuskegee UniversityMichael Trevisan, Washington State University Page 13.240.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Assessment Structure and Methodology for Design Processes and Products in Engineering Capstone CoursesTo enhance learning as well as satisfy requirements mandated by ABET, engineering programsand faculty are
,however, designers have used microcontrollers. Microcontrollers are small computersbuilt into a VLSI chip. The chip contains a microprocessor, memory, and I/O ports. Thepopularity of microcontrollers can be easily found in the auto industry where they areused in anti-lock braking systems, fuel-injection control systems, suspension systems, aswell as in dash-board panel controls. All three of our robots used the Motorola 68HC11microcontroller. Microcontrollers manufactured by Intel, Siemens, Texas Instrumentsand other companies exist on the market. The advantage of using a microcontroller as thecontrol module for the robot is that a microcontroller has many built-in features whichmake timing and input/output control easy. The necessary code is
a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,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
comment on their perceivedpreparedness level for the competition and their initial concerns areas.Upon registration, each team is provided a commemorative 1U CubeSat chassis which was 3-Dprinted using polylactic acid (PLA) with support from the University’s Maker Innovation Studio(MIST). The completed chassis are shown in Figure 1. Each team also received an Arduino-based sensor kit valued at approximately USD$100. A table of equipment is provided in Table I. Table I: Arduino based 1U CubeSat Components Provided at Registration Component Manufacturer Model Micro-controller Arduino Uno Rev. 3 Base shield
distance learning. Distance learning appealsto mature working students and their employers as it does not disrupt the working day. Bourneet. al.1 discuss the impact of online learning on continuing education of graduate engineers anddegree seeking engineering students. They recommend that engineering colleges explore,implement, and extend blended learning and the collection of data and distribution of knowledgeabout successes and failures, as well as to continue to build-out the use of technologyimplementations that increase the quality of online courses. Mulligan et. al.2 describe case Page 25.1224.2studies for teaching online Manufacturing
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Paper ID #9927Developing and Teaching a Multidisciplinary Course in Systems Thinking forSustainability: Lessons Learned through Two IterationsDr. Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky Fazleena Badurdeen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and also affiliated to the In- stitute for Sustainable Manufacturing at University of Kentucky where she leads the Sustainable Manu- facturing Systems and Supply Chains Research Group. She is also the Director for Graduate Studies in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, a multidisciplinary program in the College of Engineering. With backgrounds in Engineering and
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design our courses and properly prepare our students.What will the electrical engineering field be like in the future? What should our students preparethemselves for? What should we, as educators, be teaching the future engineers andtechnologists? An insight with leaders in the electrical engineering field presents a picture ofwhat the engineering profession will be like in the next five years. With this knowledge, we aselectrical engineering technology educators can improve our curriculum and better prepare ourstudents for a meaningful and prosperous career and future.IntroductionTake a step forward, into the 21st Century. Let us look at the beginning of a well-connected dayin the life of a systems engineer, starting with this teleconferencing
Page 22.29.4Course Learning ModulesThe primary motive of the technology students who enroll in this elective course is to make acareer in a medical center or with a manufacturer of medical instrumentation. The primary jobfunctions in a medical center would involve incoming inspection, calibration and periodicmaintenance of medical instruments used in diagnosis/treatment. In the manufacturing area thejob functions would include testing, marketing, sales, prototyping, field installation and service.Very few technology students will be working in the basic product design area of medicalinstrumentation.The education students receive includes knowledge in the origin of bio signals, their electricalproperties, the extraction of the bio signals from
Administration, the College of Education, University College, the School of GraduateStudies and Continuing Education, the School of Allied Health, and the School of Music. Thedegrees offered are the Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor ofSocial Work, Master of Education, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Education Specialist,Doctorate of Educational Leadership, Law and Public Policy, and Doctorate of Physical Page 12.78.4Therapy. The University’s degree offerings are complemented by an extensive core curriculum,freshman honors program, Biomedical Research and Training Program, Air Force ReserveOfficers’ Training Corps
in spatial ability within females: A nature/nurture interactionist framework. DEVELOPMENTAL REVIEW. 16: 241-260.9. Ecuyer-Dab, I. and Robert, M. (2004). Have sex differences in spatial ability evolved from male competition for mating and female concern for survival? Cognition. 91: 251-257.10. Wai, J., Lubinski, D., and Benbow, C. P. (2009). Spatial ability for STEM domains: Aligning over 50 years of cumulative psychological knowledge solidifies its importance. Journal of Educational Psychology. 101.4: 817-835.11. Weber, Katherine and Rodney Custer. (2005). Gender-based preferences toward technology education content, activities, and instructional methods. Journal of Technology Education. Vol. 16, No. 2: 55
levelprogramming languages; as far as embedded applications are concerned.In this section we describe a micro-controller based circuit which communicates with the PCthrough a standard serial port. This circuit is not only used to teach the basics of serial portcommunication in CET 3510; it also serves as a base for many capstone projects in ourComputer Controlled System Design I and II courses in the Baccalaureate Program.The schematic in Figure 6 shows a Microchip PIC18F2420 micro-controller based circuit.Similar micro-controllers are available from many other manufacturers such as Atmel andFreescale. This micro-controller has some very useful features as listed below: Analog inputs for connecting analog sensors such as temperature and light level
candidates finallygaining a place. A further 70 students are recruited directly into the 2nd year of the 3-yearcourse. These students, known as Admis sur Titres, have previously studied in the FrenchUniversity system (as opposed to the Grandes Ecoles) and enter ENST Bretagne with a FrenchMaîtrise ( B.Eng Honours degree) after a rigorous selection process at the end of 4 years’ inthe French Higher Education System.Figure 1 gives an approximate comparison of the educational systems for engineering trainingin France and the UK/USA.ENST Bretagne produces around 220 graduate engineers every year (Diplôme d’Ingénieur) aswell as 70 graduates from its one-year, independent Master’s programs, while an average of 35Ph.Ds are awarded every year. The college is
robotics and BME education. Dr. Krishnan has co-edited the text ”Advances in Cardiac Signal Processing”, and published numer- ous papers in conference proceedings, journal papers and book chapters. He has been developing novel models in BME curriculum design, labs, interdisciplinary project-based learning, co-ops, internships and undergraduate research. Recently he served on the NSF Advisory Committee on Virtual Communities of Practice. He keeps active memberships in AAMI, ASEE, ASME, BMES, IEEE, BMES, IFMBE, and ASME. He was selected to join Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected as a Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and he
23.1108.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Students Use Statistics to Justify Senior Project SelectionAbstract Engineering and technology curriculums typically include senior projects as theculmination of a student’s degree program. Students encounter difficulty during the selectionprocess of the project due to uninformed decisions, lack of a structure, method or model, or aninsufficient understanding of the resources needed to complete the project. The authors addressthis issue by introducing the utilization of a statistical model in a senior project course. In the course, students work in teams and propose, design, test and build their senior projectover the course of two
pedagogical research interests in improving engineering physics curriculum and seeking solutions to gender bias. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 An International Study of Foucault’s Pendulum Abstract Léon Foucault proved the rotation of the Earth with Foucault's Pendulum experimentusing a pendulum with 67 meters in length. A Foucault’s Pendulum refers to a heavy massswinging about a relatively high pivot point, where the inertial plane of the pendulum’s swingrotates over time. This rotation of the plane is called precession. Due to the Earth’s rotation, theprecession is clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the
won awards for research and teaching excellence from the Society for Information Management, NEEDS, Decision Sciences Institute, American Society for Engineering Education, Amer- ican Society for Mechanical Engineering, International Network for Engineering Education & Research, Computer World, Campus Technology, and the Project Management Institute. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education and the Managing Editor of the Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research.Dr. P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE)Mr. Nanda Kumar B.S. Nanda Kumar B.S. is Assistant Construction Manager, Center of Excellence & Futuristic
next steps in the process; that of designing and conducting an online survey was completed.It was decided to implement this project by assimilating it with the curriculum in the form of aproject based activity. The project-based learning activity18 is a hands-on project-based series ofcourses implemented at Rowan University called the Engineering Clinics. The EngineeringClinics is an 8-semester sequence of courses offered by the College of Engineering thatreplicates industrial work environment by engaging the students in laboratory hands-on activitieson projects that are often sponsored by industry partners with a focus on solving real worldproblems.Assessment MethodThe instrument for this study was designed to be (i) an online survey sent to
, who arrangesfor their student ID cards to open the outside doors. This access is 24 hours a day, seven days aweek and allows access to the work bays and the CAD Lab. Separate electronic locks on themachine shop and welding shop allow access between 8:00 am and 11:00 pm to the subset ofstudents authorized to use those shops. Students are allowed access to the machine shop if theyhave taken a course entitled “Manufacturing Processes Laboratory,” and have subsequently Page 9.660.6passed a certification test administered by the lab manager. The certification test involves Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education