, variouscriteria, sub-criteria, and determinants for the selection of reverse logistics options are interrelated.The literature on Balanced Scorecard that deals with strategies and technologies for effectivelymanaging businesses is quite vast. To provide further information regarding the development of the Page 14.34.2BSC approach and performance measurement metrics, please see Bontis et al.16. 22. Introduction to the data envelopment analysis approachData Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a non-parametric approach that compares similar entities, i.e.,decision making units (DMUs), against the “best
Paper ID #25014Seeding a Strategic Campaign to Address Root Causes of Inequity in Engi-neering EducationDr. Ellen Foster, Purdue University Dr. Ellen K Foster currently holds a post-doctoral appointment in the engineering education department at Purdue University. She received her doctorate in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechninc Institute in 2017, and holds her BA in Astronomy and Physics from Vassar College.Dr. Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jennifer Karlin spent the first half of her career at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was a professor of
working as Senior Materials Education Consultant at ANSYS Granta in Cambridge, UK. Pre- viously Program Director for a Master’s Programme in Manufacturing Engineering at University West in Sweden. Experience in teaching subjects like Materials Science & Technology and Environmental Technology to students of mechanical engineering at the department of Engineering Science since 1999.Dr. Kaitlin Tyler, ANSYS c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Software Support for Materials-Related Active LearningAbstractThe world of education is ever expanding, and with it, our understanding of how people learn.By helping the students connect to their prior knowledge during the formal
in their undergraduate courses?” Our findingscontribute to the emerging literature on interdisciplinary education in engineering, but are alsodesigned to inform a subsequent phase of our analysis, in which we will examine how the factorsidentified in this study shape the educational experiences of undergraduate engineering students,and, ultimately, students’ development of interdisciplinary competence. To ground this work,we first discuss the definitional challenges that arise when studying interdisciplinary educationand then review the small body of research on faculty course planning in higher education.A Review of Relevant LiteratureAlthough there is a vast literature on interdisciplinarity 12, empirical study of
for Engineering and Technology(ABET). Page 5.230.3ABET Criteria 3 has defined a list (a-k) as required program outcomes. The authorsconsider that some of the intended outcomes also should consider employment outlook, andnear-term forecasts of emerging technologies; although, this kind of information is limitedand difficult to assess.ME 101 is part of the engineering program plan and as such the course outcomes may bedefined in terms of a flow processes with closed loop feed-back mechanisms designed forprocess improvement. From its inception the introductory course pursues documentinggoals, outcomes and results. These materials will serve in the
1 Session 3561DEVELOPING EUROTECH German emerged as the best target for culture and language study in an internationalengineering program, and we had to make sure that industry would support such an initiative.From members of the Connecticut Legislature we learned of several enthusiastic administrativeofficers in industry and discussed the project with them. Letters of support from both thelegislature and industry accompanied the proposal that was prepared and submitted to the U.S.Department's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. EUROTECH receivedfunding of $250,000 to develop the program. Although Germany is the initial target
limited interactionfrom students. Similarly, simulations may not provide a realistic visualization of 3D objects, especiallywithout real-world context.AR technology emerges as a promising solution to these limitations. An AR application allows studentsto interact with 3D models directly, holding and manipulating them in their hands. This immersiveexperience enables students to explore models from multiple perspectives and interact with the modelsas often and for as long as they need to facilitate a deeper understanding of physics concepts.Students often understand a concept in the context in which it was presented to them. Many abstract and3D concepts are taught using 2D representations, and students may not consider the models from
entailsunderstanding the broader systems in which their designs will be used, understanding thelinkages between components, and addressing more than just the technical aspects of a design. Itis imperative that we develop this mindset and skill set in our students; however, introducing theSystems Approach and its associated concepts is challenging. It is crucial that students aretaught to adjust their points of view in order to see the interactions of parts, as well as torecognize “the whole” in the form of emergent system characteristics. Being conversant withthis flexible view will help students understand, predict, and control the effects of their decisionsand solutions more effectively, especially at the technology–society interface.This paper describes
graduating, Richard wants to pursue a career in the field of software engineering and eventually management.Erin B. Reilly, University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab Erin Reilly is Creative Director & Research Fellow for Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism. In her role, she oversees all aspects of lab programming, prod- uct design and mentoring students in developing applications and business ideas using digital media and how it impacts society. Her research focus is children, youth and media and the interdisciplinary, creative learning experiences that occur through social and cultural participation with emergent technologies. Erin is currently
integrate emerging technologies as productive tools to support student learning and assessment.Dr. Esther Tian, University of Virginia Esther Tian is an Associate Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include bio-inspired robotics and engineering design education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 GIFTS: Integrating Generative AI into First-Year Engineering Education: From Knowledge Acquisition and Arduino Projects to Defining Accessibility Problems and SolutionsIntroduction: Motivation and
, Auburn University Maria Lujan Auad received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1995 and Ph.D. in Materials Sciences in 2000 from the University of Mar del Plata in Argentina. After a postdoctoral position at the California Institute of Technology in the Chemical Engineering Department, she was a research assistant at the University of Southern California in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences. She joined Auburn University as an Assistant Professor in 2006 in the former Polymer and Fiber Engineering Department. She served as an Associate Professor and Interim Department Chair during her tenure in the Department. In 2015, she was appointed Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering
breaches," Computer fraud & security, vol. 2020, no. 12, pp. 6-12, 2020, doi: 10.1016/S1361-3723(20)30127-5.[2] D. Woods and P. Hirsch. "Cracking the code on cyber insurance." NPR. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1093656544 (accessed 04/22/2022, 2022).[3] Chang. "The role cyberattacks and information campaigns have played in the war in Ukraine." NPR. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1089774585 (accessed 04/22/2022, 2022).[4] J. Blazic, "Changing the landscape of cybersecurity education in the E.U.: Will the new approach produce the required cybersecurity skills?" Education and information technologies, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 3011-3036, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s10639-021-10704-y.[5] K. Daimi and G
energy demands sustainably while reducing the environmental impact of carbonemissions [1]. This shift is crucial for ensuring a sustainable future and combating the impacts ofclimate change. Among the various renewable energy technologies available today, photovoltaic(PV) systems have gained significant prominence. They have emerged as one of the most effectiveand scalable solutions for harnessing solar energy, which is abundant, clean, and renewable. Therapid growth in the adoption of PV systems highlights the increasing demand for a skilledworkforce capable of driving innovation and improving efficiency in this sector [2, 3].To meet the rising demand for skilled professionals in PV technology and its applications,educational institutions
concepts, emerging technologies, and new market trends, seeking to identify and engage with potential opportunities for innovation.• Students will cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, including the ability to conduct market research and financial forecasts to drive innovation that positively impacts society and the economy.• Students will develop reliable, high-quality products with market appeal, within the budgets and time demanded by competitive businesses.The advisory board then reviewed existing course offerings at the university and generated anextensive list of potential course options for inclusion in the program. One key observation herewas that numerous units were already offering design thinking courses at various levels
Paper ID #36604Work-in-Progress: A Complementary Training Program inControl and Automation Engineering and its Role inUndergraduate / Master's Program IntegrationKarl Heinz Kienitz (Dr.) Karl Heinz Kienitz graduated as Electronics Engineer from Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) in 1983 and earned a Master's Degree, also from ITA, in 1985. In 1990 he completed a doctorate in Electrical Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ). For over a decade, he served as an Engineering Officer of the Brazilian Air Force. He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Systems and Control, ITA
the particularproblems faced by a group within a specific time and context. For example, knowledge andexpertise tied to shifting research settings and resources such as novel research problems,research staff, and unwieldy physical technologies etc., demands consistent renewal, andtherefore is not always transferable to different problems or settings (Van Maanen and Schein,1978). Put differently, there is a tendency to view problems, and the expertise needed to addressthem, as far more static and recurrent than they are in practice. As a result, frameworks forrecognizing and valuing expertise in laboratory settings may discount the emergent, situated, andeven improvisational nature of knowledge practices in these settings. It is critical
Paper ID #25130Student-Facilitated Online Discussions to Encourage Critical Thinking in CivilEngineeringDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Dr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu is a lecturer in the department of Civil, Construction and Environmental En- gineering at Iowa State University. Her background is in Curriculum and Instruction, and her research interests include online learning, hybrid learning, and technology integration in higher education.Suhan Yao, Iowa State University Suhan Yao works as an Instructional Design Specialist in Engineering-Las Online Learning at Iowa State University. Her research interests
seven Information Technology textbooks, over 100 peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and she gave numerous presen- tations at national and international professional events in USA, Canada, England, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Romania. She is the founder director of the Auburn University Educational and Assistive Technology Laboratory (LEAT), Co-PI of NSF EEC ”RFE Design and Development: Framing Engineering as Community Activism for Values-Driven Engineeringan”, Co-PI of NSF CISE ”EAGER: An Accessible Coding Curriculum for Engaging Underserved Students with Special Needs in Afterschool Programs”, institutional partner of AccessComputing (http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/), Ac
Paper ID #7070Integrating Engineering and Arts through Capstone Design: Creative Cam-pus Meets the Learning FactoryProf. Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Timothy W. Simpson is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Penn State with affiliate appointments in Engineering Design and the College of Information Sciences and Technology. As the Director of the Learning Factory, he coordinated 150 industry-sponsored senior design projects each year for over 700 students in the College of Engineering. He also serves as the Director of the Product Re- alization Minor. His research
Qualitative Studies in Education, and Educational Philosophy and Theory.Dr. Danny D. Reible, Texas Tech University Dr. Danny D. Reible is the Donovan Maddox Distinguished Engineering Chair at Texas Tech University. He was previously the Bettie Margaret Smith Chair of Environmental Health Engineering in the Depart- ment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Reible holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engi- neering from the California Institute of Technology, and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer, a Professional Engineer (Louisiana), and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for the
- Contributing elements to the Movement, and how this Movement drives other sectors.Contributing to the popularity of the Maker Movement are the accessibility of low-costmanufacturing tools like 3D printers and laser cutters, availability of cheap and simple embeddedcontrollers and powerful motors, interest in open hardware as a complement to open software,the emergence of online sharing and exchange of digital designs, and the popularity ofcrowdfunding opportunities [1]. As indicated in Fig. 1, the movement is, in turn, stimulatingSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, invigorating the U.S.manufacturing sector, feeding device-based markets such as drones and the internet of things,leading to new manufacturing
AC 2008-182: TECHNICAL COLLEGE PROGRAM IN RADIATION PROTECTIONDavid Jonassen, University of Missouri Dr. David Jonassen is Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Missouri where he teaches in the areas of Learning Technologies and Educational Psychology. Since earning his doctorate in educational media and experimental educational psychology from Temple University, Dr. Jonassen has taught at the Pennsylvania State University, University of Colorado, the University of Twente in the Netherlands, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Syracuse University. He has published 30 books and numerous articles, papers, and reports on text design, task analysis
- olution. His research interests include concrete materials and construction, engineering and technology education and problem-based learning.Dr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Ph.D, is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She teachers graduate courses in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and collaborates on various state and national STEM teacher professional development programs and pre-engineering student outreach programs. Araceli holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a M.S. degree in Manufacturing Management from Kettering University. After a
emerging technologies, interactive platforms, and industry affiliationsto provide students with an invaluable learning experience. Concurrently, the escalating concernfor environmental responsibility, notably among students, has sparked an interest in pioneeringsolutions like repurposing waste materials for sustainable infrastructure development. This shifttowards eco-friendly alternatives not only aligns with ethical values but also offers a tangibleavenue for students to affect positive change. Within this landscape, the incorporation of wasteplastic into hot mix asphalt (HMA) emerges as an intriguing pathway for enhancing pavementproperties, yet it presents unresolved questions regarding optimal compositions, long-termperformance, and
learners experience, observe, and are taught about phenomenathroughout daily life and in prior coursework5. Some of these preconceptions may be consistentwith scientific, or normative, conceptions. However, others are non-normative. These non-normative preconceptions can act as barriers to student learning and prevent students fromproperly conceptualizing new information. When preconceptions hinder student learning orprovoke incorrect explanations or predictions of scientific phenomena, they are often referred toas misconceptions5.Misconceptions Relevant to Materials ScienceAtomic Bonding MisconceptionsIn 1989, Peterson, Treagust and Garnett developed a test for identifying misconceptions ofbonding and molecular structure called the Covalent
engineering fields is that the courses are theory-based, which areperceived by students as simply being “boring”. Today’s engineering students must have fullaccess to emerging technologies to be fully prepared to contribute to their respective fields.Computer animation of complex behavior of engineering components and systems willundoubtedly help students understanding. This paper presents the initial development of Web-based structural engineering virtualexperiments (VE) for structural engineering courses, in general, and partially restrained steelconnections (PRC), in particular. This was done by developing procedures to link finite elementcodes for mesh preprocessor of PRC to the Web, including their interactive and three-dimensional
-track position in anengineering department it may also be more difficult to get a professional position serving in anengineering education capacity. A description of subject groups, how subjects were identified,and perceived levels of risk in career path decisions are provided below.Group 1 – Engineering Education PhD Recipients. This group completed a dissertation in anengineering education topic during the period of 1990 to 2003. Some received degrees incolleges of engineering; some received degrees from other disciplines such as education, publicpolicy, or psychology. Although there is no information to suggest that subjects completed thesedissertations with a goal of employment in academia, the workload and commitment inherent inthe
. Students and teachers are able to use relatively smalldevices to accomplish computationally powerful tasks. These tasks range from watchingrecorded lectures, reading online notes to looking up supplementary information such as data orrelevant charts. Within engineering, this push towards digital, interactive media is alsoincreasing, yet there is a distinct lack of engineering mobile apps. The following paper meets theneeds of the emerging market for interactive engineering apps via smartphones and tablets aswell as furthers the idea of creating free, easy, and straightforward access to relevant engineeringdata.Mobile apps and tools related to engineering are an emerging market as the number ofsmartphones and tablets increase in the classroom
emerging markets is also necessary to maintain the flow of students intothe program. Surveys [10] have identified Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and Nigeria as emergingmarkets for international education. This information provides institutions with the power tofocus their short-term recruitment efforts in a more targeted list of countries and implementstrategies that are targeting the specific needs of each market. The program might benefit fromtargeting untapped markets such as Nigeria to increase their international student recruiting.It is important to consider the existing associations between the enrollment of studentspreviously associated with the university as well as the enrollment of students whoseapplications were previously withdrawn. Data
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