year.Dr. Steffen Peuker, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Steffen Peuker holds the James L. Bartlett, Jr. Assistant Professor position in the Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the California State University in San Luis Obispo. He is teaching courses, includ- ing laboratories, in the HVAC concentration and mechanical engineering including first-year courses. Dr. Peuker’s educational research focuses on increasing student retention and success in engineering through implementation of a student success focused approach in introduction to engineering courses. In addi- tion, his work in engineering education focuses on collaborative learning, student-industry cooperation, and developing
into an Undergraduate CurriculumAbstractBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) developed into a prominent field of knowledge andpractice in the Architect/Engineering/Construction (AEC) profession over the past decade. Asthis field emerged in both academia and industry, increasingly viewed as critical for significantpractice, the state of the art became more clearly defined. As the field matures, the door opensfor the effective integration of BIM at the undergraduate civil engineering program level.Some universities have taken the approach of addressing this new body of knowledge viaseminar sessions, in addition to the standard academic load, while others have addressed the needwith the development of a specific
cannot add/delete any general studies section and support coursessection, the only place to modify course lists to reflect our proposed changes were in corecourses section. The following section details proposed curriculum at John Tyler CommunityCollege for Mechanical Engineering Technology with Mechatronics and Robotics VisionSystems specialization. After reviewing survey results, industry visits outcomes and review ofJTCC existing curriculum, new curriculum design was planned and developed with three newcourses so that the existing curriculum and number of credit hours for AS degree will not beaffected. Figure 1 shows the block diagram of process plan of new courses development
AC 2008-1766: SMALL INTERVENTIONS, BIG IMPACTS: HOWMODIFICATION OF DELIVERY PROCESS OF IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES FORFRESHMEN CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE LEARNINGAly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Aly Tawfik is the VTSTA President and a Graduate Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is a doctoral student in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research is in the area of transportation systems. He is currently a workshop leader for freshmen courses at Virginia Tech.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in Engineering Education and Mechanical
support… engineering…and scienceeducation programs at all levels‖1; yet, half a century later, problems of access, achievement, andequity for females and ethnic minorities in these fields remain, resulting in a lack of diversity inengineering2-3.OverviewIn this paper, we consider a study with the goal of obtaining insights into diversity issues,including potential approaches for addressing diversity inequity4-14 (Fig. 1). This multiple-methods study is comprised of a survey of participants whose primary composition is as highereducation students currently studying engineering. The multi-question survey gathersanonymous demographic information and relative interests in humanitarian engineeringexperiences from 110 persons which consist of different
ModificationsAs discussed in our introduction, a wide variety of logistical, curricular, social, and financialobstacles exist that collectively discourage most engineering students from interning or studyingabroad as part of their undergraduate education. Moreover, a sober analysis of attitudes andmotivation among undergraduate engineering students leads to the recognition that manyengineering undergraduates will simply not go abroad, no matter how easy, cheap, well-integrated, or streamlined one makes the experience. This reality leads us to shift our primaryemphasis away from sending engineers abroad, and towards integrating international exposureinto our local curriculum via a comprehensive curricular internationalization effort.Our approach to
Session 2465 Computational Education within Mechanical Engineering Programs P. Smith, R. Pederson, and J. Vennes Mechanical Engineering Department New Mexico State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the experience in the Mechanical Engineering Department at New MexicoState University in introducing a sophisticated solids modeling software package at the freshmanlevel to replace the traditional computer aided mechanical drawing course. The package is thenfurther utilized within the upper level undergraduate courses at increasing degrees of
for assisting teachers with performing engineering education and communicating robotics concepts to students spanning the K-12 through university age range.Ashley Russell, CEEO Page 22.859.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Improving STEM Learning through Accessible RoboBooksAbstractIn this study the researchers conducted an inclusive and iterative design protocol in orderto develop an accessible, interactive engineering curriculum delivery tool and promoteequitable learning opportunities for students with learning and cognitive disabilities. Thesoftware interface is utilized
multidisciplinary teams. This meant that they needed to have youngengineers who could effectively communicate with a broad cross-section of people 1.In response to industry demands, ABET developed a new approach to accreditation with ABET2000. The new approach had striking similarities to quality certification processes beingimplemented by the International Standards Organization with ISO 9000 2. ABET 2000 was lessprescriptive in terms of course content. A centerpiece of ABET 2000 was a broad set of learningoutcome criteria and the implementation of a culminating design course, which was establishedto help assess whether our young engineers met the student learning outcomes set out by thecriteria and to provide students with an open ended design experience
Paper ID #15547Writing in STEM: A Synthesis of Two Adaptive ApproachesDr. Teresa L. Larkin, American University Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Faculty Liaison to the Pre-engineering Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin is involved with Physics Education Research (PER) and has published widely on topics related to the assessment of student learn- ing in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as a
Page 23.359.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Curriculum Exchange: “The Art of Engineering” A Four-Year Project-Based High School CurriculumBackground: A teacher who is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship isimplementing a new four-year project-based curriculum in Science, Technology, Engineering,Art, and Mathematics (STEAM). The program is designed to give students a real-world,interdisciplinary, project-based approach to learning. The program strives to create a balancebetween theory and application.Motivation: Driven by what he perceived as a disconnect between formal education andengineering practice, a teacher in California has designed a high
curriculum, proved challenging butattainable given the strong administrative support and leadership for this program, and UTEP’sdesire to provide innovative undergraduate engineering education that leads toward increasedretention and advancing opportunities for serving underrepresented populations.BackgroundLeadership Engineering (LE) is defined as an emerging engineering sub-field that integratesdisciplinary knowledge and practice with communication, business, and leadership skills. Thisinnovative approach to engineering has emerged as a direct result of industry’s immediate andlong-term need for a new kind of engineer: one with a new skill set to work in complex 21st
2006-516: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO INCREASING ENGINEERINGDIVERSITY: ERAU’S ALL-WOMEN MINI-BAJA PROJECTDarris White, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Darris White is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Embry Riddle. His research topics include: Robotics, Vibrations, High Performance Vehicles and Control Systems.Heidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Heidi Steinhauer is an Instructor in the Freshmen Department at Embry Riddle. Her focus area is Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing.Lisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Lisa Davids is an Instructor in the Freshmen Department at Embry Riddle. Her focus area is Fluid
critical need for holistic engineering education which includes andstresses a broad range of leadership and management skills in addition to a concentratedtraditional technical curriculum. Emerging young engineers will, in many instances, be requiredto lead teams of diverse professionals and manage budgets and schedules for domestic and/orinternational projects only a few years beyond completing their formal undergraduate education.The new program criteria developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)1, andused by ABET during the accreditation process, recognizes this change and is more closelyaligned with the Body of Knowledge2. One major change is that the new criteria now include astatement requiring that students “can explain
associatedwith its implementation at undergraduate level. A three-pronged approach has been prepared forcurriculum implementation; a bioinformatics course that would provide students with boththeory and practical aspects of subject, course-embedded modules containing bioinformaticstopics that can be integrated into selected science and engineering courses, and trainingworkshops for faculty and curriculum development. A multipurpose bioinformatics laboratorywill be established to support the bioinformatics curriculum, research and outreach activities. Anintroduction to bioinformatics course has been developed and in-place for offering in Spring2007 semester. The contents of the course-embedded modules will be focusing on principlesand/or application of
for Research in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University, and Director of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992, where he also served in the National Center for Research on Mathematical Sciences Education as a postdoctoral scholar.Dr. Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University Casey J. Ankeny, PhD is lecturer in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Ari- zona State University. Casey received her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Univer- sity of Virginia in 2006 and her doctorate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of
, planning tasks, and negotiating team interactions.The skills to navigate a design environment are new to most students. The design environment iscertainly rich in learning opportunities, but it is also very complex.Faculty also have their share of difficulty in teaching design. In a recent review of the pedagogyof design Dym, et al.7 present an equivalent of the “State of the Union Address.” They state: …the role of design in engineering education remains largely as stated by Evans et al. in 1990: “The subject [of design] seems to occupy the top drawer of a Pandora’s box of controversial curriculum matters, a box often opened only as accreditation time approaches. Even ‘design’ faculty—those often segregated from
Paper ID #16772Curriculum for an eMentorship ProgramDr. Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University Cameron Denson is an assistant professor of Technology and Engineering Design Education (TDE) in the Dept. of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education at N.C. State University.Dr. Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University Assistant Professor of STEM Education c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Curriculum for an eMentorship Program (Evaluation) AbstractThe eMentoship program was an eight-week program that
Paper ID #9085Enhancing Design Students’ Comfort and Versatility in the Shop: A Project-Based ApproachDr. Ari W Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ARI W. EPSTEIN is a Lecturer in the Terrascope program and the Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering (CEE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he specializes in team-oriented, project-based, student-driven learning. He is particularly interested in developing ways to integrate free-choice learning (the kind of learning promoted by museums, community-based organiza- tions, media and other outlets) into the academic curriculum
power-relationships and values within the engineeringprofession itself, resulting in men being placed in the more powerful positions and once there,exercising a patriarchal bias in all areas at all levels[33].MethodologyIn seeking to investigate how teenage girls view engineering as a potential university levelstudy subject and career option, a participatory research approach was adopted[5] in whichtwo 17 year old female High School students were employed as interviewers. The girls, whowere employed during their summer vacation, were given basic research methods trainingincluding how to conduct a semi-structured interview. They were also given some trainingin the ‘practicalities’ of qualitative research (including the organisational aspects
, instruments used toassess the effectiveness of the approach, and results from the experiences. In summary, somestudents are reluctant to participate in “team” efforts. They indicate that they enjoy the case-based approach. In general, the team oriented, cased-based approach helps students make theconnection from acquiring / processing information to developing knowledge and applying thesame.Introduction A junior level introductory Transportation Engineering course is typical in the coreundergraduate curriculum in Civil Engineering. CEG 362: Transportation Engineering is arequired 3-credit course in the undergraduate curriculum in Civil Engineering at the Universityof Nevada, Las Vegas. Such a course would include topics in the life cycle of a
the new curriculum on student understanding of social justice and students’ perceptionof the relevance of social justice to the profession. Student evaluations and written reflectionswere also examined to gauge how students perceived the integration of social justice into anintroductory engineering course. Survey results indicate that student awareness of the relevanceof social justice to the engineering profession increased over the course of the quarter. Inaddition, findings indicate an increase in understanding of social justice concepts along with anincrease in ability to identify social injustice. As seen through course evaluations and writtenreflections, student response to the course has been positive and most students are receptive
Page 11.366.4world.A more aggressive and ultimately more efficient approach requires a new model of engineeringeducation. The requisite “80” of the curriculum is non-negotiable. The negotiable “20” can beutilized to its fullest extent with a global emphasis in intercultural communication, internationalresource use, and interpersonal professional training as keystones of the curricular construct.The innovation comes in the creation of a global composite or aggregate throughout the entireeducational experience – the fostering of a global mindset rather than just he addition of anotherskill-set.21The overarching goal of this model is to inculcate a flexible archetype or worldview in everyundergraduate engineering student that includes
2006-1145: WHERE THE GIRLS ARE: APPLYING AN INTEGRATEDMARKETING APPROACH TO ATTRACT GIRLS INTO ENGINEERINGPROGRAMSPat Pyke, Boise State University Patricia Pyke is the Director of Special Programs for the College of Engineering at Boise State University. She oversees projects in freshman experience, retention, math support, mentoring, and women’s programs. She earned a B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University and a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.Leandra Aburusa-Lete, Boise State University Leandra Aburusa-Lete is the Student Support Coordinator for the College of Engineering at Boise State University. She earned a B.S. degree in
change agents in academic engineering to amplify efforts towardinstitutional transformation. Breaching the demarcation between who is being studied and who isstudying is tricky, especially since it challenges the historical and cultural power dynamics inwestern empirical science in which dominate groups typically study the less powerful. Intraditional anthropological studies, or what Forsythe calls “the old story” of anthropology, theresearchers and the research participants do not share similar worlds and the latter rarely readsthe formers’ ethnography about them.9 The LATTICE project follows the “new story” ofanthropology in that it is applied, critical of dominant structures of power—both institutional andinterpersonal. In this “new story
class typically offered by the physics department. This course may be required for electricalor computer engineers as a prelude to a semiconductor device class.Surveys of textbooks indicate that the curriculum for such courses has not changed much in acouple of decades. The table of contents of a typical text includes such topics as: relativity,quantization, the Bohr-Rutherford nuclear atom, wave-particle duality and the Heisenberguncertainty principle, the Schrödinger equation, atomic physics, statistical physics, and variousrelated applications. Virtually none of the popular texts include topics on quantum entanglementand quantum computing.Quantum entanglement involves correlations in the measurement of physical systems. Thesesystems are
goal, the capacity of all partners will be enhanced, communicationand coordination to facilitate the success of transfer students will be embedded in the culture ofthe partners, and other populations not currently well represented in STEM disciplines such aswomen, first-generation-to-college, and military-associated students also will benefit. In addition,best practices developed at KS-LSAMP partner institutions will be disseminated around the stateto its other two- and four-year institutions that are increasingly serving URM students as well.The project uses a systems approach to address the needs of underrepresented minorities inSTEM, linking existing successful recruitment and retention strategies with new programs basedon research into
, telecommunications as well as other fields. Because of the rich anddiverse nature of medical information, it has created a fertile ground for innovations andapplied research particularly from the prospective of computer science and informationtechnology. Although medical informatics has been recognized as a standalone science,few colleges and universities with computer science programs have acknowledgedmedical informatics as a viable application and have recognized the importance ofincorporating medical informatics courses into their curriculum. Also, there has been nounified approach as to how topics in medical informatics should be integrated into thecurriculum. In this paper, we address the need to have a structured paradigm forembedding medical
resume by emphasizing concepts students arealready leaning. This approach has the further reaching approach of educating industry on the Page 11.868.9importance and value of the IE curriculum and the potential value IE graduates can add to anorganization.Bibliography1. Anonymous, Posting to the IEFACLIST Listserve, 10/31/2000. (The authors of this paper recognize that comments made by faculty through the Industrial Engineering Faculty Listserve are not always written with the expectation that they may appear in print. Consequently, we have chosen to report Listserve comments anonymously.)2. Womack, J.P. and D.T. Jones, Lean
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Scaffolding Student Success: Developing a Culturally Responsive Approach to Support Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering Undergraduate Research In this research study, a scaffolding technique is implemented in undergraduate research tocultivate and enhance engineering related aptitudes and stimulate additional experience that willallow underrepresented minority students to fully engage in communication and leadership rolespost-graduation. Developing and supporting the growth of underrepresented minorities as leaderswho make significant innovative contributions to the global and interconnected scientific societyrequires awareness of contextual issues