has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.Martin Kane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Martin Kane earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil
experiment. The full design challenge andcomparing various materials for chemical filtration are more appropriate for high schoolstudents. We have used this lesson as a basis for a workshop in a large Girl Scout event calledChanging the World through STEM hosted by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Council.There, we incorporated more background information about chemical engineering and discussionof technology that engineers use to purify the world’s drinking water supplies using chemicalengineering principles. We have also adapted this lesson as an introduction to filtration as a keyprocess that our bodies use to remove liquid waste via the kidneys. This biomedical engineeringlesson included discussions of filtration research for improving
programmers can struggle when attempting toassess their own mastery. A 2005 international survey of 500 programming students and teachersrevealed that students tend to overestimate their understanding [11]. Papadopoulos et al. studiedstudents’ ability to process complex information by requiring one group of students to simplythink about their responses to questions and the other group to write reflective responses [12].They found a significant difference in student assessments of learning, with knowledgeacquisition favoring the writing group. In the thinking group, students had false self-awarenessof their learning process, and would have benefited from providing their answers in writing.Thus, a primary benefit of WTL strategies is the ability to
to generate friction, for a bike this would be the tire rim, and for cars friction wouldbe applied on the brake disk. However, the problem with trying to apply regenerative braking to abicycle is that no motor exists that is capable of driving the bike in the forward direction as wellas the backwards. In other words, an external motor would need to be implemented in order tocollect energy from the bike. The emergence of smartphones12 and mobile technology has alsoimpacted our world greatly. With these new technologies we are able to send and receiveinformation at an unforeseen rate, but our reliance on these devices has grown tremendously. Assmartphones become more and more of a necessity to the average college student and employee(MacKay
communication. Not only are students exposed to scientific literature, they areencouraged to interact with the text – summarizing it in a way that makes sense to them, anddiscussing the technical information with their peers.Assignment 2: Cool Nano Topics of the Day (CNTOTD)This assignment consists of two in-class presentations given over the course of the eight-weekproject. The project team members deliver 10-minute PowerPoint presentations based on ascientific journal article discussing nano-scale technology that interests them. Following eachpresentation, peers, TAs, and instructors ask questions related to the content and give feedbackon how the presentation went well and how the team can improve. This assignment providesstudents with opportunities
/engineering-ethics-education 5. Herkert, J. R., 2003, Microethics, Macroethics, and Professional Engineering Societies. Emerging Technologies and Ethical Issues in Engineering: Papers from a Workshop October 14-15, 2003. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2004. 6. Riley, D., 2008, Ethics in Context, Ethics in Action: Getting Beyond the individual Professional in Engineering Ethics Education. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2008. 7. Bullard, Robert, 1990, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 8. Costner, Pat, and Thornton, Joe, 1990, Playing With Fire: Hazardous Waste
for a traditional 50 to 75 minutes in the lecture hall and havingthem listen passively to their lecturer is not realistic. Page 24.391.3Currently in the U.S. only six percent of the 24-year-olds attain a first degree in a Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field. The U.S. is ranked in the bottomquartile, (20th out of 24) among comparative nations. Unless we find new breakthroughs tosignificantly improve the success of students, especially in gateway courses, we will not be ableto increase the number of STEM graduates that are needed to maintain our economic vibrancy.Our experiment at SJSU bears a lot of hope as an effective
includes action research that explores the dynamic and complexinterconnections among strategy, organizational learning, organizational structure, technology,people, and processes. The focus of this application program is on developing and evaluatingpragmatic methods and frameworks for facilitating dialog-based manufacturing strategydevelopment by use of generic manufacturing concepts. Strategy development in organizationsis a research topic that has received significant attention in recent years. The importance of usingcreativity to establish a shared “vision” for manufacturing companies has emerged as a keyingredient to a successful, collaborative process (see Riis and Johansen1; Maslen and Platts 3).Riis and Johansen1, for example, develop a
involved in effecting the bestchanges in a poorly understood situation within the available resources [3]. It is no surprise thatthese definitions, focusing on applications, processes, and products, are dominant in efforts toinfuse engineering into K-12 science education. The following quote from Next GenerationScience Standards [4], further justifies this claim: “It is important for students to explore the practical use of science, given that a singular focus on the core ideas of the disciplines would tend to shortchange the importance of applications... engineering and technology provide a context in which students can test their own developing scientific knowledge and apply it to practical problems; doing so
ofinformation already acquired during the procedural learning in a rational manner wouldconstitute the beginning of fluid intelligence building. Repeated experience would boost theconfidence level. The crystallized facts/information and fluid intelligence confidence would leadto crystallized intelligence 26. This learning model has been tested by us. First the meaning ofprocedural learning was explained to the class with a very simple example. Then we showed thestudents the implementation in physics learning.We reminded the students with procedural learning of fact in terms of 5 + 7 = 12 in kindergartenlearning with unit in apples, unit in oranges, and two units in fingers/toes. Such exercises wouldget easier with practice and clear fact would emerge
Paper ID #37921Board 217: Assessing Awareness and Competency of Engineering FreshmenonEthical and Responsible Research and PracticesDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He currently serves as Associate Dean for Inclusion and Faculty Success in the College of Engineering. He is a member oProf. Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University Dr. Banerjee is a Professor in the William Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University
Page 15.501.4and emergency-credentialed teachers4, 8-10. The scarcity of academic support, informal andformal mentorship and role models within friend and family networks exacerbate the educationalchallenges facing these students11-13. As a result, these students are underrepresented in highereducation, most notably in STEM14-19.In order to reach out to the most underserved schools (degree of need is measured by parentincome and education levels, school crime and Academic Performance Index), we havedeveloped an Urban School Needs Map that helps us compare Los Angeles public schools basedon publicly available data (figure 1). All data is taken from the CA department of education, LosAngeles School Police Department and Los Angeles Unified
exploration, andmany other topics.Writing assignments also worked to stress the multiple-view ethic-theoretical approach of thecourse. For example, in the final, multi-stepped assignment that lasted over a period of severalweeks and culminated in student presentations. This is discussed in further detail below.Assignments and GradingSeveral different types of assignments were used in the class to enable students to follow theclass concepts closely and utilize those concepts, both immediately, and as a final “design”element.Figure 1 represents the assignment and grading information given students in advance. Figure 2details the grading criteria for the papers. The grading criteria were geared towards helpingengineering students hone their writing and
the dynamic engineeringdesign process as a guide, tool, and resource for engineers of all experience levels and fields.We draw upon appropriate math and science skills while also challenging students to considerbudgetary restrictions, organizational efficacy, and knowledge of human factors. We hope toilluminate the mutually beneficial outcomes of these community partnerships and establish asolid framework for engineering preparation and instruction in secondary education.IntroductionRecently, a partnership between Somerville High School and the Tufts University Center forEngineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) has emerged within the field of engineeringeducation. In an effort to provide students in the center for Career and Technical
initiated in 2009 by the Viterbi School of Engineering at University ofSouthern California. The goal is to leverage the emerging pedagogical and technologicalinnovations to enable students around the world to engage in collaborative and interactiveengineering learning across disciplinary, physical, institutional, and cultural boundaries. Usingmodern eLearning technologies enhanced by Telepresence capability over the Internet, studentsfrom different universities attend the same class in person at networked iPodia classrooms ontheir home campuses to learn with their classmates around the globe. iPodia students learntogether from the same teacher(s) with similar course syllabus and content materials, and theymust follow identical academic requirements
Eng./Biotech 6 Computer Engineering/Computer Sci. 3 Civil Engineering 1 Economics 5 Psychology 2 Technology and Information Mgmt. 4 Earth Sciences 1 Biology 3 Applied Math 2 Community Development 1Program Details with Participant FeedbackWhile the emphasis of the program has always been renewable energy systems
(usually shortpapers) that communicates fundamental and current research and development both theoretical Page 15.656.2as well as application-oriented real world problems from science to technology. Broadly thetopics of interest include but not limited to: Mechatronics, Manufacturing, ProductionEngineering, Microengineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Transportation,Control Theory, Instrumentation, Automation, Remote Monitoring, Embedded Systems,Information Technology, Communication, Sensor Network, Software Engineering, ComputerScience, Soft-computing and Engineering Education.Dr. Jacqueline El-Sayed, Director of CETL and Professor
,attitudes, resources, and practices that work in one context as a way to inform another [56], [57].Although a comparative case study was designed to better understand the culturally relevantpractices and conceptions surrounding engineering education in Nigeria and the US, this papertells half of the story. It focuses primarily on the emerging results in Nigeria. Thus, each of thesites where data was collected was treated as a piece of a larger puzzle of a multi-site case study[58]. To address the research questions guiding this study, an explanatory sequential design wasemployed. An explanatory sequential design is a mixed-method approach that involves two stagesof data collection – the first is a quantitative study that provides insights that are
writing highlighted the particular challenges engineering students face as theylearn to write memos set in authentic workplace contexts, including a conflict between “writingeverything they know” for an instructor audience and communicating relevant information to theaudience of the memo. One common theme that emerged from the data was the challenge oftransitioning to a technical communication style, and away from other styles of writing studentstypically encounter in “school” assignments. A second theme was related to time constraintsengineering students face in a crowded curriculum. Finally, the results showed that the writingprocess itself may be especially challenging for engineering students struggling simultaneouslywith understanding
concept of failing, iterating, and retrying is near the top ofthe first-year list yet is virtually absent on the Capstone list. This research provides a usefulinvestigative approach for other engineering educators to examine their programs and informs morefocused planning through the curriculum for students’ future success.KeywordsCornerstone, Capstone, Engineering Design, Technical Skills, Professional Competencies, Co-op,Cooperative Education, Work ExperienceIntroductionFor the past few decades, several initiatives have been designed to improve and strengthen students’outcomes in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields at all levels ofthe educational system. For example, the Department of Education published a letter
Fox refers to as the “social and organizational context ofscience.”xi These informal structures can either be a barrier or an asset to success. A recent study Page 25.1481.3published by the Harvard Business Review (HBR) finds that more than 52% of women inscience, engineering and technology industries leave their private sector jobs. The HBR reportexaminess five characcteristics of organization o nal cultures thhat contribuute to these hhigh attritionrates, inccluding: ‘hosstile macho cultures’ c thatt limit womeen’s full part
engineeringBachelor’s degrees awarded, only 8.4% were awarded to African Americans, while 65.1% wereawarded to Caucasians9. The American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE)publication, “Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges” (2008) supports thedata in the NSF (2007) report10. In 2006, 5.0% of African Americans earned Bachelor’s degrees,compared to 66.7% of Caucasians. From this set of data, researchers are cautioned about the Page 22.403.2need to better understand the low numbers of African American students earning degrees inSTEM disciplines (Donawa, 2009). STEM disciplines became the focus of this study as theresearcher seeks
Paper ID #37990Board 413: Towards an Understanding of the Impact of Community EngagedLearning Projects on Enhancing Teachers’ Understanding of Engineeringand Intercultural AwarenessDr. Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton Kellie Schneider is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Management, Systems, and Technology at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, she was an instructor in the Freshman Engineering Program at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests are in the areas of engineering education and community-based operations research.Dr. Leanne Petry, Central State
cheating, not definitively prove it. 3. Testing platforms should be integrated with cheating-detection software, both for finding plagiarized text and for detecting suspicious answer patterns on multiple-choice tests.References[1] Phil on Ed Tech, “State of Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: Mid-Year 2021 Edition,”https://philonedtech.com/state-of-higher-ed-lms-market-for-us-and-canada-mid-year-2021-edition/,accessed February 11, 2022[2] Denny, Paul, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, and Beth Simon. "Evaluating a new exam question: Parsonsproblems." In Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Computing Education Research, pp.113-124. 2008.[3] University of Minnesota Information Technology, Canvas: Understand Classic Quizzes vs
fordomestic community support, involve cultural immersion, community-centered design, civilmilitary partnerships, and project management for engineer officers and the construction tradesspecialists who serve with them building roads, emergency operations centers, clinics, schools,and other infrastructure in complex environments. Despite this extensive experience and thepassage of the Post 9-11 GI Bill in 2006 to support undergraduate and graduate education, alimited number of veterans have considered engineering education programs.This research explored the drives and perceptions of Army and Air Force National Guardengineers regarding their military service. Thirty-six volunteers from seven states wereinterviewed during an IRT mission where each crew
, collectedand graded. Class attendence is not required. Lectures are normallyheld from notes and no text is assigned. Mass lectures prohibit any. ex-change with the lecturer beyond a short question, if the student canmuster the couraqe to ask it. Personal help is not readily available.In short, to a very large extent the student faces an impersonal systemof education rather than educators. The responsibility rests almost en-tirely on the student's shoulders to decipher the system, find a way throughit and emerge on the other side with the desired degree.It goes without saying that such a system has effective, built-in screen-ing mechanisms that do not reauire much personal involvement by the teach-ing staff. Without sufficient amounts of the qualities
)ResultsDuring the final week of the summer program, an external evaluator conducted individualinterviews with each of the in-service and pre-service teacher participants. Each interview lastedapproximately 30 minutes and was semi-structured to ensure coverage of the essential topicswhile affording sufficient flexibility to probe individual experiences of the program. The in-service teachers were interviewed again near the end of their first semester following the summerprogram to capture information about how they have implemented new teaching practices in theclassroom. Some of the most common themes that emerged from the interviews with the in-service teachers are listed below: I really liked the engineering design process (EDP) exercise in week
, • explore the diversity of fluid mechanics and biomedical engineering fields by using tangible and intuitive real life examples, • understand how seemingly diverse areas of research are connected through fundamental engineering principles and how these principles occur in everyday physical or technological processes, • appreciate the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary character of modern engineering, Page 12.690.8 • develop awareness of emerging engineering fields and of future research trends and challenges.Students also participate in tours of state-of-the-art
of the University ofSouth Florida Center for Wireless and Microwave Information (WAM I) Systems, who havegraciously provided laboratory materials from their WAMI Lab and RF/Microwave Circuitscourses for adaptation in the development of the Baylor course sequence. Gratitude is alsoextended to Agilent Technologies for the donation of Advanced Design System (ADS) software for use inBaylor’s education and research program. References1. V. Fusco and J. Stewart, “Microwave Education in a University Engineering Department,” European MicrowaveConference, pp. 426-431, Vol. 1, October 1991.2. D. Vanhoenacker, I. Huynen, I. Lee, R. Platteborze, and A. Vander Vorst, “Microwave Undergraduate Education
of the University ofSouth Florida Center for Wireless and Microwave Information (WAM I) Systems, who havegraciously provided laboratory materials from their WAMI Lab and RF/Microwave Circuitscourses for adaptation in the development of the Baylor course sequence. Gratitude is alsoextended to Agilent Technologies for the donation of Advanced Design System (ADS) software for use inBaylor’s education and research program. References1. V. Fusco and J. Stewart, “Microwave Education in a University Engineering Department,” European MicrowaveConference, pp. 426-431, Vol. 1, October 1991.2. D. Vanhoenacker, I. Huynen, I. Lee, R. Platteborze, and A. Vander Vorst, “Microwave Undergraduate Education