Paper ID #9699Implementing Problem-Based Learning in a Senior/Graduate MechatronicsCourseDr. James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological UniversityDr. Jeffrey N. Shelton, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 24.708.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Implementing Problem-Based Learning in a Senior/Graduate Mechatronics CourseIntroductionActive learning requires students to discuss issues or work problems in the classroom, rather thanlistening passively to a lecture. If students
Paper ID #10373The Design of a Graduate Level Course in Entrepreneurship: Ownership Is-suesDr. Perry Samson, University of Michigan Perry Samson is Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences and Professor of Entrepreneur- ship in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He holds an Arthur F. Thurnau Pro- fessorship at the University of Michigan in recognition of ”outstanding contributions to undergraduate education” and is the recipient of the 2009 Teaching Innovation Award at the University of Michigan and a past recipient of the College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2010 Perry
Paper ID #36928Competencies for Graduate Student Training inTransdisciplinary FEWS ResearchJill HeemstraAnna-Maria Marshall (University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign) Anna-Maria Marshall is an associate professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a co-PI on the NSF-funded INFEWS-ER Virtual Resource Center supporting transdisciplinary graduate education in food-energy-water systems; a co-PI in the EngageINFEWS RCN on research on community and stakeholder engagement; and a co-PI in the Science and Technology Center, Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability
A Learner-Centered Approach to Industrial Technology Education: A Case Study of a Multimedia Team Project L. V. Harris, Ph.D. Graphic Information Technology Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present a case study of a university multimedia team project,taught as a learner-centered alternative and enhancement to a lecture-only traditional approachto industrial technology education. Creation of Flash movies integrated with interdisciplinarycontent can be used not only for student learning in an academic environment, but also fortransfer to the training of the industrial
AC 2010-597: AN INTEGRATED GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE SEQUENCE INSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERINGJames Morgan, Texas A&M UniversityLuciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Page 15.163.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Integrated Graduate Level Course Sequence in Structural EngineeringAbstractThis paper presents the development/re-structuring of a Masters of Engineering degree toprovide for the greatest development of the skills and knowledge of students focused on enteringthe structural engineering profession. The program now includes a major design exercise duringtheir second semester of study, represented by a graduate
of climate, including whether gender was abarrier to a successful career in science, and whether women have to prove themselves more thanmen. Although the men and women in Ferreira’s study also had similar perceptions of the cultureof science, most of the data in general pointed to the perception of science as a masculinized andinflexible career.Department climate in terms of STEM graduate education is characterized by departmentaldifferences in the orientation and support provided to students, faculty expectations of andrelationships with graduate students, and the quality of student peer relationships2,6,16-18.Graduate education is decentralized and occurs under the auspices of academic disciplines anddepartments. Graduate students are
customers. Many college administrators have not beensensitive to outside customers such as parents, employers, graduate schools, and society, and theimpact that they may have on the quality in education. These matters are considered in themodel.The Six Sigma WaySix Sigma is in many ways a powerful regeneration of quality ideas and methods. Except that theSix Sigma way is revealing a potential for success that goes beyond the levels of improvementachieved through the many TQM1 efforts. The objective of Six Sigma performance is to reduceor narrow variation to such degree that standard deviation of variation can be squeezed withinthe limits defined by the customer’s specification. For many products, services, and processesthat means a potential for
of community and belonging in the field of engineering. Prof. Goodman has experience teaching 4th, 11th, and 12th grade science, and has worked for two science education nonprofits.Dr. Gail P. Baxter, Stevens Institute of Technology Gail P. Baxter is the Co-Director, Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. Baxter leads CIESE research and evaluation efforts and manages a program to support faculty adoption of evidence-bas ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A Three-Pronged Approach to Support Active Learning in the Graduate ClassroomAbstract:Many graduate courses are the ideal size for
research use, it often has had a laboratory component. Thechallenge in the first graduate course is to review and build enough of a foundation to launch thestudent into product design and research and to wet his or her appetite for advanced study.IntroductionA half century ago the first course at the graduate level in electromagnetic theory commonly wasbased on a textbook such as Plonsey and Collin.1 The course strongly emphasized Ma eequations and their analytical solution with applications to open- and closed-structures. In manyrespects the course outline followed that of its undergraduate cousin, but at the graduate levelvirtually every topic was approached with increased mathematical rigor. This theoreticalemphasis was especially strong in the
Paper ID #16727Recruiting, Retaining and Graduating more Women in Computer Scienceand MathDr. Perry Fizzano, Western Washington University Perry Fizzano earned his BS degree in Computer Science from Widener University and his MS and PhD in Computer Science from Dartmouth College. He had stints in academia and industry prior to joining WWU in 2005 and becoming chair in 2012. His research interests are in optimization, bioinformatics, information retrieval and computer science education.Dr. David Hartenstine, Western Washington University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Recruiting
Paper ID #28523Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates for Women in STEMMs. Annette L. Pilkington, Colorado School of Mines Annette Pilkington is the Director of the Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (WISEM) Program at the Colorado School of Mines. She has a BA in Elementary Education from the University of Northern Iowa and a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Columbia University Teacher’s College.Dr. Amy E Landis, Dr. Landis joined Mines in August 2017 as the first Presidential Faculty Fellow for Access, Attainment, and Diversity. Previously, she was a full professor at Clemson University from 2015
asoptical phase conjugation studies in nonlinear optical crystals, stimulated Raman studies invarious media, and he attracted a number of post doctoral research associates and graduated anumber of masters students during this period. The Physics faculty realized that without a Ph.D.program, growth of the department would be very limited especially in attracting large federalfunding. After that, the physics faculty seemed to be well positioned and enthusiastic to furtherpursue their efforts for a proposal to the Alabama Commission for Higher Education for thedoctoral degree program in physics. A proposal was generated and our administration wasconvinced about the benefit it would bring to our department, the university, and the country. Atthat time
Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust), a member of the governing board for the International Research in Engineering Education Network, and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education. Dr. Turns has published over 175 journal and conference papers on topics related to engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 WIP: What if they choose: Surfacing insights associated with a pedagogy for doctoral educationIntroductionIs it possible to create a doctoral learning experience that is grounded on participants readingwhat they choose? Why would this be of interest
Paper ID #15201Charting the Landscape of Engineering Leadership Education in North Amer-ican UniversitiesMr. Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto Mike Klassen is a Leadership Programming Consultant with the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto where he develops leadership programs and industry partnerships for engineers. His research interests include engineering leadership, organizational culture, and higher education. Mike has a Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation from the University of Waterloo and a BASc in
eachprogram and field regarding format, methods, and educational philosophies [9]. Additionally, asmentioned in the “Graduate STEM Education Report for the 21st Century” [10], there is a call 1for putting the students at the center of graduate school experiences, along with suggestions toincrease data collection and research in topics such as time to degree and completion rates tosupport doctoral engineering student’s experience.Expectancy Value Theory and Persistence Towards Degree CompletionExpectancy Value Theory (EVT) was first proposed by Eccles & Wigfield [11] as a motivationalmodel for studying and analyzing student choice, performance
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 601 Pavonia Avenue, Suite 400 Jersey City, NJ 07306 717-944-0497 Remote OfficeStephen Michetti, NSWCCD Page 13.1264.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Sea Perch Challenge Generating Interest in Marine Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture through hands-on activities An Innovative Approach to K-12 STEM Educational OutreachFor many years, educators have been faced with the challenging task of teaching STEM courses(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Session 1602 Identifying Specific, Measurable “Skills” Perceived as Requisite for Graduating Aerospace Engineers Kimble-Thom, M.A., Thom, J.M., Crossley, W.A. Purdue UniversityIntroductionIn the last 15 years engineering educators and industry practitioners have attempted to identifywhat skills a graduating engineer needs to acquire during his/her undergraduate education inorder to be successful at design activities. The efforts to identify these design skills are hamperedby both the lack of precision in the terms used to describe design skills and by the
, Mississippi State University Rogelio Luck received the B.S. degree from Texas Tech University in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Penn State Univ., University Park, in 1987 and 1989, respectively, all in Mechanical Engineering. In 1989 he joined the faculty at the Mechanical Engineering Dept. at Mississippi State University where he has been an Associate Professor since 1994. His recent research interest is in the area of inverse heat transfer. Page 11.1377.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Using Computational Software Root Solvers: A New
University Andrew Davol graduated with a BSME from the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), in 1987. He worked for Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company as a designer and stress analyst before completing a Ph.D. in structural engineering at the University of California, San Diego, in 1998. Andrew is currently an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly specializing in mechanics. He has advised the ASME sponsored Human Powered Vehicle Club for 5 years.Joseph Mello, California Polytechnic State University Joseph Mello received bachelor and master degrees from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. He earned a Ph.D. at University of
for technical-managers.Admission requirementsIn addition to the general Drexel graduate admission requirements applicants mustprovide a preliminary proposal of their intended plan of study, which should include ageneral set of objectives, an outline of the courses to be taken, and identification of amaster's project topic to be pursued.To be admitted to the graduate program in Engineering Technology, the following courses mustbe completed at the undergraduate level with a minimum grade of C: 1. Calculus 1 2. Calculus 2 3. Physics 1 (algebra-based) 4. Physics 2 (algebra-based) 5. DC/AC Circuit Analysis 6. Digital Electronics 7. Industrial Materials 8. StatisticsCandidates for the MSET degree must complete a
areas.Michael Chan, China Travel Ship Management LimitedDru Wilson, Central Michigan University Page 12.913.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integrating CAD/CAM/CAE and Composite Molding Technologies in a Research ExperienceAbstractThis paper discusses the research experience of a student who integrated design andmanufacturing functions to improve a brake shoe used on a band saw. The CAD/CAM andcomposite tooling technologies selected for this project were primarily based on student’sundergraduate and graduate course work. The scanning/digitizing and rapid prototypingtechnologies were also studied. This
. The VCR and stereo receiver are also useful in showinginstructional videotapes. Ability to switch between the master workstation computer, Elmo orVCR instantly is very useful while teaching topics that require multimedia presentation.II. Web-Enhanced Instruction Web-based and web-enhanced instruction1,2 has become a very powerful tool and manyinstructors and students have embraced it. In the spring of 2000, MTSU obtained license from Page 8.1061.1Blackboard.com and developed a site called CourseInfo for web-based and web-enhanced Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
following climate and weather disasters, and engineering education.Daphne DePorres, United States Air Force Academy ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Student-to-Industry Interaction in a Civil Engineering Field Course: Benefits for Education and LeadershipThe United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a military-focused college, where studentsserve in the U.S. armed forces upon graduation. The civil engineering program conducts arequired three-week summer field engineering course focusing on hands-on skills that helpbridge the gap between theory and practice. This course is generally taken between thesophomore and junior year, and prior to most of the other civil
Paper ID #42145An Educational Simulation for Understanding Atomic Force Microscopy ImageArtifactsDr. Rachel Mok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rachel Mok is an instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, specializing in the theory and simulation of bacterial dynamics. As a graduate student, she was a teaching assistant for 2.005, an undergraduate course on thermal-fluid engineering, for many semesters. Through this experience, she realized her passion for teaching. She currently develops online courses and education tools that
we used the first and second strategies, we narrowed down the articles/papers by using a listof ideas and keywords we wanted to be present in their text. For example, we wanted thesearticles/papers to include concepts such as “mentor,” “graduate student,” “undergraduate,”“triad,” and others as seen in the following section, Selection.In the case of the first and second strategies, the topic of mentoring relationships in STEMdisciplines is a universal educational research topic that has publications in disciplines other thanEngineering describing the relationships seen in their laboratories, educational articles discussingthe educational outcomes of mentoring relationships, or even behavioral science fields discussingthe mentoring
Paper ID #43247Impacts of Near-Peer Mentoring Between Graduate Students and UndergraduateTransfer Students in Engineering and ComputingShannon Conner, Clemson UniversitySkylar Hubbarth, Clemson UniversityDr. D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University Dr. Boyer is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering & Science Education in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. His work focuses on how technology supports knowledge building and transfer in a range of learning environments. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Impacts of
University Dr. Janie McClurkin Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering De- partment at Texas A&M University in College Station. A native of Columbus, Ohio, she attended North Carolina A&T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Biological ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Paper ID #38356Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary research areas include 1) myco-toxin risk assessment and
Kennesaw State University (KSU). He earned both his Master in Architectural Engineering and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Napol ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Assessment of International Graduate Student Recruitment and Retention in Sample STEM ProgramInternational students play a significant role in education, culture, and economy for both the USand their native countries and are consistently positioned as a source of quality by bringingdiversity and a variety of worldviews into classrooms. This research aims to investigateenhancing international graduate student recruitment and enrollment processes by analyzing andunderstanding sample STEM
Paper ID #6715Examining the Skills and Methods of Graduate Student Mentors in an Un-dergraduate Research SettingMr. Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Benjamin Ahn is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received his B.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of New South Wales Australia, and a M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include identifying effective mentoring skills in undergraduate research settings, exploring leadership develop- ment of undergraduates, and determining professional
Effects of Participating in a GK-12 Program on the Graduate Students’ Programs of Study Jed S. Lyons, Steve Fisher, and Stephen Thompson University of South Carolina – ColumbiaAbstractThe NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education program at the University of SouthCarolina supports engineering and computer science graduate students to serve as contentresources in local schools. This paper analyzes how participation in the GK-12 program affectedthe Fellows’ university research and program of study. Qualitative and quantitative assessmentdata were collected from the Fellows and from the Fellow’s advisors, evaluated and used toidentify intended as