demonstrated both the shortcomings ofgraduates in their ability to write and the demands of the workplace for improved performance.2However, what has been stated with insufficient clarity is what is the specific purpose of writing,and, therefore, how can one more effectively address this issue in a curriculum?We, like other programs, have both lofty and practical intents with our writing requirements.They are to enlarge and enrich the mind, to capture nuances as well as grand and complexconcepts and to convincingly demonstrate achievements. The challenge becomes one of havingstudents see writing as an integral part of their work as engineers, or their engineering practice
inherent risks ofdamage to machine and man. Simulators are currently available for a variety of equipment typesincluding motor graders, excavators, cranes, haul trucks, and wheel loaders. They can be used tofamiliarize operators with new equipment controls, evaluate potential operators, or developoperator skills in terms of safety and productivity.Simulators have been used as training tools for many years in many different industries.However, the objectives of university level construction curriculum do not include constructionoperator training. Rather the objectives are aimed at educating construction engineers andmanagers, which includes enabling students to design and manage efficient constructionoperations. Equipment simulators present an
mentoring students on senior design .projects. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comWIP: Integrating Modern Development Practices into a Software Engineering CurriculumAbstract: The field of software engineering is ever changing. The latest IEEE Curriculum Guidelines,SE2014: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering waspublished in 2014. Since then, the discipline has continued to evolve as the complexity of softwaresystems has reached unprecedented levels. This growth has resulted in organizations shifting to a formof development referred to as DevOps. DevOps is "an interdisciplinary approach and means to
, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia, and later at the Department of Semiconductor Physics, University of Ulm, Germany. Currently, he is Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Virginia Commonwealth Univer- sity. His research interests encompass growth, characterization and device applications of semiconductor, nanophotonic, and plasmonic materials. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, and IEEE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 New Course Development for Internet of ThingsAbstractIoT is a fast growing technology sector that is estimated to be valued at 100’s of billions
us that they would prefer a more in-depthcurriculum that ties together application and content. The Infinity Project (www.infinity-project.org) focuses on digital electronics, allowing for a rigorous approach, but is limited to avery narrow range of topics. Teachers have indicated to us that they like the rigorous nature ofthe Infinity Project, but would prefer a broader spectrum of topics which seamlessly integratescience, engineering, and mathematics across the curriculum. “…it is very difficult to add STEM electives. … an approach which integrates STEM content within the core curriculum is significantly more viable than other, electives-based approaches. ” - Marvin Nelson, Teacher, Benton
positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox also spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA – including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Soci- ety of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initiatives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education). As ASCE’s Executive Vice President, Dr. Lenox led several educational and professional career-development projects for the civil engineering profession – with the overall
courses focus on computer graphics and technologies, construction documentation, and both foundation and upper level urban design studios. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Cross-College Faculty Collaboration for the Development of a new Major in Design and Construction IntegrationIntroductionIn recent years, efforts to bring together architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) indesign and construction endeavors is becoming increasingly more common within industry.These collaborative efforts are important for the AEC industry and have been linked to increasedproject success.1,2 This collaboration of AEC disciplines is also linked to the rise of collaborativetechnologies
AC 2010-1158: AN OUTCOMES-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT:ACONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESSYouakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern UniversityShonda Bernadin, GSU Page 15.172.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Outcomes-Driven Approach for Assessment: A Continuous Improvement ProcessIntroductionContinuous improvement is an important issue in education because it defines the framework forassessment and evaluation, which is required by accrediting agencies. Consequently, anaccredited ET program that accomplishes its mission and successfully achieves its programobjectives and outcomes must have multiple levels of continuous
. Page 11.1289.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Evolution of a Technical CurriculumCurriculum development is one of the most exciting, rewarding and challenging aspects ofhigher education. Quickly changing technologies and economic factors require education that isagile and creative. Establishing a new curriculum is often difficult due to procedural steps,limited resources and internal politics. Once in place, it needs to maintain technical currency aswell as attractiveness to the student and employer.This paper presents a history documenting the birth of a unique degree program and itssubsequent evolution to remain effective in a very dynamic and technical world. This storyreveals on-going challenges
. He currently works on maintaining, upgrading and designing new computer classroom systems. Mr. Perez is inspired because he enjoys working with people and technology in the same environment. Page 26.1773.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 WORK-IN-PROGRESS: STUDENT DASHBOARD FOR A MULTI-AGENT APPROACH FOR ACADEMIC ADVISINGABSTRACTThe objective of this work is to demonstrate a mechanism to improve the advising of students in anontraditional environment. Minority serving institutions, commuter campuses and institutions witha high percentage of student
faculty arelooking forward to collecting further data in future years when this course sequence is againoffered. At this juncture, we can infer that we have a highly plausible solution for filling theeducational gap in the robotics and automation curriculum.References[1] G. Lyman, J. Wilcox and R. Sanford, "Robotics Retrofit: Renovating Outdated Robotics Platforms to Meet Current Curriculum Requirements Driven by Industry Demand," in ASEE PEER, New Orleans, LA, 2019.[2] M. Mikhail, "Enhancing College of Technology and Engineering Technology Programs with Industrial Robotics Concentration," in ASEE 126th Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019.[3] A. Yousuf, M. A. Mustafa, A. G. De La Cruz, A. Villanueva and M. M. Hayder
”. The TechnologyAccreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technologyrecognizes the importance of being able to work on teams. In the Criteria for AccreditingEngineering Technology Programs, Criterion 2e requires that “An engineeringtechnology program must demonstrate that graduates have an ability to functioneffectively on teams.” How can instructors ensure that our students learn how to workeffectively on teams? How can we teach our students teamwork and team leadershipskills?The traditional approach to developing team work and team leadership skills involvesassigning students randomly to teams, giving them a project to work on, and expectingthem to somehow magically learn to work together effectively as leaders
a leading expert in graduate engineering attrition and engineering Master’s-level education. [12] My academic career goal is to develop my expertise in assessment and measurement in engineering education using unconventional mixed-methods approaches. [13] My career goal is to bring [liberative pedagogies] to engineering education and encourage their widespread use in curriculum development. Moreover, I seek to be part of a paradigm shift that these pedagogies demand, repositioning concerns about underrepresented minorities and white women from a superficial measure of equity as a simple headcount, to a question of basic justice, wherein the genuine engagement of women and other underrepresented students is included in the core educational
Outreach Librarian at Binghamton University. She serves as chair of the Libraries’ Instructional Services Coordinating Committee and is the liaison to the Educational Opportunity Program, Student Support Services, and the Office of New Student Programs. Julia has a B.A. in History from Ursinus College and an M.S. in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Information Literacy Portfolio for Curriculum MappingAbstractA portfolio of information literacy (IL) assignments was created for undergraduate engineeringstudents. The portfolio, which includes 29 assignments shaped by the ACRL Framework forInformation
just for building computational,presentation and communication skills, but also for increasing their marketability at obtainingquality internships and jobs.A revisit of the current pedagogy and curriculum design for incorporating ComputationalThinking; and to argue for the importance of a hybrid teaching approach is recommended [7,8].This calls for promoting Computational Thinking in a dynamic manner such that we aredeveloping learners’ computational minds rather than rudimentary Computational Thinkingskills.A framework of Zone of Proximal Development and Flow targeted at pedagogy and semanticassessment in Computational thinking education is recommended by research [1]. This will helpinstructors by measuring student skills and challenges and
various interests to work together on energy relatedissues; bringing to bear their various skills and knowledge sets to complete particular tasks. Thisclass would give students in the major a common foundation of knowledge and vocabularywhich would allow them to communicate with each other even as they choose more specializedcourses as they continued on. Finally, the major is designed so that students are brought backtogether for a final capstone experience where they now identify an issue in energy and worktowards a solution again in interdisciplinary teams.As a first step in the realization of this new curriculum initiative it was decided to develop andpilot teach the gateway course. Professors in Geology, Electrical Engineering, Political
a course curriculum improvementcase study involving an introductory geotechnical engineering course where an inquiry-basedapproach is used. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to describe how the inquiry-basedapproach is used in the classroom including student perspectives of the use of this approach; and(2) to examine the relationships between student performance on the final exam with studentself-efficacy beliefs and self-regulatory behaviors. The inquiry-based pedagogy model is based on Bloom and Krathwohl’s Taxonomy andBloom’s Revised Taxonomy2, which focuses on student-centered learning activities andinteractive skills. Bloom’s taxonomy is used in education as a valid benchmark to measure astudent’s level of understanding
AC 2009-766: LEADERSHIP MODELS AND PRACTICES COURSE: STUDENTPERCEPTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS ANDINCORPORATION OF A NEW LEADERSHIP COURSEAndrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, and serves as chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee.Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University Melissa Grunow is the Coordinator for the Leadership
engineering issues. Some of the students in237 this course had extensive ethics courses based on their undergraduate curriculum, while others238 had none. This disparity demonstrates the imperative nature of providing a graduate level course © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 6 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference239 that situates these students in their new roles. The next step for this course is to offer it again as a240 special topics course cross-listed with a few engineering departments. Once this course receives241 more quantitative feedback, the goal is to create a required, three-credit course for all first- and242
AC 2009-769: DAD AND LAD: ADVANTAGES, BEST PRACTICES, ANDPITFALLS TO AVOID FOR A PARENT AND SON OR DAUGHTER WHO AREBOTH FACULTY MEMBERS IN A SIMILAR DISCIPLINE (WITHAPPLICATIONS TO MENTORING)Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. At LTU, he serves as the Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter, the Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Coordinator, the Aeronautical Engineering Minor Coordinator, the Energy and Environmental Management Certificate Coordinator, and the SAE Aero Design Faculty Advisor. He is chair of the LTU Leadership Curriculum
Systems Conference, IEEE Society, 2011, pp. 367-370.8. F. Squires, etal, “Investigating an Innovative Approach for Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum: The Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2011.9. M.C. Brannon, T.A. Mazzuchi, “Introducing the Fundamentals of Systems Engineering to Freshman through Various Interactive Group Activities”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2014.10. S. G. Teng, “Embedding Systems Engineering Practices into Systems Engineering Classes”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2014.11. C.S. Wasson, “Systems Engineering Competency: The missing course in engineering education”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2012.12. M.D. Wilson, etal, “Entrepreneurship Education: Engineering a Pracademic
describing our recent work, we will briefly review our approach and findings of theprevious student interviews and surveys. Most of the section is taken directly from our previouspaper, “Engineering Students and Law Conferences”, which was published in last year’s ASEE.[7] 1.1. Qualitative Research – Semi-Structured InterviewsTo understand engineering student responses and attitudes towards policy curriculum, we used a Page 12.1150.3combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques in a practice often calledtriangulation. [3,4] The first phase of our research used semi-structured interviews in asimplified version of Grounded Theory
engineering engaged with thechairs of the chemistry, biology, physics, and math departments to identify required courses andthe logistics of course scheduling, as many courses are only offered once during the academic year.Meetings were also held with the director of the pre-medical program to identify required coursesfor a pre-med track for the BME students. This collaborative approach was instrumental in creatinga new program curriculum which is heavy in pre-requisite courses. Seven general engineeringcourses (22 credit hours), two chemistry courses (8 credit hours), two biology courses (8 credithours), three physics courses (12 credit hours), four math courses (14 credit hours), and one projectmanagement course (2 credit hours) were incorporated
mathematics faculty are combined to form animplicit mathematics curriculum, which lists the mathematical skills relevant to core engineeringclasses along with the flow of learning and utilization. Several problematic areas are identified,including the concept of a function, linearization, and vector calculus. Interview results show thatmany engineering faculty have an inadequate knowledge of mathematics class syllabi, and oftendo not know where or how the skills they require are taught, while mathematics instructors oftenhave a limited understanding of how mathematical concepts are applied in downstreamengineering classes. A number of recommendations are made, including increasedcommunication between mathematics and engineering faculty, development
UniversityInstructional Programs (Producer). Retrieved fromhttp://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/engineering/engineering.html9. Oud, J. (2009). Guidelines for effective online instruction using multimedia screencasts. Reference ServicesReview, 37(2), 164-177. Retrieved fromhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=42009106&site=ehost-live10. Roberts, J. C., & Bhatt, J. (2007). Innovative approaches to information literacy instruction for engineeringundergraduates at drexel university. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3), 243-251.doi:10.1080/0304379070127617111. Scaramozzino, J. M. (2008). An undergraduate science information literacy tutorial in a web 2.0 world. Issues inScience & Technology Librarianship
, orbital mechanics, satellite subsystems,and intellectual property issues. The author has offered multiple versions of spacecraft systemsengineering courses at two different universities. He will present the lessons learned by teachingsystems engineering course in traditional engineering curriculum. In this paper, he will also comparethe differences between the courses and suggest an effective method to teach systems engineering.I. Introduction A skill set that the industry values, but which is not taught in traditional engineeringcurriculum is systems engineering concepts. Temple University is taking the initiative to teachsystems engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels by engaging in the design, build, andtest of a
Paper ID #7820Work-in-progress: A novel approach to collaborative learning in engineeringprogramsDr. Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University Dr. Soundarajan is an associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Ohio State. His interests include software engineering and engineering education. Page 23.1391.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Work-in-Progress: A Novel Approach to Collaborative Learning in Engineering
onlinemathematical simulation, and a variety of hands-on activities. One module included in thecurriculum is Engineering in Health Care: A Hemodialysis Case Study, which has been usedsuccessfully for the past four years. Data has shown that the curriculum is effective at increasingstudent interest and learning engineering design and science content. Initially, we have focused on developing the curriculum and teacher ProfessionalDevelopment (PD) was limited to just two days. With the support of an NSF-DRK-12 grant andby partnering with the Education Department, we are currently working to enhance the PDprogram for the high school teachers. The new PD program threads the use of the INSPIREScurriculum with deepened content, practice instruction, and
education, a variety of pedagogical considerations have beenimplemented and experimented, such as inquiry-based learning (Behrouzi and Kuchma, 2016),project-based learning (Khorbotly, 2015; Wang et. al., 2017; Zhao et. al., 2017; Luo, 2015),cooperative learning (Akili, 2012), active learning (Luo, 2015; Akili, 2014; Oliveira, 2015),divide-and-conquer learning (Kos and Miller, 2017; Sullivan-Green, et. al., 2017), student-centered learning (Grigg and Stephan, 2018), and problem-based method (Oliveira, 2015), etc.The project-based learning approach is one of the innovative methods promoted in engineeringeducation. Khorbotly developed and taught a computer vision curriculum in the undergraduateelectrical and computer engineering program using a
ofteaching that enable innovation but also understanding how today‘s educators maketeaching decisions…. One promising approach is to work with educators who areinterested in engaging in research, supporting them as they negotiate the space betweentheir current activities and their new work in engineering education research.”Another response to Boyer’s call for SoTL resulted in the National Effective TeachingInstitute (NETI), which was first offered at the 1991 Annual ASEE Conference in NewOrleans, Louisiana. NETI13 has been attended by 1312 professors from 224 differentschools. As reported by Felder14, et al., NETI has motivated many of its participants toadopt or increase their use of proven teaching strategies known to correlate withimproved