Entrepreneurship Fellows Program at Lawrence Tech. He serves as the Executive Director of The Legends Entrepreneurial Alumni Organiza- tion. Mr. Reimer has been recognized as a professional by the Institute of Management Consultants and has been elected a Certified Management Consultant. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit Mercy. Mr. Reimer is one of the founders of The Small Business Strategy Group (SBSG).Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University Ahad Ali is an Assistant Professor, and Director of Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in the A. Leon Linton Department of
potential end users), validating end-users (i.e., attempting to get endusers to engage in early adoption or small trial), or creating end users (i.e., efforts to growadoption after a set of small trials) [53]. Effectively, these activities focus on interactions withpeople and on building partnerships (e.g., through small trial) in an effort to co-shape solutions.Other activities in this stage can include actions to systematically document ideas (e.g., throughpreparation of idea resumes), assess solution performance, and evaluate the alignment of asolution with broader goals from a portfolio perspective [54].With regard to progressively scaling solutions, the models offer an array of activities to consider.Many of these activities focus on
monitoring Work-In-Process. The automated businessprocesses enabled the real time analysis of sales data to determine market trends and inventorylevels, and determine the best allocation outcomes and supply chain monitoring.At regular intervals, the team reflected on how to become more effective, then made adjustmentsto behavior and processes accordingly. During the development effort IT and ProductionOperations held regular meetings with internal and external business functions in theorganization to determine which reports and or business processes are taking large sums of timeto complete or are inaccurate due to data discrepancies. Meeting assessments determined if SQLcode could be written to improve these reports or business functions, and how
, Discover Design Delight. At the intersection of these two fields, Pa- terson leads several national initiatives for learning engineering through service, recently taking the reins for the American Society for Engineering Education’s newest division startup, Community Engagement in Engineering Education. He is PI, or Co-PI, on several large projects assessing the impacts of learning through service on students, faculty, and communities around the world.Dr. John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, LowellSean Mcvay, James Madison Univeristy Page 25.635.1 c American Society for Engineering
rotational motion. A trivial example of a non-rotating body isenergy from two different fluids: water and air. The Mechanical when a cylinder fails to rotate about its own long axis when itEngineering Program of SUNY New Paltz has recently developed is fully submerged in a uniform flow. On the other hand,a custom water flow tank and a custom air tunnel for use in this polygonal shapes such as triangular and rectangular prismsresearch, which will allow for a comparison of generating energy can autorotate. The experiment works by Skews on polygonalbetween the two fluids. The method of energy harvesting that will prisms under air flow showed that triangular and rectangularbe used is referred to as hydrokinetic energy
learning outcomes are presented.Introduction:Engineering can be defined as the application of science and math to solve problems that ofteninvolve harnessing natural phenomena for the benefit of humanity. Proficiency in applyingscientific and mathematical theories in the context of an engineering problem is not developedsolely in a classroom environment, but through the practical, hands-on experiences thatinstructional laboratory exercises provide. For this reason, instructional laboratory exercises arean essential component of an undergraduate engineering program and are a key mechanism forsatisfying ABET criterion 6: an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation,analyze, and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw
skills, and inadequate or ineffective academicadvising and mentoring. In 2009, Cañada College, a federally designated Hispanic-servinginstitution in the San Francisco Bay Area, received a National Science Foundation Scholarshipsin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant to develop a scholarshipprogram for financially needy community college students intending to transfer to a four-yearinstitution to pursue a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. In collaboration with the College’sMathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program – an academic, personal,and professional support structure has been designed and implemented to maximize thelikelihood of success of these students. This support structure aims to
Paper ID #39788Modeling the Movement: A Challenge-Based Learning Course for Engineer-ingStudentsDr. Esmeralda Campos, Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey, Mexico Dr. Esmeralda Campos is a postdoc researcher at the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnologico de Monterrey.Prof. Carlos Eduardo Martinez-Torteya, Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey, Mexico Carlos Martinez-Torteya is the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs at the School of Engineer- ing and Sciences at Tecnologico de Monterrey, where he teaches undergraduate Physics ranging from freshmen courses to upper-level electives in Particle PhProf. Genaro Zavala, Tecnol
programs today lacksfocused intended learning outcomes built on the use of current technology and is not coherentlymapped into teaching/learning activities and assessment tasks. Perhaps one of the biggestchallenges for creating Big Data and Data Intensive Systems curricula is to define coherent andstable learning objectives in a highly dynamic field. One of the reasons that courses offered atdifferent institutions are not clear in this regard is because they are anchored deeply in thedetailed research areas of lecturers, as opposed to industry needs. While this may not be bad inprinciple for an advanced course, a significant shared curriculum is necessary to facilitateknowledge transfer and increase quality of education for an introductory
describes an approach and initial experience of incorporating case study assignmentsinto an undergraduate course in aircraft performance. The concept is to pose a problem thatinvolves reverse engineering a historical aircraft from performance data available in the publicdomain. The problem is framed as a case study in which students are encouraged to imaginethemselves in a real-world role. Students are referred to a limited number of publications andperformance data of questionable quality and are asked to assess the information and to answer aseries of case questions. An initial implementation of the approach has been completed via theexample of the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. As a famous high-speed and visuallystunning aircraft, the
within the first-year general engineering undergraduate program. He also is interested in study abroad, expanding service learning opportunities for students, and serves as the faculty advisor for the Engineers in Action student design team.Catherine Twyman Catherine Twyman has been an Instructor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech since 2019, teaching ENGE 1215 and 1216. Ms. Twyman also taught the first-year engineering classes at New River Community College from 2016-2019. Prior to this, she completed a M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 at Virginia Tech.Benjamin Daniel Chambers (Associate Professor of Practice) Dr. Ben Chambers is an
exams can contribute to academic integrity, moreimportantly, they can enhance students’ confidence in their programs’ accurate assessment of theclass learning outcomes. [13], [19]-[22].On the students’ end, verbalizing one’s flow of thought promotes generative processes formeaningful learning beyond rote memorization [23]-[25]. Often students adopt rotememorization as their short-term learning strategy for written exams, limiting their scope ofcognitive processes to a passive receiver of information [23]. In contrast, students preparing forverbal explanations are promoted to engage in generative processes in learning [26]-[27], such asselecting and abstracting important information, organizing them into structure, and transferringit for problem
Carlowicz Samantha Carlowicz is a Master of Science in Engineering student with an Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering concentration at Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology of Saint Louis University (SLU). She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from SLU. She is currently a Graduate Research Assistant developing a guided risk assessment for CubeSat deployable systems. Her research interests include improving the reliability of space systems, design of complex mechanical systems, and how to improve mission success rates for novice spacecraft developers. She will begin her career as an Electronics Packaging Design and Analysis Engineer for Boeing Satellite Systems.Justin Fantroy
necessary to be competitive whenapplying for positions in academia, and for remaining resilient and competitive in academic andrelated positions. Many researchers investigated different aspects of successful writing [1]-[16].Parker described knowledge-centered writing in undergraduate engineering curriculum thatguided students to turn from novice to expert problem solvers, expanding on their writingcompetencies [1]. This learner-centric writing method focused on writing competencies thatstudents generally struggled with, thus highlighting skills that needed to be honed [1].Bandyopadhyay explored a “writing in the discipline” program for critical writing whereproblem solving is part of technical courses and the writing thereof [2]. The small sample
driver for huge changes in all sectors ofbusiness over the past three decades. As more functions have been integrated on silicon,the amount of component-level design, assembly and test has decreased and with it theneed for large numbers of engineers and technicians with these manual skills. Instead,low-cost assemblies are now produced in relatively few locations but they feed a rapidlydeveloping global market for electronic systems applications. The paper considers thenew skills that the higher educational system has to deliver for future jobs. The changesimpact all engineering education sectors but the two-year schools are in the front line. Anew NSF-funded program has been launched to address the issues.Pittsburgh, We Have a ProblemIf a group
of the program being a “startup company.” The student engagement in most ofthese programs seemed to be secondary to the “startup process.” We decided to stay focused onthe primary product of the University – students – and to put them at the center of the learningprocess and on October 14th, 2016, we had the grand opening. Now, student teams could workalongside innovative companies looking to solve difficult industry challenges and whether theysucceeded or failed they would learn through the process. We chose to form these teams withstudents from different backgrounds, majors and interests to ensure cross-training and co-development of skills. The McMillon Innovation Studio focuses deeply on learning throughdoing with small injections of
. High Mechanical Advantage Leverage MechanismThe advantage of this system is that using a small input weight, depending on the moment arm, amuch greater output force can be generated. For example, if the desired reaction force is located1 inch from the fulcrum, and the lever arm is 10 inches long, a 10 pound load can produce a 100pound reaction force. This system ensures the safety of people in the laboratory environment,and ease of applying such a large load by an individual. With reference to Figure (5), and asshown in Appendix (D), the (final) expression for “R” is: R= The Applied Load to the Specimen = [5.79+10*W] lb (The Applied Load to the Specimen) Figure 5. Modeling of Lever Arm
Paper ID #15372First-Year Students’ Conceptions of Sustainability as Revealed through Con-cept MapsDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Environ- mental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the ABET assessment coordinator for the three Bachelor’s degrees in the department. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt
undergraduate students at a Civil Engineering program. It aims to improve theresearch competencies of civil engineering students through immersing the students in differenttypes of research exercises. The activities have been exploratory, experimental and theoretical.The focus of the new approach is on developing soft skills, gaining practical and hands-on skills,research management and planning, and presenting the results in an optimum manner. Sixundergraduate students from two departments were involved in various components of a researchproject related to the post-tensioned concrete structures. The core project started in a companyspecialized in post-tensioning industry.Initially, the learning objective was to gain a deep understanding of the
. 1Not only is alternative energy and sustainability important from a national perspective, butPittsburgh, as what is becoming a U.S. energy capital, will play a large role in the developmentand application of renewable energies (as well as the use of fossil fuel energy sources, such asthe large reservoir of natural gas within the Marcellus Shale). Therefore, a new minor inalternative energy and sustainability was developed to better prepare our students for a futureworkforce in clean energy and green jobs.It is worth noting that RMU in particular is well suited to the development of suchinterdisciplinary programs. The Science Department within the School of EngineeringMathematics and Science (SEMS) houses a diverse range of faculty including a
methods has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008, 2011, and 2019 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011 and 2015. Dr. Ohland is an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS.Dr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice Pawley (she, her, hers) is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, and the Purdue Climate Change Research Center
between 2010 and2013, and Figure 2 for the II semester between 2009 and 2012. The figures show a big jumpin the grades after applying the methodology. There is, however, a big drop in the grades ofthe I semester of 2012. This can be attributed to a particularly large class that semester (40students vs. an average of 20; for administrative reasons, two sections were merged into onethat semester). It is known that students like to take classes with this instructor. Since theregistration system gives priority to students with high GPA, this instructor usually receivesonly the best students (other students enroll with other instructors). However, that semesterhe had to receive all kind of students: good and bad. Overall, a small decrease in the
like Microsoft Windowsand Linux. It is now common to find CPS being applied in heterogeneous applications whereseveral different kinds of systems interact to perform a function. While this evolution hasbrought added capabilities and functionalities and low cost implementations, security has oftenbeen an omitted from the design.While efforts have, and are being made to secure these standard computing protocols andoperating systems, most of these security measures have been designed to suit traditional ITapplication environments, which range from personal systems, through small office home office(SOHO) networks and up to large corporate networks. The security needs of CPS, however,differ from those of traditional IT applications and present
. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First-Year Engineering Program at Purdue, the gateway for all first-year students entering the College of Engineering. She has coordinated and taught in a required first-year engineering course that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implemen- tation, and assessment of model-eliciting activities with realistic engineering contexts. She is currently the
an optimum use of renewable and sustainable resources?In view of these questions, the UD program addresses technical problems confronting cities.Florence, Italy is large enough to qualify as an urban environment, but it is culturally distinct andsmall enough to afford students the opportunity to assimilate the impact of the challengesmentioned above within the duration of the program.Program StructureThe UD program is organized into three segments: pre-departure preparation, onsiteinvestigation and reporting, and debriefing once back in the United States at the home campus.Pre-departure PreparationStudents meet in late winter in a classroom setting on the UD campus in a required orientationcourse. Over a seven-week period, students
its first ever engineering program in 2004. Theprogram culminates in a two semester capstone design project based learning experience for allengineering students. The process of initiating and nurturing the capstone experience within anew engineering program has offered challenges and opportunities. Paramount among thesechallenges has been the development of industry relations that support industry sponsoredprojects and campus based projects particularly for the biomedical engineering program of studyand the ECU School of Medicine. The latter is largely directed at supporting basic research.The former relies on industry sponsored projects for most of the capstone design experiences.Sponsor feedback has been overwhelmingly supportive of the
. Additionally, she is Coordinator of Advising for the School of Engineering and is involved in assessment. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Relative Performance of Transfer vs. First-Time Freshmen at a Maritime CollegeAbstractInstructors of senior level classes in a mechanical engineering program noticed a difference inperformance between students who had started as first-time freshmen and those who hadtransferred to the college and sought to investigate further. The college has recently increased thenumber of admitted transfer students, so the disparate performance is an increasing concern. As aconfounding factor, the mechanical engineering program has an option for
techniques. 14. Scale project processes to small, low risk projects as well as large, complex projects. 15. Understand how to appropriately leverage project management tools. 16. Handle projects in a state of chaos or damage control. 17. Managing project execution with the right level of discipline and rigor. 18. Understand effective leadership and team management. 19. Implement organizational change in the context of corporate culture.Application of Project Management in EcoCAR 3Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors and managed by ArgonneNational Laboratory, EcoCAR 3 is a university-level competition to develop an energy-efficientand high-performance Chevrolet Camaro. The Ohio State University EcoCAR 3 Team is
Francisco Bay. The dataset, we show, goesa long way for demonstrating essential ML concepts such as classification, clustering, dimensionreduction, model assessment, and deep learning. We convert the original dataset into a Python-friendly format (“pickle” file), which we also make available on GitHub, and we include a black-and-white (B&W) dataset as well. Our students find this maritime dataset and associated miniprojects engaging, which we support in Section 4 with a student reflection penned by a USCGLicense student in the SUNY Maritime College electrical engineering program.1.1: Data DescriptionThe original dataset includes 4000 red-green-blue (RGB) images 80-by-80 in size, 1000 of whichcontain a single whole ship. The 3000 others contain
AC 2011-2920: IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL LEARNING STRATEGIES: TEAMTESTINGRebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, MankatoAndrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga Page 22.822.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing Social Learning Strategies: Team TestingABSTRACTThis paper describes how to provide collaborative learning opportunities and fast feedback onexam performance by adding a team component to examinations. The method is supported byresearch in collaborative and active learning pedagogy and has been applied to computer sciencecourses ranging from first-year programming to graduate