skillsrequired to begin a design or construction engineering career, conducting activities in amultifaceted diverse team under the direction of a project manager may be a daunting experience.This is especially true when it comes to new graduates who had very minimal to no workexperience. Thus, the need to prepare CECM college students for a smooth transition from theacademic program to the workplace becomes necessary.Civic engagement and service learning have increasingly become an integral part of learning andteaching strategies across many universities and colleges nationwide. As such, CECM facultyrecognizes the benefit in combining civic engagement and service learning activities with theCECM curriculum. Introduced at beginning engineering courses
22.171.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Examination of Faculty Perceptions and Use of Blackboard Learning Management SystemAbstractWhat are the attitudes, perceptions and usages of university faculty feel regarding learningmanagement systems in use at their institutions? Do faculty believe they are making effective useof LMSs in course instruction? What elements do they consider to be crucial or importantfeatures in a learning management system? Do they believe LMSs benefit students and aidinstruction?This study examined faculty uses, perceptions and attitudes toward an online learningmanagement system (Blackboard). Respondents were full time professors in the
at hand. Two common features of the case study method are a holisticapproach to understanding the situation and a broader social context of the motivations thoseinvolved. "Because of its strengths, the case study is a particularly appealing design for appliedfields of study such as education, social work, administration, health, and so on. An appliedfield's processes, problems, and programs can be examined to bring about understanding that inturn can affect and perhaps even improve practice.”3 With this course being an applied course,it lends itself to understanding practices in management would logically be a good course toapply this methodology.The third branch of triangular intersection is aligned where traditional engineering education
modern construction relies heavily on technology, materials, and methods, the executionof design and the profession of Construction Engineering and Management is largely human-centric.Construction Engineering and Construction Management graduates need to be equipped with theknowledge, analytical methods, technical skills, and human perspectives that will allow them tolead and manage themselves so that they can successfully lead and manage others as well as thevarious resources necessary to complete complex construction projects and schedules that meetor exceed contract, budget, and safety objectives on a consistent basis [1] [2] [3]. The key toconstruction productivity is human factors [4] . In a 2016 survey of 36 contractors,“communication” and
Engineering Education, 2011 Design of a Senior Laboratory Sequence to Guide Students in Multiple Academic Programs Towards Workforce PreparednessAbstractThis paper describes the integration of upper division experiential laboratory and project coursesin the chemical engineering, biological engineering, and environmental engineering programs atOregon State University. Student enrollment has doubled during this 5 year process. The year-long integrated curriculum is built around a theme of “college to career” transition and targets awide array of learning objectives. This paper focuses on three: experimental methodology,communication, and project management. It is demonstrated that the dramatic changes havebeen implemented while successfully
, engineeringfirms, and in some instances industry-affiliated academic groups. A team of 4-6 full and part-time mechanical engineering faculty manages the course; each faculty member advises 3-5 teamseach. Beginning in 2012, the newly formed biomedical engineering program adopted themechanical engineering model for Senior Design and merged a large cohort of its students intointerdisciplinary teams with mechanical engineers. More recently, smaller cohorts of electricalengineering and environmental engineering students have also joined the multidisciplinarysection of the course, which focuses on projects in the biomedical, environmental, and industrialdesign sectors. Project sponsors represent the biotech and environmental engineering industries,the clinical
they are engaging students with their use of the learning management system? 3. What elements do they consider to be crucial or important in a learning management system?Participants in the study were full-time faculty representing nineteen different programs andevery level of teaching experience from the School of Engineering and Technology at IndianaUniversity-Purdue University Indianapolis. Following IRB approval, a survey was developedusing Zoomerang survey software. Faculty responded to the online survey which contained 39questions designed to garner information on faculty usage, attitudes and perceptions ofOncourse, the learning management system in use at this institution. Participation was voluntaryand no individual
AC 2011-94: USING SOCIAL NETWORKING GAME TO TEACH OPER-ATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALCONCEPTSIvan G. Guardiola, Missouri S&TSusan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology Susan L. Murray is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. Murray received her B.S. and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. Her M.S. is also in industrial engineering from the University of Texas-Arlington. She is a professional engineer in Texas. Her research and teaching inter- ests include human systems integration, productivity improvement, human performance, safety, project
in operations research and supply chain management. Prior to transitioning into the Construction Engineering Program at UA, he was a professor of Industrial Engineering 1984-2007. From 1979-84, he was a systems engineer with Lockheed Corpora- tion. Dr. Batson is a long-time member of ASEE and is past-president of the Southeastern Section. Page 23.145.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Alternative Approaches to Incorporate Design for Safety into Construction Engineering CurriculaIntroductionFrom both an ethical and practical viewpoint
AC 2010-8: USING LIBGUIDES AS A WEB 2.0 CONTENT MANAGEMENTSYSTEM AND A COLLABORATION TOOL FOR ENGINEERING LIBRARIANSRichard Bernier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard Bernier is the Reference and Electronic Services Librarian at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he manages subscriptions and access to all electronic resources; conducts reference service and library instruction, and manages the digital archives project. He is currently transitioning his library toward a Library 2.0 environment. Page 15.1330.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using
of teaching an introductory programming language in a GeDC 4. Wilck, et al.presented a case for Engineering Economics to be taught as a GeDC to expand quantitative andfinancial literacy 5. Bechtel, et al. described a strategy to assess the success of GeDCs from thedisciplines of humanities, and social and behavioral sciences6. While these studies have theirown merits relevant to the central issues they address, they are not directly applicable in teachingIntroduction to Water Resources Management. This paper presents a novel approach, “Connectto you” (Connect2U) to overcome or minimize these drawbacks in teaching the course,Introduction to Water Resources Management.Teaching MethodologyConnect2U was developed on the collaborative instructor
for informal relationships that develop throughnatural relationships than for formal mentoring where mentors are assigned by companyprograms.Formal education ended up rated third for the general management participants. But theparticipants did not report that formal education in technical areas provided the impetus to theircareer development. Instead they consistently saw formal education as a foundation or "ticket." (1) "Writing skills, reading skills, speaking skills, philosophical analysis, logic... those things that I picked up through my formal education... stood me in very good stead and....usually made me stand out. My engineering program put me in philosophy classes, logic programs, heavy writing and speaking
Session 1442 Informal Graphics for Conceptual Design Richard Devon, Sven Bilén, Andras Gordon, and Hien Nguyen Engineering Design Program School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs Penn State UniversityAbstractEngineers who work in innovative design spaces have very different CAD and graphics needsthan those who work in more conventional design spaces. We propose to develop ideas aboutthe graphical communication needs for conceptual design. This paper will illustrate what wemean by describing a few new methods such as
AC 2007-2386: DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED PROJECT TRACKS FOR ACOLLEGE-WIDE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN PROGRAMAT RITMarcos Esterman, Rochester Institute of TechnologyDorin Patru, Rochester Institute of TechnologyVincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of TechnologyEdward Hensel, Rochester Institute of TechnologyMark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology Page 12.535.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Development of Integrated Project Tracks for a College-Wide Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Program at RITAbstractSince 2002, the Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) at the Rochester
Paper ID #15684Integrated Curriculum Design for an Industrial Engineering UndergraduateProgram in Latin AmericaDr. Ang´elica Burbano, Universidad Icesi Angelica Burbano C.,holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas. She holds a MSOM from Universidad Icesi and a BS in industrial engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana both in Cali, Colombia. She is a Fulbright Scholar 2007 and a fellow AOTS, Japan 2000. Angelica has previous experience (five years) in the food manufacturing industry (experience related to inventory management and production planning and control, also information systems
opportunity to learn something they perceive as valuable, and 5. accomplishing all of the above while keeping the time required manageable for the students.The specific topic for the project has turned out to be less important than one might supposeprovided it meets the above criteria.The problem statement includes a spectrum of design tasks that require the teams to find andinterpret a range of information about the subject area in addition to performing traditionalchemical engineering design tasks. The categories that apply most often include: technologyreviews (especially utilizing the patent literature), market forecasts, price analysis, safetyanalysis, and a general analysis of HSE (health, safety, and environment) implications of
students to develop ideas into workingprototypes. The most structured projects are the predefined project choices which are projectswith set goals and tasks. In Fall 2018, 13 groups participated in free-choice OEP projects, 2groups in piloted prompt-based OEP projects, and the rest of the groups took part in predefinedprojects. The curriculum makes the students familiar with the engineering design process,computer-aided design (CAD), Arduino programming, prototyping, product development, andthe integration of teamwork and project management. This study examined the feedback from an end of the semester survey of 226 first-yearstudents to evaluate their capabilities, preparedness, and interest in the project options. Theresults show that the
followed the same procedure and have been equallysuccessful. In general terms, the employment of Kabul University adjunct instructors has beenvery effective in jump-starting the NMAA civil engineering program. However, this heavyreliance on adjuncts is not sustainable in the long term. As of this writing, the NMAA has hiredonly a single permanent faculty member for its Civil Engineering Department. For long-termprogram management and continuity, additional permanent faculty will need to be hired. Giventhe scarcity and high demand for qualified engineers in Afghanistan, long-term development ofthe faculty is certainly the NMAA civil engineering program’s greatest strategic challenge.Curriculum DesignOur design for the NMAA civil engineering
, PowerPoint presentations, and textbook content. Although the myth oflearning styles [7] has since been refuted, their motivation seems aligned with the first principleof universal design for learning (UDL), which is having multiple means of representation [8].What made the flipped modality popular was the movement started by the high-school teacherduo of Bergman and Sams [9], who implemented the flipped modality in a chemistry class.Implementing the flipped classroom in engineering has been an increasing trend in the lastdecade. A meta-study [10] showed over 4,000 articles published on flipped classrooms between2008 and 2017. Their study showed a slight effect size improvement over the traditional lecturein engineering courses. Another meta-analysis
Paper ID #12207Including Universal Design in Engineering Courses to Attract Diverse Stu-dentsDr. Brianna Blaser, University of Washington Brianna Blaser is a counselor/coordinator at the DO-IT Center at the University of Washington where she works with the AccessEngineering program. She earned a bachelors degree in math and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD in women studies at the University of Washington. She has a background in broadening participation and career development in science and engineering fields. Before joining DO-IT, she was the project director for the AAAS (American Association for
professional experience includes management and technical positions with chemicals, refining, and consulting companies. He has published and presented a number of papers on advanced process control, real-time optimization systems, adaptive control, artificial intelligence and expert systems. He is a member of AIChE. Page 22.30.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A COURSE ON PROCESS DESIGN AND OPERATION IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AbstractThis paper discusses a new course on Process Design and Operation offered
Paper ID #34247Role of Reflection in Service Learning-based Engineering Programs: ACross-cultural Exploratory and Comparative Case Study in India and theUSAMr. Srinivas Mohan Dustker, Purdue University, West Lafayette Srinivas Dustker is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received his B.E. in Industrial Engineering and Management from B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India and his M.S. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.Mr. Bandi Surendra Reddy, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management Surendra Bandi has been with Hyderabad
determine whether goals are met. Assessment of theeffectiveness of the faculty workshops training sessions offered will be conducted anonymouslyusing pre- and post-surveys. Assessment data will be collected, analyzed, and used in continuousimprovement actions to be implemented in next offering. We will use a pre-test/post-test designand pre-survey/post-survey employing both direct and indirect measures of student learning.The indirect assessment instruments will also include questions regarding participants’satisfaction while direct assessment instrument will include a set small design problems andmultiple choices problems. IV. OutreachThe project objective is to increase enrollment in electrical engineering technology programs to
in real settings; and in creating positive learning and work environments. She has a B.S. inEngineering, an M.BA., and has worked in industry for over 18 years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Mapping Assets of Diverse Groups for Chemical Engineering Design Problem Framing AbilityAbstractEngineering programs across the US are engaged in efforts to increase the diversity of theirstudent populations. Despite these efforts, students from groups underrepresented in engineeringare still less likely to persist, relative to their peers. One approach taken is adding design earlierin programs, but faculty sometimes doubt that freshmen and sophomore students have thecapacity to
Education, 2013 Integrating Engineering and Arts through Capstone Design: Creative Campus Meets the Learning FactoryAbstractThe Learning Factory at Penn State coordinates the largest college-wide, industry-sponsoredengineering capstone design program in the country. Each year, over 750 engineering studentsacross 12 different majors work in teams of 4-6 for a semester on industry- and client-sponsoredcapstone design projects. About 30% of these projects engage students in a single engineeringdiscipline (e.g., mechanical engineering), 40% engage students in two disciplines (e.g., chemicalengineering and mechanical engineering), and 30% engage students in three or more disciplines(e.g., bioengineering, electrical engineering
seminars up to the completion of the 15 creditacademic minor in multidisciplinary design. Programming includes seminars in leadership,communication, project management, how to effectively manage a design review, developinguseful user specifications, CAD design, as well as many other skills. The focus is on open-endedengineering challenges and successful multidisciplinary teamwork.Student design projects can be self generated, part of clubs, part of engineering competitionteams, sponsored by industry/government labs or even faculty research efforts. At the momentour program has examples of all five types of projects, a sampling of which includes: (1) selfgenerated group: creating toys for sight impaired children; (2) EcoLab club: building
Chair and the University’s Academic Director. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Industrial Automation from the National University of Colombia in 1995 and 2000, respectively. As part of his early career development in 1995, he started a machine design company in Colombia, but then in 1999, he moved to Spain and worked for Tekniker R&D designing ultraprecision machines. In 2001, Dr. Tovar was selected for the prestigious Fulbright fellowship program and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and 2005, respectively. As a graduate student at Notre Dame, while studying bone functional adaptation, Dr. Tovar proposed a structural
AC 2007-1635: EXPERIENCE WITH AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY WORKSHOPFOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERSR. Mark Nelms, Auburn UniversityRegina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment Page 12.712.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Experience with an Alternative Energy Workshop for Middle School Science Teachers Encouraging interest in science and engineering can begin early in the education process ifteachers have the proper training1. Discussed in this paper is an outreach activity for middleschool science teachers to provide them with the curriculum materials needed to foster students’interest in science and engineering. This
Department in the College of Engineering.Dr. Noah Salzman, Boise State University Noah Salzman is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University, where he is a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and IDoTeach, a pre-service STEM teacher preparation program. His work focuses on the transition from pre-college to university engineering programs, how exposure to engineering prior to matriculation affects the experiences of engineering students, and engineering in the K-12 classroom. He has worked as a high school science, mathematics, and engineering and technology teacher, as well as several years of electrical and mechanical engineering design experience as a practicing engineer. He
Design Course”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June 1999 10. “Web-Based Workflow and the Construction Change Process”, BC-2114 Class Tutorial, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, ProjectVillage, LLC, February 2003.NICHOLAS V. KISSOFFDr. Kissoff received his B.S. (‘80) and M.S. (’83) in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Science majoringin Transportation (’88) all from The University of Toledo. His industrial experience includes eleven years at SSOE,Inc. in Toledo, Ohio as a transportation design engineer and project manager. He is currently an assistant professorand the Director of the Construction Engineering Technology Program at The University of Toledo