the need for more granularity in the assessment of student designwork when evaluating attainment of student outcome 2. Student outcome 6, which pertains toindependent learning, includes the phrase “choose appropriate learning strategies” and will bedifficult to demonstrate. Finally, new student outcome 7, pertaining to teamwork, includes theneed to “create a collaborative and inclusive environment.” This outcome 7 continues tounderscore ABET’s desire to promote diversity and inclusion in engineering education.Table 5 shows the side-by-side comparison of the proposed ABET criterion 5, pertaining to thecurriculum. In the introductory part of proposed new criterion 5, the curriculum must be both“consistent with the student outcomes and program
AC 2007-985: BLENDED LEARNING: ENRICHING THE CLASS ACTIVITYWITH TECHNOLOGYMark Russell, University of Hertfordshire Mark Russell's teaching and learning interests are varied, and include exploring the effective use of technologies to support in-class activities, developing collaborative learning opportunities and developing innovative tools for electronic-assessment. Marks current interests lie in the area of Just-In-Time teaching and using the students' own understandings to help guide the lecture experience. In addition to winning the UK e-tutor of the year (2003) Mark was awarded a UK National Teaching Fellowship (2005). Mark spreads his time between the School of Aerospace, Automotive
desirability of so-called “soft skills” in their prospective employees. Consequently, teamwork is more afundamental part of modern manufacturing-related curricula than ever before as well. However,the best way to impart soft-skill lessons, especially in hard-skill fields, is open to debate,especially in the academic environment where outcomes assessment is stressed. Factors such asthe size of classes, complexity of projects, strengths versus weaknesses of class members,diversity initiatives in place, and many other dynamics may play a role in the formation ofproject teams. Simultaneously addressing the needs of each individual student, the needs of theclass as a whole, and needs of industrial partners is a delicate balancing act that calls first
Scholar-Teacher in the Department of Psychology at East Carolina University. His research interests include Comparative Psychology: Development, Paternal Care, & Evolution, Computing: Statistics, Instructional, and Internet Multivariate Research Design and Statistics, Social Psychology: Cross-Cultural, Jury Decisions, Ethical Ideology, and Attitudes about Animals.Shahnaz Aziz, East Carolina University Dr. Aziz, completed her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology from Bowling Green State University. Her expertise lies in the application of psychological principles to human behavior in the workplace. In her program of research, she has mainly conducted studies in the area of
licensed surveyor, TAC of ABET Commissioner, ASCE WV Section Past-President, and twice Chair of the ASCE Committee for Technology Curricula and Accreditation.Ted Stilgenbauer, Fairmont State University Ted M. Stilgenbauer is currently an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Civil Engineering Technology at Fairmont State University. He has received a M.S. in Safety and Environmental Management from West Virginia University (1996) and a B.S. in Civil Engineering Technology from Fairmont State College (1994). Mr. Stilgenbauer has been involved in the construction industry for over 10 years and has represented both the owner and contractor in multi-million dollar
conceptslearned in Environmental Biological Systems, a course taught to juniors during the springsemester (see Ref 8), and directly applies those concepts to the treatment of wastewater, removalof nutrients from wastewater, anaerobic digestion, bioremediation, industrial waste treatment,and emerging applications of biological treatment and modeling.Two groups of students designed and built two laboratory experiments that can be used toeducate students who take the course during subsequent semesters. Group I designed and builtan attached growth (trickling filter) wastewater treatment system for a fish tank. Group IIdesigned and build a rotating biological contactor (RBC) wastewater treatment system for a fishtank. A detailed design report and laboratory
(e.g., from textbooks/handbooks, finite element solutions, etc.); and finallysubmitted final written reports. During these learning processes, the students were able to solvethe “labwork” assignments collaboratively among themselves and without much interventionfrom the instructor and lab technician. The students arranged with the lab technician the optimaltime frame when they were free and could work in the lab. The technician was assisting thestudents during the “labwork” but his input was minimal. In a nutshell these “labwork”assignments require students to apply the theoretical knowledge they have learned during lecturesessions of the course and to use laboratory skills in equipment and software they have acquiredduring conventional
Dr. Frank Atuahene is an Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of the Construction Management Program in the Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Atuahene has a B.Sc (Hon) degree from the University of Science and Technology in Ghana (1979), a Master of Civil Engineering degree from the University of Delaware (1983), a Master of Engineering degree (Industrial Engineering) from Penn State University (1994) and a Ph.D in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey (1998). Page
13.516.8Several strategies have been particularly effective to engage partners and expandprogramming: Catalyst grants of to initiate new or expand existing programs to reach pre- or in- service teachers with engineering professional development. Grantees receive funding of $5,000, plus training and materials to launch new programs. In-school and district-based workshops, offered as part of districts’ professional development plans. Guest-lecturer and workshops offered at host sites such as colleges of teacher education to reach both pre- and in-service teachers.Partners include two- and four-year colleges, industry, government, educationassociations, schools and school districts, and other stakeholder groups
AC 2007-1878: INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERING CONCEPTS IN FRESHMANCALCULUSJohn Quintanilla, University of North Texas Associate Professor, Mathematics Department PhD, Princeton UniversityNandika D'Souza, University of North Texas Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department PhD, Texas A&M UniversityJianguo Liu, University of North Texas Associate Professor Mathematics Department PhD, Cornell UniversityReza Mirshams, University of North Texas Professor Reza Mirshams is Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs at the University of North Texas. Dr. Mirshams has degrees in Industrial Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering in the area of mechanical behavior of
Engineering Body of Knowledge Efforts. http://www.acm.org/[15] Modesitt, Kenneth, L. (February 2002) “International Software Engineering University Consortium (ISEUC): A Glimpse into the Future of University and Industry Collaboration” In Proceedings of the Fifteenth Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training, pp. 32-41, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.[16] ACM Panel on Professional Licensing in Software Engineering "Report to Council" (May 15,1999) http://www.acm.org/serving/se_policy/report.html[17] Barnes, B., et. al., “Draft Software Engineering Accreditation Criteria”, Computer, April 1998.[18] Tucker, A. B., et. al., Computing Curricula ’91, Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE
restricted to a particular field or area of study. ( E.g. common toeducational, research, and industrial / professional labs in chemistry, biology, medicine, physics,etc. ) As a result, simulations were developed for eight different accident scenarios implementedusing about half a dozen different development platforms, including VRML, Java3D,WorldToolKit, WorldUp, and most recently the Half-Life game engine.Of these, WorldToolKit was by far the most productive tool, with the added benefits ofproviding support for a wide variety of optional specialty hardware devices ( e.g. head-mounteddisplays ) and also of producing simulations for a wide variety of hardware platforms( Windows, SGI, etc. ) with a simple re-compilation of the code ( and some slight
AC 2007-2224: MENTORING FIRST LEGO LEAGUE: CHALLENGES ANDREWARDS OF WORKING WITH YOUTHDavid Richter, Virginia Tech David Richter is a graduate student currently pursuing a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is researching interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and education. He also has interests in enineering design, outreach programs for youth, and communication in the engineering curriculum.Kurt Johnson, Virginia Tech Kurt Johnson is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is very interested in engineering design and currently serves as one of the advisors/mentors of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) at Virginia Tech.Janis
” requirement.6Further illustrating the importance of service learning in engineering education is a recent ad inThe Chronicle of Higher Education for an environmental and civil engineeringassistant/associate professor that states, “Interest in collaborative and problem-based learningand service learning are highly valued characteristics.”7Several papers address the actual implementation of service learning in the engineeringcurriculum. Namely, Piechota ad Nambisan provide excellent examples of how service learningcan be integrated into junior and senior level civil and environmental engineering courses8.Similarly, Saviz describes the value of incorporating service learning in an upper-division civilengineering course.9 Brackin and Gibson discuss the
skills.One might ask why these representatives from industry have given such emphasis to the needfor graduating engineers who have mastered communication skills. We contend that thereare three major influences making communication a critical skill for engineers. The first ofthese is the opportunity for advancement that is afforded engineers in the corporateenvironment. One need only to look at the senior managers of technology-driven industriesto realize that there is a heavy representation of engineers in this group. The ability thatallows engineers to move into management is increasingly identified as communication skill.Writing appears to be crucial according to the College Board’s survey3 of 120 majorAmerican corporations. In addition, the
complex, collaborating circuit modules rather than using a centrally-distributed clocksignal to synchronize operations.In addition to the lab experiments described above students are also required to complete two labprojects that make up 25% of the course grade (Project1 – 15%, Project2 – 10%). Project1 isabout to design, simulate and layout of a 4-bit Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) that performs 8basic functions. Students can use any design style they are familiar with. The Bonus Assignmentto Project1 adds 8 more functions to the design. Project 2 is about to develop a static, dual 4x4bitRegister Bank for a simple RISC processor. The Bonus Assignment for Project 2 calls for theintegration of the 4-bit ALU with the register banks. The proper
Janice E. McClure, Ph.D. is currently an Instructor in Engineering at Penn State Altoona College. Previously she had been the coordinator of expert systems development for the College of Agricultural Science at Penn State University. Jan has a ME in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering with research in computer vision techniques. She is a current member of ASEE. Page 11.1195.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 TEACHING A COMMON ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE TO FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS: A CASE STUDYAbstractThis paper
Natural LanguagesFirst, the query formulation is performed by using natural languages. This level of representationis primarily oriented toward the end users, non-programmers. The correct formulation of thequery is critical when solving the corresponding retrieval problem. Students are advised todisregard the DB terminology, data structures, and data types. They should play the role of theend users and should try to express themselves in a correct clear natural language withoutambiguities. An example for such a query would be:“Find the names of singers collaborating with companies from London that have producedalbums of these singers in 2005.”The formulation of the query explains clearly what is required, but does not contain detailsshowing how
objective of the course was to give mechanical engineeringstudents an understanding of mechanical artifacts by answering the question, “How did otherssolve a particular problem?” This was followed shortly thereafter by courses at other universitiesbetween 1992-1995, based on ME 99, who were part of the NSF-sponsored Synthesis – IowaState, Hampton College and University of California Berkeley1 – and ManufacturingEngineering Education Partnership (MEEP) coalitions – Pennsylvania State University,University of Puerto Rico and University of Washington.10,11The development of these courses was in response to a general agreement by US industry,engineering societies and the federal government in the mid-1980s, that there had been a declinein the quality
mega-scale to nano-scale, technological advances haveborne an ever-increasing and pervasive influence on the forms of society.2 At a recenteducation/engineering dean’s summit on educational reform, the importance of technologicalliteracy for the general population was emphasized. Of the many ideas developed at theeducation/engineering dean’s summit, several major themes were identified including: • encouraging the association of engineering schools teaching/learning centers • supporting the introduction of design and engineering in pre-college curricula • and promoting collaborative efforts between schools of engineering and education to develop joint courses focused on pedagogy and technological literacy.3A
ASEE’s 1999-2000 president.Edwin Jones, Iowa State University Edwin C. Jones, Jr. was born in West Virginia, and earned a BSEE from West Virginia University in 1955, a Diploma of the Imperial College (DIC) from the University of London in 1956, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1962. He has industrial/government experience with the General Electric Company, the Westinghouse Electric Company, and the U S Army Signal Corps. He served on the faculty at the University of Illinois from 1962 until 1966. He then served on the faculty at Iowa State University from 1966 until 2001, and was named University Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
individually. Since both courses are electives, thesample population could potentially be self-selected towards those students who favor a group-oriented approach. Students made repeated references in individual statements to the benefits ofa cooperative, team-based approach to problem solving. Themes common to the positiveresponses were division of responsibility, patience with others, cooperation, and the necessity ofa well defined team structure as opposed to the amorphous groups often formed by students.Negative student comments were most common for unfair distribution of effort and languagebarriers.The environment of the LASER CULT is designed to mimic that of industrial or academicresearch program with the commensurate emphasis on depth of
2006-1790: VANTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM COMPONENT ASSESSMENTMonica Cox, Purdue University Monica Farmer Cox is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, her M.S. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Alabama, and her B.S. in Mathematics at Spelman College. Her research interests include teaching and learning in engineering education; engineering faculty and student development; and assessment and evaluation of engineering curricula, faculty pedagogy, student learning, student retention, and student engagement within engineering courses.Alene Harris, Purdue
engineer and completed a Master’s degree in MEMS at Georgia Tech.Jennifer Parks, University of Texas-Austin Ms. Jennifer Parks is a Research Fellow for the Chair of Free Enterprise and Coordinator of the Idea to Product® Program at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the University, she worked in a variety of capacities in the orthopedic implant manufacturing industry including product marketing, development, and design. Ms. Parks received her Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas and her Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University.Steven Nichols, University of Texas-Austin Steven P. Nichols, Ph.D., J.D., P.E., is a
, Santa Barbara. Research area: Reasoning and problem solving; applications of cognitive psychology to educational practiceBurak Kara, Carnegie Mellon University Post-doctoral research associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Degrees: B.S. 1998, Middle East Technical University; M.S. 2000, Ph.D. 2004, Carnegie Mellon University. Research area: engineering design, computational geometry, sketch-based interfaces.Steve Spencer, Carnegie Mellon University Undergraduate student in Departments of Psychology and Industrial Design Page 12.885.1
4.2 Industrial 11 3.1 Aerospace 9 2.5 Agricultural 6 1.7 Other 8 4.2ProcedureThe two instruments were combined into a single survey (Figure 1). The upper section of thesurvey is the lifelong learning scale (LLS) of Kirby et al.,1 while the lower section is theautonomous learner scale (ALS) of Macaskill & Taylor.2 For the ALS, items A-G form the“independence of learning” subscale, while items H-L form the “study habits” subscale. Eachsubscale of the LLS
Williams, 1992).the STAR.Legacy Cycle (SL Cycle) (Schwartz, Brophy, Lin, & Bransford, 1999) whichillustrates Throughthe series of stepsERC, the VaNTH that we students should progress collaborated through engineers with biomedical in order totosolve designtheandchallenges. After being presented with the problem in The Challenge, implement a challenge-based method of instruction designed to develop both
research from lead governmental agenciessuch as NSF and the Department of Energy. The need for qualified nanotechnology workers forthe next two decades is estimated to be in the millions (Rocco, 2003). Broad impact can beachieved by curricular enhancement and reform at the undergraduate level (Winkelman, 2009).Curricular enhancement, if it aims to be comprehensive, needs to ensure that students areexposed to the technical aspects as well as social, economic and ethical impacts ofnanotechnology that numerous researchers are exploring seriously (Tomasik,2009). This paperreports activities and findings of a team of engineering, science, and education faculty members,who are actively involved in nanomaterials-based research and have been collaborating
Paper ID #7815Implementing a Flipped Classroom in ThermodynamicsDr. Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma Professor Lemley teaches thermo-fluid engineering and works with undergraduates to perform fluid dy- namics research mostly focused on small scale flow problems. He currently is an Assistant Dean of Math- ematics and Science and a Professor of Engineering and Physics at the University of Central Oklahoma; his home institution of almost fifteen years. Previously, Professor Lemley worked as a mechanical engi- neer in the power industry. His Bachelor’s degree is in physics from Hendrix College and his M.S.M.E
and development of X-ray lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. His interests include mechanical design, acoustics applications and controls.Dr. Jon-Michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute Dr. Jon-Michael Hardin is a professor and head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His interests include mechanical design and engineering education. Page 23.768.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013