Paper ID #10863The CARE (Center for Academic Resources in Engineering) Program at Illi-noisProf. William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign William Mischo is Head, Grainger Engineering Library Information Center and Professor, University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC). He has been a Principal Investigator on a number of digital library grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including the National Ethics Portal grant, several National Science Digital Library (NSDL) grants, and the Digital Library Initiative I grant. He has also received an Institute of Museum
identifyopportunities for development of novel or overlooked course subjects.The idea of a flexible system of one-credit courses is not entirely new. For example, ourprogram already offers a one-credit course in experimental engineering that is taught at anearby noted testing and research laboratory. We also offer one-credit modules related toour undergraduate internship program. Other departments in our School offer 1.5 creditcourses in subjects such as statistical software and communications technology.However, this is not a common approach to traditional core engineering educationsubjects, and explaining the concept to the faculty members and adjunct professorsrequired significant effort.In order to test the proposed bridge course concept, and to produce
2006-64: TEACHING LEAN MANUFACTURING CONCEPTS USING PHYSICALSIMULATIONS WITHIN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMAlok Verma, Old Dominion University Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and, Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory at Old Dominion University. He also serves as the Chief Technologist of the Lean Institute and MET Program Director at ODU. Alok received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, MS in Engineering Mechanics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Alok is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia, a certified manufacturing engineer and has certification in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. His publications are in the areas of Lean Manufacturing
Con- struction Management. Saeed completed his PhD in Construction Management while he got a master of science in Management Information Systems. He is continuing his research on simulation to provide a comprehensive supplementary method in construction management education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Thirty-Hour Safety Course for Construction Technology Academic ProgramsConstruction safety is an important aspect of every construction project in the United States.Safety training is provided by construction industry companies for individuals involved withsafety programs as professional development, non-credit courses, seminars and in-companytraining classes. The safety training
, creativity and innovation in construction. .Dr. George D. Ford, Mississippi State University Dr. George Ford P.E. is the Director of Mississippi State’s Building Construction Science (BCS) pro- gram. Dr. Ford has 15 years of industrial experience including corporate work, and 16 years of teaching experience at the post-secondary level.Ms. Tori Thompson, Mississippi State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Is Summer Semester Effective Enough in Studio-based Construction Programs? Saeed Rokooei, Ph.D., PMP, George Ford, Ed.D., PE, Tori Thompson Mississippi State UniversityAbstractLecture and lab course formats are still
Paper ID #23813Creating a New Engineering Technology Program Using the UbD ApproachDr. Nancy K. Sundheim, St. Cloud State University Nancy K. Sundheim is in the Environmental and Technological Studies Dept. where she developed and is now the director of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program. Her primary interest area is at the intersection of manufacturing engineering and statistics involving lean, continuous improvement, and quality. She also does research in engineering education applying the principles of continuous improve- ment to her teaching. c American Society for Engineering
and the new developing programs. A case of a long distancestudent is presented. She graduated from the construction engineering technologyprogram after she found the opportunity to continue her studies more than a decade afterleaving the school. This was achieved with the flexibility of the distance education. Thispresentation demonstrates the experience of an instructor, and a distance student in theconstruction engineering technology program as well as the division vision. The programhas the capability of live and recorded distance education. The recorded class videosallowed the student to review the class lectures. This was a significant possibility for thestudent who worked full time in the related construction jobs off campus. However
University and IUPUI, and 10 years of industrial experience as a member of technical staff at IBM Corporation. He has developed and led major research and academic programs, most of which have been of interdisciplinary nature, including in the areas of nanotechnology and information technology. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Page 22.925.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integration of Knowledge in Engineering/Science via
Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Review of Capstone Course Designs Used in Industrial Engineering ProgramsIntroductionWithin engineering curricula, capstone courses are an essential element of the undergraduateexperience. In capstone (or senior design) courses, seniors are able to use the knowledge gainedthroughout their studies to analyze a design problem. The capstone course is critical in ensuringthat students have the requisite knowledge and can integrate it effectively before embarking intothe field as engineering professionals. As such, the course also serves as an importantbenchmarking tool for engineering programs to ensure they are meeting program outcomes. Notonly are capstone courses
inter-disciplinary andcomputationally intensive such as biochemistry, nanotechnology, and neuroscience. This paperchronicles our efforts in creating the computational science program and the details of theoffered degrees, the required courses, and the learning outcomes expected of future graduates ofthe program.KeywordsArt and Science Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, Computational Science, Digital Forensics,Bioinformatics.IntroductionThe continuing advancements in electronics, engineering, mathematics, and computer sciencehave created parallel advancements in biology, forensics, and social networking, among manyother areas. These traditionally non-computational areas have been taking advantage of thenewly available scientific databases
Sustainability for Engineers course is also unique in this program. Currently there are nocourses being offered in EM programs as far as we know to help the managers understandsustainability issues, particularly related to the global supply chain. This is an imperative topicfor managers to understand as 90% of the world’s emissions and footprints (Carbon, Water, etc)are created in the global supply chain.The course titled “Decision Tools for Engineers” will offer a set of tools for engineeringmanagers, including statistics, simulation and modeling as well as topics in operations research.2.2 Timeline of the ProgramThe new program can be completed in 2 years. We breakdown each year into 3 semesters, eachof which lasts 3.5 months with a two-week
Learning, Agility, and a Focus on the individual.These values are related to the program mission as the program is built around the concept ofengaged learning: discovery-based education and learning by doing. Classrooms are defined notas lecture halls but as engineering studios. Courses are delivered not as lengthy exercises intheory but as integrated opportunities to apply knowledge in real-world projects. The expectedoutcome of the program is an agile engineer, a lifelong learner with a comprehensive set of skillsappropriate to the needs of today and tomorrow. Agility also characterizes the program itself:streamlined, purposeful and flexible in adapting to changes in pedagogy, knowledge or the needsof its stakeholders. We also express the brand
administration and developmentFull implementation of the IES MAP is likely to be a multi-year process; however, we intend tostart assessing our program immediately. To begin with, we have starting tracking and willcontinue to track academic indicators. Starting in January 2007 we will implement a slightlyrevised version of the assessment tool developed by Bettez and Lineberry16 at the University ofKentucky. The benefit of using Bettez and Lineberry’s instrument is two-fold. First, it wasdeveloped for engineers and as such contains questions specifically related to ABET outcomes.Second, we will be able to compare our results to those from the University of Kentucky, whichshould be interesting considering how different our two institutions are.In addition
Academy. He serves as the Course Director for CE404, Design of Steel Structures and CE492, Senior Capstone Design course. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. MAJ Bert received a B.S. degree from Norwich University in 1995 and an M.S.C.E. degree from Virginia Tech in 2005. Page 12.144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Technique for Program-Wide Direct Assessment of Student PerformanceAbstractThis paper builds on previous work related to the direct assessment of student performance.Previous work assessed CE program outcomes using a single
first seven week of the semester.After completion of the pre-capstone course, students are distributed into teams and assigned afaculty advisor and an industry liaison to ensure success of the project.The program is set to enrich the learning experience by providing the students an opportunity towork with industry while applying their academic background. The program covers all aspectsof the engineering design process and helps demonstrate the importance of several criticalprofessional skills such as; further developing the students’ technical oral and writtencommunication, develop professional and working relations between team members, project andtime management, and ethics while developing a broad understanding of the relationships
, are usually resistant to taking computing courses and view them as irrelevantto their field of study. On the other hand, it is nowadays practically impossible to study,understand, and analyze dynamic systems without help of computers. Computation for Scienceand Engineering (CompSE) is an introductory computer programming course that will be offeredin the Spring 2010 with the new curriculum that is anticipated to attract STEM students tocomputation fields. The CompSE introduces programming concepts through study of dynamicsystems taken from various fields such as finance, molecular biology, and environmentalscience. Moreover, CompSE introduces students to using computer programming and simulationto analyze systems that are hard or almost
and overall flexibility. Technical-course flexibility is identified by the proportion of total Engineering credits that are dedicated toMechanical Engineering, where a lower proportion relates to a more flexible program. Overallflexibility is identified by the proportion of credits in the Other category compared to the totalnumber of credits required.Two universities used a different accounting of credits compared to the other universities, so ascaling factor was applied in order to compare the total number of credits appropriately. CMU’scourses are assigned a number of units, where 3 units are approximately equivalent to 1 credit, soeach course’s units were divided by 3 before comparison. Stanford University operates on atrimester system
an Ed.D. in 1963 from the University of Montana. He taught five years as an elementary and junior high science teacher in Butte, MT before taking a faculty position at Idaho State University. From 1967 to 1994 he was a faculty member in the Department of Education at Washington State University. He currently works at the Science, Mathematics, Engineering Education Center at Washington State University. Page 14.568.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Enhancing Interactions Between Engineering Programs and the K-12 SystemBackground A problem facing the United States is the
partners with various levels of involvement from serving as a member of theproject committee to providing an advisory role on issues related to industry practice.A separate ‘cold lab’ has been designated for the Architectural Engineering graduatestudents. This lab was recently sponsored by long time industry partner DegenkolbEngineers. As a result, upgrades to the lab will occur on a yearly basis. The graduate labserves as a classroom for graduate courses as well as a computer lab and study area forgraduate students.Major IssuesThesis/Project Concerns. For the six year history of the ARCE master’s program, therehas been a mandatory project requirement and students have pursued three differentapproaches: • Student support of faculty research
. WSUengineering and engineering technology faculty are served as mentors to introduce thetechnology and the programs to the participants.Faculty Development ProgramWSU offers a two-day short course each summer for high school science and technologyteachers, community college instructors, and automotive related professionals. The courseconsists of four modules: Electric Drive Vehicle Fundamentals Power Electronics and Charging Systems Advanced Energy Storage In-Vehicle CAN Embedded SystemsThe short course also included lab sessions in each day to provide hands-on experiences: Demonstration of GM and Ford Hybrid Vehicles on On-Board Diagnosis Systems Demonstration of Traction Motor and Battery Testing SystemsProfessional Development Short
Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington. Page 23.880.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 An Effective Learning Approach for Industrial Robot Programming AbstractProgramming an industrial robot by using a teach pendent is a tedious and time-consuming taskthat requires a considerable amount of work-related skills, robotics knowledge and experience.Robot applications design also requires a tremendous amount of programming skills andinput/output controls to make them useful. Obviously, a good robot programmer is a key
AC 2010-542: COLLABORATION AMONG UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITYCOLLEGES IN DEVELOPING DUAL-ENROLLMENT PROGRAMSGerry Marekova, Drexel University Gerry Marekova, M.S. is the Program Manager for the Applied Engineering Technology program in the Goodwin College of Professional Studies at Drexel University. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with major in Marketing and a Master of Science Degree in Higher Education Administration, both from Drexel University. Her responsibilities include scheduling classes, maintaining partnership programs with community colleges and high schools, and mentoring current and prospective students. She has a strong interest in curriculum and
, I developed a strong interest in structural engineering. As a result, I decided to focus on this discipline for the remainder of my undergraduate career, learning as much as possible through my professors and related course-work. I opted to continue my education after having completed my Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. As a result, I decided to return to my Alma mater to complete a Master’s curriculum with a focus in structural engineering. After completing my Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering in May of 2013, I accepted an internship opportunity with Walter P Moore in Dallas, Texas. During this internship, I worked with the Diagnostics Services Group analyzing structural issues and problems with
AC 2011-2669: FOSTERING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGHINTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS AND GRADUATE CAPSTONE PROJECTSDavid R Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology Associate Professor and Chair, Systems Engineering Programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology.John M Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology John Colombi, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, Faculty Scholar-in-Residence for the Air Force Center for Systems Engineering and Chair of the Operational Technology Program at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He teaches and leads sponsored research in systems engineering, human systems integration, architectural analysis and enterprise/ software services. Retiring after 21
of Engineering at International Game Technology where he man- aged corporate wide research and development. Dr. Wade spent ten years at Sun Microsystems during which time he managed the development of Enterprise Servers. Prior to this, he led advanced develop- ment of supercomputer systems at Thinking Machines Corporation. Dr. Wade received his SB, SM, EE and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Dr. Roberta S Cohen, Stevens Institute of Technology A Teaching Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology since 2009, Professor Cohen spent 26 years in the Telecommunications industry as a technical and managerial contributor to numerous programs
registered Chartered Professional Engineer. Dr. Manohar’s research interests include mathematical and computer modeling of materials behavior, thermo-mechanical processing of steels and other metallic materials, microstructural characterization, and structure – property relationships. He has conducted a number of technical failure investigations, consulted on various materials-related problems, and acted as an expert witness in the Court of Law. Dr. Manohar is the immediate past chair of the Manufacturing Division of ASEE and the current Chair of ASM Pittsburgh Chapter.Dr. Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University Acharya joined Robert Morris University in Spring 2005 after serving 15 years in the Software Indus- try
have seen little structuralor philosophical changes in the period since. In recent decades, workforce needs and theemployment landscape for STEM graduates has experienced fundamental changes in scale andscope. While the number of STEM-related jobs has risen significantly [1], [2] the range of STEMcareers has also expanded sharply [1], [2] . In the recent National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine study report focused on Graduate STEM education for the 21st century[3], the authors observe that “Indeed, recent surveys of employers and graduates and studies ofgraduate education suggest that many graduate programs do not adequately prepare students totranslate their knowledge into impact in multiple careers.” In spite of the
Natives) in science, technology,engineering and math (STEM) [1]. This National Science Foundation (NSF) funded grant hasimplemented several programs to focus on critical transitions for students such as high school tocollege, two-year to four-year institution transfers, and those final years as students head towardgraduation. Ongoing activities funded by this grant include research experiences, transferpathways, and co-curricular activities. In 2020, a Scholar Program was also created at theuniversity to help support students as they make progress toward their baccalaureate degree.The outcomes for the Scholar program were for students to become more knowledgeable aboutthemselves and what they need to succeed in their academic and personal success
sustainabilityproblems. It offers a broad understanding of accelerated pace of science and engineering, energysystems, economics, data science and analytics tools in solving complex multidisciplinaryenergy-related problems.Clean Energy option of Data Science and Analytics MS program is tailored to best meetindividual students’ educational background and professional goals. The curriculum includescourses exploring and mining all the aspects of the data lifecycle using mathematics, statistics,machine learning, database management, data visualization, programming, business intelligence,energy economics, the smart grid, energy engineering, and fundamental physics and devicesrelating to renewable energy. Upon completion of the program, students are able to: analyze
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 Director of Teacher Professional Development for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE