Paper ID #29294A Change Model Approach: Integrating the Evaluation of SynergisticDepartmental Efforts to Transform Engineering EducationBrandi Geisinger, Iowa State University Brandi Geisinger is a Research and Evaluation Scientist with the Research Institute for Studies in Educa- tion at Iowa State University. She conducts research and program evaluation with a particular focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion; campus climate; and STEM education. She has expertise in research and evaluation methodology, including both qualitative and quantitative analyses.Arlene de la Mora, Iowa State University Arlene de la Mora, Ph.D
aerospace and information technologydomains. As evidenced by the ideas presented in this paper, a great deal of progress can be madeby bringing individuals together in closely related fields to innovate methods of defense thatprotect our critical and other infrastructure. If we do not, we put ourselves at risk as our worldbecomes more interconnected. Industries that once had little concern for attack in cyberspace mustnow become much more aware of the threats and devise defense strategies that best protect theirassets.In engineering and technology, cyber-security occupies only a small portion of the educationalsurface area that is considered in today’s curriculum. It is necessary that new technologies bedeveloped with security in mind. Not only
justifiably used toidentify the objectives of an Engineering Technology education. The pedagogy that is inplace in engineering technology curriculums strives to satisfy this goal. NortheasternUniversity’s recent change to a semester system has also provided an opportunity torestructure most of its Engineering Technology programs. Specifically, every coreengineering technology course now has an associated laboratory component. The labsession is scheduled within the classroom instruction period, with the full-time facultyconducting the experiments along with the students. In the case of the Statics andDynamics courses an additional change has been implemented: the students will designand build their own statics and dynamics experiments using individual
comprehension ofleadership. The evaluations of this course, by both students and other faculty, along withtestimonials of graduates, indicate this objective has been accomplished for this unique course.IntroductionMost engineering and engineering technology curriculum contain a very comprehensivecompendium of technical courses designed to insure students are competent upon graduation. Itis obvious ABET1 accreditation requirements necessitate the need for adequate and in depthcoverage of the technical content in each discipline. Accreditation ensures a high academic Page 9.842.1standard exists in every program receiving ABET accreditation
thathave collaborated with educational institutions to make curriculum more responsive to workforceneeds. The technology trends listed above are further enabled by industries such as thesemiconductor [3] and wireless [4], both of which are facing acute shortage of new talent. Hence,in addition to employer-specific training, it is imperative that engineering programs update theircurricula and pedagogy to include experiential learning experiences that would better preparegraduates to meet industry expectations. Building the workforce of tomorrow is the sharedresponsibility of industry and higher education establishments.As part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the American Society for EngineeringEducation (ASEE)’s joint initiative called
Development of a BS Environmental Engineering Program in a Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Amy Zander and Hung Tao Shen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 13699-5710AbstractThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University recentlyinitiated a new B.S. degree program in Environmental Engineering. The proposal for this newdegree program was recently approved by the departmental faculty following roughly a decadeof deliberation. We will discuss our approaches in achieving harmony between the civil andenvironmental
entrepreneurship.1,2,3 In thissame spirit of “doing” versus “lecturing”, the Electronics and Telecommunications (EET/TET)Programs at Texas A&M University have been developing an emphasis in electronics productdesign. To this end, the curriculum has been augmented to include topics such as electronicsmanufacturing, system integration, innovation, project management, and entrepreneurship. Aninitiative to team engineering technology students with business students who understandmarketing and small business plan development has also gained substantial momentum over thepast three years.4 Finally, all students are required to participate in a capstone design sequencewhere they work in teams to develop the concept for a product and implement a fully
mechanical engineering courses such as thermodynamics, fluidmechanics and strength of materials would be able to use this data for student lab work.Electrical engineering students would be able to observe the digital control and feedbackprocesses. Both disciplines would be able to collaborate in collecting operating data for thebuilding and making predictions as to how they might be able to improve the efficiency of theoperation. Modifications were made to the original design in order to provide for this new use ofthe building. These modifications included: making the HVAC/control room extra wide toprovide access for students to observe equipment and take readings, exposing cable trays andducting, instrumenting valves and pumps in order to obtain
Approaches Lunal Khuon and Kevin Buckley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085AbstractThis paper introduces a new multidisciplinary design and development project, entitled Auto-matic Blood Pressure Measurement (ABPM), which freshman engineering students can take tofulfill part of their first year curriculum requirements. The paper first describes ABPM and thenpresents an overview of a preliminary assessement.IntroductionThe College of Engineering Core Course Sequence: A new freshman engineering core coursesequence was developed and initiated in The College of Engineering at Villanova University inthe Fall of 2009. This six-credit two
AC 2011-950: ROBOTICS AUTOMATION CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:FROM OPERATION AND PROGRAMMING TO THE VISION SYSTEMSAleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev is earned his bachelor degree in electrical engineering in Moscow University of Electronics and Automation in 1995. He obtained the Master degree in Physics from Michigan Technological University in 2004 and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2007. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev research interests include high energy lasers
Paper ID #37383Enhancement of Student Learning in an Engineering CourseThrough Hands-on Pedagogical ApproachesA K M Monayem Hossain Mazumder (Assistant Professor) A K M Monayem H. Mazumder received his Bachelor of Science from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2006; Master of Science from the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, in 2010 and PhD from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, in 2012, all are in Mechanical Engineering. During his PhD studies, he worked on various problems in electrohydrodynamics (EHD). He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow with Department of
A Cognitive-Based Approach for Teaching Programming to Computer Science and Engineering Students Covington, R. and Benegas, L. California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 913301. IntroductionAn issue receiving attention in the undergraduate Computer Science curriculum over the pastfew years has been the high failure rate in the freshman programming course. This coursegenerally corresponds to the ACM/IEEE course designation CS1. It is normally an introductorybut fast-paced and challenging course for students who have not previously studied computerprogramming (programming novices), but who do have a minimum level of mathematicalmaturity (students who are
AC 2010-436: BUILDING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN SUPPLY CHAINMANAGEMENT AND FACILITY LOGISTICS CURRICULUM THROUGHMULTI-INSTITUTIONAL VIRTUAL TEAMINGSuzanna Long, Missouri University of Science & Technology Suzanna Long is an assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering at Missouri S&T. She holds a PhD and an M.S. in engineering management, B.S. in physics and a B.A. in history from the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) and an M.A. in history from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her research interests include strategic partnering in global supply chain networks, supply chain curriculum development, virtual teaming in a global marketplace, and sustainable energy
presented papers on approaches and techniques in engineering education.Dr. Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University Dr. Hertz earned a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University in 1999 and then a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Following this, he worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor in September 2008, leading a lab that researched the effects of composition and nanostructure on ionic conduction and surface exchange in ceramic materials. In 2014, he moved to
beoperationalized in an EL program using a team-based experiential learning approach.Motivation for curricular innovation – The promise of experiential learning in ethicsA growing set of examples in engineering education literature describe new experiential learningapproaches for ethics instruction in engineering [12, 17 - 20]. Motivating this trend, scholars discusshow traditional approaches to ethics instruction have largely focused on retrospection and historicreview, often at the expense of other learning modes, such as experimentation and personalexperience [18, 19]. Those latter modes can be important toward building an ability in students tohandle “unfamiliar tensions” [18], a capacity essential for joining new work environments and indealing with
Across the Curriculum: A National Study of College Writing.” College Composition and Communication Dec 2009 61.2, pp. 378.9. Susman, T. 2009, May 20. “As Fossils Go, She’s a Celebrity.” Los Angeles Times, pp. A1. Retrieved from http:// search.proquest.com/docview/422254803?accountid=14749.10. Swales, John and Christine Feak. 2004. Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills. 2nd ed. U of Michigan P.11. Thayer, Sydney M. 2012. “Biology’s approach to construction: The development and use of scaffolds in tissue engineering.” Illumin 8.3. Retrieved from http://illumin.usc.edu/231/biologys-approach-to-construction-the- development-and-use-of-scaffolds-in-tissue-engineering/12. Yavitch, Amélie et al. 2012
” engineeringcourses throughout their entire engineering curriculum represents a new “authentic-learning”approach toward teaching engineering to students. Medical Schools and Law Schoolspredominantly use authentic learning, or experiential learning, techniques to teach our futuredoctors and lawyers.3 Engineering education has been slow to follow their lead in this regard,basing almost all instruction on lecture-based and laboratory-based teaching methodologies,rather than authentic learning methodologies. However, in the Spring semester of 2010, aneducational initiative was begun to determine the value of integrating semester-long, Project-Based Design Streams (PBDSs) into the entire electrical engineering curriculum. Due to theexceptional response by the
broader influence of this course onthe environmental engineering curriculum has not been fully assessed. However, immediatebenefits include allowance for more design in the biochemical treatment and hazardous wastetreatment courses. In addition, by revisiting many of these topics (Table 5) in subsequentcourses, students experience a period of growth and reflection followed by a period of learning ata higher level in the cognitive domain. Because the course is somewhat new (developed in 2003) our assessment reveals thatrevisions are required. For example, following the spring 2005 semester, course outcome (j)received an assessment score of amber (scale: green, amber, or red) because many students feltlost at the beginning of the lab period
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Classroom Discussion Approaches Used in the Remote Delivery of Systems Engineering Education Abstract This paper addresses the effectiveness of classroom discussion approaches used in theremote online delivery of graduate level systems engineering education at the StevensInstitute of Technology during the Fall 2009 semester. Twenty-two unique systemsengineering graduate level core and elective courses, covering systems engineeringcurriculum content in three of the five levels of the evolved INCOSE graduate systemsengineering reference curriculum, were offered in thirty-two course sections over the 15-week Stevens Webcampus semester. We measured effectiveness of the classroomdiscussion approaches used
material, energy, and natural resource constraints, and all have an impact onthe interactions between the human and natural worlds. To help students understand these needs,faculty at Purdue University have begun to incorporate the concept of “normalizedsustainability”: the idea that sustainability concerns are normal engineering design criteria, onthe same level as more traditional constraints, such as cost, reliability, and performance.This approach requires a cross-cutting coverage of sustainability and environmental issues. Theycan not simply be presented in one “specialized” course, but instead need to permeate coursesthroughout the curriculum and at all levels. To facilitate the incorporation of environmental andsustainability concepts into a
engineering industry [1]. This influence now reaches beyondthe military and cellular communications sectors, including connected cars, remote sensing, andRFID. However, implementing an RF engineering curriculum presents many difficulties forengineering technology programs such as limitations on the number of available course credits touse, a higher level of math and physics, and a high cost of equipping the lab. In this paper, apractical approach to RF engineering curriculum is discussed that could lower the entrancebarriers to having an RF engineering curriculum.Curriculum Design - LimitationsIn general, curriculums at the undergraduate level in RF engineering are based on an approachthat primarily emphasizes theoretical backgrounds first and then
? Three approaches for bringing forensics and failure case studies into the civil engineeringcurriculum are possible. These are • New stand-alone forensic engineering or failure case study courses, • New capstone design projects, and • Integration of failure case studies into the existing curriculum. The first two alternatives have been implemented at several institutions, including theUniversity of Texas, Mississippi State University and the University of Colorado at Denver,where practicing forensic engineers are members of the faculty. Clearly, this approach dependson the availability of qualified and interested faculty. Use of forensic projects in capstone(Senior) design courses requires the availability of appropriate projects
composite materials. This paper details the pedagogy and theresearch paper activity.BackgroundManufacturing engineering is a relatively new and small program in the department (Refer Table1). Our “hands-on”, curriculum includes laboratory experiences in physics, chemistry, computer-aided design, manufacturing processes, RP, quality assurance, electronics, robotics,microelectronics manufacturing, simulation and computer integrated manufacturing. Themanufacturing engineering program is scheduled to undergo ABET accreditation in Fall 2007.Companies such as Toyota, Northrup-Grumann, Boeing, National Instruments, etc. asmanufacturing or process engineers have hired our graduates. We are in the process of collectingdata pertaining to number of students
grateful for support provided by the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program, under Phase 2 grant DUE-0717905. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Page 22.139.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Adaption of a Virtual Laboratory Curriculum: A Preliminary Study of Implementation at Other InstitutionsAbstractThis paper describes the adaption and implementation of
learning.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University Conrad Tucker is a professor of mechanical engineering. He focuses on the design and optimization of systems through the acquisition, integration, and mining of large scale, disparate data. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Study on the Effectiveness of the CLICK Approach in an Operations Research CourseAbstractThis paper presents an investigation of the effectiveness of the connected learning and integratedcourse knowledge (CLICK) approach. The CLICK approach aims to integrate the knowledgeacross the industrial engineering (IE) curriculum by leveraging immersive technology
techniques.Advantages of the new courseWhile EDC is still in a formative stage—and is not without its challenges—we believe it offerssignificant advantages to freshmen, to faculty from both disciplines, and to the undergraduateengineering curriculum:• Improvement in engineering and communication education Most importantly, the user-centered approach to design and the integrated nature of the course improve the quality of students’ engineering work, their understanding of how design and communication are related, and their communication skills. In both lectures and workshops, faculty stress the importance of concepts that design and communication have in common—that both are processes; that in both processes, writers and designers keep
, journals and funded projects. Engineering curricula are crowded, however, and leave little room for new courses. Beginning with the “writing across the curriculum” movement in the 1980’s, the literature reveals that many disciplines have mounted “across the curriculum” movements. These include writing, mathematics, critical thinking, citizenship, ethics and other fields. Given crowded engineering curricula, an “across the curriculum” approach is a logical means to address the need to add entrepreneurial thinking without adding additional courses. Measurement tools are a critical requirement to assess the efficacy or any curriculum intervention. This is especially true when dealing with a new and
Paper ID #23825IBBME Discovery: Biomedical Engineering-based Iterative Learning in aHigh School STEM Curriculum (Evaluation)Mr. Locke Davenport Huyer, University of TorontoNeal I. Callaghan, University of TorontoRami Saab, University of Toronto I am a MASc student in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) at the Uni- versity of Toronto. My research interests include medical device design, brain-computer interfaces, and algorithms for biosignal information processing. My teaching experiences include graduate level teaching assistant positions and I am currently a physics curriculum executive with the
Paper ID #14429Multidisciplinary Approaches and Challenges in Integrating Emerging Med-ical Devices Security Research and EducationProf. Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Mehran Mozaffari Kermani received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 2005, and the M.E.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, in 2007 and 2011, respectively, under the supervision of Prof. Arash Reyhani-Masoleh. He joined the Advanced Micro Devices as a senior ASIC
Paper ID #23158Supporting Diversity in Teams Through Asset MappingDr. Jamie Gomez R, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering For- mation (PFE: RIEF) for the project- Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity. She is a member of the department’s ABET and Undergraduate Curriculum Com- mittee, as