Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Robert De la Coromoto Koeneke, Daytona State College

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International

Science from Santa Clara University in 1982. His 34 years of professional career covers: teaching at undergraduate and graduate level, planning, developing and managing project in the areas of Telecommunications and Information Systems. His research interest include embedded systems, digital programmable devices and computer communications. He is a member of IEEE, ASEE and ACM. Page 23.825.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Introduction of New Technologies in the Engineering Technology CurriculumAbstractClosed-loop feedback control system is an important component of a

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lauren D. Thomas, Virginia Tech; Candace A. Cobb, Norfolk State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2011-2203: INTEGRATING CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND AS-SESSMENT IN A LASER SYSTEMS COURSEPatricia F. Mead, Ph.D., Norfolk State University Patricia F. Mead, Ph.D., earned the doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Electrophysics from University of Maryland, College Park, in 1994. She joined the faculty of Norfolk State University (NSU) as Professor of Optical Engineering in summer 2004. Since her appointment, Dr. Mead has been active in the development of innovative curricula for Optical Engineering courses, and she serves as Education Director for the NSF funded Nano- and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST). Dr. Mead also

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl K Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

Paper ID #42591Use of Jupyter Notebooks to increase coding across the curriculum.Dr. Carl K Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas Dr. Frederickson has taught physics at UCA for 28 years. He is the current department chair and is leading the development of new engineering degree programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Use of Jupyter Notebooks to increase coding across the curriculum.AbstractThe engineering physics program at The University of Central Arkansas includes an electronicscourse for 2nd-year students. This course uses a project-based curriculum. Students

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

PhD Valeriy Solomonov, Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT); Olga Belyaeva, Ph.D., Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT); Alla Frolkova, Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology (MITHT)

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Chemical Engineering

lifecircumstances: falling behind because of an illness or the necessity to combine study andwork, a desire to change specialty, get extra qualification or the second education. Thereforeabout ¼ to ⅓ of students turns to individual curricula.This helps graduates of Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology,if necessary, to easily acquire another professional education in the related field, getadditional quialifications, proceed with their education during their professional career.The results of work on multi-level curricula1. The multi-level curriculum structure for professional education is developed, the levels andtheir sequence are worked out on the basis of the appropriate teaching methods, content andtime schedule of each level, as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Roemer, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah; Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah

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NSF Grantees

required freshman design sequence, the required junior mechatronics sequence, and electives in musculoskeletal functional anatomy for engineers and medical instrumenta- tion and physiology. She is interested in the use of technology in the classroom and improving student outcomes through hands-on and interactive experiences. Page 22.102.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A SPIRAL Learning Curriculum for Second Year Students in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractIn this course development project funded through an NSF CCLI Grant, we aredeveloping, implementing

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Drzymalski, Temple University

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

to instruct matters of social justiceand inequity in the classroom – that this is accomplished in the non-engineering, generaleducation curriculum. Yet in a typical engineering college, design projects both intra- and extra-curricular are based around social injustices often using Engineering for One Planet, Engineerswithout Borders, Engineers for a Sustainable World, or the National Academy of Engineering’s14 Grand Challenges as a backdrop to introduce the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.While these are certainly worthwhile, useful projects, one can argue that it is not enough to justtackle the design challenge without discussing the reasons the issue exists and arguably moreimportantly, possible implications of the solution. Often this

Conference Session

Pedagogy in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; H. Scott Fogler, University of Michigan; Chris Barr, University of Michigan

Conference, 1999, pp. 4–479.[7] A. I. of C. E. C. for C. P. Safety, “2021 Bayer Sponsored Virtual Workshop,” 2021. https://www.aiche.org/resources/conferences/events/ccps-faculty-workshop/2021- 10-20.[8] H. S. Fogler and L. J. Hirshfield, “Process safety across the chemical engineering curriculum,” J. Chem. Heal. Saf., vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 183–189, 2021.[9] B. Bloom, A taxonomy of cognitive objectives. New York, 1956.[10] A. E. Gottfried, “Academic intrinsic motivation in elementary and junior high school students.,” J. Educ. Psychol., vol. 77, no. 6, p. 631, 1985.[11] R. M. Ryan and E. L. Deci, “Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.,” Am

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Design in Engineering Education

-controlled environment. Further, faculty monitoring andwell-planned intervention into teams as they practice can greatly increase learning. However,scheduling team practice time into the regular class period seriously reduces the time tointroduce the content and method of these skills. Instructors are often torn between providingadequate instruction and adequate practice time. As a result, successful learning of these skills ishampered. This paper describes an assessment-driven curricular development at GonzagaUniversity to teach collaborative engineering skills. The modular curriculum consists of threecomponents: 1. An intelligent tutoring system prepares students with content knowledge before class practice. Formative and summative

Conference Session

Practices for Student Learning Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Djuric P.E., Wayne State University; Jeremy Lewis Rickli, Wayne State University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Daniel Foster, Old Dominion University

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Manufacturing

research effort of his includes Improving TechnicalWelding Education Using Real-Time Sensory Feedback, where his lab is developing and testing the real-time feedback of manual welding to increase efficiency and cost-savings during welding training. Othertopics of his is Process Monitoring of Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing and Ultrasonic Welding. Futurework includes linking in-situ data to process maps, creating a closed loop process monitoring system thatcan automatically adjust process parameters in real-time to ensure superior part quality. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Hands-on Learning Environment and Educational Curriculum on Collaborative RoboticsAbstractThe objective of this paper is to

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Buchholz, University of Iowa; Pablo M. Carrica, University of Iowa; Jae-Eun Russell, University of Iowa

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Ocean and Marine

, self-regulated learning, technology adoption, and learning analytics adoption. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Naval Hydrodynamics Undergraduate Curriculum for the Midwestern United StatesIntroductionThe development and retention of a competent Navy workforce with a broad range of skills andknowledge concerning modern naval science and technology is critical to efficiently sustainingstrong national defense capabilities on the nation’s coastlines and overseas [3,5]. However,there are limited programs in the United States that concentrate directly on naval engineering [3].There is therefore a demand for quality educational programs that contribute to the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Mahmoud K Quweider, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Ala Qubbaj, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Emmett Tomai, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Hansheng Lei

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Computers in Education

University of Texas at Brownsvilleand The University of Texas Pan American, accounting for more than two decades of assessmentand curriculum hardening. The computer science program is accredited by the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) and, has the breadth covering important topics incomputer science. However, some of the faculty, with electrical engineering background, felt thatthe breadth of the program could be complemented with Project Based Learning (PBL) in selectedcourses to provide depth in key concepts as well. In 2017, faculty started developing projectsaround Raspberry Pi (RPi) in key targeted courses and, assigned the developed projects as tutorialsand assignments in the courses. It should be emphasized here that

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Arnett P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Craig E. Quadrato, U.S. Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

into an Undergraduate CurriculumAbstractBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) developed into a prominent field of knowledge andpractice in the Architect/Engineering/Construction (AEC) profession over the past decade. Asthis field emerged in both academia and industry, increasingly viewed as critical for significantpractice, the state of the art became more clearly defined. As the field matures, the door opensfor the effective integration of BIM at the undergraduate civil engineering program level.Some universities have taken the approach of addressing this new body of knowledge viaseminar sessions, in addition to the standard academic load, while others have addressed the needwith the development of a specific

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

Session 3253 Engineering Design and Communication: Jump-starting the Engineering Curriculum P. Hirsch, B. Shwom, J. Anderson, G. Olson, D. Kelso, J.E. Colgate Northwestern University Abstract: A new course for Northwestern University’s engineering freshmen— Engineering Design and Communication or EDC—is noteworthy for its emphasis on the user-centered nature of design and its thorough integration of design and communication. Team-taught by faculty from two schools, EDC creates a new model for integrating core courses in engineering and liberal arts

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Proulx Denis; Martin Brouillette; Jean Nicolas; Charron François

Session 1566 The integrated mechanical engineering curriculum at the Université de Sherbrooke Martin Brouillette, Jean Nicolas, François Charron, Denis Proulx Department of Mechanical Engineering Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke (Québec) Canada J1K 2R1 Since 1996, the School of Engineering at the Université de Sherbrooke has been offering a totally renovated mechanical engineering curriculum. Starting from scratch, this new curriculum is based on a competency development approach which is

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Torvi

in the design of building systems to have a working knowledge offire protection engineering, so that they can develop effective systems for smoke control inbuildings.In order to integrate fire protection engineering within the mechanical engineering curriculum,several challenges need to be overcome. This paper will focus on how these challenges wereaddressed in a fire protection engineering technical elective currently offered in the Department ofMechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. The paper will first briefly describethe extent of fire protection engineering courses in Canada, along with the development of thiscourse. The content of this course and the challenges to offering it at this university are thendescribed

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Prakash NA Ranganathan, University of North Dakota; Jamison Jangula, University of North Dakota; Utku Kose, University of North Dakota; Neena Goveas, University of North Dakota; Shree Ram Abayankar Balaji, University of North Dakota

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Diversity

can be leveraged.Keywords: cybersecurity, engineering, curriculum, ABET, EAC, CSAB1. IntroductionIn our rapidly changing digital world, cyber security education needs to have an evolvingcharacteristic sensitive to societal changing demands. These demands seek strategies to equippeople with desired knowledge, abilities and awareness to enroll in a broader workforce domain(agriculture, energy, aviation etc.). Thus, educational institutions require careful planning whendesigning and developing new cyber programs. It is evident that well-structured curriculumsenable all actors to take effective steps towards achieving the targeted learning outcomes.Achieving learning outcomes is accepted as an indicator for the efficiency and quality of applied

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, Optimizing Student Learning, and Leadership Skills. Dr. Ater Kranov is also adjunct associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University. Page 24.933.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 NEW MECHATRONICS CURRICULUM ON MULTI-AXIS INDUSTRIAL MOTION CONTROLAbstractOver the past couple decades, mechanical engineering programs have made significant advancesin developing educational materials and laboratory exercises in controls and mechatronics1-4.However, there is an important gap remaining between the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; Christopher Stewart Rose, James Madison University; Cheryl Lea Beverly, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

with open-endedbiomimicry-related problems throughout the curriculum is an important common thread for tyingcourse material together and for teaching students to solve complex problems by integratingknowledge from different disciplines. This work requires students to identify and formulate spe-cific problems to solve, which are fundamental to the engineering profession7. Having to retrieveand transfer knowledge from domains outside of engineering forces students to adapt to unfamil-iar languages and content formats (which helps develop non-technical skills) and positions themto apply the biological information intelligently to engineering problems (which helps developtechnical skills). Additionally, biomimicry touches on many areas of

Conference Session

Technology Integration in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; David Gill P.E., Western Washington University

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

acquire in each area, and an ability to integrate innew topics that keeps pace with advances of the technology that are relevant to the needs of localand regional industries. One such area of the curriculum is CAD/CAM and CNC. In this paper wewill review some important advances in technology in this area that are being integrated into amanufacturing engineering curriculum. These include CAM part programming using sophisticatedtool path generation capabilities that promote high speed and high efficiency machining,programming multi-axis machining operations, the use of various measurement techniques toquantify variation and efficiency of CNC operations, and the use of advanced simulation andverification techniques to develop insight into and

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Devayani Tirthali, Brown University; Arthur H. Camins, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #12505Student Learning of STEM Concepts Using a Challenge-based Robotics Cur-riculumMercedes M McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mercedes McKay is Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has led several national and statewide K-14 teacher professional development and curriculum development programs in STEM education. McKay is co- PI and Project Director for the NSF-funded Build IT Scale Up project to develop and disseminate an innovative underwater robotics curriculum for middle and high school students. She is a

Conference Session

Industrial Technology/Industrial Engineering Technology Forum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-222: SUCCESSFULLY TEACHING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTCONTENT IN A TECHNICAL CURRICULUMKenneth Stier, Illinois State University Page 13.1118.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Successfully Teaching Supply Chain Management Content in a Technical CurriculumAbstractThis paper explains how supply chain management is being taught at the graduate andundergraduate levels in engineering and technology programs. It overviews the objectives,content areas, teaching methodologies and evaluation methods that were developed for a course.For the purposes of this paper the author’s university will be referred to as university A and

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Brumm; Larry F. Hanneman; Brian Steward; Steven Mickelson

, are made available to the department curriculum committees aftereach work period for evaluation. The Agricultural Engineering Curriculum Committee at ISU hasused this feedback to develop curriculum plans and changes. Feedback from co-op/intern studentfocus groups has been used to clarify the competency data received from the Engineering CareerServices office. This feedback, along with other sources of feedback, has been very helpful to thecurriculum committee in assessing our current program.Mentkowski et al. (2000)4 addresses this type of initiative for a curriculum group. “ Forcurriculum designers – any faculty or staff group who designs learning for students – theessential question is, “What elements of a curriculum could make a difference

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Summers

writtentextbook as a resource. I selected three of my on-line classes to serve as a broad based test of the"streaming lectures"; CEET 1130 (Introduction to Digital Electronics), CEET 2110 (Solid State CircuitDesign and Data Acquisition), and CEET 3050 (Assembly Language Programming and Device DriverDesign). To find the time to do the preparations, I took a sabbatical leave from my regular teachingresponsibilities and spent the time developing on-line course curriculum. During this time, I developedstreaming lectures for the first two weeks of all three classes with written text supplements for thebalance of the semester. The results were dramatic. Jay Tuttle, one of the CEET 3050 students, statedthat he would not have been able to complete the course

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Deyu Hu, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

Education at Virginia Tech and as the Assessment Coordinator for undergraduate educa- tion at University of Maryland University College. She is a graduate of the Ph.D. program in educational leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech.Dr. Deyu Hu, Virginia Tech Deyu Hu has 20 years of experience in instructional design and development. Hu leads the instructional design and development team in the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning at Virginia Tech. She collaborates with the university’s academic faculty, staff, and others across the university to create high quality courses that integrate technology effectively with teaching and learning principles

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 2: Community Retrospectives

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Nichole Ingram, University of Kentucky; Malgorzata Chwatko, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

advanced statistics rather than applied mathematics, which ensure students have agood understanding of data analysis and reporting statistically significant results. Statisticscourses were not included under the applied mathematics category in this study but togethershowcased the push to develop mathematical models and data analysis within the curriculum. An additional shift in the curriculum can be seen in the percentage change from requiredto cafeteria-style courses. This shift is present in all courses in this study. This shift isencouraging as it encourages student flexibility. As noted in the introduction, chemicalengineering now encompasses such diversity as synthetic biology, educational research, andsoftware development. By

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1: Mechanical and CAD Track

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Anthony M. Popovski, University of Pittsburgh; Feng Xiong, University of Pittsburgh

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

that was used to fund 60 student licenses ofCOMSOL Multiphysics to enhance the electrical engineering curriculum in the aforementionedmanner. This is done over the course of three major objectives.First, several modules that were developed over the summer of 2020 as part of a student specialproject. An undergraduate ECE student at the University of Pittsburgh developed a series ofinteractive modules which will have a video component to instruct junior electrical engineeringstudents on how to use COMSOL Multiphysics as part of their required electromagnetics course.In these modules, students will learn about device geometry, material properties, simulationsmeshes, and simulation methods. Students will learn how to model energy storage devices

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Talal D. Gamadi; Bethany Disque; Marshal Watson; Lloyd Heinze

evaluation process by applying students, and strategies for course future improvement. the following: as shown in Figure 1, we mapped the Senior Capstone Project. Performance in the capstone courses relevant to each other and asked the faculty in each design courses, PETR4121 & PETR4222. map (loop) to cooperate with each other. The main Senior Exit Survey. This survey is given to students objective of these loops is to provide faculty with clearer during the last month before their graduation. These targets for developing standards-based curriculum, students complete a program evaluation survey instruction, and assessment. Thus, aiding in mapping the containing twenty

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University; Erik Mayer, Bowling Green State University

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Engineering Technology

Science from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, in 1998. He is a faculty member at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. His research interests are in the areas of power electronics,embedded systems, hybrid and electric vehicles, and alternative energy. Page 13.774.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integration of Freescale Microcontrollers into the Electronics and Computer Technology Curriculum Electronics and Computer Technology Department of Technology Systems

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Allen Hayden Ph.D., Indiana State University; Randell W. Peters, Indiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

Engineering Technology Educator Curriculum and Instruction Basics for the Engineering Technology Educator New engineering faculty members can be overwhelmed with transitioning frompractitioner to teacher [1]. There is more to teaching than presenting what one knows, e.g.,teaching also includes curriculum development, evaluating student learning, and advising [2].There is more to being a faculty member than teaching, scholarship and service are also required.The new faculty member must learn about and engage in accreditation, outcomes assessment,community engagement and many other professional and institutional concerns [3]. Even withthe benefit of a possessing a PhD in higher education, no one can perfectly accomplish everyfaculty

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Allison Michelle Robinson; Nur Özge Özaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Angela M. Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2012-4200: ESSENTIAL FACTORS RELATED TO ENTREPRENEURIALKNOWLEDGE IN THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDr. Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh Mary Besterfield-Sacre is an Associate Professor and Fulton C. Noss Faculty Fellow in Industrial Engi- neering. She is the Director for the new Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering, and serves as a Center Associate for the Learning Research and Development Cen- ter at the University of Pittsburgh. Her principal research is in engineering assessment, which has been funded by the NSF, Department of Education, Sloan Foundation, Engineering Information Foundation, and the NCIIA. Besterfield-Sacre’s current research focuses on