Energy’sresponsibility as much as committees of both chamber of the United States Congress.The current Secretary of Energy is Dr. Steven Chu. Secretary Chu is a well-known scientist, whoreceived a Nobel Prize for Physics. Chu also educates the next generation of scientists as auniversity professor. Before President Obama appointed Chu to Secretary of Energy, Chu was adirector of a national laboratory of the Department of Energy. As Secretary of Energy, Chu’smain job is to implement President Obama’s energy plans [12].The current Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is Senator JeffBingaman, a Democrat from New Mexico. Senator Bingaman graduated with degrees ingovernment and law. After working for the Army Reserves and practicing private
Paper ID #42341Scenario-based Emerging Technologies Workshop for Military LeadersDr. Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aikaterini (Katerina) Bagiati, Ph.D.: Having aquired a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Advanced Computer and Communication Systems at the Aristotle University in Greece, and after having worked as a software engineer, and as a CS educator in both formal and informal settings for 10 years, in January 2008 I decided to leave Greece and get enrolled at the Graduate Program in the pioneer School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. In August 2011
engineering education or engineeringleadership programs, there are some recent examples of relevant work. In a recent paper,Rodrigues et al. [20] develop a framework to help students broaden their understanding ofcomplex systems, including helping students to understand that technical solutions are notalways the way forward. They call for engineers to broaden their perspective, develop morecomfort with ambiguity, and embrace the complexity of problems. They introduce systemsmapping (more narrowly defined as network visualization), problem framing and systemdefinition using the Cynefin framework into an undergraduate engineering entrepreneurshipclass. Lavi et al. [21] assessed systems thinking based on the conceptual models generated by
” • 1-credit hour class • Communication • Assignments & Due Dates • Open-Ended Problems • Travel • Assignments • LinkedIn Learning • Group/Team Projects • Changing Team/Group Members vs. Keeping Team/Group Members • Case Studies • Open-Ended Problems • General Assignments • Concentration Assignments & Presentations • Applying Programming to the Assignments • Data Science Topically • In-Class Lectures • Data Science Process • Data Science Skills Assignments Figure 2: Summary Feedback from DASC 1001 Introduction to Data Science RetrospectiveThe students did not have any problem
Paper ID #43329Women’s Engineering Career Stories: Looking for a Pathway BackDr. Christina A. Pantoja, Campbell University Christina Pantoja is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Engineering at Campbell University. Her research interests include career choices, pathways, and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering. Her other interests include the topics of mentoring, job-crafting, and self-care. She earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, a M.S. in Education from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She has four years of
.4- The project is to improve the student’s hands on skills in fabricating a working prototype of the system.5- The project aims to improve the ability of the student to design experiments, conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret data.6- The project aims to improve the student’s written and oral communication skills.The educational goals of the project correlate closely with most of the ABET student outcomes(a-k), which are widely accepted in engineering education community. These outcomes haveintroduced and mandated by ABET for engineering programs to ensure the quality ofengineering graduates. Projects similar to this project would help engineering educators to covermany student outcomes in senior design classes, which
, Illinois where he is currently an Associate Professor. He teaches the undergraduate control theory courses, a graduate course in neural networks, and a senior design laboratory. Page 11.1432.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Virtual Control Workstation Design Using Simulink, SimMechanics, and the Virtual Reality ToolboxAbstract Control workstations are used in education to teach control theory principles as well asa test station for control algorithm development. Two workstations from Quanser Consulting arebeing used in our electrical and computer engineering program in student
Paper ID #37749Low and High Performing First-Year Engineering Students’Learning and Metacognitive StrategiesKayla Ney Kayla Ney is a Master's student in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While pursuing her degree in BSE conducting research in the Orthopedic and Neural Engineering (ONE) Lab, Kayla has been analyzing data and evaluating engineering student reflections and metacognitive abilities. Her interests include engineering design curricula, engineering education in the biomedical engineering space, and strategies to better equip engineering graduates with skills that
detection systems. He is the Principal Investigator of multiple research initia- tives involving high-speed and next-generation networks. Dr. Crichigno has served as a reviewer and a TPC member of journals and conferences, such as the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Access, IEEE Globecom, and others. He has also served as a panelist for the National Science Founda- tion, for programs related to advanced cyberinfrastructure and undergraduate and graduate education. He is an ABET Evaluator representing the IEEE.Prof. Elias Bou-Harb, University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Elias Bou-Harb is currently the Associate Director of the Cyber Center For Security and Analytics at UTSA, where he leads, co-directs and co
toConstruction course under the construction management program in the Summer 2022 semester.Sustainable construction is a cross-listed 3-credit elective course offered to both undergraduateand graduate level students. The course objectives included teaching the concepts and techniquesof sustainable construction as well as a review of sustainable materials and techniques. Thecourse includes a training module every semester comprising one scheduled class that coversspecial topics relevant to sustainability such as social sustainability, equity, environmental, socialand governance (ESG), and so on. Therefore, the equitable infrastructure training module did notrequire the removal of any preexisting course content. The training was a standalone module
. in Communication from Purdue University and her research areas include interpretive qualitative methods, feminist theory, embodied gender in organizations, and kinship communication. She has co-authored or co-edited six books on such topics as poststructuralist qualitative research; feminist resilience; feminist vigilance; women on the homefront; aunts in popular culture and aunt/niece/nephew communication. Her published articles include analyses of dual career issues, embodiment in change management, DEI training, and organizational resistance. She has published in such journals as the Journal of Organizational Change Management; Qualitative Inquiry; Review of Higher Education; Organization Management Journal
annual conference. Assessment Surveys have been developed in conjunction with a PhD student in psychology and an outside evaluator. Pre-‐program surveys have been given to the supplemental instructors, peer mentors, current transfer students and students at LSU. BRCC surveyed continuing and graduating STEM students in April 2013. These surveys helped to develop topics and components for trainings and the transfer programs. Feedback after the program will also be used in the planning of the next year’s programs. Additionally, pre-‐training surveys were given to the SIs and peer tutors to obtain a baseline of their self-‐ efficacy
additional purpose of these learning objectives for an introductorycourse is to help enrolled students in determining whether an engineering education would be asuitable match for their background and interest. The integration of hands-on projects into theintroductory engineering courses is generally considered to be helpful for retention as well asmotivation.4 Since the learning objectives and the student outcomes associated with theintroductory courses can be widespread, it is important to critically assess the achievement ofthese outcomes.Project-based learning (PBL) is recognized as a high-impact practice that enhances studentlearning and strongly motivates students.5,6 PBL allows students to learn through practice, withopen-ended projects and
understanding of the ways that scientific information is used within a policydeliberation. This game was designed primarily for actors with at least some knowledge of andexperience addressing antibiotic resistance. For this reason, the learning outcomes primarilyfocus on skills development and fostering knowledge about how policy is created or deliberated.There were six major learning objectives from the game, which are generally organized amongtwo major topics: the role of science in policy deliberations and how stakeholders influencenegotiations. By the end of the game, players will: 1. Gain insight into the ways in which science is and is not used within policy deliberations. 2. Understand that science can be misinterpreted or used to
. Jaskirat Sodhi is interested in first-year engineering curriculum design and recruitment, retention and success of engineering students. He is the coordinator of ENGR101, an application-oriented course for engineering students placed in pre-calculus courses. He has also developed and co-teaches the Fundamen- tals of Engineering Design course that includes a wide spectra of activities to teach general engineering students the basics of engineering design using a hands-on approach which is also engaging and fun. He is an Institute for Teaching Excellence Fellow and the recipient of NJIT’s 2018 Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education Award.Dr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish
Statics class; however, at SBU, these twoclasses have been offered in sequence with Statics as a pre-requisite for the Dynamics class. En-gineering Dynamics, by its very nature, is organic and connected – topics sequentially build uponprevious concepts. This prevents a fragmented and discrete presentation of the course material,which in turn increases cognitive load on students. It is widely believed among the students that Dynamics is best taken in-person, while thepaucity of an online version of the class seems to indicate that the educators have not been con-vinced of the idea of an online class either. A few researchers have created limited online learningobjects for enhancing learning of the material in Dynamics [5], and some have used
not a core topic in a standard mechanical engineering curricu-lum, the eighth lesson of the mechanical engineering portion of MST focuses on propulsion. Thepresentation begins with a general overview of the field and then briefly examines a handful ofrepresentative engineering systems, including internal combustion engines, steam engines, nuclearpropulsion systems, and rocket engines. Given the relative complexity of each of these devices,schematics and videos taken from a variety of engineering databases are used to illustrate eachsystem’s fundamental mode of operation. The lecture concludes with an in-depth examination ofthe chemical reaction that takes place when vinegar and baking soda are mixed – a necessary pre-cursor to the unit’s
professional programs, there is an increased recognition for the need toprepare professionals who not only have mastered specialized technical knowledge, butalso transcendent skills such as cultural understanding, global awareness, emotionalintelligence, and creative right-brain capabilities—perspectives often at the center ofliberal arts offerings and that could be effectively imparted to students in the professionalprograms through greater integration. For example, in the case of engineering programsin the U.S., graduates with this latter set of skills should be better prepared to compete ina global workforce comprised of engineers educated elsewhere and possessingcomparable levels of technical preparation. Integration of the liberal arts with
through humanitarian projects as part of their educational curriculum. Theseprojects teach an entrepreneurial mindset by putting students into situations that empower themto be curious and make connections between existing solutions in the world around them so thatthey can create value for their client.Student Results and FeedbackIn order to more fully assess the benefits of the program, student motivation, and impact, a surveywas administered to all students who have participated in the MIH program. The survey wasconducted by emailing the students from past MIH projects a request to complete the survey witha link to complete it using Google Forms. Out of the 60 past participants in MIH projects (severalof whom have graduated), 20 students
graspcomplex DAE concepts and produced simple but well-designed experiments. This pilot providedvaluable insights to ways in which to improve the curriculum design. A new test will beconducted in summer 2011. We believe this curriculum will be useful to educators. It dealsexplicitly with the subject of designing effective experiments.Keywords:Experimentation, Language-Infused, Design of Experiments, Engineering Education,Engagement, High SchoolIntroductionExperimentation is a typical element in science and technology activities intended for pre-college students, but principles of the design and analysis of experiments (DAE) are rarely1 © 2011 COSOLA,USA .All Rights Reserved.A language-infused approach to introduce Dominican high school students to
) and the graduate faculty of Computer Science. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. He then worked for awhile at several Silicon Valley startup companies before re- turning to Cornell to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering in 2006. Prior to his arrival at WWU, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Sup´elec/LSS near Paris, France, and was an assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Self-Corrected Homework for Incentivizing
and senior design engineers take thestudent project team to the project site to collect all related information. Before Purpose andNeeds can be identified, the project team needs to contact local city for its general plan as well aslocal communities for their concerns, which often include severe traffic congestion and pooraccessibility. Throughout the whole year, the following topics are covered in various meetingsbetween faculty, senior design engineers, and the project team. 1) Caltrans Methods and Processes 2) How Caltrans Delivers Projects 5 3) Teamwork and Networking 4) Communication 5) Presentation Skills 6) Value Analysis and
phenomenological exploration of first-generation college student experiences in stem majors within a predominantly white institution”, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 61, pp. 905-936, 2024.[11] A. Buskirk-Cohen, “Caring about success: Students’ perceptions of professors’ caring matters more than grit”, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 108-114, 2019.
repetitive tasks, visualize important trends,analyze large data sets, perform parametric sensitivity studies to support design decisions, andstudents cultivate a logical problem-solving process. Furthermore, as the industrial landscapecontinues to rapidly advance with increasing penetration of automation and big data analysis,students will need to graduate ready to utilize modern tools in their engineering practice. Inmechanical engineering courses, computer-based assignments have significant potential toincrease experiential learning for students. For instance, in thermodynamics, instead of a studentanalyzing a Brayton cycle at a fixed set of conditions to generate one set of values for the poweroutput and efficiency, they can repeat the analysis
teamworkinteractions; and 4) more equitably balancing the liaison responsibilities and workload of otherteam members.Collaborative Departmental Internship Partnership & CLIR FellowEfforts to increase the library’s integration into the CoE’s educational and research environmentsand to support the library’s strategic plan to evolve and engage user centered services led topartnering with faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the recruitment andhiring of a Council of Library and Information Resources (CLIR) fellow to study energy socialscience, with position support funding from CoE. The CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship is amutually beneficial career development program that offers recent PhD graduates the chance tobe an active collaborator at
Session # 3613 Making Memories The Penn State Bioprocessing Cluster Program 2000-2002 Alfred Carlson Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs part of a larger National Science Foundation grant to Penn State, I ran a special hands-on, “real life” educational program in bioprocessing for senior chemical engineers. Thestudents took all of their courses for the spring semester, senior year, from a singleinstructor and pooled them into a seamless laboratory project to produce a recombinantprotein at pilot plant scale. The students were able to learn how to design experiments,plan and execute runs, and operate a
, since that program only lastsa couple of days, and the entire team was able to drive to NASA Kennedy Space Center for Page 13.1414.8the flights. 7 To date, these courses have all been taught under the MAE 493 Special Topics, MAE495 Independent Study, and/or MAE 496 Senior Thesis course numbers. This has made itquite difficult to schedule course meeting times; especially in years when the teamcomposition has been more diverse (members from more different majors; or in moredifferent years in school). Generally, only a couple of hour-long full team meetings havebeen scheduled each week, with
AC 2010-2292: BUILDING ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGHTRANSPORTATION (BEAT): A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PROGRAM FORHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Michael Hunter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on transportation design, operations, and signal control. Dr. Hunter conducts research in the areas of transportation simulation, operations, and performance evaluations. Dr. Hunter as has several years experience as a traffic engineer with an engineering consulting firm.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Marion C
mission of the program is “to prepare technically-orientedmanagerial professionals and leaders for business, industry, government, and education byarticulating and integrating competencies in Renewable Energy.” The program preparesgraduates for jobs in the fields of energy and renewable energy systems as well as regulatory andgovernmental agencies. To meet the demand for well-rounded graduates who are knowledgeablein both technical and economic aspects of renewable energy systems, an interdisciplinarycurriculum was developed, consisting of a multitude of selected courses from across theuniversity. In 2018, the name of the program was revised to the “Sustainable and RenewableEnergy” program to reflect the increasingly broad array of energy
Paper ID #10501Engaging Computer Engineering Freshmen through a Voluntary Competi-tive Team Project with MentoringRoy W Melton, Department of Computer Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology Roy Melton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Engineering of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y., where the graduating com- puter engineering classes of 2010 through 2013 voted him the ”most effective teacher” in the department and where he was a finalist for the 2012-2013 RIT Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty. He received his