multidisciplinaryteam as one of its undergraduate curriculum learning outcomes, listed in Appendix B.Communication skills are considered an important component within engineering curricula,either as stand-alone classes or integrated into a program curriculum along with otherimportant process skills. In the integrated approach, all of these skills are coveredprogressively in a series of courses. Examples of the integrated approach are those at theVirginia Tech's Materials Science and Engineering Department3 and the University ofQueensland’s Project Centred Curriculum in Chemical Engineering for the third and fourthyear students4.The communication skills course in our program is a stand-alone class, nevertheless, it hasbeen developed as part of our effort to
one’s skills and experiences beyond the classroom. Astudy was conducted at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and found students lack support inidentifying and developing their career pathways. This study indicates that a combinede-portfolio and micro-credentialing platform could benefit students by a) providing students witha tool to reflect on and showcase their experiences, b) matching students with upper-class andalumni mentors in career pathways they are interested in, and c) providing them with curatedlists of on-campus and experiential opportunities and micro-credentials that would support theircareer pathways.IntroductionEvery student’s experience through engineering school culminates in different results -- students’future pathways range
literature reveals that there are many efforts made in introducing the productdevelopment process to students5,6,7,18,22. Early exposure to innovative product developmentprocess and tools is shown to be effective in getting used to the product development process1,23.Knowledge in product development is also essential for entrepreneurship, which is a majorinterest area for engineering technology students1,4,15,24. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature ofETID and encouraged by the successful implementation by Birmingham et al2, a particularinterest in multi-disciplinary product development is identified.With the unique position of ETID and the review of literature, the team quickly selected productinnovation and development as the focus of the high
robotics that are primarily composed of intrinsically soft materials (e.g. rubbers, gels, fluids). Dr. Markvicka has taught in the Department of Mechanical and Ma- terials Engineering for four years, teaching classes in robotics, engineering controls, entrepreneurship, and machine learning. His interests include creating and evaluating novel experiential learning experiences that complement existing curricula. Before arriving at UNL, Dr. Markvicka received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from UNL and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.Benjamin HageEthan J KringsDr. Greg Bashford, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Greg Bashford received the B.S. degree in electrical
. Page 22.825.4 The MEP will meet the demand from employers for engineers that can immediatelycontribute to the current needs of a company. These engineers will be trained in the skills offinance, communication, technical management, world marketing, systems engineering,innovation and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, they will gain a hands-on experience of applyingthese skills in practical industrial projects in various engineering disciplines.5. Symposium at NJIT Before finalizing the curriculum for the new program, employers, faculty, students,representatives from the military, and college administrators will be invited to attend asymposium to be held at NJIT. The purpose of this meeting will be to establish a consensusabout the skills and
enrolled students early in the summer and invite them to define their own projectsubject to some constraints on what the project should include. If your campus has anEngineering Entrepreneurship class, partner with them to include your students.11, 12Industrial partners, especially if the department is located near industry or researchorganizations, can serve as sources of design projects and mentors. The local AIChEsection could be a good resource for local practitioners who would be willing toparticipate. Industrial alumni who have been through the course can be excellent mentorsbecause they are familiar with the deliverables required. In addition, industrial advisoryboards may be helpful in identifying key skills expected for new employees
Paper ID #27483”Adopt-a-Material”: A Case Study for Self-driven Learning Process for Un-dergraduate StudentsDr. Ajay P. Malshe, University of Arkansas Dr. Malshe is a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and 21st Century Endowed Chair Professor at the University of Arkansas. His fields of academic and industrial interest are advanced man- ufacturing, bio-inspired materials and designing and system integration. He has overlapping 23 years of academic plus 15 years of industrial entrepreneurship experience. Application areas of his interest are large scale systems, engineering in nature and social
of solving problems, starting with theirown preferred learning styles and in their own home disciplines as far as possible. Ideas beingimplemented include a design-centered portal to aerospace engineering, vertical streams oftechnical content, learning assignments using case studies, a library of solved problemsaccessible from course content, and integrative concept modules. Experience from six areas issummarized. Case studies are used in class assignments for detailed analysis. Advancedconcept development projects are used, involving students at all levels in classes and research,to provide guidance on how to proceed with innovation in the face of large uncertainty andskepticism. These include concepts for a hydrogen fueled supersonic
government organizations to provide value for them whilelearning about innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper presents the framework of theprogram and analyzes the feedback from the major stakeholders. The program started with agenerous donation from an alumnus to support programs that help to break the silos in academia.Consequently, the SSP, piloted in the fall of 2021 with business and engineering students, nowincludes students from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Dayton. Thestudents have their regular course loads and, in addition, put in 10 hours of work each week byworking on projects for the entrepreneurs. The students are paid from the program’s fund.During the 2021/22 academic year, the students’ work helped to
Session 1453 Students Teaching Students: Engineering 100 Jonathan Dolle, Ray Price University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignAbstractThis paper describes an orientation course every first year student entering the College ofEngineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign participates in during the first sixweeks of class, fall semester. The program is unique in that it is entirely organized and taught bythird and fourth year engineering students, each of which facilitates one or two sections of thecourse, known as Engineering 100. Although the sections group students
Do Women Select Engineering? 79% of female engineering majors decided to pursue engineering in their junior or senior year of high school Majority identified specific classes, curricular, or co- curricular activities as when they learned about engineering as a major or professionLehr, J.L., Finger, H., Kwang, B. (2012) When, Why, How, Who – Lessons from First Year FemaleEngineering Students at Cal Poly for Efforts to Increase Recruitment. (Annual Conference of the 8Pacific Southwest Section of the American Society for Engineering Education)Students who took an AP Exam in a particular content area were more likelyto major in a related discipline in college than students
incorporated into the laboratories. The laboratories are very popular withstudents and the technology taught has applications in many different areas of industrial control.While presenting the material, stories are related to students about the consulting project; thedevelopment process, design tradeoffs made, component selection and the overall developmentand support process. This livens up the class and provides a change-of-pace in the classroom. Italso gives students an appreciation of the environment in the workplace. Another project involved writing control software for a welding robot using a real-timeoperating system. The project provided a good background in the benefits of using real-timeoperating systems in complex systems 2. After
roles.team projects in their classes and documented theirA. Ernest C. Trefz School of Business challenged and inspired others on the team. Normally, these The Trefz School of Business at the University of students would be uncomfortable engaging in this type ofBridgeport has a mission to educate students in business exchange. According to the international students that speaksuccess. The programs in the school focus on entrepreneurship, English as a second language, these team sessions built theirinnovation, and practical business acumen with a lot of hands- confidence, which they could then expand into larger socialon learning experiences. It works closely with the university’s
- challenges which required teamwork and creativity to succeed. TheHackathons helped the team leaders to identify which topics were most challenging for students,provide one-on-one instruction, and give the course instructor a summary of key topics tohighlight in future class sessions.The Friday Hackathon problems were based on the 10 key concepts mentioned above, and couldbe solved in any language – simultaneously solidifying concepts and preparing the students fortheir final projects. Teams used a web-based code evaluation platform called HackerRank tosolve these problems and obtain real-time feedback.Class time was also used for team-building and guest talks from industry partners and theInnovation and Entrepreneurship Institute who provided real
. Aspirations for a better life and brighter futureare two important factors that individuals in various societies work hard to achieve. Amove toward achieving these goals results in a thriving society that is less likely toexperience conflict. Peace is the common denominator needed for any society to flourish.Peace does not last without the continuous commitment to avoid war. Peace engineeringis an endeavor to help the world achieve prosperity, sustainability, and social equitythrough innovation, entrepreneurship, transparency, community engagement, and culturaland historical understanding.Students seeking a study of peace engineering need a better understanding of the type ofproblems facing the world today. These are multi-faceted problems with
research interests include success in first-year engineering, introducing entrepreneurship into engineering, international service and engineering in K-12. Page 23.525.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Engineering within K-12 from the Teacher’s Perspective: Effectively Integrating Engineering Activities Tied to Educational StandardsAbstract:Reports such as the National Academies’ “Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding theStatus and Improving the Prospects” describe the importance of effectively incorporatingengineering concepts into the K-12 curriculum. However
Session 3563 INSTITUTIONAL ADAPTATION OF THE GREENFIELD COALITION’S CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE Ece Yaprak, Attila Yaprak, Mulchand S Rathod Division of Engineering Technology/Business School/Division of Engineering Technology Wayne State University, Detroit, MichiganSUMMARY In most capstone design courses, students go through the complete design processstarting with a description of the problem and ending with a prototype. Many schools haveone or two-semester-long classes where students work in groups or individually. Thecapstone design course in the Division
Learning Research and Development Center. Her principal research is in engineering education assessment, which has been funded by the NSF, Department of Ed, Sloan, EIF, and NCIIA. Dr. Sacre’s current research focuses on three distinct but highly correlated areas – innovative design and entrepreneurship, engineering modeling, and global competency in engineering. She is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Dr. Andrew Scott, Alabama A&M University Andrew Scott has been a faculty member with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, since 2002. He has a strong background in high- performance scientific computing, including algorithms and numerical
ongoing or planned projects – Including recruiting campaigns 29 30 Enabling student-driven entrepreneurship• In most institutions, research initiatives and entrepreneurship were the domain of faculty and graduate students – New research initiatives often required high-level institutional support• The maker culture and availability of Makerspaces encourage initiation of research by student groups – A bottom-up approach sometimes coupled with availability of nearby incubators 303131
strategies, family business, and engineering. David has held corporate leadership positions with VideoCart, MediaOne, Parade Publications, Time Inc., and Purex Industries. He has worked with a wide range of organizations including Tenneco, KPMG, Motorola, Wrigley, IBM, Comarch, GrubHub, Minnetronix, Cleversafe, Siemans, and Dentsu, among many others. David holds a Ph.D. (Cum Laude) in Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, a Ph.D., in Sociology from the University of Bucharest, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from DePaul University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration, in Marketing and Economics from Western Michigan University.Dr. Nassif E. Rayess
for engineering design. Other students were drawn to e+ because of a positiveexperience in the first-year engineering projects class that ignited their passions for engineeringdesign, the curricular focal point of the e+ program. Design is integrated into each of the e+engineering core classes in addition to the five semesters of explicitly focused hands-onengineering design courses. In the words of one student who migrated into e+: “I wanted to finish an engineering degree in four years and so doing extra stuff, like entrepreneurship or business, I didn’t want a chance of that extending my time. And also, I think that the design aspect of the degree is also attractive to me, not necessarily in that I’ll be in a field where I’ll be
HP Vectra PC workstation hosting avariety of software for use in the design, manufacturing, and report production process. Outputcapability includes a laser printer, plotter, and a 3-D rapid prototyper. Figure 6: The Design Lab provides computer workstations to support student team design collaboration as well as in-class teaching.Product Dissection Lab The Product Dissection Lab area, Figure 7, was designed to support dissection activitiesof eight groups of four students at a time. There are eight workbenches, each equipped with a setof common tools. Certain special tools are also available.Manufacturing Systems Integration Lab The Manufacturing Integration Center, Figure 8, provides
specific EM student outcomes was performed on the submitted groupwork from a section of the class taught in spring 2020. Rubrics with four performance levels for eachstudent outcome were created. A majority of the groups were proficient or exemplary in six of the EMstudent outcomes assessed, and all of the groups were proficient or exemplary in two. Additionally,the project was qualitatively assessed using student feedback and instructor reflections. Preliminaryresults indicate the project successfully met the stated PBL and EML goals. Future work will befocused on individualizing the EM assessment process and developing a baseline for comparison todetermine the effectiveness of the project at meeting the stated skillset-based course
makerspaces as “informal sites for creative production in art, science, andengineering where people of all ages blend digital and physical technologies to explore ideas,learn technical skills, and create new products.” These spaces are as varied as the organizationsthat host them, ranging from a classroom that provides grade school students afterschool accessto LEGOs, hand tools, and craft materials to a new, seven-story building that promotesinnovation and entrepreneurship at a major research university [26].Notably, the activities that take place in makerspaces often blur or transcend the distinctionbetween formal and informal learning, with training seminars and peer-led workshops occurringwithout traditional class structures and, conversely
way to improve their 7products to create a profit. The “new way” is a complex problem that can lead to further complex problems on the path to a solut ion . They are illdefined and have barely any components to work with. Industries hire engineers to solve these complex problems, but when they arrive they use books or enroll in classes to teach themselves techniques. This lack of knowledge appears to be signaling that something was missing from their education. If we look into the classroom setting, students are constantly answering close ended welldefined problems. This lack of complex problems lead to issues when they make the transition to the
across economicsectors that are, in often cases, beyond the technical competencies that are taught in traditionalclassroom. These competencies include, but not limited to, engineering entrepreneurship andengineering enterprise management, ethical and professional considerations in engineeringpractice and decision making, critical thinking skills and engineering problem solving creativity,intercultural awareness in managing multinational and multi-background engineering teams aswell as sustainability and environmental awareness. These competencies correspond to a numberof ABET outcomes including to analyze social context in historical and contemporary settings;to communicate effectively in writing and visual presentation; to engage effectively in
with an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award in 2013 and named the Herbert F. Alter Chair of Engineering in 2010. His research interests include success in first-year engineering, introducing entrepreneurship into engineering, international service and engineering in K- 12.Mr. David Reeping, Ohio Northern University David Reeping is a sophomore majoring in Engineering Education with a minor in Mathematics and an undergraduate research assistant. He is a Choose Ohio First scholar inducted during the 2012-2013 school year and the recipient of the Remsberg Creativity Award for 2013. Also, he is a member of the freshman honorary society (Alpha Lambda Delta / Phi Eta Sigma) and the mathematics honorary society (Kappa
timefaculty, and ~1.5 dedicated bioengineering faculty). Our approach was to create a flexibleprogram that aims to provide students with a strong grounding in both biology and engineeringand which leverages Olin’s broad-based foundation in engineering fundamentals and emphasison hands-on learning experiences. Feedback from alumni/ae, employers and graduate schoolsregarding our first six graduating classes indicates that an undergraduate education focusing onbiology and engineering problem-solving has prepared them well for their current endeavors.The positive response to the program and its graduates confirms that our approach results ingraduates who are well-prepared to create the future of bioengineering.IntroductionThe field of bioengineering (for
our rivers. He teaches core Sustainability courses, labs in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, electives in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program, the First-Year Engi- neering program, and International Study Abroad programs.Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Michelle Marincel Payne is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Missouri Uni- versity of Science and Technology, and her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri- Rolla
available on the Internet.Course Elements: Communications SkillsThe remaining course elements have been divided into four major themes: (1) CommunicationsSkills, (2) Understanding the Engineer’s Role, 3) Key Project Skills, and (4) Important Trends inthe Engineering Profession. This section addresses the first theme with the following elements:Writing Checklist and APA Guidelines. The first and second sessions of the course arededicated to writing. The students participate in the compilation of a checklist to guide theirwriting mechanics. Thesis statements and the use of outlines are emphasized.Paper 1 Example on Life-Long Learning. During the second class session, the instructorpresents an example Paper 1. The paper has the dual purpose of