for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Georgia Tech. He contributes to our undergraduate Global Engineering Leadership Minor, as well as our new Innovation & Entrepreneurship track, by infusing leadership, innovation, and team effectiveness into our engineering curriculum. He co-instructs our Innovation & Entrepreneurship in CEE Systems course, and is a member of the instructional team for several CEE undergraduate courses. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Incorporating teamwork elements into a course to improve learning outcomesAbstract The use of teamwork in courses has many benefits for students beyond simply thedevelopment of collaboration
involved in providing engineeringservices to communities who are in needs. Firstly, the benefit is for the community that is servedby students, and secondly, students are encouraged to connect and reflect how their educationconnects to their professional career. Through the experience students feel better about theiractions and understand the need and therefore the impact engineers have on a community. Thisencourages them to learn more about their chosen profession, and feel more confident about theirachievements. Also, students have a chance to practice and apply what they learn in class in areal project where they are exposed to the results of their design. The positive side of the servicelearning is at the end, the students are giving back to
and cofounded NoPo Nanotechnologies in Bangalore India and NeuroRex in Houston Texas. He is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lamar University where he teaches online and face-to-face courses including senior design, technology entrepreneurship, and other graduate and undergraduate courses.Dr. James C. Curry, Lamar University Dr. James Curry is an Associate Professor in the Lamar Industrial Engineering department.Dr. Victor Zaloom P.E., Lamar University Dr. Zaloom is currently Interim Chair and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lamar University . He has previously served as Interim Dean of the College of Graduate Studies, Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, and
level (i.e. we are 95 percentconfident the difference is not due to chance); two stars indicates the 0.01 level, and three starsindicates less than 0.001. A thicker line indicates a statistically significant difference pre- andpost-survey within the group. The y-axis in each figure varies and does not show the entire rangeof possible scores (from 1 to 5 on SSDS dimensions, 1 to 7 on EPRA questions, and 0 to 10 onjob characteristics). Instead, ranges were set to make the charts more readable.Males generally rated the metrics measured by both the SDSS and EPRA lower than females onboth the pre and post surveys.The first result from our analysis that stood out was that when measured on both the SDSS andEPRA metrics, women in the class started out
course development andimplementation in a Kenyan and Jordanian refugee camp. This study comprised a total of 93students, including a total of 55 students, ages 18 – 51, living in the Azraq camp from 2017 to2019, and a total of 38 students, ages 18 – 34, living in the Kakuma camp in 2018 and 2019. Thecourse required students to be 18 years or over, understand English, expect to spend at least 4hours of in-class activities per course week, and attend at least 75% of the classes to receivecredit. Local partners recruited potential students interested in attending the course by collectingtheir names and locations in the camp. The final step of the selection process consisted of a pre-course workshop. The workshop culminated in an entrance exam that
. I did not look at any course syllabi so Ihave certainly misclassified some courses. I recorded the number of credits for eachcourse. I was able to find the required courses for 92 programs. I could not find all theinformation on the program (in particular, the number of credit hours for each class) fornine programs (Cornell, Florida A&M/Florida State University, Oklahoma State,Rochester Institute of Technology, Worcester, Marquette, Northwestern, Stanford, andthe University of New Haven).Web pagesWe all need to work on our web pages. Errors I found included courses listed twice,addition errors in the number of courses in a semester or in a program, spelling errors,broken links, pages that won’t load or won’t print, an incredible number
Philadelphia, PA. He also holds a re- search appointment at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.Mr. Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Jay Bhatt is responsible for building library collections in engineering subject areas, outreach to fac- ulty and students, and teaching information and research skills to faculty and students in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and related subject areas. He provides individual and small group consultations to students, instructional sessions to specific classes, online research support in both face to face and dis- tance learning programs, and conducts workshops for specialized research areas. Jay is actively involved with the
global seminars offered by US institutions.MethodsWhile the term global seminar describes different programming depending on the institution, theauthor has limited its definition to be a class taught by a faculty member that integratesinternational travel of one to five weeks in length. Seminars should include a significantacademic component, evidenced by college credit; programs offered by non-academicorganizations are not considered to be faculty-led. Travel of a longer length are not consideredshort-term. Global seminars can have on-campus components, such as pre-requisites or portionsof the course taught before or after the international travel. Multidisciplinary seminars of interestto engineering majors, such as technical communication or
education at the college was expanded byattempting a space systems design project, requesting additional space orientated classes,and encouraging the participation of underclassmen in space systems design. In thefuture, it is hoped that the efforts of the Earthrise Group, through the Perseus Project, willencourage future students to participate in the design of a rocket launch vehicle as asenior capstone project at Parks College.Introduction At the beginning of the Fall 2008/2009 school year, a group of four senioraerospace engineering students at Parks College, Saint Louis University founded theEarthrise Group. The purpose of this group was to participate in communal researchprojects, the first of which was the Perseus Launch Vehicle (PLV
was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Special Interest Section of a Core Mechanical Engineering Course – Biomaterial Emphasis of an Introduction to Materials CourseABSTRACTThe University of Dayton (UD) is part of the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN)which aims to instill the entrepreneurial mindset in
. Her recent research focus includes sustainable product design and enhancing creativity in engineering design settings.Dr. Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Penn State Berks Sadan KulturelKonak is a Professor of Management Information Systems at Penn State Berks where she is also the Coordinator of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) Minor and the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED). She received her degrees in Industrial Engineering; B.S. from Gazi University, Turkey, M.S. from the Middle East Technical University, Turkey and from the University of Pittsburgh, and Ph.D. from Auburn University. Her research interests are in modeling and optimization of complex systems and robustness
teaching material and techniques, which includesmethodologies used in class, which are determinant in the learning process, since they directlyaffect the active participation of the students in the individualized learning experiences, and thisalso make a difference on the skills and knowledge acquired, and orientate students´ interests andlearning processes (Salinas 2008; Stratulat 2013). This article will deal with a teaching-learning method as a basis of a model intended to providea learning experience that combines technical and non-technical skills for industrial engineeringstudents. The work is presented in a frame of reference that, using challenge-based learning, placesengineering students in the position of facing real problems, and
challenge in terms of developing and administering a broad portfolio.One obvious strategy is to collaborate by joining consortia and partnering with other engineeringschools. We certainly have used this approach and are actively seeking other collaborativeopportunities. However, we believe it is also necessary to have at least some internally ownedprograms to provide opportunities for faculty to have control and pride of ownership. Facultybuy-in is a critical factor for success. If faculty encourage students to participate in study abroadprograms through comments in class, advising, and professional organizations, students are morelikely to become involved. Internally-owned programs provide opportunities for faculty to travelwith students and build
, approximately 170 are majoring in one ofthe engineering disciplines. Mechanical engineering students are required to take a two-semestercapstone sequence during their final academic year. Each week, students are required to meet fora lecture as a full cohort (105 min) and for progress meetings with their advisors as individualproject teams (60 min). Specific project-related questions are addressed during the team progressmeetings. The course lecture addresses a handful of topics related to engineering includingprofessional practice, designing for sustainability, entrepreneurship, and engineering ethics. Thecapstone sequence is used to evaluate all seven ABET student outcomes.ABET Student Outcome 4 has been addressed in the capstone course through a
Product Design & Entrepreneurship course, where students develop their own product concepts.Dr. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego Van Den Einde is a Teaching Professor at UCSD. She teaches core undergraduate courses in Structural Engineering, is the chair of the ABET committee responsible for the continuous curricular improvement process, incorporates education innovations into courses (Peer Instruction, Project-based learning), is responsible for TA training (preparing next generation faculty), serves as faculty advisor to student or- ganizations, hears cases of academic misconduct as a member of the Academic Integrity Review Board, and is committed to fostering a supportive environment for
interaction at various levels was analysed andspecific examples for how such an approach improved the development process presented. Thestudy concluded that students were intellectually stimulated by the module design, enhancing theoverall teaching and learning process.Naufalin et al. (2016) concluded that experiential learning is an effective model to improvestudents’ soft skills in the subject of entrepreneurship. The study showed that it increased thedimension of confidence by 52.1%, result-oriented by 22.9%, being courageous to take risks by10.4%, leadership by 12.5%, originality by 10.4%, and future-oriented by 18.8%. Coker et al.(2017) conducted a 5-year study of graduating seniors (n=2,058) to evaluate the impacts ofexperiential learning depth
& machine learning. For more information, please visit his personal blog at https://gokhanegilmez.wordpress.com/ and research group page at www.asoslab.comMr. Phillip A. Viscomi, University of New Haven Mr. Viscomi is a technology industry veteran with 25+ years’ experience who has formed, led, grown, and returned value to investors in emerging, mid-size, and Fortune 50 corporations. His record of ac- complishment includes successfully launching four technology companies, multi-billion dollar growth of major global programs, and advising multiple expansion stage technology companies. Viscomi lectures in entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, and engineering ethics. He published several Kearn Foundation
Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Stephanie Cutler has degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. She is an Assistant Research Professor and the As- sessment and Instructional
, from first-year students in engineering projects courses tothird-, fourth-, and fifth-year students enrolled in the program’s core engineering courses (statics,circuits, materials) or senior capstone design. Classes range from engineering projects courses tocore engineering courses (statics, circuits, materials) to senior capstone design.SettingLaunched in 2014, the University of Colorado Boulder’s ABET-accredited Integrated DesignEngineering program allows undergraduate engineering students to select from among one of sixengineering areas of study (aerospace, architectural, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical;called an emphasis) and combine that with an additional area of study outside of engineering(called a concentration). In the
completed hand-written concept maps of “engineering decision-making”during the first and last weeks of class. A concept map is a graphical method for identifying andorganizing relationships between concepts, related to a central topic, by using a node-linkdiagram. The instructors wanted to discern if students broadened and deepened theirunderstanding of engineering decision-making over the course of the semester and identify gapsor misconceptions that will need to be addressed during students’ subsequent courses and byfuture runs of the first-year course. The pre and post concept maps were completed during classtime in the first and last weeks of the semester. Students were given a brief explanation andexamples of how to construct a concept map
attributes that have been defined as necessary for an engineer tosucceed in the 21st century. Del Vitto7 mentions several of these skills and includes “goodcommunication skills (including multiple languages), the ability to work in teams, cross-cultural Page 14.451.2sensitivity and knowledge, social awareness, capacity to handle complex systems, businessacumen and sense of entrepreneurship” as part of the global engineer skill set.According to Hederberg, the engineering graduate is a product of his or her university6.Therefore, the only way to produce global engineers is within global universities, i.e. universitiesthat emphasize the importance of a
Center.Dr. Michael Cross, Norwich University Michael Cross is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering teaching classes in the areas of circuits, electronics, energy systems, and engineering design. Cross received degrees from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Vermont.Dr. David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute Dr. Feinauer is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Military Institute. His scholarly work spans a number of areas related to engineering education, including the first-year engineering experience, incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship practice in the engineering classroom, and P-12 engineering outreach. Additionally, he
. During each lecture two faculty members from the department will present their interests Page 12.1347.4and research areas. In addition to scientific research topics, lectures are included that deal withethics, entrepreneurship, industrial relationships and socioeconomic issues. Listed below is thetopics list for the 2007 class:• Blood Substitutes and the Design of Oxygen Non-carrying and Carrying fluids.• Medical Devices: Saving and Improving Lives.• Introduction to Stem Cells.• The Nanoscale Nervous System and Engineering Approaches for Interfacing with it.• Network Biology.• Finding the Origin of Inflammation: The Key to Disease
research university in the American Southwest. Students worked in pairs onhomework assignments to support peer learning. We replaced one question from each of the sixhomework assignments with design challenge deliverables. Students worked in subteams on oneof the three algal production phases (i.e., growth, harvest, extraction). They also developedindividual accountability through jigsaw sessions in which they explained their subteam’s workto students from other production phases. They built whole-class consensus through “parley”sessions that involved decision matrices.We describe the design challenge and our study, in which we investigated how a designchallenge threaded through a sophomore course might provide students with a picture ofauthentic
aerospace engineering is post-graduate employment in the industry, a significant portion of the course curriculum is focused onhelping students navigate career options. In general, this information is split into three areas—careers in industry, government, and academia. Employment opportunities in industry andgovernment are more specifically addressed, as graduate school/research is well coupled with theaforementioned undergraduate research activities. At this time entrepreneurship is notspecifically addressed, but may be incorporated into future classes if the aerospace industryemphasis on space commercialization continues to grow.Students were exposed to potential career routes through a career fair assignment, guestspeakers, and a semester-end
Paper ID #21093Scaling-Up, Institutionalizing, and Sustaining a STEM Talent Expansion Pro-gram Program at University XXDr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University Edmund Tsang received a B.S. with distinction in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Iowa State University. Dr. Tsang’s current professional interests include integrating service-learning into engineering, social entrepreneurship, and student success and retention. Dr. Tsang retired in December 2017 as Emeritus Associate Dean and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Western Michigan UniversityMs. Anetra J
assistant in first-year engineering classes and as a graduate assistant for Purdue’s Sum- mer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program and Purdue’s Minority Engineering Program (MEP). Page 23.1011.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Purdue University’s Engineering Leadership Program Addressing the Shortfall of Engineering Leadership EducationAbstractEngineering leadership education should lie at the intersection of theoretical conceptualizationand practical implementation; an experiential education in other words. Engineering studentsshould be
Education at this institution includes thematic “clusters” of junior courses. Studentsmust choose three courses from one of these clusters which must be outside the student’s major.The new courses PH382U, BI372U and ECE383U are all taught by active learning principlesand are included in the junior Science & Liberal Arts cluster as SCI382U, SCI372U andSCI383U, respectively, and in the Design Thinking/Innovation/Entrepreneurship cluster in theSchool of Business Administration.Every graduate must complete the entire GE sequence5, which consists of: A freshman sequence of three quarters in a single elective cross-disciplinary topic Three elective sophomore courses which serve as prerequisites to three of the many junior GE clusters
practice. The LEES critical engineering education literaturedeftly articulates the struggles we were having (e.g., [1], [3], [4], [16]). We also had developed arelationship with the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University ofMaryland, who taught us how to integrate empathy building skills and data collection techniquesinto our curriculum. During this time, Mogul introduced Tomblin to John Schumacher’s [26]book, Human Posture, a meditation about the influence of human postures on the power relationsof knowledge production that calls into question our traditional mind-based approach to knowingand reflecting on science and technology. This book inspired us to introduce movement andencourage student agency in their academic affairs
Winning Large NSF Proposals D. Keith Roper Engineering Research Centers Program Leader Network for Computational Nanotechnology Program Leader Engineering Education and Centers Division, Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation ASEE Engineering Research Council Annual Conference Bethesda, MD Mon Mar 7 - Wed Mar 9, 2016Disclaimer: The comments in this presentation are of the author, and do not necessary reflect those ofthe National Science Foundation (NSF)Thanks to: D. Brzakovic, R. Gupta, C. Hemingway, P. Kharghonekar, S. Lim M. Molnar