theengineering curriculum especially for the freshman student. Engineering problem solving anddesign are the cornerstones of engineering education that form an appropriate introduction toengineering. On the other hand using computing tools such as spreadsheets and mathematicalpackages to solve engineering problems is still very relevant in today’s world. Recent pedagogicaladvances indicate the learning is enhanced when situated in the context of real world problemsleading to problem-based or challenge-based learning (Bransford, 2000). Thus, combining all ofthese ideas, an introductory engineering course was developed and implemented using challenge-based instruction at Vanderbilt University.The focus of the course was changed from a skills level course
Mechanical Engi- neering program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Enhancing Student Learning through Extracurricular Energy Projects Caitlyn L. Clark, Robert E. Choate, Jimmy Sandusky University of Notre Dame / Western Kentucky University / Halton CompanyAbstractDuring the 2014-2015 academic year, the Mechanical Engineering Program at WesternKentucky University has involved itself with better understanding how energy is beingconsumed in commercial, industrial and residential arenas. A WKU mechanical engineeringstudent partnered with Halton Company, a manufacturer of kitchen ventilation systems, to createa platform
girls entering 6th to 9thgrades, are overnight 10-day camps held on college campuses designed to interest girls inscience, technology and engineering using the Sally Ride Science Curriculum. Entering 11th and12th graders can earn college credit and be introduced to the university experience through avariety of special programs. Educational Unlimited21 and Berkeley offer Summer Focus atUniversity of California - Berkeley 6-week summer academic enrichment program.The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp (EMBHSSC)26 is a free, academic Page 25.938.12program run by The Harris Foundation (http://www.theharrisfoundation.org), for students
columnsusually have no trouble in constructing the integral for a continuous charge configuration.VII. Bibliography1. A.K. Verma, H.P. Bao, A. Ghadmode and S. Dhayagude, “Physical simulations in classroom as a pedagogicaltool for enhancing manufacturing instruction in engineering technology programs”, Proceedings of the 2005American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition2. G. L. Plett and M. D. Ciletti’” Plotting a balanced curriculum in electrical engineering-introduction to robotics”,Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition3. R. Islam, “Vision for preparing the engineering and technology students concerning entrepreneurship andinternational accreditation for
solutions, including a model of the humaneye and an affordable microscope [49], while Walzik et al. designed a portable, low-cost cellimaging platform [50]. Grier et al. designed a low-cost DIY microscope. In a poll of 22 secondarystudents during an outreach program "22.7% of students agree and 77.3% strongly agree with thestatement 'I think the microscope lesson was interesting’"[51]. These innovations reflect a broadereffort to make imaging and bioinstrumentation education more widely accessible. Control systems teaching kits predominantly followed two major approaches: LEGO®NXT-based systems and Arduino temperature control kits. Studies on LEGO-based kits suggestmixed results regarding their effectiveness. Wu et al. reported that while
Villanova he has won numerous awards for teaching including the Lindback Award, the Farrell Award, and the Engineering Teacher of the Year Award. He has served as the Director of the Computer Aided Engineering Center, Director of Villanova PRIME Program (engineering community outreach), and Chairman of many department and college committees. His areas of specialization are in Hydraulics and Hydrology, Computer Aided Design, Engineering Education, and Service Learning.Kenneth Kroos, Villanova University Dr. Kenneth A. Kroos recieved his BS, MSME and PhD in the area of Chemical and Biological Transport Phenomena from the University of Toledo. He taught for five years at Christian Brothers
Engaging ALLStudents. Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.DUE: 1144377 D. Hull, OP-TEC: The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education.University of Central Florida Board of Trustees.DUE: 1400561 G. Kepner, Midwest Photonics Education Center. Indian Hills CommunityCollege.DUE: 1700625 X. Wang, Contextualize to Learn: Preparing Faculty Toward MathContextualization for Student Success in Advanced Technological Education. University ofWisconsin-Madison.DUE: 1204941 N. Massa, Problem Based Learning in Advanced Manufacturing: Transforming21st Century Education. New England Board of Higher Education.DUE: 1601548 B. Williams, Educator’s Equity in STEM II. National Alliance for Partnershipsin Equity Education Foundation.DUE: 1800920 P
Paper ID #17978Transforming Outreach Education: Implementing Industrial Engineering Class-room Activities as Outreach ProjectsDia St. John, University of Arkansas Dia St. John is the Advanced Manufacturing Program Coordinator at Araphoe Community College and a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas where she also earned her B.S.I.E. and M.S.I.E.Mr. Eric Specking, University of Arkansas Eric Specking serves as the Director of Undergraduate Recruitment for the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He directs the engineering recruitment office, most of the
results underscore the effectiveness of experiential learning in cybersecurity education anddemonstrate the potential of the ICE to serve as a scalable model for workforce development andglobal collaboration in engineering education. This work contributes to the growing research oninnovative curriculum design and experiential learning strategies within electrical and computerengineering (ECE) programs.IntroductionThe International Cybersecurity Exercise represents a groundbreaking approach to collaborativecybersecurity. Initiated in 2022 by Iowa State University, the exercise brings together a diversenetwork of participants, including the Kosovo Security Forces, the Iowa National Guard, andacademic institutions from the U.S., Kosovo, Northern
learning is the inclusion of student skills associated with anentrepreneurial mindset, such as integrating information from many sources to gain insight,conveying engineering solutions in economic terms, and identifying unexpected opportunities.The resulting entrepreneurially minded learning activities emphasize “discovery, opportunityidentification, and value creation with attention given to effectual thinking over causal(predictive) thinking” [3]. At Lawrence Tech approximately 75% of the engineering curriculum,including mathematics and general education, is being modified to include ACL, PBL, and EML.These courses span the curriculum and range from multidisciplinary Introduction toEngineering [6, 7] to junior level technical courses [8, 9] to
Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her current research interests include artificial neural networks and their application to systems modeling, signal processing, manufacturing, and controls engineering. She has worked extensively in K-12 science, technology, engineering and math non-formal and formal education. She currently serves on the REACH and the Richmond Area Program for Minorities in Engineering Boards of Directors. She also has worked with the National Science Foundation, the Department of State, the Department of Education, and the American
within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
, which is a United Nations Treaty Organization. In that capacity, he is a primary author of the international recommendation for testing free-fall lifeboats and many of the international regulations regarding the launch of free-fall lifeboats. He has authored many technical papers that have been presented in national and international forums and co-authored three textbooks. Dr. Nelson chaired a national committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers for curriculum redesign supporting the civil engineering body of knowledge. He is actively engaged in developing strategies for enhancing the STEM education pipeline in Texas and nationally, and has testified before the Texas Senate
. 5 gradsTechnology introduction to a systematic Development of a novel hybrid electric approach necessary for the UAV for near silent, long loiter, low Mix of AE, SE formulation, analysis, energy operations. design and evaluation of complex systems.Naval Post- Transforming A series of 8 core SE Expeditionary Operations and HA/DR 25 gradsGraduate Graduate Education courses [one academic year] Assistance Kits.School in SE in the master’s curriculum Development of novel, low density power
quite as expected).For the 2017 survey, the AIChE Education Division Survey Committee focused on thelaboratory portion of the chemical engineering undergraduate curriculum. Over 70 programscompleted the survey, which asked about course structure, hours, and experiments. The typicalundergraduate takes one or two laboratory-focused courses within chemical engineering,completes experiments as part of a team, and has at least some exposure to pilot-scaleequipment. Virtual experiments make up about 10% of control system experiments and areotherwise relatively uncommon. This paper reports on the survey’s key findings as well as someof the highlights of innovative laboratory experience and pedagogy discussed in the results.IntroductionThis paper
to be de-asserted. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 3: Lap Time Displays. To support the inputs and outputs described above for the racetrack system, a set of I/O boardsare being developed for use with the CME-11E9-EVBU microcontroller boards. Each of theseI/O boards provides 16 output ports and 4 input ports. 13 of the output ports (correspondingto the lap and total time displays for one race car) are connected to 7-segment displays. Theundedicated output ports and the input ports are used to implement the other input and outputfunctions described above
Social History of Engineering should be taught as part of the curriculum. iv. The project has again demonstrated that designing and building is one of the best methods to teach mechanical engineering. It has cleared many theoretical doubts from the students’ minds and made them confident.As conclusions the following can be said: i. Machine design can be made interesting by projects that are application oriented. When the students are enthusiastic on the project the complex procedures and calculations would become easy for them. ii. Students get attracted to Mechanical Engineering when they see applications that directly use what they learn in the classes. When the product was in the
education.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Page 15.713.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Incorporating Problem Based Learning (PBL) in a Freshman Engineering Course: Implementing Methods for Classifying and Assessing PBL ProjectsAbstractProblem-based learning (PBL), a powerful student-centered pedagogy, offers a strong frameworkupon which to build a curriculum that will allow students to learn essential problem solvingskills. Although PBL methodologies are highly valued, they are not well integrated throughoutthe engineering education curriculum. This lack of integration stems from unclear classificationof the type of
Paper ID #11636What should every graduating chemical engineer know about process safetyand how can we make sure that they do?Dr. W. David Harding, University of New Haven W. David Harding is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Accreditation in the Tagliatela College of Engineering (TCoE) at University of New Haven. He has more than twenty years of academic experience after spending nine years in chemical manufacturing and envi- ronmental consulting. He has been an active participant in the Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral Curriculum (MEFSC) efforts in TCoE and the
2006-1388: THE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING STUDENT EXPERIENCE OFCOMPREHENSIVE DESIGN STUDIOJeanne Homer, Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor Registered Architect Page 11.1252.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Architectural Engineering Student Experience of Comprehensive Design StudioAbstractOur School of Architecture’s Comprehensive Design Studio course won the 2004 NCARB Prizefor integration of practice with the academy, and it was the culmination of twenty-seven years ofdevelopment and refinements. The Comprehensive Design Studio was introduced by ProfessorAlan Brunken into the curriculum around 1978. Today
Paper ID #38955Integrating Sustainability into Engineering Education: Building aPathway to ScaleMs. Victoria Matthew, Engineering for One Planet Victoria is the Network Manager for the Engineering for One Planet Network, an action network commit- ted to transforming engineering education so all engineers are equipped with the understanding, knowl- edge, and skills to ensure their work contributes to a healthy world for lifetimes to come. Victoria is also a partner at Broadening Impacts, an organization that partners with researchers to get their knowledge out into the world. Prior to that Victoria led VentureWell’s
through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) initiatives at the K-12 level. While many of the ATE projects and Centers tend toaddress new and emerging technologies, several ATE projects are attempting to address theperceived declining state of electronics technology education. One of these NSF funded projectsis titled, “A New Systems View of Electronics for 2010”, and is run under the auspices ofMATEC[5] a mature NSF ATE Resource Center. This particular project has enlisted ET and EETfaculty from across the nation to provide input into the transformation of the classic “componentoriented” electronics technology curriculum to an updated “systems oriented” approach that ismore student centered and provides for an earlier
Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationStudent comments: · “GEOPAK was very difficult.” · “GEOPAK should be used more in the class.” · “The exposure was good but the software was a bit overwhelming.” · “I think the exposure was good but maybe in another class.” · “The exposure was nice.” · “I don’t like GEOPAK.” · “GEOPAK needs its own class.” · “Didn’t get enough repetitions with the software.” Students were also asked to rank their level of understanding of both design and draftingsubjects from the instruction that they received within the class. Ranking was performed on azero to five scale with a value of five
Page 7.573.4the Indianapolis 500 race in May 2001 and personally met with the family. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationSignificant was two quotes from an article in theDecember 8, 2001 edition of the Indianapolis Star4:“I got a chance to meet Ian two or three times,” says the31-year old Blackwell, who graduated in May with adegree in mechanical engineering technology and nowworks for Ford Motor Co. “Meeting him was the joy ofit,” Blackwell says, “He’s got a lot of energy. He’s had alot of effect on me, too. It makes you realize how fortunateyou are. It also makes you realize how fortunate
Energy: Properties and Policy IssuesAbstractStudents following a curriculum designed to provide a degree in mechanical engineering (ME)inevitably take one or more courses in Thermodynamics along the way. One of the many keysbeing addressed in such courses is the Principle of Conservation of Energy, otherwise known asthe First Law of Thermodynamics. Whereas one of the program accreditation requirementsspecifically addresses the need to incorporate design of components or processes of thermalsystems1 into the curriculum, does this necessarily include all (or any) of the following: fossilfuel combustion, greenhouse gas production, alternative energy sources, energy conservation, orenergy policy?It is our contention
technology (MET)program. As part of the transition new courses were developed for the pure ME program andsome were redesigned to include both programs. Thermodynamics, for instance, was taught as asingle class for both ME and MET students initially, with the same outcomes and requirementsfor each group. This coupled-course approach was also taken for other courses, as deemedpractical and appropriate. This resulted in challenges to both the students from each group aswell as to the faculty. MET students, for instance, were required to take only calculus I and IIwhile ME students often had already completed calculus IV and differential equations, resultingin a dilemma for faculty attempting to present a calculus-based curriculum. The students fromeach
Engineering Technology(ENGT) program. According to the program description, engineering technology educationemphasizes primarily on the applied aspects of science and product improvement, industrialpractices, and engineering operational functions. A capstone two-semester senior project course isa part of the engineering technology curriculum. This course provides the students with anopportunity to address and experience the critical problems faced in the day-to-day life of anengineer in an advanced manufacturing industry. One such problem is to measure friction and wearrate between materials to improve the performance of mechanical machinery used in industrialapplications.The aim of this senior design project is to design and fabricate a working
curriculum at the University of Hartford aims to engage students ininterdisciplinary design and real-world projects in each of their four years. As enteringfreshman, all engineering students are required to take a course in which they work with robotson various small projects. The sophomore course, described in this paper, is entitled Engineeringby Design and it is the next course in the sequence. Its purpose is to involve students in a projectthat is more comprehensive and realistic than their freshman experience. The junior level coursestudies the engineering process from conceptual design to manufacturing. Finally, as seniors, thestudents take their capstone design course in which groups work on a single significantengineering problem that may be
, and entrepreneurship. Page 26.74.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A New Interactive Course In Communication ElectronicsAbstract In 2012, the Electronics Systems Engineering Technology program at Texas A&MUniversity went through a major curriculum revision. This revision was primarily to create astrong emphasis in intelligent product and system development that spanned many industrysectors including automotive, healthcare, oil and gas, communications, and quality of life.During the revision process, the faculty
. Page 23.844.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Development of a CCLI Course on PV Engineering AbstractA Course Curriculum Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Type I NSF proposal under the title”Development of Novel Learning Materials for Green Energy Education Centered around a PVTest Station” was awarded in August, 2010 to develop exemplary learning materials andlaboratory modules for PV engineering at the undergraduate/graduate levels. The paper discussesa preliminary version of course modules developed as of now, the laboratory facilities andexperimental projects, and assessment of its impact on students.Keywords: Photovoltaic, Renewable Energy