novel teaching and learning methods to power engineering education.Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany Dr. Rustin Webster is a visiting assistant professor at Purdue University. He teaches within the Purdue Polytechnic Institute and the department of engineering technology. He specializes in mechanical engi- neering and computer graphics technology. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Webster worked in the Depart- ment of Defense field for over 7 years as an engineer, project manager, and research. His specialization was in mechanical design, research and development, and business development. He studied at Murray State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham where his research was on immersive
Paper ID #20377Additive Manufacturing in Manufacturing Education: A New Course Devel-opment and ImplementationDr. R. Radharamanan, Mercer University Dr. R. Radharamanan is currently working as Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Mercer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MCIE) at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He has forty three years of teaching, research, and consulting experiences. His previous administrative experi- ences include: President of International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE), Acting Director of Industrial Engineering as well as Director of Advanced
University of Puerto Rico where he completed his BS in Computer Engineering and will be pursuing a Master in Computer Engineering.Eddalis Batista, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Eddalis Batista is a research assistant with the Connect To Learn project. She holds a BS in Computer Engineering magna cum laude from Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, where she is continuing her studies towards a Master in Computer Engineering.Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez is Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of P.R. (PUPR), and Associate Director for the Computer Engineering program. Under grants from NSF and Puerto Rico’s
Session 2542 A Novel 3D Internet-based Multimedia Method for Teaching and Learning About Engineering Management Requirements Analysis Paul G. RankyProfessor, The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering,New Jersey Institute of Technology, MERC (Multi-lifecycle Engineering Research Center), Newark, NJ, 07102, USA. Email: ranky@njit.eduIntroductionThe objective of this research was to create a case-based / problem-based teaching andlearning curriculum, supported by an advanced 3D web-enabled case library, focusing onneeds, or in other words requirements analysis.Our solution enables students
in the first semester of the sophomore year! Thislearning process culminates in actual testing of each crane up to the maximum of 1200lb andevaluation based on the performance equation. Writing about and reflecting on this experiencein a final project report completes the challenge for our students and prepares them for theirencounter with the remainder of the Rowan Clinics. Junior/Senior Clinics, where unique designand research opportunities are the norm, depend crucially on the Sophomore Clinic experiencethat we provide for our students early in their academic career.Bibliography1. Pearle, K.M. and Head, L.M., “Using your Brain to Build Teams that Work: A Study of the Freshman and Sophomore Engineering Clinics at Rowan University
academic dishonesty. This fear is confirmed tosome extent by studies that reveal students’ admissions that cheating is common.1 Research in both the UnitedStates and Great Britain confirms that about fifty percent of college students admit to cheating.2Online learning forces instructors to deal with new practical issues. Web-based courses take teaching to new levelsas the profession wrestles with authentication of students’ work, proxy students, instant messaging during exams,computer security, electronic forgery and other novelties. It is not obvious that technology to stop cheating willkeep pace with technology to cheat, and the legal and ethical constraint on using it obviously will not deter cheaters.Sophocles said, “No treaty is ever an
, NM. Dr. Smela’s research interests are focused on polymeric and cell-based sensors and actuators. She has served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs, Equity Administrator, and Diversity Officer, and she then served a year as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the Department of State to stand up the US-ASEAN Smart Cities Network. She has recently been working with a group of engineering faculty to better integrate sustainability concepts throughout the curriculum.Dr. Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park Vincent P. Nguyen is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a founding member of the Environmental and Socially Responsible Engineering (ESRE) group who work
, vehicular delay, travel time, and travel time variance, to name afew. The extent of data available to the student and researcher now allows for flexibility andcreativity that was not always available in a standard classroom environment.IntroductionPortland, Oregon is known for its unique multimodal transportation system, and thereforestudents are drawn to study here, with the advantage of a laboratory right outside the classroom.Current students of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Urban and Regional Planningprograms at Portland State University may someday hope to plan, design, manage and/or buildthe transportation infrastructure necessary to provide adequate mobility in our cities. It is criticalthat we educate and train a new generation of
AC 2011-93: DESIGN PROJECTS WITH OUT-OF TOWN COMPANIESLizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth Schlemer has been teaching at Cal Poly, SLO for 18 years. She is a graduate of Cal Poly herself, and she holds a Masters in Industrial and Systems Engineering and an MBA from University of Southern California, and a PhD in Educational Research from University of California, Santa Barbara. She has 10 years of work experience at Unocal Corporation where she held positions of increasing responsibility. Most of her current research activities center around engineering education and enhancing engagement through valid contexts like project based learning and community service. She
Paper ID #35143Personal Experiences from Teaching Virtually Online During the COVID-19PandemicProf. Tariq Khraishi, University of New Mexico Khraishi currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His general research interests are in theoretical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and mate- rials science. He has taught classes in Dynamics, Materials Science, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Elasticity and Numerical Methods. For many years now, he has engaged himself in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and published several papers in the engineering education
currentpublic policy framework. The objective of this paper is to familiarize the reader to develop theirown framework of a transition as well as attributes. In the end, the value of risk engineering aspresented in this paper is the ability to offer better project performance in terms of meeting Page 23.695.3project objectives. A current graduate level course uses these principles to teach risk analysis aspart of a risk engineering program.Introduction (Prelude to Risk /The Challenges of defining Risk) The project manager's ultimate responsibility is to deliver an effectively and efficientlyexecuted project to stakeholders and funding partners
patrons entering the building, but thehigh traffic flow made it difficult to answer reference questions. To deal with this, at peak traffictimes the desk was staffed by both a librarian and a staff member or graduate student. For awhile, the reference desk was located behind a “welcome” desk, (an attempt at tiered service),and for one semester the reference desk was relocated to the 2nd floor, (another attempt at tieredservice).In 2006, a new Director of Research and Instructional Services was hired for Newman Library.Upon review of the reference services being offered, she began making plans for the reopeningof the science reference desk. Librarians were divided into two teams: BHSS (Business,Humanities, and Social Sciences); and SciTech
intersection of movement, creative process, and advocacy for transparency and institutional accountability. She is the founder of the critically acclaimed Chicago-based company Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak and has received commissions, residencies, and awards nationally and internationally. Shanahan holds a BA from Denison University, an MA from The Ohio State University, and a PhD from Temple University, where she was awarded a Presidential Fellowship and graduate awards in recognition of her scholarship and professional choreographic work. She has been on the faculty at Northwestern University, Wayne State University, and Denison University, among others, and has served as a guest artist or visiting faculty member at Purdue
tochallenge student stereotypes of a typical engineer6. In order to assess these innovations wedecided to measure effectiveness on multiple levels: attitudinal, learning, and behavior change7.Attitudes toward a course are typically measured by student evaluations at the end of a course.Often these measures are standard across disciplines and, thus, are unable to capture informationthat speaks to specific course goals. Learning is typically measured by quizzes and test after theinformation is covered in class. Behavior change as a result of the course is usually assumedrather than measured.We began the study described in this paper in 2004 by completing literature reviews in threefields of research (psychology, education, and engineering) before
Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The Need for More Civil EngineersAs the oldest engineering profession, society’s future depends on the more basic technologiesassociated with infrastructure and environments needs [10]. However, the field of civilengineering is facing “unprecedented challenges” in attracting students to major in the discipline[11] . Sack et al assert that the discipline often fails to attract students who are looking for aprogram of study that “prepares students for a variety of jobs” [12]. For example, the authors notethat positions which have been traditionally filled by civil engineering graduates are more andmore being filled by civil engineering
Paper ID #35216Paper: Transition of Instructional Methods from an In-Person to OnlineCourse and the Lessons LearnedDr. Jenna Wong P.E., San Francisco State University Dr. Wong is an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University with focus on resilience/sustainability, high performance structures, and engineering education. Her doctorate research at UC Berkeley inves- tigated the applicability of seismic isolation and supplemental viscous damping to nuclear power plants with focus on seismic resilience and safety. The work identified isolation parameters for the optimization of design to produce high performance
Assistant Director of Game Design Programs at Northeastern University. He teaches multimedia courses and develops curricula for both the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Professional and Continuing Studies. His research focuses on creating new forms of educational and social engagement through games. He is the Lead Game Designer at Metaversal Studios, a game company founded by NU alumni and faculty, which frequently collaborates on Northeastern University projects.Seth Sivak, Carnegie Mellon University SETH SIVAK is currently a research assistant at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing a Master of Entertainment Technology degree at the Entertainment Technology Center. He earned
Williams has been recently awarded the Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean’s Outreach Excellence Award. Dr. Williams is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).Erin Crede, Virginia Tech Erin D. Crede is a PhD student at Virginia Tech. Working with Dr. Maura Borrego, Ms. Crede’s research focuses on the social aspects of graduate engineering education as they relate to recruitment and retention. In 2008 she was awarded a College of Engineering Graduate Teaching Fellowship, and is currently teaching undergraduate courses for the Department of Engineering
Paper ID #37485Presenting an Accessible yet Rigorous Development of theZone Temperature Equation: An Important ThermodynamicResult Inherently Interesting and EducationalSheldon M. Jeter (Associate Professor) Sheldon M. Jeter has mechanical engineering degrees from Clemson, the University of Florida, and Georgia Tech. He has been on the academic faculty at Georgia Tech since 1979 and will retire in August 2022. He has written over 250 refereed journal articles and conference papers and numerous research reports and other articles. He has supervised 16 Ph. D. graduates and numerous other research students. His research
- prone physical testing cycles? 2. In what ways did groups’ responses to ready success differ from those seen after repetitive failure?MethodsThe data for this study comes from a single-day engineering workshop for upper elementarystudents held at a university engineering education center in the greater Boston area.ParticipantsA total of 13 students, entering fourth to sixth graders, attended the single-day workshop; 5 ofthese students were girls. The workshop facilitators, researchers affiliated with the center,included an undergraduate engineering student, graduate education students, and an elementaryteacher on sabbatical with the center.1Design tasksWhen engineering is presented in elementary classrooms, it is often in the form
years of occupational experience, with her most recent experience being in teaching, research, and service. Dr. Ofori-Boadu is a dedicated instructor, advisor, mentor, and role model who has served over 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students. Andrea has received almost $2M from funding agencies to include the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Engineering Information Foundation (EIF), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the National Housing Endowment (NHE), and East Coast Construction Services (ECCS). In 2019, she received her prestigious NSF CAREER grant to construct substantive theories that explain professional identity development processes in undergraduate architecture, engineering, and
training or transition period from the academic world to theindustrial world. Likely this is due in large part because the faculty and staff at Lawrence Techtake the school motto, “Theory and Practice,” very seriously and incorporate many real worldand hands-on activities into the student studies. Therefore employers have been very happy withLawrence Tech graduates. On the other hand, the employers’ results indicated that graduates donot often advance into management and leadership positions, and rather stay at the entry-leveloperations position. Second, beyond the surveys, Lawrence Tech administration took note of theshift in a global economy and the fact that students are looking for something beyond thetraditional education. When applying to a
environment where students could evolve into mentors andleaders. The students’ ability to explain complex tasks and support one another highlighted theirgrowth in both technical and interpersonal skills.The stage concluded with the traditional summer visit, where students toured CURENT’s labs atUTK main campus, particularly, the Wide-area Grid Operation, Control and Visualization room,which emulates an actual control center for a power grid. Students learned how the grid isoperated and how renewable energy is impacting today's electrical infrastructure. The activityinvolved faculty members, research scientists, and graduate students. Students finally visited theZeanah Engineering Complex at UTK, where they had the opportunity to use one of the state
degree from BRCC with a 2.75 minimum cumulative GPA and financialneed, and the selection committee included faculty and staff from both campuses. All scholarsfrom Cohort 1 have graduated and their mean GPA was 3.22. Cohort 2 has entered the fourthsemester at LSU (fall 2014), and the group mean GPA is 3.00. Program retention for Cohort 2 is66% and engineering retention is 100% (one student went to part-time status as engineeringmajor and another transferred to another university as an engineering major). Cohort 3 studentshave entered either the second or third semester at LSU (fall 2014), and the group mean GPA is3.06. Retention for Cohort 3 is 100%. These preliminary results indicate that the Pathwayscholars will have a graduation rate that
displacements from strong ground motion acceleration time history;and the list goes on.The importance of freshman engineering majors succeeding in calculus has been emphasized inseveral studies [1]. Due to poor performance in calculus by many freshmen, calculus hasattracted an unprecedented level of interest [2]. Many freshmen engineering majors fail theircalculus courses [3]. At many institutions, the most common reason freshman engineeringmajors switch to a different major is failure in a calculus course. Early student departure fromengineering programs has become a grave concern in an era of declining interest among youth inpursuing a future in technology [4] – [5], coupled with high global demand for qualifiedengineering graduates [6]. Several
Paper ID #27067Infusing STEM Courses with Problem-Based Learning about TransportationDisruptive TechnologiesDr. Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina Dr. Pierce is the Director for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He is a USC Connect Faculty Fellow for Integrative Learning and former Bell South Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering and Computing. He is the ASEE Campus Representative and a Director for the Graduate Studies Division. Dr. Pierce has experience and interest in the evaluation of
taking Advanced Structural Analysis (CE491) thatsemester, a group who should have been well along their way in adopting the customs of theprofession. Given the importance in engineering of doing quality work, it seemed reasonablethat some more advanced level of care and concern should be exercised,, especially fromstudents near the end of their undergraduate studies. The problem he observed was that studentsseemed to regard their homework submissions as simply a product to be handed in, and thecorrectness of their solutions did not seem to concern them. This struck the author as the wrongapproach in educating future Civil Engineers (and Army Officers in our case). Influenced bymuch research on the subject, the author also believed that students
in engineering and engineering technology curricula is tobridge the gap between theory and real world practice. Accordingly, the proposed senior projectsshould include elements of both credible analysis and experimental proofing such as design andimplementation as discussed in ABET criteria1. Additionally, the senior design courses can serveas an excellent culminating experience in the program of study when it focuses on research anddesign projects that have practical value to consumers or to industrial customers. Due to thisunprecedented growth in the renewable energy use for electricity generation, combined with theinterest of keeping students abreast of the current scientific and technological developments, itwas important and timely to
, Iowa, USA.Dr. Justin Foreman, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Foreman is an instructor at Prairie View A&M University in Electrical Engineering and at Lone Star College in Applied Technology. His areas of interest include FPGA’s, fiber optics, and microwave engineering for sensing applications.Dr. Penrose Cofie, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Penrose Cofie is a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University, College of Engineering, Texas. His research interests are in Power Systems including Renewable Power Supplies, Power Electronics, Controls and Motor Drives. He is currently working on Renewable Energy Generation, Micro Grid and Advanced Electric Vehicle
Science Departments` grant, and the concept of a CSP-Hatchery. One of theprincipal innovations (and risks) of BSU CS’s project comes from commitments allowing the author ofthis manuscript to become a major part of the process of infusing issues of ethics, morality, inclusion,diversity and social justice across the curriculum, so that computer science faculty can remain focusedon the more stereotypically `computer science` aspects of their teaching and research.5Assessing the effectiveness of these efforts is being accomplished primarily through the work of anexternal evaluator making use of both formative and summative evaluation techniques. However, anongoing series of interviews with faculty, and students as they proceed through their studies