students’ persistence and success has received a great deal of attentionin the literature. According to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)1, “Only 40-60percent of entering engineering students persist to an engineering degree, and women andminorities are at the low end of that range. These retention rates represent an unacceptablesystemic failure to support student learning in the field.” (p. 40).Noteworthy is that research has shown that predictors of retention change throughout the firsttwo years of an engineering program and predictors of graduation vary across universities.2Tinto’s3 Student Integration Theory posits that students enter university with varied backgroundcharacteristics and goal commitments which in turn influences their
interests and research include promoting Leadership in Sustainability Practices, application of Blockchain technology for reliable corporate social responsibility reports, energy management of Data Centers and to establish Sustainable strategies for enterprises. He is now research- ing bringing in Artificial Intelligence into project management. He is an Affiliate Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy efficiency of IT Equipment in a Data Centers. As a means of promoting student-centric learning, Prof. Radhakrishnan has successfully intro- duced games into his sustainability classes where students demonstrate the 3s of sustainability, namely, Environment, Economics and
and innovation as a basis for building entrepreneurial/business skill sets in undergraduate and graduate students. In particular he is investigating ways in which collaborative multidisciplinary team based student learning across traditional department, school, and college boundaries can enhance student educational outcomes. Dr. Povinelli has extensive professional engineering leadership experience at Texas Instruments, General Electric, and Lockheed Martin in the research, development, and production of airborne radar and EW systems including on the F-22 Raptor and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye programs. He is recognized as having significantly con- tributed to the research and development of wideband phased array
Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. Her research is in the areas of engineering education, including engineering case studies in undergraduate education.Dr. Peter Laursen Dr. Peter Laursen, P.E., is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at the California Polytech- nic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) where he teaches courses on the analysis and design of structural systems including laboratory courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Adjusting to the New ABET Criteria 3 and 5: It’s Really Not Very HardAbstractABET has revised the criteria 3 (Student Outcomes) and 5 (Curriculum) of the generalcriteria. These changes have made it through
federal, state, and local governments. • Encourage interdisciplinary training, research, and public service programs related to aeronautics, space science and technology. • Recruit and train professionals, especially women, and underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities, for careers in aerospace related fields. • Develop a strong science, mathematics, and technology education base from elementary through university levels.Core OSGC programs include graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, NASA centerinternships and mentorships, undergraduate research-based programs, and K-12 outreachprograms. University and community college partners provide the student and faculty base towhich NASA
Vladimir Labay is associate professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. In 1987 and 1990 Dr. Labay received a B.Sc. (E.E.) and M. Sc. (E.E.), respectively, from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. After graduating with a Ph.D. form the University of Victoria in 1995, he remained in Victoria, BC as a lecturer and research engineer until accepting an assistant professor position at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA. In 2007, Dr. Labay was a visiting scholar at SRM University in Chennai, India and has previously held adjunct professorship positions at the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and at Washington State
Paper ID #43343Development of Design, Control, and Data Acquisition Modules for FluidPower EducationMs. Helene Jabbour, Purdue University Helene Jabbour is a visiting research scholar at Purdue University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. She received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics from the American University of Beirut. Her current appointment as a scholar consists of researching and developing mechanical systems modules for some university courses within engineering technology.Israa Azzam, Purdue University Israa is a Ph.D. student at Purdue University
. Albert EinsteinThis article is intended for Undergraduate and Graduate students as a brief introduction of the potential capabilities of theapplied Atomic Theory in the benefit of humankind, as it apply to modern engineering and technology.Although the special theory of relativity was introduced almost a century ago, it is still a fairly new concept. The world hadseen some of its positive as well as negative results. Worldwide research, related to relativity, as well as nuclear physics ingeneral, is one of the main topics in modern science. Much research is being done in such areas as Medical Imaging,including CAT scans, MRI and NMR technologies, Radioactive/ Radiometric Dating, and Radiation Detection, just tomention a few. Perhaps the greatest
Jack Purdum is currently an assistant professor in the Computer Technology department at Purdue University. He is the author of 14 programming texts and has research interests in methods in computer language education, image processing, and mobile computing. Dr. Purdum was also the CEO of a company that produced compilers, editor, assemblers, linkers, and other programming tools as well as a statistics package. Page 12.472.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Designing curricula to teach concepts and increase employabilityAbstractThe software development curriculum in the Computer
, construction, contractadministration, inspecting, safety, etc., will not change. But, profound changes will occur in thenature of the work done within the context of each of the above undertakings, paralleling thechanging nature of construction work, construction technologies, the nature of the labor force,impact on the environment, advances in computer technologies, monetary size of theconstruction undertakings, and security issues. This paper focuses on detailing what changes areto be expected in the nature and technologies of future construction work and what theappropriate response will need to be in design of construction education curriculum, coursework,and lab undertakings to ensure proper preparation of graduates for the construction works of
certificate program are transferable to the college's MechatronicEngineering program. The college, designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, places a strongemphasis on recruiting students from low-income families and underrepresented racial and ethnicgroups. The certificate program alleviates the financial burden and time commitment required forstudents to pursue education, providing them with the means to pursue advanced degrees or offersupport to family members seeking greater opportunities.The project’s objective is to establish a one-year certificate program to provide PRA technicianswith the essential skills for service industries. To ensure program graduates possess the desiredqualifications, the project (a) collaborates with its Business
within the Industrial and ManufacturingSystems Engineering department (IMSE).Review of Sales and Marketing Positions for EngineersThe committee conducted a review of sales and marketing postings within the COE, on thenumber of advertised positions that had Sales or Marketing in their title or description, as well asthe number of graduates with Sales or Marketing in their job title. It was interesting to find thatwhile nearly 15% of job postings indicated Sales or Marketing functions, that only around 1% ofpost-graduation job titles included Sales or Marketing. This difference is attributed, in part, tothe fact that many students are not reporting their job title to career services, and also that it islikely that a sales or marketing position
member of IIE.Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University Dan Bumblauskas has been with ABB Inc. since 2003 and is presently an account and marketing. Dan is a Ph D student in the department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, where he has been conferred B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering. Dan is also a masters degree candidate at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in general management.Frank Peters, Iowa State University Frank Peters is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department. His teaching and research interests include manufacturing process and system
student motivation. Cassie got her PhD in Engineering Education from Ohio State University and her MS and BS in Biomedical Engineering from Wright State University.Dr. Benjamin Daniel Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Ben Chambers is an Assistant Collegiate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and Director of the Frith First Year Makers program. His research focuses include the interactions of non-humans with the built environment, the built environment as a tool for teaching at the nexus of biology and engineering, and creativity-based pedagogy. He earned his graduate degrees from Virginia Tech, including an M.S. Civil Infrastructure Engineering, M.S. LFS
Paper ID #36646Identifying Sticking Points: Common Mechanics ErrorsMade by Civil Engineering StudentsJakob C Bruhl (Civil Engineering Academy Professor)Joseph P Hanus (Professor)Kevin Francis Mcmullen Kevin McMullen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut. His research interest areas include bridge engineering, protective structures, and engineering education.Brett Rocha CPT Brett Rocha is a first year instructor at the US Military
Paper ID #37646Closed-loop mechanical engineering design teaching to electrical andcomputer engineering students using CAD, CAE, and 3D printingDr. Abdullah Umair Bajwa, Habib University Abdullah is a mechanical engineer from Lahore, Pakistan. After graduating, he worked as a turbomachin- ery engineer before embarking to the US on a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue graduate studies at Texas A&M University. There he studied gas exchange in stationary, natural gas two-stroke engines to reduce their emissions. Towards the end of his PhD, he started teaching remotely at Habib University – a newly formed private liberal
Paper ID #38005Redesigning Soil Mechanics as an Inclusive CourseManish Roy Manish Roy is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering (Hons.) at Jadavpur University in India. He obtained his MS and Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering at the West Virginia University and the University of Connecticut, respectively. He worked for nine years in the industry as an engineer/manager in India and Bangladesh before starting his graduate study in the US. He started his career as
accepted into a graduate course of study focusing on biomedical ultrasound at the University of Rochester in 1992 and received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1998. He served as a scientist and an assistant professor of research in the Diagnostic Ultrasound Laboratory of Dr. Robert C. Waag at the University of Rochester from 1998 until 2000 at which time he was accepted into a tenure track teaching position in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he received tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor in 2006. His interests include biomedical applications of electrical engineering including signal processing and embedded systems
designs and make revisions to improve them. Thismanner of effectively executing iterations of designs is conducive to an active and compellinglearning environment. In addition to communicating design concepts to others, rapid prototyping is also useful inverifying the feasibility of new design objectives. Through creating prototypes, students canexamine whether or not their designs operate as intended and might detect problems that wouldnot be apparent without a physical model. Thus, prototypes can be used for functional testing anddesign validation. [9]2. Course Design The course was designed with input from student staff of the Institute’s oldest student-runmakerspace, undergraduate and graduate research students, as well as recent
member.[9] o Design of assistive technology for students in a vocational program for developmentally disabled individuals that is run by the college. o Analysis and design of projects to improve the environmental sustainability of the campus, focusing on food waste management. o Design, construction, and testing of laboratory apparatuses for the Engineering and Biology programs, for educational and research purposes.ConclusionsBased on our experience, it is clear that engineering programs can thrive at a small liberal artsinstitution. The liberal arts foundation complements the engineering education in a way thathelps students attain the SOs at the time of graduation
://www.ncees.org/About_NCEES/News/News_Pages/FE_Other_Disciplines_module.php Accessed: 5/17/2012. 5. C. Davis, M. Yeary, and J. Sluss, “Reversing the Trend of Engineering Enrollment Declines with Innovative Outreach, Recruiting, and Retention Programs” IEEE Trans. Educ., DOI 10.1109/TE.2011.2157921, accepted and to appear 2012. 6. C. Davis, M. Yeary, and J. Sluss, “Results and best practices of a two year study on recruiting programs to boost ECE undergraduate enrollment,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, paper AC 2011-1539, pp. 1-17. June 2011. 7. Erwin, B. Cyr, M.; Rogers, C., 2000, "LEGO engineer and RoboLab: teaching engineering with LabView from kindergarten to graduate school," Int. Journal of Engineering Education, v. 16, n
AC 2008-2438: ENGINEERING ECONOMY ASSESSMENT OF BAYLOR'S PILOTGLOBAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION COURSEBenjamin Kelley, Baylor University Dr. Benjamin Kelley is the Dean of Baylor University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. His area of technical expertise is in orthopedic biomechanics and cardiovascular dynamics. He is committed to a number of academic projects including global education, student life, and faculty development.Robert Doty, Baylor University Dr. Bob Doty serves as Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. His research interests include Computer-Aided Design and Data Acquisition Systems. Dr. Doty designed
AC 2008-2575: USING REAL-TIME DSP TO ENHANCE STUDENT RETENTIONAND ENGINEERING OUTREACH EFFORTSCameron Wright, University of Wyoming Cameron H. G. Wright, Ph.D, P.E., is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. His research interests include signal and image processing, real-time embedded computer systems, biomedical instrumentation, and wireless/satellite communications systems. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, SPIE, NSPE, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. E-mail: c.h.g.wright@ieee.orgMichael Morrow, University of Wisconsin - Madison Michael G. Morrow, M.Eng.EE, P.E., is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Research Grant work, the project team studied differenttypes of wood and compared their mechanical properties, durability, availability, and cost.Based on this research work, grade 1 and 2 dense, pressure-treated southern yellow pine waschosen. The project team also investigated different software packages that allow for structuralanalysis. IES Visual Analysis was used in the final design due to its readily available wooddatabase. The biggest challenge of this senior project was time constraints. As mentioned in theIntroduction, all team members had other personal and professional commitments to maintainthroughout the entire project. It was critical that each team member managed time efficientlyand communicated regularly with other members
) (http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu). C-STEM is a UC Approved Educational Preparation Program for under- graduate admission to all UC campuses and has UC A-G Program Status. He has established research programs in robotics, intelligent mechatronic systems, networked embedded systems, and integrated com- puting and STEM education funded by government agencies and industry. From 1989 to 1992, he was a Senior Engineer for robotic automation systems with the Research and Development Division, United Parcel Service. He has authored and coauthored more than 170 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He holds two U.S. patents. He is the author of the book ”C for Engineers and Scientists: An Interpretive Approach
Paper ID #16486Measuring the Impact of Service-Learning Projects in Engineering: HighSchool Students’ PerspectivesTamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamecia Jones is currently a doctoral student in the Engineering Education department at Purdue Uni- versity with a research focus on K-12 engineering education, assessment, and informal and formal learn- ing environments. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and Stanford University. Originally trained as a biomedical engineer, she spent years in the middle school classroom, teaching math and science, and consulting with nonprofits, museums, and summer
Tolerant Systems and Testing of Digital Systems. Her current research interests include Reliability and Fault Tolerance of Elec- tronic Systems, Programmable Logic Devices and new educational methods emphasizing active learning and project-based-learning. She is member of IEEE and Chair of Women in Engineering Affinity Group for IEEE Long Island, New York. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Applying the Flipped Classroom Pedagogy in a Digital Design CourseAbstractThe goal of this paper is to describe the motivation, methodology and results of converting severalmodules in a Digital Design course to a “flipped classroom”. The course introduces students toVHDL Hardware Description
offered as part of this accreditation plan that has been sustained since theirorigin. These two joint initiatives devised our research questions in this observational study. Does participation in the engineering learning community improve retention to the second year in engineering? Does participation in the engineering learning community improve retention of engineering majors at the university?Setting and Subject PoolWest Texas A&M University (WTAMU) is a regional institution located in the Texas Panhandlewith an enrollment of 8000 students. The region is largely low income and only 18% of thePanhandle population over the age of 25 has a bachelor’s degree. Almost 65% of WTAMU
Paper ID #7468Piloting a New Curriculum: A View from the TrenchesDr. Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation CenterDr. Chuck Gardner, New Orleans Military and Maritime AcademyMr. Anthony Joseph Taffaro Jr., New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Mr. Anthony Joseph Taffaro, Jr. is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and has resided in the New Orleans area his entire life. Mr. Taffaro is a graduate of Jesuit High School New Orleans and Tulane University. At Tulane, Mr. Taffaro received Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and a minor in Business Studies. Mr. Taffaro spent much of his career in the banking industry and entered
four years of premedical education in a college or university; • Earn a medical degree (MD, DO or other credential approved by an ABMS Member Board) from a qualified medical school; • Complete three to five years of full-time experience in a residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); • Provide letters of attestation from their program director and/or faculty; • Obtain an unrestricted medical license to practice medicine in the United States or Canada; and • Pass a written and, in some cases, an oral examination created and administered by an ABMS Member Board.* We emphasize this point, because in the ongoing ASCE discussion of