emphasized inentrepreneurial programs [2].Entrepreneurially-minded learning (EML) is an emergent pedagogy that emphasizes discovery,opportunity identification, and value creation. As a teaching method, it can be applied to all areasof study and has been developed by hundreds of faculty members at colleges and universitiesacross the country [3], [4]. EML can also be infused to specific fields of engineering at any levelfrom freshmen to capstone courses [5], [6]. EML relies on real-world experiences; opportunitiesto practice information literacy–accessing, analyzing, and synthesizing information; expert-to-novice mentoring in the learning process [7]; and value sensitive design which results in universalvalue creation [8]. Undergraduate research (UGR
, Sameh Tawfick, Arendvan der Zande, and Aimy Wissa. The authors would like to thank Chris Marry, NicholasThompson, and Nathaniel Speidel, graduate students who evaluated past project reports for thelongitudinal study. Finally, the authors would like to thank the UIUC College of EngineeringAcademy for Excellence in Engineering Education for their financial support and guidance.References[1] E.W. Jassim, “Formulation of Capstone Design Projects for Experiential Learning,” 2014Capstone Design Conference, Columbus, OH, USA, June 2-4, 2014, paper 74.[2] E.E. McEwen, “Integrated Capstone Design Experience,” Journal of Professional Issues inEngineering Education and Practice, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 212–220, 1994.[3] N. Scott, “Two Innovations in JHU’s
AC 2008-1276: A CASE-STUDY BASED COURSE ON "DEVICE EVALUATIONAND FDA APPROVAL"Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Page 13.10.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Case-Study Based Course on “Device Evaluation and FDA Approval”AbstractPreclinical evaluation of new devices and therapies is an integral part of research anddevelopment in the medical device industry, and the regulatory process for FDA approval is amajor driving force behind much that goes on in a company setting. A large number ofgraduating biomedical engineers enter this medical device industry or a related environmentupon graduation from our
creativity [18]. A positive impact on jobplacement has also been demonstrated [19].2.2. CybersecurityPBL’s job placement benefits may not be critical for students seeking employment incybersecurity – though job preparation benefits of PBL undoubtedly are – as, at present, there isa critical worldwide need for graduates with cybersecurity skills [20]. This need is only expectedto grow. Between late 2019 and late 2020, over 500,000 cybersecurity positions needed to befilled [21] and greater need is projected in the future. Many of these positions require keyresearch-related skills to understand and effectively respond to new and changing situations.In addition, cybersecurity research is acutely needed to develop new computing approaches thatavoid
start-up venture. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering (1975) from California State University, Sacramento, and his MS (1980) and DE (1983) degrees in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His educa- tion and research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development.Dr. Jay R Porter P.E., Texas A&M University Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently a Professor in the ESET program and the Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in
concept that helps explicate how social justice might be enacted within the academy and draws on Black women theorists in order to frame the project. The lead author, a white woman, receives the reviews, only to find that the reviewer has disparaged the writing style and the methodology, demanding graphs and charts and analysis! The tone of the review is troubling, particularly for a social justice track: as their qualitative study (along with decades of research) shows, the preference for a particular style of writing, for charts and quantitative analysis, often reveals and upholds patriarchal, Western and white supremacist values. Key to social justice, the lead author thinks, is an
Session 1706 A Study of the Effect of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator on Team Effectiveness Tricia Varvel, M.S., Stephanie G. Adams, Ph.D. and Shelby J. Pridie, B.S. University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstract Competitiveness in the business world has led to a great need for increased productivity.One way that companies, as well as academic institutions, have tried to meet this need is byusing teams. However, many of the promised gains of using teams have not yet been fulfilled.This research sought to find a way to make
Engineering from Howard University.Marie C. Paretti (Professor) Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she is Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Coastal Studies and Education Director of the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management graduate program. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on communication and collaboration, design education, and identity (including race, gender, class, and other demographic identities) in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert
Paper ID #38393Case study on engineering design intervention in physicslaboratoriesJason Morphew (Visiting Assistant Professor)Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz (Graduate Student) Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz is from Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. He is an identical triplet, was raised with his brothers in the small town of Hormigueros. He picked up on interests in origami, music, engineering, and education throughout his life. With a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a certification to teach high school mathematics in Puerto Rico, Kevin has shaped his path to empower others in his learning process. He is currently a Ph.D
including overall teachersatisfaction and improved self-efficacy, the aim here is not teacher perception, but ratherunderstanding how the research experience impacts the lessons that are presented in theclassroom.Research Question/HypothesisThe fundamental research question of this study is: Does an independent in-lab researchexperience for an RET have an effect on the overall quality, content, depth of technicalunderstanding, teaching strategy, and originality of their lesson plans? Specifically, wehypothesize that adding the authentic research experience involving an independent projectconducted in a lab under the direction of a Center faculty member and graduate student, will leadto more technically rigorous and original lesson plans, and may
Session 1626 COMBINED RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR POWER PLANT INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTED CONTROL Kwang Y. Lee, Robert M. Edwards The Pennsylvania State UniversityABSTRACT An NSF combined research and curriculum development project was conducted from 1992 to 1996.New graduate courses on 1) Power Plant Dynamics and Control and 2) Power Plant Intelligent DistributedControl were developed and presented. The capstone course Power Plant Intelligent Distributed Controlcovered advanced subjects and laboratory experiments
areas, moreover, the facultysupport system may not be as effective as needed to incorporate these technologies.There are many papers on how web-based technologies were applied for course delivery. Manyof these efforts concentrated on Internet distance learning and were mainly for graduate levelcourses. Hayes and Harvel3 described the use of streaming media, in conjunction with other webtechnologies, to offer courses in electrical and mechanical engineering for masters degree. Theyalso discussed the importance of capturing classroom experience in this media.There are few reports on the process of implementing a digitally enhanced course and itseffectiveness on students’ learning process. Evans, Daily, and Murray1 studied the effectivenessof an
with mentoring/coaching workshop participants on the useof structured reviews.IntroductionStructured reviews – a formalized process to synthesize evidence-based practice andpolicy by extracting and analyzing research data from the scientific literature – are widelyused in the fields of healthcare, social sciences, education, and economics, where humansare part of the system of study observed and manipulated by basic and appliedresearchers [1]. Structured reviews often are part of “translational medicine”, wherediscoveries at the “lab bench” are brought to the “bed side”. Structured reviews typicallyare not employed by engineers; although the value to engineering researchers is self-evident in collaborations with disciplines where structured
Session number 1526 Undergraduate Labs in Applied Polymer Science – A Case Study Robert M. Kimmel Dept. of Packaging Science, Clemson UniversityAbstract Undergraduates majoring in Packaging Science at Clemson University are required totake a combined lecture/laboratory course in Application of Polymers in Packaging in theirjunior or senior year. Over four semesters, the focus of the laboratory portion of the course hasbeen transitioned from polymer processing to understanding basic process-structure-propertyrelationships in polymers. Using new thermal analysis equipment funded
Paper ID #18282Case Studies of Problem Exploration Processes in Engineering DesignMs. Jaryn Studer, Iowa State University Jaryn Studer is a Graduate Research Assistant at Iowa State University pursuing her M.S. in Human Computer Interaction. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering at West Virginia University. Her research interests include design and strategies to develop creative thinking.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in
through study abroad experiences. TheCivil and Environmental Engineering Department at Villanova offers students several ways to goabroad during their time in our department: one or two semesters at a university overseas,summer programs run by Villanova, and internships. Since the class of 2001, 35 civilengineering students have studied abroad either at a university or through a summer program runby Villanova. Civil engineers comprised 37% of the engineering students that studied abroad inthat time period; however, typically civil engineers make up 22% of each graduating class. Inaddition, the numbers of students participating in such programs increases every year: in theclass of 2001 just one student went abroad as compared to 12 in the class of
converting student co-op work term reports into case studies andimplementing them across all courses in the Faculty of Engineering curriculum. Cases havebeen implemented successfully, and show promise in addressing and demonstrating newCanadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) graduate attribute requirements. The casemethod also shows promise in integrating these required attributes by expressing real situationsencountered in practice and allowing individual students and student teams to experiencerealistic challenges in a classroom setting.In addition to developing cases from work term reports, cases have been developed from studentcapstone project experiences, Master of Engineering (MEng) design project experiences, anddirectly from the
success in an existing company or with their own startup. This isaccomplished using a highly social course format with gradually increasing assignmentambiguity, adversity and complexity while having fall backs and redundancy for predictableprogression of the class as a whole. In our case study course, students design, assemble and testfrom-scratch IoT electronic products which are then entered into a university wide startupcompetition. A survey is created to determine students confidence in various areas related tosuccess post graduation, either working in industry or starting their own venture. On average,57% of students responded that the new format has advantages over other courses they arecurrently taking, with 28% reporting no difference and
Integrating Complex Systems Study into the Freshmen Mechanical Engineering Experience Nadia Craig*, Veronica Addison*, Michelle Maher**, Wally Peters* *Department of Mechanical Engineering/ ** Department of Educational Leadership and Policies University of South CarolinaIntroductionAccording to the president and a member of the National Academy of Engineers (NAE), WilliamWulf and George Fisher, “many of the students who make it to graduation enter the workforceill-equipped for the complex interactions, across many disciplines, of real-world engineeredsystems.”1 Unfortunately, the traditional engineering curriculum is a
AC 2011-531: THE MONTANA MULE: A CASE STUDY IN INTERDISCI-PLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGNBrock J. LaMeres, Montana State University Dr. Brock J. LaMeres is an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Montana State University (MSU). LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of engi- neering education including the impact of remote laboratory experiences. LaMeres is also studying the pedagogical impact of interdisciplinary capstone projects compared to traditional discipline-specific de- sign projects. LaMeres’ research group is also studying the effective hardware
and rationalistic body ofknowledge. A scientometric (word association) review of 3,565 North American projectmanagement publications (1987-2001) supports the view that the emphasis in projectmanagement is on operations research, cost engineering, business process reengineering, andinfrastructure studies 35. Since PMI® promotes the PMBOK® Guide so widely, it comes as nosurprise that universities offering project management courses tend to focus on the knowledgeareas alone 4, and not on soft skills.Technical skills are important but appear to have the least influence on a project manager’sperformance. Project managers need to be diplomatic in their approaches and have heightened
2006-1260: IMPLEMENTING A MULTI-MEDIA CASE STUDY IN ATRADITIONAL LABORATORY CLASSShuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Shuvra Das is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UDM. He teaches mechanics of materials, mechanical design, mechatronics, and computer modeling and simulation courses such as finite elements and mechatronic system modeling using bond graphs. His current research interests and publications are in two broad areas: mechanistic modeling of manufacturing processes, and mechatronic systems. He received the Engineering Teacher of the Year Award in 1996, UDM Faculty Achievement Award in 2001, and the ASEE North-Central Section’s Best Teacher Award in 2002. Das earned his
assessment 16. Theeffectiveness of the software implementation had been previously validated by an action-research study 17. This study showed instructors considered the software enhanced studentengagement and learning, while students described OASIS as easy to use and helpful inimproving skills and understanding. Given this positive evidence, it was decided to providehigh-school students with their own version of OASIS (School OASIS), the dual aims beingto improve the physics skills of incoming engineering students and to promote theUniversity‟s engineering courses. Additionally, since appropriate ethical requirements havebeen met, the wealth of data collected by School OASIS can be used in judging student-intake quality and for educational
provides unique opportunities on campuses for a variety of engagementactivities. Many student organizations, including ASCE student chapters, are encouraged toengage in events such as participating in professional industry meetings, community serviceprojects, field trips to civil engineering project sites, leadership development workshops, K-12mentoring events, and engineering design competitions. These engagement experiences provideopportunities for students to elevate their sense of belonging, which research studies have linkedto such positive outcomes such as self-efficacy [2], mental wellness [3], academic motivation[4], major satisfaction [5], grit [6], persistence and academic performance [7], [8], [9].Most student chapters are typically
current focus of Dr. Wood’s research includes the development of robotic ground and air vehicle systems using innovative design techniques using cur- rent technology implementations, as well as futuristic projections. Dr Wood also publishes research on advances in the methodology for creative electromechanical systems design.Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin Brock Dunlap is currently a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin studying active learning and prototyping methodology. He plans to graduate in May 2014 with a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in design and manufacturing. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University.Ella
curriculum committees and curriculum development. o Professional Skills – Faculty with professional practice experience bring an enhanced appreciation for professional skills to curriculum development such as graphical communication, written communication, oral communication, team work, project management, etc. While these topics are critically important to future success of engineering graduates, they can often be under emphasized in curriculum developed by research focused faculty. Of the 28 outcomes listed in the draft BOK II, ten were classified as professional outcomes.8 The seasoned practitioner has dealt with these outcomes on real projects under real social
leveraged in a multi-semester undergraduate research course at ClemsonUniversity with focus on creating holistic and sustainable community impacts in developingcountries. Through a cycle of three stages (moving between basic research, field testing, andpractice ready implementation and cycling back), students from more than 30 disciplines acrossthe university and from all levels (freshman through graduate students) work in teams toinnovate solutions to the most critical problems facing humanity in the 21st century using newknowledge from basic research. Translational research is especially appropriate formultidisciplinary work, as it takes numerous expertise areas to move a solution from conceptualresearch to practical application. Minimal
an MBA from Drexel University and a bachelor’s degree in business logistics from Penn State University, where she graduated with a minor in the legal environment of business and earned a Purchasing Manage- ment Certificate. Trotman is a member of several boards and organizations, including the Free Library Foundation of Philadelphia, Museum of the American Revolution, Drexel University Board of Governors, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Manufacturing Alliance.Dr. Rosalind M. Wynne, Villanova University Rosalind Wynne received her doctorate in electrical engineering from Boston University, a M.S. in elec- trical engineering from Boston University, and a B.S. in physics from Norfolk State University. She is an
; received honorable mention: Sustainable energy award at the National Expo, 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival, Washington DC, 2016 • All participants agreed that lifelong learning is important. • Considering pursuing graduate (MS or Ph.D.) study • 0.5-year preparation and 1-year project execution per each P3 project (37.5% of participants’ 4-year university
backgrounds in sociology, education,women’s studies, and statistics. The graduate and undergraduate research assistants on our teambroaden our social identity pool significantly in terms of ethnicity, nationality, native language, sexualorientation, age, prior work experience, and academic discipline. Ultimately, our backgrounds andsocial identities inform how we make sense of and share others’ stories. We believe it both essentialand responsible to acknowledge the impact of our positionalities on the work we do, while strivingto share others’ experiences in a way that most accurately and honestly reflects their truths. 10