AC 2007-1636: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONLABORATORYGeorge Moore, Purdue University George Moore received the PhD degree from the University of Missouri in 1978. From 1978 to 2001, he was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. His interest include software methods, telecommunication and distributed networking. He is a member of the IEEE, the IEEE Computer Society, and the ACM. Page 12.1404.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The
beliefs about designlearning and design. In addition, we explored how they view the design learning philosophiesrelative to their general teaching philosophies2. The relationship between student learning andmeeting the community needs can pose some unique opportunities and challenges to designlearning which may play a role in how the instructors view design learning, so we also exploredthe instructors’ view of the impact of the service-learning context. This paper will present resultsfrom this pilot study conducted to explore instructors’ design learning philosophies and Page 12.488.3methodologies within the EPICS service-learning course
determining the needs-problem relationship is similar to the needs-technical requirementsrelationship in the House of Quality (HOQ). Each of the enumerated customer needs isassociated with the relevant functional sub-problem(s). Unlike the HOQ where the degree of therelationship (typically, none, weak, moderate and strong) is entered into the intersecting cellsbetween the needs rows and the technical requirements columns, the NPM relationship, , isbinary: the functional sub-problem does not contribute to the expressed customer need ( =0) orit does ( =1). On completion, a column of zeros would alert the design team to a functional sub-problem over which the customer has not expressed a preference and thus presenting the teamwith two choices: (1
graduate in these fields. The students that leave aretypically the most qualified entrants into college and are disproportionately under-representedminorities. Some explain that the problem is not that the students are unable to handle theengineering school workload, but that it is not their choice to major in engineering.11 How canthe engineering education system be changed so that students choose to major in engineering?Jacobs et al. conducted a longitudinal study (children n=864, parents n=550, and teachers n=80)from 1987 to 2000 and found that the gendered home environment was to blame for thedifference in interest in math-related endeavors. This paper attempts to develop anunderstanding of the larger engineering learning environment so that
. Page 13.1330.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using Appropriate Technology and Social Entrepreneurship to Help Transform Poor CommunitiesIntroductionMany approaches to poverty issues are from a top-down perspective using governmental policiesand spending to try to make changes. This paper examines a bottom-up approach usingtechnology and social entrepreneurship as tools to make a difference in the economies ofdeveloping nations. As local people are equipped with the knowledge and skills of appropriatetechnology and social entrepreneurship they can improve their lives. By social entrepreneurshipwe mean the development of companies that have as part of their purpose the improvement ofthe local
use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary forengineering practice”. These tools may take on a variety of forms, including both engineeringsoftware (e.g. LabVIEW, SolidWorks, COMSOL, MatLAB) and engineering instrumentation(e.g. DAQ, oscilloscopes, multimeters, rapid prototype machines, and machine shop tools). Inour BME curriculum, we aim to introduce students to a broad range of engineering tools throughdirect hands on experiences. While some tools are incorporated into standard 2 hourinstructional laboratories, others are introduced through student-selected, open-ended, multiweekor semester long projects.In this paper, we present a two-project sequence spanning two semesters that was designed tointroduce students to
facing the engineering community totake advantage of the untapped talent among underrepresented ethic minorities and highlights thefact that these groups remain overlooked by current recruitment and retention approachesemployed by universities.This paper introduces the Engineering Career Awareness Program (ECAP) at the University ofArkansas. This program is an engineering diversity recruitment-to-graduation initiative toincrease the number of underrepresented students entering and graduating from engineeringdisciplines. This program combines several piloted and proven recruitment and retentionstrategies into one cohesive program to recruit and retain minority students. The recruitmentstrategy is grounded in the education of students previously
used for Gantt chart to track teams’ progress and is conducted by theInformation Technology trainer at the University of Houston. In the second workshop,students are introduced to the UH policies regarding intellectual property and patent. Theworkshop is conducted by the office of Research and Intellectual Property Management.The third workshop is on research in technical and science libraries and is presented bythe College of Technology Librarian. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationGuest Speakers-The guest speaker series is designed to introduce students to
service. These skills are: time management, communication,interpersonal, team, and technical skills; overall knowledge, and confidence in ability to do thejob. The students rate their confidence level on a scale of 1 to 10.Table 1. Outline of Model for Helping Behavior Phase Steps Explanation Subparts Abbrev- # of survey iation questions 1 Activation perceive a need awareness of need 1AW 5 to respond perceive actions could help 1AC 4 recognize ability to help 1AB 3
twelvestudents participated in individual in-depth interviews. These students were recruited by twomeans: from the introductory engineering problem solving class, and by means of the academicadvisors. Participants in the third year of the study were recruited from that incoming class ofFYES. 974 students responded to an online survey. Subjects were recruited from the first-yearengineering lectures class. This paper reports on a small portion of the findings from the surveyadministered in the third year of the study.The survey was administered electronically to 974 FYES. It was separated into four sections; thefirst of these was designed to elicit background information, the second section was made up ofopen-ended questions designed to draw out
University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Page 14.178.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 An Application of Customer Satisfaction Standards in Engineering Management CoursesAbstractThis paper discusses the use of two international standards for quality management inengineering education, more specifically in teaching four engineering management courses.However, neither one of these standards is the commonly-recognized ISO 9001. Rather, they arethe still widely-unknown, but quickly-applicable, ISO 10001 and ISO 10002. The respectiveguidelines for codes of conduct and complaint handling
designs and the various technical topics are introduced as needed. Each ofthese courses includes elements of CS, ECE and ME. To add cohesion within courses, eachcourse in the unified sequence has its own focus, such as locomotion, sensing, manipulation, andnavigation. Students in the Robotics program also take other required and elective courses,selected from courses already offered by the various engineering departments. In addition, theprogram includes an entrepreneurship component to prepare future “entrepreneurial engineers.”6Like all majors at WPI, the program culminates in a capstone design experience wherein studentssynthesize their accumulated knowledge in a major project. The RBE program is designed sothat it can be accredited under the
the instructor are scheduled, or when first and last class sessions meet inperson in a classroom setting. For further details on online teaching techniques the reader canrefer to e.g. Bender[1].Scope:This paper tries to answer the following three research questions: 1. what are the students’preferences for different online delivery techniques?; 2. what is the perception of engineeringand engineering management students towards online courses compared to the traditional on-campus courses?; 3. Do factors such as previous exposure to online programs, differentengineering programs or different demographics affect the outcomes of the survey. In order toaddress these research questions, a survey has been conducted in the engineering college at
addition, about 250 incoming students enter the College of Engineering& Applied Science as undeclared majors in the so-called “open” option. These students can electto take the General Engineering introductory course or enroll in one of the major-specificcourses.At CU the multidisciplinary EVEN program sits outside of any one department. The ABET-accredited EVEN B.S. degree curriculum was comprised largely from existing courses in CVEN,CHEN, and MCEN. Students majoring in EVEN select a specialization option in their junior or Page 14.1030.3senior year, which is a cluster of 9 credits of technical coursework in a focus area. Optionsavailable are
successful. As a result numerous comparisons can bemade. Of particular interest are the skills acquired and utilized by engineers and engineeringmanagers during the performance of their duties. Could this knowledge be successfully appliedin the educational arena as well? Unfortunately the answer to this question is not generic. Itactually depends entirely on the skills of the individual and how they are applied.Engineers in industry design, develop, and implement new products and processes for an entitythat is trying to remain competitive, make a profit, and stay in business. Engineering professors,on the other hand, are training and developing students to become engineers preparing them for arewarding technical career. At first glance the two
, described in detail in this paper, was first piloted in an Engineering Design course atNortheastern University (NU) in 2004. Informal feedback was obtained on its effectiveness as asupplemental teaching and classroom engagement method; the students’ responses wereencouraging and enlightening. Following collaboration on the details, procedures, and protocol,the OME was adopted in a first-year Introduction to Engineering Design course at ThePennsylvania State University (Penn State, PSU), during Spring 2005, where more formal datawas collected. The student feedback from Penn State was both positive and informative. PennState outcomes show that 93% of the students agreed that they felt more aware of engineeringissues because of OME and over 82% found
instructionalmaterials for use in engineering classrooms to adapt the instructional materials for use inbusiness classrooms. The purpose of this paper is to report on the instructional materials thatintegrated methods to teach fundamental statistics skills with the introduction to businessapplications. We also tested these instructional materials in classrooms during summer 2005 andthe results of the test are reported. The ultimate goal of this project is to develop innovative andwell-tested instructional materials that help teach statistics to students in the colleges of businessand engineering.Literature Review Contemporary business practice has undergone a drastic change in this informationage where the business processes, accounting systems, and
. Page 11.113.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Review of the Current Status and Challenges of Virtual ExperimentationAbstractVirtual experimentation generates reactions of great enthusiasm and trepidation amongengineering educators. Many educators see wide ranging applications of these techniques withadvantages in terms of learning pedagogies, equipment costs, and online education. However,there are several well-founded concerns such as the realism of the data and the impact on studentoutcomes. This paper will review the history and several current examples of virtualexperimentation, including the author’s own experience developing a virtual refrigerationexperiment. Learning objectives for laboratory courses defined by the
bedone about three years earlier in our curriculum! I definitely think that more time should bespent on technical report writing. It was helpful to look for mistakes in other students’ papers tounderstand the importance of clear writing, as well as to see other ways of approaching theproblem solution. I do think that it would have been useful to actually read the commentswritten by the group that reviewed our paper. This would ‘close the loop’ on the reviewprocess.” Page 11.503.15
Paper ID #18467Inclusive Engineering Identities; Two New Surveys to Assess First-Year Stu-dents’ Inclusive Values and BehaviorsDr. Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez is an assistant professor of educational psychology in the department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education and Human Services at West Virginia University. In her research, she is interested the assessment of student learning- particularly the assessment of academic growth, advanced statistical modeling, issues related to diversity and inclusion in engineering, and the evaluation of
Paper ID #19108Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Develop a Teaching Tool: ExtruderTutor Plastic Injection Molding MachineDr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ertekin received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University. He received MS degree in Production Management from Istanbul University. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engi- neering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He
technologies to en- hance Drexel’s Engineering Technology course offerings. Eric is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Computer Engineering at Drexel, and is an author of several technical papers in the field of Engineering Technology Education.Sarina M. Stoor, Arora Engineers Inc. Project Coordinator at Arora Engineers, Inc.Mr. Fahad Ibrahim AlsuhaibaniAlexander M. Rogers, Drexel University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Senior Design Project – The Road from Initial Design to Working PrototypeAbstractThe Senior Design Project is the capstone undergraduate experience for Drexel University’sEngineering Technology (ET) students. During this
Paper ID #31644ASPiRe, a Ten-Week Summer One-to-One Mentoring Program and its Im-pact onUndergraduate Student Learning and ConfidenceDr. Lynn A. Albers, Hofstra University Dr. Lynn Albers is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering of the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science at Hofstra University. Her previous academic contribution was as one of the founding five faculty/staff at Campbell University, helping the newly formed School of Engineering grow and establish roots in the community. A proponent of Hands-On Activities in the classroom and during out-of-school time programs, she believes that
Paper ID #23671Making All the Gears Drive the Machine: New Library Collections and Ser-vices for Starting a Mechanical Engineering ProgramMs. Kelly Peterson-Fairchild, Dixie State University Kelly Peterson-Fairchild is the Dean of Library & Learning Services at Dixie State University. She was previously the director at the Oregon Institute of Technology Library and was the liaison librarian for the Mechanical Engineering department. At Oregon Tech, she served as the co-faculty advisor for ASME and SWE. She is a member of ASEE. In her spare time, she drives an NHRA super comp dragster.Mr. John Burns, Dixie State University
Worcester Poly- technic Institute. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Piloting the use of technology to provide better support to students throughout their lifecycleAbstractFor many years, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has struggled to track and servicestudents in a way that avoids duplication of effort, the utilization of disparate systems, andmanual tracking. Improving the efficiency of these processes and implementing new tools issaving time, frustration, and leading to better customer service for WPI students. This paper willexplore the path to tools that are now being implemented as part of a collaborative pilot that wasdriven by needs and not tools
Paper ID #27154Connecting Specific Knowledge Areas Throughout Core Courses in Biologi-cal and Agricultural EngineeringCatelyn A. Evans, Texas A&M University Catelyn Evans is a first year student at Texas A&M University pursuing a M.S. in Biological and Agri- cultural Engineering. She gained her B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Currently playing an active role in Dr. Janie Moore’s Post-Harvest Engineering and EDucation (PHEED) Lab has allowed her to gain hands on skills in educating, designing, and problem solving.Mr. Ezekiel Joseph McReynolds, Texas A&M
Paper ID #25538Board 64: NSF S-STEM Southern Illinois Energy Scholarship ProgramProf. Frances Harackiewicz P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Professor Harackiewicz is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Mas- sachusetts Amherst. Her research and teaching interests are in electromagnetics, antennas, senior design, and experiential inter- and multi- disciplinary learning.Dr. Lizette R. Chevalier P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Lizette R. Chevalier is currently the
Paper ID #14437Culminating Phase of Open Source Programmable Logic Controller SoftwareDevelopment Initiative for High School Students, Two- and Four -Year Col-leges, and Displaced WorkersProf. Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev earned his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering at Moscow University of Electronics and Automation in 1995. He obtained the Master degree in Physics from Michigan Technological University
Paper ID #14743Engineering Identity Implications on the Retention of Black Women in theEngineering IndustryMrs. Monique S Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monique Ross is a doctoral candidate in the Engineering Education department at Purdue University. Her research focuses are race, gender, and identity in the engineering workplace, specifically the experiences of Black women in engineering industry. She also has interest in preparing women and minorities for career advancement through engagement in strategies for navigating the workplace. She has a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from Elizabethtown
Paper ID #15054A Coupled Course Design to Strengthen Multidisciplinary Engineering Cap-stone Design ProjectsDr. Tyler Susko, University of California, Santa Barbara Tyler Susko is a Lecturer PSOE at the University of California Santa Barbara in the department of me- chanical engineering where he is responsible for the mechanical engineering design program. Prior to this appointment, he completed his PhD from MIT in mechanical engineering where his research focused on the development of a novel robotic system for the treatment of neurological injuries affecting movement, specifically gait. He has previously held positions as