eligible persons without regard to age, gender, ethnicity, race,religion, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation. The institution is committed to aninclusive and diverse campus that enriches the educational experience, promotes personal growthand a healthy society, prepares students for success in a global economy, and enhancesAmerica’s economic competitiveness.Educational ProgramsThe Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology at MSU is the largest departmentserving under the College of Science, Engineering and Technology. The department places ahigh premium on academic outreach, collaborative relationships with alumni, the public schools,business and industry, governmental agencies, and other colleges and universities at home
information to potential participants and the public.Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sarah Zappe is the Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Pennsylvania State University. Her background is in educational psychology with an emphasis on educational testing and assessment. Page 14.1197.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of a National Workshop to Teach Norwegian Ph.D. Students in Engineering and Science How to Communicate ResearchKey Words: graduate
. He has been a pioneer in computing-based interdisciplinary collaboration and research at ASU. His research interests include geometric design, computer graphics, document exploitation, and geospatial visualization and analysis. Page 14.264.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 ATIC: A Program to Energize University-Industry CollaborationsAbstract: Assessment of entrepreneurship courses/curricula/programs: The Advanced Technology Innovation Center (ATIC) was established in the fall of 2006 atthe ASU Polytechnic campus with its foremost mission of creating collaborations
prototype; will stress-analyze and help prepare the design drawings; will prepare a comprehensive Final Design Report; and will present the project results to his/her peers, the engineering organization and/or the client. Those noted comprehensive design experiences have been practiced by the writer at several universities and, more currently, at Eastern Michigan University. They have enabled us to partner with industry in many major design projects. And they have allowed us to develop our cooperative educational program as well, because the sponsoring organization finds that our students have an excellently-prepared background in providing the necessary functions expected in
AC 2009-1801: ENGINEERING COLLABORATIONS WITH LIBERAL ARTSMonica Anderson, University of AlabamaBeth Todd, University of AlabamaSusan Burkett, University of AlabamaGarry Warren, University of AlabamaMarcus Brown, University of AlabamaDavid Cordes, University of Alabama Page 14.544.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engineering Collaborations with Liberal ArtsAbstractMeaningful engagement of engineering students with the liberal arts presents a unique set ofchallenges. This paper outlines a series of activities designed to foster collaborations betweenengineering and the liberal arts. Over the last few years, we have been engaged in a number
Electrical Engineering at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. Page 14.98.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Remote Laboratory for Collaborative ExperimentsAbstractLaboratory experiments are a fundamental and integral part of science and engineeringeducation. In addition to reinforcing the theoretical concepts learnt, they also allow students togain and develop vital skills associated with collaboration and communication. We havedeveloped and implemented a remote laboratory at the University of South Australia (UniSA).One particular criterion in our case has been for the remote
manufacturing companies in the State of Texas. Page 14.121.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Successful Collaboration Model for Educators and Industry Partners for Laboratory Development and EnhancementAbstractMany universities are feeling the budget crunch of lesser support from States governments and facingdwindling resources at the departmental and college levels. Another factor that colleges are facing is“here today, gone tomorrow” supporters of various programs or initiatives. On the other hand, individualcompanies or philanthropists who want to leave a legacy and provide equipment or financial
AC 2009-2238: RESEARCH, COLLABORATION, AND INTERCONNECTEDOUTREACH FOR UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPSGisele Ragusa, University of Southern CaliforniaJoseph Cocozza, University of Southern California Page 14.1029.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 1 Research, Collaboration and Interconnected Outreach for Underrepresented Groups: Success from RET and REU Collaborations Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D. Joseph Cocozza, Ph.D. and Diana Sabogal University of Southern California Abstract
AC 2009-420: TWO PERSPECTIVES ON PEER REVIEWJulie Sharp, Vanderbilt University Julie E. Sharp is Associate Professor of the Practice of Technical Communication in the Vanderbilt University Engineering School. She designs and instructs combined engineering lab/technical communication courses and a technical communication course for engineering majors. A communication consultant, she has clients in industry and educational and professional organizations. She has published and presented numerous articles on communication and learning styles, including for ASEE and FIE conferences. In 2004, she earned ASEE Southeastern Section's Thomas C. Evans Award for "The Most Outstanding Paper
. He earned a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Wisconsin. He earned his MBA from Seattle University. His background in industry combines biomedical engineering with international marketing and sales. His dissertation research looks at entrepreneurial education. He has research interests in service-learning and experiential education. Page 14.671.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 How and to What Extent Does a Service-Learning Pedagogy Enhance Communication and Collaborative Skill Learning Among First Year Students?Introduction All engineering
Instituciones de Enseñanza deIngeniería (ASIBEI), and the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium(ISTEC) in signing the Engineering Education Collaboration Agreement for the Americas2.IFEES has now grown to 52 member societies (see Appendix A) from academia and industry. Itheld its First IFEES Global Engineering Education Summit in Istanbul, Turkey in 20073. Themain outcome of the first Summit, whose theme was Moving from Concept to Action, was theapproval of the IFEES 2008-2012 Strategic Plan3. The Founding President Claudio Borrichallenged IFEES members to try to answer the question: “How can education in Science and Technology help to reduce poverty to boost socio- economic development and to take the right
AC 2009-1798: COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY TO PROMOTE ENERGYCONSERVATION AND EDUCATIONMahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska, LincolnPatrick Wheeler, University of Nebraska, OmahaAvery Schwer, University of Nebraska, LincolnDale Tiller, University of Nebraska, LincolnAndrea Wilkerson, University of Nebraska, LincolnJoshua Eiden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Page 14.334.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Collaboration with Industry to Promote Energy Conservation and EducationAbstractThe cooperation between academia and industry exposed Architectural Engineering studentsto a unique learning opportunity. The project
Dow, Missouri University of Science and Technology Assistant Chair of Extended Studies, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 14.1127.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Collaborative Engineering Design in a Distributed Environment through Experiential LearningAbstractThis paper presents a collaborative project conducted by Prairie View A&M University(PVAMU) and Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) to jointly developcollaborative engineering design instructional projects. The
AC 2009-1639: HARNESSING INDUSTRY COLLABORATION IN DEVELOPINGGRADUATE-DEGREE PROGRAMSShekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Engineering at National Universtity. Dr. Viswanathan is also the Lead Faculty for the Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering programs. He manages six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members in the department which offers four undergraduate and five graduate programs with a student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic
AC 2009-1724: COLLABORATIVE TEACHING TO CREATE INTEGRATEDBUILDING ENVELOPESKevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University Page 14.338.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Collaborative Teaching to Create Integrated Building EnvelopesAs a former practitioner the rewards for offering courses that expose students to the principlesand issues surrounding design in a context that emulates real world situations is invaluable. Twoyears ago an idea developed into a course which includes students from three differentdisciplines; architecture, architectural engineering, and construction management, as well as,faculty from these same disciplines to create an all
retrieval; 3) a management model that makes it possible for institutions to share remotely, in an optimal manner, human resources and various devices and apparatus; 4) a synchronous computer environment (online) that supports communication for remote collaborators. LAB@DER aims to gather industrial and financial partners, as well as international organizations in order to establish a viable and lasting research and training laboratory federation.In addition to the partnerships presented in Table 2, information was presented on: The Ohio State University Engineering Education Innovation Center
. Page 14.792.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Internationalizing Engineering Education Research: Mapping Countries and Keywords to Identify New Collaborative HorizonsKeywords: international, collaboration, engineering education research, bibliometricsAbstractWhat are the current levels of activity and leading subject areas of engineering educationresearch, both worldwide and in specific national and regional contexts? And to what extent areengineering education researchers collaborating across countries? Building on prior theoreticaland methodological insights from social studies of science and bibliometrics, we address theseresearch questions by analyzing more than
AC 2009-2533: UTILIZATION OF COOPERATIVE AND COLLABORATIVELEARNING IN TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING AND ENGINEERINGEDUCATION OVER NATIONAL BOARDERSImre Rudas, Budapest Polytechnical Institution Director, Budapest TechPeter Toth, Budapest Tech. Director, Centre for Teacher Training and Engineering Education, Budapest Tech Page 14.1339.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Utilization of Cooperative and Collaborative Learning in Technical Teacher Training and Engineering Education over National BoarderAbstractThe Masters level Opportunities and Technological Innovation in
Preparing Students with Industrial Collaboration in Meeting the Challenges in Engineering Design with Consummate VLSI Education Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E. Professor/Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduAbstract:For in-depth Microelectronics education, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities are requiredto complement theoretical instructions in order to validate the modeled microelectronicdesign from its conception to the finished chip along with its
Preparing Students with Industrial Collaboration in Meeting the Challenges in Engineering Design with Consummate VLSI Education Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E. Professor/Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduAbstract:For in-depth Microelectronics education, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities are requiredto complement theoretical instructions in order to validate the modeled microelectronicdesign from its conception to the finished chip along with its
far, several common interest areas have been explored, includingactivities such as university-spanning workshops and collaborative projects.Introduction – The Product Innovation Engineering Program, PIEpThe Product Innovation Engineering program (PIEp) is a Swedish national research anddevelopment program with the purpose of enhancing product innovation capability withinSwedish universities and companies. PIEp was launched in late 2006, with governmentalfunding,1 as the Product Innovation Engineering Program, PIEp.2 The program is organized as anetwork of researchers, educators and students in innovation engineering with the ambition ofcreating a system change toward innovation and entrepreneurship in institutes of highereducation and
AC 2009-1767: LIBRARY-SMART HOUSE COLLABORATION FORINFORMATION-LITERACY DEVELOPMENTDana Denick, Drexel University Dana Denick is a Master’s Degree candidate in Library and Information Science at Drexel University. She is also the Assistant Librarian for Science and Engineering at W.W. Hagerty Library. Dana received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University and a Master’s Degree in Physics Education from the University of Virginia.Jameson Detweiler, Drexel University Jameson Detweiler is in his fifth year of Drexel's BS-to-PhD program. Jameson's BS is in Materials Science & Engineering and he is currently pursuing his PhD in Civil Engineering. Jameson is one
AC 2009-1693: MODERNIZING ENGINEERING ENGINEERING EDUCATION ATHERAT UNIVERSITY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OFHARTFORD AND HERAT UNIVERSITYM. Keshawarz, University of Hartford Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hartford. He is also the Director of Partnership between University Hartford and Herat University, representing the University of Hartford. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Sate of Connecticut. He received his BSCE degree from Kabul University, M. Engr. from Tennessee Satet University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma.Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford Hisham Alnajjar is the
AC 2009-2231: UNIQUE AND HIGH QUALITY MANUFACTURINGENGINEERING (ME) GRADUATION PROGRAMClaudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences Dr. Claudio da Rocha Brito is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; President of Council of Researches in Education and Sciences (COPEC), President of Fishing Museum Friends Society (AAMP), President of (Brazilian) National Monitoring Committee of "Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieurpädagogik" (IGIP) and Vice-President of Réseau Carthagène d`Ingénierie (Cartagena Network of Engineering) and Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety (OPASS). He is Chairman of Working Group "Ingenieurpädagogik im
AC 2009-1592: ASSESSING STUDENT PERSPECTIVES OFINTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONDavid Richter, Virginia Tech DAVID RICHTER is a doctoral student in the Engineering Education department at Virginia Tech. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Saint Louis University and a M.S. in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. For his dissertation, Mr. Richter is investigating the role of disciplinary egocentrism in interdisciplinary design collaboration. His other interests are in the areas of engineering design education, design cognition, and outreach programs for youth.Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech MARIE C. PARETTI is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where
AC 2009-2260: COLLABORATIONS WITH NON-METROPOLITANCOMMUNITY COLLEGESMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R.ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the PI of an NSF grant to explore the feasibility of working with non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs three academic scholarship programs, including one for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Industrial, Systems and Operations Engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student affairs in the Ira a. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. She received the ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005, and won the
AC 2009-557: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT AND COLLABORATIVE TEAMSMohamad Mustafa, Savannah State UniversityRossmery Alva, Savannah State UniversityAsad Yousuf, Savannah State University Page 14.894.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Multi-disciplinary Project and Collaborative TeamsAbstractMulti-disciplinary Project and Collaborative Teams (MPACT) is a collaborative effortbetween faculty and undergraduate students of Civil and Electrical EngineeringTechnology programs. This project is part of an undergraduate research projectsupported by the Minority Access to Graduate Education and Careers in Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (MAGEC-STEM
for Engineering Education, 2009 Strengthening the U.S. Engineering Workforce for Innovation: A Progress Report of the National Collaborative Initiative “America’s economic and political standing are fundamentally bound to the capacity for innovation. To compete in the rapidly developing global economy, advancing a national innovation agenda must be a priority for U.S. public and private sector leadership.” Innovate America: Thriving in a Word of Challenge - 2005 Council on Competitiveness “... We must ensure that the United States is
AC 2009-1806: COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF REMOTEELECTRONICS LABORATORIES: THE ELVIS ILABAdnaan Jiwaji, MIT Adnaan Jiwaji is a Masters of Engineering graduate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His thesis was development of remote laboratories for Africa with iLabs. Currently he is a Software Engineer for the Clusters and Parallel Storage Technology group at Oracle.James Hardison, MIT James Hardison is a Research Engineer with the Center for Educational Computing Initiatives at MIT. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Presently, he is involved with the management and development of online
AC 2009-143: A METHOD FOR IMPROVING PAIRED COLLABORATIVELEARNING THROUGH APPROACHES OF SYSTEM ENGINEERINGKazuhiro Shin-ike, Maizuru National College of Technology Page 14.51.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Page 14.51.2Page 14.51.3Page 14.51.4Page 14.51.5Page 14.51.6Page 14.51.7Page 14.51.8Page 14.51.9Page 14.51.10Page 14.51.11Page 14.51.12Page 14.51.13Page 14.51.14Page 14.51.15Page 14.51.16