,adopts energy conservation measures, and achieves sustainable resource use with minimalenvironmental impact. Examples of project topics include "Energy Efficient Street Lighting”,“Bicycle-Powered Electrical Generating System”, “Bicycle for Long Distance Ride”, and“Bio-Mass Fuel to Run a Scooter/Automobile”.Some of the goals of the international design collaboration project include developingcommunication skills in students, and exposing students to other cultures. The intention is torespond to increased demand for graduates that are familiar with engineering and design methodsused in other countries. Recognizing that globalization may be the dominant paradigm inmanufacturing for at least the next generation, technical universities are encouraged
in different disciplines to enhance student understanding of integral theories andprinciples3. This project-focused manufacturing curriculum4 provides students with the experience ofintegrating technical knowledge they have learned from various subjects.The organization of this paper is as follows: This win-win-win lean/sigma curriculum model will bedemonstrated in the next session, followed by a case study of a lean project conducted in a localindustry with it processes and outcomes. Finally, conclusions and discussions of future curriculumimprovement strategies will be presented.2. The proposed Lean Curriculum at ISUThis three-credit lean course, consisting of a weekly two-hour lecture and two-hour lab (consideringholidays and exam days
AC 2008-182: TECHNICAL COLLEGE PROGRAM IN RADIATION PROTECTIONDavid Jonassen, University of Missouri Dr. David Jonassen is Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Missouri where he teaches in the areas of Learning Technologies and Educational Psychology. Since earning his doctorate in educational media and experimental educational psychology from Temple University, Dr. Jonassen has taught at the Pennsylvania State University, University of Colorado, the University of Twente in the Netherlands, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Syracuse University. He has published 30 books and numerous articles, papers, and reports on text design, task analysis
, D.C.: The National Academies Press.2. ABET (1999). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. The Engineering Accreditation Commission of theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. 3. American Society of Civil Engineers. (2004) Body of Knowledge Committee of the Task Committee onAcademic Prerequisites for Professional Practice. Civil Engineering Body Of Knowledge For The 21st Century:Preparing The Civil Engineer For The Future.4. Swan, C., Gute, D., Matson, D., Durant, J. (2007). International Community-Based Projects and EngineeringEducation: The Advisor’s Viewpoint. In Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference and Exhibition.5. Sternberg, R.J., Grigorenko, E.L.,& Jarvin, L. (2000
events in Brazil and abroad like: General Secretary of ICECE’99 (International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education), the Technical Program Chair of ICECE’2000, the General Chair of INTERTECH’2002 (International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education), of ICECE’2003, of WCETE’2004 (World Congress on Engineering and Technology Education), of GCETE’2005 (Global Congress on Engineering and Technology Education), of WCCSETE’2006 (World Congress on Computer Science, Engineering and Technology Education); of GCMM’2006 (Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management), of ICECE’2007, of INTERTECH’2008, of ICECE’2009, of INTERTECH’2010, of CBPA’2001 and CBPA’2002
numerous refereed and non-refereed articles, and has presented many technical papers to international, national and local organizations.James Carlsen, University of Florida James is a student at the University of Florida completing his degree in civil engineeering.Meghan Ritter, University of Florida Meghan is a student at the University of Florida completing her degree in civil engineering.Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College Dr. Nick Safai is the Head of the Engineering Department (which consists of 9 engineering programs: Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Material Science, Environmental, Manufacturing, Bioengineering and Computer Engineering). He is a tenured full professor. He
numerous refereed and non-refereed articles, and has presented many technical papers to international, national and local organizations.Dennis Jet, University of Florida Dr.Jet is the Dean of International Center at the University of Florida. He was a former embassardor and a schalor with many years of experince.Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College Dr. Nick Safai is the Head of the Engineering Department (which consists of 9 engineering programs: Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Material Science, Environmental, Manufacturing, Bioengineering and Computer Engineering). He is a tenured full professor. He received from Princeton University his Ph.D. in Engineering
AC 2008-1165: A PROJECT-BASED ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURINGLABORATORY COURSE FOR LOWER-DIVISION ENGINEERING STUDENTSJianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Jianbiao (John) Pan is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA. After completing a PhD at Lehigh University in Industrial Engineering in 2000, he joined the optoelectronics center at Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems as a member of technical staff. He received a M.E degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and a B.E. degree in Mechatronics from Xidian University, Xian, China. Dr. Pan's research interests include
challenging part. Thismethod allows the programmer to simplify the toolpath creation process and combine individualtoolpaths to create a part program.Bibliography1. Heidari, F., (November, 2006). Mastercam X Update and Demonstration. Paper presented at the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT).2. Heidari, F., (November, 2001). Converting Bitmap Images to Vector Files for CAD/CAM Integration. Paper presented at the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT).3. Lin, Jonathon, 2006. Mastercam X Mill and Solids. Ann Arbor, MI: Scholar International Publishing Corp.4. Walker, John, 1998. Machining Fundamentals. Tinley park, IL: Goodheart-Willcox Publishing Company
engineering.Colorado School of Mines Faculty All of the faculty members contributing to this project have either participated in thedevelopment and implementation of the Humanitarian Engineering Program at Colorado Schoolof Mines, an undergraduate minor program specifically designed to provide students the skillsnecessary to participate in humanitarian efforts,2G or the Outreach Scientists Program8 a programdesigned to support K-12 outreach at Colorado School of Mines. Three of the projectinvestigators are male and three are female. Three faculty are from the Mathematical andComputer Sciences Department, two are from the Engineering Division, and one is from theLiberal Arts and International Studies Program. In combination, this investigative team
AC 2008-1393: ENHANCEMENT OF AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUMTHROUGH INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCESPrashanth Jayaraman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Prashanth Krishna Jayaraman is a graduate student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Engineering Education and helps in teaching the hands on activities of the EngE 1024 course. He is the President of the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience at Virginia Tech. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University (Chennai, India).Vinod Lohani, Virginia
AC 2008-1531: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR GEOTECHNICALENGINEERING LABORATORY EXERCISESJames Hanson, California Polytechnic State University Jim Hanson is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University. He is past chair of the Civil Engineering Division of ASEE. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and taught at Lawrence Technological University for 9 years before joining the faculty at Cal Poly.Senro Kuraoka, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Senro Kuraoka is Senior Researcher at the Research and Development Center at Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. in Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin
internationals. What they find in our educational system isdifferent from anything they have encountered in their school career.Surprisingly, there is very little literature on the differences between American engineeringeducation and engineering education overseas. To be sure, there are many articles on theexperiences of foreign graduate students in the U.S. [2, 3, 5] and comparing the experience ofAmerican and international students [6]. There are also studies of how to relate to internationalstudents [1, 4]. These are very useful, but it is this author’s belief that we cannot understandtheir expectations unless we know something about the educational systems from which theycome.2. MethodologyThe author surveyed his own international students from
Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institution (LACCEI); in ASEE he is in the board of the International Division, and the Minority Division. His e-mail is iee1@psu.eduMaria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, is a Professor of Computer Engineering and the Associate Dean of Academic and International Affairs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. In ASEE she is on the boards of the Minorities in Engineering Division and the Women in Engineering Division, and the Web Master and past Secretary Treasurer of the International Division. She is Vice President of
provided manyeducational benefits for all involved including understanding the fundamentals of energy, its usesand resources, exposure to international energy technologies, experience and understandingassociated with living and working in an international setting; and applied, interdisciplinarycourse experience that integrates the technical, social, and economic dimensions of aninternational setting. Seven students from each of the institutions were taught by a team ofinteruniversity faculty and learned via immersion about Costa Rican culture, history, geography,language and political affairs. Each JMU student was hosted by a Costa Rican family and thecourse included hands-on field trips to operational renewable energy projects and installations
optoelectronics center at Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems as a member of technical staff. He received a M.E degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and a B.E. degree in Mechatronics from Xidian University, Xian, China. Dr. Pan's research interests include electronics packaging, optoelectronics packaging, surface mount assembly, hybrid microelectronics, design and analysis of experiment, and computer aided manufacturing. He has been a Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) advisor on Electronics Manufacturing, and served on the National Technical Committee for the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), and as Chair of SME
passed, I showed them a graphic3 that indicated that 4% of Europe’s waste isdiscarded electronics, but it results in 40% of the lead in landfills.Following the introduction, I moved on to a discussion of the nature of large companies. Inanother survey question 72% of the 2007 class indicated they would probably work for a Fortune500 company. I showed them websites from local electric utilities that indicated the parentcompanies had divisions with overseas assets and trading and I indicated that engineering isbeing practiced around the world by many large companies. One of the reasons is indicated bythe data in Tables 3 and 4, namely it is cheaper. Table 3: Annual EE Salary, Table 4: Engineer Hourly Wage5 Five years Experience4 City
AC 2008-222: SUCCESSFULLY TEACHING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTCONTENT IN A TECHNICAL CURRICULUMKenneth Stier, Illinois State University Page 13.1118.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Successfully Teaching Supply Chain Management Content in a Technical CurriculumAbstractThis paper explains how supply chain management is being taught at the graduate andundergraduate levels in engineering and technology programs. It overviews the objectives,content areas, teaching methodologies and evaluation methods that were developed for a course.For the purposes of this paper the author’s university will be referred to as university A and
of the NASA Innovation Research Award and NSF Novel and Expedite Research Award. He serves on technical committees on engineering acoustics and acoustics education in the Acoustical Society of America and was the past chair of the Noise Control and Acoustics Division in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was the recipient of the “Auburn University Outstanding Outreach Award” in 2004. Page 13.1301.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 U.S.-India International Research, Education, and Industry Experiences for Students
general knowledge inmathematics and science,” and 3) “In 1999, only 41% of US 8th grade students receivedinstruction from a mathematics teacher who specialized in mathematics, considerably lower thanthe international average of 71%.” There is clearly ample room for improvement here.Segal and Yochelson (2006)2 remind us: “Top-down federal spending alone will not win the racefor global leadership in science and technology. It will take a hands-on commitment from allinvolved in the US innovation enterprise to build world-class talent from the bottom up.” Page 13.572.3As if anticipating a need for such a “bottom up” commitment, in 2004, the Office of
be agreeing in principle to abide by these definitions.These definitions could serve as points of clarification in formulating differentiated criteria. Forexample, item f of the existing Criterion 3 states that “An engineering technology program mustdemonstrate that graduates have an ability to identify, analyze and solve technical problems.” At Page 13.139.3the International Engineering Meeting2 (IEM) in 2003, a series of competency profiles weredeveloped for each of the above professions. Two of the profiles dealt with the analysis ofproblems and the design and development of solutions to such problems. The differentiatingcharacteristics
improved we were able to collect pre-requisite course grades for students that took thecourse at the UA and at PCC (or another transfer institution).The first course, ECE 320 (Circuit Theory) had 230 students over 3 semesters and its requiredprerequisite course is ECE 220 (Basic Circuits). When a student took ECE 220 multiple times tosatisfy the ECE 320 pre-requisite, we only counted the final try. Originally new UA freshmanrepresent 126 of these students and and 51 were 2 year school transfers when they first came tothe UA (the rest are international, or 4-year transfers or some other registration category). Thesecond course, CE 333 (Structural Engineering) had 92 students and its required prerequisitecourse is CE 215 (Mechanics of Solids). Sixty
implementations of programfragments. Lab assignments utilize both languages and introduce students to commandinterpreters, scripting, collaborative development tools, and subroutine linkage of procedurallanguages. Assignments are distributed, “handed in,” and grades distributed using thesubversion source code repository.The reformed course’s outcomes are a superset of the original, with extensions including (1)understanding of C and its runtime environment, (2) parse trees, and (3) implementation ofdynamic memory management.ContextObject-oriented design is accepted as a primary programming model2 and many computerscience departments have adopted Java as their principal teaching language in many lower-division courses. Furthermore, Java programs are
Page 13.922.12 feedback); create a list-server for dialog among schools, scholarship providers, industry liaisons c. Embed metrology concepts into Engineering, Physics, and Technical Management courses and programs; assess gaps; (look to Mexico’s Centro Nationale de Metrologia (CENAM) for a model); link with other organizations such as “teachengineering.org” d. Provide talks to engineering students about measurements and standards e. Offer internship programs; create a model internal mentoring program that corporations and government can adopt; internship projects should feed into NCSLI annual conference (e.g., poster session) f. Create “Professional
across lecture and laboratory sessions and an alignment with industryexpectations. A consistent lecture and laboratory presentation allows for a focus onstrengthening the skill-set of the student in preparation for a successful engineering career. Thiscan be accomplished through significant exposure to concepts, design methodologies, andsoftware tools that are ubiquitous in the semiconductor and computer industry. Verticalintegration is accomplished through interweaving common technical theories and skills andcoordinating ECE 371 and ECE 464 laboratory sessions with ECE 370. The ECE 370 laboratorypedagogy provides an ideal platform to establish interdependency among the three courses.The sections that follow describe the tools employed to
From the Proceedings of the 2008 meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education Session 3426 Educational Particle Image Velocimetry Interactive Experiment Suites Murat Okçay PhD and Bilgehan Uygar Öztekin PhD Interactive Flow Studies Abstract: Laboratory experience is an essential component of teaching Fluid Mechanics. Hands-on teaching methods provide a lasting understanding of the fluid flow principles. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) has become a very powerful technique for studying fluid mechanics. Unfortunately very high price
Center was down to 170 (40% of its former total just 5 years earlier).Many of the “survivors” were senior employees with 20 or more years experience with manynearing retirement age. During BRAC 1995, NSWC Corona Division was specifically addressedas a base that was performing important technical functions, but was deemed too small to standalone. It was identified as an activity that should be closed with its needed functions andpersonnel to be relocated to other DoD activities. The Metrology Engineering Center functionsand associated personnel were proposed to be relocated to a Navy activity in Indiana. This, ofcourse, caused the highly experienced and technical workforce to begin to plan for a potentialuprooting of homes and families and
aggregatenumerical values indicate that there was a small shift in attitude toward agreement with thestatement. We are not prepared at this point to say whether the change is significant or whether itis attributable to participation in the study. Figure 3: Histograms of responses to survey item 31, “Laboratory exercises help students learn engineering concepts”.Observations of Students in the Laboratory The laboratory class was scheduled for one hour and 15 minutes, but it usually took an hourand 30 minutes to complete the inquiry-based exercise. That time does not include an extra 15minutes in the first laboratory session to introduce the study, fill out the consent forms, andcomplete the pre-study surveys
including Director, Intelligent Network Solutions and Director, Asia/Pacific Strategic Marketing. He was with Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada, 1978-1984. He had nationwide responsibility for US Army Materiel Command scientific & engineering computing, 1969-78, introducing many applications in what has become today’s Internet. He served as a US Army Officer in the Office of the Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon, 1966-1968. He was Chairman, IFIP TC-6 (International Federation for Information Processing Technical Committee on Data Communications) 1985-91. He founded and from 1979-1985 he chaired WG 6.5, the Working Group on Electronic Messaging of IFIP TC-6, and
regionalutility companies to successfully place 150 high school and community college student interns inenergy and power related jobs. Pima Community is offering a two Summer Bridge Program fordisadvantaged high school students who receive co-enrollment credit for their PCC Tech 100Course. To date over nearly 500 students have applied for the Pima Community College BridgeProgram.Bibliography 1. U.S. Department of Labor, (2007), The Next Generation of Jobs-The Energy Sector www.energy.gov 2. Gayeski, D. M., Wood, L. E., & Ford, J. M. (1992). Getting inside an expert’s brain. Training and Development, 46(8), 55-58, 61-62. 3. Lomet, David, Microsoft Research (IEEE spectrum) (2004). “Cheap and Clean Energy generation is the most