technology, itis very important to provide science education for schools from kindergarten to 12th gradeand even just pre-kindergarten. Especially STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) or STEAM (add Arts into STEM) education originally from the US gives us avery valuable reference and inspiration. Over twenty years before, many countries such as theUS, the UK, Germany, France, Japan, etc, issued successively corresponding policies andstandards for STEM education, emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of science educationand the combination of science, technology and engineering practice. Furthermore, SeymourPapert, the inventor of LOGO computer language, who is also thought as the father of themaker movement, has advocated a
extracurricular activities andother useful social activities should be organized. From the perspective of engineeringeducation, in the teaching content of primary and secondary schools, some basic engineeringknowledge should be properly added.VI. ConclusionEngineering Education can provide talents and intellectual support for industrial development,to promote technology and industrial revolution directly. Since the adoption of the policy ofreform and opening, China's engineering education has made great achievements, asevidenced by rapid expansion of education scale, positive changes in education structure,substantial increases in education investment, improvement in education quality, andcontinuous advancement of international cooperation. Meanwhile
, CAD, Modern Surveying using Total Station & GPS, Geotechnical Engineering, Instructional Design and Delivery Systems, Educational Video Production, Strategic Planning and Institutional Development, Outcome based Education and Accredita- tion. He has completed more than 300 training programs for Polytechnic college faculty and more than 150 training programs for Engineering College faculty. He has conducted about 10 International Training Programs. His trainees spread over more than 20 countries. He is guiding Ph.D Scholars in the area of Engineering Education. (6 got Awarded and 4 more are working under his guideship). He has software skills in ArcGIS, Autodesk Products and MS Project.Mr. Arul Kumaravelu
’ predominantorientation when interacting with people from different cultures on the Intercultural DevelopmentContinuum (IDC)15. The continuum distinguished 5 predominant orientations: denial, polarization,minimization, cultural acceptance, and cultural adaptation. Overall results for respondents’Developmental Orientation (DO) are measured on a 90-point scale with a standard deviation of 15and a midpoint of 100. The primary purpose of this project was to access the value and feasibilityof using the IDI to assess student learning on various international education programs, particularlyshort-term study tours. Out of the 20 students that participated in the short-term study tour inGermany, 13 (65% of participants) completed the IDI before and after their return
private sector consulting appointments working with government agencies and private land developers to promote balanced transportation/land use con- nections. He has participated in transportation projects throughout the U.S., Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. He is a charter member of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Transportation and Devel- opment Institute (T&DI) and chair of its Public Transportation committee. Steven is an active member of the Transportation Research Board where he recently served on its standing committee on Technol- ogy Transfer. Steven is currently the Technology Transfer Director for the USDOT-funded Southeastern Transportation Center and serves on the editorial board of its Journal
for Engineering Education, 2017 Collaborative technological development and innovation between UTRGV-ENGT, USA and TecNM/ITM-CSE, Mexico: An Intelligent Closet PrototypeAbstractThis paper describe an interesting cross-border collaboration between The University ofTexas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) – College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering (MIE) – Engineering Technologyprogram (ENGT), and Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico / Instituto Tecnológico deMatamoros (TecNM/ITM) – Computer Systems Engineering program (CSE). The collectiveefforts gave as a result the development of a completely functional automation prototype,designed, built and coded by
research interests are focused on applying additive manufacturing technologies to address biomedical challenges, and in particular the design and manufacture of biocompatible, biodegradable implantable porous scaffolds for the repair of hard and soft tissue defects. Also Malcolm collaborates with local surgeons to provide 3D printed anatomical models from patient CT and MRI data that are used for resident training, patient communication and research-based surgical planning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Identifying and Sharing Best Practices in International Higher Education MakerspacesAcademic makerspaces are being added to college and university
2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20760Developing successful partnerships in Electrical and Information Engineer-ing Education (EIE) with EU-programsProf. Anna Friesel, Technical University-Copenhagen Anna Friesel is Professor at the Center for Electro-technology, DTU Diplom - Technical University of Denmark, Campus Ballerup. She is also the president of the EAEEIE - European Association for Ed- ucation in Electrical and Information Engineering, which is a European non-profit organization, with members from nearly seventy European Universities
entrepreneurial skills. Strategic partnership of Kazan national researchtechnological University and the All-Russian public organization "Support of Russia" in thetraining of personnel for innovative activity in Russia creates a new resource - innovativeknowledge, achievements and technologies of the future, creating conditions for theimplementation of the entrepreneurship strategy in future professional activities of youngpeople - graduates of higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation. The discussion of innovations is one of prevailing discourses in political, academic,and public circles. As applicable to the higher education, it is associated with creating newuniversities (federal, national research universities). These
at Innopolis University. She specializes in launching new Universities from scratch, including setting up curricula and polices, recruiting faculty and students. She holds PhD in Computational Aeroacoustics from the University of Leeds and worked as researcher at Technical University of Munich. Her current research interests include investigation of the professional competencies, gender diversity in engineering, international relations between universities, industry and government. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Practitioner in Academia – what should the profile for a “Professor of Professional Practice” be for an IT University?IntroductionThe importance of
- Hulman Institute of Technology in 1987 where he is now a professor of Physics, Optical Engineering, and Associate Dean of Faculty. Siahmakoun is a SPIE Fellow (The International Society for Optical Engineering), OSA Senior Member, and Founding Director of Micro-Nanoscale Devices and Systems (MiNDS) Facility since 2003.Prof. Wonjong Joo P.E., Seoul National University of Science and Technology Wonjong Joo is a professor of Seoul National University of Science and Technology (Seoul Tech) and was a vice president of ABEEK (Accreditation Board of Engineering Education in Korea) for 2012- 2014. He has been a director of Seoul Tech’s Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) & Hub Center for 8 years and was a
MeasureThe frequency of measurements depends on what we try to measure. It depends on how criticalthis particular outcome is for the continuous improvement of the program. Once it is decidedhow often an outcome should be measured, keeping that cycle constant is the most importantfactor for the process.Use of Rubrics in Assessment at the Indian UniversityCurrent emphasis on assessment came mainly from “education” discipline. Much of the subjectmatter in education and liberal arts are assessed subjectively. So, use of discrete assessmentrubrics with statements of achievement standards makes sense. However in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and other problem solving disciplinesassessment “rubrics” could be continuous. So, rather
monitoring mechanisms and technologies used in my country.Through information gathering, literature review and field visits, students have enriched theirunderstanding on the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene as keys to local andnational development, providing a starting point for more in-depth knowledge exchange andcomparative analysis by students from both countries during the trip.We also organized pre-trip training program and adopted a three-step practice to nurtureinnovative, knowledgeable and visionary engineers. First of all, we would like our students togain inspirations from past breakthroughs. We believe asking “why?” is the first step inbecoming an innovator, and the best way to foster an innovative mindset is to learn
from Aalborg University as well as a M.Sc. degree in Educational Research Methodology from University of Oxford (UK). Her Ph.D. is in mathematics educa- tion from Roskilde University (Denmark). Since her Ph.D. she has worked as Adviser at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology among other things participating in developing the national tests in mathematics and informal mathematics for students. She has also worked as an assistant professor at Virginia Tech where she taught and managed the secondary mathematics master education program for future teachers and participated in an out-of-school time program to increase learning and interest in STEM for youth. Later she returned to Denmark to work as
2017 ASEE International Forum:Columbus , Ohio Jun 28 Paper ID #20791Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Programs at International Institutions:Multidisciplinary Projects with Homes in Any DisciplineDr. Randal T Abler, Georgia Institute of TechnologyProf. Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology Edward J. Coyle is the John B. Peatman Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing, directs the Arbutus Center for the Integration of Research and Education, and is the founder of the Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) Program. He is a Georgia Research
support STEM education in developing nations, thus, open source applications would be the solution to this dilemma. Open source software technology depends on collaborative work among people from all over the world, therefore, students in developing nations can gain their experiences while they are contributing to open source projects and earn their degrees while they are at their home county and no need to travel to study abroad. Schools can utilize STEM open source for teaching that leads to build robust education for students and help build their future and move out of poverty.In this paper we discuss Open source as tools and applications to enhance students learning inSTEM education. Examples of open sources, Oracle VM
student machine shop and introduced global humanitarian design projects as an option for students. Prior to Virginia Tech he was an Associate Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and developed a multidisciplinary design course that included students from Business, Arts and Sciences as well as Engineering.Ms. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ashley Taylor is a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State University, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ashley received her MS in
best performers in the sub-degree programme which acts as a second filter. More focusedtraining and the exposure to a second round of competitive environment may have made theSY intake students better prepared to learning challenges in the university environment thantheir peers who have got direct admission to university. It must be admitted that the filteringeffect speculated above is a simple speculation that needs further investigation.Parental pressure for higher focus on examination: The previous educational practices inHong Kong had greater influence from Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) educationalapproaches where summative assessment by way of examinations were used to assess thelearning achievement of students [7], [8]. Most of the
Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Kepler Tech Lab: Developing an affordable skills-based engineering lab course in RwandaPractical hands-on education remains one of the main challenges of science and engineeringeducation worldwide [1]. Numerous innovations have made it easier for teachers to incorporatehands-on lab activities into their curricula, including commercially available student lab kits,virtual labs [2], and maker space technology [3]. However, these innovations are often expensiveand inaccessible in lower-income communities.In addition to adapting existing technologies from developed to developing contexts, we need tofind novel approaches to incorporate hands-on activities into global engineering
). Auckland, NZ: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.6. Kelly, Patricia (2006) Towards Globo Sapiens : using reflective journals to prepare engineering students able toengage with sustainable futures. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
) were also discussed in class to prepare students for the project. Theproject was assigned to our students around mid-term so that they would have sufficient time tocomplete it before the end of the semester.a.1 3D Printing3D printing, which is also known as additive manufacturing (AM) [3], refers to processes used tobuild a three-dimensional object by adding successive layers of material under computer control.The recent development of low-cost 3D printers makes this prototyping technology popular inthe education field. 3D printing could act as a bridge between theory and practice and allowstudents to turn their concepts into reality. The students who can physically examine theirprojects, will be more likely to enthusiastically participate in
International Education, StudentAdvising, several academic departments, and others.A key factor affecting these planning decisions was an estimate of how many students wouldactually transfer to NAU. The early estimates tended to assume about 70-80% of each cohortwould successfully make the transition. At the beginning of the fall semester of the first cohort’sjunior year, a detailed survey was used to more accurately determine the level of student interestand intention toward applying for transfer to NAU. The results indicated that 40 to 45 studentswould likely apply, which proved very close to the 47 who actually applied a few months later.To transfer to NAU for their senior year, the students are required to meet a TOEFL (Test ofEnglish as a Foreign
the effective tools used to organize Virtual Team tasks. Virtualreality also offers great advantages in distance work. It is expected that the advancements in thistype of technology will have a major impact in engineering education 4. Some of thecollaboration tools used to assist Virtual Team working mechanisms are described and analyzedin Table 2 18–21.4. Virtual Teams education partnerships between universities/industries.4.1 Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) 7. The PACEprogram was founded in 1999 by UGS (Siemens), EDS (Hewlett Packard), Sun Microsystems(Oracle) and General Motors. Today, it is a global educational consortium comprising 65institutions from 12 countries. Its objective is to train
years old and knowledge flowed at a pedestrian pace, compared with today’s “4th Ageof Information(5)”. While the legacy science and engineering curriculum model has produced the talentbasefor tremendous technological advances through the 20th century, many engineering education leaders haverecently amplified calls for a transformation of engineering education to embrace complex systemsthinking, transdisciplinary collaboration, communication, and social impact(6), producing “a whole newengineer”(7). Addressing global grand challenges demands a broader reimagining of university experienceto meet the needs of the 21st century, just as they did to meet the needs of the industrial age(3). Universitiesaround the world should be the places to bring
, including founding Libros Sin Fronteras, a US-based, Spanish language book and multi-media distributor, and acting as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Baker & Taylor, Inc. He served as Partner Development Manager for OCLC’s WebJunction.org, and OCLC Consulting Librarian, providing reference services to OCLC library patrons in both English and Spanish. He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the American Library Association (ALA), and a lifelong member and previous Executive Committee and Board Member of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and Spanish speakers. Michael gained his bachelor’s degree from the University of