. Examples includeDS 575 at the DePaul University [5], CS 378 at the University of Texas – Austin [6], CS 466at John Hopkins University [9] among others. The programming projects in these coursesdeal with various parts of the Web search including search engines, crawling, retrieval anduser interface. Most of these projects use the technology of CGI, making it rely on existingWeb servers. What made our project different was that we emphasized the whole picture ofWeb search. Our project included every components in a Web search retrieval system, theWeb server, the crawler, indexing, ranking and retrieving components. The only softwarerequirement for our project is a high-level programming language that supports networkprogramming. All student groups
support. Three hundred students wereadmitted into the ENGAGE program. It will be several years before we know whether theprogram has an effect on graduation rates. However, we are hopeful that the combination ofscaffolding, relatively small group learning and integrated skills development in ENGAGE willenable talented but underprepared aspiring engineering students to successfully make thetransition from high school to university and acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes that willenable them to fulfill their dreams and meet South Africa’s need for more engineers.Bibliography1 NARSET (1997). Issues relating to access and retention in Science, Engineering and Technology inhigher education. Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
Session # INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING FRACTURE MECHANICS K.V. Sudhakar, Tadeusz Majewski, Hector Cervantes Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Santa Catarina Martir, Puebla 72820, MexicoAbstractAn elective course on fracture mechanics is planned to be introduced for the undergraduatestudents of mechanical engineering. At the present time, some of the topics on fracturemechanics are covered in a course on selection of materials. The present paper discusses specificteaching methods and relevant experimental
SESSION 3666 Development of a VRML Application for Teaching Fluid Mechanics Sunil Appanaboyina, Kendrick Aung Department of Mechanical Engineering Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710Abstract Fluid mechanics is a core subject for Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, and Chemicalengineering disciplines. One of the main obstacles in teaching fluid mechanics to undergraduatestudents is the lack of visualization tools that enhance and improve learning process of thestudents. With the widespread availability of multi
to acknowledge the students who participated in these courses, theengineers of Foster-Miller Technologies for their assistance with the industrial project, and theGeneral Electric Foundation for supporting curricular reform at Union College.Bibliography1. Miller, R.L., and Olds, B.M., “A Model Curriculum for a Capstone Course in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, October, 1994, pp 311-316.2. Lewis, P., Aldridge, D., Swamidass, P.M., “Assessing Teaming Skills Acquisition on Undergraduate Project Teams,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 1998, pp 149-155.3. Pike, M., 2000, “Capstone Design Courses – A Comparison of Course Formats”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, St Louis
at the University of Michi- gan, focusing in Power systems and Energy. He is currently assisting Dr. Cynthia Finelli with research concerning the effects of flexible learning spaces and formative assessment techniques.Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson is a lecturer in aerospace engineering and a postdoctoral research fellow in engineering education research at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014, after which he served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Aaron also obtained a master’s degree from MIT in 2010 and a
. Shuman, LJ, ME Besterfield-Sacre and BM Olds, “Ethics Assessment Rubrics,” to be published in the Mitcham, C., L. Arnhart, D. Johnson and R. Spiers, editors, the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, Macmilliam, Spring 2005.15. Besterfield-Sacre, M., L.J. Shuman, H. Wolfe, R.M. Clark, and T.P. Yildirim, “Development of a Work Sampling Methodology for behavioral Observations: Application to Teamwork,” submitted to the Journal of Engineering Education, February 2007.16. Reference 15. Page 12.491.1017. Yildirim, T.P., Besterfield- Sacre, M., Shuman, L., Clark, R., Wolfe, H. and Bailey, M. (2007). “A New
theadvancement of computers and other new technologies. Within a span of two decades, thediscipline has gone from teaching manual drafting, to teaching 2-D computer drafting, and nowto the use of 3-D solid computer modeling. Near-future trends in digital analysis, virtual reality,and 3-D printing bode for even more dramatic changes in EDG practice. Attempts to define themodern course content for Engineering Design Graphics have been presented in recent journalpapers.1, 2, 3, 4 Development of a modern taxonomy for the EDG curriculum is the logical nextstep for the discipline. In an effort to attain consensus on a modern EDG curriculum, a student outcomes surveywas conducted at the Midyear Meeting of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE
Paper ID #40259Implementing Virtual Reality Project Activities for Enhancing StudentLearning Experience in Robotics and AutomationDr. Richard Y Chiou, Drexel University Dr. Richard Y. Chiou is a Full Professor within the Engineering Technology Program in the Department of Engineering, Society, and Leadership at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. His educational back- ground is in manufacturing with an emphasis on mechatronics. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering and technology courses at undergraduate and grad- uate levels. His tremendous research experience in
Technology, highlights the need for departments to take a leading role in thedevelopment of curriculum “that engages and motivates the broadest spectrum ofstudents….”, and in the development of “meaningful connections with employers to provideappropriately responsive educational experiences for prospective … members of the workforce”, and urges departments to “foster interdisciplinary education”. Nevertheless, there iscomplacency and a lack of enthusiasm for major curriculum and pedagogical reform. Amongthe factors discouraging reform are the traditions of each discipline regarding legacymaterials, a lack of knowledge of emerging areas, and externally or internally imposed creditlimitations.The Division of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
AC 2009-1744: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DATASYNCHRONIZATION CASE STUDYMichael Fuller, Auburn UniversityChetan Sankar, Auburn UniversityP.K. Raju, Auburn University Page 14.409.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Design and Development of the Data Synchronization Case StudyAbstractThe Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE)at Auburn University has been developing case studies that engage students incross-disciplinary learning and require engineering and business and students ofother disciplines to work together in order to solve a common problem. The DataSynchronization case study is one of the latest case studies from LITEE, whichfocuses
States.ERCs focus on the definition, fundamental understanding, development, andvalidation of the technologies needed to realize a well-defined class ofengineering systems with the potential to spawn whole new industries or radicallytransform the product lines, processing technologies, or service deliverymethodologies of current industries. Also, ERCs must fulfill NSF’s goal toincrease the diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce by including allmembers of society regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender in all aspects of thecenter’s activities. In an effort to fulfill this mission, ERCs produce an enormousamount of data and information. This means the amount of information to beconsidered by this research has the potential to be
questions. First, could this method beemployed successfully in research involving instructional technology, in which the users’task is fairly complex, involving reading, listening to voice-overs, processing graphicalinformation, and using interactive elements? A related question was ecological validity:Does producing a verbal protocol change how the student uses the CD? If the methodwas useable and valid, we could apply it to the questions above. Other questions wewanted to answer were how the students thought using the CD compared to using a Page 10.1169.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &
. Schmitz received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois in 2002.Dr. Jessica R. TerBush, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Jessica received her B.S.E, M.S.E., and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After graduation, she worked as a post-doc for approximately three years at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, Australia. She then spent three years working as a Senior Research Specialist at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri, where she trained users on the focused ion beam (FIB), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). In 2016, she moved to the
Engineering and Technology. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: 2015- 16. (ABET, Inc., 2016).7. Bailey, R., Dugan, J.B., Coso, A. & McFarland, M. ECE/SYS Integration: A Strategy for Evaluating Graduates from a Multi-year Curriculum focused on Technology Systems Integration. in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference (ASEE, San Antonio, TX, 2012).8. Cardella, M. et al. Special Session - Assessing student learning of engineering design in Frontiers in Education (ASEE/IEEE, Rapid City, South Dakota, 2011).9. Vinck, D. Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation, (MIT Press, 2009).10. Newstetter, W.C. Of green monkeys and failed affordances: A case study of a mechanical
of chemical engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Loureceived his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Zhejiang University of Technology. He also holds M.S. andPh.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Utah.PFUMAI KUZVIWANZAPfumai Kuzviwanza is a graduate student in chemical engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Mr.Kuzviwanza received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University in 2001.ARVIND VYAS HARINATHVyas Harinath is a graduate student in chemical engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Mr. Harinathreceived his M.S. degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University in 2003.LEONARD
, MA.PTC is a registered trademark of Parametric Technologies Corporation, Waltham, MA.RealAudio is registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, WA.SolidWorks is registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation, Concord, MA.WebCT is a registered trademark of WebCT.com, Vancouver, BC. Page 6.480.9“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliography1. Baxter, Douglas, and Lister, Brad, and Laplante, Bruce, “A New Model for a Self-Taught SolidModeling Course”, Proceedings, American Society of Engineering
Asession 3220 Process Control Laboratory Experiments Using LabVIEW Nam K. Kim Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931AbstractThe process control laboratory course in Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech was recentlyrestructured to teach students how to operate cutting edge computer-based systems, and tointegrate this knowledge with process control theory. The laboratory equipment, as well as thestructure of the
Lessons Learned from a Newly Developed Hybrid Vector Statics Course Based on Fundamental Concepts and Hands on Experiments Amir G. Rezaei, Kyu-Jung Kim, Jawaharlal Mariappan, Angela C. Shih California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3801 West Temple Avenue Pomona, California 91768ABSTRACTEngineering education is under considerable pressure to include more and new materials, torestructure the course content using new approaches and technologies and to manage a spectrumof students with diverse backgrounds in spite of the reduced total number of credits forgraduation. A group of mechanical engineering faculty have initiated a hybrid Vector
and contentof the capstone course. Instructors, in addition to focusing on a design and an end product, mustrevisit how the course contributes to students’ achievement of EC 2000 outcomes. Since atypical capstone course is taken by students near the end of their undergraduate studies, it buildson knowledge acquired from earlier coursework, and it makes use of technology to demonstrateachievement of soft and technical skills.Kettering faculty considered this body of work in reviewing the course/thread/capstone sequenceof study for an undergraduate mechanical engineer. Course-level correlation of student learningobjectives to EC 2000 outcomes was performed for each course. It was generally found that mostof the “traditional engineering” EC 2000
University, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024The Pink Paradox: Tensions in How STEM Toys are Marketed Toward GirlsAbstractThe purpose of this narrative literature review is to describe the current state of knowledge aboutthe tensions present in how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) toys aremarketed to young children. Effective toy marketing is essential for engaging kids in the types ofplay that support spatial skill development and engineering thinking skills. The continuedunderrepresentation of women earning engineering degrees and persisting into the engineeringworkforce suggests that continued efforts to improve women’s participation in
Paper ID #36555WIP: Continuous Professional DevelopmentEvelyn Sowells-boone (Dr.) Associate Professor and Interim Chair. Thank you!Karreem Hogan © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com WIP: Continuous Professional Development for Electronic Technology Degree ProgramsOverviewThis work in progress describes a project for increasing faculty competitiveness in research andscholarship. The rapid evolution of technology had highlighted the clear need for academia toequip students with the tools to succeed in the modern-day STEM
Session T2D3 Enhancing the Classroom Experience with the Just in Time Teaching Methodology Sami Tannous Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne AbstractThis article discusses the author’s own experience with some of the difficultiesencountered by students in learning construction engineering technology subjects.Just in Time Teaching is an active learning technique that engages the students inthe course. There are three advantages to this teaching style. It helps the studentsto be prepared prior
Paper ID #25715Board 81: Work-in-Progress: Building an Inclusive Faculty Community throughthe Teaching and Learning AcademyDr. Jianyu ”Jane” Dong, California State University, Los Angeles Jianyu Dong is a professor in electrical and computer engineering at CSULA and currently serves as the Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology. Her area of expertise is video compression/communication, multimedia networks, QoS, etc. She has been engaged in multiple projects and initiatives in engineering education to increase the success of students from underserved low-income communities.Dr. Emily L
Session 1441 Providing Access to Locally Generated Databases over the Web Mary C. Schlembach University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAbstractThe Grainger Engineering Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hasimplemented Web-based access to locally developed information resources using the Microsoft(MS) Active Server Pages (ASP) technologies. These local databases, in both MS Access andMS Structured Query Language (SQL) Server format, complement traditional engineeringinformation resources. The databases provide enhanced access to
Session 2242 Distance Education: Internet Tool Selection Process Halvard E. Nystrom, Diego Rodriguez University of Missouri - RollaABSTRACTNew audio, visual and textual communication technologies, both synchronous and asynchronous,allow instruction in ways and places that were previously not available. Numerous new choicesare becoming available for the engineering educator, but the high rate of introduction is making itdifficult to select among the different tools. To help in this respect, this methodology encouragesengineering
Session 3263 TEACHING AN ADVANCED PROCESSES COURSE USING AN INDUSTRY PROJECT Karen E. Schmahl Miami UniversityA semester-long course in advanced manufacturing processes can barely scratch the surface inteaching students the many emerging technologies. An alternative approach to such a course hasthe students learning a single process very well, thus “learning what is takes to learn” a newprocess. This knowledge can then be applied to any process encountered. Senior students inMiami University’s Manufacturing Engineering program were given the opportunity
research related to engineering classrooms and innova- tive pedagogical strategies. Her own intersectionality led to her passion in promoting and researching pathways into STEM especially for underrepresented minority groups.Dr. Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University Dr. Winfree is the Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Informatics, Comput- ing, and Cyber Systems as Northern Arizona University. His research focuses on wearable technologies as applied to health assessment and rehabilitation. He teaches in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Informatics.Ms. Elizabeth Glass, Northern Arizona University Elizabeth has been engaged with career development programming for STEM
Paper ID #33048Gaining Industry Experience Exposure During a PandemicDr. Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wm. Michael Butler is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is a 23 year aerospace industry design professional with B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech and a PhD. in Engineering Education also from Virginia Tech. His engineering education research is focused on the use of design tools and live simulation in engineering design education as a means to better prepare students for industry. He is a
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