enhance learning in first-year courses include, technology usage, peerteaching, collaborative learning, hands-on activities, a minimum of lectures, and small classes.In an effort to provide a good start for our students we have borrowed from the wide range ofavailable teaching techniques and topics to create ECE 101 Introduction to Electrical andComputer Engineering, hence the semi-humorous portion of this paper’s title referring to “TheBest of All Worlds”. Beginning with a brief history, details of the course are presented next.II. HistoryFor over twelve years the ECE Department has required two courses in the first year curriculumto introduce its majors to their discipline. Initially, both of these courses were wholly technicalwhere one course
Assessment.• New USGCRP Strategic Plan will guide efforts to understand, assess, predict, and respond to global change.• Science for sustainability is a priority (NSF, EPA, USDA, NOAA).“That’s why when I took office, I called for an all-hands-on-deck approachto science, math, technology, and engineering. Let’s train more teachers.Let’s get more kids studying these subjects. Let’s make sure these fields getthe respect they deserve.” - President Barack Obama February 7, 2012Educating Our Students in STEM• $3.0 billion for Federal STEM education programs in the 2013 Budget.• Prepare 100,000 new STEM teachers over a decade: $135 million ($80 million in
AC 2011-756: INTEGRATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATIONINTO A BIOENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN CLASSHoward P Davis, Washington State University Dr. Davis received degrees from The Evergreen State College (BA 1976), WSU (BS 1981, MS 1988) and the University of Oregon (Ph.D. 1993). He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. He has been the president and CEO of IPM, a medical device company and Total Dynamics LLC a software company. He is also on the board of directors of Developing World Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship
Paper ID #34401Teaching Advanced Manufacturing Online to STEM Early-college andHigh-school studentsDr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Dr. Ahmed C. Megri is a Professor of engineering. He received his HDR (Dr. Habilitation) in Engineering Sciences, from Marie and Pierre Curie University, Paris VI (Sorbonne Universities), in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering, from Lyon Institute of Technology in 1995. He wrote more than 120 papers in the journal and international conferences. His research interests include thermal and mechanical modeling and simulation of materials. He
future distance learningendeavors. With the exception of this course, the University of Hartford’s College ofEngineering, Technology and Architecture (CETA) has no course that qualifies as a distancelearning course. This is not to suggest that every course the College offers should be set up in adistance learning mode. In fact, there are probably only a few courses that can, or should, beoffered in that format at this time. That is why the College needed to experiment with this new Page 10.969.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005
-P concept has been implemented in two courses so far at the University of Pittsburghat Johnstown (UPJ). The courses are Engineering Statics and Strength of Materials. TheEngineering Statics is a sophomore level course taken by all engineering technology disciplines(Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical). The Statics class was taught by a senior tenured faculty and itcontained fourteen (14) students. The Strength of Materials class is also a sophomore levelcourse. Only Civil and Mechanical Engineering Technology students take this course and itcontained thirty (30) students. The Strength of Materials class was taught by a junior un-tenuredfaculty member originally from the Middle East.Concept Analysis and EvaluationThe questions addressed to the
, 2010 Mobile and Wireless Networks Course Development with Hands- on LabsAbstractRapid advances in wireless networks technologies present opportunities for innovative educationat undergraduate and graduate level. Wireless networks courses become increasingly popular incolleges (including community colleges) and universities. However, there is a real concern withthe lack of hands-on labs based active learning in computer science, engineering and technologycurriculums. Hands-on project based learning is found to be the best way of learning andteaching wireless networking technologies. These hands-on projects also provide the problembased learning (PBL).In this paper, an undergraduate computer information
Session 3215 Undergraduate Independent Study Research Projects Ronald W. Welch, Mark D. Evans United States Military AcademyAbstractThis paper describes a senior independent study course used successful by the ABET-AccreditedCivil Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy (USMA) that is believed togreatly enhance the academic program. The three general project types of independent studyprojects available are service-based, competition-based, and research-based. The mix of theseopen-ended projects usually ensures that each student can list a minimum of 3-5
. Heearned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1995 from the Georgia Institute of Technology where hespecialized in computational analysis of high temperature fracture. His research interests includetrenchless technology, buckling of thin walled pipe liners, computer vision, and innovation in engi neeringeducation.Dr. Kelly Crittenden is an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He earned hisPh.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech in 2001 where he used computational analysis tostudy the repair of femoral neck fractures. He is currently teaching a variety of freshman and sophomorelevel engineering courses, as well as upper level biomedical engineering courses
permanent residents from groups historically underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Students entering their junior or senior year are eligible to Page 10.1176.4 participate. Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in their major field and be strongly considering a PhD program after finishing their baccalaureate studies.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” • Students participate in the mentor’s research. In some cases, a student may develop
. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan is founding co-director of the Engineering Plus degree program in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She spearheaded design and launch of the Engineering GoldShirt Program to provide a unique access pathway to engineering for high potential, next tier students not admitted through the standard admissions process; this program is now being adapted at several engineering colleges. Sullivan led the founding of the Precollege division of ASEE in 2004; was awarded NAE’s 2008 Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, and was conferred as an ASEE Fellow in 2011. She has served on multiple NAE
, UAE. He has worked at several academic institutions of which the last two were the University of Missouri-Columbia and Columbia College, MO. His teaching interests include programming languages, logic design, and computer architecture. His research interests include computer simulation, web-caching architecture, and curriculum design.Abdallah Tubaishat, Zayed Univeristy Dr. Abdallah Tubaishat received his PhD degree in Software Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is conducting research that spans two main areas, one is technical: software engineering and the other is non-technical: e-learning. He is conducting both types of research in parallel and has presented his work
Paper ID #8820Capstone project challenges: How industry sponsored projects offer newlearning experiencesDr. Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University Dr. Carrie Steinlicht is an Asst. Professor of Operations Management. She has directed many Capstone projects with Industry partners for students in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Operations Management. She has several years of industry experience as an advanced development engineer and has served as a consultant to industry for over 10 years.Prof. Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University Byron Garry is an Associate Professor of Electronics Technology
, aside from their expression in differentlanguages, math and English problems require the same step-by-step analysis, also calledproblem solving, on the way to solutions. In this paper, we examine possible methods ofteaching that analysis. We also propose a closer relationship between math and Englishcurricula as a means of reinforcing our teaching.Introduction The Samuel I. Ward College of Technology at the University of Hartford offerssix Engineering Technology majors: Architectural, Audio, Chemical, Computer,Electronic, and Mechanical. In addition, we teach our own math courses, from Math I,Algebra, through Math V, Differential Equations, and our own English courses, fromEnglish I, Expository Writing, through English III, Advanced
, which the participant can download from http://www.microsoft.com. o It is standard on Windows 98+ Page 7.401.3 o It is a free download for Windows 95 users “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” The Windows Media Technologies software is only available for the Windows operating system. Microsoft NetMeeting contains features for both the slide presentation and the audio stream.Options include: Support of real time audio
larger vision for comprehensive energy education atthe Museum, eventually including alternative fuels, fuel cells, large-scale power generation, andtransportation. As a functional laboratory, new technologies can be adapted and tested with theresults becoming part of the exhibit. The Museum provides an outstanding venue to stage theresults.Construction of the Wind and Solar Exhibits for the Mayborn MuseumThe wind and solar exhibits for the museum were constructed as part of the senior capstonedesign class. “Senior Engineering Design II” is divided into sections of between 10 and 30engineers of all disciplines. Each section is organized into a “company,” with a project manager,departments and department heads, a budget and a project client. In
Session 3560 A Potential Barrier to Completing the Assessment Feedback Loop Ed Furlong, Promod Vohra Northern Illinois UniversityAbstractNorthern Illinois University’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology employs acomprehensive nine-component assessment model. Each element in the assessment model (Pre-test, Post-test, and Portfolio; Standardized Testing; Student and Faculty Surveys; StudentInternships and Cooperative Work Performance; the Capstone Experience; Student PlacementInformation; Employer Surveys; Alumni Participation; and Peer Review of the Curriculum
2.258.7VI. AcknowledgmentsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation [1]. We areespecially grateful to Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, which hosted a field trip for the students ofME 435.References[1] National Science Foundation Grant number DUE-9551466.[2] The Web site for ME 435 is http://www.cbu.edu/~bbbeard/me435.htm.[3] D. Bradshaw, S.T.E.P.S. to Pro/ENGINEER, (Green Leaf Graphics, Rainbow City) 1996.YEU-SHENG SHIUEDr. Shiue is an assistant professor at CBU, received his B.S. from Tatung Institute of Technology in Taiwan and hisM.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Memphis.BERNARD B. BEARDDr. Beard, also an assistant professor at CBU, received B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from the
through the main ECEN Facebookaccount. Information or comment regarding our recent activities and videos may be found athttp://www.facebook.com/osuece.ConclusionVideo games have been integrated into our society for many decades and were initially developed forentertainment purposes only. As technology advances, more and more educators have found videogames as one of many learning tools at their disposal. The availability of many modern FPGAs andembedded processors at an affordable price has opened many interesting projects of which many formereducators could have only dreamed. Often time students find that programming or engineering classesare hard to understand due to their lack of interest. It is up to the educators to keep up with the
other seminars are included in courses specific to particular majors. Anintroductory engineering technology course titled “Manufacturing, Materials, and Processes”has been modified to include a seminar and is effectively required for all students entering arange of majors.One of the goals for this particular seminar class is to acquaint the students with the courses intheir majors, and how the courses integrate with the goals of the major. A case study wasdeveloped based on a damaged lawn mower, and presented in the seminar. The problempresented in the case study was purposely incomplete, with a series of tasks listed which wouldbe necessary to resolve the damage to the lawnmower. The students were required to search thecourses of their major
Engaging Students in Civil Infrastructure Management Adjo Amekudzi, Sue McNeil, Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt Georgia Institute of Technology / University of Illinois at Chicago / Lafayette CollegeIntroductionMost civil engineering courses focus on design of new facilities rather than on management ofexisting facilities. However, existing facilities need the attention of civil engineers who aretrained with lifecycle concepts and techniques for managing infrastructure, as evidenced in partby the D+ grade awarded to U.S. infrastructure by the American Society of Civil Engineers’2003 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure1. Interest in infrastructure management
their junior year, students begin a two-year design sequence intended to integrate previouscoursework and enhance professional communication skills. The first two courses, ENGR 3045Engineering Design Lab I and ENGR 3095 Engineering Design Lab II, focus on systemsthinking, case studies, effective communication, new technologies, project management, andsmall-to-medium scale, group-focused design projects which are reviewed, simulated, built,tested, documented, and presented in class. The senior year design courses ENGR 4025Integrated Engineering Design Lab I, and ENGR 4085 Integrated Engineering Design Lab IIfocus on student-defined medium to large-scale design projects, which may involve cooperationwith industry. Projects are presented to
Paper ID #12170Assessing the Learning Gains of Manufacturing Students in an IntegratedHands-on CurriculumDr. Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State University Mukasa E. Ssemakula is a Professor in the Division of Engineering Technology, at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, in England. After working in industry, he served on the faculty of the University of Maryland before joining Wayne State. He is a leader in developing and implementing new pedagogical approaches to engineering education. He also has research interests in
chemicalengineer, it is necessary to adopt a new paradigm for chemical engineering education. Forexample, many programs are now requiring biology classes in addition to the traditionalchemistry and physics classes. An increasing number of departments are changing their namesto include some reference to biology (e.g., chemical and biochemical engineering, chemical andbiomolecular engineering). Product design is either replacing part of or complementing processdesign in the capstone experience. There is a strong movement to alter the fundamental chemicalengineering curriculum common to virtually every program to include the colloid-scale, nano-scale, molecular-scale, and atomic-scale technologies that are at the forefront of chemicalengineering research.1
, assignments, exams, notes, and samplesof student work.1. IntroductionEffective teaching has always been a primary goal of engineering departments. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) ensures a department’s overallteaching product and program content. However, the department is made up of its faculty, andevaluating teaching effectiveness of individual faculty has historically been troublesome. TheDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) has recently adopted a new policy for evaluating individual faculty members’teaching contributions to the department and college. The impetus for the new policy is toreaffirm a commitment to undergraduate education, improve teaching in
topic inwireless communications area that spans electrical and computer engineering, computer science,and human factors engineering, integrates software defined radio with automated learning,decision making, and adaptation capability embodying aspects of artificial intelligence.Cognitive radio and related technologies are a fertile area of research and provide an ideal focusfor introducing undergraduate students to university research. The program is designed topromote the STEM knowledge, interdisciplinary skills, motivation, and self-efficacy ofundergraduate students. Innovative knowledge results are some outcomes embedded within thevalues of interdisciplinary research, team collaboration, and a focus on research-to-practice.1. Introduction
intermediate-level instruction ininstrumentation and data acquisition, appropriate for implementation at the junior or senior level.I. IntroductionUpgrading undergraduate labs to incorporate modern, computer-based instrumentation and dataacquisition is a common area of continuous improvement in engineering programs as facultywork to provide students with instruction in this technology. Upgrades can include theimprovement of a single apparatus such as the heat exchanger upgrade described by Hinton etal.1 or the wind tunnel upgrade described in this paper, or the upgrade of several experimentswithin a lab such as that described by Craig and McConnell 2, or the development of a newlaboratory as described by Knight and McDonald 3, to the integration of
Paper ID #29493Examining the Connection Between Student Mastery Learning Experiencesand Academic MotivationCara Mawson, Rowan University Cara is a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in Experiential Engineering Education (ExEEd) at Rowan University. Her research focuses on the relationship between gamification and motivation in undergrad- uate engineering students. Previously she earned a B.S. in Physics where she performed research in biophysics, astrophysics, and cosmology. In addition, she has taught science, computer science, and technology through Project Lead The Way at a middle school in Phoenix, Arizona.Dr. Cheryl
generic and risefrom the K-12 context [3]. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and theComputer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) have well-designed definitions and frameworksthat can be opted from CT assessment[14]. However, they were developed for K-12 education, aresomewhat broad, and do not specifically target undergraduate engineering. In addition to thedifficulty of having very generic definitions of Computational Thinking coming from a K-12context, the frameworks based on which CT is being assessed even in undergraduate engineeringspace are also coming from K-12 space. The need for a specialized and consensual framework toassess engineering undergraduates' CT skills and learning outcomes is evident [35].Students
1 Aquatic Nitrogen Monitor Jade Chapman; Gage Arter;Truc Le; Kevin Zhang Electronic Systems Engineering Technology Department Texas A&M University Professor Behbood B. Zoghi Electronic Systems Engineering Technology Department Texas A&M University AbstractWith an explosively growing world population, the need for an efficient, ergonomic, and extensivefood production process is at an all-time high. This is seen the most in