, Supply Chain Management, Life cycle Systems, Systems Integration and Management of technology systems. He has a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from the North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro and has several peer reviewed publications to his credit. He belongs to a number of professional organi- zations such as the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Society for Engineering Management (SEM), Project Management Institute (PMI), Society for Health Systems (SHS) and Association of Technology Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE). He is also a member of Alpha Pi Mu and Phi Kappa Phi Honors society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019The Prediction
problem solving and of relevance tothe course on figure 3 are presented. The application areas are also limited due to timeconstraints in the course. Motivated students usually learn applications further from this levelthrough project work and graduate studies. Figure 4. Organization of Ideal Flow Mathematical TopicsTo learn the third level details in figure 4 students must have the necessary background ofdifferential and integral calculus, differential equations, boundary value problems and conceptsof numerical analysis. The next section presents the connectivity of these to fundamentals ofalgebra, geometry and trigonometry beginning from high school.In this section we review such engineering conceptual strings in relation to
separate NetworkPolicy interface would alsoenable the system to handle specialized user interfaces; e.g., administrator, instructor. The latterwould be particularly relevant to provide real time statistics on the system to instructors andpotentially empower them to affect the system while it is running.4 System configurationSystem initialization is done through a set of configuration files, among which there should beone root file. This root file is provided as file://, http(s):// or ftp:// URL to the EvoParsons jar. Thisjar represents the server-side component of our project. A few scripts are meant to facilitate Table 1: Components of EvoParsons system and their purpose Interface/class Meaning
of a group scientific research project [16]. The second course(EV350) focuses on the environmental engineering design solutions needed to address theseproblems in the developed world, which provides students with the framework to understand thedesign solutions for the third and fourth grand challenges while still considering the first twogrand challenges. They are introduced to these design problems through engaging classroomexperiences and in-class demonstrations, practice through working an individual engineeringdesign project, and solidify their understanding through group lab experiences and field trips toboth drinking water and wastewater treatment plants [17]. The third course (EV450) allows thestudents to employ innovative engineering
spent time in industry holding technical and operations-based roles and has experience with outreach projects focused on STEM education and mentoring.Tina L. Fletcher, University of Pennsylvania Tina L. Fletcher holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas and a Master’s degree in Secondary Teacher Education from Harvard University. She served as a U.S. Government teacher at Anacostia Senior High School in Washington, D.C. where she was named the 2010 Teacher of the Year. She then served as a fundraiser and successfully raised over $20 million for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign in addition to raising over $300 thousand for St. Jude
interest, includingpotential future collaboration [1].Some of the adjunct faculty-particularly those who are seniors in specific industries- could offerimportant linkages for the development of industrial affiliate programs, co-op activities, summertraining opportunities, and employment opportunities for new graduates. They may also providenew ideas for senior design projects, topics for graduate theses, or render help in theestablishment of collaborative research programs.When a choice has been made and the candidate has accepted, it is important that he/ she feelswelcome and be assisted in becoming familiar with his/ her new surroundings. To expedite theprocess, new adjuncts should sit together with their new colleagues and go over all
engineering identity in graduate school and underrepresented group. Nathan holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from Illinois Tech. He also worked as an engineer at LG electronics mobile communication company.Mr. Kevin A. Nguyen, University of Texas, Austin Kevin A. Nguyen is a Ph.D candidate in the STEM Education program at University of Texas at Austin. He has worked on NSF grant projects related to engineering students’ resistance to active learning and how funding impacts STEM graduate students. His own dissertation work examines learning, marginalization, and environmental citizen scientists. He has a B.S. and M.Eng in Environmental Engineering both from Texas Tech University.Dr. Maura
very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and his research interests include manufacturing laboratory pedagogy and writing pedagogy.Dr. Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Riley has been teaching mechanics concepts for over 10 years and has been honored with both the ASCE ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Award (2012) and the Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award (2013). While he teaches freshman to graduate- level courses across the civil engineering curriculum, his focus is on engineering mechanics. He has served in leadership positions in the ASEE Civil Engineering Division.Dr. Ken Lulay P.E., University of Portland
its’ value for designing complex systems [1]. Accordingly, what qualitiesdefine successful systems engineers as well as how to instill these qualities in engineeringstudents has been a major area of research amongst engineering educators. In a study conductedamongst engineering professionals, most of whom were systems engineers, researchers foundthat those exposed to formal education in systems thinking as well as had experience withacademic projects in controlled environments displayed a propensity for systems thinking andaptitude in systems design [8]. Research efforts to investigate systems thinking competenciesamongst undergraduate engineering students have shown that students generally do not exhibit astrong capacity for systems thinking
reported that “women werecomprised of approximately 52 percent of the U.S. population, African Americans 12 percent,Latinos 16 percent, Asians 5 percent, and all other racial-ethnic groups 3 percent” (p. 25).However, women (11 percent) and African American, Latino, and Native American males (7.4percent) only accounted for less than 20 percent of the engineering workforce in the U.S. in 2010(Byars-Winston, Fouad, & Wen, 2015). If these trends continue as we approach the middle of thetwenty-first century it could have a damaging impact on the United States’ skilled workforce.This is especially true since it is projected that by the year 2050 approximately half of the totalU.S. population will be comprised of people of color (Palmer, Maramba
-structured problem is included in Figure 1. This ill-structured problem was developed by research team members, along with other problems, and sent to the project advisory board members for feedback. Participants were asked to read the problem first and then formulate a solution in 30 minutes. They were instructed to think aloud while they worked on the problem. When they fell silent for more than 20 seconds, an interviewer reminded them to think aloud. The participants were not allowed to use the Internet during the problem solving process. Problem solving processes of participants were audio and video recorded for transcription purposes. Each participant also filled out a demographics survey. Gum Removal in Central
critical aspects (or Dimensions of Variation) and their variation within. For our project,we conducted 11 iterations for phase 1. For some, the first author performed by himself, while inothers, the other co-authors play the role of the “devil’s advocate” asking for further validationand new iterations were needed (literature accepts either one researcher or teams of researchersfor phenomenographic research [6]). In total, we found nine (9) “Dimensions of Variation”(DoV) or “Critical Aspects” in this phase, which means that for each dimension of variation, wefound two or more critical features or ways in which the critical aspect varies. One exampleborrowed from our study is the dimension of variation related to how participants were able to“see
modified in future iterations of the course. For example, the course could beadapted for a larger enrollment, and some videos could be improved. Finally, the blended coursestructure developed in this work, as well as the collections of videos and activities, can be usedas desired by other faculty teaching statics within the University of Maine System.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to express their gratitude towards the University of Maine System forfunding this project. The authors also would like to thank the University of Maine Center forInnovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) for their support in the creation and deployment ofthe video modules.References[1] The National Center for Academic Transformation, “How to Redesign a
al. describe ProfessionalDevelopment (PD) sessions aimed at providing teachers ways to incorporate engineering and CSconcepts into non-technical courses 13 . When teachers blend technology with traditional subjectssuch as math and language arts, students find creative and novel ways to utilize engineering andcomputer science. Through teacher surveys, Hamner et al. found that PD sessions improvedteacher confidence in implementing robotics and programming projects into theirclassrooms.Cortina and Trahan describe a five-day workshop aimed at providing teachers ways to incorporateCS into their classrooms without having to make major changes to their curricula. For example, amath teacher could use a short computer program to display a geometric
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would have for college students like me whoare still trying to find their path."Students who chose to explore an engineering student organization valued becoming an activemember of a team, gaining hands-on experience and putting skills into practice. One studentsaid:"I expected (the student organization) to be more hands-off for me, only allowing the olderstudents or leaders of the group to work on the project. However, this is not the case! (Thestudent organization) creates teams and sub-teams so that everyone, from freshman to seniors,get the opportunity to engage in the project."Assignment #7 also asked students to report the learning, benefits and overall gains obtainedafter participating in the selected activity. The analysis suggests
engineering problems, including fluids, geotechnical, and structural problems. She is a CEE faculty mem- ber since January 2010 and she was also member of the faculty of Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela, for fifteen years.Dr. Lili Steiner, Florida International University I design and implement education solutions that are efficient, effective, and scalable. Specifically, I focus on the development of meaningful learning innovation from discovery and design through production and deployment. My research and experience have shown that a full-cycle approach is the most effective way to deliver value. Because of this, I work on full-cycle, full-scale projects. Conceptually, this means that I’m involved in every
research paper aims to support such investigation bydeveloping a survey instrument to measure student beliefs, experiences, and attitudes related totheir online undergraduate engineering courses. Survey instrumentation was undertaken as partof a larger, National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project investigating the course-levelpersistence of online undergraduate engineering students. A Model of Online Course-levelPersistence in Engineering (MOCPE) was developed by the research team to guide surveyinstrumentation based on theories of student motivation relevant to persistence in online andengineering education. Longitudinal survey responses from a sample of current onlineundergraduate engineering students will be combined with clickstream data
there was an LCT. It was a relationship between SFL and codetheory as it was first proposed by Basil Bernstein [15]. LCT represents a further development ofBernstein’s original code theory. A recent instance of collaboration between the LCT and SFL isthe DISKS (Disciplinary, Knowledge and Schooling) Project. The DISKs Project “was anationally-funded, three-year research study” located at the University of Sydney [4]. The aimswere to “analyze the bases of knowledge-building” across a range of secondary school subjectsand “develop pedagogical practices” that might better promote cumulative knowledge-building[4]. Indeed, the studies cited just above also represent examples of that relationship andcollaboration.So what is SFL exactly and why is
teaching achievements have been cited by engineering educators across North America for their excellence.Prof. Naoko Ellis P.Eng., Naoko Ellis is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She holds a Ph.D. (UBC, 2003); M.E.Sc. (Western, 1993); and a B.Sc. (Hon- ours, Waterloo, 1991). She is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. Her expertise lies in the area of multiphase reaction engineering with emphasis on biomass utiliza- tion. Some current projects include: biomass gasification and pyrolysis; CO2 capture, including chemical looping combustion; pyrolysis product utilization; and biofuels. She is also
, Finite Element Analysis, Mechanical Medical Devices Design. Highly interested in Higher Education Curriculum Design, Academic Leadership, and teaching and classroom innovation.Dr. Lili Steiner, Florida International University I design and implement education solutions that are efficient, effective, and scalable. Specifically, I focus on the development of meaningful learning innovation from discovery and design through production and deployment. My research and experience have shown that a full-cycle approach is the most effective way to deliver value. Because of this, I work on full-cycle, full-scale projects. Conceptually, this means that I’m involved in every phase rather than just research and design: I
This study utilized quantitative research analyses (i.e., descriptive analysis, t-tests, andtwo sample proportion Z-tests) of engineering identity development of Hispanic students. Thisstudy is part of a larger project focused on engineering identity across multiple institutions [3].However, after collecting our initial data, we noticed interesting trends that motivated us to focuson the Hispanic student population. This section explains the methodology followed in ourquantitative study of engineering identity of Hispanic students; including a description of thetarget institutions, the survey instrument, and how data were collected, cleaned, and analyzed.Participant Demographics and Institutional Information Participants in the study
position, four percent indicated a sales position, and seventy percent indicated that their position included some engineering responsibility. Students who indicated “other” positions listed research, CEO, business analyst, business development, professor, and physician as responses. 4. Leadership Experiences: Eighty-seven percent of the respondents indicated that their work duties since graduation included some leadership responsibility. The most frequent responses indicated that respondents were either project, team or committee leaders. Two respondents indicated that they were CEOs of startup companies, and another was a General Manager level. Seventy two percent of the respondents indicated that they
this work. While open-ended questions are not always ideal, the researchers agreed that this method of obtaining datawas best suited to gather the needed data [12].Collection Methods. IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval was sought at both authors’universities once the survey was developed. A link to the survey, along with a letter indicating Engineering Technology and Engineering Program Comparison of Underrepresented Students in the Same InstitutionIRB approval was distributed to engineering technology and engineering students at both of theauthors’ institutions. The students were informed of the intent of the project and a link to thesurvey distributed to minority groups at both study institutions.Data Analysis
incitement to discourse,” Educational Researcher, 36(1), 25-32, 2007. 135 J. Walther, N. W. Sochacka, & N. N. Kellam, “Quality in interpretive engineering education research: Reflections on an example study,” Journal of Engineering Education, 102, 626– 659, 2013.6 J. Walther, A. L. Pawley, & N. W. Sochacka, Exploring ethical validation as a key consideration in interpretative research quality. Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24063, 2015.7 J. Walther, & N. W. Sochacka, Qualifying qualitative research quality (the Q3 project): An
STEM pedagogy, design thinking, project-based learning and educational entrepreneurship.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her academic and research interests include the profes- sional formation of
this question has produced significant research under thetitle of “active learning” [1], [18]–[22]. In discussing “active learning,” we are often addressingpedagogical approaches that have been developed to support increased engagement in thelearning process [3]. These pedagogies are developed and influenced from the shared, growingunderstanding of how people learn, as described in theories of learning and learning science [23].Active learning pedagogies, such as cooperative learning or project-based learning, tend to drawupon social constructivism and situated theories of learning, as well as cognition [3]. In lookingacross these theories, learning is not just an act of information processing, but an act of sense-making individually and with
o Homework problem o Project assignment o Quiz question o Exam question o __________________ (anything else in the course)However, keep in mind that ultimately you need to assess the course-level learning outcomesthemselves! Pitfall #3 – Breaking course-level learning outcomes down into unit-level learning outcomes and further into daily learning outcomes can lead you away from actually assessing the higher-order thinking skills written into the course-level LO’s! Similarly, assigning only problems tied directly to the most recent “lesson” or writing quizzes that closely resemble the most recent homework likely won’t assess higher-level LO’s
, closemonitoring of residents, empirical evidence based on medical facts, and mandated disclosure.The Role of RegulationSince its inception in 1970, the EPA has established a variety of regulations to enforce itsmission, “to protect human health and the environment” [74]. While critics of the agencycomplain that regulations are unwieldy, overly complicated, and extend beyond the EPA’sjurisdiction [75], there is little doubt that some actions, such as the Clean Air Act, havedramatically improved the environment, even though they may have an economic impact onbusiness and delay projects due to required environmental assessments.Students may have certain negative biases about EPA regulations, and the current politicalatmosphere reinforces those. To date, the
that can use all types of minds and every person needs to be literate in engineering and technology. She is an ASEE and IEEE Fellow and PAESMEM awardee.Mrs. Susan Beth D’Amico, North Carolina State University Susan B. D’Amico Coordinator of Engineering K-12 Outreach Extension The Engineering Place College of Engineering NC State University Susan earned a B.S in Industrial Engineering from NC State and has worked in the Telecom and Contract Manufacturing Industries for over 25 years as an Industrial Engineer, Process Engi- neer, Manufacturing Engineer, Project Manager, Business Cost Manager and Program Manager. Inspired by coursework she developed and presented as an engineer, her professional path made a turn