Conference Session

Thinking Outside the BOKs: ABET, Ethics, Civil Engineering as Liberal Education, and 3-Year Degrees

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Anthony Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

, Louisville, KY, June, 2010.[5] Vesilind, A. and Morgan, S. (2004). Introduction to Environmental Engineering,2nd Ed. Brooks/Cole - Thomson, Belmont, California.[6] Riley, K., Davis, M., Cox, A. and Maciukenas, J. (2007). “Ethics in the details: an NSF project to integrate ethics into the graduate engineering curriculum.” Proceedings of the Professional Communication Conference, IEEE International. October 1-3, 2007 Seattle, Washington.[7] Forsyth, D. R. (1980). A taxonomy of ethical ideologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(1), 175-184.[8] Kisselburgh L, Zoltowski CB, Beever J, Hess JL, Iliadis AJ, Brightman AO. (2014) “Effectively engaging engineers in ethical reasoning about

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Transferring and Smoothing Transitions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Dustin Grote; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Thomas Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Two-Year College

, it can be easy to focus on the experiences of first-time-in-college (FTIC)students. However, this focus is an idealization - as messaging about engineering from the firstyear is a critical junction for how students make decisions about persisting in an engineeringprogram [see 1]. Not everyone has the opportunity or chooses to begin at a four-year institution.The National Student Clearinghouse [2] reports that, in the previous ten years, 49 percent ofstudents who completed a bachelor’s degree at a four-year university in the 2015-2016 academicyear had also enrolled in a community college (two-year institution) for at least one semester.For those looking to revise their curriculum substantially, thinking about how to bridge transferstudents

Collection

15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Song Wang, University of Hartford; Enrico Obst, University of Hartford; Beth Richards, University of Hartford

Paper ID #45124(Full Paper) Enhancing Sense of Belonging in First-Year Engineering Studentsthrough Integrated Project-Based Learning and Communication Skills DevelopmentDr. Song Wang, University of Hartford Song Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Hartford. His research focuses on the durability of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials and their application in reinforcing and repairing steel and concrete structures. He is particularly interested in FRP-reinforced seawater and sea sand concrete structures, and bio-oriented

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College

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College Industry Partnerships

McDermott K.,“The Role of Industry-Inspired Projects in EngineeringEducation”, Proceedings of the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, Nevada.[5] Gonzalez, J., “More Partnerships Between Colleges and Industry Could Produce a Better-PreparedWork Force”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 19 Jul. 2011.Web.1 Oct. 2013.[6] Schoephoerster, R.T., Wicker, R., Pineda, R., Choudhuri, A. (2011), “Integrating Professional Practiceinto the Engineering Curriculum: A Proposed Model and Prototype Case with an Industry Partner”,Proceedings of the 2011 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition,Vancouver, CA.[7] Committee on Research Universities, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and GlobalAffairs

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Design in Engineering Education

Future WorkThe objective for this research was to better understand the baseline, demonstrated informationliteracy skills of first-year engineering students by using an authentic assessment tool to evaluatewritten artifacts produced by student teams. The results of this study are consistent with theliterature in that students exhibit weakness in both gathering and evaluating information 12,17,28. Aunique contribution of this study to the literature is the finding that students had very weakdocumentation skills. While no specific criteria regarding citation style (e.g. APA, MLA, etc.)was specified in the project description, providing citations for referenced material is asignificant element of academic integrity and is discussed in detail in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville; Olfa Nasraoui, University of Louisville; Kyle Dylan Spurlock; Breanna Graven, University of Louisville

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

existing curriculum constraints. In particular, teachers found that the NextGeneration Science Standards [1] practice of “computational thinking” was the best lens fordeveloping their aligned big data instruction. After exploring a taxonomy of computationalthinking in mathematics and science [2], the teachers collectively eventually settled on a core setof four computational thinking skills [3] most likely to be productive for their teaching focus;algorithmic thinking, decomposition, abstraction, and pattern recognition. This paper reports onthe variety of connections teachers developed with the practice of computational thinking, fromdata clustering as an active practice for simulating early generation of the periodic table in achemistry class

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer L. Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joshua D. Carl, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Brian E. Faulkner, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Luke Gerard Weber P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

) program at MSOE is transitioning from a quarter-basedacademic calendar to a semester-based academic calendar and is uniquely situated to reimaginethe curriculum with a mobile studio approach at its core. While exemplary case studies of mobilestudio platform usage in single courses or course sequences can be found in the literature, thiswork documents a proposal to design a new Electrical Engineering curriculum that utilizes acommon mobile studio platform throughout all years of the curriculum, across many courses.This paper is organized as follows: Section II summarizes the current state of the literature onmobile studio pedagogy; Section III examines the proposed curriculum integration of a mobilestudio lab instrumentation; Section IV presents

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Pedagogy 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Engineering Technology

. The faculty arecertified instructors to offer variety of FANUC certificates. The ET program at UTRGV is aCertified Training and Education Site for FANUC Robotics Material Handling ProgramSoftware and iR-Vision 2D (15).The CAD lab at UTRGV has SIEMENS NX Product Life Cycle Management software bundlethat serves as the principle CAD software that is employed throughout the engineeringtechnology curriculum. NX CAD Design Certification is perfect for students and educators whowant to demonstrate core design skills in NX. The certification is achieved through an onlineexam that tests skills and knowledge of the NX software. NX Certification enhances thecompetitive edge and reputation of both students and schools and provides an industryrecognized

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-219: A HANDS-ON COURSE CURRICULUM FOR SUPPORTINGDESIGN EDUCATION FOR MANUFACTURING STUDENTSPriya Manohar, Robert Morris University Dr. Priyadarshan Manohar is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA. He has a Ph. D. in Materials Engineering (1998) and Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (1999) from University of Wollongong, Australia and holds Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) degree from Pune University, India (1985). He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (2001 – 2003) and BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, Australia (1998 – 2001). Dr. Manohar held the

Conference Session

Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alongkorn Pimpin, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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International

credit portion for general education. Hence, the total credits of core coursesare forced to decrease, and only slight changes in the curriculum can be made. With newoutcome-based demands, the mechanical engineering program committee tailors the revisedcurriculum by integrating design and experiment skills across course series. The implementationis divided into short and long terms. The short-term procedure involves restructuring andintegrating courses for specific competencies while the intensive quality assurance is consideredin long term.I IntroductionChulalongkorn University was established as the first university in Thailand in 1917 with theFaculty of Engineering as one of the four founding faculties. The Department of MechanicalEngineering

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Mark T. Holtzapple, Texas A&M University; Bonnie J. Dunbar Ph.D., Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #18998Longitudinal Effects of the Foundation Coalition Curriculum on Chemicaland Petroleum Engineering Student PerformanceDr. So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University So Yoon Yoon, Ph.D., is an assistant research scientist at the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI) within the College of Engineering, Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Engi- neering Experiment Station (TEES). She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with specialties in Gifted Education and her M.S.Ed. in Educational Psychology with specialties in Research Methods and Measurement both from Purdue University

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

David Satterwhite; Keir Moorhead

training courses aboard acombination of our 500-foot diesel training ship, the Golden Bear (Sea Training I and III), and a“Commercial Cruise,” aboard a commercial sea-going vessel (Sea Training II). The second halfof the sea service requirement is met over the cadet’s four-year tenure at CSUM by an aggregateof standing regular engineering “watches” aboard our training ship’s fully functional engineroom and time accrued in USCG approved courses.Integration of Assessments into CurriculumTo ensure that our engineering graduates meet STCW compliance to obtain a USCG engineerslicense they must meet all the STCW KUP based assessments and earn the required sea serviceaboard ship. The training we have integrated into our curriculum to ensure STCW

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D Ford, Western Carolina University

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Military and Veterans

career fields for technical warrant officers in the United States Army. Warrantofficers enjoy the privileges of an officer, and according to the Army’s website, “technical warrantofficers are the Army’s mechanical experts”. Qualification training for warrant officers is generallyseveral months to a year in duration of fulltime study, but many warrant officers do not have four-yearcollege degrees.The American Council on Education (ACE), based out of Washington, D.C., reviews military trainingcourses, including Army warrant officer courses, and makes credit recommendations of equivalentcollege credits based upon training durations, content and scope. Technical warrant officer trainingincludes the types of curriculum often found in four-year

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Ryan Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maarij M. Syed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech; Richard W. Liptak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash Ave, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47803 1. Abstract Engineering Physics (EP), at its core, is a multidisciplinary approach to solving problemsthat require insights from various traditional disciplines. The EP curriculum at Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology strives to foster this multidisciplinary approach by incorporating studentprojects that require integrating concepts and principles from various fields into a meaningfulapproach toward a realistic solution. These projects, ideally involve a design / problemstatement, a fabrication step, and a testing or characterization stage. As an example of such anapproach, a new lab is proposed to provide students with an

Conference Session

Making in Design Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University; Joshua Brandel

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Design in Engineering Education

integrated with the practice ofmaking and includes three important components of any training system: information,demonstration, and practice [7]. Instruction on each topic in the curriculum begins with a shortactive learning lecture about a particular method or tool. In these lectures, exemplars producedby the instructor or sampled from prior student work are presented to the students. The classengages in an open discussion about what makes each piece a success or failure. Followingthis period, the instructor or TA gives a demonstration of how to execute the relevanttechnique/tool, including methods of operation, and displays of best and worst practices.Students then rehearse the technique/tool in class or a scheduled out-of-class workshop

Conference Session

WIP It! Faculty Development Style!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Douglas E. Melton, Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

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Faculty Development Division

Paper ID #28673Intercollegiate Coaching in a Faculty Professional Development Programthat Integrates Pedagogical Best Practices and the EntrepreneurialMindsetDr. Heather Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She recently served as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael F. Insana, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Gabriel R. Burks, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #25402Board 4: Leveraging Undergraduate Curriculum Reform to Impact Gradu-ate Education: a Case StudyDr. Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr Amos joined the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois in 2009 and is currently a Teaching Associate Professor in Bioengineering and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Educational Psychology. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech and Ph.D. in Chemical En- gineering from University of South Carolina. She completed a Fulbright Program at Ecole Centrale de Lille in France to benchmark and help create a new hybrid

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

-effective design-build projects for large-scale first-year engineering programs.II. Conventional Curriculum Research and Development at OSU.Curriculum research has been an integral part of the curriculum development agenda for theFirst-Year Engineering Program.2-5,7,8,11-14 The research and development of new labs has helpedthe program stay novel and appealing for the students as well as the faculty. New ideas fromvarious engineering disciplines have been incorporated in labs to engage students’ backgroundsand interests. Furthermore, the variety in the lab curriculum exposes freshman students todifferent disciplines of engineering thus helps them in understanding and choosing the right fieldof study.Conventional methods of curriculum research

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Brinley Boyett, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University

, such as writing, coding, orsolving problems. Thus, education must evolve to teach students how to use this tool effectivelyand evaluate the quality of its work. Educators should aim to incorporate AI into their classroomsin ways that help students develop these skills so that students will be better prepared tocontribute to society in the future 3 .However, there are concerns about ethical implications relating to the grey areas of AI, such asprivacy, bias, and accountability 4 . Applied specifically to education, AI’s integration riskscreating an over-reliance on external tools, potentially hindering students’ ability to recall andapply knowledge independently. Educators have also raised concerns about the potential for“academically dishonest

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Arizona State University (ASU) campus at Mesa, Arizona received an AdvancedTechnology Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a series ofsix laboratory curriculum modules in the area of microelectronics. The partner institutions ofthe ATE grant are Central Arizona College, Chandler Gilbert Community College, MesaCommunity College and the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC).MATEC is a NSF funded center for Advanced Technology Education. The laboratorycurriculum development efforts include both lower and upper division courses, which havelaboratory activities integrated into the course. The instructional materials developed utilize theMicroelectronics Teaching Factory (MTF) as the laboratory of choice

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

students with an opportunity tospecialize their learning in specific concentrations such as water and soil conservation, airquality, agricultural systems/power & machinery, renewable energy, and post-harvestprocessing/food engineering/bioprocess engineering. In an effort to identify distinguishingcharacteristics of a BAE, learning outcomes were mapped to specific concentrations and specificknowledge areas for the BAE curriculum at Texas A&M University. Learning outcomes havebeen viewed as the standard for measuring the knowledge, skills and attitudes a student hasobtained. Mapping of these learning outcomes could function as indicators of students’ abilitiesto perform in careers focused on their concentration and distinguish them from

Conference Session

CEIII Wrapup

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Bates Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

traditionally underrepresented groups in engineering education. Page 23.360.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Curriculum Exchange: Middle School Students Go Beyond Blackboards to Solve the Grand ChallengesAbstractOur program offers an integrated approach to engaging middle school students in activities thatimprove awareness and understanding of a range of STEM college and career pathways. Theprogram is framed within the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century identified by the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE). The focus of this paper is the curriculum used for

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Micomonaco, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

extracurricular activities, informal conversations inthe residence hall and social events.20 These types of activities combine to cultivate membership in a community for thestudent.21 The degree of integration in the community impacts the student’s commitment torelated goals and persistence in that domain. For example, students who participate inengineering-related events outside of class are more likely to feel connected to the community ofengineers and see more value in persisting to degree completion. In addition to the structuralobstacles of curriculum and pedagogy, Seymour and Hewitt noted that a lack of identificationwith STEM careers was an additional factor influencing students’ decisions to leave thediscipline.22 This is an element that

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Roy Uzoma Lan; Chinedu Okonkwo, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Ibukun Gabriel Awolusi, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jiannan Cai

Paper ID #49643Incorporating Sustainability Knowledge into Construction Education Curriculum:A Case Study of Earthen MasonryRoy Uzoma LanMr. Chinedu Okonkwo, The University of Texas at San AntonioDr. Ibukun Gabriel Awolusi, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Ibukun Awolusi is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management at The University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests and expertise are in construction safety and health, automation and robotics, innovation and technology integration in construction, sustainable materials and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Eleonora Emma Delgado, University of South Florida; Nicholas Abate, University of South Florida

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineers. In his fi- nal year of academia, Nicholas worked with Professor Kaw as an undergraduate research and learning assistant for a numerical methods course to study the effectiveness of flipped classrooms with adaptive learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integrating adaptive learning lessons in a flipped STEM course: development, outcomes, and data analyticsIntroductionThe flipped classroom is currently a popular pedagogy [1] as it is believed to improve studentengagement, create self-regulation of learning, and establish habits for life-long learning [2]. Inaddition, the increased amount of in-class active learning created by the implementation of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Huggins; Winfred K Anakwa; Gary Dempsey

) How much faculty direction should be given during the mini-project?The answers to the first two questions were “yes” if we looked at the senior capstone project as themain instrument in achieving these objectives. However, the authors felt these issues should beaddressed earlier in the curriculum. Also there are a number of disadvantages of using the seniorcapstone project as an assessment tool. In our department, each team of students works with a facultyadvisor for their senior project. The team is normally composed of two students but can have as manyas six students depending on the project. The majority of project topics are in the faculty’s researcharea which in our department includes controls, audio systems, advanced digital and

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Page 24.356.8 7created piecemeal ad hoc. We are in the presence of immediate cognisance of fact, onlyintermittently subjecting fact to systematic dissection. Romantic emotion is essentially the  Have been exposed to a broad, varied and integrated curriculum and have developed an informed sense of his/her own talents and preferences in general educational and vocational matters (transition skills)  Have developed significantly the basic skills of literacy and numeracy and oracy. (It is assumed that most students will have developed these skills before the end of the junior cycle, but specific reinforcement for some will be needed through TYO) (literacy and

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

withindustrial funding of projects often “leveraged” through partnership with government programsthat fund university-industry collaborations, for example, the Small Business InnovativeResearch (SBIR) or Technology Transfer (STTR) programs of numerous federal agencies.These contacts can also lead to summer or sabbatical employment for the professor and, in rarecases, a source of full employment if the professor leaves academia. This can be in the form ofbeing an actual employee of a company or a source of business if the professor forms his ownfull-time “spin-off” business.A solid consulting record adds to one’s curriculum vitae and is viewed positively by almost anyexaminer. Consulting is one version of “industrial experience” which is often a

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aminul Karim; Yakov Cherner; Ahmed Khan

Integration of Interactive Simulations and Virtual Experiments in Fiber Optics and Wireless Communications Courses for Onsite, Online and Hybrid Delivery Yakov E. Cherner*, Amin Karim**, Ahmed S. Khan** *ATeL, LLC, **DeVry UniversityAbstractRapid pace of technological growth has placed new demands on the skills, competencies andknowledgebase of engineering and engineering technology graduates. In order to be successful inthe 21st century workplace, graduates are required to acquire Digital-age literacy. Theengineering and engineering technology graduates are not only expected to understand the theorybehind state-of-the-art technologies, but also to

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Jevsevar, Vanderbilt University; Melanie Aston, Vanderbilt University; Shaun Price, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Stacy Klein-Gardner

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Biomedical

of 2007. All curriculum development was based on research for human learningpresented in the National Academy of Science report How People Learn1. Specifically, theinstruction is designed around “anchored inquiry” of interesting challenges2,3. Students’ inquiryprocesses are guided by an instructional sequence built around a learning cycle called the‘Legacy cycle’3.Each of the five legacy cycle modules in this unit includes a new challengequestion, interviews with experts in the imaging field to guide their inquiry, and lectures andhands-on activities to equip students in answering each challenge. Each of the hands-onactivities was designed to use materials under $25, enabling the curriculum to be integrated invarious classroom environments