semester of 2017, an official partnership between the RCSC and theEngineering and Science Projects in Community Service (EPICS@mines) program at the SouthDakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines) was formed to help the RCSC meet thisgoal. The EPICS@mines program allows students to earn course credits for partnering with thecommittee to investigate, monitor, and plan an initiative for improving the energy efficiency ofcity buildings to meet Energy Star Building Certification. The creation of the student designteam has had a positive impact on students and the community and it has led to the developmentof unanticipated partnerships in the community.IntroductionTown and gown relations have long been considered important to the success of a
,this program is engineering discipline specific, open only to incoming students enrolled in thefall semester, and it is closely tied to the first engineering course offered at the university. Bootcamps at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of Washington (UW)are similar, but they focus on Math and Writing or Science and Math respectively [15], [16],which means that students will not necessarily meet others in their major.All incoming freshmen engineering students are encouraged to apply to E-FIT, which is designedto suit students of all ability levels. Currently, there is space for 132 students (approximately20% of incoming engineering students) to participate, but the program plans to be available to allincoming
shifts from pure modeling to that of an understanding of the organizational principles andsystems, having a specific behavior. The first project makes use of an SDC Publications textbook[1]. This also enables students to learn the tools of the software, become familiar witharchitectural and construction methods, and understand details employed in the design andconstruction of residential buildings. The first project is in the format of a tutorial where studentswork on constructing a single family residence which comprises of a basement, first floor, andsecond floor. Students are also to interior design the kitchen, bathroom, and office on the secondfloor. The second project consists of the plan and design of a single floor for a single
, proceeds through feasibility andprototyping courses and culminates in a business plan preparation course. There are also threepracticum courses included in the minor that provide focused experiences for students in relatedthemed areas.The program has graduated over 100 students and continues to see a robust enrollment of about12% of the engineering students and is the largest subscribed minor in the College ofEngineering. After a decade of offering the engineering entrepreneurship minor, the program wasevaluated to identify its strengths and determine if any modifications needed to be made.The program evaluation was based on the collection and analysis of several forms of dataincluding course syllabi, focus groups with current students, and
Paper ID #21943Industry experience: Consulting; since 1987; Had major or partial role in: I) performing research forindustry, DOE and NSF, and II) in several oil industry or government (DOE, DOD, and NSF) proposals.Performed various consulting tasks from USA for several oil companies (Jawaby Oil Service Co., WAHAOil and Oasis Co., London, England). The responsibilities included production planning, forecastingand reservoir maintenance. This production planning and forecasting consisted of history matching andprediction based on selected drilling. The reservoir maintenance included: water/gas injection and gas liftfor selected wells to optimize reservoir production plateau and prolonging well’s economic life.Terra Tek, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
- versity. She has a Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology from Saint Louis University and has been involved in academic assessment for over 20 years.Dr. Sarah L. Strout, Worcester State University Dr. Sarah Strout is the Assistant Vice President for Assessment and Planning at Worcester State University and was the Associate Director of Assessment at Radford University.Dr. Prem Uppuluri, Radford University Prem Uppuluri is a Professor of Computer Science at Radford University. His primary interests are in cyber security and computer science education. Dr. Uppuluri’s work is supported by grants from NSF and NSA. He is the PI of the NSF S-STEM project titled RU-Nextgen (2014-18) c American
formed a partnership to host a 12-day travel study program. CSU had originallyoffered the program in the Caribbean in 2009; the following year it was offered in partnershipwith the University of Costa Rica. Most recently, the latest iteration of the course is based on anew partnership with EARTH University. This paper provides context about the organizationalchallenges and lessons learned from this partnership. First, this paper describes a brief overviewof the study abroad program including the content, structure, and assignments. Second, the paperprovides a discussion of the challenges related to planning and executing this course. Finally,lessons learned by the faculty leaders and support staff provide insights about what to expectwhen
our Catholic university, we are infusing ourcurriculum with a humanistic approach to engineering by orienting the core of our departmentaround social justice. We plan to educate engineers that are able to integrate the appropriateperspective -- be it global, local, environmental, or social -- into the engineering decision-makingprocess. In this paper, we describe the founding of our new department and describe theinstitutional context that made it possible. We also lay out our proposed curricular structure anddiscuss several courses currently under development.IntroductionAt an alumni panel for first year engineering students in Fall 2016, we listened as recentgraduates reported working in engineering jobs where they “did not use” their
. For example, the tool cabinet facing the pod that houses teams 1-4, hasfour distinct shelves labeled for each team; the shelve reserved for team 1 is shared amongstteam 1 members across all six classes, and so on for each additional team within each class.Some of the items supplied within these tool cabinets include hand tools, non-consumablesupplies for experimentation, and binders containing hard copies of lesson plans. Also locatedwithin the EG makerspace are team cabinets that store individual team totes. Team cabinets aresupplementary to the tool cabinets and respective totes store items that are not conducive tosharing amongst other teams, such as individual safety glasses, electronics components, and partsused to construct individual
career in information technology to developadditional cybersecurity skills to use in their current position or to prepare them for advancementinto a new position. Alternately, it could serve as a way to demonstrate the knowledge andexperience required to allow someone to switch from a career in a completely different field intoinformation technology and cybersecurity.The suggested completion plan for the certificate is: • CSCI 603 – Defensive Network Security • CSCI 604 – Ethical Hacking • CSCI 609 – Cybersecurity Law and Policy • One additional courseThere are a number of options for the final course. These include, at NDSU: • CSCI 610 – Computer Crime and Forensics • CSCI 669 – Network Security • A computer science
some even leavefor opportunities outside of school all together. As the field of engineering education researchgrows, more opportunities arise to examine what happens between the declaration of a major andthe planned graduation date that prompts so many students to exit the field. Much researchdiscusses how and why students initially choose a major (e.g., [1],[6]), but further discussion ofwhat happens between major declaration and planned graduation date is lacking in the existingliterature.Major selection is the focus of a large body of research involving higher education (e.g. [1], [2],[7], [8]). Research looking into major selection has been pursued from a variety of perspectives.Some research has focused on a broad range of college majors
metacognitive regulation, there is most agreement surrounding four specific actions:planning, monitoring, control, and evaluation. Planning involves actions taken to help the learnerplan out their learning and cognitive tasks. Planning encompasses everything from gatheringappropriate resources to creating a time schedule for learning to the selection of a specificenvironment used for learning. Monitoring involves all actions that are used to determine if thecognitive task engaged in is on track to meet the intended goal. Monitoring can involve (but isnot limited to) checking progress on a particular task, checking understanding on a particularconcept, and checking that the procedure currently being used will reach the intended outcome.When a monitoring
. During ourpresentations at ASEE—both in conference sessions and in the NSF poster sessions—we offerthe tipsheets to attendees who express interest. We have also begun to use the tipsheets as thebasis for workshops and presentations. For example, at the American Association of Collegesand Universities STEM conference in November 2018, we presented a workshop on the topic ofshared vision for change projects. The interactive workshop was developed with the tipsheet asthe source of content, and the tipsheet served as a resource for attendees to take away for use ontheir home campuses.ConclusionAs of this writing, we have plans for additional tipsheets on topics that have emerged from whatwe are learning about the work of the RED teams. For example
follows upon an NSF-WIDER(Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms) planning grant.University of South Florida (USF) has a student population of approximately 31,000undergraduate and 11,000 graduate students. About 35% of the undergraduate students major ina STEM discipline (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, Geosciences, or Engineering).Approximately half of the undergraduate students have transferred from another institution andabout half of these have come from one of the five primary campuses of HillsboroughCommunity College (HCC).The leadership team for the project consists of twelve to fifteen people (some members rotate inand out) and includes deans, department chairs, faculty, professionals from the office of
the USA. To add to theconfusion, there is not consistency across the UK, as again the separation of governance inEngland and Scotland has led to different systems. During a 2015 Fulbright Visiting ScholarExchange, the author had the opportunity to teach at an English University and visit threecolleges in Scotland. Figure 1 shows the general flow of the four-year curriculum which led tothe awarding of degrees of Bachelors in Engineering (BEng) and Masters in Engineering (MEng)at an English university.5 This plan appears to be fairly typical of engineering programs inEngland. However, Figure 2 displays one example of a four-year program at a Scottishuniversity. It should be noted, that while this program lasts four years, like the English
, 95% 107, 88% Yes No Yes No Figure 5: Student Self-Assessment of Project UnderstandingThe response to the second and third questions on the exit survey assessed student interest andconfidence in their ability to major in science or engineering. The percentage of students whoresponded that they plan to study science or engineering, if they go to college, was highest in theMakerspace class. This is shown in Figure 6, and responses for the other courses ranged from59% – 93%. However, the next question on the survey (“did summer change their mind”)impacts the interpretation of those responses and is shown in Figure 7. A
Paper ID #16129Engineering Students’ Self-Concept Differentiation: Investigation of Identity,Personality, and Authenticity with Implications for Program RetentionMs. Kylie Denise Stoup, James Madison University Kylie Stoup is a senior honors engineering student at James Madison University. Ms. Kylie Stoup grad- uates with a BS in Engineering in May 2016. She is in the second year of her 2-year-long engineering capstone project so far, involving the design and implementation of a greenway system in Harrisonburg. Her career interests include transportation infrastructure and city planning with a focus in social equity, as
research group members, the amount of time spent with researchmentors, and the advice given about graduate school. Improvement was suggested for theelement of amount of time spent doing meaningful research. REU program participants indicatedanticipated completion of a presentation, talk, or poster at a professional conference (25%) andinvolvement in co-writing a paper for either an academic journal or an undergraduate researchjournal (33%). Approximately 58% of participants indicated plans for some level of graduateschool at program completion.Interviews of program participants corroborated the indication of research-based gains andprovided a more in-depth understanding of impact of the program. Specifically, interviewsprovided information about
Value Delivery 30 Start Innovating 30 Challenge Plan 60 Closure 15 Figure 1: Workshop framework Architecture - The central trunk provides the core contents of workshops. The branches are optional and all the timings (given in diamonds) are indicative.We then move on to case studies that are mainly drawn from
phases:development, deployment, and improvement. Important measurable goals and objectives areshown in the framework. The importance of strategic alliances is emphasized in the early stageduring the Plan-Do-Check-Act feedback loops that provide non-linear improvementopportunities. The importance of experiential learning in achieving the professionaldevelopment growth in students at all levels is a common theme. The need for mentoring,especially among our first generation college students, is a critical success factor in the culturaltransformation of parents and communities. Although not explicit in the framework, there is ablending of art and science. For example, in the specific application discussed in this article,the students creatively and artfully
engineering design process and that theworkshops empowered them and their students to tackle projects previously perceived asbeyond their skill level. Insufficient preparation for troubleshooting hardware andsoftware issues was listed as the greatest barrier to fully realizing the technology’spotential in the classroom. Also highlighted was a lack of resources for development ofmeaningful lesson plans using this nascent technology.IntroductionDuring the summers of 2013 and 2014 four workshops were held for high school scienceand technology teachers. The workshop participants built and commissioned their ownRepRap 3D printers in order to take them back to their schools to use in classrooms.Workshops were intended to provide the tools and basic
heating to create a design plan and develop a materials budget for their passive solar house. (NGSS 4- PS3-4, 3-5-ETS1-2; CCSS 4.MD.A.3, 4.MD.A.2, SL.4.1)• Make a Prototype: Teams use their design plans to build their models. (NGSS 4-PS3-4; CCSS SL.4.1)• Test the Prototype: Teams conduct fair tests to determine if their models meet the criteria of the problem. Students calculate the total open area on each side of the house and roof. Teams prepare and present their findings. The class then compares their designs to determine the relationship between the team designs that were most successful and the features of those designs. (NGSS 4-PS3-4, 3-5-ETS1-3; CCSS SL.4.1)• Reflect and Redesign: Teams
-artsinstitution, could participate in service-learning projects through an engineering living-learningcommunity (LLC). This LLC is named Program for an Engineering Education Community(PEEC) and has included six student cohorts since its inception. The PEEC program is designedwith a 3-credit introduction to engineering course in the fall semester followed by a 1-creditcourse in the spring, with the intention that the service project planning occurs in the fall andimplementation in the spring. Of the approximately 110 incoming first year engineering studentseach year, the program is limited to about 25 students per year and continually reaches fullcapacity. Students are selected for the program based on interest and to create as much academic,ethnic, and
research interests include Structural Health Monitoring of bridges using Non-Destructive Testing, and rehabilitation, retrofitting and strengthening of structures. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states on New Jersey and Alabama, with six years of industrial experience.Dr. Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Namhun Lee is an assistant professor in the department of Manufacturing and Construction Manage- ment at Central Connecticut State University, where he has been teaching Construction Graphics/Quantity Take-Off, CAD & BIM Tools for Construction, Building Construction Systems, Building Construction Estimating, Heavy/Highway Construction Estimating, Construction Planning, and
microcontrollers and FPGAs. Kief retired from the Air Force in 1998 following 20 years of military service. His final military assignment was at the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) at Kirtland Air Force Base. Kief holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of New Mexico. He has published and taught in the areas of digital and programmable logic, satellite design, and system verification and validation. He is also an IEEE senior member.Dr. John Reutter III, Drake State Community and Technical College Dr. John Reutter is Director of Planning and Research for Drake State Community and Technical College with responsibility for guiding the College’s strategic planning process and
, schedule and risk. Elements andsubsystems were also linked horizontally and resulted in mutual interactions, some positive andsome not. It was only when all the parts and components were defined and linked (initially byrequirement, then by analysis or simulation, and finally physically) that the true performance(and risk) of a system was understood and managed1.SE was formalized into a series of documents created for the U.S. Government, starting with the Page 26.666.3seminal Mil-Std-499 Systems Engineering Management, which provided the program manager 2criteria for evaluating engineering planning
designedto be technically difficult or time consuming for the students. Homework assignments are createdbased on the course objectives and focus on soft-skills that engineering students get minimalexposure to throughout the remainder of their required curricula. Common assignments eachsemester include a Resume Critique, Graduation Plan, and an Engineering Challenges paperwhere students detail the motivations for completing their engineering degree and the challengesthey anticipate in the coming years. Student comments show that the Engineering Challengesassignment in particular really helped give them a “reality check” and exposed shortcomings intheir study habits or their school-work-home balance. Evaluation techniques for the courseinclude
impellers by implementing the algorithm of theconstant scallop height method to improve tool-path planning of rough machining. As a result, Page 26.1229.5cutting location (CL) data based on the geometry model of blade and hub of the impeller weregenerated. Finally, The CL data were confirmed by comparing them with original CAD modelthrough software simulations and later by machining experiments. The results of verificationproved the machining methodology and procedure to be successful [5].Since much of the machining time is consumed in rough cutting to remove unnecessary stockmaterials between impeller blades, Suhaimi et al. argued that 5-axis rough
systems.Mr. John Kaemmerlen, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) John is a Senior Lecturer at RIT in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, and is the Director of the Toyota Production Systems Laboratory. His areas of concentration are Lean, Production Systems, Facilities Planning, and Supply Chain Management. He also guides many of the capstone projects that RIT engineering students complete in the multidisciplinary senior design program. He has been at RIT for 7 years following 31 years at Eastman Kodak Co.Dr. Matthew Marshall, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Matthew Marshall is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He
there was any need for change, students modified the design andmanufactured a new prototype, and then performed the surgery again to validate if the newdesign worked better with the existing surgical procedure/tools.In final presentations, all groups presented problem definition, market analysis and potentialcustomer, project timeline, design input and output. Verification and validation plan, engineeringspecifications, and results were also included in the presentations. Especially the groups whowere introduced surgical procedure presented how the knowledge and experience of surgicalprocedure changed the final design outcomes compared to the original design.ResultsThis new approach was implemented to the capstone design course for the first