for Engineering Education, 2007 The Ethics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Seminar: Helping Students to Become LeadersAbstractRecently, the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (EET/TET)Programs at Texas A&M University have created a new undergraduate initiative in the area ofentrepreneurship. The goals of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Education Experience (E4) arethreefold: • Excite and motivate undergraduate students to take ownership of their education by giving them opportunities to develop and market their own intellectual property. • Retain the best and brightest undergraduate talent in the Brazos Valley region. • Use entrepreneurship to help
designed for easy integration into existing courses for students in variousprograms. For example, a course in information assurance could include the topics for CISstudents to acquaint these students with aspects of ICS. Likewise, a course in industrial controlcould include the topics for engineering students to acquaint these students with principles ofcyber-security. These courses would be recommended at the senior or graduate level in order tobest accommodate alternative thinking and application. The modules advance the mutual Page 26.573.3understanding of ICS cyber-security concepts so that when encountered in industrial settings,both
probability of the engineered product’s impact to society, times the consequence ofthe product; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of the design; or to forecastthe behavior under specific operating conditions; with respect to its intended function, economicsof operation or safety to life and property, or other probability/statistical likelihood functions.Risk Engineering as a discipline acknowledges that uncertainty as a concept is unknowable andmore importantly for engineering, indeterminate. Risk Engineering replaces this indeterminacywith the twin concepts of process variability and data/knowledge gaps for internal project risksand shareholder risk for those external acts, inclusive of the environment, whoseactions/inactions
these projects underscores the program's ability to bridge the gap between academic learning and real- world application. This interaction has not only provided students with invaluable practical experience but has also contributed to producing tangible, impactful solutions to real-world problems. • enhanced Learning Experience: These senior design projects serve as exemplary models of how this educational approach fosters a more comprehensive learning experience. Students were able to apply technical knowledge, managerial skills, and entrepreneurial thinking in a cohesive manner, demonstrating the program's effectiveness in preparing them for the complexities of the professional world
. Anexample of this can be seen with Zhang et al.’s [5] work looking at implementing large languagemodels into their curricula at MIT. Other researchers are successfully sharing their experienceswith this type of implementation of GenAI as well as impacts on higher education at variousinstitutions [6]. When integrated with AEI, these materials can be designed to not only educatebut also to emotionally engage students, fostering a deeper connection to the subject matter andenhancing overall learning outcomes. Texas A&M University (TAMU) has made MicrosoftCopilot, a GPT 4.0 powered chatbot available for use for both students and faculty. Additionallythey have provided guidance as to what appropriate usage should look like both for faculty
, and practicing engineers. Prior to Colorado, Korte was at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he helped redesign the first year engineering program as a Fellow with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education and was a member of the Academy for Excellence in Engineer- ing Education—a faculty development program at the University of Illinois. Earlier, he was a research assistant for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education at the University of Washington.Dr. Christopher Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is Associate Dean at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at
understandabout a concept and how they would approach a problem.Our ultimate goal as instructors is to help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in theirchosen profession. Therefore, the objectives of the Writing-to-Learn assignments forprofessional practice are as follows: 1. During summer internships and after graduation, students annotate calculations. 2. During summer internships and after graduation, students effectively communicate with co-workers and supervisors when discussing ideas or problems.In professional practice, design calculations are reviewed for a variety of reasons including peer-review and litigation. It is unreasonable to believe that a practicing engineer will rememberspecific thoughts about a set of
Engineering Ed- ucation for research contributions. He was awarded the Excellence in Teaching by the Newark College of Engineering. Prior to joining NJIT, Dr. Loney, a licensed professional engineer, practiced engineering at Foster Wheeler, M.W. Kellogg Company, Oxirane Chemical Company, and Exxon Chemical Company.Dr. Ali Pilehvari P.E., Texas A&M University, KingsvilleMichael J. Elsass, University of Dayton Michael Elsass is a Lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. He received his B.Ch.E in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University. He then served two years as a psot-doctoral researcher at both
, industry has not institutionalized V&V best practices and also lackspractitioners who have practical understanding of V&V topics. High quality software is achievedif software verification and validation activities are integrated into all phases of the softwaredevelopment life cycle (SDLC). For the $549.3 billion (revenue) software industry [8] effectivesoftware verification activities will ensure that software development conforms to the desiredspecifications based on all the assumptions made. Validation activities are performed only afterthe software is developed to determine if the software correctly executes customer requirements.2. Research ObjectivesThis project is designed to address V&V related root causes of software failure
quickly gather data on the feedback practices being [9] J. W. Creswell and V. L. Plano Clark, Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage Publications, 2017. their motivation and course engagement? employed in specific courses. This data can then be logged for reference, output for comparisons, or [10] J. Fredricks, P. Blumenfeld, and A. Paris, “School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of further evaluated
Paper ID #14442The Making of a Technology Literacy CourseDr. Dan G. Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio Dan G. Dimitriu has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for more than 20 years at various institutions. In 2001, he joined San Antonio College full-time as the Coordinator of its Engineering program and in 2004 he joined the faculty at University of Texas at San Antonio as an adjunct professor. He has been involved with several engineering societies and became a member of the Two-year College Division of ASEE in 2002. His research interests are in alternative fuels
impact on engineering education. By providing learning environments richin varied learning methods, educators can provide students with more diverse means of receivingand applying knowledge and information resulting in a more engaging and interactiveeducational setting. Such environments allow students to construct their own understanding ofwhat they are studying through their interaction with the environment, and their use of theknowledge and skills that they already have to experiment and form a more conceptualunderstanding of the information. At Morgan State University, we have developed EM-Viz, a3D electromagnetic visualization tool designed to support undergraduate electromagneticstudents in gaining an understanding of the theory of
responses indicate that Seattle University’s model for senior design is an important factor that influences the choice of transfer school and subsequent satisfaction with the program. While employment by a sponsor is not guaranteed, yet many of our sponsors have hired students after completion of the project. More importantly, students have emphasized the impact of this experience on their professional formation. Having the opportunity to work in a diverse team, on a real-world problem, prepares them for the workforce in an unparalleled way.• Learning environment- The department strives to create an inclusive learning environment that can be best described as challenging but supportive and personalized but collaborative
AC 2007-1826: ASSESSING AND IMPROVING A MULTIDISCIPLINARYENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS COURSEDavid Richter, Virginia Tech DAVID RICHTER is a graduate student currently pursuing a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is researching interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and education. He also has interests in engineering design, outreach programs for youth, and communication in the engineering curriculum.Sean McGinnis, Virginia Tech SEAN McGINNIS is the Director of the Virginia Tech Green Engineering Program and a research faculty jointly appointed in Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Systems Engineering. Dr. McGinnis holds bachelor's degrees in
homework, with quickfeedback. A final hurdle was that this was the author’s first time teaching Vibrations. Therefore,it was necessary to prioritize lesson plan preparation over delivery logistics. This precluded timeintensive efforts such as learning complicated software or prerecording lectures in an instructionallab environment.Mastery learning (or learner-centric) techniques introduced by Bloom in the 1970s and expandedby researchers over the last half century have an established track record for enhancing studentlearning.1–3 In particular, periodic formative assignments are necessary and should be designed sothat students reflect on mistakes and adjust their learning efforts as needed. Within the Vibrationscourse, the mechanisms for formative
related to how students learn chemistry and how that guides the design of instructional materials and teaching strategies as well on efforts related to faculty development and the connection between chemistry education research and the practice of teaching. She is a PI for the Increase the Impact Project, which is developing resources for PIs to improve the propagation of their innovations, as well as a PI for the ELIPSS Project, which is developing resources for STEM instructors to assess professional skills in the classroom. Dr. Cole is also an associate editor for the Journal of Chemical Education.John Lovitt, Wichita State University and Missouri University of Science & Technology Retired Tech Industry
and undergraduate programs. Further, todate there does not appear to be a single accepted approach or best practice for incorporatingtargeted competencies into engineering curricula. More research into how to address andincorporate targeted engineering competencies into undergraduate curricula is called for.AcknowledgementI acknowledge the contributions of Dr.Mary Pilotte. References1 Parry, S. B. Just What Is a Competency?(And Why Should You Care?). Training 35, 58 (1996).2 Turley, R. T. & Bieman, J. M. in ACM Conference on Computer Science. 271-278.3 Nair, C. S., Patil, A. & Mertova, P. p. m. a. m. e. a. Re-engineering graduate skills - a case study. European
the highereducation system aspire to send their children to the best universities so they can get aneducation that, hopefully, will turn out to be a pathway to a successful and financially secure life.And this is where the dilemma begins. Most of the nation’s top universities who compete forundergraduate students tend to build their reputation (and prestige) reflected through rankingsand tables predominantly on national and international research performance, which means, inessence, external funding level, research quality of the faculty, scholarly journal publications,and Ph.D. graduation rate4. The rankings on undergraduate programs, on the other hand, arenormally not based on any quantitative information. For example, US News
Paper ID #12420Towards an integrated Hardware And SOftware Book (HASOB)Prof. Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Dr. Abdelrahman is currently the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Dr. Abdelrahman has a diverse educational and research background. His research expertise is in the design of intelligent measurement systems, sensor fusion and control systems. He has been active in research with over 80 papers published in refereed journals and conferences. He has been the principal investigator on
and best practices for other STEM stakeholders. Beyond just documenting practices,studies and research have been completed 6, 8 and are currently being conducted on the value ofadditional outreach programs to ensure that the organization’s efforts are effective and targetedat the correct age ranges. viii. Teacher TrainingRepeated reference has been made to the importance of the teacher in STEM education. Rapidlychanging technologies and communications systems make it difficult for classroom teachers toremain current. Time and financial restrictions do not allow them to repeatedly take advantageof sabbaticals or leaves of absence for retraining. Whenever possible, education outreachproviders should make serious efforts to bring the
firsthand that colleges and universities have the ability and desire to helpimprove the job prospects of college graduates in Indiana, and we wanted to give them theresources to be even more strategic and ambitious,”12 This applies to even the small liberal artsschools.Over the last eight years at Taylor University, a primarily undergraduate liberal arts university,the Center for Research and Innovation (CR&I) acted as a change agent and showed that smallliberal arts schools can not only do research that impacts the world, but also leveraged thatresearch into value-add solutions. The mission of the CR&I was to amplify the God-given talentsand passions of students and faculty through innovative research, entrepreneurship andpartnerships
. Common practices for reducing energy consumption andwaste will be discussed. In addition, strategies for product packaging and delivery will Page 11.364.8be presented.End-of-use strategies - This module addresses strategies and challenges associated withreducing the environmental impact of a product after it has been used by a consumer orbusiness. Discussion will address re-use, remanufacturing, recycling, and disposaloptions. Design for recycling tools will be demonstrated and practiced on real products.In addition, the current economic and legislative realities of end-of-use strategies will bepresented.Environmentally responsible management - Industry
apply applicable standards, regulations, and codes;”10 • In the general criteria for engineering programs (2008-09) and (2009-10) it specifies that the curriculum is to include courses in which students can apply engineering standards, stating specifically, “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.”11 • In the aeronautical engineering technology program criteria under outcomes, “… program must demonstrate that graduates can apply … b. Technical expertise in assembly and support processes, industry standards
and with that lost opportunities for networking, gender bias from bothprofessors and male peers, less research opportunities and trainings for females, lack of supportand mentorship, particularly in terms of female role models and interaction with alumnae, andthe lack of participation and advocacy for women in the Society of Women Engineers as themain aspects affecting them within TAMUQ. These institutional challenges are compounded byindustry-wide practices in Qatar that are detrimental for women engineers. Participants, in thisrespect, indicated perceptions of companies not accepting female employees and not sponsoringfemales to study engineering, a prevalence of gender bias and disparity, and cultural expectationsaffecting women in the
that is aligned withresearch-based educational practices was used to evaluate the instructional quality of the module.Project DesignThe project provided targeted professional development and a research experience for twocohorts of secondary math and science teachers from the GCS Central Region. Project activities Page 25.936.3included innovative strategies to strengthen educator skills in teaching hands-on NASA-relatedSTEM content. Teachers engaged in Earth System Science research under the mentorship ofexperienced STEM and education graduate students and designed innovative inquiry-based EarthScience teaching modules that are aligned with
in Engineering Program (WE@RIT); ME Department Advocate for Engineering Honors Program; and Member of Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Leadership Team. Page 12.670.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Enhancing Life-Long Learning and Communication Abilities through a Unique Series of Projects in ThermodynamicsAbstractMechanical engineering courses in Thermodynamics typically provide a detailed treatment of thefirst and second laws of thermodynamics from a classical viewpoint in order to prepare studentsfor subsequent courses and ultimately, engineering practice. Therefore, thermodynamics
BOK states that many of these levels of cognitive achievement can onlybe obtained through the process of undergraduate education, postgraduate education, andexperience [4]. Additionally, the ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Criterion5 Curriculum, indicates students must build upon their “skills acquired in earlier course work” asthey culminate in a final design experience. In addition, the civil engineering program criteriastates graduates must apply knowledge in a series of progressive subjects [5]. The outcomes inthe BOK and ABET criteria indicate that learning engineering topics takes time in a progressivelearning process.Teaching requires vertical integration of material in engineering. A study of a representativesample
Paper ID #18490Listening and Negotiation IIDr. Adjo A Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy is Professor and Associate Chair for Global Engineering Leader- ship and Research Development in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, with responsibilities for managing and expanding the School’s global/leadership education and research programs and impact, and directing the Institute’s Global Engineering Leadership Minor Program. Her research, teaching and professional activities focus on civil infrastructure decision making to promote sustainable
. Issues in Information Systems, 2020. 21(4).3. Dwivedi, Y.K., et al., Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on information management research and practice: Transforming education, work and life. International Journal of Information Management, 2020. 55: p. 102211.4. Georgiadou, A., S. Mouzakitis, and D. Askounis, Working from home during COVID-19 crisis: a cyber security culture assessment survey. Security Journal, 2021: p. 1-20.5. Lallie, H.S., et al., Cyber security in the age of covid-19: A timeline and analysis of cyber-crime and cyber-attacks during the pandemic. arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.11929, 2020.6. Furnell, S. and J.N. Shah, Home working and cyber security–an outbreak of unpreparedness? Computer Fraud
., “Cooperative Education Impact on Enhancing Mechanical Engineering Curriculum,” ASEE Annual Conference, 2012. 5. Noyes, C.R., and Gordon, J., “The Academic Effects of Cooperative Education Epxeriences: Does Co-op Make a Difference in Engineering Coursework?,” ASEE Annual Conference, 2011. 6. Shuman, L.J., Besterfield-Sacre, M., and McGourty, J., “The ABET Professional Skills: Can they be Taught? Can they be Assessed?,” Journal of Engineering Education, 2005, pp. 41 – 56.7. Garrison, T., “Use of Experiential Learning for Outcomes Assessment,” ABET Best Assessment Practices Symposium X, April, 2008.8. El-Sayed, J., “The Role of Co-op Experience in Achieving Engineering Educational Outcomes,” ASEE Annual