), and senior advisor at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi).Dr. Bethany S. Jones, CQAIE Page 23.582.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Exporting US quality assurance models in professional programs AbstractThis paper describes the current efforts of higher education institutions in developingcountries to seek accreditation from established quality assurance organizations in the UnitedStates. It contains two case studies of fields in which US accreditation organizations haveresponded effectively to such requests
Paper ID #6660Intellectual Property Issues in College-Industry PartnershipsMs. Lori Glover J.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lori Glover J.D. is the assistant vice president for Corporate Engagement at Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute in Worcester Massachusetts. She focuses on creating long term strategic partnerships for the univer- sity and is responsible for industry contract negotiation.Todd S. Keiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Todd Keiller joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute in October 2011 to run the technology transfer of- fice. Keiller brings over 30 years of licensing, business development, and
Paper ID #10265A Faculty Learning Community to Improve Teaching Practices in Large En-gineering Courses: Lasting ImpactsDr. Olivia S Anderson, University of Michigan Dr. Olivia S. Anderson is a postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan (CRLT). At U-M, she earned a Masters in Public Health in Hu- man Nutrition, a Registered Dietitian (RD) credential, and a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences. Her teaching experience began as an undergraduate teaching assistant for a Biology Lab, she was later on involved in patient education as an RD for kids, teens
AC 2012-3359: INCREASING THE SPIRALITY OF MATERIAL AND EN-ERGY BALANCESDr. S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University S. Patrick Walton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University and Director of the College of Engineering CoRe Experience. He received his B.ChE. from Georgia Tech and a M.S. (chemical engineering practice) and Sc.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Professor Walton’s research is focused on nucleic acid biotechnology.Ms. Amanda Portis Malefyt, Michigan State University Amanda Malefyt is currently a graduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and a member of the
AC 2012-4824: INTRODUCING MEMO WRITING AND A DESIGN PRO-CESS: A FIVE-WEEK SIMULATOR PROJECTDr. S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Scott Moor is an Associate Professor of engineering and Coordinator of First-year Engineering at Indi- ana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He received a B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering from MIT. After more than a decade in industry, he returned to academia at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in statistics. He is a registered Professional Chemical Engineer in California. His research interests include engineering education with an emphasis on developing and testing educational
AC 2012-4502: K-CAREER DIRECTIONS FOR WOMENDr. Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University and Harpeth Hall School Stacy Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly as it relates to increasing interest and participation by females. Klein-Gardner serves as the Director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls at the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tenn. Here, she leads professional development opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for K-12 teachers and works to identify and disseminate best practices from suc- cessful K-12, and university and corporate STEM programs for females. This center also leads
AC 2012-4816: LEVERAGING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELINGTECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGE-MENT EDUCATIONDr. Namhun Lee, East Carolina UniversityDr. Carrie S. Dossick, University of Washington Carrie Sturts Dossick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management in the College of Built Environments, and the Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Center for Construc- tion Research and Education, where she has been developing a new course for Integrated Project Delivery called ARCH404/CM404 Integrated Design-Build Studio. Dossick’s main research interests focus on emerging collaboration methods and technologies such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Building Information
AC 2012-4784: NANOTECHNOLOGY: TEACHING ETHICAL AND SO-CIAL ISSUES IN A STS COURSEDr. Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage Ahmed S. Khan is a Senior Professor in the College of Engineering and Information Sciences, DeVry Uni- versity, Addison, Ill. He received his M.Sc. (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an M.S.E.E. from Michigan Technological University, and an M.B.A. from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of fiber optic com- munications, faculty development, nanotechnology, application of telecommunications technologies in distance education, and impact of technology on society. He teaches wireless engineering
Paper ID #9239Engagement in Interactive Web-based Courseware as part of a Lecture basedCourse and the Relation to Student PerformanceDr. Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon UniversityDr. Anna Dollar, Miami University Page 24.485.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 STUDENT USE OF OPTIONAL ONLINE COURSEWARE RESOURCES: FACTORS THAT AFFECT STUDENT SELF-REGULATION OF THEIR LEARNINGIntroductionIncreasingly, learning resources beyond the textbook and instructor’s lectures and office
Paper ID #10619Exploring the Development of Undergraduate Research ExperienceKelly PatsavasProf. Barrett S Caldwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette Prof. Caldwell is a researcher in the area of human factors engineering, with a specialty in cognitive ergonomics. He was named in 2008 as a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES, the leading scientific body in this area in the US and one of the premier ergonomics societies in the world). Prof. Caldwell was also asked to co-organize the 2008 session on Cognitive Ergonomics for the National Academy of Engineering US Frontiers of Engineering (FOE
Paper ID #9296Advanced Mathematics for Engineering & Science – A Fourth Year HighSchool Mathematics Course (Curriculum Exchange)Mr. Joshua M Coriell, Cyber Innovation Center Joshua Coriell is a Curriculum Development Specialist at the Cyber Innovation Center’s National Inte- grated Cyber Education Research Center. He graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 2011 with a B.S. in Mathematics. A year later he completed his Master of Arts in Teaching at Louisiana Tech Univer- sity. He is currently working on a high school mathematics curriculum geared toward students interested in STEM fields.Dr. Krystal S Corbett, Cyber
currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education.Dr. Michael S Thompson, Bucknell University Prof. Thompson is an assistant professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, PA. While his teaching responsibilities typically include digital de- sign, computer-related electives, and senior design, his focus in the classroom is to ignite passion in his students for engineering and design through his own enthusiasm, open-ended student-selected projects, and connecting engineering to the world around them. His research interests are primarily experimental wireless networking and the application
Paper ID #9412Collaboration of Afghan and American Universities in a New ArchitecturalEngineering Program at Herat University, AfghanistanMiss Homaira Fayez, Herat Engineering University My name is Homaira Fayez. I am currently instructor at Herat University Egineering Faculty in Architec- ture Department. I have received my masters degree from University of Hartford.Dr. M. S. Keshawarz, University of Hartford Dr. Keshawarz is Professor and Chair of the Civil, Environmental, and Biomedical Engineering at the University. He has led the collaboration efforts between Herat University and the University of Hartford assisted by
Paper ID #10786Impact of Simulation-based and Hands-on Teaching Methodologies on Stu-dents’ Learning in an Engineering Technology ProgramDr. MOHAMMED TAQIUDDIN TAHER, DeVry University, AddisonDr. Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage Dr. Ahmed S. Khan is a Senior Professor in the College of Engineering and Information Sciences at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. Dr. Khan has more than thirty years of experience in research, instruction, curricula design, development, evaluation, implementation and program accreditation, management and supervision. Dr. Khan received an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from
The Integration of State Diagrams with Competency-Based Assessment G. Kohli, D. Veal, S. P. Maj and G. Murphy Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia g.kohli@ecu.edu.auAbstractHands-on units in Computer Networking technologies are increasingly popularamongst Computer Science students. However, to test the hands-on component it hasbeen found to be necessary to use Competency Based Assessment (CBA). The hands-on exercises can become outdated very quickly due to the rapid advancement oftechnology. To offset such effects the authors have developed an abstract high levelmodel to aid students’ conceptual understanding across a range of
Session 2158A Conceptual Model as an aid to student understanding of Network Security G. Kohli, S. P. Maj, G. Murphy and D. Veal Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia g.kohli@ecu.edu.auAbstractSecurity is amongst the most widely discussed topics in today’s world of high speed networking.Security broadly deals with problems that affect millions of computer users around the worldeither through the spread of viruses, or information theft from personal computers and networkservers. Security issues can encompass large quantities of detailed information
Engineering Frameworks for a High School Setting: Guidelines for Technical Literacy for High School Students Catherine Koehler1, Elias Faraclas2, Sonia Sanchez2, S. Khalid Latif2, Kazem Kazerounian2 1 Neag School of Education/ 2 School of Engineering University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06268AbstractThe introduction of engineering concepts into the classroom is a relatively new idea that isbeing adopted and written into several state science frameworks. As part
Session 1515 Some Methods to Achieve Changes in Delivered Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge Thomas J. Siller, Marvin E. Criswell, Darrell G. Fontane, and Neil S. Grigg, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372AbstractASCE Policy Statement 465 has lead to an extensive examination of the changes needed in civilengineering academic programs to better prepare graduates for licensure and professionalpractice over the two decades. Many trends, including rapidly growing Information Technology(IT
Session xxxx IT as Information Technology in CE and Instructional Technology in Education Neil S. Grigg, Marvin E. Criswell, Darrell G. Fontane, and Thomas J. Siller, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372AbstractThe fast-moving world of information technology is greatly changing the practice of civilengineering. Thus, it is generating changing needs and opportunities in education. These neededchanges are both in program content and in delivery. The authors have conducted a NSFDepartment-Level Reform
Session 2793 Electronic Mentoring: Supporting Women Engineering and Science Students in the Crucial Early Years of College Peg Boyle Single, Carol B. Muller, William S. Carlsen, Christine M. Cunningham MentorNet/MentorNet/Pennsylvania State University/Cornell UniversityMentorNet is using electronic communications to address a persistent problem in engineeringeducation: the underrepresentation of women. This paper in particular will focus onMentorNet’s efforts to support women engineering, science, math, and technology studentsduring the crucial first year of undergraduate education.In this paper, we review the
Session 2325 Linking Engineering Service Courses with Engineering Design P. David Fisher, James S. Fairweather, Diane T. Rover, Lisa A. Haston Michigan State UniversityAbstractThis paper focuses on the important role engineering service courses could play in a student’smajor engineering design experience. It explores opportunities for students to apply knowledgeacquired and skills learned in these courses to their multidisciplinary, engineering designexperiences. But transforming these courses and linking them more formally to engineeringdesign may require that engineering faculty and administrators rethink
2793WEB BASED CIM LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IN ME CURRICULUM: PART DESIGN, NC-CODE GENERATION AND WORK ORDER DISPATCHING VIA INTERNET Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research Group Sari, B., Cangar, T., Anlagan, O. & Kilic, S. E. Department of Mechanical Engineering Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyAbstractThis paper focuses on how basic CIM laboratory work can be enhanced through the use ofInternet. In the typical CIM laboratory experiment students are asked to produce their NC-Codesfor a given task. By the
Session Interdisciplinary ECE and ME Education in the Electro-Thermal Performance of CMOS SOC Devices Z. Joan Delalic, Jim J-S Chen, Richard Cohen, Dennis Silage Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering, Temple UniversityECE and ME: Together AgainThis interdisciplinary educational initiative presents curriculum and research, which is leading toa change in the traditional presentational of microelectronics, digital logic design, and heattransfer in engineering education. In the traditional and prevalent model
AC 2011-2109: GIRLS EXPERIENCING ENGINEERING: EVOLUTIONAND IMPACT OF A SINGLE-GENDER OUTREACH PROGRAMStephanie S Ivey, University of Memphis Dr. Stephanie Ivey, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, is currently involved in several engineering and STEM education projects. She is part of the project team for the NSF funded MemphiSTEP: A STEM Talent Expansion Program (NSF DUE 0756738), where her responsibilities include coordination of the entire project’s mentoring activities, including the peer-mentoring, peer-tutoring, and STEM club mini-grant program. She is leading a project focused on service learning within the Civil Engineering curriculum and a project examining links between learning styles and freshman
AC 2011-889: INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONSOF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYCURRICULAAhmed S. Khan, DeVry University,Addison, Illinois Dr. AHMED S. KHAN is a senior Professor in the College of Engineering and Information Sciences, De- Vry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optic Com- munications, Faculty Development, Nanotechnology, Application of Telecommunications Technologies in Distance Education, and impact of Technology on
AC 2011-2237: INTRODUCTION TO INSTRUMENTATION AND CON-TROL SYSTEMS USING A PENDULUM MOUNTED AIR ROCKETMichael Keller, University of Tulsa Michael Keller is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the university of tulsa. His research and teaching interests are in solid mechanics, both experimental and theoretical, and materials science.Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa Page 22.967.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introduction to Instrumentation and Control Systems Using a Pendulum Mounted Air RocketAbstractCourses on engineering
- ciety of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Engineering Educators, the Materials Research Society and ASM International. Her primary research in- terests are in finite element analysis, acoustic properties of materials, and curriculum design for materials education.Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University Page 22.1464.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The iCollaborate MSE ProjectAbstractThe overall objectives of the research proposed in the iCollaborate MSE [Materials Science
AC 2012-3087: DEVELOPMENT OF A POWER ELECTRONICS LAB COURSEWITH RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONSMr. David S. Ochs, Kansas State University David S. Ochs received his bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2010. He is currently pursuing a master’s of science at Kansas State University. His research interests include power electronics and maximum power capture in wind energy systems.Dr. Ruth Douglas Miller, Kansas State University Ruth Douglas Miller earned a B.S.E.E. from Lafayette College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, both in electrical engineering, from the University of Rochester. She has taught at Kanssa State University for 21 years and is presently Associate Professor. She
AC 2012-4254: DUAL MODEL SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMS: A NEWCONSIDERATION FOR INCREASING RETENTION RATESDr. Jeff M. Citty , University of Florida Jeff Citty, Ed.D., is an Assistant Director of Engineering Student Services at the University of Florida. His scholarly interests include first year student success and student leadership development.Dr. Angela S. Lindner, University of Florida Angela Lindner received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the College of Charleston in South Carolina in 1983 and an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1987. Her master’s thesis work, funded by the Texas Transportation Institute, involved use of phosphogypsum, a byproduct of phosphoric acid production