of the Tagliatela College of Engineering and is the PI of the two grants entitled ”Project to Integrate Technical Communication Skills” and ”Developing entrepreneurial thinking in engi- neering students by utilizing integrated online modules and experiential learning opportunities.” Through these grants technical communication and entrepreneurial thinking skills are being integrated into courses spanning all four years in seven ABET accredited engineering and computer science BS programs.Dr. Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven Jean Nocito-Gobel, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of New Haven, received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has been
American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Cooperative Teaching in a Distance Education Environment C. N. Thai1, Y. Kuo2 & P. Yen2 1 University of Georgia, College of Engineering, Athens GA 30602-4435 E-mail: thai@engr.uga.edu - Web site: http://www.engr.uga.edu/~mvteachr 2 National Taiwan University, Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering Department, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: ykuo@ntu.edu.tw - Web site: http://bime.ntu.edu.twAbstractA project-based course in Robotics was created to serve as an elective for engineering students atthe University of Georgia (UGA) and National Taiwan University (NTU). It
Education, and Service Learning. Since 1992 he has been working with students on international Service Learning projects. Page 15.1060.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Service Learning in the College of Engineering Villanova UniversityIntroductionIt is important for students to participate in community service and to develop an awareness ofthe impact they can have on society. When people work on service projects they usually learn agreat deal; however, this paper specifically discusses Service Learning defined as “a teachingand learning strategy that integrates meaningful
experience in construction, engineering, and research and eight years of academic experience. He was Co-Chair of the ASCE Civil Engineering in the Oceans V conference. He was the only manager in the 55-year history of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory ever to win the Employee-of-the-Year Award. He has won numerous awards for project management. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute, Center for Construction Industry Studies, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, OSHA and other organizations. He has published 45 journal and conference pa- pers. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and the M.S. and B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University
An Integrated Concept-to-Prototype Capstone Design Experience Amanie N. Abdelmessih, Ph.D., Anthony de Sam Lazaro, Ph.D., Isaac H. Jung, Ph.D., PE Mechanical Engineering Department Saint Martin’s School of Engineering Lacey, WA 98503-1297AbstractThe objective of the two-semester Capstone/senior design program, at Saint Martin’sMechanical Engineering Department, is to prepare student- engineers for the workforce byhaving them participate fully on a design team to solve an open-ended real-world design problem.Students design, then build/assemble their project. For the senior design project
?AbstractService-learning (S-L) has been integrated into an average of 30 engineering courses every yearsince 2004 in five undergraduate departments. Forty-three faculty members have tried S-L, overhalf the engineering faculty. In 2010-2011, 1267 students (out of an enrollment of 1600) engagedin S-L projects in 33 courses contributing an estimated 49,500 hours to the community. Thisapproach to trying to develop better engineers and more engaged citizens was motivated by thegrowing body of research showing widespread benefits of S-L, the meeting of academicobjectives through addressing real community needs in credit-bearing courses. But what do thestudents who are part of this program think about S-L? In this study surveys of student viewswere collected
mbiswas@uttyler.edu 1 psundaravadivel@uttyler.edu2, and aadityakhanal@uttyler.edu3,AbstractEngineering professionals are expected to conduct various methods of communication when theyenter the workforce. Video presentations are emerging as a preferred mode of communication formarketing and employment processes. However, such communication is uncommon for project-based learning (PBL) assignments in engineering education. Engineering professionals areexpected to bring some level of entrepreneurial-minded learning (EML) skills to solve social orcultural problems with responses rather than solutions. Moreover, the latest industry trend showsthe incorporation of video presentations to showcase and pitch entrepreneurial endeavors.However, such
-efficient cars, changing their driving habits, and learning ways to make theirhomes and workplaces more energy efficient. Although many Americans are participating inthese actions, there are still many more Americans who have not embraced this trend. The aimof this research was to examine various factors, including social and demographic variables, thatmight influence the use of sustainable technologies.This research used the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) nationally recognizedstandard for sustainable building called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED). Accordingly, the number of USGBC LEED projects per 100,000 people within eachstate was chosen to represent the state’s commitment to environmental technologies. The
Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Experiences in Cross-Teaching within a Distance Education Environment C. N. Thai1, Y. Kuo2 & P. Yen2 1 University of Georgia, College of Engineering, Athens GA 30602-4435 E-mail: thai@engr.uga.edu - Web site: http://www.engr.uga.edu/~mvteachr 2 National Taiwan University, Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering Department, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: ykuo@ntu.edu.tw - Web site: http://bime.ntu.edu.twAbstractA project-based course in Robotics was created to serve as an elective for engineering students atthe University of Georgia (UGA) and
more educators are becoming aware of the issues of design, and steps arebeing taken world wide to address the concerns of industry at large. One approach has been toform “symbiotic” partnership between industry and academia through senior capstone projects. Page 24.948.2The capstone course has evolved over the years from “made up” projects devised by faculty toindustry-sponsored projects where companies provide “real” problems, along with expertise andfinancial support. In fact, design courses, in general, have emerged as a means for students to beexposed to some flavor of what engineers actually do; and also, could learn the basic elements
incorporating communities in the design process. Teaching students to designwith communities and not for communities is dependent upon the context of the design process.This paper addresses the pedagogy of social engineering in the capstone design projects rooted inthe framing of the design process for collaborative creativity.The programs that enact multidisciplinary curriculums are exemplar in satisfying the ABET a-kguidelines. Institutions of higher education that additionally use multi-year projects and employdesign progression though the undergraduate curriculum have more success in generatingprojects that have lasting effects on the communities. Due to the long-term commitment of thestudents to a specific project or community, there is greater
. Someinstitutions (20%) have design courses throughout the curriculum in addition to the capstonedesign sequence, but more programs (40%) have design projects within non-design coursesthroughout the curriculum. The course or courses in the capstone design sequence are primarilyoffered only once a year (78%) with a slight edge to the spring semester/winter quarter (80%)over the fall semester/quarter (72%). Most institutions (78%) include instruction in software orprogramming as part of the course(s). The culminating design project is most often a theoreticaldesign (68%) as opposed to one based on experiments (3%) or resulting in a prototype (7%), andmost institutions do not use the AIChE Design Competition problems (70%). Professional skillsare mainly
aiming to develop anovel instructional framework to improve student learning outcomes and early career readiness.At the previous stage, three classes within the engineering program were successfully integratedinto a simulation project. This next stage expands the instructional framework to the multi-discipline level and examines the learning processes and outcomes of engineering and business-major students. The proposed framework is based on constructivists’ theory and inductive teachingmethodology and enhanced with the role-play simulation in the classroom. Students from twodifferent disciplines were assigned to work on one integrated project, while exposed to differentstudent-centered teaching approaches. Both classes followed the
, and design - field team interaction.Mariana Watanabe, Purdue University Mariana Watanabe is an undergraduate in Civil Engineering specializing in Architectural Engineering at Purdue University, main Campus. During her time at Purdue, she has done research in the Applied Energy Laboratory for the ”Biowall for Improved Indoor Air Quality” project, has participated as team captain in two DOE Net-Zero Energy Building Design Competitions (Race to Zero Competition), and was elected president of the ASHRAE Purdue Student Branch in 2017. Mariana’s interests span the fields of sustainable engineering, high performance buildings and STEM outreach for girls. c American Society for Engineering
major challenge for faculty is how to develop a “culture of evidence” in the classroom thatsupports student-centered formative learning and aligns with program and accreditation goals.Another challenge is the development of assessment tools that lighten, rather than add to, facultyworkload. In this paper, we analyze a systems approach for gathering evidence centered on thedevelopment of group artifacts. Specifically, online project management (PM) and knowledgemanagement (KM) resources are purposefully developed by students at the intersection ofworking, learning, and assessment. The KM and PM archives are assessed using a multi-methodapproach, with three goals in mind: 1) ease of implementation, 2) real-time documentation ofimprovements, and 3
Paper ID #10263From Industry to Academic Laboratory: Lab-Scaled Industrial Web Han-dling System for Vision Evaluation and Detection of WrinklesDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ciobanescu –Husanu received her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 2005 and also hold a MS degree in aeronautical engineering from Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Her dissertation was on numerical investigation of fuel droplet interactions at near zero Reynolds numbers. Other research projects involved computational evaluation of Icing Scaling Methods and development of an ice
curriculum give students valuable and marketable engineering skillsafter only two years in the program. Our students, with some faculty guidance, are running anengineering consulting practice and working on a myriad of interesting and educational projects.Appropriate projects for student consultants are generally of the following types: diagnostic,development, or design. Diagnostic problems address questions such as “What is the oilymaterial that is contaminating this filter?” or “Why is the flooring material in our factoryfailing?” or “Why does our fiberglass preform process produce scrap during the summer monthsbut not during the winter?” Almost any phenomenon that needs an explanation fits thisChemEngine project profile. Development projects
(STEPS).Erin Cortus (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities)Jacek Koziel (Professor) (Iowa State University of Science and Technology) Jacek Koziel is serving as a Professor at Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. He leads and collaborates on multidisciplinary projects on the nexus of agriculture and the environment. His team develops and tests strategies to enhance the efficiency of livestock production systems and reduce the environmental impacts of animal production. Dr. Koziel received M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology in 1989 and M.S. in Environmental Quality Engineering from the University of Alaska in Anchorage. He earned a Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 30 years of consulting, academic and research experience. He is currently a Professor of Civil Engineering at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Enriching student learning through compelled active participation in a coastal resiliency courseAbstractAs the primary commissioning source for civil engineers for the U.S. Coast Guard, it isimperative that our graduates understand the projected impacts of climate change – sea level rise,altered hurricane patterns, and other associated hazards – on coastal infrastructure. At the UnitedStates Coast Guard
, sustainability of the built environment and more specifically, Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows for enhanced quality control and labor time utilization for coordinated MEP and specialty trade equipment, from design-to-install, in retrofit environments. Before joining Wentworth, Dr. Cribbs served as a Principal at Green Ideas Building Science Consultants, based in Phoenix where he regularly engaged in BIM workflows for de- sign/constructability/operations analysis, reporting and review with the full spectrum of project stakehold- ers. He has also taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses in design, construction management and Building Information Modeling at Arizona State University and the Frank Lloyd
assignment needs to be clearly defined and properly assigned to students. The nature of educational activities and projects assigned to construction students is not entirely aligned with collaboration features, and, therefore, educators should particularly define projects and assignments that promote collaboration and teamwork aspects in students. This study aims to report on different features of collaboration efforts between two programs. The research question was how a collaborative environment I perceived by students from different majors. A quantitative method in fall 2021 was employed to highlight various students’ perceptions of the subject. The results indicate that program identity, trust
Paper ID #38735Data Acquisition System to Measure and Monitor Temperatures andAtmospheric Air ParametersDavid N. Long, James Madison University David N. Long is a recent graduate of James Madison University’s, Integrated Science and Technology program. David studied energy and production systems where he worked on the Water Out Of Thin Air project. The aim of the project was to provide clean water with low energy inputs. David concentrated on the Data Collection System which was designed and built to record the key parameters of the project in Costa Rica.Dr. Karim Altaii, James Madison University Dr. Altaii holds a
students” to improve learning within the university.based on the idea of students teaching and learning from each other. Student attitudes aboutteaching and learning from peers are explored, along with the relative importance of factors Background and Motivationhighlighted in the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) of intrinsic motivation- autonomy, masteryand relatedness (i.e., feeling a connection to a larger group). The first approach described is the The work in this paper was motivated by a desire to improve student performance in Aerospaceuse of capstone design projects with explicit educational objectives to enhance the hands-on Engineering (AE) capstone design at a mid-sized southeastern private university. At this school
State University, San Luis Obispo in 2001. Prior to attending graduate school at Colorado State University (CSU) she spent 3 years working as a Design Engineer for RBF Consulting in Storm Water Management. Where, she worked on various flood control, hydrology and hydraulics projects. She is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California. She completed her graduate studies in Civil Engineering at CSU with a MS in 2006 and Ph.D. in 2009, where she specialized in sediment transport and river mechanics.Dr. Jeyoung Woo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Jeyoung Woo is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal
, where he positively engages with numerous mechanical engineering advisees, teaches courses in mechanical engineering and sustainability, and conducts research in energy systems. Throughout his career, Dr. Kerzmann has advised over eighty student projects, some of which have won regional and international awards. A recent project team won the Utility of Tomorrow competition, outperforming fifty-five international teams to bring home one of only five prizes. Additionally, he has developed and taught fourteen different courses, many of which were in the areas of energy, sustainability, thermodynamics, dynamics and heat transfer. He has always made an effort to incorporate experiential learning into the classroom
real-time DSPlaboratory course that aims to give students hands-on experience with real-time embeddedsystems using Android tablets at an early stage of their careers. The students broaden and deepentheir understanding of basic DSP theory and techniques and learn to relate this understanding toreal-world observations and applications. The students learn industrially relevant skills such asrapid design prototyping in Python and Android development of DSP applications in C++/Javafor computationally constrained mobile devices. The course advances in two phases: structuredlabs and team projects. In the first half of the course, a series of structured labs are provided toimplement and analyze real-time DSP systems that utilize fundamental DSP
deMonterrey, showed that the methodology enhanced project monitoring, leadership, and systemicreasoning skills in students. However, no significant impact was perceived in mutual support,where students seem not to collaborate with the teamwork, and potential interpersonal conflictsare not intended to be solved.IntroductionEngineering students are often requested to work collaboratively in the solution of complexproblems, however, accurately measuring the performance of individual team members can bedifficult due to the conjunction of contributions into a single deliverable. This paper shows theimpact of applying the Scrum methodology to manage and evaluate collaborative projects in avirtual collaborative environment, using a multimedia platform to
- cient and effective collection, analysis, and presentation of results to stakeholders are important parts of the work done for the TPP evaluation cycles. As the UPRM Center for Professional Enrichment coordina- tor for 12 years, Dr. Bellido was in charge of organizing faculty professional development activities. This placed her in an advantageous position to disseminate vanguard information about education, evaluation theory, and practice which can be useful for both teaching and research faculty. As the UPRM Resource Center for Education Research and Services Center (CRUISE) coordinator since 2002, she has directed and or evaluated more than twenty educational research, professional development, and outreach projects
AC 2007-1706: ASSESSING REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT THINKING INUNDERGRADUATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMSMichael Cama, Illinois Institute of TechnologyDaniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of TechnologyMargaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology Page 12.272.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessing Reflective Judgment Thinking in Undergraduate Multidisciplinary TeamsAbstract – Our University has a project-based interprofessional learning program (IPRO)designed to improve competencies in project management, teamwork, communications,and ethics among the undergraduate students. An emerging goal is to increase the level of“reflective judgment
University. As a graduate student, she is involved in the following projects: Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation Project: Product Lifecycle Management Curriculum Modules and National Science Foundation project: Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design Education. She is a student member of the American Society of Engineering Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Society of Woman Engineers (SWE), and Woman in Technology (WIT). She published two chapters in two textbooks, two journal articles and presented 23 conference papers. Her current research focuses on product lifecycle management and digital manufacturing.Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University Dr