indicators.Figure 1: Item II, Engineering designDoes the curriculum unit…Contain activities that require students to use engineering design processes?Allow students opportunities to learn from failure/past experiences?Allow students to redesign?Contain an engineering challenge that includes a client?Allow students to participate in an open-ended engineering design challenge in which they design andassess processes or build and evaluate prototypes/models/solutions?Contain an engineering challenge that requires students to consider constraints, safety,reliability, risks, alternatives, trade-offs, and/or ethical considerations?Promote engineering habits of min?Requires students to explore and develop technologies from the field of engineering discussed inthe
Paper ID #12821Automated and scalable assessment: present and futureDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Dr. Gehringer is an associate professor in the Departments of Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include computerized assessment systems, and the use of natural-language processing to improve the quality of reviewing. He teaches courses in the area of programming, computer architecture, object-oriented design, and ethics in computing. He is the lead PI on a multi-institution NSF IUSE grant to construct web services for online peer-review systems
relevance is through a study of theEngineering Grand Challenges19. Students are challenged to think critically as they proposedesigns to address some aspect of one of the challenges and then explore ethical implications oftheir proposed designs. Although the logistic regression model was less successful in predictingwho changed majors out of engineering (the model only accurately predicted fewer than 15% ofthose cases), this is somewhat consistent with prior research that showed predicting whoachieves academically is more straightforward than predicting who underachieves20. In otherwords, there is often more variability underlying reasons for underachievement, and the same islikely true for students who change majors out of engineering to choose
industry. Also, guest lectures on sustainability, BIM technology, ethics,and green markets potential are delivered.4 Page 26.352.4MethodologyThe Green-BIM teaching method was used to teach a construction management course offered atthe California State University Long Beach. The effectiveness of the Green-BIM teachingmethod was evaluated to see if we can close achievement gaps between the majority group andthe minority groups by means of students’ interview and exit survey. Besides the traditionalassessment tools such as homework, quizzes, tests, exams, lab reports, oral presentations, andprojects, a rubric assessment tool was developed and used
lecture on nextgeneration aircraft design and group discussions on ethics. Dean Washington’s luncheon talkcontextualized the need for global leadership in engineering. Student representatives from eachAviation Club and the two US universities presented on their research and activities andparticipated in icebreakers and a design challenge. Tom Wujec’s Marshmallow Challenge 9 waschosen to highlight lessons in creativity, innovation and global collaboration. Teams of four,including both U.S. and Chinese students, were asked to create the tallest freestanding structurepossible, using only dry spaghetti, string and masking tape. Towers had to be topped with amarshmallow, and groups were given just 18 minutes to complete the task. Successful
Sustainable Thinking in Undergraduate Engineering Education.” International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(2) 2007: 218- 230. 6. Chau, K. W. “Incorporation of Sustainability Concepts into a Civil Engineering Curriculum.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE, 2007: 188-191. 7. El-Zein, A., Airey, D., Bowden, P., and Clarkeburn, H. “Development of a Course on Environmental Sustainability, Ethical Decision-making and Communication Skills in Engineering.” International Conference on Engineering Education, September 2007. 8. Center of Sustainable Engineering, “Adding Sustainability to Engineering Education Workshop.” Oral communication, Syracuse University, May 2011. 9
countries; 4. Speak a secondlanguage at a conversational level; 5. Speak a second language at a professional (i.e.technical) level; 6. Are proficient working in or directing a team of ethnic and culturaldiversity; 7. Can effectively deal with ethical issues arising from cultural or nationaldifferences; 8. Understand cultural differences relating to product design, manufacture anduse; 9. Have an understanding of the connectedness of the world and the workings of theglobal economy; 10. Understand implications of cultural differences on how engineeringtasks might be approached; 11. Have some exposure to international aspects of topics such assupply chain management, intellectual property, liability and risk, and business practices; 12.Have had a
Design Process and Engineering Ethics to practical situations 2. Analyze simple structures and machines for Forces, Moments, and Stress and Strain 3. Compute Mechanical Energy, Work, and Power for basic machines 4. Articulate motions of the common mechanisms 5. Demonstrate an understanding of basic electronics and create circuit drawing 6. Demonstrate integration of sensors and actuators in circuits 7. Demonstrate Microcontroller programming using Arduino34 8. Design, fabricate, and program an autonomous, microcontroller-driven machine3.3 Design ExperienceA highlight of the class is the final Design project, wherein the students have to design and buildan autonomous robot/machine that either carries out either a functional or
grasses before the students’ arrival. Thisstep alone would have saved the team several days in the construction of the building. Lastly,selecting the student team participants wisely is crucial. Fortunately, the student team wasphenomenal and had a collective spirit and work ethic. Carefully screening and interviewingstudents is a large part of this successful project.In the future, the instructor does plan to continue to lead teams to Swaziland for building-focusedprojects. However, the instructor has identified a different community partner, who is proficientin partnering with student construction teams. Additionally, this new community partner hasdedicated funding to building projects, which will lessen the financial burden for the
Quality Engineering. His current work primarily investigates the effects of select emergent pedagogies upon student and instructor performance and experience at the collegiate level. Other interests include engineering ethics, engineering philosophy, and the intersecting concerns of engineering industry and higher academia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 WIP: Rigorously Assessing the Anecdotal Evidence of Increased Student Persistence in an Active, Blended, and Collaborative Mechanical Engineering EnvironmentBackgroundThis work in progress describes an ongoing study of an active, blended, and collaborative (ABC)course environment used in a core mechanical
plastics manufacturing technology, deals with product design, prototyping and modeling,production and process optimization, quality control and failure analysis, materials testing andcharacterization, process automation and robotics, and environment technology.1-5This NSF project utilizes Science, Technology Society & Environment (STSE) instructionalstrategies. The STSE strategies link topics in the science and technology fields to their human,social and environmental contexts by including a variety of perspectives on scientific disciplines;historical, philosophical, cultural, sociological, political and ethical. The STSE approach cutsacross disciplines as part of a broad effort to understand, analyze, and consider the consequencesof social
written in advance by the instructors, andin other cases the students participate in developing the rubrics).Table 1- Course Objectives for the Summer Grand Challenge Program RH330 • Analyzing contexts, audiences, and genres to determine how they Technical influence communication and • Crafting documents to meet the demands and constraints of professional Professional situations Communication • Integrating all stages of the writing process, ethically and persuasively, to respond to technical contexts and audiences—from planning, researching and drafting to designing, revising and editing • Collaborating effectively within and across teams with
Adopted by the Board of Direction on October 10, 2015Policy The American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) believes that prior to licensure as aProfessional Engineer, an engineering graduate should have progressive experience in technicalbreadth and depth in their chosen sub-discipline(s) of civil engineering, and in the followingprofessional practice components pertinent to their practice area: • Assessment of risk and impacts of engineering activities • Communication skills • Professional ethics • Project management processes • Business and governmental processes Employers, mentors, and supervisors of Engineer Interns have a professional obligation toassist Engineer Interns under their supervision
considered successful considering this courses is a freshman course.1) Outcome Assessed: Students can design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainabilityNumber of Samples: 35Average Score: 3.2 (Scale 1-4)Target: Average of 3.02) Outcome Assessed: Students can use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Number of Samples: 35Average Score: 2.8 (Scale 1-4)Target: Average of 3.05.2. Survey ResultsStudents were asked to answer survey questions. In the end of-semester survey, students wereasked three questions about their knowledge of manufacturing
and one design competition at the endof the semester. Emphasis was placed on creating a very interactive and hands-on class, whichoffers many bonding opportunities for new engineering students.The newly designed course had a more topical flow including the following areas designed togive students exposure to important topics for engineers that are rarely found in a purelytechnical course: • What is Engineering? • The Engineering Design Process • Learning to Present Technical Ideas • Writing Professional Emails • Successful Teamwork and Project Management • Engineering Ethics • Importance of Internships and CoopsRoughly one week of the course was dedicated to each of these topics. In addition to these,students were
,ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability; (e) an ability to identify,formulate, and solve engineering problemsFIRST® strategically promotes problem solving and critical thinking through broadly defined,open-ended scenarios. Participants are engaged in designing systems, components and processesto develop their robots. In addition, team members conduct tests and measurements to analyzeand interpret results (especially through programming). In reading technical reports and oralpresentations, it is apparent that teams (especially FRC teams) are able to apply experimentalresults to improve processes. Though many of the younger students (FLL) participate in trial anderror, coaches and mentors assist teams in analysis of why
through the institute’s KEEN Internal Topical Grant program.I. IntroductionIntroduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering courses are common in many institutesacross the country for freshman or sophomore students1,2. The goal of such courses is to providegeneral introduction to the field of ECE and talk about the main areas of applications, problemsolving, professional career opportunities, technology, ethics, and other related topics.Instead of providing just theoretical presentation about the field, this proposed course offers amore practical approach for effective ways of achieving the same objective, with the additionalbenefit of enhancing student engagement and their learning experience in the process. To thisend, the main strength of
, electronic packaging, and bio-medical engineering. He has supervised to completion 26 MSME students and 5 PhD students. Publications include 1 book chapter, 32 journal publications, 47 refereed conference proceedings, 29 non-refereed publications, and 27 non-refereed presentations. He is respon- sible for funds as PI or Co-PI from 52 separate proposals totaling almost $6,500,000. Courses taught include undergraduate finite elements, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and engineering economics and ethics, and graduate finite elements, numerical methods, thermodynamics, statistical me- chanics, plasma fundamentals and gas dynamics.Bradley S. Davidson, University of Denver Dr. Bradley Davidson is an Assistant
engineering and investigating how engineering habits of mind can enhance pre-college students’ learning abilities.Cole H. Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cole Joslyn is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include holistic approaches to humanizing engineering education (such as ethics of care, human- istic education, contemplative and reflective practices, and spirituality) and how they can shape engineer- ing as a socially just profession in service to humanity. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a M.Ed. specializing in mathematics education and has worked as an engineer, a pastor, and a high school math teacher.Miss Avneet Hira, Purdue
Paper ID #16870Who Will Lead Next: Where are the New Volunteers?Prof. Patricia Fox, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Professor Patricia Fox is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Communication in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue Uni- versity Indianapolis (IUPUI). Pat has been a member of the faculty for over 32 years. She has previously served as Associate Chair and Associate Dean in the School. Pat teaches leadership, ethics, sustainabil- ity, and study abroad courses. She has held a number of leadership roles in the
, political, ethical, health and safety,manufacturability, and sustainabilityTo assess the effectiveness of this work, we will focus on the following outcome: 1. Students are able to successfully complete a design project that uses DSP to meet realistic constraints.The following analysis shows that most projects in the past five years that should have used DSPto meet realistic constraints were either avoided, did not meet the constraints, or were notsuccessfully completed. Data was compiled from the senior projects for the last five years(2011-2015).Out of a total of 84 projects, 18 (21%) should have used DSP to meet realistic constraints. As anaside to the main focus of this work, this small percentage may indicate that students
classmates' Week 6 Updates in Scholar. If you need help, be sure to check out the PDF "A Quick Introduction to Scholar" or the Scholar Tutorials.Discussion Prompt: 1. Watch WHO: The Power and Potential of Medical Devices (YouTube). 2. Pick one of the devices that you saw/were mentioned in the video and write a discussion post on the feasibility for its use in West Africa using the HTA framework. •Safety •Clinical effectiveness •Economic considerations •Ethical issues •Acceptability to patients •Education needed to support deviceCriteria Excellent Above Average Sufficient Developing Needs Improvement
. From thequantitative and qualitative analysis performed, the results are analysed and presented from a students’perspective about project/design based learning practice in a particular unit. The survey was given tomore than 100 students across multiple courses in the first year of engineering. It was anonymous andnon-identifiable. These results are from students’ own experiences and the results present various views,which include students’ knowledge and expectations. In turn this can inform the collaborative programto enhance the international student-learning experience. In line with ethics process and procedures, athird party conducted the research survey. The questions were prepared to identify the challenges inteaching and learning and in
to EPs of variouscycles (content of EPs in general and per subject in ECTS points, number of programme subjects’teachers with PhD and ScD, etc.)A substantial part of experts’ training is allocated to practical classes. During these classes expertslearn to analyze EPs goals and outcomes, their compliance with HEI mission and strategy andemployers’ requirements, efficiency of mechanisms used for adjustment of EP goals and outcomes.During the final part of their studies experts become familiar with accreditation visit report forms,order and procedure of their preparation. Moreover, experts study the professional ethics code andrequirements related to conflict of interest between HIE and experts.Training workshops were carried out by the
technically savvy, but also possess strong leadership, creativity, and communication traits [1].These skills, along with high ethical standards, dynamism, agility, resilience, and flexibility,have been defined by the National Academy of Engineering as key professional skills successfulengineers need. In response to this requirement, engineering programs have incorporated teachingprofessional skills through courses, workshops, and incorporating real-world experiences in theclassroom through service learning [3]. The challenge of teaching of professional skills has beenacknowledged by engineering educators, particularly for assessment methods [4]. Examples ofproposed assessment methods include tests and examinations, measures of attitudes
that the former includes professionalskills and competencies such as industrial engineering and management, communicationskills, ethics etc, whilst the latter focuses on preparing students for a future academic career.Serving all needsAfter five years of studies, a student following the system(s) described above could be entitledto three degrees. These degrees have slightly different learning goals. In order to award allthree degrees, the university needs to assess and assure that the learning goals are achieved.How can this be monitored, and is it even possible? Some previous publications [3, 4] suggestthat it is possible but requires a lot of effort in adapting program goals to course goals andensuring a high standard in the curriculum
usability, and ethics; and producing effective writing in ashort time period. This paper describes a new design project implemented in Fall 2015 as analternative to a project implemented in Fall 2005.Course History Since 2004In Fall 2004, students worked in teams on a semester-long design project, in which they designeda crane to lift the heaviest weight with the least amount of building material in the crane4. Whilethe project had many successes, faculty observed that students did not quantitatively analyzedesign alternatives and chose a final design with only qualitative justification5. As a result, inFall 2005, the sequence of design projects given to students was modified to include a simpler,four-week startup project that involved building and
year may provide a foundation that will solidify and integrate student’s education [8].III. Redesigning ‘Foundations of Engineering’ Course As evident from the literature review teaching should combine theoretical knowledge with practical skills, while understanding its social, cultural, and ethical implications on learning. This philosophy involves going beyond classroom-type, lecture- based education, and emphasize practical skills in real world projects. In general, first year engineering students are fascinated by how industrial products are made and are curios regarding novel methods for making products. Exposure to advanced manufacturing technologies and the need for integration of technologies from several
exist outside of classroom but that maynot be leveraged by already time-constrained engineering students. By embedding elements ofcareer development and professionalism into the engineering curriculum, students are exposedfrom freshmen year on to the key professional skills that employers seek from graduates asmodelled by the industry professionals themselves, including: critical thinking/problem solving;oral/written communication; teamwork/collaboration; information/technology application;leadership; professionalism/work ethic; career management [8]. With more than 70% of openpositions being secured through networking [9], it is important to introduce students to this skillas early as possible in their college career, and to ensure that
20.7 Liberal Education 5 17.2 Multidisciplinary Engineering 4 13.8 Educational and Research Methods 3 10.3 Engineering Economy 2 6.9 Engineering Ethics 2 6.9 Engineering Management 2 6.9 Industrial Engineering 2 6.9 NSF Grantees Poster Session 2 6.9 Aerospace Engineering