2006-283: ENGINEERING CAPACITY BUILDING IN LATIN AMERICALueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard LUENY MORELL, M.S., P.E., is a member of the University Relations staff of the Hewlett Packard Company. She is responsible for relations with universities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Before joining HP, Lueny was full professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez where she held positions at the Campus and UPR system level, including director of the UPRM R&D Center. Recipient of the 2006 US National Academy of Engineering Bernard M. Gordon award, her work in curriculum, research, accreditation and economic development activities has been published in more
face of constraints or obstacles, resourcefulness and flexibility, trustand loyalty in a team setting, and the ability to relate to others”8 (p.1). The CDIO Syllabusdefined engineering leadership as “the role of helping to organize effort, create vision, andfacilitate the work of others” (p.68)9. It is clearly stated that leadership is not orthogonal tothe remainder of the engineering curriculum, but rather there is an extensive amount ofoverlap between leadership skills and the other engineering skills9. More studyoperationalized leadership, change, and synthesis within the context of engineering education,it may help to define learning outcomes and competencies for engineering leadershipprograms3,10.Some research grouped three main themes
technicalcommunications9. By this fourth clinic experience students are involved in solving open-endedengineering problems, and considering the merits of numerous solutions. Students enrolled inthe Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic work in teams to carry out independent research projects.The Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, a 4-semester required course, is an integral part of theengineering curriculum in which students apply engineering principles to emerging technologies.Students work on service related projects or research grants funded by industry or government inmultidisciplinary teams6. The makeup of the teams is driven by the requirements of the project.Teams of students are organized based on their particular skills, interests and background, andmatched to
Paper ID #33155Using the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam as an Assessment Toolfor Engineering Schools and Their LibrariesMs. Jean L. Bossart, University of Florida Jean Bossart is an Associate Engineering Librarian at the University of Florida (UF). She assists students with research, data support, and citation management. She investigates and integrates creative technolo- gies, such as 3D printing into the STEM discipline library services. She has a BS in chemical engineering and MS in environmental engineering from UF, over 20 years of experience in industry and consulting, and is a licensed professional engineer
engineering not taught explicitly—to achieve more successful results.Introduction and BackgroundSenior Design and SpecializationSenior Design is an integral part of the engineering education experience at the undergraduatelevel, and it is required for a program to be accredited by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). In terms of curriculum, ABET-accredited programs mustinclude at least 30 credit hours of college-level mathematics and basic sciences, at least 45 credithours of engineering topics appropriate to the particular program, a component of broadereducation that complements the technical content and is consistent with the program’seducational objectives, and a culminating major engineering design experience that
commitment,including individuals’ willingness to coordinate efforts across the degree program and teach ESIin their own courses. Given shrinking credit hours for engineering degrees and an increasingnumber of topics, it can be challenging to find space in the curriculum for standalone ethicscourses [9]. These courses can be offered outside of the engineering department as part of thegeneral education or liberal arts requirement, but this approach can be met with a lack of studentengagement if the topics appear disconnected from their engineering preparation [10].Given these considerations, micro-insertions of ESI have been promoted as an effective approach[11]. Micro-insertion is the integration of ethics in technical courses “without substantial
Paper ID #35023Engineering Pedagogy Scale (EPS): Preliminary Development of anObservational Instrument to Detect Elementary Teachers’ Level ofEngineering-Pedagogical Content Knowledge (E-PCK) (Fundamental)Dr. Ibrahim H. Yeter, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Ibrahim H. Yeter, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Before joining NIE/NTU, he was appointed as a Postdoc- toral Research Fellow in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and the School of
and cybersecurity have gained the attention of various stakeholders, industryrepresentatives, educators, parents and students who are thinking about their future careers.Teaching computer science courses has moved into K-12 education, no longer introduced in thecollege classroom. There are various reasons for this trend. One is that in this way more childrenhave access to the curriculum that integrates computer science principles, not just thoseundergraduate students in specific STEM majors. Other industries need different levels ofcomputer science and cybersecurity education. There are various programs across the nation thatare focusing on introducing these topics as early as elementary school through various outreachprograms or even in the
professional responsibilities inengineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact ofengineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.ABET Student Outcomes #6: an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation,analyze, and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.ABET Student Outcomes #7: an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, usingappropriate learning strategies. Table 2. Incorporated Curriculum mapping with ABET outcomes. ABET outcome # Correlated curriculum alignment 2 design project 4 Workshop. Lab, Design
, it is likely that the majority of K-12 STEMeducators have experienced minimal opportunities to engage in scientific investigations that wouldsupport their ability to deliver STEM curriculum effectively (Wilson, et al). In response to these warnings, initiatives to improve the American education system (especiallyin STEM fields) have arisen. These initiatives have taken many forms, but perhaps most-notably areimprovements in curriculum and professional development programs for educators. These, of course,are not mutually exclusive, as advancement of curriculum calls for increased educator understand-ing of content material. The National Science Education Standards (1996) describes an effectivesecondary-level science teacher as one that is
results of our interviews, focusing on two main areas. First welook at how students formed social networks and build their identities in these online spaces.Then we look at the role of politicization in the classroom and in engineering and how it relatesto Asian identity formation. We close this paper by speculating how Asian and Asian Americanidentity can be better addressed and attended to within engineering education.Positionality of Lead AuthorAs a engineering education researcher with a background in Science and Technology Studies, thelead author brings her own critical reflexivity as a social scientist and an engineer to understandthe structures in place within engineering. Her experiences as a biracial - Asian and white -woman have led her
into the curriculum. Readers can learn more about this campusinitiative here https://pdp.iupui.edu/. This electronic tool has encouraged the development ofhope, setting self-concordant goals, increasing self-awareness, and promoted self-authorship [5],[6]. Well established in the first year seminars, the portfolio is intended to be updated throughoutthe academic career. The ePDP should foster an internal foundation and academic commitmentfrom learners. In addition, the use of an electronic portfolio can foster an improved ability to seethe integration of curricular content over time, supporting improved retention.The program-specific accrediting body associated with engineering technology programs, ETACof ABET, sets standards and guidelines
integrated social impact into the engineering curriculum.Virginia Tech, which boasts of having “the only STS program in the U.S. that is situated withinan engineering school at a national, comprehensive university,” provides a four-course sequencethat is required of all engineering majors. At Princeton, Dave Billington developed a two-semester history of technology course that—by having engineers take reading and writingsections and non-engineers take an laboratory section—fulfills requirements for each whilesuccessfully integrating the two topics. Although not technically required, it draws a huge Page 22.1622.5percentage of the freshman class.The
. The National Institute of Standard and Technology(NIST) defines smart manufacturing as “fully-integrated, collaborative manufacturing systemsthat respond in real time to meet changing demands and conditions in the factory, in the supplynetwork, and in customer needs” [6]. In other words, IIoT uses a collaborative network ofdevices or things to collect sensory data about and from the various workings within an industrymanufacturing facility; and then relays this information to other things to be used. This processcan be used to help automate systems or software based on specific conditions that need to bemet, or to present verbose, real-time, up-to-date information to a user that can monitor it andmake better, more informed decisions.IIoT
; Mathematics Teacher Imperative and team leader of The Leadership Collaborative. He is a member of the Steering Committee for MSU’s PROM/SE (Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics and Science Education) NSF grant.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Daina Briedis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to
. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair of the First Year Engineering Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team. Dr. Gerhart conducts workshops on active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, entrepreneurial mindset education, creative problem solving, and innovation. He is an author of a fluid mechanics textbook.Dr. Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert Fletcher
understanding of NOE aspects or improved them.Keywords: NOE, engineering design process, nature of engineering, secondary science teachers,NGSS, engineering design challenge, professional development, cognitive apprenticeshipIntroductionTo meet the demand of an increasing science and engineering workforce, teachers must beprepared to integrate engineering in their instruction. There are some attempts at policies andeducational reforms aimed at changing science and engineering education to improve students’understanding of engineering and to influence more students to study those degrees [1], [2].Teacher training programs in the US do not adequately prepare secondary science teachers tointegrate engineering in their curriculum and, in turn, to increase
Experimental Research Station capacity via USDA funding and faculty team collaboration.Dr. Willard E. Collier, Tuskegee University Dr. Willard E. Collier is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Tuskegee University (TU). He is actively involved in Molecular Farming education and research as a transdisciplinary platform that enhances re- cruitment and persistence of undergraduate STEM majors. Along with Dr. Mortley from Agricultural Sciences at TU, he helped establish the Tuskegee University Medicinal Plant Garden. Dr. Collier has organized and hosted Medicinal Plants: A Healthy Supplement to the Chemistry Curriculum workshops at Tuskegee University that have drawn college chemistry professors from across the nation. Dr
fall semester classes. Both programs introduced the students to the realitiesand expectations of college as compared to high school. Armed with this academicreinforcement and advance orientation to the physical campus and procedures, it was expectedthat these students would benefit from the experience and have higher levels of social andacademic integration, allowing them to perform better academically than if they had not attendedthese programs. The AMP Math Bridge was a four-week program where SEM students took academicclasses in math, English composition, chemistry, and an introduction to computers. Chemistrywas added to this curriculum in 1996. Other time periods were devoted to exploring SEMcareers, group study and discussions
Portugal: national, institutional and pedagogical responses," Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 507-516, 2020.[2] D. Coker, "The Canary in the Mine: Remote Learning in the Time of COVID-19," Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 76-87, 2020.[3] M. A. Peters et al., "Reimagining the new pedagogical possibilities for universities post-Covid-19: An EPAT Collective Project," Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-44, 2020.[4] P. Ananga, "Pedagogical considerations of e-learning in education for development in the face of COVID-19," Education, 2020.[5] C. Hodges, S. Moore, B. Lockee, T. Trust, and A. Bond, "The difference between emergency remote teaching and online
doctoral programs, and (2) todevelop effective strategies for identifying and supporting underrepresented minorities who wantto pursue academic careers.There are no studies of which the authors are aware that demonstrate the unintended effect thattransform non-STEM graduate students into engineering education faculty, researchers, K-12educators, and advocates. However, utilizing McMillan and Chavis’ (1986) PSOC, we have beenable to integrate and offer the possibility to demonstrate why this unintended effect is occurringwith non-STEM participants in the PROMISE AGEP. Use of the PSOC model as a conceptualframework for the PROMISE AGEP is an example of an “unintended effect.” PSOC wasintroduced to PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP by a former graduate
Grand Canyon University. Her research and areas of interest are in improving educational outcomes for STEM students through the integration of active learning and technology-enabled frequent feedback. Prior to her role and Director of Instructional Effectiveness, she worked as the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program, as a high school math and science teacher, and as an Assistant Principal and Instructional & Curriculum Coach.Prof. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause is professor in the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering
. Internet.Laboratory 3 and 4These laboratory sessions are currently being developed. In laboratory 3 students will develop aPLC program for the BP700 to control its testing station. This station takes round work piecesand measures their height and color. It contains analog and digital sensors. They will downloadthe program over the Internet and control the station in real time.Laboratory 4 is intended to teach HMI design and linking to a PLC tag database. In this sessionstudents will design an HMI with push buttons, lights, and indicators for the color and height ofworkpieces. The HMI will be integrated into the PLC program designed in laboratory 4 tocontrol the testing station. Using the touch monitors and the HMI, they will control and monitorthe material
. o Polls: Integrative polls in Collaborate Ultra is an excellent way of getting stu- dents engaged and involved in a discussion. They also helped instructor to gauge student understanding of a particular topic. o Chat Box: Chatbox available through a Blackboard conferencing tool allows the students to provide comments and answers to the questions. The chatting setting was done in such a way that every participant can send a message to everyone or have the ability to send a private message to the instructor. o Annotation on the PowerPoint slides: Annotation on the PowerPoint slides is another excellent feature when teaching
. Lawrence Section Conference, 2018 Cornell University April 20-21, 2018of programs, minors and courses in nanotechnology [2]. The highly interdisciplinary andresearch based nature of the subject matter has meant that integration of nanotechnology into theengineering curriculum typically takes places at the advanced undergraduate level. Nevertheless,the inclusion of research advances into the undergraduate curriculum is widely accepted asresulting in undergraduates being more persistent, gaining intellectually and being more likely tochoose a research related field as a career [3]. Research related activities with the strongestassociation to deep learning gains are reviewing literature and interpreting findings [4]. A lowcost means of achieving
is an Army Aviator and the Mechanical Engineering Program Director in the Depart- ment of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, a PE in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA in Technology Management and recently commanded an Army Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018` “Development of an Introduction to Circuits Course and Lab for Mechanical Engineering Students via Systematic Design of Instruction”AbstractIn the traditional Mechanical Engineering undergraduate curriculum, students are typicallyrequired to take a
including the mass balance analysis,the process safety case studies (each team chose their own comparison incident), and the risk modeldiscussions. We’ll also demonstrate the EML elements using student work samples. 3 The course is the first sophomore-level course in a 4-course, integrated sequence. Thisintroductory course covers basic material and energy balances, thermodynamics, and an introduction tovapor-liquid equilibrium and separations. Normally content is restricted to steady state mass balances insingle and multiple units. Typically non-steady state balances are covered only qualitatively with maybeone quantitative example
ranged from improvingstudy habits to learning technical skills that would not only help them successfully complete thepilot bridge camp, but also provide academic skills that would potentially help them to be moresuccessful in an undergraduate program. Participants also learned life skills to prepare them forprofessional careers. The learning experiences integrated math and technology into hands-onengineering and science projects over three months in 2-3 week intervals. After the completionof each face-to-face session, participants had the needed tools, skills, and information toaccomplish each related independent project. The independent projects engaged the participantsthroughout the summer, built skills and self-confidence in each successive
theinstrument's psychometric properties employed in terms of reliability and correlation among thelatent factors in the context of Singapore? This current study uses an empirically validatedinstrument, the Parents Engineering Awareness Survey (PEAS), to examine parents’ engineeringawareness in their child’s engineering education based on the knowledge, attitude, and belief(KAB) framework. The findings of this study aim to raise awareness of engineering education inthe Singaporean context from a parents' perspective, which may have consequences fordeveloping an engineering-informed community. Introduction Engineering remains key and integral to Singapore’s economic, infrastructural, andsocietal progress (Tan, 2021). With the country committed
lecture with little to nointeraction with the professor, curriculum or fellow students. In active learning, the student istasked with a higher level of ownership in regard to academic success. The professor activelyfacilitates learning through discussion, feedback and other interactive models and thus servesmore as a teaching mentor and guide rather than a traditional lecturer. An example of activelearning is a student providing a differential equation for a hydraulic system and then challengedto learn everything they need to know to solve it. Taking the lead from accreditation bodies,progress in a course is measured in terms of desired outcomes—skills and knowledge the studentshould possess upon completion. Achievement of the outcomes is then