Paper ID #13322Exploring the Social Processes of Ethics in Student Engineering Design TeamsMegan Kenny Feister, Purdue University Megan is a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue Uni- versity pursuing a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication with a minor in mixed methods. Her research focuses on engineering education, design, organizational identity, identification and socialization, team communication, innovation, and technology. She is currently working on an NSF grant examining ethi- cal reasoning and decision-making in engineering project teams, and examining the relationship
holisticallyunderstand the complexities inherent in planning, implementing, and managing, healthy andsustainable development projects. Programs such as Engineers without Borders (EWB) havealways had the objective of teaching systems thinking skills to address the complex systemiccommunity issues inherent in international infrastructure development; however, methodologiesused to foster systems thinking have historically remained implicit, and have primarily focusedon reductionist approaches to project assessment, design, and evaluation. Group Model Building(GMB) using System Dynamics modeling has been successfully used for years in multiple fieldsto foster and grow understanding on a complex topic using the combined insight from multiplestakeholders to build
Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.Dr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Dr. Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic Engineering Program at Arizona State Uni- versity. In her research, she is interested in understanding how engineering students develop their profes- sional identity, the role of emotion in student learning, and synergistic learning. A recent research project uncovers the narratives of exemplary engineering faculty who have successfully transitioned to student- centered teaching strategies. She co-designed the environmental engineering synthesis and design studios and the design spine for the mechanical engineering
International University Dr. Fletcher is currently an Assistant Professor at Florida International University. Her research focus includes people of color and women in STEM and quality in K-12 and higher education. Prior to FIU, Dr. Fletcher served as the Director of Pre-college Programs for NSBE. Additionally, she spent time in industry holding technical and operations-based roles and has experience with outreach projects focused on STEM education and mentoring.Dr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of
teaching practice and scholarship across campus. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in research, leadership, and teaching. She is currently involved in several research studies on best practices in teaching in higher education, and is leading two groups of faculty scholars who are investigating research projects regarding teaching in their disciplines. Page 11.777.1Rohit Verma, University of Utah Rohit Verma joined the David Eccles School of Business in 2001 as an Associate Professor of Operations Management and is the School’s Thayne Robson Fellow. From 1995 to 2001 he was
(ECE) Department at the United States Air Force Academy created a breadth-first introductory course to give students this view as a starting point in their education. A thorough review of the curriculum revealed primary knowledge areas that the students need early in their education in order to better prepare them for the depth of a rigorous ECE curriculum. This knowledge includes, but is not limited to, Radio Frequency (RF) communications, RADAR and electronic warfare, analog circuits including power generation and distribution and digital circuits and systems. These topics were selected due to their extensive use in senior capstone projects and needs the industry of the program constituents? The solution proposed here is to
simulation skillsare covered. Emphasis is on the design and simulation of proportional, derivative, and integralcontrollers for improving the dynamic responses of feedback control systems.There is a laboratory component for this course. The lab experiments include characteristics ofDC motors, tachometers, brake loading, signal conditioning circuits, implementation ofproportional, integral, and derivative controllers as C programs running on microcontrollers withapplications to position and speed controls.The students are also required to complete embedded control projects in this course. The projectsgive the students the opportunities to solve practical control problems and to be creativeindependently
inmultidisciplinary engineering design problems. Modern-world engineering problems are oftendescribed as no longer solely within a single discipline. For example, traditional mechanicalengineering designs often now involve software, controls, electronics and perhaps biology, etc.One primary difficulty in posing multidisciplinary design problems in the undergraduatecurriculum is that within the student body of a course there is variety in the past courses andexperiences. An instructor can only expect students to have taken the pre-requisite courses,which thereby limits the range of multiple disciplines that a project can cover. Further,instructors from these other disciplines are typically not available during the course project forlearning and consulting on
Session 2793 A Curriculum Collaboration Model: Working with Upper Division Students to Improve a First-Year Program Blaine Lilly, John Merrill, Omer Masud, Stuart Brand, Michael Hoffmann, Anita Ahuja, Vamsi Ivaturi The Ohio State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an overview of a quarter-long design-build project in the Fundamentals ofEngineering (FE) course sequence, which is part of the First-Year Engineering Program at TheOhio State University (OSU). The current design-build project is discussed
concerned with theirpersonal vocational interests and material goals and uncaring about society at large, particularlythe plight of the developing world.1,3,6-8 Arguably, the development of humanitarian engineeringprograms will enhance the role of the engineer in society, and, while not necessarily increaseoverall enrollments, will act as a magnet for excellent students, who might otherwise refrainfrom careers as engineers.In order to address these issues, a project has been initiated at CSM to develop a new cadre ofengineers, sensitive to social contexts, committed and qualified to serve humanity bycontributing to the solution of complex problems at regional, national, and international levelsand locations around the world in need of “smart
semester-long design projects. Once projects are awarded,freshmen enrolled in the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to workwith the senior design teams. The senior teams function like small consulting companies thatemploy co-operative education students; e.g., the freshmen.One of the objectives of building this collaboration is a desire to increase the retention rate of thefreshmen by involving them with the seniors in some interesting design work. Additionally, theseniors benefit by gaining team leadership experience, and by developing the ability tocommunicate their ideas to a non-technical audience as their design work progresses.This project began in Fall 2001, and at the conclusion of that semester, an assessment
semester-long design projects. Once projects are awarded,freshmen enrolled in the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to workwith the senior design teams. The senior teams function like small consulting companies thatemploy co-operative education students; e.g., the freshmen.One of the objectives of building this collaboration is a desire to increase the retention rate of thefreshmen by involving them with the seniors in some interesting design work. Additionally, theseniors benefit by gaining team leadership experience, and by developing the ability tocommunicate their ideas to a non-technical audience as their design work progresses.This project began in Fall 2001, and at the conclusion of that semester, an assessment
the UVAteam and of the other top teams in the competition depended upon attaining a successfulcollaboration among engineering, architecture, and construction. Teams in which one orthe other disciplines elected to undertake the project alone did not fare as well. Similarly,the educational value of the experience for the students was significantly enhanced by themultidisciplinary orientation of the team. The project integrated many of the ABETrequirements of Criteria 3 and 4, demonstrating both the value of these criteria and avehicle for achieving them. This student-built home will serve as a lab and communityresource for studying solar energy and sustainable design in residential applications
Engineering ABET accreditation in 2001 and 2007. In 2004-2005, McKnight served as Interim Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and in 2008-2009 served as Acting Vice Provost for Research.Prof. Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community CollegeDr. Paula G. Leventman, Northeastern University Paula Goldman Leventman has been Diversity Coordinator and Internal Evaluator for the NSF-funded Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) from 2000 to 2011. She was Assistant Dean of engineering for women’s projects at Northeastern University from 1982-2004. Leventman was Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Multiple Pathways toward Gender Equity in the U.S. IT Work- force, 2001-2005
summer of 2001. The objective of this program was to expose a group ofhigh school students to a variety of academic experiences designed to motivate them towardprofessions in the field of transportation. High school students soon to enter their Junior Yearwere eligible to participate on our first Summer Transportation Institute in Puerto Rico. Theactivities were very diverse and included two trips to San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico,each time with an overnight stay. Besides these and other day-long field trips, our instituteprovided class sessions in transportation related topics, as well as participatory working sessionsfor the students to develop their projects. The participants also learned to write technical reportsand prepare
Engineering Design and Bioinstrumentation and has taken initiative to develop hands-on blended learning based courses on the same topics. His research interest is on global health and engineering and currently working on projects in Honduras, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam. He has received the Recognition Award for Achievement in Global Engaged Scholarship in 2013 through the Wisconsin Without Borders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Professor of the Year Award in 2012, through the Biomedical Engineering Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a number of teaching awards.Dr. John P Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Puccinelli is an Associate Faculty Associate in the Department of
course sequence over the 2021-2022 and2022-2023 academic years to determine the effect of EM-focused instruction and first-yeardesign projects on EM growth. We analyzed responses in a pre/post manner within theseacademic years and holistically analyzed across academic years. We used the cross-year analysisto address the impact of curricular changes. Finally, we provide implications and pedagogicalapproaches that can support the development of an EM in the future.2. BackgroundThe Ohio State University (OSU) partnered with KEEN in 2017 and has since integrated EMLacross several courses in its engineering curriculum. This initiative first began with the redesignof the First Year Engineering Program (FYEP) standard course sequence. Alterations to
sensors to data analysis and insight enabled by dashboards, [Midwestern]University designed and implemented a graduate course in partnership with local industries. Thiscourse has the dual purpose of training the next generation of manufacturing professionals and inthe process supporting regional companies in addressing problems that could be solved with IoTor AI innovations. The goal of this study is to describe how the course was organized anddelivered following design principles of Experiential Learning Theory, and as outcomes of theapproach, we provide a description of the projects the students implemented within the regionalmanufacturing companies.2. Pedagogical FrameworkKolb's Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) [4], [5] was used as an
is highly sought after. Currentwait lists reflect this backed-up demand.What Thoughts Were Given to Job Role Differentiation and Rewards?In business/industry titles and roles map to product life cycle phases. As a project evolves fromConcept Exploration to Operations and Support, different skill sets are required. In the earlyphases of the product life cycle, research and systems thinking/engineering are dominant. As theproduct life cycle moves to the right toward full scale development, systems operation andengineering gives way to product design, development, and systems integration. This left toright transition in the product life cycle requires a transitioning from a higher level of systemsunderstanding to a tactical level of team and
interests are in computer architecture, compiler, real-time computing, and hardware security. Dr. Zhang has led 9 NSF projects as the PI and has published 160+ papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He received the 2016 Engineer of the Year Award from the Richmond Joint Engineer Council, the 2009 SIUC Excellence through Commitment Outstanding Scholar Award for the College of Engineering, and the 2007 IBM Real-time Innovation Award. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Running a Virtual Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Site in Computing SystemsAbstract:This paper
]that specifically engaged middle school students in learning about fossils and the science of paleontology,researchers from the University of Florida and St. Mary’s College of Maryland designed a year-long teacherPD experience. The Shark AI project leverages middle school students’ interest in fossil shark teeth toexplore ML concepts. Sharks captivate public interest, as evidenced by the popular Shark Weekprogramming on the Discovery Channel [3]. Fossil shark teeth also have a simplistic morphology that variesby species and dietary preference, providing the ideal basis for developing and testing ML models thatcategorize objects using 2-dimensional images.The state of Florida is known for the ability to easily find fossil shark teeth along
University. He received his Ph.D. from The Uni- versity of Tulsa in 1995. Active in computational science education he has worked on seismic modeling and data analysis for many years. Currently, he is developing algorithms and educational materials for massively parallel computing machines.Dr. Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University Dr. Yujian Fu is an associate professor of computer science department at Alabama A&M University. Her research interests fall in formal verification of cyber physical systems, behavioral analysis of mobile security, software architecture and design analysis of safety-critical and mission-critical systems. Her projects are supported by NSF, Air Force and DoD. She have several
Paper ID #17215Introducing High-Performance Computing to Undergraduate StudentsDr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University Suxia Cui is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). She joined PVAMU right after she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Com- puter Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003. Her research interests include image and video processing, data compression, wavelets, computer vision, remote sensing, and computing educa- tion. Her projects are currently funded by NSF, United States Department of Agriculture, and
Practicum of Systems Integration in Engineering Education Alireza Yazdanshenas, Joseph Oyedele, Emilli Morrison, Chung Hyun Goh* Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd, Tyler, TX, 75799, U.S.A. *cgoh@uttyler.edu Abstract desired product. Systems integration (SI) facilitates efficient delivery for the overarching This project asked engineering students to functionality in the product. This SI technique hasdevelop a multi-subsystem design that would been widely used in many companies, even thoughproduce electricity
given many workshops and pres-entations. Her research in this area has been funded by the NSF, DOE, Sloan Foundation, EiF, and the NCIIA. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh and Professor of Industrial Engineering. His areas of interest are improving the engineering education and the study of ethical behavior of engineers. As Associate Dean, he has introduced a many curricula innovations. He has been principle or co-principle investigator on over 20 sponsored projects funded by the NSF, HHS and DoT, the RW Johnson Foundation
multiplefreshman groups from two universities, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and TexasA&M University - Kingsville, encompassing electrical engineering freshmen, engineeringtechnology freshmen and freshmen students representing general engineering. The tasksinvolved in the cooperative learning project stimulated student interest and engagement inaddition to enabling the students to acquire information, knowledge and skills that the instructorsoutlined in their corresponding project objectives and outcomes. Evaluation was performed bythe successful completion of the project, student satisfaction surveys, and the studentacknowledgement and awareness of challenges and resolutions along the way. Studentdeliverables and presentations demonstrate
their design project as a daily exercise in paperwork rather than a year-long experience of learning and implementing a technical design process. 2. The conclusion of the first semester of design can be unsatisfying Like many other institutions, our senior design is a two-semester sequence where the first semester concludes with a written design proposal and the second semester culminates in a functional deliverable. As such, teams are typically far from a final deliverable at the conclusion of the first semester. For students who are accustomed to finishing a course project at the end of the semester and experiencing a strong sense of completion, the first semester of the capstone leaves many students
video technology has become a widely used medium for education. A prominentimplementation of this technology, interactive distance learning, involves groups of students atlocal and remote sites connected by audio and video teleconferencing. This approach has madethe task of delivering vital undergraduate and graduate engineering courses to distributedaudiences much easier.As this approach has permeated more curricula, distance education instructors have increasinglyassigned projects that require distance learners to work together as an element of the final coursegrade. This trend presents an interesting opportunity for researchers to understand the nature ofinteractions among course participants involved in project teams.This paper presents the
Hydro Kinetic Energy Devices would fit the call in the graduatedivision and it is consistent with the division objectives. Furthermore, the study is relevant to theASEE division’s mission and the scope is interdisciplinary including design, development andresearch. The research paper was a term project for a public works engineering and managementclass that is offered each fall semester. This makes it relevant to the theme of the ASEE GraduateStudies Division.How Tidal Energy Works Tidal Energy uses the earth’s gravitational interactions with the sun and moon to converthydraulic energy into usable electric power for various uses. The orbital and rotational effects ofthe sun and moon create tidal patterns which may be reasonably predicted
achieved in successfully chairing ten or more graduate student culminating projects, theses, or dissertations, in 2011 and 2005. He was also nominated for 2004 UNI Book and Supply Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2004, and nominated for 2006, and 2007 Russ Nielson Service Awards, UNI. Dr. Pecen is an Engineering Tech- nology Editor of American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR). He has been serving as a re- viewer on the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing since 2001. Dr. Pecen has served on ASEE Engineering Technology Division (ETD) in Annual ASEE Conferences as a reviewer, session moderator, and co-moderator since 2002. He served as a Chair-Elect on ASEE ECC Division in 2011. He also