capstone design course. Indeed, CACHE Corporation is largely responsible for bringingautomated process design packages into the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum. Page 3.63.2The exceptionally rapid growth of the industrial usage of molecular simulation and quantummechanical methods implies that a similar educational process is required in the area ofmolecular simulation (which can be thought of as applied statistical mechanics) andcomputational chemistry (applied quantum mechanics). In order for chemical engineers to beastute users of commercial molecular simulation and computational chemistry softwarepackages, at the undergraduate
. 103. Feisel, L.D. and Rosa, A.J., (2005) The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education, J. Engineering Ed., 94(1), pp. 121-130.4. Kline, R., (1994) World War II: A Watershed in Electrical Engineering Education, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, pp. 17-23.5. Dutson, A.J., Todd, R.H., Magleby, S.P. and Sorensen, C.D., (1997) A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses, Journal of Engineering Education, 86 (1), 1997, pp. 17-28.6. Sheppard, S.D., Macatangay, K., Colby, A. and Sullivan, W.M. (2008) Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.7. NAE, (2004) The
incorporating research elements: Although undergraduate students may not bematured enough for research, a flavor of such could be introduced to them 11. Performance andpower consumption of a design, trade-offs among various metrics, and the issues of reliabilityand upgradability could be analyzed for a design implementation. These activities are expectedto stimulate critical thinking in the students that would be beneficial in the capstone designproject in their senior year as well as in the profession.With the above points in view, this paper outlines both the lecture and laboratory contents ofsuch a course, its evaluation strategy, course related research involving students, justification andincorporation of the course in the curriculum. The paper
. Page 20.5.4Remote Robotics Laboratory Workstation System OverviewThe remote robotic laboratory workstation is an instructional system designed and developedmainly by the students of the program as part of their senior design capstone projects.The system uses World-Wide-Web to enable distance students access an industrial robot armmanipulator located in one of the laboratories on campus. The robot arm manipulator used forthis project is a five-axis Mitsubishi Movemaster RV-M1 robot with 1.2 kg lifting capacity 11.The control device of the robot is equipped with the card containing 16 binary inputs andoutputs. It also connects to a personal computer, using Centronics or RS232 port. Despite itssmall size, the robot constitutes a typical
Implications of Technology. He teaches Wireless Engineering, Network Engineering, Fiber Optic Communications, Technology and Society, and Project Management. He also advises students on their senior design projects. He is author of “The Telecommunications Fact Book, 2E” and co-author of “Technology and Society: Crossroads to the 21st Century,” “Technology and Society: A Bridge to the 21st Century,” and “Technology and Society: Issues for the 21st Century and Beyond.” He is a member of ASEE, and a senior member of IEEE.Abdul Qadeer, Urdu Science University Dr. Abdul Qadeer is the Director of Academic Planning and Development at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (FUUAST), Karachi
in capstone design projects,undergraduate research, and percentage of students pursing g raduate studies in such areas. Thus, Page 7.76.6the total impact of the developed curriculum will be known clearly over a span of about 4-5years.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSupport of the National Science Foundation under grant NSF- CAREER 0196390 is gratefullyacknowledged.REFERENCESAngelo, T. and Cross, K. (1993), Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers(2ed.),Jossey-Bass.Davies, M. L. and Crowther, D. E. A., “The Benefits of Using Multimedia in Higher Education: Mythsand Realities”, Active Learning, V3, Dec. 1995.Herman, J.L. (ed.) (1987
forum. We refer to thissequence of tasks as research workflow. The above tasks also arise in independent study andwriting-intensive courses, research methods courses,31 and capstone projects.26 New graduatestudents also experience difficulties in productive engagement with research as they lackexperience with the research workflow tasks.Given this backdrop, the overarching goal of this paper is to illustrate how various open sourcetools can be used to help with various activities in the research workflow except tasks 4, 5, and 7.More specifically, we discuss how we and our students have used them in our own research.These open source tools are based on advances in machine learning, information retrieval, andsearch engine technologies.The
engineers focusing on water treatment or transportation issues. These differences inunderstanding sustainability by discipline are easily recognized when looking at the requirementsfor an undergraduate minor in sustainability at the University of Arkansas, (U of A) [2]. Whileall students pursuing the minor must complete six hours of basic classes in sustainability (SUST11003 and 21003) and a three-hour capstone project in sustainability (SUST 41003), theremaining nine hours of electives for the sustainability minor may come from courses in 34different majors. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceEngineering has seen a significant increase in
computational lab occurs at the end of a series of labs covering finite elementanalysis (FEA) using COMSOL. Similar to above, this is a capstone project over the last twoweeks of class after a sequence of labs where students are taught to use COMSOL via step-by-step tutorials and related challenge problems.Here, the computational lab is somewhat less open-ended: students are all given the same steelcomposition to use (AISI 1045 steel), and the important physical parameters they need, but thedetailed step-by-step directions for exactly how to perform the simulations required are notprovided. As in the Thermo-Calc lab, the students must design the simulations themselves.This lab brings together much of what was covered throughout the computational labs
Science in Capstone, Internship, Senior Project, physics, biology, chemistry, Context humanities 7 Math and Statistics Calculus, discrete structures, probability theory, elementary statistics, statistics, linear algebra.Step 3: Define Geographic Regions Table 4 below identifies the U.S. Geographical regions used in the earlier study [12], thestates in each region and the representative cities used in the Indeed search to acquire job data forthe present study. Table 4: Regions, States in Regions, and Representative Cities in Regions Regions States from which Degree Program Curriculum Data
collaboratively in multidisciplinary and multicultural work environments. Recognize and understand global, environmental, social, and ethical contexts of their work. Progress to an advanced degree and certificate programs and be committed to lifelong learning to enhance their careers and provide flexibility in responding to changing social and technical environments.The degree offers students the choice to select an option that fits their interests andregional aspirations. All three options in the degree offer multiple years of design coursesculminating in a two semester senior capstone project, allowing students to complete aresearch project from conception through prototyping. The three options presentlyoffered in
isneeded.The National Academies of Sciences (NAS) report [10] emphasizes that using a piecemealapproach to data science curriculum development may result in content coverage but also ‘lackeducational and cross discipline cohesion’. While programs need to address data science skills,they should also prepare students for the actual ‘data challenges they will face in their careers’[10]. The NAS report also calls out the need to include high impact educational practices such asfirst year seminars, undergraduate research, common intellectual experiences (common andintegrative core knowledge), writing intensive courses, collaborative projects and assignments,and capstone courses. Important findings to note within the NAS report [10] include enhancingthe
- neering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where she con- ducted research in transportation and sustainability as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). Dr. Barrella has investigated best practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence and the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineer- ing, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of
Stanford d.school (dschool.stanford.edu), MIT Media Lab (www.media.mit.edu), anddesign firms such as IDEO (www.ideo.com), Innocentive (www.innocentive.com) and Synapse(www.synapse.com).Project ManagerThe project manager is concerned with how to organize resources to their maximum effect sothat tasks can be achieved. These tasks may span from simple to complex and from individual toteam-based. Every project will have limited resources and a good project manager will be ableto fluidly allocate people, time, money, equipment, space and other resources of a group. A goodproject manager will also be able to break down and clearly communicate the tasks to be done bothglobally and for individuals 36 .MakerThe maker creates prototypes to think, prove
ME Design Project Mechanism Design Thermodynamics II Technical Elective* Technical Elective
. KEEN operationalizes EM into the “3C’s”, which represent a set of desiredEntrepreneurially Minded Learning (EML) outcomes that include Curiosity, Connections, andCreating Value [13]. The Ohio State University (OSU) began its partnership with KEEN in 2017and has since integrated the 3C’s into many courses across the College of Engineering. Theseinitiatives began with the restructuring of the design-build course in the First-Year EngineeringProgram (FYEP) standard sequence [15] and have expanded to the FYEP honors sequence,Capstone courses, and intermediate engineering courses. Efforts to assess students’ EM haveparalleled these integrations, including the development of 14 Entrepreneurial Mindset LearningObjectives (EMLOs) [16] and a “toolkit
Paper ID #37085Teaching Climate Change in an Introductory Civil Engineering CourseDr. Yufeng Hu, Western Michigan University Dr. Yufeng Hu is a lecturer in the Civil and Construction Engineering Department at Western Michigan University. He teaches a variety of engineering mechanics and civil engineering courses. He is the coordinator of the senior Capstone design program in the department.Elise DeCamp, Western Michigan University Elise DeCamp received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Indiana University, Bloomington. She is a Fac- ulty Specialist I in the Institute of Intercultural and Anthropological Studies at Western
and instructorspresenting licensure content to students. It is important for students to understand thatunlicensed faculty teaching licensure topics are not violating licensure laws in most states andare typically “practicing engineering” under an exemption. Instruction should be supplementedby guest speakers, advisory board members, project sponsors (capstone or similar classes), andemployers who are licensed engineers. They can provide different viewpoints and explain careerpaths that may or may not require a license.The study results indicate that licensure laws and rules should be presented to students. In manyways licensure should be coupled with ethics instruction. Ultimately, licensure is intended toprotect the health, safety, and
will cost OEMs billions of dollars. Boeing currentlyestimates its loss, due to the 737-max grounding, at 19 billion to date [63]. In an attempt tocorrect for past financial centric mistakes Boeing appears to be moving to re-empower theirengineers [64]. Page 11 of 16A competitive manufacturing capstone course could consist of both management andengineering design students. The management students, representing finance, could constantlyrequest cost reduction after every design iteration. Initially cost reduction can easily achieved butas the project progresses cost reductions becomes increasingly difficult and real tension couldarises between students
aspects of switching from face-to-face to on-lineinstruction was to ensure that ABET student outcomes were still being met in the courses.Faculty especially had to address how student outcomes that rely on lab experimentation, studentteamwork, and capstone presentations would be demonstrated. For lab experimentation,engineering programs purchased new software to give students a similar experience to being in-person. The computer science program was able to continue to use the same software utilized inthe face-to-face instruction. Virtual conference software allowed for students to continuesynchronous meetings for teamwork and for the capstone project presentations. The SEASDirector of Student Engagement held weekly meetings with students so they
through a capstone and internship.Figure 3. Framework for the new interdisciplinary architectural engineering curriculum.Competency Rubric DevelopmentFollowing the data gathering phase, including both external and internal input from thoseidentified as key program influences, the faculty moved to begin developing the program’slearning outcomes. These learning outcomes encompass the content deemed necessary todevelop the knowledge and skills defined for an ideal architectural engineering graduate. Theidentified program learning outcomes are:1. Mathematics 9. Project and Construction Management2. Physical Sciences 10. Integration of Building Systems3. Humanities and Social Sciences
leading to new curriculum projects, internships, research funding for undergraduatesor capstone projects, and government funding for research.5. Creating a pipeline of female engineering academics by increasing awareness and understanding ofthe academic career path. For example, SWE can increase understanding of what an academic career pathentails, resolve misconceptions, and/or conduct an awareness campaign. Examples include conferencesessions and/or webinars targeting a broad engineering audience.
Patents; Industrial Safety Engineering; Computing Systems; and Technology in WorldCivilization. The findings from this study have also been successfully incorporated into theSenior Engineering Capstone, Senior Capstone: Production Laboratory, and Senior Projectcourses, along with the Industrial Internship Program.This integration has occurred in many facets of these courses. The textbook readings, lectures,and discussions were updated in order to emphasize the findings from the study. In additionhomework assignments, case studies, and real world experiences derived from the study wereincluded as individual or group exercises.Homework projects and case studies related to applying these proven methods, procedures, andprocesses to enhance quality
Curriculum TechnologyEnhancement Program (CTEP) at Embry Riddle is a University program createdby faculty for faculty who teach engineering and science. CTEP is designed toprovide engineering faculty at both ERAU campuses with incentives andopportunities to advance their skills in the use of professional-grade engineeringsoftware as well as in the use of other contemporary educational technologies. Itis hoped that this project will foster and encourage enthusiasm among theengineering faculty for the implementation of technology within the courses theyteach. It should also help them identify opportunities within the curriculum for theapplication of modern engineering technologies that could enrich course delivery,enhance student-developed design
seniorlevel Highway Design course – this is not a required course for the other majors within thedepartment. Many students in the department, primarily from among the CE majors, take one ormore senior-level electives in transportation engineering. Further, transportation is a requiredelement in every capstone design project in the Department’s degree programs. Until the Spring2011 semester, the Principles of Transportation Engineering course was a 2-credit course, andthe Highway Engineering course was a 4-credit course. In order to address programmaticbreadth and depth issues for all students in the department, the Transportation Engineeringcourse and Highway Design Course were both modified to become 3-credit courses beginning inFall 2011. These
. M., Palmer, B. and Litzinger, T. A. (2000), The Effects of a First-Year Engineering Design Course on Student Intellectual Development as Measured by the Perry Scheme. Journal of Engineering Education, 89: 39–45. [2] Pimmel, R. (2001), Cooperative Learning Instructional Activities in a Capstone Design Course. Journal of Engineering Education, 90: 413–421. [3] Sousa, L.; Antao, S.; Germano, J. (2013), A Lab Project on the Design and Implementation of Programmable and Configurable Embedded Systems. IEEE Transactions on Education, 56(3), 322-328. [4] Faraji, S. (2012). The Enhancement of Students’ Learning in Both Lower-Division and Upper-Division Classes by a Quiz-Based Approach. Chemical Engineering Education. Winter 2012
work with Bill Boeingon the wind tunnel project, Millerresigned from the University in thesummer of 1917 to become ChiefEngineer at the newly renamed BoeingAirplane Company.6 Concurrent with this turn ofevents, the Mechanical Engineering Fig. 2 The Boeing Wind Tunnel at the University ofdepartment began a search for a new Washington (c.1918). Clairmont Egtvedt isfaculty member to implement and third from left. This facility is still in use butinstruct a complete aeronautics with a modern 3’x3’ wind tunnel inside.curriculum. This search led to thehiring of Frank McKone for the 1917-1918 academic year. The curriculum that McKoneorganized
action.Critical reflection is embedded within a program that recruits both engineers and non-engineers,with teaching and learning strategies drawn from the social sciences and humanities andintegrated with engineering management and problem-based learning. The program connectsstudents to a project partner in Sierra Leone or Zambia, the students work to understand theirpartners’ needs and assets and then develop an intervention plan consistent with the aims of theSDGs.In this paper, we provide results of a critically reflexive thematic analysis to explore the nature ofstudent reflections within the context of this interdisciplinary program. Evidence suggests arange of student interpretation of the purpose and application of critical reflection. Some are
at the University of New Haven where she is currently teaching in the Tagliatela College of Engineering and coordinating a college-wide initiative, the Project to Integrate Technical Communication Habits (PITCH).Jenna Pack Sheffield, University of New Haven Jenna Sheffield holds a PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona. Sheffield is currently an Assistant Professor of English at the University of New Haven where she also directs the Writing Across the Curriculum program. Her research in composition pedagogy and theory and writing program administration has appeared in publications such as Computers and Com- position International, Computers and Composition Online
Paper ID #18246Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Mindset through Design: Insights from The-matic Analysis of First-year Engineering Students’ ReflectionsMr. Mark Vincent Huerta, Arizona State University Mark Huerta is a PhD student in the Engineering Education Systems and Design program at Arizona State University. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Arizona State University. Mark possesses a diverse background that includes experiences in engineering design, social entrepreneurship, consulting, and project management.Dr. Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant