to Engineering Schools and Colleges –Science and Security –Immigration – high-skilled immigration and student talent pipeline (e.g. H1B visas, OPT, DACA)• Inform Education, Research, and STEM Policy –Research agency reauthorizations (e.g. NSF, Defense, NASA, Applied Energy) –National Defense Education Act reauthorization –Higher Education Act reauthorization – student impacts, teacher trainingTalking PointsHandoutConsiderations for Visit Preparations• Make a plan for each meeting –Who will lead off discussion –Key topics to address –Any pitfalls to avoid• Consider Member priorities and connected examples of research and student successes –Connect to committee assignments or leadership positions, district assets, etc.• If meeting
• Startup funds negotiations and management• Graduate curriculum, student policies and procedures, and/or scholar exchange programs• Graduate student diversity• Allocation of funds for graduate student recruitment and positions• Faculty retention, tenure and promotion reviews for the College3) Throw out the White Board4) Make Friends with otherAssociate Deans, and Enjoy the Job!SESSION PLAN• Sharing of sample lessons learned by the moderators• Table based working group activity• Report back and summary • Each table must share two selected lessons learned from experience • An example of something that went well and led to a positive outcome • A negative or comical example that led to valuable learning
develop a model for infusing mathematicsinto science and technology at the middle school level. The informed design process was createdas part of a NSF materials development program and formed the engineering design frameworkfor this study. Structured mathematics activities (knowledge and skill builders - KSBs) weredeveloped that linked to the design challenge. As a result of these hands-on activities, studentsapply the mathematical reasoning developed in order to solve an engineering problem; the designof a bedroom. A unique professional development model was created to facilitate cross-disciplinary support and communication during the development and piloting of math infusedtechnology and science lesson plans. A pilot research study, involved
undergraduate minority enrollment. The model is designed for bothshort-term and long-range practice. To achieve diversity, the IHE strategic plan shouldhave a target year that shows the existing enrollment of minority students as well as theprojected future trend. The model suggests that an undergraduate (UG) and graduate (G)minority program must be established first. The IHE organizational flowchart shouldinclude the UG & G program. Dedicated and committed efforts are needed throughoutthe university colleges and departments to actively participate in the implementation ofsuch a model. The success of the model depends on aggressive recruitment, retention,and orientation through planned professional development workshops. A workable modelcan be
Engineering Ethics Instruction as an Integrated Professional ComponentAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering faculty at Western Kentucky University have developed andimplemented a Professional Plan to assure that graduates of the program have experienced keyareas of the engineering profession and demonstrated their abilities to perform in a professionalmanner. This Professional Component includes Engineering Design, ProfessionalCommunications, Professional Tools, and Engineering Ethics, with students receiving instructionand practice in each area at least once per academic year.This paper will detail the Engineering Ethics component, which has been created to providestudents with a framework for understanding professional expectations
country approaches • Increase understanding of international dynamics • Become more competitive • Potentially identify overseas internship • Have funRealities of International Exchange/Collaborations • Travel funding is tight • How do I handle my other classes • Securing visas & passports • Where will I stay • Will this count towards my degree • How do I communicate & plan in advance • Maintaining contact with family • Trepidation of first time overseas…Similarities and Differences within the institutions and courses • Content Covered • Types of activities • Theory—Application Balance • Lecture/presentation styles • Assessment differencesStudent Differences & Similarities • Motivation
where 10-13 teams of 10 undergraduate students each work on independent projectsannually posed by sponsors such as researchers, clinicians and individuals in need. The designprojects culminate in a prototype and final report. About ¼ to ½ of these projects have potentialfor commercial application. In entrepreneurship and management, a program exists where teamsof between three and five undergraduate students develop business plans for ideas that areproposed to them by biomedical engineering students. Business plans for projects withcommercial potential examine factors necessary to convert the project idea into a viableenterprise. Such issues include market size, revenue and reimbursement, market penetrationstrategies, costs of operations, legal
Session 3431 DEVELOPING YOUR OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT PROCESS Charles F. Yokomoto, Russell K. Dean Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis/West Virginia UniversityAbstractIn this paper, we describe several issues related to the development of an outcomes assessmentprocess, a key element in an organization’s assessment plan. We will present a comparison ofseveral examples of high-profile outcomes assessment processes, explain why an organizationshould develop its own assessment process instead of adopting one written by anotherorganization, and highlight the difficulties caused by the lack of standard terminology
Session # 1260 Public Works Engineering and Management Practices for Undergraduate Students Fazil T. Najafi, Sal Arnaldo Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida / City of Tallahassee, Florida Abstract Public works is one of the largest and most diverse fields of public service. It involvesthe nation's infrastructure which includes the planning, analysis, design, construction, operation,maintenance and management of physical systems essential to economic and social developmentof communities, cities, counties, regions and
. 3.2. Walked through the parts of the sensor using example sensor that we (the virtual instructor) had. (*Note – At Pitt, we had the same monitor so we were able to talk about the monitor through both pictures on the slides and physically over Zoom.) 4. To prepare for the next module, we instructed the students to consider what places or areas they want to set up the monitor to collect data. Module Session 5 LO 5. Creating a Monitoring Program and Collecting Data 1. Reviewed major takeaways from previous modules 2. Creating a Monitoring Plan 2.1. Defined what a Monitoring Plan is for the students 2.2. Think-Pair-Share Exercise on brainstorming AQ monitoring locations 2.3. Finalized the Monitoring Plan
and Planning2. Engineering and Design3. State and Federal Regulations4. Maintenance and Service ContractsEach team is encouraged to work closely with the project staff to gather information andin some cases contribute to the project.The Administration and Planning team consults with the university administrationofficers and other project staff to investigate the overall criteria for investment decisionsand budget issues. These activities usually involve comparison of the proposed systemto other traditional systems in several respects such as cost analysis, depreciation issues,regulatory issues, local government and utilities issues, and overall university facilityneeds analysis.The Engineering and Design group is given a certain input
paper describes the genesis, activities, and plans for the committee.By the mid-1990s, several schools at the University of Virginia had hired scholars with interestsin the history of technology and the environment. Most of those scholars held appointments inEngineering and Applied Science, Arts and Sciences, or Architecture. Some of those facultymembers had collaborated with colleagues in other departments, e.g. by teaching courses andadvising students. But, in an era of tight resources, there was no room to lessen departmentalresponsibilities in exchange for work done for other departments. Collaboration came as anoverload, and students had limited chances to take courses not offered by their own school
paper describes the genesis, activities, and plans for the committee.By the mid-1990s, several schools at the University of Virginia had hired scholars with interestsin the history of technology and the environment. Most of those scholars held appointments inEngineering and Applied Science, Arts and Sciences, or Architecture. Some of those facultymembers had collaborated with colleagues in other departments, e.g. by teaching courses andadvising students. But, in an era of tight resources, there was no room to lessen departmentalresponsibilities in exchange for work done for other departments. Collaboration came as anoverload, and students had limited chances to take courses not offered by their own school
disciplines. They seek a rigorousprogram in Computer Science that also allows them the flexibility to study across disciplineswhile still being prepared for either graduate school or successful careers.Program OrganizationThe Computer Science Fellows (CSF) Program is a degree plan within the Department ofComputer Science. Its organization is comprised of the Director, the Fellows ReviewCommittee, and an Honors College Advocate. In addition, as each Fellow develops their juniorreading list, they will request a Computer Science faculty member to serve as their FellowsResearch Advisor.The Director of the Computer Science Fellows program is appointed by the Chair of ComputerScience and approved by the Dean of the School of Engineering & Computer
. Thus, in the spring of 2001, community service-learning concept was introduced into two Manufacturing Systems Engineering senior courses atCalifornia State University, Northridge (CSUN). In the first community service-learning project,students shared their knowledge and skills gained in a senior level course, Facilities Planning andDesign, with a small company located within a federal enterprise zone. The second communityservice-learning project integrated a senior design class with a local high school as part of theFIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics organization.Engineering students mentored Granada Hills High School (GHHS) senior students in building arobot to compete in both regional and national
Community Based Participatory Instruction Design analysis: include community members, Study Roadmap Research (CBPR) • Weekly lesson plans guides are crafted based understand community assets and creation of• Utilizing an exploratory sequential design to • CBPR prioritize human-centered design on the DOE Energy Literacy objectives and Next a unique tool. build a tool based on the specific community through iterate engagement with and
Standing Out from the Crowd: Opportunities for Research and Work Abroad in Engineering Dr. Kathleen Condray, University of Arkansas The benefits of an experience abroad are indisputable; students can improve languageskills and cultural fluency, learn to think in new ways, and experience world masterworks of art,architecture, and engineering first hand. Obviously, these benefits also make students moreattractive to potential employers. Time abroad can also help universities with retention as thestudents return with a renewed sense of purpose after encountering such life-changingexperiences. Because engineering students face a rigorous plan of study, however, few
successful. The workshop will also look at some of the common mistakes a new recruiting operation falls into. You will leave this workshop with many tools, including: how to hire a good recruitment team, how to find good prospective students, how to successfully work a career fair and increase your booth attendance, what prospective students want to hear in a presentation, how to make a successful recruitment phone call, what a tour should include, how to develop a successful correspondence plan, and how to keep track of the prospective student information and contacts.
one another in solving real environmental problems. Typical projects include thethinning of forests to minimize the potential for fire damage, the prevention of foodborneillnesses due to bacterial contamination of tomatoes, and the design of a mobile treatmentfacility to treat mixed transuranic wastes. The students must select the “best” technologyfrom a number of alternatives, run the necessary experiments to prove the concept,construct a scale model of their design, prepare a market analysis and business plan whileaddressing community relations and environmental regulations, and make oral and posterpresentations at the competition. This paper compares and contrasts the WERCexperience with the traditional classroom capstone design experience.
more than 15 schools and 300 hundred kids come to the event;they spent the whole day for completion, demonstration and tours of engineeringand technology labs in WVU. The sponsor pool of the competition has been growing up year-by-year, whichincludes the WVU, Toyota Inc, Parallax Inc, WV Education department, WVLogan County Distinct Education Department, Tech Prep Foundation, AppalachiaEducation Lab and etc. In this article, the short history, organization strategy, competition format,follow-up feedback and future plan will be discussed. The next competition, 4thLego Robots Competition for High, Middle and Elementary Schools in WV willbe held on May 2006.
2 For creating this world I first started planning what algorithm to use. I stumbled upon many videos and documenta-tions regarding people creating their own generators in Unreal Engine, and outside of that scope. For most of them theyhad applied an algorithm named A-Star Algorithm. This one was quite a useful one and mostly for auto generation.The idea behind it is to use Dijkstra’s algorithm that takes in consideration all neighbors, checks for the shortest pathto the end, and checks the most optimal path, but also taking in consideration the distance from the current node tothe very last node which we plan it to arrive to [3]. This is very useful in situations where there is an ending and abeginning set [4]. I had decided to
classroom activities in academic courses [6- deeply embedded in industry practices, making them essential7]. for engineering and technology management students. Graduate-level education, particularly in Technology Both courses emphasize structured methodologies and data-Management, emphasizes the development of critical thinking driven decision-making. AI has the potential to transform theseand problem-solving skills. Courses like Project and Process areas by automating certain aspects of project planning, riskManagement also focus on the real-world application of these assessment, and process optimization. For example, AI-skills
Mentor-focused Professional Development for Investigators Initiating Discipline-based Educational Research (DBER) in Biomedical EngineeringAbstractOur work (NSF PFE: RIEF Award 1927150) initiates a discipline-based educational researchstudy of student design self-efficacy in an undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME)program. A key component of this work focuses on our own professional development asengineering education researchers, which contributes to our abilities to undertake current andfuture engineering education studies. Our professional development goal is to establish andfollow a mentoring plan that facilitates our development of engineering education research skills.We targeted three areas for
an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Radiology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she conducted research on nonviral gene therapy systems. At Rice University she has developed and taught courses in The Department of Bioengineering includ- ing Numerical Methods, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Systems Physiology, Biomaterials and Advances in BioNanotechnology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Water Sustainability: Science & Engineering Activities for the High School Classroom (Resource Exchange)The goal of this resource exchange is to disseminate over 27 lesson plans, research posters, and educational videos created by K-12teachers conducting summer internships in the field of
deliverables: needsspecifications, project plans and posters, for three needs. These needs were chosen based onareas of clinical need, cost effectiveness, interest and feasibility for milestone completion incapstone design during the academic year. Scholars met with faculty to gauge potential solutionsfrom the basic science and clinical perspectives. The summer program ended with a finalScholar symposium of projects, reflections of the Scholar experiences and plans for academicyear projects. Table 1 summarizes the 2014 Rowan Bioengineering Scholars Program. Table 1: Summer 2014 Rowan Bioengineering Scholars Program Week Topic Deliverable 1 Overview of program and Basic physiology
courses. Topics treated in those courses are indicated below.Some of the topics are similar to those found in business courses. The Minor does indeed address a numberof “business” issues, such as marketing, finance, and strategic planning. However, these topics areaddressed for the specific purpose of providing engineering students with contextual relevance.The team teaching approach is used in this Minor. One of the most important skills that the Minor attemptsto develop is the ability to work in teams, where different and often divergent attitudes and philosophiesexist. This holds true for instructors as well. Instructors for the core courses of the minor include Ph.D.’sfrom engineering, education, and business. Since the team approach is such
the university curriculum, and to graduate level students for eventualvaluable dissemination and application to multiple other programs in the student’s work environment. SystemsEngineering is such a discipline. It has been in existence for a considerable time and it has grown out of a hostof methodologies that have emerged over time to support Systems Design Engineering as a key element ofcomplex design teams. This paper reports on our recently developed Graduate program in SE focused toward development ofcomplex systems. Each such complex system requires a clear Systems Engineering Master Plan, a set of SEMethodologies, appropriate tools, a rigorous requirements flow-down technique, and a comprehensive ProjectManagement Plan to
, particularly the construction or execution phase. Such efforts Included: 1 – Checklists: Where the project was broken down into activities and a list of these anticipated project activities was produced, without any chronological order, and without any type of relationships reflecting interdependency. This technique has been used successfully for several centuries as both a planning and a control technique. As each of the activities was performed, a check mark was put next to it to denote its completion. The ease and simplicity of such a technique are quite obvious; yet its drawbacks are also easily recognizable. The main deficiencies of the checklist were its failure to reflect the impact of the delay
Adding Manufacturing Commands and Features to a CAD Interface Mario H. Castro-Cedeno Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5603 AbstractManufacturing features and commands such as cut, drill, mill, turn, etc. can be added to theinterface of computer aided CAD software. The commands can be used to design simple tomedium complexity parts by using commands in a way that resemble the creation of amanufacturing process plan. Students using the software can be introduced to the capabilities andrelative advantages and
amanufacturing process plan. Students using the software can be introduced to the capabilities andrelative advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing processes and equipment. The softwarecan be used as an augmentation of conventional shop exercises where the students have to planthe steps needed to fabricate a part.This research describes some of the previous research on design and manufacturing features andprovides examples of how manufacturing commands have been added to Solidworks CADsoftware.IntroductionThe goal of seamlessly transferring information between design and manufacturing has receivedmuch research effort during the last 20 years and researchers have achieved significant success[1]. The high level of interest is due to the fact that