construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte JOHN HILDRETH is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He obtained BSCE and MSCE degrees from West Virginia University in 1997 and 1999, respectively. He completed at PhD in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech in 2003. He has taught courses in construction management, cost estimating, scheduling and controls, and construction administration. He is an active member of ASEE, ASCE, AACE, and TRB.Amy Kitts, University of North Carolina, Charlotte AMY M. KITTS is a Faculty Associate
, media and marketing images may affect girls’ career choices in ways that steer girls indirections other than engineering. When planning the first-ever overnight engineering camp forhigh school girls hosted at Boise State University, the planning team decided to embracemarketing methods to create realistic images about engineering that are relevant to the lives ofgirls. The planning team represented a partnership among Micron Technology, the southwestIdaho Society of Women Engineers section, Boise public school staff, and Boise State Universityfaculty, staff and graduate students. The team defined four messages that formed the foundationfor curriculum development and communications with prospective participants: 1) Engineershelp the world; 2
camp organized and run by the Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) ResearchLaboratory at the University of the Incarnate Word for middle school girls during the week ofJuly 6 to July 10, 2015. The primary goal of the camp was to introduce more females into thefield of engineering through robotic projects and competitions, guest speakers, and field trips.The camp had an additional emphasis on providing learning and research opportunities for girlsfrom underrepresented communities. miniGEMS was the first free camp in San Antonio, TX formiddle school girls with a special focus on engineering. Despite being held for the first time,there were 25 middle school students from various school districts in San Antonio. The campwas planned, coordinated, and
Institutions was added last fall.The program features an Academic Success and Professional Development class which includesinformation on resumes, portfolios, elevator speeches, how to work a career fair,interest/research papers, reducing stress, graduate school, and career planning for 10 years pastthe baccalaureate degree. The underlying academic support is the Guaranteed 4.0 Plan. Theprogram has proven successful with a graduation rate of 95% and 50% of the students goingright on to graduate school for the scholarship students. These rates are much higher thannational averages.The lessons learned through developing the program and working with the students are bestpractices that could benefit any engineering student program.IntroductionIn 2002, the
, market analysis as defined by Suarez 3, Vesper 4, and White 1 forbusiness enterprises was used as a framework to review the results and develop an action planthat takes advantage of the Purdue system’s strengths and minimizes or eliminates itsdeficiencies. The resulting strategic plan combined elements from the self analysis with the PurdueStrategic Plan and the Strategic Plan for the College of Engineering. This was important,because in aligning the revitalization with the overall Purdue and College of Engineering plans,we achieved automatic administrative buy-in. The institutional commitment to change wasnecessary, since the Cooperative Education Program at Purdue has significant tradition andinertia associated with it. It was crucial
study of eleven business incubators conducted in 2002 and located onthe eastern seaboard5,6; indicate that most university and many privately managed technology-based business incubators use students from MBA programs to assist their client companies. Forexample, business students from Lally School of Management (MBA) at RenssselaerPolytechnic Institute are required to perform a field project with clients residing in their UMTI.These students may rewrite business plans, develop marketing plans, write technical brochures ormanuals, perform specific marketing research programs, and create advertising plans or otherbusiness related issues7. The benefits to students learning in this type of environment are multi-fold. Tovey8 states that students
Multidisciplinary Programs: Session 2171 Developing a Multidisciplinary Engineering Program at Arizona State University East Campus Chell A. Roberts, Albert McHenry College of Technology and Applied Science, Arizona State University EaseAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present an update on the planning of a new engineeringprogram and Arizona State University (ASU) East. Planning began in the Summer 2003and implementation is expected in 2005. This paper presents a background of ArizonaSate University East Campus and discusses the need for a new engineering program atASU. A draft set of program
within the MDRC. The Center must maintain technical and strategicalignment with various sponsor organizations or funding sources. As we proceed further intothe information age, technological and material development will foster continuous changewithin various components of our society. Somehow, the Center must be “plugged in” orconnected in such a way to receive pertinent information as it becomes available or at theearliest opportunity. The key roles of the Advisory Boards, Technical Review Committeeand Technical Advisory Panel are provided below.Executive Advisory BoardThe Executive Advisory Board (EAB) consists of management executives from industry andother academic institutions. The EAB participates in the strategic planning for the
inception, helps with the project planning (and ifbrought in early enough, with the proposal writing), continually assesses the implementation, andprovides feedback that can keep the project from going off the rails and greatly improve thechances of its achieving its goals. This process has elements in common with continuous qualityimprovement in industry and with the CQI process associated with the ABET EngineeringCriteria, and so it should not be foreign to engineering educators. In a search of papers in theJournal of Engineering Education and ASEE conference proceedings, however, many papersreported outcomes evaluations of projects but few mentioned any formal implementationevaluation.The following questions should be addressed periodically when
variety of environments using passive thermal control.1 The biggest unknown iseclipse duration because we don’t know our final mission orbit. Assuming a 600-km circularorbit and assuming the spacecraft is covered with solar cells, our maximum and minimumsteady- state temperatures are approximately 0o and –120o C well below our requirements. Weneed further analysis and testing to determine transient temperatures and the effects of usingthermal insulation.III. Future Work Future work for this mission includes developing and completing a test plan for thespacecraft and finalizing our launch plans. While we are completing our plans for USNA-1 weare beginning plans for USNA-2. Seniors in our Spring ’00 Spacecraft Design class willcomplete
various aspectsof the design process as envisioned fifteen years from now. Briefly stated, design supportapplications are evolving toward environments that may or may not involve face-to-faceinteraction, such as Internet-related technologies and applications such as remote visualization.While the report was written primarily at the request of NASA and therefore has primary impacton NASA and Aerospace Industry planning efforts, the report (and interpretations of it) will haveimplications for Biomedical Engineering design efforts and plans. This paper will briefly reviewthe National Academy Report, and then will consider current and related future design thrustsand applications in Biomedical Engineering.1. Advanced Engineering Environments, Phase 2
changingCADD environment. This method could also be applied effectively by other schools that areupdating drawing classes, as well as other types of courses.Reconfiguration MethodA disciplined method for reconfiguring the drawing course is necessary for several reasons.First, the methods employed need to ensure continued support of the established goals of thecourse. Second, the linkage between goals and methods needs to be documented in order toprevent a gradual drift away from the goals as incremental changes are made to lesson plans. Atransparent methodology supports the process of collaboration as colleagues discuss courseobjectives and redesign lesson plans. Finally, a clear methodology can assist in communicatingthe effectiveness of the
cohesive design solutions for an extensive northeastern US are planning for climate commercial design project change. • Students are able to document iterations using • Create novel solutions to increase the the design process and synthesize results resiliency of civil engineering systems.The IAD students met Monday and Wednesday for three hours at a time. The CEN and IAD students met in a combinedclass for one hour Monday and Wednesday and the CEN students met alone for an hour on Friday. The first half ofthe combined course focused on helping students from both CEN and IAD majors understand how greenhouse gasesare causing
is to assist WE@RIT in planning and implementingevents for current students. Sometimes these events are social in nature, such as ourmonthly pop-up lounge series or Stress Relief Extravaganza before finals, andsometimes they are more professional/academic in nature, such as resume reviews,corporate visits and alumnae panels to name just a few. Their scope does not includeNew Student programming or K-12 outreach.The Good:The Leadership Board has overall been a positive change for WE@RIT. Having studentvoice involved in event planning has meant greater buy-in for events over time, andnew events taking place because of the fresh perspectives brought by an ever-rotating membership. Having the Board also allows me as a Director to utilize
professional development opportunity. Two of the mostpopular externally funded programs for teachers to gain industry and research experience areScientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers (SWEPT) and Research Experiences forTeachers (RET).[3,4,12] The goals for these programs are to increase the teacher's understandingof how content knowledge is being applied in an authentic real-world setting in order to increasestudents engagement and achievement in the classroom through implementation of an authenticeducational plan. Some research studies show these types of experiences for teachers have led toan increase in student achievement for their respective students in science [5], however thedocumentation for this type of research is limited. Both of
and culturalacclimation units. Post travel individual projects encouraged students to apply appropriateproject management techniques to the development of plans for international projects in eachstudent’s area of interest.IntroductionIn the spring of 2012, a team of four faculty members created, organized, and taught a course inInternational Project Management. This course was created using best practices from fourpreceding study tours. By merging an innovative course delivery method, varied facultyperspectives, a diverse student group, and a stimulating study abroad component, the facultyteam has broadened the perspectives of students in STEM and other curricula, and foreverimpacted students’ views of their roles in the world.The faculty
: CRITICAL THINKING, TIME MANAGEMENT, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.Skill-Building Workshops: A CloserLook• Icebreaker: Introductions and goal sharing to build community.• Critical Thinking: Activities on questioning assumptions and evaluating evidence.• Time Management: Strategies for prioritization, goal setting, and scheduling.• Effective Communication: Role-playing exercises for clear messaging and active listening.• Reflection: Sharing takeaways and planning for skill application.Fostering a Sense of Belonging• Sharing experiences and challenges in a supportive environment.• "Cultural Exchange" activity
identified by the lead faculty over the five year period.The Five-Year Program Review requires faculty to reflect on factors influencing student successin the program and provide comments. The program lead and the department chair are asked toanalyze student retention and graduation rates. The results from the Five-Year Program Reviewas well as the suggested action plans and resource allocations for the program are itemized in aMemorandum of Agreement that requires approval by the school Dean and Provost. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education
(NCLT) at Purdue University, lessons and activities on nanoscale phenomena aswell as suggestions for incorporation into curricula and the relationship of these activities to bothNational and Indiana State Standards were presented and discussed. At the completion of theexperience, the twelve participating teachers created lesson plans that they intended to use intheir classrooms as a result of their experiences at the workshop. The lesson plans werecollected and serve as the qualitative data contributing to this study. They allow for an in-depthexploration of where and how nanoscale phenomena concepts can be incorporated into currentmiddle- and high-school curricula. Analysis of the data reveals difficulties in this incorporationand guides
in career planning activities, with a focus onacademic pathways to prepare for STEM-oriented careers, implemented by the school counselingdepartment. We hypothesize that this intervention will help support students’ abilities to seethemselves as STEM people (i.e., identity) and support students’ future goals in STEM.The student cohort will be drawn from enrollees in a federally funded program called TalentSearch. Talent search programs have a primary goal of increasing post-secondary schoolattendance among economically disadvantaged students. Our plan is to provide a model forconnecting middle school STEM education and Talent Search program activities to raiseawareness, interest, and the pursuit of STEM Careers. It is expected that this
grounded by real world experience. Dr. Race is the principal and founder of RACESTUDIO and is responsible for all aspects of project planning, design and delivery. Since founding RACESTUDIO in Berkeley, CA in 1994, his projects have received 32 design and planning awards including national awards from the American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association, Environmental Protection Agency and Society of College and University Planning. The Long Range Development Plan for UC Merced received a national 2012 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects Award, and the Owings Award for Environmental Excellence, from the California Architectural Foundation in 2013. c American Society for
Words: Process planning, work holding, jigs, fixturesAbstract:Work holding is an important process in machining and requires several months ofintense learning to master it. But knowledge of the process is essential for amanufacturing engineer and therefore should be taught to students in theundergraduate courses. Work holding is an important part in manufacturing planningand is readily affected by the manufacturing process chosen. It influences thematerial-form choice and the number of settings required. In order to educate thisimportant activity to the students an exercise that can demonstrate all these aspectswas needed. This paper describes such an exercise, the machining of the samecomponent where different manufacturing conditions dictated
intermediatestages of development along four “axes:” • physical plant • technical personnel capability • faculty/staff capability, and • governanceEach stage is designed to best support student learning within the constraints of a growthschedule, which is initially an estimate, but is refined as planning proceeds. The principle ofstages is needed to ensure that all four axes advance in a parallel, synchronized fashion thatavoids bottlenecks. Refinement is based on analysis of progress towards the next intermediate stage alongeach axis. The results of the analysis provide the basis for a development plan that addresses thegaps between the current state and the next stage as a set of leadership and managementproducts: long term programs
plan comprises a ResearchPlan to develop deeper understandings about how SVSM participate, persist, and produceprofessional identities in engineering education, and an Education Plan to place newunderstandings into practice through collaborative development, implementation, dissemination,and sustainment of targeted anti-deficit, assets-based educational and support resources forundergraduate SVSM in engineering.The research plan builds from existing cross-sectional, transition-focused research with studentveterans, documented in the engineering and higher education literature, using a longitudinal,narrative inquiry research approach [5] and an innovative, two-strand theoretical framework.The theoretical framework centers social theories of
diversity, equity and inclusion. The lack ofdiversity in engineering contributes to inequitable outcomes due to, in part, the biases that we allhave. Hence, we put forth the idea of education for all at our engineering college as a means tocounter those biases and develop excellent engineers who can contribute to the solutions of oursociety’s big challenges. In our approach, five community teams were established to developproposed plans on DEI education, starting with a focus on race and ethnicity, for all students,faculty, and staff at the college. It was one of the most far-reaching DEI efforts at a college ofengineering. The plans were developed over one year, grounded in the literature around DEI andinput from our community.This lessons learned
by the rows in Table 3) as we also guide participants in using backward design todevelop their individual metacognitive activities for students in their context (as depicted by the columnsin Table 3). We will also employ flipped workshops in the short course to focus on participant’sdevelopment and needs. Each of the three workshops will have homework completed prior to theworkshop to maximize collaborative work on the specific objectives for each workshop. The short coursedesign also models the use of metacognitive experiences by calling on instructors to engage in planning,monitoring, and evaluating their own understanding and processes.Before starting the workshops, participants will learn about metacognition through our existing modules
only in producing more,but also in reducing its waste through the reduction of variability. A technology that supports theprocess improvements and the evolution of quality inspection plans is the Coordinate MeasuringMachine (CMM). Many companies are adopting such technology due to the high precision andrepeatability of these machines. However, they require specialists for their operation with a newset of skills that combine Metrology, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Geometric Dimensioningand Tolerancing (GD&T), Computer Programming and Problem Solving.The Engineering Technology Department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley(UTRGV) has created a curriculum that includes the development of such skills and hasequipped its metrology
for Engineering Education, 2008 Engineering Technology's Design Across the DisciplinesAbstract Students completing an engineering technology degree, such as Youngstown StateUniversity’s Civil & Construction Engineering Technology (CCET) bachelor’s degree programare expected to be productive in design offices and in engineering departments of constructionfirms. Accordingly, the curriculum has evolved over the past thirty years to include designprojects of varying complexity in many courses. This philosophy has now been expanded toprovide a multidisciplinary design experience for engineering technology (ET) majors. This paper describes the planning an implementation of a pair of courses required to betaken
groups anddeveloped their implementation plans for the subsequent semester. The first author mentored theworkshop participants over the Skype calls, WhatsApp groups, and emails; while other authorsconducted in-person review sessions.At the end of the semester, we administered a survey to the faculty members, who had submittedtheir implementation plans, to understand their perception of the success of the plan. The instituteadministrators interviewed them to validate the success stories. For the faculty members, whosesuccess stories were validated and who had taught the same course in the earlier year, we comparedthe SETs (Student evaluation of teachings) of the current (post-workshop) and earlier years (pre-workshop), and found statistically
studies and demonstrate real-time critical thinking and problem-solving skills during a mock Senate Ethics Hearing. Students also choose technical areas toresearch, and work in groups to develop research proposals, patent applications, and businessplans. As a result, students learn to apply ethical perspectives and consider the full implicationsof unethical practices, develop valuable professional competencies, communicate with a diverseset of stakeholders and audiences, and identify a technical area of interest and work as a group tocreate and present a technology development proposal and business plan that meets a communityneed.The assignments and projects in the PFE course series directly address ABET Outcomes 4 and 5.The professional