engineering and what it means to be an engineer. Wehave a certain vocabulary, a way to approach problems, a diligent work ethic (if we want tomake it as engineers), and, of course, cool green engineering paper! Students learn to appreciateeach of these through contact and engagement with them. For this project, the learningframework in Statics should prepare the student to be a more engaged, deliberate, andresponsible student in Solid Mechanics.3. Build on successful practice. Both the ExCEEd Teaching Model and the flipped classroomhave been shown to work. Deliberately combine both so that the offspring is more than the sumof the parents.4. Structure for student engagement. The original driver of the work was the observation andsense that students
"Helping people in undeveloped nations become more advanced and 3underdeveloped modern."nations &rural areasLeaders "Engineers play roles throughout all aspects of society. Engineers, due to 1 their work ethic, can become leaders of companies or businesses due to their ability to manage and organize large projects. Also, engineers of individual disciplines contribute new ideas and technologies to advance society as a whole. "Working in teams "Engineers are all over, they are looking for new ways to fix old problems. 1 For example, They are always teams doing work on buildings. Mechanical
-Mona, I. & Abd-El-Khalick, F. (2006). Argumentative discourse in a high school chemistry classroom. School Science and Mathematics, 106(8), 349–361. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1949- 8594.2006.tb17755.x18. Latour, B. & Woolgar, S. (1986). An anthropologist visits the laboratory. In Labor life: The construction of scientifc facts (pp. 43–103). Princeton University Press.19. Fink, F. K. (2001). Integration of work based learning in engineering education. In Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual. Reno, NV: IEEE. http://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2001.96374720. Jonassen, D. & Shen, D. (2009). Engaging and supporting problem solving in engineering ethics. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(3), 235
short, the predominate interests behind the choice of minority engineering students were,predictably, math skill, love of science and family influence. However, the highest performingstudents were also motivated by good career opportunities (the “hunger factor”), the bent towardmaking and fixing things, and the desire to improve the world.Success in EngineeringThe second question put to them was “What does it take to be successful in your engineeringprogram?” The top three responses were (see figure 2): (1) Dedication and motivation, from 49.3% of students: “Dedication and motivation because there is a lot to learn and a lot to do;” “Commitment;” “Determination.” (2) Effort and hard work, from 31.3%: “It takes a very strong work ethic
techniques are taught, or as part of a forensic practice lecture series whereinformation about case studies is disseminated along with discussions on ethics andjurisprudential issues.4Faculty at LTU, in collaboration with an engineering professional specializing in forensicapplications of engineering, have co-taught an upper-level undergraduate forensic engineeringelective course biennially through the biomedical engineering department. The course was notfocused only on structural failures but surveyed a range of topics such as biomechanics ofaccidental injury, failure of biomedical implants, human factors/ergonomics, vehicle accidentreconstruction, fires and explosions and maritime accidents.The course was designed to introduce students to forensic
three reasons identified in the literature to include SE principles in theundergraduate engineering curriculum: in support of ABET student outcomes1, to improve and inform capstone project development and design methods7, and to address industry demand for SE knowledge8-10From an ABET perspective, Criterion 3 STUDENT OUTCOMES states that ABET accreditedengineering programs should demonstrate that program graduates have: (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, (k) an ability
enroll, remain in, and complete engineering graduate programs.Literature on Graduate Advising Relationships and Racial Microaggressions The nature of the advising relationship impacts a number of student outcomes; the mostcommonly cited in higher education research are time-to-degree, productivity, academic sense ofself, and completion rates.2,3,4 Because of these potential outcomes, the advising relationship isoften considered a mentoring relationship where the advisor helps the advisee learn about – andbecome socialized to – the academic field of study, the university, research, ethics, and manyother important aspects related to being a graduate student.5 Advisors can display a caringinterest in students’ welfare, helping students
training of graduate students through formal pedagogycoursework. Pedagogy courses and certificates are increasingly recognized as vital preparationfor their roles as TAs and future faculty members.19, 20 The University of California, Berkeleyrequires departments to offer a semester-long training course for first-time TAs. The courseformat in our department is flexible and usually involves readings, peer teaching evaluations, andclass discussion. Books we find useful for the course include McKeachie’s Teaching Tips21 and 11What The Best College Teachers Do.22 Topics typically covered include setting course policies,assessment of student learning, ethics
ethics, accountability andequity; the impact of engineering work on society and the environment, as well as teamwork andcommunication skills.6In 2013, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the United States published a reportcalled “Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action.”7 This research-based effort, todevelop and test more effective messages about engineering, identified four new messages: • Engineers make a world of difference. From new farming equipment and safer drinking water to electric cars and faster microchips, engineers use their knowledge to improve people’s lives in meaningful ways. • Engineers are creative problem solvers. They have a vision for how something should work and are dedicated
ofbiomechanics in society include; videogame control of the kinematics based Microsoft Kinect andthe kinetics based Nintendo Wii Balance Board, and human computer-interaction with thekinematics based Leap Motion. Some readily accessible QS topics related to biosensors include;the inertial motion measurement based Wii Remote and various smartphone apps,electromyography based Myo Gesture, and pressure based Nike Hyperdunk in-shoe sensors. Thenew QS devices also raise many interesting professional and ethical questions, such as; “Whatconstitutes a medical device?” and “What safeguards are in place for privacy and security ofpersonal and/or health related data?”In addition, the QS theme can be used to motivate a variety of academic topics (Figure 2
ethics of service learning. The course was meant to be a part of abroader wrap-around approach for service-learning teams, although the framework at this pointremains ad hoc.26 Like most programs, we are working toward developing a broader, systematicstrategy toward increasing students’ global engagement.Reflections on the Variety of Reentry PracticesThese programs offer a limited, unrepresentative sample of engineering education abroadprogramming. Further, they all come from the United States, which severely limits theirrepresentativeness. Future comparative work in the area would be worthwhile. Nevertheless,these reentry programs do offer a number of approaches to consider. They take a wide variety offorms and address different aspects of the
Paper ID #11783Go Green on Campus Project: A Collaborative International Student ProjectProf. Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Professor Patricia Fox is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Communication in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue Uni- versity Indianapolis (IUPUI). Pat has been a member of the faculty for over 32 years. She has previously served as Associate Chair and Associate Dean in the School. Pat teaches leadership, ethics, sustainabil- ity, and study abroad courses. She has held a number of
content.Larson et al.1 recently discussed ABET’s Criterion 3, and how curricula were expanded toinclude items such as teamwork and communications. The authors noted some haverecommended refining Criterion 3 from eleven to five outcomes, with one of the refinedoutcomes quoted as follows: “D. Demonstration of professional behaviors through teamingskills, communications, and ethical responsibilities.” A recent interview in a magazine of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) noted communication as a beneficial nontechnicalskill, but also noted it is very difficult to integrate many nontechnical skills into engineeringcurriculums since so much technical information is required (Hill2). Just prior to the completionof this document, a magazine article
suchtopics as cost assessment, decision making, economic evaluation, engineering ethics, and projectplanning. The principal course activity, which extends over a period of seven weeks, involvesstudent design of a timber pier which must satisfy client and NDS1 specifications, and requirespreparation of cost estimates, a construction schedule, and detailed design drawings, all presentedto the client (their instructor) in the form of a written design report.We kick-off the fall semester with a brief course introduction and discussion of the nine-stepdesign process (after Hyman2) with special emphasis on Step 5: Concept Generation. To betterappreciate the entire design process (cradle to grave) as well as multidisciplinary aspects ofdesign, we then
Page 26.862.15 http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/14_11-47.pdf.[31] Lisa M Frehill. What do women do with engineering degrees? Women in Engineering ProActive Network, 2007.[32] Mathieu Bouville. Is diversity good? six possible conceptions of diversity and six possible answers. Science and engineering ethics, 14(1):51–63, 2008.[33] LM Frehill, NM Di Fabio, and ST Hill. Confronting the “new” american dilemma. White Plains National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. Retrieved February, 19:2012, 2008.[34] U.S. Census Bureau. State & county quickfacts, 2014. URL http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html.[35] Alberta M Gloria and Tamara A Ho. Environmental, social, and psychological
University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity
weekafter the submission). Although the students were allowed to meet the instructor and discuss theirmistakes during the office hours, they never received additional grades for such an extra effort.Though detailed records of these meetings were not kept, it was estimated that approximately40% of the students met the instructor more than two times for additional help outside theclassroom. In order to aid in the development of their spatial visualization skills, the feedback ontheir homework assignments were very detailed and the instructor provided them explanations ofthe areas where they needed to improve. In order to avoid any ethical conflicts, a pre-planned grading plan was formulated for thetwo classes. In the control class, the grading
desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.”In response to ABET and for other reasons, educators have created approaches to introducesustainable engineering concepts and techniques across departments in Engineering2, inenvironmental engineering3, in civil engineering4,5,6,7,8, and to address ABET criteria2,9. In 2011,a special issue of the Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practiceprovided a collection of papers on the topic of sustainability in civil and environmentalengineering education10. And very recently implementation of sustainability has been highlightedas a means to
learning through fixed amounts of lab time in social interaction with staff and lab partners. There was not the development budget nor the inclination to use autograding as a kind of “intelligent personal tutor15,16” whereby a student works many hours being guided through programmed instruction until mastery of a skill is detected. Nevertheless, it was easy to come up with questions that would require far more time than the students thought they had for the course. In conventional instruction limiting the assigned work is also a way to avoid overloading the amount of grading effort for the staff, but with autograding this is not the case. The “retry until success” work ethic also may require more time than
§ Open-ended problems and case studies § Challenges of engineering practice: safety, economics, ethics, regulation, IP, market/social needs • Include a first year chemical engineering experienceIn addition, such a curriculum should be organized around some guiding principles, such as;molecular transformations, multi-scale analysis and system analysis and synthesis. Integration intime and across courses of the same level is also paramount. It is important to note here that therecent report by NRC on convergence identifies the organizing of curricula around commonthemes or guiding principles as one important aspect to foster the integration of disciplines 8.Globally, there is a growing recognition that
discovery process. The course was developedso that students from all disciplines could participate (i.e. no pre-requisites were required).Students are introduced to proposal development, scientific and technical literature reviews,measurement techniques, statistical data analysis, design of experiments, good laboratorypractice, and oral and written research communication. Ethics and intellectual property topicsrelated to research are also covered. During this course, students are involved in hands-onexperimentation to practice their measurement and data analysis skills as well as test theirhypotheses and/or the validity of their approach to the specific topic being investigated.Research Expo: Students are required to present their research
,procedural validation, communicative validation, pragmatic validation, ethical validation, andprocess reliability. Walther and colleagues emphasize creating a conversation within any Page 26.35.5 Figure 1. Mapping of Messick’s unified theory of construct validity14qualitative study to ensure each of these areas are addressed through “making” and “handling”data. They also stress researcher flexibility in finding the aspects that will support validation intheir work. While the focus in Walther and colleagues’ framework is not directly linked tosurvey validation, similar to Messick it emphasizes considering a complex array of aspects
, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and book chapters on these topics.Major Daniel J. Fox, U.S. Military Academy MAJ Dan Fox is an Instructor in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States
, previous three years to the implementation of the framework theaverage percentage of the students who fails the course was 12.5% while after theimplementation (2011 to 2013) was 2.3% implying a benefit of 10 percentage points. As waspreviously discussed the weight of the PBL assignments is 20% of the final grade. Thispercentage was the same previous to the 2011, the main difference was the use of the frameworkto design the goals of each PBL and the use of the rubrics. Due to the peer assessment activity,the possibility that a student pass the course rewarded by the teamwork assignment is limited butit is possible if the teammates do not complete this peer assessment ethically. Thus, the instructortakes some minutes previously to the peer
competence must not be sacrificed orcompromised. Many see these skills as the foundation of an engineering degree and the corebedrock for the 21st century global competitiveness and innovation that the US needs to maintainits standard of living. The National Academy of Engineering summed up these two perspective inthe following statement:7 Technical excellence is the essential attribute of engineering graduates, but those graduates should also possess team, communication, ethical reasoning, and societal and global contextual analysis skills as well as understand work strategies.In addition to these broader engineering perspectives, the ABET EM program criteria provideadditional insight into what should be interpreted as special to
See above emails & letters an email based on a case (17%)7 Textbook: Chapter 11; Course manual: Library: research skills class and quiz Documentation and ethics Unit 8 (3%) Presentation skills (for Textbook: Chapter 9Course manual:8 Presentation skills practice technical briefing) Unit 99 Textbook: Chapter 10 Presentation skills Day 1: Student presentations (15
in a teamenvironment, ability to understand multidisciplinary problems, understanding of ethical andprofessional responsibility, etc20. The students are also required to document their work andprepare a report at the end of each project year.E. Increased Readiness for Industry CareerThe students involved in this project have shown increased readiness for the industry career.Industry in general and aerospace industry in particular is looking for graduates who possessmultidisciplinary knowledge and skills. Graduates with these skills have better chances of gettingemployed sooner than the students without these skills. The participants’ career in industry oracademia is an important indicator of the success of the project in terms of enhanced
What do they do? Who can be an engineer? And how can one become engineer? An introduction to the concepts of green/renewable/sustainable energies 2 Green living and environmental issues. The course will include discussions on engineering ethics. An introduction to the Engineering Design Process, Computer Aided 3 Green design Design, and Green Design Framework Advanced Fundamentals of automated manufacturing systems including
-disciplinary work can bring a change of vision, and it has the potential tocultivate shared epistemologies, aesthetics, and ethical systems to people from variousdisciplines. Gunn6 demonstrated that including art with the presentation of engineering topicsincreases student interest in engineering by making the discipline more broad and accessible to awider range of students. Increased interest was also noted during an eight-week digital soundproduction collaboration between music and computers science students4. Not only did studentsfind both technical and artistic motivations to learn, they also created projects that point to waysof revitalizing computer science courses through linkages with the arts and practice.Like perception, for