Paper ID #13980Instructional Videos in an Online Engineering Economics CourseDr. Letitia M. Pohl, University of Arkansas Letitia Pohl is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas, an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University. Dr. Pohl served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force for eight years. At the University of Arkansas, Dr. Pohl has served as the Assistant Director of the Mack-Blackwell Rural
procedures and the lowcost of the supplies and chemicals. The experiment also allows instructors to use the lab activityas a platform to introduce students to fundamental chemistry and chemical engineeringprinciples, including unit conversions, stoichiometry, kinetics and catalysis, and conservation ofmass. The activity has an even broader impact on students’ perceptions of chemical engineering,as it generates a product that nearly all students use on a daily basis and illustrates how chemicalengineering has a direct impact on their lives and society as a whole. Students become aware ofthe future of the chemical process industry by demonstrating technology from a rapidly growingindustry that is poised to transform fuel and chemical production. The
the starting point. PBL is known fornaturally combining classroom learning with real-life applications. This approach places theburden of knowledge acquisition on the students and utilizes the instructor as a facilitator. It is astudent-centered approach emphasizing self-confidence and creativity. This paper presents theimplementation of PBL curricular materials (modules) in Engineering Thermodynamics that aresupported by technology through simulations and target higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy ofLearning. Undergraduate students go on to future courses with enhanced thinking skills andgreater retention of knowledge. Thermodynamics is restructured as modules presenting practicalapplications first whereas principles are introduced just-in
act upon,6. ability to speak and write in a way that is logical, complete, consistent, and clear, and that can recognize potential objections to one’s position,7. ability to recognize the historical importance to our society of previous ethical decisions made in relation to engineering and technology,8. ability to recognize actions that expose oneself to legal liability,9. ability to use basic risk assessment techniques in engineering decision-making,10. ability to recognize the regional and global consequences of engineering decisions.This list is based on the belief that there is significant overlap in criteria and thus, they should beconsidered together. Most construction engineering educators are unsure how to include thiselement in
. Under this program, undergraduate studentsin engineering earn academic credit for long-term team projects that solve technology-basedproblems for local community service organizations. The program currently has 20 project teamswith approximately 250 students participating during the 1999 academic year.Each EPICS project team consists of ten to fifteen students and is paired with a local communityservice organization that functions as its customer. Each team has a faculty or industrial adviser.The teams are interdisciplinary including students from Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Civil,Aerospace, Industrial and Materials Engineering as well as from Computer Science, Chemistry,Sociology, Nursing, Visual Design, English and Education. The teams
AC 2011-1719: PREPARING ENGINEERING GRADUATES FOR THE REALWORLDJessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisBeverly Radloff, Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisNancy Lamm, Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisTerri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Terri Talbert-Hatch is the Assistant Dean for the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI. In this position she is responsible for recruitment of undergraduate students and all scholarships. She is responsible for all marketing for the school including program brochures and the school’s website. She also oversees the School’s Career Services office and is the advisor to the
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her Sc.D. in Medical Engineering from the joint Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. She teaches the required freshman design sequence, the required junior mechatronics sequence, and electives in musculoskeletal functional anatomy for engineers and medical instrumentation and physiology. She is interested in the use of technology in the classroom and improving student outcomes through hands-on and interactive experiences.April Kedrowicz, University of Utah Dr. April A. Kedrowicz is the Director of the CLEAR (Communication, Leadership, Ethics, And Research) Program at the University of Utah, a collaboration between the
library can be found at thehomepage of the Center for the Study of Problem Solving, School of Information Science andLearning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia (http://csps.missouri.edu). Details onthe creation of the library and an initial analysis of the contained data can be found elsewhere[37]. The main goal of the second study was to test the findings of the first study across a largerpopulation of cases.A. ProcessFindings from the first study were utilized to generate a rubric that was applied to 90 interviewsconducted with engineers on problem solving in a variety of different engineering fields. Therubric consisted of elements that were found from the single-case study, mainly theintertwindness of different problem types
University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, M.Sc. (1995) in research methods in psychology from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and a Ph.D. (2003) in psychology from South Bank University, London. She is currently Project Manager for the MemphiSTEP project at the University of Memphis,a project funded by the National Science Foundation, designed to increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates. She is also a Co-PI on the Transforming a Civil Engineering curriculum through Geographic Information Systems Project at the University of Memphis, also funded by the National Sci- ence Foundation. Best has an extensive research background and served as lead researcher on a range of
dire need for a transformative modelof engineering education and practice for the 21st century that: • Unleashes the human mind and spirit for creativity and compassion; • Expands engineers’ professional and personal commitments to include both technical and non-technical disciplines; • Inspires engineers to embrace the principles of sustainable development, renewable resources management, appropriate technology, and systems thinking; and • Prepares engineers for social, economic and environmental stewardships.A 2004 workshop at CU on “Integrating Appropriate-Sustainable Technology and Service-Learning in Engineering Education” further expanded on these ideas.Earth Systems Engineering is a general concept that embraces
sensing and mobile heath (mHeath) technology. In 2017, she joined Syracuse University as an assistant teaching professor for a joint position between the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Since 2020, she becomes a full-time assistant teaching professor in the Department Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. As an instructor, she teaches courses at different levels, from first-year undergraduate engineering programming course to graduate level technical elective courses. She particularly interests in improving engineering education through enhancing students learning experience, cultivating an active learning environment and promoting diversity
Paper ID #33549Short-term Study Abroad: Engineers Gaining Intercultural CompetencyDr. Inez Hua, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Inez Hua is Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Her research and teaching areas include aquatic chemistry, water pollution control, environmental sustainability in engineering education, and sustainable electronics. Dr. Hua has a Ph.D and an MS in Environmental Engineering and Science from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and a BA in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley
ofmodel rocketry are reported in references 18-23. This paper describes a successfull implementationof PBL in an introductory course using “rocket cars” as its focus instead of the flight-based focusfound in previous publications. Hence, this paper is the first of its kind in the literature. Thepractical experience described in this paper is realization centered.Curricular ContextENGN 110 is an introduction to engineering and technology course designed to “introduce avariety of engineering and technology disciplines” through a series of engineering projects. Thecourse emphasizes teamwork, design, testing, communication, and presentation skills, as well asdiscovery, creativity, and innovation. This is a one-semester, 2 credit-hour course required
. After 10 years working in industry, he returned to school, completing his Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering at the University of Louisville’s Speed School of Engineering in 2008. Since com- pleting his degree, he has been teaching engineering mathematics courses and continuing his dissertation research in cyber security for industrial control systems. In his teaching, Dr. Hieb focuses on innovative and effective use of tablets, digital ink, and other technology and is currently investigating the use of the flipped classroom model and collaborative learning. His research in cyber security for industrial control systems is focused on high assurance field devices using microkernel architectures.Dr. Patricia A
AC 2007-2786: VANTH* BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING KEY CONTENTSURVEY, PART TWODavid Gatchell, Northwestern University David W. Gatchell is a research associate in the VaNTH Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies and in the department of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University.Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Robert A. Linsenmeier has a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and in Neurobiology and Physiology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. His primary teaching is in human and animal physiology. He is the Associate Director of the VaNTH Engineering
that can converttechnological know-how into products. To do so, technological proficiency is necessary, but notsufficient. The added ingredient is the presence of individuals with the creativity to imagine newproducts, the preparation to engineer them and the desire to see the products to market. The newB.S. degree in Robotics Engineering will provide a solid foundation in state-of-the-arttechnology, give sufficient hands-on experience to build confidence and stimulate theimagination, and foster the entrepreneurial spirit that leads to the establishment of start-upcompanies and creation of jobs.2.0 Why robotics engineering?The decision to create a new major in robotics engineering was the result of intense discussionamong a group of faculty
testablerequirements for the serious game. Delivery of milestone documents (requirements, project plan,software quality, risk management, design, and testing) at the same time or before gameprototypes are delivered also helps prevent students from coding first and documenting later.Students should justify technology decisions and game feature decisions by considering (anddocumenting) the cost and benefit analysis for each alternative, rather than just including afeature that seems cool.Traditional software engineering documents are similar in structure to those used in the gamedesign industry. Our students find that it difficult to use a design document template that mightbe useful for a project involving the creation of a form fill-in database application
AC 2009-2283: A DEGREE-PROJECT APPROACH TO ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONGisele Ragusa, University of Southern CaliforniaTed Lee, University of Southern California Page 14.24.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Degree-Project Approach to Engineering Education Abstract Chemical engineering education is facing a growing disconnect between a curriculumfocused primarily on “unit operations” (e.g., heat exchangers and distillation columns) andfaculty research that has increasingly emphasized nano- and bio-technology. This discrepancywas recognized by an NSF-sponsored Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Education
Paper ID #18255The Role of Andragogy in Mechanical Engineering EducationLt. Col. Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy LTC Rich Melnyk is an Army Aviator and Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He was an Instructor and Assistant Professor from 2004-2007 and returned to teaching in 2015. He has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, a PE in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA in Technology Management and recently commanded a Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia.Lt. Col. Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy Brian Novoselich
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Paper ID #16838Adding ’Professional Awareness’ to the Software Engineering CurriculumDr. Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh Dr. Dan Budny joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty as Academic Director of the Freshman Pro- grams and an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering in January 2000. Prior to that time he served as Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Freshman Programs at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degree from Michigan Technological University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University. His research has focused on the development of programs that assist entering
Paper ID #16519Research and Instructional Strategies for Engineering RetentionDr. Claudia J Rawn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Claudia Rawn is an Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is also the Director of the Center for Materials Processing. Prior to joining the University of Tennessee full time she was a Senior Research Staff Member in the Materials Science and Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a Joint Faculty Member in the University of Tennessee’s Materials Science and Engineering Department. She received her
ensuring students and teachers in many K-12 classrooms across theUS will be engaged with engineering education. The framework upon which the NGSSis based states, “Students should learn how science is used, in particular through theengineering design process, and they should come to appreciate the distinctions andrelationships between engineering, technology, and the applications of science”2.Science and engineering complement each other in many ways, but teach studentsdifferent, yet equally important, skill sets. “If the core of science is discovery, then theessence of engineering is creation”3. The challenge of including engineering in schoolprograms is evident4, especially at the elementary level where time dedicated to scienceinstruction is far
and conference proceedings and two invited book chapters. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and serves as an ABET program evaluator. Sriram is a steering committee member for the International Conference on Wear of Materials and an executive committee member of the Mechanical Engineering Division of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). He serves as their delegate on the ASEE diversity committee and also on the ASME Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Committee. He received his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (India) followed by M.S. and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State
acknowledge the help of Ms. Linda Steele, who prepared Tables 1 and 2 -Undergraduate Programs in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering - Curricula, respectively.References1. McIssac, M.S. and Gunawardena, C.N., Distance Education, in Handbook of Research for Educational Communications and Technology: A Project of the Association for Educational communications and Technology, Jonassen, D. H. (ed), pp. 403-437, Simon, Schuster & MacMillan, New York, 1996.2. Jepson, N.A. The Beginning of English University Adult Education - Policy and Problems, Michael Joseph, London, 1973.3. Jones, E.C., Jr., Distance Education, Undergraduate Programs, and Accreditation, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual
%, but the number ofengineers that US colleges and universities send into the workforce annually has stayed the sameat around 120,000. The increase requested is 8.33% in engineering degrees. “By contrast,roughly 1 million engineers a year graduate from universities in India and China. This educationdisparity threatens to slow our economic recovery, stunts our long-term competitiveness, andleaves technology firms in a skills crisis.”1It is well known that about 40% of students enrolled in science, technology, engineering andmathematics leave their major after the first year. Less than 50% of the students who start inthese majors actually complete their degree. Although this percentage is about the same as theattrition for non-technical majors
AC 2012-5188: ASSESSING EVOLVING CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGEIN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENTSProf. Kevin A. Gary, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Kevin Gary, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering within the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus. At ASU, Kevin led the development of the new bachelor’s of software engineering program, and the revised design of the master’s of computing studies. Gary designed and implemented the Software Enterprise, an NSF-funded hybrid pedagogical method for conducting project-based courses. More than 40 industry projects have been conducted by the Software Enterprise over the past eight years, and the
thedifficulties faced by some engineering courses. An alternative course structure is presented,which allows for the new principles and concepts, and consequently might make advances inengineering education. The proposal is focused on the Systematic Planning Approach and bringsan instrument - a Knowledge Based System which embodies the new principles and concepts - topragmatically assist course designers in the development of their tasks. Some preliminary resultsfrom ongoing experiences are discussed. IntroductionAn evolutionary revolution has been taking place in the world due to the impact of technology ingeneral and information technology in particular, both of which are expanding at ever increasingrates
-phase 2 goals were development of the Iron Man version of the Guide Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationbased on the feedback gathered in sub-phase 1 and an extensive review process similar to thereview process for the Stone Man phase.126 Accreditation Initiatives In order to understand the accreditation initiatives for software engineering, it is worthwhileto examine the accrediting agencies here in the United States. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) is a federation of 28 professional engineering andtechnical societies. Representatives from these societies, who
AC 2008-1212: A PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTED LABORATORIES IN THE ECECURRICULUMBonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech Bonnie Heck Ferri received the BS from Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame in 1981, the MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 1984, and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1988. She is currently a Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs in ECE at Georgia Tech. Her research has been in the areas of embedded control systems, applications of control, power electronics, and education. She is the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Education Society Harriet Rigas Award.Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology Jill Auerbach is a Senior