Manage project: review budget and plans, time and resource estimates, progress data, resource allocation, re-plan where dependencies can be 'relaxed' (eg combining manufacture with testing, concurrent engineering etc).Initial ResultsAt the time of writing this paper we have completed about 40 two-hour interviews and a largenumber of field observations, about half in Australia and half in Pakistan. The need for acomprehensive description of engineering work has forced us to focus first on the Australiandata. Trevelyan (2005) presents the results of this first phase. The current focus is ontechnical knowledge, which seems to be more elusive than the vast number of publishedengineering technical papers might
Camp Concrete.To further instill a sense of mission and urgency,each day of the first week was pre-planned withgroup meetings and work. The meeting topicsincluded an orientation to the summer's goals,introduction to the research topics and instruction oncompleting literature reviews, creating a test matrix,planning work, keeping records of the research in alab book and writing a research report. The worksessions included initial cleaning and organizationof their work area, rebuilding several pieces ofequipment, removing the old racking system fromthe environmental chamber and replacing it with amore efficient rack system built from raw Figure 2 – New shelves in usematerials and modifying a surplus table to serve asa batching table
, selecting the best design, constructing, and evaluating performancerelative to initial design specifications. Teams undertake a common project – in terms of clientneeds – although design products to meet these needs may vary.Biomedical Engineering Design I & IIDuring these two quarters, seniors undertake and construct their capstone design project workingon a relevant problem in biomedical engineering. This begins from the development of thedesign problem from a set of (real) client needs, establishing specifications, planning the project, Page 11.1427.3scheduling and efficient use of resources, examining ethics and safety in
or higher and 47% from those $45,000 - $50,0003. Only34% of the student participants were female. However, the first event was notably successful inreaching younger students: 71% of attendees were freshman or sophmores.Year TwoThe second annual event was held in March, 2000. It was dubbed “I Am The Future, A HighTech Maui Boot Camp.” This time nine local tech companies helped plan, coordinate, andpresent the program to 50 students and 10 educators. Staff from the companies again presentedinformation on the range of job responsibilities and preparation required. In addition, a specialsession was held for teachers and counselors on the education requirements and desired skill setsfor new hires. Information on internships available at the Park
for Medical Sciences. She has collaborated with a series of University, Government and Corporate bodies interested in quantifying activity patterns relevant to understanding human exposure and dose and her current research work focuses on exposure assessment in various residential and occupational settings.Patrick Hager, Armstrong Atlantic State University Patrick Hager is a sophomore civil engineering student at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA. He plans to complete his Bachelor of Science degree at Georgia Tech.Aristide Sanou, Armstrong Atlantic State University Aristide Sanou is a sophomore mechanical engineering student at Armstrong Atlantic State
and soon become obsolete. Enter the Dean of Engineering. After somediscussion with the current Dean of Engineering, it was agreed that a larger space would be toeveryone’s advantage due to the extreme popularity of these courses in addition to the initialcorporate interest. A quest for a new and larger space would begin. Interestingly enough, spaceis at a great premium at Northeastern, which made this search for space that more difficult. Itwas at this point that the Dean of Engineering formed a Facilities Planning Committee whosemission was to identify new and innovative ways to obtain teaching and laboratory space. Duringthe course of this quest, a space was identified that would be a possible fit for the new IndustrialControl Systems
students (second semester mechanical engineering juniors) and both had fairlycompatible learning objectives. Although not as straightforward as the aforementioned ones, thefeasibility factor was affirmed as well after performing a detailed review and planning of thetopics to be covered for both courses. During the review, in addition to topical concerns,attention was paid especially to the timing aspect of the related topics across the two courses, toensure that there could be adequate time gap between the key foundational concepts introducedin the Dynamics and when the students would see their corresponding applications in the Designof Machinery. To this end, the generation of a topics breakdown schedule (similar to the workbreakdown schedule
framework that will be used for ASE certification• Provided transfer student advising by university faculty at community college3.1 Advisory CommitteeInitiating the development and implementation of all activities requires a system of coordinationfor exchange of information and resources and effective utilization of institutional strengths.Collaboration among faculty and administrators from both institutions and their industry partnerswas formalized through the creation of an advisory committee, which meets regularly to developand implement the planned activities and monitor progress of the project. To create this advisorycommittee, both institutions extend their existing collaborative partnership between theirfaculties to incorporate industry
curriculum. Curricular elements ofthe threads include technology enabled learning, service learning, business plans, and enterpriseteam projects. Using the Steps for Better Thinking Model2 as the developmental umbrella, allcurricular elements are strategically placed within the curriculum to provide both an integrativethread between the major components as well as a developmental thread for improving complexthinking skills. The primary role of the technology enabled support modules is to provide thefoundational scaffolding necessary to develop more complex reasoning while simultaneouslyattempting to address alternative learning styles. To develop this more fully, it is first necessary
about each ofthe branches. Think about when you decided to go to Graduate school, when you met yoursignificant other, or when your family moved as a child. With practice, it will become easy toremember some very explicit details to these personally significant events. Page 12.307.6The second method is the use of images to bring back memories, where images are defined asphotographs, pictures, and/or floor plans. An image is some pictorial or iconic symbol that hasmeaning to us personally. At first I did not think that this method would work well with mebecause I have no talent as an artist. In fact, my artistic development ended in about 2nd
. Page 12.1262.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Self Efficacy of Women Engineering Students: Three Years of Data at U.S. InstitutionsAbstract This paper describes the results of three years of engineering self-efficacy datacollected from engineering students at five institutions across the U.S. Results indicate that whilestudents show positive progress on some self–efficacy and related subscales, they show adecrease on isolation subscale from the first to second measurement period. It is also notable thatthere are almost no gender differences and that self efficacy seems to be related to participationin extracurricular activities and student plans to persist in the
good fit with energy efficiency concepts we have proposed as part of our integrated resource plan filing with the Missouri Public Service Commission.” • Student Organization: Affiliated with the proposed Center, the MU Student Society of Energy Conservation if formed: “To promote energy awareness, conservation, and efficiency. To promote renewable and clean energy systems. To educate ourselves and the public about energy conservation…” The Society will collaborate with, and compliment to the Center activities in a number of areas.Strategically, this network of partnership work together to utilize the resultant synergy to helpestablish Missouri IAC as the center of resources and services for industrial energy
virtualrobot controllable through the interface can autonomously perform a number of basic primitives(such as path planning, unsupervised traversal, etc.), but also allow the human to be flexible inthe type of interaction – from direct tele-operation of the robotic vehicle to a collaborative role inwhich the human communicates to the robot through a natural language processor.As part of the design experience, each team is provided 1-2 robots, basic robot operatinginstructions, and time for each member of the team to individually explore the interface. Eachteam is then tasked with realizing their solution to the problem identified through the team-brainstorming session using the human-robot interface module and associated robot platform(Figure 5
think deeper and learnmore.Thirdly, the students will have equal opportunities to learn. In IBSDC, each student has differentprogramming assignment and the student’s performance is evaluated individually by theinstructor. The workload unbalance can be reduced.Fourthly, but not lastly, it is not a “quick-and-dirty” process. It requires the students program byfollowing standard rules and conventions. It is a strict but helpful process to obtain goodprogramming habits.4. Implementation of IBSDCAs illustrated in Figure 2, IBSDC in programming labs is implemented in five steps. For thehomework assignment, the implementation process is similar, but the time lengths may vary.Grouping Planning Coding Testing
give my peer mentor partner time to talk”. Although peer mentors believed they can assess a situation, understand theaudience, know how to prepare, and know how to report, peer evaluations show thatmentors are not well organized and do not always plan for class. Some of the mentorsshare their weaknesses: “I could also plan more with my peer mentor partner before classso that the class goes smoother and we touch on more topics in one class session”, “Ihave to plan better in order to keep the class engaged and interested for the entire 50minute period”, “Something else that we can improve on is to be more efficient with ouruse of time because some students felt that we take too much time to cover somematerial”. Mentors rank
and study on UCBP campuses from around90,000 in 2010 to around 125,000 when the project is completed[4]. Both the MOE and UCBPhope that the students graduating from the new universities “will form the backbone of aqualified and adaptable human resource base that will drive Ethiopia’s development forward.”The vision of the MOE also indicates that the new universities “will strengthen secondaryeducation and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) by focusing on trainingqualified teachers.” Figure 1: Planned thirteen new university constructions in Ethiopia (source[4]) The final goals of this ambitious and transformative project will not be fully
takes into consideration the cognitive knowledgeand skills needed at each stage of the process. The integrated model, called the Dual CommonModel (DCM), identifies for each problem solving/program development task, the specificcognitive techniques required to accomplish that task. A brief overview of the problem solvingtasks is as follows:1. Formulating the problem: This stage leads to an organized representation of all relevantproblem information: the goal, givens, unknowns, conditions and problem constraints.2. Planning the solution: During this stage, the user identifies and evaluates or assessesalternative possible solutions, and also partitions the problem by refining the overall problemgoal into sub-goals.3. Designing the solution: This
of the class filled in coloring sheetsabout the water cycle. Students were asked to identify the aquifer on their coloring sheets, andthere was a concurrent discussion about the importance of unpolluted aquifers and pure wellwater.A more complete description of the Spectroscope activity is provided in the Appendix of thispaper. Lesson plans for the remaining activities are available upon request from the first authorof this paper.Impact:This program is in its early stages of development. As such, a formal assessment program is inthe process of being developed. The future assessment plan will include evaluations of thestudents’ attitudes toward science and engineering, the knowledge development in these areasand students’ self-reports of
-composites, computer integrated design, process planning and manufacturing, online design catalogs, and web-based collaboration.Dr. El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Dr. El-Sayed Aziz holds a faculty position as Associate Professor in the Production Engineering and Mechanical Design Department at Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. Currently, he is working as a research scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He received B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt, in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2003. His research interests include knowledge-based engineering
appropriate input/output (I/O) devices and LEGO components; construct a physical model; and write a software program that integrates the NXT brick for the computer-assisted surgery. 3. Illustrate the science, technology, and mathematics principles that are integrated into mock computer-assisted medical procedures and select the appropriate student performance indicators from the state content standards. 4. Apply an engineering design process to research, design, construct, computer program, and communicate robot designs for mock surgical procedures. 5. Prepare one or more lesson plans that integrate mock surgical procedures into the school/district curriculum, and propose instructional strategies or practices such
age on Biological Water Quality Integrated Modules disinfectant decay and biological stability Monitoring & Simulation Practice mathematical model calibration and (BIO-HYR-MAM) simulation with experimental data. Monitor, simulate and explain dynamics of water Distribution system distribution system. decontamination Practice mathematical model calibration with (BIO-CHM-HYR-MAM) experimental data.Initially the integrated lab modules were planned to be developed for in-class
School in1919, has remained its validity around the world. It is an indispensably part of the successfulteaching by making use of real world scenarios, instead of relying on academic theory asmethodology. Thus, case study method of teaching will help strengthen one’s ability ofanalyzing problems, evaluating alternatives and making action plans. Case study method ofteaching insists more on participants centered learning.” The authors Xu and Zan felt that therole of teachers and students change. Teachers serve as guides to learning, and students are incontrol of a learning process that is self-paced. [1] “Compared with traditional teaching, the case study method of teaching is an interactive learning approach, which changes the role of
research methodology, bothquantitative and qualitative data were collected through our study period. The data analysis wasgrounded in in both social cognitive and situated learning frameworks and produced interestingdiscovery on how individual learners’ characteristic, the social aspects of collaborative learning,and the pedagogical components in PBL interacted to affect student learning. Particularly, socialinteraction was valued by students from all ethnical groups as the greatest motivating factor inCPBL. In this paper, the research method as well as the preliminary findings are described. Inaddition, this paper introduces a plan to redesign the pilot course (EE440) using a participatorydesign strategy based on the research results.The paper is
redesigned to allow the projects for each semester to bepresented to students, discussed and problematized in the classroom by all of the teachers. As anexample of the changes made, a specific discipline was created to focus on planning and teamwork, computer programming was brought forward to the first semester and physics (kinematicsand dynamics) was moved to the second semester. Curriculum design was also directed towardsthe automotive and petrochemical industries which are part of the local economy.2.2 The model adoptedIn each semester a project was defined with specific guidelines and students were divided intoteams of 10. One teacher was designated as a general advisor, although all teachers of alldisciplines were to support the project by
“ComputationalThinking Using Hands-On Activities” such as introduction to Excel, PowerPoint, Robotics, and VisualProgramming. These K-12 outreach activities are supported through a project titled - STARS (Students& Technology in Academia, Research & Service) Alliance. The primary objective of the STARS projectis the broadening of participation in computing through best practices and community building.Provisions will be made for visits to these and other K-12 schools to advertise the program and makepresentations on Cyber Security. We plan to make few of the Cyber Security courses and modules onlineto K-12 schools teachers, local two year and four year college teachers and others interested in CyberSecurity education and awareness
hands-on education; and (5) providing a globally sustainable and competitiveworkforce.With the engagement of the largest automotive manufacturers in the world, students enrolled inthis program will study in the college for two full days/week coupled with work of 3 days/weekin Toyota. They will earn a wage while attending college and gain priceless work experiencewith a global manufacturing leader. Over two years, students can earn as much as $30,000 insalary, which with planning can cover all of the education expenses. After two years study, thestudents will get an associate technical degree.Students Recruitment and SelectionThe AMT program targeted high school students who (1) have enthusiasm and interests inmanufacturing technologies; or (2
.The renewable energy engineering track curriculum structure is described below. Alterations tothe fundamental core requirements in electronics engineering technology were made to allow forsome formal coverage of biology, chemistry, environmental science, and conservation principles,in addition to the traditional physics, electronics, and mathematics prerequisite knowledgecoursework. This then allowed for advanced studies in the areas of environmental economics,sustainability, environmental sociology, and power transmission, generation of energy, powerelectronics and renewable energy management. Figure 1.0 shows a typical plan of study.Standard Mathematics and Science RequirementsThe following requirements in math and science are the same for
international design projectevery year.The Civil Engineering Department and the Office of Institutional Research, Planning andAssessment (IRPA) of RHIT have implemented an annual assessment on both the short and longterm impact of international design projects. Despite the associated challenges with internationalprojects, results indicate that the short term benefits are immediate and profound. In spring 2012,in order to assess the long term benefits, civil engineering alumni from 2006 through 2011 wereasked to participate in a survey on their senior design experience and how this experience hasimpacted their professional growth. A total of 84 alumni completed the survey. Majorcomparisons were made between two main alumni groups: those who undertook
capabilities andthey help the company meet a schedule constraint if manufacturing the good is outside theschedule plan. There are also challenges and shortfalls with outsourcing. First there are alwaysthe cultural differences when outsourcing the work to overseas companies. This includescommunication issues that stem from differences in language and just simply the processes foraccomplishing the same task. Job loss in the U.S. is another side effect to outsourcing. Someexperts argue that outsourcing takes up the lower-level jobs and that allows Americans doperform the higher value jobs. But what that argument does not address is the impact it has onthe Americans that lose the lower-level jobs or the rising unemployment rate in the U.S. Manyworkers
Delphi procedure is administered online. The initial invitations to participate came from alist generated by the steering committee, e-mail invitations to listserves for ASEE divisions withinterest including the First-Year Programs Division, invitations to participants in the 2012 First-Year Engineering Experiences conference, and targeted e-mail requests sent to a variety ofuniversities with first-year engineering programs identified through ASEE and through recentliterature.Results of all three methods will be used to define the classification scheme which is planned forpresentation and discussion at a culminating workshop during the 2013 First-Year EngineeringExperience conference.Results:Analysis of syllabi:A total of 28 syllabi were found