, consequently, increase recruitment efforts and enrollment at XXXXUniversity, including XXXX XXXX. This effort is in direct relation to the XXXX CampusRecruitment and Retention Plan (Objective 3) which seeks to "integrate women from diverseeducational backgrounds into the engineering, engineering technology, and science programs atthe [XXXX XXXX] Campus to ensure their success and retention." The program is also gearedtoward reaching minority females in particular, which addresses Campus Goal D" to provide aholistic, caring and supportive learning environment for students of all ages, races, creed andgender."2 Eisenberg, Alissa. "Across country, more females in engineering." theDP.com. N.p., 14 Mar. 2007. Web. 25 Feb. 2010. .3 "WISE Institute K-12
ABET and a Senior Member of IEEE, where he currently serves on the Educational Activities Board. Page 15.420.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of Nanotechnology and Power Systems Concentrations for an On-line BSEET DegreeAbstractAccording to a report titled “Workforce Planning for Public Power Utilities: Ensuring Resourcesto Meet Projected Needs”, published by the American Public Power Association (APPA) in2005, the electric utility industry is faced with an aging workforce and the potential retirementsof a large percentage of its employee base. A large number of electric
be other areas addressed by infusingcommunication skills into the engineering curriculum. 16The approach of this effort is to see communication as having not only written and oral aspects,but also acknowledging that there is a visual dimension as well. In the first year of study,engineering students will take foundation courses in written, oral and visual communication.While communication skills are part of every class where reports are written or classpresentations are given, a few courses within the core engineering coursework have beenselected to serve as specific communication skills courses. This selection is obviously notunique and may undergo adjustments as the plan is conducted. During the freshman year, a set ofcourses, part of the
Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. in Computer-based Management Information Systems from the University of the West Indies, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Planning, Governance, and Globalization from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University. Page 15.945.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Peer Mentoring: Impact on Mentees and Comparison with Non-ParticipantsAbstractPeer mentoring programs are a method often implemented to help addressretention in engineering especially during the first and second years of study. Thisstudy examines the
site(www.uvm.edu/~muse/).In the second year of the project, we focused on enhancing and expanding our approach in twodirections. First, we improved the video modules to emphasize that the design of distributedwireless sensing/actuation systems is one example of complex system engineering. We alsodeveloped a set of experiments that expose students to the range of concepts and tools needed todesign a wireless sensor network, and allow them to develop fluency with them in a final designproject. In this paper, we describe both of these efforts, their products, assessment results, andour plans for dissemination.Course Format and EvolutionFor the pilot offering we focused on development of video lecture modules covering corematerial associated with
microprocessor that is used to control other components and its peripherals such as EEPROM to store the collected data. A substantial amount of time is spent in teaching the real time programming using BASIC Stamp with the help of flowchart developed from the problem statement. Mechanical design, thermal concerns, hardware fabrication and testing, systems integration and testing are covered next. Lectures on project management, cost control, risk tolerance and contingency planning are also included as teams are supposed to meet various deadlines and cost and weight budget. Students are also provided information on balloon tracking software and have to attend weekly classes on ham radio operation to facilitate recovery of the payload. By the end of the
University of Baghdad, pursued a post graduate diploma in planning from the United Nations institute in the middle east, Went to Wales in the United kingdom to get his Masters degree and then to Belgium for his Ph.D. He has also international work experience; he served as Faculty at Al Mustansiria University in Baghdad, a regional consultant at the Arab Institute for Statistics, a position that enabled him to lecture in a number Arab countries. In Jordan he served as the Chairman of the Math and Computer Science department at Al-Isra University. In The United States he worked as an adjunct faculty at Wayne State University, University of Detroit Mercy and Oakland Community College. He held a
students to achieve maximum successes in their careers or research disciplines.Background technologies and the anticipated future of the fieldGeospatial Technologies (GTs) have evolved from initial beginnings as simple computer-basedmap making tools to complex visual and computational environments. GTs are used world-wide in diverse application domains ranging from community planning to the exploration ofouter space. The increased use of GTs has led the development of new tools, techniques andtheory that have imbued GTs with new forms of geographic visualization, support for spatialthinking, and opportunities for research and education. It is an exciting time for GT researchand education. Industry standard, commercial desktop Geographic
Paper ID #9985Making and Engineering: Understanding Similarities and DifferencesJames Logan Oplinger, Arizona State University I am a student at Arizona State University, studying electrical engineering. I plan on going to graduate school at ASU for the Engineering (MS) degree. After I graduate I will work in industry, but I plan on becoming an engineering professor afterwards.Mr. Andrew Michael HeimanMatthew Dickens, Arizona State University Sophmore Electrical Engineering Student at Arizona State Universities’ Honors College interested in engineering education and the entertainment industry.Ms. Christina Hobson Foster
GuilfordCounty middle schools that are labeled as Title I schools . Title I schools are funded with federalmoney to improve the achievement of low-income students. This group is targeted because lowsocioeconomic status girls are less likely to pursue careers in science and math related fields.1The camp was led by two STEM female faculty and an undergraduate female engineeringstudent. Figure 1: Participants of Girls in Science Lab learning to using pipettes. After months of strategy and curriculum planning for the camp, applications to the campwere made available to students currently in the 6th and 7th grade; these applications included astudent essay, parent essay, and a teacher recommendation. Using a rubric, the students thatwould
Paper ID #9924Outreach Activities as an Integral Part of Promotion and TenureDr. Andrew E. Jackson, East Carolina University Dr. Jackson serves as a Tenured, Full Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at ECU. He is a senior faculty member in the Industrial Engineering Technology (IET) program where he teaches a variety of IET courses, including: Production Systems Engineering and Production Planning, Engineering Economics, Human Factors Engineering, and Risk Assessment. His career spans 40 years in the fields of aviation, aerospace, defense contract engineering support, systems acquisition, academics, and
since high school when he attended Center for Advanced Technologies in Florida. His passion leads him to constantly ponder on how evolving technologies can be deployed to find it’s applicable usage. After completing his studies in USC, Minh pursues a career in Software Engineering.Richard Phillips Richard Phillips, University of Southern California Richard Phillips is an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California majoring in Computer Science and Business Administration. He was a sophomore when he wrote this paper, and is expected to graduate in 2016. He plans on getting his Masters in Computer Science as part of USC Viterbi Engineering School’s progressive degree program in 2017. After
Glen Livesay is an Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering; he co-developed and co- teaches the biomedical engineering capstone design sequence at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Glen’s educational research interests include student learning styles, the statistical evaluation of assess- ment instruments, and increasing student engagement with hands-on activities. He has received an NSF CAREER award and served as a Fellow at the National Effective Teaching Institute.Dr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assess- ment & Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
participation on diverse teams as “real world” and therefore Page 24.1154.2beneficial13, their behaviors and experiences on diverse teams can be more problematic1,7. Forexample, students of different genders tend to take different roles on teams, with females morelikely to complete project planning and communication work and males more likely to dotechnical planning and hands-on building1,12. It is unclear in the research whether studentschoose to take on gender-specific tasks or are pushed by teammates into those roles.Team discussions tend to privilege some students at the expense of others. Women and under-represented minorities are more likely
schedule cannot be violated. In accordance with theCorporation’s normal employee policies, each student was requested to fill out a weekly timecard documenting their effort expended, including task description and time expended on eachtask.As part of the corporation’s commitment, a corporate officer was to be in attendance at syllabus-scheduled reviews. Additionally, an interface, during class time, of pre-planned teleconferencesbetween all the students and a corporation representative was to take place every week. Theaudiologist agreed to participate in design reviews and to invite student teams to her clinicaloffice to view current hearing aid technologies, relevant programming issues and in respondingto patient expectations.The First Year
and implement a plan to address those if necessary.Data gathered during the investigation showed that in this region nearly 1 in 3 workers wereemployed by manufacturing companies – more than twice that statewide number determined byNAM. The data also revealed that 500 qualified workers are needed every year in this region justto maintain the current manufacturing economy.1 This number does not include new emergingindustries or growth of the current industrial base.Data compiled by the US Census Bureau in their American Community survey showed that inthis 10 county region the percentage of citizens 25 and over with a high school diploma was 84.1percent and the percentage of citizens 25 and over with a BS degree was 15.3 percent.3 Clearly,in
Page 24.1253.5students, the videos were partially used by the students to complete homework assignments, andthat the videos did not hold the students’ attention. The quality of information refers to the typeof information that the student needed. If the student did not understand where a variable camefrom or why compounded interest was used instead of simple interest, then the video needs toaddress those shortcomings. This may lead back into the planning of the videos and how muchtime the instructor actually needs in order to plan and produce the video.The particular application used for this exercise, ShowMe, automatically tracks the number ofviews for each video. BlackBoard application also has a feature that will track the number ofviews
study that measured current IE students’ interestin solving operations research problems in different industry sectors and their perceptions aboutindustrial engineering careers. The aim of the study is to gain greater understanding about theinterests and perceptions of current IE students at Kansas State University (KSU). While thespecific results are most directly applicable to the institution where the study was conducted, wecomment on broad insights of interest to the industrial engineering education community.The pilot study described here is part of a planned long-term effort to understand the perceptionsof prospective (pre-college) students and those of students at multiple stages in the curriculum.The overarching objective is to design
ensure that the minimum requirementsare met. In phase two, qualified applications are reviewed by the applicant’s preferred center.Each center, which has its own selection committee comprised of faculty, graduate students, andpost-doctoral researchers, reviews and ranks the applications. Then the center concludes itsreview with a short list of candidates recommended for placement. The final phase, selectionoversight, takes place when the TTE REU staff come together to review and approve the centers’selections.Evaluation and AssessmentThe TTE program has an evaluation plan that measures the success and efficacy of the REU Site.Evaluation for each cohort of TTE REU participants occurs in two stages: formative andsummative. The formative evaluation
in written and oral communication skills. Future plans to evaluate theeffectiveness of this capstone in term of learning outcomes. 1. Introduction:The 1973 oil embargo was the propulser for the creation of the first generation of multiple energysimulation programs, such as DOE and TRNSYS in USA, ESP-r in UK, CODYBA in France. Theseprograms are still in use until today, even if multiple versions have been developed, because of theirflexibility and their reliability.Among all these programs, only TRNSYS (Klein, 1976), (Klein, 1977), (Klein, 2006) reach theinternational scientific community, since it benefits from the modularity structure that makes it one of themost appropriate software for education and research. Hundreds of papers
displayed in each vehicle. The student’s research and testout their ideas to make sure plans will be beneficial to the overall performance and energyconservation of the vehicle. One of the most valuable tools the students use for research is acomputer program known as Autodesk Inventor. Inventor allows that students to test theirinnovative ideas in computer form before taking the time to actually manually create the parts.The students can simply put their design plan into the program and the simulation will informthem the approximate weight, whether or not it would actually be functional with in thevehicle, and how the design could with stand up to particular elemental conditions such asgravity or mountains. The Inventor program is an invaluable
, and six-years later (i.e. graduation) for matriculantsto the disciplines as well as all students in the major including first time in college (FTIC) andtransfers. The impact of first year engineering (FYE) programs is also considered. We focus onthe large fields of mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering, that have few women andthe smaller fields of chemical, biomedical, and industrial engineering that attract morewomen. In the supplement approved in 2013, we extended this work to also include CivilEngineering and Aerospace Engineering.Major activitiesSince September 1, 2012, the project team has been productive working together well andmaking progress on all planned tasks from the proposal. PI Susan Lord, CoPI Matt Ohland andsenior
many. To allow engineering to be taught effectively acrossthe K-12 education spectrum, particularly by teachers who themselves may not have studied orpracticed engineering, it is critical to articulate the important elements of engineering and toprovide specific assessment criteria that can be used to evaluate student proficiency with eachelement. As the elements and related assessment criteria are clearly defined, teachers can beginto consider lesson plans that teach engineering concepts at the appropriate level for theirstudents. This paper describes an ongoing effort to: Identify engineering design as a cornerstone of K-12 engineering education, Define expected learning outcomes for students studying engineering design
as alignment ofcontent with engineering concepts articulated in science standards, inclusion of well crafted,open-ended design challenges, and designed to enhance student engagement with scienceconcepts. The Teacher Practices themes include sub-components focused on items such asquality of group-based activities, encouragement of students to engage in thoughtful pre-planning, the generation of multiple solutions, and active reflection on engineering designpractices. As was the case with identifying the major categories, the leadership team engaged innumerous conversations and the sub-categories have gone through multiple iterations.Next, we developed descriptions of what implementation would look like across a spectrum ofimplementation
classroom configured for seated instruction and equipped with six dedicated Linuxworkstations. The authors' research equipment supplemented the instructional equipment toprovide an isolated local area network, enterprise infrastructure, and additional workstations. InJune 2012, the administration made a decision to re-purpose the instructional space into a thirty-seat generic classroom with back-to-back course booking. No other instructional space wasavailable, and all equipment used for Linux instruction was moved to storage.Reduced instructional funding hit another blow in late July 2012. Original plans for the re-purposed classroom called for thirty workstations with the option of dual booting operatingsystems. Unfortunately, funding constraints
were providedthe opportunity to interact with and obtain data from the instrumentation. Students at the remoteuniversity were instructed to communicate with the host school students in order to obtaininformation vital to conceptual understanding of the assignments. The first portion of the projectwas assigned to the students before running the experiment. This was divided into three subtaskswhich asked the students to design the instrumentation plan for a shallow footing in order toobtain the stress distribution in the soil medium, calculate the maximum vertical load of a squarefooting over a known soil, and finally to scale the previous results for a test that would beperformed at 25g (Figure 2). The students were given limit values for the
bridgecompetitions as their potential focal points. Faculty and students took up the challenge anddecided to build their first concrete canoe. It was fun, hard work and the first iteration wasalmost laughable as compared to the current organization. With no idea how to build the canoe,to developing a system that produced 5 trips to nationals in 6 years, the maturation process washard work. The concrete canoe team was mentored, had feedback sessions, after-action reviewsand plans for the next year starting immediately after the annual competition. Student leaderswere elected by their peers and an “organization” was developed with subtask leader assignmentmade to students who were involved the year before. The efficacy of the development of the“organization
developed for a reason and that they did not always exist in the body of knowledge.This thought process, especially when stimulated in the context of many fundamental conceptsrelated to the subject (e.g., Discrete-event simulation, Production Planning and Control, Linearand Non-linear Programming, and Quality Control), is often the reason for outcomes c and e.When students are forced to think and research a topic on their own, they have been seen to havean increased long-term memory of the topic (outcome a). Outcome b can be an indirectconsequence that is likely to occur when students start seeing the whys behind the fundamentaltopics. The outcome d is seen when students spend time researching the topic on their own.In contrast to PBL, deductive
aimed at understanding the reason to select engineering as adiscipline to pursue, their perception of their first semester experience in college, and the level ofinterest in pursuing engineering.Reflective EssaysStudents were asked to write reflective essays about their college experience. In those essays,student wrote about which engineering discipline they plan to pursue, about challenges facedduring the semester, and about how their first semester affected their interest in pursuingengineering. Student submitted reflective essays at the middle and at the end of the semester.Results Page 23.1045.3First Year Engineering Program: All
(proposal, design, construction, testing, and preparation of final report, presentation anddemonstration. Assign a 1 if there is enough time to complete all tasks, otherwise assign a zero.The scoring for T is shown in Table 3 using the columns labeled Estimated Time and EstimatedTime.Skill metric (Sk): possess all skills (SP) needed =1 missing skills = 0Scoring Procedure: For each task list all the skills needed (e.g. microprocessor hardwaredesign, software design, assembly language programming, C programming, testing,organization, project planning, leadership, research writing, presentation design, speaking,record-keeping, scheduling, and all other required skills) Assign a number of 1-10 for each skillto each team member. Add all the skill