addition of a projectcomponent of such magnitude. In addition, the general engineering principles of the lower-levelcourses can be most readily applied and extrapolated to more general real-life challenges thatwould be the basis of the service-learning projects. The goals of increasing excitement andretention rates would be also better served by implementing service learning during the mostinfluential time of a student’s academic career, which typically coincides with the lower-levelcourses. Furthermore, the four learning outcomes of the material and energy balances coursewere defined with the goal of implementing service learning. Specifically outcome 4 is wellaligned with such objectives of a service learning project: community engagement
. Page 14.471.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of a Nanoscale Virtual Environment Haptic Interface for Teaching Nanotechnology to Individuals who are Visually ImpairedAbstractNanotechnology is a relatively new, exciting and growing area of research in whichgovernments, educators and researchers, alike, are interested in attracting K-12 andundergraduate students to pursue future careers. However, how things interact at the small scaleof a nano-environment can be difficult for these students to understand and conceptualize. Thisis particularly true for students who are visually impaired, as most current explanations andpedagogical methods heavily rely on 2-D
National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 14.825.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Keeping in Touch with Your Class: Short Class EvaluationsAbstractEspecially for a beginning or fairly new
differences in these scores.Stephen G. Brush (2) summarized some of the factors which might influence girls whenthey are in their middle and high school years, a time when they must select the coursework which would lay the foundation for a career in science and engineering. Amongthese factors are:• The “stereotypical scientist” who is too often negatively displayed in the popular media as a male “nerd” figure which is antithetical to femininity.• The lack of pictures of women in science text books used in high schools. Page 2.83.1• The after-effects of publicity in the 1970’s and 80’s which asserted that women are inferior to men in mathematical
to CoE students are Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering); ≠ providing FEP students with academic, career, and personal advising in a proactive manner; ≠ fostering a sense of community among FEP students, other CoE students, the CoE faculty, and the balance of the UofA community.The FEP is executed via two sub-programs – the Freshman Engineering Academic Program(FEAP) and the Freshman Engineering Student Services Program (FESSP). These sub-programsare executed by a faculty Director, two full-time professional staff members, one full-timeinstructor, volunteer
course to the undergraduate Engineering curriculum. Generaleducation is often devalued by students as irrelevant and a waste of time. Students wantmajor specific education, both because of their personal interests, and because of theperceived urgency to further their job and career goals. Major departments often wantlarger budgets which can result from high hours-requirements for their majors. Suchdesires can result in a correlative desire to take hours from general education in order tosecure a larger share of the total possible hours for major hours. In addition, facultymembers in major departments often deprecate general education as ‘soft,”unsophisticated, and intellectually and academically impoverished. We argue here for thepositive value
education has to be tailored to the needsof the current globalized world. Industry has begun to respond to the transformation byredefining business strategies and with new expectations for the new set of skills of engineers.According to the literature1-12 engineering students who have international study experience aremore likely to be hired and prepared for the global market place. Engineering graduates will beintegrally involved with the globalization of engineering during their course of their careers byworking at multinational companies, often having foreign-born coworkers, working withinternational suppliers, providing services to international product markets, or developingproducts that have an international market13.This changing nature of
. A secondary outcome of these labs was thatstudents were seeing how to approach and solve a wide variety of different problems. Forexample, one engineering problem solving method the students see is the ‘divide and conquertechnique’ (i.e., breaking up the problem into its smallest elements and solving each of theelements (which typically is easier) and then reassembling the elements to solve the originalproblem) [2]. In order for students to enhance, rather than lose, these new found computationaland problem solving skills in the freshman year, computational modeling and problem solvinghas to be utilized through their academic career by integrating these tools into upper divisioncourses. A ‘computational thinking thread’ [3] is beginning to
body paragraph? Is the topic specifically linked to your career (engineering, finance, etc.) so that the audience will know why you are discussing this topic? 4. Organization: Is the paper organized appropriately with Page 14.1287.4 headings? Is a main point (thesis) stated? Are the paragraphs divided logically? Are subpoints expressed in topic sentences for each body paragraph? Is the order of subpoints logical? 5. Development of paragraphs: Are paragraphs developed logically with relevant, specific, sufficient details? Do details stay on the subject? Are they appropriate? 6
traditionally educated students for careers in the occupational field known as electronicsengineering technology (EET) or simply electronics technology (ET). Nationwide, overallenrollment in many of these legacy technology programs have continued to be running belowhistoric averages and have even caused the faculty of some programs to become fearful ofeventual program elimination! If one looks at the statistics available from the National ScienceBoard (NSB), the total number of students enrolled in the field of Engineering Technology(typically in the fields of civil, electrical/electronics, construction, computer, and mechanicaltechnology) continues to follow a downward trend from an all time high in the early 1980s totoday’s lower full time equivalent
Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Developing a Design Based Alternative Energy CourseIntroductionWith the rising cost of oil, the depletion of domestic natural gas supplies, and the documentedimpact of increased CO2 production on global warming, engineering students have developed arenewed interest in alternative energy technologies and careers. This renewed interest, coupledwith the initiation of state and federal sponsored programs to enhance alterative energy educationsuch as the Michigan NextEnergy program, has led to the establishment of a design basedalternative energy course in the mechanical engineering department at Michigan StateUniversity. This paper presents the development of the course, its evolution through
’ preparation for working in an information economy. With most of theirresearch experience occurring in a humanities or social sciences context, engineering students donot always understand research as something that “engineers do.” Old attitudes die hard, and itis still a challenge to convince students that information skills are not only useful, but critical totheir success. Rodrigues states, “Engineering students, in preparation for efficiently managinginformation during their careers, should be departing the university for industry with more thanjust an accumulation of textbooks and course notes to take with them.”16 Bracke and Critzsupport this, saying, “Science and engineering students need to master complex subject-specificresources that often
% No long-term effect 23% Real-world connection 15% Cross-curriculum connection 15% Careers in engineering 8% Awareness of resources 8% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%Figure 5: Long-term Changes in Teaching Due to Program Participation as Reported by TeacherPartnersFour other themes emerged with 15% or more teachers responding similarly. Teacher Partnersreported a new awareness of real-world connections with statements such as, “I try to integrate engineering into my lessons more than before and I tell my students that "an engineer would
Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University. She received her M.S. in Counselor Education, Student Affairs Administration from Radford University and M.S. in Career and Technical Education and B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Page 11.1049.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Promoting Undergraduate Research by Creating a Research Option in a Technical Communication Course*Abstract Although many institutions have called for more undergraduate research
,integration or application as defined by Boyer4, but the important attribute is that scholars arelife-long learners who are continually gaining and applying new knowledge. Because studentlearning is directly tied to effective teaching, the ability and willingness to be an outstandingclassroom teacher remains important. Effective teaching is defined in terms of Lowman’s two-dimensional model of intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport5 and the ExCEEdTeaching Model6. Because civil engineering education for many students is preparation forprofessional licensure and a career in civil engineering practice, those who teach it should havepractical experience as an employed engineer in a consulting firm, industry or a governmentagency. How can one
% 11.25% 26.25% EET 70.00% 13.33% 16.67% MET 65.22% 8.70% 26.09% CET 33.33% 11.11% 55.56% Other 61.11% 11.11% 27.78%Q-27 CommentaryIt can be seen that the vast majority would have started their college education right out of highschool if they had it to do over again. A few did say that they were happy doing it as they had. Amoderate group selected other. This case seems to be made up of those students who havechanged careers by transferring from another program or simply changing careers in midstream.Q-28. In your opinion, what is
possible finalist 51% (36 responses) Neutral opinion, it would not matter 33% (23 responses)There was no open response question dedicated to the certificate program, but many deans choseto comment on this issue in the final survey question. A few made it clear that the certificatewould be viewed as a secondary qualification to demonstrated research skill. One respondentsummarized this view by writing: Having a Ph.D. student take courses in teaching is an excellent idea if they are interested in an academic career. However, when recruiting for faculty positions, their potential for a successful research program is very important and the teaching experience would be frosting on the cake (not the cake).Given
. She has won the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Education.Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati KELLY J. OBARSKI, Doctoral Student in C & I Education/Technology, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, UC. Along with teaching undergraduate and graduate education course work, Kelly is currently researching how participation in a NSF Fellowship affects undergraduate and graduate Fellows career choices once they leave the project.Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati MINGMING LU, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC. Dr. Lu teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental engineering. For
of 2005, it is a corecourse on a new Nanoscience and Microsystems Curriculum, and attracts students from both theSchool of Engineering and the College of Arts and Science.B. GoalsThis course is designed to help students to develop an awareness of the multiple issues they will Page 11.48.2meet in their careers, and a capacity for critical analysis of ethical and societal dilemmas. Itshould prepare them to exercise the flexibility and insight that are necessary to take an ethicallyresponsible position when faced with unprecedented circumstances. Finally, they should acquirean understanding of the scientist’s responsibility toward and
included aspects of the college mission that their assignment could support: “successfullifelong careers”, and “leadership”, highlighted below. (The connection between informationfluency and the knowledge managers of the future is described in the Human Resource journal,2002)5. College: Mission Statement The Mission of the College is to . . . provide knowledge of lasting value to students, industry, the academic community, and society. . . providing diverse opportunity for our students to excel in Engineering Technology and Aviation undergraduate education. We strive to prepare our graduates for successful life long careers and to provide leadership in the Engineering Technology and Aviation industries.Faculty
Paper ID #34248Development of an Interactive Top Hat Textbook for Engaged LearningDr. Matthew M. Barry, University of PittsburghMiss Samantha E. WismerDr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Tony Kerzmann’s higher education background began with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University, as well as a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, Dr. Kerzmann began his career as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Robert Morris University which afforded him the opportunity to research, teach, and advise in numerous
. Hulbert founded the Society of Biomaterials and has received many awards during his illustrious career.James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University JAMES R. OSBORN was a Visiting Professor in the College of Business at FGCU in 1999-2000 and has been an adjunct faculty member since then. He is currently teaching Engineering Concepts and Methods for the School of Engineering. He received four degrees from the University of Michigan: the B.S. in Mathematics and B.S.E. in Engineering Mechanics in 1962 and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics in 1965 and 1969, respectively. During his 32-year career in industry, he worked at General Motors, E.I. duPont, and W.L. Gore and Associates and as
, reporting on three studies that found similar skills were needed by employers. Morerecently Carnevale (Carnevale et al., 2011) explored knowledge, skills, abilities, values, andinterests associated with STEM careers finding that as technology drives more of theeconomy the skills associated with technological literacy are in demand in all sectors(Foroohar, 2017).The most comprehensive attempt to define technological literacy in the policy realm in theUS was Technically Speaking released by the National Academy of Engineering in 2002.The report was written for a broad audience and proposed a similarly broad definition oftechnological literacy that focused on knowledge, ways of thinking and acting, andcapabilities which were seen as orthogonal
implemented in a middle school classroom in order to focus onproblem solving. On-campus recruitment events offer more freedom in determining activityoutcomes and are typically more broadly focused on introducing students to engineeringdisciplines and careers. It is important that each event is aimed at the prescribed goals.The location and time frame of the event are important to consider for logistical purposes.Consider the amount of mess an activity will produce as well as the space and setup requirementswhen matching it with the appropriate facility.[5] These factors are also important to considerwhen determining the time requirements for a project, including setup and cleanup. The timingof an activity is a very delicate balance. It is important
Paper ID #19031Using Debate as an Inductive Learning Technique with Construction CaseStudiesDr. Denise Diana Gravitt, Western Illinois University BS Civil Engineering, Purdue University; MS Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Purdue University; PhD Technology Management (Construction Management), Indiana State University. Associate Professor of Construction Management at WIU. 10 years industry experience in commercial and industrial/process construction prior to beginning teaching career at Indiana State University in 1999. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Using Debate
identify with – or even be aware of – theMaker Movement and the Maker Community as it currently exists (Vossoughi, Hooper, &Escude, 2013).Considering the promise of Making to enfranchise traditionally underrepresented audiences inengineering by providing accessible and relevant engagement with STEM content and practice,the perceived “homogeneity” of Making as being primarily defined as design activity related tothe computational, electronic, and 3D-printed hardware arenas becomes increasinglyproblematic. Indeed, if Making continues to be positioned as a prominent pathway to scienceand engineering careers, then it is essential for it not to become yet another context in which thepersistent underrepresentation of women and people of color tends
solution iteration earlier in their undergraduate career, advancing their capacityto make independent decisions. Integrating courses into a single project illustrates the necessity ofunderstanding and combining a wide variety of concepts to effectively arrive at comprehensivesolutions. Thus, it is expected that efforts to increase the education potential of students in theirsecond year will significantly improve their performance in designing and delivering theircapstone project in their final year of study.The IDP used to integrate these courses was a stir stick bridge design and construction groupproject. The IDP involved students in designing, analyzing and constructing a bridge made ofwood or plastic stir sticks, subject to requirements, which
at our university. All members of the team volunteered to be part of an initiative that,while perceived as important to the development of well-rounded engineers, would nonethelessbe considered by most to provide limited opportunities for career advancement and recognition.The efforts of the group aligned with the paid duties of only some of the team members. Someindividual goals – for example reducing team conflicts that an instructor with a project-heavyteaching assignment will need to handle, or increasing the number of publications in the area ofresearch in engineering education – tended to be recognized after joining the team rather thanbeing a motivation for initially joining. In addition, none of the team members came to the tablewith
to ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate from West Point he has continued his research on unmanned systems under ARL’s Campaign for Maneuver as the Associate Director of Special Programs. Throughout his career he has continued to teach at a variety of colleges and universities. For the last 4 years he has been a part time instructor and collaborator with researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (http://me.umbc.edu/directory/). He is currently an Assistant Professor at York College PA.Dr. Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania Jason Forsyth is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at York College of Penn- sylvania. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in May 2015. His