backgroundto become more formalized and easily shared with other universities.Apparently good results have been achieved through the following practices: step-by-stepcollaboration plans with selected top universities in the USA, Europe and Asia; focusedFederal Government funding for joint projects (research, guest lecturers and jointconferences) with top world scientists in approved development priority areas; success inAsia through personalized activities carried out by the University’s Honorary Professors fromChina, South Korea and other Asia-Pacific countries; training hundreds of University facultyin the top US and European universities; networking with regional, national and globalacademic and business partners. Another focus is given to the best
department at ABET. In this role, Warnock oversees the development, planning, production and implementation of the ABET Program Assessment Workshops, IDEAL and the assessment webinar series. He also directs activities related to the workshop facilitator training and professional development.Ms. Galyna Melnychuk, Mississippi State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Strategies for Increasing Student Participation in International ProgramsAbstractThis paper describes the strategies utilized by the Bagley College of Engineering at MississippiState University, a tier one research university located in the southeastern US. In the
activity utilized the students’ newly gained knowledge ofthe campus and the GPS mapping tools (and their limitations), to develop a creative map graphic.Lab Period: • Submit project report, from activity in the first two weeks • Each team to hold a brainstorming session to discuss and select the route/graphic to be walked and recorded for presentation. Each team to also develop a safety plan, for approval before setting out. Particularly challenging for walking the route, was that the GPS signal would often be lost whilst indoors so that the mapped route would have jumps, and degrade the graphic quality. Another challenge for students was maintaining the correct path whilst walking. Both of these challenges
) (b)Figure 1- (a) CAD model demonstrating the 2D views that fully represent the design shown inthe isometric view (b) Image demonstrating the numerous views that are required to fullydescribe an entire system.[5]The system competencies defined by Schindel et al [3] include the following:1. Describing the target of innovation from a systems perspective;2. Applying a system stakeholder view of value, trade-offs, and optimization;3. Understanding system’s interactions and states (modes);4. Specifying system technical requirements;5. Creating and analyzing high level design;6. Assessing solution feasibility, consistency, and completeness;7. Performing system failure mode and risk analysis;8. Planning system families, platforms, and product lines
the large project, which I only dislike because it is a different type of learning than I’m used to. Even though it is difficult, I appreciate that I’m being pushed outside of my comfort zone. I would change the process just a little to be more structured at the beginning and have a place with examples of how and [sic] experiment should be planned and run. It was challenging because we had to trouble-shoot on our own, we had to figure out how fix the issues on our own, and I think that was the most challenging. This is not like anything we have experienced in any of our classes. Usually if there is a problem, somebody tells you how to fix it. Here we had to figure things out on our own
to build something and test it.” Other students, however, were frustrated by the lack offreedom in the design process: “I would have liked to have more creativity for the project (likecreating our own version of the converter). Additionally, several students noted that the manualcreation of the waves was challenging and frustrating. Several teams also had trouble with thedata acquisition using the myDAQs.Plans for the FutureFall 2015 was the first time this project was implemented. For the Fall 2016 implementation, weplan to make several changes. One such change is developing an automatic wave generator tocreate uniform waves, which will minimize the nuisance of manual wave generation and itsinfluence on the results. We plan to give students
to see a woman taking up her distinctive position in society... nothing should hinder her progress. Like men, women deserve the right to occupy high positions according to their capabilities and qualification." The late President and Founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.6The UAE vision 2021 calls for a strategy based on knowledge, innovation, research, science andtechnology. The large investments made by the government in renewable energy, high techmanufacturing, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications equipment, and aerospacewill make the need for engineers and scientists soar in the next few years. Abu Dhabi National OilCompany (ADNOC) plans on increasing its
Component Design The biggest design challenge encountered was the task of fitting all of the componentsinto the case while still making the case portable and ergonomic. The initial design the teamcame up with involved having the DIN rails mounted to the case, this was to be done by the casemanufacturer. There were some complications implementing this design with the manufacture sothe team had to design another plan. The next plan was to mount the DIN rails to panel, whichwould be offset and mounted with a threaded rod. This design was found to be less efficient thanthe final design, in which a 1” standoff was used to mount the DIN rails directly to the undersideof the panel. This can be seen in figure 2. This was the most efficient and space
-year institution? I understand the admissions process (e.g., how to apply, when to apply) for the four-year institution(s) 4.02 .831 4.33 .606 I plan to apply to. I understand the requirements (e.g., general eligibility based on prior course enrollment) related 4.14 .608 4.38 .623 to admissions for the four-year institution(s) I plan to apply to.*p=.05;**p=.01; ***p=.000Students’ career interests changed with participants reporting that they were significantly lesslikely pursue a degree specifically in energy efficient electronic science; however participantsmaintained their interest in pursuing an engineering degree. Participants also reported a
develop a technical program plan for an engineering project. • Developing the ability to lead and manage a diverse team of technical professionals utilizing emotional intelligence. • Developing interpersonal and collaboration skills to help effectively communicate with non-technical colleagues and customers. • Creating a learning environment which addresses critical competencies needed to enhance technical skills, business acumen and personal effectiveness in the workplace. • Developing a systematic and analytic framework to support decision making and make effective changes.ProgramThe needs assessment for the proposed Master of Engineering in Technical Management (METM)program was determined using: (1
% offered similar laboratory experiences through chemical engineeringspecific courses1. Several engineering educators have developed hands-on laboratory or designmodules targeted for introducing freshmen to chemical and/or biomedical engineering topics andconcepts using applications including sensors1, evaporative cooling2, water treatment3, fuel cellcars4, food and beverage science5-9, drug delivery10-12, and human physiology13, 14. Experiments,simulators, and lesson plans have also been developed for introducing pharmaceuticalengineering to students in K-12 and in college beyond the freshman year15-22. The commonthread through all of this previous work is that there is ample evidence that students considerhands-on experiences through experiments
hands-on projects that do notimmediately seem related, and thus seeks to link a service-learning project to 3D modeling andprinting. The first part carries students on a journey to understand the need for and to plan aservice-learning project. The story begins with two students frustrated by their experience offacilitating an engineering design challenge with elementary school children. The case thendirects students to use provided resources to plan and engage in a meaningful service-learningproject. The second part continues the story of one of the disgruntled students experiencing abreakthrough when the needs addressed by the service-learning intervention are well-defined andwhen the student discovers a shared interest in 3D printing with one
successfulengineering pursuits. In Fall 2016, student research projects included topics such as theimportance of spatial understanding in sports (strategizing a football play, designing a footballhelmet to decrease concussion rates), in petroleum engineering (an understanding of subsurfaceelements, interpretation of topological maps, drilling efficiencies), and in the medical field(chirality of molecules, surgical practice, physical therapy), among many others.Addressing the Target PopulationThe first time Colorado School of Mines planned to offer a spatial skills course, student membersof the collegiate section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) were emailed. Researchsuggests that females are more likely to struggle with spatial skills than males,1-4, 6
on the details of the up-front plan and does not attempt toclosely follow a predetermined plan. Instead, Scrum is an Agile approach for developinginnovative products and can adapt quickly to the changes of users’ requirements. The manifestofor Agile software development states: “We are uncovering better ways of developing softwareby doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools • Working software over comprehensive documentation • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation • Responding to change over following a planThat is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.” [4]Currently, Scrum is a
plan of courses which they would use for assessment infall and spring semesters. Based on this plan, the assessment coordinator of the departmentsends the list of the courses and the corresponding ISLOs to all faculty members at the beginningof each semester.Assessment Data Submission PlatformThe online data submission platform was developed in Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET). On thisplatform, faculty members can select the ISLO and at the same time, the corresponding ABET SOs for a specific course. A snapshot of online data submission platform is shown in Figure 1, where the blue rectangles indicate where the faculty members need to insert the assessment data. There are thirteen pieces of information they need to insert using the drop-down
amount of digitally stored data will increaseover the next decade as more people and companies conduct business online and use socialmedia, smartphones, and other mobile devices. As a result, businesses will increasingly needmathematicians to analyze the large amount of information and data collected. Analyses willhelp companies improve their business processes, design and develop new products, and evenadvertise products to potential customers.” A recent survey of senior Fortune 500 and federalagency business and technology leaders by the Harvard Business Review [3] reports that 70% ofthe respondents plan to hire data scientists. McKinsey Global Institute's May 2011 [7] researchreport indicates that the demand for big data analytical talent
engineering disciplines and the types of work they engage in. o Instruction on the use of engineering knowledge and technology in the classroom. o Lesson plan ideas incorporating engineering principles in authentic engineering problems. o Training on the engineering design process o Instruction on engineering analysis and design that is informed by appropriate engineering equations and methods o Ready access to one or more expert teachers in the field of engineering o Networking and collaboration with other science teachers • Which of the following engineering mechanics topics do you feel prepared and confident to develop and teach in your
homeworkassignments enables students to develop greater cognitive level problem solving skills. Homework is a very valuable tool in learning engineering. Therefore, we are concernedwith our students whether they are copying the homework solutions available in internet and/orother sources. This has become especially evident when a student gets a perfect or near perfectoverall score for their homework grade, yet their test scores are very low. A study by Wichita StateUniversity [3] mentions that approximately 70% of students in the U.S. were involved directly orindirectly in cheating during exams, homework, term projects, reports, papers and presentationsusing different techniques. According to a paper [4] entitled, “The Theory of Planned Behavioras a
Sciences.Students must be in good academic standing (GPA of 2.5 or better) and completed theirsophomore year. Junior and non-graduating senior students were also considered. Facultymentors with new or on-going research projects applied to the program by submitting a projectdescription and research plan. Through the application process, faculty project descriptions wereprovided to students to identify areas of interest and create student-faculty teams. To help enableand support these projects, students receive a $3500 stipend and faculty are reimbursed up to$250 for student research supplies. The first year of this summer program (2017), the CSC²program hosted a total of 31 students working across 14 different projects. Table 1 describes thestudent majors
robot and acomputer was developed. Modern and state-of-the-art programming environments, such asMATLAB Robotics Toolbox, or free version of Robotics Toolbox from Peter Corke, etc., can beused to communicate and control the robot. Bypassing the provided and outdated software retiredtogether with the robots by their manufacturers, students now have a greater flexibility to chooseprogramming languages as their preference. Moreover, they can utilize many open source and up-to-date libraries to create their own software to solve vast problems ranging from forward/inversekinematics/dynamics, path planning, to robot vision and learning in a graphical user-friendlyenvironment. This work was implemented at Colorado State University-Pueblo
. The yellow layers contain industry specific skills and knowledge and, therefore,provide specific information for mechatronics technicians with associate degree. The lower redlevels provide information about fundamental knowledge in mathematics, language arts, andscience. The bottom gray level defines employability and workplace skills. The competencymodel provides detailed information about the skill set that defines this occupation in a linkedspreadsheet compiled by the ETA from industry responses. Figure 2. US DOL Mechatronics Competency ModelTwo-year technical programs prepare students to become mechatronics technicians and typicallyinclude more than 40 credit hours of a 60-90+ credit hour degree plan in technical
ARMprocessors starting Fall of 2016. ARM processors have been widely adopted by industry andhave been used in a wide range of applications based on the current market. In this paper, thetransitional effort in the course development and outcome was described. It generatedmicrocontroller architecture and embedded system software courses providing a balancedapproach between theory and hands-on learning skills through relevant laboratory assignmentsand term projects. The author plans to continue the effort in delivering practical and hands-onlectures and laboratories. In the Engineering Technology Department at Texas A&M University,a resident master’s program will start from this Fall of 2019. The author plans to teach a newgraduate course focused on
. Performed various consulting tasks from USA for several oil companies (Jawaby Oil Service Co., WAHA Oil and Oasis Co., London, England). The responsibilities included production planning, forecasting and reservoir maintenance. This production planning and forecasting consisted of history matching and c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #25469prediction based on selected drilling. The reservoir maintenance included: water/gas injection and gas liftfor selected wells to optimize reservoir production plateau and prolonging well’s economic life.Terra Tek, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, 1985-1987; Director
: Wireless Charger Implementation - In today’s world, and especially in the UnitedStates, municipal rapid transit systems are rare because nearly all require substantial governmentsubsidies to maintain financial viability. In response, this project proposes a new personal rapidtransit architecture with a unique economic design. The solution is to build an ultra-lightweightand low-cost transit system with autonomous vehicles that carry one or two passengers at a time.The initial concept demonstration is planned to be used for the REU site.A 2017 REU participant has made a tremendous impact on the program and this project. Herecently graduated at NC State University with an electrical engineering degree. Theopportunities granted to him by the UGRS
, defined dichotomy, defining rough ideas, and transition from rough idea to sketch–had strong positive influence on the specific design engineering attributes of – imagination,innovation, and design solution definition. These relationships demonstrate that the designsolutions can be innovative following C-K theory. These correlations also provide evidence tofurther the belief that biomimicry is a significant approach to enhancing engineering curricula.Our instructional resources have resulted in design concepts that more closely resembledbiological inspiration, learning from nature to innovate rather than copying, as opposed tobiological imitation that closely resembles the observable features of biological systems.Research ApproachOur plan to
gain morefamiliarity with engineering and the engineering design process [e.g. 8, 9], there is a need tobetter specify what exactly is important for teachers to learn. For instance, while teachers shouldbe familiar with the steps of an EDP, research suggests that this is not sufficient to productivelyfacilitate students’ engineering. In a prior project [10], we documented how teachers’ attention tosteps of an EDP can be a barrier for their meaningful engagement with their students’engineering. When a teacher focused solely on students progressing through each step of theEDP, she missed productive aspects of students’ thinking that deviated from the linear processshe had planned [11]. These findings motivated us to consider how to support
a public middle school ina Midwestern city. The students in this class are enrolled in 7th and 8th grade. It requires anunderstanding of the students’ preference and responses on various learning topics to bridge thegap between the college and K-12 classroom. A graduate student with an interdisciplinarytraineeship on global sustainability served as the primary instructor for the course, with the supportof the host teacher. The schedule for the visiting instructor is: (1) in week 1-2, the instructorobserves the class and accepts training on K-12 education; (2) during week 3-6, the instructorassists the host teacher during the course and develop a lesson plan; (3) in week 7-9, the instructorteaches the designed module and collects reflections
plans to revise their science standards in the next two years. As of April 2018, thedraft science standards proposed in Arizona reflect the NRC framework, although they do notdirectly parallel the NGSS. Pennsylvania did adopt new standards in 2012 for grades pre-K – 3,however these are comparable in engineering integration to the grades 4-12 standards already inplace during Moore’s analysis, and so are not considered a meaningful change for the purposesof this paper.There are 20 states (AR, CA, CT, DE, HI, IA, IL, KY, KS, MD, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, VT,WA, WI, WY) that have effectively adopted the NGSS since their release in 2013. Many of thesestates adopted them under a different, state-specific name, and some added a few state
Paper ID #22573Tools for Creating and Managing Student TeamsDr. Eric M. Rice, Johns Hopkins University Eric Rice teaches management and communication courses in the Center of Leadership Education in the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University where he also directs the Graduate Non- Degree Program. A sociologist by training, he has used his knowledge of organizations in his teaching and consulting practice with financial institutions, unions, fortune 500 companies and not-for-profit or- ganizations to develop strategic plans, design programs, create management and instructor training and materials, and
Business Plan Competition at Farmingdale State College, spring 2017. Inspired by this research project, the team entered the Business Competition with the project named “STACK HOUSE”. The idea was to develop and market an educational coding toy to spark young girls’ interest in STEM. The team won the Long Island Business Plan Competition-regional level. It was the first time for_ Farmingdale State College students to win the grand prize at the regional level, product category level. The team won $10,000