AC 2011-2282: A SPIRAL LEARNING CURRICULUM FOR SECOND YEARSTUDENTS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDr. R. Roemer, University of UtahDebra J. Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She teaches freshman design and senior-/graduate-level classes in microscale engineering and organic electronics.Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah Eric Pardyjak is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. He received his B.S
senior staff, are looking forward to find the way to increase the number of mexican professionals trained in the latest technologies and greater economic potential. Page 19.19.1 Martha Ortega is an Computer Systems Engineer by the ”Instituto Tecnol´ogico de M´erida” and has a Master degree en Information Technologies Management. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Increasing the Number of Sponsored Mexican Graduate Students in Engineering Colleges in the United StatesIntroductionThe presence of international students in graduate degree programs in
educators have been challenged with the difficult task ofpreparing professionals who are technically competent and ethically aware, one of the first stepsin ethics education.1The need to integrate ethics into an engineering curriculum is well documented. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has incorporated “anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility” as part of the general criteria forevaluating undergraduate engineering curriculum.2 The ASEE website also states that “becauseengineering has a large and growing impact on society, engineers must be equipped by theireducation to fulfill their ethical obligations to the public at large, to their profession, and to theirclients and employers.”3 This has led to
Session Number: 1461 Classic Rhetorical Pedagogy as a Model for Interdisciplinary Design/Engineering Instruction. Richard Fry IDSA/ITEA Assistant Professor, Industrial Design Program School of Technology Brigham Young UniversityEngineering, Industrial Design, and Business are three disciplines that work together in the worldof product development. Power struggles exist over who is most important. Because of thesestruggles, ultimate success is often difficult to achieve. These struggles exist because of ageneral lack of understanding between
University, Canada in 2010. From 2010-2012 he was a Post-Doc at the Department of Signal and Systems at Chalmers University of Technology where he lead the MIMO aspects of the microwave backhauling for next gener- ation wireless networks project. He was also a visiting scholar at the University of Luxembourg in 2012, where he was involved in research related to interference cancelation for next generation satellite commu- nication links. Since August of 2012 he has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering at California State University, Bakersfield. Dr. Mehrpouyan has received more than 10 scholarships and awards. He has more than 30 publications in prestigious IEEE Journals and
: How to Enhance Science Teaching using Classroom Response Systems” San Francisco: Pearson Education.6. Caldwell, J. (2007) “Clickers in the Large Classroom: Current Research and Best-Practice Tips” Life Sciences Education, 6(1):9-20.Biographical InformationKIMBERLY H. HENTHORN is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University ofMissouri-Rolla. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and herPh.D. in chemical engineering with Jennifer Sinclair Curtis and Kinam Park at Purdue University. Her researchinterests include particle characterization and transport, microfluidics, and computational fluid dynamics. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest
Engineering Education, 2025 Impact of an Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Project on First Year StudentsAbstractIncreasing student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)continues to be of significant importance in order to satisfy the increasing demand forprofessionals in these fields. The First Year Scholars program at Kennesaw State University(KSU) aims to introduce first-year students to the undergraduate research experience. Studentsare encouraged to apply for projects they find interesting, regardless of whether the projects arein their majors. This program helps students gain early research experience, which sets them on apath for future success. In this study, an
with new technologicaldiscoveries in the future.4. Benefits of Studies for Undergraduate StudentsElectrospinning has a straightforward process that allows for the production of ultrafinepolymeric nanofibers in a relatively short period of time. Two female undergraduate students inthe Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State University (WSU) were involved inthe present electrospinning study. Involving undergraduates with current university researchallows them to learn new technologies, techniques, procedures, and gain crucial skills and newknowledge about the novel research processes. In this research, students learned productions,characterization and applications of electrospun nanomaterials. The students realized that
) [2] National Society of Professional Engineers. (n.d.). NSPE: The professional association for licensed engineers. Retrieved January 13, 2025, from https://www.nspe.org [3] ABET. (2025). Accreditation board for engineering and technology. Retrieved January 13, 2025, from https://www.abet.org [4] ABET. (2023). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, 2024–Fig. 2. Reflection of result Q2
Session 3565 Effects of Variable Mix on Student Mathematics Performance George Clark, Aniruddha Mitra, and Gustavo Molina Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractEngineering and Engineering Technology students encounter a wide variety of variables in theircoursework. To prepare for courses in their specific majors, these students usually take a commoncore of mathematics classes, which are typically taught using x and y. The authors wished todetermine whether students’ mathematical performance using other variables was on a par with theirability to manipulate x and y. A ten problem quiz was
Session 1532 Curriculum Development and Delivery Using Industry-Based Case-Study Models Saleh M. Sbenaty Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe current paper outlines an innovative approach to curriculum development, delivery, andassessment that may improve engineering and technological education and attract students topursue these programs. This is one of the objectives of the three-year NSF-funded grant entitled“The South-East Advanced Technological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium isa collaborative effort of five different
Paper ID #39782Making a Case for HyFlex Learning in Design Engineering ClassesSourojit Ghosh, University of Washington, SeattleDr. Sarah Marie Coppola, University of Washington, Seattle Sarah Coppola is an Assistant Teaching Professor the Department of Human Centered Design & Engi- neering at the University of Washington. Dr. Coppola is an educator and researcher whose work focuses on how technology and systems design affects people’s performance and health. She holds a BS in Me- chanical Engineering from Northwestern University, a MS in Human Factors Engineering from Tufts University, and a Doctorate in Ergonomics from
Paper ID #33771Investigating Factors that Predict Academic Success in Engineering andComputer ScienceDr. Olusola Adesope, Washington State University Dr. Olusola O. Adesope is a Professor of Educational Psychology and a Boeing Distinguished Profes- sor of STEM Education at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning sciences, and instructional design and technology. His recent research focuses on the cognitive and pedagogical underpinnings of learning with computer-based multimedia re- sources; knowledge representation through interactive concept maps
often includeelements of other engineering disciplines, require systems thinking in problem formulation andsolution, and asserts that we must educate engineering students for a technological era ofincreased scope, scale, and complexity. However, this directive requires greater sophistication incurricular design, providing an interface between basic science and engineering at the systemslevel, and leadership for innovation. These curricular priorities also exert their influence on thekinds of engineering skills needed in the work force. Expertise related to communication,innovation, and leadership will be required to a much larger degree in accelerated productdevelopment. Topics such as these are typically not a significant part of the
literature. This new six weekfor-credit classroom plus laboratory program is a major revision of an earlier CPE-Lyonfour week, non-credit language and technology classroom experience begun in 20001.Introduction This paper presents initial US student summer experiences in an overseas, foreignlanguage immersion setting which involves, in parallel, French language instruction,technical lectures, and a chemistry/chemical engineering laboratory course. As bothforeign language instruction and undergraduate engineering laboratories are widelyavailable at engineering campuses around the world, this configuration would seem to beeminently transportable. We frame our report in light of US engineering educationneeds, then present our particular French
of female faculty being hired, tenured, or promoted. Considering thatnearly 37% of the doctoral degrees in science and engineering are awarded to women, it shouldthen be alarming to discover that women make up only 9% of full professors in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields2. Of course, it is only in recent yearsthat this issue has drawn some attention. The NSF’s Advance Program was created out ofconcern for this same exact issue. Because of the Advance Program, large universities such asIowa State University6, Rice University, University of Washington, University of Michigan,University of Wisconsin, and Virginia Tech are developing or have already developed policiesand programs to support, recruit, and retain
innovative method is presented with a concise history of an actual two-university cooperative engineering program. A model for a successful "virtual department" in twolocations is proposed. Administrative structure, budget realities, and curriculum issues are discussed insome detail. Solutions are given for several difficulties that were encountered, including the reasons forseeking separate ABET accreditation for each location. The ideas in this paper outline a low-cost, highquality alternative for providing engineering education in multiple locations. The combined, coordinatedresources from two universities form a system stronger than its parts. Innovative application ofaffordable advanced communications technology strongly enhances the program's
of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is involved in many national efforts on engineering education and research including serving as chair of the Advisory Board for the Engineering Directorate of NSF and of the Advisory Board for the NSF Science of Learning Center focused on engineering education at the University of Washington. Page 11.3.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 15 Years of Engineering Education Reform: Lessons Learned and Future ChallengesIntroductionSince the founding of the ECSEL and Synthesis
Paper ID #26850The Development of a Pre-Engineering Program for First-Year StudentsMr. Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine Philip Dunn is a Professor in the Construction Engineering Technology Program at the University of Maine. He has been with the University for 16 years after having worked 20 years with the Maine De- partment of Transportation. He is very active in his community serving in several professional, fraternal, and community boards. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Maine. He is married with 2 children. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
believed to be accessible to a population with limitedengineering training. Both authors had engineering training and engineering education expertise, Social: often team-based; develops through X X X client, peer, and colleague feedback and insightthe first author also had career experience in engineering. The questions were designed to beauthentic enough that engineers with expert knowledge relevant to the scenarios may have space Interdisciplinary: science, technology, and X X
given women’s different rates of enrollment between, forexample, computer (11.3% women) and environmental (45.2% women) engineering.Outside of engineering, women tend to be overrepresented in communal or “helping” fields, suchas work perceived to be care-related in education (e.g. preschool teaching) and health care (e.g.nursing)13. The same process may be occurring within engineering itself. Disciplines such asBME and ENV are framed with a “concrete and explicit intention to help -- rather than simply toadvance knowledge or technology”14. While not necessarily more helpful than other disciplinesin actual outputs, these newer and interdisciplinary specializations are presented as being tieddirectly to health and environmental benefits that can
the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1998 and 2004, respectively, from Ohio University, Athens, OH, U.S.A. He is currently an assistant professor in College of Computing and Informatics, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, King- dom of Saudi Arabia. His research interests are in remote sensing applications, fiber optics, semiconduc- tor, and in the area of wireless digital communications, especially spread spectrum (SS) communications and its applications such as CDMA, channels, and DSP board applications. Also, his research interests are in engineering education and transfer technology. He attended and participated in many local and international conferences. He has over twenty publications
and The Built Environment Engineering at Arizona State University. She holds a B.S. and a B.A.Econ degree from Beijing University, and received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil and Coastal Engineering from the University of Florida. Before ASU, she worked at the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. Dr. Lou is very passionate about teaching and education research. In her teaching, she always emphasizes not just the ”how” but also the ”why” by providing background information on broader issues of the discipline and insights into theories and procedures. Dr. Lou has introduced active learning technologies (such as Clickers) to engage students more effectively
engineering later in life (senior year in highschool). Historically,African American and other communities of color have not had that same access to the pre-college STEM education as White communities. Yet, members of these communities of colorhave contributed to technological innovations and STEM achievements.Underrepresentation of minority communities in STEM fields is not an accurate representation ofthe contribution of these communities to the field of engineering. In fact, there is a history ofinnovation and engineering ingenuity and display of engineering attributes in the AfricanAmerican community [4]. The historical engineering contributions of African Americans provideevidence that in the Black community, there might be common knowledge or
Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Technology from Purdue University. He is currently an associate professor at Purdue University, was a 2012 Fulbright Scholar in Ireland, and has work experience that includes 30+ years of senior construction management practice as well as work as a research engineer for the National Association of Home Builders Research Foundation. He is active in research, education, and community outreach in the areas of building retrofit for energy conservation, sustainable construction practices, management of the demolition process, material reuse and recycling, as well as instructional design in technology education.Dr. Christine L Chasek, University of
program, students will have a concentration in engineering leadership notedon their transcript.Formal coursework is designed specifically for undergraduate engineering students. The coursesexplore topics including: self-awareness and emotional intelligence, leadership styles andtheories, servant leadership, team dynamics, motivating and guiding others, diversity in theworkplace (cultural, gender, etc.), communication, conflict management, ethical leadership,leading change, leading technology and innovation, market analysis, product development,entrepreneurship, and strategic and financial planning.A variety of assessment methods were employed in the first year. A pre- and post-testleadership inventory was administered to students to during the
careers are not the first choices of engineering students?IntroductionMany software disasters – such as Ariane-5 1 and the air traffic control system in LA airport 2– have occurred in software product development. In fact, many others are happening as wewrite. The US-based National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found, in its2002 study, that the country is losing $59.5 billion each year due to software errors 3.Charette 4 argues that we waste billions of dollars annually on entirely preventable mistakesin software development. Micro Focus 5 report points out that the effects of poor testingstretch beyond the back office; they also affect the boardroom and even the brand name. Assoftware systems are becoming larger, more complex, and
, NRC, NASA and NSF, and generated over 50 journal and conference papers.Dr. Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University Dr. Showkat Chowdhury is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Chowdhury has extensive background in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering, and performing research in the fields of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Pedagogy, Renewable Energy, Nano-Technology, Heat & Mass Transfer, and Com- bustion. He is managing multi-million dollar external research grants from NSF as PI. Previously, he worked as a Professor at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and at University
-assessmentinstruments considerably overlap, no conclusion can be drawn from this switching of ranks.ConclusionsThis study sought to expose students to the EM topic of value creation within a subset offreshman engineering course sections and without greatly affecting the overall structure of thecourse. The value creation coverage included a basic introduction within an engineeringeconomics element, using supplemental cabling within a model bridge design project, and inassociation with investigating a novel/emerging energy-production technology. Fulcher’sCuriosity Index self-assessment survey was used to measure entering student disposition andCarpenter’s Entrepreneurship Mindset self-assessment was used to measure EM tendencies at theend of the course. These
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