. Further, “selling” the work to managers or customers often involves itspresentation. Here, I summarize an approach to help motivate an audience to attend, then listen to, apresentation. Developing this motivation is a key ingredient for a successful presentation, since the audience islikely to be less interested in its topic than the speaker. From a speaker’s perspective, for instance, his orher presentation is the most important one at a conference. To the audience, however, it’s just one ofmany. Also, audiences usually expect presentations to be boring descriptions of technical facts understoodonly by the “experts.” In the next several sections I show how to motivate audiences encountered in three commonscenarios: (i) project
Session 1626 Implementation of an Integrated Manufacturing & Controls Laboratory Kourosh Rahnamai, Ph.D., John P. Farris, Ph.D., John Maleyeff, Ph.D./ Lora S. Spangler, Ph.D. Western New England College/ Monsanto CorporationAbstract This project will provide the means to initiate an integrated manufacturing and controls laboratory inthe School of Engineering at Western New England College. The laboratory will have a major impact onmanufacturing and control courses, and provide a means for developing an interdisciplinary senior laboratoryexercise. The objectives of the integrated laboratory are
to the partnership recognized leadership in engineering technology,engineering and technology education. Current and recent initiatives include strong Tech Prep Page 1.318.2curriculum projects with public and private secondary school. $ifi& ‘e.plyy } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings . NJCATE activities include: curriculum development, instructional materials development;student outreach and recruitment, retention and success of under represented populations;articulation - high school, associate
Session 1639 Using Multimedia in an Engineering Economy Course Pui-Mun Lee, William G. Sullivan University of Southern Colorado/Virginia Tech ABSTRACT This paper describes the use of computer-based multimedia course material in an engineeringeconomy course taught at Virginia Tech. The interactive multimedia course material was developed over aperiod of two years and was used to support a National Science Foundation research project aimed atenhancing the undergraduate engineering curriculum through innovative
hasreceived favourable reviews by the students, several from many cities across Canada. Student feed-backindicates the need for a companion set of lecture notes. We are working on this and on a few other revisionsnecessary to update the technical material to comply with the 1995 version of the Canadian timber code.Introduction In 1994 the Canadian Wood Council (CWC) issued a “Request for Proposals” for the developmentof a television-based course on Wood Engineering Design. Three universities responded and Carleton wasassigned the project probably due to the fact that our Instructional TV department has many years of expe-rience in the production and delivery of TV courses of excellent quality. One of the authors, Don West-wood, has been doing
used successfully in two different high school outreach activities. Studentfeedback from these activities has validated the concept of a CAD-based outreach project andprovided useful suggestions for improvement as well.Called theWEST POINT BRIDGE DESIGNER, the software guides the user through the design of atruss-type highway bridge, based on a specified design scenario. The program was developedwith three principal objectives in mind: • To stimulate interest in engineering and design. • To provide the user with an opportunity to perform a legitimate structural design, based on a realistic set of design specifications and constraints. • To focus attention on West Point’s role as America’s first engineering
AC 2009-588: TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMSvetlana Avramov-Zamurovic, U.S. Department of DefenseJeremy Joseph, United States Naval Academy Page 14.1283.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Tsunami Warning SystemAbstract Tsunamis occur rarely on Earth but their impact is devastating. If successful, the projectobjectives provide a substantial first step to minimizing the material destruction and mortalitycaused by this immense force of nature. The goal of this project is to develop a system that candetect an incoming tsunami. The project will also explore possibilities to dampen the impact ofthe tsunami wave.I. Tsunami BackgroundA. Creation
the efficacy of removing Polio LVS, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Clostridium perfringes,and Naegleria fowleri as a model virus, gram negative bacteria, gram positive bacteria, andprotozoa, respectively. Removal efficiencies for these microorganisms in saline buffer are beingcompared to measurements of removal efficiency for culturable fecal coliform bacteria in rawOhio River water and saline buffer dosed with Escherichia coli.Context for the Engineering Design and Build ProjectTo provide a field-based, service learning component to this research project, the MS studentsteamed with the Village Life Outreach Program (VLOP) headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. TheVLOP is a group of professionals including medical personnel who volunteer time, talent
included exposure to clinicalmedicine and the relevant vocabulary, research experiences that emphasize the creation andapplication of new scientific knowledge, and entrepreneurial experience and its attendantvocabulary. The ten-week summer course also emphasizes development of skills in leadership,communication, ethics, and team building.The typical day for the internship students begins with ninety minutes of lectures and exercisesabout ethics, communication skills, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Students attend a full-dayhuman cadaver-based anatomy course for the first two weeks of the course. Lectures, dissection,and special projects comprise this course of instruction in the anatomy, physiology, andpathophysiology of the major organ systems
comprised of undergraduates and run these teams asvirtual start-up companies. Underclassmen serve as virtual employees of these E-Teams andparticipate for either 1-credit or 3-credits.Topics covered in the EEP include leadership, management, project planning, marketing, sales,operations, organizational behavior, financials, corporate formation, business planning, andintellectual property. The EEP Portal provides the students a structured, yet flexible, mechanismto manage their teams and the product development process. In addition, the EEP Portal allowsfaculty to observe the E-Team’s progress in real-time and to monitor the program’s pedagogicaleffectiveness.This paper discusses the impetus in developing the EEP Portal, its actual design
toaddress the needs of industry by producing, as a multi-county consortium, highly skilled andeducated technicians to better meet national and State workforce demands in the fields ofinformation and manufacturing technologies.CREATE was previously funded by two NSF-ATE projects, which met or exceeded all of theirobjectives. The project had four primary goals, which included curriculum development,enrollment and retention, work-based site experiences and professional development. TheCREATE consortium developed programs that began with a common core curriculum in eitherengineering technology or computer networking. The common core curriculum allowed studentsto transfer from a participating college to any college in the consortium to take classes in
stakeholdersand students’ investment of time in their extracurricular Maker activities. Pines, et al. suggestthat establishing maker curriculum in addition to the traditional curriculum has allowed for thedevelopment of broader skillsets which cover knowledge beyond engineering, includingteamwork, creativity, innovation, collaboration, critical thinking, project management, andsystems engineering. These skills are highly valued in the technical workforce but not alwayspracticed or developed in formal education settings.Oplinger et al.’s “Making and Engineering: Understanding Similarities and Differences” [6]covers a general survey which shows that both making and engineering are perceived to beactive, project developing fields. Stronger correlations are
, and Understanding School Culture. During these years, he has taught construction courses in several technical schools. Mr. Beigpourian currently works in the CATME project, which is NSF funding project, on optimizing team- work skills and assessing the quality of Peer Evaluations.Mr. Frank Luchini, Frank Luchini has five years experience in industry working as a Process/Design/Project Engineer. He recently returned to academia to earn a PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He will be completing a Master in Engineering Education in May and starting as a Assistant Professor at Trine University in August 2019. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Arts and Humanities from Michigan
- DELOS Division – BYOE SessionSummaryThe development of Remotely Operated Vehicles used in ocean explorations has posed many challengesover the years [1]. The opportunity from past experiences at the Marine Advanced Technology Educationcompetitions inspired the student to create a small scale ROV(reduced price). The purpose is to educatestudents in learning the concepts of robotics. The robot will have a mixture of analog and digitalapplications. This project will help educate students on how robotics can apply in the marine and geospatialenvironments [2, 3]. Underwater robotics will show a different and challenging approach compared toconventional robotic systems. There is a great demand for technicians and engineers in the area of
: Turning: Straight turning, Facing, Drilling, Boring, Cut-off, Threading and Tapering Milling: Face milling, Drilling, Boring, End milling, Counter boring, Reaming and Tapping (a) (b) Figure 2: (a) Turning final project and (b) Milling final projectThe first course uses lectures to build students’ fundamental understanding of the processes andemphasizes hands-on operation using a manual lathe and a vertical milling machine. Figure 2(a)shows the final turning project and Figure 2(b) shows the final milling project. In the two projects,all turning and milling operations discussed above are required.The second course focuses on understanding the G-Code and programming CNC
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She has over ten years of construction and civil engineering experience working for energy companies and as a project management consultant. Dr. Simmons has extensive experience leading and conducting multi-institutional, workforce-related re- search and outreach. She is a leader in research investigating the competencies professionals need to compete in and sustain the construction workforce. Dr. Simmons oversees the Simmons Research Lab (www.denisersimmons.com), which is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary mix of graduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers who work together to
Engineering (ILead). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s Uni- versity and her MS at MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Olechowski studies the processes and tools that teams of engineers use in industry as they design innovative new products. She has studied engineering products and projects in the automotive, electronics, aerospace, medical device and oil & gas industries.Ms. Madeleine Santia c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Examining the Engineering Leadership Literature: Community of
Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Donna Riley is Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education and
Polmear is a PhD student in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engi- neering at the University of Colorado, Boulder.Dr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on learning through service-based projects and using an entrepreneurial mindset to further engineering education innovations. He also researches the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Dr. Daniel Knight
Progress)Abstract The goal of this project is to address and contribute to the ever-growing demand todevelop innovative and interactive education modules, catered towards K-12 students, which willencourage them to pursue a career path in computer engineering, a STEM field area, upongraduating from high school. Even though kids are experienced in using consumer electronicgadgets, they rarely understand the basics of how these devices were built. Exposing them to thefoundations of computer hardware, may encourage them to think about how basic computeroperations are performed. In addition to developing multiple tools, to teach kids about theworking of logic gates, decimal-to-binary conversion, and representing positive and negativenumbers, in
in service learning projects, practica, internships, games, and simulations. The Living Lab for CIT was created out of the need to provide a business environment for students to give them a taste of a ”real” IT environment. A secondary purpose is to provide service to internal and external clients. The Living Lab has served many internal and external clients. Dr. Justice has consulted for and managed IT departments in small and medium sized businesses. Her areas of research include: experiential and service learning, information and security risk assessment, risk management, digital forensics, network security, network and systems engineering, network and systems administration, and networking and security
Paper ID #23916Regional Innovation Cluster: The Role of the Entrepreneurship as a Tool forClosing the Gap Between Engineering Education and the Challenges of theLocal Communities.Miss Diana Duarte, Distancia Cero Industrial Engineer and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering with emphasis in organizational man- agement from Universidad de los Andes Colombia. Her work experience is focused on research and project management with social and environmental impact in the educational context and the public sec- tor.Mr. David Leonardo Osorio, Distancia Cero Professor at Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Colombia. Professor at
developed and taught by community collegeand university engineering faculty features lectures, hands-on workshops, demonstrations,panels, field trips, team-building activities, social events, and group projects. The curriculumintroduces students to the engineering education system in California, as well as the skills,knowledge, and resources needed to succeed in college, including details on alternative paths toan engineering career. Most mornings of the two-week program are devoted to lectures andpresentations, with group activities and hands-on workshops in the afternoon to reinforceconcepts learned from the lectures. Some afternoons are devoted to field trips, and most eveningsto working on group projects. There are four culminating group
themes in engineering have focused on sustainability, entrepreneurship, designthinking, internationalization and social justice (Murphy et al., 2009; Tranquillo 2013;Tranquillo 2017; UNESCO 2010). As improved health care intersects all of these trends,biomedical engineers are well suited to take on leadership roles. In parallel, pedagogicaltrends have moved toward design challenges, wicked problems, project-based learningand engagement with live case studies (Blumenfeld et al. 1991; Prince 2004; Omenn2006; Bell, 2010; Beaurey 2010; Mote et al, 2016). Biomedical engineering faculty havein fact led the way in developing many of these learning opportunities (Tranquillo andCavanagh 2009; Gimm 2011; Abby et al., 2013; Dolan 2013).This paper outlines
provide insight into the ways in which individuals can have new and evolving forms ofimpact within the field. The work performed as part of this project explores our early transitionexperiences, as six early career engineering education faculty, and the ways in which we are ableto exercise agency as influenced by factors at the individual, institutional, field, and societallevels. Each of us contributes our lived experience from our varying position and institutiontypes.Project OverviewThis two-phase project focuses on the study of early career engineering education faculty’sagency to facilitate change within different institutional contexts. In Phase I of this project, weare exploring our own experiences as early career engineering education
Paper ID #25412Board 21: Work in Progress: Expanding Program Reach through WineProf. Alka R Harriger, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she taught software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Real- ized through Information Technology) project. From 2013-2018, she co-led with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching Engineering
engineering courses as well as advanced courses in civil engineering for over 38 years. Dr. Thompson has also been involved with projects introducing engineering into K-12 education for over 15 years.Dr. AnnaMarie ConnerDr. ChanMin Kim, Penn State University ChanMin Kim, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Education (Learning, Design, and Technology and Ed- ucational Psychology) at Penn State University. Dr. Kim studies methods to help early childhood and elementary teachers learn to integrate robotics and computer science into classrooms. Her current work includes research on methods to help preservice, early childhood education teachers learn to use block- based programming within culturally responsive teaching using
the students were given two lab sessions to complete the final project. Lab Number Lab Description Introduction to Matlab and Solving 1 Differential Equations 2 Matrix Math 3 Spring Mass Damper System 4 Linear Simulation in Matlab 5 Introduction to Simulink 6 Block Diagram Algebra 7 First Order System Response Final Lab Project: Modeling and 8
(Water Resources and Hy- drology) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.Sc Eng in Civil Engineering from the University of Natal in South Africa. His research and teaching are in the area of surface water hydrol- ogy. His research focuses on advancing the capability for hydrologic prediction by developing models that take advantage of new information and process understanding enabled by new technology. He has developed a number of models and software packages including the TauDEM hydrologic terrain analysis and channel network extraction package that has been implemented in parallel, and a snowmelt model. He is lead on the National Science Foundation HydroShare project to expand the data sharing
participants of the Jam referred to creating a web-portal andmobile app that will support social-media type of communication between Industry andAcademia. Suggested platform will allow businesses to deploy information about ongoingresearch projects, calls for participation for academia and in its turn could identifyopportunities to join industry projects, position its areas of expertise and get better involvedin understanding trends for educating future of workforce.The framework describes herebelow the main steps towards stable, successful, long-termacademia-industry cooperation. The framework is industry-oriented, meaning that the processis initiated by the enterprise partner.IntroductionToday the interaction process between business and academia is