careers. 3. Service learning should be implemented in more courses at the institution. 4. The services that the students would provide were clearly articulated to me. 5. Overall student expertise was sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the service. 6. We benefited from the activities of the service learning students. 7. Participation in this project had economic benefits. 8. Participation in this project had valuable social benefits.The section that followed focused upon client personal reflections of theexperience and contained all closed questions set within the same 5 point Likertscale: Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 1. I see myself as
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Page 13.207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Apples and Oranges? A Proposed Research Design to Examine the Correspondence Between Two Measures of Engineering LearningAbstractIn 2004, ABET commissioned Engineering Change, a study of the impact of EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC2000) on the preparation of undergraduates for careers in engineering. Onelegacy of that study is a database of EC2000-specific self-reported student learning outcomes at40 institutions, including precollege characteristics and engineering program outcomes for morethan 4,300 graduates of the class of 2004. A second dataset, the Multiple-Institution Database forInvestigating Engineering Longitudinal
left for more investigation by theresearchers.This paper is primarily an undergraduate research level paper and its primary goal is to designand investigate improving such mathematically complex problem of artificial leg using the stateof the art solid modeling and analysis technology available to students in an undergraduateeducation. The intent of the paper is to open the way to other undergraduate students to getinvolved in research early in their education and be able to choose their future career path morereadily. A short introduction is gathered from the available literature about the mechanism andkinematics of human leg. A few designs similar to the ones already in existence is studied andinvestigated and a few more new designs are
respective tasks. Because of the coursecomposition, the site development, structural design and electrical design components aretypically more developed than the mechanical and plumbing components. Although all students have previously completed group projects throughout theiracademic careers, the scope of dependency on others for project completion and the potentialimpact on their course grade makes this collaboration unique for most of them. Peer pressureand the general desire to do a good job are generally sufficient motivators for the completion ofvery good projects by each group. The quality of the final project is most often determined bythe real-world experience of the group members [6]. Often one or more of the participants hasworked
-flops. From the papers published in recent years in various venues [4~8] it is apparent thatthe academic departments are adding new courses or content to teach HDL based designflows at some level to undergraduate EET students.Therefore, to help the graduates to be competent and competitive in their major disciplines,UPJ EET majors are exposed to the HDL based digital design techniques at theundergraduate level. There were several key considerations taken into account during theadaptation of Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and automation based digital designflow to the UPJ curriculum. The demographics of UPJ’s student population and theirimmediate careers suggest that most graduates do not pursue graduate studies in computerengineering, nor
Poly is poised to become the national leader in biomedicalengineering professional Master’s programs due to the large number of graduates in theworkforce who continue to do great things, and the recognition of our industrial partners.Program GoalsThe MS programs goals are: 1) to provide graduates with an underpinning of a rigorous, broad-based advanced engineering education and an opportunity to create an individualized focus thatwill propel graduates into the many diverse career opportunities of Biomedical Engineering. 2)to provide graduates an empowering professional degree for students who are currently orintend to become practicing engineers, 3) to provide graduates job-entry education andopportunities for the more complex and evolving
with student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses. Page 13.907.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Motivating Research in an Engineering Teaching InstitutionAbstractThis paper discusses multiple ways of
registered professional engineer with APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta). Prior to her career at MacEwan, Shelley worked in industry as a research engineer and a consulting engineer for several years.Dr. Jeffrey A Davis P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University Dr. Davis’ research focuses on pedagogical topics such as student engagement, active learning, and cognitive development. Projects he is currently working on include ”Development of a risk assessment model for the retention of students”, ”Development of Student Assessment Software”, and ”Improving Student Engagement through Active Learning”. American c
recipient of numerous awards, including He is the recipient of multiple awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, IBM Faculty Partnership Award, National Semiconductor Faculty Development Award, and the General Motors Faculty Fellowship Award. He is currently a senior member of the IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor societies. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Introducing and Facilitating Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Research for Undergraduate Students and High School TeachersAbstractThe Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is a rapidly growing community of intelligent medicaltechnologies dedicated to
chose a career path that emphasized quantitative processes (theengineer) over the qualitative processes (the artist) or vice versa (nurture vs. nature). Inany event, one characteristic of a good designer is the ability to generate manyalternatives (brainstorm) and then evaluate. (“One idea is a bad idea.”) Sometimes thegenerating and selecting process is interrupted by “fixation” as described next. Results for the Evaluation of Two Skills in Engineering StudentsFixationFixation or functional fixedness is associated with the premature commitment to thesolution to a problem. In the case of designers these early design decisions are usuallyrepresented by the adoption of an idea or form previously developed. This fixedness cantake two forms
– TMAC Gulf Coast Region at the University of Houston.AYMARA BOGGIANOShe received the BA in 1982 and MA in 1987 from The Ohio State University. Her career as a Spanish, French, andEnglish language teacher spans over 19 years. She has effectively applied the communicative, proficiency andinteractive-based teaching approaches in a variety of educational environments, including K-12, Community Colleges,Universities, and Industry, in the US and in Venezuela. She is currently at the University of Houston where she teachesSpanish Language and Spanish for Heritage Speakers courses. She is also the coordinator of The Spanish LanguageProgram. Her current interests include Training Teaching Assistants and Part-time faculty, and exploring innovative usesof
√ 1 C 29. Promote Engineering Careers to the American Public √ √ 2 D 30. Have a General BA in Engineering √ 1 C 31. Focus on Early Science and Math Course Improvements. √ √ 2 B 32. Include Communication and Multi-cultural Skills. √ 1 C 33. Modern Students Grew-Up in a “Video Gaming” Environment. √ 1 B 34. Increased Focus on Research
own chosen fieldof engineering4.Students too are voicing their desire to put their hands on real world equipment andprojects during their university education experience. At Wichita State University,students participate in a recently implemented program that provides hands-onmanufacturing skills to mechanical engineering students. The students revealed somevery positive feedback on their course evaluation documents after completing the course: • “provides an awareness to the practical areas of my career.” • “the practical application was by far the best part.” • “really enjoyed the welding, machining was also very useful and interesting.” • “the more focus on
that field for more than 2 years while studying. He plans to do graduate studies inrisk management.ROBIE CALONGRobie Calong is currently a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering Technology atthe University of Houston. His interest, after graduating in Fall 2008, is to pursue a career in hardware developmentand plans to study in Audio Engineering. He is open-minded to learn many different ways and takes prior measures,for example, one of his major interests is to mainly research and develop different methods in problem solving. Hecurrently resides in Pearland, Texas, where he primarily focuses on his studies, while in his leisure time he playsbasketball, surf the interest for new technologies, etc.FARROKH
our conversation with you. Sincerely, Dr. Benjamin S. Kelley, P.E. Dean, School of Engineering and Computer ScienceThe planned purpose of the phone conversation was to gage the student’s motivation, interest, andpreparation to study engineering or computer science at Baylor. If it was judged that the studentwould be better served by selecting and studying in a non-ECS major, then the interviewer (the ECSStudent Success Specialist) would consider what other paths and Baylor resources might beappropriate for the student to investigate. Campus resources such as the Paul L. Foster SuccessCenter and the Career Services office would be made fully available to these students, so that theconversation would remain as positive and
TRNSYS would havebeen introduced sooner. (Undoubtedly, they quickly realized that it would have made certainearly assignments easier!) However, as argued above, the timing of its introduction in the classyielded some pedagogical advantage. Students were soon able to tackle quite sophisticated Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationprojects, far beyond what could reasonably be expected using general-purpose computationalsoftware such as MATLAB or Excel in reasonable time. Furthermore, as more and more studentsproceed into careers in energy, it is
interfacing design. These five experiments were carriedout by three groups of students in the fall of 2005, 2006 and 2007. At the end of fall 2007, asurvey was conducted among the students to assess these five experiments. The assessmentresults are presented in this paper.Introduction“Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing” is a core subject in both Electrical and ComputerEngineering curricula. Since there is large variety of microprocessors, an engineering programhas to pick the ones that benefit students the most in their future career. With the rapid changesin microprocessor technology, laboratory courses associated with this topic have to becontinuously kept up-to-date. Some years ago in the Department of Engineering at IndianaUniversity – Purdue
evaluate state-of-the-art concepts. Additional curriculum improvements will be achievedonce the faculty gain more experience in using the facility and more fully understand thecapability of the equipment. In the meantime, the improvement in the undergraduate learningenvironment afforded by the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory continues to better prepare ourstudents for the next phase of their academic or professional careers, thereby adding to ERAU’sreputation for producing quality engineers who understand the relationship between theory andapplication.References1 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Effective for Evaluations during the 2003 – 2004 Accreditation Cycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, November 20022 ABET
-specialization in curricula, provide sufficient freedom to accommodate innovative educational development, allow adaptation to different regional factors and permit an appropriate expression of the institution’s individual qualities and ideals.• reflect the need for the engineer to be adaptive, creative, resourceful and responsive to changes in society, technology and career demands.• ensure that students are made aware of the role and responsibilities of the professional engineer in society and the impact that engineering in all its forms makes on the environmental, economic, social and cultural aspects of society.• reflect the need for the professional engineer to function as an effective member of a team, able to communicate
studentswho embrace and believe in IT, and who are confident from their current experiences that theywill have the ability to successfully employ future, not-yet-developed IT tools throughout theirprofessional career. We accomplish this goal by emphasizing hands-on learning, with studentscompleting numerous in-class exercises and labs as well as several team projects, all of whichare designed to help them learn how to learn IT.Even though this course is for non-engineers, we receive an abundance of anecdotal evidencefrom our former students that the technological literacy gained in this course has made asignificant difference in their chosen fields.A Foundation Based on CyberspaceThe concepts of the World Wide Web (WWW) and electronic media permeate
with set dates for deliverables. The student is hired to complete the research to meetthese deliverables and interruptions for internships or co-ops which do not directly contribute tothese goals can be grounds for removal of the research assistantship altogether. Any studentinterested in pursuing these opportunities should discuss them with their advisor; in some cases,it may be possible to work out a mutually beneficial research assistantship and internshipappointment, while still meeting the deadlines for research deliverables. Hiring summer researchinterns in place of regular research assistants could be one solution. Every school has a career
education andmultidisciplinary researches. The main activities of the partnership program have been conductedin the Synergetic Education and Research in Enabling NASA-Centered Academic Developmentof Engineers and Space-scientists (SERENADES) Laboratory 1 sponsored from 2004 to 2007under the NASA’s Minority University and College Education and Research PartnershipInitiative (MUCERPI).One of the primary objectives is to use the excitement of NASA’s mission and the MUCERPIprogram to inspire more minority/underrepresented students to pursue education and research,and ultimately to choose careers in the areas of electrical, computer, or astronomical engineering.During the entire funding period, the SERENADES Laboratory endeavored to the preparation
thank the individuals who have taught with me through out my short career at CalPoly; Tom Leslie at Iowa State University, James Doerfler and Tom Fowler in the ArchitectureDepartment, plus Brent Nuttall and Ansgar Neuenhofer in the Architectural EngineeringDepartment . Team teaching with each of them has exposed the students to a wide array ofdesign approaches, unique perspectives on building design, and unparalleled camaraderie in theclassroom. Without their presence, these qualities would be impossible to replicate on my own.BibliographyDavis, James R. Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching. (Phoenix: American Council on Education/OryxPress Series on Higher Education, 1997).Maroney, Sharon A, Some Notes on Team Teaching, Western Illinois
AC 2008-2705: MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR, TRANSFORMER ANDINTERCONNECTION SPECIFICATION IN AN ECE CLINICPeter Mark Jansson, Rowan UniversityUlrich Schwabe, Rowan University Ulrich K.W. Schwabe has received his Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University in 2007 and is currently enrolled in their Master’s program.Andrew Hak, Rowan University Andrew Hak is a Senior electrical and computer engineering major at Rowan University, NJ. He is expected to graduate in May of 2008 and start a career as a power engineer working in the electric utility field. Page 13.882.1© American Society
engineering design, from sensor measurement and vehicle interfacing toelectrical energy consumption and strategy implementation on some of the most advancedvehicle technology available today.Introduction and BackgroundA unique and successful degree program at Minnesota State University, Mankato is theAutomotive Engineering Technology (AET) undergraduate program. Unique in that it isone of the only, if not the only, ABET accredited program of its type in the United Stateswith numerous graduates each year pursuing primarily automotive technology andengineering test and development careers in industry. As part of the program,undergraduates complete a two semester (one year) senior design project related to anautomotive system development, student
) motivating students in the applications of themathematical concepts that reflect realistic problems in their prospective engineering careers, 2)integrating these complicated applications into the tight schedule of engineering courses, 3)leveraging the overwhelming complexity so that the students are not intimidated, and 4)compensating for the lack of physical models required in most engineering applications Theauthors considered these challenges in the development of modules and agreed that a frameworkfor module development was required. The authors began preliminary research to develop sucha framework centered on the concept of abstraction.The authors began by exploring resources developed by other colleagues, reviewing the existingdigital library
to a full year. This will allow additional topics such as engineering ethics, leadershipand career development to be added to the content portion of the course. It will also allowstudents greater time for both the design and the construction process. Both elements arecurrently compressed in the 20 week schedule. It is anticipated that at 10 weeks the students willhave a preliminary design review with the critical design review occurring mid-way through thesecond quarter.LogisticsFaculty OrganizationFor each offering of Senior Design Project, one faculty member is assigned the courseorganization task. They are responsible for finding the projects, organizing the students intoteams, giving the weekly lecture and organizing the participating
to Students Engineering students, especially those pursuing a career in the manufacturing arenawould greatly benefit by understanding the concepts and methods of Value Stream Mapping(VSM). Many engineering students do not have the background knowledge or experiencenecessary to fully understand the manufacturing processes and the process flows let alone thecomplexities associated with them. This inexperience that the students have can be improved byusing the simple methods of VMS. After initial discussions on the types of manufacturingprocesses and discussions on the non-manufacturing processes involved the student would havethe basic knowledge necessary to generate a map. Graphically depicting the process flow and
practice, inwhich ‘design’ denotes the systematic selection and articulation of components into an overallsystem. An example may be the typical design of the components of a commercial heating andventilation system, the design of the structural members of a building, or the design of hardwareand software components for a given functionality. Although each scenario allows for a numberof acceptable designs, early-career engineers are generally acculturated into a professionalpractice environment in which a ‘right answer’ or ‘best answer’ is defined based on establisheddesign codes and standards, engineering precedent, and business practices related to maintainingprofitability of the design endeavour.Finally, many design engineers express frustration