environment. This could possibly be the reason for ahigher ranking for Team Work as an important skill. Scientists and Mathematicians are oftenmore focused around teaching, laboratory or other individualized tasks based on their workenvironments and therefore may not better value the importance of Team Work.Additional comments in the survey suggested that Emotional Intelligence, Software Skills,Interdisciplinary Thinking and Responsiveness to customer requirements also be incorporated inthe study. One participant stated that “Managers should understand the specific skills ofemployees and learn to delegate and assign work accordingly”. Another participant added “Workethic is sometimes interpreted differently by employers and employees. Employers
AC 2007-1440: ENHANCING ENGINEERING EDUCATION ? CONCRETE CANOECOMPETITIONCandace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines Candace Sulzbach is a Lecturer in the Division of Engineering where she has taught since August 1983. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado. After 24 years of teaching engineering students, Candy has had the opportunity to see how their educations can be enhanced by their involvement in extra-curricular activities; specifically, participation in engineering design competitions like the National Concrete Canoe Competition and the National Student Steel Bridge Competition. Candy earned her B.S. degree in Mineral Engineering (civil specialty) at
brought thisprogram to MSU in 1999 as an extension of the program he started at Clemson University. FredBurke, an MSU engineering alumnus, and his wife Sara, endowed the program in 2002.The focus of the program is to provide both engineering and humanities classes in anenvironment that promotes cultural understanding. Students earn six hours of degree credit fortwo courses: History of Technology and a technical elective, either Computer-Aided Design andManufacturing or Digital Signal Processing. The courses are taught by University of Bristolfaculty; however, a faculty member from Clemson and MSU accompany the students. Eventhough students are accompanied by faculty, the faculty do not teach; therefore, the program is
thecontextual needs assessment method as published, followed by section 3.2 describing how theteam customized the method for the micro-hydro project. Section 3.3 provides results includingsamples of an interview transcript, customer needs, and specifications.3.1 The Contextual Needs Assessment Method (as Published)The Contextual Needs Assessment Method17,18 summarized in Figure 3 improves taskclarification through a new focus on context. The contextual focus is especially critical for needswhich are “frontier” or foreign to the designer. Testing under both laboratory and normalclassroom conditions shows the new method is extremely effective, easy to use, and wellreceived by students19.The contextual needs assessment method incorporates traditional
the Complex Systems Analysis and Simulation group in Phantom Works, The Boeing Company’s research and development organization, Paul uses System Dynamics to understand and improve the dynamic behavior of Boeing businesses. Since joining Boeing in December 2005 Paul has lead the application of System Dynamics to projects for both Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes and Integrated Defense Systems businesses, as well as for their supporting organizations. Paul also teaches System Dynamics modeling to Boeing engineers for the Ed Wells Partnership between Boeing and SPEEA, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace. Prior to joining Boeing Paul applied System
performance verbally & graphically 3. Integrate prior coursework & university resources: 3.1. apply concepts, models, formulas and methods learned in prior courses, 3.2. develop and conduct physical and/or numerical experiments, tests or simulations, 3.3. implement available computer, laboratory and library resources, 3.4. develop expertise relationships with faculty mentors, and 3.5. communicate engineering information verbally & graphically. Page 13.141.8Teamwork Evaluation SystemA teamwork evaluation system, using an Excel spreadsheet, has been developed over the lastyear and a half in the Sr. Design sequence
currently serves as a Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Program of College ofEngineering at Southern University and A&M College. His areas of interest are Electric Power Systems, ComputerNetworks and Digital Signal Processing. His teaching interests are in the areas of Network Analysis, Electric Machine,Power Systems, Computer Networks, Signal and Systems, and Digital Signal Processing.SUJEET BHATTEMr. Sujeet Bhatte is currently a full time student at Southern University and A & M College. He has successfully passedhis MS thesis and he will be graduating in Spring 2008. At Southern University he has worked with various on campusdepartments and organizations in areas related to computer networks and telecommunications
Disneyworld.Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sarah Zappe is the Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Pennsylvania State University. Her background is in educational psychology with an emphasis on educational testing and assessment.Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations (2002, Springer-Verlag). In addition, he regularly teaches presentation workshops at several research institutions in the United States and Europe
of realworld problems.The use of outside speakers from industry provides another strong link between theory andpractice. The speakers provided examples of how the Structured Innovation process has beenutilized to solve tough problems.Body of KnowledgeStructured Innovation, like other sciences, has a “Body of Knowledge” that is key tounderstanding the science. Therefore, we focused on teaching the “Body of Knowledge” and itsapplication to solving real world problems. This course is the first step in the journey of learningthe language of innovation. The best way to learn is by doing. This is why experiential learningis so important. The following describes the foundational elements and/or components ofStructured Innovation that were taught in
-centeredapproach replaces the pre-planned lectures with a project requiring students to design and build a device like ahuman-powered pump, a wind turbine, or an electronic apparatus. The instructor becomes a mentor who guidesthe students through the design and construction process. In this way, the students acquire ownership over theirproducts, and they learn that engineering is an interdisciplinary process, not just a collection of concepts,equations and facts. Overall, the student-centered approach instills confidence and a willingness to makechoices and assumptions needed to obtain results. Furthermore, it teaches students that teamwork is essential in
.V. Project ScopeThe initial step in the architectural design process was the development of a list of the types offacilities required to support the functions of the school and provide the necessaryaccommodations for the student body. Once this list was compiled, a required size needed to beassigned to each category of building. The size was determined from the requirements of thespecific task the particular building needed to support and the number of individuals intended touse the building.The technical college is intended to provide training in computer science, auto mechanics,construction, and hotel management. Each of these areas requires space for classrooms,shops/laboratories, a library, storage, and faculty offices totaling
manager (Ernst and Young Consulting Turkey), where she added important values within 5 years. Also she worked in SAP Business for a long time and managed various SAP/ERP projects in Turkey and also abroad. Now she is serving in ERP, CRM and e-business categories as senior consultant and lecturing at various universities. Additional to these she is sometimes giving conference seminars and company trainings in her expertise areas. Dr. Baloglu has about 15 professional and academic papers, published in various technology magazines and books. And she currently works for Marmara University - Dept. of Computer Engineering under title of Asst. Prof and also teaches the some courses in
ofEngineering built a new library space in the E-Quad, the building housing all the engineeringdepartments, but by the mid-1990s, the need for laboratory space became very acute. WhenUniversity Trustee Dennis Keller ’63 made the generous gift to the School of Engineering for anew building, the library received a new home in the Friend Center for Engineering Education.Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Henry Cobb of Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners,Friend Center opened its doors in September 2001. The building houses high-tech classroomsand computer clusters, videoconferencing facilities, a spacious convocation hall, a 250-seatauditorium, along with the Engineering Library, for a total of 70,500 square feet. The libraryoccupies 40% of the
earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, in Seattle, and the Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Michigan. He teaches a number of alternative energy courses at Lawrence Tech. Dr. Fletcher and his student research team is focusing on energy usage and efficiencies of several traditional and alternative energy systems.Dr. Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Society of Detroit. He
laboratory experiments.However, troubleshooting of equipment and complex machines are not given sufficient attentionfor a typical industrial setting during regular engineering coursework. Purdue UniversityNorthwest’s Outcome Based Education allows students to gain hands-on experiencetroubleshooting complex circuits, machines, and their subsystems.In order to familiarize students with troubleshooting and identifying equipment failures, theresurrection of a relatively complex and non-functional NovaMill 3-Axis CNC Milling Machineis selected as a Capstone Senior Design project. The objectives of this project include identifyingthe different sub-systems of the machine, isolating each sub-system, testing and documentationof initial status, identification
Chancellor for Educational Opportunity Programs and Director of the Purdue University Northwest Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Pro- gram, a federal program designed to prepare first generation/low-income students and students from un- derrepresented disciplines for graduate study. In addition, he also provides administrative leadership to other Purdue Northwest Programs that provide educational access and success for underrepresented stu- dent populations for student beginning in sixth grade through graduate study. He recently developed and implemented programing that addresses the needs of pre-college students interested in the STEM disciples using the arts and sports. He also teaches courses such as
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&M University in College Station, Texas. The objective of the paper is to evaluate impact of theREU program on multiple student outcomes with respect to their research competencies such asunderstanding a research process, data gathering, analyzing, and presentation of results. Theanalysis is also broken down by gender, ethnicity, student type (junior, senior, etc.), and type oftheir primary institutions (major research school vs. teaching school). The cybermanufacturingREU programs recruits students both from in-state and out of state of Texas. In addition to mostcommonly held10-week long research program under the guidance of a faculty mentor, thecybermanufacturing REU also engages students in high impact learning and
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Paper ID #22683Engineering Technology and Engineering Program Comparison of Under-represented Students in the Same InstitutionDr. Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an active learning style which engages and develops practical skills in the students. Currently, she is exploring the performance and attributes of engineering technology students and using that knowledge to engage them in their studies.Dr. Lesley M. Berhan, University of Toledo Lesley Berhan is
Military Academy. His current research interests include laboratory and field determination of geotechnical material properties for transportation systems and the use of remote sensing techniques to categorize geohazards. He has published over 85 peer reviewed articles relating to his research and educational activities. Dennis holds BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), an MBA from Boston University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin. He is a registered professional engineer in Arkansas and Colorado.Dr. Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University Dr. Decker B. Hains is a Master Faculty Specialist in the Department
majors, including Electrical and Computer Engineering students. Multiple factors contribute to retention issues, such as poor teaching and advising, the difficulty of the engineering curriculum, and lack of motivation resulting from poor connections to the engineering community. Statistics indicate a large drop in the continuation rate between the first and third years among Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) students. As students encounter increasing course difficulty in the early stages of their programs, they often lack motivation to persist because they have weak connections to their majors and potential careers in STEM. The Summer Interdisciplinary Team
State University Dr. David Hurwitz is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University and is the Director of the OSU Driving and Bicycling Simulator Laboratory. Dr. Hurwitz conducts research in transportation engineering, in the areas of traffic operations and safety, and in engineering education, in the areas of conceptual assessment and curriculum adoption.Mr. Masoud Ghodrat Abadi, Oregon State University Masoud Ghodrat Abadi is a PhD candidate and a graduate research assistant in school of Civil and Con- struction Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his MSc degree in Transportation Engi- neering from Sharif
gained by merging them into one building. SeeFigure 14.19Cornell University Announcements described various college buildings, including the library inthe yearly publication. A description from 1930 describes the origins and size of two bookendowments, Kuichling for hydraulic and municipal engineering (civil) and Gray for electrical.See Figure 15. BUIL IN S AN E UIPMENT 5 plete commercial radio broadcasting e uipment Laboratory stand ards of inductance, capacity and fre uency are available for
. DesJardins is an associate professor in Bioengineering at Clemson University and the director of the Frank H. Stelling and C. Dayton Riddle Orthopaedic Education and Research Laboratory at CUBEInC. He has coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed conference or journal publications in the areas of biomechan- ics, biomaterials tribology, engineering education and implant design. He is active in many professional societies and review panels, including BMES, NCIIA, ORS, NIH and NSF. He is or has been the PI or co-PI on many multi-disciplinary research teams funded through NASA, DoT, NIH, DoD, NSF, the Gates Foundation, and numerous biomedical industry grants and contracts. He was a guest editor with the Annals of Biomedical
Paper ID #15593Clinical Immersion Internship Introduces Students to Needs AssessmentDr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at the UIC Innovation Center. Prior to joining the faculty at UIC, she worked in new product development for medical devices, telecommunications and consumer products. She co-teaches bioengineering capstone design courses, including the core senior design sequence and the recently launched
state-assisted university in the western part of thestate. It is one of 139 public institutions of higher learning that are classified by The CarnegieFoundation for the Advancement for Teaching as “research universities.” Our institution isdesignated by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) at the Universityof Oklahoma1 as “Moderately Selective” in its classification of four-year universities. The othercategories in the classification are “Highly Selective,” “Selective,” and “Less Selective.” TotalFall 2015 enrollment at our institution consisted of 18,567 undergraduates and 4,989 graduatestudents. In 2013-14, a total of 3,823 bachelor’s, 1,313 master and 126 doctoral degrees wereconferred by WMU.The College of Engineering
systems, but he has ongoing projects in the area of hospital patient health monitoring. He is actively engaged in K-12 outreach through several venues including Summer Ventures, high school STEM day, the NC Science Olympiad, a Math Science Partnership grant, volunteer work with a local literacy camp, Boy Scouts Robotics Merit Badge counseling, and teaching the science portion of VBS and children’s Sunday School at his local church.Dr. Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University Zhen Zhu is an assistant professor at East Carolina University. From 2010 to 2013 he was a senior research engineer and a principal investigator with the Navigation Systems Division and the Advanced Concepts and Technologies Division in Northrop Grumman
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