Foster Entrepreneurial- Minded Engineers. Retrieved October 18, 2012 from http://www.ecs.baylor.edu/news.php?action=story&story=112785 2. Drucker, P. (2007). Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles. Oxford, UK: 3. Butterworth-Heinemann, European Commission. (2008). Entrepreneurship in higher education, especially within non-business studies. Retrieved October 18, 2012 , http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/support_measures/training_educat ion/entr_highed_en.pdf 4. Goldberg, D. (2006). The Entrepreneurial Engineer. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley 5. Refaat, A. (2009
they applied a problem solving methodology developed by Treffinger et al.5 to stimulateand develop creativity in engineering students6. With this methodology, the instructor showedthe students how to apply three hierarchical levels: learning and using basic thinking tools,learning and practicing a systematic process for problem solving, and working with realproblems. The thinking tools described in level one include analogical thinking7, brainstorming8,mind mapping9, and others. Chan et al. describe the InnovTech facility within the CityUniversity of Hong Kong that seeks to train creative professional engineers10. This facilityteaches creative problem solving processes, creative idea generation techniques, and bringindustrial problems to the
to jog their memories -- and discourage them from, as often happens with engineeringstudents -- and engineers -- from just building whatever comes to mind. We tried to encourage athoughtful and analytical design phase before building started -- but we were not alwayssuccessful.4 Course AssessmentThis course has, in various altered forms, been offered six times over the last eight years.Originally, it used Handy Board - based Lego robots. Over the years the processor technologyhas improved along with the platform tools available to the students. Creates were added to the Proceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education
Conference Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education 213 ARCE students, they said they don’t mind the rigor and calculations when they can see thebenefit.Both the ARCH and the CM departments reported inconsistencies amongst instructors. Giventhe range of methodologies, this was not surprising to hear. However we believe there is valuein this variety.The ARCE faculty review now underway reviewing the learning outcomes, outlines andmethodologies for these two courses is expected to provide additional guidance to ARCEinstructors.ConclusionWe believe this five course sequence of support courses provides the college’s
. If we can tional curricula in teaching conceptual design. Whole courses dedicated to creating and justifyingaccept this similitude, then educators in engineering should benefit from learning about the way design concepts have been developed by Paul Gauvreau, a professor in the Department of Civildesign is taught in the visual arts. With this in mind, this paper reflects on the delivery of art stu- Engineering and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) De-dio courses and reflects upon its pedagogical value with respect to design in engineering. Fur- sign Chair. Gauvreau is also my academic supervisor. Similar progress has been made at thether, it gives suggestions on how elements of art
293 Orientation to Engineering Education through applying “Puzzles Principles” Kamran Abedini California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CAAbstractIn this paper a review of engineering programs was conducted in terms of curriculum building andthen application of the technique of “Puzzles Principles”, developed by the author, was proposedwhich could be incorporated in the design of curriculums for effective engineering teaching at theonset. The concept of Puzzles Principles and its application can show how
Libraries Dean’s Innovation Grant, enabled the research team todetermine how the STEM library and engineering liaison can better serve CENGR faculty andstudents.The guiding research questions for this project are:1) What liaison services and resources are needed to best meet the needs of Engineering studentsand faculty?2) How can we better support PBL within engineering degree programs?3) How can the UNT Libraries’ engagement with CENGR students and faculty be improved?With these questions in mind, the research team developed surveys and conducted interviews withthe goal of answering these questions and informing future directions for the engineering liaison.Each survey was designed to gather insights specific to its audience, and rigorous data
Paper ID #12572Engineering, Society and the Environment in the Teaching Goals and Prac-tices of Engineering InstructorsMs. Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey serves as Senior Lecturer, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning with the Division of Engi- neering Science at the University of Toronto. In this position, Lisa plays a central role in the evaluation, design and delivery of a dynamic and complex curriculum, while facilitating the development and imple- mentation of various teaching and learning initiatives. Lisa is cross-appointed with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE/UT, and
Paper ID #34151Are Civil Engineers ”Practicing What They Preach?”Nathalie Al Kakoun, Swansea University Nathalie Al Kakoun holds a BEng in Civil Engineering (Hons) and is now pursuing a multidisciplinary PhD, crossing engineering with psychology, at Swansea University. Nathalie is currently researching and designing interventions that characterise empathy and social consciousness in engineers and civil engineering design processes. She is also currently researching engineering mindsets, attempting to un- derstand (and further align) the compatibility of engineering mindsets to engineers’ engagement with public
AC 2009-1953: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AT UNDERGRADUATE SITES FORTOMORROW’S ENGINEERSAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean for Engineering Education Research and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won five major university teaching awards, two Professorships, two national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field
Paper ID #20044The Use of Narrative in Undergraduate Engineering EducationDr. Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University Dr. Halada, Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University, directs an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in Engineering Science. He designs educational ma- terials focused on nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and how engineers learn from engineering disasters and how failure and risk analysis can be used to teach about ethics and societal implications of emerging technologies. Halada also coordinates the Long Island Alternative Energy Consortium, a
and its effectiveness.Both Arnold and John again encouraged participants to co-create a community of reflectivepractice and report back on what they learned about our own practice of teaching, theirdeveloping philosophy of education, and being able to defend it through evidence-based actionresearch. What works? When and why and how? They suggested that participants connect theoryand practice using an engineering frame of mind; that trying to learn to teach is like a big designproblem, with uncertain constraints and variables. The leaders sincerely offered to help theparticipants over the next year via virtual meetings phone, email, Skype calls, and encouragedgoal setting, reflective teaching, and reporting back in eight months at the next
Paper ID #13813Crafting a Successful High School Engineering ProgramMs. Marie Anne Aloia, Bayonne High School Marie is an alternate route teacher with an educational background in math, physics, chemical engineering and computer science. As the first girl in her family to go to college, and maybe to prove the point, she earned two bachelor’s degrees, one from Montclair State University by day, and 8 years later, one from New Jersey Institute of Technology, by night, while working full time by day at Exxon Research and Engineering. While a traditional female career, like teaching, was the last thing on her mind, she was
minds of local citizens and their level of trust and confidence inengineering and engineering-dominated organizations such as the Army Corps of Engineers.26Different opinions were voiced in class, including why rebuild at all in areas below sea level?However, about half of the students were silent and did not engage in these discussions. Thestudents were perhaps uncomfortable with uncertainty and the lack of clear, correct answers; oruncomfortable sharing their personal opinions when they were uncertain if their peers agreed ordisagreed. Some students voiced open skepticism, wondering why we were even looking at amap of residency disaggregated by race and in reference to sea level in New Orleans.In-class Discussion: Social JusticeA full class
, Performance, I Choose (LPIC) combinations L P IC Example C* R “While rote learning may sometimes achieve the reward of better grades, it rarely rewards the students of a better understanding of the material. However, I believe that the way the school system is currently set up, rote learning is rewarded favorably over conceptual learning. While a conceptual learning style would be favorable on exams if the concepts were allowed to be solidified in students' minds, 10-week terms packed to the brim with engineering work does not allow time for some conceptual learners to attain confidence with the concepts. These students are then quickly
Calculus Intervention for First-Semester Engineering Students Jerome P. Lavelle Richard F. Keltie College of Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695Abstract: Past analyses at NC State have indicated a positive correlation between students whostruggle in their first calculus class and those who ultimately leave engineering at NC. Thepresent study was conducted to investigate the effects of early intervention for engineeringstudents who have performed poorly on their first calculus examination. This paper presents
Undergraduate Research Experience The basic approach used in this REU Site is discovery through actual construction,experimental testing, observing and recording, synthesizing the data collected, andgeneralizations. This approach provides an opportunity for individual growth and challenge tothe young and inquisitive mind. Today civil engineers face the grand challenge of updating the nation’s infrastructure, whichis vital to its economy, security, and international competitiveness, and provide for expandingpopulations while maintaining a balance between cost and adverse environmental effects. Theyare asked to ensure that this infrastructure is reliable during natural disasters, because theconsequences of failure are staggering (1995 Kobe
moreabout technology National Research Council: National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.5. Massachusetts Department of Education, (2001) Massachusetts Science and Technology/EngineeringCurriculum Framework, Malden, MA6. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., and Cocking, R.R. (eds), (2000) How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School, Expanded Edition. National Research Council: National Academy Press,Washington, D.C.7. Thier, H. D. and Daviss, B., (2001) Developing Inquiry-Based Science Materials: a Guide for EducatorsTeachers College Press, New York.8. Brooks, J.G., and Brooks, M.G., (1999) In Search of Understanding: The Case for ConstructivistClassrooms. ASCD9. Dunn, S. and Larson, R. (1990) Design Technology: Children’s Engineering The Falmer
Paper ID #38310Engaging Engineering Students through Environmental Data ScienceDr. Mary Kay Camarillo, University of the Pacific Dr. Mary Kay Camarillo is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. She has a PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis and is a licensed Professional Engineer in California (Civil). Prior to working in academia, Dr. Ca- marillo worked in the consulting industry, designing and overseeing construction of water and wastewater infrastructure. Her research interests include environmental impacts of energy
in 2000, and her MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. She was previously an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest School of Medicine.Anna K. T. Howard (Teaching Professor) Dr. Anna Howard graduated from Penn State University having worked with the Rotorcraft Center of Excellence there; her research investigated the aeromechanical stability of tiltrotors. She works at NC State as a Teaching Professor researching ways to provide active learning to large numbers of students and investigating the role technology can play in improving student learning and retention. Her newest research focus is on entrepreneurially-minded learning in the classroom
specifically or exclusively.Instead, the experiences and identity formation processes described by our participants occurwithin a larger culture of engineering that seeks to erase difference [27] and that operates onimplicit assumptions of meritocracy – that anyone “capable” of succeeding in an engineeringprogram will, and will succeed ‘on their own merits' (e.g., [28]). Therefore, we must instill alarger culture change in engineering education that recognizes that systems of education, as wecurrently know, structure, and implement them, were not created with students with disabilitiesin mind. In some instances, these institutions were created to intentionally exclude anddiscourage students with disabilities from pursuing degrees in higher education
Paper ID #36792Engaging Engineering Students with Mobile LearningTechnologiesPaul Mcmonigle (Engineering Instruction Librarian) Paul McMonigle is the Engineering Instruction Librarian at the Pennsylvania State University. He graduated from Syracuse University with a MS-LIS degree in December of 2018 and from the Pennsylvania State University with a BA degree in History in 2017. His research interests include information literacy instruction for STEM students, student engagement and outreach programs, collections development and maintenance, and the history of STEM subject libraries
those writing andreading them. Essentially, genre is not static but evolves in time, mutually shaped by and withthe context and participants. If that is the case, students need to understand the full context thatcreates a need for a particular genre rather than simply learning the genre. With this in mind, theFellows began to ask: how does teaching writing need to shift for the engineering educator? Howcan they model for students writing and communicating as evolving from engineering practiceand therefore as a part of engineering identity rather than separated from it? To guide the Fellow’s discussion around this evolution away from teaching engineeringstudents writing with genre as a template, the Writing Center Director suggested reading
Paper ID #37196Sensemaking of Block Flow Diagrams in Chemical EngineeringProf. Jiamin Zhang, University of California, Riverside Jiamin Zhang received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, and went on to com- plete her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara. After completing a postdoc in physics and engineering education at Auburn University, she joined the department of chemical and environmental engineering at the University of California Riverside as an assistant professor of teach- ing. Her teaching interests include fluid mechanics, soft matter, and engineering
2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Engineering teaching approaches at the time of COVID Pavel Navitski1, Elena Gregg1, Robert Leland1, Viktar Taustyka2, Andrzej Gawlik2 1 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA / 2West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, PolandAbstractIn today's changing educational environment around the world, teaching engineering disciplinesis becoming a challenge for both students and teachers. Universities seek to provide studentswith the knowledge, skills, and experiences that will prepare them to enter directly intoprofessional practice as engineers, advanced studies in engineering
organizations, low levels ofretention and promotion of racial minorities and women in the workplace indicate a lack ofinclusion within workplace cultures (Cook & Glass, 2013; Giscombe & Mattis, 2002; Hom &Ellis, 2008). With this in mind, ABET’s approach to Criteria 3 specifically identifies the abilityto create inclusive environments in engineering teams. Creating these inclusive environments requires individuals to practice behaviors thatfoster individuals’ feelings of belonging. Shore, Randel, Chung, and Dean (2011) go one stepbeyond belongingness in their definition of inclusion to include “the degree to which anemployee perceives that he or she is an esteemed member of the work group throughexperiencing treatment that satisfies
will help them as they progress into upper level-engineering classes.However, many students initially resist the provided steps for problem solving. At the beginningof the semester, students complain that the strategy is lengthy and 22% of students do not see thebenefit, while 19% of students said that the method helped them avoid making mistakes [14]. Atthe end of the semester, 52% of students reported that the method got easier with time, while thenumber of students who said it helped them avoid mistakes or find mistakes increased to 22% and30%, respectively [14]. Our intervention was designed with two things in mind; 1) If we reinforcedthe problem-solving strategy in more classes, it would help them catch their mistakes in PHY160and 2) if
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Paper ID #33631Assessing Metacognition Awareness of Freshmen Engineering StudentsMuhammad Dawood, New Mexico State University Dr. Muhammad Dawood received his BE degree from the NED University of Engineering and Technol- ogy, Karachi, Pakistan, 1985, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in 1998 and 2001, respectively, both in electrical engineering. Dr. Dawood is involved in teaching both nationally and internationally since 1995. At present, Dr. Dawood is an Associate Professor at the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New
retention of these mentors, in order to limit the burden of training new instructorsevery year. Furthermore, as these mentors have additional experience leading the engineering teams,they will be able to provide higher quality immersion experiences. Ultimately, in order to secure aquality experience for as many students as possible, we will need to be mindful of the number ofclinical mentors we need to coordinate with, as well as the time each clinical mentor has for eachstudent.We define student success as the clinical mentoring team committing resources (money, time, etc.)to directly build-on the actionable problem statement developed by the student's team within sixmonths of the end of the course. For example, if we can identify specific types