– Module DevelopmentABSTRACTDue to the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular and orthopedic disorders in today’s modernsociety, there is a necessity to engineer biomaterials that improve the quality of life for peoplewith painful and debilitating diseases. This will require educational institutions to providespecialized instruction in these areas. Yet, there have been relatively few published reports onbiomaterials and tissue engineering-related lab activities, and existing activities lack a foundationin materials science. A primary deliverable of this project is to address this need and thusstrengthen science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education by developinginteractive experiments that introduce tissue engineering through a
, she has been involved in research projects to develop, refine, and apply innovative assessment tools for characterizing student knowledge of sustainability. Her ultimate goal is to use this assessment data to guide the design and evaluation of educational interventions to improve undergraduate sustainability education. In the area of bioprocessing, Dr. Watson has experience using bacteria and algae to convert waste materials into high-value products, such as biofuels.Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch Joshua Pelkey is currently a product manager at AirWatch in Atlanta, GA. He completed his MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and his BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He has
Paper ID #8971Assessment of Product Archaeology as a Framework for Contextualizing En-gineering DesignDr. Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY Kemper Lewis is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo - SUNY. He is the project PI for the collaborative NSF TUES grant, ”Assessment of Product Archaeology as a Framework for Contextualizing Engineering Design”. The project is a collaborative effort between the University at Buffalo - SUNY, Arizona State University, Penn State University, Northwestern University, Bucknell University, and Virginia Tech.Dr. Deborah A. Moore-Russo
includingteamwork, presentation skills, leadership skills, self-assurance, and breaking gender stereotypes.Women professionals in various science and engineering fields also met and discussed with theparticipants helping them visualize a future career in STEM and gain exposure to the variety ofoptions available to them. As a culminating project the girls who participated in the camp createdmulti-media video presentations with robotics, similar to the RoboPlay Video Competition, andmade presentations in front of parents and peers. The girls were given robotics kits to take backto their middle schools so they can start computing and robotics clubs of their own. Coaches andassistant coaches continue to mentor girls over the academic school year to facilitate
; Silverman 1988). Through afunded project initiative to study student success through the lens of learning styles, a uniqueopportunity presented to gather data to corroborate differences in learning styles that, in turn,support student success. Ultimately, this research project aimed to be responsive to those learnerswhose learning style mismatched the traditional curricula and instructional mode. Page 10.508.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationMethodThe research was longitudinal in nature
Session 2131 Characteristics of Good Team Players Richard Bannerot Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston AbstractWorking in teams, especially on multidisciplinary projects, is becoming more and morecommon in engineering as well as in other work environments. However, despite theimportance of “team-work” in engineering, there is little data on the characteristics of“good” and “poor” team players. This paper presents preliminary results from anongoing, horizontal study of this issue in two
projectorganization, project work, work analysis, etc. are commonly based on the implicit assumptionsthat the necessary knowledge somehow exists, making the process of designing a system mainlya matter of extracting the knowledge from the participants, be it users or developers. More often Page 9.956.1than not, these assumptions do not hold. Therefore, development projects need to be Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtransformed from production processes to mutual learning processes. Learning must
different backgrounds and values to emerge as talented.Further, we believe that adapting these types of activities to engineering courses has the potentialto go beyond “filling the gaps” to “opening doors” to women in engineering. As part of an NSFfunded Gender-Equity project, four MEAs were implemented in a first-year problem solving andcomputer tools course at Purdue University in Fall 2002. This paper will describe the nature ofMEAs, overview the research methodology, and demonstrate evidence of curriculum reform atour institution.I. IntroductionOn the national scene, while overall enrollment and retention trends in engineering are alarmingin the face of a national need to increase the technology workforce, the National ScienceFoundation
idea that when they become “real” engineers, they willperform static analysis as part of the design process. Instead of basing each problem on the textbook, some of the assignmentsperformed by the students should involve generating specifications for the design of alarger and more complex project. As the students make their way through theengineering program, they can carry along that project as a PDM file. While they areenrolled in a specific class, they can use the knowledge they gain to add to therequirements for their project. This not only reinforces the PLM method, but it allowsthe students to see the course material from a wider perspective, which should help themretain a greater percentage of the material being taught. Some
. Theseinclude: • Student course evaluations. • Student retention and degree of satisfaction with the freshman engineering course. • The value of the demographic comparisons for curriculum assessment. • Direct student surveys regarding the ARS. • Course material covered and mastered in the senior/graduate course.Application in Freshman Engineering Course The College of Engineering has required a two-semester freshman engineering course for thepast four years. This course has been described and evaluated in prior ASEE publications (e.g.,Pieronek et al.10; Brockman et al.11) and will therefore only be outlined herein. The courseinvolves four projects over the two semesters. Each project, or module, is based on a
students areentering our classes with simple but powerful expectations; (a) I can, with reasonable effort,observe (see a visual image of) most complex behaviors and, (b) I should be able to do this atany time that I feel it is suitable for me, at any time I am ready for learning. (c) My time isvaluable. Teach me in a way that is most efficient for me. Cut to the most important things Ineed to know and convince me why I need to know them.Much has been written about distance learning and how degrees can be earned from offices andhomes. That is not what this paper is about. It is about optimizing time and learning with a mixof instructional delivery styles.This paper describes the first phase of a project to integrate visual and auditory tools in
Session 1302 Rocket Systems Engineering Education at the Undergraduate Level Michael J. Caylor, Ronald W. Humble United States Air Force Academy, COAbstractCadets and faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy are designing and building a sounding rocketpowered by advanced hybrid propulsion. The eventual goal of the program is to launch a vehiclecarrying a small payload to an altitude greater than 50 miles thereby achieving "space." Senior-level cadets are developing a prototype rocket to meet these objectives as part of theirengineering curriculum. The primary objective of this capstone design project
expressed concern about the level of preparedness of graduates.These two positions reflect opposite poles of the breadth versus depth spectrum, neither ofwhich, when pushed to the extreme, represents a satisfactory position. The team developing theCorBoK determined an intermediate position reflecting that all systems engineers work in aparticular specialization of systems engineering, but that for different graduates thatspecialization will be different, and that all graduates are first assigned work in which theycontribute to a project but are under the authority of more senior systems engineers who areresponsible for the project as a whole. That is, it is unrealistic to expect a new graduate, even of amaster’s program, to be suitably
AC 2012-4834: DEVELOPING A PERVASIVE, COLLEGE-WIDE APPROACHTO INTEGRATING ACHIEVEMENT OF GLOBAL COMPETENCE INTOTHE CURRICULUMDr. Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of engineering leadership within the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University (BYU). He works actively with students and faculty to promote and develop increased capabilities in global competence and leadership. His research and teaching interests include globalization, leadership, project management, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining BYU, Warnick worked for Becton Dickinson, a
objectives: to provide students withincreased access to technical knowledge and to facilitate communication between differentstakeholders on projects. Our experience on the use of social networks has encompassed avariety of platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. We have used the platforms ona diverse set of courses in computer science, including courses on data structures, softwarearchitectures, web services, and the senior design/senior capstone where we have providedstudents with learning experiences that are not only relevant in the classroom but also closelymodel workplace activities. Based on our experience, we have categorized the strengths andweaknesses of using different social networks by looking at generic activities that
learnt more from doingprojects in undergraduate aerospace analysis and design class than anything else. Project basedlearning begins with an assignment to carry out one or more tasks that leads to the production ofa final product. The final product could be a design, a model, a device or a computer simulation.The work done on the project is normally presented in the class and a written report is submitted.Students are required to summarize the procedure used to produce the product and represent theoutput. There are usually two projects given in the class. The first project is defined by theinstructor, which helps maintain a focus on course and curriculum objectives. In the secondproject, students are allowed to pick their own topic, which gives
an Assistant Professor of psychology at the University of Tulsa. His research focuses on the effectiveness of simulations, roleplays, and other high-involvement training across a variety of organizational and educational contexts. His educational training projects have included engineering, computer science, and law, as well as responsible conduct of research.Dr. Jeremy S. Daily, University of TulsaDr. R. Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University Alan Cheville in interested in engineering education and high speed optoelectronics. He is currently an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Oklahoma State University and is currently serving as a program officer at the National Science Foundation.Dr
countries of Latin Americaand Africa4. Guanxi is built and maintained through the exchange of favors13. In order to securethe resources China needs, “China is capturing and integrating Latin America as much as it can,securing at least $65 billion in deals throughout the region since 2010” 6. In exchange for rawmaterials, China is pouring money into infrastructure projects in Latin America. A perfectexample is Venezuela’s “oil for loan” deal with China. State owned oil company, PetroChina,will invest $20 billion in Venezuela over a 25 year span14. This investment will help Venezueladevelop its infrastructure and in return, Venezuela will provide 2.9 billion barrels of oil14. Otherjoint ventures established between China and Latin America follow a
number of years and institutions (Martin et al. 1996; Huff et al. 1995;Braxton and Stone).5,9,12 Closer to our present concern of software engineering, Thompson andHill (1995) describe teaching functional programming across the curriculum.23 More recently, aconference was devoted to teaching object orientation across the computing curriculum.14Grodzinsky et al. (1998) describe using project teams across the computing curriculum.7Cushing (1997) describes cleanroom software engineering techniques across the curriculum.6Software engineering as a field has considerably greater breadth than what these efforts areconcerned with (Liu and Peters 199911; Peters and Ramanna 199819; Peters et al. 199820; Peterset al. 199816
Session 2793 The Geotechnical Virtual Laboratory Srboljub Masala, Kevin Biggar, Colin Geissler University of AlbertaAbstractThe Geotechnical Virtual Laboratory is a computer based instructional package intended tocomplement, and potentially replace, some physical testing in a real geotechnical laboratory. Thefocus of this software is toward active learning and development of critical thinking skills,including data interpretation, understanding of the processes and influential factors, and problemsolving. This paper is a progress report for a software development project, which
engineering examples. The remaining 2 sections are taught solely by Communicationfaculty. We suspect that engineering students allocate more time to their design projects,even though the writing assignments are more heavily weighted. We also suspect thatstudents do not see connections between engineering problem solving and writingproblem solving. Rather, they see writing as an ancillary tool that follows the “real” workof engineering. To test these assumptions, a survey was administered to all sections of thecourse. The survey asks a range of questions about the amount of time, effort, andrevision the students usually apply to writing assignments. At the end of the term, thesurvey will be given again and results will be analyzed for significant
analysis involves profit and loss; that is, doesthe university take in more wealth than it expends, thus generating a "profit?" If actual dollars arereceived through external grants and contracts, the university can make money on a project throughindirect overhead costs and the "profit" made by hiring a part-time instructor or graduate studentto cover the researcher’s courses at much reduced salaries and then pocketing the difference.However, more common is the requirement of significant matching funds or cost sharing by theuniversity in the funding program’s request-for-proposals (RFP), as a sign of commitment by theuniversity. Although "in kind" non-cash matching can sometimes be used through waiver ofindirect costs or internal granting of
bioengineering program in rural settings - Work-in-Progress Richard C. Prince*, Eric Jorgenson, Pamela J. Mims, Aruna KilaruRecently, there has been a national push to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. in thebioengineering, biomanufacturing, and biotechnology sectors, as demonstrated by the Exec-utive Order to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable,Safe and Secure American Bioeconomy. To date, much of the country’s biotech infrastruc-ture has been concentrated near coastal areas — even though rural agricultural productioncould provide suitable feedstocks for bioproduction. In this work, we present updates on ourcurrent project titled “Completing the Bioindustrial Pipeline: A Multidisciplinary Work-force
of Houston (UH) in Houston, Texas was awarded an NSF ResearchExperience for Preservice Teachers (RE-PST) site grant titled “Industries of the Future ResearchExperience for Preservice Teachers in STEM Settings.” The goal of the project is to host 10 highschool preservice teachers each summer to participate in Industries of the Future (IotF) researchfields and then convert their experience into high school curriculum. In the 2020 report of thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to the President of theUSA, PCAST has recommended a set of bold actions to help ensure continued leadership in IotF,comprising artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information science (QIS), advancedmanufacturing, advanced communications
explores the use of virtual reality for engineering process visualization and simulation, as well as spatial presence in engineering education and professional development for additive manufacturing and cybersecurity. Dr. Ojajuni’s academic background includes a PhD in Science and Mathematics Education from Southern University and A&M College, an MSc in Mobile and Satellite Communication from the University of Surrey, and a BEng in Computer Engineering from Covenant University. Throughout his professional journey, he has been actively involved in various large-scale projects, such as the Southern University Reaching Across the Digital Divide (SURADD) project, an NTIA-funded initiative to develop VR/AR
milestone has suffered some delays, there is no doubt inhow serious our nation and others are in achieving this goal soonest.Satisfying these programs and other aerospace-related efforts will require a substantial workforce.According to the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, aerospace engineering isexpected to grow at a pace of 6% from 2022 to 2032, above the average of all occupations. “About3,800 openings for aerospace engineers are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Manyof those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to differentoccupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.” [2] The 2022 Aerospace and Defense WorkforceStudy, conducted by the Aerospace Industries
Paper ID #44344Developing an Instrument for Assessing Self-Efficacy Confidence in Data ScienceDr. Safia Malallah, Kansas State University Safia Malallah is a postdoc in the computer science department at Kansas State University working with Vision and Data science projects. She has ten years of experience as a computer analyst and graphic designer. Besides, she’s passionate about developing curriculums for teaching coding, data science, AI, and engineering to young children by modeling playground environments. She tries to expand her experience by facilitating and volunteering for many STEM workshops.Dr. Ejiro U Osiobe
, pro bono legal work, food safety, the electoral college, influences of cultural differences in cancer survival, the training of osteopathic physicians and others.Colleen McDonough, Michigan State University Colleen A. McDonough is a graduate assistant in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. She is the coordinator of three component projects of a National Science Foundation grant focusing on retention issues and engaging early engineering students, and also serves as an academic advisor. Prior to coming to MSU, Colleen spent ten years as a development officer in the non-profit sector. She earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from William Smith College and
the program ≠ Graduates do receive compensation commensurate with their teaching commitmentsThe program is described in detail below, as well as a dialog with a previous mentee/mentor pair.EF Mentoring StructureThe mentoring program within Engineering Fundamentals has two possible structures: 1)Masters students who typically teach for one or two semesters and 2) Doctoral students whoteach for multiple semesters throughout their course of study. Typically, the Masters students, asexpected, receive more guidance than the Doctoral students and have less responsibility.Prior to teaching in the department, the graduate students are paired with a mentor who has theprimary responsibility for the basic course material, class projects, exam
future “team-oriented” relationships in the real world. This courseis structured to be a multi-disciplined environment where third-year engineering technologystudents can explore a number of relevant topics pertinent to their success as a student as well asa future practicing engineer. The resulting diversity served well as a precursor to examiningthese outcomes from different engineering perspectives. The teaching strategy necessarilyrecognizes that an ability to understand professional, ethical, and social responsibilities extendsquite naturally into the other areas of emphasis included in the outcomes. Presentations and classwork include traditional instruction, guess speakers, group projects, extensive writing, andstudent presentations on