, robotics, and human motion analysis. Additionally he has extensively studied creativity in engineering education. His professional service in ASME includes Chair of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, DED Exec- utive Committee, and several ASME conferences including the general conference chair for IDETC/CIE 2002. Currently he is also a member of the ASME Strategic Planning Committee.Prof. Janet Katherine Allen, University of Oklahoma Janet Allen came to the University of Oklahoma in August 2009 where she and Professor Farrokh Mistree are establishing the Systems Realization Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma with a focus on engi- neering design. She holds the John and Mary Moore chair of Engineering and is a
appropriate manner for all eligible students.7. Indianapolis Public Schools Career and Technology Center agrees each year to routinely coordinate and review the course syllabus with an appropriate Purdue School of Engineering and Technology representative. All parties understand that any changes made in the course syllabus, in instructional contact, or in instructional equipment or laboratory experiences afforded to the student may result in immediate termination of this agreement.This agreement will become effective upon approval by the Indianapolis Public SchoolsCareer and Technology Center and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology forall students who are enrolled in the course noted above during academic year 2003-2004and
NMSU. Specifically, it can be quite difficult to secure funds toretool or improve laboratories that may became “dated” as faculty progress through their careers.Hence, mid-career faculty who remain productive within their fields are attractive recruits forother institutions. In terms of gender, as all engineering schools face the challenge ofdiversifying the faculty, “cherry picking” of such faculty poses special challenges forinstitutions.On the other hand, beyond this preliminary assessment, because of how the ADVANCE Program Page 10.1314.15is operating to improve the climate of the institution for all faculty, it is too soon to discern
courses forfirst-year students include active-learning laboratory experiences2,3, hands-on first-year designexperiences4-6, teaming first-year students with upper level students7,8 and integrating with non-engineering coursework9-11. These are but a few examples of courses or curricula that have beenenhanced to improve the first-year experience.Student assistance programs inside the classroom include advising seminars that also focus on atopic of interest to students12-14, counselor-tutorial programs for high-risk students15, and use ofpeer mentors in class discussion groups16. Further, advising or tutoring might be included as apart of a particular class. Student assistance programs outside the classroom include individualand group tutoring
laboratory exercises or term papers.There is a perception that they have more latitude to exploit their creativity in finding ways toaccomplish the project tasks.URP’s often help the professors with their sponsors, who want to see that the research work isbeing connected to the educational mission of the university. The sponsors want to have a sensethat the new students entering the profession are benefiting from the new discoveries being madeas a result of the research findings.The students gain lots of benefits from the URP experience. One is the opportunity to beinvolved in research. Another is the chance to learn how to make new discoveries and advancethe frontier of knowledge. They get to network with other professors at other schools, to find
pumps supplied to a school for persons with physical disabilities ‚ Human powered pumps to irrigate a micro-enterprise farm run by persons with disabilities ‚ Hand-powered tricycles which provide mobility and freedom to polio victimsOther projects with global interest have been sponsored by the Collaboratory for ExperientialLearning program, a “hands-on” learning laboratory. Some of these projects include work on Page 9.1091.14water purification and on landmine detection, removal, and detonation. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
is to have every student on thewireless networks with their own machine, thus eliminating the need for large, overcrowdedcomputer laboratories. The 2002 fall semester was the first class-wide rollout of this program.The redesign of the freshman introductory course provided the single largest wireless computinginnovation for the School of Engineering. In the fall of 2003, all 10 sections of the introductorycourse (~320 students) were taught at the same class time with all first-year students using thevarious wireless networks within the School. The increased interaction among students andfaculty showed an immediate improvement in communications and delivery of content. Coursessuch as this are no longer limited to being held in computer labs
, Undergraduate Laboratory Science, andEngineering program (IMPULSE)] in the 1997–98 academic year and offered a pilot for 48students in fall 1998. Unlike other FC institutions, UMD piloted their program for only onesemester before they proposed adoption of the program to the college. They made this choice fora number of reasons. Early data were indicating greater retention and class attendance, andstudents were receiving better grades when compared to other sections of similar classes.Secondly, the school was receiving good publicity about the program and interest in the programwas coming in from potential students and their parents. Probably the biggest incentive for quickaction, however, was the impending loss of their dean, who was a big supporter of
progress, they are differentfunctions from that of technological innovation. However, strategic research serves a different purpose than doesbasic academic research. Strategic research is often technology project-driven rather than curiosity-driven. Itspurpose is also to gain a better understanding of phenomena when new knowledge is needed to solve fundamentalscientific problems related to products, processes, systems, and operations. As Cauffman, chief scientist at theDepartment of Energy’s Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, stated: “… A lot of thefundamental work today is driven by a need … but it is still an effort to understand the fundamental way thingsinteract.” 52.5 Recognizing that Graduate Engineers in Industry
has produced manyvery successful and innovative graduates. In a survey of aerospace professionals in laboratory,academe, and industry, it was noted that the respondents were not in favor of eliminating currenttechnical discipline boundaries as the base background for a student, but they did feel that theyshould be involved in interdisciplinary educational activities such as team design and teamproblem solving sessions1.The University of Arkansas Physics department has recently redefined the academic requirementsfor their degrees to allow more curriculum flexibility, allowing students to better tailor acurriculum for their career goals. At the Master of Science level, a MS Physics degree requiring acore physics block and all physics electives
role of liberal education in universities!” [8, p 102]. Withoutconsideration of equivalent qualifications about half the population were similar to thoseentering universities so the issue of the value that dip.tech students placed on liberalstudies was of some significance.The value of liberal studiesThere was plenty of evidence, then as there is now, that students of technological studieshave more formal contact time in lectures and laboratories than students following otherdisciplines [27]. It might be expected, therefore, that the addition of subjects distant fromthe main disciplines would lead to an unfavourable reaction to their inclusion.However, investigations of liberal study programmes by Peers and Madgwick [28] andAndrews and Mares
to highlight successes within the department. Chairs are to rethink performance rewards18. c. The College-wide Spring Forum focused on teaching effectiveness. d. The College of Engineering Professor of the Year Award will highlight the integration of teaching and research.The COEN will also continue to work on making positive changes in the personnel and placecategories, which require long-term plans and a considerable amount of funding. Progress hasbeen made since the administration of this survey in acquiring new funding for generalengineering instructor, professional advisor, and GA positions. Renovations are underway toenhance existing research and teaching laboratories, and space requests and plans
every student in the group, or by randomly selecting a group member (or members) to be tested and thus proxy for the group. • Sharing known skills- Students who possess certain knowledge or skills (examples: computer skills, laboratory skills, data reduction skills, presentation skills) should be willing to pass it on, and/or share it with their group members. • Collaborative Skills- Groups cannot function effectively if members do not have (be willing to learn) or use some needed social skills. These skills include leadership, decision making, trust building, and conflict management. • Monitoring Progress- Groups need to discuss amongst themselves whether they are
team of educational and learning technology professionals (e.g. GeorgiaTech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and the Stanford Centerfor Teaching and Learning (CTL)). Some, like CETL, were more formal organizations within theinstitution, while others, like the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL)and the MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory (TLL), were similar to research centers. Theresearch model couples dedicated staff with representatives from other departments withinthe institution, drawing from the faculty, the library, and academic computing. Both modelsprovided good examples of staffing structures and service profiles.The “learning commons” model that brings together academic support
Page 22.819.7The Ohio State University, made plans in Spring 2010 to begin offering a course to developspatial visualization skills for incoming freshmen (ENG 180) scoring at or below 20 out of 30questions on the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test – Rotations (PSVT:R). The course offeredwas a voluntary one-credit course. Based on preliminary work, The Ohio State University plansto continue, improve upon and expand this effort.Background and PlanningThe standard track of the First-Year Engineering Program offers a Fundamentals of Engineeringcourse series (ENG 181 and 183), required of beginning engineering students. This coursestresses hands-on laboratories, team-building, project management, graphical communications,computer-aided design
. He has received the Howe School’s Outstanding Teacher Award and also the Institute’s Harvey N. Davis Award for Distinguished Teaching.Richard R. Reilly, Stevens Institute of Technology Richard R. Reilly holds the Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee and is an Emeritus Professor in the Howe School of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Reilly joined the Stevens faculty in 1982 where he developed and led the Ph.D. program in Technol- ogy Management. Before joining Stevens, Dr. Reilly was a research psychologist for Bell Laboratories, the Educational Testing Service and AT&T and has been a consultant to Fortune 500 and governmental organizations. He is on the
AC 2011-2757: THERMODYNAMIC CONCEPTS IN A MODEL-ELICITINGACTIVITYPaul Nicholas van Bloemen Waanders, Cal Poly, Mechanical Engineering I am a Mechanical Engineering Masters Student studying at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State UniversityBrian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian Self is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity in San Luis Obispo. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly in 2006, he taught for seven years at the United States Air Force Academy and worked for four years in the Air Force Research Laboratories. Research interests include active learning and engineering education, spatial disorientation
AIChE Journal cover. She is an active men- tor of undergraduate researchers and served as co-PI on an NSF REU site. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineering classrooms or as outreach activities in area schools. Adrienne has been an active member of ASEE’s WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams since 2003.Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University Dr. Rebecca K. Toghiani is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MSU. She received her B.S.ChE, M.S.ChE and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She received the 1996 Dow
experiences and sources of discouragement included grades, amount of time requiredfor the major, restrictive curriculum, no time for other activities, lack of female faculty, andcompetition6. A number of formal Women in Engineering (WIE) programs have been developed at U.S.institutions to assist in recruiting and retaining women in engineering majors. These programsoffer social and academic support through mentoring, study and laboratory skills workshops, Page 22.1185.3career exploration, social opportunities and support, outreach activities, scholarships and awards,and media contact (e.g., newsletters). The programs offered by many Women in
- tion.In particular, we are extending MEA implementation and complementary student and faculty as-sessments across our partner institutions; broadening the library of usable MEAs to different en-gineering disciplines; and extending the MEA approach to identifying and repairing misconcep-tions, using laboratory experiments as an integrated component, and introducing an ethical deci-sion-making dimension [1-5].Our overall research goal is to enhance problem solving and modeling skills and conceptuallearning of engineering students through the use of model eliciting activities. In order to accom-plish this goal at the University of Pittsburgh, we are pursuing two main research routes: MEAsas teaching tools and MEA as learning assessment tools. Under
group, or by randomly selecting a group member (or members) to be tested and thus proxy for the group. • Sharing known skills- Students who possess certain knowledge or skills (examples: computer skills, laboratory skills, data reduction skills, presentation skills) should be willing to pass it on, and/or share it with their group members. • Collaborative Skills- Groups cannot function effectively if members do not have (be willing to learn) or use some needed social skills. These skills include leadership, decision making, trust building, and conflict management. • Monitoring Progress- Groups need to discuss amongst themselves whether they are achieving their