interrelated. These blocks, which include design, analysis,ethics, and laboratory, serve to fragment rather than integrate the curriculum and therefore thelearning experience and preparation of engineering students. The curricula typically includemany levels of pre-requisites and require students fully understand theory before being permittedto practice application. Rather than necessarily informing each other, these insular blocks,typically taught by different entities within the university structure, serve as individualappendages between which the student must somehow identify connections. The authors argued“… the workload of science and math courses can be so overwhelming that students end uplosing interest in the profession for which they are
American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEducators generally adopt one of four approaches to improving the communicationcompetence of engineering undergraduates: (1) a required communication course, (2) acommunication lab, designed to provide assistance to students on a voluntary basis, (3)integrated communication and engineering courses, or (4) an integrated communicationand engineering degree program.In the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah, a series ofengineering courses have been revised to include significant communication components,such that students will have received instruction in and practiced
3.09 3.77 1.00We also visualized all the students’ networks. (See Figure 1 for three examples.) The networksdepicted who the alters were, the content of the relational ties, and the overall structure of thenetwork. Visualizations allowed for an examination of network structure and components,particularly whether students’ networks on campus overlapped structurally and to what degreethey were integrated. Individual student networks are also useful to institutional personnel inworking with specific students on their support networks and strategies. Findings indicated thatfirst-year students exhibited a range of network structures, generally spanning those from“home” and newly created networks in the college environment, which
Frequency Weight Factor A. Faculty Issues and Rewards 10 38 B. Pre-College K-12 and Outreach Issues 6 13 C. Curriculum Reform and Evaluation Issues 9 26 D. Outside Resources and Influences 8 29 Page 13.1286.6 E. Research Topics and Issues 9 42 Discussion The RAGS report called for broad reform in K-12 STEM education, and ASEE clearlyhas an opportunity to be a national leader
Ph.D. degree in Engineering from TTU in 1999. From 1999 until 2004 he was employed by Square D Company / Schneider Electric in Nashville, Tennessee, where he served as a senior electrical engineer, then as an engineering manager. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. His research in- terests involve computational electromagnetics, application of electromagnetics to the analysis and design of electromechanical devices, and photonics. Page 22.1090.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
angle selection. A separate analog section is presented which containsa band pass circuit, generating an output suitable for spectrum analysis.Relevance to EET programThe junior level curriculum at WCU includes a course in digital electronics, covering sequentialand combinational circuits. While some lab work is done with TTL devices, many of the labsare performed using the Altera MAX+PLUS II software, and the Complex Programmable Logic Page 8.959.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationDevices (CPLD) on the Altera UP-1
environment. Page 5.603.1I. IntroductionThe most promising feature of multimedia and network-based media is its ability to interactivelydisplay complex information or concepts in an accessible and easy-to-understand animatedgraphical form. This is obviously well suited for many educational applications, but it isparticularly attractive for use in engineering education where abstract mathematical models andfundamental physical principles must be employed to solve practical problems. One of the moredifficult issues to deal with in the engineering curriculum, especially at the introductory levels, isthis process of abstraction of real and practical
create greatdifficulty for EET educators in identifying the future directions of the program of study.Today, these boundaries are dissolving rapidly and therefore confusion is rampant in theability of educators to layout sustainable EET curriculum directions that confidentlyaddress the future workforce needs of industry and society. The focus of this paper is toillustrate the whole process of road mapping to create new program focus areas in thefield of electronics and closely related fields that yield employment to our graduates intothe new emerging technological disciplines.Introduction:To build a successful technology enterprise, it is vital to have a knowledge basedworkforce with skills in science and engineering (S&E). In addition
the value of the lab, but also serve as a check on theinstructor. Adjustments to the lecture topics to promote better tie in to the lab and to the rest ofthe curriculum can be made if an experiment consistently scores low in the metrics “This lab issupported by lecture” and “I can imagine applying this information to other problems.” Theresults have also indicated that labs need to be interesting and engaging and broadly applicable inorder to be perceived as helping students learn. This reinforces the need to develop labs that areopen ended and hands on, rather than overly constrained cookbook type experiments. Based onthe results of this study, the survey is being extended to other lab courses in the department togain baseline data to be
in academia. He is currently Assistant Dean for Research, Batten College of Engineering and Technology (BCET) at ODU. His previous appointments include As- sociate Professor of Engineering Technology and as Associate Director of the Institute for Ship Repair, Maintenance, and Operations at Old Dominion University (ODU).His research has focused mostly on control systems (integration and testing) and the reliability and maintainability of complex systems. He has been selected as both a NASA and an ONR Faculty Fellow. He regularly teaches courses in Ma- rine Engineering and in Maintained Systems. Most recently Dr. Dean was on the Headquarters Staff the American Society of Naval Engineers. He received his Ph.D. from
Paper ID #7827Problem Based Learning Through Modeling and Simulation of UnmannedVehiclesDr. Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Lifford McLauchlan completed his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University, College Station. After spending time in industry, he has returned to academia. He is an associate professor at Texas A&M University - Kingsville in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. His main research interests include controls, robotics, education, adaptive systems, intelligent systems, signal and image process- ing, biometrics and watermarking. He is the current chair of the
WEB MODULES: NEW TOYS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO LEARN WITH Jason FitzSimmons, Barbara Hug University of Illinois at Urbana - ChampaignAbstract How far do we integrate technology, if at all, into our teaching? Instructors in engineeringclassrooms have traditionally used the chalkboard as the main medium to communicateengineering concepts to their students. The current movement within academia is to move moreof the traditionally taught classes to an online learning environment. These two pedagogies canbe thought of as the bookends of our current spectrum in education. Both techniques areappealing in their different application aspects, but they also have their own unique set
Paper ID #11535A Series of Singular Testimonies: A New Way to Explore Unearned Advan-tages and Unearned DisadvantagesDr. Julie P Martin, Clemson University Julie P. Martin is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of underrepresented students in engineering. Dr. Martin is a 2009 NSF CAREER awardee for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions.” She held an American Association for the
study would be required to support that theory.17In an effort to determine whether open-book or closed-book testing more effectively enhancedlearning, Agarwal returned to the topic of retention and the two assessment methods in 2011.18In order to strengthen potential weaknesses in his previous work regarding the comparison oftesting methods, he changed the experiment in two key ways: 1) used material specificallydesigned for open-book testing that involved comprehension and integration and transferquestions to determine “differences in memorial benefits” and 2) looked at the effect of testexpectancy with relationship to time spent studying to determine if students spend less timestudying for open-book tests. Again, when study participants were
buildings by evaluating and improving the energy practices through the integration ofsustainable systems with existing systems. Professor Shehadi is currently investigating various ways to reduceenergy consumption in office buildings by integrating research and curriculum development. Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2019, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Paper ID #36431Community College Computing Programs’ Unique Contexts for PromotingGender EquityDr. Erin Carll, University of Washington Erin Carll is an evaluator and researcher at the University of Washington Center for Evaluation and Re- search for STEM Equity. She earned a PhD and MA in Sociology as well as a certificate in demographic methods and a concentration in social statistics from UW. She also earned an MA in Russian, East Eu- ropean, and Eurasian Studies from Columbia University, a BA in Political Science and Russian Studies from Central Connecticut State University, and an AA in Liberal Arts and Sciences from
faced with difficult tasks such as recruitment and retention ofstudents, curriculum integration of the project, and fund raising. We built the Solaraider II in1997 and participated in the Sunrayce 97 qualifier in Indianapolis. Our car did not pass thebraking test because it weighed 1250 lb and the braking system was not adequate. Theoverweight of the solar car was mainly because of the fiberglass body, array and nose. TheSolaraider III team was faced with the task of reducing the weight, installing new brakes andreducing the friction at all joints. Unlike many big schools, we do not have resources to build thecar using carbon fiber and titanium. However, we have several industry sponsors whosefacilities and service we utilized to make necessary
other majors leaves the two quite farapart in the visualization.A limitation of the disciplinary distance measure is that it is based on the curriculum andpractices of a single institution. It is shaped by the groupings of majors within academic units;campus and department subject-code conventions; and collaboration between departments. Forexample, a technical writing course might be offered by an English/ Communicationsdepartment, showing connections between all technical majors that make use of the class. If atechnical department required their own version of the course under their own subject code, theapparent connection with other majors would disappear. The measure is especially sensitive tocampus and department subject code conventions
recognizing the integration of outstanding active andcollaborative learning and innovation. She is a member of AAHE and holds a B.S. in Communication and an M.S.in Communication Instructional Systems Design from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Page 9.1164.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education
6% of STEM workers and Hispanics representing 7% ofSTEM workers [7].Traditional efforts to increase participation in STEM fields have been largely focused on improving themath and science curriculum through better recruitment and training of teachers with scholarships, loan-forgiveness, and higher pay. However, “not enough STEM graduates means not enough STEM teachers,regardless of incentives [8].” An alternative is to expose students to STEM fields early and induce them tochoose STEM careers. For example, 65% of scientists with advanced degrees developed their scienceinterest before middle school [9]. However, in underserved populations, it is not necessarily lack of theawareness of STEM fields but the socio-economic barriers that prevent
2006, the University of Hartford College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, inWest Hartford, Connecticut began a partnership with the Faculty of Engineering at theUniversity of Herat, in Herat City, Afghanistan. The goals of the project are to use a combinationof curriculum revision and development, faculty development, distance learning andcollaborative projects, and local/internal partnerships to establish the Herat University Faculty ofEngineering at the preeminent Engineering program for Western Afghanistan.Once a part of Kabul University, the Faculty of Engineering became a permanent part of HeratUniversity in 2004. After functioning in Kabul for approximately 20 years, the Engineeringprogram was closed following the Soviet
. Vericut is a powerful CNC verification software, which detects errors andinefficient motions in CNC programs [2]. Vericut can also perform realistic 3D simulation Page 10.1219.1of entire CNC machines, just like they behave in the shop. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThese cutting edge technologies are being integrated into a senior ManufacturingEngineering Technology (MNET) curriculum at the South Dakota State University (SDSU).Projects shown below provide a curricular module for students
. Even in curricula were labs are offered, the approach used is generally atraditional one where students perform prescribed experiments with little or no critical reasoningof what they are performing 7. Therefore, students should be provided with integrative labexperiences that promote inquiry relevance using hands on experiences and team orientedapproaches. Such labs satisfy the vision of the National Science Foundation to improveengineering education 8. Although very important to biomedical engineers, implementing a cellular engineeringlaboratory in the biomedical curriculum is challenging for the following three main reasons.First, handling cells require students’ prior training on issues associated with safety, sterilizationand
(previously known as Boston Edison Company) for more than twenty five years where he worked in various departments like transmission, distribution and relaying groups. He mainly worked for a 700 megawatt nuclear generating station within Eversource. At Eversource, he also held the role of Division Manager for Power and Controls Division for 15 years. He has over 15 years of oversight and supervision experience. Before coming to Wentworth Institute of Technology, Prof. Das- gupta worked as an Adjunct Professor (part time) at Northeastern University for more than 11 year in the Graduate School of Engineering. He mainly taught the courses in Operations Research at Northeastern University. He also, taught at Suffolk University
(TM)modes in planar waveguide designs. This teaching method improves teaching effectiveness ofE&M field and wave theory by helping the students better understand mathematical complexitiesthrough this readily available and reliable software tool. In addition to the theory, the studentsalso gain the design capability using these industry standard software packages, and thereforebridging the gap between theory and practice. .IntroductionThe vector property of E&M fields is at the heart of optics and E&M wave theories. At the sametime, it is also often a difficult knowledge point in an engineering curriculum. This in a majorway is because the vector nature of the fields is abstract. First of all, an E&M field is not
wind energy, particularly in the characterization of fatigue and ultimate loads for floating offshore wind turbine concepts.Dr. Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams University Dr. Maija Benitz is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University, where she has taught since 2017. Prior to joining RWU, she taught at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, after completing her doctoral work jointly in the Multiphase Flow Laboratory and the Wind Energy Center at UMass Amherst.Dr. Lillian Clark Jeznach, Roger Williams University Dr. Lillian Jeznach is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University. She teaches the first year curriculum as well as upper-level courses related to
proprietary professional environmental software products thatcould serve well in engineering education applications. Details of modules developedforthe selected “impact” areas will be discussed in a series offollowing manuscripts.Introduction The work presented here and in the series of papers to follow grew out of an NSFsponsored project to share educational resources among members of the Gatewayconsortium of universities. The “Environmental Group” of the coalition was formed in thesummer of 1995 at a workshop held at Ohio State University, May 22-23. At thisworkshop, participants agreed to work in three focus groups on a series of projects toexplore “shared resource” opportunities built around “Case Studies”, “Databases” and“Environmental
training facilitylocated at the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC), answers this questionwhile accomplishing the following objectives: Develop and integrate two 2-day BTEC short course laboratory experiences into the ECU’s bioprocess engineering curriculum. These short courses are a required and graded component of two bioprocess engineering courses. Develop companion web-based materials to provide students with prerequisite material, maximizing the time spent on hands-on laboratory activities on-site at BTEC, as well as providing an opportunity for students at other institutions to enroll. Enhance ECU engineering students’ competiveness in the workplace by providing hands- on
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