classes were statistically equivalent in termsof engineering attitudes with F (2, 68) = 2.271, p = .111, with an effect size r = .18.The students in all three classes generally recognized engineering as a profession where peopledesign things that are practical and useful, however the entrance interviews revealed that somestudents had very different ideas about what engineers actually design. Generally, all classesperceived engineering to be important to the United States’ economic success and useful ineveryday life. Overall, the differences as a whole were not significant between classes.Students were asked about their perceptions of engineering as a career and of engineers as peoplein their entrance interviews. Students categorized the tasks
… because I will be in charge of a group of my peers and need to motivate them to accomplish a task. …as a leader in the Army, I will use this knowledge to get the best out of everyone and get the mission done as best as it can be. Also, I 2 learned time management skills I think it will be the same way in the Follower Army. All things need to be done but some things are crucial and need to get done and be done well for the mission to be a success. The project was very beneficial to my future engineering an officer career because it presented a problem with constraints that could be 3 solved in many different ways. Like the real world, there
Committee for Wearable Information Systems and has served as general chair and program co-chair of the IEEE Computer Society's International Symposium on Wearable Computers.Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center. Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is co-PI on several NSF grants to explore interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering
institution. In 2004 he was awarded a (National) Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award in the Sustained Excellence in Teaching category and in 2005 he received the Australasian Association for Engineering Education award for excellence in Engineering Education in the Teaching and Learning category. Dr Rowe is a member of the IET, the IEEE, the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ), ASEE, STLHE and AaeE.Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Dr Elizabeth Godfrey has just finished a 9 year term as the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland after a career that has included university lecturing, teaching and 10 years as an
Entrepreneur: Using Case-Driven, Problem-Based Learning to Develop Adaptive Expertise,” Joe Sinfield, Robin Adams, Aman Yadav, Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Education ≠ “Student's Attitudes and Threshold Concepts Towards Engineering as an Environmental Career: Research by Participatory Design of an Educational Game,” Johannes Strobel, Inez Hua, Civil Enginering, Engineering Education, Environmental and Ecological EngineeringMore details about some of these projects and progress made to date will now be provided. Inthe first project by Monica Cox, the purpose of the research is to identify the observableoutcomes of Purdue’s Engineer of 2020 for three targeted attributes: (1) leadership, (2) ability
their own personality traits, become more motivated to develop a career plan, understandhow to best present themselves, and gain additional experience in making professional presentations withfeedback from fellow students.8. “Meetings Modules”: These modules will provide the participating students with the opportunityto participate in the College of Engineering and Computer Science student professional societies and beacquainted with University administrators as well as representatives from business and industry.Professional speakers will be invited to discuss trends in technologies, professional opportunities, and theworkplace. In addition, student participation will be facilitated through a variety of panel discussionswith representatives of
Design, 148, 1.14. McIntosh, N. (1996). Why do we lecture? . Jhpiego Corporation.15. Merrill, D. M. (2002). First Principles of Instruction. ETR&D, 50(3), 17.16. Michaelson, L. K., & Black, R. H. (1994). Building learning teams: The key to harnessing the power of small groups in higher education. State College, PA: National Center for Teaching and Learning Assessment.17. Price, D. A., & Mitchell, C. A. (1993). A model for clinical teaching and learning. Medical Education, 27(1), 6.18. Putnam, A. R. (2001). Problem-Based Teaching and Learning in Technology Education. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Career and Technical Education, New Orleans, LA.19. Ross, P. (2006
students tolearn. This encourages drawing connections between materials, their properties, their processing,and their selection. The team work and content negotiation mimics design teams and processesthat occur in engineering careers after graduation. Expression of content knowledge in multiplerepresentations allows for students to evaluate the fidelity of their mental model with respect tothe consensus model as well as revealing any possible inconsistencies and associatedmisconceptions in their mental model of a concept. By addressing and repairing misconceptionsin foundational content areas, such as bonding and solutions and solubility, students will be moreable to learn and understand complex topics such as dislocations, solid state diffusion
undergraduate aerospace curriculum enables the fresh-out engineer to be moreeffective in the workforce. The benefits of this program extend beyond just graduates from theinstitution where the materials were first introduced, but help numerous graduates from otherinstitutions that adopt the systems engineering curriculum. Although it takes years of experienceand exposure to space missions and the relevant disciplines to truly be a competent systemsengineer, being aware of the discipline at the start in one’s career can only benefit the aerospaceworkforce in general. As the most recent NASA Administrator, Michael Griffin, stated in aspeech to engineering educators: “System engineering is a holistic, integrative discipline, wherein the
IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Education Program 2006 and was the curriculum director for the Supercomputing Education Program 2005. In January 2008, he was awarded the NSF CAREER for work on transforming engineering education through learner-centric, adaptive cyber-tools and cyber-environments.Jacob Schroeder, Clemson University Dr. Schroeder is a post-doctoral researcher at Clemson University. His work focuses on cyberinfrastructure in engineering education. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry Education from Iowa State University.Hanjun Xian, Clemson University Hanjun Xian is a Ph.D student working on issues of design of cyber-environments in engineering education at Clemson University
to encourage the students to pursue a career in science, engineering, or technology.J. Dept of Civil Engineering - Complete the government required report on damage caused by mining in Western Pennsylvania to comply with PA Law Act 54. We are to analyze data from a state database and enter the information in Excel spreadsheet format. After entering the data for a mine we will analyze said data to see if there are any correlations or irregularities in the data.Based on our previous experiences, we felt the one component missing during the projects wasthe use of computers and improving computer skills in the completion of the projects. Thus, thisyear with the aid of an HP grant we introduced 20 tablet PCs into the
between ethnicities at the highschool level. Similar to findings of others, this study found that students’ views of mathematics as amale domain decreases as grade level increases (Kloosterman, Tassell, Ponniah, & Essex, 20015;McGraw & Lubienski, 20076). However, there is still this view at the lower grades, especially atthe middle school level. Because there is a need to increase the participation of females whopursue STEM majors in college and STEM careers beyond college, knowing that views ofmathematics as being a field for males is diminishing is encouraging.Teacher Perception To determine the location of the significance for the teacher perception variable,Bonferroni post-hoc tests were conducted. Table 7 presents the
become good friends. I think we will be able to help each other out in the future with our careers and we will be able to continue to learn from each other.” “I was impressed by Chinese culture and I find it very interesting. I was impressed with how friendly the Chinese students are as well as there strong work ethics.” “Sometimes it was very difficult to make decisions as a big group so I definitely think that breaking up into smaller groups is more effective and lets all the students really enjoy themselves more.”For the trip from Beijing to Shanghai, a train ride was arranged instead of a flight. The facultycoordinator intentionally arranged this train ride since it is the most common travel means inChina and was intended to give
and relationships of peoples andorganizations involved in technological development.”1 Harris et al2 describe theirapproach to engineering ethics as bridging the gap between theory and practice usingcurrent case studies available such as Hurricane Katrina and global warming. Fledderman3seeks to provide a text and a resource for the study of engineering ethics and to help futureengineers be prepared for confronting and resolving ethical dilemmas that they mightencounter during their professional careers. Martin and Schinzinger4 provide anintroduction to the key issues in engineering ethics, taking account of both specificorganizational contexts and broader technological trends. Baura5 approaches engineeringethics from an industrial perspective
AC 2009-1337: TEAM WORK AND DEMOCRATIC LEARNING IN PROJECTMANAGEMENT TRAININGIvan Lidon, University of Zaragoza MSc from the Engineering Faculty of Zaragoza University. He has worked as assistant at the Design and Manufacturing Engineering Department of the University of Zaragoza since 2004. His current interests are project management and product development areas.RUBEN REBOLLAR, University of Zaragoza MSc and Doctor from the Engineering Faculty of University of Zaragoza.. He is Associate Professor in the Design and Manufacturing Department at this university In his present academic career he is focused on teaching and researching in the areas of project management and product
education system systematically drove creativity andinnovativeness out of children at an early age. As this occurred within education systems,educators were also shaping lives by gradually increasing the structure and discipline maturingadolescents needed. Beyond these inherent needs for structure and discipline lie the curriculumof language, mathematics, science, history, culture, etc. all of which are critical to thedevelopment of successful careers and the development of entrepreneurs. This constant transitiontoward the development of our minds gradually moves a large percentage of the populationtoward left-brain analytical thinking. Yet the demand for creativity and innovativeness hastended to be thought of as right-brain functions. Bringing
conducted pedagogical research examining the efficacy of internet-based resources in student learning. Prof. Millunchick has received several awards, including the NSF CAREER award and the Sloan Foundation Fellowship.Crisca Bierwert, University of Michigan Crisca Bierwert is the Associate Director and Multicultural Coordinator at CRLT. She joined CRLT in 2000, became part of the administrative team in 2002, and became Associate Director in 2007. She provides workshops and consultations for departments and programs, consults with individual faculty members and GSIs, and leads programs involving interdisciplinarity and research on student learning. She is also involved in university-wide
conducted pedagogical research examining the efficacy of internet-based resources in student learning. Prof. Millunchick has received several awards, including the NSF CAREER award and the Sloan Foundation Fellowship.Crisca Bierwert, University of Michigan Crisca Bierwert is the Associate Director and Multicultural Coordinator at CRLT. She joined CRLT in 2000, became part of the administrative team in 2002, and became Associate Director in 2007. She provides workshops and consultations for departments and programs, consults with individual faculty members and GSIs, and leads programs involving interdisciplinarity and research on student learning. She is also involved in university-wide
AC 2009-1417: EFFICIENT TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY ENGINEERINGMECHANICS COURSESHenry Christiansen, Brigham Young University Henry N. Christiansen obtained a BS degree in Mathematics from Utah State University in 1957 and MS and PhD degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Stanford University in 1958 and 1962. He began his career at the Western Development Laboratories, Palo Alto CA in 1960 and later joined the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Brigham Young University in 1965. He served as chair of this department from 1980-1986. Professor Christiansen’s primary research has been in the field of computer graphics. He founded and served as Director of the Engineering
agree, 2 is neutral, 1 is somehow disagree and 0 iscompletely disagree. The percent of students that agreed or strongly agreed to any givenstatement is defined as a positive response. Among the questions, students were asked if teamwork skills are important to develop and if they are relevant in industrial scenarios. The vastmajority of students responded positively, demonstrating their awareness of the value team workskills once they start their careers. Students were also questioned about the importance ofdeveloping skills to critically evaluate other’s work. Again we found a highly positive responseamong all students in the class (91%) and students involved in the first phase of the project(92%). This finding is particularly encouraging to
as a Lecturer in Computer Science at two private IT Academies in Esslingen and Dresden. In addition, he was the Managing Director of an IT consulting firm which he founded in 1999. Dr. Schaefer started his career as an apprentice Toolmaker with one of Germany’s leading metal forming companies, where he specialized in CNC machining and the manufacture of compound tool sets for knuckle joint presses. On completion of his apprenticeship he went on to obtain an Advanced Technical College Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and followed this with a Masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Duisburg, Germany. Prior to working in academia Dr. Schaefer gained experience as
use their names as appropriate. Thequestions and responses to-date are given in Table 5. Several more are awaited and will beincluded in the final version of this paper.Table 5: Alumni Assessment (edited/ paraphrased for conciseness)1 Question: Why did you take the course, and how did those reasons and expectations compare with what you found in the course? Responses: • To learn more about the development of different renewable energy systems and recent technologies being used. Enjoyed the opportunity to focus on researching wind energy. I expected a bit more background (more comments on this in later questions) • Renewable energy is a growing field with career opportunities. Micro-renewable energy is often
in a general format using the categories: ≠ Knowledge ≠ Research skills and techniques ≠ Research environment ≠ Research management ≠ Personal effectiveness ≠ Communication skills ≠ Networking and team working ≠ Career management Page 14.346.15Formal PhD-level courses, doctoral dissertation research, and two specially designed coursesin teaching development, and research development and management contribute to theseoutcomes in varying and documentable forms. Table 8. Example Graduate Level Concentration and Specialty Area Courses MEng: Applied mechanics
Carolina, in the southeast US,continues to bring high-tech companies to the region, and these companies attract engineers andscientists who are looking for advanced degrees, and means of supplementing and advancingtheir careers. Too, these companies are looking for skill providers to offer degree programs fortheir employers. These factors combine to put NC State in a great position to attract students toan EM curriculum.Mission: The addition of an EM Program is consistent with the current College of Engineering(COE) Mission and effectively stands as an example of this pursuit. Contributing to the long-term goal of remaining a leading public college of engineering, an EM program at NCSU willenhance the breadth of offerings, thereby aligning the COE
workplace. His career focus has been on managing and leading technological innovation in the workplace. He has over (15) years of experience in networking, systems integration and the project management fields. His prior experience base also includes (6) years as a full-time faculty instructor and (12) year’s service as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Address: College of Technology & Computer Science, 212 Science and Technology Bldg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; email: leskoc@ecu.edu; phone: 252-737-1907.John Pickard, East Carolina University John Pickard is an Instructor in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology & Computer
value addedby the chemical industry is linked to particle technology. Therefore the chances of our graduating engineersencountering problems related to particle technology in their future careers are very high, and it is important forthem to be exposed to this subject during their education. As a consequence of an NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development (CRCD) grant, aninterdisciplinary concentration of new courses in particle technology is now being created at the New Jersey Page 1.347.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsInstitute of Technology by professors in
briefings. I never gave a briefing before in high school. I think that (the briefings) was the best thing I learned to do. We’re kind of forced to use transparencies, which I had never used before in high school, and I used Powerpoint for the first time. I liked doing presentations. I know we are going to have to do that throughout our Air Force Page 1.364.8 careers and in our lives. I had no idea about the way it was supposed to be done before 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings
makes spelling and/or grammar corrections along the way. Also, because students are toofrequently given multiple choice, true/false, and other such objective types of questions, throughout their educational career (K-12and on), they are overly "conditioned" to them. This not only makes them ill-equipped to cope with other types, but also severelylimits their ability to sort out, analyze, and verbalize on the material they have learned. Hence, it may be that some communitycollege teachers believe that students cannot handle essay questions, that they will do poorly on tests if they were to be giventhem, and this might retard efforts to "process" students through the system. With this type of reasoning, whether or not studentspass becomes the big
work experience. When theyexperience knowledge gaps, we expect students to be resourceful in obtaining new knowledgefrom peers, professors, and practitioners. We act as resource persons, but we don't serve asproject leaders or solve problems for the students.Many manufacturing professionals work under tremendous time pressure and have little time forreflecting on the nature of their work and what they've learned. In Manufacturing Projects,students also experience time pressure and other demands. Nonetheless, we want our students todo more than just complete a project. We want them to learn about group dynamics andinterpersonal relations--things that will help them throughout their careers. And, uponcompleting the course, we want them to know