Paper ID #18624Getting ”There”: Understanding How Innovation and Entrepreneurship Be-come Part of Engineering EducationMrs. Elizabeth Nilsen, Purdue University Liz Nilsen is a Senior Program Director at the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab, helping nurture change efforts in engineering education, innovation, and beyond. Previously, she was a Senior Program Officer at Ven- tureWell, where she co-developed and co-led the Epicenter Pathways to Innovation initiative, an effort to engage with a cohort of colleges and universities to fully embed innovation and entrepreneurship in under- graduate engineering education. Her experience
IntroductionFPGA-based re-programmable logic design became more attractive during the last decade, and theuse of FPGA in digital logic design is increasing rapidly. The need for highly qualified FPGAdesigners is increasing at a fast rate. To respond to the industry needs of FPGA designers,universities are updating their curriculum with courses in FPGA logic design. As a result, theSchool of Technology at Michigan Technological University is stepping up to this challenge byintroducing the FPGA course. The new course will be the second in series of digital logic design, itintroduces the fundamental basic concepts of hardware description language (HDL). The coursecovers the FPGA design flow utilizing XILINX ISE webPACK FPGA design tools integrated
Electronics at MIT working under the direction of Dr. Steven Leeb. His research interests include sensors and instrumentation for energy and power systems; renewable energy generation, integration, and control; and energy policy. In addi- tion to research, Dr. Lindahl aids Dr. Leeb’s instruction of several courses related to power electronics, microcontrollers, and product design. He also serves as a Communication Lab advisor in MIT’s Electri- cal Engineering and Computer Science Department, where he provides peer-coaching services regarding technical communication to fellow EECS postdocs and graduate students.Samantha Dale Strasser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Samantha Dale Strasser aims to elucidate how cell
primary purposes of an engineering or construction management curriculum is toprepare students to enter the workforce upon graduation, ready to engage in a variety ofresponsibilities as a part of a multidisciplinary team. The transition from student to professionalmust occur quickly – often in as little as four-to-five years. Central to this transformation is thestudent’s ability to translate the theories and principles introduced in the classroom into tangibleskills appropriate to their particular discipline and work effectively with a variety of people frommultiple disciplines. While there are many pedagogical approaches that seek to accomplish thisgoal, project-based learning explicitly presents students with the opportunity to put theory
Structured Redesign of a Circuits Laboratory Amardeep Kaur and Theresa M. Swift Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MOIntroductionLaboratory (lab) experiments are an inherent part of the engineering curriculum. It is a well-established principle that students learn best by hands-on experiences. The lab experiments areused to provide students with practical skills but these courses also play an important role ofproviding necessary engineering skills like teamwork, formal report writing and trouble-shooting(Davies 2008, Al-Bahi 2007, Krivickas and Krivickas 2007, Feisel and Rosa 2013) in addition toproviding best safety practices and
years, he has worked on the integration ofscientific visualization concepts and techniques into both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Wiebe has beena member of the EDG Division of ASEE since 1989.Aaron C. ClarkAaron C. Clark is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Communications at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.He received his B.S. and M.S. in Technology and Technology Education from East Tennessee State University. Heearned his doctoral degree from NC State University. His teaching specialty is in introductory engineering drawing,with emphasis in 3-D modeling and animation. Research areas include graphics education and scientific/technicalvisualization. He presents and publishes in both vocational/technology education and
support. In return, they deliverextraordinary work and, often, quiet authority.The needs of all these groups can be met over time. Because of the long duration of the project, aproject team capable of a high level of project complexity has the time to emerge. The studentscome to have an amazingly realistic appreciation of the talents and shortcomings of fellow teammembers. In contrast to the core curriculum (a fractured series of individual semester units),SPIRIT offers a steady progression toward a common goal. The atmosphere of cooperation andthe very complexity of the project are fundamental factors that give rise to the supportive,inclusive learning environment that is our goal.d) Outreach is central to the SPIRIT missionWe are committed to
Paper ID #33801Innovative Pedagogy for Teaching and Learning Data VisualizationDr. Vetria L. Byrd PhD, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Vetria Byrd is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology in the Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Dr. Byrd is the founder and or- ganizer of BPViz: Broadening Participation in Visualization (BPViz) Workshops. Dr. Byrd has given numerous invited talks on visualization, and given numerous workshops nationally and internationally on visualizaiton. Dr. Byrd received her graduate and undergraduate degrees at the
. She is also an instructor of technical writing. In 2013, she was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers for the Bagley College of Engineering. She is a member of the Southeastern Section of ASEE. Her research focuses on incorporating writing to learn strategies into courses across the curriculum. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Teaching Ethical Theory and Practice to Engineering Students: Pre-Pandemic and Post-Pandemic ApproachesIntroductionSince the early 1900s, engineering codes of ethics have shifted from a focus on the engineer’sduty to employers and colleagues to a broader recognition of the engineer’s
really taught in the Materials Science & Engineering Department.Discussion and ConclusionAn opportunity to broaden the impact of this laboratory is its integration into a series of coursesutilizing the Undergraduate Core Lab, which was established by the Honors Program at ourinstitution. The goal of these courses, premiering in Spring 2008, is to increase life scienceknowledge of mathematical, chemistry, physics and engineering undergraduate students and toincrease mathematical, chemical, physical and engineering knowledge of life sciencesundergraduate students. In short the courses as well as the laboratories are meant to betransdisciplinary and interdisciplinary. The feasibility of transitioning the developed laboratoryto an
Paper ID #32918A Sojourn of Engineering Identity Conflict: Exploring IdentityInterference Through a Performative LensDr. Cole Hatfield Joslyn, University of Texas at El Paso Cole Joslyn is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education and Lead- ership at The University of Texas at El Paso. His research emphasizes humanizing engineering education, particularly 1) increasing Latinx students’ sense of belonging in engineering by a) integrating holistic, socio-culturally responsive practices and Latinx cultural assets and values into educational success strate- gies, and b) understanding how
earliest philosophers might be considered closetinstrumentalists, as they saw technology as merely the fabric on which human actions wereinterweaved: “The traditional view has been that social institutions (family, religion, economy,state) tend toward a certain independence in ways that call for an attentive effort to incorporateand subordinate them to any particular vision of justice or the good…. In such works [Plato,Aristotle], however, techne remains in the background; it seems to be accepted as relativelypliable, readily following the goals embodied in other social institutions.”5Many scholars have argued effectively against the neutrality of technology – we will consider herefour that directly address the instrumental view. Allchin, in
Paper ID #12902Impact of International Collaborative Engineering Education upon the Epis-temological Development of Chinese Engineering StudentsMiss Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Qunqun Liu is a graduate student at the Graduate School of Education in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She obtained a B.S. in public administration from China Agricultural University. Her current interest focuses on the cognitive development of engineering graduate and undergraduate students, the assessment of teaching and learning in graduate education.Dr. Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Jiabin Zhu is an Assistant Professor
a similar opportunity for first-year engineering students to engage inactivities that might occur in industry. In the Cornerstone of Engineering at NortheasternUniversity, a similar opportunity is provided to the first-year engineering students and the resultsare discussed in this article.BackgroundCornerstone of Engineering is an integrated design and problem solving through programmingcourse for first-year students at Northeastern University. The course consists of two 4-creditclasses either given over two semesters or stacked into one, depending on a given student’sneeds. The work done for this paper will examine students’ experiences from the ‘stacked’course, where all learning objectives are met in one semester by meeting with the
may at first seem burdensome, the task of developing the teachingportfolio can be spread out over time, sections can be applied selectively, and sectiondevelopment can coincide with other activities. Content should be streamlined for ease of use tothe reviewer, making use of selective use of support documentation, generally in an appendix.The literature concludes that student evaluations of teaching are not able to fully depict theteaching role of the faculty member. Multiple sources of data are necessary for teachingperformance evaluation, but difficult to obtain. The teaching portfolio concept provides aflexible means of communicating the integration of teaching goals, methods, and outcomes. Thereflective process involved in the development
Session 1532 THE FRESHMAN PROGRAMMING COURSE: A NEW DIRECTION William H. Jermann The University of Memphis INTRODUCTION For decades typical Electrical Engineering curricula haveincluded a freshman-level course in computer programming. Inearlier days, this course included segments related to operatinga card punching machine as well as detailed coverage of theFORTRAN programming Language. Now the course frequently involvesuse of a more modern programming language such as c or c++operating under a system that supports integrated developmentalenvironments [1], [2]. Typical
details of the curriculum, lab exercise and physical thread stripping apparatus are provided aswell as major lessons learned and suggestions for improvement.IntroductionFirst-year engineering curriculum can potentially cover an incredible array of topics. Inevitablyan instructor must prioritize the topics and depth of coverage as they best see fit. Thisprioritization becomes of increasing importance in classes which involve students from multipleengineering disciplines as well as classes which are shorter than the more common four creditintroduction to engineering class. At the University of St. Thomas introduction to engineering isa 1 credit course which has both electrical and mechanical engineering students and is comprisedof a 100 minute
curriculum, especially in the engineering transition courses. Page 5.460.1Over the last few years, several national efforts have been initiated to develop multi-media and web-based education material [2-9]. Most of these efforts focused on developing Graphical UserInterfaces (GUI) for the purpose of "display", but with limited interactivity. Based on our research,none of today’s web-based educational tools allow students to perform a generalized and real timesimulation of engineering problems in the interactive web-based instructional environment. Forexample, in [3,6], the web-based simulation sites are predefined and only limited to specific
this collaboration to the curriculum of both courses. (SeeTable 3.) There were several program differences that needed to be addressed, however.First, SPM was only offered in the fall at MTU, so the collaboration could not take place duringthe spring. No action was taken to address this difference, so the collaboration was applied duringthe fall 2019 and fall 2020 semesters, but not the spring 2020 and spring 2021 semesters.Second, both courses at MTU were taught by the same instructor. No action needed to be taken toaddress this difference.Third, TSP and SPM had no overlapping instruction time. The instructor for these coursesproposed a program change to add an overlapping lab hour, but the proposal did not carrythrough. To address this, the
laboratory and its use with an introductory feedback-control-systemscourse has been described by Plett and Schmidt.1 In this present paper, we build on the previouswork and outline how the lab is being used to augment digital control systems courses at thesenior undergraduate level and graduate levels. Experiments and advanced student researchprojects (illustrating effects particular to digital control systems) with a magnetic levitation deviceand a control moment gyroscope are described.We have found the labs to be very helpful in aiding student understanding of control-systemsconcepts. Student comments indicate that real learning has taken place by using a hands-on labexperience that would have been missed if a purely theoretical approach had been
Paper ID #7494Project-Based Learning: Teaching Engineering Design Not TinkeringDr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past eleven years teaching mechanical engineering at four different institu- tions. As an exemplary teaching specialist in mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, Scott received the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence, given to one faculty member in the College in En- gineering for outstanding instructional performance. Scott specializes in machine design, vibrations and controls, and mechatronics. He started his career at the University of Puerto
Communication, 14(4), 435 – 459.5. Caffarella, R. S., & Barnett, B. G. (2000). Teaching doctoral students to become scholarly writers: The importance of giving and receiving critiques. Studies in Higher Education, 25(1), 39 – 52.6. Dipboye, R. L., Smith, C. S., & Howell, W. C. (1994). Understanding industrial organizational psychology: An integrated approach. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.7. Harrison, T. M., & Stephen, T. D. (1995). The electronic journal as the heart of an online scholarly community. Library Trends 43(4), 592 – 608.8. Hill, C., Corbett, C., & St. Rose, A (2010). Why so few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Sponsored by the American
AC 2008-749: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESSING ANDMICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY COURSES: A MODEL FOR SHARED USE OFINSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORIES BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCESusan Sharfstein, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Susan Sharfstein is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests are in mammalian cell culture for bioprocessing. Her teaching interests are in biotechnology and biochemical engineering and in integrating engineering and life science education. Professor Sharfstein received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley. She is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award whose
medium,suiting only the visual learner. The materials that are translated to this context should beprovided to the student in a way that will address as many learning styles as is possible.The Software. There are several vendors of course management software that provide an excellentfoundation for building a Web-based course. These programs manage a database of instructionalweb pages that are developed by the training institution (probably the instructor), the interfacesbetween the participants, and facilities for the assessment of student progress through theadministration of on-line testing. In presenting its programs, the department has used threepackages, each containing its own strengths: Centra ® (www.centra.com), WebCT®(www.webct.com
Paper ID #44003Latino/a/x Engineering Students and Nepantla: A Multi-Case Study withinthe US SouthwestDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an Associate Professor with joint appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering and the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio. His research has contributed to the integration of critical theoretical frameworks in engineering education to investigate deficit ideologies and their impact on minoritized communities, particularly Mexican Americans
Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 22. A suggested ScheduleThe first goal of the application was to find a suitable, fairly normalized and scalable data structure that couldcontain the given information. While a trivial Microsoft Access database seemed a sufficient start in thebeginning, after few months of testing and debugging we have reached the currently presented Data Manager. Itis essential to have various filters that can guarantee the integrity and quality of the data input by a user.As a next step, we designed quickly a brute force (combinatorial) algorithm, mainly as an immediate way ofexercising the
. Page 6.895.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society of Engineering Education3. Philosophy and pedagogy; Design of the lessonsIn lectures, we provide the motivation and context for using the computer programs, andintroduce the necessary substantive background material. We may demonstratetechniques and principles using these programs, but we do not try to teach the software inlectures.The lab is the fundamental learning environment; our students learn by doing. Each labinvolves a lesson with examples, an in-class assignment and then a homeworkassignment to be completed during the next week. For some labs we require most of
engineering education and research, a partnership wasformed between an academic institution and public agencies. This partnership involved theUniversity of California at Irvine and the Department of Transportation from the cities of LosAngeles, Irvine, and Anaheim. The benefits from this partnership includes a laboratory experiencebased on real-world networks and traffic, the use of state-of-the-practice methods and tools, andthe inclusion of curriculum input from practicing engineers. The results from the two years of thisexperiment demonstrate that such a collaborative effort can be fruitful and can be pursued further.A proposed implementation at Rowan University is discussed at the end of this paper.IntroductionA survey conducted by
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Paper ID #17831Initial Survey of Engineering Technology Capstone Courses and TeamworkBuilding Using CATMEDr. Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an active learning style which engages and develops practical skills in the students. Currently she is exploring the performance and attributes of engineering technology students and using that knowledge to engage them in their studies.Dr. Andrew Simon Scott, Western Carolina University I am an