projects often yield unpredictable, innovative results Multi-disciplinary collaborative projects are best accomplished with co- located teams Physical design of buildings & campuses encourages physical interaction Formal & informal interactions among scientists advance knowledge and promote research breakthroughs ARL OPEN CAMPUS IS ADOPTING THESE BEST PRACTICES TO STIMULATE RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND TECHNOLOGY INFUSIONUNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Shared Modern Research Facilities Specialty Electronic Materials & Sensors Cleanroom (SEMASC) State-of-the-art semiconductor processing
University.Development of the Embedded RTOS Educational Platform The embedded RTOS educational platform consists of two parts: the Modular IntegratedStackable Layer (MISL) intelligent layer and the analog system environment (ASE) board(Figure 1). The MISL intelligence layer, typically the TI-MSP430F5438A, can be directlyinterfaced to the ASE board. The RTOS platform has integrated numerous typical analog devicesand new communication technologies into RTOS curriculum education, which mainly includesMISL architecture, inputs and outputs, analog and digital signal conversion, and wired &wireless communications. This platform is also designed for embedded systems education fromentry-level courses at the sophomore level to final Capstone Design projects
retention. Some are difficult for educators to addresssuch as family support, a student’s minority status, socio-economic status, etc [1]. However,other areas such as a student’s engagement in the campus community [2][3], relationships withother students [1], and understanding how to use campus resources[3], are addressable withinintroductory courses. For this project, researchers present preliminary results from a studydesigned to increase student retention in a first-year engineering program by implementingcourse activities that encourage students to become engaged in the campus community and betterunderstand how to use existing campus resources.The pilot study occurred during the fall 2017 semester at a regional university that catersprimarily
context-bound, i.e.,there can be many “rights “and many “wrongs.” [6] According to King and Kitchener,knowledge is uncertain, depends on context and, at higher reflective judgement stages,incorporates the changeable nature of existing and emerging evidence, along with recognition ofthe legitimacy of alternative beliefs. In our course, the appearance of evidence is evidence ofreflection.Study ContextThis study involves the second of two one-semester introductory engineering courses, in whichstudents pursue a design project in teams, coupled with individual development in engineeringgraphics, computer programming, teamwork, and critical thinking skills through reflectivelearning exercises. Graded homework assignments provide guided practice in
: “A teenage girl with a bleak outlook needs to feel more socially accepted wheneating healthy food, because in her hood a social risk is more dangerous than a healthrisk.”The important issue with the development of POV statements is to start simple and build thestatement out to better guide ideation (Error! Reference source not found.).Step 3: Gallery WalkThe Gallery Walk is an active learning technique that generates feedback by all students in theclass for student projects. This activity is used multiple times throughout a semester-long projectto stimulate student discussion. Students work in their design teams to discuss each other team’sPOV statements. The feedback that is generated allows for teams to further refine their
Effective Assessment Plan Leading to Strong Reform of Petroleum Engineering Graduate Program Charlotte Stockton, Talal D. Gamadi, and H. Emadi Texas Tech University/ Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering 807 Boston Avenue, Box 43111, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA E-mail: talal.gamadi@ttu.edu Abstract design, analysis, and presentation of research projects The Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering that are consistent with the focus of their program.at Texas Tech University has made a lot of significant Scholarly
their personal projects. The most obvious examples involveand distance-learning (DL) students are very similar. tinkering with cars and robotics. However, similar to the. intensive laboratory, the traveling cost, locations, sizes of the equipment, and scheduling will become a big issue for1. Introduction the program and DL students. As distance-education programs become moreprevalent, and as an increasing number of undergraduate To overcome the issues mentioned in the aboveengineering programs are
Prevention Strategies of Traumatic Brain Injury in Football Players Zachary Hall1§, Gary Baxter2, Neil X. Dong3, and Shih-Feng Chou1† 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX, 75799, USA 2 Project Rose Research Institute for Sports Science 1814 Roseland Blvd #100, Tyler, TX, 75701, USA 3 Department of Health and
have to be emphasized, and the discussion issuch that it can be used to introduce non-majors to calculations and analysis in engineering.Case studies in engineering and technology can come from a variety of books on engineering andtechnology. For our needs, a case study written for a general audience may be better for studentsthan a more detailed and rigorous, but less readable, scholarly account. Books by Henry Petroskiand John Lienhard are very useful sources. The author has gotten very positive comments fromstudents on Tobin, Great Projects,23 which led to a documentary series on PBS. The bookpresents selected engineering projects in the United States, ranging in time from improvementsin navigation and flood control on the Mississippi River
also leading Project METEOR at the Rochester Institute of Technology, a sequence of multidisciplinary senior design projects.Daniel Phillips, Rochester Institute of Technology Daniel B. Phillips was born in 1956 in Rochester, N.Y. He received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1979 from the State University of New York at Buffalo where he continued graduate study in electrophysiology until 1981. He was employed in both the clinical and industrial sectors between 1982 and 1992 in the areas of automated test, embedded systems and biomedical data acquisition and control. After spending two years as a consultant to the Department of Anesthesiology at Yale University, he was
AC 2007-2773: IDENTIFYING THE CONTENT OF A GENERAL ENGINEERINGPROGRAM USING BENCHMARKING AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OFENGINEERING EXAMINATIONStephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University Stephanie Sullivan is a Visiting Instructor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. Sullivan has fourteen years of industrial experience in project engineering, quality operations, and operations planning roles. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Sullivan has earned the American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS) Certification in Production and Inventory
experience culminates in a five-week Integrated Design Challenge(IDC). To successfully complete the IDC, students have to go beyond the knowledge developedin previous weekly laboratory activities, assimilating new knowledge and using new sensors orprocessing data in new ways. The IDC is structured to not only emphasize technicalaccomplishments, but also to promote the development of project management, teamorganization, and communication skills.This paper elaborates on the philosophy behind the design of the laboratory experience, describesspecific laboratory activities (including the IDC), and provides an assessment of the course basedon data from several semesters. These data indicate that the more integrative, design-oriented,sensor-based
partnered with the “management engineering” department of a large,local health care system. The department will sponsor unpaid internships and guide studentsthrough a semester long project. While this still requires faculty oversight, the workload for thefaculty member is clearly not the same as a typical lecture course or in-house project course.Furthermore, this valuable experience will clearly provide an edge to a student interested inworking in the health care field.ConclusionsThe field of industrial engineering caters to many occupational sectors, including manufacturing,logistics, health care, and finance. While the basic tools for solving problems in these realms arethe same, learning about specific applications in each area may be
online interactive text. Since this chapter dealt with making decisions on a ‘timed process’, itrequired the use of charts (such as a Gantt chart) or graphs (for example, a bar graph) to look atthe process with respect to time. The students had spent time on these methods, both in aclassroom lecture and as part of their final project; however, they did learn things from thischapter that they had not previously considered. Some student comments on their learningincluded: “Throughout this whole chapter I have learned many valuable lessons. Firstly I have learned as to how we approach a specific problem. This chapter has taught me all the key concepts we need to keep in or mind while solving a problem. This chapter also
AC 2008-814: MODELING AND CONTROL OF SMART ACTUATORS:INTEGRATING NANO/BIO TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ME CURRICULUMYing Wu, Iowa State UniversityStephanie Culter, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityQingze Zou, Iowa State UniversityGina Pannozzo, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityKam Leang, Virginia Commonwealth UniversitySantosh Devasia, University of Washington Page 13.900.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Modeling and Control of Smart Actuators: Integrating Nano/Bio Technology into the ME CurriculumAbstractA recent projection noted that over 7 million jobs will be created in the nano and bio-related fieldworld wide by 2015. The expected growth of
. 13 Project B 3 Develop solutions to well-defined project management problems. Partially addressed by the CEPC. Management 14 Breadth in Civil B 4 Analyze and solve well-defined engineering problems in at least Partially addressed by the CEPC. Engineering Areas four technical areas appropriate to civil engineering. 15 Technical B 1 Define key aspects of advanced technical specialization Adequately addressed by the CEPC. Specialization appropriate to civil engineering. M 5
recognize critical thinking as part of the work they do in every class.It is not so much that the teaching or assignments need to be radically overhauled, butthat the existing assignments need more dimensions to communicate the PULs and whatthey mean. This is not just a marketing plan, but a unified and clear message that definescritical thinking for the entire school of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI.Objectives and MethodologyWe have undertaken a project to increase both student and faculty awareness of criticalthinking as presented in the subject matter of Engineering and Technology programs.Our ultimate objective is to develop materials and an easy-to-use dispersal/collectionmechanism to strengthen critical thinking, as well as communicate
assessingoutcomes and understanding the factors that affect student success. This section brings forthsome of the ideas discussed at the workshops in these areas.Engineering DesignOne important trend common to many first-year programs involves the introduction of open-ended engineering problems to first-year students. Experiential learning allows teams ofstudents to work collaboratively on projects to meet established design objectives. Through on-going critiques, discussion within teams and feedback from the instructor, students develop theirown solutions to design problems. These projects teach students how to apply basic math andscience principles to a practical problem, to integrate concepts from other courses, and tounderstand the engineering
AC 2008-1815: ANALYSIS OF THE CURRICULUM OF MANUFACTURINGENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSSean Falkowski, University of Dayton Sean Falkowski is an assistant professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. He recently worked for Delphi Automotive as a manufacturing engineering supervisor and project engineer. He earned a MS in Engineering Management from the University of Dayton and a BSME from Kettering University. Of interest are the topics of recruiting and retention of manufacturing engineering students. Also he is interested in various manufacturing technical subjects such as machining and tooling design, design for producibility, and automotive
Page 13.427.2industrial internship, a senior capstone design project, and passing the National Council ofEngineering Examiners (NCEES) Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE). The 128 semestercredit hours derive from general education (50 hours), engineering core (51 hours), andengineering concentration (27 hours) requirements. The engineering concentration requirement isunique for each discipline. Thus, the courses that make up this requirement identify the disciplineof the degree candidate.Civil Discipline ConcentrationThe engineering core courses are listed in Table 1. Note the very first course in the list, ENGR101 Engineering Graphics. Historically, this course was the place where manual drafting, ormechanical drawing, was introduced
University of Texas at Dallas. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/Science Education (1993) from Indiana University. Prior to coming to UTT he was an Associate Professor of STEM Education at Illinois State University where he also served as an Assistant Dean of the College of Education (2005-06). Before ISU, Dr. Odell served as an Associate Professor of Science/Technology Education and Director of the Division of Teaching, Learning and Leadership at the University of Idaho (1993-2005). He was also a member of the Environmental Science Faculty. He served as an Associate Director of the Idaho Space Grant Consortium and the Project Director for the Idaho
AISES, NSBE, SHPE, and SWE; and a group project with report andpresentations. During the second freshmen semester, the NACME students meet for an houreight times during the semester. Topics include resumes, School and University resources,engineering in industry, consulting, and graduate school. Two particular helps for empoweringthe students were developed: a Check List for the detailed time management schedule10 and aCheck List for an effective resume.14At the beginning of the first semester the freshmen students are given instructions on how theirassignments and extra curricular events (such as attending an AISES, SHPE, NSBE, or SWEmeetings) can earn them points in the course. Since extra credit points can be earned, any
process describe by Sandmann5. The authors contend that evaluation of scholarshipof application must be driven by external practitioners.To that end, Western Carolina University has incorporated in the collegial review process anexternal engagement committee to provide both initial planning feedback to faculty before theyenter into external projects as well as final evaluation of the scholarship at its completion. Thiscommittee is composed of members internal to the Kimmel School as well as external academic,business and engineering leaders from the region. The structure of the committee has stablemembership at its core which is supported and enhanced by an adhoc membership providing thetechnical expertise needed to evaluate the specific suite of
presentations that have featured experiential learning and engineering education topics as well as her engineering research in vehicle structural durability and the use of neural networks to model non-linear material behaviour.Schantal Hector, University of Windsor Ms. Hector is currently pursuing her Bachelor's Degree in International Relations and Economics at the University of Windsor. She is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Career Education and has applied her knowledge and skills as part of the project to develop learning outcomes for the cooperative education program over the past two years. She has been instrumental in the collection and statistical analysis of the learning
Texas, and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer through the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, with specialty certification in Water and Wastewater.Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University Jana Fattic is the Associate Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies and Operations Director of the WATERS Laboratory at Western Kentucky University. Ms. Fattic’s role as Associate Director of the Center includes budget development and project coordination of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. Ms. Fattic’s responsibilities include day-to day administration, budget and personnel management, quality assurance and quality control, and
), Brian O’Connell (Student, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)Faculty and programs in engineering/industrial technology often promote internationalexchange and study abroad as a desirable component of a university experience—particularly in this increasingly globalized world. But, what do students who haveactually had such experiences perceive? How do they view such experiences, before,during and after the event? The following paper evolved from the experiences of fouruniversities collaborating on an EU-FIPSE funded Atlantis project called DETECT thatconsist of the partnerships shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Project DETECT PartnershipsCentral to this presentation and paper will be the opportunity to actually hear
-organizer of Virginia Tech’s Research in Engineering Studies (RES) group.Miguel Hurtado, Purdue University Miguel Hurtado is Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. in EE from Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, M.S. in Signal-Image Processing from ENST - Télécom Paris, M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and M.S. in Management, both from MIT. His research is focused on statistical methods for sensor fusion in automotive applications (Fisherian and Bayesian approaches), project management, and lean enterprise. He is also interested in engineering education perspectives in social and global context
ExperimentsAbstractThe faculty at Grand Valley State University, a primarily undergraduateengineering school, use black boxes to teach basic design of experimentstechniques. The black boxes are literally wooden cubes painted black with fourknobs projecting from the surface for the adjustable variables. One of the knobswas a dummy and did not affect the response. The measured response is theheight of a metal rod projecting from the top of the box. Anecdotal evidencesuggests that the black boxes were an effective teaching aid.I IntroductionDesign of Experiments (DOE) is a useful tool for practicing engineers1,2,3. It canbe applied to both processes and products. DOE is a very efficient methodologyfor generating a great deal of useful data with a minimum of
. Suggestions on pre and post program assessment methods to measure studentconfidence and interest in STEM related careers are discussed. Projected assessmenttechniques seek to track the effectiveness of the four key areas: academic excellence,leadership, technical/professional development and teamwork in the promotion of STEMcareer interest and pursuits amongst minority pre-college student participants. Page 14.1324.2IntroductionThis study was implemented in collaboration with the Student Teacher EnhancementPartnership (STEP) program, hosted at the Georgia Institute of Technology (GaTech),which partners advanced undergraduate and graduate students, STEP
software. Asynchronous learning technology is helpful incommunicating among instructors students and for coordination of group project work. The educationalgoal of the new course is to motivate further study in science and engineering, while making efficient use offaculty time.Introduction Introduction to Bioengineering: Focus on Medical Imaging is a new bioengineering course at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). It introduces an interdisciplinary field of science andtechnology to engineering and science students, as well as non-science, non-engineering majors. Since thecourse is being developed to satisfy the UIUC General Education Requirement in the area of science andtechnology, one of the course goals is greater