inMechanical Engineering, the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, anda Global Engineering Cultures and Practice Learning Community for first-year students. Manyof these programs incorporate elements of a “wrap-around” approach to education abroad. Aspart of GEARE, for example, Purdue created 1-credit courses for before, during, and after travel.The reentry portion of this sequence, recently designed by Brent Jesiek, draws together studentsfrom GEARE, who have just returned from abroad, and other students pursuing the Minor inGlobal Engineering, who may have gone abroad a year or more before the course.15 This varietyof students made it difficult to emphasize the psychological exercises and support that helpstudents deal with the
included:3. an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of solutions in a global and societalcontext10. a knowledge of contemporary issues13. an understanding of the elements of project management, construction and assetmanagement14. an understanding of business and public policy and administration fundamentals15. an understanding of the leader and leadership principles and attitudesAn analysis of these outcomes reveals that, while some understanding of various aspects of thehumanities and social sciences are needed to meet the outcome, there are no direct outcomes inthe humanities and social sciences.Humanities and Social Sciences in BOK2Building on BOK1, those
Paper ID #12194Accessibility, Usability, and Universal Design in Online Engineering Educa-tionSheng-peng Wu, University of Wisconsin at Madison Sheng-peng (Hank) Wu is an Instructional Support Project Assistant in Department of Engineering Pro- fessional Development, and also a PhD candidate in Digital Media program in Department of Curriculum and Instruction, UW-Madison. Wu’s current projects focus on dynamic web design, qualitative and quan- titative data analysis, computer language acquisition, and gamified learning management systems
) Operations Research Probability & Statistics Ergonomics, Human Factors, Work Design Operations & Production Management Production Planning, Inventory Control, Scheduling Marketing Systems Analysis Total Quality Management Senior Design or Project Project Management Automation, Simulation, or Manufacturing Processes Senior Seminar & Internship or Senior Design Statistical Process Control & Quality Methods 18 hours in emphasis area Facilities Design, Material Handling, & Plant LayoutA study by Zander14 demonstrated this program content diversity found by Elrod et al13
Director of the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 2002. Pfefferkorn teaches required undergraduate and technical elective manufacturing and heat transfer courses. His work is fo- cused on developing a strong manufacturing engineering workforce and a science-based understanding of manufacturing processes to help industry innovate. He has active research projects on micro end milling, pulsed laser polishing, friction stir welding, and resource efficiency of manufacturing processes. The U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Office of Naval Research, the State of Wisconsin, and industrial collaborators
performed multiple research projects for several Federal agencies since 1990’s dealing with; power system analysis, physics based modeling, electromagnetic signature, sensorless control, elec- tric machinery, high frequency switching, electromagnetic Interference and ship power systems modeling and analysis. Professor Mohammed has currently active research programs in a number of these areas funded by DoD, the US Department of Energy and several industries. Professor Mohammed is a world renowned leader in electrical energy systems and computational electromagnetics. He has published more than 400 articles in refereed journals and other IEEE refereed International conference records. He also authored a book and several
outside theirmajors.One way to promote engineering and liberal arts is to use projects with an innovative andentrepreneurial emphasis.32 Students are challenged by big questions that are open ended andthat allows them to pursue creative solutions, typically in capstone projects. This helps studentsto see their engineering education in the global context.Another way to integrate engineering and liberal arts is to develop minors such as “TechnologyManagement and Policy” that is available at the University of Virginia.33 As an interdisciplinaryminor, it is open to all undergraduates. This program helped engineering students find relevantliberal arts courses that are a vital component of a professional study. If these courses areimportant for a minor
consultant with universities and professional organizations looking to improve engineering student engagement, and has contributed to the development of innovative pedagogies, courses, and curricula at Olin College, mainly in the design and mechanical engineering areas. Her technical area of interest is experimental thermal-fluids and she worked for many years on the development and characterization of nanofluids (colloidal suspensions of nanoparticles), mainly for thermal management applications. She now focuses on projects that effectively engage undergraduates in thermal-fluid and propulsion related areas, including recent work on a hybrid solid rocket test stand. Dr. Townsend has industry experience in
academics first and everything else last”), in addition to their courses having very little socialcontext. This may be indicative of a typical problem in engineering education – first-yearcourses are interesting and project-based, but then in the second year, all the intense prerequisitesmust be taken, which limits students’ abilities to engage with social issues within or outside theircourses. Additionally, some students chose to be more involved with sororities or sports teams Page 26.643.6rather than volunteer groups, and their schedules did not allow for both activities.Table 2: Demographics of Students Interviewed and EPRA Survey Results
under uncertainty with applications to facility layout, reliability, and scheduling. She has published her research in numerous journals including IIE Transactions, OR Letters, INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS Transactions on Education, International Journal of Production Research, European Journal of Operational Research, and Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Computers. She is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). She is currently the chair of INFORMS Transportation Science Logistics (TSL) Society- Facility Logistics Special Interest Group. She has been a principle investigator in sponsored projects from
professional activities have included projects in East Africa, Central America, the Middle East, Alaska’s North Slope, and throughout the ”lower 48 states.” His current activities at Texas A&M cover a wide spectrum from K-12 outreach and recruiting to undergraduate curriculum design to retention, monitoring, and post-graduation engagement.Dr. Debra A Fowler, Texas A&M University Dr. Debra Fowler serves the Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M Uni- versity. Following 16 years working in industry she completed a Ph.D. is in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a specific focus on engineering education from Texas A&M University. Her research areas of focus are faculty perspectives
students, specifically women and underrepre- sented minorities. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University.Ms. Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech Ms. Cross earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2007. She earned her Master’s of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincin- nati in 2011. Ms. Cross is currently completing her studies in the Engineering Education PhD program at Virginia Tech and involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion, teamwork and
risky strategic orientation from the CEO’s vantage point. Thesestrategic alternatives are currently under investigation as ways that the conceptual framework canbe tailored and modified to help large organizations achieve their innovation objectives.Pilot projects are conducted in our living laboratory to verify the non-linear results. Thenrefinements are incorporated to the detailed business plan that is systematically implemented inconcert with the Check-Act-Plan – Do improvement process that has been successful for the corebusiness. This is significant because changing processes in this manner avoids destruction ofthose approaches that are already contributing to the organization’s success.The need for a total systems approach is underscored
Diego, CA. She teaches courses in design engineering, engineering management, and data analytics. Prior to academia, she worked for almost ten years as a quality control manager, engineering project manager, and senior scientist responsible for failure analysis of thin film materials. She invented new quality control tools and supervised interns from local universities and community colleges as part of a $5.0 million technical workforce development initiative funded by New York State. She has pub- lished diverse articles on topics ranging from engineering education to high temperature superconductors and has spoken at many national and international conferences. Her doctorate in materials science and engineering are
, often linking this to tasks such as calculations, drawings, or mathematics.12-13Being technical is often deemed the most valuable way of being an engineer and is highlyesteemed in the profession. Yet, engineering requires other professional tasks andactivities that are considered social, soft, or applied in nature, such as managing projects,working in teams, or interfacing with clients. Important to note, as well, is that withinengineering, technical and social dualisms are also often presumed to be mutuallyexclusive. The technical side is often thought to be the something that men excel at, whilethe social side is seen as being particularly suited to women, as the result of widespreadcultural stereotypes about masculinity as being connected to
interests are in quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis related to equity policies in education.Derek T Reamon Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder Derek Reamon is the Co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program (ITLP) and the Engi- neering Plus (e+) degree program, and a Senior Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. As ITLP co-director, he coordinates 19-22 sections of First-year Engineering Projects, a course that has a proven benefit on retention within engineering and is also a nationally recognized model for freshman de- sign courses. The e+ program has created a flexible engineering degree and a pathway to secondary math and science teaching licensure, to increase
education philosophy is founded on the Project Ori- ented Design Based Learning (PODBL) approach at Deakin University.Mr. Simon William Cavenett Simon Cavenett is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Professional Practice (Engineering) at the School of Engineering at Deakin University. Prior to joining Deakin University in 2007 his 20 year career was based in industry. His career includes a number of significant achievements both in Australia and inter- nationally, particularly involving the design and implementation of leading edge telecommunications and IT technologies. Simon has extensive experience internationally; having worked professionally based the United States for over 11 years prior to returning to Australia to
embedded within engineering courses, labs, and projects.3,4 Anotherdebate has centered on who should teach engineering ethics – non-engineering faculty (e.g.,from the philosophy department), engineering faculty, or a team approach.4,5,6According to Li and Fu4 (p. 341), "International students have become a permanent fixture inmany of the U.S. engineering graduate programs as well as cross-cultural work team intoday's engineering firms." In an interesting study comparing engineering ethics education inChina and the U.S., Cao6 noted that the number of undergraduate and graduate engineeringdegrees in China far outpace that of the U.S. (p. 1618): "The US (sic) has unified engineeringeducation and ethics education, therefore achieving integration
Manager at General Motors, Cadnetix, and Motorola. His interests include engineering management, technological literacy, improving the competitiveness of American companies, and real-time embedded systems.Dr. Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation, Student Learning and Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling.Prof. Jason K. Durfee P.E
(Jan 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2018) with the goals of producing significant improvements infreshman and sophomore retention rates in Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering,Engineering Technology, Mathematics and Physics and increasing the number of female,Hispanic and African American students completing undergraduate degrees in these STEMfields.The funded NSF - IUSE project comprises the following strategies and supporting activities:1. Improve instruction by (a) establishing a STEM education active learning faculty summerinstitute and quarterly brown bag and (b) redesigning introductory CS courses.2. Establish early and motivating field-of-study and career explorations for students through a)Summer Orientation Sessions for first-year STEM
expertise in the topic proposed (both teaching andresearch) and have been with world-known security and cryptography groups. This project isaddressing the respective tradeoffs between the IWMDs security levels and affording theoverheads. To meet this objective, we have used such methodology for two years in educatinggraduate students and brought them very well up to speed which resulted in successful research(publications in top-tier electrical and computer engineering IEEE Transactions journals for thecase study of fault analysis attacks).The assessment strategy for the proposed integration is two-fold. A pilot project is developed(through work of undergraduate and graduate students) for testing the pedagogy in three phases:(a) education, (b
sustainability.Jason D. Millar, Oregon Institute of Technology Jason Millar is a graduate student in the civil engineering program at Oregon Tech. With a background and emphasis in structural engineering, Jason is conducting a research study regarding the use of technology to enhance the education and application of non-destructive structural health monitoring. In his fourth year at Oregon Tech, Jason has enjoyed the opportunity to attend multiple national engineering conventions, hold leadership positions in several extracurricular clubs, and excel in a broad range of civil engineering and related projects. The ultimate career goal for Jason is to own a private consulting firm specializing in sustainable structural
Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on
useful for understanding problem solving.O’Connor et al. suggest a mediated discourse analysis to explore the process of becoming anengineer.44 In their study they analyze student presentations in a project based class. Since projectpresentations are a common practice in many engineering curricula, they seek to understand howthe practice plays a role in reproducing a certain aspect of engineering culture, the belief thatengineering design is isolated from the social and political realm.45 In their study the mediatingobjects included presentation technology such as the projector and desktop computer along withsoftware such as PowerPoint and SolidWorks. The mediational means will depend on the study,though because we are interested in how students
pedagogy in asmall and a large classroom setting and what improvements have been done in addressingstudents’ concerns. 93% of the students - found the process of creating the questions for the quizto be helpful in reviewing the material learned in the class and the process of taking the quiz tobe helpful in learning the material; 93% of the students indicated that they learned from theirclassmates; and 13% of the students preferred lecture only class.The project is a result of an international collaboration with professors from two differentuniversities across three different disciplines in STEM including Civil Engineering, ComputerScience and, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Slight variations of the method wasemployed based on the specific
’ understanding of the ethics of assisted reproduction, within a social-technicalcontext of multiple human and non-human actors. ANT has also been a very helpful toolfor teaching UVA’s STS 4600: “Engineering Ethics.” Through that course students aresupported in writing their Undergraduate Thesis, from a design project based largely onthe capstone project within their majors. The STS 4600 engineering ethics course guidesstudents to identify a research question related to their capstone project, to incorporatesocial and ethical considerations. For example, as one student wrote, in synthesizing hercapstone project and STS 4600 research [9]: Many of the technologies schools are incorporating in the classroom are merely being used for
and community populations Example(s) Integrate design thinking Increase the difficulty of and Introduce a design project in activities into technical labs time spent on lab projects which students design for and because the challenge was how with an elementary school you developed as an engineer classTable 3. Comparison of Similar Heuristic Observed in All Three Datasets Team Meetings Instructor Interviews Course Papers Title Increase activity within lecture Get students active in lecture Increase activity in lecture Description Add hands-on
in Engineering Mechanics at Iowa State University (ISU). Her research expertise includes ”Resilient and Sustainable Civil Infrastructures” and ”Smart Materials for Structural Health Monitoring”. In addition to her academic experiences, Dr. Nazari worked as a structural design engineer for five years, where she participated in several seismic rehabilitation projects. Her recent research grants and awards include SB-1 California Transportation grant, ASCE Fresno Best Research Project, SEI/ASCE Young Professional Scholarship, and ISU’s Research Excellence award. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Assessing the networking preferences and resource satisfaction among engineering
State University scientists, engineers, and graduate students to develop and deliver professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers. Gabe’s primary focus of work is creating professional development opportunities for elementary teachers related to STEM education. Gabe has extensive experience in public education having taught for 16 years in the classroom. During this time he taught math and science classes in grades 4, 5, and 6 as well as teaching middle school technology courses for grades 6-8. He also has taught all subjects in an inclusion classroom for several years. Gabe facilitated his classroom by engaging his students in an interdisciplinary thematic format as well as using project-based and
both the state and local levels. Ken is an Associate Fellow of AIAA and a Fellow of ASME. He served on the Executive Committee of the ASME Department Heads Committee from 2006-2012, and was Secretary and Vice-Chair Elect. He is an ABET Program Evaluator and a Commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission. He also serves on the ASME Board on Education’s Committee on Engineering Accreditation. In 2012, he was awarded the Edwin F. Church Medal by ASME for ”eminent service in increasing the value, importance, and attractiveness of mechanical engineering education.” He has published over 100 technical articles and has obtained funding in excess of $20M for research projects and educational program development