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Dr. Amy Sue Bix, associate professor at Iowa State University's (ISU's) History Department, wrote what has been called "the most comprehensive and thorough book on the history of women coming into technology ever," with her book Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women. Officially a historian, Bix specializes in the history of technology and women's history,...
This paper proposes a new web platform for educational activities for helping in the experimental work and the professional development of engineering students. The fundamental idea is to connect conventional theory study spaces, such as the classroom and home, through the web platform proposed with experimental training tools in the hands-on laboratory. What is proposed is a new focus on classroom...
Embedded systems and Robotics are subjects that involve multi-disciplinary approaches to problem solving with an emphasis on hands-on experiments. Due to lack of infrastructure — robotics labs to execute projects, or trained teachers to mentor projects — engineering students in India do not get the benefits of hands-on experience. e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative is designed as a scalable and sustainable...
Due to a shortage of high-school teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, the Ministry of Education in Israel has initiated special programs for training engineers as second-career teachers. This study aims to explore the possible contribution of education and previous career in engineering to teaching as a second-career. This longitudinal study probes engineers' perceptions and...
Teamwork has been considered as an important learning outcome for engineering graduates. A pilot study on teamwork training was conducted in a joint degree programme between a leading British university and a top Chinese university in 2011. A supplementary experiment in the module "Personal Development Plan" was carried out using a large sample (624 students) to compare different methods...
I often hear faculty speak of students not taking responsibility. Students who do not read the assignments, miss or turn in incomplete homework, or do not actively participating in lab assignments and still expect a good grade! Simply put, more and more students are not taking responsibility for their own learning. But I don't believe that the reason is because students don't want to do so. My question...
In order to improve University Quality Education, and develop the practical ability of research and innovation of Undergraduates majoring in Biomedical Engineering, this project probes into the development of innovative experiment program for Biomedical Engineering and research on the practical ability cultivation for undergraduates from various aspects, intended to choose interesting experiment topics,...
Engineering education influences the level of technological development and industrial production. Therefore, how to improve the quality of engineering education has become an important concern in engineering university. FSAE was applied to study the quality structure of engineering students in this paper. and results showed that the quality of engineering education was improved. The improvement of...
This paper discusses the practices in selected Washington Accord Signatories in terms of accreditation criteria, systems and procedures with reference to Malaysia. It aims to draw a conclusion on the practices that could improve the operations of accreditation and increase the objectivity of awarding accreditation. This comparative study was presented to the Engineering Accreditation Council Department,...
The mission of most colleges of engineering in many universities is to strengthen the partnership and cooperation with the different institutions of the society. This paper presents the various aspects of collaborations of college of engineering at King Saud University with industry. The first aspect is providing consultations by college faculty to industry companies. The second aspect is supporting...
This study aimed to design an integrated pedagogical approach to advance introductory Process Control Engineering Education through the application of the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, and evaluating its impact on student learning. The research is initially being undertaken at Nottingham Trent University, UK but we will next adapt it to a case study in Libya. This...
The primary driving force of the US economy depends on the advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Historically, the “E” of STEM has been virtually silent in U.S. elementary and secondary schools. In recent years, K-12 engineering education started to gain attention from educators and policy makers. However, there is a strong need for more standardized engineering curriculum...
This paper gives brief presentation of one ongoing Tempus project dealing with increasing attractiveness of engineering education through innovative teaching methods as well as trough the strengthening of university-secondary vocational schools collaboration. The project objectives and key activities, which would be carried out in order to produce the expected results, as well as project consortium,...
The article describes an experiment in which elements related to generic professional competences, such as group work methodology, project planning, task delegation and communication, have been introduced in an existing course, tailored as a Problem Base Learning (PBL) course in Advanced Telecommunication at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
Safety is critical concern for young workers about to formally enter the labor force. In the Philippines, a course on occupational safety and health was introduced to undergraduate engineering curricula around 1997. This paper discussed the methods of assessment and evaluation used in that particular course offered at the University of San Carlos for the first six years. The course was divided into...
Necessity is the mother of invention. Scientists and engineers contribute a lot in developing new technologies and making various innovations. Engineering students need to be guided by subject experts possessing good teaching skills. There are more than 3,495 engineering colleges in the country, with total intake capacity of 17.6 lakh students but as many as 4,521 faculty positions are lying vacant...
The technical impact on future engineering education has two main reasons. One factor is the growth rate of technical knowledge in depth and width and the second reason is the wide range of options of knowledge transfer using computer techniques. Besides, there are also many other reasons, e.g. the efficiency of knowledge transfer, greater consideration of individual learning and teaching styles,...
Developing in modern Russia, engineering education is aimed on mastering specific competencies and self-development of future engineers with reflection taking a special place. Technological approach to the reflection development of future engineers can motivate students for professional work in the process of education, helps students to evaluate future professional activities, leads to self-development,...
IGIP has been the sole provider of an internationally renowned and acknowledged curriculum for engineering education and pedagogy over the past 40 years. More than 2000 engineering educators and technical teachers at different institutional levels in many countries have successfully received their pedagogical and didactic training through this curriculum Today new legal requirements and IGIP's awareness-raising...
This paper describes results of priority governmental support to the leading technology universities in Russia, which form a network of 29 National Research Universities (NRU). Results of activities of these universities provide a system influence onto innovative development of engineering and technology education through forming of new educational standards and academic programs; through development...
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