2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments最新文献

{"title":"Adapting Engineering Education Curriculum for Global Competiveness in Developing Countries","authors":"I. Dabipi, J. Dodoo, J. B. Burrows-McElwain, C. Hartman","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508878","url":null,"abstract":"Engineering education in developing countries is faced with many challenges. One of the key engineering education issues is curriculum adaptability to the growing regional needs as the countries evolve through their developmental process. This is usually dictated by the national infrastructure program development plans. In most cases, the electrical engineering curriculum for example is usually centered on power construction given the national need and evolves to include controls and communications. The civil engineering curriculum equally revolves around structures and surveying. This paper examines how the transition from one area of concentration is made given the prevailing technological divide between the developing countries and the developed countries and proposes some solutions that can help alleviate the obstacles confronting the engineering education in these countries.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"191 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121024191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A New Program in Leadership Engineering","authors":"R. Schoephoerster, P. Golding","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508824","url":null,"abstract":"The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is planning to pioneer and establish a new undergraduate program in Leadership Engineering. The overarching program goal is graduation of a new pedigree of qualified engineers with the \"soft skills\", business acumen and strategic foresight, in addition to engineering prowess, to meet the needs of industry in the 21st century. Following the recommendation from James Duderstadt's \"Engineering for a Changing World\" [1], we propose a new paradigm for the education of the engineering leaders of the 21st century. The Duderstadt model mirrors the medical school training model that is credited with propelling advancement in medical practice during the last century, where the BS degree includes a broad-based curriculum of engineering design, project management, technology, ingenuity and innovation, along with business, communication, ethics, and social sciences. This foundation is then followed by post-graduate study, via a professional Master's degree program, in a specific discipline or concentration. The Leadership Engineering degree program is a first important, and viable, step towards that new paradigm. A large fraction of the graduates of the Leadership Engineering program are anticipated to pursue professional graduate degrees in a variety of engineering fields. Through a curriculum that provides a framework for building successful businesses, students graduating from the program may also move into the booming technology services sector or choose to start their own innovative companies. Finally, graduates of the Leadership Engineering program will be prepared to serve as leadership engineering educators in the K-12 sector, or for further graduate preparation in the expanding field of engineering education.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125381458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Success Story in Inter-Disciplinary, Inter-Continental Engineering Education","authors":"L. Cuthbert, N. Yao, B. Chib, Y. Ying, Yao Wang","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508813","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508813","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we consider the success of blending the Chinese and UK educational systems in the joint degree programmes between Queen Mary, University of London and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. The paper explore how these programmes have been structured, how we have combined the strengths of both traditions, how the engineering, management and Law disciplines have been blended together and how we have introduced the personal development aspects into this very popular programme that recruits 500 students a year, all scoring higher than the top national line in the national university entrance examinations.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"205 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123018293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing a Pedagogical Framework for Engineering Professional Development within a Service Orientated Environment","authors":"S. McLaughlin, R. Paton, C. Cormack","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508891","url":null,"abstract":"Much has been postulated recently about the need for Universities to provide SSME related content. Many Universities are now actively pursuing course development to meet this need. However, the authors propose that certain aspects of course development must be considered if the content is to be anything other than a re-packaging of existing modules. Considering the basic inter / multi-disciplinary nature of SSME any course designed to meet the increasing demand for this level of understanding, must include multidisciplined aspect in its design. The design, development and implementation of the identified framework have been developed based on a case study with IBM, and are exploratory in nature. The framework was also developed using input from four different stakeholder groups; Engineering, Computing Science, Management, and Industry Partners. This paper will outline the assumptions made in the development of the framework, the structure and delivery mechanism of the subsequent multi-disciplined electives, and how the electives can be used to support existing postgraduate and executive training. This direct input has been used to develop a series of six electives. These electives are focus on the needs of postgraduate / professionals moving into senior management positions. Therefore, the delivery mechanism for the electives is modular to allow for the electives to be included in a range of postgraduate and executive programmes. Professional engineers live and work in a context rich environment, and do not tend to break their working days up in to subject specific segments. The reality is that they are expected to work with multiple subjects at the same time. Because of this the framework looks to develop and deliver content in a 'themic' way, as opposed to the more traditional subject based delivery. The electives are now being made available to University of Glasgow MBA students for 09/10. This will be extended to M.Eng, MSc and executive training programmes th-\u0000-\u0000rough 2010/11. The authors believe that this framework helps academic institutes understand the nature of SSME training required by customer-orientated organizations, and provide content based on service themes, as opposed to the more traditional approach of providing the content based on individual topics.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121909255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Teaching Soft Skills to ECE Students","authors":"I. Jouny, W. Hornfeck","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508889","url":null,"abstract":"This paper summarizes techniques, methodologies, and processes used to teach soft skills to electrical and computer engineering students at Lafayette College. A quarter of the curriculum is devoted to broad education, and a substantial portion of the engineering courses including senior design devote adequate time to teaching, assessing, and improving non-technical skills of our graduates. The common term for these skills is \"soft skills\" and they include cross-cultural, legal awareness, language, entrepreneurship, ethical, political, management, economic, and interpersonal skills. While we have an ad-hoc approach to teaching some skills, we do have a systematic well established and continually assessed approach to teaching others. We have developed courses, lectures, and small programs to support learning and enhancing these skills. Some of the failed attempts are briefly discussed, but the focus is on what works, and how to improve it.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129213905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implementing Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning in Existing Academic Programs","authors":"Gordana Djurovic, Marijana Zivic Djurovic","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508949","url":null,"abstract":"With introduction of multimedia learning techniques in teaching and learning process, a great number of traditionally prepared course materials are transformed and transferred to the multimedia environment. Usually, this transformation is based on cognitive theory of multimedia learning and several principles that are devised from it. Although these principles are primarily meant to be used in the multimedia teaching environment, some of them can be used to enhance traditional classroom lectures, especially in engineering teaching courses. In this paper, an approach for introducing multimedia teaching principles to the traditional teaching methods have been described. As presented in the gained results, proposed approach proved to promise better results, especially in engineering learning courses.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123879245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing Information Technology Infrastructure and Civil Engineering Education at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan","authors":"Stephen J. Ressler, E. Ressler, Paul T. Stanton","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508821","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the ongoing development and implementation of a civil engineering program and supporting information technology infrastructure at the newly created National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) in Kabul. We present a general model for educational capacity-building and apply it to both the information technology infrastructure and civil engineering program development projects at NMAA. We demonstrate how the use of this model facilitated substantive, well-coordinated progress toward the achievement of project goals. We conclude with lessons learned from our experiences in Afghanistan-lessons that are applicable to educational capacity-building in other areas of the developing world as well.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131967700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Widgets: Teaching Technical English, Innovation, and Ownership to Engineering Students","authors":"Liticia J. Salter","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508837","url":null,"abstract":"Technical Communication is a required course at most major engineering schools and it is often debated whether the course should be taught by English departments or by their engineering discipline. Expectations among students, teaching faculty, and authors of textbooks vary widely. This paper addresses the redesign of a technical communication course by one faculty member of an English department in an effort of gain greater student engagement as well as provide a means of teaching a broader scope of communication skills specific to the workplace. Using an object as focus, students are able to demonstrate innovation and ownership of ideas appropriate for engineering students.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133937264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experiences in Integrating Professional Studies into the Electrical & Electronic Engineering Syllabus","authors":"M. Duffy","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508812","url":null,"abstract":"The module Professional Studies in Electrical & Electronic Engineering degree programmes at NUI Galway covers the topics of communications skills, intellectual property, health and safety and engineering ethics. Experiences of different methods for teaching, assessing and integrating these components within the syllabus of two degree programmes are described.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117139089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Engaging the SSME Challenge: Curriculum Development for the Engineering Faculty at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia","authors":"Y. Yahya, R. Sulaiman, M. Mukhtar, S. Abdullah, N. Muhamad","doi":"10.1109/TEE.2010.5508893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEE.2010.5508893","url":null,"abstract":"Service Science Management and Engineering is a new field that recognizes the importance of the services sector. It had created a worldwide movement in terms of curriculum both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In Malaysia particularly, several universities have offered Masters programs in SSME. In UKM itself efforts are taken to develop a Masters program in SSME in which the program is designed uniquely covering three main areas of service science, namely the technology, management and the engineering. The curriculum is designed by taking into consideration the importance of service fundamental topics and the three main areas stated. The curriculum framework contains four main components known as Service Foundation, Strategic Service Development, Service Science Concentration which covers three main areas; Technology, Management and Engineering, and Service Science Business & Technology Integration (Capstone). Based on the framework, the program will be offered across the three main faculties in UKM, specifically the Engineering, Business and IT school. Service foundation consists of topics that will provide the contextual foundation and the core knowledge required for service science. The contextual foundation will focus on providing the service context in understanding the customers, organizations, processes and external environment. The core courses on the other hand will focus on developing the competence in innovating and improving service systems using specialized tools in which this are the courses that forms the Strategic Service Development component. The challenge faced in designing such curriculum is determining the approach in teaching for the services subjects as the audience will come from various backgrounds such as Engineering, IT and also Management. This paper reports the challenges faced in designing the service science curriculum particularly for the Engineering concentration and challenges in realizing the agenda of establishing the program in the university.","PeriodicalId":201873,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124510279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}