Outcome-Based Curriculum Design for New-Generation Engineers

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Ayșe Kiliç ◽  
Ìsmail Yilmaz Taptik
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Stages Of Change ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
New Generation

In this study, the stages of change in the curriculum of ITU Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department (MME) during the ABET accreditation process are summarized and evaluated in terms of both course contents and assessment-evaluation procedures. Improvements in the curriculum design have been carried out within the framework of continuous development, which is one of the essential criteria of today, and then assessment and evaluation methods have been developed, expecting the students become more equipped in their professional life. First of all, a discussion on the characteristics of the Information Age and ABET EAC Student Outcomes (SOs) is provided, followed by the presentation of ITU MME curriculum, conveying the changes in a chronological order. Subsequently, the continuous improvement cycle of ITU MME and the measurement and assessment stages for each outcome are explained. In conclusion, the new ABET EAC SOs are given with a comparison and a final evaluation.

scholarly journals Developing a social media strategy for R&D in energy efficiency – a case study in progress

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 00006
Author(s):  
Elmar Bartlmae ◽  
Luis Arboledas-Lérida ◽  
Natalie Höppner
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Social Media Strategy

Social Media platforms are increasingly receiving attention from scholars, as they are presumed to be both useful tools for undertaking professional assignments and a medium for engaging with large audiences and communities, within and outside academia. Additionally, these novel practices online need proper assessment and evaluation procedures. This paper aims to address the possibilities and challenges for niche research and development (R&D) projects in communicating their research via social media. The authors applied a seven-step social media strategy to an ongoing energy efficiency case study and discuss an online tool for monitoring the respective impact on social media.

scholarly journals Modeling Humanizing Education Through Newly Reviewed Materials Engineering Curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Norshahida Sarifuddin ◽  
Zuraida Ahmad ◽  
Ahmad Zahirani Ahmad Azhar ◽  
Hafizah Hanim Mohd Zaki ◽  
Amelia Wong Azman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
New Curriculum ◽  
Humanitarian Engineering ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

In line with the current global focus on sustainability and the well-being of the planet, becoming a professional engineer nowadays requires more than simple mastery of technical skills. Considering that engineers are required to have a deep sense of responsibility not only for humankind but also for the environment, engineering education and practices must be reformed substantially to prepare engineers that will contribute to sustainable development. This necessitates updating conventional engineering programs (CEE) to incorporate Humanizing Engineering Education (HEE). Although HEE is an old practice of individual engineers and other organizations outside the academic field, it is relatively new in academic engineering. While the definition of what truly merits being considered HEE remains debatable, many engineers believe that their work involves a humanitarian aspect. To streamline the development of HEE, there is a need for developing guidelines and frameworks for a comprehensive model. Ideally, that framework should integrate humanizing pedagogy in the new curriculum design. The objective of the paper is to share the experience of the authors in designing a new curriculum for a Materials Engineering Programme (MEP) that is embedded with Humanitarian Engineering (HE), which is among the main elements of HEE. Data collection was through interviews, qualitative surveys, reports from the stakeholders, accreditation bodies and benchmarking with other Higher Learning Institutions (HLI). An extensive scholarly literature review was executed to identify shortcomings in CEE and how it could be reformed by integrating it with HEE. The Sejahtera Academic Framework (SAF); a strategic framework for academic programmes developed by the university, was used as a reference to customize MEP to better meet students’ needs. Since the proposed model applies a new emerging concept, it inevitably raises challenges related to different levels of understanding among course implementers and perceptions of external stakeholders. Moreover, the developers had to consider the limitations imposed by the university's policies and structures while acknowledging the availability of finite resources (i.e. time, money, equipment, and expertise).

Enhancing Quality Teacher Education Programs in Developing Countries

2016 ◽  
pp. 167-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcella Momanyi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Class Management ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Future Direction

This chapter examines the need to enhance teacher quality by infusing quality benchmarks in every aspect of teacher education. These areas include: Teacher education curriculum design and planning; Curriculum implementation; Principles of good teaching and learning; Interactive and effective teaching methodologies; Appropriate scheming and lesson preparation; Assessment and evaluation; and Class management and discipline. Additionally, the author explores emerging issues in teacher education and suggestions for future direction. Finally, this chapter is intended to advance the debate on ways to maintain and sustain quality benchmarks in teacher education programs.

New Generation Structural Steel Plate Metallurgy for Meeting Offshore and Arctic Application Challenges

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven G. Jansto
Keyword(s):  
Yield Strength ◽  
Energy Absorption ◽  
Fatigue Fracture ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
End User ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Lower Carbon ◽  
Plate Steels

The new generation of value-added low carbon-low manganese-niobium microalloyed structural steels for both low and high yield strength, energy absorption, fatigue and fracture resistant applications is under development for offshore and arctic materials engineering applications. These materials engineering considerations are shifting designers to consider new lower cost and more robust construction materials even for low yield strength applications require improved fatigue, fracture arrest and toughness performance. The civil engineering and end user community demand structural reinforcing bars, shapes, beams and plates with improved energy absorption and fatigue properties. With more severe climatic conditions evolving every day, demands also necessitate improved fire and seismic resistance, yield-to-tensile ratio consistency, improved bendability and weldability. These attributes are difficult to obtain from steel producers today with their current higher carbon microalloyed steel approaches and hot rolling practices. There is a global shift in motion to low C-Nb-Mn bearing construction steels displacing traditional materials. The technological and metallurgical advancements of value-added niobium (Nb) microalloyed thermo-mechanical controlled process (TMCP) plate steels have been further developed to meet more demanding fatigue, fracture and low temperature toughness end user requirements. Niobium enables achievement of substantial grain refinement and grain size uniformity when the plate is rolled with the proper reduction, thermal schedule and process metallurgical operational practices. The effects of microalloying elements on the continuous cooling transformation behavior must be carefully controlled during the process metallurgy of the reheating and rolling process to successfully achieve the desired mechanical properties. TMCP applications have been successfully developed in numerous product sectors with thickness exceeding 120 mm. Since the very fine grained microstructure improves toughness and increases the yield strength, this Nb-TMCP process enables the required tensile properties with the growing trend to leaner chemical composition designs (less than 0.10%C) and excellent toughness properties. From an operational cost perspective, in today’s very competitive market environment, there exists a huge opportunity for structural offshore and arctic plate producing steel mills to improve their profitability by thoroughly assessing a shift to lower carbon and manganese steels in their product mix. Through the adoption of these lower carbon Nb-containing structural materials, several design and/or manufacturing companies are initiating new offshore steel designs that will further provide improved overall lifetime and cost performance at reduced maintenance expense. These high strength plate steels offer the opportunity to manufacture complex heavy-lift and fatigue-critical components for larger offshore structures without increasing the weight of the platforms.

scholarly journals Identifying genomic regions and candidate genes selected during the breeding of rice in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Higgins ◽  
Bruno Santos ◽  
Tran Dang Khanh ◽  
Khuat Huu Trung ◽  
Tran Duy Duong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Candidate Genes ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Rice Genome ◽  
Selection Signatures ◽  
Genome Scanning ◽  
Selective Pressures ◽  
Rice Landraces ◽  
Rich Diversity ◽  
Genomic Regions ◽  
New Generation

Background and aims: Vietnam harnesses a rich diversity of rice landraces adapted to a broad range of conditions, which constitute a largely untapped source of genetic diversity for the continuous improvement of rice cultivars. We previously identified a strong population structure in Vietnamese rice, which is captured in five Indica and four Japonica subpopulations, including an outlying Indica-5 group. Here, we leveraged on that strong differentiation, and the 672 rice genomes generated, to identify genes within genomic regions putatively selected during domestication and breeding of rice in Vietnam. Methodology: We identified significant distorted patterns in allele frequency (XP-CLR method) and population differentiation scores (FST), resulting from differential selective pressures between native subpopulations, and compared them with QTLs previously identified by GWAS in the same panel. We particularly focused on the outlying Indica-5 subpopulation because of its likely novelty and differential evolution. Results: We identified selection signatures in each of the Vietnamese subpopulations and carried out a comprehensive annotation of the 52 regions selected in Indica-5, which represented 8.1% of the rice genome. We annotated the 4,576 genes in these regions, verified the overlap with QTLs identified in the same diversity panel and the comparison with a FST analysis between subpopulations, to select sixty-five candidate genes as promising breeding targets, several of which harboured alleles with non-synonymous substitutions. Conclusions: Our results highlight genomic differences between traditional Vietnamese landraces, which are likely the product of adaption to multiple environmental conditions and regional culinary preferences in a very diverse country. We also verified the applicability of this genome scanning approach to identify potential regions harbouring novel loci and alleles to breed a new generation of sustainable and resilient rice.

scholarly journals Information Systems Outcomes based Assessment at Jouf University for ABET Accreditation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1675-1688
Author(s):  
A. A. Abd El-Aziz Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Improvement Plan ◽  
Knowledge Presentation ◽  
Engineering And Technology

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Criteria for Computing Accreditation Commission Programs are based upon knowledge, presentation  skills,  communication  skills,  team  work and leadership skills that the  students  gain  through the curriculum in a program. The student outcomes (SOs) are the procured skills  and  knowledge  which the student accomplishes through the curriculum. Each program needs to have  its own SOs and  to evaluate it as per defined assessment cycle, just as to accomplish program educational objectives (PEOs). The continuous improvement plan depended on assessment and evaluation of the program SOs and PEOs. In this paper, an advancement cycle for continuous improvement, for Information systems (IS) program at College of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS), Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia, to accomplish the accreditation is discussed. The proposed cycle is appropriate to get the accreditation for bachelor program in information systems discipline and to fulfill the ABET criteria. In result, we will show how the SOs and PEOs were surveyed and assessed through curriculum accordingly. Based on these processes, ABET team has visited CIS college, which had accomplished extraordinary achievement and all of the programs have completely accredited on August 2018 and the next visit to the computing and engineering programs will be on 2026.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Curriculum Design in the Context of Outcome Based Education (OBE)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 648-651
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
National Board ◽  
The Real ◽  
Outcome Based Education ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Almost All

Outcome Based Education (OBE) is now a days becoming a mandate in almost all higher educational institutions across the country as it turned out to be an authorized signatory member of Washington Accord (WA) in 2014 through the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). The fundamental concept of outcome-based education is to ensure continuous improvement at all levels of teaching – learning – assessment process. Though there are several programmes were organized to build the competency of OBE, the present traces of implementation of OBE in educational institutions clearly demonstrate the lack of understanding the real implementation of OBE and strictly it is a serious concern. Even these traces are observed in the programs, which are accredited. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to enable the stakeholders to truly understand some of the basic elements of OBE, which will really help them to deploy the philosophy of OBE in the way it is expected for continuous improvement.

scholarly journals Part-time student selection problem with a novel hybrid approach based on DEMATEL-modified ANP and MULTIMOORA methods

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derya Deliktaş ◽  
◽  
Büşra Günhan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

This study proposes a hybrid approach for the selection of students employed part-time at the various departments of a university. There are both qualitative and quantitative criteria for the selection of students. Thus, to handle the subjective assessment in the decision-making process, this study considers developing DEMATEL-modified ANP and MULTIMOORA. An empirical case study applied at Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department in Turkey is exhibited to test the effectiveness of the proposed decision-making method, which provides a fair selection considering three main and seven sub-criteria. These criteria are determined in accordance with the previous experience of the commission members and the principles which are listed in the Administration Guideline of the university. One among five candidates is selected by a novel hybrid approach. The obtained results and all scenarios in sensitivity analysis based on the changing of the decision makers’ weights and the changing of the dimension weights indicate that the S3 student remains the most preferred alternative, and the S4 student mostly is the most suitable alternative, respectively.

Role of Big Data in Continuous Improvement Environments

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Galli
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Measurement System ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Business Associations ◽  
Data Points

Innovation technologies are used for consistent and continuous improvement, as well as for examining past executions in business. Furthermore, obtaining numerous bits of knowledge about a business can help to influence planning and future choices. A way to create connections between various data points is through big data. Currently, business processes face many challenges because of technological headway and information age. Since big data has grown and become so popular, it is possible to apply it to unique and conventional business associations. Additionally, if big data is used to meet the business's needs, then it can yield organizational changes in infrastructure and real-world improvement. Through big data, analysts can reveal continuous improvement methods and a performance measurement system in data administration, as well as management, transactions, and convey central leadership.

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