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Welcome to the Teacher In-Service Program in Cordoba

6 September 2008Cordoba Argentina

Moshe Kam IEEE Educational Activities

For Evangelia Micheli Tzanakou2008 Vice President, Educational Activities

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First, some candy bag numbers

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Quick Analysis of data from the candy bag exercise

Average weight 2140.6 g

Min 250 g

Max 5250 g

Median 1700 g

Standard Deviation 1517.3 g

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And now a few words about the Educational Activities Board

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Educational Activities Board

One of the six (6) major Boards of IEEE

Responsible for IEEE’s activities in pre-university, university-level and post-university (continuing) education

Including accreditation

15 Board members

Approximately 60 committee members

Staff support of 18 Educational Activities Department

EAB: SMALL BUT POWERFUL

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IEEE Vice Presidents for Education

James Tien

2003-2004

Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou

Current

Moshe Kam

2005-2007

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Areas covered in this presentation

Pre-university engineering education The Teacher In Service Program (TISP) www.TryEngineering.org

University-level education Accreditation outside the United States Retention: Real World Engineering Projects

Public awareness of engineering “Meeting the Growing Demand For Engineers and Their

Educators 2010-2020”

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Pre-University Engineering Education

Objective: increase the propensity of young people to select engineering as a career path

Objective: provide students, parents, teachers and school counselors with high-quality and inviting information about what engineers do and engineering careers

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The Teacher in Service Program

“Engineering in the Classroom”

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Sample TISP Topics Everything You Wanted to

Know About Electric Motors But Were Afraid to Ask

Rocket Cars and Newton’s Laws

Rotational Equilibrium: A Question of Balance

Effective Lighting

Get Connected with Ohm’s Law

Design and Build Your Own Robot Arm

Learn to Program and Test Robots for Classroom Use

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Rotational Equilibrium: A Question of Balance

Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

Cape Town, South Africa

Moshe Kam and Douglas GorhamIEEE Educational Activities

4 August 2006

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Version 1 A three-level four-weight design

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

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Materials

Rods made of balsa wood sticks, 30cm long

Strings made of sewing thread or fishing string 5-cent coins 240 weight paper (“cardboard”)

Adhesive tape

Paper and pens/pencils

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Tools and Accessories

Scissors

Hole Punchers

Pens

Wine/water glasses

Binder clips

30cm Ruler

Band Saw (optional)

Marking pen

Calculator (optional)

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5 mm

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Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

5 mm

Rods of level 3 and 2 are tied to rods of level 2 and 1 respectively, at a distance of 5mm from the edge of the lower level rod

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Designing the Mobile

Level 3 W x1 = W y1

x1 + y1 = 290

Level 2 2W x2 = W y2

x2 + y2 = 290

Write and solve the equations for xi And yi (i=1,2,3)

290 mm

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Version 2

Design a more complicated mobile More levels (say 5) Three weights on lowest rod, at least two on each one of the

other rods Different weights

First, provide a detailed design and diagram with all quantities

Show all calculations, specify all weights, lengths, etc.

Then, build, analyze and provide a short report

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Lobster Tail and Fish

Trap, 1939, mobile

Hanging Apricot,1951, standing mobile

Standing Mobile, 1937

Mobile, 1941

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New Lesson Plans

Give Binary A Try Computer arithmetic and ALU design

Hand Biometrics Technology Biometrics

Sail Away Watercraft design

Simple Kitchen Machines Simple Machines

Dispenser Designs Design: user satisfaction, costs, materials

Engineering Ups and Downs Elevators

Build a Big Wheel Ferris Wheels

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Additional New Lesson Plans Sort it Out Sticky Engineering

Challenge Ship the Chip Move That Lighthouse! A Question of Balance Program Your Own

Game

Engineering Air Traffic Pipeline Challenge Infrared Investigations Hull Engineering Engineered Sports Engineered Memory Wind Tunnel Testing

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Recent information “From the Field”

Six new programs in South Africa To subject advisors and educators Total number of affected teachers will be

more than 700

Four new programs in Malaysia 160 teachers

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Piura, Peru - attendees

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TryEngineering.org

The IEEE portal for pre-university students, their parents, teachers and

school counselors

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Build a Bionic Arm

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University-level Sections in TryEngineering

Graduate Studies Links to all graduate studies websites of listed

universities How to find an appropriate program? How to find and work with an advisor?

Preparation for employment in engineering Job interviews, Resume preparation, Job banks Improving “soft skills” and marketability of

qualifications

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University Level Activities

Accreditation outside the United States

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IEEE’s Role in Accreditation (1)

IEEE considers accreditation a key vehicle to ensure active involvement of the Institute in maintaining the quality and relevance of engineering education

IEEE seeks a leadership role in accreditation within all the areas of its technical activities

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Key IEEE Activities

Providing help to accrediting bodies in formation

Including training of evaluators

Providing help to groups that want to start new accrediting bodies

Providing education about accreditation

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Where does IEEE-CGAA operate now?

China: “Working Group on Education in China”

First meeting: November 2006

Peru: ICACIT

The Caribbean: CACET new accrediting body for programs taught in

English T&T: West Indies University

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International Accreditation: China

In 2006 we established an accreditation working group in China

Face-to-face meeting in November 2006

2007 Activities A major workshop on engineering accreditation in

cooperation with CAST A translation of ABET accreditation materials into

Chinese was completed by EAB Meetings with decision makers in various ministries

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Ministry of Education Beijing 2007

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Beijing 2007

Bruce Eisenstein speaks

Note the Engineers Ireland Logo

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2008 Activities

An accreditation workshop with CAST and the PRC Ministry of Education

Beijing, 22 March 2008

Close to 250 attendees All fields of engineering

A 4-hour event narrated by M. Lightner and M. Kam

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International Accreditation: Peru

IEEE is providing on-going assistance to the Peruvian accrediting body ICACIT

ICACIT was formed in the early 2000s

In December 2006 we have provided the first non-US EAB training for program evaluators in Peru

Instructional material developed Mario Gonzalez prepared and delivered

We provided a complete translation of ABET materials into Spanish

We are also maintaining a website for ICACIT

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Training session for Peruvian program evaluators, December

2006

Lima, December 2006

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Arequipa, December 2007

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Arequipa, December 2007

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Activities Planned for 2008

Final versions of accreditation manuals Engineering, Technology, Computing

Appointment of 20 Program Evaluators

Staffing of the accreditation committees

The first series of independent accreditation visits by ICACIT

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Caribbean Accreditation Council for Engineering and Technology

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Scope

English speaking Caribbean

An effort requiring 3-6 years and the consent and participation of all major

constituencies

A collaboration of… Academic institutions and the faculty Industry, especially employers of engineers and

technologists Governmental bodies and regulators

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Activities for 2008-2009

Two administrative and training meetings Develop structure and accreditation documents

CACET will become a line item on the budget of CARICOM

First visit – possibly 2010 (!)

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Accreditation.org

A new IEEE portal on all aspects of academic accreditation

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Increasing Student Retention

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“Real World Engineering Projects” Projects that will lead to a new resource for faculty

who teach first year electrical engineering (EE), computer engineering (CE) and computer science (CS) students  

These projects should: Focus students on Real World problems with

solutions that benefit society Get students excited about their own, original

creative solutions Increase student retention through personal

satisfaction and accomplishment

http://ieee.org/web/education/university/RealWorldEngineering/index.html

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Projects selected in 2007 (1) Manipulating Everyday Objects With Prosthetic Hands

Chris Macnab, the University of Calgary, Canada

Error Correction Codes for Wireless Communication Systems Sami Khorbotly, Ohio Northern University, USA

Using Engineering to Save the Planet - One Ear at a Time Jeff Gibbons, Collins County Community College, TX, USA

Solid State Lighting for the Developing World Loren Wyard-Scott from the University of Alberta, Canada

Smarter Vehicles Leyla Nazhandali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

University, USA

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Projects selected in 2007 (2) Audio Forensics: Solving a Crime using Digital (Audio) Signal

Processing Jennifer Murdoch and others from the University of Victoria,

Canada.

Power Electronics/System: A Look at Renewable Energy Taryn Bayles, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.

HCI Alternatives using the Nintendo Wii Gautam Srivastava and others from the University of Victoria,

Canada.

Feedback Controlled Brushless DC Motor Stephen Williams from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, US.

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Meeting the Growing Demand For Engineers and Their Educators

2010 - 2020

International Summit

Munich, Germany9 - 11 November 2007

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Continuing Education

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Expert Now IEEE

The best of IEEE’s educational content delivered in one-hour long online learning modules

50 modules are included in the current version By the end of 2007 we will have at least 75

The latest information on emerging technologies and seminal works

presented at the best of IEEE’s conference tutorials, short courses and workshops

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This course has been sponsored by the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics Society.

2003 IEEE Conference on Optical Fiber Communication

Introduction > About This CourseReconfigurable Multiple Wavelength Optical Systems and Networks

•A master of ceremony approach to introducing the presenter

•Establishes the presenter as the expert of the content (SME)

•Begins the presentation in a professional manner

•The course objectives are introduced by the Expert

•Establish the presence of the expert

•Establishes the mastery of the content

Alan Eli Willner University of Southern California

Optical Fiber Communication

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Selected TitlesSOCIETY SME TOPIC

Communications Society Kai Siwiak UWB Radio Technology

Computer Society Dwight Borses Wireless Sensor Networks

Electron Devices Society John Cressler RF Devices & Circuits

Engineering Management Society

Mike Aucoin Transition to Management

Industry Applications Society

Eric Perrson Inverter Power Stage Design for Appliance Motor Drives

Lasers & Electro-Optics Society

Ira Jacobs

Joe Campbell

Introduction to Fiber Optics

Optoelectronic Devices for Fiber Optics

Power Electronics Society

David Middlebrook Design-Oriented Feedback and Analysis

Reliability Society Wayne Ellis Effects of Reliability Mechanisms on VLSI Circuit Functionality

Solid-State Cirucuits Arya Behzad Wireless-LAN Radio Design

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How can your Section get involved

Use modules in Section and Chapter meetings Module is projected with Q/A and

comments by a local expert

This model was tried in six different sections and appears to be successful

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What do we want to achieve in Argentina ?

Create a sustainable pre-university engineering education program

TISP program Participation in TryEngineering.org

Reach 150 pre-university teachers in one year All over the country 300 teachers in the next two years

Make TryEngineering a popular resource among teachers and students in the pre-university and university communities in Argentina

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If you want to be part of EAB’s activities…

Moshe Kam: m.kam@ieee.org

D.G. Gorham: d.g.gorham@ieee.org

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Questions or comments?

EAB is at your service