ENMA
6060: Innovation and Technology
Student
Outcomes
This
class is designed to produce the following student outcomes:
1.
Apply knowledge of mathematics,
science, and engineering: Students execute projects employing one or
more of the technologies covered in the course, which requires application of
mathematics, science, and engineering knowledge and skills.
2.
Design and conduct experiments,
analyze and interpret data: Students employ a particular technology
covered in the course to a real-world application, and design, conduct,
analyze, and interpret results of their application to assess the
strengths/weaknesses of the technology.
3.
Design a system, component, or
process to meet needs within realistic constraints:
Students will apply a particular technology to the improvement through
augmentation/automation of a real-world application, and will assess the
strengths/weaknesses of the technology in implementing their improvement.
4.
Function on multi-disciplinary
teams: As an element of the Masters Degree in
Engineering Management Program, this course is attended by students from
several graduate programs within the university, most of whom are part-time
evening students coming from a wide variety of jobs. A significant portion of the student’s grade
in this course is determined by participation on a project team. Due to the diversity of students in the
course, this provides significant experience functioning on a
multi-disciplinary team.
5.
Identify, formulate, and solve
engineering problems: Students will apply engineering technologies
to projects focused on improving real-world applications, thus providing
students with ample opportunity to identify, formulate, and solve engineering
problems.
6.
Understand professional and
ethical responsibility: Several of the technologies covered in this
course have particular ethical ramifications (e.g., data mining vs.
privacy). Professional and ethical
responsibilities will be emphasized in all such cases. Student team projects are required to include
professional and ethical impact statements.
7.
Communicate effectively:
50% of the student’s grade depends on a final written report and a final
project presentation to an assessment panel.
Results of all weekly homework assignments will be presented in class by
students.
8.
Understand the impact of
engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal
context: Final team project presentations include a
global, economic, environmental, and societal “impact statement” addressing the
ramifications of the solution, i.e., if we did this, what else would
happen?
9.
Recognition of the need for, and
an ability to engage in life-long learning: A primary
goal of this course is to provide a baseline of knowledge and experience that
prepares and motivates students to pursue in-depth knowledge and experience in
those particular technologies that provide value for them.
10. Demonstrate
knowledge of contemporary issues: Final project presentations include a problem
statement that sets the problem being solved in a big-picture “contemporary
issues” context, i.e., why is this a problem worth solving?
11. Use
the techniques, skills, and tools necessary for engineering practice: The course is highly
project-oriented. The goal is to develop
new engineering skills through application of technology tools and techniques
to a “real-world” process.