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Learning Performance Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students from Two Differently Ranked Universities Using Course Outcomes

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Conference

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Publication Date

June 23, 2013

Start Date

June 23, 2013

End Date

June 26, 2013

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

Tagged Division

Systems Engineering

Page Count

11

Page Numbers

23.855.1 - 23.855.11

DOI

10.18260/1-2--19869

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https://sftp.asee.org/19869

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300

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Lin Li University of Illinois at Chicago

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Lin Li received the B.E. degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2001, and the M.S.E. degree in mechanical engineering, M.S.E. degree in industrial and operations engineering, Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering all from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2003, 2005 and 2007, respectively.
Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. His research interests are in sustainable manufacturing systems; reliability engineering; intelligent maintenance systems and healthcare systems.

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Yong Wang University of Illinois at Chicago

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Yong Wang received his B.S degree (2003) and Ph.D. (2010) in Energy and Power Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. He had been with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as a visiting scholar from 2007 to 2009. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research areas include operations research, reliability estimation and optimization, fault diagnosis and prognosis, and their applications in sustainable manufacturing and renewable energy systems.

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Abstract

Performance Analysis of Graduate Students in Engineering Between Two Different Ranked Universities Using Course OutcomesThe author has experience in teaching one graduate course at two universities: A and B.The College of Engineering of University A has been ranked as top ten schools in the U.S.while the rank of the College of Engineering of University B is about 50. This experiencehas provided author a unique opportunity to examine the learning performance analysisof graduate students in Engineering between these two universities based on the courseoutcomes. The objective of this research is to identify whether the difference of learningperformance between graduate students from two universities is significant as thedifference in university ranking. The course taught is for graduate students only andtreated as a typical course in many engineering programs across American universities.More than thirty graduate students were enrolled in this course at University A andUniversity B, respectively, which is suitable for statistical analysis. The following factorshave been controlled during both course periods: 1) The courses were taught by the sameinstructor; 2) The same course syllabus and progress calendar (by weeks) were followed;3) The same textbook, homework problems, and exam problems were used; 4) Therequirements for the course project (freedom of topic selection, requirement for a writtenreport, requirement for an oral presentation, etc.) were the same; 5) The same evaluationstandards for homework, exam, and project were adopted. The hypothesis testing methodwill be followed to test the hypothesis that whether the learning performances betweenthe two parties of graduate students are significantly different as the difference inuniversity ranking. The implications of the findings for course educators and companyemployers will be discussed as well.

Li, L., & Wang, Y. (2013, June), Learning Performance Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students from Two Differently Ranked Universities Using Course Outcomes Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19869

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