Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Allameh; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

, efforts underway to globalizeengineering education at Northern Kentucky University and other regional universities atMidwest region of United States are discussed.Effective Teaching Practices for Globalization of Engineering EducationThe primary issue underlying any kind of internationalized engineering education is theadoption of the correct standard teaching practices. Some fundamental issues in teachingengineering subjects include: curriculum design and evaluation, liberal education forengineers, use of new technologies in engineering education, international collaborations,education for sustainable development, exchange mechanisms in engineering education,academic/industry collaborations, international mobility, linkages between developed

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis; Hugh Jack

product design careers and opportunities disappear. In addition, manyManufacturing Engineering and Technology programs in this country are seeing analarming decline in enrollments. In most cases (if not all), the remaining twenty fiveABET accredited manufacturing engineering programs in the U.S are shrinking as thenumbers of incoming students dwindle.If our students are indeed basing their academic choices on negative information andimages promoted by mass media, it is up to educators to appeal to students and revitalizethe image by promoting the positive future of manufacturing education and prepare forthe opportunities of outsourcing. Educators must be prepared for this phenomenon andprepare students adequately for the new world that faces them

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

of appropriate technologies from an engineering device dissectionlaboratory in order to enhance achievement of course and student learning objectives infour courses with substantial technical content: Spanish: Language, Technology, and Culture (CHASS) (Fall, 2004) Design Studio (Design) (Fall, 20054) Communication Technologies (Education)(Spring 2005) Computer Technologies (Education)(Spring 2005) The overarching objective of the collaboration is to demonstrate the utility of ashared, central campus engineering laboratory as an enhancing and enriching agent fornon-engineering courses with appreciable technical themes or components. The particular technologies available for our collaboration were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Robert Hinks; Mark Henderson; Chen-Yaun Kuo; Chell Roberts; Darryl Morrell; Robert Grondin

Developing a Multidisciplinary Engineering Program at Arizona State University’s East Campus Chell Roberts, Darryl Morrell, Robert Grondin, Chen-Yaun Kuo, Robert Hinks, Scott Danielson: College of Technology and Applied Science Mark Henderson: Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Arizona State UniversityAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present some key elements of the design process used to create anew multidisciplinary undergraduate engineering program and document the emerging programmodel. The program will be housed in the newly created Department of Engineering at ArizonaState University’s East Campus and will award a BSE in

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Josef Rojter

Humanities and Social Sciences on the Outer in Australian Engineering Curricula Dr. Josef RojterSchool of Architectural, Civil and Mechanical Engineering,Victoria University of Technology, PO BOX 14428 MC MelbourneCity,Vic 8001, Australia. Josef.Rojter@vu.edu.au The relatively poor social standing of the engineering profession in Australia relative to other major professions, and its general inability to attract both a higher proportion of women as well as a high caliber of more intellectually able young people, has been of concern to both the profession and engineering educators. This paper argues that this is due to the unclear perceptions of the engineering profession as

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Schneider

Developing an Introductory Software Programming Course for Engineering Students Scott J. Schneider Department of Engineering Technology University of Dayton Dayton, OH 45469 sschneider@udayton.eduAbstractThe ability to effectively develop software programs, from complex software systems to simplemacros, is becoming increasingly important in all engineering disciplines. Educators haverealized this need, and likewise have included software programming in many engineeringcurriculums. The initial course in software programming has

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Glenn Wrate; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

Addressing the Future: Development of an Electrical Engineering Curriculum Stephen Williams, Jörg Mossbrucker, Glenn Wrate, Steven Reyer, and Owe Petersen Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WIAbstractThe Electrical Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) hasimplemented a major revision of its curriculum for the purpose of assuring course contentconsistent with both present technological changes and long-term technology trends. In addition,the curriculum places an

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Sanju Patro

The Global Classmates Concept – Engineering Student Experience in a Global Team Dr. Michael Sanders and Dr. Sanju Patro Kettering University IMEB Department 1700 W. Third Ave. Flint, MI 48504 Email: sanders@kettering.edu / spatro@kettering.eduAbstractChanges in technology and tightening global linkages are creating new challenges for theengineering profession today. The environment in which the future engineer will work will beshaped by these changes. Globalization, especially in the manufacturing industry, has

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kang-Mieler

Re-structuring an Instrumentation Laboratory Class for Biomedical Engineers Jennifer J. Kang Derwent Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, ILAbstractIn order to re-structure a traditional instrumentation laboratory to include biological-basedproblems and methodologies, the Instrumentation and Measurement Laboratory class wasdeveloped at the Illinois Institute of Technology. This laboratory class was designed as a stand-alone course to introduce students to various measurement techniques applicable to the threeconcentrations of study at Illinois Institute of Technology. The

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Schurmann; C. Stewart Slater

petrochemical industries. In its industrial application,pervaporation can be used for solvent purification, reuse and recovery – thus enabling greenprocess design for the environment. At Rowan University we have successfully immersedstudent teams in learning the principles, design and applications of membrane pervaporationthrough a project-based experience in our engineering clinics. Through this experimentalproject, students have learned about the industrial uses of membrane technology. Students alsolearn about the various process aspects of pervaporation, from selecting the proper membrane forthe desired separation to examining performance parameters, membrane transport, vacuumoperation and cryogenic vapor trapping, not normally taught in

Conference Session

Sustainability Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Bosscher; Jeffrey Russell

understand their role in sustainability.This paper explores one way in which engineers can to be educated in sustainability—service-oriented learning.BACKGROUNDSustainability is slowly but surely finding its way into university curricula. An overview of theprogress from 1992 to 1997 is contained in the report The Engineer’s Response to SustainableDevelopment, dated February 1997, and published by World Federation of EngineeringOrganizations (WFEO). In the US many engineering colleges have developed extensiveprograms with special courses on the environment and sustainable technologies. Internationally,other institutions have also integrated these concepts into their courses.In 1999, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) approved a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ciletti; Gregory Plett

in thecurriculum. Other majors give students an early “feel” for their chosen area of study. We be-lieve that this lack of “feel” in our curriculum was leading to a misunderstanding of what engi-neering is all about, resulting in attrition.We decided to look at this problem as an opportunity. We moved the one-semester-hour fresh-man Matlab course to the junior year,1 which left an opening with which to do something con-structive. We saw this as an opening to excite students with engineering, give them an early fla-vor of problem solving and design, get them involved with other students, use technology tolearn technology and prepare them to design technology. Furthermore, we saw this as an oppor-tunity to pilot a course with balanced pedagogy

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

Future Growth of Software Engineering Baccalaureate Programs in the United States Donald J. Bagert, Stephen V. Chenoweth Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Abstract Despite the large current number of software engineering professionals in the United States,as well as projections that it is one of the largest-growing fields in the nation for the currentdecade, growth in the number of Bachelor’s degree programs in the United States has recentlydeclined. There are currently only about thirty schools in the United States that offer abaccalaureate degree in software engineering (including several

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley; Terrence O'Connor

Session 1526 Development of a Slow-Speed Engine For Educational Purposes Tim Cooley, Terry O’Connor Purdue University, College of Technology at New AlbanyIntroductionThis paper presents accomplishments resulting from the National Science Foundation’s supportof project DUE-0231299; Educational Materials Development for Enhanced Understanding ofThermodynamics Concepts.Thermodynamics is not an easy topic for students to learn. Likewise, inexpensive and easy-to-use equipment demonstrating its principles is not readily available for classroom use. In

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Soled; Laura Koehl; Nicholas Harth

Move and Shake: A Hands-on Activity Connecting Engineering to the Everyday World for Secondary Students Laura A. Koehl, Suzanne W. Soled and Nicholas B. Harth, Colleges of Education and Engineering, University of CincinnatiAbstract One of the main goals of Project STEP (Science and Technology EnhancementProgram) is to design, develop, and implement hands-on activities and technology-driveninquiry-based projects, which relate to the students’ community issues, as vehicles toauthentically teach science, mathematics, engineering and technology skills. The Moversand Shakers Lesson Plan was a three-part activity that helped students connectengineering principles to the design of buildings that

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; John Chen; Bernard Pietrucha

students are required to design, build and operate a submersible with providedmaterials. At the end of the semester, the finished ROVs competed in a series of underwaterevents in the Rowan swimming pool and also performed a field exploration in a local pond.In recent years, robots and various kinds of ROVs are becoming increasingly popular inscientific research, education and public entertainment. To many people, they have becomealmost the hallmark of modern engineering and technology, especially the “real” tangiblepart of the field. Among the various ROVs, we chose the underwater ROV to be the subjectof our new hands-on project based course since its skill level is proper for undergraduateeducation and its operation is manageable within the scope

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

Entrepreneurs in Action!: A Problem-Based Learning Environment for Engineering Entrepreneurship R. Wilburn Clouse Vanderbilt University Joseph Aniello Francis Marion University Joseph Biernacki Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstract The objective of this paper is to describe a model called Entrepreneurs in Action! that teaches engineering students to make the connection between their education and daily life. The model further

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Regina Halpin; R. Mark Nelms

Using Problem-Solving Videos in an Introductory Engineering Circuit Analysis Course R. M. Nelms, R. F. Halpin Auburn University/Program Evaluation and Assessment Consultants nelms@eng.auburn.eduIntroduction Even though research has been conducted in the university classroom in an effort to evaluateand improve different teaching methods in the presence of ever-changing technology 1-3, theinvestigation of how to improve students’ problem-solving skills through the use of study toolsneeds further investigation. The technology reform movement has led to changes in howinstructors of engineering material teach the content and

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

understanding of andappreciation for the professional obligations of engineers. The Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) recognizes the need for educating engineers whosecompetence includes analytical abilities, creativity, and an awareness of the social impactof engineering, as well as technical skill. Collectively, these qualifications, which shouldbe developed and sustained by professional engineers, can be grouped under the conceptof professional responsibility. ABET has expressed the need for educational programs Page 10.1317.1that address those elements of the profession. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz, Purdue University; Laura Demsetz, College of San Mateo; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University

programs in the U.S., with an annual enrollment of 50,000 students. Thisfreshman/ sophomore class is an ideal place to excite students about their engineering majors andexpose them to engineering design experiences. PRIME Modules, Project Based Resources forIntroduction to Materials Engineering, are being developed that utilize modern materials scienceand engineering technologies and proven education methodologies of active learning and openended projects.The classroom component of the course will be made up of “Applied Engineering Content”(AEC) Modules. These three to four week modules will cover a set of the fundamental learningobjectives for the course within the context of a current innovation in materials engineering.AEC modules on

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Charlesworth; Thomas Drummer; Kedmon Hungwe; Sheryl Sorby

Developing 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills for Non-Engineering Students Sheryl A. Sorby, Thomas Drummer, Kedmon Hungwe, Paul Charlesworth Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThe ability to visualize objects and situations in one’s mind and to manipulate thoseimages is a cognitive skill vital to many career fields, especially those requiring workwith graphical images. Unfortunately, of all cognitive processes that have beeninvestigated, spatial cognition shows some of the most robust gender differences favoringmales, especially in the ability to mentally rotate 3-dimensional objects. This has obviousimplications for our attempts to encourage gender equity in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

An Alternate Paradigm for Undergraduate Engineering: The Bachelor of Arts Kimberly A. Whelan, Sharon A. Jones Lafayette College Introduction The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) are on record stating the problems associated with the prevailing paradigm for undergraduate engineering education in the USA.1, 2 Several of the problems stated refer to the need for a more liberally trained engineer who has mastery of the essential engineering principles, but realizes the social impact of technology and is well equipped with communication skills. Typical

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Session 1150 Teaching Engineering Fundamentals with a Project-Based Learning Approach B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstract Recruiting and retaining students in the Engineering Technology area has been a majorchallenge to many of us in the Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies (ETIS)Department at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). In the Fall of 2004 the authoroffered ET 1840 – Engineering Fundamentals and teaching this class was a lot of fun. Topicssuch as total quality, engineering design

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung

An Innovative Rapid Processor Platform Design for Early Engineering Education Yong-Kyu Jung Texas A&M University-College StationAbstractA new course for the early stage of digital design education is demonstrated. An innovativeusage of technologies and an effective organization of numerous subjects to leverage the currentclassroom practices are presented. In particular, the new course objectives and organization areexplained to provide an overall view and details of our rapid design process, as well as to achieveengineering educational goals for reducing a gap between the technologies used in industry andin academia. Expected

Conference Session

New Learning Models

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Perrin

& Technology was chosen for its portability and ease ofoperation. The sensors are inexpensive, small, and lightweight and connect directly into theUSB port of a computer. The interface automatically detects the type of sensor and initializesthe LoggerPro software to the most likely set of data collection parameters. Just as a picturepaints a thousand words, demonstrations using this technology promote student engagement inhigher order thinking skills, support inquiry-based investigations, address alternate learningstyles, and improve student understanding of difficult engineering principles.4 Before theseactivities are described, this paper briefly reviews some of the relevant research on the role ofactive student participation in data

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Sitton; Neil Book

-based learning) are well-documented6. However, active Page 10.597.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationlearning exercises consume class time and the amount of time, depending on type of activity, canbe dependent on class size3. Technology that provides the means to introduce active learningwith minimal time consumption—especially transition time—is of great value.Computer-Based ExamsExams can be administered using computer-based testing systems and/or can be constructed torequire the use of

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

Session #_____ The TeachEngineering Digital Library: Engineering Comes Alive for K-12 Youth Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Martha N. Cyr, Michael A. Mooney, René F. Reitsma, Nancy C. Shaw, Malinda Schaefer Zarske and Paul A. Klenk University of Colorado at Boulder, CO / Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA / Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO / Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR / Duke University, Durham, NC / University of Colorado at Boulder, CO / Duke University, Durham, NCAbstractDo you believe that technological literacy

Conference Session

Pedagogy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajinder Chauhan; Gukan Rajaram; Devdas Pai

engineer to study the particle size distribution toensure the properties of the material match the requirements of the applications. Apart from thefundamental understanding, the experiment also helps the student to understand the application ofcarbon particles and the ion exchange resins in the different industry. In general, this experimentheightens the students’ awareness of the high level of technology that go into seemingly innocuousand low-tech kitchen gadgets and gets them to relate fundamentals learned in the classroom to theireveryday experiences.References 1. Scheer, S.D. (1999) “Strategies for teaching youth development in the undergraduate classroom,” College Student Journal, 33 (1), 154-160. 2. Pithers, R.T., &

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leijun Li; John Pan; Ismail Fidan

committees. They participate in the decision making process of many subjectmatters. Some of the committee tasks have also been carried to web. Theapplication/selection/coordination of scholarships, web for parking violations control, admissionprocess follow-up, and online calendar/course scheduling are practiced and documented in webenvironment and all parties who are in charge can access and input the process flow.3. Survey ResultsTo investigate the effectiveness of the online tools for engineering faculty needs, a survey wascreated by the authors and e-mailed to 90 engineering and engineering technology facultymembers in 35 universities in the United States. A total of 41 surveys were received.Some of the basic questions included in this

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Kidd; P. Paxton Marshall

. — William A. Wulf and George M. C. Fisher, Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2002. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has issued acall for rethinking engineering education with its Engineering Criteria (EC) 2000. Nolonger is it sufficient for programs to demonstrate that they provide students with theappropriate inputs: a specified minimum number of credits in fundamental math andscience, engineering science, engineering design, and humanities and social science.Now programs must demonstrate the attainment of specified outputs: capabilitiesachieved by students in eleven different skill areas specified by ABET, as well asadditional areas selected by the programs themselves