Conference Session

New Learning Models

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Briar Schumacher; Jon Leydens; Donald Elger

, and making a recommendation for a manager.It is not surprising that participation emerged as the seminal component of a learning system.Most people state that they learn best by doing. Engineering professors attribute significantvalue to their participation in research, professional practice, and in teaching of others. In theliteratures of teaching and learning, the concept of participation is emphasized. Inquiry methodsand problem-based learning are based on the idea of authentic participation. The Teaching ForUnderstanding pedagogy developed by Project Zero at Harvard is founded on the notion thatunderstanding is the ability to carry out a performance that demonstrates one’s grasp of a topicand at the same time extend it (Blythe, 1998

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Physics Social Sci All Other Discipline Selected by Students Leaving Engineering Figure 3. The percentage of students graduating in selected disciplines of those selecting each major upon leaving engineering (N=2,883 female, 8,022 male).Estimated Probability of Success as a Function of Gender and GPAThe multi-category logistic regression models bear out a significant interaction effect betweenGPA and gender variables. Parameter estimates yielded by the models enable us to formulate thefollowing projected probabilities of having each of the three graduation outcome for female andmale students respectively, as a function of student’s gender

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Ramsey-Idem; Sally Pardue; Kristine Craven

Engineering A Future at Tennessee Technological University Kristine K. Craven, Ph.D., Sally Pardue, Ph.D., Karen Ramsey-Idem, Ph.D. Tennessee Technological University/ Fleetguard, Inc.Abstract Engineering A Future (EAF) is an outreach program for girls in the 5th through 8th gradeheld at Tennessee Technological University (TTU) on the Saturday of Engineer’s Week. Thisprogram started in 2003 with an enrollment of 73 girls and was repeated in 2004 with 137 girls inattendance, the projected number of participants for 2005 is between 300 and 320. The girlscome to the TTU campus for the day and experience a number of group and individual activities.The basic format for the program includes

Conference Session

Documenting Success

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Mickelson

between these two groups of students andhave continued the practice because the students due appear to enjoy and thrive in theenvironment. Engineering 101, 160, and 170 are multi-section courses at ISU; however,we offer ABE specific sections for our students that are primarily taught by ABE faculty.This strategy not only enables us to cluster our students into one course, it also allows usto adjust the curricula to include topics and projects of particular interest to ABEstudents. Agricultural Engineering 110 is an experiential introductory course that isunique to our department and was described previously8. Tutoring for math and physicscourses is also provided for AE LC participants.Link with the English DepartmentThe link between the

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nalini Bhushan; Glenn Ellis; Eleanor Ory

approach supports a deeperunderstanding of AI, while making philosophical issues that interest teenagers accessible throughinteractive explorations of machine intelligence. In addition to the concept map, we also presentexamples from a K-12 AI curriculum that is being designed around the concept map.INTRODUCTIONLego Mindstorms robotics kits have become a well-established tool for teaching artificialintelligence (AI) in the K-12 classroom1, 2, 3. There is also increasing interest in using roboticsand AI to change how children learn. For example, in Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms,Erwin writes “Dr. Papert [LEGO Professor of Learning Research at the M.I.T. MediaLaboratory] and his colleagues aren’t just developing hardware and software

Conference Session

Security

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kaplan

]. Page 10.642.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 3 of 13FLOSS: Free/Libre Open Source SoftwareA project was started in June 2112 under the European Commission regarding FOSS. Due tothe inconsistencies with the English word “free,” the French “libre” was added. Essentially, theproject studies FOSS and commissions reports [16].Proprietary SoftwareProprietary software is code that is not open; the users do not have the rights as defined in OSS.Certainly then it is not free (FOSS) as that would

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaishalee Naruka; Stephen Raper; William Daughton

all about.The next question was: “How well does the degree prepare them for success in industry, and dothey compete well with traditional engineers in their industry environment?” Although most ofthe Engineering Management student participants believed that the degree was preparing themvery well with some real life experiences as they worked in teams and did a lot of group projects,most accepted that they have only heard that Engineering Management students get jobs quicklyand they excel in what they do. To get a more reliable and first hand response, inquiry turnedtowards alumni. Two typical alumni responses to this question are given below: "I feel that EMAN [Engineering Management] gives its students the necessary skills and

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga

Technology Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN IntroductionIt has been accepted that Engineering Technology courses should include some hands-onactivities such as labs, projects, etc. In the field of energy management, energy audits have beenused effectively to provide hands-on experiences. An energy audit, also known as energysurvey, energy analysis, or energy evaluations, is a process that examines current energyconsumption of a process or facility and suggests alternative ways to cut down energyconsumption and/or costs. One aspect of the energy auditing process is to collect specific data ofa process or a facility. Measuring temperature, flow rates (of heat, liquid, and air

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler; Robert LeMaster

majors will be to their advantage. Not all engineering courses can be set-up foron-line presentation. Care must be taken when selecting and developing courses for on-linedelivery. Courses that allow the student to navigate through the information with the text andminimal interaction with the instructor are the best candidates for success. For example, coursesdealing with engineering management and other business based aspects of engineering would bemost appropriate for this method of instruction. Engineering management, engineeringeconomy, project management, and quality engineering are a few that could be developedwithout difficulty. (Many universities currently offer courses in these subject areas.) Thesecourses would be attractive to the

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler; Robert LeMaster

majors will be to their advantage. Not all engineering courses can be set-up foron-line presentation. Care must be taken when selecting and developing courses for on-linedelivery. Courses that allow the student to navigate through the information with the text andminimal interaction with the instructor are the best candidates for success. For example, coursesdealing with engineering management and other business based aspects of engineering would bemost appropriate for this method of instruction. Engineering management, engineeringeconomy, project management, and quality engineering are a few that could be developedwithout difficulty. (Many universities currently offer courses in these subject areas.) Thesecourses would be attractive to the

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

have done it before.Student Performance EvaluationsStudents were evaluated based on a more traditional seminar class rubric. The syllabus outlinedthat class attendance was necessary for them to learn the material. Role was taken each classperiod and participation recorded by the second instructor. Each student was allowed oneunexcused absence, and further absences resulted in a zero for the day. The overall semesterbreakdown was as follows: Class Attendance & Participation: 25% Homework & Lab Reports: 50% Final Project/Poster Presentation: 25%Experimental PreAssignments (individual) were out of 50 points and lab reports (team effort)were graded out of 100 points. For the preassignments, 25 of the 50 points were

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlotta Berry

and RLCcircuits. The introductory circuits course covers DC circuit analysis including Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’slaws, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorem, operational amplifiers and RC, RL, and RLC circuits.This course is presently taught in a lecture-style format with three major projects. Two projectsinvolve PSpice simulations and one final project involves writing a computer program to solve atypical engineering circuit analysis problem. PSpice is a simulation software package used toanalyze DC or AC circuits. The circuits laboratory includes traditional experiments that buildcircuits on the breadboard that must be evaluated using Ohm’s law, Thevenin’s theorem, meshanalysis, nodal analysis, and differential equations. The laboratory groups

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

cultivation. Additionally, early civilizations utilized water systems for thedevelopment of cities. For example, the Harrapan people of the Indus River Valley developed city-wide drainage systems to collect rainwater, and all houses had indoor plumbing and toilet facilitieswith connected sewer systems. Peoples during this time period also constructed crude rafts andboats, but over time developed highly sophisticated ships and barges. For instance, the Egyptianstransported great quantities of massive stones on the Nile River in order to construct the pyramids.During Classical Civilization, which lasted from approximately 500 B.C. to A.D. 500, and centeredon the Greek and Roman Empires, many large-scale public works projects were constructed ascities

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Kramer

succeed in their selected field of study16. When faculty adhereto traditional grading practices (such as the imposition of curves), they have a differential impacton women students. Faculty differ in their views of, strategies for, and success at creating an atmosphere thatfosters learning.12 The subject matter of projects and problems, the fit between pedagogical andlearning styles, and classroom "climate" have each been discussed as influences that affectretention, particularly the retention of students of color and women students. Faculty practicesfrequently mentioned in the retention literature include: the use of study and project groups,exam construction, time pressure on tests (and tactics for neutralizing it); incorporation

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Conrad Newberry

brings science,economics (cost and financing), production, material selection, ascetics, form, function, humanfactors, logistics, operations, deployment, disposal, and every other facet of the project to an Page 10.56.7acceptable need solution. Acceptable solutions are usually sought because optimal solutions Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ©2005 by C.F. Newberry. Published by the American Society for Engineering Education with permission.often cost more than they are worth – although optimal solutions tend to satisfy the “scientific”sense of order

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

ispossible through the proper use of instructional technology. Sound innovative? Sounds new? Notreally, these types of techniques have been used for many years at the United States MilitaryAcademy and probably at most schools at the turn of the century. Hands-on models were oncethe corner stone of every class in mechanics, but many classrooms today are only equipped witha textbook, a chalkboard (if lucky), and a computer projection system. Is this enough? No! Howcan faculty return to a style in today’s classrooms that is more conducive to student-centeredlearning? This paper will present the daily classroom activities in a basic Mechanics course (andother courses as well) that greatly improve the quality of the instruction and student

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lason Watai; Arthur Brodersen; Sean Brophy

Engineering Education"Figure 2. The STAR Legacy CycleB. Significance and relevance of The STAR Legacy Cycle to the engineering practiceIn order for engineering lab courses to be developed following the challenge-based STARLegacy Cycle, it is necessary to relate the cycle to the engineering process. The cycle was firstdeveloped to organize instruction and manage learning activities and resources in a classroomsetting. It has never been implemented in engineering lab course design8. So an objective of thisstudy has been to evaluate the appropriateness of the Cycle in a practical engineering lab course.Analyzing the cycle for significance and relevance to an engineering process revealed that itcoincided with the engineering project development process

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodor Richardson; Jed Lyons

meet the resultant requirements by thesoftware written.It is likely that most educational software undergoes the traditional software life cycle of (i)requirements analysis, (ii) design, (iii) construction, (iv) testing, (v) installation, (vi) operation,(vii) maintenance, and (viii) retirement1. However, it is not always certain that the product istested by and for the correct stakeholders in the educational system. The software herein is anupdate of a product called Math with Montague (MM); it was initially a senior project on recordat Bethany College in West Virginia. The original software was intended for use as skillspractice software based on the West Virginia state standards for mathematics. It enjoyed limitedsuccess when presented at

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricio Torres; Matthew Stephens

offering suggestions and by making specific technical suggestions. This is a more hands- on and in some cases more directive role than most consultants I know take when working on organizational change projects. As Bill Constantino puts it: “Very simply, when people are in the process of dramatic change, they need a continuous resource Page 10.730.16Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ⓒ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education whom they can trust to guide them through the change. Without this resource, there is a high likelihood

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Anthony; C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt

evaluations of instructor and course are valid. Students can therefore beasked for their evaluation of achievement of specific class outcomes. This can then be assessedby a panel (of faculty and/or external reviewers) to see if they are achieving program outcomes.Another approach is to take advantage of the senior project. A high percentage of programsrequire students to complete a major project in the last semesters in the program. By design theproject includes most of the skills the students have acquired throughout the program. This thenis a natural candidate for assessing outcomes. This can be done by multiple assessors (severalfaculty) who are looking for achievement of several outcomes. This can also be supplementedwith assessment by external

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bodner; Deborah Follman; Mica Hutchison

sources of self-efficacy beliefs: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, socialpersuasions, and physiological states. Understanding. The factor listed most frequently by students as influencing theirconfidence in success in ENGR 106 was their ability to learn or understand the materialpresented in the course. Further, the concepts of learning and understanding appear to affectmen and women to nearly the same degree. Few students indicated being affected specificallyby understanding or lacking an understanding of homework assignments (“I am understandingthe work more than I did before so my confidence level is higher.”), lab tasks (“Some of the labsfeel very rushed and are finished when I don't really understand how.”), projects

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Henderson; Gerald Gannod; Barbara Gannod

6 VIII. Embedded Systems 6 IX. Compilers 5 X. S/W practices 5 XI. Analysis 3 XII. Licensing/Copyright 2 XIII. Project management 2 XIV. IT 2 XV. Technical communication 0 XVI. Business 0 XVII. International

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Davari; Amir Rezaei

. After completing the exercises the students will be able: • To investigate the effects of Proportional, Integral and Derivative control action on the system performance • To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each of the control actions. The last exercises are projects given to the students to demonstrate their ability to analyze a given system and design as well as implement a PID control scheme. Students should be able comment on the stability of the system (Open loop response) and which control scheme is best suitable for the given system.iii. Experimental resultsThis section illustrates some of the experimental results obtained by the students. The results arecompared by simulating the same experiment in

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Hamilton

Peer Review: Modeling Civil Engineering Practice, Another Way To Improve Learning Scott R. Hamilton Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New YorkAbstractThis paper presents the initial results of a research project designed to foster in students the habitof checking their work for accuracy. The problem observed was that students seemed to regardtheir homework submissions as simply a product to be handed in, and the correctness of theirsolutions did not seem to concern them. This struck the author as the wrong approach ineducating

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

, which draws better students, who boost ex- ternal giving, which finances new projects, raises salaries, and increases the endowment for getting better students, which gets better rankings, which . . . , the second-tier school must perpetually treat the student as a transient consumer. That’s why good schools, really good schools, have all that stuff, all those things, that have nothing whatsoever to do with their oft-stated lofty mission. There is even a term for these things inside the in- dustry, competitive amenitiesthings such as Olympic quality gyms that few students use, Broadway-style theaters that are empty much of the time, personal trainers, glitzy student unions with movie theaters

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Podlasek

novel processes or products for which a near-term value can be identified and/or abusiness case can be developed. That is, the academics would become members of technicalinnovation teams, and the university research endeavors would focus on projects that provide Page 10.1191.2value in a market oriented global economy. The utility to the final end-user is identified by “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition” Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationmethods consistent with good business practice. To obtain a complete picture, engineers mustnow

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mincer; David McDaniel; Laurence Caretto

students have one class meeting in a computer laboratory for a hands-ondemonstration. Following this initial introduction, students are free to use the toolbox in theirhomework solutions, but they have to use tables for examinations. The use of tables is requiredbecause not all students have access to a laptop computer, which would be required to run thetoolbox.* The requirement to learn tables for examinations limits the students’ use of the toolboxduring the semester.The main application of the thermodynamic toolbox at CSUN has been for design projects.These projects are intended to provide students the experience of determining parameters in aprocess with several components. One problem that has been used in this regard is shown inFigure 9

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Hartley T. Grandin, Hartley T. Grandin,; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

stated needs.” Another educational goal of our course is tointroduce design through homework problems and short, simple and well-defined projects. Asthe student progresses to more advanced courses, i.e., machine design, structural design, etc.,projects become lengthier, open-ended and difficult, leading to the major design experience. In accordance to ABET EC200041, an engineering program must demonstrate that thegraduates of a program have satisfied Criteria 3(c) “an ability to design a system, component, orprocess to meet the desired needs…”. The approach proposed in this paper can be used todemonstrate Criteria 3(c) applied to individual structural components. Furthermore, if theapproach is used in other courses, i.e., statics, machine

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

discuss matters of mutual interest, includingpotential future collaboration.(1)Some of the adjunct faculty-particularly those who are seniors in specific industries-could offerimportant linkages for the development of industrial affiliate programs, co-op activities, summertraining opportunities, and employment opportunities for new graduates. They may also providenew ideas for senior design projects, topics for graduate theses, or render help in theestablishment of collaborative research programs.When a choice has been made and the candidate has accepted, it is important that he/she feelswelcome and be assisted in becoming familiar with his/her new surroundings. To expedite theprocess, new adjuncts should sit together with their new colleagues

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

eliminate the core topics taught in our programs but it Page 10.78.5does suggest opportunities that can be integrated into the educational process. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 1. Business Knowledge/Skills 2. Supply Chain Management 3. Project Management 4. International Perspective 5. Materials 6. Manufacturing Process Control 7. Written & Oral Communication 8. Product/Process Design 9.Quality 10. Specific Manufacturing