Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado at Boulder

, Daria co-instructs the Creative Engineering class for ninth-grade students at the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) in Denver, CO. For Daria, one of the greatest benefits of participating in the K-12 outreach initiative was the development of her pedagogy skills at the middle school and high school instructional level. Each week, she created detailed 50- minute lesson plans that met a daily

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marijke Kehrhahn; Kelli Vallieres; Alexandra Bell; Nicholas Massa

which to model behaviors14. Providing learners with instruction that focuseson developing metacognitive knowledge will better prepare them to choose and regulate learningstrategies that enhance interaction while engaged in the learning process.Self-regulation, the degree to which individuals actively participate in their own learning processand utilize metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral strategies to orchestrate their learning is acritical element of learner success10, 14, 15, 16,17. Self-regulation is a continuous and integratedprocess utilizing reflection skills and metacognitive knowledge involving three interrelatedprocesses (a) planning (i.e., setting goals, identifying task knowledge, and selecting andsequencing a series of

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Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paolo Tamayo; David Florida; Ramakrishna Gottipati; Janos Grantner

are discussed in the paper in detail. In the first part of the paper, we briefly outline the key concepts to develop a verificationmethodology for teaching and research in the digital systems design area. The second and thirdsections of the paper focus on the test bench and provide for a few examples on how to use it. Page 10.462.1The fourth part of the paper concludes with a future assessment plan.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”1. Introduction The main focus of

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Rowe

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationaccreditation) will be discussed further in this paper. Students undertaking BEng (IEng) awardswho successfully complete the final year project are required to demonstrate the ability to: • Undertake a risk assessment of a project. • Undertake a search of information/literature related to a specified topic. • Appraise relevant practical techniques to be used to obtain specified data in order to achieve set objectives. • Formulate a project specification including a work plan to achieve desired project objectives

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Jay Shah; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

design firm in industry while providing a class experience that combines field construction with an engineering design project to benefit people of the developing world.University of Pittsburgh, PA. Mascaro Offers undergraduate research and courses in sustainabilitySustainability Initiative; Department of and development. The Green Construction and Sustain-Civil and Environmental Engineering. able Development Program offers a grassroots approach towww.engr.pitt.edu/msi/ project planning and design; political economy of development; and skills in development.Purdue University

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Simoneau; Mary deManbey; Karen Wosczyna-Birch

of the planning process, as it served to help grant administrators tailor activitiesaround the educators’ interests, and it also gave the educators information on what industrylearning opportunities existed for them.The focal point of the ATE Professional Development grant was the summer externshipprogram. CBIA took the initiative in setting up the industry experiences, working closely witheach teacher and company sponsor to assure that there was the potential for a beneficialpartnership. Educators were given an opportunity to express what their interests were, and torequest a particular company of interest. If an ATE leader had no company in mind, CBIAresearched general areas of interest and solicited companies that would be

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverlee Kissick; Alysia Starkey; Jung Oh; Judith Collins

ongoing instructioneffectively7. With Jung Oh, professor of chemistry, the four became a group with the goal ofexploring how IL instruction could be adopted into cooperative faculty's existing curricula.Because assessment programs were currently being planned university-wide, the IL Group alsoinvestigated ways to assess information literacies across curriculum.We adopted three near-term goals, the focus of this report: Identify cooperative faculty willing to collaborate on inservice visits tailored to the needs of specific courses taught. develop and pilot course assignments that integrate inservice librarian visits with course content

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

Key Assignment Elements Criterion 3 Outcomes Addressed Proposal - Take cues from NSF and require (b) – esp. designing experiments; (c) information regarding broader impacts – esp. a recognition of existing and intellectual merit constraints; (e) – esp. identifying and formulating problems; (f); (g); (h) – - Include a literature review through broader impact/intellectual merit; (i) –through literature review; - Include a project plan and proposed

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris

methodology of this case study was based on multi-method survey and focus group activitiesthat were both quantitative and qualitative in nature. The success of the project was determinedby the analysis of the data from the pre/post tests, focus groups, and evaluations through processmeasures used to assess student involvement, skills, knowledge, and educational progress.Twelve graphic information technology (GIT) students at Arizona State University, who were Page 10.47.2enrolled in GIT 314 Multimedia Design Planning and Storyboarding, participated in this study. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Paula Quinn; Jill Rulfs; John Orr

project objectives, overall organization, and budget aspects are presented in [2].Organizationally, this project is complex, involving WPI faculty, graduate and undergraduatestudents, WPS elementary teachers and principals, and five grade levels in three schools inacademic year 2004-05. The graduate fellows in the program devote full time in the summer andhalf time in the academic year to their K-6 activities, which include substantial time in theelementary classrooms as well as development (and often delivery) of lesson plans onengineering topics.Undergraduate students may participate in two ways: as fellows with duties similar to thegraduate fellows, but with a reduced time commitment, or as part of their regular academicprogram for academic

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

all contributed to the project.American Carolina StampingAmerican Carolina Stamping served as a sub-contractor for prototype fabrication and assemblyon selected designs. Strengths were in mechanical and HVAC fabrication. Flexibility to take onthe project while maintaining current levels of demand for other committed products wasprovided. The long term goal of the project is regional economic development and the creation ofadditional jobs. Upon selection of the most viable prototype designs, scale up and costprojections, and establishing vendor contacts became the responsibility of American CarolinaStamping.Milestones and ResponsibilitiesMilestones and responsibilities of team members were identified during the initial planning ofthe project

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado at Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder

knowledge of engineeringas a career through an understanding of the pervasiveness of engineering in our world; and toprovide an appreciation of engineering as the creation of things for the benefit of society. In thispaper, we examine the planning, implementation and assessment results associated withdeveloping a 12-week, hands-on, engineering design-focused ninth-grade elective course.Additionally, we discuss how a partnership between a newly developed urban public highschool, engineering graduate students and faculty, and enthusiastic high school students andparents can make a significant impact on the knowledge of and interest in engineering amonghigh school students

Conference Session

Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

keepimportant issues in the minds of faculty. It is has become an important avenue ofcommunication among faculty to discuss and think about issues related to teaching, learning andassessment. It has also helped in assisting new faculty assume their roles as educationprofessionals, getting them thinking about learning and assessment at the beginning of theircareers, and helping them to understand the teaching philosophies of our department.Faculty WorkshopsEach year, between fall and spring semester, the department conducts a faculty retreat. In thisone- to two-day retreat, departmental business that can’t be addressed in a normal one-hourfaculty meeting (e.g., strategic planning, budgets, etc.) is conducted. For the past three years, ahalf-day of this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi

background of the students.Initiation of the club was difficult initially due to the lack of funds but through the support of theSchool of Science and Technology faculty and staff, funds were raised to begin club activitiesFall of 2004.Student RetentionFollowing is a list of activities performed by the club to enable female student retention. Someare in the planning phase since a large amount of funds is required to implement them. • provide a comfortable work environment for these minority female students where they can find computers to work on, books to reference, tutors to help them out when they need it, and female faculty who are available to advise and mentor them as needed. • Provide an

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanchana Jayasuriya; Doreen Thomas

-yearfaculty-funded post-doctoral fellowships” (Jayasuriya & Thomas3), and as described in “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Jayasuriya & Thomas3, this was incorporated into the Faculty Diversity Plan as well as theFaculty Operational Plan for 2003.Independently (at about the same time), and in spite of positive discrimination being illegal inThe Netherlands, five positions for women were established at the University of Groningen.The fellowships, which were named in honour of Rosalind Franklin were sponsored by theFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Groningen (Nosengo4). There

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wipplinger

Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Education regions of India in question, using the International Building Code and the Bureau of Indian Standards Code; and drawing conclusions about their adequacy. In addition, we will examine the possible effects of local construction practices on the given design and, if these effects render the design unsafe, suggest possible alternate designs.”Plans for two simple one-story structures were provided by Dr. Hausler for analysis. The plansrepresent the typical house layout for the region and are basic one-room houses with minimalwindows and doors. The common construction material in the area is

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Cahill; Joshua Peschel

&M University. Theinstructional framework is outlined within the following six core domains: 1. Learning Challenges and Learning Objectives 2. Authentic Scientific Inquiry 3. Embedded Information Technology 4. Assessment and Learning Products 5. Learning Experiences with Instructional Technologies 6. Strategic Planning for Implementation Page 10.181.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education The material and techniques presented here are to serve as a series of

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Goodwin

related to theirleadership role in a student organization.All students were paired with an upperclassman who served as their mentor for the semester. Afinal report of three to five pages summarizing the journaling and the reflection that took placethroughout the whole semester was due at the end of the semester. Students were also asked towrite out their personal philosophy of leadership, and their leadership action plan that includedfour sections: (1) how did they plan to apply certain leadership theories and concepts; (2) theirobservations of various leadership and participant roles that they engaged in throughout thesemester (styles, differences, team and group effectiveness: what worked, what didn’t work, andwhy); (3) their plans to use the

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

semester long course. Upon returning to campus there is usually a classperiod reserved for discussion on the plant’s manufacturing processes, operational strategies,shop-floor philosophy, etc.There are also two projects associated with the course as follows:Project 1. Manufacturing Processes. Students are divided into teams of four and assigned a setof processes. At the end of a two-week time period, each group presents details of the assignedprocesses, evaluating the assigned manufacturing processes from the perspective of processplanning for manufacture of a product. Each group is also assigned the responsibility fordeveloping an information packet on one set of manufacturing processes.Project 2. Development of a Manufacturing Engineering Plan

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

andteaching skills. This paper will investigate further the following hypothesis: Participating in atime-intensive outreach program, where Fellows are teaching science, math, and engineeringconcepts, helps engineering graduate students to understand public school environments, developbetter communication skills, and hone their career plans. Page 10.883.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe state of STEM education in U.S. public schools could benefit greatly from the deep

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

be approximately 60 students over all four years,we chose to identify a new teaching method for this course that is appropriate for this size classand that would enhance the effectiveness of the course. Furthermore, in planning our newengineering building which opened in fall 2004, we chose to create dedicated biomedicalengineering instructional facilities that would permit the blending of traditional lecture andlaboratory activities into single instructional sessions.In taking advantage of the small class size and the new instructional facilities, we revamped ourIntroduction to Biomedical Engineering course for the majors to offer a course in which theboundaries between lecture and lab became less distinct and in which the students

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Dudevoir; Carl Fossa

integrate subsystems into a working prototype. We havehistorically found that our students are very successful at building working subsystems, but theyexperience difficulty integrating these subsystems into a working prototype. One of the biggestchallenges they have is under estimating the amount of time it takes to successfully integratesubsystems of a project. The autonomous ground vehicle project requires them to both test thesensor subsystems of the robot, and also to develop an integration test plan for the entire project.As part of this project, the students are required to give an oral preliminary design review andsubmit a written project report using the same format required for their senior design project. Theproject culminates with a

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Johnson; Andrew Jackson

importance of the 5Smodel. Additional engineering tools are also being planned for cross-curriculum integration inthe near future.Introduction The race is won in the pits! Teams from the National Association for Stock Car AutoRacing (NASCAR), Indy Racing League (IRL), and Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc.(CART) use the principles of 5S to improve their performance in an environment where extrafractions of a second spent during pit stops can mean the difference between victory anddisappointing defeat. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that for the racing speeds at this Page 10.747.1level of competition (approximately 200 miles per

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Amuso; Surendra Gupta; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson; Robert Merrill

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”enhance the program’s success rate. The MEET Scholars Program plan for assessment andevaluation for each objective of the program includes both the assessment of student progressand the overall evaluation of the project. The assessment tools for each program objective arelisted below with associated benchmark data. These tools complement the assessment structuresalready in place and functioning well in the five participating departments. • Provide scholarship support for academically talented, financially needy students who transfer to engineering and engineering technology programs after graduating from a 2- year

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Landaeta; Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

Session 1642 Individual Certification as an Engineering Manager? William R. Peterson, Rafael E. Landaeta, Kawintorn Pothanun Old Dominion UniversityAbstractSeveral of the discipline specific professional societies are offering or planning to offercertification of individuals as engineering managers. Does this have implications for EngineeringManagement programs at universities? Other stakeholders (faculty, students, employers, andgraduates of engineering management programs) are impacted by certification as well. Thispaper attempts to look at the issue from several points of view

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

entrepreneurial inventory, tracking former scientists and engineers who might want to learn entrepreneurial skills as a way of transitioning out of the old directed economy. He has been vice manager of the TEMPUS/Tacis JEP-10230 on the implementation of Master’s studies at the Technical University of Moldova, designed the pilot modules on “enterprise management” and “the business plan,” and he has served as the manager of a joint research project in Romania. Professor Rafael Ciloci, doctor in economic sciences and lecturer at the Technical University of Moldova, is responsible for the management of the entrepreneurship course. He has participated in the TACIS Program (“Promotion of Higher Economic Education in the

Conference Session

Vendor Partnerships with Engineering Libraries

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Wolfish; Rachel Berrington; Andrew Wheeler; Jay Bhatt

StudentBranch of IEEE, and IEEE personnel. This innovative collaborative relationship was based onthe IEEE University Partnership Program (UPP). From 2000 to 2004, unique activities andevents were held to attract new students to the IEEE and encourage students to use IEEE Xplore,a premier electronic resource providing full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazinesand conference proceedings. Additional benefits of these events and activities included:improved information awareness and information literacy among the event participants,improved teamwork and communication skills in the members of the Drexel IEEE StudentBranch who had to plan, promote, coordinate, and moderate events for students from Drexel andsurrounding institutions, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

semester, I started making mental notes on what tochange the next time I offer this course – yes, I am willing to try again! This paper willconcentrate on the changes introduced to the course and report on their effects. Section II willreview the course and section III will summarize the level at which the Blackboard software wasintroduced. I will describe the initiation of freshmen to LabVIEW in section IV and introducethe student projects in section V. I will close with a reflection on the course and plans for futureofferings.II. EGR 101: Introduction to EngineeringGeneva College catalogue describes EGR 101 as follows: Introduction to engineering design and decision-making. Christian world-view applied to engineering. Use of logic

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Janice Singleton

undergraduateassistants and aid in their understanding of their role in the project plan. Unfortunately, by theend of the first stage, it became apparent that the recruitment of three undergraduate students forthe first phase was an overestimate. The overabundance of undergraduate assistance left verylittle for each individual to equally contribute and, in the end, the experience was perhaps lessvaluable than had been anticipated. The difference in timing of events between industry and academia is an issue that hinderseffective project interaction. The summer break and breaks between semesters were obviousproblems that had to be addressed, but there is also a rhythm to the work load that students carrythrough the semester. This points to the beginning of

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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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