Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

capabilities and integrated with coursework in the sciences, mathand English. Figure 1 provides a graphical depiction of the location of the courses (EAS prefix) Page 11.74.4 Figure 1in the spiral. Ten courses were developed as part of the spiral Spiral curriculum. The specificcourses required in each engineering major varies from a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 10, withmost programs including 9. Course titles and program requirements are summarized in Table 1. Table 1 - Foundation Courses in UNH Engineering ProgramsCourse Engineering Program –> ChE

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Walden, Northern Kentucky University; Rose Shumba, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

better appreciation of the need for software security and a basic understanding of how todevelop secure software. However, finding the time required to cover software security effectivelyremains a considerable challenge, especially as both institutions only offer a single semester ofsoftware engineering.IntroductionApplication software has become highly interconnected as the Internet and wireless networkinghave grown in importance. While security flaws were previously exposed only to users sittingin front of the computer, the Internet allows attackers from around the world to exploit securityvulnerabilities in networked applications. Even embedded systems like cell phones are vulnerableto remote attacks.1 This increased exposure to attack has

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; James Kamman, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Mohammed Elsamawal, Western Michigan University; Michael Desjardins, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

calculated therefore, refining and maximizing the efficiency ofthe system. After completing the design of the hydraulic circuit (Figure 1), components werespecified that met the design requirements. The hydraulic circuit was assembled in the laboratory Page 11.755.4and its performance was tested (Figure 2). After fine-tuning the circuit for improving itsperformance, a complete 3-D CAD layout of the hydraulic circuit was developed using Pro-Engineer8.Design of Bicycle FrameAfter completion of the hydraulic circuit design, a recumbent frame was chosen for the system asopposed to designing and fabricating the frame from scratch. This allowed the group

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

correctness of their answers were positively correlated with their performancein other parts of the course. In both courses, it appears that students with lower GPAs whoparticipated in PRS questions benefited as much as or more than other students, suggesting thatusing PRS may help students who are at-risk academically.IntroductionPersonal Response Systems (PRS or “clickers”) are hand-held transmitters that allow students torespond to questions in class, with their responses recorded on the instructor’s computer. Thesesystems allow instructors to move away from didactic lecture formats towards more activelearning strategies that encourage student participation and are consistent with research on activelearning 1. Perhaps one of the best-known

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Texas A&M University-Commerce; E. Delbert Horton; Mary Johnson, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

identifysources of data needed to verify the progress being made toward our stated goals and objectives.Another element of the self-study and site visit preparation process was to document results fromvarious program constituents to help insure that Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) werebeing satisfied, as required by the accrediting body. Several tools were used throughout the self-study to identify course-level competencies (IECCs) that were then mapped to IE program-leveloutcomes (IEPOs) and finally to the stated program PEOs. Throughout the self-assessmentprocess, feedback was collected and information was solicited from four basic sources,specifically: 1) Internal Informal sources, 2) Internal Formal sources, 3) External Formalsources, and 4

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Page 11.1427.6confidence, or just that the passage of time since the conclusion of a major design project makesthe full impact of the experience be felt. To assess the learning of the design students who willparticipate in the next iteration of the vertical mentoring scheme beyond their design projects,longitudinal concept mapping[3] (at the conclusion of each of the four quarters in the designsequence) is being implemented. Alternative assessments of students’ confidence in their designabilities could also be collected[1]. These might enable further determination of the impact ofmentoring not only on the ability guide a team and gain a new perspective, but also on the abilityof this experience to help students potentially synthesize and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Janet Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Paige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Engineering Design (ENGR2050) is arequired course for all sophomore Engineering majors. Traditionally, this course has been taughtin the context of Product Design and in small teams of 6 to 8 students. As depicted in Figure 1,this is a four-credit course, of which one credit is taught as Professional Development (PD1).The PD1 portion of the course is taught by instructors at the Archer Center for StudentLeadership Development at Rensselaer. The mission of the Archer Center is to complementRensselaer’s educational mission by providing skill-based, leadership education to its studentsand community. According to the Archer Center: “The purpose of Professional Development 1 isto provide students with an introduction to a simulated professional

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Romney, Brigham Young University; Ronald Gonzales, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

2006-2389: INTEGRATING SCRIPTING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGEINSTRUCTION INTO IT CURRICULAGordon Romney, Brigham Young UniversityRonald Gonzales, Brigham Young University Page 11.791.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating Scripting Programming Language Instruction into IT CurriculaIntroductionThe objective of this paper is to offer IT academicians one potential open-source solution to theescalating challenge that confronts each of us regarding how to optimally teach ScriptingProgramming Languages [1] (Web scripting language “WSL”) within severely constrainedteaching curricula. The outcome, additionally, is to promote creativity within academia that willgenerate the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Joan Kwako, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Deanna Byrnes, Lawrence University; Thatcher Root, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Clif Conrad, University of Wisconsin-Madison

seeking new knowledge that relates to the problem at hand, andfor trial, feedback, and revision. In short, substantive conversation forces us to transformbasic knowledge into applied, integrated knowledge.” [1]Authentic assessment has been the norm for the course since its beginning as a centralcomponent in the Delta Program [2]; however, the introduction of the micro-course is an“experiment” to make the traditional micro-teaching experience even more “real” ormore authentic. For example, since its beginning, students have written and reviewedlearning plans, assessment strategies, and a teaching and learning philosophy. In fall,2004, we piloted the micro-course as an authentic assessment experience. Our hypothesiswas that a microcourse would give

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering. The curriculum consists of (1) a course text, (2)integrated laboratory exercises with real-time signal processing hardware, (3) summerteacher training institutes, and (4) a web community portal for information sharing(www.infinity-project.org). Started in 1999, the Infinity Project is in over 150 highschools across twenty-five states and is garnering some interest in other countries acrossthe world as an innovative educational intervention to promote and increase awareness ofengineering and technology education in young people today.While careful assessment and tracking of pre-college student populations on a large scaleis challenging – see the comments in Section 4 of this paper – the Infinity Project attractsboth students and teachers

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American; Bob Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

own learning. CBT provides public forums to promote a senseof community. All four of these dimensions of an effective learning environment should bepresent in effective student learning environments. Obtaining a balance of each dimension is thekey to the design of a better learning environment.A faculty development resource called the “CBT” teaching toolbox has been created to assist inthe development of asynchronous interactive computer and web based training(http://crown.panam.edu/toolbox). The teaching toolbox shown in Figure 1 is a website devotedto the dissemination of content and methods developed under a NSF CCLI grant. The toolboxwas developed primarily as a resource for faculty who desire to use interactive computer basedinstruction

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeri-Anne McKeon

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

potential savings, economic rate of return, reliability, and easeof accomplishment. See Figure 1. Page 11.939.4 3Figure 1A separate “Economics” sidebar for each Measure estimates the potential savings, the cost, andthe payback period. A “Traps & Tricks” sidebar provides practical field experience for theaspiring engineer about the pitfalls of each activity and advises how to stay out of trouble. Page 11.939.5 4The second part of the book, called Reference

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado-Boulder; Hyman Brown, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Construction

solutionsmake sense. Students who possess such skills tend to learn more quickly4. The role of theinstructor in PBL is to help students develop these skills. By presenting classes with open-endedproblems that lack specific solution objectives, students are forced to create their own strategiesand goals. Instructors become coaches as students attempt to reach these self-defined goals5. Page 11.441.3 Figure 1: The knowledge transformation components and processPBL and Knowledge LandscapesThe emphasis of PBL on integrating theory with practice, or content with context, providesstudents with an initial exposure to the professional world where it is

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Gannod, Arizona State University; Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

thisknowledge. A typical conversation an interviewer might have with a graduating student mightbe “well, yes I did a few use cases in my Software Requirements class, but no I have not doneone of that size nor do I understand how to use that model to drive analysis and test planning.”This paper presents an alternative approach underway at Arizona State University’s Polytechniccampus. In this approach, students are accelerated through the knowledge, comprehension,application levels through a hybrid teaching and learning model that combines multiplepedagogical approaches with a process-guided exposure to software engineering.1. The Software Enterprise: An OverviewIn the Division of Computing Studies (DCST) at Arizona State University’s Polytechnic Campus

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Silver, University of Rhode Island; G. Boudreaux-Bartels, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island; Lynn Pasquerella, University of Rhode Island; Joan Peckham, University of Rhode Island; Mercedes River-Hudec, University of Rhode Island; Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

associate professors, and 18% of assistant professors.[1]In addition to recruitment barriers, retention and advancement provide additional obstacles.Reduced tenure rates, slower promotion rates, inflexible and demanding work schedules thatmake balancing work and family difficult, heavy service and teaching loads, and a male-dominated, often hostile work climate that does not validate the needs or contributions of womenparticipants all contribute to a higher attrition rate[2] – [5] for women than for men STEM faculty.The University of Rhode Island was representative of these trends until a series of events,culminating in the activities of the NSF ADVANCE program, provided avenues for positivechange in the College of Engineering, which now serves as

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuko Hoshino, Nihon University; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

presentation for mainlyundergraduate students, though graduate students were welcome. These meetings wereconducted in English with very little translation. The engineering faculty from both sides wantedto see the students’ reaction to the material, and their problems and concerns. It was helpful thatthe American professor had had two years of experience developing engineering design curriculaat KIT and teaching its students between 1995 and 1997.Developing course schedulesThe two courses’ class schedules are shown below. Both courses met once a week for two hoursfor nine weeks.Table 1 The compressible fluid course schedule Week Description 1 Introduction to compressible flow-continuity, momentum, energy equation 2 1-dim flow

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Technology Initiative for the New Economy (TINE) was established withthis purpose in mind. Figure 1 indicates the percentage of participation in terms funds receivedfrom each category of collaborator. Partnership Collaboration 50 45 Government Appropriations 40 Participation Percentages Industrial Partnerships 35 30 Professional Societies

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Osborn, IUPUI; Patricia Fox, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

International

and Page 11.1360.2partnership with the Berufsakademie Mannheim. The GO GREEN course and the partnershipswith German businesses and industries were developed over time and have been the subject ofseveral papers 1, 2Undergraduate Research in GermanyWhen the IUPUI faculty developed the GO GREEN course one additional proposal wasintroduced to allow undergraduates to conduct research projects on sustainable topics inGermany after taking the GO GREEN course. This project allowed students to take a fullsummer class load and be eligible for financial aid if needed. When the first GO GREEN coursewas offered in the summer of 2003, two students opted to

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

this retention effort is taking place at the freshmen level, wheredropout rates have been the highest. Institutions are developing innovative ways to maintaininterest of freshmen students in their disciplines and the desire to continue.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Old Dominion University is a comprehensive Ph.D. granting institution located in Norfolk,Virginia. The Batten College of Engineering and Technology houses four engineeringdepartments, an engineering management department and the engineering technologydepartment. The departments are somewhat autonomous with very few shared courses.However, common to all undergraduate curricula are two credit freshman engineering courses,Exploring Engineering and Technology I and II. These courses were instituted

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 11.140.2and observe its response in both time and frequency domains. Therefore, the virtual laboratorycan be effectively used to reinforce theoretical concepts introduced in an introductory class onsignals, circuits and systems. We believe that even though the virtual lab was never intended asa replacement for a hardware laboratory, it can be used as an independent tool provided thestudents had some experience with the measurement tools in a previous course. Page 11.140.3 Figure 1: Virtual laboratory home page.One can find a large variety of applets on the internet intended to teach such concepts. The maindifference

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

International

, required internationaldocumentation, etc.).”20EGR330 is co- facilitated by ETHOS administration, engineering faculty, Spanish Departmentfaculty, and University of Dayton Center for Social Concern staff. Course structure issummarized in Table 1. Language sessions incorporate a “crash course” in Spanish, providing a Page 11.1285.4review of, or introduction to, basic conversational Spanish skills. Most collaboratingorganizations and communities are Spanish speaking; thus, the need of Spanish languageinstruction. For students traveling to countries where Spanish is not spoken, appropriateinstruction is arranged. Appropriate Technology class sessions

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

startup formation. The ultimate goal with regard toentrepreneurship is to create an appropriate culture at the university level, in engineeringeducation and in engineering practice more generally. The story of these students and theircompany sheds light on the current culture and provides guidance for future development ofengineering education.Entrepreneurship Assets and University Technology CommercializationFor the majority of doctoral students whose careers will be in industry, “even those who work onthe bench need to understand what motivates market-driven (as opposed to curiosity-driven) Page 11.495.2research.”1 The trends within research

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

to various key presses or to mouse clicks, adding a level ofexcitement to the development of the game.ExampleIn the Spring of 2006, students had to implement the video game “Pong”. The projectfunctions that were provided included: createWindow, createPaddles, xMove, yMove,hide, drawBall, getCenter, setTitle. The functions require some parameters as input,which set the window dimensions, the paddles’ dimensions, and the ball size. Animationis done by moving the objects and iterating. Some of the game’s graphic features, as wellas the paddles’ response to key presses, are hidden inside the functions mentioned above,and are totally transparent to the students.Figure 1 below shows a snapshot of the game at a time when player 1 (left) is

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Freeman, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; Grant Sharpe, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

effort to provide students with an opportunity to combine learning experiences inthe application of technology to socially relevant challenges. This Service Learning initiative isbased on successful programs implemented by the Tufts Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment both locally in Massachusetts 1-4 and internationally5. Community-based servicelearning (CSL) is a pedagogical tool that helps students develop a deeper appreciation ofengineering as well as to communicate their engineering solutions to both technical and layaudiences. Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students were particularly active in organizingthe student EWB chapter and solicited projects that required skills in mechanical design. Theallure of service

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

-learning is the integration ofcommunity service projects into the curriculum that also help to develop fundamentalengineering skills through experiential learning. Service-learning has been found to helpstudents develop technical and non-technical skills, make connections between classes, developracial and cultural sensitivity, enhance their commitment to civic responsibility and increase theirethical awareness and awareness of the impact of professional decisions on society and theenvironment. 1-5 Page 11.1164.2Another increasing popular addition to the curriculum of many engineering programs isinternational learning experiences such as study

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samer Tawfik, Georgia Institute of Technology; Serkan Ozbay, Georgia Institute of Technology; Erian Armanios, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

- Introduce excitement of research d- Adopt a continuous learning pathIV- Test Evaluation Concept Educational research shows that teaching in the form of lectures is no more thantransmitting information. Shannon and Weaver’s model of communication, shown in Figure 1, isoften used to represent lecture halls teaching as an open loop system. Information Transmitter Noise Receiver Destination source Figure 1- Shannon-Weaver’s Communication ModelGoankar [3] suggested that Shannon and Weaver’s model with added feedback can enhance theteaching-learning process. In terms of engineering system a portion of the output is fed back tothe input as shown in Figure 2

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; JEFFREY DONNERBERG, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Millennium, NEA 2002 Almanac of Higher Education , pages 75-86a4 Lee J., Access and Choice, NEA Research Center Update Volume 9,Number 1, January 20035 Jones D., State Shortfalls Projected Throughout the Decade-Higher Ed Budgets Likely to Feel Continued Squeeze, Policy Alert - The National Center For Public Policy and Higher Education, Feb 20037 Jackson D., The Squeeze on College Funding, Boston Globe, Oct. 2005 Page 11.1421.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thompson, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

-learning model with first-year students.Purdue University’s First-Year Engineering ProgramPurdue University’s Department of Engineering Education has responsibility for all of theapproximately 1650 first-year engineering students. All engineering students are required tocomplete a common first year core of classes shown in Table 1 before matriculating to theirrespective engineering major. Minimum grade levels are established for matriculation to themajor of their choice. The department includes ten tenure track faculty and four academicadvisors. This department has the responsibility for all of the academic advising for first-yearstudents and primary teaching responsibility for the engineering lectures, seminars, help andassistance courses as well