Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; James H. Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman, Michigan State University; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Development. In addition, she has developed numerous tools to mentor young women considering engineering as a career and has been involved in the development of a women in engineering role model book for K-12 Page 11.1349.1 students.Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology PATRICIA A. CARLSON is professor of rhetoric at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is a long-time advocate of writing in engineering education. Carlson has been a National Research© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Council Senior Fellow for the U. S. Air Forcer, as well as having had

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shantha Daniel, Iowa State University; Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Leslie Potter, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

emphasizedthroughout IE 441.The students’ first task is to write a project proposal that clearly defines the problemsthey are trying to solve. Their initial proposals include identifying measurable objectives,relevant assumptions and constraints, their intended statements of work, tangibledeliverables, project schedules, and an expected project costs. Formal written proposalsare submitted during the third week of class, and then presented formally a week later.Once the students’ proposals have been accepted, the teams are essentially independentthroughout the completion of their projects. The instructor and teaching assistants TA’sare available whenever needed but they allow the students as much autonomy as isdesired. During the semester, progress is

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

related to developing ways to transport lunar regolith(the fine particles covering the lunar surface) for processing; the sophomore teams chose fromamong 14 provided projects. However, it appears that none of projects required the fabricatingand testing of a “design”. The only product of the projects was a final report which was gradedusing a rubric. It appears that at least 80% of the grading related to technical writing skills andnot “design”. The remaining 20% was evaluated on the basis of the team’s ability to “developand justify a feasible solution.” The grades for the freshman projects were essentiallyindependent of team makeup for three of the four team categories (Overall grading and thegrading of the “solution” portion varied by less

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Moshe Hartman, Retired

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

seems to be a match between the needs of engineering education for the21st century and female preferences for learning when it comes to the importance of teamwork.Team or group work (the two are used interchangeably in this paper) is supposed to be apedagogy that women prefer, since it involves collaborative rather than competitive learning,interactional negotiations, a peer setting for confidence building and a safer environment forerror correction for those unsure of their skills. It also provides the opportunity to learn fromeach other’s strengths. Presumably, the emphasis on teamwork will thus make engineeringeducation more palatable for female students, and has been recommended as a strategy to makeengineering (and other math and science

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

at Purdue University Calumet began in fall of2000 with a few courses. During the building and promotion of the new degree program, corefaculty conducted informal surveys of current students. These surveys were completed in classand the number of surveys completed consisted of 30 to 150. (Variables were due to programgrowth). We were interested in how students found out about the program, what they liked aboutthe degree program, and what they looked for in a program degree in relation to career goals.Top responses (in order of number of responses) were as follows: How they found out about the program 1. They heard about the degree from family and peers 2. They heard about the degree from counselors in area High Schools and Community

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Mitchell, Tulane University

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Materials

also served as an industrial consultant to ExxonMobil, Laitrum, Inc. and LLB, Inc., and has secured over $1.0 M in external research funding. Brian has authored 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and one U.S Patent. He is also the author of a textbook entitled “Materials Engineering and Science for Chemical and Materials Engineers” that is published by John Wiley and Sons. In addition, he has given over 30 national and international presentations, including nine presentations to Louisiana elementary school children though the state’s “Speaking of Science” program

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Elsa Villa, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

interventions the class works in small teams. To facilitate the team, peer facilitatorsand teaching assistants (whenever they are available) help during class periods. To provide an incentive to encourage the students to help each other, they wereoffered extra credit on exams. After scoring the first exam, the students were allowed tore-form their teams of three and the team composition remained fixed for the balance of Page 11.255.3the term. Extra credit for exam N was determined as follows. The team summed theirpoints on exam (N-1) and they summed their scores on exam N. If the sum on exam N isgreater than or equal to 30 plus the sum on exam (N-1) then

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Tull, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

outside of the classroomincluding a local planning commission meeting, and a field trip to Washington D.C. to meet withdecision makers involved in technology policy. The agenda for the 2004 trip to D.C. includedvisits at the EPA, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and with congressional staff members.There are also often relevant guest lectures on campus.Group Projects and DebatesThe last outcome relates to the student practice of their verbal, written, graphical, and teamworkskills with special emphasis on verbally communicating technical information. This is achievedthrough group projects, presentations, class debates, and peer reviews including a peer-review ofvideotaped presentations. To enhance the quality of these presentations and

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christan Whysong, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

the terminating gene. Animal rights can be discussed when looking at differenttransgenic animals and how they are used once produced. The aforementioned issues may beaddressed by including ethics training into the Biological Systems Engineering curriculumthrough existing labs and projects. These ideas may be incorporated in the form of a classdiscussion, a posting to an electronic portfolio, an online discussion, an assignment of a researchproject, and questions as part of a write up.Background and spiral approachAt Virginia Tech, engineering intents enter the General Engineering (GE) program and have acommon first semester; GE students are required to take a first semester, introductoryengineering course, which is offered by the Department

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

between work and heat is that work can always be converted completely to heat but that only a fraction of work can ever be transferred to heat. For that reason alone, we can argue that of the two forms, work is the “higher value” form of energy transfer. More on this with the second law introduction later. So taking B as Energy in our Reynolds Transport Equation we can write the First law of Thermodynamics so :- Q% / W% - (m% e) in / (m% e) out - E% gen ? E% CV First Law of Thermodynamics Net Energy accumulated in theDirect Energy

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo; Thomas Leslie, Iowa State University

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Architectural

asdesign consultants, the instructors describe how this unique course helped foster strongercommunication skills, enhanced small group skills, and introduced students to the total designprocess from site analysis through architectural and structural design.PremiseAs college instructors a primary goal is to prepare students for the future. We do this by, • Teaching critical thinking skills so individuals can become problem solvers • Teaching speaking and writing strategies so individuals can become better communicators • Assigning group projects so individuals learn about group dynamics • Exposing students to problems that reflect real life situations so students can learn from past mistakes and become confident enough

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury; Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington-Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

task-oriented, focussed on two tasks. Firstly, the group worked to analyse theaggregated data from the experiment kit, and jointly write a paper to report it. Secondly, eachparticipant worked on a design for their own research study. In contrast to workshop one, most ofthe input in this workshop was from the participants, presenting and discussing their experiencesof using the experiment kit to completion, and reflecting on research in general. The tasks of theworkshop leaders were in structuring interventions to maximise the effectiveness of the analysisand writing, and in working with participants on their new study designs. Page 11.296.4The

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Steve Liu, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

theinstructor of the capstone course, a faculty member or an industry advisor will be a “sponsor” ofthe project. Student teams are organized to match students’ background (work experience andtechnical electives taken) and interests with the proposed problems. The course generallyinvolves proposal writing to define problems and identify solution approaches. Progress reports,mid-term presentations, a final report, and a final presentation are commonly required. Anobjective of the capstone design course is to allow the students to demonstrate the knowledgeand skill they acquired by the time of graduation; thus, the course can be an outcome assessmenttool for continuous improvement of the program. Another key objective of the capstone course isto provide

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik Schwartz, University of Missouri-Rolla; Timothy Philpot, University of Missouri-Rolla; Richard Hall, University of Missouri-Rolla

the structures at specific locations as a result of the forces.As they attempted each problem, the student pairs were required to collaborate with each other,discussing aloud the considerations associated with each of the problems and showing allcomputations on a whiteboard at the front of the room. The students’ discussions, writings, andactivities during each experimental session were videotaped. Additionally, all studentmanipulation of the computer models was recorded through a dynamic screen capture. Thesedata were then analyzed through a systematic application of qualitative techniques, with a focuson identifying students’ processing behaviors, assigning categories to these behaviors, andrelating these categories to student performance

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Roxane Neal, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

situations which ranged from junior faculty concernedabout the impact of active learning techniques on their student ratings to more experiencedfaculty needing help writing the education section of the NSF’s Broader Impacts criteria for agrant proposal. This basic observation about the complexity of engineering educators’ teachingchallenges spurred this research group to generate an empirically-grounded set of designprinciples for this population.Design principles for engineering educator resourcesThe following is a list of our design principles as well as the empirical basis for each principlesynthesized from findings from our analysis of the interview transcripts. These design principlescould be used by engineering educators, especially those new

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

fall. Changes to theobjectives and outcomes are agreed to by consensus of the faculty. Changes are then reviewedby the industrial advisory committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting—the IAC typicallymeets once per academic year. Major changes are now reported to the administration afterreview typically via the Institutional Effectiveness Report and Program Review. Page 11.248.3 GSU Mission Annual Faculty Institutional Peer Review

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Qian, South Dakota State University; Teresa Hall, South Dakota State University; Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, select, and justify tooling that will produce high quality manufactured products economically, reliably, and quickly. • Demonstrate the theoretical and practical knowledge required to measure precision part parameters and propose appropriate corrective action. • Demonstrate communication skills with respect to the ability to define a project, support choices made in the decision stage, and clearly communicate the parameters of a design to the professor and, in the future, to workplace peers. • Identify appropriate information sources, assess validity, and integrate information sources in the design of tooling. Page 11.790.3

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

: planning, project management, problem solving, presentation, patience andpersistence were skills either transferred from industry or newly acquired. All were essential forsuccess as an engineering educator. Each and every one played an important role in the transitionprocess and are equally valuable today and surely will be in future years.Quest for TenureThe third year intensified the pursuit of tenure leading to new obligations and responsibilities. Inaddition, many of the tasks from the previous two years continued over into the third adding tothe workload. Among the challenges were obtaining excellent ratings from the courseevaluations submitted by the students at the end of each term, writing peer reviewed articles forconferences and

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

require an on-line response or chat room discussion. Anothermethod is to require each student to find a hosting firm and develop a case study (relatingto the content of the course) that is presented to the class. One more strategy formaximizing outside of class behavior relates to the time consuming activity of viewingaudio visual materials such as DVDs. Require the students to view the materials on theirown time at the library (room use only) and write a three paragraph “executive summary”that is collected and serves as discussion points during class. Page 11.514.5Learning Technique Number 5 - Preparing to TeachDoyle (2001) in Integrating Learning

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado-Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

the IEEE, as well as a member of the ACM and the Internet Society. He serves on the faculty of the Institute for Regulatory Law and Economics. He was also the Chair of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council steering committee, an FCC federal advisory committee that focuses on network reliability, wire line spectral integrity and Internet peering and interconnection. Doug also served on the Technical Advisory Council of the FCC. His research interests include network security, technology based policy and telecommunications policy. His teaching interests include distributed systems, network security and telecommunications public policy. Doug holds a PhD from the

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phyllis Tedford, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Ying Tang; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; John Schmalzel, Rowan University; Shreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University; Robert Krchnavek, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Raul Ordonez, University of Dayton

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Electrical and Computer

manner for which it was intended. We have learnedfrom many studies that students retain only a tiny fraction of what they hear, a larger butstill small fraction of what they see, and a more substantial fraction of what they actuallydo with their hands and minds in an active learning exercise [3,6,18]. Yet, as late as Page 11.1329.5today, it is widely known that the “talking head” and blackboard (or whiteboard)approach is still in widespread use among our peers. While we know this is the surestway to lose a group of teenagers, the practice somehow survives. Incorporating activelearning activities such as learning moments, one-minute quizzes, group

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Covington, California State University-Northridge; G. Michael Barnes, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

feel that the assessment survey techniquedescribed here has merit and is a worthwhile contribution. The characteristics for this techniquethat most strongly recommend it are: 1. It is brief 2. It is administered at regular periodic intervals 3. It provides timely feedback about the class’s last assessment results either from the perspective of the instructor’s expectations, or peer expectations (descriptive statistics of the student’s last assessment).We believe that the surveys are generic, and should therefore be applicable in the Engineeringcurriculum where there are extended projects, such as lab based or design courses. Readersinterested in incorporating assessment techniques into their college classroom should see

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

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Women in Engineering

describing mentoring relationships. Participants discussed their experiencesand expectations, which were compared to research findings on mentoring, and generated manysuggestions.Several grant-related workshops have also been held. ADVANCE collaborated with the URIResearch Office in sponsoring a series of Grant Development Workshops geared toward juniorfaculty; these included sessions on Securing Funding, Collaborative Proposals, and GrantFunding. A Post-Award Grant Management Workshop is planned in the near future to provideconcrete advice for navigating the university bureaucracy once a grant is received.Monthly Writing Workshops, facilitated by a member of the ADVANCE leadership team, arealso being held. These provide a defined time set aside for

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

ofquality. Lastly, students interact with this service, greatly affecting the quality of the servicethey receive.Given the above factors, it may be very hard to close some gaps. Gaps may exist simply because Page 11.105.12student perceptions and expectations of the Learning Communities, the faculty, the mentors,their peers, or perceptions given to them by their parents, friends or other students. The toolincludes, in the survey, places for students to write in their comments. Focus group sessions areused to verify student survey responses, and also provide opportunities to probe for theunderlying causes of the gaps.Faculty should create an action

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giri Venkataramanan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Annette Muetze, University of Wisconsin-Madison

model, the role ofthe instructor is that of a catalyst in the clumsy and cumbersome process that enables students tonegotiate and reflect on their experiences and construct relevant mental models. Instructionaldesign that is aligned with the learning model is a much more complicated process. Instructionhas to account for students’ prior knowledge and develop customized curricula, emphasizingexperiences, expeditions, and inquiry. Open-ended questions, problems, and dialogue amongstudents are encouraged, while grades and testing are replaced with self and peer assessmentallowing students to negotiate their own progress.In addition to these two dominant models, various other models have also entered the discussionunder different designations

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

De'Jeune Antoine, Xavier University of Louisiana; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

because it includes factors such as fear of evaluation (i.e., ”I avoidevaluations if possible and have a dread of others evaluating me.”), feelings that success cannotbe repeated (i.e., “When I have succeeded at something and received recognition for myaccomplishments, I have doubts that I can keep repeating that success.”) and feelings of beingless capable than one’s peers (i.e., “I often compare my ability to those around me and think theymay be more intelligent than I am.”)8. The Clance IP Scale is a series of Likert-scale questionsthat yields a score from 0 to 100. Scores closer to 100 indicate more intense imposter feelingsand greater success anxiety. Scores falling in the range of 0 to 40 correlate to “few” imposterfeelings, 41 to 60 to

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Odom, University of Idaho; Russ Porter, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Adrian Gomez, University of Idaho; Lloyd Gallup, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

this combined enterprise.Roughly 1/3 of the design teams have both ME and EE members, 1/3 have only ME members,and 1/3 have only EE members. All teams are required to respond to the needs of an externalcustomer, maintain personal logbooks, prepare a problem statement with specifications, presenttheir solution in various design reviews, fabricate a working prototype, write a design report, anddocument their design process on a course web page (http://seniordesign.engr.uidaho.edu). Page 11.895.3Our capstone course design parallels many other capstone programs across the country6,7 andfollows the methodology advocated by standard design

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Minnie Patel, San Jose State University; Anuradha Basu, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

54% 59%It is important, therefore, for SJSU faculty to make a conscious effort to develop and deliverteaching material to reach an ethnically diversified student population.Description of SJSU’s Neat Ideas FairThe Silicon Valley Neat Ideas Fair (www.cob.sjsu.edu/svnif) was first held in November 2004 asa forum to promote creativity and innovation at SJSU by generating and highlighting NeatBusiness Ideas. It was conceived as an opportunity for students from different disciplines topresent their creative ideas to their peers across campus and to industry professionals, to interactand build entrepreneurial teams, and secure feedback from many sources on their ideas.The main aims of the Fair were to encourage students

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Laura Koehl, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, demonstrations, laboratory exercises, individual andgroup projects, and field experiences to: 1) enable high school students to directlyexperience authentic learning practices that require them to use higher-order thinkingskills; 2) encourage creative problem-solving skills that require collaborative learning,teamwork, writing, and presentation; 3) cultivate an interest in service learning, in whichstudents are active participants, achieve outcomes that show a perceptible impact, andengage in evaluative reflection; and 4) better motivate and prepare secondary schoolstudents for advanced education. The Fellows have been and continue to be trained tocreate and implement these activities.Through the course of each year, the Fellows complete a specially