Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Suckarieh, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, the students worked on assignmentsdesigned around three key themes: • A reflection of how the experience has affected them personally • A paper that focuses on working in partnership with the community • A paper about sharing experiences with others in their communityThe class helped the freshmen form friendships before school even begins. It helped inbreaking down some of the apprehensions the students have with their professor in a waythat they have not experienced in a classroom [3]. The College of Applied Science is the college of technology at University of Cincinnati.Its campus is located at a short three miles from University main campus. Every yearabout two hundred freshmen are accepted

Conference Session

What's New in Mechanics of Materials?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

are aimed to facilitate the understanding of these concepts for both learningand industrial practice. Thus, the objectives of the proposed images are to demonstrate to thestudents the followings: • The assumptions (Saint-Venant’s theory) made in developing the axial stress formula • The development of axial stress in a member • The effect of bearing stress on a member • Interaction between axial, bearing, and contact stresses • An application of optics in engineeringBasic theoryThe optical method of reflected photoelasticity (photostress) is utilized to achieve the goals inregard to the above objectives. Photostress is a technique for measuring surface strains todetermine the stresses on a part or structure during loading. With

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

three main moral theories studentsstudied were utilitarianism, ethical egoism, and rights ethics.Students also reflected on ethics as part of an electronic portfolio assignment. This electronicportfolio is owned by the student while he/she is enrolled at this university. BSE intends to useelectronic portfolios to encourage students to reflect on and maintain a record of theireducational experiences. Lastly, students worked in teams to perform research and present ethicsrelated material within the context of recent concerns and events related to natural disasters suchas hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes; this presentation assignment is presented in acompanion paper. 3 This basic ethics instruction creates a foundation for ethics instruction

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Robert Heard, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

reflection of their own use and disposalof products enlightens them further to the intricacies of technology and the environment.Life cycles of technology development, launch, and replacement highlight the rapid growth anddissemination of technology products. While strides in technology have scaled down the size ofproducts, it has also shortened time to obsolescence. For example, desktop computers havebenefited from the developments in circuitry miniaturization that have significantly reduced the Page 11.673.3materials requirements for significant increases in memory and speed. However, computers areeffectively a disposable item and are typically

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Anthony Gaddini, Illinois Institute of Technology; Nishi Gupta, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology

participant teams scheduled a 45 minutefeedback session to review and discuss the results. These discussions were led by a persontrained and experienced in facilitating group discussion. We decided that this person should notbe the faculty advisor, since some sources of tension arise with the role or style of that person;and that it not be an undergraduate student. Some faculty advisors chose to remain for thediscussion; others decided not to attend. The discussion leader (usually one of the evaluationspecialists for the program) distributed the reports to each of the team members, emphasizingthat the results reflected simply how they, collectively, evaluated their team experience at thatpoint. Discussion questions centered on whether results were

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

exemplars to read about:LeMessurier, Inez Austin, or Fred Cuny. Inez Austin was a whistle-blower for environmentalconcerns at Hanford, WA. Cuny was a disaster relief specialist who did humanitarianengineering work in Chechnya, Ethiopia, Bosnia, Somalia, etc.During the in-class discussion, a number of students had selected the Cuny case and stated thatthey hadn’t previously considered the application of civil engineering to refugee camps fromnatural and conflict disasters. In their reflective essays on Civil Engineering that are due in theirJournals at the end of the semester, some students commented on the Cuny case study. Forexample, one male student in 2003 noted: “I mostly enjoyed learning how Civil Engineeringimpacts communities. The case study

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Green, Texas A&M University; Parag Ravindran, Texas A&M University; Rita Caso, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; L. Alan Minnick, Texas A&M University; Ram Shukla, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

improved by video-taping team activity. Also, scoringwith a combination of a standards-based rubric and a content or observations analysisseems the best way to assess the design preparedness of the students. In addition, morequestions could be included to reveal the group dynamics. A reflective interview with allthe students may also be an appropriate tool to consider for capturing the attitudinal andconceptual learning, and particularly the perceived change or growth that has occurred inthe students over two semesters of learning. Some of these ideas are already beingimplemented in the 2005-06 academic year.Acknowledgement1) The authors wish to thank the Boeing Company for its financial support of the projectand its evaluation, upon which this

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Stuart, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

experience.Just like a vine or a fruit tree, it may take several years from the time of planting to the harvest offruit; but relationships properly nurtured can provide a bountiful harvest.ArticulationArticulation, as defined in ‘The Concise Oxford Dictionary’ is an act of joining. When we workon getting articulation agreements, we are trying to find common, yet properly justifiable coursesof study that can be transferred. The academic process of forming articulation agreementsbetween community colleges and four year colleges, like a gate, can control the transfer processor stop altogether. It is important to reflect on how successful an articulation program anyinstitution has. OIT has articulation agreements with many of the community collegesthroughout

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Girouard, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Natalie Segal, University of Hartford; Dr. Sallie 'Lee' Townsend

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

student population in the threesmallest majors in the College.IntroductionEngineering and technology educators and administrators have written about retention issuesextensively.1-9 An important factor in retention is the first-year experience.1 The body of workfor increasing retention is differentiated by two types of instruction, one that offers lecture style,passive learning environments and the other that provides experiential learning with hands-onexperience. Each institution should reflect and examine it’s own internal dynamics and reasonswhy students leave engineering technology programs as suggested by the study.5 This impetuswas the motivation for the assessment of retention issues in the smaller technology programs inthe College of

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

discoverquadrants.2.2.1 EnquireEngineering educators have long noted that lectures though efficient at delivering large amountsof analytical information, encourage passivity in students who come to expect the instructor toprovide all the required knowledge.10 Johnson et al.26 noted that: “lecturing at best tends to focuson the lower-level of cognition and learning. When the material is complex, detailed or abstract;when students need to analyze, synthesize, or integrate the knowledge being studied; or whenlong term retention is required, lecturing is not such a good idea.” Other researchers have foundthat lectures tend to alienate active and reflective learners – the active learners do not do

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

interest. A faculty mentor evaluates the body of information in theportfolios and provides students with feedback throughout the process, and ultimately aqualitative grade.The ITA is a primary assessment tool with several important functions. The ITA processrequires the student to reflect on past academic and professional experiences and to usethe information gained from this reflective exercise to demonstrate they have met thedegree program Learning Objectives. [6] It completes the picture of students who theschool may know only from dialog at a distance to this point. It serves as quality checkon the student evaluations performed by the advisors. It also demonstrates to the facultyand staffs the efficacy of the student body’s achievement of the

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Coppinger, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Active/reflective learning: Does the student prefer to learn something by actually “doing” it (active learner), or do they prefer to think about it quietly (reflective learner)? 2. Sensing/intuitive learning: Does the student prefer using facts and well- established methods for solving problems (sensing), or do they prefer learning abstractions and general concepts (intuitive)? 3. Visual/verbal learning: Does the student learn best using diagrams, pictures, charts, etc. (visual), or by reading the textbook and listening to lectures (verbal)? 4. Sequential/global learning: Does the student learn best when the information is

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Daniel, Ohio State University; Ronald Reano, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering faculty/student partnership involved exposing theundergraduate to a small scale research project designed to reflect typical activities experiencedby graduate students. The student went through the entire cycle of design, simulation,fabrication, and test of a working device prototype. Through this approach, the studentexperienced a microcosm of graduate school while interacting with graduate students,experiencing the difference between laboratory and simulation work, and developing technicalwriting skills through the development of the electronic portfolio.IntroductionA program referred to as "Research on Research" has been developed to expose undergraduatestudents to academic research. The program is instituted through the Technology

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

term bootstrapping is short for “pulling oneself up by the bootstraps” and has a specificmeaning within computing. “In computers, this term refers to … processes whereby a complexsystem emerges by starting simply and, bit by bit, developing more complex capabilities on topof the simpler ones.” 9In naming our project, we used the metaphor in three distinct senses, reflecting our goals toimpact three distinct, though interacting, levels: • bootstrapping the novice CSEd researcher by providing entry points into the theory and methods of carrying out CSEd research; • bootstrapping a community of practice of CSEd research practitioners with similar skills, practices, and language for engaging in shared research endeavours; and

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Zhao, Mercer University; Laurie White, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

integrate knowledge gained from the required core courses offered in afour-year period. According to CC2001 1, this course is supposed to cover software systemdesign, software processes, key activities in software development lifecycle, and software projectmanagement. The traditional approach to teaching a Software Engineering course, as reflected inclassical textbooks 11, 10, usually starts with an introduction to software process models, which isthen followed with discussions on highlevel activities in various phases of a generic softwarelifecycle template that can accommodate all possible programming paradigms. Although updatedmany times since their original editions, those texts are not well adapted to the latest paradigmchanges (such as object

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

andacademia. We begin with a brief description of the Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program(ETPP) and then discuss the structure and goals of the diversity component of the program.A. The Engineering Teaching Portfolio ProgramIn a teaching portfolio, an educator documents their teaching through statements about his/herteaching and annotated artifacts that provide evidence of the themes presented in the statements.The Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program provides participants with the opportunity toexamine, reflect, and revise their beliefs and goals as teachers through a series of eight portfoliodevelopment exercises, weekly meetings and peer review. The exercises included a programoverview, identification of portfolio design specifications

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Alene Harris, Purdue University

from alternative data gathering methods(i.e., sample of real-time coding vs. videotaped class sessions). Finally, Study 5 examineswhether an index of “HPLness” discriminates between courses that are known to use HPL-basedversus traditional pedagogy.Validity Study DescriptionsStudy 1- Content Validity of the Classroom Interaction Observation Portion of the VOS Content validity examines “the extent to which a measurement reflects a certain intendeddomain of content.”8 The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which eleven contentexperts familiar with the HPL framework agree with current classifications of the fourdimensions of the HPL framework (knowledge-centered [K], learner-centered [L], assessment-centered [A], and

Conference Session

Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinay Kumar Domal, UWA; James Trevelyan, UWA

Tagged Divisions

International

argues that professional education should be centred on enhancing thepractitioner’s ability for ‘reflection-in-action’ to create new knowledge (Schön 1983). It isthat process that allows us to reshape what we are working on, while we are working on it.Engineers are described as technology workers. The engineers that Schön describes are seenonly as inventors dealing with technology issues, and he may have overlooked most elementsof professional engineering work such as organization of people to produce useful productsand services.Zussman (1985) combines detailed observations of organizations both in advanced and oldindustrial settings with intensive interviews of American engineers within those organizations.He observed that engineers believe

Conference Session

Computer ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Steffen, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

into the CPET Local AreaNetworking course of the curriculum.Student PortfoliosCustomarily, portfolios have been used as a tool to showcase for artist’s accomplishments.Maintaining a portfolio in the classroom today has been found to have many uses both to theinstructor and student. A portfolio created either written or in electronic form contains astudent’s work from start to finish that allows the instructor as well as the student, to evaluate thestrengths and weaknesses of a project. The contents of such a document can be very diverse andcan reflect the students’ creativity. A well defined portfolio can demonstrate studentcomprehension of the student and serve as an excellent assessment tool.A student portfolio is a collection of evidence

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Ye Sun, West Virginia University

generalizationof the familiar scalar operations, and finally array computations, presented as a generalization ofarray computations. The presentation of the material supports the application of constructivistlearning theory as evidenced in both object and process scaffolding pedagogy by leading thestudent, in small, distinctly defined steps, from the familiar “calculator-like” scalar operations ofMATLAB® to the more complex array operations. The text also presents the basic programmingconcepts within the context of solving a variety of technical problems and uses examples from awide range of engineering applications.Fifth, the way student achievement in the course is assessed reflects the collaborative andprocess-related goals of a constructivist learning

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

interactions with the junior design teams (“What sort of questionsare being asked, and what assistance are you providing?”) and also speculated as to what theythought were the underlying reasons for the questions (“What aspects of the design processappear to be unclear, or present challenges?”). Seniors also completed assignments in whichthey were asked to reflect on their own experiences in design (cast largely in terms of questionsregarding the junior teams), as a way to guide them through a process of ‘closing the loop’ ontheir own capstone design experience. Summative feedback was obtained from the seniors at theend of the term, both on the mentoring process and interactions, as well as the overall biomedicalengineering design sequence.Results

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jun Luo, Ohio Northern University; Robert Hovis, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

of thelanguage. 3) Each paper must cite and explain an application coded in the language. The codeshould reflect the main features of the language. 4) Each paper must cite at least three references,including books, conference or journal papers, or web sites. 5) Each paper should be free ofspelling or grammar errors. 6) The paper layout should be effective and visually appealing. Allthe guidelines will be included in the course syllabus.Weeks 2 & 3: The procedural programming paradigm. In class, the instructor discusses datatypes in a variety of languages; binding, scope, visibility, and lifetime of variables; type checking;overloaded operators; flow of control statements; data abstraction and process abstraction;subprogram implementation

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

11.1096.5 Fig. 3 Advanced Surfacing and Tangency (a) Starting point (b) Normal loft approach (c) Incorporation of tangency The importance of the individually selected projects cannot be understated, as there aregenerational issues in interest and environment that are not reflected in standard texts andassociated examples. These contemporary objects are in turn a reflection on contemporary designand manufacturing methodologies. A counter point is the hand-held screwdriver exercise typicalof a final examination in the existing syllabus. This contrasted with the more dynamicgeometries of cell phones, gaming consoles and skateboard surface and truck assemblies in themodified syllabus. At a point in which the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

described discussions as: gets you involved and talking about the topics which helps me to learnbetter.While student NN explained about discussions: It makes the information sink in well through the use of real-lifeapplicationThese statements both reflect increased student learning through the discussionsthemselves. Thus, the students found both the preparatory assignments and thediscussions as tools that increased their understanding of the course material.Student leadership of the discussion groups resulted in no complaints. In fact,only one student commented negatively on the discussion group format, in thewords of Student H: Discussions should be better formatted. Sometimes it is hard to talk about certain

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

percent of the studentsreported feeling frequently stressed, the response option indicating the greatest amount of stress.Note that no student reported a complete lack of worry about keeping up with schoolwork, nordid any student indicate an absence of stress.In Item Three, all but one student indicated some lack of time for pursuing non-academicactivities; a full twenty-five percent of students reported frequently feeling unable to pursue non-academic activities due to a lack of time. Finally, data from Item Four reveal that ten percent ofthe students reported feeling frequently that they did not have a social life, while another forty-one percent reported occasionally feeling this way. Thus, these data reflect a population thatfrequently is

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

adopted use of the eInstruction radio frequency response pads (clickerdevices). A number of survey tools have been implemented to record students’ experiences.Most of the new activities reflect the implementation of an NSF department level reform (DLR)project focused on a spiral curriculum approach.BackgroundAt Virginia Tech, all freshman engineering students enter as General Engineering (GE) studentsand are transferred to a degree-granting department when they have successfully completed arequired set of courses. The GE program is conducted by the faculty in the Department ofEngineering Education (EngE). The EngE faculty are also developing an active research programin the area of engineering education in collaboration with faculty members from

Conference Session

ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

portfolios24,25,26 tailored for this project. Liketeaching/course portfolios, the course folders are a place to assemble artifacts of the teachingprocess that illustrate faculty statements regarding their philosophy and practice and can then beused as catalysts both for faculty reflection and faculty peer review. These documents provide afoundation for greater understanding of the department curriculum as a whole by providing alaunching point for examination of both the content involved in each course (what students needto know) and the tasks in terms of both formative and summative assessment (what students needto be able to do) that are the focus of the curriculum. Documentation that facilitates facultyknowledge and interaction in these areas can have a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

part of the Smart Materialsand Sensors course. Half of the students were given Traditional training17 which covered topicssuggested as essential for teams while the others received Mutual Learning training18. The first Mutual Learning Model training session illustrated to the students the differencebetween specific, observable data and higher levels of abstraction that are reflected in everydaythinking. Figure 1 shows an excerpt from the team training. An individual homework exercise is included as part of the training to reinforce theconcepts. Students are encouraged to use conversations from team meetings to help themdirectly apply the Mutual Learning Model to their team interaction. Assignment Write down two or

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Ted Foster, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Dean Sheridan, Glen Elg High School, Howard County Public Schools, Maryland; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

enjoyable additions to the seminars. The Board of Directors expressed theirdelight with the improved attendance and format of the YESS program and asked the co-leadersof the 2004 YESS program to lead the 2005 YESS program again with this revised hand-onapproach. A full description of the 2004 YESS program was highlighted in the HistoricalElectronics Museum, Reflections newsletter5.The 2005 program was similar to the 2004 program and was designed to have the high schoolstudents learn how to go from brainstorming to designing, building, and testing. The over-arching project, performed in teams, was to design a mousetrap vehicle which had to meetvarious design criteria, which include maximizing distance traveled, pulling capability, speedover a

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

learning literature, Prince discusses that “the core elements of activelearning are student activity and engagement in the learning process.” 1 These general definitionsof active learning have inevitably led to a multitude of teaching techniques being grouped withinthe vast spectrum of active learning.Furthermore, it has been acknowledged by several researchers1, 3, 4 that active learningencompasses numerous strategies that facilitate student activity and engagement. These activitiescan include (but are not limited to): the pause technique,5 class discussions,6 informal small-group approaches,7 formal small-group learning,7 brainstorming, debates, role playing,8simulations, peer teaching and one-minute reflection papers.9 Alternative active