Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Kim, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

experience has been with juniors, seniors, and graduate students, the author enjoysasking students periodically about their future plans as well. One regular mentoring opportunitywhich the author schedules each semester is an informational session about graduate school(engineering, business, etc.). The purpose of this informational session is to provide students theopportunity to hear from engineering professors about their graduate school experiences and toask questions.LecturesFor engineering courses and for university courses in general, the lecture still is the primarymethod of instruction. This section contains the author’s thoughts and observations regardinglecture preparation and effective use of the lecture period.As discussed previously

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

equipment. These laboratories include the use of particle generationtechnology such as spray dryers and atomizers as well as particle analysis technologies includingan in-line particle sizing device for particles suspended in a gas flow and a particle sizing devicefor those suspended in a liquid. Additional experiments involve generation of nanoparticles fromgas-to-particle conversion and the measurement of their loss rates due to coagulation and surfacedeposition. Further experiments that are planned include the use of diffusion separators,electrostatic devices, filters, and sieves for particle separation. This equipment can be used inseveral ways for students to perform numerous experiments. One of the planned objectives willbe for a final course

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

is very important for tenure and promotion purposes. d) The dean has an essential role in ensuring that new faculty members are socialized into the department and have a reduced teaching and service load (at first) so that they can develop solid and successful research agendas. The dean also assists new faculty members develop reasonable annual work plans. In the efforts to gain their bearings in new positions, new engineering faculty members feel daunted in achieving a work-life balance and inevitably, the scale tips in favor of work. As I address each topic, I examine the importance of the topic and suggest some guidelines for consideration. I also recommend some useful academic resources for new faculty. In

Conference Session

Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Martina Trucco, Hewlett-Packard; Edgardo Torres-Caballero, Hewlett Packard; Francisco Andrade, Hewlett-Packard México, S. de R.L. de C.V.

Tagged Divisions

International

continues to study the pharmaceutical e-marketing space.Edgardo Torres-Caballero, Hewlett Packard Edgardo Torres-Caballero. Joined HP in June 2004 as a Business Planning Manager for the Ink Supplies Business, Americas Hub. Since July 2005, Torres-Caballero has been working as Government Affairs Manager / Public Sector Advocacy business alignment for Latin America and Caribbean, where he supports HP’s business units in this region and is responsible for advancing HP’s interests on public policy issues, access to markets, access to technology and advocacy efforts before government entities. Edgardo is a former deputy secretary of Economic Development and Commerce of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

helpstudents better succeed with Outcomes 4–5. The authors discuss future plans for the course aswell as exportable lessons for those interested in trying to find a place for similar courses at theirown institutions. Throughout the paper, the authors also argue that flexible, interdisciplinary,student-centered discussion courses like this one have the potential to teach some of the ABETprofessional skills in way that students and faculty alike will find refreshing, exciting, andeffective.IntroductionIn his “Ethics Instruction in Engineering Education: A (Mini) Meta-Analysis”1 David Hawsexamines 42 papers on the subject of engineering ethics instruction, all of them from the ASEEannual conference proceedings, 1996-1999. His paper identifies six common

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

it is oriented to fact, verbal because of the written and spokenwords, active because of the teaming, and sequential because of the natural order of the process.Minor Design Project: Planning & Building / Preparing Demo & Demonstrating. This firstproject is assigned early in the course to individual students or small teams. The same task isgiven to the entire class. They are to build and demonstrate a device of their own design. Theyexperience the design process hands-on with a strong emphasis on the design steps of problemformulation, abstraction and synthesis, and implementation, with some iteration. There aremultiple demonstration days, during which the students review others’ projects and show theresults of their own work. Some

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

repair an old one. Further, many products in this paradigm areeven designed with a planned obsolescence, designed to be used by a consumer for a few yearsthen discarded for the ‘new’ model.The first change to this traditional design paradigm in moving toward sustainable design occurredwith the focus on eco-efficiency. While it can be argued that eco-efficiency had its roots in earlyindustrialisation3, it has been since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and Agenda 214 that industriesacross the globe have started to embrace the concept. It was officially coined as a term by theBusiness Council for Sustainable Development in 19973.Eco-efficiency itself is based on the idea of doing more with less, doing more with the resourcesthat are consumed, generating

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

International

, was designed to expose primarily science and engineeringmajors to types of professional writing common to their fields. The course rationale was asfollows19: The ability to communicate clearly and effectively is an invaluable life skill, as well as one of the biggest indicators of an individual’s future success. Strong English writing and speaking skills will help students planning to study or work in the U.S. succeed in their courses and later in their professions. While this course alone cannot guarantee successful English communication skills (students must practice for the rest of their academic careers to graduate with those), it can at least set students on the road to developing

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

multidisciplinary engineering activities, buildteams, motivate people, create organizational structures conducive to innovative and effectivework, plan and facilitate meetings, solve problems, among others (Askew, & Price, 2003;Thamhain, 1992b; 2004a).“Increasingly, those who hire engineering graduates look for employees who are not onlytechnically proficient, but who also have demonstrated leadership and initiative in team settings”(Yost, 1998, p.1). In addition, as Farr (1996) stated organizational influences such as global andincreased competition are forcing junior engineers into more managerial and leadership roles.Therefore, in order to get hired and later on get promoted, today’s engineers need to have goodleadership skills. Consequently, as

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; William Kelly, Catholic University of America; Manoj Jha, Morgan State University; Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

development.xlv Sustainable infrastructure requires an integrative approach.Canada’s ITS plan explicitly links ITS to sustainability.xlviAccording to the U.S. EPA some of the advantages of ITS are a smoother traffic flow with lessdelay from signals, incidents, and traffic queues. Environmental benefits include emissions re-duction, increased roadway capacity, and decreased fuel consumption.xlviiCivil engineering education is challenged to “addresses environmental, culture, economic, andsocial impacts of engineering on society and the concept of sustainable development” in an excit-ing unified way. Civil engineers must be prepared to take a lead role in ensuring that our infra-structure systems transition to sustainable infrastructure systems.Some useful

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; David Socha, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, summary results from evaluating the session, and future plans for promotingstorytelling in engineering education research.The affordances of storytellingStorytelling has a long tradition as a method for communicating ideas and images. As alinguistic and “transactional” activity, storytelling supports meaning making through discourse,narrative, and the process of translating private experiences into publicly negotiated forms [23-26].As such storytelling has been associated with developmental models of learning, identityformation [21, 27], and “folk psychology” which asserts that culturally shaped notions, stories, andnarratives organize experience [28-29]. Storytelling is also associated with the methodology of oralhistories and self-studies as

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentin Razmov, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

the series accounts for the fact that in some offerings we did not use anadditional text and/or targeted handouts.Other problematic areas are quality assurance and testing, build processes, and documentation.Table 1 shows the class-average ratings for those over the 8 terms. Page 12.198.8Table 1. Class-average ratings of problematic areas over all 8 terms. “n/a” in a given cellindicates that we did not ask about the corresponding aspect in that term’s questionnaire. Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Term 7 Term 8Test plan n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.46 -0.14 n/a 1.14Test

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lee Anne Cox, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Module (1/4” square rather than1/8”) to build taller and more robust structures. Despite these differences, the Towers module ismore similar than different to the Bridge Module. An emphasis on real world applications of themodule is provided by an analysis of real-world towers, via discussing the history of design andconstruction of the world’s tallest buildings. Structural engineering provides the content basisfor both modules. Both modules begin with a planning activity in Modelsmart 3D prior to actualconstruction, and finally, both modules involve similar tools and construction techniques inwhich groups build with balsa wood.AM Radio ModuleThe AM Radio Module in Techtronics II revisits the electrical engineering and circuit designconcepts

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Hawkes, WiSE / University of Southern California; Jean Morrison, University of Southern California; Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

the equivalent of 8weeks of full-time work ($4,500). Students must confer regularly with their faculty sponsorsand, upon the sponsor’s recommendation, participate in safety training, meetings, seminars,journal clubs, discussion groups, and other scholarly activities of the host laboratory,department or research group.3. Support for Activities (informal growth over five years)WiSE maintains discretionary funds for the support of activities that serve to increase theinvolvement of women in S&E at USC. Applicants send a brief proposal outlining the scopeand participants of the activity and an estimated budget. Activities may include: sponsoringa lecture, hosting a conference, attending a conference or event, or planning a field visit

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

-semester capstone seniordesign project and a one-semester graduate-level course in product planning and development atanother university. The first three are mandatory courses for undergraduate students majoring inMechanical Engineering. The fourth one is part of a Master in Product Development programand the students taking it typically come from different engineering disciplines. In these coursesthe authors use a project-based learning strategy to teach the process, methodologies and toolstypically used to develop new products. The students work in teams on a design project thatstarts at the beginning of the course or course sequence and are required to apply theconcepts/processes/tools that they learn in the course to their project. Typically

Conference Session

MentorNet

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Susannah Sandrin, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Karen Showers, Wisconsin Technical College System; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Jennifer Chou-Green, MentorNet; Carol Muller, MentorNet; Laurie Mayberry, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Isla Yap, Maui Economic Development Board

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

of the members in advancing it’s mission toadvance women especially and people of color into the opportunities that STEM careers offer;thereby, making a difference in their own lives and that of others. This partnership broughttogether a diverse group of institutions, positions and geographic regions. Public and privateuniversities, technical and community colleges, and nonprofit organizations worked toward a Page 12.1060.4common goal. This included one CEO, one vice-president, three STEM faculty members, andfour program directors that planned and organized the structure of the initiative via phoneconferences and e-mail over the summer of

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

the same issues and they wrote a 1000-word paperanalyzing their sources. In order to meet this learning objective, a student had to get a Cor better on his/her research exercise. The students also completed a multimedia classactivity related to this learning objective related to technology-related stereotypes of menand women.Since the assessment data for Fall 2006 still indicates that this course did not fully meet thisstudent learning objective, the course will be revised in Fall 2007 to increase its coverage of this Page 12.1377.7student learning objective. I plan on redesigning my course materials related to learningobjective 3 to give the

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sibel Uysal, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Vygotsky's ideas influenced a social constructivist approach to education.Sociocultural theory is the use of cultural tools (both material and psychological) in thedevelopment of understanding. Instruction could be sufficient when students connect with theactivities within a supportive learning environment and get appropriate guidance that is mediatedby tools. An important aspect of tools is that they do more than simply assist in the developmentof mental processes. Teachers teach children how to use tools, and children adapt these tools tomaster their own behavior, gain independence, and reach a higher developmental level. Theconstruction of knowledge and practice occurs as the teacher interacts with the students and theenvironment while planning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher Cornett, East Tennessee State University

12.264.7Appendix 1: Sample AssignmentAssignment: Ballistic Expose 4 CompetitionFor this assignment, you will be entering the Ballistic Expose 4 Competition. Please review thewebsite for Call for Entries information.http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/expose4/In this assignment you will follow the competition guidelines and you will be graded not only onthe aesthetic and technical quality of your work, but on how well you follow the instructions forentry and other competition guidelines.The illustration must communicate a story, message or concept.Both creative and technical aspects of this project will be assessed.This project will run concurrently with other projects, so plan your time accordingly.Tue. Jan. 24 Sketches and Concept

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anderson Prewitt, University of Florida; Wanda Eugene, Auburn University; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

part of NSBE’s mission: “To increase the number of … engineerswho excel academically”. The Stratus Mentoring Program utilized a systematic mentoring modelfor its operation as opposed to an informal arrangement between potential mentors and protégés(See Figure Below). Page 12.1072.6 Stratus Mentoring Program Model PLANNING STRUCTURE ASSESMENT • Planning – Recruitment & Training – Goal Setting – Weekly

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

comparison to be made at this time. Page 12.1532.11Indirect assessment of student learning is accomplished through online course objective surveysthat question students on their ability to complete course objectives. Overall student satisfactionwith the course and the instructor is through the end of the term course evaluations administeredby the dean’s office. Finally, the effectiveness of the hybrid component of the course is throughan online survey that questions the students about the hybrid components of the course as well asthrough informal focus groups during the last course meeting.The author is aware of the limitations of this assessment plan

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas; Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine

model, using her academic background to solve practical problems and using her problem solving experiences to enhance her teaching. She has received an award for excellence in service learning. Professor Amel has specific expertise developing assessment plans and dissemination approaches through her work on the UST Bush Foundation Grant. She has completed pedagogical presentations and publications about international education and service learning.Camille George, University of St. Thomas Dr. George is an Assistant Professor in mechanical engineering at the University of St. Thomas. She teaches the core course in thermodynamics and has received outstanding student evaluations on her

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen McClain, Baylor University; Christopher Smitherman, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Christopher B. Smitherman is an undergraduate honors student in mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Mr. Smitherman plans to finish his B.S. degree in December 2007 and plans to pursue an MBA after graduation. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, and Pi Tau Sigma. Page 12.1040.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MathCAD Functions for the Thermodynamics Properties of Moist Air, Ammonia, Propane, and R-22AbstractMathCAD functions were constructed to evaluate the thermodynamic properties of moist air,ammonia, propane

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Bernard White, George Mason University

background, it is necessary to provide tutoring and other academic supportservices. It is equally important that the academically gifted students are challenged if they areto be retained in their chosen computer science or engineering major.8. Impact of Non-traditional Programs on Traditional ProgramsWhen the title for this paper was initially conceived, the research plan was a rather simplisticone that consisted of the following basic steps: • Conducting a survey of universities that have started non-traditional bachelor degree programs/options to obtain enrollment trends data for traditional majors and the recently implemented non-traditional majors • Analyze these data and report the findings.Following the systems engineering

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Celina Bochis, University of Alabama; Steven Hsia, University of Alabama; Pauline Johnson, University of Alabama; Karen Boykin, University of Alabama; Sandra Wood, University of Alabama; Larry Bowen, University of Alabama; Kevin Whitaker, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

needed. Unfortunately, students have not show much interest in attendingthese sessions. They will be offered again in Spring 2007 semester and examined more closelyto determine methods for increasing participation. Additional plans for 2007 are to furtherweave the themed project from the labs and events into the math lectures as well as to includemore hands-on projects into each class. Students will be called on more to work problems, for Page 12.907.11general participation, and introduced to guest lectures by TAs and others to increase the level ofinteraction and attention. Class materials from 2006 are currently being refined to address

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang-Yun Du, Aalborg University; Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering study. In comparison, female students referred to drawing,calculation and language edition in writing as their main technical contribution. In addition, femalestudents all spoke of their special contribution in terms of planning, coordination, communication andmanagement. As one said, ‘I am good at structure. I am the one who is arranging things, making programs and agendas for everyday, structuring what we are doing, and so on. Guys are messy, sometimes they get too involved and tend to forget deadlines.’However, these features can not replace their lack of technical skills. Female students need to makespecial efforts to catch up.At A&D, gendered features in doing the project work can also be identified, for example, male

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

understand the value in writing a professional (non-technical) document. Onepossible motivator is to ask students what they plan to be doing after they graduate.Typical biomedical engineering programs send students to graduate school, professionalor medical schools or industry. It is common for all of these pathways to lead to amanagement role.Since students generally have limited exposure to professional writing, it is helpful topass around a tip sheet with points to consider (Appendix C). For example, in BMEG401, students must write a one-page memo each week to update their mentor based upona tip sheet they receive the first day of class. As the semester progresses, and studentsbecome more effective memo writers, they receive additional tips that

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Pyke; John Gardner; Marcia Belcheir; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll; Cheryl Schrader

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

between experiment and theory and provideimproved learning. In this paper we report on the development and implementation of asimulation of a double pipe heat exchanger in our unit operations laboratory using COMSOLMultiphysics™, a commercial finite element modeling software package. We also describe ourevaluation plan and present preliminary results on comparison of performance and attitudes ofstudents who used the simulation to those who did not.Problems in the LaboratoryOne educational goal of a typical engineering laboratory is to help students understandfundamental principles by connecting theory and equations in their text books to real worldapplications with real equipment and data. In addition to this goal, our senior level

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Performance CE460 Quality Control Plan* 93.0% 80% Very Strong Performance *=Design of experiment Other Assessment Results: • All students successfully completed the lab component of CE371, CE380, CE364 and CE483. • All students successfully completed PH201, PH202, CH201 and CH202 • CE371, CE380 and CE483 all have course objectives that relate directly to this laboratory experience. The course directors rated the student performance in each of these course objectives to be at least satisfactory ⇒ CE371: Course Objectives 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 ,10, 11 ,21, 22 (See CE371 Course