Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Campana, University of Hartford; Brian Derynioski, University of Hartford; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

part of an inspection system, used on CNC/ Robotic machines for Pratt and Whitney [1]. Currently, for analyzing surface roughness, theprobe is connected to a PC via a data acquisition card running VisSim as shown in Figure 1. Inthis current configuration the probe is capable of reaching an instrument accuracy of ±0.025 µmfor a Ra range of .05 to 0.4µm. Computer Interface Data Robot Acquisition Card Workpiece Laser

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Brown, Washington State University; Karyn Hildreth, Washington State University

time with had mostly become the same and the events where they met people alsodecreased. Patterns in social activity became apparent. Because this research is strictlyanonymous and to protect my volunteers, their names have not been included. The followingtables outline each student’s patterns of social activities with all names changed due toconfidentiality.LLC StudentsA. Student #1 is a Bio-Engineering Major. She attended a prep school in Billings Montana thatwas specifically for students who wished to excel in math and science. She originally wanted todo Pre-Med in addition to Bio-Engineering but eventually changed her mind.Table #1: Student #1, Social Network, Fall 2006 Student #1, Bio-Engineering Major, Gannon-Goldsworthy Hall Name

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaoye Li, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

fashion such that it will facilitate its expansion beyond the boundaries ofthe original institution. A mechanical vibration setup is used to illustrate the system capabilities.1. IntroductionReal experiments are indispensable in engineering and science education for developing skillsfor dealing with physical processes and instrumentation. The traditional way of conductingeducational experiment is to go to a laboratory facility, where the experimental setups arelocated. There, the students typically work in groups (or sometimes individually) at a particularlaboratory exercise and may receive tutorial help from instructors present at the site.1 During thelast decade or so, Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT)2,3,4 as well as many other colleges

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

from an individual to a group assignment changed thedynamics in the second half of the GE 301 course. This paper will explore the changes instudent interest and behavior introduced by changing the ethics assignment andexpanding the number of class periods of ethics instruction. The authors will alsoexplore any impacts this change had on student performance in the course and on thecivil engineering departmental assessment of student understanding of ethics.IntroductionABET’s Engineering Criteria 2000 requires that all engineering program graduates beable to demonstrate “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.1 ” It isleft up to individual institutions to implement this required outcome in light of what isfrequently a very

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

to developspeed in problem solving for certain contests.Based on the findings of the above research, the author developed a weekly lessonplan covering various contest topics, sample problems to work in class andassigned contest problems as homework. An example schedule for the first yearmath club students (typically fourth graders) is shown in Table 1. These topicscovered in a student’s first year of math club are reinforced every year withadditional topics and skills introduced in subsequent years till they completeelementary school in 6th grade. Some of these additional topics being,percentages, speed-time relationships, interpreting graphical data, areas andvolumes of various geometric shapes, Pythagoras’ theorem, symmetry and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Kurt Rosentrator, USDA

oil price fluctuationcontinue to pepper the news 1-3, it is likely that the use of renewable energy will become anincreasing national priority that will affect the next generation of college students4. Indeed, astatewide survey5 has found that the vast majority of American residents want to see more useand development of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. However, it isapparent6 that there is still a widespread lack of understanding about the benefits of usingalternative energy sources. As such, there is clearly a need to educate the public of sustainableenergy and our institution provides the best venue for reaching a large audience in creative andeffective ways.An enormous benefit of “green” power is its impact on air

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Jackson, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Sara Abdulla, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

factorscorrelate with a student’s academic success in engineering. The attributes studied are thestudent’s (1) degree of social information networking within the class environment, (2) gender,and (3) academic performance. Academic performance was limited to the final grades receivedfrom the classes studied.BackgroundThe academic success and retention of engineering and other science and mathematics studentshas become a major concern. In 1993 the SME majors suffered a relative student loss rate of 40percent between their freshman and senior years.18 In 1995 a national movement was underwayto recruit and retain more college students into the SME majors. Engineering has one of thehighest defection rates; the loss rate for engineering students alone was 40

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiang Zhou; Paul Corder, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

inspired to learn the resulting similaritiesand differences. The MATLAB graphical user interfaces were developed for second orderdynamic systems for both free vibration and forced vibration. The visual interface presentsresults in a way that students can immediately identify the effects of changing system parameters.Both time response and frequency response are clearly shown in the interface. In the course, aresearch related project is assigned to identify the dynamic response of a portabletelecommunication device. In this project, students are required to use both analytical andnumerical approaches to show the insight of the material selection affects the reliability of theportable telecommunication devices.1. IntroductionA course in system

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Temple, University of California-San Diego; Peter Chen, University of California-San Diego; Robert Sah, University of California-San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

order to introduce freshmen students toBioengineering. BENG 1, Introduction to Bioengineering, is designed to introduce students tobioengineering as a discipline and also to introduce them to the research activities in thedepartment in a large lecture-style course format. Bioengineering faculty members speak abouttheir research during the class sessions and teams of students explore a design project of theirchoice. BENG 87, Freshmen Seminars in Bioengineering, is offered to introduce students toaspects of bioengineering in a small interactive group setting with faculty. Faculty members offerseminars each quarter on topics of their choice, usually related to their research interests.Students select seminars on a topic of interest and are

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Tom Ogonek Ogonek, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

structures, caused by the dynamic shear forces of earthquake can be mitigated orcompletely prevented if the mortar is chosen to be a thin polymer.Robust biomechanical structures such as bone and nacre show great fracture toughness due totheir intricate designs combining a soft phase polymer with a hard phase mineral. In nacre,parallel layers of aragonite tablets (Figure 1) are glued together by an inorganic polymer(proteins and polysaccharides). If the edge of the tablets are correlated into a tessellatedarrangement (Figure 1) it resembles the structure of abalone. Alternative structure is theNoncorrelated edges of the tablets leading to the structures typical of pearl oyster. Superiormechanical properties of this structure include a high strength

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Lingard, California State University-Northridge

take a greater responsibility forevaluating their own performance based on the assessment of student achievement as measuredagainst their own criteria.1 Assessment has become essential for accreditation in today’senvironment.Accreditation aside, the need for program assessment has become important recently as more ofthe stakeholders in the educational process are demanding accountability from the educationproviders. Universities, especially public universities, are frequently being asked to account forhow they spend the educational dollars they receive. Students, parents, governments, andemployers all want to know that a quality education has been provided and that the money theyprovided to do so was well spent. This is not an unreasonable

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

women,and one for underrepresented minorities. In 1998, IEP was open to all students who arerising seniors in high school. In 2001, a web site was set up to accept online applications.The program’s web page 6 remains the most effective way to get information out. Itmaintains all the information about the program, contains a FAQ, and was used veryfrequently as a means to contact us with questions. It is via the web page that the studentsapply to the program.An important aspect of the program is the selection of counselors. They usually numberseven to ten, and most are engineering students. The majority are former IEP studentsthemselves. The male/female ratio of counselors is chosen to reflect that of the students,usually in the order 2 to 1

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

AJAX - no additional software is needed on the host computer, beyond the browser16. Another sim- ilar software package is Doxwiki. Page 12.1177.4A Sample VisionTechnologically we are ready for electronic books in the classroom. The major barrier at this pointis a proven model that others can reuse. A crude example model of use of the book in a course isoutlined below. 1. Before the course the instructor identifies the text sections and depth that she/he wants to use for the standard student. An instructor could even elect to provide a set of prob- lems to solve for the semester, and then references to

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; John Bugado, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Albert Cruz, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technical professionals, evaluation of a wide range of possible industrycertification programs, an assessment of other university and community college curricula, andso forth.To meet the expectations set by our advisory group and program lead faculty (each degreeprogram at NU has a ‘lead faculty’ who has responsibility for ensuring the relevance andappropriateness of curriculum content), we are challenged to ensure that any program curriculumthat is developed must facilitate the accomplishment of the following: 1. Comprehend real world needs and applications. 2. Identify all relating components of the selected technologies and their relation to each other and to the real business world. 3. Help improve students

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Caroline Van Ingen-Dunn, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

community college.1 When the student has chosen amajor, a second major decision needs to be made: to go on to a university and to select auniversity.Each fall, for many years some 300 students transfer in the fall into the Ira A. Fulton School ofEngineering at Arizona State University (ASU) with additional students transferring in thespring. Over half of these students transfer from the MCCCD. This decision is not an easy one.The community college students leave a small, friendly environment to major in engineering orcomputer science at the largest single college campus in the nation with over 53,000 students.On this campus they feel like freshmen all over again: parking is a nightmare, the pace of theclasses is fast, the easy courses have already

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kiefer, Tri-State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

projects inmechanical engineering that included electronic components. Some of the projects have beenwith multi-disciplinary teams including electrical and computer engineering students, and someof the projects have been exclusively mechanical engineering students. Providing themechanical engineering students with the necessary background to be successful with theprojects has come from two different methods. The first was to require the students to take aprerequisite course in mechatronics, and the second was to complete basic electronics projects inthe two-semester mechanical engineering senior design course itself. Both methods have provento be effective, and often provided benefits after graduation to the students participating in theprojects.1

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

broaderissues. This author concurs with Ollis35 that, for the individual taking on the course, this can be avery rewarding experience. At this time, there is significant diversity among courses beingoffered in this area.5 Even with the push for development of common standards for thesecourses,6,7 there should still be room for the instructor to adapt a course to the specific needs oftheir institution. Attracting students to the course may be a challenge, however, there is benefitfor the instructor, the department or school, and to society when this challenge is met.Bibliography 1. Technically Speaking – Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2002. ISBN 0-309-08262-5. 2. Bugliarello

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Hunter, Hofstra University

from the content material studentscreate a case study of an industry throughout the semester.The Case MethodCases are usually narratives which are an “account of an engineering activity, event or problemcontaining some background and complexities actually encountered by an engineer.”1 Cases canbe presented in a variety of formats such as case histories or problems. A case history is anaccount of an actual event or situation, warts and all. A case problem is an open ended situationwith many possible solutions.2 Richards and Gorman2 describe the development of cases as afour step process with at least four stages. These stages are: Problem identification;investigation, interviewing, and information gathering; case development and use; and

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

terms the method can bedescribed as “Group students on teams with similar challenges, and everybody will benefit”.IntroductionThe engineering program at Grand Valley State University has a strong industrial focus. In sup-port of our mission, projects have always been used extensively throughout the curriculum. Theproject process begins in the freshman year using formalized project management experiences forthe students, and management procedures for the faculty. The typical sequence for a project isgiven below2. 1. Team formation 2. Needs identification 3. Conceptual designs 4. A detailed design proposal 5. Approval Page 12.62.2

Conference Session

Service Learning Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Lund, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

characteristics such as force to open doors anddimensions of an entrance, as well as design and development of the website. The results of thisproject were approved for use and are currently available online. The students who participatedin these projects felt much more rewarded by their experiences than the other teams.In retrospect, the differences between these projects which may have contributed to the variedlevels of satisfaction experienced by the students included:1. The location of the community partner. Disability Resourses and Services was on campus whereas the Center for Creative Play required transportation by the course instructors or by public bus.2. Communication with the community partner was more clear and effective for the teams

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subhi Bazlamit, Ohio Northern University; Farhad Reza, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

can help in anumber of ways through inspection of pavements, data entry and mail assistance for the monthlyprogram announcements. Page 12.1012.4Benefits from the Program:An assessment rubric has been developed for participating students and is shown below in Table1. This instrument of assessment will be administered starting in the 2006-07 academic year. Table 1. Assessment rubric for learning outcomes associated with PMCOutcome Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly Agree Disagree

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Sullivan, The College of New Jersey; Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

(FVC).[1] The FIRST Vex Challenge is modeled after the FRC but has greatlyreduced the cost and capital investment of the program by reducing the size of the robotand limiting its construction to a specified set of standardized components.This author has used the Vex design system[2] as a teaching tool within the TechnologyEducation/Pre-engineering teacher education program of The College of New Jersey.Through a series of projects the students are required to apply a consistent methodologywith regards to the design process. The Vex system allows for rapid prototyping andtesting of ideas as the students work up possible design approaches.The paper examines the students’ perception of the design process as both an abstractconcept and as a tool to

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachael Schmedlen, University of Michigan; Mimi (Miriam) Adam; Robert Sulewski; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2007-2611: A REAL INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING ANDBIOTECHNOLOGYRachael Schmedlen, University of MichiganMimi Adam, University of MichiganRobert Sulewski, University of MichiganMatthew O'Donnell, University of Washington Page 12.103.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Real Introduction to Engineering and BiotechnologyAbstractWe have developed a unique section of the required Freshman Introduction to Engineeringcourse for the College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Biotechnology andHuman Values. Our course is predicated on the assumptions that a meaningful introduction toBiomedical Engineering and biotechnology includes 1. solving

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University; William Craft, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

LangleyResearch Center in Hampton, VA on September 26, 2002, as a result of a winningproposal submitted by the AIAA and a 6-university team in response to a broad agencyannouncement. The four imperatives that framed center activities were to: 1. Conduct leading edge aerospace & atmospheric science research and develop revolutionary new technologies by creating innovative, collaborative, synergistic partnerships among NASA’s Langley Research Center, academia, and industry, 2. Provide comprehensive graduate and continuing education in science and engineering by using both a local campus and exploiting innovative distance-learning concepts, 3. Incubate and stimulate the commercialization of new intellectual property developed

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Eugene Niemi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Sammy Shina, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Chris Niezrecki, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Robert Parkin, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

difference,” value of teamwork (among others) students recorded a range ofagreement to non-agreement on a 1-9 point Likert scale. The averages were all 6 or Page 12.1274.3above, disagreement ranged from 7 % to 14% and agreement from 60 to 75%. Mostfaculty cited time as the biggest barrier to implementation. Improvements are plannedwith more student/faculty analysis of broader impacts.IntroductionService-learning is the integration of academic subject matter with service to thecommunity in credit-bearing courses, with key elements including reciprocity, reflection,coaching, and community voice in projects (Jacoby, 1996)1. Service-learning (S-L) hasbeen shown

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

been added,and three new master’s degree programs are in the approval process. A proposal for a Doctorateof Technology (DTS) has been submitted and is in the review/approval process at the universitylevel. Table 1 notes the semester credit hours (SCH) both in the college and in distance educationgenerated over the past 5 years. In 2005-2006, there has been a total semester credit hour Page 12.416.3increase of approximately 40% over the 2001-2002, and an undergraduate increase ofapproximately 220% in distance education SCH in the College of Technology and ComputerScience between 2001-2002 and 2004-2005. For the same four year time period, FTE

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Visser, South Dakota State University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a federal laboratory,and is part of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service(USDA-ARS).The major concept behind this collaboration is to pool resources and efforts to develop bio-basedmanufactured products (Figure 1). In addition to the increased research capability when anacademic department partners with a federal laboratory, there also exists much potential forstudent learning experiences with this endeavor. Opportunities exist for students to work andlearn both on campus and in the federal laboratory. University Federal Laboratory Manufactured Concepts

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Ting, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Donn Clark, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Alan Rux, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

theirown courses.IntroductionService-learning is the integration of academic subject matter with service to the community incredit-bearing courses, with key elements including reciprocity, reflection, coaching, andcommunity voice in projects (Jacoby, 1996)2. Service-learning (S-L) has been shown to beeffective in a large number of cognitive and affective measures, including critical thinking andtolerance for diversity, and leads to better knowledge of course subject matter, cooperativelearning, recruitment of under-represented groups in engineering, retention of students, andcitizenship, as well as helping meet the well-known ABET EC2000 criteria (a)-(k) (ABET,2005)1.Service-learning team projects have the potential to ensure students learn and

Conference Session

Effective Tools for Teaching Engineering Economy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kailash Bafna, Western Michigan University; Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

solved by any one of thesemethods. (See Thuesen and Fabrycky, 1989 1 for example.)In the early 1990s, as computer technology advanced, spreadsheet use gradually found its wayinto engineering economy classrooms, pedagogy, and textbooks. Very early presentations onincluding spreadsheets in the teaching of engineering economy included White (1988) 2,Eschenbach, Wiebe, and Yazici (1991) 3, and Eschenbach and White (1992) 4. Noting the Page 12.676.3increasing discussion on spreadsheet use in the engineering curriculum, Alloway (1994) 5advocated the electronic spreadsheet as frequently being “the best choice for both learning andapplying engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Susan Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines

thistechnology and the pedagogical shifts that accompany its use improve student learning.1-3In basic models of classroom communicators, however, student responses are limited to theselection of choices presented in multiple-choice questions or, in some cases, brief numericalresponses. Like many other campuses worldwide, on our campus clickers are used with greateffectiveness in introductory-level courses, including the first three semesters of the engineeringphysics sequence. However, we hear of the frustrations of faculty members who find it difficultto probe higher-level thinking skills using the multiple-choice format. Furthermore, somewonder if these types of questions adequately prepare students for their post-graduationexperiences in the field of