Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Also, SOLEfacilitates the development of learning environments, which in conjunction with traditionalhands-on experiments – allow the expansion of the scope of the students’ laboratory experiencewell beyond the confines of what would be feasible in the context of traditional laboratories.For the reasons stated above, SIT has implemented a new undergraduate engineering curriculumthat reflects the latest trend towards enhancement of traditional lecture-based courses with both adesign spine and a laboratory experience propagating through the entire educational program toexpand educational opportunities for a larger number of students. Use of such tools can promotecollaborative learning, enhance critical thinking skills and give every student an

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Huguet, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

arethoseof the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Chappell, Joseph and Keith Woodbury. Introducing Excel Based Steam Table Calculations into Thermodynamics Curriculum, Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June 2008, Pittsburgh, PA.2. Wagner, W, J. R. Cooper, A. Dittmann, J. Kijima, H.-J. Kretzschmar, A.Kruse, R. Mares, K. Oguchi, H. Sato, I. Stocker, O. Sifner, Y. Takaishi, I. Tanishita, J. Trubenbach, Th. Willkommen. The IAPWS Industrial Formulation 1997 for the Thermodynamic Properties of Water and Steam, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 122, p. 150-182. ASME, January 2000.3. Cengel, Yunus A. and Michael A. Boles. Thermodynamics: An

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djafar Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

-based generalphysics (PHYS 1433 and PHYS 1434), reflected all of the above mentioned features andincluded several teaching resources aimed to promote comprehension of the physics laws:class lecture, demonstration experiments, laboratory experiments, e-learning material,problem-solving sessions. Class lecture presents one of the most important principles forevery physics course, - concepts first. Conceptual understanding is the focus through theexplanations, examples and media demonstrations of the experiments and is presented onthe Website and on the Blackboard. E-learning material provides problem solvingexamples, and problem-solving session provides to students through the interactive systembetween student and instructor “Physics Tools” 14

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Ghayasuddin Mohammed, Northern Illinois University; Mohammed Murtuza, Northern Illinois University; Muhammed Abedur Rahman, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

changesin the system dynamics 28. A self-tuning scheme is initially implemented using the poleassignment technique with JBC control. The hybrid collocated and non-collocated controlscheme is then realized with an adaptive JBC position controller and an inverse end-point-modelvibration controller. A recursive least squares algorithm is utilized to obtain an inverse model ofthe plant in parametric form. The problem of controller instability arising from the non-minimum phase characteristics exhibited in the plant model is resolved by reflecting the non-invertible zeros into the stability region. The performances of both schemes are investigatedwithin a flexible manipulator simulation facility. An alternative to the parametric approach described

Conference Session

Research in Multidisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Bachmann, James Madison University; Jeffrey Tang, James Madison University; Carl Puffenbarger, James Madison University; mike kauffman, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

ways, typical of the ______ curriculum. First, instruction inthe department is geared toward practical applications in all courses. Calculus, for example, istaught not as a stand-alone tool, but in the context of practical applications. Second, our studentsperform far more hands-on work than typical undergraduates. Partly this is a reflection of theUniversity’s emphasis on undergraduate education, but a big part is also due to a departmentalculture promoting hands-on experience as critical for our students. For example, all of ourstudents work with bomb calorimeters as part of an energy lab, build circuits and operationalamplifiers as part of an instrumentation course, and perform water quality tests as part of anenvironment lab. All students

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maren Henry, University of West Georgia; Eric Granlund, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. An explanation of the most basic structure of English sentences: Subject (thething the sentence is about) + Verb (what that thing is doing) + Direct Object (what thatthing is doing it to) helped students to understand active and passive voice. Whenstudents identified the subject and verb in the sentence, they could see the direction of theaction in the sentence. In a passive sentence, the direct object becomes the subject,because it receives the action of the verb. Most composition teachers encourage complete elimination of passive voicebecause it serves as a “speed bump” for readers: if the action of the sentence movesbackward, reflecting back on the subject, rather than forward onto the direct object, the

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; J. Ryan Sigler, West Virginia University; Andrew Lowery, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University.Acknowledgement and DisclaimerThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0525484. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. Page 13.256.16

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Stan Cronk, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

theorywith practical project-based experience to courses throughout the engineering disciplines.Acknowledgement and DisclaimerPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation’s Course, Page 13.855.17Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0618288. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Splitt, F.G., “Systemic Engineering Education Reform: A Grand Challenge.” The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, Spring 2003.2. Sheppard, S. and Jenison, R

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Nail, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Engineering Design Graphics

the course.The author believes this can only be explained in terms having to do with the level of studentmaturity, and their desire to see the course succeed in the long run. It reflects a good workingrelationship between the instructor and students, as well as the result of a clear majority ofstudents in the course with a long range, mature view of the situation. As a class they deliveredsuch an unrealistically high evaluation as an affirmation regarding future potential of the course.A number of students wrote comments in the sections reserved for them on the author’s survey.Two students wrote comments that, in the author’s opinion, seem to capture the overallimpression received when reviewing the survey results. One student observed, Dr

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary L. Gray, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

amount of material that can be taught and that the students’ interest in the material isenhanced.IntroductionTo maintain and enhance our nation’s ability to be on the forefront of technology development,colleges and universities have been called to adopt the most effective teaching practices of Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses as well as to provide undergraduateswith opportunities to study STEM “as practiced by scientists and engineers as early in theiracademic careers as possible”.1 In fact, the practice of engineering today requires that graduatesbe prepared in a large variety of ways, which are reflected in ABET criteria as well as other recentstudies.2, 3 In addition, as supported by a wide body of literature

Conference Session

Projects & Partnerships Result in Student Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

concepts. As time allowed, the teams of 4students used Visio shapes to pair related concepts and to draw connecting lines between. Eachsubsequent week students had either handouts or textbook chapters to read and to deconstructinto related concepts, to link assignment documents to appropriate concepts or pages, and torelate new concepts to previously learned concepts. Finally, the students added a Visio page forthe User Interface to their database application project with a statement reflecting on theconcepts underlying its features and in which courses these concepts might be used again. Figure5 illustrates a student’s interpretation of the Information System Knowledge Domain conceptsdiscussed in a chapter of a text. Also shown are the names of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Wischow, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; Shanna Daly, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

secondary classroom, and the application/presentation component. This willprovide more closure to the lesson and allow teachers the opportunity to synthesize the data thatthey collect and make sense of it. Additionally, while teachers work on their presentations, theywill have opportunities to interact with members of the professional development team anddiscuss conceptual questions in small groups. The post-lesson discussion period will also bemore directed towards means of classroom implementation to provide a more organized forumfor teachers to reflect on implementation.It is important to note that although we were interested in exploring how teachers connectedconcepts from quantum dots to their curricula (research question 1), we were not able

Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian Nicholls, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Wolfe, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

order to apply the findings ofthis research to future school settings, the data collection would have to be limited to a quantityand scope that would not be onerous to busy educators. Thus a strategic decision was made tolimit the set of potential variables to a more manageable size. The BY data from 8th grade wasthe earliest data collected about the students and represented the earliest point in the NELS studyat which academic assessments could be made. Prior research findings in the literature were Page 13.55.5used to select a smaller set of variables to be tested. A set of 66 variables was selected. Thesevariables reflected aspects of

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Nelson, University of Texas at Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas at Tyler; William Geiger, University of Texas at Tyler; Kristian Trampus, University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Masui, C., & De Corte, E. (2005). Learning to reflect and attribute constructively as basic components of self- regulated learning. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75(3), 351-3727. Pehkonen, Erkki, Maija Ahtee and Jari Lavonen (ed), How Finns Learn Mathematics and Science, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2007.8. Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation, National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, http://www/ed/gov/inits/math/glenn/report.pdf (2000). Page 13.130.149. Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: New Practices for a New Millennium

Conference Session

Novel Energy Applications in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Schroeder, University of Toledo; Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo; Walter Olson, University of Toledo; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

the model (whether they were obtained or developed). These drive cycles may reflect city, highway, mountainous, etc. ‚ Generate a plot that displays the average fuel consumption and the drive cycle for different mass vehicles. ‚ Determine what kind of drive cycles the vehicle exhibits the best fuel economy and explain why this is so. ‚ Determine the optimal size of vehicle this technology is applicable for. ‚ Discuss possible drawbacks from the model and provide recommendations for how it can be improved.For additional information regarding theory and background refer to the references:1. Wu, Bin, Lin, Chan-Chiao, Filipi, Zoran, Peng, Huei, Assanis, Dennis, Optimal Power Management for a Hydraulic Hybrid

Conference Session

Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

work of their peersand provide critiques at a draft stage. Out of this process, final work is improved, andcommunications skills are also developed. Cloete5 emphasizes the importance of self-reflection in fostering critical thinking. Although these efforts did not attempt directmeasures of student cognition, perhaps in the future, data can be collected to evaluatestudent cognition in peer review exercises.Longer-term Assessment. To complement direct observation of student reasoning andcognition during problem-solving exercises, how can we determine if students are Page 13.226.10retaining knowledge and problem-solving skills into the future? Most methods

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Karen Lozano, University of Texas-Pan American; Karl Kiefer, Invocon, Inc., Houston, Taxes; Xinqing Ma, Inframat Corp, Farmington, Connecticut.

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Civil Engineering

explored.AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Division of Engineering Education andCenters of the National Science Foundation under the grant EEC-0634279 (program manager Dr.Mary Poats). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. We would like to thank Dr. Jin-song Pei, who provided the implementation resultsfrom the University of Oklahoma. We would also like to thank Dr. Jon Makar at Institute ofResearch for Construction in Canada and Mr. Tony Kojundic from the Silica Fume Association,as well as project external advisors, for their contribution and support to the project.Reference1. Kuennen, T

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Dworzecki; Syed Masud Mahmud

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Microchip MPLAB ICD2 DV1640052 Microchip CAN-LIN3 DM1630152 Grayhill 4x4 Matrix Keypad With Cable 96BB2-006-R2 Hantronix LCD Character Display 4x40 (Grey, Reflective) HDM40416H-5-S00S2 Sullins Electronics .1" 52 Position Male Header PEC26DFCN (Break Into 2x9, 2x9, 2x8)2 Sullins Electronics .1" 18 Position Female Receptacle PPPC092LFBN-RC2 Sullins Electronics .1" 30 Position Female Receptacle PPPC152LFBN-RC2 Sullins Electronics .1" 40

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students in an academic scholarship program going intograduate school full-time and over a 30% rate of such transfer students.I. IntroductionFor some time, there has been a growing concern about the future of the United States in terms Page 13.1287.2of new discoveries and inventions. One of the people leading this battle cry is Professor Romer,“a big-name Stanford University economist.”1 He argues that discoveries don’t simply appearwhen inspiration strikes, but reflect the effort put into innovating. The bottom line for thisconcern is that the number of undergraduate engineering degrees being earned in the UnitedStates has been declining since 1996

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Callie Ruben, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Page 13.136.3student with the will can earn an A in the course by doing the required assignments.From the sophomore year on, NACME students meet six times a semester for a 50-minutemeeting. The students meet in a well furnished conference room and are served refreshmentsafter the first semester to help make them fell special. Each semester begins with a review of the4.0 Plan16 (developed by Donna O. Johnson) and a discussion by the students on the Planincluding what works especially well and a new resolve to stick with the plan the whole nextsemester. Students often reveal that their GPA for the semester is a direct reflection of how wellthey stayed with the 4.0 Plan. Speakers are brought in from academia, career services, and allareas of

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Wittenborn, Purdue University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Craig Miller, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

program. This approach isholistic, comprehensive in nature and includes developers, designers, instructors, students andevaluators with a broad focus on the effectiveness of the program and is consistence with theapplied research. Type I studies can be characterized by their reliance upon contextually specificprojects and contextually specific conclusions.3 This approach includes improvements in theinstructional program and the conditions which are conducive to efficient design, development,and/or evaluation of the instructional program.4,5,6, 7 Additionally, some Type I developmentalstudies reflect traditional evaluations in which the actual development process is not formallyaddressed; rather, only the product or program evaluation is described

Conference Session

Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Julie Olney, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Topics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Goldberg, Buffalo State College; Paul Siciliano, Buffalo State College; Clark Greene, Buffalo State College; Steve Macho, Buffalo State College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

troubleshooting. Classroom experimentscan involve student groups deciding what they’d like to happen with their system of inputs,outputs, and PICAXE decision block. When the Experimenter board is populated and verified,students can build a real product based on the pre-tested system. Page 13.617.7The PIXAXE School Experimenter Board and PICsounds kits highlight for students what thebasic components of an embedded microcontroller system are: input information, decision-making based on input information, and output action. Students get to design and construct asimple example that reflects the building blocks of any embedded system. The softwareenvironment

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning / International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; James Carlsen, University of Florida; Meghan Ritter, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

Tagged Divisions

International

mulch. If there is an excess, theleftovers are used as cover for the landfill.Recyclables are collected in a very different way. Since Escambia County’s Solid WasteManagement Department is responsible for recyclable waste collections, they have 17 drop offsites that residents can take their recycling to. These drop-off sites are placed around the countyto make recycling easier for the public. Since these drop-off centers are used by all residents ofthe county, the number of households will be changed to reflect the entire county. The numberof households is 111,10014. Once a week these bins are emptied and the contents are taken to therecycling center. For the FY07, there were 3,477 tons of recyclable materials collected. TheSolid Waste

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Iowa State University; Ronald Cox, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Page 13.224.9Based on the collected information and given facility layout of company K, the student team was ableto generate a flow chart to have a clearer, more visualized understanding of each process. The flowchart also presented locations of the processes and relative distances between them. Upon obtaining allof this information and reflecting on the current status, the student team immediately started to workwith the operator and manager in on a value stream map. The reason of a creating current value streammap with the presence of company staff right after collecting data is to make sure the current maprepresents the current status of company K to the best extent. Any error or omission of important dataat this stage will lead to failure

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Casey, George Mason University; Ellen O'Donnell, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

grouped with “industrypartner” or “alumni relations” information. Separate sections or totally separate websitesprovided information ranging from a basic mission statement to detailed organizationalinformation including items such as a constitution, by-laws, annual reports, meeting minutes, etc.It must be restated that the survey reflects only whether evidence of an IAB was present and, inthe case of a College-level IAB, beneficial to the program, not whether one actually exists or not.The survey results are summarized in Figure 1. Page 13.901.6 Figure 1: Number of IABs identified for College-only (E), Multi-level (M

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobia Steyn, University of Pretoria; Alan Carr, University of Pretoria

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reaffirms McKeachie's18 view that at leastfour elements of teaching seem to make a difference in student gains in thinking, namely,• student writing and discussion;• explicit emphasis on problem solving procedures and methods;• verbalization of methods and strategies to encouragement development of metacognition; and• time to think and reflect. Figure 4(a) Figure 4(b) Page 13.1084.9 Figure 4(c) Figure 4(d) Figure 4 Whole brain creative process in the Logo projectLogo project detailOur decision to choose a

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Rossow, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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Computers in Education

and formulation of generalizations and principles. It would appear thatlearning is best facilitated when impasses are carefully chosen in both design andnumber. Researchers have proposed inserting, in the worked example, prompts such asmultiple-choice questions30. The questions typically are conceptual rather thanquantitative in nature and are designed to force students to reflect upon and generalizetheir ideas about the example being studied. It is interesting to note that such “concept-eliciting questions” play a key role in the work of Steif and colleagues39-40, even thoughtheir focus is on learning through problem solving rather than through studying workedexamples. Indeed, learning through solving problems begins to resemble

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyu Yon Lim, Pennsylvania State University; Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Hien Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Mark Wharton, Pennsylvania State University; John Cimbala, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

instructor notes should be made available to students.Faculty who were proponents of posting notes stated that sharing and posting notes “was anatural consequence” of using the tablet. Benefits of posting class notes included theaccommodation of various learning styles and the ability of students to verify and self-checktheir own learning using the instructor notes. Additionally, annotated notes provide for moreauthentic learning as these collaboratively built annotations reflect meaningfully constructedrelationships among the course concepts. Faculty who were against posting notes voicedconcerns which included: decreased student attention and class attendance, the ability to takegood notes, and potentially diminished student learning.Traditionally

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Taconi, University of Alabama, Huntsville; R. Michael Banish, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

added to experiment Volume of methanol remaining in product Moles of methanol added to experiment Mass of methanol remaining in product Volume of methanol reacted Moles of methanol remaining in product Mass of methanol reactedFor the entire reaction procedure, determine the following, and compare the ratios to those Page 13.489.12specified by the theoretical equations.Moles methanol:moles oilMass methanol:mass oilVolume methanol:volume oilTask #4: Re-write the chemical reaction on a mass, molar, and volume basis, to reflect the actualamount of oil used, the total amount of methanol added as a