Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer; Alison McKay, University of Leeds; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Alan de Pennington, University of Leeds

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

produced during the protocol. A key characteristic of the product design teamswas their use of drawings at every stage of the design process; in contrast the freshmanengineering teams carried out more detailed information gathering activities. These differencesbetween senior product and freshman engineering teams reflected the emphasis areas in theircurriculum. All four teams frequently iterated between the different stages of the design processand project planning was a neglected area for all teams. Further research is needed to increasethe number of team studies to explore the role of design drawings in supporting teamcommunication, team information gathering and use processes, and the role of team diversity insupporting innovative design

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pedro Leite, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Biloxi, MS, 34 p.[9] Kennedy, H.; & Parks, J. (2000). Society cannot continue to exclude women from the fields of science andmathematics. Education, 120, Spring 2000.[10] Hazzan, O.; Dubinsky, Y.; Eidelman, L.; Sakhnini, V.; & Teif, M. (2006). Qualitative research in computerscience education. Proceedings of the 2006 SIGCSE Technical Symposium, 408-412.[11] Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84,2, 191-215.[12] Fleming, N.D.; & Mills, C. (1992). Not another inventory, rather a catalyst for reflection. To Improve theAcademy, 11, 137-155

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Inventory, andmethodology, the Let Me Learn® process, for characterizing the individual learning processes ofstudents. The Let Me Learn® (LML) process is a comprehensive strategy for buildingmetacognitive awareness in students. LML differs from learning styles approaches in thatlearning styles typically identify the learner with a personality type or category rather than aprofile reflecting degree of preference for multiple interacting patterns. Another key difference Page 13.1345.2is that LML emphasizes the learner’s capacity to use his/her patterns consciously andstrategically to adapt to different learning expectations, rather than merely seeking

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Collura, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Use of Self Assessment and Reflection in Professional Courses”7, “SustainableAssessment: Rethinking Assessment for the Learning Society”8, and “Redesigning Assessmentfor Learning Beyond Higher Education”9. The first of these provides useful information forengineering faculty who wish to use student self-assessment either as an input for assigninggrades or as a formative assessment tool to improve their courses. The latter articles are helpfulin understanding the critical role of self-assessment and reflection in the learning process.A few more recent articles were found with direct relevance to engineering education. Simon Page

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

are the measure of your success. 2. Forget yourself – your excellence is reflected in your students. 3. Show your students the goal of your teaching – be visionary. 4. Accept your students – motivate them. 5. Show the practical as well as the theoretical. Page 13.838.3 6. Relate new information to known facts. 7. Repeat and renew – use different venues. 8. Let the student work – doing is best. 9. Let the student seek – lead them to new discoveries. 10. Provide a good learning environment. 11. Know your subject – present with interest and enthusiasm.These are not new ideas and many reflect what is currently taught

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the Page 13.839.3students? They don’t give me tenure!” Others throw themselves into teaching to side step thepressure to conduct important research or bring in a big grant. They can then explain theirfailure to complete dissertations, produce publications, or obtain tenure as rising from theirchoice to pursue teaching excellence.” Lowman goes on to say: “Such “champions of goodteaching” often fail to notice that some colleagues can balance the competing demands on theirtime and do well in both teaching and scholarship. It is this balance that is reflected in theteacher-scholar model.The next concern is why worry about teaching at all. In

Conference Session

Computer Applications in Energy Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

the studentcould make use of the tool readily on any personal computer equipped with MicrosoftOffice. In addition students may further customize the visual feedback to reflect personalpreferences, as well as expand the list of energy measures. The measures currentlyavailable include tons of coal equivalents, fuel oil equivalents, Hartree energy, andhorsepower-hour, among others.III. OFF-LINE ENERGY DATABASEEnergy-related themes have received tremendous exposure in the news media over thelast half of this decade. The sources of energy, the conversion methods, utilization,conservation, environmental impacts, and many more continue to dominate newsheadlines worldwide. The political and economic realities continue to drive thediscussions on

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Yuan-Teng Cheng, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

tool.Student ratings were positive for all items. In general, students felt that the tool was interactive,relevant, and easy to use and understand. Figure 8 shows a summary of results for all fourattribute continuums from the Index of Learning Styles for the students in this study. These datasuggest that the students tended to be more visual than verbal and more active than reflective aslearners. Ladder Logic Debugging Tool The practice questions helped me to learn the material. 5.1

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

different platforms. Most hands-on exercises can be donelocally without Internet connection.Compared to the centralized remote lab, the virtual lab is very portable, inexpensive, can be runon the students’ computers, anywhere, and at any time. We have experimented with virtualmachines in a number of labs with a high degree of success. Feedback from students indicatedsatisfaction.1. IntroductionInformation and computer technology programs are plagued by several major challenges. First,computing technologies are evolving at a rapid pace, making it difficult for schools to maintainup-to-date technologies in physical labs due to budget constraints. Second, lab exercisesdeveloped by faculty have short life span and need to be updated to reflect new

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

security, and is a strategicissue of great importance to the nation. With society’s growing need for energy and energy-related workforce, many institutionsare vying to take advantage of these opportunities and challenges. Many academic institutionswith traditional engineering programs (e.g., chemical, civil, mechanical, electrical and nuclearengineering) have also created departments and/or programs in energy engineering to reflect thegrowing need and trend. To move The Pennsylvania State University to the forefront in energy,the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering proposes a formal undergraduate degreeprogram (Bachelor of Science) in the growing field of energy engineering. The program will bebeneficial to students of several

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) innovative, like theories and meanings); visual learners (like visual presentation: vs. verbal learners (prefer written and --pictures, diagrams, flow charts) spoken explanations); inductive learners (prefer presentations vs. deductive learners (prefer presentations proceeding from specific to general) that go from general to specific); active learners (learn by trying things vs. reflective learners (learn by thinking out, working with others) things through, working alone); global learners (holistic, systems vs. sequential learners (linear, orderly, Page 13.958.2

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

opportunities for involvement and interaction that isdifficult to attain through traditional classroom activities.The process of active learning transforms students from the role as a passive recipient ofinformation just taking notes into a dynamic initiator of knowledge through participation. It hasbeen shown that students learn more when they take an active part in the educational process(Davis5, 1993). This can be facilitated through a variety of classroom exercises includinginteractive discussions, using ideas and concepts in practice, and actual application of the subjectmatter. This learning by doing approach requires participation, analysis, synthesis, evaluation,application, and reflection in terms of life, school, and work situations.Active

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin; Kristin Wood, University of Texas at Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

participants and used to structurethe training. This lack of recognition of the method is an unexpected finding, deserving offurther investigation. The results of the study also revealed that the teachers who took theDTEACh training workshop three or more years before the survey showed very similarresponses to teachers who attended the workshop more recently, thus indicating that use oftechniques presented in the training workshop is not diminishing significantly with time.IntroductionActive Learning is an approach developed to improve learning, and typically consists oftechniques requiring students (as the name implies) to be actively engaged in learning throughspecially designed activities, followed by reflection upon what they have done1. This

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Davis, United States Military Academy; Michael Butkus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

ethical considerations in an engineering design problem could begraded definitively with a grading rubric and thereby rendering a value or score as a part of theABET assessment, much like quizzes or homework grades. Inculcation of engineering ethicscould then be assessed as students’ progress through the engineering program. Secondly,develop a mechanism to help students reflect upon and appreciate social and cultural issuesfollowing study abroad experiences. This might be accomplished with a reflective essay.Shuman et al.9 suggests that globalization and cultural awareness through study abroad programsdevelops individuals with a broader understanding and tolerance towards social issues that couldaid in future ethical decision making processes

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

according to the instrument/test-development standards generallyrecommended. The absence of a widely used and broadly applicable set of measures ofengineering learning outcomes has forced administrators and faculty members to wrestle with thechallenges and compromises inherent in educational assessment. Because the institutional costsof accreditation and assessment can be substantial, institutions often turned to locally developedmeasures that make minimal demands on financial and staff resources. These efforts typicallytake the form of survey questionnaires in which students are asked to report how much progressthey believe they have made in one content or skill area or another. These reports usually consistof one or more items intended to reflect

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Robert Houghton, Western Carolina University; Elaine Franklin, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

levels of learning,beyond basic technology instruction3, 4. The goals would be to: 1, Help teachers learn the features and operation of the LEGO® Mindstorms® and NXT-G programming system 2, Help teachers apply the tool for robotics projects and data logging applications 3, Reflect with teachers daily on the applicability of the technology to specific classroom requirements 4, Reflect with teachers daily on the requirements imposed by the North Carolina (NC) standard course of study 5, Brainstorm with teachers the best practices to integrate the technology with not just robotics competitions, but also in math, science, and other areas and, 6 Have senior undergraduates in engineering technology and education take a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

two different products were combined into one product.CPR 4: Product A Project Design Specification (PDS) should reflect the commonDesign knowledge of the team about the project. The students make use ofSpecification (PDS) their preliminary research to develop environmental, performance, and technology specifications for their projects.CPR 5: Social Requires students to reflect on their proposed project and write an Page 13.1370.3Impact Statement impact assessment using the IEEE Code of Ethics [3] as the guidelines. For this assignment the students write one or two

Conference Session

Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Shaw, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

laboratory course often lead to last-minute writing withlittle time spent in reflection and review2. Stephen Brookfield3 speaks to the heart of the teacherwhen he describes our motivation to instill habits of self-evaluation and peer evaluation. “Sooner or later students leave the intellectual enclave of higher education and return to the workaday world. For them to have acquired the habit of examining their own work critically as a detached observer is an incalculable benefit”. “Likewise, for students to have learned something of the art of peer evaluation – of giving helpful critical insights to colleagues and intimates in a manner that affirms rather than shames – develops in them in them a capacity that will be sought out by their peers

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

reliable and has both internal and external validity. Thesecond, and more important reason, is that the model lends itself to a more holisticapproach to open ended problem solving, which, in turn should help to promote morecomplex thinking skills.A second objective of the program is increase creative and complex problem solvingskills as measured through gains in cognitive development. The department has had over70 hours of training on the steps for better thinking model. Student work is scored usingthe Steps for Better Thinking Rubric12 and preliminary data suggests that students aregradually making cognitive gains. Baseline data utilizing the Reflections on CurrentIssues16 (RCI) instrument was collected in 2006 as a means of supporting these

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunnar Tamm, United States Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Seth Norberg, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering programs, West Point offers a course on Energy Conversion Systems whichcovers conventional topics of fossil fuel utilization, combustion, advanced power andrefrigeration cycles, direct energy conversion, chemical equilibrium, and so on. However, thecourse has evolved to reflect current energy issues, by including lessons on national and globalenergy usage, climate change, nuclear power, hydrogen, and renewable and alternative energy.In addition to this course, there are senior capstone projects and cadet independent studies thatare connected to alternative energy research and development. The goals are to provide a broadoverview to the cadets, such that the cadets are excited to continue the pursuit of energyalternatives as graduates and

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangram Redkar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

system integration. Thisapproach was suggested by Ted Robertson, then President of the Society of AutomotiveEngineers (SAE), in late 2005. In this approach, the courses reflect the different divisions withina large automobile manufacturing company, such as General Motors. In the early stages ofdevelopment of the automotive concentration, a team composed of program faculty, practicingengineers from the automobile industry and automotive-related industrial advisory boardmembers had an afternoon curriculum design meeting. After discussion, the six industryrepresentatives validated the idea suggested by Mr. Robertson. In addition, as a part of anengineering design process, they voted on various structures, content areas, and creditarrangements of

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland Brown, University of the Pacific; Joseph Rencis; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Chuan-Chiang Chen, Tuskegee University; Essam Ibrahim, Tuskegee University; Vladimir Labay, Gonzaga University; Paul Schimpf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and optimized thepotential learning that the FE learning modules provide.The Kolb model shown in Figure 1 describes an entire cycle around which learning experiencesprogress Abstract Hypothesis and Conceptualization, Active Experimentation, ConcreteExperience, and Reflective Observation. Figure 1. Kolb learning cycle.The FE learning modules developed in this work are designed to span a spectrum of differentmanners in which students learn. Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles50 are composed offour dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global).Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman formulated the index to assess the learning style of anindividual. ALPs are designed

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Smith, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

standard (omitting detailedpenetration analyses, as noted below). The course also covers roughly 80% of the core andelective learning outcomes of the Information Technology computing curriculum proposed in2005 by the Association for Computing Machinery2.2. Boundaries and FlowsThese two concepts were chosen as the organizing concepts or “themes” of the course.A boundary separates two elements of a system and may thereby provide a degree of protection.As stated in the US government’s Information Assurance Technical Framework (the IATF),“Information assets exist in physical and logical locations, and boundaries exist between theselocations”8. This statement reflects the fact that students must consider a system’s physical aswell as logical elements

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

equally difficult, or equallyvaluable. Some require significant understanding and reflection; others are straightforwardsimple tasks. By providing an indication to the students as to which milestones are which,the students have more information with which to plan their work.For instance, a ±10% error margin may be acceptable in the project specification, but a ±1%is preferable. If the accuracy milestones are rated for difficulty, students who find themselveswithin the 10% margin can then decide whether they wish to invest the time and effort toachieve the smaller tolerance, and thus the additional mark, or whether to focus their energieselsewhere.Four difficulty categories were chosen for the milestones: Easy, Standard, Hard andChallenging. The

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlie Hall, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

acommon problem. A team of four to six students working on common problems provides Page 13.208.4 3opportunities for more learning7; the grouping of students facilitates communication, creatingopportunities for the students to learn from each other.8In contrast to Lean, conventional manufacturing layout patterns are designed to focus onspecialization in functional layouts. This is reflected, for example, by placing all the grindermachines grouped together in a common department, all the broach machines grouped togetherin a common department, and so

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

meetings conducted by VT expertsand attended a national conference that was held on Virginia Tech campus. Fellows madeperiodic presentations of their research, prepared a final research report, and alsosubmitted a reflection essay about their experiences. Four fellows returned to VirginiaTech late fall and presented their research papers at a regional water research conference.Assessment of NSF/REU site outcomes was conducted with the help of two externalexperts in education research and academic assessment. Assessment tools included online/in-class surveys, pre- and post test questions, and a focus group interview. This articleincludes a brief description of program assessment tools, a summary of assessmentresults and recommendations, and some

Conference Session

Service Courses for Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Mary Rose, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

for a course on technologicalliteracy; instead, four standard course models were proposed and slated for development as partof the follow-on NSF/NAE Technological Literacy for Undergraduates Workshop, which washeld in March 2007 [1,2]. The four standard course models were: (1) Technology SurveyCourse, (2) Technology Focus Course, (3) Technology Design Course, and (4) TechnologyCritique, Assess, Reflect, or Connect Course. The proposed framework was created to serve notonly as a guide for developing these standard course models but also as a method for evaluatingand benchmarking existing technological literacy courses.Description of the Proposed FrameworkThe proposed framework was developed by a team at the 2007 NSF/NAE Workshop

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Amy Craig, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. What are student approaches to modeling and problem solving and how do they change over time as students move into upper division courses and use programming and computational tools to model and solve discipline specific problems? Instrumentation: (a) Student surveys assessing attitudes and confidence in specific course outcomes, (b) survey questions about modeling and problem solving, (c) specially developed, common problem solving tasks, (d) student reflections about how they go about solving tasks, and (e) course-related samples of student work. The survey data is being compared to students completing these same or similar surveys in subsequent semesters, to establish trends in self-confidence

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

second ASCE strategic initiative was the development of an enhanced and updated versionof the BOK. This second edition of the BOK, formally titled Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge for the 21st Century, Second Edition, (abbreviated BOK2) was developed in responseto broad stakeholder feedback about the first edition (abbreviated BOK1), as well as the ideasexpressed in ASCE’s Vision 2025.7 BOK2 is currently available in draft form, and the finalproduct will be publicly released in February 2008.The BOK2 includes two particularly substantive changes from the BOK1: • The number of outcomes was increased from 15 to 24. For the most part, this increase reflects the BOK2 authors’ attempt to enhance clarity and specificity, rather than to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Kent Johnson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma

to OU’s north campus to see a WSR-88D radar. Thesetrips help students to understand how the data is collected and subsequently processed in adigital format. Computing algorithms are studied and implemented that convert radar datafrom the phased array radar into environmental measurements known as spectral moments– very similar to previous researchers associated with conventional rotating weather radars[36, 37, 38]. Spectral moments (reflectivity, radial velocity, and spectrum width) are theessential, required radar meteorological measurements that are used to make decisionsabout cloud locations, storms, rain fall, tornadoes, downbursts, hail and other interestingweather phenomena. Microbursts are strong downbursts of air from evolving rain