Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

technique competitive with raster-based algorithms, and some suggest that ray tracing willbegin to dominate interactive rendering in coming years. Figure 1: Image synthesis using ray tracing. The ray tracing algorithm supports complex visual effects that are not easily implemented with raster-based techniques, including depth-of-field, glossy and specular reflections, refraction, soft shadows, and diffuse interreflection.At Grove City College, we have mapped the contents of common graduate-level courses in raytracing to an undergraduate audience. Students design and implement a full-featured ray tracingsystem in a semester-long course that focuses on: ‚ the essential physics and mathematics

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the semester. To varying degrees, these weekly meetings also serveas peer mentoring and community building activities among the teaching teams assigned to eachcourse. There is little communication between graduate students assigned to different courses,even among Graduate Teaching Fellows. Written, qualitative faculty evaluations were veryuseful to workshop leaders, while quantitative student evaluations using a standardized formwere not reflective of the responsibilities of workshop leaders. Recommendations includeexpanding the faculty teaching mentor role, redesigning the student feedback form, and addingsocial activities across course assignments.I. IntroductionThose holding academic faculty positions within a college or university are

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Isla Young, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

with this extramural funding model the cost per school is substantial -- close to $100,000.In return for the technology and program infrastructure, EAST schools must comply with anumber of program requirements. Of these, most impressive from an equity standpoint, is therequirement that student participants reflect the demographics of their school’s student body by Page 13.1075.3age, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and academic status. This stipulation ensuresthat all students at the school receive equal access to what EAST has to offer, and that EASTProject resources are allocated equitably to all students. It not only makes

Conference Session

Careers and Professional Development in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce-Cottler, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

2007-2008 academic year, thusforming the basis of comparison for assessment.The professional skills mentioned previously are implemented in our Capstone course innumerous ways (Table 1), several of which are highlighted in the sections that follow. By wayof background, students in our program have covered many professional skills prior to taking Page 13.278.3Capstone. In the second year, they study team dynamics, personality types, and interpersonalcommunication in detail, including formal assessments of and reflections on their Myers-BriggsType Indicator (MBTI) and Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B) results

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Murray State University; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University; Arthur Pallone

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

’ performance; this feedback is alwayswelcome as instructors can reflect on the students’ perceptions and attempt to improvetheir teaching methods. Education institutions use student evaluations of teaching (SET)to establish the quality of instructors’ work as well as for tenure, promotions, retention,and salary raise purposes. SET and their interpretations therefore have significantimportance and have been widely treated in the literature. There are various opinionsregarding the validity of SET as a measure of the instructors’ work quality. Gillmore [1]shows that adequate instructor reliability rating is achieved when aggregating acrossabout seven classes and that it becomes especially strong when aggregating across 15 ormore classes under specific

Conference Session

Solar Power, Wind Power, and Energy System Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso Macia, Arizona State University; John-Paul Ishioye, Arizona State University; Brigid Dotson, University of Washington; Maria Macia, Veritas Preparatory Academy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

should reflect thecoldness of the night and yield a building that is initially cold on the following day, one that willdemand less cooling. The model schematic for the house used in this analysis is shown in Figure1. It describes a thermal mass at temperature Ti surrounding by an insulating material, the entirehouse is then surrounded by an outside temperature To. Notice that the house would experiencesno solar radiation on its south-facing roof if was covered with PV modules. North To Ti Te R

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science and Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

1. 7. Methodology Project requirements and 1 The ninth week Honors 5, 6 assignment Stella tutorial 2 The 10th-11th week Honors 2, 3 Modeling systems and higher 2 The 11th week All 1, 4. 7. order equations Page 13.939.4 Final Presentation 2 End of the course Honors All objectivesTable 1In the first lecture on MMM, the deviations between models and application problems, and theerrors of numerical solutions are introduced. Students learn the basic concepts of validation andverification. Validation checks whether the model reflects the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Sam Ramrattan, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

completelearning cycle are: abstract conceptualization, active experimentation, concreteexperience and reflective observation. The beginning and end can be in any of these stepsdepending on the method of teaching. In the current course, we find this cycle is eitherbroken or does not exist. Therefore, we search for feasible activities to complete thelearning cycle without overwhelming burden on the students, programs and theinstitution. Moor [6] adapted the inductive learning method through experimentaldemonstration, dry-lab thought experiment, and class room teaching through lecture,experiment and problem solving in chemical engineering program. The outcomes have

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; Transportation; and Manufacturing—fiveof which are reflected in the Standards for Technological Literacy10. The conceptual frameworklaid out in this paper and its widespread dissemination by Epsilon Pi Tau were important steps inthe transition to Technology Education.Delmar Olson, one of Warner’s doctoral advisees, took the profession a step closer to the“curriculum to reflect technology, with his 1957 doctoral thesis, Technology and IA: Derivationof Subject Matter from Technology with Implications for IA11, later published by Prentice-Hall(Olson, 1963). Olson described a curriculum grounded in “technology” and reiterated the“general education” goals in the six “functions” he identified as the technical, occupational,consumer, recreation, cultural, and

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Science, Technology, Professional Engineering Politics Imagination Craft Law Example: Example: values on risk Goal for national and responsibility reflected preeminence in an in codes, laws, industry industry regulations

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

acclimatizing themselves to the university usually find that discovery process to be aself-motivated activity. They wander about finding whatever they happen to be interested in ormanage to accidentally encounter. These novices move about the university without anyoneproviding them any direction in their search. The problem with this method is that it simplybecomes an activity that is hit or miss in allowing students to discover what the university reallyprovides in the way of interesting pursuits and helpful means to accomplish one’s final focus forcareer pursuit. Students reflect that when told to go places and find pertinent information aboutthe location or the people who exist there, they comply with the assignment and in many casesfind interests

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Janowski, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Melinda Lalor, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hassan Moore, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

to changing technologies and constraints1. Ted Kennedy, a founder of BE&K, amajor engineering, construction corporation, emphasized the importance of these same problemsolving skills during his keynote address to the Engineering Council of Birmingham in 2007. Hestressed the importance of learning mathematics in an engineering context rather than inisolation, stating that applying mathematics to solve complex engineering problems is anessential, and often missing, skill for young engineers. These same expectations are reflected inthe engineering accreditation process which seeks to place engineering problem-solving anddesign earlier in curricula. Consequently, students must apply their mathematics and basicscience skills sooner within the

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

: fairs and industry 1. Maintain existing internships; partnerships; 3. Create supplementary 2. Design student projects to 1-credit or 0-credit help in recruitment effort; courses that make 3. Sell ECET program as such transfers “Super Technology” possible; program; 4. Creating viable sub- 4. Have program reflect fields that respond to Engineer 2020 attributes; student interest and 5

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Urgency of Engineering Education Reform, Plenary Address, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2002.5. Keating, D. A., and E. M. Deloatch, Don’t Overlook Industry, PRISM, November, 2007.6. Schon, D. A., The Reflective Practitioner, Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1983.7. Schon, D. A., Educating the Reflective Practitioner, Jossey-Bass, New York, 1987.8. Conrad, C.F., Haworth, J.G., Millar, S.B., A Silent Success: Master’s Education in the United States, The National Study By the Council of Graduate Schools, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.9. Maxwell, J. C. Developing the Leaders Around You, Nelson Business Books, Nashville, 1995.10. Labor Statistics from USDOL http://www.bls.gov/oes

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Maria Simone, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design.IntroductionThe significant changes that accompanied the ABET 2000 document1 reflected theobservation by academia and industry that engineering education needed to change tobetter prepare engineering graduates for the current work environment2,3. One result ofthese changes is that both design and communication have been given increasinglyimportant treatment in undergraduate engineering curriculum. Project-based courseshave been gaining acceptance as a means to introduce design experiences into thecurriculum prior to the senior capstone design course4-6. In some cases, communicationcontent has been integrated into engineering content as well7.Undergraduate students in the College of Engineering at Rowan University take asequence of eight project based

Conference Session

Careers and Professional Development in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guruprasad Madhavan, State University of New York-Binghamton; Aimee Betker, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Jennifer Flexman, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

101 for BME GraduateResearch.” With audience feedback and volunteer creativity, the tracks subsequently evolved toprimarily focus on career, professional, and entrepreneurial development in bioengineering. Tothis end, the 2007 conference featured three sessions named “Innovations and Entrepreneurshipin Bioengineering,” “Working in Bioengineering: Making an Impact,” and “BiomedicalEngineering and Society” to reflect this focus. The most successful session was “Innovations andEntrepreneurship in Bioengineering,” which was attended by both students and industryprofessionals. This session focused on such topics as translational academic research,development of a business and marketing plan, and licensing, royalty, and patentingmethodologies. The

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Barbara Bekken, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

themes, anddeveloping assessment questions. Students began keeping journals for personal reflection andpoetry. Subjects this semester included: history of food production and farming; naturalresources and farming; crop production; animal production; environmental impacts; societal andcultural aspects; sustainable farming; regulation; politics; nutrition; social perspectives; cross-cultural perspectives; ethics of eating and; the right to eat. The group compared findings fromvisits to two farms: a more industrialized experimental farm and a family-owned small-scalesustainable polyculture farm (Figure 4). A food science lab introduced students to theconnections between yogurt production and marketing and showed how food qualities can bequantified

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Douglas Acheson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Wanda Worley, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Sheila Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; H. Oner Yurtseven, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

aquestioning mind; and (5) generally accepted and codified rules for settling disagreementsamong constituencies should exist4. Page 13.541.3In spite of well-intentioned approaches to enhance the collegiality of the faculty senates, facultyparticipation in campus governance is declining nationwide5. As higher education shifts towardmarket models of organization, boards and administrators increasingly apply bureaucratic modesof decision making to areas that used to be the domain of faculty members. All too often,administrators seem to sidestep faculty senates in favor of "more efficient" and "accountable"decision making that does not reflect faculty

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

one ofthese exercises as students discover limits in their own understanding while they are trying toexplain a topic to classmates.There are several other methods to create learning objects. One method is to create a unifiedcontent strategy for learning materials12. However, a unified content strategy requires much up-front analysis. Implementing a unified content strategy involves deconstructing all content fromall courses into elements. Another similar method is using a reflective group learning model tofacilitate teaching13. However this involves three phases: an establishment phase, a preparationphase and class phase. The learning process involves rule setting, group formulation, individual

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Jennifer Farrell, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, students arerequired to keep an informal design notebook. Students are encouraged to use the notebooks as ameans of documenting their progress through the design process. This notebook is collected, anda portion of the notebook is graded. The professor reads 35 entries marked by the student as“quality entries.” These entries are graded on the perceived usefulness to the individual studentand the design group rather than a strict set of formal requirements. The graded portion of thesenotebooks is a relatively minor part of the notebook as a whole. Non-graded entries are risk-freeinformal writing in which the student reflects on aspects of the design process as well as thecomposition of oral presentations and bi-weekly reports. The notebook’s value

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World / International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Dennis Jet, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

Tagged Divisions

International

work progress. Students are tomaintain their work progress records (e.g., courses, grades, etc., see Table 1). Similarassessment tables are also to be developed to reflect the student’s research work progress.From these tables, applicants are able to analyze their work, adjust and make improve-ments on a regular basis, and report to their advisors. Reports can regularly be collectedby a student advisor and submitted to the IHE’s Fellowship Project Directors. Thedirectors evaluate the reports, make necessary comments and return to the student’sadvisors.Time-line ChartA table can be prepared showing student name, admission date, semester attended (e.g.,Fall, Spring, Summer). Such a table can be compared with another table (work progress)showing

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brenda Brand, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michael Collver, Montgomery County Public Schools; Gabriel Goldman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

are new to the program and stepping in as manager/mentors of the high-schoolstudents. The capstone design students are still involved directly with the high-school students, butare given additional responsibilities associated with the new mentors and subteam tasks assignedunder them. All levels of mentors are supported by the faculty who meet with these studentsregularly for guidance including lectures on professional leadership topics, and to help them sortout details of their experiences during oral reflections. In addition, faculty are always available forimpromptu consultations so that while students are challenged by new situations, they also knowthat they are fully supported for working through issues when needed.Technological literacy

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Fong Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

such that the application of appropriate new knowledge from thegraduate course is the main focus in order to successfully carry out the project. For first-yeargraduate students with an engineering degree from an ABET-accredited higher educationalinstitution, this would not be an issue although student’s competency may slightly vary. In mostengineering graduate schools, however, there is a large population of international students. Thissituation is particularly true in our Electrical and Computer engineering (ECE) with a recentlarge influx of international students from Asia. We learned from the recent experience ineducating them that their undergraduate curriculum reflected on their transcripts is not muchdifferent from that of an ABET

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Engstrom, ITEA/Cal U

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

and science education standards and with connections to mathematics standards. 3. Pilot and assess the model in diverse classroom/laboratory environments. 4. Disseminate resources with professional development support.To write each unit, a strict process was followed that reflected the Understanding byDesign(UbD) approach created by Wiggins and McTighe1. This process has three main steps includingidentify desired results, determine acceptable evidence, and then design learning experiences.This process is important to follow to ensure that educational standards are clearly uncoveredand appropriate assessments are developed prior to the learning experiences.Unit DevelopmentThe writers met as a team to discuss the unit development

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

beliefs. Encouragement and verbal support from others will increase one’s effortand persistence to accomplish a task. People who have been persuaded that they lack thecapabilities to accomplish a certain task will often avoid that task. It is more difficult to increaseself-efficacy beliefs by verbal persuasion alone than it is to undermine it. The fourth and theleast influential source of self-efficacy is physiological arousal, where people interpret theiremotional states as a reflection of their capability to accomplishing a given task or goal 3.Self-efficacy is domain-specific; it must be considered in terms of a specific situation. Thereforewhen referring to “tinkering” self-efficacy in an engineering design class, only the skills

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pierre Lafleur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Yves Boudreault, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Richard Prégent, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

eleven engineering programs Pierre G. Lafleur, Yves Boudreault and Richard Prégent École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, CANADAContextFor 135 years, École Polytechnique de Montréal has provided an engineering program in theprovince of Québec, Canada. During its long history it has, successfully, faced and overcamemany challenges in several areas such as teaching, research, funding, and internationalcollaborations. The recent process through which it has, thoroughly, remodeled its elevenengineering undergraduate programs is, however, quite unique. This remodeling, in part,reflected on the basic mathematics courses and the complementary courses (social andeconomical aspects of engineering, ethics, etc.). It

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Bok Kim, Div. of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chonbuk National University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

ofmechanical properties in two types of the plastic films under controlled tensile testingconditions: petroleum-based compost plastic bag and biodegradable plastic compost bag.Concepts in Biodegradability, Compostability, Renewability and SustainabilityL. Averorus reviewed multiphase biodegradable systems in which the term“biodegradable” means capable of undergoing decomposition into carbon dioxide,methane, water, inorganic compounds, or biomass in which the predominant mechanismis the enzymatic action of micro-organisms that can be measured by standard tests over aspecific time period, reflecting available disposal conditions (ASTM standard D-5488).1The term “compostablity” is the biodegradability of material using compost medium.Biodegradation is

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Bibel, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

, AlohaAirlines inspected two other 737’s with 90,051 and 85,409. These two planes wereimmediately scrapped on the spot.Although the Aloha problem could have been prevented with more frequent inspectionsand Boeing already had an improved lap joint design in place, this near disaster triggereda national research effort. Improvements in inspection techniques and fatigue designwere developed. New methods to reflect the weakening effect of small fatigue cracks inlined up rivet holes were developed through testing and analysis.Incidentally the Aloha blast damage demonstrates how well a modern damage tolerantdesigned airplane hangs together. A surprising number of aircraft have safely landedafter a bombing.Less well known is the more recent China Airlines

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

differences reflected the female respondents as being more positive or demonstratingmore productive learning activities than males.Item N Average t Sig(Responses: 1=never; 4= almost always)12k. The instructor delivers the course man 132 2.02 2.98 .003content too quickly woman 58 1.6412l. Homework assignments are about the man 132 3.00 2.30 .023right level of difficulty woman 55 3.2713e.When working in groups, some male

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MURAT OKCAY; BILGEHAN UYGAR OZTEKIN

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

direct or reflected beam viewing. Class IV lasers are also a fire risk as they may also ignite combustible materials.3. Components of the ePIV systemIn this section, the ePIV hardware will be discussed followed by the software. Typical operationprocedure will also be explained.3.1. ePIV hardware – Interactive ExperimentThe Interactive Experiment hardware can be seen in Figure 2. Figure 2. The ePIV systemThe interactive experiment system is portable and it consists of a rugged module, housing all thesystem components. The components include a PCB mounted digital camera, a laser, an opticallens for the laser light, a small variable speed water pump, a reservoir, and aninterchangeable experiment module. All the