Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nagen Nagarur, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton; Sarah Lam, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Industrial Engineering

planned keeping the needs of the industries in mind, especiallyin the light of the recent economic turmoil.References1. “International Association of Financial Engineers,” http://iafe.org/html/, Accessed February 2009.2. Alsop, Ron, “Wall Street Employers Shine to Financial Engineering Degrees,” The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2006.3. “Career Options,” http://interpro-academics.engin.umich.edu/fep/, 2005, Accessed September 2007.4. “Laboratory of Financial Engineering,” http://lfe.mit.edu/, Accessed February 2009.5. “Financial Engineering,” http://interpro-academics.engin.umich.edu/fep/, 2005, Accessed September 2007.6. “Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering,” http://orfe.princeton.edu/, Accessed

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

AC 2009-460: INTEGRATING STUDENT EXPERIENCE INTO THE CLASSROOMTerri Lynch-Caris, Kettering UniversityDaniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University Page 14.769.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrating Student Experience into the ClassroomAbstractEngineering educators seek to inspire their students to integrate classroom theories with theirown experience. This paper describes the development of an activity integrating co-opexperiences and/or research interests with classroom learning. The resulting instrument, CITIES– Beyond the Classroom, will be useful for STEM educators to create a participative classroomenvironment. The instrument may be

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Eric Bickel, University of Texas, Austin

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2009-2249: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND STRICTLY PROPER SCORINGRULESJ. Eric Bickel, University of Texas, Austin Page 14.607.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Experiential Learning and Strictly Proper Scoring RulesAbstractExperiential learning is perhaps the most effective way to teach. One example is the scoringprocedure used for exams in some decision analysis programs. Under this grading scheme,students take a multiple-choice exam, but rather than simply marking which answer they think iscorrect, they must assign a probability to each possible answer. The exam is then scored with aspecial scoring rule, under which students’ best strategy is to

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Cathy Hall, East Carolina University; Michael Bosse, East Carolina University; David Batts, East Carolina University; Laurie Moses, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

careers in science and engineering unless majorchanges are seen. These individuals present a strong, albeit largely untapped, resource forbuilding the nation’s scientific workforce.5African Americans and Hispanics-Latinos compromised only six percent of the science andengineering labor force in 1993. From 1995 to 2005, non-Hispanic minorities showed noincreases in proportion to undergraduate engineering enrollment and Hispanics made minimalgains from seven percent to nine percent.4 With these demographic trends in mind, the National Page 14.624.2Science Foundation (NSF) stated that more efforts are needed to attract minorities

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Sukwon Kim, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Bob Wilkins, Texas A&M University, Commerce

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

the mind. All five dimensions were addressedin unison. Classes were held in a wireless mobile classroom and students were providednotebook computers with the Discourse software to create an interactive learning environment.Though it is not the focus of this paper, it should be noted that approaches not focusing solely onmathematics to retain freshman engineering students appear in the research literature. Forexample, the previously mentioned integrated curricula, computer programming, and learningcommunities are strategies in and of themselves. Examples of other approaches involve designefforts, projects, and teams17; time management and study skills18; hands-on laboratoryactivities19; robotics20; collaboration with senior-level engineering

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alister McLeod, Purdue University; April Savoy, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

AC 2009-1177: PROBLEM-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ANINTRODUCTORY-LEVEL LEAN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS COURSEAlister McLeod, Purdue UniversityApril Savoy, Purdue University Page 14.981.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Problem-Based Teaching and Learning in an Introductory Level Lean Manufacturing Systems CourseAbstractProblem based learning (PBL) is a widely used technique in the development of technicalcurriculum delivery (Putnam, 2001)18. In the design and development of an introductory levellean manufacturing course taught at Purdue University, a PBL approach was utilized. Theapproach allowed the instructor to expose students to a