choices do not cover all datapatterns, such as the S-curves for impact vs. temperature graphs.Student performance is assessed with a grading rubric which evaluates graphs within laboratoryreports. Low performance on three laboratory reports has led to instructional improvements,including additional focus in the lecture and detailed handouts. Subsequent assessment showscontinued improvement in skill levels from one laboratory report to the next, and from onesemester to the next.IntroductionTAC/ABET requires that engineering technology graduates have an ability to communicateeffectively (Criterion 3, Program Outcome g).1 The MET program at IPFW includes twocommunications courses and three English courses which develop students’ skills in
AC 2009-1264: STUDENT PERCEPTION OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES IN AMANUFACTURING PROCESSES COURSEMary Vollaro, Western New England College Page 14.1085.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Student Perception of a Series of Activities in a Manufacturing Processes CourseGetting students involved in experiential activities in a manufacturing processes course isimportant to meeting the learning objectives; however, with limited facilities and classroom time,some creativity is required. Here, a series of activities was conducted during the entire semesterand students were asked to comment of the value of the activities. An
, Fermi National Accelerator Lab Jerzy Nogiec is the Software Development and Support Group Leader at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and an adjunct professor of Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests, in addition to software engineering education, include distributed systems and data acquisition systems. Page 14.1152.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Software Development for Modern Real-Time Data Acquisition and ControlAbstractModern data acquisition and control systems, in the most demanding
faculty and issues confronting underrepresented groups in the STEM fields. Catherine has served as the Coordinator of Special Projects for the Office of the Provost at Virginia Tech focusing on faculty work-life issues, diversity efforts, excellence in undergraduate education, and coordinating university planning activities and served as a doctoral intern with the State Council of Higher Education.Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Dr. Creamer is co-Principal Investigator of the Women and Information Technology project funded by the National Science foundation, Principal Investigator of a grant to investigate climate in undergraduate engineering programs, and Director of Research and
AC 2009-315: REASONING ABOUT CATEGORICAL DATA: MULTIWAY PLOTSAS USEFUL RESEARCH TOOLSRichard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton is the Associate Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His areas of scholarship include student team management, assessment, education, and remediation, laboratory reform focused on student learning, visualization of quantitative data, and engineering system dynamics. He is a guitarist and songwriter in the alternative rock band “Whisper Down”.Susan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S
AC 2009-2275: RUNNING LINUX IN A WINDOWS COMPUTER LABEd Crowley, University of Houston Page 14.1039.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Running Linux in a Windows Computer LabAbstractIn many courses, the effective use of Linux, or other open source software, can expandand enhance active learning opportunities for students. Since many institutions havestandardized on Windows Computer Laboratories, implementing Linux based learningexperiences may initially seem problematic. However, with a Live Linux CD, you canquickly and easily run Linux, and related open source tools, in an existing WindowsComputer Lab.In this paper, we will explain how Linux Live CDs
,solution planning, and system design tasks during collaboration. The model was initiallydeveloped to improve the effectiveness of engineers performing such tasks in teams and thisstudy posits that the model will be equally effective on student learning.A detailed statistical experiment to study the effect of this model on subjects collaborativelysolving an analysis and design problem was designed and executed. Randomly assigned teams ofstudents were presented with one of four design problems. Half the teams were then exposed tothe CCM while the remaining half was not. The effect on student learning was then measuredusing assessment of team deliverables.1. IntroductionIn a brief survey of the graduate engineering and technology courses offered at
AC 2009-445: A TEAM-BASED DESIGN COMPETITION FOR FRESHMANENGINEERING STUDENTS THAT EMPHASIZES SUSTAINABLE DESIGNRobert Prins, James Madison University Robert Prins received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2005; he is currently an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at James Madison University (JMU). Prior to joining JMU, Dr. Prins was a faculty member at Virginia State University. Dr. Prins' industrial experience includes one year as a suspension engineer at Visteon, Inc. and five years as an engineer at Perceptron, Inc., a machine vision company. Page
technologically advanced world. How can we have such a largepercentage of the world population separated from what we could consider basic services andinfrastructure?The issue of globalization has become such a focal point among some engineering educators thata recent paper stated, “As educators we must not only prepare students to understand thefundamentals of math, science and engineering, but must also prepare students to work within aglobal environment… to include … intercultural interaction”3. This emphasis on globalization iscontinued in the ABET engineering program outcome of providing “broad education necessaryto understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, andsocietal context”1. The Dominican Republic
viewed as problematic in a rapidly changing technology-oriented world where Page 14.419.3generating new ideas is essential to survival 3, 4. Industry has also perceived new BS engineeringgraduates as lacking design capability or creativity, as well as an appreciation for consideringalternatives. In the past several years, universities have responded to these challenges by addingmore design content and introducing more open-ended design problems into their engineeringcurricula. As Liu and Schonwetter put it: “Since creativity emanates from problems, it seemsmore natural for engineering students to gain creativity through practice of problem
AC 2009-518: DEVELOPING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ DESIGN SKILLSUSING ON-LINE VIDEO MODULES AND ACTIVE-LEARNING EXERCISESKatie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin, MadisonGreta Zenner, University of Wisconsin, MadisonNaomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, MadisonWendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 14.460.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Students Auxiliary Design Skills via Online Video Modules and Active Learning ExercisesAbstractBiomedical Engineering undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison participate insix semesters of engineering design. In addition to engineering design aptitude
…”: The Story Behind the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. DVD. n.p.: Mark Maier, 1992. Page 14.1288.1012. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), “Criterion 3. Program Outcomes and Assessment,” Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2004, pp. 1-2. Page 14.1288.11
AC 2009-2268: SUCCESS CRITICAL FACTORS FOR IMPLEMENTING QUALITYSYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATIONEdmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, MontegancedoPaola Carina, Universidad Politécnica de MadridKaren Castillo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Page 14.1093.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR IMPLEMENTING QUALITY SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATIONAbstractQuality assurance in higher education is by no means only a European concern. All over theworld there is an increasing interest in quality and standards, reflecting both the rapid growthof higher education and its cost to the
AC 2009-86: CONNECTING WITH ALUMNI: AN EXPERIMENT IN SOCIALNETWORKING USING FACEBOOK GROUPSJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon
activities promoted greater gains inpositive attitudes toward engineering for the female students than for the male students.Implications from this study can inform teachers’ use of engineering design activities in scienceclassrooms for the purpose of teaching about engineering and also teaching science content at adeep conceptual level. Results may also be of interest to science curriculum developers andengineering educators involved in developing engineering outreach curricula for middle schoolstudents. With many states promoting STEM initiatives to encourage the rigorous teaching ofscience, technology, engineering and mathematics, the results of this study may help strengthenthe results of those efforts.References1. Ferguson, R.L. (2007
develop professional, communication, and teamwork skills duringClinic. In discussing the merits of Clinic, a liaison said: “I think with the clinic program they not only had to come up with a design technologically, but they had to learn how to interface with us on an individual level. We had video teleconferences and we had I guess a couple of meetings each semester where they would come out and present to us. So they not only had to develop the engineering solutions, but they had to develop those professional skills. So I think that one interesting thing about the clinic is that they kind of guide them a little bit of that earlier on you know before they graduate. So that hopefully at the
created “to develop the nextgeneration of leaders in nanoscale science and engineering teaching and learning, with anemphasis on NSEE [nanoscale science and engineering education] capacity building, providing astrong impact on national science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.” Oneinitiative of the NCLT is a professional development program designed to facilitate 7-12 gradescience teachers’ development of NSE content knowledge and integration of NSE concepts intothe current secondary science curricula. Teachers who participate in the NCLT’s professionaldevelopment program were required to integrate at least one NSE lesson during the school year
; Mathematics Teacher Imperative and team leader of The Leadership Collaborative. He is a member of the Steering Committee for MSU’s PROM/SE (Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics and Science Education) NSF grant.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Daina Briedis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to
.” James Shapiro’s forty years as a bacterial geneticist Page 14.751.9has led him to the stunning conclusions that bacteria are “natural genetic engineers” and “thateven the smallest cells are sentient beings.” In an article entitled “Bacteria Are Small but NotStupid: Cognition, Natural Genetic Engineering and Socio-bacteriology”39, he writes “The take-home lesson of more than a half century of molecular microbiology is to recognize that bacterialinformation processing is far more powerful than human technology…these small cells areincredibly sophisticated at coordinating processes involving millions of individual events and atmaking them precise
AC 2009-538: INNOVATION AND INTEGRATION IN AN IN-HOUSEFIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM: A FAST TRACK TO ENGINEERINGENCULTURATIONElizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Dr Elizabeth Godfrey has a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. Her career that has included university lecturing in Chemistry, high school teaching and 10 years as an advocate for Women in Science and Engineering, and most recently completing a 9 year term as the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland She has been a contributor to Engineering Education conferences, and an advocate for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning since the
total numbers given the fact that bothwomen and members of other under-represented groups are often visible minorities in science,technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) fields. Social dynamics are shaped byproportional representation and when that proportion is highly skewed it can produce thephenomenon referred to as tokenism1. According to Kanter’s classic study, small relativenumbers heighten visibility and bring attention to discrepant characteristics or ways thatmembers of a population deviate from the norm. The effects of tokenism are most pronouncedwhen the proportion and number of women is so small that the opportunities to participate in acommunity of like-minded individuals are limited. Attention to secondary characteristics
the University of Colorado at Boulder: her early work there addressed concerns about the digital divide.Lonny Grafman, Humboldt State University Lonny Grafman is an Instructor of Environmental Resources Engineering and Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University; the co-founder and instructor in a full immersion, Spanish language and appropriate technology summer program in Parras, Mexico; and the executive editor of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering. In addition, he is the President of the Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives. Lonny seeks ways to increase knowledge of the world through exposure and synthesis
withinengineering”[5]. The Engineering Science curriculum is divided into two sections, theFoundation and the Options, each lasting two years (four academic terms). The fourFoundation terms “…provide a strong foundation in science, math, technology and design”,and include courses that cover classical mechanics, structures and materials, quantumphysics, systems biology, fluid dynamics, robotics design, thermodynamics, linear algebra, Page 14.1216.2calculus, computer programming, and electrical fundamentals[6]. Engineering Science is bynature a multidisciplinary program that enables students to work within and acrossdisciplines.In their third and fourth years
, respectively.Linda Weavers, Ohio State University Linda K. Weavers is the John C. Geupel Chair and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science at The Ohio State University. In addition, Dr. Weavers is co-Director of the National Institute of Water Resources (NIWR) Water Resources Center for the State of Ohio. After obtaining her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota, she received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Weavers’ research is multi-pronged with research projects in the area of advanced oxidation processes (including sonochemistry, ozonation, and
continued program development in order toachieve SEEC’s ultimate goal of increasing engineering graduates from ISU. We are SEECing toprovide America with the talent needed to ensure a brighter and more secure economic future.Bibiliography1. The National Academies. 2006. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing andEmploying America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies.2. U.S. Department of Labor. 2007. The STEM Workforce Challenge: the Role of the PublicWorkforce System in a National Solution for a Competitive Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce. Washington, DC: Report prepared for the U.S. Departmentof Labor, Employment and Training Administration by Jobs for the Future.3. Handel
AC 2009-1756: INTERFACING THE USB PRINTER INTERFACE USINGVINCULUM HOST CONTROLLERGurinder Singh, Future Technology Devices International Ltd. (USA) Gurinder Singh brings almost a decade of experience in the electronics industry to his position as Senior Field Applications Engineer with Future Technology Devices International Ltd. At FTDI Gurinder is actively involved in embedded USB HOST designs, application notes, technical support on USB devices and HOST controllers, guiding customers to obtain WHQL certifications and USB 2.0 compliance certifications along with providing sample codes and professional manufacturing test tools for production lines using USB devices in their products. Gurinder also
AC 2009-68: DETECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY INDICATORS OFVISUAL-BASED LEARNING MATERIAL IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONPROGRAMS FOR GRADES 7-12Petros Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University Petros Katsioloudis was born in Cyprus. He was educated in the United States where he received a Bachelors of Science degree in Science and Technology, a Masters of Education in Technology Education and a Doctoral Degree in Technology Education at North Carolina State University. Currently he is employed at Old Dominion University where he serves as an Assistant Professor, teaching various Technology Education courses and conducting research. Petros is also serving as the Ambassador of Cyprus to the
graphics. This study providesinsight into the process of improving graphic pedagogy by leveraging semiotic analysis ofstudent notebooks, in-class observations and ongoing support, the introduction of graphic tools(e.g., graphic taxonomy and master images), and formative assessment strategies to facilitatestudent science and technology learning. It is not enough to create representations; students mustwork through and revisit their graphics in context of the inquiry and problem solving cycle.IntroductionResearch in elementary graphic literacy is an emergent area of study, just as the integration ofelementary science1 and elementary engineering education research is a relatively new area ofinvestigation. One such project is Engineering is Elementary
AC 2009-1383: ATIC: A PROGRAM TO ENERGIZE UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRYCOLLABORATIONSJane Laux, Arizona State University Jane Laux is a Program Coordinator Sr. at the Advanced Technology Innovation Center, Arizona State University. Her expertise and experience include project management, development and execution, in addition to research operational responsibilities.Anshuman Razdan, Arizona State University Anshuman Razdan received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Engineering and the Director of the Advanced Technology Innovation Center and the I3DEA Lab, ASU’s Polytechnic campus, Mesa, Arizona
AC 2009-1442: DEPLOYMENT OF ALTERNATE SOURCES OF ENERGY INGHANAWillie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Dr. Willie K. Ofosu is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Pennsylvania State University. He teaches telecommunications, wireless systems, networking, optoelectronics and analog and digital electronics at the Wilkes-Barre campus. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, IET (England) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of England. He is currently involved in international activities in cooperation with some faculty members at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. He is an advocate of diversity in the education field. Dr