Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

opportunity to work in the faculty mentor’slaboratory. eight out of twenty two students were successful in securing a research opportunity ina laboratory. Students worked as researcher assistants in laboratories on a variety of projects,such as stem cells, speech recognition, and tissue regeneration. The goal was to expand theirknowledge in the research fields in their departments and train students on professionalcommunication.During the program three guest speakers were invited, experienced scientists and engineers, totalk about their career experience and the variety of opportunities for students once they aregraduated. The guests were; Dr. Charlene Crawley, a chemistry professor at VCU; Mr. TonyMoss, a mathematician at Dahlgren NSWC; and Ms

Conference Session

Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salvatore Marsico, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre

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Engineering Ethics

agency expressing concerns over anupcoming project21. In the letter he refers to himself as an engineer and later a complaint is filedwith the licensing board with respect to is practice of engineering with a license. He agrees thathe is not licensed to practice engineering in any jurisdiction and that he is employed by amanufacturing company and has “engineer” in his job title. The board sanctions him for theunlicensed practice of engineering. He appeals the board’s decision to the courts and claims thathis First Amendment rights to free speech were violated in that he was speaking out about apublic project. The court reasoned that his comments were not sanctioned but his right to makethe comments as an engineer expressing an opinion was being

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

exercise.The author plans to develop a total of about 35 exercises covering the above topics. Thus far 10such exercises have been completed; the remainder is expected to be done within six months..Each exercise takes anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes from formulating the problem to actuallypublishing it online. The only investment in this project is the faculty time, as there is no othercost involved. The author plans to publish an updated paper (including assessment results) withina year upon completion of development of all the modules. Page 14.823.4Student UsageIt is the intent of the author to incorporate this teaching tool in the junior-level

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

projects, and oral presentations1. Grading rubricsprovide advantages to both the student as well as the faculty member.From the student’s standpoint, rubrics offer many advantages. Students like the usage ofrubrics as they aid in determining the expectations for an assignment. Students also likerubrics for grading as they allow them to better plan their working, gearing theirdevelopment towards what is expected rather than overachieving on an assignment. Page 14.1338.2Overall, students feel that rubrics result in them delivering a higher quality submission aswell as receiving a fairer grade when the submission is assessed. Students like rubricsbecause

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kwabena Narh, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

thirty years designing and implementing professional development programs and curricula for K-12 teachers in science and technology. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment strategies in first-year college courses in the sciences, engineering, and computer science.Angelo Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology Angelo J Perna is Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Ronald E. McNair Program at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the recipient of over seventy five recognition awards for service, recognition and research. In addition to having served as President of Omega Chi Epsilon and The

Conference Session

Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Torick, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

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Civil Engineering

, hydraulic jumps energy, hydraulic jumpsTotal Areas Covered 16 40 Page 14.1198.4Step 3- Development of Laboratory EquipmentThis step required a substantial amount of planning and communications with several experts.Our first concern was to utilize existing laboratory equipment that did not have a major“footprint” since space is a major constraint in our project. Our goal of using older well-chosenequipment was to save resources, both time and money, by only making minor equipmentmodifications but major pedagogical changes. Only after we evaluated our current equipment didwe decide

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

methods, design appropriateoperations, and analyze operations is predicated on knowledge of appropriate performancemetrics. It is necessary to identify factors influencing operational performance in order to designappropriate operations and to apply approprite improvement methods. Therefore, the threelearning objectives identified were suitable for inclusion in this study.Research MethodologyA total of 15 student participants were recruited from a cross section of constructionmanagement courses: a freshman level construction methods course, a junior level costestimating course, and a senior level project scheduling and controls course. The students: 1) received a brief introduction to the Caterpillar Virtual Training Simulator of a large

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Lottero-Perdue, Towson State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-717: CHILDREN'S CONCEPTIONS AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OFTECHNOLOGY BEFORE AND AFTER PARTICIPATING IN AN INFORMALENGINEERING CLUBPamela Lottero-Perdue, Towson State University Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She began her career as process engineer, taught high school physics and pre-engineering, wrote curriculum and was a master teacher for Project Lead the Way, and led two Project FIRST robotics teams. As a science teacher educator, she has added engineering content and pedagogy to her science methods courses for prospective elementary teachers. She teaches engineering to

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Turner, Westfield State College; Glenn Ellis, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

evaluations were positive. “I was surprised by how much Ilike physics” was an often-repeated student comment. One enthusiastic student remarked, “Ifound this course extremely valuable. I am a very visual learner so the hands-on project andgraphical focus of the course was exactly what I needed. I really think this course wasexcellent.” The Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics Test12was administered to arandom sample of students before and after their exposure to the kinematics curriculum. Theaverage possible gain was 43% of the total score. The average gain for the sampled students was Page 14.657.917% of the total score—thus they had achieved

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

classroom, and how to reduce potential conflicts andconfusion surrounding assignment due dates and classroom activities are often of primaryconcern. Many of these items can be addressed with the development of Past, Present, andFuture (PPF) sheets for the course.PPF sheets contain information regarding past topics relevant to the current class, presentdeliverables, learning objectives, and discussion questions, and future deliverables as well asdiscussion questions for the next class. The sheets are designed to provide a one-stop source fora majority of the important information for the course. Homework assignments are presented inthese sheets, due dates for homework, lab reports, and projects are listed, and reminders for testsand other important

Conference Session

Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jon Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

university and its scholars. Building on thework of her predecessor, Jan assisted the Aerospace Engineering department head in submittingmany of his published papers to the UDC. Along the way, she learned about the benefits andpitfalls involved in making published works available to the world through an open institutionalrepository and shared that knowledge with Jon and other librarian colleagues. By helping onefaculty member to create a UDC collection, we have gained a champion who not onlyunderstands the value in having his work more widely—and perpetually—available but also seeshow librarians can facilitate the process.Jan is currently working on another, larger UDC project. It involves moving research reportsfrom a university institute's website

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fredericka Brown, University of Texas, Tyler; Kristian Trampus, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, a growing diversity of the workforce.Demographic projections show the traditional pool that supplies today’s technological workforce isshrinking, while untraditional pools such as under-represented groups are growing proportionally,making them the new majority. If the United States is to remain competitive and continue toflourish in the competitive global marketplace, it must draw on the talents of all the population. Theneed for a highly skilled technical labor force, the new majority, and the aging population areseveral factors that are driving the need for a comprehensive look at changing the culture of scienceand engineering.The underutilization of women and minorities in science and engineering is a problem of nationalpriority [4]. Not

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca Sala, Baker College; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

conservation laws.11. Center of mass.12. Rotational motion, including, torque, angular momentum, rotational kinetic energy, and rotational inertia.Table 2. Statics Student Learning OutcomesStudents will be able to:1. Use general principles and problem solving techniques to solve engineering problems.2. Solve operations with vectors such as force or position, resolve them into components, and project them along axes.3. Use Cartesian vectors to solve problems involving the equilibrium of a particle for a concurrent coplanar (two-dimensional)force system and three-dimensional force system.4. Solve for the moment of a force or a couple about a point and determine the resultants of a non-concurrent force system.5. Use scalar methods, vector analysis and

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

to be split into twohardware/software worlds, (NI world and Matlab world) and concluded that a strength of ourprogram is that we teach them about both worlds. We concluded that we had lots of agreement inour disagreement and our program is “right on the money” in helping our students to be preparedto get the jobs we identified as good ones.Several years ago our Advisory Boards strongly recommended that we add Project Managementto both programs and we did so; review of the jobs helped us understand how good thatrecommendation and decision were.Some jobs had good technical content, but were at the technician level; we are not designing ourprogram for our graduates to take such jobs. Some jobs had specific industry niches and wedecided not to

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Garry Warren, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; David Cordes, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

-module score of 3.7 to apost module score of 4.3 on a 5-point Likert scale. Another approach has been to combine studyof contemporary issues and ethics through case studies.14,15 Authors discussed the challenges ofteaching a truly contemporary ethical case study, where new information became available everyday. Needy introduces students to the impact of contemporary issues on project management byincluding articles from the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and the local paper as discussiontopics in her engineering management course.16ImplementationPrior to starting the actual meetings each semester, it is necessary to identify a time and locationfor the meetings and to publicize these events. Setting the time for the meeting is

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

documents.Table 3. Timeline for the Preparation for ABET and SACS visitsSummer of Establish Leadership Team (President, SACS Liaison).2006 Set up the Office of Planning & Assessment Set up SACS Preliminary Budget (SACS Liaison, Leadership Team). Set up SACS Preliminary Calendar (SACS Liaison, Leadership Team) Begin holding Leadership Team meetings (SACS Liaison)Fall 2006 Develop Documentation for campus information on QEP & Self-Study Continue Leadership Team meetings throughout rest of SACS time-table Develop SACS Website (SACS Liaison) Solicit ideas for Quality Enhancement Plan Project from campus Solicit volunteers for both QEP and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; David Henry Feldman, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2009-2037: INVESTIGATION OF THE SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO CHANGEEDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS IN MASSACHUSETTS TOINCLUDE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYNataliia Perova, Tufts University Nataliia got her M.S. in Mathematics, Science, Technology and Engineering education from Tufts University in 2008 and M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2005 from Tufts University and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Suffolk University. Nataliia is currently a research assistant at Harvard Graduate School of Education where she is involved in the research project on mathematics education. She is also doing research on using engineering approaches to teach science to college students.Chris Rogers, Tufts

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

traditionallecture employing more conventional (“take-home”) homework, which we call TL-THW, iscurrently underway. Active learning opportunities are being incorporated into this trial viaextensive use of CPS student response units (“clickers”).A key, underlying goal of this project was to gain an understanding of how efficiently andeffectively students learn in hybrid course environments relative to those that are moretraditional. This outcome was evaluated by comparing scores on common exams. Another goalwas to accommodate a wider diversity of learning styles by offering students a choice betweenalternate course formats / based on the premise that being required to make a choice forcesstudents to think about how they learn and the environment in which they

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Robotics Research Group and teaches in the Mechanical Engineering Department. As a researcher, his efforts have focused on software development for robotic systems. Recent research efforts include human/robot interactions, mobile manipulation, and robotic workcell integration including projects funded by NSF, DARPA, DOE/NNSA, and ONR among others. In the ME Department, he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in programming, numerical methods, and robotics, as well as co-developed a nuclear automation interdisciplinary graduate program. Additionally, he has received academic development funding to study presence and stability in online PSI courses.Cameron Booth, University of

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College; Gary Welton, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Page 14.841.8classes in the humanities that fit these criteria, and classes in engineering that do not.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank Microsoft Research for providing partial funding to conduct thisresearch through a 2006 Microsoft Research Tablet-Based Computing Initiative Grant; DyKnowfor their valued partnership and support of the project through additional software licensing andlistening to our feedback; and Jane Prey from Microsoft Research, External Research andPrograms. We would also like to thank the students and faculty who have participated in thisresearch.Bibliography1. Birmingham, W.P., and V.F. DiStasi, Active Learning Across the CS Curriculum.Pittsburgh : ASEE, 2008. ASEEAnnual Conference.2. DyKnow. DyKnow

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renée Butler; Christina Scherrer

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

MeetingArea 1 1Discussions 1 1SpecificAssignment 2 1 1 2 1 7Assignments/Homework 1 1 2Cases/Projects 1 1 2Quizzes/Exams 1 2 3Resources/ Links 1 1 2Course Survey

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Marcella Norwood, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

examines managerial processes as influenced by science, technology, and consumereconomics with consideration of impact on individuals and families Two faculty membersdelivered instruction; however, it should be noted that there is extensive coordination betweenthe two, and the courses are viewed as being more alike than may otherwise be the case whentwo sections of a course are taught by two different instructors. The instructors use exactly thesame assignments, projects, content materials and supporting documents.In general, it was observed that the WEB students seemed to do better than LEC students on“general knowledge” items, while the LEC students appeared to do better than WEB students onitems that were classified as course specific.The

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

board: will meet annually and provide feedback to The EET IAB met twice during the improve the quality of the program, also evaluate the senior project design academic year, and recommended actions teams. are discussed in the respective IAB meeting. IAB are also part of the assessment team for senior project.PEO4

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomasz Arciszewski, George Mason University; Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; Mark Houck, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century, February 19.6. Bloom, B.S., M.D. Englehart, E.J. Furst, W.H. Hill, and D. Krathwohl. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, the Classification of Educational Goals, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. David McKay, New York, NY.7. Duderstadt, J.J., (2008), Engineering for a Changing World, A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering Practice, Research, and Education, The Millennium Project, The University of Michigan.8. Galloway, P.D., (2008), The 21st-Century Engineer, A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform, ASCE Press, Reston, Virginia, USA.9. NAE (National Academy of Engineering). (2004). The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington, D.C., The

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron St. Leger, United States Military Academy; Anthony Deese, Drexel University; Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

EE Seminar Fields and Waves Computer EE Depth EE Depth EE Depth Engineering Math Architecture courses/elective courses/elective courses/electiveCurrently there is a senior level Power Engineering Course in the electrical engineeringcurriculum at the United States Military Academy. This course covers machines, transformers,transmission lines and system analysis. An analog power system emulator is planned to replaceand/or enhance power flow software in the current laboratory structure. In addition, the emulatorcan be used for a small scale power system design project

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical and Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordon Schultz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the total energy, ideal head and calculated head losses.Calculated head losses decrease after the channel throat and in turbulent flow become negative.This is not expected, because the fluid cannot convert kinetic energy into pressure energywithout appreciable positive head losses. Several experiments were then performed along withattempting numerical simulations to investigate and elucidate this phenomenon. Next, theexperiments and their results will be discussed. The process of determining the root of thestrange results and the current status of the project will also be outlined.Initial ExperimentThe first step in this investigation was to run the Bernoulli flow experiment “as-is” and attemptto replicate the results of past students. Figure

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiecai Luo, Southern University; Fred Lacy, Southern University; Pradeep Bhattacharya, Southern University & A&M College; Perry Daniels, Texas Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Page 14.1173.2parameters. Mixed signal IC tests are very sensitive to structural details and hence tofabrication techniques. The course combines educational elements to produce a uniqueclass environment. These elements include the use of industrially sponsored design andbuild projects, a fabricated design approach and its modification, the integration ofproducts and manufacturing process design, and emphasis on engineering and peopleskills. In this paper, the innovative design and testing parameters, the course teachingprocedures, and some course materials will be discussed. 1. Introduction Currently, mixed-signal IC test and measurement has grown into a highlyspecialized field of electrical

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Gathering Storm (Committee onProspering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century, 2007) and Educating The Engineer of2020 (National Academy of Engineering, 2005), publications that pointed us toward revising ourinstitutional outcomes. In a project taken on by our institute-wide committee responsible formaintaining our student learning outcomes process—the Commission on the Assessment ofStudent Outcomes (CASO)—we determined that adding a leadership outcome to our set ofinstitutional outcomes would be a significant revision.The decision to add leadership to the list was reinforced by the development of Rose-Hulman Page 14.458.2president’s

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; William Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

evolution has changed the landscape of the educationalenvironment to an unprecedented level. This rapid change has driven educational institutions toconsistently adapt these new trends and renew their services to their communities.In this project, the IT infrastructures, policies, facility requirements, and management strategiesof some renowned engineering and technology schools and colleges throughout the U.S. werestudied. Through the numerous related parameters in IT, few key parameters were selected asidentifiers that were used to collect the sample data. Examples of these parameters are bandwidthallocation, student laptop programs, software ownership, software deployment, OS platforms,and correlation were carried out in relation to engineering

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ozdemir Gol; Jan Machotka; Zorica Nedic; Andrew Nafalski

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Of course, the academic teachers need to be ever vigilant toguard academic integrity without appearing to be constantly suspecting their students.The formulation of assessment tasks has a major significance in encountering plagiarism. It hasbeen variously observed that the students could be driven toward plagiarism if they perceive theirtask to have been reduced to mere compilation of facts, statistics and pretty pictures to satisfy theassessment criteria for a poorly set task. McKenzie8 observes that “it is reckless and irresponsibleto continue requiring topical “go find out about” research projects in this new electronic context.To do so extends an invitation (perhaps even a demand) to “binge” on information