Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York; Jamil Lacourt, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Construction

building has an undergroundparking facility that can accommodate more than 50% of the occupants’ vehicles. Thebuilding has EPMD system with Solar Reflective Index of -1. The building utilizes abuilding management system for lighting control. The building does not have apermanent site irrigation system for landscaping. The building does not use any methodsto reduce the use of municipality provided potable water for building sewageconveyance. This building does not have on-site renewable energy system. However, thisbuilding has a system to re-use condensate return from base building system to re-heatglycol for snow and ice melting for the lobby exterior paving. The building is locatedwithin one half mile of ten of the basic services (bank, library

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Scott Johnson, University of Illinois

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, strategiclearning, and achievement.1, 2, 3 Although the findings contribute positively to educationalpractices, knowledge of how those attributional beliefs, strategic learning, and achievement arerelated in ill-structured, problem solving activities is still limited. Few of those studies providein-depth information on the mental interaction between students’ personal reflections about theirknowledge states and abilities and the actual action that may take place during the problemsolving activities. Furthermore, many of the studies involve working on hypothetical problemsthat do not reflect the authentic learning contexts that students may encounter in their classroomactivities. Hypothetical problems are generally simple, and clear instructions lead to

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; J. Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

devices to allow greater inclusion of persons with disabilities in recreational activities.Adaptive physical activity projects are well-aligned with the goals of service learning andprovide rich open-ended design experiences for students. This paper provides a framework foraligning capstone and service learning outcomes.BackgroundService-learning occurs when “Students engage in community service activities with intentionalacademic and learning goals and opportunities for reflection that connect to their academicdiscipline” (Cress et al, 2005)1. Reflection is an integral part of learning and helps to developcritical thinking skills (Jacoby, 1996; Tsang, 2000; Tsang, 2002)2,3,4. The development of thesecritical thinking skills enables engineering

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Energy Sub function Materials InformationFigure 2: Illustration of a Hypothetical Device Subfunction Structure. Page 14.905.9Figure 3: Functional Analysis Description of a Hair DryerBenefits of Functional ThinkingIn using functional analysis, or functional thinking, as a framework or method to describe howthings work from an engineering perspective, a number of benefits are realized. These can besummarized as: 1. The method reflects an approach or method of understanding technology that is characteristic of

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Yi-Lung Mo, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

experience. The implementation outcomes suggest that theproposed Pedagogical Model can be suitable for involving students in self-directed learning andcreativity processes and promoting effective inquiry and use of strategies for development ofstudents’ metacognitive skills in creative thinking and self-directed learning. Futureimprovement on the implementation of the proposed Pedagogical Model is also discussed. Page 14.1229.2IntroductionMetacognition is often simply defined as "thinking about thinking", and refers to the awarenessof and reflection upon how one learn knowledge and how one use information to achieve a goal,and the ability to judge

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

morality as the determination of right and wrong behavior while ethics is the processby which morals are synthesized into a coherent system. Furthermore, we adopt three primarypropositions: 1. Morality is intimately involved with everyday experiences; 2. Morality and Ethics can, and should be taught; 3. Moral reflection is an important daily occurrence – Socrates The first proposition is in responses to students (and faculty, administrators, staff, etc.)who consider their daily activities to be outside the range of activities to which moral judgmentsshould be applied. This is what allows students to excuse plagiarism – it is a common activity towhich such esoteric philosophical musings as considerations of

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Jesiek, Purdue University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Miguel Hurtado, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

emphasizingand supporting engineering education research. These developments parallel a number of other,broader trends, including efforts to promote engineering education research by the EuropeanUnion’s thematic network on Teaching and Research in Engineering in Europe (TREE).The Australasian conference and journal had consistently high ratios of qualifying papers. Due toreasons discussed in more detail below, we expect these trends to continue into 2008. Qualifyingpapers at the ASEE Global Colloquium, on the other hand, ranged from a low of 25% in 2007 toa high of 44% in 2008. These variations likely reflect yearly changes in the location, thematicfocus, and organization of this conference series.Research Activity by CountryCountry-of-origin

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Williams, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Karen Gilbert, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1404: "REAL OUTREACH EXPERIENCES IN ENGINEERING":MERGING SERVICE LEARNING AND DESIGN IN A FIRST-YEARENGINEERING COURSEChristopher Williams, Virginia Tech Christopher Bryant Williams is an Assistant Professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University with a joint appointment in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Education departments. Professor Williams is the Director of the Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Laboratory. His joint appointment reflects his diverse research interests which include design, methodology, layered manufacturing, and design education.Richard Goff, Virginia Tech Richard Goff is an

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Steven Welch, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the team failed.Each individual student also writes a detailed personal reflection on how their actionscontributed to the team’s failure. This technique has been extremely effective in minimizingresentment among students and allowing students to experience failure in a “safe” environment.An alternative scenario for failure is that one or two individuals on the team fail to complete theirportions of the project, putting the successful efforts of the remainder of the team at risk. Thekey to resolving this issue is to identify potential failure points as early as possible. The structureoutlined above allows for evaluation of individual performance since the research andprototyping phases of the project are performed by individuals and graded

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Morton, University of Wyoming; M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

in1016, the effects of the annual mass flow across the earth control surface can be consideredinsignificant.Significant energy fluxes do cross the boundaries of the defined earth thermodynamic system.Approximately 177,500 terawatts (terawatts = 1012 Watts) of short wave radiation,predominately solar radiation from a black body of about 6,000 degrees centigrade6, enters theupper atmosphere. About 50,000 terawatts is reflected back into space7 as described by Equation58. E& r ? aE& i (5)where E& r is the rate of reflected energy flux, a is the albedo or reflectivity of the earth, and E& i isthe rate of incident energy impinging on the earth. The average

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

each unit’s content linked to the projects that are a part of theWATER program. We wanted students to be ready to “hit the ground running” armed withbackground knowledge since we would not be holding class sessions in Benin. Each unit ofcontent required completion of a study guide. Other course assignments have includeddevelopment of a teaching plan; participation in teaching water testing and filter manufacturingactivities; and reflective journaling. Students were assigned to interdisciplinary groups todevelop and implement teaching plans. These plans were developed before travelling to Benin,reviewed by course faculty, and revised as needed. Students also could negotiate individualizedprojects with the instructors.The reflective journaling

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

embedded reinforced steel bars. The typical examplesare beams, footings, columns, roof slabs, and retaining walls. Wood, like stone has avery long history of use. Wood is cheaper, lighter and more easily shaped than any otherconstruction material. However, it is subject to decay and attack by certain insects and isalso flammable. The structure of wood is anisotropic and this is reflected in its physicaland mechanical properties which vary along and across the grains (Farag, 2008).The materials that are currently used in buildings are quite numerous and come in fivemajor families (Ashby et al, 2007):  Composites  Concrete, stone, ceramic, brick, glass, bitumen  Foams, fabrics and fibers  Metals, ferrous and non-ferrous  Polymers

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baba Abdul, Washington State University; Emmanuel Shide, ABU Zaria, Nigeria; Raymond Bako, ABU Zaria, Nigeria; Paul Golter, Washington State University; Jerome Babauta, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

lecturethroughout the semester. Thus, these results may reflect more on both the long-term persistenceof conceptual understanding as well as to the motivation and ability to learn as a result of thehands-on active learning. Page 14.186.6Figure 2: Students response to the question “to what extent do you agree...”Impact on education in developing nationsThe introduction of the DLM and its attendant pedagogy has in no small measure helped inameliorating some of the challenges inherent in developing nations such as lack of exposure toindustrial equipment. Due to the curiosity it generated when it was first introduced, studentswere observed to gather around the

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

members from other institutions are members of the advisory board. Theywere asked the question: “I believe the topic of Green Chemistry should be integratedinto IME 540.” Four out of six respondents agreed or strongly agreed to this statement.One stated concern was “About Green Chemistry -> the topic is appropriate but if toomuch is put into one course, the course will have breadth but no depth. I think depth isimportant so this issue must be weighed.” Narratives that were provided by theadvisory board state, that “Green Chemistry is emerging to be one of the next bigissues.” The formative and summative assessment reflected that green chemistryshould be incorporated into the Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturingcourse as long as

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Richards, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

University in 1995. His areas of interest and expertise are analog electronics, RF electronics and electronic materials. He is the author or co-author of over 50 journal articles and conference proceedings. Page 14.38.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Laboratory Experience in Impedance Matching using Transmission Line StubsAbstractImpedance matching is a fundamental concept of RF circuit design. The proper application ofimpedance matching circuits allows for maximum power transfer between devices withminimum reflection of input signals. This concept is traditionally

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University; Melissa Yale, Purdue University; Deborah Bennett, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

course on object oriented programming. It has been observed that traditional paperexaminations do not necessarily reflect students' programming skills. We study whether on-lineexaminations are more appropriate for a programming course. The examinations can be takenon-line or on paper in a classroom. Both formats are open-book and open-note and have the sameamount of time. This study considers the following questions: (1) Do students perform better inon-line examinations because they can type, instead of writing, code and have access tocompilers? (2) Do students prefer on-line examinations to traditional paper-based examinations?What are the reasons? (3) How can appropriate technology be used to maintain honesty? Wemeasured the appropriateness of

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

meetsthe students’ overwhelming desire to ‘attend class’ at the time and place of their choosing. Theundeniable benefit of podcasting is its ability to allow students to pause a class for reflection orto replay portions of a class for review.IntroductionFor some time now, technology-enabled teaching methods (e.g., distance learning, virtual/remotelaboratories, podcasting, and on-line, hybrid or blended courses) have promised greaterefficiencies for education delivery and improved student access, and is purported to better matchthe learning style and preference of today’s students. Few scientifically rigorous studies havebeen conducted to test the effectiveness of these methods because, most likely, the methods areevolving at a rapid pace as the

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

nonscientific audiences,” specifically policymakers and business leaders18. Warren, Weiss,Wolfe, Friedlander, and Lewenstein sum the message up by writing: “[a] cultural shift is under way,reflecting the higher stakes of research, and an increased recognition by scientists, stakeholders, andpolicymakers that (i) scientists need to get their message out, (ii) scientists need training to learn how todo so, and (iii) training should begin at the graduate level”19 . In a recent editorial in Science, AlanLeshner, the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS), has echoed this call20. By offering training at the graduate level, one could conceivably reach allfuture scientists, and that effect would trickle up as

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

, identifying each attribute and itscharacteristics, and identifying the excellent and poor quality work using narrative descriptivecriteria. Holistic rubrics and analytical rubrics are both used to measures students understandingof course content. Holistic rubrics provide a choice to state the highest and lowest levels ofperformance combining the descriptors for all attributes and analytical rubrics state the highestand lowest levels of performance using the descriptions for each attribute separately. The use ofrubrics allows the instructor to provide quality feed back to the student along with providingevaluation and reflection opportunities for an instructor as well. The use of rubrics in a technicalprogram will provide accountability and evaluation

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

likeappearance, dress, and family roles are byproducts of tokenism that detract fromaccomplishments.Tokenism and attention to secondary characteristics provides a partial explanation for whybehaviors, such as sexual harassment, persist in some environments where women are visiblyunder-represented among the faculty and student body. Policies and practices that communicateconcern about the under-representation of women can improve perceptions of climate andoffset tensions created by tokenism2.Studies that identify environmental factors that impact the productivity and satisfaction offaculty are often framed within a body of literature about climate or culture. Climate refers tomeasures based in faculty perceptions and attitudes. Climate reflects culture

Conference Session

Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hata, Portland Community College; James Dockendorf, Normandale Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

manufacturing process.The cost of implementing these experiments would range from inexpensive to Page 14.1165.6costly, requiring outside funding.Two pieces of equipment are critical to implementing the breadth of laboratoryexperiences. The first instrument, the MFJ-259B SWR analyzer shown in Figure1, is a low-cost meter used by ham radio enthusiasts to troubleshoot and maintaintheir equipment. It has the capability of measuring impedances in bothrectangular form (R and X) and polar form (Z, and σ ). In addition, it alsomeasures the standing wave ratio and reflection coefficient. The MFJ-259B SWRanalyzer can be used to support a variety of transmission line and

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Taber, National Academy of Engineering; Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

willevaluate the selected metrics. This paper summarizes the committee report.IntroductionScholarship of teaching [1] is often compared with the scholarships of discovery and synthesis.Shulman [2] further categorized the scholarship of teaching as discovery scholarship within theeducational domain [3] and scholarly teaching as teaching that (a) focuses on learning outcomesand teaching practices, (b) originates with knowledge of pedagogy and course content, and (c)includes self-reflection, discussions with peers, and participation in peer evaluation [4].When engineering faculty members attend to the different ways in which students learn, thestudents become more engaged and also learn more course content and connections betweenengineering concepts

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville; Adriana Perez, University of Texas, Brownsville; Gabriala Oropeza, University of Texas, Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas, Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

application was tested with 10 realsample surveys. The appendix shows a sample of one of such surveys. As the software was putto use, the staff from the school of public health started giving feedback on any discovered bugsin the system. The GUI was adjusted more than once to reflect new requirements. Major changes Page 14.351.8and new recommendation were left for upcoming releases and future collaborations.Assessment and InstitutionalizationThe project was engaging to the CIS and Public Health students in many ways. To capitalize onthe success of this experiment and benefit future students, the leaders of the project, Dr.Quweider and Dr

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harley Hartman, P.E., Pennsylvania State University, York; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. They areeasily modifiable to reflect instructor’s comfort and convenience. The tools are effective ingenerating more enthusiasm among students because they provide alternatives to traditionalapproaches to clarifying difficult and unintuitive concepts.Index Terms – AC Machines, AC Concepts, Visualization.1. IntroductionThe present generation of students has a mindset that lends itself to interactive displays andvisually rich environments. Engaging them in the classroom has become an ever-wideningchallenge.As it is widely assumed that this trend will continue1 the possible impacts of various ways forengaging students through technology has been explored. Visualization in particular or the useof computer simulation is found to substantively

Conference Session

The Ever-Changing Course

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

ENG1001 (approximately 100 students), however, the project did not end with thisactivity. Page 14.852.5 Prior to coming to Michigan Tech’s orientation week, the first-year students read Three Cupsof Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time. 13 Each year, theuniversity selects a book that first-year students read as part of the “Reading as Inquiry”program.14 For the past three years, the program has selected books that reflect social orenvironmental issues. The purpose of this program is to prepare the entering students for collegelevel reading and analysis. During orientation week, students meet with their orientation

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Jones, United States Army; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Stephanie Ivey

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

research approach. External assessment datacollected via (1) informal e-mail exchanges between the researcher and each team member; (2)direct observation of team members during the design phase followed by direct interviews withindividual team members for additional clarification; (3) a brief questionnaire completed by eachteam member immediately following completion of a project milestone; (4) individual video-taped reflective narratives recorded 2-3 days following the project presentation. The researchwas conducted with a cohort of students from the United States Military Academy’s MechanicalEngineering Department.The data was collected at three specific time points. The Introduction point occurred in January2008 as the class began. It happened

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siddika Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

research here. Stage 3 is comprised of formative research and summative research.This paper aims to report the formative research of stage 3. Future research will report on thesummative research on this curriculum.The qualitative data is reported in the form of excerpts of student classroom artifacts and teacherresponses to reflection questions. This data is being used in the formative stages of the researchto allow the project staff to revise the curriculum. The quantitative research is a paired t-test12 todetermine if the students’ pre- and post-test data differs significantly. Here, a p = 0.01 cutofflevel of significance was used to determine statistical significance.The data analysis demonstrates that the curriculum has positive impacts on

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Materials

motivations and interests. Csikszentmihalyi captures the personal andenvironmental aspects of creativity well in his statement that, “creativity does not happen insidepeople’s heads, but in the interaction between a person’s thoughts and a sociocultural context.”9Conceptualizations of AutonomyDeci and Ryan define autonomy as “volition – the organismic desire to self-organize experienceand behavior and to have activity be concordant with one’s integrated sense of self.”10 In hiswork in self-directed and lifelong learning, Candy describes autonomous individuals as thosewho are able to conceive of goals, exercise freedom of choice in thought and action, resistinward or outward constraints, self-reflect, fearlessly implement plans of action, exercise

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sondra Miller, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Melissa Wintrow, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

ERC was such thatstudents lived in suites with a shared common meeting space, which facilitated collaborativework and study. Through structured activities outside of the classroom, the FiR facilitatedlearning that enhanced engineering academics (e.g., advising, study groups, tutors), communitybuilding (e.g., informal drop-in coffee nights, rock climbing), and supported the RC programcommon values. Success of these programmatic activities was assessed qualitatively (i.e.,student’s perceptions articulated through reflective writing) and quantitatively (i.e., academicperformance in key freshman engineering courses).Qualitative Life Skills SuccessesTo fully assess the successes of the ERC, we chose to first qualitatively examine the experiencesof

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gloria Starns, Iowa State University; Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of nodes on each map as well asnoting whether students chose to represent their thoughts using words or symbolic notation.Prior to the second of two regular semester exams and the final exam, research instructorsconstructed mind maps to be used as the exam keys. Faculty members teaching the same class,but not using mind maps, were asked to review the keys and state whether or not the mind mapadequately reflected those course concepts on which students would be tested. Followingediting of the mind maps to reflect faculty consensus on the concepts to be tested, the examswere administered and graded using the mind map key.Results and Observations: Phase 1 ≠ Observation 1: Students constructed their mind maps in a manner consistent with the