Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the designprocess. Selected topics include customer requirements and specifications, conceptual design,decision making, project management, cost estimating, budgets, documentation and formalreports. Each project group is required to give three oral presentations during the semester. Thepresentation topics are project proposal, midterm review, and final design. The semesterconcludes with submission of a comprehensive design report.The spring semester includes less time in the classroom and more spent building and testing thedesigns. Students are required to develop a comprehensive test plan to prove the specificationsdeveloped in the fall semester. They then fabricate and test the design, and in most cases,proceed directly to redesign

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

choose to use in their tasks.6. Reduces uncertainty, surprise, and frustration so that students maximize their learning.7. Delivers efficiency in the learning process by helping students to focus on their work.8. Creates momentum in the learning process by allowing new ideas and experiences to flow.From the mentioned characteristics of scaffolding, it is easy to infer that instructional scaffoldinginvolves developing instructional plans that build on students’ existing knowledge to result in adeeper understanding of new information. The instructional plans must be implemented and theparticipating students must be supported during the learning process for the scaffolding to benefitstudents10. The types of instructional and support plans that have

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York; K. Shahrabi, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Beverly Kahn, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

degreeholders in science, engineering, business and technology a direct path to industry. This programis attractive to students because it prepares them for work in a variety of cutting-edge fields andyields a highly marketable degree after just two years of postgraduate study. The faculty andstudents at Farmingdale State College of the State University of New York are excited abouttheir newly proposed PSM program that is strongly supported by the College’s administrationand intend its implementation as soon as funding is allocated. The College also is planning torigorously evaluate and constantly improve its PSM program and disseminates the findings of itsstrength and weakness regionally and nationally to eventually work collaboratively as a mentorto

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene Koch, Purdue University; Orczyk Joseph, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

theindustry.Back in the late 1980’s, the BCM faculty began planning for a construction management mastersdegree. At that time only the Industrial Technology (IT) Department had a master’s degreeprogram in the CoT. Also, at this time the former BCM department head went on a six monthsabbatical and interviewed BCM alumni around the country on the topic of the BCM masters Page 14.654.2degree. Beginning with the Spring 1990 semester one construction management course wastaught each semester. These courses were taught through the IT department. The courses weretaught one evening per week and the students consisted mainly of non-degree part time

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Tront, Virginia Tech; Rebecca Gunter, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Peed, Virginia Tech; Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

International

course. It also brings together alumni abroad and industry stateside, withfaculty and students to develop a program for global experienceThere are multiple goals to the RSAP program: spark interest in future international experiencessuch as an internship or studying abroad for a semester; expose engineering students to differentcultures and customs in the workplace, school and daily life; attract and retain women byproviding interesting social, cultural and art related experiences; attract culturally disadvantagedstudents, raise them up and level the playing field for them; and broaden the student engineers’horizons to better prepare them for being productive employees in the global workplace.This paper will review the steps in planning and

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Lutz, Monmouth University; James McDonald, Monmouth University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

mathematical programming, statistics and queuing theory, corporate planning, quality engineering, information systems, software development and the development of microprocessor and digital signal processor based hardware and software. He was a recipient of the NATO System Science Prize. Page 14.778.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integration of Software Engineering Graduate Education and Continuing Professional Development ProgramsAbstractMonmouth University offers a thirty-six credit graduate program in software engineering. Insupport of the US Army’s Software Engineering Center

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas, Austin; Wonsoon Park, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the manipulation of variables, creating aresearch design, measurement procedures, the use of interviews and questionnaires, and thestatistical analysis of data. For decades quantitative studies involving an experimental approachwith the researcher having control over variables that may or may not influence the subjects wasthe common approach. That trend, however, has not continued for many studies now employmixed methods and in fact some contend that “multi-method research is now discussed, planned,and conducted as a routine matter, part and parcel of normal social science.” 6Despite efforts to produce rigorous educational research, education and other social sciences tendnot to have the same scientific status given to natural sciences

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Belter, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Shirley Magnusson, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

analysis of responses on a 7 point Likert scaleshowed an increase in four different areas measured and quantitatively demonstrated meeting ourgoals. However, the survey results also revealed a great propensity of participants alreadyinterested and planning to study engineering. These results will help us to refine our goals,future marketing approaches, and development of the summer program.IntroductionThe Grand Challenges identified by the National Academy of Engineers (NAE)1 and the globalnature of engineering in the 21st century require a diverse set of engineers with innovative ideasand a mindset towards the helping society. Thus, the “Rise Above the Gathering Storm” reportcalls for enlarging the pipeline of students and increasing the number

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provided help with the engineering, science, and mathematics concepts needed tosupport and supplement the units of Engineering is Elementary.The teachers were also asked to develop with the assistance of the community collegefaculty an appropriate plan for the professional development of their elementary schoolcolleagues over the next year and to present the plans to the districts.An outside evaluator was employed to gather and evaluate data and report the results ofthe summer's activities. His findings are included.IntroductionIn 2003, by act of the Massachusetts legislature, in an effort to increase the number ofstudents choosing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers,a STEM Pipeline Fund of $2.5 million was established

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons; Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge

with high potential for technicians employment are being pursued including alternative energy programs in wind and solar technologies.Objective 4: Develop and implement a model assessment plan to measure longitudinally the success of the educational experience. • A new adaptation of the Facilitator/Teaching Improvement model was piloted in cooperation with an Achieving the Dream community college in Pennsylvania in January 2009. A team of Master Facilitators conducted both an on-site FDW1 and an on-site TSW for 16 targeted faculty with rigorous pre and post testing of faculty and students to assess improvement in student learning. • In cooperation with community college researchers, CREATE continues to follow

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

describes the unique aspects of theARCE capstone projects model, identifies sources that assist students in successfully teamingwith industry partners and uses case studies to demonstrate the benefits and limitations of thiscapstone project model.Student Led Capstone Project ModelAll ARCE undergraduate students are required to complete a capstone senior project. TheARCE program is somewhat unique since students complete three capstone design courses, onecourse in each of the major structural building materials (concrete, steel, wood and masonry) inaddition to their capstone senior project. The performance of the capstone senior project occursduring one academic quarter (11 weeks). However, students are required to complete theirproject planning and

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clara Fang, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

projectsponsors, time management and long-term planning and faculty members’ involvement are thekeys to sustaining a community-base service-learning program. The major challenge faced is toselect a suitable project that can fit into the curriculum and also student schedules. The selectedservice learning project has to be designed to fit into the curriculum and meet program outcomesand course specific objectives. Project design and planning must also consider a school'sschedule, such as breaks, mid-term exams, inclement weather, etc. The faculty’s long-termcommitment to service learning is another crucially important element.Many service-learning civil engineering projects, such as highway geometric design, bridgedesign and traffic impact studies cannot

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

control requirements.Prism tests are also conducted to familiarize the students to the possibility of debonding of themasonry from the mortar. Design using the materials at a system (building) level is then taughtin a laboratory format. In this later format, the students prepare complete constructiondocuments (structural calculations, structural plans and structural specifications) for realmasonry structures using architectural plans. Understanding of the construction process ofmasonry structures is highly emphasized in the process of preparing the construction documents.As a result of this two tier coverage of design of masonry structures, graduates from this programhave earned a reputation in California of “being ready on day one” after

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region / International Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Abdullah Kazemi, Herat University; Mahsa Khatibi, University of Hartford; Michael Crosbie, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

International

conditionsand were more satisfied with their lives then than they are now. The “then” referred to is the eraof the Timurids Dynasty in Herat, which can be summed up as the best period in Herat’s history.In fact, whatever is left as the magnificence and glory of Herat is the inheritance of that period.The remains of this glorious civilization, proof of which was their magnificent architecture, wasdestroyed during the wars starting in 1978. Everything was affected so completely during thoseyears that we can say that no specific architectural style remains in Herat. Not only the buildingmaterials but also the appearance and structural plans have been totally changed.The reason for Heratis’ better lives at the time of the Timurids was not that they had

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark McDermott, University of Texas, Austin; Jacob Abraham, University of Texas, Austin; Mihir Ravel, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

requires the student to apply the knowledge of the three laboratory assignments to a realworld application. These applications include generating functional elements and libraries thatcan be used as building blocks in a larger VLSI implementation. The project is reviewed by thecourse instructor(s).Course 2 - Advanced VLSI DesignThe second course focuses on the “Early Design Planning” of complex SoC platforms andfeasibility analysis of critical circuits in the design. The students are required to do a class projectin lieu of individual lab assignments. The class project is designed to be as “real-world” aspossible utilizing a synthesizable open source Verilog model of a SoC as the design platform.The design platform undergoes detailed power and

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

/Aerospace Design.Initially we are planning to incorporate the concepts of aviation sustainability and greentechnologies in three of the aeronautical courses, namely Introduction to AerospaceVehicles, Aerodynamics, and Aerospace Propulsion. We intend to include about three tofive lectures, each of one hour duration to begin with, at appropriate places in thesyllabus. The idea is not to compromise the core content of the course but to supplementit with ideas of sustainability.At this stage, some of the ideas of sustainability mentioned in the ‘Introduction’ havebeen introduced in only two of the courses taught by the author, i.e. MASE 5700 –Aerodynamics and MASE 341 – Fluid Mechanics. The student response has beenexcellent. We plan to introduce

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Laura Lund, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

building.B) The Hazelwood Initiative (HI) is an organization whose Mission and Goal is dedicated to the betterment of the Hazelwood neighborhood. HI was the driving force that lead to the development of the "Master Development Planning in Hazelwood and Junction Hollow" document which set forth a plan to work towards their goal. It's office is located at 5125 Second Avenue in Hazelwood. The project was to help design a system to make the Hazelwood Post Office handicap accessible.C) Hill House Association. The Hill House Association is located in the Hill District of Pittsburgh and provides a comprehensive array of services to the surrounding neighborhoods. The Hill House Association is currently working with Denys Candy, the managing

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Lyndon Abrams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Bosley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

requires theteacher participants to prepare a lesson plan incorporating a hands-on engineering activity anddelivering the lesson to the summer camp students while the counselor participants conduct agroup career counseling session with the summer camp students.At the conclusion of the workshop, participants are required to develop formal work plansdescribing the engineering content and activities they intend to incorporate into their classroomsor counseling during the course of the next semester. A one day follow-up meeting with allparticipants is held at the end of the semester in which participants are asked to report andcritique their experiences in completing their work plans and incorporating TECT concepts intotheir classrooms.The learning

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Bret Swan, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

a typicalcapstone design course experience. Complete lifecycles include planning and analysis phases,build and test phases, implementation and maintenance phases among others. Some disciplines,such as industrial Design, focus on earlier stages of the design lifecycle, producing final“designs” which are often a set of drawings for a conceptual future product. Information Systemsstudents with their strong business influence often complete projects that focus on analysis ofuser needs rather than production of a working system. Engineering and technology disciplines,including Information Technology, often have a more technical orientation. Very frequentlycapstone engineering and technology projects from engineering and technology disciplines

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Johnson, Purdue University; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Aeronautical Engineering Technology program has senior level capstone courses thatintegrate knowledge gained through undergraduate courses. Three of these capstone coursesrequire the students to plan, design, build, test, and implement product or process improvements.Faculty members have designed these courses in the curriculum to focus students on productdesign and process improvement. The courses use Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology andtechniques as a structured approach to problem-solving, product design, and processimprovement. This combination of design project experience and LSS knowledge is anadvantage for graduates seeking careers in aerospace and aviation, as the LSS methodology iswidely used across multiple disciplines to achieve dramatic

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

expanded to include homework/lab activities that follow the in class activity.Additional learning modules using the Nintendo Wii are currently being developed. Theseinclude other human factors concepts such as attention, mental workload, and human computerinteraction. The learning modules are also being tested on non-human factors students to obtainfeedback from a diverse student population.A validation plan to assess the impact of the activities on student learning is being developed.The assessment would indicate, beyond student perceptions, whether the activities achieved anyvalue with respect to student learning outcomes and performance. Preliminary plans for thelearning validation include a pre- and post-activity content based test, as well as

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego; Lal Tummala, San Diego State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Typical expectations from Page 14.1185.6 research active faculty is: 50% teaching, 40% 5 research, and 10% serviceWorkload AssessmentFaculty members are generally assessed in three areas: (i) teaching, (ii) scholarship, and (iii)service, and faculty members are typically asked to develop a Faculty Development Plansummarizing the planned work for a given academic year. This plan (at NU, for example) isapproved by the

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

plan to offer, this short course in the Fall 2009 and depending upon the student performance,the course will be modified. If the assessment indicates that students are performing below theexpectation in certain parts of the examination, the modification may involve more emphasis onsome of the topics with less emphasis on other topics. In addition we plan to get regular feedbackfrom the students to get feel about how much reengineering principles they understood.ConclusionsThis paper presented a development of a new short course which introduces students with basicprinciples of reengineering design and manufacturing procedures for aging metal components.Special emphasis is placed on the use of lightweight high strength fiberglass and

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, minimal negative environmental impacts, etc. 4 Ethics Using case studies from the Online Ethics website, students discuss what professional ethics from the NSPE Code of Ethics would require. 5 Course Plan Students lay out the courses that will allow them to earn a B.S. degree in EVEN and map those courses to ABET and BOK requirements; this requires them to select a specialization option, which could be energy, air, remediation, water, ecology, or chemical processing. 6 Landfill Team project to determine the effects of various solid waste generation Project and diversion scenarios on the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Page 14.1154.9 then repeated until the game limit of twenty rounds of orders is reached. While playing the beer game players must take care not to talk to the other participantsduring the game or to show what orders they are planning for the next week. The retailer mustnot peek at future end-customer demand data, provided by the instructor. At the end of thetwenty weeks (or shorter if time does not permit) players determine the total cost of theirinventories and back orders on the inventory record sheet. Figure 5 shows the inventory recordsheet the author uses. The Beer Inventory Record Sheet Game Your Supply Chain Role: Your Name: Team Number: Week

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

assessed during fall of 2009, and the assessment data together with plans to improve andextend the future efforts in this area will be reported at a subsequent conference.IntroductionJust-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) is a pedagogical system comprised of two elements: classroomactivities that promote active learning and World Wide Web (WWW) resources that are used toenhance the classroom component. This teaching and learning strategy combines use of theWWW with a collaborative learning environment to improve student learning of and attitudestoward various content areas.The JiTT system is based on web-based preparatory assignments (typically quizzes) that are duea few hours before class. The students complete these assignments at their own pace, and

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; John Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

International

chapter at the Universityof Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). We recently completed our first project in the smallvillage of Quejchip, in the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. Quejchip’s potablewater comes from natural mountain springs located at various elevations throughout theirvillage. As the village’s population of 460 residents grows, they will inevitably buildnew homes and move up the mountainside. In 2007, the village purchased a spring at thehighest altitude available in hopes of building a distribution system for the upper part ofthe village located above the existing water system. After our initial site assessment visitin June 2007 and a year of subsequent planning and designing, our EWB student chapterreturned to Quejchip in June, 2008 to

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Electrical and Computer ET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Richards, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

allowed to select the type of project,create specifications and develop test plans. Students were then grouped into teams that weremaintained throughout the course.The project initially progressed slowly as students selected overall specifications, determinedfunctional blocks and developed block designs. Weekly project team meetings required teams tocommunicate their progress and any discoveries to the remaining teams. As the projectprogressed, initial designs and test criteria were updated to reflect student discoveries relating tocomponents, manufacturing and measuring capabilities. All specifications, test procedures, anddesigns for the entire project were completed individually by each team and submitted to allother teams. Submissions were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Paul Kuban, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

need is for graduates with the ability to crossmultidisciplinary boundaries and work with both electrical and mechanical systems, such asrobotics and sophisticated factory lines. Because the BSE program was developed in such a wayas to allow for variation in a student's program of study, a combination of elective courses, fromboth the electrical and mechanical areas of interest, was outlined and presented to the USI facultyand EAB for consideration in 2008. This mixture of electrical and mechanical studies, nowcommonly referred to as Mechatronics, was well-received by both the faculty and the EAB, andseveral students have already initiated this plan of study.Review of Other Mechatronics ProgramsMechatronics is relatively new field, with the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

reminders come. Some faculty members think of teaching as a time wasterbecause a mere satisfactory in teaching, with lots of journal publications, is enough for tenure; sowhy worry. Bad, ineffective teaching can be a time waster since students will require more timeto gain an understanding of the material. Other “Wasted Time” includes meetings that aresuddenly scheduled that are “good” for us. Some department meetings, lectures, and colloquiawhere attendance is expected stand in the way of planned activities from the “Effective Time”category. These activities are then thought as time wasters. The inability to say no torequirements makes faculty feel that these are of no value especially when compared to researchand publication work. Other time