Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

overall critical thinkingprogram, how this relates to ABET outcomes, and the critical thinking goals of the Introductionto Engineering course. Section three describes the critical thinking instructional component ofthe Introduction to Engineering course, including changes made based on analysis of previousyears implementation. Some conclusions and future directions for the ENGR 100 course arediscussed in Section four.2. A critical thinking agenda for the School of Engineering.The i2a initiative is a broad and comprehensive multi-year plan to improve the overall criticalthinking abilities of students that spans general education courses, discipline specific courses,capstone projects, and community engagement1. Dr. Joe Hagerty, of the Civil

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University; Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Michael Costarell, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

their field ofexpertise. This can only be achieved by breaking down walls of isolation between specialtieswithin engineering disciplines and with other relevant disciplines such as business andmarketing.ConclusionsThe difference in focus between engineering and technology programs has grown increasinglywide as they attempt to differentiate themselves. As engineering programs become increasinglybased on engineering science, the practical component of traditional engineering curricula growsweaker. In many programs it is reduced to a single senior capstone project conducted withclassmates of the same discipline. Throughout all levels of the system, both industry andacademia, over-specialization has created an environment in which cross

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland

practicedthroughout the engineering curriculum culminating in the capstone design course. During secondand third year courses, the engineering curriculum focuses on analytical concepts and techniquesultimately intended to support design analysis ability. Given the overcrowded traditionalengineering curriculum, it is not surprising that students do not improve their creative processingskills. The proliferation of assistive software for design has an impact on student training as well.For example, sketching was a critical skill in traditional engineering design but the practice hasbecome less important to students as computer-aided drawing tools have become available tothem.Industrial and academic leaders long expressed concerns about the impact of

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981) and The Johns Hopkins University (1988). She worked in industry for 11 years with a defense contractor (HRB Systems/Raytheon), and then co-founded and worked for five years with a high-tech startup (Paragon Technology), which developed digital video add-in cards/modules for laptop and rugged portable computers. Since joining Penn State in 1999, Liz has taught design courses in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments, and in SEDTAPP. In 2001, she became director of the Problem-Based Learning in Entrepreneurship project (underwritten by the GE Fund), and in 2002 was named Director of the

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 15.1094.2aimed at reaching a pre-established goal, and not by listening to an instructor in a lecture.Advocates of learning-by-doing stress the role of doing as part of preparing to perform in aprofession. According to Schon 3, the main features of reflection in action are learning by doing,coaching rather than teaching, and creating a dialogue between coach and student. Effectiveforms of learning by doing in real laboratories have been implemented in Engineering Education,especially for capstone courses 4. Alternatively, a methodology of building a simulated scenario,in which the student can learn-by-doing while interacting with fictitious characters (some ofwhom provide coaching), has been proposed by Schank 5 as an effective form of

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technical expertise that has been plagued by a significantlack of identity.1 For example, institutions that have engineering and engineering technologyprograms will often provide a description as to the differences between engineering technologyand engineering. Typically, this description is found by a URL link on the engineeringtechnology webpage and not on the engineering webpage. Even the traditional, distinctive claimby engineering technology programs of being hands-on has eroded with the introduction andrecent emphasis of applications and design implementation across engineering curricula,especially the EAC of ABET required capstone project. Much of this has been documented over 2-12the years.The engineering technology community has

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky; Keith Rouch, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

software. This effort was targeted atsupplementing material in a number of mechanical design courses. Pferdehirt, et al8, usedCamtasia in developing weekly 15-30 minute recordings provided on-line as part of the coursematerial for a graduate-level Project Management course in a Master of Engineering inProfessional Practice (MEPP) program. Pagliari, et al9, used Camtasia in an on-line TechnicalPresentations class. The authors state that lectures were created in Camtasia to teach students touse another software product, Microsoft Producer. The students then created their own trainingpresentations using Microsoft Producer. Shearman, et al10, describe a large set of modulesconsisting of screencast videos produced in Camtasia for a music synthesis and

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

his co-op experience, Spencer researched whether projects weretechnologically “feasible,” economically “doable,” and could be completed in a timely fashion. After completing her internship, Jill realized how her first-year student design projectsucceeded technically, but failed to consider contextual factors such as costs, and manpower. The [Unmanned Aerial Vehicle] system that we came up with, that we thought would be the best to use, realistically, it looked good on paper. It would have done exactly what it needed to be done, and we ended up getting an A on the project. However, realistically, it would have been very difficult to implement. With the price of materials always going up and down, it

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is currently working on NSF projects to develop a learning trajectory for macro-micro concepts in materials science education as well as materials science modules which integrate interventions for student misconceptions using a 5E (engage, explore, explain, extend, evaluate) pedagogy with technological tools of Just-in-Time-Teaching and Classroom Clicker questions.Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

, Senior Capstone: Production Laboratory, and Senior Project courses, along with theIndustrial Internship Program.This integration has occurred in various components of these courses. The textbook readings,lectures, and discussions were revised in order to emphasize the findings from the study. Inaddition homework assignments, case studies, and real world experiences derived from the studywere included as individual or group exercises.Homework assignments and case studies related to performance measurements were developedand implemented for the aforementioned senior courses. In each case, the students are to applytheir knowledge of performance monitoring techniques to the particular problem and analyzetheir effectiveness, suggest improvements, and

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Genco, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Katja Holtta-Otto, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Millennium Project. University of Michigan.13. Ericsson K.A. (1999). Creative expertise as superior reproducible performance: Innovative and flexible aspects of expert performance. Psychological Inquiry, 10, 329-333.14. Ericsson, K.A., Krampe, R.T., & Tesch-Römer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of Page 15.151.18 expert performance. Psychological Review, 100, 363-406.15. Fitts, P.M., & Posner, M.I. (1967). Human Performance. Belmont, CA: Brookes Cole.16. Guilford, J.P. (1967). The Nature of Human Intelligence. New York: McGraw-Hill.17. Jansson, D. G., & Smith, S. M. (1991

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

communication and business components in the engineeringprofession and includes a multi-disciplinary capstone design experience for which teams areeligible for student venture grants administered by the institution. Several multi-year grants havestrengthened the program through workshops, keynote speakers, faculty curriculum awards,student venture grants, and faculty incentives to work with industry sponsored student teams. Page 15.403.2Specifically, the College of Engineering received an invitation to participate as part of a largerinitiative to develop the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN). The invitation alsoprovided funding to develop

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Aaron Graham, Arizona State University; Andrea Eller, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

education, design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K-12 engineering outreach. He worked on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Page 15.1149.1 Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is currently working on NSF projects

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Engineering courses taught through the author‟sprogram, the College of Engineering has an Engineering Internship course that facilitates coursecredit for real world, off-campus experience with employers. Although rarely an avenue forpure/basic research, it does support applied research and development activities of undergraduatesunder the supervision of engineering personnel at regional industries.Research can also be tied to the Honors Program at the author‟s institution through HonorsSenior Thesis courses in which students, directed by an advisor and a committee which alsoincludes the Director of the Honors Program, define and conduct a high-level research, scholarly,or creative/artistic project, and complete and defend a comprehensive thesis over

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

safety, speed, and productivity, (3) to ensure uniformity, reliability, and excellence of product quality, (4) to achieve overall efficiency and economy. Page 15.1088.3Subramanyan states that the topic covers a “variety of documents including standards,specifications, codes of practice, recommendations, guidelines, nomenclature and terminology,and so on.” A document may also be a “composite” of these.Linda Musser (1990)4 wrote a straight forward overview of “Standards Collections for AcademicLibraries” including why a library should collect standards and described ways to build thecollection while Taylor (1999) does a similar project but