AC 2010-22: MOBILE ROBOTICS: A TOOL FOR APPLICATION-BASEDINTEGRATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE CONCEPTSAND RESEARCHCarlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Berry is an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is one of the principal investigators on the multidisciplinary educational robotics initiative and the Rose building undergraduate diversity program. Her research areas include the design and evaluation of human-robot interfaces and innovations in engineering education using active learning and mobile robotics
part.Preliminary student assessment indicates that the students feel that designing, rapid prototyping,and physically producing the Cube of Knowledge was both a valuable and enjoyable experience.The vast majority of students agree that the project experience will be valuable for senior designand their future engineering careers. Additionally, they indicated that they would like to see themodule expanded to include a larger variety of fabrication techniques and more time for basicskill development.IntroductionGiven the broad spectrum of topics that must be addressed in an undergraduate biomedicalengineering (BME) curriculum it is difficult to provide adequate exposure to students in designand manufacturing technology such as computer-aided design (CAD) and
AC 2010-2216: LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF A LEARNING SYSTEM FORTEACHING GIS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMAparna Sukhavasi, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRichard Hall, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyHong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRonaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 15.847.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF A LEARNING SYSTEM FORTEACHING GIS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMAbstract: A learning system, to train civil engineering students to apply GeographicalInformation Systems (GIS) in geotechnical
AC 2010-685: A SECOND LIFE VIRTUAL STUDIO AS AN ONLINE TEACHINGENVIRONMENTKatrina Neville, Royal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyPeter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyIan Burnett, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Page 15.86.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Second Life Virtual Studio as an Online Teaching EnvironmentAbstractIn this paper the development of a virtual learning environment in Second Life is detailed. Thelearning environment described is in the form of a virtual television studio for use in multimediaengineering courses, with an example implementation described for RMIT University’s offshorecampus.This paper
AC 2010-1482: TEACHING ENGINEERING TO ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONMAJORSLaura Bottomley, North Carolina State UniversityJustin Osterstrom, Combs Elementary Scho Page 15.1174.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Engineering to Elementary Education MajorsThe elementary education teacher preparation program at North Carolina State University is aSTEM-focused program that requires a course in engineering and technology called ChildrenDesign, Invent, Create. For the fall 2009 semester, the course was taught by a faculty member ofthe College of Engineering from an engineering perspective. Although only one set ofassessment data is available, presentation of
Ethics. http://www.asce.org (January 13, 2008). 4. Steinemann, A. (2003). “Implementing sustainable development through problem-based learning: Pedagogy and practice.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 129(4), 216-224. 5. ASCE (2002). Engineers and sustainable development (report summarized in publication of Sustainable engineering practice: an introduction). Prepared by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations’ Committee on Technology. 6. Turner, C.D., Li, W.-W., Martinez, A. (2001). “Developing sustainable engineering across a College of Engineering.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001
. Page 15.227.3 First, a broad range of literature covers STEM education for non-STEM majors, with asubset of that including technical or engineering knowledge. One such study is from Krupczakand Green who described what non-engineers were interested in learning about within atechnological literacy course15. Students frequently mentioned wanting to gain practicalinformation to help consumers and users of technology, such as understanding what to do whentechnology breaks down. Understanding the actual thinking processes of scientists or engineersdid not come up. However, some educators do emphasize the need to make engineeringeducation more flexible so that non-engineering majors who want more technical backgroundhave a means for getting
engineering industry is atopic of long and increasing interest. Research investigating why students choose to discontinuescience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors has indicated that students’perceptions of engineering as a career play a major role in persistence decisions1. Similarly,students’ definitions of what engineers do play an important role in persistence, particularly instudents’ identification of themselves as engineers. These conceptions change over students’college careers2, 3, but students of all ages and stages often have great difficulty communicatingor defining what the discipline of engineering encompasses2.In the rich body of literature exploring how individuals make career decisions knowledge ofvarious
AC 2010-1611: ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ENGAGING FIRSTYEAR STUDENTS IN A MANUFACTURING PROCESSES COURSEMichael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Page 15.121.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Active Learning Techniques for Engaging First Year Students in a Manufacturing Processes CourseAbstractThis paper deals with the instruction and testing of first year students takingmanufacturing process courses by determining and raising all students to a common levelof understanding prior to covering specific manufacturing processes, the use of activelearning techniques, and a unique testing procedure. Through the use of a
AC 2010-1790: INTEGRATING SOCIAL JUSTICE IDEAS INTO A NUMERICALMETHODS COURSE IN BIOENGINEERINGGeorge Catalano, State University of New York, BinghamtonCaroline Baillie, Western AustraliaDonna Riley, Smith CollegeDean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteChris Byrne, Cascadia Community CollegeMargaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of TechnologyKaty Haralampides, University of New Brunswick Page 15.772.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Social Justice Ideas into a Numerical Methods Course in BioengineeringAbstractA newly developed course introduces students to the analytical and numerical techniques
AC 2010-1285: PRACTICAL, EFFICIENT STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSMENT OFENGINEERING PROJECTS AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMSKevin Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. He has published in the areas of engineering design, pedagogically sound uses for simulation and computing, assessment of student learning, and teaching engineering economy. He has received four ASEE awards: the 2002 PIC-III award, the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award, the 2004 Raymond W. Fahien Award and the 2005 Corcoran Award
AC 2010-1427: DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL ANALYSIS OF A MINI CNCRAPID DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMLie Tang, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRobert Landers, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyHong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRichard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 15.398.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development and Initial Analysis of a Mini CNC Rapid Development SystemAbstractThis paper describes the development of a mini Computer Numerical Control (CNC) RapidDevelopment System (RDS). The mini CNC RDS, which is based on Matlab Simulink, providesthe student
MES program. Thegoal is to help the engineering graduate students (the graduate educators) become bettercommunicator and better educators by training non-engineering students in technologicalliteracy classes. We believe that this practice will develop and enhance the effectivenessof the graduate educators as classroom instructors and that therefore this is the way totrain effective future faculty in engineering. In this paper we introduce the conceptualframework of the MES and the results of the early implementation of this study.IntroductionThe quality of life and economic prosperity of the over 300 million residents of theUnited States are critically dependent on making wise choices on the use and furtherdevelopment of technology
Member of International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, Council Member of "International Council for Engineering and Technology Education" (INTERTECH), Board Member of “Global Council on Manufacturing and Management" (GCMM) and Director of Brazilian Network of Engineering (RBE/SP). He was President of Brazilian Chapter of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc), Member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) in USA, Secretary of Santos region of SBPC - Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science, Adviser for International Subjects of the
impact of advising interventions on the academicsuccess of engineering and applied science pre-majors at a large, multicultural, top-tier researchuniversity. There is a growing body of literature addressing the impact of specific academicinitiatives with respect to how higher education students are taught math, science, andengineering subjects, though there is less focus on the value of intensive psycho-social supporton the retention and advancement of students pursuing the science, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) disciplines. This paper seeks to address that issue and illustrate how earlyadvising interventions can improve retention and graduation rates.Kitzrow notes that colleges and universities in the United States have seen enormous
AC 2010-648: MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONIlya Grinberg, Buffalo State College Ilya Grinberg graduated from the L’viv Polytechnic Institute (L’viv, Ukraine) with an MS in EE and earned a Ph.D. degree from the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (Moscow, Russia). He has over 30 years of experience in design and consulting in the field of power distribution systems and design automation. He has over 30 published papers. Currently he is Professor of Engineering Technology at Buffalo State College. His interests are in the field of electric power distribution systems analysis, design automation, and systems engineering.Mohammed Safiuddin, State University of New York
technology program for 10 years and then retired as a tenured associate professor. He taught a medical imaging equipment course to undergraduate seniors about seven times. He was granted a Ph.D. by The Ohio State University in 1969, and is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in Pennsylvania. His contact is: 33 Barney St. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702. E-mail: astonrj@yahoo.comWilliam H. Blanton, East Tennessee State University Wm. Hugh Blanton received the B.S. Technology degree in electronic engineering technology from the University of Houston in 1971, the M.S. in math/physics education from West Texas State University in 1979, the MBA from West Texas State University in 1986, and
by the school systems and trained in teaching EiE. The teachers weresupported by staff and professors of engineering, technology, mathematics, and science from twocommunity colleges.This paper describes the year-long process to introduce a unit of EiE into the classrooms of eachof the twenty-two elementary school teachers, in such a way that each selected unit meshed withthe unique curriculum of each elementary school.The paper also describes the work done implementing surveys of student attitudes andimplementing pre- and post-tests of student learning about engineers, the engineering designprocess and a unit of EiE.Each school district also developed and began to implement appropriate plans for theprofessional development of additional
AC 2010-1670: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, AN INTRODUCTION FOR ENGINEERSJames Riddell, Baker College Of Flint James A. Riddell is Dean of Engineering and Technology at Baker College of Flint. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, SME (past chair) and SAE (past chair.)Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint Anca L. Sala, Associate Professor, is Chair of the Engineering Department at Baker College. Dr. Sala coordinates several engineering and technology programs, teaches and develops engineering curriculum, and leads the ABET accreditation activities in the department. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA
AC 2010-525: A ROBOTICS ENGINEERING M.S. DEGREEMichael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Prof. Michael A. Gennert is Department Head of the Computer Science Department and Director of the Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, the University of California/Riverside, General Electric Ordnance Systems, Pittsfield, MA and PAR Technology Corporation, New Hartford, NY. He received the S.B. in Computer Science, S.B. in Electrical Engineering, and S.M. in Electrical
Technology (ABET). The guiding principle andultimate outcome of the Engineering Partnership is accreditation of the KU programs to ABETstandards. The partnership agreement is for ten years with the first three years funded. One of themeasures of the quality of engineering education of graduates and the primary step in obtaining aProfessional Engineering (PE) license in the US is passing the Fundamentals of Engineering(FE) examination. The ability of KU graduates to pass the FE exam is a primary metric of thepartnership. The Engineering Partnership is an integrated and iterative approach to improve theoverall quality of the Faculty of Engineering. This approach emphasizes improved and updatedinfrastructure and physical resources (laboratories
ofvideo and storage technologies, ways to better respond to student and institution needs andcreating even greater efficiencies while at the same enhancing the areas of focus, courseware andeducational experience. Finding new ways and means of expanding these notions can besupported by using some of the recommended “out of the box” thinking.Bibliography 1. Buede, D., “The Engineering Design of Systems”, John Wiley, 2000 2. Standard for Systems Engineering, IEEE P1220 (1994), Piscataway, New Jersey, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Department 3. C4ISR Architecture Framework, version 2.0 (1997), Washington, DC: Architectures Working Group, U. S. Department of Defense, December 18 4
is to glean information about the interdisciplinary nature of learningand practicing engineering [Figure 3]. This goes back to our previously stated assumptions of theinterconnectivity of learning experiences, engineering for this study specifically. The responsesto this question show that all of the participants rank Education as the most highly significantinfluence to humanitarian engineering. Technology, Medicine, Business, Economics, andArchitecture are also ranked as highly significant. Language Arts and Kinesiology followed inthe ratings as being significant to Humanitarian Engineering whereas Fine Arts, Philosophy,Gender Issues, and Pop Culture Media represent topics that are of neutral significance. Whendisaggregated, results differ
engineering and mechanicalengineering. The motivation for the program is twofold: First of all, the dramatic drop in the costof sensors, computers and actuators is making possible entirely new classes of products, capableof both automating nontrivial tasks as well as performing functions not possible before.Secondly, robotics has proven to be an excellent means to excite pre-college students aboutscience, technology, and engineering. While much of the technical foundation for the newprogram is drawn from Computer Science, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, we believethat Robotics Engineering is on the path to emerging as an independent discipline with its ownintellectual goals and body of knowledge. Thus, graduates from the program are expected
AC 2010-1502: FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHTimothy Hinds, Michigan State University TIMOTHY J. HINDS is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University College of Engineering Undergraduate Studies and Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is the lead instructor and coordinator for the Cornerstone Engineering program teaching courses in engineering design and modeling. He has also taught courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics, computational tools and international product design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has over 25 years of combined academic and industrial management
AC 2010-151: THE NIST SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLSCIENCE TEACHERS: TRANSLATING NIST RESEARCH INTO ACTIVITIESFOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMMary Satterfield, National Institute of Standards and TechnologySusan Heller-Zeisler, National Institute of Standards and Technology Page 15.1247.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers: Translating NIST Research into Activities for the Middle School ClassroomAbstractThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Institute for Middle
., Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~bayless/.14. NIST Chemistry WebBook, http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, accessed 2008. Page 15.498.1415. Bhattacharjee, S., TEST (The Expert System for Thermodynamics), http://www.thermofluids.net, San Diego University, California, accessed 2009.
AC 2010-275: A POSSIBLE CIVIL ENGINEERING BOK2 CURRICULUMDebra Larson, Northern Arizona University Debra S. Larson is a Professor and Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. She served as department chair for civil and environmental engineering at NAU for four years. Prior to her faculty appointment at NAU, Debra worked as a structural and civil engineer for various companies. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Arizona. Debra received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Arizona State
AC 2010-1626: ON TEACHING THE OPERATING PRINCIPLES OFPIEZORESISTIVE SENSORSRichard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton is the Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education (CPSE) and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from California State University, Northridge, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Washington, Seattle. His areas of scholarship include student team management, assessment, education, and remediation, undergraduate engineering laboratory reform focused on student learning, data analysis
AC 2010-294: A NOVEL TEACHING APPROACH FOR UNDERGRADUATES INMICRO-CONTROLLER APPLICATION COURSESYuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of TechnologyShun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology Page 15.69.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Novel Teaching Approach for Undergraduates in Micro- Controller Application CoursesAbstractThe micro-controller application technologies have become more and more important forengineering students, especially with respect to the field of Electric Engineering, in the age ofknowledge-economics. This paper presents a novel teaching approach for undergraduate studentsin the micro