Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Javier Macossay, The University of Texas-Pan American; Martin Knecht, South Texas College; Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

: Students test their mettle through quizzes, post-test, lab reports, exams, and/or demonstrations of the hands-on activity results, all of which could be summative assessment tools used to compute student grades. Students need to look ahead and reflect back and provide solutions to the challenge. Go Public: Finally, students go public with their findings by presenting and defending their solutions to the challenge. These presentations also allow each student to see other solutions to the same problem to find out that there might be multiple ways to solve the challenges [16].3.2 Challenges in Introduction to STEMThe challenges developed for the Introduction to STEM course are presented in Figure 1;the ones with the

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gay Lemons, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the participants to choose whichever activities they thoughtmight help them formulate a solution. The purpose of offering the diverse choices was to observeif students could cull the important information needed to solve the design task. Whenparticipants completed the design task, they were asked to write a short reflection paper of theirexperience. Photos were taken of their prototypes.LEGO® pieces were used in building the prototype. When subjects chose the Build a prototypecard, they were handed a kit of LEGO pieces and instructed to use the pieces simply to get theiridea across, and not be overly concerned with any challenges arising from the materials. Whilethe functionality of the pieces did not allow for heavy force to be used in

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

“the majortransdisciplinary index in the world’s engineering literature.” There are no doubts that thispublication has been used for the last 125 years by engineers and technical staff all over theworld, people that in one way or another have contributed to the development of today’s modernsociety. Therefore, Ei is an intrinsic part of the history of technology. The history of TheEngineering Index has been presented by several authors at different times. The most prominenthave been the works of Hannum2, Bissell3, Landau4, and Woods5 which combined cover detailsfrom 1884 to 1984. More recently, Youngman6 wrote about how the role of librarians haschanged as reflected by the changes in the The Engineering Index as occurred, and Lafferty

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

design utilized scavengedevaporator coils from several refrigerators and housed them inside another refrigerator with itsdoors replaced with plexiglass, as shown in Figure 1a. Three of these cavity/tube designs alsoused a reflective collector to draw more sunlight into the cavity, one of which is shown in Figure1b. Two teams utilized scavenged satellite dishes covered with a reflective material toconcentrate sunlight onto a small surface through which water was flowing, one of which isshown in Figure 1c. One team formed a parabolic trough to concentrate sunlight onto a longpipe, as shown in Figure 1d. All twelve design teams met the minimum requirement of a 10 °Ctemperature rise in the water, with most teams achieving a temperature rise of at

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

effective. Unfortunately, this may be a deficiency in theprogram itself or perhaps more to the point, a reflection on the individual events chosen by thestudents. Students select an event in the hopes that it will prove to be beneficial. However, if theevent fails to live up to expectations, there is no requirement for the student to select a secondevent to replace the non-effective one. Consequently, the student responses here may to someextent be a reflection of the collective quality of the events rather than a verdict on the programitself. The students scored the current events quizzes as generally effective with over 61%responding that they agreed or strongly agreed. This is particularly interesting as the connectionbetween reading the

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

learning containing real-world contexts that combine science and mathematics “to solve a human problem, met a societal need, or develop a product (p. 161).19Most of our users think of PRISM as a knowledge management tool to help them address theemerging emphasis on the Academic Standards, as required by the Indiana Department ofEducation (http://www.doe.state.in.us/). Indiana is one of a handful of states in the USrecognized for realigning academic standards and graduation requirements to meet real-worlddemands.20 While PRISM was established for Indiana teachers, the portal is free and open toall. Teachers from other states find the system useful because most states have very similarstandards, which reflect the reforms begun by the U.S

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

ܵே௢௩௘௟௧௬ ൌ ൈ 10 ܶ Where: T = total number of ideas for given function C = number of ocurrences of a particular solution for the given functionThe higher the occurrence of a particular solution, the lower the novelty score. A novelty scorefor the whole idea can be calculated by assigning a weight for each function and multiplying thenovelty scores for each to obtain an overall novelty score. The expression for S is multiplied by10 in order to normalize it (i.e., 0 is lowest while 10 is highest).5.2.2 VarietyVariety measures the explored solution space during the idea generation process. The uniquenessof concepts is reflected by the

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

legacycycle, students had the opportunity to present their findings (go public) to their peers, parents,and members of the community. A complete version of the legacy cycle can be viewed inAppendix A.Implementation of this legacy cycle into my high school science classroom increased studentmotivation, generated excitement, and made students aware of possible careers in engineering. Ifeel strongly that the legacy cycle experience broadened my students’ knowledge of the Page 15.711.3application of engineering in not only the science classroom, but also in life. Student products,pictures documenting the implementation, and reflections (from both me and

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

we need to have, as the information needs to be the correctlevel as to not intimidate the participants. This item will be an important point for feedback andre-evaluation as the program progresses. Finally, feedback after the BMES conference waslargely positive, further emphasizing the broad range of careers that can be pursued with agraduate degree in engineering.Recent feedback (December 2009) was requested from the participants and we have received 6/8responses. The questions were directed more at a reflection on the program and included scaledresponses. Of the responses, 3/6 strongly agreed that the program gave them a positiveimpression of bioengineering research, with 3/6 being neutral. Four respondents strongly agreedor agreed that

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

under development.DiscussionInitial tests of the portable laboratories show encouraging results. The students completing theprojects demonstrated an increase in content knowledge in areas related to the project materials.Content knowledge increases are significant. The content knowledge average rose from a poorto a fair level of comprehension. The students themselves rate the projects as interesting andeducationally useful. The students are learning and enjoying the process.AcknowledgementThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation under award: DUE-0633277. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanja Magoc, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Francois Modave, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

computerscience. This course aims at attracting more students to engage in multi-disciplinary study,research, and career by providing a problem-oriented approach to learning programming andunderstanding dynamic systems.AcknowledgementThis report is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation through the grantIIS-0829683. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thepaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.Bibliography1. M. Joshi, The Concepts and Practice of Mathematical Finance. Cambridge, 2003.2. S. L. Spencer, M. J. Berryman, J. A. Garcia, and D. Abbott, “An ordinary differential equation model for themultistep transformation to cancer,” Journal of Theoretical

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Van Arsdale, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

,a preference for liberal arts courses), some of the correlations, at first glance, seemcounter intuitive for engineers. “Formal academic experience in automotive technology”has a correlation of -0.298 and the correlation for “Repaired Automobiles” is-0.207. Perhaps this is a reflection of the differences between electrical engineers and,say, mechanical engineers. One that is more difficult to explain is the negativecorrelation with “Formal Computer Programming" (-0.263). The complete list of resultsis shown in Appendix 1. Page 15.1365.4The variable with the second highest correlation is the students' GPA at 0.451. Thissupports the conventional

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

clearly-stated objectives, asequence of steps to be followed, and a description of expected results. These activities illustratereal-world applications of material covered in the lectures, thus reinforcing and imparting agreater sense of understanding. The discussion hour of each session provides teachers with anopportunity to reflect on and further explore the session’s work and to brainstorm ways ofintegrating these activities to illustrate pre-college science and math concepts. In summer 2009,during the guided training phase, 10 doctoral students interacted with teachers by serving asteaching assistants. Specifically, each doctoral student participated in two sessions. Thisopportunity allowed the research assistants to interact with teachers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Diane Rover, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

the graduate educatorsand evaluating their performance, we will provide constructive feedback that will helpthe graduate educators improve their teaching effectiveness and become better and moreeffective educators.AcknowledgementThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation under award: DUE-0837314. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Augustine, N. (Chair), National Academies Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. 2005. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington, D.C

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Clayton, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, “What steps did you follow as you built your … (truss structure for example)?”Students are given time to reflect on this question both individually and in groups. Each group isthen asked to make a list of steps it followed when solving the design problem. In doing this,they are developing a model of the engineering design process they followed. Finally, the studentteams are asked to share their individual design models with the class.Some example design models that may result from this exercise are shown below. Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Draw out a design Build Look at materials Build design Test

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

contributions to the class wiki. Ifound that design patterns were much more confusing to students than I expected;fortunately, the class seemed to catch on after two or three classes.4. ResultsTable 3 summarizes the responses to the Likert questions on the survey (5-point scale, 5 =“strongly agree”).In most respects, the graduate class was more enthusiastic than the undergraduate class.They gave somewhat higher scores after fall break, whereas the undergrad class gaveslightly lower scores after fall break. Both classes thought the material after fall break wasmore challenging than before. Both classes showed waning interest as the semester wentalong, likely a reflection on their increasing busyness with homework and projects. Thehighest scores were

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

programming class found and presented to their classmates.Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 9Copyright  2010, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 15. Some of the interesting facts uncovered during a Web “scavenger hunt”One very useful application is to have the class create a grading rubric that will be used toassess their own homework. This amounts to a two-step exercise in creating tables, as describedbelow. It is useful because it forces the students to think more reflectively about the assignmentthey have been given, and it also helps them to “buy into” the rubric that is ultimately developed,which lends more credibility to the grading.In Step 1, the

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui (Celia) Pan, Purdue University; Shih-Ping Kuo, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

). Heuristic decision procedures, open constraints, and the structure ofill-defined problems. In M.W. Shelly & G.L. Bryan (Eds.), Human judgements and optimality. NewYork: Wiley.30. Radcliffe, D., & Lee, T.Y. (1989). Design methods used by undergraduate engineering students.Design studies, 10(4), 199-207.31. Simon, H.A. (1973). The structure of ill-structured problems. Artificial Intelligence, 4, 181-201.32. Schon, D. (1983). The reflective practitioner Temple-Smith, London.33. Visser, W. (2006). The cognitive artifacts of designing. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.34. Won, P. H. (2001). The comparison between visual thinking using computer andconventional media in the concept generation stages in design. Automation in Construction, 10,319-325.35

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

they think it is an effectiveway or not. Ten students responded that they prefer to study in groups, especially small ones offour or five; six answered no mostly because of their worries in getting off the task and otherteam members who are not motivated to work; three agreed on both ways; and one connected thestudy style with the subject matter.Reflective essay responses analysisOn the last day of the program in 2009, after receiving their mathematics course grades, studentswere asked to write a reflective essay on: why they think they did or did not perform well ontheir mathematics test? Almost all students were pleased with the mathematics instructor’sperformance. Two students reported that the teacher was qualified and able to convey most

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Douglas Howe, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the guided-inquiry worksheet, and moredetails on the experimental apparatus. Page 15.161.12Figure 8 Combined L(h) data for the straight-walled and step-walled tanks with medium-size drain holes. Page 15.161.13Figure 9 Effect of hole size on the L(h) data for the step-walled tank.Acknowledgement This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE0633754. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida

should reflect a distinct STEMcharacteristic. In addition, it should be attenuated for appropriate grade level delivery.Finally, this content must meet identified science or mathematics standards to which theteacher must report (6).The sTEm Resource for the Task As an organized effort to develop and collect a specific format of STEM curriculum content, FLATE has initiated a “sTEm at Work” website that will post FLATE created STEM curriculum content as well as host STEM curriculum content developed by any STEM interested engineering faculty and graduate students. Not withstanding the blatant

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmuid McCarthy, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

. Technologyeducation cannot afford to become complacent; it needs to remain focused onmaintaining a modern syllabus that reflects the technological world, with the need fora sustainable model of CPD that promotes the progression of technological literacyand competency.Bibliography1. OFSTED-UK, Education for a technolgically advanced nation. 2008: London. p. 51.2. Irish-Academy-of-Engineering, E.-I., Engineering a Knowledge Island 2020. 2005, Irish Academy of Engineering: Dublin. p. 66.3. Condon, N., McNaboe, J., Trends in Education / Training outputs, in Monitoring Irelands Skill Supply. 2008, Expert group on future skills needs Dublin. p. 85.4. McGuinness, S., An Evaluation of the Implementation of Technology in the Junior Cycle

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Arnold, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

first year has lead tocontinued interest from the construction community to be part of this program.IntroductionCapstone design courses are recognized as an important part of the Engineering curriculum.1 TheUniversity of North Texas Construction Engineering Technology program is a new program thathas recently graduated its first undergraduate class. Due to the small class size and newness ofthe program, it was necessary to determine an effective and economical way of meeting thestudents various needs in a capstone course. Larger universities divide their capstone classes intosections reflecting the student specialties, i.e. residential, commercial and heavy highwayconstruction. With the first graduating class at 16 students and the second to be

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

with analyses in narrative form that locate the researcher’spoint of view within the analysis [43-47]. Including the author in the text always risks reducinganalysis to autobiography, introducing mere “narcissism,” as social anthropologist Judith Okelyput it in an early reflection on the issue. The reason for this is of course the danger of shifting thefocus in the account from the object of study to the author. Yet perhaps most scholars todaywould agree with Okely’s contention that “[s]elf-adoration is quite different from self-awarenessand critical scrutiny of the self” and that including the author as a “positioned subject” in the textcan add much to it [48]. Exactly what including the author in the analysis adds or subtracts depends upon

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University; Michael Harris, Kettering University; William Riffe, Kettering University; Massoud Tavakoli, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

financial risk) regarding their attitudes toward entrepreneurship. As a baseline, one survey has been given to first year students (n=111) and one to seniorstudents (n=89). Since we exposed none of these students to faculty innovations resulting fromthe workshop, we expected very little difference in their scores – and this is exactly what weobserved. As we survey more students, we expect first year scores will remain constant while thegap between the two groups will increase, reflecting the impact of the faculty innovations duringthe tenure of the student at the university. Figure 1 depicts this hypothesized relationship: E-Ship Attribute Senior s

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Falcone, Argonne National Laboratory; Terrence Davidovits, A123 Systems; Eric Schacht, The Ohio State Univeristy; Michael Wahlstrom, Argonne National Laboratory

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

electrical team members and partially the controls or software teammembers. In the EcoCAR ESS design the ESS was set as a subsystem, which includedmechanical packaging design, electrical wiring design, and controls management and faultdiagnosis. This collaboration helps to create a cohesive and unified design.Lessons LearnedWith many new processes one comes away with ideas of how to improve things for the next timeand this is no different. From the organizer perspective, it is important to reflect on the systemlevel design principles employed in all other areas of the competition and place them into contextin this new frontier of collegiate automotive design. It was realized during the past year that

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Administering a peerevaluation tool is essential since much of the course grade will depend on the groupproject. CATME45, 46 is an easy-to-use online tool that collects and analyzes self and peerevaluations of team members’ contributions. Ideally some type of peer evaluationinstrument is administered with each major deliverable, and team members receivefeedback on their individual performance compared to the group average. Any lowperforming students should be identified by the instructor, and the team should meet withthe instructor to discuss the issue so that it can be addressed early. Instructors might alsoconsider a mechanism that reflects in individual contribution; for example, students couldbe required to keep a design notebook47 or submit their

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

years. Over that time the complexity ofthe projects has increased as the faculty and curriculum have been refined. As part of that processthe faculty have accumulated a wealth of knowledge about projects in general. Every project hasproblems, but some more than others. There are many lessoned to be learned by the failures. The Page 15.84.3work in this paper reflects the wealth of knowledge from project experiences. To state the obvi-ous, designers count on experience to make good decisions. This experience is obtained by mak-ing decisions and seeing the outcomes. Good outcomes reinforce the correctness of decisions,errors provide ‘opportunities

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

criterion is met. The implementation does not provide any safety hazards due to the design and process parameters chosen. At the end of the project, the students are required to perform a self/peer evaluation and project reflection. The questions asked and some of the student feedbacks are listed below: 1. What did you learn from this project experience? ≠ I understand that communication and organization are the keys to a successful team project. ≠ I understand that keeping control of project timelines are important. ≠ I learned that everyone in a project do not contribute equally. ≠ I now understand that “divide and conquer” is an important strategy in engineering projects. 2. How will you

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Jason Buchanan, Southern Illinois Universaity, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

are a harmonic current source. An independent current sourcewith a constant value represents the 3rd harmonic current injections. Dependent current sourcesrepresent the remaining harmonic injections. The dependent sources use the regressionequations shown in Figure 4 to relate terminal voltage to the 5th, 7th, and 9th harmonic currents.The constants in the relationship reflect scaling to produce peak current values. Page 15.296.7 C = (2.9µF)NL I9(VL,NL