Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Esmaeily, Kansas State University; Anil Pahwa, Kansas State University; J Thompson, Kansas State University; Donald Watts, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

International

considered in any plan, keeping in mind that the educationalimprovement should be structured to eliminate these conflicts in long term. As an example, an Page 15.271.4instructor, teaching in Dari, may raise the sensitivity of Pashtun students in the same class or viceversa. Switching the instructional language to a neutral language such as English may addressthe issue. However, the other side of the problem considering the conservative religious nature ofthe society should carefully be studied for a proper decision.Some observations were reflective of the religious, yet mostly traditional teachings. As example,despite the low quality of instruction

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Abdul Qadeer, Urdu Science University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

the fabrication of: - New catalysts - Heat reflection layers - Aerogels for transparent damping layers in solar architectures - Super thermal insulators - Transparent layers showing resistance against wear and abrasion or anti-damping propertiesEnergy Nanodevices will allow cleaner

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

existing theoreticalframeworks most relevant to my research questions are 1) the history and pedagogy ofengineering education, which is widely supported through organizations such as ASEE;2) STSE (formerly STS) education and 3) Teacher Identity. The selection of STSE andTeacher Identity have been informed by my own experience conducting research withpre-service and new science teachers, and their use of an STSE approach in their teachingof science. However, acknowledgement of context is critical in educational research, andas I reflected further on these theoretical strands, I realized the inherent challenges inutilizing theory from the K-12 realm in the framing of my post-secondary researchproject

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Walters; Keisha Walters

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

scores for statements 4, 5, and7. The second goal—encouraging students to pursue science and engineering careers—isindicated by interest evaluation responses to statements 1-3, and by the follow up contacts withthe student participants. The third goal of increasing students’ knowledge and understanding offluid mechanics is indicated by interest evaluation statement 6, and by the results of the pre- andpost-course concept inventories. These conclusions are also supported by the student responseson the course evaluations.Recommendations for Course ImprovementBased on the student feedback, post course assessment, and the instructors’ own observations,the course was a success. However, upon reflection, a number of potential improvements

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

is much more positive than the previous two years. Six students describepositive relatedness behaviors and only two describe predominantly negative behaviors. Asexamples of positive behaviors, Joe appreciates smaller classes and when faculty are passionateabout what they are teaching and Mark reflects on relationships with faculty over time: “When the professors are teaching in their expertise and you can tell they‟re really passionate about what they‟re teaching. They‟re smaller classes, smaller labs. It‟s, it‟s really nice” (Joe, Senior). “I‟ve gotten quite a bit of attention from, from certain professors that you kinda‟ grow with, and you come back for advice, for with. And, I mean if you go to the office, as long as you seek

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

assignments or tests, or to ask questions IV. Performance Engagement 15. Getting a good grade 16. Doing well on the tests 12. Being confident that I can learn and do well in the classThe second part of the instrument used asks students directly for their reflections on the learningspace (Now they are asked for their opinion). The questions for this part of the survey areshown in Table 2. This includes four Likert-scaled items asking students to directly comparetheir experiences in the classroom of interest to other classrooms. These questions ask directlyabout interaction with other students and the instructor, time spent on group activities and time

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

intheir home departments. That these efforts were important and largely successful is reflected instudent blogs and the student presentations at iCheckpoint and iExpo; many of these studentcommunications discussed the missing basics, the iCommunity, the iTeams, and other iFoundryconcepts explicitly and favorably.Still, prior to iCheckpoint there was a palpable rise in student frustration—and faculty concern.At the end of September and beginning of October, students complained about the classwork, theprojects, the meetings, just about everything that was going on, but then something interestinghappened. First, in ENG100++, the steam turbine cars started to work. Then, at roughly thesame time, the students had to get their act together to present

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Leduc, Ball State University; Gary Hadley, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis; Mark Ratzlaff, 3M

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

failure. Failure, regardless ofcause, reflects negatively on the university, the program, and the collaboration process. This istrue whether the Academic Advisor established the relationship with the community partner ordelegated the responsibility of obtaining a community partner to the student. If the AcademicAdvisor does not take this role seriously and serve in a proactive role, there is a high risk forembarrassment at minimum and possible legal consequences at worst.The Academic Advisor is responsible for guiding students in preparation of a final report. Mostcommunity partners will not view a formal final report as a critical, or even necessary, elementof the experience; but, it is an important academic element and is of benefit for the

Conference Session

Special Session: Innovation through Improv

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Ludovice, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lew Lefton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

innovation. Manifestations of this desire to produce more creative engineersand scientists abound. They include, for example, the recent announcement by the KoreanAdvanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) that its new admissions policy willspecifically include creativity as an admissions criterion in up to a fifth of the incoming freshmanclass.3 This drive to produce creative engineers is also reflected in the focus of the Generation IIIEngineering Research Center (ERC) Program of the National Science Foundation. This programis designed to produce “engineering graduates who will be creative U.S. innovators in a globallycompetitive economy”.4 This program explicitly requires that ERC proposals address theeducational requirements needed to

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Joshua Hewes, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

requirement is intended to provide students with an understanding of theperspectives (e.g. theoretical; historical; social; political; economic; cultural; religious;geographic or sense of place; environmental; or intellectual traditions and/ or ways of knowing)of non-Western peoples. Through the U.S. ethnic diversity course, students will acquire anunderstanding of the perspectives (e.g. theoretical; historical; social; political; economic;cultural; religious; geographic or sense of place; environmental; or intellectual traditions and/ orways of knowing) of U.S. ethnic minorities.Design: Thirteen of the 24 design hours in the CE program come from the Design4Practice(D4P) curriculum, which is reflective of the engineering program’s long standing

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Javier Conde, National University of Distance Education; Jose M. de Urena, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Jose Turmo, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Raul Vizcaino, University of Castilla-La Mancha

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

other nine civil engineeringschools. The purpose of this paper is to share ideas and information about the master’s program Page 15.1076.2that might be of value to engineering educators in other countries, especially U.S. educators whoare pondering ways to reflect the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK) in theirundergraduate and graduate programs.Leadership, as used in the title of this paper, is shorthand for what are usually referred to asleadership and management. Leading means influencing the process of deciding where anorganization should go or what it should do. In contrast, and in a complementary manner,managing concentrates on how

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres Goza, Rice University; David Garland, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

American 11.0% 12.5% White 14.8% 3.7% Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic 81.0% 82.5% 74.1% Figure 1: Demographics of DREAM mentees from spring 2009 The demographics of the participants are never pre-determined by the program, and as such theDREAM mentee demographics largely reflect the school demographics. At Austin High School(AHS), African Americans and Hispanics make up, on average, 96% of the participants in

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

computing capabilities expected during the first years on the job. Eachresponse was assigned a value (1 = not important, 2 = slightly important, 3= average importance,4 = important, 5 = very important) and the mean rating given by all respondents was calculatedfor each question. Responses with a mean value higher than 4.0 and with a standard deviationless the 1.0 indicate a high level of consensus among participants about the importance of thatparticular item, while responses with lower means and higher standard deviations reflect lowerlevels of consensus 14.Results were further analyzed by type of engineering industry, with computer science, electricalengineering, computer engineering, information technology and engineering computer

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Grant, North Carolina State University; Jessica Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Minority (URM) women faculty have emerged as successful leaders in theengineering academia in a growing number of universities across the United States. Increasedexposure of this group raises the conversation in academia to a new level and createspartnerships based on scholarship with diversity as an added benefit. There are, however, stillunique challenges and opportunities. The representation of URM women faculty at the Top 50institutions (based on research expenditures) is not reflective of demographics due to acombination of selection/self selection processes and hidden biases in the academia (Nelson,2007). As they progress in their faculty careers, Underrepresented Minority Women (URM

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs; Trent Ramsey, Cambridge Youth Programs; Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group; Emily Davidson, MIT; Elizabeth Jones, MIT; Michelle Slosberg, MIT; Rafael Bras, MIT

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Richard Dippery, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

topicson Creativity, Attitude, and Tasks. For example, on creativity, the students embrace new ideas,generate inventive thinking, and display an inquisitive nature. Although these are difficult tomeasure and assess quantitatively, the survey reflects the students’ perception on these topics tosome extent. Figure 7 below shows the average response from creativity topic. The x-axisindicates to what extent this topic affected the students’ perception on creativity topic. It showsvery little ‘immersion’ of the students on creativity as it pertains to the final project in the class.The y-axis indicates the number of students participated in this survey.Figure 7: Sample chart on Creativity topic versus the level of students’ involvement

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

report, and were more likely to support theirdesign decisions with CADEX evidence in the final report. At the beginning stages of the designprocess students were more likely to support their choices with information they gathered fromliterature and expert sources, and this was reflected in the evidence provided in the midtermprogress reports. In the final report, students’ evidence was provided as knowledge transferredfrom prior courses in calculations and as plots and calculations stemming from the students’observations and experiments. By the end of the course, students were equally as likely to relyon their own work or seek out the work of others to support their choices.To further study the knowledge students use in decision making, we would

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hubbard, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

provide systematic archiving in the future, but is of limited use forthe period studied. Considering the move to “publish-to-present” and a decade that broughtsignificant change to the profession, it seems appropriate to reflect upon the past decadethrough such an analysis. The contributors were summarized both qualitatively andquantitatively in terms of authorship, co-authorship, and institutional/organizationsaffiliations. Since full-length papers do not exist for all contributions prior to 2009, contentanalysis is based on titles of the papers and posters. The titles were analyzed using both astandard classification scheme and textual analysis software to identify topics andkeywords/phrases, respectively. These topics and keywords/phrases were

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; James Young, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography 1. 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.: National Academies Press. 2. Duderstadt, J. J. (Chair), National Academy of Engineering Committee to Assess the Capacity of the United States Engineering Research Enterprise. 2005. Engineering Research and America’s Future: Meeting the Challenges of Global Economy. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 3. Duderstadt, J. J. 2007. Engineering for a Changing World: A Roadmap to the Future of Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

Tagged Divisions

International

.,Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Surveying andGeoinformatics as well as Master of Geoinformatics (MGIT-Executive programme) and aPostgraduate Diploma programme in Surveying and Geoinformatics (PGD).The need to change the name of the department was firstly due to the very narrow interpretationgiven the term "surveying" by the general public and the resulting difficulties in studentrecruitment. Secondly, to reflect the tremendous impacts that advances in technology andmodern surveying techniques have had on the surveying profession. The first concerted effort atrealizing this goal was made at a Faculty of Engineering Board of Studies meeting in the 1996/97session, in which many names were proposed. However

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

Tagged Divisions

International

happens when the mind is capable to situate any information in aparticular context and if possible, in the universe that it is inserted. The fragmentation of thecomplex world in separated pieces, breaks up the problems restraining the multi dimensionalaspects and it has as result the decrease of the possibilities of comprehension and reflection,eliminating the opportunities of real learning. The science has developed itself in this kind ofknowledge fragmentation, generating the super specialties, divorced from the global context thatthey are part, atrophying the ability of integrating and evaluating the issue in its context. There isa loss of long-term prognoses, which has a straight incidence in the decisions and choices, whenthey are necessary

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Kristina Lawyer, Michigan Technological University; Meredith Berlin, University of Colorado - Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jonathan Wiggins, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

; the nature of knowledge (certainty of knowledge & simplicity ofknowledge), and the nature of knowing (source of knowledge & justification of knowledge) 31. Page 15.543.8Students’ epistemological beliefs have been found to influence cognitive engagement, academicachievement, and motivation to learn32, 33. Because epistemological beliefs often reflect personalexperiences31, our study will compare engineering epistemological beliefs of students who haveparticipated in service learning projects to the beliefs of those who have not. Our aim is to gaininsight as to how students perceive engineering design and whether service learning

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Yong Pei, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the modules (for visual learners); verbal narrative and explanations (forverbal learners) may also be an integrated part. Small online quizzes and questions posed willprovide opportunities for active participation (for active learners) and time for individualthinking (for reflective learners).Lab Development Supporting Wireless Communication Page 15.1072.8Lab one: Analog modulation and demodulationIn this lab, students will experiment different analog modulation and demodulation techniquesincluding AM, FM, SSB, DSBSC in the prescribed part. They will then build AM and FMreceivers which can tune to AM and FM radio stations. Advanced students

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, GSU

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

During the last 3 years, the EET Program has undergone significant improvements in teaching, advisement, and student engagement in project activities and professional organizations. o Overall student satisfactions with these efforts as reflected in student course outcomes and senior exit surveys.On the other hand, measurable decrease in outcomes (i), (j) and (k) were observed whichprompted actions to improve performance and awareness. The following continuousimprovement actions were implemented as a result of the mid-cycle assessment review: - Converting senior design project into 2-semester long course - Inviting IAB members to attend final senior project presentations

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

software to help themvisualize the real subject and different effects and a group of students said they foundtheir design in computers was very different from sketches, which, on the other hand,reflects their disability to generate imagery either by mind or by hand. Compared withnovice designers, experts have been exposed to a great number of examples and areable to mentally form abstract conceptualizations8.Despite these disadvantages, novice designers are striving for progress and willing totry different ways to improve their design. One student who usually directly workedon computers said he began to notice that sketches could help him get good ideas.Another one also admitted he found the value of sketches after finishing the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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

-inquiry exercises. It is clear that better controls over the experimentalconditions will be required before the results of attitude surveys can be applied to a broaderaudience. It is also clear that innovative curriculum cannot compensate for poor execution in thedelivery of instruction. Page 15.1111.15Acknowledgement 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 National ScienceFoundation. The authors are grateful for the assistance of Dr. Jack

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angkee Sripakagorn, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Technical usage is highlighted and the research workinvolves open-ended design tasks rather than strict procedural steps of work.In the academic year 2008, 94 students registered for the course. The numbers of groups,classified by areas and types, are shown in Table 1. In recent years, on average, over 70% of allprojects belonged to the design type. The data in Table 1 reflects this general trend. Table 1. Number of Groups by Areas and Types Area \ Type Design Investigation Total AM 8 3 11 AU 7 1 8 TF 7 4 11

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

instructional steps will be integrated into the Bayesian model toserve as a guiding framework to develop a rich and flexible web-based environment for Teachingand Learning Computer Programming languages.The Cognitive TheoryIt is widely known that programming, even at a simple level, is a difficult activity to learn. Why isthis so? Are novice difficulties really inherent in programming or are they related to the nature ofthe programming tools currently given to novices? Bonar and Soloway14 presented evidence thatcurrent programming languages do not accurately reflect the cognitive strategies used by noviceprogrammers. Instead, Bonar and Soloway14 have found that novice programmers possessknowledge and experience with step-by-step specifications in

Conference Session

Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University; Rebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Like manymisconceptions, the use of a common word can lead to difficulties in understanding the properscientific concept. In everyday usage, “strength” usually refers to force, whereas normally whenan expert speaks of a strong atomic bond, it is meant in terms of a large binding energy. Thisconfusion is reflected in student responses. For example, in a free response version of thequestion in Figure 1, comparing melting temperatures of materials with different densities, a Page 15.1124.8student wrote:S8: “[The higher density material has higher melting temperature] because there are moreatoms packed closer together which will require more