Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hitt, USMA; Robert Floersheim, US Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

single discipline adviser team would missopportunities to appeal to students of different disciplines working on the same project. Theinstructor team operates more effectively with open collaboration. Since students come fromseveral academic majors, the diversity is advantageous to all concerned and keeps the advisersfrom the different departments engaged in the projects.It is well documented in general literature on multidisciplinary teaching that the greatestdifficulty for the instructors is the time and energy required to work as a team.6-8 In this capstoneproject with requirements and application to computer science, and mechanical and electricalengineering, the advisers agree that careful time management and planning are vital

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; John Rogers, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

civil engineers’ role in planning, designing, building,operating and maintaining the nation’s infrastructure. Students will use computer modeling andsimulation tools to design, build and test a truss bridge. Students will also design and build abridge out of K-nex components, and load the bridge to failure in a competition. Surveyedparticipants overwhelmingly praise the hands-on learning.IntroductionAccording to the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 15-year-old U.S.students ranked at the bottom third for both mathematics and science compared to all othercountries that participated.1 The U.S. has seemingly fallen behind other developed countries, ineducating the students to succeed in the math and science curriculum. Many

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

International

is the school’s satellite dish. Page 15.686.12 Figure 10—Solar panels after installation at Sonrise SchoolImpact upon our StudentsThe students were impacted in a number of profound ways. Comments from three students areshown below. They are representative of the sorts of comments we have received from studentswho went to Rwanda. These students have had their lives changed in ways that will impact theirfuture careers. Their lives were also affected in other ways as well. All three students whosecomments are shown below are now either in graduate school or are planning on going tograduate school. Their experiences in Rwanda have

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

and without performance incentive.SophomoreThe sophomore comparison involved a fall required course taught to Software EngineeringStudents. While these students are no longer freshman, many of them are still developing studyhabits, and returning after the summer break can be difficult.In the baseline class, approximately 18% of assignments were submitted late. As was noticedwith the freshman, this varied with the week, but tended to increase later on in the quarter.This changed, however, with the introduction of the incentive plan. Overall, only 5% ofassignments were submitted late. Furthermore, unlike the previous year, the number ofsubmissions which were late actually decreased as the quarter progressed. A significantpercentage of students

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Sara Branch, Purdue University; Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; James Cawthorne, Purdue University; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

-Pakistan). (2007, April 6). China to establish engineering university in Pakistan. Retrieved July 2007 from http://web.lexis-nexis.com. 8. Chakravorthy, G. & Sharma, S. (2007, June 22). India plans 30 new universities to improve education. Retrieved July 1, 2007, from http://www.bloomberg.com. 9. Hossler, D., Schmit, J., and Vesper, N. (1999). Going to College: How Social, Economic, and Educational Page 15.952.7 Factors Influence the Decisions Students Make. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press10. Bean, J. P. (1983). The Application of a Model of Turnover in Work Organizations to the Student

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

- Page 15.942.7date academic programs that endeavor to meet the immediate and future needs of industry. TheMichigan Technological University’s strategic plan calls for us to be nationally recognized forprograms that advance technological education through excellence in learning, discovery, andengagement. While we are a technology program, we go beyond most other technologyprograms by offering significant hands-on lab experiences and applied research opportunities toundergraduates. These experiences complement the classroom experience and prepare ourstudents for careers in a wide range of industries.The Electrical Engineering Technology program has identified present needs for a new state-of-the-art robotics laboratory, that will support a new

Conference Session

Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; Diana Grauer, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

have been highly favorable. The class is offered only in the fall and a study to evaluatethe effectiveness of the activity for engagement and learning is planned for fall 2010.Problem-Based LearningProblem-Based Learning, PBL, is a constructivist learning approach that is used to stimulate andimprove learning by presenting problems about topics of interest to students. Learning is shapedby direct experience and is most effective when students are presented with a compellingproblem.1, 2 The problem-based learning approach allows students to study a problem of interestin a team-based setting. A PBL study is student directed with opportunity for discussion, andoften the students rather than the instructor select the problem. Much of the new

Conference Session

Lean and Green

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; John Sutherland, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Design, Systems Thinking, or Systems Planning. Such acourse includes an element of viewing a problem in the context of a larger system. It is notedthat the idea of sustainability is consistent with this fundamental approach and perspective toproblem solving. Sustainability also requires that an engineer (or designer of a product, process, Page 15.729.5or system) view their problem as part of a bigger system. The introduction of Life CycleAnalysis as a tool for examining the supply chain from raw material extraction through the endof life of a product may introduce the idea of sustainability to this course. Table 2. Mapping Industrial

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

also associated with low sciencelevels.18 A similar result is expected with the MST majors, except in addition to low levelsof math and science anxiety they should also have low levels of “T&E” anxiety, allowingthem to comfortably execute active, hands-on and technically-rich lesson plans for bothSTEM and non-STEM subjects. Page 15.108.10Table 3 The number of math anxiety measurements for three populations (MST, Math andnon-STEM majors) taken before and after two math classes (MAT105 and MAT202). Group Pre105 Post105 Pre202 Post202 MST 24 22 51 56

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Walters; Keisha Walters

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

' basicunderstanding of fluid mechanics principles, and follow-up contact with students regarding theirpost-high school plans. With the exception of the follow-up contact, all other assessments wereanonymous and voluntary with the pre-post evaluations correlated using cartoon names. Each ofthe 12 students elected to participate in the assessment activities.For each major course taught, a standard course evaluation was administered by the MGS staff.The students responded to nine statements about the course and the instructors. Responses werevalued from 1-4, corresponding to “strongly disagree”, “disagree”, “agree”, and “strongly agree”.Example statements included “The instructor seemed well prepared for class”, “The class was

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

, and resources. At Lawrence Tech, the grant provided thefunding to integrate the existing entrepreneurial programs into a new innovative interdisciplinaryprogram focused on developing the “entrepreneurial mindset” on campus. The skills associatedwith the entrepreneurial mindset are communication, teamwork, leadership, ethics and ethicaldecision-making, opportunity recognition, persistence, creativity, innovation, tolerance forambiguity, risk analysis, creative problem solving, critical thinking, and business skills(including marketing, financial analysis, and strategic planning).1, 2LeadershipA leadership education program was initiated at Lawrence Tech in 2007 based on assessmentand program evaluation. First, a survey of employers of Lawrence

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Stein, University of Wisconsin; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven; Ellen Worsdall, Northwestern University; Jessica Swenson, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

: “STEP helped me to realize how much I enjoy building rather than theorizing. Buildingis not available in much of the physics department unless students are involved in a fewparticular research labs.” “The chance to do outreach and mentor prospective engineers is not available anywherein my degree program. Also, learning how to teach and create lesson plans, or how to organizeand run a very large event were very valuable skills I've learned.” “Absolutely! I gained tremendous leadership and teaching opportunities from STEP.These were useful for me throughout the rest of my career at the University, and I have no doubtthey'll be useful when I begin my job in management consulting.” “One of the really great things I learned

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Kara Santelli, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

involve the tradeoff between the environmentand human life; and how this may change depending on the type of trees.Dam Construction. This MEA concerns the actual proposed construction of a dam in the SouthEastern Anatolia in Turkey. Having approved the initial plans, the Turkish government, for Page 15.499.6economic reasons, now must reduce the dam’s budget. Alternatives include reducing the dam’ssafety factor by either decreasing its height, substituting certain material or lengthening the timefor completing the project. Targeted concepts include: multi-criteria decision making, economicanalysis, and international perspectives in economic decision

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

undergraduates than any other. However wedo make the case in the following section that our work makes a contribution via a synthesis of Page 15.923.2the strengths of widely-used texts. Also, in recent years we have seen a steady increase in ouraccreditation program-outcome measures supported by our measurement systems course,although this material on piezoresistive sensors would contribute at most two hours of content tothe course. Based on these broad measures, we are satisfied that a presentation of sensoroperating principles like the one developed here contributes to meeting our learning objectives.We plan to develop an approach for measuring

Conference Session

Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

; and to secure the national defense.” (NSF Act of 1950). The NSF Grant Proposal Guidesuggests several ways that this criterion can be met. One of these is “by advancing discovery andunderstanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning”. In response, researcherstypically describe the number of students involved in the research project as evidence. Anothersuggestion by NSF is to broaden dissemination to enhance scientific and technologicalunderstanding. Here, researchers often describe plans to present research results in formatsuseful to students, scholars, members of Congress, teachers, the general public, etc. In otherwords, it is common for researchers to point to activities that involve student education asevidence that there are

Conference Session

Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

will treat you as practicingengineers in industry. By the end of the course you should be competent to analyze and design fluidmechanics and heat transfer systems in a simulated “real world” environment.Procedure (How do we plan to achieve our goals?)This course will center around two activities. First, a case study will be analyzed that represents a Page 15.1062.15completed ‘real world’ design encompassing the individual course concepts. Secondly, a design projectwhich spans the semester will provide the framework for integrating the various course concepts. Justas in industry, most of your work will be in groups. We will employ the

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

granted to domestic students is declining? These questions are fundamentalto the work of engineering educators and engineering educational researchers. At universitieslike the University of Michigan (U-M), recent curriculum plans have been developed to helpfaculty think about reshaping and revamping the curriculum to best train and developundergraduate students for the 21st century.7In an attempt to understand how to recruit and retain Millennial engineers, Chubin et al. (2008)analyzed data from the Academic Pathways Study to describe the Millennial generation’s—students born between 1982-2002—knowledge of engineering prior to college, their motivationfor choosing engineering, and their perceptions of their needed and gained skills.8

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of engineering.” As reviewed in Outcome 3, the University of Louisiana’s core curriculum includes 9-hours of behavioral science electives; a history elective, an Industrial Economics and Finance course (CIVE 430), and a free elective from any of the behavioral science areas. The faculty is very confident that students completing the program will have significant appreciation for the importance of incorporating economic principles in design and planning. However, performance in other social science areas may vary for the same reasons given above under Outcome 3. The selection of history and social science elective courses, in general, are being reviewed with consideration for those which would provide a better appreciation for

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

AC 2010-373: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: WHAT SHOULD OUR STUDENTSKNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO?Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University Dr. C. Dianne Raubenheimer received her PhD from the University of Louisville and is Director of Assessment in the College or Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education at NC State University. Within the College of Engineering she serves as the coordinator of ABET and other accreditation processes, acts as an assessment & evaluation resource/consultant to faculty in different programs, develops and implements assessment plans, and serves as the primary educational assessment data analyst on the Dean’s

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

lives tooptimally handle and limit necessary responsibilities. That is, although capable of doing goodwork in short bursts, it‟s difficult to get them to focus, persevere, innovate, and endure over thelong run, further reducing both quantity and quality of the research. Many just do not considerthe research position a “real” job since it is only part-time within the university, is indirectlyrelated to their formal course education, and is not micromanaged. This allows some torationalize and excuse their tardiness, absenteeism, minimal planning, procrastination (verycommon), and less-than-maximum effort.Related to this is an overall decrease in true intellectualism and scholarly mindset. Very fewmodern students, including research assistants

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

associations and professional societies,government agencies, national standards bodies, and international standards agencies.” Hardingand McPherson (2009) 7 describe the present sphere of standards organizations in his ASEEpaper.Two surveys describe the libraries’ best practices for standards. The original plan to do a surveydid not appear necessary after finding these two surveys. Both surveys cover large academiclibraries. Brian S. Mathews (2006)8 wrote about “top engineering schools” while Lorraine F.Pellack (2004)9did a survey of 34 libraries that are members of the prestigious Association forResearch Libraries (ARL). In 2003, Pellack’s survey indicated that there are many librariesdoing special ordering with format half of the libraries buying

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

author observed very similar effects, which resulted in poorlearning outcomes for the laboratory session. This was related to poorly developedstudent activities before they came to the lab. As a result, the lab experiment turned into amechanical exercise of following the lab manual instead of an exercise where thestudents actively built meaningful knowledge during the process. Over the next semester,structural changes are planned which will intensify the pre-lab activities, and which willrequire the students to be much more prepared before coming to a laboratory session.This should ultimately make the students’ learning process more successful and efficient

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jade Mitchell-Blackwood, Drexel University; Manuel Figueroa, Drexel University; Chatchai Kokar, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

fabricating surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates. Starting August 2010, Chatchai will be attending St. George's University School of Medicine where he plans to earn his M.D.Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University Dr. Adam Fontecchio is an Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head in the Drexel University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and an Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Co-Director of the A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, an affiliated member of the Materials Engineering Department, a member of the Center for Educational Research, and his research focuses on the area of nanophotonics. He is the recipient of a NASA New Investigator Award, the Drexel Graduate

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

' Educational Engineering 2008 survey student Experiences and College and Career Education interviews Plans in an Ethnically Diverse Learning Environment5 Characterizing Design Learning: A Journal of July closed-ended design Mixed Methods Study of Engineering 2008 survey scenarios and Engineering Designers' Use of Education questions lab problems Language6 K-12 Outreach: Identifying the Journal of July pre-post test, focus groups Broader Impacts of Four Outreach

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; Danny Teachman, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

quality and even with the reduction in features it was still found to bevery functional for its intended use.Project Description and FrameworkThe senior design project course spans two consecutive quarters during the students senior year.The first quarter is devoted to the design and planning of the project. The second quarter isdedicated to refining the design and building a prototype. Some senior design projects weredetermined to be a perfect fit for applying the concepts of universal design and these wereconcentrated on for this pilot project.The senior design projects are selected by the faculty and chosen to give the students anassignment that would be typical of a task they could receive as a young engineer in theindustrial world. Great

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hubbard, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

26 9 User education 63 6 Library buildings and facilities 9 1 Administration or planning 2 31 Automation study 0 14 Other L&I service activities 11 1 Several interconnected activities 18 37Information storage and retrieval 33 12.8 96 25.0 Cataloguing 0 17 Classification and indexing 1 21 Information retrieval

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

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

. Page 15.418.9Figure 2: Engineers and Non-engineers Collaborate in Introduction to Engineering at Rice.The Rice Minor in Engineering Studies ProgramThe unique character of Rice University presents both opportunities and challenges inimplementing technological literacy courses and a minor. Minors are new to Rice, having beenapproved only in the past two years. Thus, although there are presently fewer than five minors,there is an interest in their creation, and each proposal generates significant publicity amongstudents and faculty. Many Rice undergraduates arrive with a solid background in high schoolmathematics and science, many with AP credit—even those who do not plan to major inengineering or science. It is expected that such students will

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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, where

Tagged Divisions

International

Total 20 ElectivePHE 207 Introduction to Swimming I 1 University of Lagos Penn State UnivCourse Title Credits Course Title Year 3 semester 1 Year 3 Semester 1SVY 305 Cadastral Surveying I 3 SUR 272 Cadastral Surveying©SVY 307 Spherical and Field Astronomy 3 SUR 341 Adjustment ComputatioESM 351 Applied Town Planning 2 SUR 351 Geodetic ModelsSVY 309 Adjustment Comp. I

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Fitzpatrick, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

very complicated and if I have If you could find plans for other the right materials to make itprojects like the mousetrap-powered car 11 1  I would probably try somethingon the internet, would you try to build newthem at home?  Yes I would because I love to do this