Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Byron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts; Anthony Donaldson, California Baptist University; Joan Ozdogan, Chantilly High School Academy

experiment utilized computer data acquisition.Preliminary Student FeedbackA survey was administered in the last week of the ENGR-1113 course to collect self-reportedfeedback from all students in the class. The primary questions on the survey are listed below.Additionally, free form comments were solicited, as was general information about the student’smathematics training prior to this course. A detailed correlation of the feedback results to thestudent’s math history is planned in 2010. • Question Q1: The course has increased my motivation to study engineering • Question Q2: The course has increased my chances of success in engineering • Question Q3: The course has increased my motivation to study math • Question Q4: The

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Braden Boss, Springville High School; Daniel Bates, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

withprofessional development and curriculum materials. A second approach has been to use lessexpensive curricula, such as the Utah Plan (a state developed basic engineering educationcurriculum), or to incorporate engineering and technology material within existing courses.Although these efforts made by Massachusetts and Utah are moves in the right direction, sadlythey are not representative of a national effort to include more technology and engineering in theK-12 environment. Page 15.206.4On a national level, No Child Left Behind calls for enhancement of education throughtechnology and increased technology funding. But, there is still much progress to be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Musa Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island; William Palm, University of Rhode Island

15.1157.3from the User-Interface Program.User-Interface ProgramA screen shot of the developed Windows-based User-Interface Program is shown in Fig. 2. TheUser-Interface Program was designed to serve as the user-interface for all the experiments thatare planned to be performed in this project. The User-Interface Program was developed in VisualBasic Express 2008, and it communicates with the embedded program on the PIC18F4550microcontroller through either a serial or USB connection. The embedded program wasdeveloped in C using PICC compiler from CCS, Inc. The User-Interface Program transfers theexperiment settings to the PIC microcontroller, provides monitoring and control of theexperiment progress, retrieves the data collected after the experiment is

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Ch. 16 Short-term liabilities Ch. 17 Planning & control Ch. 18 Corporate restructuringPages of interest rate tables 32 01 8 18The exemplar finance text is topically more comprehensive than the exemplar engineeringeconomy text, however the engineering economy text has much more detailed models of whatare the economics of an engineering project. The larger number of problems for the engineeringeconomy text suggests that more problems are

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Roberts, Vanderbilt University; Greg Walker, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Bentley, R.W. Carpick, D. Stone, G.C. Lisensky, and S.M. Condren, “Incorporating concepts of nanotechnology into the materials science and engineering classroom and laboratory”, in Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. ASEE, 2003. [4] R. Hayne, “Beyond vhdl simulation to on-chip testing”, ASEE, 2008. [5] J. Watkins, G. Piper, K. Wedeward, and E. Mitchell, “Computer animation: A visualization tool for dynamic system simulations”, ASEE. [6] T. Fisher, M. McLennan, J. Lukes, G. Walker, L. Shi, M.P. Menguc, S.V. Garimella, C.P. Grigoropoulos, and J. Murthy, “Report from the 2007 thermalhub community planning work- shop”, https://thermalhub.org/resources/35, Jan

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

– unfair peer review (RCR) 2.892 (1.41) -0.304 (1.14)Arnaut – not informing of side effects 3.438 (1.62) 0.819 (1.54)(RCR)Arnaut – firing Dr. Watson (non-RCR) 2.619 (1.64)Using these ES difference scores as a measure of relative sensitivity to RCR issues compared tonon-RCR issues, a series of planned independent groups t-tests (alpha = .05) examined ES scoresand ES difference scores between native English speakers (n = 28) and non-native Englishspeakers (n = 12). This analysis was conducted to examine our premise that simply measuringethical sensitivity on RCR issues is not an accurate indication of differences in RCR ethicalsensitivity – a measure of relative sensitivity is needed. For example, just

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Gigi Secuban, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

work experiences include serving as the Director of Student Affairs and Diversity in the College of Education and Health Professions and Assistant Director of Admissions. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master of science in health science, both from the University of Arkansas. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Higher Education Leadership. Her future plans include continuing to serve students in a senior leadership role at a four-year public land-grant university. Page 15.178.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Analysis of Freshman-to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Hennington, Mississippi State University

single semester offerings of the unit operationscourses in the CHE department, enrollment in the heat transfer operations andmass transfer operations courses during Spring 2010 is higher, standing atapproximately 60 in each course.In addition to the module development and activities planned as part of the CCLIproject, one additional activity was undertaken during the Fall 2009 semester. Inthe freshman seminar offered to chemical engineers, an introduction to processintensification was provided, after limited discussion of the unit operationsapproach to chemical engineering education. The developed Powerpointpresentation will be made available to chemical engineering educators interestedin adapting it to their programs. Additionally, a survey of

Conference Session

Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Jack Patzer, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

develop MEAs in “fundamental” courses, particularly statics anddynamics, we plan to develop shorter MEAS that can be completed in one or two lecture periods.One in development deals with developing sporting equipment for people with mobilityimpairments, while a second involves designing a rotating chair for children with developmentaldisabilities.Ron Miller – Colorado School of Mines. I have piloted two MEAs in chemical engineeringcore courses at the Colorado School of Mines. “Wetsuit” requires that senior-level studentgroups in a transport phenomena course develop a mathematical model for a wetsuit company toestimate the time a user can stay in the water using a wetsuit made of a specified type andthickness of material. This will allow the

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Seniow, Oregon State University; Eric Nefcy, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

to their strategy in the project since it can help guide students and is oftentaught as part of a correct scientific approach. Other teams vary in problem scoping techniquesand depth, such as the number literature citations, shown in the journal and reports. Team Ainitially proposed the use of a Design of Experiments (DOE) to optimize operating parameters,but chose not to implement this idea due to its complexity. Page 15.1030.10Figure 6. Problem Scoping. The team lists data from multiple literature sources, though only a small portion is shown here. The originally plan to conduct runs based on a DOE, but decide

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

knowing how to articulate the implications of the skills or how to usethem in instruction. The rubric and the supplemental teaching guidelines will help them gradestudents’ presentations and teach the students how to improve. We designed these tools with theexpectation that they will be useful by faculty or teaching assistants, in varying engineeringsubject areas, and in varying types of institutions. In the near future we will continue the testing of the tools, first focusing on theapplication of the tools by teaching assistants. We plan to evaluate the tools’ effectiveness byusing them to assess student presentation performance in undergraduate engineering courses. Asa next step, we hope to integrate these instructional tools with the

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

: Since the implementation of the ENES 101 design project, which includesassigned design groups, students have consistently rated “cooperation with teammates” tobe amongst the highest rated course outcomes on the end of semester survey, andaccording to data from 2008 (see Table 1) the addition of this communication skillscomponent did not have a statistically significant impact on this rating. Nonetheless, Iwould argue that as long as the design project is sufficiently simple enough to alloweasily constructed designs this additional communication component should be effectiveat fostering further inter-group communication, which will certainly become relevant tostudents planning to work for large industrial companies. As part of the formal

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

professional communication. At the same time, lab exercises can help introduce orsolidify engineering concepts presented in the classroom. Agrawal presents objectives forlaboratory courses which include critical thinking in the planning and execution as well as for theevaluation of models and experimental data, in addition to effective communication5. Thesepedagogical purposes should be harmonious but may not be if students' attention is focused onlearning too many new concepts at the expense of reasoning through the experiment itself. This Page 15.1173.2is of particular concern for students new to standards of engineering reasoning and reporting

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Page 15.263.11 different disciplines on this project. ≠ For each of the following, describe what you have learned (knowledge and skills) through participating in the CareerWISE project, how you have applied what you have learned in settings outside of CareerWISE, and how you do, or plan to, use this learning in your career o Interdisciplinary teams o Disciplinary cultures o Gender issues in educational and career settings o Creating instructional materials for online ≠ Of the skills and knowledge you have learned, how have you applied them in settings outside of CareerWISE? Please be as specific as possible ≠ One of the objectives of the research held in CareerWISE is to

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

aerospace students2. GIT AE alumni3. NASA and industry new employees getting oriented4. Engineers refreshing pre-requisites for Distance Learning graduate school5. GIT AE graduate students taking courses across technical disciplines6. Graduate students preparing for PhD Qualifying Examination7. NASA and industry experienced engineers working on new proposals/ projects8. Cross-disciplinary project teamsEXTROVERT GatewayAs planned, the first two years of the project are devoted to intense resource development, whilethe final year will be devoted to user and peer assessment, refinement and publication. A basicstructure to facilitate content addition and user experience has been designed and implemented.The EXTROVERT gateway serves as the portal to the

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Long, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

required of softwareengineers in the United States. A recent project put up for bid in the Rent-A-Coder web site(www.rentacoder.com) came in with qualified developers willing to take on the project for Page 15.934.3$0.15/hr USD2. A similarly qualified software developer in the United States cost $25.00/hr. Apoll taken in 2006 indicated that of all polled companies located in the Unites States, 61% weremanaging active software development outsourcing projects. Of this 61%, only 7% planned todecrease future software development outsourcing activities3. The economic downturn of 2009certainly impacted the software development outsourcing market

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dazhi Yang, Purdue University; Aidsa Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; James Slotta, University of Toronto; Michelene Chi

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

same way. They run towards thedoor at about the same speed and have the same goal of just exiting the door. Second, theindividuals are all acting and interacting independently of one another simultaneously: they areall just trying to move forward toward the door, and in doing so, they may bump into and pusheach other. Third, no single individual's running or pushing another person resulted in a jam atthe door and the individuals aren't really pushing each other with the intention of causing thejam. The jam is caused by all the people simultaneously trying to run toward the door. Fourth,all the people want to do is run to the door to get out. They were not planning to create a jam atthe door, or their interactions are not necessarily directly

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

. Starting very shortly, presentationswould bring more than certificates and token prizes – or cost more than momentaryembarrassment. But in addition to the students’ enjoying the competition, perhaps the mostsalutary result was that the design spine instructors present in the audience were struck thatalthough some students were quite accomplished, some others displayed a distressing lack ofskills. The instructors all said they would either continue to have the workshops offered to theirclasses or begin to do so (that is, instructors who had not yet requested workshops planned to inFall 2009). The 2010 competition will be announced early in the spring semester to give widervisibility to the efforts of the WCC workshops and student success. The first

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

not traditional engineering students to the field. Developing a more flexible,creative and socially connected curriculum is a necessary step to achieve this objective.However, non-traditional engineering students will only enroll and persist in the major if theculture of the engineering school provides a place where students want to learn, are inspired tolearn and have the opportunity to interact with faculty in a positive manner.Finally, the next steps of this project are for the participating institutions to complete aFramework for Action based on their individual PACE reports including findings andrecommendations. The PACE team plans to follow-up with each participating institution threetimes during the next year and a half to track their

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

ReportsWe plan to develop reports that quantify participation in individual interactive exercises for allthe modules of the course. While log files are kept for activities in all modules, such data are notuseful real-time analysis. Thus far, only in modules 6 and 7 are student activities in theinteractive exercises processed for immediate use in the DDL. Figure 4 shows a snapshot of thereport providing quantified information on overall class use of interactive exercises in module 6. Page 15.1313.6 Fig. 4 Screenshot of Module 6 Assignments and Students Report 6The instructor will also be

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology; Siva Thangam, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

scholarly research, in which thesustained contributions and the scholarship of the doctoral degree recipients play a crucial role.Lacking a crystal ball, the academic vision and foresight of the thesis advisor is also seen to playan important role in the long term impact of the thesis.From the authors’ perspective, the use of a rubric is to be considered essential for evaluating theoutcomes of all doctoral theses. The authors plan to use the rubric for a variety of additionaldoctoral theses to validate and refine the approach.References:[1] ABET, Inc. http://www.abet.org[2] Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Page

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

relationship2. Depending on the type of relationshipdesired, a mentor may be a colleague but not necessarily a friend to the mentee and vice-versa2.Some mentoring programs follow a group construct where a group of multiple mentors andmentees may hold discussions and assist one another in that sense. Specific mentoring paradigmsare described in the next section.“Formal mentoring” is the term used to define a planned mentoring process2. Individuals aregenerally placed together in various mentoring groups and attend scheduled meetings2. Meetingtimes and other scheduled events are logged, and financial costs can be documented to help theinstitution assess whether or not the program experiences continuing success. Informalmentoring relationships are

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Glynn, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University; Mark Doorley, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

have time available to devote to such a newendeavor. The long range plan is to hold this Workshop every other year during this time periodand to hope to attract different faculty members at each successive offering. It is worth notingthat the week prior to graduation is a very popular time to hold committee meetings, departmentmeetings and other campus-wide workshops on such topics as teaching effectiveness. ManyCoE faculty members could not attend the Workshop because of other commitments.In order to address the full range of issues deemed necessary by the Workshop organizers, twofull days of instruction/interaction were required. In addition, a day of reflection was includedbetween these two days in order for participants to consider the

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Mark Schreck, University of Louisville; Angela Cline, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

. Marketing was interested inperformance, cost and when the product could be launched to the market. Finance trackedproduct cost and project costs. Legal was concerned about patent protection, and whether theclaims to be made about the pump performance in the product ads were legal. III. EMPLOYER BENEFITS As discussed in Part II, the student was assigned to the project team to develop the newModel 2000 pump. The design has progressed through production release, and currently is goingthrough pilot runs in manufacturing. If the development testing is successful, full customerlaunch is planned in late 2009. The Model 2000 is forecasted to result in significant financialbenefits to XYZ, Inc. Since the Model 2000 is

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

importantthing to consider when planning a course like this is to spend as much time as possible exploringall the capabilities of the tools. The available tools guided the selection of course activities to alarge extent. In addition, our university has a well developed instructional technology centerwhich was able to provide prompt technical assistance and advice whenever needed. Attemptingsuch a course would be very difficult without this infrastructure.ConclusionsTeaching this course was a very enlightening and rewarding experience. Any online course willhave to work to provide sufficient interaction between the students and the instructor. Additionalclass time may be necessary, beyond what this course had, in order for students to perceive that

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Oranuj Janrathitikarn, Pennnsylvania State University; Lyle Long, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

endeavors involve teams scattered across continents, workingtoward a common purpose. Corporations are recognizing that synergized, distributed expertisecan bring both needed engineering and cultural knowledge to a project”2. These objectives areachieved using a variety of active learning methods, including lecture, demonstration, problemsolving, collaborative work, formal team work, and peer learning. The assessment plan providedfor formative assessment via oral and written reports and tests; and summative assessment withthe completion of software system for the final grade. Surveys and focus groups were conductedto obtain feedback from the students on their perception of the learning experience.Course DescriptionIntroduction to Software

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

upcoming2007-08 2 41 Science/Engineering freshmen) College of Computer, Mathematics & Physical Sciences08/08/08 1 30 pre-freshman Workshop07/16/01 College Bound Program 1 122002-07 ESTEEM Program 3 332008-09 Gear Up Camp Step – Career planning 2 4410/29/09 Home-Schooled Students 1 112/14/04 International Baccalaureate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

3.00reactive powers in AC circuits5. Determine time constants and analyze transient response 2.88 3.51 2.34 3.32of RL and RC circuits.6. State the resonance conditions of an RLC circuit and 2.64 2.80 2.63 2.80calculate resonant frequency7. State the basic operation of diodes, transistors, power 2.08 2.00 3.19 2.96supplies, and amplifiers8. Apply the concepts of Wheatstone bridge and transducers NA 3.15 NA 2.759. Learn to function effectively in laboratory groups 3.24 3.00 2.5 3.2010. Plan and conduct experiments in a disciplinary manner, 3.56 3.23

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

to struggle with the program, although progress is still possible inthe on-campus version used in 2009. The on-campus version appears to be very helpful inkeeping students with math ACT scores of 25 and 26 focused on the program, thereby increasingtheir likelihood of success.This project is to be continued over at least the next few years and additional data will begathered on factors impacting the success of the students. The data presented here provided abasis for developing and modifying the program, and future modifications will continue to bemade as the program develops. For example, one planned modification for the 2010 program isto use student mentors, who will be employed to not only help with the engineering projectsportion of the

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting; Joseph Hartman, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

phase is increasingly more expensive, and each is dependent on the success of the Page 15.607.3previous phase.As summarized in Figure 1, the testing and approval process is expected to take ten years. If allgoes according to plan, the drug would have 10 years of exclusive marketing rights, beginningwith FDA approval. In Phase I testing, the drug would be given to 20 – 80 healthy people todetermine human safety. The testing is expected to cost $8 million (in year 2) and take two yearsto complete, with an estimated 70% chance of success. In Phase II testing, the drug would begiven to 100 – 300 people to determine the efficacy for treating