AC 2011-1584: TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BEHAVIORS IN A FIRSTYEAR ENGINEERING CLASSROOMSarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University Sarah Grigg is a Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University with a human factors emphasis. Her research interests are in process improvement and error mitigation.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa C. Benson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Benson teaches first year engineering, undergraduate research methods, and graduate engineering education courses. Her research interests include student-centered active learning in undergraduate engineering
AC 2011-1308: SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY: INTEGRATING ONLINEIDENTITY MANAGEMENT INTO ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYEDUCATIONMihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University Dr. Vorvoreanu is an assistant professor in Computer Graphics Technology and Organizational Leader- ship & Supervision at Purdue University. She studies the socio-cultural impact of new communication technologies. Before joining Purdue, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Clemson University, SC, and the Department of Communication at the University of Dayton, Ohio. While at Clemson and UD respectively, Dr. Vorvoreanu taught various public relations and com- munication courses, and did academic research in the area of
technology & society core curriculum classes specifically for incoming freshman with a STEM background. Mr. Perez has six years of professional experience working as an Electrical and Computer Engineer providing technical support to faculty and students utilizing Undergraduate learning center (UGLC) classrooms and auditoriums. Mr. Perez is committed to the highest level of service to provide an exceptional experience to all of the UGLC Instructors and students. Mr. Perez enjoys working on the professional development of the students’ employees at the UGLC. He shares with his student employees his practical experience in using electrical engineering concepts and computer technologies to help in everyday real-world
AC 2011-120: USING THE PROCESSING PROGRAMMING ENVIRON-MENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRyan J Meuth, University of Advancing Technology I graduated from UMR with a B.S. of Computer Engineering in 2005, after which I stayed at UMR (Now Missouri University of Science and Technology) to pursue and complete a Master’s and PhD in computer engineering. I worked for Dr. Donald C. Wunsch at the Applied Computational Intelligence Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. There I worked on the Learning Applied to Ground Robotics project, developing a ground vehicle that can not only navigate unknown terrain, but be able to learn from experience with the world. During the summers since 2006 I worked at
AC 2011-2478: EDUCATIONAL USE OF VIRTUAL WORLDS FOR ENGI-NEERING STUDENTSTumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology Serdar Tmkor is affiliated as a research scientist and adj. professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He had been a full-time faculty member of Mechanical Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University since 1996. Dr. Tmkor received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1994. His teaching interests are Machine Design, En- gineering Design, and Engineering Graphics. His current research interests include Design of MEMS devices with polymeric nano-composites, computer integrated design, process planning and manufactur
Classroom: A Win-Win-Win Strategy for Teaching with TechnologyAbstractAs costs of higher education soar and many universities face uncertain funding models,institutional pressures have increased to improve instructor efficiency. At the same time, U.S.industry leaders and leading educators have called for improvements in engineering educationbased on more interactive, hands-on student learning experiences. Although many efforts havebeen made to take advantage of technology to either improve student learning or to maintainstudent learning while increasing instructor efficiency, few approaches have been shown toimprove both learning and efficiency. A teaching method is proposed to improve studentlearning and increase student satisfaction
AC 2011-964: USING TABLET PCS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIESTO REVEAL UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT THINK-INGJUDITH V. GUTIERREZ CUBA, UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMRICAS PUEBLA Science, Engineering and Technology Education Ph.D. Student at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico.Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas PueblaEnrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Enrique Palou is Director, Center for Science, Engineering, and Technology Education; and Professor, Department of Chemical, Food, and Environmental Engineering at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. He teaches engineering design, food science, and education related courses. His research interests include emerging technologies for
cognition.Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech Shreya Kothaneth is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vir- ginia Tech. She is also the lead of the College of Engineering’s Instructional Technology Team. Her research interests include diffusion of technology, usability, and cultural ergonomics.Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Dr. Catherine Amelink is currently serving as the Research Coordi- nator for the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning at Virginia Tech and Assessment Coordinator for the College of Engineering in the Office of the Associate Dean for International Programs and Infor- mation Technology. Previously she worked on assessment
California Page 22.233.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessing Collaborative Undergraduate Student Wikis and SVN with Technology-based Instrumentation: Relating Participation Patterns to Learning 1. Case Study Objective and Collaborative Context Local industry representatives consistently point to the lack of large-project and team- based experience as a weakness in newly hired computer science graduates. To better prepare students for
holds a B.S. from the US Naval Academy, a M.S. in Forensic Science from National University, a M.S. in Computer Information Systems from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Science from Walden University. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Page 22.1666.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Virtual world technologies provide platform for interaction between on-campus and online students: A case studyAbstractThere has been a great deal of attention paid to efforts by educators to integrate
AC 2011-661: FACULTY USAGE OF CLOUD COMPUTING: THE CAPA-BILITIES AND RISKSWalter W Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering Walter Schilling is an assistant professor in the Software Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, WI. He received his BSEE from Ohio Northern University and his MSES and PhD from the University of Toledo. He worked in the automotive industry as an embedded software engineer for several years prior to returning for doctoral work. He has spent time at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH and consulted for multiple embedded systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one US Patent, Schilling has numerous publications in refereed international
AC 2011-2437: A GAME-BASED LABORATORY FOR GEAR DESIGNYizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of TechnologyEl-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. El-Sayed Aziz holds a faculty position as assistant professor in the Production Engineering and Mechanical Design Department at Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. Currently, he is working as research scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt, in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2003. His research interests include knowledge-based engineering systems, computer-integrated design and
AC 2011-1618: AUDIO-VISUAL LAB TUTORIALS TO DEVELOP INDE-PENDENT LEARNERSDeborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM
AC 2011-1293: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: VIRTUAL RESEARCH EXPERI-ENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY (VREUN)Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Frank Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co- Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate Program (www.stevens.edu/nano) at Stevens Institute of Tech- nology (Hoboken, NJ). Dr. Fisher earned BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathemat- ics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995, Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Learning Sciences (School of Education and Social Policy) from Northwestern University in 1998 and 2000, re- spectively, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern
AC 2011-940: PROMOTING FACULTY ADOPTION OF TABLET PCS INUPPER LEVEL ENGINEERING COURSESJames E. Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include paral- lel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Page 22.1196.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
AC 2011-1047: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: COLLABORATIVE AND REFLEC-TIVE LEARNING IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMSNeelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University Dr. Soundarajan is a faculty member in the Computer Sc. & Eng. Dept. at Ohio State. His interests include topics in Software Engineering and Engineering Education. Page 22.1700.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Work-in-Progress: Collaborative and Reflective Learning in Engineering ProgramsAbstractThe importance of well developed team-working skills as well as reflective or metacognitive skillsamong engineering
technical background is easy. No prerequisitesare required. The topic is totally self contained, and students typically are already interestedbecause of the glamour associated with the word “digital” these days. However, digital circuitscan be enormously complex and tricky. The goal of an introductory class must be to inspireinterest in students without giving too much information at once. Students must be dazzled, butnot intimidated. Page 22.1394.4Engineers are always tempted to employ the latest gizmo or most recent technology in theirdesigns. Generally speaking, engineering applications in industry benefit from that approach.Designs using the
AC 2011-1346: THE POTENTIAL OF BIM TO FACILITATE COLLABO-RATIVE AEC EDUCATIONJennifer Anne Macdonald, University of Technology SydneyJulie E. Mills, University of South Australia Julie Mills is Professor and Program Director in Civil Engineering at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia. Prior to commencing at the University in 1996, she worked for fifteen years as a structural engineer in private industry on industrial, commercial and residential projects. She has a BE (Hons) from Adelaide University and a PhD from Curtin University in the area of structural engineering education. Her primary research interests are in cold-formed steel structures, engineering education and women in engineering
AC 2011-702: INTEGRATING GALLERY WALKS AND WIKIS IN A SYN-ERGIC INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OFSTUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONSJohn Patrick Hogan, Missouri S&T Dr. John P. Hogan is an associate professor of Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. and MS degrees in Geology in 1990 and 1984 from Virginia Tech. He also holds a BS in Geology from the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include igneous petrology, structural geology, and tectonics. He has active projects in Maine, Oklahoma, Missouri, Egypt and southern Africa. He is also interested in enhancing student learning through integration
AC 2011-443: ADOPTION OF THE TABLET PC BY THE ENGINEERINGEDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT VIRGINIA TECHShreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech Shreya Kothaneth is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vir- ginia Tech. She is also the lead of the College of Engineering’s Instructional Technology Team. Her research interests include diffusion of technology, usability, and cultural ergonomics.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia TechDr. Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech Dr. Glenda R. Scales serves as both Associate Dean for International Programs and Information Tech- nology and Director of the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP) in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. As
. Page 22.1703.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Work in Progress: Distance teaching of Thermodynamics with Adobe Connect and Dedicated Engineering Software.Abstract.A considerable number of schools nationwide are currently offering undergraduate engineeringand engineering technology programs via distance-learning. Unlike other “narrative” academicprograms, however, engineering programs still present pedagogical challenges in distanceeducation especially in subjects that require mathematical derivation, sample problem-solution,property evaluation and laboratory practice. Several technologies are currently available fordistance education, such as: TV broadcasting, web-based
Computers in Education Journal published a selected survey of novelapproaches to robotics education for high school and engineering undergraduate levels whichindicated that currently in the U.S.A. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is probably the onlyuniversity that currently offers a stand-alone B.S. degree in Robotics Engineering 1, while otheruniversities such as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology adopted the approach of amultidisciplinary robotics minor for students majoring in Computer Science, Electrical,Computer, Mechanical or Software Engineering 2. With the recent approval by the UniversitySystem of Georgia Board of Regents for new B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering andElectrical and Electronics Engineering to come on line in Fall 2013
University of Kansas. Advisor: Fred Galvin. Current Employment: Professor, Department of Mathematics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725Francisco Castellon, Boise State UniversityMr. Michael G Wiedenfeld, Kuna High School Michael Wiedenfeld has taught science at Kuna High School in Kuna Idaho for 20+ years. Michael currently teaches Chemistry and Introductory Research/Pre-Engineering. Michael earned his masters degree in Educational Technology from Boise State University in 2002 and his undergraduate degree in secondary education (Emphasis-Physics) from the University of Idaho in 1989. Michael has served on the Idaho Science Teachers Association board for 9 years including as president in 2005. Michael currently
Page 22.1513.2cloud computing resource. This application cloud provides users with remote access to softwareapplications and facilitates shared use of the applications. The ultimate goal with this computingsystem is to develop virtual learning communities among a wide demographic (K-20) andgeographic range of audiences. With this cloud technology, students have access to the learningresources we have developed not only from our computer labs but also from anywhere throughthe Internet (Figure 1). We, a multidisciplinary team of three faculty members and three graduatestudents from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Instructional andPerformance Technology, developed a series of MATLAB-based simulations and
AC 2011-1487: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUILDAND GROW AN ENGINEERING COMMUNITY ON A SMALL CAMPUSJames Riddell, Baker College, Flint James A. Riddell is Dean of Engineering and Technology at Baker College of Flint. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, SME (past chair) and SAE (past chair.)Anca L. Sala, Baker College Anca L. Sala, Associate Professor, is Chair of the Engineering Department at Baker College. Dr. Sala coordinates several engineering and technology programs, teaches and develops engineering curriculum, and leads the ABET accreditation activities in the department. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA.Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint
improve teaching and student learning. She is currently working with several engineering faculty assessing the impact of in-class use of technology on teaching and student learning. Dianne has also worked as an education consultant for a number of organizations conducting program evaluations and is currently serving as external evaluator on several grants. Her research interests focus on faculty development, action research, the role of technology in teaching and learning, and assessment in higher education. Page 22.366.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Computing
AC 2011-911: WORK IN PROGRESS: INCORPORATING PERVASIVECOMPUTING CONCEPTS INTO AN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE JOBTASK CARD SYSTEMTimothy D. Ropp, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN Tim Ropp is Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering technology at Purdue University. His re- search area is in operational safety risk management and NextGen technology innovations in aircraft main- tenance. He has over 18 years experience in front line operations management and educational program development in risk-sensitive industries including aviation, emergency medical services, pharmaceutical and U.S. Navy and defense contractor operations. He is an FAA certificated aircraft mechanic with Air- frame and Powerplant ratings, and a
provides the framework. They recognized that certain innateintellectual capabilities are essential for problem solving, which include the general cognitiveabilities necessary for learning and applying declarative and procedural knowledge. The technicalskills refer to the abilities to manipulate and use a particular computing tool (i.e., Excel/VBA inthis context). The last of the triangle needed to utilize computing in engineering problem solvingis two types of specific knowledge. Conceptual knowledge is higher-level knowledge (i.e.,understanding at a more abstract level) of computing technologies and their limitations andstrengths. The application domain knowledge necessary is dependent upon the engineeringdiscipline where the problem resides. The
AC 2011-1155: WORK IN PROGRESS: VIRTUAL OUTREACH - FACILI-TATING THE TRANSITION TO UNIVERSITY STUDYChris Smaill, University of Auckland Dr Chris Smaill holds a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and degrees in physics, mathematics and philosophy from the University of Auckland. For 27 years he taught physics and mathematics at high school level, most recently as Head of Physics at Rangitoto Col- lege, New Zealand’s largest secondary school. This period also saw him setting and marking national examinations, and training high-school teachers. He has a successful, established and ongoing publica- tion record where high-school physics texts are concerned, covering more than
AC 2011-1653: DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A 3D CONSTRUCTIONMOBILE GAME FOR THE IPHONE/IPOD TOUCH PLATFORMNORENA MARTIN-DORTA, University of La Laguna Norena Martin-Dorta is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Graphics and CAD at La Laguna University (ULL). She earned a degree in Architectural Technology in 1998 from ULL, an MS degree in Library Science and Documentation in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering in 2009 from UPV. She joined La Laguna University in 2001 and her research interests include development of spatial abilities using multimedia technologies and sketch-based modeling. Address: Av. ngel Guimer s/n, Escuela de Ingeniera de la Edificacin, Dpt. de Expresin Grfica en Arquitectura e Ingeniera