Conference Session

ETAC/ABET RELATED OUTCOME BASED ISSUES

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University in Erie, the Behrend College

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Engineering Technology

process, butoftentimes engineering technology students have few opportunities to develop their skills in thisarea as they matriculate through their chosen degree program. Many programs require only oneor two writing courses outside of the major. In addition, courses that require communication inthe form of laboratory reports often provide minimal feedback regarding appropriate writingstyle, the effective support of results with analysis, and maintaining efficiency in writing.In this paper, a new approach is presented that unburdens some of the responsibility from theinstructor to peer tutors outside of the engineering technology major who are skilled writers.Although this effort has been ongoing, with engineering technology students required to

Conference Session

ETAC/ABET RELATED OUTCOME BASED ISSUES

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel K. Jones P.E., SUNYIT; Mohammed Abdallah, SUNYIT

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Engineering Technology

mid-semester and final oralpresentations provided additional insight. However, the peer-assessments were student biased,and so instructor’s evaluation involved some speculation. An additional teamwork assessment isrecommended in other classes. Also, a single final report was submitted by each group, and so itwas not possible to assess the individual performance for written communication. A more validapproach would be to assess writing skills for individual laboratory reports from other classesduring the senior year. The new rubrics would be much more effective if used in a variety ofcourses.ConclusionA pilot study has been conducted for three new rubrics to assess communication and teamworkskills. Results have been summarized and evaluated

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R Conty, Editor On Behalf of You

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Engineering Technology

increase their odds of success by offering ”pre-signing” development – for which no fee is charged to the author, as publisher pays the fee. For Momentum Press, I recruit academic Collection Editors in Mfg. Processes, Mechanical, Industrial, Instrumentation, Design & Graphics Engineering; then collaborate with these CE’s to develop their Collections by seeking academic author ”experts” to write short (150- page) applied focused titles within larger subject areas – Collections overall are for engineering libraries; individual titles in both digital & paperback formats are for advanced Engr. & Engr. Tech student purchase (via adoption or single copy) for research & course study. Have set foot on over 1200

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Heidar Malki, University of Houston (CoT); Gangbing Song, University of Houston (CoE)

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Engineering Technology

23.184.2Many of these students came from historically black or minority serving universities andcolleges. Figure 1 shows the REU cohorts and their faculty advisors for 2008-2010.Methods and Activities Besides their researchprojects, the fellows participatedin activities to improve theirresearch skills throughout the 10week experience. Once the fellows reported tocampus at the beginning of thesummer, they attended a half-dayorientation during which timethey were introduced to eachother, their faculty advisor, andpresented with generalinformation about the hostingdepartment and university. Theywere mandated to attend theresearch methodology seminarsdesigned for undergraduateresearch students at theuniversity, covering topicsincluding writing a

Conference Session

Implementing Active Learning in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W Martin, Northern Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

. This was done bygenerating information to present to their peers on the new topic being covered. They passivelyreceived information in a 10 minute mini-lecture put on by one of their fellow students. Thestudents worked cooperativley in class on homework problems that the class struggled with.They also worked collabortively in class on example problems presented by the instructor, andthey worked on their own again, outside of class, to do the homework problems. Details of theimplementation of these approaches is discussed in the next section.Class FormatThis method was implemented in the MET420 Fluid Mechanics class, which is a 3 credit classwith no lab component associated with it. The class was scheduled to meet twice a week for 1hour and 15

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Seth William Adams

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Engineering Technology

participating in undergraduate research, in the middle of the secondsemester the team led by the faculty prepares the paper to be further submitted in one of theengineering journals or conference proceedings. In the author's opinion, this experience shouldbecome an integral part of any capstone project since it derives an additional benefits previouslynot included in the capstone environment. First, this requirement makes the students to fill themproud to be engaged in undergraduate research, which in-turn derives more responsibility andteamwork. Second, it provides the students with the opportunity to learn different styles oftechnical writing following required formats associated with various journals and conferenceproceedings. The last but not the

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L Miller, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

problem with regard to scholarship was the fear of failure. Many of the faculty feltthat they had nothing to offer or that they were not capable of writing and presenting atconferences. This was resolved by asking for assistance reviewing a few ASEE papers. Theperson asked to help was a peer leader and if this person bought in, then the mentor model couldbe utilized. After reviewing the papers, the response was, "I could do this." And, that is exactlywhat happened. Papers were written, accepted and published: individually and in small groups.After confidence was gained, more efforts were made and others were included. When newfaculty were hired one or two of the tenured faculty were assigned to assist new faculty withtheir start and before long

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

professional career”, using a scale of: Very Important = 5 Somewhat important = 4 Average importance = 3 Below average importance = 2 Page 23.462.6 Not at all important = 1Instrument #3, a self-assessment essay used the following wording (from Davis14). Qualitativeanalysis was done on the essays, as described later. Pre-course essay: Please write a short essay (a minimum of 2 paragraphs long, with each paragraph with a minimum of 6 sentences) describing how your previous work experience and program coursework has prepared you to undertake your Senior Capstone project.Instrument #4 was a peer

Conference Session

Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Technology

course sequence was organized following the ABET guideline forcapstone and/or senior project design courses. The senior design class is organized in a verystructured form.1. Teams: All students have to work in teams of three or four. We consider this to be theoptimum team size. A team of two may result in distress in cases where one of the students wasnot able to do his or her share of the work, while for teams larger than four may have difficultiesto choose projects which were challenging enough for such a big group of students and stillcould be finished within three-quarter time frame.2. Self and Peer Review: A very simple self and peer review system has been introduced. Thestudents must evaluate their own and their team members' performance

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University Calumet ; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Joy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Engineering Technology

South Dakota State University (SDSU); both degrees are in Agricultural Engineering. He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. Dr. Latif has authored/co-authored numerous refereed journal articles and peer reviewed conference proceedings articles and has made national and interna- tional conference presentations. His publication record includes articles related to academic program development and assessment of academic programs. Dr. Latif was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Technology.Dr. Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Mohammad A. Zahraee became Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies at School of Technology in 2010. He holds

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #7448Course-Related Undergraduate Projects for DynamicsDr. B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. SRIDHARA Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods

Conference Session

Student Enrollment, Attendance, Retention, and Graduation in Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin B. Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University; Craig A Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University; Florian Misoc P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Simin Nasseri, Southern Polytechnic State University; Adimathara P. Preethy, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott J. Tippens, Southern Polytechnic State University; Randall A. Emert, Southern Polytechnic State University; Ali Khazaei, MET Department at SPSU

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Engineering Technology

worked as a senior research associate. She has published eighteen pa- pers, mainly in peer-reviewed journals (such as J. of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics), and her research areas include Rheology & viscoelasticity, polymer processing (experimental analysis and constitutive modeling), biomechanical engineering, CFD, and micromachinery. She has work experience related to manufacturing and design and currently teaches a variety of undergraduate courses in her field such as engineering mechanics and manufacturing courses.Dr. Adimathara P. Preethy, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityProf. Scott J. Tippens, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityProf. Randall A. Emert, Southern Polytechnic State University Eight plus years

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

. Creative thinking involves creating andgenerating something new. It also involves the skills of brainstorming, modification, attributelisting, and originality. The purpose of creative thinking is to stimulate curiosity among studentsand promote operation and process simplification. Bloom's Taxonomy provides a usefulstructure in which to categorize OLP learning objects when assessing student learning outcomes.Asking students to think at higher levels is an excellent way to stimulate student's thoughtprocesses. In OLP learning process, the purpose of writing Bloom's questions is to apply Bloom'stheory of developing higher levels of thought processes to OLP classroom. Asking high levelquestions of your shared inquiry groups is one way of making