Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the cost of professional-level high-speed video equipment typicallybeing greater than $10,000, the low cost approach outlined here may be the only option forcapturing moderately high-speed events for illustration purposes for many instructors inengineering classes. Future work is planned using this basic approach for illustrating concepts invarious courses, with improvements implemented based on lessons learned to date.Some lessons learned are: - A loss of resolution and reduced viewable area for higher frame rates must be considered for any specific application. - Particular attention to lighting and background contrast is important for most videos, but these issues are very important when using a camera such as the one

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W Ellis, Smith College; Yanning Yu, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

:“Participants set forth their ideas and negotiate a fit between personal ideas and ideas of others,using contrasts to spark and sustain knowledge advancement rather than depending on others tochart that course for them. They deal with problems of goals, motivation, evaluation, and long-range planning that are normally left to teachers or managers.” We found that although such adescription clearly indicates a reduced and different type of role for the instructor, there were stillnumerous opportunities for the instructor to scaffold, share, redirect, and otherwise influencestudent collaborative discourse.KB TalkWith the problem of understanding formulated and initial theories developed, students began aten-week period of knowledge building that took

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darshita N. Shah, Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT; Jennifer E French, Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT; Janet Rankin, The Teaching & Learning Lab - MIT; Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, all of the important aspects of a pivotal concept cannot bepresented in a 15-minute video. The multidisciplinary theme provided a framework for which Page 23.1347.7  specific facets of the pivotal concept would be presented. The theme also helped in the selectionof relevant examples for the video.Finally, the organization of the video content was detailed in the outline. Before the script for thevideo narration was drafted or any visuals were planned, the outline served as a check to ensurethat a cohesive story was being presented. At this point, sections were added, deleted, orrearranged so that the content was properly scaffolded for the

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

intend to be a doctorchange their mind or are not able to get into a medical school. In these cases, an engineeringdegree is a good backup plan. If students are thinking about becoming a lawyer, we inform themthat again engineering is an excellent undergraduate degree for law school. We also point outthat an engineering degree is required for patent law, which is a very good paying career. Wealso caution the students about doing any major that has a “pre” in front of it, such as pre-law,pre-medicine, or pre-business, since if they change their mind or are unable to get into medicalschool, a “pre” degree does not have a lot of value in the marketplace and emphasizes that thestudent was not able to carry through with their intent. We also tell the

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bowa George Tucker, UMass Lowell; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

doing a micro factory layout and a business plan for them to start producing some of the products that we’ve worked with them on for income generation and skills development and technical training"Another participant states: “We work with some villages in Ghana and we are working with them right now to start a business, smokeless cooking fuels. They take biomass corn or something else and they create ethanol and then from the ethanol they gel the ethanol into a thick jelly and they use that to cook.”The faculty motivation for learning through service was not only to motivate students to acquiredisciplinary content knowledge, but also determining how and where to extend such knowledgeto solve problems in

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

onlinesimulations for nanotechnology. The project partner served as the client and set the criteria bywhich the project solutions could be judged for success. The nanotechnology project requiredstudent teams to create an interactive learning module relating nanotechnology to grades 11 or 12science and mathematics topic as listed in the state standards. To achieve this goal, students wereasked to plan and create a fully developed graphical-user interface (GUI) utilizing MATLAB.10The students were given access to the project partner’s online environment so they could furtherunderstand the client for the project (nanoHUB.org). The ultimate project goal was to upload thedeveloped educational tool to nanoHUB’s site and make it available for high school students

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chehra Aboukinane; Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA-ARS; Ann L. Kenimer, Texas A&M University; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

, distance education, learner-centered instructional design, delivery strategies, technological change, and international agriculture development and education.James Linder, Texas A&M University Dr. James Lindner is a professor at Texas A&M University, He earned his bachelor’s and M.B.A. from Auburn University and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. His research focuses on planning and needs assessment, distance education, international development, and research measurement and analysis. Page 23.613.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Fostering Creativity in

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Joshua M Frey, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Caucasian males are the majority in the engineering major, but I did not think that we had to try to push others to become engineers to diversify the major. As you can see, I am very skeptical.” “I'm not one for forcing under represented groups to do things strictly for the sake of some statistics. So I don't plan on trying to get more females to be engineers and things like that. I would much rather go somewhere and talk to the kids who want to be engineers whether they be male or female, black or white, whatever. It's not my job to balance that out, nor do I have the power to do it. But what I can do is help the people who really want it. I can show them what I did and how I did. If I one day own my own company I can

Conference Session

Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Marcus Shaffer, Penn State Architecture; Elisha Clark Halpin, Penn State University, School of Theatre, Dance Program; Amy Dupain Vashaw, Center for the Performing Arts @ Penn State; Dorothy H. Evensen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

prototype for an entrepreneur as part of their capstone project may partner with ateam of business students who develop a business plan for the same sponsor, or engineeringstudents might work with a team of students in Information Science and Technology (IST) tocreate use cases and develop specifications for a new product data management system for anindustry sponsor. While this is by no means unique the Learning Factory, it has enabled theengineering capstone teams to work with students in six other colleges over the past five years:Arts & Architecture, Business, Communications, Earth & Mineral Sciences, Health & HumanDevelopment, and/or IST. To date, most of these cross-college partnerships entail only twocolleges (and usually

Conference Session

INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

International

processInstitute How to integrate biomimicry into design and bring nature’s genius to the design table How to work in interdisciplinary teams How to integrate biomimicry into an engineer’s process How to communicate biomimicry with engineers and business people How biologists gather and research information and how that information can inform other disciplines What considerations go into a successful business plan What are the fundamentals of business design and decision-making Understanding intellectual property issues Applying biomimicry methodology

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeLean A Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Mathematics and Family EngineeringMathematics and engineering situated within family’s decision making and activities allow forthe development of unique mathematical skills for the child. Families serve as effective learningsettings for students. Goldman and Booker posit that “parents are the primary, most committedand effective educators of their children”22. It is in this environment students may gain initialexposure to mathematics, engineering and problems solving in out-of-school settings throughbudgeting, grocery shopping, and family cell phone plan shopping22. Problem solving andtrouble-shooting that is situated in the family setting provides mathematically relevant problemsthat that each member can connect with22. Depending on the structure of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Shealy, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

planning the transfer process, withthe resulting smoother transitions. Our future qualitative analysis will allow us to explore this Page 23.39.12relationship in more depth.Finally, the students in our sample show moderate evidence of GPA shock. Fifty percent of thosesurveyed experienced a decline in their GPA using our broad measurement categories. However,many of the students in the sample remained in the same GPA bracket, demonstrating at leastthat their academic transition, as measured by GPA, was somewhat smooth. Additionally, only6% reported transfer ecstasy, or an increase in GPA from the sending institution to the receivinginstitution

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Hatten, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

efficient day productive and everything; and the – the other side says that, you know, after the first hour I’ll probab – I’ll there’s a chance that I’ll get an email that will make me upset or there will be other tasks to do, within – with my, umm, planned day that will bother me ‘cause I’ll have leave what I'm doing and, umm, it’s – it’s a – it’s a change in the mood, or change in the tasks, or change in the people I see, or I dunno’ things – things that – that change from one to another throughout the day.” [Kyra] The picture of the black and white face which Kyra supplied is not literal, butmetaphorical. The photo allows her to speak of her disposition, in that she starts her days

Conference Session

K-12 Robotics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Fatih Ugurdag, Ozyegin University; Alpaslan Sahin, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

passes the challenge, then it is shared with the other groups what they have done and which method they have used to do so. I think I have a good relation with my partner and the organization team members. I worked with my partner over night to solve the challenges as friends. Meantime, the atmosphere at the camp was warm enough to develop friendship with other participants and even with undergraduate students. Elif: I did not see such competition either. Instead, we developed friendship although we came from different school at different locations across the country. We talked about ourselves, our schools and our future plans after high school.Robotics activities as a means to nurture student interest in

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado Boulder

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Graduate Studies, Student

research. In a subsequent reflective question response, she describesthe working environment she creates with Annie: I’d like to keep the experience positive and manageable but sometimes I feel like I have trouble determining the right balance…when we have a short meeting things don’t go quite as planned I get concerned that the student is having a discouraging research experience…I try to welcome and explain all my student’s questions.Mia’s consideration for Annie is clear in the importance she places on keeping her experiencebalanced and not too boring or too complex. The focus is on Annie’s interest in the research, noton the research itself. Mia continues: She [Annie] has been doing good work and I feel like

Conference Session

CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Chirag Patel; David Joseph Tortoriello; Justin Baldacci, ASME Northeastern chapter; Jeffrey Speroni

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

, because we learned from students who have been on co-op and done SolidWorksdrawings for companies before. Their experience shone through and made everything wedid feel relevant and important. Especially the work with drawings and designing formanufacturability.”These comments are important in the sense they will help drive future upper-classmembers of ASME to continue the service to their fellow students providing themadditional access and training to a valuable engineering tool. In addition to and possiblemore importantly, they are providing first-hand knowledge of what to expect on their firstco-op.In the future, the undergraduate teaching assistants plan to refine and modify the modulesbases on the comments received from the assessment. Issues

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziyu Long, Purdue University; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robyn F Wilson, Purdue University; Jennifer C Batra, Purdue University ; Lindsey B. Anderson, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

developmentalnetwork ties, mentor and mentee are linked by several types of ties (e.g., friendship, collaborator,and service on the same committees). These multiplex ties between mentor and mentee can bebeneficial as multiple relationships strengthen the mentor-mentee bond and provide differentvenues for episodic mentoring to emerge naturally. For instance, faculty may engage in multiplementoring episodes through co-teaching courses, working on departmental policies, and sharingcourse plans and grant applications. Furthermore, encouragement of multiplex ties is beneficialfor faculty whose areas of expertise are not redundant with those of their other departmentalmembers. In this regard, our women engineering faculty participants discussed how theirmentoring

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

). Afterengineering analysis and computation for the models against the baseline, we recommend ModelB as the best automated alternative as it has the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of Model Awith added quality assurance features.INTRODUCTIONIn preparation for the Las Vegas Automation Tradeshow, Maverick Robotics Corporation(MRC) plans to showcase a small-scale turn-key solution, high-speed, synchronous,manufacturing module (THSMM). Management has given manufacturing the task of designing aTHSMM production line that automatically assembles LEGO miniature sports cars (model#9480). The objective is to design the line to efficiently and economically manufacture onemillion (1M) LEGO sports cars, replacing a factory worker who works a 40-hour week and ispaid

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

when they have completed one or both of the surveys,even if they elect to have their data excluded from the study. The initial analysis of the resultshas shown that the two courses have achieved the goals of motivating students’ interest in thefield, supporting learning of the concepts presented in the companion lecture courses, andincreasing students’ self-confidence to design, simulate, construct, and characterize circuits13. Alongitudinal study of the impact of the hands-on laboratory courses is planned.2.3 Mobile StudiosA Mobile Studio is technology-based pedagogy based on inexpensive hardware/software which,when connected to a PC (via USB), provides functionality similar to that of electronic laboratory

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R Minerick, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

choosewhich topic was most interesting and join the team. Timing was such that the first item (theAgreement of Cooperation19) was due at the end of the first week of class so that the teams werestarted quickly with a clear, immediately milestone. Feedback was given on these agreements sothat students had all discussed how to deal with conflict, differing work ethic, and how to bestrespect each other’s ideas. The schedule and plan of progress reports were outlined in thesyllabus on the first day of class for the students. The progress reports were: • Team’s Agreement of Cooperation: Outline goals and guidelines of group participation. • Progress Report 1: Introductory description of proposed, novel analytical

Conference Session

Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Georgas, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

.” Another studentrecommended using a medium other than sticky notes for information exchange and stated,“perhaps find a better method than sticky notes, throw balls with numbers?” We plan to re-visitthe design of our game and our choice of materials in light of these suggestions, though movingaway from sticky nodes—a medium that is useful for quickly generating representations ofcustom messages—would reduce the game’s expressiveness. The second trend is that studentswere disappointed at some of the overhead involved in the initial setup of each style-specificgame; one suggested that participants be “given specific instructions ahead of time” and anotherthat we should “decide participants before starting the activity; this would decrease down time

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingyu Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students attempted more credit hours than non-engineering students in general, the former were more sensitive to scholarship credit-hourrequirements. In Georgia, engineering students became more likely to attempt fewer credits inthe first year, while total students were unaffected by the scholarship.While the number of credit hours represents a convenient continuous variable to measure thecurricular progression of students, it is relevant to discuss student progression with respect to the“full load” threshold, since this threshold determines what fraction of students can graduate ontime or early and which are falling behind the stated curriculum plan. Scholarship effects onfirst-year full load attempted by residents similarly varied based on

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

also use ALEKS as a self-pacedlearning method to help students improve their knowledge and scores so as to qualify for higherlevel courses20. The ALEKS online learning environment supports students in courses from pre-calculus through calculus II, either for homework and self-testing, or to self-remediate baselineconcepts that enable better understanding of more advanced topics 28,27,26,23.The use of ALEKSshows positive correlations to success in calculus I22. Benefits to using the system include easywebsite access, individualized learning plans, visual feedback of one’s mastery level of topicareas, and the ability to work at one’s own pace 23,29.Math Assessment and Preparation at University of Colorado BoulderThe Applied Math program is

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

often,"Elevator in El Cortez Hotel in San DieIt was the janitor's idea. The famous El Cortez Hotel in San Diego provides an excellent exampleof the advantage of listening intently to employees at every level. The hotel management decidedto install an additional elevator to better serve their guests. Engineers drew up plans cuttingholes through each floor of the hotel. A janitor, who was concerned with this, made the commentthat this would make a great deal of mess. The janitor was told not to worry because the hotelwould be closed to guests during the construction. The janitor suggested, "You could build theelevator on the outside of the hotel." At the time, this architectural concept had never been donebefore, but after investigation by the

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

resultsobtained from point of view of students, offer a positive view on the potential of this pilotscheme to support the autonomous learning and facilitating the understanding of the theoreticalconcepts, from of e-learning. Additional modules, experiments, simulations and significant Page 23.1305.15improvements in the user interfaces, front panels, simulation and lab manuals are planned in thenear future.References1. N.K. Swain, R. Korrapati, J.A. Anderson, J. A, Revitalizing Undergraduate Engineering, Technology,and Science Education through Virtual Instrumentation, NI Week Conference, Austin, TX, 1999.2. G.T. Heydt and V. Vittal, Feeding Our

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Likert scale and analysis are used to determine API as a composite effectof academic performance. For the Likert scale to measure API, an interval scale is used. In thiscase, the data also used numbers to indicate order and relative distance between points on thescale.The project is heavily data driven, from planning and implementation to completion. This paperpresents the results of some of the surveys administered and summarized by an externalevaluator on the final day of class to assess students’ responses to different aspects of theprogram, the following assessments were made:  Weekly Reflection assessments-Student survey to weekly perceptions through the six- week duration of the program. Survey responses from students and faculty

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods