Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

before receiving their diplomas. (8)In some parts of the country, about a third of all high school students fail to graduate (9),and among those who do receive their high school diploma, many find that they are notprepared for the rigors of college academics. Equally alarming, more than a third of first-year college students received or planned on getting remedial help in math during theirfreshman year.(9) And finally, even though males and females take similar math classesand achieve similar scores in the K-12 environment, the participation rate of males inmath is far greater than that of females after high school. (10) In light of these findings, dowe wave the white flag and simply give up? Or do we wave a red flag to rally ourresources to do

Conference Session

Global Perspective and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann E. Jeffers, University of Michigan; Paul A. Beata, University of Michigan; Beverly Ilse Strassmann, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

original design and construction plans, the project wascompleted on schedule and the bridge was opened to the public.3. Research MethodWe asked the students to keep reflective journals over the course of their travel to Bolivia.Writing prompts were provided to elicit responses that would answer the research questionsposed in Section 1. We devised the reflection questions to measure the expected learningoutcomes, and we timed the questions to coincide with major milestones in the constructionschedule, as shown in Table 1. The students were given the following guidance in keeping theirreflective journals: Enclosed are a series of writing prompts to be completed over the course of your trip to Bolivia. There is no specified word limit (maximum or

Conference Session

Gender Perceptions and Girls in K-12 Engineering and Computer Science

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kumar, Michigan Technological University; Linda M. Ott, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

computingand career plans. Amongst the selected students, there were only four that had little or noexposure to programming. Most of the girls had taken a high school computing course and insome cases they had two or three years of computing instruction. Two of the girls had taughtthemselves how to program. The most frequently mentioned language that the students knew wasC++, followed by Java. Other languages mentioned included Basic, Pascal, HTML, Alice,Python and Scratch. Five of the girls indicated plans to go into computer science as a career.Many were trying to decide between computing and other scientific or engineering fields.When asked what led to their interest in computing or programming, most of the students cited ageneral interest in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

A.S.E.T/B.S.E.T Plan of Study (Supply[5]. This issue is further complicated by the fact that food and Chain Source: ISO 22006)foodstuff production and manufacturing is becoming increasingly complex and is requiring moretechnically skilled employees [6]. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Career Guide to Industries, 2008-09Edition, Food Manufacturing, stated: “Fierce competition has led food manufacturing plants to invest in technologically advanced machinery to become more productive. The new machines have been applied to tasks as varied as packaging, inspection, and inventory control, but the processing of animal products remains a labor-intensive activity that is resistant to automation efforts. As a result

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Dale S. Deardorff, Rocky Peak Leadership Center

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

TechnologyEntrepreneurship is increasingly being recognized as an important part of engineering education.However, it is also seen that establishing of a traditional business plan that was taught toengineers, is not considered as “the cutting edge” of doing entrepreneurship. Despite the businessplan being a core element of most engineering entrepreneurship curricula, there are new conceptsin entrepreneurship such as “The Lean Startup” which are being increasingly talked about. Alongthese lines, the faculty in The College of Engineering and Computer Science at California StateUniversity, Northridge are working with industry leaders and professionals to continuouslyimprove the entrepreneurship curriculum being taught to the engineers of today & tomorrow.One of

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Project Assignment, Planning, Deliverables, Evaluation Criteria Team assembly (who) 3 09/10/2013 Overview and purposes of EBT Read Chs 6-7, do worksheet 4 09/17/2013 Discuss team worksheets; meaning and value of People Involvement Read Chs 8-9; do list of purposes 5 09/24/2013 Demonstrate group process of Purposes phase Redo list and hierarchy of Purposes 6 10/01/2013 Review purpose hierarchy and decide step Read Chs 10-11; list Future Solution 7 10/08/2013 Demonstrate group process of Future Solution phase

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #8887Global Competency: Are Engineering Students Ready?Dr. Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology Steven H. Billis, Ph.D, is professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences (SoECS) at New York Institute of Technology. He is also the Director of As- sessment and Planning for the SoECS and in this regard responsible for accreditation and reaccreditation of the School’s programs. he earned his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Instiute of Brooklyn in 1972 in the area of Quantum Electronics. His present area of expertise is digital design.Dr. Nada Marie Anid

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University; Sarah Marie Riordan, Robert Morris University; Stephanie Abbott; Sarah Mukui Mutunga, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to get information to support my opinions. 8. I usually have more than one source of information before making a decision. 9. I plan where to get information on a topic. 10. I plan how to get information on a topic. 11. I put my ideas in order of importance. 12. I back my decisions by the information I have on hand. 13. I listen to the ideas of others even if I disagree with them. 14. I compare ideas when thinking about a topic. 15. I keep my mind open to different ideas when planning to make a decision. 16. I am aware that sometimes there are no right or wrong answers to a question. 17. I develop a checklist to help me think about an issue. 18. I can easily tell

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiong Hu, Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

&McTaggart [20] was utilized to guide implementation of the research presented in this case Page 24.707.7study: 1) [carry] out a plan of action to improve what is already happening, 2) [take] actionto implement the plan, 3) observe the effects of action in the context in which it occurs, and4) reflect on these effects as a basis for further planning, and subsequent action.Research QuestionsOne of the goals of this research project was to investigate the effects of new formativeand summative assessment instruments upon student learning in the PBL-infused course.These instruments were designed and incorporated in the third offering of the

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodney L Custer, Black Hills State University; Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

supported by the National Science Foundation Under Grant No. 1158615In addition to aligning with the cognitive science and teacher professional development research,an engineering concept driven approach to teacher professional development provides a commonbasis for teachers to define and understand engineering. The concepts also provide a point ofcomparison to differentiate engineering from science. And perhaps most importantly,engineering concepts provide entry points for their inclusion into the existing science curriculum.Thus the development of a conceptual foundation has been critical to every aspect of the project,grounding the research and activities, including institute planning, instrumentation development,research design and project

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J Henderson, U.S. Military Academy; Kenneth McDonald P.E., Dept of Systems Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Management at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Associate Director of the Center for Nation Reconstruction and Capacity Development. He has authored and co-authored over 20 technical publications to include book chapters and refereed publications on infrastructure, capacity development geotechnical engineering, engineering management, and value modeling. Dr. McDonald earned his BS degree from the United States Military Academy in Civil Engineering (ABET), a MBA-Information Systems (Oklahoma City University); MS degrees in City and Regional Planning, Geography (Western Kentucky University) and Environmental Engineering (Missouri Univer- sity of Science and Technology); and a PhD in Geological

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

paradigm, to ensure the vitality and currency of engineering education.Active Learning: Definitions and InterpretationsIt is difficult to come to grip with all the cited definitions, meanings, and interpretations of theterm “active learning”, since different contributors in the field have interpreted some termsdifferently. However, by gleaming at the literature, it is possible to arrive at general consensus ofwhat appears to be widely accepted definitions, and to shed light on how common terms areused.Active learning is generally defined as any instructional method that engages students in thelearning process. It is widely accepted that active learning requires students to take part in “pre-planned” learning-related activities, believed to spark

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Randy R. Rapp, Purdue Building Construction Management Dept.

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Technology Master of Science ProgramAbstractPurdue University offers a Master of Science in Construction Management (CM) throughdistance delivery that includes a course only plan of study culminating in a capstone writingproject. Students enter the program after completing traditional engineering, architecture, andconstruction management undergraduate degrees from a diversity of universities around theglobe. Entering students are required to have five or more years of experience working in theconstruction industry. As is common in many engineering or technology graduate programs, thewriting proficiency of entering students is frequently inadequate to meet the demands of graduatelevel scholarly writing. Because much of the scholarly writing that is

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Paula Gangopadhyay, The Henry Ford (museums); James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Wroblewski P.E., University of California, Berkeley; Cornelia Huellstrunk, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Mellon. She worked in industrial technology planning and innovation management for over 20 years.Paula Gangopadhyay, The Henry Ford (museums) Paula Gangopadhyay is the Chief Learning Officer for The Henry Ford which includes the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Benson Ford Research Center, Ford Rouge Factory Tour, IMAX and Henry Ford Academy. She brings more than 19 years of experience in the cultural sector with education, policy and business leaders, to her position. In her current role as one of the core members of The Henry Ford’s senior management team, Gan- gopadhyay is responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, concept, design and development of ’education’ in a broad and comprehensive

Conference Session

Engineering Faculty: Interactions, Influences and Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Caitlyn R. McKinzie, University of Central Florida; Andre J Gesquiere, University of Central Florida; Sudipta Seal, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

are in the areas of increasedconfidence, personal/professional gains, “thinking and working like a scientist,” improvement invarious skills, clarification or confirmation of career and educational plans, enhanced career andgraduate school preparation, and collegial working relationships with faculty mentors.13,14 Whileincreased self-confidence is often cited in studies as a benefit reported by REU students, somegender differences are apparent on particular research skill sets. A study by Kardash15 showedthat male undergraduate research interns rated themselves significantly higher at the end of theREU on their ability to understand contemporary concepts in the field and somewhat higher(marginally significant) on the ability to form research

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuosheng Ma, Southern Polytechnic State University ; Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Kai Qian, Southern Polytechnic State University; Dan Lo, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

to learn course materials through the mobile enabled labware in anywhere they liked.Finally, they were confident and motivated to work on more advanced topics and variousapplications in mobile sensing systems developments.IV. Evaluation plan Page 24.1397.4With regards to evaluation of the leaning approach over the long term, we considered acomprehensive qualitative and quantitative evaluation plan to assess the project developmentsand progresses periodically; and gather evaluation results as on-going feedbacks fromparticipants to improve the project in the future. All evaluation criteria are designed focus on theimplementation progress, the

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. They are also asked to explain theirapproach (involvement) from initiation to completion of projects by being specific and givingexamples of projects from different industry segments. During presentations, the instructorguides them on presentation skills as well.Findings and AnalysisIn order to have an idea about the students’ opinion on the learning experience, a survey which iscomposed of open-ended questions is given at the end of the presentations. The author plans for Page 24.29.4   detailed evaluation with statistical analysis after

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret S. Smith, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer L Cartier, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

focuses on what teachers learn from the professional education experiences in which they engage. Smith’s current research is examining the extent to which beginning teachers learn to plan lessons that build on student’s mathematical thinking and the experiences in which they engage that support that learning.Prof. Jennifer L Cartier, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Cartier joined the Department of Instruction and Learning in the School of Education at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh as a Science Education faculty member in 2001. She has been the Principal Investigator on two longitudinal NSF-funded research projects that investigate how elementary teachers develop the capacity to design and support student engagement in

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

intotheir classroom materials. Bloom’s Taxonomy is used to connect cognitive domain as studentslearn theory, procedure and practice[5]. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy is also used in teachingbusiness plan development, especially in measuring the learning outcomes of business plandevelopment[6]. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy of educational objectives is also used ineducational business games[7].Bloom’s Taxonomy measures the cognitive process dimension andhow cognitive process dimensions are met throughout a learning process through a cognitiveprocess dimension as shown in Table 1. Table 1. The Cognitive Process Dimension[1]In this study Bloom’s Revised taxonomy will be used as a guideline in developing tutorials to beimplemented in the

Conference Session

Summer and Cohort Programs for Minorities: Student Success

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students would need to preparesuch as a dress restriction.Since social activities are optional and planned by the STEP staff as the program progresses,students are not provided with a schedule of these activities in advance: they are notified ofevents haphazardly. Students would stick to the provided schedule and participate in socialactivities for the duration of the five-weeks.MethodsThe impact STEP has on participating students was examined using a qualitative multicase studyof participants from the 2013 cohort. The demographics for the cohort are provided in Table 1below. Table 1: STEP Demographics (2013 Cohort)   CATEGORY NUMBER OF STUDENTS

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Ahmad R. Sarfaraz, California State University, Northridge; Sina Talebian, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

business and technical functions of organizations.It was to meet this demand that university X, introduced an EM program at the undergraduatelevel effective Fall 2009.Undergraduate engineering management majors learn engineering fundamentals, together withthe art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing and controllingactivities in technological environments. The Bachelor of Science in Engineering Managementequips entry-level engineers with knowledge of the business of engineering, making themvaluable to their employers and ensuring future professional growth. For students who enjoypeople and technology, the technical challenges of engineering, and the opportunity to integratehigher-level organizational

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homaira Fayez, Herat Engineering University; M. S. Keshawarz, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

International

Islamic Studies 1 Architectural Design III 4 Architectural Design II 4 CE 310 Concrete I 4 CE 310 Structural Analysis 4 Urban Planning I 3 Mechanical, Electrical Plumb System 4 CE 312 Steel Design 3 Technical Elective 3 Landscape 3 CE 350 Surveying I 3

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Tagged Divisions

International

program at PurdueUniversity and the International Plan at Georgia Tech. Both the GEARE program and theInternational Plan include a full semester of studies abroad as well as preparatory activitiesbefore the exchange period. The GEARE program involves a local internship with minimum10 weeks. Both these programs are recruiting students already enrolled into undergraduateprograms. In a comparison between the KTH initiative and these two international programs,many similarities exist, but the main differences is that the US programs are more focused oninternational experience and a global career, the KTH program has so far been more focusedon language skills and course exchange mainly, and to build on smaller incremental changesof the existing

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vicki V. May, Dartmouth College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

from the program, and how they viewed engineering.Many students reported finding engineering to be much more creative than they expected. Avideo highlighting some of the interviews is available at:http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/summer-workshop/overview.html.Conclusions and Future StepsWe plan to offer two sessions of the Design it! Build it! Summer Engineering Workshop atDartmouth this summer, a residential and a day program. This summer we are targeting womenand minorities by working with the Admissions Office at Dartmouth to advertise to schools andguidance counselors in New England. We plan to improve activities by making them moreinquiry-based and designed to foster creativity and work on correlating enjoyment and learningwith level of

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. 2) Similarly, the course projects allow students to demonstrate a testing and validation plan. This plan must be executed, and performance compared to expectations. The difference between the actual result and the expected result must then be explained and may lead to further redesign. 3) Because of the wide range of capstone projects, some students have limited exposure to identifying customer needs in their capstone projects – particularly projects related to national competitions, or where an industry sponsor already has a complete job specification. Having an ambiguous project description requires all student teams to demonstrate the ability to carefully define the design problem

Conference Session

An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shen Liu, West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

the fact that most of our sophomore students may not have good time managementskills, milestones and dates are created by the instructor. Students are given one week of time tothink about the project, make initial plans and discuss project-related issues and questions withthe instructor. Students are required to give group presentations on their final design plans at theend of week two. Students conduct the experiments and analyze the results in week three. At theend of week four, students present their results of the project. Team technical report is due oneweek after the presentation on the final results.AssessmentThe project grades were based on the group as a whole, but student participation in the project

Conference Session

An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Laier, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

general education courses when they enrollin a four-year institution, but have not satisfied the prerequisites for upper level engineeringcourses. To get “caught up” in the most effective way, advisors often suggest a course load of4-5 STEM courses. However, this proves to be rather difficult for many of these students.The most effective advising occurs when a plan is developed for the student to graduate in theminimum number of semesters. Due to prerequisites and limited course offering eachsemester, this can be a challenging task. Hence each department at USA has identified at leastone advisor who is very knowledgeable about transfer curricula. The transfer students areencouraged to enroll in a minimal number of hours the first

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Rishabh Jain; Amrit Dahal

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

theannual $27,000 electric bill.17Team Process Based on the sponsor’s written survey of local resources and loads, team initially verifiedthe task at hand. In the third week of the project, the team visited the YMCA camp. The teaminspected, recorded, and analyzed energy bills from 2012, the only year since recent majorconstruction, to understand nature of the load. Measurements of water flow from the nearbyHorsethief reservoir overflow pipe, architecture plan of the building, operation timings,architecture details and surrounding transformer datasheets were recorded. Annual solarirradiation, rainfall and other environment based details were obtained from the concernedgovernment agencies. Then, each team member was assigned as coordinator of

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Engineering, and environmental engineering is the only separatebachelor’s degree.After determining the relevant general or engineering science programs, department websites andcollege course catalogs were checked to determine which concentrations were offered withineach program. These results were compiled in a spreadsheet, and the programs offeringenvironmental, civil, or other related type of engineering were further evaluated by examiningcourse plans. The course plans were checked for what specific environmental engineering andsustainability-related curriculum was being offered as a part of the engineering curriculum.Specifically, course titles and course descriptions were searched for the key word“sustainability” or sustainability themes.Results

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Gurau P.E., Kent State University at Tuscarawas

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

the fuel cell industry; iv. To be knowledgeable with the computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) process; v. To acquire experience in project planning, team work, design and creative thinking; vi. To learn how to communicate effectively through reports, engineering drawing, oral presentations supported by PowerPoint and through poster presentations.The course is divided into a lecture session and a laboratory session. In the spring semester of2013 the lecture session covered an introduction to fuel cells, CNC programming, anintroduction to polymers and compression molding of polymers, robotics technology, robotprogramming and an introduction to bulk electrical resistivity measurements. The