Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin, Kansas State University; Emily Wilcox, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

2,52% agreed or strongly agreed with the statement with a mean of 3.54. In statement 4, 84%agreed or strongly agreed with the statement resulting in a mean of 4.08. Responses tostatements 1, 2, and 4 indicated students in the class were aware and understood diversity in thecollege. Responses to statement 4 indicated that 84% of students responded favorably toopportunities for diversity interaction.Statements 3, 5, and 6 represented Category 3, Valuing, of Krathwohl’s Affective Domain. Meanvalues for the responses were 3.82 for statement 3, 3.55 for statement 5, and 3.14 for statement 6.While 75% of students indicated they agreed or strongly agreed to plan to increase their level of

Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Spierre, Arizona State University; Elizabeth A. Martin, Arizona State University; Jathan Sadowski; Andrew Berardy, Arizona State University; Scott McClintock, Arizona State University; Shirley-Ann Augustin, Arizona State University; Nicholas Hohman; Jay George Banna Jr.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

a “master plan” of action. Two students in particular emerged asgroup leaders and explained the plan to the entire class. As a result, there was a concerted effortto earn equal grades through class-wide trust and effective communication. Although MCC1students could have acted rapaciously, given the abundance of fish in the Lake available to theirgeneration, they all agreed to scores of 80% with little conflict and felt pleased with theresources they would bestow on the next generation, MCC2 and ASU. In fact, MCC1 left amessage online for the future students explaining their strategy and enabling continuation of the‘master plan”. MCC2 and ASU struggled much more than MCC2, as they were trying to organizelarger, geographically

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran, North Carolina State University; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

review wesee that the advisory part is more pronounced than the summative part and therefore such areview gets classified as an advisory review.2.2.3. Quantity of FeedbackText quantity is important in determining review quality since a good review must provide theauthor with sufficient feedback. We plan on using this metric to indicate to the reviewer theamount of feedback he/she has provided in comparison to the average review quantity (fromother reviewers of the system), thus motivating them to provide more feedback to the authors.Quantity of feedback is identified by taking a count of all the unique tokens in a piece of review Page

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

aligned with anexplicit vision for the relevant organization and its stakeholders.Expect and Deal With Set BacksEngineers know how to plan—how to identify and link the steps needed to achieve an objective.Consistent with that tradition, Raise the Bar leaders developed a plan, part of which is shown inthe following figure, to develop the BOK and use it to achieve the ultimate objective which is toimplement ASCE Policy Statement 465 in 55 licensing jurisdictions. Page 25.1328.5 Example curricula Accreditation

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Judith A. Birchman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brandon Xavier Karcher, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Page 25.1341.4questions. The survey took approximately ten minutes to complete and was e-mailed directly tothe first-year students in the college. The initial survey was developed by Computer Graphics Technology graduate student,Brandon Karcher, as part of his thesis. The survey was modeled on the Theory of PlannedBehavior that was proposed and developed by Icek Ajzen3 in his paper, From Intentions toActions: A Theory of Planned Behavior. According to the theory, decisions are guided by threeconsiderations: behavioral, control, and normative beliefs. When these three beliefs combine, anintention is formed. The intention is then linked to a behavior, and depending on the perceivedbehavioral control an individual has, the behavior will be

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Darling Urban, Texas Tech University; Joseph E Urban, Texas Tech University; Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Patrick E. Patterson, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

andpractice for software development and covers software requirements, analysis, softwarearchitecture and detailed design.CS 5374 Software Verification and Validation. This course introduces how to implementeffective test and measurement programs as well as how to apply this knowledge to theproduction of low-defect software.IE 5329 Project Management. This course covers technical, organizational, andpersonnel project management examination including planning, estimating, budgeting,scheduling, resources management, and control. It also includes risk analysis andmanagement using software for project performance evaluation.IE 5320 Systems Theory. This course examines theoretical foundations of general systemstheory applied to engineering and

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley M. Forman, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

role of knowing when a task is due, planning the work and delivering a result on timewithout these outside reminders. A course procedure that changes that behavior can be onewhere the due dates and requirements are published once, available to be reviewed anytime bystudents and then not discussed at all in class. This process shifts the onus of knowing what isdue on what day squarely to the student. When the answer to the “When is it due?” questionbecomes, politely, “it’s posted online”, that question stops within a few weeks of the semester Page 25.1350.2start. The lesson learned is that the student is responsible to find the information

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

based on self-assessmentsperformed by the students. Action research, using the Kemmis Model,12 moves through a cycleof planning, action, observing and reflecting, returning back to a revised plan, followed by arepeat of the cycle. Action research is categorized as non-experimental due to the lack ofrandom assignment of treatment and a lack of control. The following process was thusdeveloped over the course of the study, with slight modifications occurring in each cycleinformed by observation and reflection.During the last week of each semester, a three-step process was initiated that included having thestudents complete a personal assessment of their own confidence with course material, areflective exercise that probes topics and a follow-up

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David N Raizen, UMES; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

responsible stewardship. This software can be used effectively to presentseveral important indicators in both the National Science Education Standards and the MarylandScience Education Core Learning Goals. In addition, efforts such as these can help to meetNASA's goals of Enhancing Environmental Stewardship and Educating the Next Generation andCreating a World-class Workforce, as stated in their 2010 Science Plan document8.To test the effectiveness of this software for this purpose, the authors devised and presented alesson plan to students in several secondary and post-secondary classes including tenth gradebiology, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade computer science, eleventh and twelfth gradeenvironmental science, and undergraduate marine botany

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Natalie Gedde, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

that a more formal assessment ofthe program was needed to better understand the factors contributing to its success both from theperspectives of the student assistant as well as the students they serve. This study data is from2005-2011 and takes a dual approach of: (1) historical categorization of the demographics andperformance of the student assistants and (2) qualitative assessment through open endedresponses to a survey questions relating to their experiences and future plans. There were a totalof 29 respondents that were a mix of: current student assistants, former student assistants(students that are still undergraduates but no longer student assistants), and post-graduate studentassistants (students that have graduated from the study

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Robert Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

year.This schedule provides an overlapping cohort model with first-year and second-year students.The decision to begin the course in the spring rather than at the beginning of the academic yearwas driven by the timing of the electrical engineers’ Microprocessors course. Since many of theprojects require embedded control systems, the expertise is often needed. The actual class time istwo hours on a Monday evening in a lab-type format. Students are expected to spend 2.5 hoursoutside the lab time completing planned tasks.The ongoing development of the Servant Engineering program at GFU has taken place inroughly three distinct phases:  Phase 1: the instructors attempted to mimic the basic format provided to us by the Purdue EPICS program

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Best Practices

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

International

projects are steadily broadening.At this point, the group of veterans has been a part of transitioning APS to new leadership and anew method of finding projects that utilizes an association comprised of 50 Guatemalan villageleaders, La Asociación, that prioritizes the area’s construction needs. Our EWB group hasdetermined that direct interaction with the villagers is critical to success. For example, it was thebelief during the first projects in 2007 and 2008 that chlorination is the preferred and bestpurification method for the village potable water distribution systems. After deliberation withvillagers in 2009 and 2010, many cultural truths that prevent the chlorination systems to everfunction are now understood. Presently, the group has plans

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Modeling and Decision Analysis21by Cliff T. Ragsdale, Art of Systems Architecting16 by Mark W. Maier. At George Mason, booksinclude Requirements Engineering13 by Elizabeth Hull, Ken Jackson, and Jeremy Dick,Engineering Design of Systems4 by Dennis M. Buede, and Project Management: A SystemsApproach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling15 by Harold Kerzner.The MS in Systems Architecting and Engineering at the University of Southern Californiadescribes its program in a way that fits the INCOSE definition: This program is recommended to graduate engineers and engineering managers responsible for the conception and implementation of complex systems. Emphasis is on the creative process by which these systems are conceived, planned

Conference Session

Stops and Starts in the Development of Cooperative Education Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan E. Dansberry, NASA Johnson Space Center

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

98%Teamwork 93%Leadership 88%Technology 97%Work Culture 99%Organization/Planning 97%By assigning numerical values to the student responses in these areas, USRP project managers Page 25.596.5created a numerical score which provided a comparison of the learning benefits of individualinternship experiences as they relate to those core abilities defined in the ABET a-k criteria.Over time, as multiple students rated their learning opportunities under a single mentor, thisscore proved useful in identifying exceptional mentors

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Vincent Wilding P.E., Brigham Young University; James K. Archibald, Brigham Young University; Paul Richards P.E., Brigham Young University; Steven L. Shumway, Brigham Young University; Brian D Jensen, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

faculty member in research and citizenship,in addition to teaching demands, it is difficult for faculty to devote large amounts of time todevelopment activities. This is particularly true for young faculty who are trying to establishstrong research programs.Fostering a culture of excellent teaching and planning efficient and effective seminars has been agoal in our college. There are many possible ways to structure a program for teacherdevelopment.1 Programs may vary in topics covered, expected time commitment, involvementof outside experts, and whether the programs are mandatory. The purpose of this paper is torelate the lessons learned in our efforts to develop such a culture and program, and it is hopedthat our experience will help to inform

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa; Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University; Mainul Kader Faruque, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

semester-longteam research experience. The students impacted by one and/or both of these initiatives areexpected to form an excellent talent pool for traditional graduate engineering programs, as wellas non-traditional graduate programs planned for the near future at our university, such as thegraduate programs of the ERC-supported Bioengineering Department and/or Joint School ofNanoscience and Nanoengineering. The content organization of the paper is as follows: (a)Development of Nanotechnology-I: An interdisciplinary nanotechnology theory-cum-laboratorycourse, (b) Development of Nanotechnology-II: A semester-long hands-on research-basedcourse, (c) Infusion of nanotechnology modules in existing undergraduate courses, (d)Organization of REU

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Alfonso Villasmil Urdaneta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Rob Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

button, thecircuit is run and the feedback is color coding of high and low pressures in lines and thedisplacement of valves, switches and actuators. The software includes multiple sensors (also asISO symbols) and plotting capabilities that feedback from the circuit operation to the students issimilar ways or better ways than currently available in the real laboratory.Lab Content and ScheduleBelow we present the lab session schedule we are following in the current investigation. Thereare three sessions planned to be held in a computer lab to introduce the basic features of thesoftware and discuss specific control and logic objectives of the circuits to be built during thecourse. There are seven sessions planned to be held in the laboratory to

Conference Session

Lessons learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Ramiro g Gonzalez, Boston Arts Academy High School; Cassandra Wallace, Boston Arts Academy High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of EBL in our courses, thechanges we have made, the obstacles we faced in integrating EBL into our chemistry andphysics/math courses, the results, students’ reactions and feedback, and what we have learned.We also present how we implemented our action plans we developed during the PD in ourclassrooms. One important lesson we have learned is to build capacity in the same high school,i.e. the more teachers who train and use the EBL methodology, the better and more effective theimplementation and the support system are as teachers can bounce ideas off of each other. Page 25.736.2 Introduction

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Miles Clayton, Villanova University; Teresa Genevieve Wojcik, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlińska, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

containing 20 straws, 10marshmallows, a roll of pennies and a Styrofoam cup. In addition to these supplies, scissors andadditional pennies were available at the front of the room.Project Time: The amount of time given to the students was 25 minutes. This allowed for thenecessary introduction (5 minutes) and reflection and discussion (20 minutes). Note that a lectureon the design process was also planned to be given during the next class session.Student Designs: Some examples of student designs resulting from the project are shown inFigure 2. It is always interesting to see the diversity of bridge designs. Page 25.741.6 Figure 2: Example

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devi K. Kalla, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State College of Denver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

manufacturing courses from different universities in engineering technologyfield as future work. Moreover, the importance of embedding the concepts of sustainabilityprinciples in all relevant courses will also be highlighted in future. To put this idea into practice,more detailed mapping is required and an insertion plan for each course has to be drawn further. Page 25.776.6 Page 25.776.7Figure 3. Course flow for BSMET degree at Metropolitan State College of Denver.5. The plan for insertionMany opportunities currently exist to infuse mechanical/manufacturing engineering

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota; Mohammad Khavanin, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

progress was assessed through nine homework assignmentsand three exams. Students that completed the course and received a passing grade were allowedto register for calculus even if their original placement score would have prohibited them fromdoing so. Page 25.897.4Methods of AssessmentThe evaluation plan for the bridge program in this study centers on implementing assessmentmodels in three impact areas: student learning, engineering retention rates, and instructionaltools. Table 1 summarizes evaluation goals for each impact area, assessment method, or vehicleused, and performance indicators or markers for success of the participants.Table 1:Summer

Conference Session

Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirstie A. Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

“Final Experiment” is to give the students a chance to plan, design,conduct and analyze an experiment of their own using appropriate DOE techniques. The contextof the experiment is limited only by the student’s imagination. They may conduct experimentsdirectly connected to their research, a project that they are involved in at work, or they couldconduct a “household” experiment. Students use the knowledge that they have gained byrunning the previous in-class experiments to plan their own experiment. The “Final Experiment”gives them a real taste of everything that goes into planning and conducting an experiment on Page 25.905.6their

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David J. Elton, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

highly prescribed timeline of project deliverables to keep thegroup interactions active and on schedule. The required deliverables ranged from quiteminor (e.g., documentation of confirmed planned meeting time for the group) to moresignificant (e.g., submission of draft report from one university to the other). A lessdetailed timeline was used for the first exercise in Fall 2011. The second interaction thatsame term reverted back to the highly prescribed timeline for collaboration, whichproduced more timely results.Team communications were monitored closely for evaluation of the project activities. Apublicly announced dedicated email account was established that was required to becopied for all email correspondence of the teams. This method

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

choose and adopted the Scrummethod for organizing their project work. In some cases, the company representatives hadexperiences from using Scrum or other agile methods in their software engineering groups,but Scrum had not previously been used in mechatronics design projects. In the capstoneprojects, Scrum applied to the student projects motivated the students to take a higher degreeof responsibility in terms of project organization, overall and detail planning and dynamic re-organizations. In all cases the student teams voluntary choose to base their projectorganizations on Scrum after being presented with this opportunity by the faculty.In this paper, results are presented of a study where the mutual learning outcomes have beeninvestigated

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Amir Abtahi, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

such as Enerfuel Inc., Solar sources and BV Engineering Inc. Excellent working relationships with local governmental units and agencies such as the South Florida Water Management District, USGS, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and various County Planning Offices. Rapidly escalating local job markets highly geared towards alternative energy, environmental analysis, sustainability leadership and planning in South Florida. Ocean energy technologies are emerging as an area of significant R&D at Florida Atlantic University and Florida is at the forefront of this trend7. Inspired by the abundance of this natural resource in the state and by the world-class expertise in the field that has been

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter L. Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

students understand what their project entailsand details exactly what work product is to be delivered at the end of the project. This verbiage ischosen specifically to familiarize students with its use in contracts or proposals that may beencountered in the workplace.Capabilities and Requirements DocumentThis is a written document; alternately know as a specification, that details the functionality ofthe work product associated with a student project. This document can be expanded to includetest plans and accept / reject criteria for a particular project function. Page 25.282.6Project PlanThis document encompasses the project schedule, with

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

order the projects. Thefaculty then make team assignments based on student preference. The teams create three writtenreports and make three oral presentations to communicate their design (Table 1). Table 1. Primary deliverables from capstone design teams at RHIT Deliverable Week Due Key Content Proposal 4 Description of problem, client's goals, Proposal Presentation 6 and team's plan to achieve those goals. Progress Report 13 Progress to date: typically preliminary Progress Presentation 15 feasibility study, geotechnical investigation, description of options for

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Stephan J. Nix, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

engineering innovation hands-on projects by usingHP’s technology. The new STEM-preneur learning modules will help students understand STEMconcepts and improve entrepreneurial thinking through hands-on experiences. This curriculuminnovation will also give the students the opportunities to work on the real life hands-on projectsat an Innovation Lab that serves as a connection between college and local industries. A specificevaluation plan is designed to address progress, achievement, and impact of the projectobjectives and overall goals.Literature Review: A large portion of the engineering education research focuses on factorsused to predict the likelihood that a student will successfully complete an undergraduate degreein engineering. These factors

Conference Session

Computers in the Laboratory

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

need was assessed by two events. At a meeting of the EET industrialadvisory committee, the need for employees proficient in FPGAs was expressed. In addition, thesoftware company Altium Limited expressed an interest in working with the EET program todevelop FPGA curriculum material for a university program.In the fall semester of 2011, the FPGA curriculum was used in an advanced digital logic course.Previously, programmable array logic (PAL) devices and generic array logic (GAL) deviceswere used. This course serves as a required course in the newly created embedded systemsemphasis area in the four-year undergraduate Electronics Engineering Technology (EET)program at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. It is planned to include the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed A. (Reza) Zekavat, Michigan Technological University; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Saurav Pathak

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

suggest that studentsshould gain a solid hands-on experience on all measurement devices, hardware and softwarepresented in Table 2. Only Java received a low scoring compared to other topics. Therefore, it iscritical that the curriculum to be designed to add laboratory components to help students gainhands-on experience with the hardware and software listed in Table 2. As part of this proposalwe plan to develop a proper curriculum for these topics and cover them within at most a threecourse communication curriculum as detailed in Section 2.The results of Figures 1 and 2 confirm that the current practice of teaching Communicationcourses such as Wireless Communications, Communication Theory, and Digital Communicationsare not fully consistent with