Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Rothberg; Phil Barker; Aruna Palipana; Fiona Lamb

are asked more or less similar questions and the data from these questions yield acomparison of the resources used. Such an approach is most frequently applied to evaluatingsoftware aspects which vary least with context (such as navigability and other human-computer interaction issues as in the case of WAMMI) or using similar software in similarcontexts (such as virtual learning environments in distance learning).Input from engineering academics in the project team strongly suggested that the informationon how a particular piece of software was used in a real context would be extremely valuable.This reflects current thinking in evaluation that the context of use of learning resources iscritically important to its efficacy. The range of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alain Desrochers

in a module, users are guided towards the proper group of functions according to the typeof task they are undertaking. In that respect, task classification reflects, in part, the evolution ofthe model (creation, refinement, transformation, ..). Task classification was performed using areverse engineering approach and is therefore not necessarily unique, entailing that variousinterpretation would be equally valid at this level. For instance, the chamfer function has beenassociated to shape refinement rather than creation and the split function to shape transformationrather than creation.The task level can also be seen as an intermediate level between modules and functions whichare both entities precisely defined in Catia and each having their

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Durward Sobek

York, Inc., 1996, pp. 21-34.7. Mehalik, Matthew M., Larry G. Richards, and Michael E. Gorman, “Turning Students into Inventors and Entrepreneurs: The Continuing Evolution of a Course on Invention and Design,” Proceedings of the 1999 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.8. Burrows, V. A., B. McNeill, N. F. Hubble, and L. Bellamy, “Statistical Evidence for Enhanced Learning of Content through Reflective Journal Writing,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 4, Oct. 2001, pp. 661-668.9. Korgel, B. A., “Nurturing Faculty-Student Dialogue, Deep Learning and Creativity through Journal Writing Exercises, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 91, no. 1, Jan. 2002, pp. 139-146.10. Sobek, II, Durward

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Janet Schmidt; Gary Pertmer

Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education commitment must be made on the part of both the College and individual departmental programs to not only keep the flow of student data going but also to use that information for the continuous improvement of educational practices. The ME example provided suggests that administrative structures (two key committees) be set up to monitor selected key educational activities: the achievement of expected learning outcomes (at the course and program levels), and the quality of “input” as reflected by syllabi content and instructor pedagogical skills. These committees systematically The Director of the Undergraduate Program has

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

, individualassessment scores may indicate a particular topic that reflects poor performance. In addition, thesurvey may show especially low ratings on the built in question "Examples are clear andeffective" indicating the examples in that topic need revision. All this information from eachmeasurement will be available to the instructor, but triangulation readily reveals a problem andeven this first implementation of the analysis tool can provide specific feedback forimprovement.The next version, which is currently under development, will include many more evaluationfunctions. The assessment tool will be integrated with the assignments and grading section ofthe website, allowing graded assignments to be included in the evaluation. This will be done tothe level

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

motivation,summarized by Huitt (2001), help create an understanding of the roles each participant must playin a successful distance education model. The following definitions of motivation were gleaned from a variety of psychology textbooks and reflect the general consensus that motivation is an internal state or condition (sometimes described as a need, desire, or want) that serves to activate or energize behavior and give it direction (see Kleinginna and Kleinginna, 1981a). · internal state or condition that activates behavior and gives it direction; · desire or want that energizes and directs goal-oriented behavior; · influence of needs and desires on the intensity and direction of

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ali Satter; John Pumwa

emphasize thermal, fluid and materials sciences,mechanics, control and design. The overall yearly failure rate in the post-FYE program variedfrom 20% to 30%. The failure rate was again the highest in analytical subjects.Students who successfully completed a four-year engineering program graduated with abachelor degree in the ‘pass’ grade; there is no degree classification such as first class, secondclass, etc. But, a department might recommend an award of a ‘degree with merit’ to a studentwho does consistently well over the four-year engineering program. Actual performance of astudent is reflected in the transcript where a letter grades A, B, C, etc. is shown for eachsubject.ObservationsEngineering departments have expressed concern over the

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

effective pedagogy. Eachlearning module allows the student to learn through experience in a “real world” environment.Learning modules are developed around explicit instructional objectives to encourage higher levellearning. Students learn collaboratively. Each learning module is designed to better reach active,reflective, global, visual, and inductive learning styles. The proposed project is different fromtraditional engineering education and from disjoint attempts to address needed changes throughclass content changes and integrating design classes. ALIVE should meet its goal of systemsengineering, information technology, and soft skill development. In addition, the ALIVE systemhelps students better understand the interrelationships between

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

develop the concept design of an ocean energysystem that could compete favorably with a conventional power plant.This paper summarizes this capstone experience and reflects on other opportunities at the U.S.Naval Academy to learn of renewable ocean energy technologies. But, first, a review of currentcapabilities and recent trends in offshore renewable energy recovery seems appropriate.Renewable Offshore Energy Recovery SystemsOceans cover nearly 70% of the earth’s surface and represent a potentially large source ofoffshore renewable energy. Yet, the available power capacity from renewable offshore energyrecovery systems is less than 400 MW. And, more than half of this is attributed to a single tidalpower plant at La Rance, FR. Is it yet time to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susannah Spodek; Marianne Machotka; D. Joseph Mook

orgrandchildren of immigrants, particularly those who grew up speaking the language of theirparents/grandparents may be surprised when they don’t fit in as smoothly and as comfortably asthey had anticipated when studying abroad in the country of their parents/grandparents. Evenstudents who grew up in diverse environments may be confronted by attitudes and beliefs thatthey are not familiar with and do not agree with. Students will not necessarily like every newconcept that presents itself, but they should be aware that there will be differences. In manycases , they will be pleasantly surprised to learn how things are done in other countries.Self-reflection and a good understanding of one’s self along with knowledge of foreign cultureswill allow students

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Greitzer; Diane H. Soderholm; David Darmofal; Doris Brodeur

three MIT courses, Unified Engineering, Thermal Energy, and Aerodynamics, we usea peer instruction approach similar to that developed for physics by Mazur. 41 In thisapproach, concept questions are given to students in class with time for individual thoughtand reflection. After a check to see how well students have understood the question,small group discussions are held (if needed) in which student groups attempt to answer thequestion. Afterward, the instructor clarifies misconceptions and leads students in furtherexploration of the concept. In the three courses discussed above, we measured classresponse through various techniques, including hand raising, flash cards, and, mostrecently, PRS, a personal response system. Interactive student

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Proulx Denis; Martin Brouillette; Jean Nicolas; Charron François

part of the project. The final grade in a course is thus obtained from a combination ofindividual and team evaluation, and reflects the level of competency achieved as compared toterm competency goals.Finally, we take advantage of web-based tools for communicating with the students, forpresenting or archiving class material, and for performing some evaluation activities.3 Example of the first semesterTo illustrate how the curriculum is put together and delivered, the first semester is presented herein more detail. In particular, we examine the vertical integration of course material within theterm, what do integration projects actually look like and how the team teaching concept isimplemented. Figure 3 Graphical

Conference Session

Academic Prerequisites for Licensure

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Epstein

committee set up earlier to develop a policy on licensing and professional practice were approved by the board. The action changes the title of policy statement 465 from ‘First Professional Degree’ to ‘Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice.’ The previous committee said this title more accurately reflects the intent of the policy. The question is not what should be the first professional degree, the committee said in its report to the board, but instead what should be the educational prerequisite for the practice of civil engineering at the professional level.’ New language defines ‘professional level’ as the ‘practice of engineering as a licensed professional

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Schmucker; Charles Camp; Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Susan Magun-Jackson

Session 1615 “Powerful Play: Using Toys as Tools in Engineering Education”AbstractAs engineering education has changed to reflect less of a traditional teacher-centered classroomand more of a learner-centered environment, new instructional methodologies have also evolved.Many of these curricular modifications look startlingly different from traditional engineeringeducation at first glance; however, a closer look reveals that some curricular modifications areable to glean the substance of the traditional lecture, mix it up with some learner-based,collaborative, hands-on activities, and integrate the new mandates for technical communicationand

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Carpick

theseconcerns would be to call groups of 2 to 4 students up at once, and allow them to discuss outloud the possible answer to the question. This would allow more students to be “contestants”throughout the semester, and would lend support to less confident students through the presenceof “teammates”.V. EvaluationAn e-mail survey was conducted after the second offering of the game in “Statics and Mechanicsof Materials,” after the semester had ended and the students had received their grade. This wasdone to allow the students to reflect on the entire course experience and outcomes in theirresponses. The response rate of the surveys was approximately 50%. The results from thisquestionnaire are as follows

Conference Session

Freshman Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lake; John Anderson; Charles Yarnoff; J. Edward Colgate; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

feedback. IDEO, in particular, has a number ofcorporate mottos that reflect the importance of building and testing early in the process, and wehave adopted those as themes of our course:• Just build it• Test early and test often• Fail often to succeed fasterTo help students develop models and prototypes, we give them instruction in building withfoamcore, using a tutorial—Fabulous Foamcore—that IDEO developed for the company’s in-house training. Students also work through an exercise designed by IDEO, prototyping a boxusing foamcore, X-Acto style knives, and hot glue guns. The effect of the workshop is to helpstudents realize that they can easily make mock-ups throughout the design process to visualizeand test design ideas. A high percentage of

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lyle Feisel; George Peterson

Apply it Problem posed Experience Testing implications Observation and of concepts in Reflections Learn it new situations Identify what we need to know Formulation of abstract concepts and generalizations Subject-Based Learning START Given problem to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Schweitzer; Shad Reed

were 25 more inspired or motivated to learn in this course because of the website. 20 Figure 6 indicates that the Computer 15 Aided Design course website was 10 much more successful in this area also. The most likely reason for this 5 is that the website is a reflection of 0

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Callison; Bob Lorence; Dan Budny; Kate Thomes

Conference Session

The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Baratuci; Angela Linse

’ motivation, the importanceof motivation is critical in a distance-learning course because of the limitations on student-instructor and student-student interaction. Flori2 lists six types of interaction that characterize anexpert teacher that he quoted from Collins, Brown and Newman. · Modeling: Showing how and why an expert does a task. · Coaching: Observing students as they work and correcting their performance online. · Inquiry: A strategy of questioning. · Articulation: Getting students to articulate their own knowledge and reasoning. · Reflection: Replaying and abstracting students’ work and contrasting that with expert performance. · Exploration: Pushing students into a mode of trying to do the activity better on

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naphysah O. Duncan; Gerardo Del Cerro

10.9Quality of your major design experience 2.7 6.5 10.8 2.2 49.5 52.2 27.0 32.6 9.9 6.5 AVERAGES 9.8 10.2 17.1 19.6 33.5 35.0 30.9 29.2 8.6 6.0Table 5. Spring 2000 ENGINEERING STUDENT COUNCIL SURVEYGENDER COMPARISONPlease indicate the level of agreement that most accurately reflects your opinion of how wellThe cooper union has instilled you with the following qualities Not At All Not Well Moderately Well Very Well Extremly Well MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard M. Single; William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

for the 1999-98, 1999-2000, and 2000-01 programs. MentorNet particularly attracted a large percentage of students,and mentors, in engineering, information technology, and computer science fields – thepercentage of these students ranged from 72% to 83% across the program years, while theremaining students were in mathematics or the natural science fields. The majority of theMentorNet students and mentors were Caucasian, reflecting the demographics of the students inthe field. For the three years reported here, MentorNet used both quantitative and qualitativemethods to evaluate the results of participation in MentorNet by mentors and students. Thequantitative portion of the evaluation used a web-based survey administered near the end of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Forsman; Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

. We have not found a textbook that covers material in afashion that suits our course topics. Therefore students download material from the instructor’swebsite on each aspect that is covered. The class is structured with a lecture at the start of classfollowed by practice and homework.Major Changes Implemented In The Fall Of 2001:1. Rewrote syllabus using 21-step process for designing a course including key objectives, etc.(5) In the end, a five page document was produced detailing both student and instructor responsibilities. (http://engr.bd.psu.edu/holidar/html-110/110syl.html)2. A new grade distribution was established reflecting the addition of office visits, assessment and notebook requirements. The distribution was as follows

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raghu Echempati; Arnaldo Mazzei

.”“Projects completed in class were beneficial. They were straight to the point and represented thematerial covered in class. It is a good idea to have a final project mandatory to reflect allcomponents (mechanisms) learned in class. In our case it was a project including gears, cams,and linkages.”“All of the homework was relevant to the subject matter but there was too much work to do in Page 7.1060.4each assignment. Some of the work was redundant.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education“A possible

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

. The design report; however, does not address how well the group communicatedwith each other, the instructor or the client. Informal conversations with companies revealed thatsome groups do not define the problem correctly. In addition, the traditional design report doesnot address important lessons that students may have learned as a result of this industrial project. [3]To encourage students to reflect on their learning, a ”lessons learned” section in the Appendixwas added to the Design Report that is submitted to the course instructor. This section is for anyadditional information or experience which is not directly relevant to the main body of the report,but which is likely to be useful to someone, someday. They are asked to record

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Koller

change policies and procedures to accommodate a new way of working with others; 3. Partnership approaches require adaptation to fit each community, school district, and school; 4. Organizational mavericks may be a source of creative and meaningful programs, but they need support to strengthen and improve the program; 5. A shared vision and deep commitment among partners can overcome weaknesses in program design and implementation; 6. Even with confusion about how the partnership structure relates to the program, the partnership itself can be institutionalized; 7. Leadership is critical in a complex partnership; 8. Leaders who reflect commitment to particular

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

wider than the error bound onthe model, reflecting the averaging effect of the regression modeling. 120 100 Calibrated Temperature (C) . 80 60 40 20 0 -20 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Indicated Temperature (C) Data Model

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

, appear to have subsided; and more genuine concerns reflecting the current mood arebeing openly debated. A wide range of issues have surfaced; included are: (i) the need torestructure present programs and curricula; (ii) the need to introduce organizational changes; (iii)the need to develop long-term connections with neighboring industries; and (iv) the desire tofoster proper engineering culture in the classroom and at the workplace.Contributors to this constructive debate have come from industry, faculty, administration, andstudents. As a consequence, ideas, directions and preliminary plans have emerged but not yetproperly jelled. The debate goes on, and forces of change are in the air. But there are counterarguments and counter measures that

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education Research

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Sullivan; Harpreet Singh; Kimberly Sward; Janis Terpenny

analysis indecision making. While the potential benefits to students, faculty, and industry partners may begreat from real-world problems and collaboration, the investment of time and effort in creatingand running such projects can be significant. Reflecting on limited resources and time of allparticipants, one must question whether student learning is sufficiently improved to justify thesignificant effort required for offering such experiences in courses other than senior designcourses, the most typical course for real-world industry based projects. Further, if learning canbe improved, are there methods or technologies that could possibly reduce the logistics andimprove the experience for all participants

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

understanding how thegroup operates and what one’s role is in the group. Therefore a rookie member may spend thefirst year learning about the group. There has been several times when all but one IEWorksmember graduates. This results in an IEWorks team with little experience mentoring seniors andperforming the various other tasks. This change in IEWorks’ membership can have great effectson how well the group functions in a given year and may be reflected in the perspectives ofstudents and alumni.ConclusionsThe results suggest the development of the professional skills listed in Figure 1 and Table 1, andidentified in the literature does occur in IEWorks. However, there is a cost to the development.The added workload appears to provide interference with