Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mason

for the project to be a success. One ofthe key obstacles in this project is that university team members do not ever meet in person withhigh school team members. All communication is done using email, video conferencing or net-meeting software equipped with video, voice, chat, white board, and file-transfer.The remainder of this paper is divided into three sections. In section two we discuss the variouscategories we use to assess teamwork and the actual assessment tools used to assess eachmeasure. Section three presents results of using these tools to assess teamwork in the learningcommunity design class over two quarters. The summary of results and planned classimprovements are given in section four.Teamwork AssessmentAssessment of teamwork

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

, queuing, linearprogramming and decision theory models, using a conventional management science textbooksupplemented by applications from the marine environ. Examples include optimum dredgingstrategies for navigation channel maintenance, beach fill operations for shore protection andrecreational planning, port development and commercial ship routings. Application of such skillscrosses many naval disciplines including fleet operations and logistics, engineering duty officerand staff corps responsibilities. The goal of this course is to enhance the engineering and projectmanagement skills of Academy midshipmen. Practically speaking, enhancement of such skillswill benefit all future naval officers and engineers.Details of the initial offering of this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

year. Because design projects can bematerial intensive, each teacher was allotted $250 to spend on their project(s), giving them anincentive to try a new approach to teaching in their field. Seven of the 22 teachers planned to useone of the projects from the workshop, the most popular being a variation on the water filterproject. Some of the other projects teachers planned to do with students during the year are Page 9.757.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdescribed below. The wide

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

time – no exceptions. The students typically have a test on thefirst Friday. It was found that if the students were not forced to evaluate their performance onthese tests with an academic advisor, they were quick to discount poor performance as a fluke.However all students must not have 20 minute weekly advising sessions where their grades arediscussed and future actions planned. The academic performance of the students markedlyimproved with this addition.• Weekly staff meetings were implemented and included all program staff.This may straightforward, but this was an overlooked event for the first 2 years of ASPIRE. Theresult was that each program staff had information on various students, but it was never shared.Therefore weekly faculty

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Beltz; Marie Dahleh

the freshman year hasthree more opportunities to take it before the second Summer session of the sophomore year: thefirst session of freshman Summer, the Spring of the sophomore year, and the first session of thesophomore Summer. Statics is offered in the first session of the Summer, while Mathematics 5Cis offered in both sessions of the Summer. Typically it is the mathematics prerequisite whichprevents students from taking either ME 14 or ME 16 when they are scheduled during theacademic year. A flow chart on the next page illustrates the overall sequencing.As the Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering started the planning for theSummer of 2001, several concerns arose: (i) would we be able to convince faculty to teach inthe

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Bradley; Walter Bradley

, with theprofessor serving as the facilitator for the program. The fifty-page workbook includes 25 pagesof notes that follow the video presentation and 25 pages of application activities that the studentscomplete at the end of the various video segments at the workshop.The seminar has six segments that address the following topics: • Select your destination (where do you want to be in five years); • Determine your path (focusing on goal setting for the semester); • Planning to succeed (emphasizing the importance of planning your schedule for the week each Sunday and then following it like a compass through the week); • Maximizing your in-class learning by o Staying caught up in your understanding

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Joordens; John Long; John Florance

and toother curriculum resources, aiming to enhance the use of the kit by distance students. Keycurriculum resources planned are a web-based ‘companion’ for the components in and theuse of the kit, and two additions to the kit itself: a battery powered function generator, and aPC-based oscilloscope.IntroductionPractical education through hands-on activities is an essential part of any engineeringcurriculum. “Book Learning” alone is quite insufficient for the student who is training to be amodern engineer. In the field of electronics and electrical engineering this is especially so.Electronics is one of the most hands-on fields in engineering. The ability to build and testelectronic circuits and devices is just as important as the ability to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aisha Lawrey

it could provide me with more money.” The teacher survey includesquestions such as “I would not like any of my students to be engineers,” and “At least one of mystudents is planning on studying engineering in college.” [6] Page 9.536.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThese evaluations are on going and the data is still being compiled at this time. We are planningto write a paper in the future about the results of these surveys and the effectiveness of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

of cities between which a line can’t be constructed.Design teams were asked to investigate the proposed system to see if there were any constraintviolations. If there are any violations, teams were asked to develop a system expansion plan(additional transmission lines) that would eliminate the violations and propose a finaltransmission system with no violations. Teams were also asked to write a formal reportexplaining team’s findings about the original system, the approach they used in solving anyviolation, and the final recommended system with its cost implications.Design Project 2. This design project was assigned to student teams in EE3410, which is thefirst power course in the curriculum. The design involved the study of the voltage

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Law; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

elective. They provide the strong backgroundthat employers strongly desire in the student who plans to seek employment in the electricutilities or in industries with a strong, direct interface to those utilities. These topics also preparethe student for graduate work in power systems, the primary focus of our graduate program.An in-depth study of power electronics and machine drives is the subject of the other technicalelective. The junior-level course uses dc to dc converters and switch mode power supplies toteach the fundamentals and to give some depth in an application. Industrial power convertersand motor drives are the subject of this technical elective, for example, three-phase rectifiers,inverters, drives, and methods of protection. Here

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

, including but not limited to laboratory research, case studies, and tutorials on advancedtopics. If a faculty member is willing to supervise the student project, the student must prepare aproposal for the project and submit the proposal to the department head. The independent studyproposal should include a statement of the problem to be addressed or topic to be investigated inthe independent study, an overview of the proposed research plan or a syllabus, any deliverables,and a timeline for the project. All students who take an independent study are required to presenta seminar to faculty and students and prepare a final paper on the results of their work. A copyof all final papers is kept by the department.HonorsLafayette College specifies that

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hughes; Alok Verma

experience - both theoretical and practical - in the variousaspects of a skilled trade. Today's apprentices are fully trained, well-paid men andwomen acquiring skills and knowledge that will serve them well throughout their careers. The Apprentice School of Northrop Grumman Newport News offers four-year,tuition-free apprenticeships in 17 skilled trades to qualified men and women. Apprenticeswork a regular 40- hour week and are paid for all work, including time spent in academicclasses. Two optional design and production planning apprenticeship programs areavailable for selected apprentices after completion of required academics and about twoyears in craft training. The five-year design program prepares individuals in one of sixdesign

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft

projects. Teams generally meet weekly to discuss the progress of students andto plan the sequence of instruction for the coming week. Instructors are routinely in theclassroom at the same time only when students are making team presentations that are jointlygraded by the teaching team. Students enroll in all four ATE classes simultaneously unlessexempt from a course within the ET Core because of previously earned credit. It is not essentialthat courses in the ET Core be scheduled in an uninterrupted block of time, but this type ofscheduling helps keep students focused.Senior projects and capstone courses often "pull it all together" for four-year college engineeringor engineering technology students who persist to become seniors. For two-year

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

;• Plan, develop, and host academic/industry training seminars; • Contribute to regional institutions’ program improvement; andThis work will benefit regional industry, government agencies, high school teachers andstudents, community college faculty and students, those switching into information technology Page 9.1424.1careers, and those with bachelor’s degrees in unrelated fields. Proceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationOverview Brookdale Community College, working as a regional

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordy Skattum; Clifford Mirman

Total 18 Fall Semester - Year 2 Spring Semester - Year 2 AMT 240 CNC Programming II 3 AMT 249 Cost Estimating for Manufacturing 3 AMT 247 Manuf. Methods and Proc Planning 3 AMT 243 Cellular Manuf. and Mat Handling 3 CDT 146 Hydraulics and Pneumatics 3 CDT 211 Industrial Organization / Operation 3 QLT 106 Metrology 3 QLT 102 Fundamentals of SPC 4 GEN ED Science requirement 4 GEN ED Elective 3 Total 16

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Phillips-Lambert; Charles Camp; Paul Palazolo

two courses, a series of projects are utilized throughout the semester demonstrating Page 9.300.6the activities of a project management team in a simulation-type atmosphere. Project activities Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationinclude reviewing of plans and specifications for a construction project (ex: medium-sizecommercial building, warehouse, residential home), developing an estimate, preparingappropriate bid documents, developing a project schedule, updating project schedule

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

through a series of Design Levels and Option Areas (See Table I).Incentives were available to the participating teams as they completed various levels, in theforms of certificates of participation, program T-shirts, patches, monetary awards, and travelgrants. The Design Challenge process culminated in presentations of the proposed designs asAutoCAD drawings to a gathering of academic and NASA professionals at the TSGC DesignChallenge Showcase. The level of complexity of the design projects presented at the Showcasecorresponded to the academic experience of the students, and in keeping with the coursecontents. Thus some teams had worked two semesters on the project and some teams planned to

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Spinelli

importantly, the presentation is video-taped,and the student is provided a copy of the VHS tape to watch in private. After watchingtheir tape, students fill out their own self-review form, and are then given the reviewsfrom the class and the instructor. Armed with all of this feedback, each student writes aone page “plan for improvement” used in preparing their second presentation. Theirgrade on their second presentation largely reflects the degree to which they improved inareas identified on their plan. The second presentation is also video-taped and peer-reviewed, and each student hands in a one page self-critique. One of the most rewarding aspects of teaching this course has been to watch thesignificant, and sometimes astounding

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

engineering core course for allengineering students that uses Engineering Economy (a prerequisite course) to economicallyassess their Senior Design projects. The teams develop a five year business plan that showshow their design concept can become a commercial product, process or service. For the class,project teams must gather relevant data, use creative higher order thinking and transferknowledge gained to perform an authentic assessment of the economic feasibility of their real-world product, process or service. This process is similar to other Project Based Learningactivities (Moursund 1999).Students in the Engineering Economic Design class were required to work in teamsthroughout the course. These teams were the same teams and for the same

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Farid Tranjan; Catherine Blat; Patricia Tolley; Deborah Sharer

consistentfor many years, are distressing when one considers that 28% of the Charlotte population isAfrican American1, North Carolina is home to Cherokee and Lumbee Native Americans, andmost recently there has been explosive growth in the Hispanic American population in theCharlotte metropolitan area.Over the last few years, the College has developed a recruiting plan to attract qualified andtalented undergraduate students, particularly underrepresented minorities. It has alsoimplemented several programs which, according to assessment data, are having a positive impacton undergraduate retention. These programs are especially important for underrepresentedminority engineering students as the graduation rate for students of color in engineering is

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi

successfully in high school are insufficient in the demanding college atmosphere. Inaddition, for many, it is the first time that they are managing their time and responsibilitieswithout the aid of their parents.In business and industry, setting and charting goals has long been recognized as an effectivebusiness practice. According to Jeffery Mayer, author of Setting and Achieving Your Goals,“When you know what you want, and have created a plan to get you there, everything else fallsinto place.”(1) It is always advantageous for students to learn what will be expected of them inindustry.Suggested in the paper is a method that empowers professors to have an influence on the habitsof freshmen. Freshmen will be expected to set goals, assess their progress

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

and natural gas distribution system. In the twelve-week project period, theinterns examined the existing equipment and design constraints, gathered appropriate data,developed and presented preliminary designs to park staff, and completed a final project report.Early in the project period, the interns and their mentors from SERC met with park staff to tourthe two sites and examine the existing equipment. Park staff planned to build a new building toreplace the outmoded campground restroom and asked the UNPEPP interns to specify solarelectric and solar water heating systems for the new facility that would perform better than theexisting systems. Equipment at the site included a simple batch solar water heater and a 400-Watt (W) solar electric

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Donald Elger

are rare in undergraduates, we need to grow them in our mentors. Additionally,we need to grow these skills as students graduate. We need a low cost, but highly effectivemeans to grow mentoring skills. Furthermore, since mentoring happens in the dynamics of aconversation, the skills growth process needs a “real-time” component.We believe that mentors can grow their skills quickly by reflecting on their performanceimmediately following a mentoring session and “scripting” more effective practices. The“scripts” are pre-planned responses the mentor will use in future mentoring situations. Thementor also relies on peer observer feedback recorded during the mentoring session to guide thewriting of the scripts. The scripts are then reviewed before

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Scaroni; David DiBiase; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

, bicycle, and other forms of transportation. To do this, call yourlocal public service bus office or school bus garage and ask how big the average bus tankis, how many people can ride on a full bus, and the average gas mileage of a bus? Call themaintenance division at an airport to get similar information for an airplane. Call shops oruse your own information sources to get data on cars, motorcycles, and other vehicles.Record all the data in the chart.Which form of transportation is most energy-efficient? What other factors must youconsider in choosing transportation? Which form of transportation do you choose mostoften, and why?Activity 3: Planning Your TripsThe purpose of this activity is to determine if planning a route helps save energy

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; H. Michael Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

their role is primarilyas an observer of effective interaction and judge of how well team members are participatingduring the meeting. Mentors provide immediate feedback to the team at the end of each meeting.Each week, the team submits meeting minutes and an updated project work plan to the projectinstructors. Students are asked to submit individual work logs describing their weekly activities Page 9.685.2“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”as well as reflective journals. The project

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dara O'Neil; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

play within STEP. Thus,aggregate narratives are developed for Fellows, Teachers, Coordinators, and Advisers. A varietyof data sources are used in this study including:• Semi-structured interviews with Fellows, teachers, advisers, coordinators, and STEP administrators.• Surveys of Fellows following the summer training programs for STEP.• Document reviews of the action plans for each high school.• Document reviews of lesson plans and assessment tools developed by the STEP Fellows.• In-class observations of the STEP Fellows.• Review of journals maintained by the STEP Fellows of their experiences within the high schools.Input from high school students was also compiled through presentations and information fromthe STEP Fellows, such as

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Rowe; Tim Mulroy

there's lotsof things, but it's difficult to say what.Interviewer With lots of meetings you got to know lots of people?B Yes, I made lots of contacts.Interviewer Was it difficult being in places for only 2 weeks at a time?B It was weird, you don't get to know people over a long time, before you move again. Iwas staying in hotels by myself. It was a bit boring sometimes.D In my previous jobs, I've been more involved in the electronics side of things. When Igot to [automation and control company], it was more of a software job - project planning, sofrom that point of view, I think I've learned about how projects are run, and a lot more aboutsoftware. It was still some electronics, but more general engineering practices

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

conclusion was based on the results from an administered problem solving testanalyzed with the use of multiple regression. From the results it is clear that the use of conceptmaps can significantly enhance student performance. The cited studies all reported enhancementin the participants' cognitive skills due to the use of concept maps. These improvements includedincreased planning and organizing skills, improved recall of instructional materials, andenhanced problem solving skills. The pivotal work conducted by Schwartz and Bransford in the systematic development ofthe protocols for the successful application of concept maps is summarized in the followingparagraphs. The stated goal of Schwartz and Bransford's study was "to begin a

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis

weak for each outcome, worded exactly as in Criterion3. In addition, the students are asked to rate the importance of the outcome. The springsurvey is administered by the College of Engineering (CoE) to all graduating seniors inengineering degree programs, and it uses a scale of 5=yes, definitely (excellent), 4=aboveaverage (good), 3=average, 2=poor, 1=no, not at all. The spring survey asks questionsthat reword the outcomes. The question corresponding to outcome 3(i), lifelong learning,for example, asks directly about plans to pursue formal study. “An appreciation for, andability to engage in, lifelong learning” may involve less formal and equally validchannels.2.1 Self-reported Achievement and Importance DataThere are several ways to analyze

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yuko Hoshino; Masakatsu Matsuishi; Wayne Sanders

engineering, and is based onthree pedagogical concepts; the plan-do-check-act cycle, hands-on exercises, and cooperativelearning. Students are asked to design and build bridges from 900mm x 2mm x 2mm strips of balsawood. The goal is to build a strong bridge using as little material as possible. See figure 3.On the first day of the course, each student is asked to design and build one bridge. Aftercompleting the bridge, he/she applies loads on the bridge until it collapses. The design is thenanalyzed to find out where the bridge failed.At the end of the first day, students are assigned to teams. Based on the experience gained the firstday, each team tries to design and build a stronger bridge to withstand a heavier load. By learningthrough experience