Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hitt, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Jun 12-15. 11. Abu-Mulaweh, H.I., 2004, “Capstone Senior Design: A Small Engineering Program Experience,”Proceedings of the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA,Nov 13-20. 12. Boettner, D., Byers, L.K., Crawford, B.G., Tamm, G., Rogers, J., Jones, T., and Rounds, M., 2008,“Teaching Design in Context,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress andExposition, Boston, MA, Nov 2-6. 13. Norberg, Seth, 2007, “Commercial Breaks in the Classroom,” Master Teacher Program 2007 GraduatePaper Anthology, West Point, NY. Page 14.987.12 14. Dym, C

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Hochstein, University of Memphis; Shelia Moses, University of Memphis; Daphne Jones, Memphis City Schools

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

).Girl Scouts Heart of the South provided boxes of Girl Scouts cookies and 2009 pocket calendars.The girls received notebooks and pens from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.The conference started with our keynote speaker. It is important that the EYH keynote speakerbe a professional woman who is a mentor and encourages young women to consider their optionsin science and math careers. The keynote speaker for this conference was Laura Whitsitt, VicePresident of Research and Innovation for Smith & Nephew’s orthopaedic division. Ms. Whitsitt Page 14.602.6earned both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mechanical

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Swan, Tufts University; Mary McCormick, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-1839: ABET OUTCOMES VIA PROJECT-BASED SERVICE LEARNINGATTRIBUTES: ASSESSMENT VIA SUCCESSFUL INTELLIGENCEChris Swan, Tufts University Dr. Swan is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. His current interests relate to service learning in engineering education, the reuse of recovered or recyclable materials, and sustainable construction.Mary McCormick, Tufts University Ms. McCormick graduated from Tufts University with a MSCE in 2008. Her masters research focused on the use of service learning in engineering education. She currently works as a geotechnical engineer with GEI Consultants, Inc. in Woburn, MA

Conference Session

Panel: What Funding Agencies Look For

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Daniels, Henry Luce Foundation; Kathleen Christensen, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Jessie DeAro, National Science Foundation; David Ruth, Elsevier Foundation

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Women in Engineering

practices for career flexibility.These awards not only recognize leaders in higher education, they also provide a means to raisethe legitimacy of career flexibility. Based on the success of the first cycle of the awards program,second and third cycles were approved by the Trustees.The second cycle, which was completed in 2008, focused on the 349 large master-focuseduniversities. The winners were Boise State University, Canisius College, Santa Clara University,San Jose State University, Simmons College, and the University of Baltimore. In addition,Benedictine University and Plymouth State University received $25,000 awards in recognition ofinnovative practices in career flexibility.The third cycle, which is currently underway, is focused on liberal

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

gapbetween the developed and developing worlds.13 In providing assistance to developingcountries, faculty development may be one of the best ways to improve education in thedeveloping world and close the higher education gap.References1. Lowman, J., Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.2. Ressler, S., Conley, C, Gash, R. “Designing a Civil Engineering Program for the National Military Academy ofAfghanistan.” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.3. Ressler, S.J., Gash, R., Conley, C., Hamilton, S. R. , Momand, F., Fekrat, Q., and Gulistani, A.. "Implementinga Civil Engineering Program at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan." American Society for

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1930: DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE FACULTY ADVISOR IN AMECHANICAL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSEGregory Watkins, California State University, Chico Gregory Watkins received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering, mechatronic engineering, and manufacturing technology at California State University Chico. He previously taught in the Engineering Technology department at UNC Charlotte and the Engineering Technologies Division at

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Johnson, Purdue University; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

those laboratories. The AT department assisted this process byoffering a faculty workload release.In the second semester, the teams each revised their project plans and used Gantt charts to self-manage the projects. In a manner similar to a Master Black Belt2,9 or a program manager, theinstructor’s role was facilitator, mentor, and technical instruction and guidance on the use oftools. The student teams scheduled their time and meetings with professors; monitored theirperformance; provided weekly Gantt chart updates; and presented impromptu short updates inclass. Figure 2 contains a one-page weekly project update report format with an example Ganttchart. The weekly report lists in bullet form the accomplishments of the previous week

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

quick clarifying questions. ≠ Each unit must be mastered before continuing. This requires students to score perfectly on a test before continuing. Anxiety issues are offset since each test can be taken as many times as necessary. This ensures that each student completes the course with a well- defined, basic competency in programming. ≠ As with all PSI courses, students earn a mastery grade (A) when they complete the units, or must retake the course if they do not. This ensures that students have the necessary programming tools before they enroll in core engineering curriculum courses.The PSI philosophy is implemented in a 1st year course where students are exposed to threedifferent programming languages

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

member of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Society of Civil Engineers and is an ABET Program Evaluator. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia.Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy Colonel Stephen Ressler is Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. He earned a B.S. degree from USMA in 1979, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree from Lehigh University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Lehigh in 1991. An active duty Army officer, he has served in a variety of military engineering assignments around the world. He has been a

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Jones, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2009-1327: ENG2: ENGINEERING ENGAGEMENT FOR STUDENTSUCCESS--BUILDING A COMMUNITY FOR FIRST-YEAR FRESHMEN IN THECOLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGSummer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Ms Dann is currently employed by the Dean's office at LSU as the STEP program coordinator. Ms. Dann earned her bachelors and masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at LSU and employed in private industry prior to her current position.John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Mr. Scalzo is the Associate Rector of the Engineering Residential College and an instructor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1992

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. It may Page 14.253.3actually relate to the level of cognitive process that is absolutely essential to master thematerial at the required level (Keefe, 1988).Fleming & Mills’ VARK Learning StylesThe author believes it is important to recognize other researchers who have alsocontributed in the area of cognitive science, educational psychology and educationalmethodologies. The author presented these findings at the 2007 ASEE NationalConference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Part of it has been reproduced here, below for the sakeof clarity and completeness (Narayanan, 2007, 2008). VARK is an acronym that standsfor Visual, Auditory, Read (includes writing

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Gilbert, Iowa State University; Pam Shill, Iowa State University; Kevin Saunders, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

with Doctoral Programs o Top 20 Diverse Institutions with Masters Program • Peterson’s Education USA’s 30 Historical Black Colleges, Midwest Region • Institutions from which we have received previous participant applicationsOur general REU webpage (http://www.hci.iastate.edu/REU), which features posters and videosof previous student projects, is an excellent recruiting tool.Our recruiting strategy focuses on forming a cohort of five three-person project teams in which,ideally, each team has at least one woman, at least one member of an underrepresented minority,and at least one skilled programmer (these categories may overlap, of course). Secondly, we tryto blend our outreach to students at lower-ranked colleges

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Donald Orlich, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-1567: ENHANCING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ENGINEERINGPROGRAMS AND THE K-12 SYSTEMRichard Zollars, Washington State University Dr. Zollars is a professor in, and Associate Director of, the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has been teaching engineering for 30 years. His interests are colloidal/interfacial phenomena, reactor design and engineering education.Donald Orlich, Washington State University Don Orlich graduated from the University of Montana in 1953 with a B.A. in Education. He received a Masters of Science Education in 1959 from the University of Utah and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics, Academic Integrity

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shobi Sivadasan, Stevens Institute of Technology; Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

AC 2009-1574: UNDERSTANDING PLAGIARISM USING BOARDMAN'SSOFT-SYSTEMS METHODOLOGYShobi Sivadasan, Stevens Institute of Technology Currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She completed her Masters in Engineering Management from Stevens in 2006 and Bachelors of Engineering in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation from India in 1998. She currently serves as Lecturer and SDOE Program Manager at the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens.Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology Currently Assistant Professor in Systems Engineering at the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. He completed his Ph.D. in

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Monroe, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University; Bala Ram, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Christopher Doss, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

PittsburghManuel Peace, General Motors Alan Wiechman The Boeing Co. Greg Shultz , Wal-MartPaul Clayson, nCoat Inc. James E. Stike, Materials Innovation Technology Ohio State and Ohio is active in industry; One of the first ERC programs; Comprehensive partnerships are necessary (ex. with Honda – schools pay a role in research, cost sharing, day to day solutions for practical problems); Faculty/Student Teams working with Industry, and Industry working directly will University; NSBE Jr Chapters, Following trends which need benchmark research to push the technology. Multiple methods need to be used to work with companies for success; NSF provides a good template for forming partnerships with companies; Master

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

success. Several students who had previously learned the C language indicated thatthey finally understood pointers for the first time after taking this course. With each refinementof the course, students have been able to master the concepts with fewer reiterations. We alsofound that students who have been through the updated course can be productive more quicklythan those who haven’t taken the course or who have just recently transferred into our program.The improved skills of students who have taken the updated Microprocessors course are makinga difference in subsequent courses such as Embedded Systems. In the Embedded Systems Page

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Eric Bickel, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

triangle in Figure 5, in which answer b was correct. If students were simply asked tomark which answer they thought was the most likely, then 81% would have selected this answerand the instructor might believe the class has mastered the underlying concept. However, theaverage probability assignment on this answer was only 69%, which implies a lesser degree ofunderstanding. Page 14.607.8 1 Fraction of Class where Most Likely Answer  0.9 0.8

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

B B B E E Figure 2. BOK2 Levels of Achievement for Bachelor of Sciences (B); Master or 30 Unit Equivalents (M/30) and Professional Experience (E).Analysis of the BOK2 Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) have presented a comprehensive mechanism for analyz-ing a set of educational objectives. Our goal is to apply their approach to analyze BOK2. Ander-son and Krathwohl (2001) first recognize that there are four important different questions relatedto (1) learning, (2) instruction, (3) assessment, and (4) alignment. In this context, our goal is toaddress the learning question, which is to define what is important for students to learn in thelimited school and classroom time available

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg

, except for handful institutionsthat offer a Master of Science program in M&S, no other educational program is currentlyavailable at the undergraduate level, especially for electrical engineers. This demands thedevelopment of a curriculum and requirements for its assessment, which is the topic of thispresentation. The development is part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for acourse, curriculum, and laboratory improvement project called Undergraduate STEMEducation Initiative in Creative Educational (USE-ICE) innovation for electricalengineering students at the College of Engineering, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln(UNL).1. IntroductionGlobalization and international research and development have changed the way the UnitedStates

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-2413: A REVIEW OF PROBLEM-BASED APPROACHES TOENGINEERING EDUCATIONJosef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology The author has an academic background in chemical and materials engineering at bachelor and master level and a doctorate in engineering education.He teaches primarily in areas of materials, manufacturing and process technology and is an active member at University's centre for innovation and sustainability. Page 14.100.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Review of Problem-Based (PBL) Pedagogy Approaches to Engineering

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

composed of eighteen people all who classified themselves ashaving an innate ability to sketch. These were student teachers of technologyeducation at the University of Limerick.Seven people formed the test group, all of whom were qualified teachers oftechnology subjects. Five of the participants were undertaking post-graduate researchat masters and doctorate level and the remaining two were academics who arelecturing in the department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering (M&OE).The group was made up of six males and one female with ages ranging from 21-36with a standard deviation of 5.44.The test group was composed of two kinds of participant, those who claimed anaverage standard of sketching and a polar group who claimed they “cannot

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Kobus, Hillsborough Community College; Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

USF, students enroll inProgramming Concepts. This Java-based course covers problem-solving techniques, programdesign, implementation, and testing, as well as graphical user interface and object-orientedconcepts.During their second summer program at USF, students enroll in two courses. ComputerOrganization and Program Design are USF’s “gate” courses which are mandatory for admittanceinto the Department of Computer Science. Students are required to take and pass these courseswith a C or better. The Computer Organization course allows the students to understand Booleanalgebra, master the operation of basic logic elements and learn how to design simplecombinatorial circuits, understand the basic structure of a central processing unit (CPU), and

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques for Freshmen (0630)

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark A. Palmer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John B. Hudson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

used in determining the course grade was based on a student'sindividual effort. The in-class team exercises were designed to help the students master thematerial before attempting it on their own. 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.276.4Class Format The typical class period was approximately two hours in duration. During this time theinstructor would present class material, and answer questions as they arose. Following thepresentation of material, the class was given a problem, or set of problems, to solve. Theseproblems were designed so that they would take between fifteen and twenty-five minutes

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Bernard Carlson; Karin Peterson

ofneeds which must be addressed immediately if they are to have four productive years. Fresh out of high school,students often come to engineering school with only a hazy notion of what engineers do and what kind ofknowledge engineers use. As students take up the standard requirements in calculus, chemistry, graphics,computer languages and professional communications, they frequently need to have an exciting and meaningfullearning experience, a creative experience that motivates them to stay in engineering. To survive the heavy mathand science load, students must also acquire new study skills; in particular, to master new abstract concepts, theyneed to learn how integrate the words, diagrams, and equations used to explain those concepts in their

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Dr. John W. Nazemetz; Dr. John B. Solie; Dr. David R. Thompson

that allowingfrustration to build. It is also important that the students understand what is happening and havethem develop their own strategies for dealing with it.A Large Number Of The Concepts Being Taught In The Course Require The Student To ExperienceThem Rather Than Study Them The course strives to convey a large number of experiences that thestudent can learn from and build upon as he/she pursues his/her career as well as technicalinformation that will not be presented in any other courses. Succeeding courses rely upon theassumption that this material has been mastered. The course is intended to provide a common Page 1.469.6

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Hailey; G. Garrison; E. Parkinson

.primary emphasis in engineering management. Another market opportunity is for customersseeking graduate degrees in other engineering and scientific fields. Support of this market couldrange from serving customers desiring career broadening with a second major or minorconcentration in mamgement, supporting selected courses that may be required by the customerand academic functional area for the degree in the primary fictional area, or courses desiredby students as electives. For example, a student and industry market may encourage master anddoctoral students in physics or civil engineering to have an engineering management minor areaof concentration. Some markets may expect the program to broaden into topics like: systemsthinking for technology

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Rinker; J. Peterson; H. Hess; Richard Wall; Kathy Belknap

curriculum development and on departmental committees, e.g., thepower curriculum subcommittee, the digital electronics subcommittee, the laboratory developmentsubcommittee, etc. Promotion and tenure requirements for UI faculty are identical at both locations.Unified procedures, including discussion and voting, and a single promotion and tenure committee at eachlevel (department, college, and university) and a single administrative chain apply. BSU has its ownpromotion and tenure system for its assigned faculty. With the faculty reporting administratively to the director in Boise, and academically to thedepartment chair in Moscow, there are bound to be times of conflict, the "serving two masters" problem.Specific examples of such situations

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Dollar, Miami University; Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

described above. All student interactions are recorded in log files, which can only be analyzed after the period of usage to gauge student progress. At present the gradebook only indicates which pages each student has visited. Missing is the real-time feedback to instructor on student learning. A real-time feedback loop to instructors from tracking student on-line learning activities would bring the “inverted classroom” to its full potential: the concepts and skills that students still need to master could by identified by the online environment.≠ Provide instructors with a set of classroom activities to enable an interactive inverted classroom By freeing up some class time, a resource like OLI accelerates and enriches the

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

initial assessment (covering pre-requisite algebra and trig content needs Page 14.1337.5for Calculus I) during the first week of the term. Students then spend time working on onlythose topics which they have not mastered. ALEKS prompts students to take periodicassessments to assist ALEKS in accurately assessing their content mastery. Students areexpected to spend at least 3 hours and make at least 6% progress each week of the term in orderto receive credit for ALEKS usage. Some instructors check progress on a weekly basis, someprior to each exam, and others only at the end of the term. ALEKS usage counts for at most 4%of the overall course grade

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dazhi Yang, Purdue University; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Aidsa Santiago Roman

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and two were male. Three participants wereCaucasian and one was Asian. Two of the participants were seniors, one was a sophomore andthe other was a first year masters’ student.Table 1 - Coursework Taken by Participants Participant Fluid Dynamics Heat Transfer Thermodynamics 1 x Experimental Group 2 x x 1 x x x Control Group 2 x xTwo students were randomly assigned to an