Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Students worked with project faculty,physical plant administration, and a licensed master electrician (including IREC Master Trainercertification) to design the lab infrastructure. The design work is shown in Figure 2. Theinfrastructure was located nearby the 10,000 square-foot production laboratory. All of theproduction, assembly, and testing processes were accomplished in the production lab before theimplementation. Autodesk Inventor was used to design the complete renewable energy traininginfrastructure. After the design process and all the approvals, construction management studentsand faculty built a power house (12ft X 8ft X 10ft) for all of the equipment. Due to safety andsize regulations, this power house allows only 8 people to work at a

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

curriculum committees of department, college, and university regarding the structure of the minor program, student recruitment, program sustainability, and appropriate academic unit to host the program. The approval process took more time than it was initially expected. Due to a lengthy approval process, the program courses (NSEN 1143 and NSEN 3400) were not included in the university master schedule during the pre-registration for fall semester 2013. As a result, only few students enrolled in NSEN 3400 during regular registration for fall semester 2013. Student recruitment. The success of the minor program is generally measured by the number students enter and subsequently complete the program. As

Conference Session

ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Zhong, Shandong University/Gannon University; Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Yuzhe Zhang

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

machines. The graduates expect to find a job inelectrical power industry and related areas.In China, the electrical engineering curriculum is focused on basic applied math and fundamentalengineering sciences. The educational objective is to produce graduates who master solidfundamental engineering theory and are capable of adapting to new technology easily. It is left tothe industry to provide the newly hired graduates with trainings on specialized topics. In U.S.,electrical engineering curriculum in general adopts a broad educational approach with science,technology, and humanities. Software tools and computer applications are integrated into thecurriculum. As the result, U.S. electrical engineering graduates have broader spectrum of

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dan D. Koo, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Paper ID #9558Innovation in Construction: New Course Development Within a Construc-tion Management CurriculumMr. J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis J. William White AIA is a lecturer with the Construction Engineering Management Technology program within the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology in Indianapolis. He is a registered architect who has more than 23 years of varied construction industry experience. Mr. White has undergraduate degrees from Indiana University and Ball State University and a masters degree from Purdue University Indianapolis. He is an active member

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerardo J. Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Jaime Rene Huerta

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #9572Introduction to STEM Fields Through Robotics: A Synergetic Learning Ex-perience for Students and Their ParentsMr. Gerardo J. Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University Mr. Pinzon is a STEM Advisor and Lab Manager at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). He is currently a PhD Candidate at Texas A&M University at Kingsville (TAMUK). He holds a Masters of Environmental Engineering from TAMUK, A Masters of Business Administration from TAMIU and a Bachelors of Science from University of Texas at Austin. He is a Professional Engineer registered in the State of Texas.Mr. Jaime Rene Huerta

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Bob Melton, Putnam City Schools; Elizabeth Ann Allan, University of Central Oklahoma; Grant M. Armstrong, University of Central Oklahoma ; James E. Stewart, University of Central Oklahoma; Morshed Khandaker, University of Central Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Oklahoma and her Masters and PhD from the University of California, Riverside.Grant M Armstrong, University of Central OklahomaJames E Stewart, University of Central Oklahoma James Stewart is an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Central Oklahoma. He participates in viscous fluid research for Dr. Evan Lemley. He also works in the IT department for the college of mathematics and science.Dr. Morshed Khandaker, University of Central Oklahoma Page 24.847.1 Morshed P.H. Khandaker has been serving as an associate professor in the department of Engineering & Physics at University of

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

the‘scholarship of teaching.’ Foundations, Endowments and Grants have been supportinginitiatives aimed at improving classroom teaching. The use of ‘ACORN’ model suggestedby Hawkins and Winter to conquer and mastering change, may offer some helpful hintsfor implementing and assessing of Innovative Environments that address Intellectual Curiosity(Hawkins and Winter, 1984). The author has successfully used these principles in hisclassroom activities. He has also presented his findings in various other conferencepresentations, including ASEE national conferences (Narayanan, 2002 – 2012).Action : It is possible to effectively change things only when an honest attempt is made to improve quality. Both the Management and the

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Nelson; Keith Williamson; Hassan Ndahi; Sharon Waters

Page 10.623.2* Award# 0139336 Engineering Graduate Fellows and Master Teachers for Grades 4-5Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2005, American Society for Engineering Educationfive seminars (listed in Table 1) were developed to: (1) help broaden teachers’ contentknowledge in science, engineering and mathematics; (2) provide graduate fellows with anoverview of teaching pedagogy and management strategies for 4th and 5th gradeclassrooms; (3) provide an opportunity for graduate fellows and teachers to interact andexchange ideas as experts in their fields, and; (4) provide a forum to discuss howreflective practice should inform education theory

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Narang

Page 10.356.2interdisciplinary curriculum having current technical content and relevance, which prepares the“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”graduates with knowledge, problem solving ability and hands-on skills in the field of IndustrialEngineering Technology. By successfully mastering the program outcomes, the students willdevelop presentation skills, in both written and oral forms, to effectively communicate withintheir specialty field; be able to integrate analytical theory and practice into effective design andapplication concepts; master the utilization of computers and technical software; and will beexposed to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

concentrate on problem formulation and implementation of solutions. However, there is a Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education“learning curve” associated with CAD/FEA tools, and it must be accommodated appropriately inthe undergraduate curriculum. Concern must also be given to the level of students’ mathematicalmaturity as they begin to master powerful analysis tools. It would appear that many mechanicalengineering programs are on a similar path to integrate design and analysis software in theirprograms, and that the positive aspects outweigh the negatives2.In 2001, the Mechanical Engineering department

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erwin D'Souza; Mehmet Ozturk

questions were included in theexams. First and foremost, these studies indicated that spending three hours in the laboratoryevery week was not sufficient for the beginning students to master the modern bench-topinstruments. We saw that students' struggles with the test equipment (especially during the firsthalf of the semester) could result in frustration in the laboratory creating an artificial barrier inperforming the experiments and learning the fundamental concepts. Extra time on the equipmentcould certainly help; however, limited resources available for laboratory instructors did not allowus to keep the laboratory open outside the regularly scheduled laboratory sessions. The problembecame worse when one of the students in a laboratory group

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilan Grave

ingredient.The path for a student to become a circuit ‘wizard” or, in less mystic terms, a masterful,proficient circuit analyst, passes through and intensive process of skill and confidence building.Professional confidence building in the context of a circuit analysis course transcends a simplepsychological state of mind or mood. Without backing from specific cognitive research results, Idare to state that confidence building goes to the very heart of the cognitive process, at least forthe particular problem of developing circuit analysis skills. Confidence building, developedthrough repetitive and special emphasis learning, most probably changes the way our analysisand creation processes develop. It is one of the bases for deeper analyses, and for leap

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Wollin; Ronald Bennett; Melanie Steinborn; Al Dombrowski

Mechanical Engineer at Architectural Testing Inc. She is currentlya graduate student at the University of St. Thomas in the Master of Science in TechnologyManagement program.THOMAS W. WOLLIN is the Quality Assurance Manager for Donaldson Company, Inc. Heholds a B.S. in Industrial Technology from the University of North Dakota and is currentlyenrolled in the Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems program at the University of St.Thomas. Page 10.901.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lehman; David Stone; Mary Raber

skill building opportunity, and create dynamic partnerships between the three entitieswhich have a stake in engineering education (K-12 schools, universities and industry).II. BackgroundMichigan Tech is located in Houghton in Michigan’s remote, rural western Upper Peninsulaalong Lake Superior ~ approximately nine hours from downstate Detroit and four hours fromGreen Bay, Wisconsin. Michigan Tech has research, recruiting and development relationshipswith hundreds of corporations worldwide in a range of sectors (e.g. automotive, manufacturing,information technology, biomedicine, etc.). Founded in 1885, Michigan Tech offers associate,bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in the sciences, engineering, forestry, business,communication, and

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Schneider

. The programming environment 3. Variables and storage classes 4. Keyboard input and screen output, input and output formatting 5. Lexical elements and operators 6. Arrays, pointers, and text strings 7. The software development process 8. Control structures and logical operators 9. Functions, recursion, references, scope 10. Formatted input and output from filesEven though the C++ syntax proves to be more difficult to master than other popularprogramming languages, the course retained the C++ language for this course given feedbackfrom the Engineering Technology Department’s Industrial Advisory Committee. Being the soleprogramming course, the students do need an appreciable experience with

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lobaugh

undergraduateengineering major, and as an elective for the masters level. Normal teaching methods werealtered to allow for an easy exchange of experience from class members who have industrialexperiences. These arrangements increase the level of involvement and participation among thestudents.The early portion of the course is primarily lectures and simulations, designed to cover the basiccomponents that make up Lean Manufacturing. The later portion of the course involves groupparticipation and investigation of actual industrial applications of lean practices. Each groupconsists of a leader (called a Champion) and three to four members. Each leader of a group hashad significant industrial experience and is currently working in an industrial setting locally.The

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shashi Nambisan

during the summer break.MotivationThe reasons to include undergraduate and high school students in research efforts are many. Incases where research efforts in Engineering or Computer Science require students withundergraduate degrees, or even Masters degrees, opportunities to include others may be limited.However, not all research efforts require such backgrounds of students. In such cases, thefollowing is a list some possible reasons to include undergraduate and high school students inresearch: Limited access to qualified graduate students Potential to attract and recruit promising students Excite students about research, research outcomes and their significance to society Enhance retention of students in the program

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

equivalencies. • Provide Support for English and Math Courses: MATH 129 Pre-calculus is the lowest mathematics course recognized for transfer by WSU. Any student that places below that course will be required to go through the developmental math sequence at Schoolcraft College. An optional math summer sessions will be provided jointly by WSU and Schoolcraft College to enable students to master the math courses needed to transfer. ENG 101 English Composition is a required English course that transfers to WSU. Students would be required to complete that course at Schoolcraft College. Writing Fellows is a support program at Schoolcraft designed to help students one-on-one in the preparation and development of writing. Students

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Chawla; Ali Pourhashemi

determination of individual (kL and kg) and overall (KLand Kg) mass transfer coefficients based on liquid (L) and gas (g) phase resistances. Two sets offour mass transfer coefficients (kL, kg, KL and Kg), determined for each process; aeration anddeoxygenation, provide a basis for comparison and discussion of results.The experiment, developed from the Masters’ thesis of one of the authors, offers the chemicaland other engineering students an opportunity to understand the theory and application of masstransfer phenomenon and can be performed in one laboratory session of three hours. Only air,nitrogen and water are used in the experiment. Use of potentially harmful chemicals is avoided,resulting in increased safety and cost savings in the purchasing and

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Greg Spaulding

, having earned her Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Business Administration in 1990 and her Master of Accountancy Degree in 1991. She earned herCPA designation in 1991, while serving as an auditor for Daymon and Associates of Santa Fe, NewMexico. In 1994, Ms. Vratil Brockway accepted the position of Instructor at Kansas State University-Manhattan in the Department of Accounting. While there, she received the Commerce Bank OutstandingTeaching Award; the Baird, Kurtz, and Dobson Outstanding Teacher Award; and the Commerce BankOutstanding Advisor Award. In 2001, Kathy accepted an assistant professorship at Kansas StateUniversity-Salina in the Department of Arts, Sciences, and Business. She teaches courses in accounting,economics, and management.Greg

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Zion; Ronald Fulle; Carol Richardson

OutcomesAt the end of the course the student will be able to: • Demonstrate how to perform a basic economic analysis • Demonstrate a knowledge of Ethics in: Business, Engineering and Personally • Utilize MS Project as a management and tracking tool both as a Project Manager and as a Project Team Member • Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of Project ManagementThe 3-in-One approach is more difficult to teach than a single discipline course. Said anotherway, the course is challenging to teach but once mastered, it is fine, fun and very rewarding. Thedifficulty comes in the fact that each discipline is taught in its own best approach. It’s interestingthat in successful industry settings, these three disciplines often play off

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

research activities. For the graduate student this has twoprimary benefits: 1. It provides income to assist the student to pursue graduate studies 2. It enhances the student’s KSA’s (Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes) necessary for mastering the students’ chosen discipline.In the early 70s the authors felt that a similar experience would be equally beneficial toundergraduate students, and that it would enhance their ability to pursue graduate studies. Thisinterest is particularly relevant to the University of the District of Columbia, since it is a Page 9.595.1relatively new urban institution of higher education, having only undergraduate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrea Welker

each spring. The evaluators will be asked if the “students are able to collaborate Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationeffectively as members of a team.” There will be four categories ranging from “limited” to“mastered”. “Limited” achievement of this goal will mean the group “performs a group task,with minimal group collaboration, which achieves only a small part of the task goals”.“Mastered” achievement of this goal will mean that the group “performs a group task withsignificant collaboration, which fully achieves the task goals.”ConclusionsA program to provide training on team functioning

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

where their teaching load is increased. Compound this with “mission creep”, a trendat institutions across all Carnegie classifications toward increasing demands for research, and thenew faculty hire may indeed serve two masters.2 Although programs like Preparing FutureFaculty address this concern, such programs are not available at most universities3.Misalignment between a new hire’s research/teaching preconceptions and departmentalexpectations negatively impacts all stakeholders. Tenure is often lost because research andteaching duties are mismanaged. Career goals are stalled and resources invested in those facultymembers are lost. Accurate prior knowledge of the research/teaching balance and the requisiteactivities would facilitate a fast

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

“I understand team dynamics and the value of working on team projects.” Teamworkand management skills were rated an average of 4.3 in the Fall 2003 semester and 4.4 inthe Winter 2004 semester.Conclusion Teamwork, which involves shared leadership, group decision making, andconsensus, requires time and experience to develop the skills to be effective. It requiresstudent teams to develop openness and trust among the team members. We are not naiveenough to believe that upon completing this course that students will have mastered theteamwork skills that they will need to be effective team members in industry. We doexpect that the principles taught and experiential exercises that they have experienced inthis course and reinforced in other

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

subjects. Three of Fellows had pursuedPhD degrees, four Masters Degrees and four Bachelors Degrees. The Fellows were drawn fromChemical Engineering (n=4), Mechanical Engineering (n=2), Computer Science (n=3),Environmental Health (n=1), and Environmental Engineering (n=1). During their Fellowships,all Fellows worked in classrooms ranging from grades 3-8. 36% of Fellows (36%) heldFellowships for one year and 64% held positions for two or more years.Data from the former Fellows surveys were analyzed using simple statistical analysis.Qualitative data were reviewed and open-coded for common thematic responses. The resultingcodes have an interrater reliability of 80%, and are presented in Table 2. Numerical results fromthis study allowed for specific

Conference Session

Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

JoDell Steuver; Michele Summers; Donna Evanecky

, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreamsis paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.” Those who are successful in this environmenthave mastered the art of flexibility.This paper delineates research and practical suggestions from a woman’s point of view, forsurviving the first five years of a tenure-track teaching career in Engineering Technology. A firstacademic job does not have to be the worst five years of one’s life. It is often a craggy path thatcan cause anxiety for even an experienced climber, but it can also be an exhilarating rush. Mostcollege professors say they derive great satisfaction as they see their students cross the stage atgraduation. There is sheer ecstasy in having survived the rigor of the

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rogers; John Anderson; Corey Jones

theengineering field, out of necessity, but it should not be that way.Students should be willing to take an extra year of courses toward the concurrent renewableenergy degree because it will add specialization to the mechanical engineering degree alreadybeing pursued. Generally, mechanical engineering programs train their students to be jack ofall trades but masters of none. Many mechanical engineering graduates leave college withlittle or no direction to the career field they will be entering. The dual degree adds specializedexperience which will make the graduate more attractive to employers. Currently renewableenergy engineers pay is above average when compared to the typical mechanical engineeringsalary. This gives incentive for students to add the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nolan Hertel; Michael Shannon

professor for over 24 years. His mainresearch interests are in radiation shielding and dosimetry. He currently serves on the eight-person Joint Japanese-American Senior Review Group charged with reviewing the newly revised Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Study.CPT MICHAEL SHANNON is an instructor in the Department of Physics at the United States Military Academy.CPT Shannon received an Army ROTC commission and a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Prescott, AZ. CPT Shannon holds a Master of Science degree inAeronautics from ERAU as well as a Master of Science degree in Health Physics from Georgia Tech

Conference Session

Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Birgül Tantekin-Ersolmaz; Gülsün Saglamer; Ekrem Ekinci

capable of using more sophisticated weapons. These defeats of Ottomans made themrealize the vital importance of positive sciences. In 1734, the grand vizier of the time ordered aschool of geometry to be opened to help upgrade the personal standards of the artillery units1.The first secular, positive science based higher education institution which was the start of theIstanbul Technical University of today was realized in 1773 under the guidance of the Captain ofSeas during the time of the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III. With its original name "Mühendishane-iBahr-i Hümayun (The Royal School of Naval Engineering)”, the aim of the school was toeducate chart masters and ship builders in geometry, geography, navigation, etc. The departmentof civil