2006-841: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES: WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN’TWORK, AND WHYEugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati Eugene Rutz is Director of Distance Learning and Manager of the ACCEND programs in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He is a registered professional engineer with industry experience and administrative experience in academia. Mr. Rutz has taught courses in the traditional classroom setting as well as with a number of educational technolgies. Page 11.512.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Educational Technologies: What Works, What Doesn’t Work, and
Using Technology to Improve the Traditional Chalk and Talk Lecture Douglas R. Carroll University of Missouri-RollaIntroduction This is a report on several years of experimentation trying different ways of incorporatingtechnology into teaching basic engineering mechanics courses of statics and mechanics ofmaterials. I've taught at least one section of statics or mechanics of materials almost everysemester for the last 18 years, a combined total of over 60 sections of statics and mechanics ofmaterials. I'm a popular teacher with the students and have won many teaching awards. Most ofmy attempts at bringing technology into the classroom have failed, and I
Purdue University Calumet. His research career includes IT-based construction engineering and management system and computer-based instructional model design. He has developed information technology applications in civil engineering, numerous Web-based instructional programs, and database systems sponsored by Federal Highway Administration and Indiana Department of Transportation. Page 11.1197.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching a Paperless, All Digital Course that Utilizes the Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) Bob G
2006-1600: MULTI-LAYERED, MULTIMEDIA SCHEDULE REPORTINGIhab Saad, East Carolina University Page 11.942.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 MMSR: Multi-Layered, Multimedia Schedule ReportingAbstractScheduling is the art and science of forecasting future performance based on historicalinformation. It aims at charting a roadmap for the project to follow during its differentphases of development to secure timely completion. In most construction projects, anowner-approved schedule becomes one of the contract documents, and a way ofcommunication between the main project team members (Owner, Architect/Engineer,and General Contractor). Changes are one of the few
. He has specific program management experience in numerous arenas, from retail store rollout and low-income housing to large industrial and infrastructure projects. Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Project Management) from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S. in Architectural Engineering, also from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas
2006-2170: STRATEGY TO INCORPORATE GIS AND GPS APPLICATIONS INTOCONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONRussell Walters, Iowa State University Dr. Russell Walters is an assistant professor at Iowa State University. Dr. Walters received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida in 1993. He worked seven years in the electrical construction industry before joining Iowa State University in 2000. He teaches and does research in the area of construction engineering. He can be reached at 515-294-2171 or at rwalters@iastate.eduZhili Gao, North Dakota State University Dr. Gao is an Assistant Professor of Construction in the Department of Engineering Technology at Missouri Western State
2006-1248: EXPORTING AMERICA: FIRST TECHNOLOGIES, THENENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SKILLS, WHAT’S NEXT? - A CASE STUDYFROM AN ENGINEERING EDUCATION PERSPECTIVEJames Zhang, Western Carolina University JAMES Z. ZHANG is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Program at Western Carolina University. Dr. Zhang’s research interests include Communications Theory, Wireless Networks, Bandwidth Efficient Modulation Schemes, Signal Design and Information Coding, and Digital Signal Processing Techniques for Communications. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE.Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University KEN BURBANK is an Associate Professor and Director of Electrical Engineering Program at
2006-902: RESTRUCTURING OF CE4506 (ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANDPOLLUTION PREVENTION DESIGN) AND STUDENT RESPONSE SURVEYMichelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University Michelle Jarvie is a Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. She has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and an M.S. in Environmental Policy. Prior to her current studies, she worked for two years as a consulting engineer on the city of Detroit's water system. She has also worked as a civil engineer for the National Park Service, and advised Denali National Park on their wastewater treatment. Her dissertation is on the biodegradation of the natural estrogens estrone and estradiol
2006-1102: CRITICAL CONNECTIONS: A FIRST-SEMESTER COURSE INENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Page 11.372.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Critical Connections: A First-Semester Course in Environmental EngineeringMotivationMany engineering programs have moved to a common first-year structure. The benefitsof such an approach are many, and most notably account for the challenge in selecting amajor with certainty prior to becoming a college student. For all the benefits, one majordisadvantage of the common first-year is the loss of connection to the “family” embodiedin the students and
2006-1105: BUILDING A BETTER HYBRID: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORINGAND MEASUREMENT ANALYSISKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Page 11.292.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Building a Better Hybrid: Environmental Monitoring and Measurement AnalysisMotivationFor most students, learning in context improves retention through improved motivationand connection to other knowledge. In an effort to elevate retention of data analysismethods, a hybrid class that integrates environmental issues, analytical methods, andstatistical analyses was designed for the sophomore year of the undergraduateenvironmental engineering program at
2006-644: A COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGYDavid Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 11.31.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGYIntroductionA new course was developed to introduce environmental engineers and scientists to biology. Theprimary novelty of this course was its division of the subject into three core areas of relevance toenvironmental professionals: microbiology, ecology, and toxicology.This paper will further describe the need that exists for this course, and will introduce a textbookand other materials that were developed for the
2006-1696: USING MATLAB TO SOLVE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS FORUNDERGRADUATESQingli Dai, Michigan Technological University Qingli Dai received her PhD degree from mechanical engineering and applied mechanics of university of Rhode Island in 2004. She worked as a visiting assistant professor in Mechanical engineering of Texas A& M University-Kingsville in 2005. Recently, she moved to Michigan Technological University and work as a research assistant professor in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics. Dr. Qingli Dai is a member of American Association of Mechanical Engineering.Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University
2006-2285: INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO A CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSEChristy Jeon, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAdjo Amekudzi, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 11.784.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating Ethics into a Civil Engineering CourseAbstractEthics is a critical component of Civil Engineering education and practice. This paper discussesa case study to integrate ethics into a required undergraduate Civil Engineering course -- CivilEngineering Systems -- at Georgia Institute of Technology. The course introduces systems andsustainability concepts in Civil Engineering planning, design, operations, and renewal, and thuspresents an
2006-174: A PROPOSED ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT BODY OFKNOWLEDGE (EMBOK)Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 11.102.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBoK)Abstract An Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBoK) is proposed andthen used to develop topics and their relative weights which could be used for anEngineering Manager’s certification test.There have been a number of articles over the last 25 years which analyzedEngineering Management curricula and helped define an EM body of knowledge.The most prominent author was Dr. Dundar Kocaoglu 1,2,3,4. The major categoriesused in this article are consistent
2006-1540: IMMERSIVE COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY SIMULATIONSUSING A GAMING ENGINEChenghung Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Chenghung Paul Chang is currently a Research Assistant at Stevens Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2005. His research includes alternatives to traditional methods of administering laboratory experiments, including remote experiments and virtual experimental simulations.Dror Kodman, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Dror Kodman received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2001. Currently
2006-1006: ENGINEERING EXPERIENCES - REPLACING FRESHMANENGINEERING SEMINAR WITH A FLEXIBLE, STUDENT-DRIVEN APPROACHKeith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology KEITH SHEPPARD is a Professor of Materials Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He earned the B.Sc. from the University of Leeds, England and Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, England, both in Metallurgy. As Associate Dean, Sheppard is primarily responsible for undergraduate programs. He is a member of the Executive Committee and past Chair of the ASEE Design in Engineering Education Division.George Korfiatis, Stevens Institute of Technology GEORGE KORFIATIS is McLean Professor of
2006-1020: AN EXEMPLARY CURRICULA WITH PROPER MIX OFENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS AND TRAINING STUDENTS ATSTATE-OF-ART TECHNOLOGYKanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Page 11.186.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006An Exemplary Curricula With Proper Mix Of Engineering Fundamentals And Training Students At State-Of-Art Technology. Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E., Professor/Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology ECE Dept., UMASS LowellAbstract: The author established state-of-art laboratories in VLSI Design and Fabrication in 1984,and 1986
Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia Carlson is a professor of rhetoric in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a long-time advocate of writing in engineering education. Carlson has been a National Research Council Senior Fellow for the U. S. Air Forcer, as well as having had several research fellowships with NASA (Langley and Goddard) and the Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground. She has also been a research fellow at NASA’s Classroom of the Future located in Wheeling, WVA. Her primary research area – computer-aided tools to enhance writing in engineering education – has been funded through two NSF grants
2006-1507: APPLYING K-8 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICULA TOENGINEERING EDUCATION: WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THEEDUCATOR RESOURCE CENTER AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTONDava Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dava Newman is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is Director of the MIT Technology and Policy Program and is a MacVicar Faculty Fellow.Kristen Bethke, Kristen Bethke is a doctoral candidate in aeronautics and astronautics and engineering education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Page
Optics from CUNY/Bell Labs in 1973. After a Post-Doc position at the University of Rochester, he joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas in 1975. He is a member of several professional societies, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. Page 11.367.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Creating an Industrial Work Group Atmosphere in Technology Graduate Programs: An Unexpected Impact on Minority Success in Graduate SchoolAbstractThe interdisciplinary graduate program in Microelectronics-Photonics (microEP) was created atthe University of
2006-1688: EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS TOPROMOTE MINORITY ENTRY INTO THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYDISCIPLINES – THE INITIATIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF PROJECT SMILEAndrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University ANDREW W. OTIENO has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology at Northern Illinois University (NIU) since August 2000. He received his Ph.D. from Leeds University, UK in 1994, in mechanical engineering. Dr. Otieno has worked in various capacities at several institutions both in the United States and in Kenya. Before joining NIU, he was a Post-doctoral research fellow at the Intelligent Systems Center, University of Missouri-Rolla. His research interests
2006-1075: A FRESHMAN COURSE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: MERGINGFIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCES WITH DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC NEEDSDonald Visco, Tennessee Technological University Donald P. Visco, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Tennessee Technological University. He received his Ph. D. in 1999 from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His research focuses on molecular design for the chemical process and pharmaceutical industries.Pedro Arce, Tennessee Technological University Pedro E. Arce is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering At Tennessee Tech University. Dr. Arce is strong advocate of modernization of
2006-847: LECTURE HALL VS. ONLINE TEACHING – A CONTRADICTION?Joerg Lange, Darmstadt University of Technology Jörg Lange, Full Professor of Steel Structures since 1997, prior to this 10 years of experience in steel design and fabrication. Research focus in steel and composite structures, thin-walled steel, and teaching and learning processes in structural engineering.Thomas Steinborn, Darmstadt University of Technology Thomas Steinborn, civil engineer and research assistant since 2002. Research focus in teaching and learning processes in structural engineering. Page 11.881.1© American Society for
2006-1641: GUIDED CAE SOFTWARE LEARNING MODULES FOR THEUNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMFrank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Frank Fisher has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ since August 2004. Dr. Fisher earned BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Learning Sciences (School of Education and Social Policy), and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, all from Northwestern University. Prior to his current appointment he spent for two years as a post-doctoral research associate for the
2006-1791: ARLISS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXTRACURRICULAR DESIGNPROJECT FOR UNDERGRADUATESJoshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology Joshua is a Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in May of 2004. He received a B.S. from Hampden-Sydney College in 2002, double majoring in Physics and Applied Mathematics. Josh was a 2004-2005 NSF STEP Fellow, where he worked at Cedar Grove High School. His Ph.D. research focuses on command generation for flexible machines.William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. William Singhose is an Associate Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of
2006-146: MODERNIZING TEACHING METHODS IN THE CLASSROOM – DOESIT IMPACT STUDENT PERFORMANCE?Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology Kate Abel serves as the Program Director for the Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management Program in the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Technology Management and Applied Psychology. She teaches courses in Total Quality Management, Engineering Economy, Entrepreneurial Analysis of Engineering Design, Statistics for Engineering Managers, Engineering Management and Senior Design. Her research areas include knowledge engineering, as well as, knowledge and information management
2006-176: DETERMINING THE WEIGHTS OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT(EM) TOPICS FOR AN EM MANAGER'S CERTIFICATION TESTDonald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 11.425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Determining the Relative Weights of Engineering Management (EM) Topics for an EM Managers Certification TestAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to determine the relative weights of Engineering Management (EM)topics/courses based on recognized graduate and undergraduate EM programs. The graduate EMprograms examined are those certified by the American Society of Engineering Management(ASEM) and undergraduate EM programs those which have been
2006-405: GEORGIA TECH IE WORKFORCE COMMUNICATION: COMPARINGSENIOR DESIGN STUDENTS' AUDIENCE ANALYSES TO THEIR CLIENTS'SELF DESCRIPTIONSJudith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Norback is a faculty member and the Director of Workforce and Academic Communication in the J. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Before arriving at Tech six years ago, she headed her own firm, the Center for Skills Enhancement. She conducted research and curriculum development on basic and communication skills for the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Skill Standards Board, and a number of universities. Since 2000, her research has focused on workforce
2006-1782: THE PHENOMENA OF DECLINING GRADUATE APPLICATIONSAND ADMISSIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN US ENGINEERINGCOLLEGES: AN INSIGHT FROM SABBATICAL IN INDIA (AT INDIANINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming M. P. Sharma is Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at University of Wyoming. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University in 1977. His teaching and research areas of interest are energy, entropy, and environment; including Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Air Pollution Control, and Petroleum Engineering. One of the current interests of research and teaching includes computer based synchronous and asynchronous
2006-1543: INTRODUCING ‘TOTAL DESIGN’ IN AN ENGINEERING DESIGNCURRICULUM: A PILOT EXPERIENCERashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology RASHMI JAIN is Associate Professor of Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Jain has over 15 years of experience of working on socio-economic and information technology (IT) systems. Over the course of her career she has been involved in leading the implementation of large and complex systems engineering and integration projects. Dr. Jain is currently the Head of Education and Research for International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE). She teaches systems integration, systems design and architecture, and rapid systems