Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. the ability to store waveforms indefinitely. b. the capability to store and display waveform points before the trigger. c. the possibility of doing statistical analysis on accumulated data. d. all of the above are advantages of DSOs. Figure 2: Final Exam Jitter Questions Page 12.52.5ConclusionThe results are encouraging, but with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight and more time for reflection,the data seem to suggest several adjustments to the exams are in order. First, although thestudents most likely understood it, their understanding of the definition of timing jitter was neverexplicitly tested

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

of cross-culturalengagement. The representatives from one university have been very quick to take the lead,another university’s representatives seemed relieved to defer to the leader but have on occasionbeen very decisive. The third university has had continued delays and has caused someconsternation for the others due to their apparent lack of proactivity. These actions and responsesseem to reflect available literature for international teams11.Lessons LearnedWhile this paper is only an initial report on the collaborative efforts of an international team ofeducators, still some lessons learned are apparent. 1. The project has demonstrated project like qualities that have been associated with international projects. There was

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

class is completed. These laboratories are completed in group format and currently account for 25% of the grading for the entire class. Groups are divided up; the laboratories are performed, and upon completion, reports in writing and oral presentation take place. These written report and presentation represent each group as a whole. At completion, each student in the group receives the same grade. This current grading procedure, to some, may seem unfair. Students believe they did more work than others, and the final grade should reflect this work. The objective of the computer simulation of the thermodynamics laboratory experiments is to give each student the ability to become familiar with the set up before attempting the hands on

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Romine, Alabama A&M University; William Gile, Alabama A&M University; elisabeth scherff, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

strategies: Lessons from research and practice. Sydney, Social Science Press.8. King, P., & Kitcherner, K (1994). Developing reflective judgment. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.9. Prince, M. (2004). “Does active learning work? A review of the research.” Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-246.10. Siller, T. (2001). Sustainability and critical thinking in civil engineering curriculum. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, July 2001, 104-108.11. Smith, K., Sheppard, S., Johnson, D., and Johnson, R. (2005). Pedagogies of engagement: Classroom based practices. Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 94, No. 1, 87-101.12. Turns, J., Atman, C., Adams, R., and Barker, T. (2005

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

self-confidence development, desire to study technical education, etc are required. Thispaper shows that by implementing certain pre-conditions, the enrollment of minority AfricanAmerican Women Engineers can be significantly increased which will lead to a balancedworkforce and improve the national economy. Page 12.877.21. BackgroundAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), a historically black university, wasfounded in 1875. Alabama A&M University reflects the uniqueness of the traditional land-grant institution combining teaching, research, service, liberal arts, and vocational fields. Theuniversity offers baccalaureate, masters

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University; Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

environment; puzzles, homework and exam format2. What did you like least about the course? Tedious/lengthy homework; fast pace sometimes; too much material (but interesting); no book; math and equations; exam format3. What suggestions do you have for improving the course? More movies/films, videos, and in class demonstrations; have textbook; less homework; less math; make it more challengingSome of the comments sound contradictory. This reflects the mix and wide range ofbackgrounds of the students. In particular, non honors students are allowed to register for Page 12.1196.6the course after registration of honors students. Clearly

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, San Francisco State University; Juan Carlos Miranda, San Francisco State University; Jose Coto, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

explaining the baseline system (question 3). As the motor control equipmentwas received almost at the end of the semester, and the project itself was quite rushed, it is notsurprising to the instructor that the students would want more time on this project, and the nextoffering of the course will reflect this data. Page 12.1064.8 1. A real time programming project seems appropriate in an advanced controls class12 1010864 32 0 0 00 5 4 3 2 1 Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael VanAuker, University of South Florida; Joel Strom, University of South Florida; William Lee, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

will come from the Asia/Pacificregion and the Latin-American region, which are expected to grow significantly by 20107. Interms of all medical devices, the U.S. market was estimated to be approximately $86 billion by2006 (close to $220 billion worldwide), with a projected 10% annual growth rate for the nearfuture8. The U.S. medical device industry employs more than 411,400 individuals, about 1/3 ofall biotech jobs8. Cardiovascular devices are a significant part of this market; Table 1 lists someof the dominant technologies. As one example of a specific product, the worldwide market forstents is estimated to be about $8 billion by 2008, with this growth reflecting advances in drug-eluting stents9.Dominant cardiovascular pharmaceutical companies

Conference Session

Teaching Emerging Energy Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

usingcarbon nano-tubes that introduce the current literature and research in fuel cells.Figure 5. General Schematic representation of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell. Module 4 deals with nanotechnology that offers several benefits when makinginexpensive and efficient solar cells on a large scale. In this context, nanostructured layersin thin film solar cells offer three important advantages. First, due to multiple reflections,the effective optical path for absorption is much larger than the actual film thickness. Second,light generated electrons and holes need to travel over a much shorter path and thusrecombination losses are greatly reduced. Third, the energy band gap of various layers canbe tailored to the desired design value by

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ward, California State University-Chico

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Survey results analyzed - results reported to Department Chairs1 Week Before Assessment Committee present assessment results to faculty, set actions if needed.*Classes BeginFall Reporting ActivityOctober Annual Assessment Report from Department Chairs to College Deans summarizing assessment results, actions.** Department assessment results are to be shared, analyzed, and reflected with appropriate constituent Page 12.842.5groups including advisory boards or student groups at regularly scheduled meetings.Annual Reporting of ResultsThe results from most of the assessment activities previously mentioned

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Walter Block, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kristyn Masters, University of Wisconsin-Madison; William Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mitchell Tyler, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Webster, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

self team evaluation 6 Reflection paper 6 Design notebook 12 Oral design review meeting 72 Written progress report 84 Patent disclosure x Human studies protocol x Table: Number of times a BME student experiences each type of professional communication during the six-semester BME design course sequence.To insure consistency across the

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. 26., No. 3, Nov 2005.2 Uden, L., An engineering approach for online learning, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies,Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan-Mar 2003.3 Maor, Dorit, Using reflective diagrams in professional development with university lecturers: A development toolin online teaching, Internet and Higher Education, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 2006.4 Pais, Carlos, Vitor Pires, Rui Amaral, Joao Amaral, Joao Martins, Carlos Luz, and O. P. Dias, A strategy toimprove engineering teaching process based on an e-learning approach, Proceedings of the Fifth InternationalConference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET 2004, 2004.5 Cheong, Pauline Hope, Namkee Park, and William H. Dutton, New Technologies, old

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas-Austin; Taylor Martin, University of Texas-Austin; K. Diller, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

equations or other solution methods.3 To capture thischaracteristic, we examined two facets of student performance on the innovation test. The first werefer to as innovation. The innovation score reflects how effectively students are able apply theirknowledge base and analysis tools to devise a wise strategy for solving a difficult open endedproblem they have now encountered previously. The second facet we refer to as efficiency. Thisscore examines whether students applied appropriate governing principles and constitutive equationsto model the process. A high score on these two categories indicates that a student is approaching theproblem similarly to an expert in the area who was considering how to solve the problem for the firsttime. These coding

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-yin Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Kwok-wai Mui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

. The ratings were then correlated by Kendall’s Taub to testthe association [2]. The outcome is whether their importance is truly reflected in the learning Page 12.696.4process or not. There are three sections in the questionnaire. The first part A (A1 to A9) wasdevoted to design of the Web, provision of software and hardware, and logistic arrangement.The second part B (B1 to B9) was a delineation of the subject management andcommunication channels. The last part C (C1 to C9) was about the instructional design ofthe subject. Students were asked to give an overall rating (A10, B10, C10) of each part. Itaims at providing a comparison to the averaged

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

andexperiences.In order to modernize our program, we need to focus on both the curriculum and thefacilities. Strong industrial support in the form of money, equipment, and advice enabledsignificant facility upgrades. While substantial amounts of faculty time and effort wererequired for curriculum revisions. Historically lecture and theory based courses, havebeen dramatically upgraded to reflect the concepts and skill sets need by today’sgraduates.OutcomesUniversity administrators routinely visit the project based problem solving learningenvironment with distinguished guests to highlight the innovative learning approach. Thefacility has also assisted in topic development for faculty grant writing. All of thecourses that utilize the facility are full and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy

systemsthat incorporate versioning. 4,5 They also include sophisticated features such as the ability toassign different levels of permission to the various members of a collaborative team; for instance,the right to create a new version. They can also send e-mail notification to the team membersupon the creation of a new version.Because they are commercial packages, they tend to be costly; the cost is reflective of the fact thatthey are designed to be relatively bulletproof and forgiving in the face of assaults from theuninitiated user. Additionally, they incorporate a number of advanced features that may never oronly rarely be exercised by the average user. However, if a university already possesses a sitelicense for one of these products, it could

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Page 12.1594.2introducing visualization technologies at university locations. 3A number of funding models exist for these visualization centers, both for initial startup andcontinuing support. These models reflect unique local legislative, economic, and educationalfactors: state appropriations, internal institutional funds, one-time economic development funds,sponsorships by technology providers, partnerships (industry, military, and government), andongoing funding through research grants (NSF, NASA, DOD). For example, the Center forVisualization and Virtual Environments in the state of Kentucky (www.vis.uky.edu/) has used acombination of public and private funds to establish their facility.Visualization techniques such as modeling, simulation

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, Virginia Tech; Michael Vorster, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Construction

pre-planning are invaluable when estimating thecost of changes to the work. Schedules reflect plans and are thus a necessary component of pre-plans. Oglesbyet al.12 note that pre-planning without scheduling has little merit. Schedules indicatewhen work tasks are to be performed and depict the sequence in which tasks are to becompleted. Schedules are also valuable in analyzing operational alternatives and timeconsiderations are second only to cost. Task drawings combine on a single sheet all the detailed information required bya field crew to perform the operation. Information typically includes a bill of materials,notes regarding any special considerations, and quantity summaries. The drawings onlycontain pertinent information

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering Circuit Analysis, s-plane, 1 complex frequency Optics Snell's Law and Critical angle of reflection 1 Applications of radian measure Radian-degree conversions, Arc Length, Area 1 and degree equivalencies of a sector of a circle, Angular velocity and linear velocity, word problems. Logarithms and Natural Logs and Sound & Decibels, Time Constants, R-L and 1 Properties R-C electric circuits in the time domain. Statistics Data Interpretation, Statistical process control 1 Space Shuttle & NASA NASA Application

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in the Journal of Engineering Education, engineering education researchcan and should contribute to learning theory, not only be informed by it [7,12]. Reflecting onepistemology helps researchers to situate research questions in the big picture. For example, inthis study, we want to know why and how traditional academic structures persist in light of newlearning theories that reflect increasingly dynamic and active views of knowledge and learning.It is our hope that studying methods of group assessment will contribute to solving thisepistemological problem.Contemporary theories of learning reflect a shift from a teaching-centered approach, focused onknowledge transfer from teacher to student, to a learning-centered approach, focused

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Duane Akroyd, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

after reflecting about what I see in classes, how students relate to me and to each other, and about how difficult this class is for me, I am more of a believer in the need for learning in community. The challenge for online education is to build that sense of community. • Self-directed learning to a large extent is the theory that is used in my classes. While andragogy is also used, the students must learn to rely on themselves to completely understand the material. • Since starting this program, I have learned more about learners and how they relate to different teaching styles. I hope to use this knowledge to provide instructional strategies that work for my classroom…. It has been worthwhile for me

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Margaret Layne, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

faculty members in other disciplines inperceptions about the items in the work-life scale. By and large, most faculty members agreesomewhat with items in the Work-Life Scale (women=2.58; men=2.95; engineers=2.90; non-engineers=2.95). Page 12.593.5Table 3 displays the Pearson Correlation Coefficient results from four separate analyses. Acorrelation coefficient is a statistical measure that reflects the degree to which high or low scoreson one variable tend to match high or low scores on another variable. Values for correlationcoefficients range from -1 to +1. Values between .30 and .49 are interpreted as moderatelystrong; .50 or greater

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

electrical expertise needed in such settings? We brainstormed a collection oftopics most important for a student to achieve the concentration objective. Thebrainstormed topics were organized using a mind mapping technique that provides ahierarchical structure to the collection. After generating an initial collection, we held a Page 12.590.7group discussion with members of our department's industrial advisory board to findomissions and to refine the emphasis in the topic areas. As the curriculum has beendeveloped, we have also restructured the collection to provide detail and reflect commonelements between topics. The mind map with the current set of topics

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Matthew Stimpson, Virginia Tech; Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

that this difference in the time within semester that the survey was given had animpact on the amount and type of reflection that each response received. However, thepercentages for each response are fairly close.Table V. Survey results for Hypatia/Galileo 2006-07 on reasons for participation in the living-learning community. Students were instructed to indicate their top three reasons from among theresponses listed in the first column of the table. Living-Learning Community Hypatia 2006-07 Galileo 2006-07 Participation Reason Cited 71 Respondents of 75 146 Respondents of 180 women men

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Jacob Tsao, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

International

students couldstudy and reflect on their role as a citizen of the increasingly interconnected world.The expanded themes of global economy, sustainable development, and responsible globalcitizenships guided the lesson plans for the 2005 and 2006 GTI Study Programs. In addition,studies on the cultural, political, and economic issues that deepen students’ understanding ofChina and Taiwan were included in the study program.2.2. Study Program Student SelectionIn selecting student participants, preference was given to student leaders with strong academicrecords, with the expectation that these students would more readily disseminate what they hadlearned from the study program and, consequently, influence their peers. As for the class ofparticipants

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katja Holtta-Otto, University Of Massachusetts-Dartmouth; Pia Helminen, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK); Kalevi Ekman, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK); Thomas Roemer, University of California-San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

multiple functions in Understanding of PD costs and economy creating a new product (e.g. marketing, finance, industrial design, engineering, production). Ability to work out project plan and schedules, manage resources, manage risks, complete a Ability to coordinate multiple, interdisciplinary project successfully, and communicate and tasks in order to achieve a common objective. document effectively. Reinforcement of specific knowledge from other courses through practice and reflection in an action-oriented setting

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Joel Townsend, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Wolfe, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

adopted from P-MEAR rubric 13-14, asshown in Table 4. As with design, the authors of the rubric helped to modify the attributes to usein behavioral observation.Table 4. Ethical Decision Making Attributes Attribute Basic Definition Recognition of Subject recognizes one of the key ethical dilemmas. This task is a single subject attribute (i.e. Dilemma only reflective on the original speaker of the statement and not upon the rest of the group) Information Subject is reading or speaking of material that is already present in the documentation given. This does not include any analysis into the case study. This can be a single subject or multiple subject task. (i.e. it is reflective on other

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Salinas, United States Military Academy; Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, reinforcing goodperformance and demonstrating a genuine concern that students understand the reasons for poorperformance.9The final means of facilitating student-instructor communication in ME450 came through arobust end-of-course assessment procedure that involved in-class discussion combined with thecompletion of an extensive online survey and the submission of reflective essays which coveredstudent impressions of the positive aspects of the course, along with recommended areas forimprovement. Data gathered from these surveys and essays has been extremely valuable inassessing the effectiveness of ME450 as a vehicle to provide the fundamentals of an engineeringeducation to students in non-engineering majors.ResultsThe primary mode of obtaining an

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

) • an ability to communicate effectively (5) • an understanding of management (1-7) • an understanding of leadership principles and attitudes (1-7)The numbers in parentheses are the habit numbers, as identified by Covey, corresponding tothose professional outcomes. Although the department had identified Covey’s work as a goodstarting point for the students’ professional development prior to release of the ASCE report, wewere pleased to see exceptional support for our learning reflected in the new ASCE Body ofKnowledge.One particular component of the ASCE Body of Knowledge that is still under development byASCE is the “attitudes” part of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required by civil engineeringprofessionals to succeed. The final

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Bougie, American University; Philip Johnson, American University; Nathan Harshman, American University; Teresa Larkin, American University; Michael Black, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

the program has become much more attractive to potential majors.In addition, students who matriculated under the old program are able to choose whether tograduate under the old requirements or the new requirements. Of the students who had thischoice, six chose to graduate under the old standards, while twelve selected the new program,even though the requirements for graduation are more stringent under the new program. Themajority of students graduating since the change have opted for the traditional physics track,indicating that there is a strong desire for a solid grounding in physics and that the addition ofthis track served a need.The changes made tend to reflect the desires of students for a more rigorous traditional physicsprogram. This