Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-1851: APPLES AND ORANGES? A PROPOSED RESEARCH DESIGN TOEXAMINE THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO MEASURES OFENGINEERING LEARNINGPatrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior Scientist in the Center for the Study of Higher Education.Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor of Education and Senior Research Associate in the Center for the Study of Higher EducationMatthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education Associate Professor and Director of First-Year Engineering in the Department of Engineering EducationRussell Long, Purdue University Director of Project Assessment

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Minh Cao, Wichita State University; John Watkins, Wichita State University; Richard O'Brien, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

proportional-derivative(PD) compensator. From this procedure, design procedures for unified notation lead,proportional-integral (PI), proportional-integral–derivative (PID), and PI-lead compensator weredeveloped. With this proposed approach, students can concentrate on the larger control systemdesign issues, such as compensator selection and closed-loop performance, rather than theintricacies of a particular design procedure.Once students learn the unified design process discussed above, it is important that they get anopportunity to apply it to design and laboratory projects. Most real life examples require designiterations. The Graphical User Interface (GUI) developed in this paper not only makes thisfeasible, but also makes this an excellent

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Crain, University of Oklahoma; James Sluss, University of Oklahoma; Monte Tull, University of Oklahoma; Samuel Lee, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

faculty collaborate to assure thatcontemporary courses are offered in a manner sufficiently timely to enable students to contributeto research in their selected area of focused study. Core graduate courses that contribute broadlyto the areas of research focus (i.e., Digital Signal Processing contributes broadly toCommunications, Radar, Bio-Engineering and other technologies) will be offered on a morefrequent basis. Faculty members are encouraged to include projects for deeper learning andopportunities for students to present their work orally to their classmates and their peers.Students are given opportunities to and are strongly encouraged to publish and present their workin Scholarly fora. Students who engage in developing peer reviewed

Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Kayla Thompson; Matthew Garett Young, Arkansas Tech University

performed using a standard multimeter with acapacitance check function. Students must bring the capacitor to the instructor of at the front ofthe room in order to have their capacitor tested. A running total of capacitor measurements isdisplayed to the entire class by way of a document camera projected to a screen, or by loading aquick spreadsheet showing the information in a projected format. The “winning” strategies seemto be students or student teams that work toward a cylindrical capacitor configuration, thoughstudents tend to try out many different configurations. It was not formally recorded how manyiterations students worked through, however teams or students obtaining the highest capacitanceseem to try at least 3 or more configurations

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

Tagged Topics

Diversity

as the work of the individual. If groups of students are working collaboratively on acommon project that is allowed, collusion occurs outside of this context. The possession anduse of prohibited notes, books and material during examination and impersonation. There areother methods of deception as well. These include impersonation, which is a concern in anonline environment and contract cheating. These are examples of violation of the spirit of theacademic integrity policies and may be helpful if these are discussed with the class, defined andpresented to the students as such.What are common mitigation strategies? Inside the LMS are integrated features and tools toassist the instructor to developing some strategies to mitigate some of the

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Amitabha (Amit) Bandyopadhyay P.E., State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

exposures made sure that thearchitecture faculty's preoccupation with classicism and technology was supplemented with at leastsome, albeit not well-formed, questions of relevance and ideology though they were still conceivedin terms of neo-rationalism. History was chronological and modernity an inevitable state of beingthat was to be accepted without question. However, there was a conspicuous absence of anti-historicist monumentality in student projects done at that time, and this promised to be a significantdeparture and set the school apart from others [1].Unfortunately, this phase lasted only a few years. Had the Department of Architecture remained withthe Faculty of Fine Arts its history would probably have been different. The teachers of

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas S. Soerens, Messiah University

Create an assessment in addition to the standard IDEA forms o Invite open-ended feedback from studentsIt is possible that turning the ungraded tasks into graded assignments could lose the researchgroup aspect and feel of the model, but this would tighten up some of the inefficiencies in coursedelivery by this model. Inspired by the esprit de corps of the spring hazardous waste class, for afall upper level course with small enrollment of nine, the course project had loosely defined rolesin the hope that students would step up and run with the project. As it turned out, a couplestudents stepped up, but most others used the looseness to avoid doing their share of the project.So it could be that the spring group was the exception or maybe

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Ray Bachnak; Carl Steidley; Korinne Resendez

networking technologies and development of measurement hardware andsoftware have turned PCs into platforms capable of continuous remote monitoring andcontrol of devices using the Internet. This capability makes proper and timely analysis ofdata possible. One of the projects that use the equipment and software in the ControlSystems Laboratory involves developing a virtual laboratory environment that allowsstudents to perform experiments from anywhere the Internet is available. This isespecially useful for offering courses online and giving students access to the equipmentoutside of class time. A software program that facilitates the developments of this typeof environment is LabVIEW [1-6]. LabVIEW provides an easy and efficient way topublish

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2003 GSW

Authors

Ronald E. Barr; Justin Cone; Robert J. Roselli; Sean P. Brophy

toolthat allows the instructor to poll the class on important topics during a live lecture. Each studentis issued a handheld responder that looks like a television remote-control device. The facultymember can pose a multiple-choice question to the class during a lecture, and each student inreturn presses a button corresponding to their answer to the question. Using a classroomcomputer or laptop hooked up to a projector, the CPS registers all the responses to the question,calculates class data, and then projects it onto the screen. This paper reports some initialclassroom experiences using the CPS during a one- hour lecture on the biomechanics of the IronCross gymnastics maneuver. The lecture was presented in a series of Powerpoint

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2003 GSW

Authors

Edward S. Kolesar; Matthew D. Ruff

isreasonable to project that the continuous microhinge concept could also be adapted to elementsnot attached to the substrate, thus affording an even higher degree of freedom for realizing morecomplex three-dimensional MEMS structure. IntroductionThe seamless integration of conventional microelectronics with three-dimensional, micrody-namic, mechanical components is one of the prominent goals of microelectromechanical systems(MEMS) technology [1]. Conventional microelectronic integrated circuit (IC) processing ispredominantly a two-dimensional fabrication technique. On the other hand, many MEMSmicrosensor and microactuator applications require three-dimensional components [2]. SinceMEMS technology is an

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Ken Van Treuren

mechanical engineering curriculum at Baylor University. In thermodynamics, the basics ofthe first and second law are discussed and an introduction to the Brayton cycle is accomplished.The students learn about the individual components, such as the compressor, combustor, andturbine, and link these components in a cycle at the end of the course. All engineering majors atBaylor University take this course and they could accomplish a gas turbine laboratory at thispoint in the curriculum. In the follow-on advanced thermodynamics course, mechanicalengineering students learn more about the Brayton cycle and what modifications would improvethe cycle efficiency. They also learn more about applications of the cycle and do a preliminarydesign project for power

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Victor Gallardo; Mequanint Moges; Enrique Barbieri; Aymara Boggiano; Carlos Ramirez

theconduction of labs and lectures4,5. This effort was initiated with the CLABS project which revampedthe sophomore and freshman labs in the ET department6.HOP ProcessThe implementation of the online training module is based on two general components: the genericand specific training modules. The generic training modules consist of various modules that addressthe methodological issues that are common to all members teaching at the university level regardlessof their course’s subject. On the other hand the specific training modules will set up standardpractices and approaches to the delivery of specific course contents in each department. In the latercase each participating department will be responsible in the development and implementation

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Ronald E. Barr; J.P. Mohsen; Jane M. Fraser; Amir Karimi; Nelson A. Macken; John A. Stratton; John J. Uhran, Jr.; Sandra A. Yost

Research19. ASEE Should Produce a Report on SEE √ √ 2 D20. Look at Chemistry and Physics Education for examples √ √ 2 E21. K-12 STEM Education and Engineering Student √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 7 B Recruitment.22. Try Active Learning, Hands- on, Project-based, Adaptive √ √ √ √ 4 C Teaching, etc.23. Summer Engineering and Science Camps for Students √ 1 B24. Establish Engineering Assessment Measures for

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2008 GSW

Authors

Nripendra Sarker; Cajetan M Akujuobi

after graduation.To accredit a program, ABET is very much particular on multiple methods to assess the strengthof the program. Institutions seeking accreditation usually go through hurdles in finding multiplemethods of assessment and to map them to the objectives of the programs. Continuing studentperformance is traditionally assessed by quantitative method in which numerical scores areassigned on quizzes, home works, projects and tests. ABET considers this as a single assessment,as it is an acceptable indicator of performance of the graduates in the future. This paper discussesseven different methods of assessments for Criterion 3 - Program Outcome. With the exceptionof the traditional method of course assessment, survey questionnaires for the

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Edward Crowley

modules. The primary cryptographic toolkits employed in ourlabs are OpenSSL and Cryptool.The OpenSSL crypto toolkit is available for Linux and Windows platforms. BecauseOpenSSL is available on the Knoppix LiveCD, it is especially easy to incorporate intolaboratory modules. The OpenSSL Project defines itself as “… a collaborative effort todevelop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementingthe Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocolsas well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library…” [7] OpenSLL is freelyavailable under an Apache style license.CrypTool, an educational tool, was developed at University of Darmstadt.[1] With aWindows interface, CrypTool contains

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

K.C. Praveen; Malur N. Srinivasan

amounts of currents are required. In resistance welding it is mostimportant to control the heat generated in order to precisely controlling the current flow as well ascontact forces and cooling of system components.This project sponsored by GAB had the following goals: (a) check the quality of weld in generalpractice at GAB for welding of wire rods, (b) establish how weld parameters need to be adjusted on thebasis of resistivity of wire rod1, to improve the quality of weld of wire rod. The quality was assessedthrough the study of tensile behavior, microstructure of the heat affected zone (HAZ), microstructuralfeatures of the weld such as inclusions and porosity and the extent and geometry of flash6.Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) is the region affected

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

E. H. Shaban

fundamental electrical engineering information to the studentwho does not want either to major in communication or consider communication as an elective.There is, sometimes a laboratory offered as an elective lab for the required course incommunication. The lab is rarely offered and is not popular among the students.The questions that remain to be asked are: What new information in electrical engineering doesthe student gain from this course based on what it offers? Does this new information help thestudent to become a better general electrical engineer? Does the new information helps thestudent to prepare, executes, and demonstrate a better final senior design project? Does thestudent have to take the communication course in order to satisfy the

Conference Session

Engineering Accreditation Around the World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Salazar, Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education (ASIBEI); Jorge Ignacio Velez Munera, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, ACOFI; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

International

SNA. Page 13.1267.4 ̇ Formally in 1995 it was established the CNA, Consejo Nacional de Acreditación, institution that organized the accreditation process for undergraduate programs, based mainly on the experiences of: ̇ “Group of 10 Colombian Universities”, 1994 • SAAPI, Sistema para la Acreditación y Asesoría de Programas de Ingeniería de ACOFI, 1992-1995 • SECAI, Sistema para la Evaluación de la Calidad de la Enseñanza en Ingeniería, fundeb by the Columbus Project of the European Union, 1994 • ABET of the USA. • Evolution of the accreditation system in Mexico

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Murray State University; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University; Arthur Pallone

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

AC 2008-2427: EFFECTIVE TEACHING: THE STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVEAdrian Ieta, Murray State University Adrian Ieta holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2004) from The University of Western Ontario, Canada. He also holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Timisoara, Romania (1984), a B.E.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnical University of Timisoara (1992), and an M.E.Sc. from The University of Western Ontario (1999). He worked on industrial projects within the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre and the Digital Electronics Research Group at the University of Western Ontario and is an IEEE member and a registered Professional Engineer of Ontario. He taught at the

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kessler, Iowa State University; Emily Merrick, Iowa State University; Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

engineers. These societies are also beneficial to the career progression of their members byproviding networking and professional service opportunities.1 Typically, engineers are firstexposed to professional societies as college sophomores or juniors through pre-professionalstudent chapters of the society, where students are able to join at substantially reduced fees andparticipate in a variety of networking, project, and service experiences.2 Most often, studentscontinue their membership upon graduation from college and as a way to stay abreast of thechanges in their field and enhance their professional and technical capabilities.3At universities, active student pre-professional societies can greatly enhance the engineeringcurriculum. Reid and

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Thompson, DAE University

Tagged Divisions

International

memorizationstructure. Students have been passive learners, fully expecting the instructor to provide allinformation. A common complaint from students points out this issue – ‘why is the instructorasking me questions? The instructor is supposed to know all the content.’ Engaging the studentis a slow process since part of the freshman experience is to instill a culture of learning in eachstudent. Students have little to no experience with doing research, presentations, group projects,and similar secondary experiences that are taken for granted in most North American students.The necessity of teaching fundamental skills takes time and frustrates faculty who are used tostudents having foundational experience in the high school environment. Gulf State

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Lapinskes, Sypris Test & Measurement Inc

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

has worked on projects ranging from writing Interactive Training Programs to performing Quality Assurance Audits to setting up sections in the Primary Physical Dimensional Lab in Orlando FL. In early 2006 he also took on the role of Applications Engineer until mid 2007. He holds degrees both in Electronic Systems Technology and as an Instructor of Technology. Mark currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the NCSL International(an international Metrology organization)and chairs the Financial Resources Committee under the 160 Learning and Development Group. Page 13.1245.1© American Society

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; James Sawyer, Macomb Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

automotive technicians in HEVtechnology. The university developed a set of courses for community college instructors andautomotive engineers, and the community college is the first community college in the state –and one of the only in the nation – to train automotive technician students on servicing HEVs [3].However, no integrated HEV laboratory has yet been established for educational purposes. Thetremendous capital investment, tedious and time-consuming tasks required to establish a fullyfunction of HEV laboratory are convincing evidence that the community colleges and secondaryschools are in need of a low-cost, computer-based virtual HEV simulator.The motivation of this project is to develop an interactive, LabVIEW-based [4] simulation

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Seybert, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

talk with another student in their major, presentinformation to class mates, and possibly find a person in the class who has similar interests. Table 1. Outline of Topics and Exercises for the First-Year Seminar Week Topic and Exercise 1 Name game; team orientation and organization Team Exercise I: Reading and Reviewing Professional Literature 2 Team name game; Meet Your Advisor exercise Team Exercise II: Trigonometry and Geometry Review 3 Class name game/name game challenge; learning style assessment exercise Team Exercise III: Measurement of a Land Parcel 4 Community service project: Student Government Haunted Forest Benefit Team Exercise IV: Class

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Janowski, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Melinda Lalor, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hassan Moore, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

around authentic problems, projects, and cases. Collaborative teamwork should be emphasized along with individual work, and contextualized reasoning should be emphasized rather than abstract reasoning.Several well-known instructional models involve learning cycles which embrace these premises.Two of the best known are those of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model9, and The Star LegacyModule, developed at Vanderbilt University10. Both Kolb’s Model and The Star Legacy Moduleinvolve initial challenges or problems to establish a “need to know” and provide context,presentation and discussion of pertinent principles, resources, observations and problem solvingapproaches, guided hands-on practice, exploration of consequences and

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunnar Tamm, United States Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Seth Norberg, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering programs, West Point offers a course on Energy Conversion Systems whichcovers conventional topics of fossil fuel utilization, combustion, advanced power andrefrigeration cycles, direct energy conversion, chemical equilibrium, and so on. However, thecourse has evolved to reflect current energy issues, by including lessons on national and globalenergy usage, climate change, nuclear power, hydrogen, and renewable and alternative energy.In addition to this course, there are senior capstone projects and cadet independent studies thatare connected to alternative energy research and development. The goals are to provide a broadoverview to the cadets, such that the cadets are excited to continue the pursuit of energyalternatives as graduates and

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

credit to the originality of others and acknowledge indebtedness whenever: 1. Directly quoting another person's actual words, whether oral or written; 2. Using another person's ideas, opinions, or theories; 3. Paraphrasing the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of others, whether oral or written; 4. Borrowing facts, statistics, or illustrative material; or 5. Offering materials assembled or collected by others in the form of projects or collections without acknowledgment.8 Page 14.1056.3Causes of the problem: ignorance or competing demands?Some learners fail to follow academic integrity standards because

Conference Session

Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

presentedworkshops at a regional conference on September 2007 and 2008. Around 250 and 280 (in 2007and 2008, respectively) teachers from the state of Quintana Roo (Mexico) were engaged in a 3-day summer conference, during which they attended several distinguished lectures and seminarsincluding the How People Learn framework6, 7, 17, active and cooperative learning13, and aworkshop where they performed and learned how to teach five Alimentos Divertidos experimentsand an engineering teaching kit (ETK), using foods as tools to facilitate engineering and sciencelearning.For over 10 years, professors from UDLAP have been working with the company CalizasIndustriales del Carmen (CALICA) on a community service project whose main objective is toprovide teacher

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

process byproviding additional experience, with different audiences and forums. For example:1. Develop presentation skills:Through industrial training, the author has developed his presentation skills, including how to: ≠ Adapt his teaching/training approach to match the characteristics of the audience (i.e. experience, age, gender) ≠ Project his voice (speak with passion and clarity) ≠ Provide work related examples of industry concerns and solutions to promote interest, participation and learning ≠ Expertly respond to student questions dealing with industry concerns ≠ Speak with confidence on his area of expertise ≠ Improve his speech fluency ≠ Use of humor to defuse tension and promote interest2. The importance

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Andrew Morozov, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Christine Loucks-Jaret, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students were recruitedbased on their high likelihood of completing an engineering major, roughly a quarter of theinitial sample was lost during the four years of the study due to students switching out ofengineering.11 With some data collection methods (e.g., individual interview, the design tasksdiscussed in this paper) being very resource-intensive, project limitations also resulted in a lowersample size for some methods in some years.In its original form, data analyzed for this paper were drawn from a set of handwritten responsesto an engineering design task. In the task, participants were asked to design a method to allowpedestrians to cross a street at a busy intersection. Specifically, they were given 15 minutes torespond to a sequence of