Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricio Torres, Purdue University; Matthew Stephens, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Planning textbook, Manufacturing Facilities Design and Material Handling, 3rd. ed. (2005, Prentice Hall). He is the author or co-author of numerous journal articles in the areas of productivity and quality improvement. Page 11.508.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006EDUCATING THE BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGERS OF THE FUTURE: THE SIX SIGMA TECHNIQUES Abstract Six Sigma is a strategy designed to improve efficiency in manufacturing and businessprocesses. Its basic focus is to decrease defect, improve overall quality, reduce cost and

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Lumsdaine, University of Tennessee; Frank Speckhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Geoff Robson, Technology 2020; Kenneth Kahn, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Majid Keyhani, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Dan Fant, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Knoxville initiated the innovative dual degreeprogram in the fall of 2001. Its focus is to integrate the skills and knowledge of studentsstudying both engineering and business, and to direct those skills to product development. Itpermits students, in 23 months, to obtain a Master of Business Administration [MBA] degree anda Master of Science [MS] degree in an engineering discipline. It is expected that, by thecompletion of the program, student teams will have developed a concept, a business plan, amarketing plan and a prototype for a marketable product. The vision of the MS-MBA dualdegree is not merely to allow students to receive two graduate degrees in a compressed timeframe, but to tightly integrate the two degrees, so that multidisciplinary

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest McDuffie; Elaine R. Milliam; Robert Kavetsky; Ronald Bennett; Eugene Brown

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

on a leadership role in their respective communities.The paper will conclude with a discussion of the results of anevaluation of the program which was used to gather both studentand teacher/mentor input at the symposium, a listing of lessonslearned, and plans for the future development and extension of theprogram. Page 11.959.1IntroductionNavy’s civilian science and technology (S&T) workforce numbersome 22,000 strong. Of those some 4,000 charge 50% or more oftheir time to actual S&T projects and are considered to be the corepractitioners of S&T for the Navy. Almost half of those 4,000 holdPh.D.s1 with about half working at the Naval Research Laboratory(NRL) and

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Norma Boersma, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Please circle and/or list which programs you have had experience in: ProE IDEAS Solid Works Solid Edge UGNX Inventor Other ___________ 3. How did you feel when you started work on the assignment? Confident Not worried A little worried Quite worried Overwhelmed 1 2 3 4 5 4. How much did you feel you struggled with planning the steps you would use to create the object? Not at all Very Little Some Considerable Amount A lot 1 2 3 4 5 5. How much did you struggle with the software itself, i.e., having the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Dana Johnson, Michigan Technological University; Kris Mattila, Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland, Michigan Technological University

than 80% of US Gross Domestic Product and more than 85% ofthe workforce. In fact, today many engineering graduates go on to work in service sectorindustries instead of more traditional manufacturing industries. In part, the service sector may besuch a large segment of our economy because its processes are highly inefficient. Engineeringproblem-solving and talent, if properly applied to processes in the service sector, could serve tosignificantly increase efficiency and reduce costs, similar to advances made in the goods-producing sector over the past century. In 2003 Michigan Tech received a planning grant fromthe National Science Foundation to define curricular characteristics for Service SectorEngineering through a Delphi Study. Armed with

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

demandpositions such as system administrators, network administrators, system designers, Page 12.1598.2quality control engineers, and software developers. Graduates can also find positions asinformation technologists, lab technicians, system maintenance personnel, system testers, Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2007, American Society for Engineering Educationand help desk attendants. Numerous choices are available to focus endeavors if they planto continue their graduate studies.The Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology is a planned program

Conference Session

Building BIM into Construction Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arundhati Ghosh, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish PhD, Arizona State University; Allan Dee Chasey, Del E Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

objectivesfor each class level and course content (e.g., demonstrate knowledge in the first-year courses,evaluate alternatives in third-year courses). The paper will describe an ‘Implementation Method’and a ‘Proposed Evaluation Plan’ for Arizona State University, establishing learning objectivesand performance metrics to assess the learning outcomes.BackgroundIncluding BIM in the CM curriculum at ASU was based on factors such as - the full course load,maintaining accreditation criteria and tailoring the objectives to the purpose of constructionmanagement rather than architecture or engineering design (2). After conducting relevantsurveys and research, ASU in Fall 2008 started offering a ‘BIM Lab’ adjunct to the senior level‘Project Management’ core

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #7872Incorporating a Sustainability Module into an Introduction to EngineeringCourseDr. Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University, Pueblo. He received his M.Sc. in system engineering and his Ph.D. in engineering manage- ment from the National University of Colombia and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, respectively. His research interests include scheduling, operations research, and modeling and simulation in health care and energy planning. He has participated in several funded

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

open-ended experimentation,students were provided sufficient time for thorough planning and were provided a small budgetfor supplies and materials to support their investigations. The students reacted favorably to thisformat and took this assignment seriously. This assignment became the cornerstone of the classfor the terms that this activity was included and effectively replaced a final examination. Forseveral times this activity has been incorporated, we held a planning session for an entirelaboratory period two to three weeks before the project was due. This timeline allowed sufficienttime for development of scope, purchasing of materials, conducting experiments, and analyzingand interpreting results.Throughout this investigation

Conference Session

Design in the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D. Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristine R. Csavina, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

initiates with team formation andthe rapid design challenge, then assignment of teams (of two to four students) into their full two-semester design projects (typically with clients in local industry and/or health care), and throughthe remainder of each fall semester progresses teams through the design process (includingproblem definitions, team mission statements and contracts, development of project Houses ofQuality including competitive benchmarking, pertinent FDA regulations and engineeringstandards, patents and intellectual property, and structured brainstorming leading into projectdesign solution concepts and selection). The course also includes aspects of professionaldevelopment, and post-graduation planning. A roundtable design review late

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia B. Paschal, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

including those with jobs (75% of 65% of 300), those headed to graduateor professional school (30% of 300) and those with other plans (5% of 300) respond, the overallresponse rate is a seemingly respectable 84%. This demonstrates how badly non-response bias Page 24.131.6can lead to overestimation of placement and how consequently important very high rates ofsurvey completion are. 100% 95% Apparent Placement Rate 90% 85% 80

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Yang, Museum of Science; Lydia Beall, Museum of Science

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science and engineering vocabulary as a way to reflect on their engineering experience and process their results. Each unit Teacher Guide provides the relevant science and engineering background information for the teacher as well as detailed lesson plans that emphasize student-centered, inquiry-based learning. Catching the Wind is an engineering unit where students use their knowledge of wind energy, creativity, and the Engineering Design Process to design blades for a windmill that will harness the wind’s energy to do work. As with all EiE units, Catching the Wind is divided into four lessons: o Lesson 1 is a storybook that features children from a variety of cultures and backgrounds and introduces

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Duda

other field work 2. A curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in basicengineering fundamentals has been proposed to meet both of these needs.The proposed program would include a core curriculum taken by both the students who plan tobe science teachers at the secondary level as well as those who plan to complete the engineeringdegree. Initially, the secondary teachers who teach in both the public schools and private schoolswill be targeted for science/engineering post secondary training. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.20.1

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caridad Cruz, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, American University in Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

/demonstrations and ETKs are interesting and useful.In general, attendees rated them as good or excellent and felt very or somewhat comfortableperforming and teaching the experiments/demonstrations and ETKs after the workshops. Morethan 75% of the teachers plan to use experiments and/or demonstrations while more than 70% ofthe teachers plan to use ETKs. The written materials provided were rated as very helpful.IntroductionMexico is suffering from a national crisis in science and math education. At the elementary,middle, and high school level, Mexican students perform poorly on standardized tests incomparison to other developing countries. Additionally, most P-12 Mexican teachers never getthe chance to learn about engineering1-4.Universidad de las

Conference Session

Exploration of Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

academia, disciplinary paradigms, assessment,and balancing academic and personal life. GRAD 59000 is posted to the academic transcript butcannot be used to fulfill Plan of Study requirements.PFF aims to socialize doctoral students to the diversity of faculty roles and responsibilities alongwith the expectations of excellence in research, teaching, and service through a mentoring modelusing a conceptual framework which incorporates research, teaching, service, career planning,and career and life balance, to guide student exploration and reflection. Using Purdue as a model,students customize the framework with mentoring tips and strategies learned from the speakers.In addition to representing different roles and positions at Purdue, each speaker

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Frinzi, Southern Polytechnic State University; Scott Larisch, Southern Polytechnic College of Engr and Engr Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

,each course is submitted to a third-party instructional evaluation team andassessed to a high standard rubric.This paper will focus on the actual tools used in developing the instructionalmaterials for the lecture portion of the courses, including the instructionaltechnologies used – Vista, Echo 360, Camtasia, and Podcasting. We will alsodescribe many of the teaching and learning strategies necessary for successfulremote delivery, including innovative ways to engage online students. Theseinclude question and answer components, discussion postings, collaborationamong students, and opportunities for further study.The paper concludes with an assessment and future plans for development.Introduction

Conference Session

ETD Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

meet twice per year; a few meet once, while a few others meet three or more times annually.  The most frequent roles cited for advisory boards include assisting in identifying strategies, establishing priorities, advising on curricula and on developing resources.  Although many boards perhaps make only minimal contributions, and perhaps their contributions are only minimally appreciated or utilized, this may well be due mostly to ineffective implementation rather than to planned marginalization. When boards are used to provide advice regarding curricula, it is most often with regards to the general nature of curricula of existing programs. This appears to be most common at the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shamsnaz Virani, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Iris B. Burnham, Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(tests, quizzes, prompts, work samples, observations) that will show that studentsunderstand, as well as student self-assessments and reflections about their learning; and Stage 3) planned learning experiences, the sequence of teaching and learning experiences thatwill equip students to engage with, develop, and demonstrate the desired understandings.The ICE-HS Framework was developed using these steps in a workshop led by the authors. Theworkshop resulted in a curriculum with vision, mission, mission goals, measureable objectivesand four-year engineering framework customized for the Da Vinci high school. The sequence offour engineering courses shown in Figure 1 was designed based on the workshop results

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University; Zhi Ge, Shandong University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

scheduling andproject control.Course layout and components can be established similarly to the one in the literature7, 8. BIMhas to be learned while students are learning typical construction knowledge with a concentrationon skills of project scheduling and project control along with other aspects such as field layoutand management. As discussed above several related courses in the existing curriculum of aconstruction engineering program are used. Courses selected based on the nature of courses areGraphic Communication (CAD), Construction Planning and Scheduling, Construction Contract,Field Management, and Construction Information Technologies and/or Senior Design(Capstone). The development of instructional materials is critical, and is different at

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

and the equipment, tooling, and environment necessary for their manufacture; manufacturing competitiveness: Page 10.78.1 understanding the creation of competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy, and Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education control; manufacturing systems design: understanding the analysis, synthesis, and control of manufacturing operations using statistical and calculus based methods, simulation and information technology

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

and business at the university. Students run businessventures that are sponsored by outside companies. To learn more about this program, seewww.enterprise.mtu.edu.) The undergraduate scholars also learn about opportunities for minors,certifications, and studying nationally or abroad. This information helps them create or updatetheir graduation plan and select appropriate classes. Table 3: Spring 2005 Career Development Workshop Topics Topic Speaker Department Career Center Overview and Tour Gail Beausoleil & Jeff Kangas Career Center Resumé writing; bring a draft of your resumé Gail Beausoleil & Jeff Kangas Career Center

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Leslie Reed, Reed Environmental

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

innovation that, following pilot and field testing during the 2009/2010 schoolyear, will be incorporated into the class.An additional purpose of this project was to expand the content on innovation andentrepreneurship to the existing capstone course, ECET 39600, in an effort to add the course tothe approved course list for the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The improvedversion of ECET 39600 would serve as an approved course selection under the capstonerequirement for the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Students within the ECETdepartment routinely enroll in courses already listed under the “option” courses as part of theirnormal plan of study. Example option courses include COM 31400 Advanced PresentationSpeaking, CE

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yogesh Thakar; Vinay Kadekar; Todd Sparks; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

layers, tool paths, support structure necessaryto build the model, then uploads the information to the FDM machine. It offers theuser the ability to precisely control many aspects of the process and reports build timeand material usage.V. HardwareRapid prototyping machines build models layer by layer using a variety of processes.The process begins with a 3D model from the desired part. The user then loads the3D model into some proprietary software specific to their rapid prototyping machine.This software cuts the model into a set of stacked 2D layers in a process known as“slicing” and plans the tool paths necessary for the machine to create each layer. This

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

American Collegiate Test (ACT)2.Description of the undergraduate programs in both universitiesThe civil engineering program at UNAH is a five-year program based on two 20-week academicsemesters and one 8-week summer semester per year. The curriculum is rigid in which studentsmust take courses according to a predetermined plan of study. Elective courses are offeredtowards the end of the program to select between 4 specialization areas and acquire moreknowledge in the selected area (e.g. transportation, structures, concrete structures, andconstruction).Table 1 shows the plan of study developed in 1984 for the civil engineering undergraduatedegree at UNAH. The program consists of twelve semesters, with an average of six courses persemester. The

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Reising

identify the problem and formulate itssolution (Criterion 3e). During the next course in the sequence they will be required to developspecifications for the finished product and a plan for testing the prototype.The remaining three class sessions are devoted to brief oral presentations by the students,typically three to five minutes long, in which they describe the project they have chosen and theirapproach to solving it (Criterion 3g). The instructor can at this time determine if the clientrequirements presented by the students are appropriate to the projects as presented by thesponsors.Each student is also required to select a faculty project advisor to serve as a technical consultantfor the project chosen. The project faculty advisors play a

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Ford; Jana Goodrich; Robert Weissbach

seminaris similar to that described by Swamidass and Bryant1, except in addition to having studentswork on team-related activities, there are also guest speakers who present their entrepreneurialactivities, and the teams begin to concentrate on identifying a single product idea. For eachoffering, 3 teams of between 3-5 students were selected.Course outcomes include being able to: • Understand and experience selected elements of the product realization process. • Demonstrate that students can function effectively on multidisciplinary teams. • Develop a complete business plan for the introduction of a new product. • Have a demonstrated understanding of intellectual property and ethical issues associated with new product

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Sugarman, United States Air Force; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Edward F Mykytka, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

the way a course is structured or delivered.”5 This year, the two texts thatguided the program discussions were Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory forCollege and University Teachers2 and Facilitating Seven Ways of Learning3. Concepts fromthese texts have guided the redesign of the Management of Engineering Systems course.Another guiding concept that has influenced the redesign of this course is that most courses inthe Engineering Management curriculum will eventually be delivered in the 8-week acceleratedonline program. Once each course is developed, it will be offered on a rotating schedule based onthe needs of the cohort in the accelerated program. The overarching plan for these courses is thatthey typically will be designed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Jinlee Kim P.E., California State University Long Beach

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Russell et al.reviewed the past and present of construction engineering and prescribed practical changes torevitalize construction engineering education to meet future demands.6 Kelly proposed anapproach to general education for civil engineers, which showed that sustainable development isa good theme for a civil engineering program.1 Pocock et al. proposed a problem-orientedapproach to incorporating sustainable design into a construction engineering curriculum.18Wang shared the experience gained from developing and teaching a sustainability course by Page 24.459.2identifying sustainability knowledge areas, course planning, and lessons

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

undergraduate engineering portfolio. 5. Students learn from industry partners the skills that are important to an engineer.Besides the formal outcome intended for our freshmen, the Engineering Career Center utilizedthe event as a relationship-building opportunity with our industry partners, while they benefitedthrough brand recognition and building relationships with future engineers.The Second Annual EventGiven that the 2010 Freshman Career Exploration Evening was a pilot event and that theEngineering Career Center had little more than a month to plan and execute the event, there weremany lessons learned. Feedback from students, faculty, industry representatives, and schooladministration greatly informed our planning for the second annual event

Conference Session

Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Byrne

coursetitled mechanics of deformable bodies. This strength of materials lab provides experiences thatconnect the mechanics concepts being learned with materials property testing. Deliverables fromthe lab course are established to develop a professional communication style where both theoryand experimental analysis are valued highly. Course objectives and lab experiences in both the freshman and sophomore lab coursesare described and presented in the context of the mechanical engineering curriculum. Theobjective of this paper is to present the courses and to demonstrate the challenges and successesin implementing the integrated plan. Challenges include delivery to students with limitedexperimental backgrounds. Successes include improved