Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Braden Boss, Springville High School; Daniel Bates, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

have already been taken to integratetechnological literacy into school curriculums in some areas. For example, the state ofMassachusetts has developed PreK – 12 Instructional Technology Standards24 which schooldistricts are expected to adopt. A second example comes from the state of Utah, where twogeneral approaches to teaching engineering and technology have been adopted. One has been toincorporate a nationwide program called Project Lead the Way (PLTW).26 PLTW involves afour-year sequence of technology education courses that are designed to help high schoolstudents prepare for engineering and technology higher education disciplines. One problem thatsome school systems have had in implementing this program is the cost associated

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Vargis, Vanderbilt University; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

' ability to use critical thinking skills to tackle engineering problems, as well as theirability to research and discuss current technologies. There were two goals of this project: 1)implement a challenge-based learning module (based on the Legacy Cycle framework) todiagnose skin cancer with optical spectroscopy in a junior to senior-level undergraduate courseon biomedical optics and 2) assess the value of this module compared to previous years' lecture-only method of teaching optical spectroscopy. The experimental design was introduced over onesemester. The module was assessed using 3 indicators: comparing test answers between 5semesters worth of classes, a 1 page study guide on an emerging technology of skin cancerdiagnosis created by the

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kang Yen; Osama Mohammed

technical and project reports and monographs. He specializes in Electrical Power Systems, design optimization of electromagnetic devices, Artificial Intelligence Applications to Energy Systems as well as Electromagnetic Field Computations in NonlinearSystems. He has current interest in Shipboard power systems and Integrated motor drive systems. Dr.Mohammed has been successful in obtaining a number of research contracts and grants from industriesand Federal government agencies. He is also interested in Developing Asynchronous LearningEnvironments and educational techniques for Internet based delivery and virtual laboratories

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Seaker; Jignesh Rathod; Farouk Attia

. ReedHycalog: Company Project Files/Data sheets 12. ReedHycalog Company Website: http://www.ReedHycalog.com/ 13. ReedHycalog Company Website: http://www.ReedHycalog.com/rollercone/cuttingstructures/csfeaturesnew.htm 14. Bit and well sizes: US DOE: http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/oilgas/microhole/microholemarketeval.pdf 15. Rathod, Jignesh (2003), Effects of Batch Size on Safety Stock Levels in a Market-Oriented Manufacturing System, M.S. Thesis, University of Houston, College of Technology. 16. Arena Website: http://www.arenasimulation.com/Biographical Information:FAROUK ATTIA, Ph.D.Farouk Attia is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of the Graduate and the Undergraduate programs inMechanical

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Al-Ansary; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

year Metric: Number of faculty participated, workshop evaluations, mission reports Action 2: Encourage and facilitate multi-disciplinary teaching Responsibility: Dean, Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs Milestones: Framework established, by-laws/policies issued by Spring 2005 Metric: Number of faculty participating in co-teaching Action 3: Encourage and facilitate industry-sponsored projects Responsibility: Dept. Chairs Timeline: Ongoing Metric: Number of industry-sponsored projects Action 4: Encourage and facilitate co-teaching by practicing engineers Responsibility: Dept. Chairs Timeline: Ongoing Metric: Number of seconded instructors

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Mark Pullen

completion. Onlinestudents who defer a lecture generally play it back within a week in order to prepare forhomework or project submission. This again underscores the value to working students of Page 9.876.8simulteaching with recording. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004 American Society for Engineering EducationEven progressive faculty members resist new media. In the GMU School of InformationTechnology and Engineering we pride ourselves on progressive approaches. We are part ofVirginia’s newest state university and are located in a

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Scmidt; Jeffrey Siegel

class and indicated that students who were getting many answers incorrect needed to increase their time studying class material or clarify the material with the instructor.6) The variety of results, particularly on opinion questions about the class, showed students the diversity of their peer’s opinions and the variety of learning desires.One of the major benefits of CPS is that it allows the instructor to preplan questions to addressseveral different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The process of generating and categorizingquestions for ARE346N, although time-consuming, illuminated the scarcity of questions at thehighest levels. The instructor compensated for this by designing homework assignments andgroup projects to address the synthesis

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Carpenter; Honor Passow; Trevor Harding; Cynthia Finelli

Variable Name Academic Dishonesty Professional Dishonesty (Question 7.2) (Question 11.3) Insufficient resources Not enough time (36) Lack of resources to complete job (7) Importance of success Grade pressure (15) Wanted to seem better than I was (5) Projection of blame Professor deserved it (14) Company deserved it (7) Perceived chance of success Material was too hard (13) Not

Conference Session

FPD 2: Building Community

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy F. Willis, Southern Methodist University; David A. Willis, Southern Methodist University; Mark Fontenot, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

ofleadership in the reading to a discussion of how to implement it. A complete list of the readingscan be found in the references.8-17 IDEAL scholars put into practice leadership and professionalskills through presentations to the group and service projects. Presentations from IDEALscholars included strategies for attending a career fair and obtaining an internship or job offer,techniques for successful digital design of posters and presentations, and practicing presentationsfor a class project. Service opportunities included visiting a local elementary school andworking with younger students who were part of an after-school engineering explorers program.Each semester, informal dinners and holiday parties provided opportunities for informalinteraction

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona Sate University; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Henson Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Russell Cox, Mohave Community College; Thomas R. Palmer, Eastern Arizona College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, research and industry. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Panjab University in 1971, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 1986.Prof. Clark Henson Vangilder, Central Arizona College Prior to obtaining a BS in Mathematics in 1995, I served in the US Navy as a Submarine Nuclear Propul- sion Plant Operator from 1985 – 1991. Subsequent to the BS degree, I obtained employment with DeVry University from 1998 – 2008; during which, I completed a Master’s degree in Physics, with an empha- sis on Physics Education. Since 2008, I have been the Professor of Physics at Central Arizona College. Current projects include the development of engineering AS degree

Conference Session

Design, Creativity and Critical Thinking in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Michael Rogy; Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

differences in the pre vs. post-game cluster solutions, therewas a pre to post-game change in the typology, or student groupings, relative to reasons forwanting to start a business, suggesting an impact by the game on this aspect of theentrepreneurial mindset. It is hypothesized that Nephrotex may have influenced this change dueto its focus on multiple perspectives invested in the design of a hemodialysis device. Unlikesome engineering design projects, Nephrotex has students balancing the input of internalstakeholders who all have different priorities and requirements of the final design. This mayinfluence students to see beyond the traditional engineering requirements of a design towards thepotential social implications of the work that they are

Conference Session

Assessment in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Caroline Hurtado, Arizona State University; Dean Takeo Kashiwagi; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

-based project delivery. The main areas of her research lie in: instructional design, online learning, measurement, professional education, higher education, the built environment, and facilities management. She is also interested in: instructional technology, learning analytics, connected learning, and project-based learning.Prof. Dean Takeo KashiwagiProf. Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University Page 24.151.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 An Assessment Tool for Using Videos and Rich Media in Construction Management Curriculum – A

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah; Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Crystal Orantes, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

attend this event which occursin the spring coinciding with the time that high school seniors are making their choices aboutcollege. The focus of the night is to introduce prospective students and their parents to conceptsrelating to bringing ideas to reality through engineering design and invention. The night beginswith a guest lecturer who presents information on their research and development and strives toinspire students to think outside of the box. The speaker is followed by breakout sessions thatinclude hands-on activities where students work on a small-scale design project, test their design,and make modifications as needed. This gives students exposure to prototyping. Anotherbreakout session option is to attend a panel discussion that

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, IUPUI; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

design issues using nanoscale devices and systems, and communicate team project or team research term paper work through oral presentation, and technical report. [b, c, d]III. Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Multidisciplinary Research ProgramSeries of three research courses introduce students to the research methodologies. Students areassigned in teams to work with faculty mentors who will assign them to do literature search ongiven nanotechnology research topics including the development of research plan and time tablefor the given activities. Three individual research courses are also available for undergraduatestudents to conduct research throughout three semesters (one credit per semester). The threecredit research modules are considered as

Conference Session

Innovations in Pedagogy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Joseph Seta, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G. Meyer, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Projects course that is required for all freshman in the College of Engineering at LTU. He has published 31 peer-reviewed journal articles. At LTU, Meyer offers a number of outreach programs for high school students and advises many projects for undergraduate students. Page 24.809.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Introducing High School Students to Biomedical Engineering through Summer CampsAbstractSummer camps provide many high school students their first opportunity to learn about

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Islam, University of South Alabama; Samuel H. Russ, University of South Alabama; Kevin D. White Ph.D., University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Engineering atthe University of South Alabama is currently listed as a team member of an NSF fundedExtension Services project entitled ENGAGE (Engaging Students in Engineering)[1]. Theprimary goal of ENGAGE is to improve the retention of undergraduates in engineering programsby encouraging the implementation of research-proven techniques. One of the three strategies forimproving retention is to assess and improve the spatial visualization skills of the students.Spatial visualization skill is essential for understanding and solving a majority of engineeringproblems. Spatial visualization is the ability to correctly visualize three dimensional objectswhen they are represented in two dimensions (such as in a construction plan or in a detailed

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Varun Kumar Karingula, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Jeanne Michele Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

broad prospective of the fundamental of physics. The course consists of lectures, weekly graded homework, several small scale projects, weekly quizzes and a series of laboratory exercises. Homework, quizzes, small scale projects are carried out individually, while lab exercises are conducted in teams. Also, the course involves a midterm exam and a Final exam. Page 23.229.6                  Figure 3 : Explanation of concept in Virtual Physics LabCourse topics include the following.  1 - Introduction to physics: This chapter mainly concentrates on the basic concepts of physics such as definitions, units

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

in 2012), electrical signalsproduced by the simple guitar string platform were displayed with the Mobile Studio dataacquisition board, which also allowed participants to hear the sounds produced using ear budsdriven by the audio amplifier on the board. Inquisitive children of all ages were able to pluck thestring, see and hear the signal under a variety of conditions (string tightness, strength of pluck,etc.) and discuss what they experienced with their family and the college and high schoolstudents who assisted at the booth. Outreach also provides a good test of the physical robustnessof the apparatus.In an introductory Electric Circuits class for EE majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, thestudents were given a project to design a

Conference Session

Visualization tools, modeling abilities and grading models

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Alister Fraser, Parametric Technology Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #7233A Comparison of Manual vs. Online Grading for Solid ModelsHolly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute Holly K. Ault received her BS, MSME and Ph.D. degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1974, 1983 and 1988 respectively. She has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for the Norton Company and Product Development Engineer for the Olin Corporation. She is currently Associate Professor of Me- chanical Engineering atWorcester Polytechnic Institute, co-director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center, and director of the Melbourne Global Project Center. In the fall of 2001, she was invited as the

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Casalena; Matt Weinstein; Borna Ghavam; Blake Robertson; Karen Thornton; David Barbe; James Green

research lab with the purpose of gainingexperience in the research and development process. The Hinman program supportsinternships with startup companies to help students become familiar withentrepreneurship processes and in selected faculty laboratories to help the students gainexperience in the R&D process. One particular student, Blake Robertson, is profiled hereas an example of the potential for creating an environment that opens the door to productdevelopment in the CEOs community.Blake began his journey into product development during a summer internship in 2002.After the internship was over, the faculty member hired Blake to continue working onprojects in his VLSI lab. Since then, Blake has worked on a number of projects. Amongthem, he

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

emergencyrepair of ruptured natural gas pipelines. University application of this interest includes instruction in thefollowing courses: Machine Design, Statics and Dynamics, Intro. to Design and Intro. to Product Design aswell as student Capstone Design Projects. He is also the Faculty Advisor for the Student’s Mini-Bajavehicle competition. He and his colleagues have instituted a Capstone Senior Design Project course forengineering technology students that includes an integrated group of Computer, Electrical and MechanicalEngineering Technology students. He has also structured an Intro. to Product Design course for non-engineering majors as part of the University’s new School of Technological Entrepreneurship .In 2002 Prof. Di Bella was awarded the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton; Gregor Novak; Evelyn Patterson; Brian Self

just before it willbe used, for example in a laboratory exercise or an assigned project. JiTT, on the other hand, is atechnique used to enhance the interactivity of a lecture period by creating a feedback loopbetween the instructor and the student.The JiTT strategy reflects recent efforts in cognitive psychology, developmental psychology,social psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, as well as education research in general and inspecific disciplines, such to understand how people learn. A recent report by Bransford(4)discusses what principles of knowledge organization underlie people’s problem solvingcapabilities, how people transfer learning in one setting to another, and how these results can beused to design new and better learning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terence Weigel

number of other (heavier) angles on the project have been selected and thedesigner wishes to minimize the variation in angle size used on the project. In any case, the pre-processor can permit the student to proceed with a less than optimal choice, but it should explainthe ramifications of doing so. For example, if the student chooses to connect the short leg of theangle, a window such as shown in Figure 5 should popup, and the student could decide to changehis / her choice based on the information provided.Grader Extensions Plans for extensions of the grading systems include the following: • For design problems, add the capability to consider sections that might not be the lightest acceptable section, but could

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Hudson; Laurence Merkle; Joshua Holden; Richard Layton

Conf., Salt Lake City.2. MUPEC 2004 conference website, www.rose-hulman.edu/MUPEC2004/RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His interests include student teambuilding and laboratory curriculum development. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years Page 10.1373.10in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Resnick

computing, and be sure to include thetrivial stuff such as how to turn on the computer, the directory system of the project, andpasswords.Research the reason for the creation of the language, determine the perceived advantages anddisadvantages, and record this information in the language section of the notebook. Later, afterapplying the language, update the advantages and disadvantages based on personal experience.This information will help with language selection activities of the future. Page 10.1235.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”particularly true for computer-oriented technologies that are strongly influenced by Moore’sLaw, but the effects are also present in other technology disciplines. This constant updating canbe an onerous burden and distract faculty from other responsibilities and opportunities in theirscholarly work and teaching. The emphasis placed on applications of principles in technologydisciplines means that not only does course material need to be revised frequently but laboratoryassignments and project work needs to be revised. In senior and graduate classes in technologydisciplines, where the technology being taught often reflects state-of-the-art practices in industry,this could require

Conference Session

Advice for Dual-Career Couples

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Hyer; Catherine Eckel; Margaret Layne; Elizabeth Creamer

workgroup members and at a university-wide workshop sponsored by Advance in January 2004, thework group chose as its first project to develop written guidelines for dual career hiring atVirginia Tech.Like many land grant universities located in a rural setting that offers limited employmentopportunities outside the university, Virginia Tech had been working to accommodate facultyspouses and partners on an informal basis but did not have a formal policy or procedure in place.In order to attract and retain an outstanding faculty and achieve its goal of becoming a top 30research institution, Virginia Tech recognized a need to take a more coordinated approach todual career hiring. The first step in developing the guidelines was to collect information

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers; Jeff Goldberg

comparison of the presurvey results leads to some interesting observations. Althoughthere is explicit training on how to use the library system in a freshmen english course, only 26%of the SIE seniors recalled this training while 41% of the sophomore chemical engineers did. Anadditional 11% of SIE seniors and 5% of chemical engineering students had received trainingfrom either library staff or from a mentor on a research project. The rest of the students reportedreceiving no training of any kind, either formal or informal. While some of the students may betransfer students or have used Advanced Placement courses to miss the courses that instruct themin how to use the library, this would be a small percentage compared to the number that say theyhave

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

option of working yourown hours, and the option of being able to choose your own research topic or projects in whichyou become engaged. Also, academia usually provides good health and retirement benefits.There is deep satisfaction in helping students. There is always the joy of seeing “the light bulbturn on” for a student when you are explaining a difficult concept. Sometimes compliments cancome at strange times. I once talked at the end of the semester with a student that had taken myclass and received a “D.” I asked him, what I could have done as an instructor to have enabledhim to receive a higher grade. His answer surprised me: “You are a great teacher! There isnothing more that you could have done. I work and have no time to study or do the

Conference Session

Innovation in Continuing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Modesitt

universities (all within Oregon) and is a very viable organization16. Three of the 12 core courses had been available online, until the Fall of 2003. OMSE is now “re- evaluating the on-line program.” ACM: The Professional Development Centre (PD) advertises “over 250 valuable online IT training courses absolutely FREE”17. The offerings include “Java, Web Development, Object-Oriented Programming, Project Management, Telecommunications, e-Business, Networking & Security”. These training courses are “all from leading providers of Professional Development, including Sun Educational Services, Digital Think, Telecommunications Research Associates.” None of the providers are university CS or SE departments IEEE-CS: The IEEE-Computer