Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Golder, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Deanna Gail Levis, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Darlene B Webb, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the main focus of this polytechnic institute?The institute that is home to Idol focuses primarily on preparing students for successful careers,and most often hires instructors who bring prior industry experience to their teaching positionsalong with their academic credentials. Industry involvement with instructors, course materials,and collaboration with student projects is common and encouraged, so students get firsthandexperience with workplace standards and practices.For students, assignments and extracurricular activities that have clear links to their futureworking life make their courses more meaningful to them and more practical for the workplace.For instructors, this system demands time in keeping up to date on current industry

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

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Student Development

. Doerry. He has been a leader in internation- alization of Engineering at NAU since arriving in 1999, expanding this initiative to the Natural Sciences starting in 2005. Significant milestones in this area include the development of an effective model of re- ciprocal ”exploratory trips” to motivate international study in engineering; the International Engineering and Natural Sciences certificate program; and the Global Engineering College project, an NSF-funded exploration of a comprehensively internationalized curricular model for engineering education. These efforts culminated in 2010 with the creation of the Global Science and Engineering Program (GSEP), an innovative initiative to establish a comprehensive

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego; Frank G Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Michael S. Morse, University of San Diego; Truc T. Ngo, University of San Diego

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Design in Engineering Education

theirsources of intellectual contributions to their design.It was theorized by the authors that presenting an exemplar prior to setting the students onto adesign project could alter, if not hinder, the number and type of creative solutions generated bythe students. Of particular interest is whether the presence of a prototype exemplar contaminatesthe design process for novice designers. That is, does the prototype exemplar cause novicedesigners to fixate on particular design features thereby limiting creativity or does it help them toimprove the performance of their designs?The concept of designers fixating on particular design features is not new to the study ofengineering design. Jansson and Smith1 were among the first who “clearly and

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

components in the engineering professionand includes a multi-disciplinary capstone design experience for which teams are eligible forstudent venture grants administered by the institution. Several multi-year grants havestrengthened the program through workshops, keynote speakers, faculty curriculum awards,student venture grants, and faculty incentives to work with industry sponsored student teams.Specifically, the College of Engineering received an invitation to participate as part of a larger Page 23.266.2initiative to develop the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN). The invitation alsoprovided funding to develop and integrate

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University; Francisco Castillo, College of Engineering, San Jose State University; Eva Schiorring

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the purpose of major advising is to assist the student intheir journey from high school graduate to competent entry-level technical professional. Theexemplar advisor engages in dialogue with the student, providing a perspective of the academicprogram as a process of socialization into the profession, rather than a series of disconnectedcourse requirements.In other words, the advisor’s job is to help the students understand what it means to be anengineer. Rather than relegating the professional issues to the capstone project or the internship,it is the goal of the advisor to facilitate the student’s learning about what is the role of anengineer in society, why is the entire curriculum necessary to produce the kind of engineer theinstitution is

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

, following the completion of each assignmentwill be able to read the summaries of the discussions created by the students in the various groupsand look for common misconceptions which can help tailor the future direction of the course or,possibly, the way the course is taught in future offerings.4. Prototype SystemWe are currently in the process of implementing a prototype version of the PICOLA system. Thisis the design/implementation project in the capstone design course in our Computer Science andEngineering (CSE) program. Thus the students who will work on the prototype are CSE majorswho are in the final semester of their programs. Most of these students have extensive experience inimplementing large scale software systems as part of their

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technology Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R Conty, Editor On Behalf of You

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Engineering Technology

drop resulted from the usual high attrition rate typical in Associate degree programs. 25Rising prices initially didn't affect upper division ET title availability at 4-year colleges either(weren’t many anyway), but the publishing philosophy resulting in fewer small market titles suredid! Annual enrollments were 3,000 to 6,000 in N. America at most for almost all upper divisionET courses – including proprietary school (DeVry) & Canadian technical college students. 26 Sowhen publishers stopped approving proposals projecting first year sales of fewer than 4-5,000copies – even though (i) technology title sales continued to hold up well in Years 2-5 (unlikemost disciplines), & (ii) short black & white titles were cheap to produce &

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Hossein Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Larry Everett Pearson, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

necessary flowrate,composition and property profiles. These results are uploaded using the available coursemanagement software. Students also must develop a spreadsheet where column diameter isdetermined at four different points in the column (tray below the condenser, tray above thereboiler, trays adjacent to the feed tray). This spreadsheet, if correct, is then available for themto use when sizing columns for their semester design project. The necessary data (flowrates,surface tension, vapor and liquid density) required for the diameter calculation are obtained fromtheir generated column profiles. Page 23.468.16Comprehensive Design ProjectDuring

Conference Session

Delivery Methods in Mechanical Engineering Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Dimas, The University of California, Irvine; Faryar Jabbari, University of California, Irvine; Jia Frydenberg, University of California, Irvine

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Mechanical Engineering

courses with asignificant amount of design and team project work include subsections of the course shell thatprovide access-controlled, group project collaboration and presentation functions.Study DesignIn this study three face-to-face courses in the Department of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering with varying levels of additional online content were assessed over a three yearperiod beginning in the winter quarter of 2011 and ending in the winter of 2013. Each course is10 weeks in length and each carries 4 units or credit. The courses meet from between 3-4 hoursof lecture per week and each requires students to attend at least one 1-hour discussion per weekusually taught by graduate student teaching assistants. The courses varied in size between

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Talia Sidne Finkelstein, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

highlighted word of mouth,workshops, and literature as the most common diffusion channel to raise awareness.18 Diffusionof Innovations was also used to investigate the diffusion of the Engineering EducationCoalitions’ SUCCEED program.19 In another engineering education context, Montfort et al.investigated the adoption of a Capstone Assessment Instrument through interviews finding thatspecific university context and perceptions greatly affected adoption decisions.20 Similar toMontfort et al., in this study we investigate early adopters through qualitative interviews.Theoretical FrameworkIn this paper we use the framework of Diffusion of innovations. Through interviews we arespecifically investigating the initial stages of the innovation-decision

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddalena Fanelli, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Dennis J. Miller, Michigan State University; Martin C Hawley, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

course,additional exposure to PHA’s can help refine student understanding and appreciation for theinsight PHA’s can provide, helping students determine appropriate materials of construction aswell as the manner in which components are assembled and how the overall system may bedesigned to minimize safety hazards, with economic impact as a continuing consideration.Starting last year, in the fall semester of 2012, we asked that students perform a simplified PHAas a part of one of their small design projects. This systematic review of their process designshelped clarify the need for appropriately placed pressure relief valves and rupture discs, flow

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurship program which enrolls over 1000 students from all majors. As part of the program, she has established en- trepreneurship capstone, global entrepreneurship, and women and leadership courses and initiatives. Her research has focused on the assessment of entrepreneurship education, the impact of entrepreneurship education on engineering students, IP policy as it relates to undergraduates, and women and leadership. Prior to her work in academia, Duval-Couetil spent several years in the field of market research and busi- ness strategy consulting in Europe and the United States with Booz Allen and Hamilton and Data and Strategies Group. She was recently elected to the board of the United States Association for Small

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Elizabeth Burpee; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

) for one class (n=9) and Page 23.1369.5between 2.6 and 3.9 for another class (n=13). Problem areas are shown to vary depending on thegroup, but for both classes as a whole, the lowest mean score occurred for the basic literacy issueindicating the writing’s “closing synthesizes the elements, supports the main idea and finalizesthe paper”.Additional conference papers include Rhoulac and Crenshaw’s 2006 study[15] of 15 technicalreports written by seniors in civil engineering at Howard University, as well as Poltavtchenkoand Tingerthal’s 2011 study[16] of 9 group project reports written by construction managementstudents at a public middle-sized

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Zunkel, Iowa State University; Jason Pontius; Thomas J Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

common tohave a scaffolding of courses built upon each other, creating a pre-requisite driven critical path ofsequenced courses. As an example, for computer engineering at Iowa State there is currently asix-semester sequence of required pre-requisite courses that starts with students taking anintroductory digital logic course and ends with a two semester senior design capstone experience.In addition, before students can take the introductory digital logic course

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Jessica Uscinski, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

outcomes of our assessment was an increase in the number of courses offered as wellas an increase in the frequency in which we can offer them. As a result of our assessment effortswe have been able to expand our physics program by adding the following upper-level courses:  Astrophysics  Mathematical and Computational Physics  Physics Capstone Seminar  Statistical Mechanics  Waves and OpticsPrior to 2007, the physics program included two “tracks” that students could follow as theyprogressed through the curriculum. These tracks were in computational and applied physics.Since our initial assessment, we’ve added a traditional physics track and the applied physicstrack is now a track in chemical physics. We have also been able

Conference Session

Misconceptions

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Department Head of Graduate Education and co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdis- ciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Dirk Ifenthaler, University of Freiburg; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

engineers—those who have developed the competencies to create value through the realization of complex engineered systems.Dr. Dirk Ifenthaler, University of FreiburgProf. Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma Dr. Siddique is currently a professor at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of Uni- versity of Oklahoma. His research interests are in areas of product design, product platform design, and engineering education. He is the faculty advisor of the Sooner Racing Team (FSAE) and coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Program. Page 23.480.1 c American Society