Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students.Topic 11, Teaching Professional Skills, captures an interest in how to integrate skills such aswriting, presentation making, ethics, professionalism, and life-long learning into the civilengineering classroom.The CFD, motivated by the strong interest detected through the longitudinal survey results, tookon the challenge of designing an advanced ExCEEd and seeking out ASCE's approval for thepilot. Their work began at a fall 2008 meeting whereby they made decisions about workshoplength, timing, costs, and potential topics. Further development occurred at the spring of 2009meeting11. The determination of final details, planning, and implementation was lead by theExCEEd II site director and supported by the chair of the CFD. The final topics and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, University of South Florida

. Phillips. 2007. Educating Engineers in the Sustainable Futures Modelwith a Global Perpective: Education, Research & Diversity Initiatives, International Journal of EngineeringEducation, 23(2):254-265.5. NSPE. 2007. Code of Ethics for Engineers. Publication #1102.6. Zimmerman, J. B. and J. Vanegas. 2007. Using Sustainability Education to Enable the Increase of Diversity inScience, Engineering, and Technology Related Disciplines. International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(2):242-253.7. Vanderburg, W. H. 1999 On the Measurement and Integration of Sustainability in Engineering Education.Journal of Engineering Education, 88:231-235.8. Martins, A. A., T.M. Mata, and C. A. V. Costa. 2006. Education for Sustainability: Challenges and Trends

Conference Session

IE and the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

– Ethics 4 4 or 5 g – Communications 4 3 h – Broad education 2 or 3 3 or 4 i – Lifelong Learning 1, 2 or 3 1, 2 or 3 j – Contemporary Issues 3, 5 or 6 4, 5 or 6 k – Engineering Tools 6 or 7 3, 4 or 5Other categorization of questions may also be helpful to evaluate content validity. For instancethe curriculum could be examined to make sure that each skill or subject area is tested.Criterion Validity. In order to evaluate the test on the basis of criterion validity the correlationbetween

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Fouad El Khoury, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

purification, and architectural acoustics.Students are divided into projects so that each section enrolls approximately 15. Each projectsection has its own instructor. For the first two hours of class, each section meets in its ownclassroom/lab to work on the project. This is followed by a ten minute break and then a commonlecture for the last hour.During the project section, individual design steps are discussed and applied to the project.Students are also able to work with each other on their project during this time. In the commonlecture, presentations are made by faculty and guest speakers about topics such as engineeringdesign tools, technical writing, intellectual property, and ethics. Details of the course, and thedigital health project

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Leadership research in academia also needs to focus on the ethical aspects andhow it affects learning. This includes the relationship between leadership and learning.There appear to be comparable characteristics of IT professionals and academic faculty. The ITprofessional has been described as high maintenance, and thus unique to lead. The older ITprofessionals are considered stagnant with little desire for new knowledge. They are alsoperceived as not desiring positions of management. 5 Similarly, academic faculty have beendescribed as “the last group of workers in the world who actually own the means of projection intheir job and have life-time job security”. 9 These practices are now being questioned ascorporate management styles are being adopted

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

between engineers andnon-engineers. Carol Christ, President of Smith College, has noted that the rise of Area Studiesin the humanities and social sciences has arisen out of the growing awareness that for people tounderstand a region, like Asia, Latin America, or (especially during the Cold War), Russia, “theyneeded the tools of multiple disciplines – history, political science, economics, sociology.”6On a more dramatic note, authors ranging from Eric Drexler7 to Bill Joy8 to Braden Allenby9have noted the profound social and ethical challenges of a possible merging humanity withtechnology, and the need for dialog between technologists and humanists.Engineering education, guided by ABET’s Criteria 2000,10 increasingly stresses breadth in

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shelley, United States Air Force; Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

. P. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.13. Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods applications (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, p. 15.14. Elliott, J., & Luke, D. (2008). Epistemology as ethics in research and policy: the use of case studies. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 4287-119. doi:10.1111/j. 1467-9752.2008.00629.x.15. Shelley, J.S., & Bowen, M. (2009). Innovation in engineering outreach: Engineering 11 as a tool for recruiting minority students to engineering. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Austin, TX. June

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah McCubbin-Cain, University of Kentucky; Bruce Tschantz, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and Technology’s (ABET) General Program Outcomescriteria1 require engineering programs to demonstrate that their students attain an “ability todesign a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical health and safety, manufacturability (orconstructability), and sustainability” and “an ability to use techniques, skills, and modernengineering tools necessary for engineering practice.” For organizations responsible fordesigning, constructing, and maintaining levees and dams, these are two especially importantqualifications for apprenticing engineers. Committee members agree that one of the mosteffective means for achieving these two criteria is through

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

-class time, required discussion questions were used to give the students achance to interact with each other and with the professor. The questions, posed by the professor,were open ended. Often, they had to do with ‘gray areas’ of materials – ethics, recycling, thepros and cons of changing from one material to another, etc. Other questions required students toresearch a certain topic, and provide links to information that they found interesting or helpful.A portion of the grade for the course was based on an open ended group project. Each group hadan open ended design question to research and answer, with an emphasis on material selection.Normally, student groups would present their solution to such a problem in front of the class.However, due

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

skills, project management, engineering ethics and other relatedskills.1, 2 This paper focuses on the assessment of the curriculum improvement from these threenew courses.Various methods have been reported in the engineering education literature to assess theeffectiveness of the curriculum improvement. Dempsey et al. 3 presented using senior mini-projects instead of traditional senior capstone projects in electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum assessment. Ricks et al. 4 used student perceptions of their abilities and quantitativemeasures of student performance using both written assignments and laboratory assignments toevaluate the effective of a new embedded systems curriculum. Gannod et al. 5 described the gapanalysis and its impact on

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

communicating, a. Identifying the goals of and audience for their communication b. Using their understanding of goals and audience to choose appropriate media, language, and content 2. Organize their work, a. Establishing a clear structure or principle of organization b. Creating effective introductory and concluding passages in which they identify their main point and set their work in a larger context 3. Develop content appropriately, a. Displaying a clear ethical sensibility (e.g., reporting data accurately, citing sources of information) b. Asserting and elaborating on claims using evidence and reasoning that are appropriate for their audience and their discipline

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Savilonis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Spanagel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

seminars often introduce ethics and professionalresponsibility and cover some study survival skills. Intimacy of small group settings is preferredto provide student-faculty interaction. In rare cases, the seminars may have a liberal arts orinterdisciplinary backdrop. Stengel,10 for example, describes a Princeton seminar on space flightwhich exposes liberal arts students to details of technology and engineering students to societalimpacts of technology. Tryggvason and Apelian11 have argued that the engineer of the 21stcentury will be redefined. Advances in information technology have made all informationavailable to everyone everywhere with almost infinite speed and ease. A paradigm shift ineducation is indicated. Now, rather than merely to deliver

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Post, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

heard a story about aprofessor at another university selling solutions manuals online through eBay. While it would benice if all our students were perfectly ethical, it really is not reasonable to expect them not tolook at the solution manual when it is freely and readily available, and it is unfair to grade theproblems when part of the class already has access to the solutions and the other part does not.Since that time the author has picked homework problems from a textbook other than theassigned textbook (and of course not telling the students the source of the new problems).Textbook publishers are quite willing to send copies of alternative titles to instructors, so there isno shortage of sources for questions, and a different book can be

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. 5. Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. 6. Function on multi-disciplinary teams. 7. Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context. 8. Understand professional and ethical responsibility. 9. Communicate effectively. 10. Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. 11. Knowledge of contemporary issues.Figure 11 shows the results of the student survey. The students gave a high score for all items.The students were asked to put a score for their level of confidence in each of the presentedareas. It is important to notes that most of these skills are introduced in all the levels of theengineering

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diana Stoppiello, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

profit businesses through to completion and delivery to the • Analyze business case studies client. • Discuss ethical and legal aspects of business decisions • Communicate effectively in a short oral presentation • Interview potential clients to determine their needs • Work

Conference Session

Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

 within realistic constraints such as  economic, environmental, health and safety, and manufacturability. 10. Function effectively on teams. 11. Identify, analyze and solve technical problems. 12. Communicate effectively through the use of industry accepted software, verbal and written communication. 13. Recognize the need for and engage in life‐long learning. 14. Demonstration of professional and ethical responsibility. 15. Understand the impact of solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. 16. Committed to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement. Table 1 Management-Oriented Skills Assessed During Alumni SurveyA header to each set of questions showed a Likert-type scale to

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan Morgan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(c) design a system, comp or process (l) proficiency in math (d) function on teams (m) proficiency in four areas (e) solve engineering problems (n) experiments in more than one area (f) prof & ethical responsibility (o) perform civil eng design (g) communicate effectively (p) prof practice issues (h) broad education (q) work experience (i) lifelong learning a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p qCE 493-eng design S09

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

areanalyzed and discussed.IntroductionIn 2004, a group of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech received a majorcurriculum reform and engineering education research grant under the department-level reform(DLR) program of the NSF1. A number of hands-on activities were developed and implementedin the freshman engineering program as a result of the DLR project2,3, 4. Engineering Exploration(EngE1024), a freshman engineering course required of all engineering undergraduates, is themost affected course by the DLR project in the general engineering (also called freshmanengineering) program. This course primarily focuses on hands-on design, problem solving,professional ethics and skills, and critical thinking skills5. This course is taken by

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

.d). e.  an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering and electrical engineering  problems (ABET Criterion 3.e, Program Criteria).  f.  an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (ABET Criterion 3.f).  g.  an ability to communicate technical information through professional quality reports, oral  presentations and interaction with audience (ABET Criterion 3.g).  h.  the broad education necessary to understand the impact of electrical engineering solutions  in a global and societal context (ABET Criterion 3.h).  i.  a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life­long learning (ABET  Criterion 3.i).  j.  a knowledge of contemporary issues (ABET Criterion

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Jenkins-Stark, Iridescent; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

engage scientists and public audiences in face-to-face interactions that promote appreciation and understanding of current science research20.Professional development for scientists: BA Perspectives (coordinated by the British Associationfor the Advancement of Science) encourages scientists, engineers and social scientists to explorethe social and ethical implications of their research and trains them to interact with the public at aposter session in a science festival. Another example is the website, "Communicating Science:Tools for Scientists and Engineers” created by the NSF and the American Association for theAdvancement of Science to help scientists and engineers communicate better with the public.The website offers webinars, how-to tips

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

those mechanical aspects,and also introduces sensors, actuators and computer control of integrated mechatronic systems,again in the context of robotics. The integrated engineering topics introduced in ME 1000include: design methodology, mechanical hardware, manufacturing tools, spreadsheets, 3DCAD, Newton’s laws for linear and rotational motion, graphing and numerical techniques,statistical analysis, oral and written communication, teamwork, and safety. ME 1010 builds onthese topics and additionally introduces computer programming, electricity and magnetism,electronic circuits, economics, and ethics. These topics are introduced and reinforced in thevarious course components: lectures, labs, reading assignments, problem sets, a team

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Joshua H. Smith; David Brandes

EWB–USA’s policies on professionalmentoring, and may led to design work having to be reviewed and redone under the supervisionof the professional mentors who will lead those implementation trips, solely to satisfy EWB–USA’s requirement that the mentors be involved in both design and implementation.Lafayette also offers a sophomore-level course VAST 203: Sustainability of Built Systems thatserves as a non-technical introduction to sustainable development. Its course catalog descriptionis:25 This interdisciplinary seminar introduces students to a process for evaluating the sustainability of built systems in both the industrialized and developing worlds. The course addresses the historical, moral, and ethical foundations for the current

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Barbara E. Mizdail

happened! All the faculty researchers expressed satisfaction withthe output from the five student projects. The students rose to the occasion in most casespresenting substantial contributions to the research efforts. Opportunity to include discussionson ethics presented itself, especially in tracking the project budgets. Each team was provided a$100 budget. Several teams built prototypes. The mechanical and electrical lab supervisors alsospent time with these novice team members - novice in that they had not yet had courses thatfamiliarize them with the mechanical and electrical equipment and lab capabilities at the college.Provided in Table 2 below is a list of the five research projects topics, as well as the students’initial descriptions

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William Jemison; Christopher Nadovich

various“illities” constraints on such topics as: hazmats, reliability, maintainability,sustainability, manufacturability, and ethics. We attempt to cast theserequirements in a form that constrains the student design in realistic, useful waysthat students can address within the scope of their project. For example, here isthe manufacturability requirement. GPR008: Manufacturability A production design is a project design that could reasonably be manufactured in large quantity (e.g. greater than 1000 units/yr). All production designs must be built from components and subassemblies that have a sustainable source of supply over the system lifetime. To demonstrate that this requirement is met, it must be shown that each

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Joshua H. Smith; David Brandes

EWB–USA’s policies on professionalmentoring, and may led to design work having to be reviewed and redone under the supervisionof the professional mentors who will lead those implementation trips, solely to satisfy EWB–USA’s requirement that the mentors be involved in both design and implementation.Lafayette also offers a sophomore-level course VAST 203: Sustainability of Built Systems thatserves as a non-technical introduction to sustainable development. Its course catalog descriptionis:25 This interdisciplinary seminar introduces students to a process for evaluating the sustainability of built systems in both the industrialized and developing worlds. The course addresses the historical, moral, and ethical foundations for the current

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

William D. Jemison; Christopher T. Nadovich

various“illities” constraints on such topics as: hazmats, reliability, maintainability,sustainability, manufacturability, and ethics. We attempt to cast theserequirements in a form that constrains the student design in realistic, useful waysthat students can address within the scope of their project. For example, here isthe manufacturability requirement. GPR008: Manufacturability A production design is a project design that could reasonably be manufactured in large quantity (e.g. greater than 1000 units/yr). All production designs must be built from components and subassemblies that have a sustainable source of supply over the system lifetime. To demonstrate that this requirement is met, it must be shown that each

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Barbara E. Mizdail

happened! All the faculty researchers expressed satisfaction withthe output from the five student projects. The students rose to the occasion in most casespresenting substantial contributions to the research efforts. Opportunity to include discussionson ethics presented itself, especially in tracking the project budgets. Each team was provided a$100 budget. Several teams built prototypes. The mechanical and electrical lab supervisors alsospent time with these novice team members - novice in that they had not yet had courses thatfamiliarize them with the mechanical and electrical equipment and lab capabilities at the college.Provided in Table 2 below is a list of the five research projects topics, as well as the students’initial descriptions

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Wangping Sun

of professional ethics and codes of conduct;  Communications skills, particularly across international boundaries;  Early involvement with industry through externships, internships, co-op programs;  Transnational mobility;  Team leadership.Technical skills:  Research ability on engineering in a global context;  Analytical skills to gather, analyze and interpret data;  Ability to use state-of-the-art software packages and design suites;  Technical excellence with system design emphasis;  Ability to be a life-long learner and self-teach the subjects that will have significant impact on future employment

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

in. I found I had a better understanding of the infrastructures in urban Denver and their social ramification than those in remote tribal areas of India and other parts of the developing world. I also found myself relieved to be back in the realm of applied research in sustainable development, as the dynamics of donors, benefactors, beneficiaries and their varying agendas in international service projects had caused me to lose much sleep over their ethical ramifications. For Anu Ramaswami (University of Colorado Denver), coming to the United States wasnot the “dramatic culture shock” that leaving the country was for the American-born participants.The United States “in all its complexity” provided an opportunity to pursue

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; David Knight, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

are strong analyticalskills, practical ingenuity, creativity, communication competencies, lifelong learning, agility,flexibility, resilience, high ethical standards, professionalism, business and management skills,and leadership skills. Discussions of these attributes strongly suggest that the engineer of thefuture must be able to work effectively with others on projects that require interdisciplinarythinking and skills.The goal of the P360 study is to identify and analyze the curricular, pedagogical, cultural, andorganizational features that support engineering education that appear to be aligned with thegoals of the Engineer of 2020. The study concentrates on three attributes that appear to becentral to the goals of the engineer of 2020