Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Hai-Shuan Lam; Kurt C. Gramoll

• Digital : Radius Moto DV board• Digital : DPS spark DV board Table 3: Computer used for video compressionFor this project, 3 different types of video format were examined, Digital, Hi-8, and VHS. Thesethree are used for representing the standard video format for broadcast, industrial, and homeconsumer quality. To obtain the digital format, a Canon digital camcorder is used for capturingthe video. On the other hand, VHS and Hi-8 format were used for capturing analog video. Figure2 below shows 3 snapshots of the movie compressed using different video format. As shown,digital video has the highest contrast and video resolution. The number of horizontal pixelsshown in Table 4 portrays that the quality or resolution of the digital video

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Yousry S. El-Gamal; Sherif M. Tawfik; Abd-Elhamid Elmaghrabi

North America World Wide Web Conference, University of New Brunswick. Canada, 1998.5. David B. Oglesby, et.al, Statics On-Line: A Project Review, Proceeding of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, June 28- July 1, 1998.6. James A. Rehg, Developing Web-Based Courses Using an Online Development Guide and Templates, Proceeding of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, June 28- July 1, 1998.7. Rod Byrnes, et.al, The Development of a Multiple-Choice and True-False Testing Environment on the Web, Proceedings of AusWeb95, 1995.8. Curtis Dyreson, An Expermient in Class Management Using the World Wide Web, Proceedings of AusWeb96, 1996.9. H. Jack, A paperless (almost) Stastics

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

CAD; and teaming. A term design project is included.Prerequisites: high school computing and physics and algebra courses or equivalents.”17 Due tothe contract nature of the course, it is reasonably easy to earn a C grade. However, the requiredteaming, strict deadlines, and large amount of required homework makes the class quite Page 4.519.2challenging for most students. Surprisingly, for all groups: men, women, and minority students,retention was higher after two years for those students who took ECE 100 in the spring. Thisdifference was significant for male students. Among FFF students, while men did better takingECE 100 in the spring

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland

, andcomponents; design for customer satisfaction, profitability, quality and manufacturing; economicanalysis; flow charting; sketching CAD; and teaming. A term design project is included.Prerequisites: high school computing and physics and algebra courses or equivalents.”17 Due tothe contract nature of the course, it is reasonably easy to earn a C grade. However, the requiredteaming, strict deadlines, and large amount of required homework makes the class quite Page 4.518.3challenging for most students. Surprisingly, for all groups: men, women, and minority students,retention was higher after two years for those students who took ECE 100 in the spring

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara McComb; Robert Kiesow; Eric Mulkay; Douglas Boyd; James D. Jones; William Oakes

several different sources.The Dean of Engineering provided start-up funds totaling one thousand dollars. The Dean waseager to assist the start of a new organization and this amount was adequate to initiate the twoseminar series discussed below. Once the seminar series was shown as a viable idea, additionalmultiyear funding was sought. A proposal to the GE Foundation was submitted and granted fortwenty thousand dollars. From this grant, the chapter was able to support the basic and highercost chapter activities for four years. During this time, an additional grant for a project to reachunderrepresented students was submitted to and awarded by the Allied Signal Special GrantsProgram at Purdue. This two thousand-dollar grant allowed a representative

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Howell, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

made… Scientific literacy is the capacity to use scientific knowledge, to identify questions and to draw evidence-based conclusions in order to understand and help make decisions about the natural world and the changes made to it through human activity. (pp. 132–33)This definition of scientific literacy encompasses technology. In this area, the colleges ofengineering are uniquely poised to provide this type of literacy education to students from otherdisciplines. The Green Report-- Engineering Education for a Changing World5, released inOctober 1994 as a joint project report by the Engineering Deans Council and CorporateRoundtable of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), challenged the deansof the colleges of

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Lauren Madden, North Carolina State University; James Minogue, North Carolina State University; Mike Carter, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Inquiry-based elementaryscience education provides students with some opportunities to engage in authentic science butthe subject area expertise required by teachers can be daunting and time consuming. Currentlyengineering education professionals are looking for opportunities to positively influenceelementary (STEM) experience but the school curriculum demands limit their opportunity toexpose students to the benefits of engineering problem solving. Through professionaldevelopment we have instituted some graphic-based modeling techniques that support andextend current inquiry science curriculum activities and leverage the engineering design cycle.Research and findings done as part of a two-year NSF-supported project in elementary educationwill be

Conference Session

Technical Papers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Baldwin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

search interfacesdedicated as finding aids to institutional and disciplinary repositories assures expandedintellectual access as well.The results of this project support these conclusions. In this study nearly 11% of the articleswere deposited in institutional or disciplinary repositories. Much higher were the percentages offaculty in all three disciplines, in all five institutions who have at least one article with someform of open access. IR deposition is still in its infancy in these fields and repeated studies suchas this one will determine if the percentage of available publications is on the rise. Free access isincreasingly becoming the mantra and predictably faculty will more and more prefer to pull theircited publications from the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology; Siva Thangam, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

publicised (e.g. at conferences), so that the dissertation can be supported by the scientific and research community, not only by the opinions of the opponents. Denmark: '…capacity to carry out a scientific project involving independent use of the scientific method of the subject thereby furthering research at a level corresponding to the international standard of the PhD within the subject area.' The Netherlands: '…The dissertation must report on original research and present scientific results. It should make an original contribution to knowledge in the field and testify to the candidate's mastery of the methodology' Portugal: '…The thesis is expected to be a scholarly work which contributes to the

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

active learning work? A review of the research”, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 223-231, July 2004.[2] Froyd, J. E., Evidence for the Efficacy of Student-active Learning Pedagogies, PKAL (Project Kaleidoscope), 2008, available in: http://www.pkal.org/documents/BibliographyofSALPedagogies.cfm[3] Schön, D., Educating the Reflective Practitioner, Jossey-Bass Publications (Wiley), New York, 1987.[4] Lyons, J. and E. F. Young, “Developing a systems approach to engineering problem solving and design of experiments in a racecar-based laboratory course”, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 109-112, January 2001.[5] Schank, R. C., Designing World Class E-Learning, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.[6

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

easy to understand. • Could use some work to correct Grammar. • It was pretty easy to follow step by step. • Everything was clear and straight forward. • All necessary info provided with clear directions. • For the most part I understood what was being done.B) How did you find the Pre-lab assignments? Useful: 13 Not Useful: 3 • It helped me to understand the lab better. • Helped to set me ready for lab. • Some of them were a little confusing but they all helped prepare for the lab. • They helped to understand the general idea of what the lab was about. • They prepared me for the labs. • Useful, it allowed you to get an insight on the actual project. • Gave you a good understanding of the experiment. • They were

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chesney, University of Michigan; Ross Broms, The University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

sometimes needed to be ‘coached’ to respond asrequested. That is, as the semester wore on and / or significant project or homework assignmentswere looming, students needed to be encouraged to continue responding weekly to the questionsindicated above.There were two faculty teaching the course, who would alternate delivering lectures. Although Page 15.230.5the other faculty was not actively involved in this research, he participated wholly. In somecases, data analysis involves only one or the other faculty, but in most cases, data from both ofour lectures is analyzed. As examples, data analysis regarding how many stories were told, andof what type

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technical expertise that has been plagued by a significantlack of identity.1 For example, institutions that have engineering and engineering technologyprograms will often provide a description as to the differences between engineering technologyand engineering. Typically, this description is found by a URL link on the engineeringtechnology webpage and not on the engineering webpage. Even the traditional, distinctive claimby engineering technology programs of being hands-on has eroded with the introduction andrecent emphasis of applications and design implementation across engineering curricula,especially the EAC of ABET required capstone project. Much of this has been documented over 2-12the years.The engineering technology community has

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Green, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

protection, corporate security, and partner compliance solutions for multiple Fortune 500 companies in the consumer packaged goods, energy, financial services, hospitality and technology industries. While at Booz Allen Hamilton, Dr. Green provided technical and programmatic direction to the DARPA Special Projects Office (SPO), Army Research Lab (ARL), Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center (IATAC), and other DoD clients for advanced prototype systems research. He performed analysis tasks and provided strategic vision for his clients in the areas of survivability analysis, roadmap studies, threat analysis, and technology simulation and modeling. Dr

Conference Session

Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

explore something that they find interesting about this course.” – “The freedom to do the test we wanted to do. It satisfied my curiosity.” – “This lab allows us to learn more about what we find interesting. We learn more from labs that we designed ourselves.” – “I liked that we were able to select our own project based on things that interested us, and also that we had to figure out our own procedures which allowed us to really learn what I was doing.” – “I liked the idea of planning our own lab and figuring out how to properly create samples and perform the experiment.” – “I like how we had to be responsible and complete a lab on our own.” – “Experience in using the equipment

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Squires; Robert Cloutier

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

- Page 15.531.2based format. That is, throughout the rest of the course, the instructor and the studentsinteracted asynchronously through text-based exchange within the Web Course Tools(WebCT) Learning Management System (LMS). Delivery consisted of posting weeklycourse content in the form of presentations, participating in required weekly onlinediscussions, and working together with a team to produce a final team project. The initialcourse was offered to sponsored corporate students in a condensed six-week format andthe initial courses were used primarily for systems engineering training. In 2005, audiolectures were added to the weekly course content; yet follow-on comparative researchindicated that: “…where there is evidence that the inclusion

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the ISTEC 2008 workshop. Thus, SimCafeusers are likely to encounter the same learning structure and best-practices approach for differentproblems across the ME curriculum. Through these repeated encounters, students have a chanceto internalize best practices in their formative years and carry them into their careers.6. Evaluation ResultsIn 2009, an 18-item survey was administered to 57 students enrolled in M&AE 3272 MechanicalProperty & Performance Lab. The survey gathered data pertaining to user experience with theANSYS tutorials on SimCafe looking at content, navigation, presence of technical difficulties,clarity of material, real-world applicability and overall recommendations to project team.Almost all respondents reported having

Conference Session

Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

demonstration is a powerful teaching strategy forengineering students. This style of teaching was incorporated into an engineering materialsselection course. Students realize that changing material properties play an important role inunderstanding why materials are selected for different design specifications. Engineeringstudents take courses in mechanics of material, machine design, finite element analysis andcapstone senior projects. These courses require students to call out and specify the best and leastexpensive material according to some type of chemical, physical or mechanical loadingconditions. Students should understand the way a material behaves in service depends upon itsalloy composition, crystalline structure, manufacturing process and

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quintin S. Hughes, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, Boulder: Westview Press, 1997.[12] Chubin, D.E., and E. Babco, ""Walking the Talk" in Retention-to-Graduation: Institutional Production of Minority Engineers - A NACME Analysis," 2003.[13] Hughes, Q.S., and R.L. Shehab, "WHAT THEY SAY MATTERS: PARENTAL IMPACT ON PRE-COLLEGE ACADEMIC IDENTITY OF SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGINEERING STUDENTS," Proceedings of the 2010 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Louisville, KY, 2010.[14] Jackson, L.A., P.D. Gardner, and L.A. Sullivan, "Engineering persistence: Past, present, and future factors and gender differences," Higher Education Vol. 26, 1993, pp. 227-246.[15] Morning, C., and J. Fleming, "Project Preserve: A Program to

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Eden B. King, George Mason University; Mikki Hebl, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, Perspectives of IO Psychology, and Group and Organization Management, integrates organizational and social psychological theories in conceptualizing social stigma and the work-life interface. This research addresses three primary themes: 1) current manifestations of discrimination and barriers to work-life bal- ance in organizations, 2) consequences of such challenges for its targets and their workplaces, and 3) individual and organizational strategies for reducing discrimination and increasing support for families. In addition to her academic positions, Dr. King has consulted on applied projects related to climate ini- tiatives, selection systems, and diversity training programs, and has worked as a trial consultant. She is

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

themselves (Table 3) we see there are significant differences in only two cases. It may benoted that in every case but one when this comparison is made, the groups perceive that there aremore differences than seem to actually exist. The one exception is students. They perceivefewer differences than seem to actually exist. Perhaps this is due to their lack of experience.Why do these perceived differences exist? The data obtained from this project cannot answerthis question, but it is important to understand these preconceptions may exist among groups andindividuals so that problems in the design process may be avoided.These data may also be analyzed in another way that could be useful. The weights assigned toeach group by themselves can be compared

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tammy L Haut Donahue, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

experimental and quasi-experimental research. Most of her work involves examination of the social and cognitive indicators predictive of educational success, along with the measurement of educa- tional outcomes. She is currently serving as Co-PI for several funded projects examining the impact of various engineering education models on student persistence, intentions, attitudes, etc.Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University Sheryl A. Sorby is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics and Director of Engi- neering Education and Research. She is the former Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at Michigan Technological University and previously served as a rotator to the

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

as prepared. I can say that I didn’t know that much. I was one of those kids who was on the fence about science classes. After this camp, I was really inspired. I did my senior project on nanotechnology.Following the camp, participants were contacted six months later to provide feedback on thecamp's impact on their view of science. Camp participants (n=4) completed the follow-upsurvey. Of these, all either Agreed or Strongly Agreed that they could see the value of thesummer camp as it relates to STEM education. When asked if they would participate in the Page 22.225.9Bioengineering summer camp if asked again, all

Conference Session

IE and the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Besides principles of good practice in multi-media design16,17, a number of importantcriteria were considered in the development of the review modules. Specifically,≠ Where appropriate, modules should consider a variety of learning styles≠ Review modules should primarily be focused at knowledge (Foundational) level on the Steps for Better Thinking model (see Figure 2).≠ Review modules should be relatively short and should provide opportunities for exploration of applications related to the topic.≠ Embedded online interactive exercises should be self-correcting.≠ Navigation through review modules should be student-controlled.≠ All materials developed should be suitable for incorporation with a classroom project or as a stand-alone review

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Doyle, Penn State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

incorporating nanotechnology - devices ofmicroscopic size - were sold. According to estimates, the amount may grow to $2.6 trillion by2014.”28 On April 24, 2008, David Rejeski, Director of the Project on EmergingNanotechnologies (PEN ) at the Woodrow Wilson Center testified to the United States SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology,and Innovation. He said that in the last two years the number of nanoenabled consumer productshad increased from 212 to over 600 with a doubling period of 14 months, and that these productscame from 321 companies in 21 countries. Rejeski noted that “All of these products are availablein shopping malls or over the Internet, and we have purchased many of them on-line.”29

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

“DesiredAttributes for an Engineer.”2 Many have also argued that a harmony of these two skills isnecessary to do either well. Cooney et al provide a review of critical thinking in engineeringeducation which includes discussions on writing as a means to assess critical and reflectivethinking for both open ended type activities as well as writing to articulate the design process.3Other organizations such as the Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate (CDIO) initiative andthe Foundation for Critical Thinking provide resources for developing these abilities4.In addition to design projects (now being implemented in the earlier stages of curricula)laboratory work remains one of the principle ways in which students exercise critical thinkingand effective

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky; Keith Rouch, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

software. This effort was targeted atsupplementing material in a number of mechanical design courses. Pferdehirt, et al8, usedCamtasia in developing weekly 15-30 minute recordings provided on-line as part of the coursematerial for a graduate-level Project Management course in a Master of Engineering inProfessional Practice (MEPP) program. Pagliari, et al9, used Camtasia in an on-line TechnicalPresentations class. The authors state that lectures were created in Camtasia to teach students touse another software product, Microsoft Producer. The students then created their own trainingpresentations using Microsoft Producer. Shearman, et al10, describe a large set of modulesconsisting of screencast videos produced in Camtasia for a music synthesis and

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

L. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

/August 19903. Burton, J. D., and White, D. M., "Selecting a Model for Freshman Engineering Design," Journal of Engineering Education, July 1999, pp. 327-3324. Skurla, C., Thomas, B., and Bradley, W. L., “Teaching Freshman Engineering Using Design Projects and Laboratory Exercises to Increase Retention,” 2004 ASEE Annual Conference5. Feisel, L. D., and Rosa, A. J., "The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005, p. 1276. Tsividis, Y., "Teaching Circuits and Electronics to First-year Students," 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems7. Mayer, T. S., Medunick, J. R., Zhang, C., and Jackson, T. N., "A New Design-Oriented Laboratory for the

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dwayne Henclewood, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mshadoni Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Angshuman Guin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

that were developed for thisweek-long camp. The first lesson provided a brief overview of the transportation sector and itsevolution and introduced the process through which transportation projects are initiated andcompleted. The second lesson introduced students to the fundamentals of developing signaltiming plans for a single signalized intersection. The final lesson introduced coordinationconcepts that are involved in programming multiple intersections.The goal of these instructions was to enable the students to understand the impact of theinteraction between intersections on traffic flow and then using this knowledge coordinate theflows and minimize the delay for a network of two signalized intersections. The students werefirst introduced