Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Rogers; John Anderson; Corey Jones

can clearly beseen. Further implementation of renewable fuels is near and will be made possible by theaddition of renewable energy degrees. As reflected in the current environment, theimportance of educating young minds about such forms of renewable energy is clearlyobvious.Bibliographic information1. Oregon Renewable Energy Center, Oregon Institute of Technology, “Fossil Fuels,” web sitewww.oit.edu/orec/12. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “Major R and D areas,” web site www.nrel.gov Page 10.780.63. D.V. Hunt, The Gasohol Handbook (New York, NY: Industrial Press, 1981) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Annual

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Innovations in Learning by Doing

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

engineering statics is challenging in that the concepts of moment, reactive forces,behavior of different supports, trusses, etc. are abstract and difficult to be appreciated. This istrue in 2-dimensional settings and especially true in a 3-dimensional environment. Electronicbreadboards have been available for quite some time. They aid significantly in the study ofelectronics in that professors and students of electrical and electronic circuitry can quickly set upthe problem under consideration, see the circuits, feel the flow path and observe the responsesfor different analyses.This paper suggests and showcases a design of a mechanical breadboard to aid the teaching andlearning of Engineering Statics. The authors are mindful of the many software and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yen Shi Gillian Hoe; Seth Townsend; Ryan Kon; Robert Allen; Richard Boyer; Peter Goldwine; Mathew Kung; Mary McDonald; Laura Sprowls; Gary Tong; Artin Shoukas; Ankit Tejani; Elizabeth Johnson

primarily on the future team leaders of the course. This endeavorhas proven to be educational for all involved and has set the groundwork for future student Page 9.902.8contributions. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education5. References(1) Allen RH, Aronhime LB, Shoukas AA, Wierman JC. Integrating Biomedical Engineering with Entrepreneurshipand Management: An Undergraduate Experience. 2003 American Society for Engineering Education AnnualConference and Exposition.(2) Steptoe A, Travazzi L. The Mind

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Cheryl Sundberg

engineering module for the GEAR-UP Summer Camp at Louisiana TechUniversity was to introduce middle school students to a career in engineering through hands-on/minds-on laboratory experiments. Central to the purpose of the module was to acquaint thestudents with typical engineering projects: problem solving and design. We prepared a numberof activities for the students. Each week of the summer camp program, the students spent oneafternoon exploring engineering issues. The campers were split into two different groups, so thatwe would have a more manageable group of about 20-25 students. There were also collegestudents (education majors) and high school students (pre-education majors) with each group ofabout 5 students. They acted as chaperones, to keep

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilkat S. Soysal; Oguz Soysal

unexpectedinterpretations.Timing of an evaluation is also important in obtaining meaningful results. Students maygive wrong feedback because of a frustration or confusion period during their learningprocess.The assessment tools used in introductory engineering courses are chosen or designedkeeping the above factors in mind. Instead of relying on fewer statistical evaluations, theassessment process is distributed over the semester. The principal components of theprocess are described below:Prerequisite checksAt the beginning of the semester, each student is checked for course prerequisites by anadministrative specialist. It is the responsibility of the faculty assigned to the course tokeep a student in the course if prerequisites are not satisfied. Exceptions may be made

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

Bridges toEngineering Education (B.E.E.) program.References[1] Glenn, John Before it’s too late: A Report to the Nation from the National Commission onMathematics and Science Teaching for the 21 st Century http://www.ed.gov/americacounts/glenn/[2] Thier, Herbert D. Developing Inquiry-Based Science Materials: a Guide for Educators. TeachersCollege Press, Columbia University, 2001.[3] Kemper, J.D. Introduction to the Engineering Profession, 2nd ed., Saunders College Publishing, 1993[4] Bransford, John, Brown, Ann, and Cocking, R.R (eds) How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience,and School, National Academy Press, 1999.[5] Brooks, J. G and Brooks, M.G In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms.ASCD, 1999.[6] Science Education

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Berry

Meeting Honors ColloquiumPilot Program AssessmentThe WE@UT pilot program was a success by all measures. Program objectives and the overallgoal of WE@UT to increase the enrollment of women in engineering programs at The Universityof Texas at Austin (UT) were met.Objectives AssessmentThe program was designed with the five program objectives in mind. All objectives of theWE@UT program were met as can be seen in the Table 4.Participant FeedbackOverall, participants were satisfied with the program content and the information that was shared.The engineering sessions, consisting of faculty presentations and demonstrations, were rated thehighest of all the WE@UT activities. Participants rated the interactions with the industryengineers and the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session 2160 The Fortress of Knowledge – Social Dimension in Engineering Education Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Edvaldo Valle, Janete Molnar Supportnet School of TechnologyAbstractThis work is the description of a project that has been implemented in public schools in the cityof São Vicente. It is the initiative of São Vicente City Hall that has decided to implement specialprograms for K12 in public schools in the city. The main goal is to help students to develop thenecessary skills to follow carriers like engineer, which is so necessary for the development of

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; Kyongbum Lee; Howard Saltsburg; Gregory Botsaris; David Kaplan

changes in the way we prepare scientistsand engineers. The immediate conclusion is that the traditional separation of biology from thephysical sciences and engineering must be eliminated. The mind set of the chemical industry itselfis changing, with biology beginning to look like a major vehicle for the next 'quantum leap' of thisindustry as it becomes a life sciences-based one.Rationale for Chemical and Biological Engineering Although departments of “ Agricultural and Biological Engineering” exist, their basic focus ison macroscopic biology issues in agriculture. This approach has begun to change with theintroduction of genetic engineering into that discipline. “Bioengineering” was the obvious nextcandidate. Despite its being the center of

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Chesney

Session 2003-122 From Egg Drops to Gum Drops: Teaching Fourth Grade Students about Engineering David R. Chesney The University of MichiganAbstractStudents remember 80% of what they do and 20% of what they hear. With this premise in mind,the author developed an active approach to educating a classroom of fourth grade students inmultiple areas of engineering. The intent is minimally, to increase interest in math and science inthe young students. Optimally, the students will pursue engineering as a career. Hands-onactivities were used to

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; Vincent Capece; John Baker

with abetter understanding of what mechanical engineering is about. This information wouldhelp some of the students who had thought about a career in engineering to make a bettereducated decision when they get to college, while some who may have never thoughtabout engineering as a career might consider it. In planning such a program, one mustkeep in mind that mechanical engineering is too broad, and the various areas of emphasisare too deep, to allow for a highly detailed overview. It is only realistic to provide a briefintroduction, and one must guard against overwhelming the students with detail. Also, itis important to keep all discussions and project work on a level appropriate for highschool students, who have no background in calculus

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

Session 2209 CREATION OF A BIOETHICS COURSE FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM E. Mowry, J. Collins, S. Brophy Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235Abstract “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have…an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility….1” To address this need, we are creating anundergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) ethics course, which serves to raise awareness instudents and better prepare them for careers in medicine, research, and engineering. Theprinciples and methodologies of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

to address industry’s current needs, the administrators of Kettering University surveyedits Industrial Advisory Board to gain an understanding of the qualities necessary for successfulgraduating engineers. Graduating engineers not only need to understand technologydevelopments involving electrical, computer and mechanical systems, and appropriatemanufacturing processes, industries need ethical engineers who have working knowledge of multi-disciplinary topics and can communicate this knowledge effectively.With this in mind, Kettering University embarked on a curriculum reform journey. The GOAL isto reduce redundancy and provide an effective but LEAN education for the students. Theconcept of integration is first established. The curriculum

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Yves Hascoet; Benoit Furet; Marek Balazinski

Session 2649 Application in integrated mechanical design: A concurrent engineering project Benoît Furet, Jean-Yves Hascoët, Marek Balazinski Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Nantes et École Centrale Nantes - France /École Polytechnique de Montréal - CanadaAbstractThis work presents a new educational application of integrated mechanical design. The maingoal was the industrialization of a product by a team of technician students from the InstitutUniversitaire de Technologie de Nantes/IUT (France) with a student engineer 1

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

Session 2513 The EC 2000 System in Chemical Engineering at Washington State University Richard L. Zollars Department of Chemical Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2710 In October, 1995 the Chemical Engineering Department at Washington StateUniversity had its regularly scheduled ABET visit. After that visit it was apparent thatthe next ABET general review would be conducted using EC2000. Given that we wouldhave six years to implement and work with this new procedure the faculty

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjorie Hovde

designing and conductingcommunication assessment could yield to faculty members in their professionaldevelopment as educators.• how other schools of engineering and technology might design and conducttechnical communication assessment while keeping in mind the reservations thatfaculty members may have about doing such assessment.Before discussing these issues, however, I offer a brief description of the technicalcommunication assessment process that we developed.Designing an appropriate process for conducting communication assessmentWhen designing communication assessment, one needs to take into account theconstraints and needs of the educational institution.5 In addition, those who teach thestudents should play an important role in assessing those

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

skills requires that K-12 students have experiences in quality science, mathematics, and technology problem-solvingenvironments. The teaching and learning of science should be centered on inquiry-based strategiesthat incorporate real world experiences. “From the very first day in school students should doscience…not study science.”2 Such strategies include the development of science inquiry skills,scientific habits of mind, and communication skills for dealing with the community at large. 3 Page 8.494.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nagraj Balakrishnan; Michael Leonard; Judith McKnew

, and on material developed by the Institute of Configuration Management. As such,the module introduces students to CM and its various components. The module also includesmaterial illustrating how commercially available CM software is used in change control.The educational materials in the Overview Module have been developed with eight specificeducational objectives in mind. These objectives specify that, at the end of the CM Overviewmodule, students will be able to• Correctly use selected CM terminology including: engineering change requests, engineering change orders, field change orders, configuration item, vault, approved document, controlled document, functional baseline, allocated baseline, developmental baseline, product baseline

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

the wordassociation task, the study included a professional advice task, a concept mapping task, a sortingtask, and a demographic survey. The subjects completed the tasks in a specified amount of timeand in a specified order.The word association task was the initial task. The task began with the distribution of materialsto the subjects and the reading of instructions. The subjects were told to use the probe “civil andenvironmental engineering” and to write down whatever comes to mind. The subjects were thengiven 15 minutes to work on the task.SubjectsA total of 30 subjects participated in the study. All of the subjects were students in civil andenvironmental engineering. While most of these subjects were graduating seniors, a few weregraduate

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William M. Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore

applicationsto real world experiences.This course provides an exciting, motivational learning environment in which students perceivethe world’s underlying science and mathematics principles that promote an understanding ofthe physical world. This is done within the context of a collaborative learning environment.Students enrolled in this course are instructed and assessed through a hands on/minds-onstudent-centered constructivist approach. Education majors are immersed in a holistic andinterdisciplinary approach to problem solving and application through engineering, science,mathematics, and technology, which they in turn will be able to model for their future students.The topic of properties of matter is explored through a variety of activities

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Basavapatna Sridhara

Session 2150Ã Web-Enhanced Instruction in Engineering Technology: Advantages and Limitations B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)Abstract Web-based and web-enhanced instruction is becoming more and more popular inEngineering Education with the advancement of Internet technology.1,2 In this abstract, theauthor’s experience in using web-enhanced instruction to teach Fluid Power (ET 485) is brieflydiscussed. In the spring of 2000, MTSU obtained a site license from Blackboard.com anddeveloped CourseInfo on our server for

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

opportunity to solve problems using math and science in a “hands-on, minds-on” manner.The idea proposed to Alcoa involved grant funding to hire middle school teachers to work withCollege of Engineering faculty and develop ways to integrate engineering problem solvingmethods into the North Carolina Standard Course of Study curriculum strands in math andscience. Teachers would be paid an amount enticing enough to encourage them to forgo two oftheir short six-week summer. The first week, the teachers and COE faculty met at NCSU tolearn about engineering, technology, exemplary materials and the curriculum strands to becovered in each grade. Lessons and activities were the expected outcome. Then, the followingweek, 50 middle school students were brought

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lars Cederqvist; Jed Lyons

Session 1566 Full-Body Contact Statics and Other Freshman Engineering Experiences Jed S. Lyons, Lars Cederqvist University of South CarolinaAbstractHundreds of papers presented at ASEE meetings have described introduction to engineeringcourses and projects. This paper provides actual instructional materials for three inexpensiveactive-learning activities that can be performed by first-semester freshmen to introduce them toengineering and motivate them to learn a suite of computer applications. Two of them are in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vascar Harris; Eric Sheppard

department needs to expand its horizons to consider funding opportunities for technical andeducational research that do not specifically encourage HBCU participation. As the departmentdevelops its teaching and service directions, the research portfolio must be kept in mind, andupdated as needed. The department presently does not have a graduate program (but faculty maywork with Mechanical Engineering graduate students), but does have a plan to phase in a M.S. inAerospace Science Engineering. A department advisory committee will provide criticaldirection.C. ServiceService is a crucial component for all academic units. The community served by Tuskegee’sAerospace department includes students, engineers, and others interested in aerospace issues

Conference Session

Using Web-Resources and Literature to Teach Engineering in P-8

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily M. Hunt, West Texas A&M University; Michelle L Pantoya, Texas Tech University; Aaron S. Hunt, Canyon Independent School District; Abbye M. Reeves

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

their mind toadvance past what is currently possible and their creativity has been stoked by the inspiringliterature and complementary activities. For example, instead of a roller coaster, a skateboardroller coaster (Fig. 4A)! Instead of a typical car, a water-driven, jet-operated, car with vibratingseats (Fig. 4C). These kids are ready to advance the field of engineering!ConclusionsThe purpose behind the development and use of Engineering Elephants is not mastery of allengineering concepts, but to introduce children to the idea of engineering and problem solvingand encourage them to begin to imagine all of the things that they could potentially create.Results from integrating Engineering Elephants into 3rd grade classrooms show that

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Siang Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada; Montell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research; Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. Computer Simulations, Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Central Plains Conference, (2006).[6] Felder, R. M., Felder, G. N. and Deitz, E. J., A longitudinal study of engineering student performance and retention. V. Comparisons with traditionally-taught students. J. ENGNG Edu., 1998, 87, 469-480.[7] Bransford, J. D., et al., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School , Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.[8] Mataric, M. J., Robotics Education for All Ages, Proceedings, American Association for Artificial Intelligence Spring Symposium on Accessible, Hands-on AI and Robotics Education, Palo Alto, CA, Mar 22-24, 2004.[9] Robotics as a tool for

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Teri Reed-Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lorie Groll, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy. 2002: Harvard University Press.4. ASEE, 2009 Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges. 2010.5. Morrobel-Sosa, A., Minding the canary in the academy: A case for inclusive transformational leadership, in American Academy of Colleges and Universities. 2005.6. Moore, K.A., V.B. Brown, and H.J. Scarupa, The uses (and misuses) of social indicators: Implications for public policy. Child Trends Research Brief, 2003. Publication #2003- 01(February 2003).7. Holloway, B.M., T. Reed-Rhoads, and L.M. Groll, Defining the "Sophomore Slump" within the Discipline of Engineering, in Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. 2010

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

AC 2011-2481: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERS ENGAGING AND RE-FLECTING IN A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SIMULATIONCynthia M. D’Angelo, University of Wisconsin - Madison Cynthia D’Angelo, Ph.D. has a background in physics and science education. She has always been inter- ested in improving science instruction and most recently, using simulations and games to help facilitate learning. Among other things, she is interested in how students make use of multimedia representations of scientific concepts in games. She is currently the research director for the Epistemic Games Group at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi C. Chesler is an Associate Professor of Biomedical

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council

Tagged Divisions

International

being successful and it is not economically, it evolves thehealth, the family, the job, self-esteem and social relations. It is not social assistance that deepensignorance and poverty. A community can achieve this status and it is just a matter of willing to.In fact there are places in the world that the society is organized and prosperous at leasteconomically speaking, which leads to healthier environment and higher self-esteem [4].The new demands and the engineering minds came up with new kinds of sustainable energygeneration, new renewable fuels and materials, recycling machines and many others innovationsthat are changing the way people live [5].It may sound some kind of dream however many dreams become true and as engineering is theart of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

kept in mind however that these data should be used in conjunction with the subjectivejudgments of the design faculty members for final evaluations.BIBLIOGRAPHY[1] Pahl, G. and Beitz, W., Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach, Edited by Ken Wallace, Springer-Verlag, The Design Council, 1988.[2] Dekker, D., and Gibson, J. D., “Learning Design in a College Setting”, International Conference on Engineering Design, Tampere, Finland, August, 1997.[3] Walvoord, B., “Helping Students Write Well: A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines”, The Modern Language Association of America, New York, 1986.[4] Process Education Teaching Institute Handbook, Pacific Crest, Corvalis, 1999.[5] Gibson, J.D. and Brackin, M.P., “Techniques for the Implementation