Conference Session

Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech; Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

application. To provide empirical support forour ideas and implementation, we present both quantitative and qualitative assessment datacollected from students using focus groups and survey. The goal of the assessment was tounderstand student motivation and to document students’ experiences working as a part ofinterdisciplinary teams.IntroductionEngineers are often motivated by the desire to have a real world impact through their work. Thisdesire is present not only among practicing engineers but also among engineering students andfaculty. Over the past couple of decades, engineering faculty members across institutions haveleveraged this motivation to design courses and experiences for students where they can make apositive impact in the life of

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

there isn't existing knowledge within the company. Graduates should also be familiar with basic measurement practices. Engineers that cannot operate a caliper or micrometer correctly as basic engineering tools degrade confidence.• Validation processes are a critical knowledge gap. Most manufacturing processes require validation for new installations. Statistical evidence of machine capability is required for this process. In the growing technical manufacturing of our state this is critical for manufacturing engineers (all medical, lithium-ion battery, most automotive, etc). It is generally a best practice of manufacturing engineering as a means of documenting your process as being ready for production.• Basic and

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

both formal and informallearning opportunities.This paper presents STEM-UpTM to the engineering community as a comprehensive best-practicethat makes math and science a common vernacular within an underrepresented community. Thispaper is not a qualitative or quantitative study in the traditional sense of formal research. Rather,this paper highlights aspects of STEM-UpTM as an informal science initiative that has created amenu of opportunities – i.e. a value chain - to broadly engage an entire community in creating a Page 25.268.3sustained network for an affinity toward science, technology, engineering and math.Literature ReviewIn the last

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Long, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AreasHistorically, software written for vehicles has been based on proprietary tools and softwareengineering processes3. The trend in the automobile industry is of increasing integration ofsoftware with digital and mechanical systems. Areas of impact range from vehicle power plantcontrol to that of integrated entertainment systems complete with Internet access. The sheer bulkof code integrated in a typical vehicle is pushing the engineering of software systems out of theproprietary realm and into software engineering mainstream where the automotive industry mustadapt best practices for control of software system reliability and complexity. The amount ofdevelopment activity directly related to software engineering has risen, in some cases, to 40% ofthe

Conference Session

Capstone Courses in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

expected to participate in evaluating capstoneteams’ oral presentations. These are formal 20-minute presentations of the team’s resultsfollowed by a 10-minute question and answer period with the collective faculty members. Inaddition, faculty mentors are expected to attend the end-of-semester Senior Design expo andassist with the evaluation of their teams’ technical poster presentations. Faculty mentors provideformal feedback to the course instructor concerning both the oral and poster presentations.These expectations are in aligned with identified best practices for faculty mentoring whichinclude [Watkins, 2011]: 1) Regularly scheduled group meetings, 2) Individual group member queries

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Wolff P.E., Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University; Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has nearly 30 years of combined academic and industrial management experience. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Michigan Technological University.Dr. Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Daina Briedis is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University and Assistant Dean for Student Advancement and Program Assessment in the College of Engineering. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a Co-PI on two NSF grants

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

operational planning, project management, and technical sales and marketing. Prior to joining the University, Hunter worked for several companies, including IBM and Anaquest, Inc., as an engineer, engineering manager, technical sales professional, and Director of Informational Technol- ogy. At the University of Arizona, she oversees the freshman engineering experience, which includes the introductory engineering course required of entry-level students. She also teaches undergraduate/graduate courses in the Engineering Management program. She is a member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Project Management Institute (PMI), and American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Natasa S. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3847: CCLI: MODEL ELICITING ACTIVITIESDr. Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and professor of industrial engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering education experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former Senior Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, Shuman is the Founding Editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He has published widely in engineering education literature, and is co-author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bettina J. Casad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

committee report notes inefficiencyin preparing students for the workplace and higher education.2 Of particular concern is the lownumbers of college graduates in STEM fields who will help the U.S. retain its global lead inscience and technology.2 In response to these concerns, educators have been developinginnovative strategies to introduce STEM education earlier in the education timeline.3-4The objective of this research is to test the effectiveness of a guided discovery approach inpromoting STEM education through the use of robotics among students who are nationallyunderrepresented in STEM. The research question driving this investigation is whether a

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

environmental systems engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University Andrea L. Welker, P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at Villanova University. Welker teaches a variety of geotechnical undergraduate and graduate classes, including foundation design and geosynthetics. Her research focuses on the geotechnical aspects of stormwater control measures. In addition to teaching and performing research, she is the assessment chair and study abroad advisor for her department. Page 25.1217.1 c American Society

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University; Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Abstract The low recruitment and high attrition rate of women in engineering is well documented.Women account for only twenty percent of the entering class cohort, and drop out at a rate tenpercent higher than their male counterparts.1 Although in the past twenty years women havemade inroads into many fields that were male-dominated, women have made little or no progressin engineering.1 This paper has three goals. First, this paper will review existing literature that identifiescurrent and alternative theories about why engineering programs do not retain female students.Second, this paper will synthesize motivational psychology research into a best-practice modelfor engineering programs. Last, we hypothesize that photovoltaic

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brett Meyer; Timothy Wei; David Jones; Stuart Bernstein

that community was at the core ofeducational philosophy and practice leading him to believe that learning results fromexperience that is contextually based and socially situated. Lipman (199114) argued that “theProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for EngineeringEducation 11reflective model is thoroughly social and communal” (p. 19). As a result, social presence feltin the classroom can have a direct impact on student learning. According to Swan (200515) In traditional, face-to-face classrooms, educational researchers found that certain teacher immediacy behaviors, such as making eye-contact, smiling

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yogendra M. Panta, Youngstown State University; Hyun W. Kim, Youngstown State University; Param C Adhikari, Youngstown State University; Sanket Aryal, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

innovative plan for thedevelopment, implementation, and evaluation of an effective curriculum of CFD intended as acommon course for senior undergraduate and junior graduate level students. The curriculum isbeing designed with learning objectives, applications, conditions, and exercise notes. One of themain objectives is to teach students from novice to expert users preparing them with adequatefluid mechanics fundamentals and hands-on CFD project works in order to prepare them for theircapstone design projects, higher education and further research in fluid mechanics. We haveplanned to incorporate a CFD educational interface for hands-on student experience in fluidmechanics, which reflects real-world engineering applications used in companies

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

ownership of their own learning. The discovery approach used by the author tries to buildon these principles to establish an innovative instructional design by marrying content withpresentation style in theory as well as in practice. Utilizing real-world problems as a stimulus forstudent learning is not at all new and has been in practice for a very long time. Educators haveunderstood that scholars have defined problem-based learning as minds-on, hands-on, focused,experiential learning. Instructors have also been encouraged to act as cognitive coaches who cannurture an environment that can support open inquiry. The author was inspired by the uniqueideas presented by these scholars and researchers. He has tried to build on such intelligent ideasto

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in computer technology and a D.Eng. in computer science and information management with a concentration in knowledge dis- covery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interests are in the areas of software engineering and development (verification and validation) and enter- prise resource planning. He also has interest in learning objectives-based education material design and development. Acharya is a co-author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals,” 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall. He is a life member of Nepal Engineering Association and is also a member

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael C. Reeves P.E., Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.; Andrew B Twarek P.E., Ruby+Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-level design solution using appropriate design methods and tools. (4) Document the finished product or process according to standard practice. Page 25.230.4Additionally, the department identified senior design reports for the assessment of its secondcriterion related to Engineering Impact: Outcome: Explain the impact of engineering solutions on the economy, environment, political landscape, and society; apply the principles of sustainability to the design of engineering systems. Criterion: (2) Incorporate sustainability principles in the design of a civil engineering project.As described later herein

Conference Session

Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph M. Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Cody Mathew LeMay, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elizabeth Freije, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

online coursework, which is easy access andconvenience to work at one’s own pace.A current challenge instructors face is how to use these tools effectively creating an onlinecourse environment that rivals an in-person classroom experience. “Many institutions … havefound it challenging to achieve faculty use that truly enhances the learning interaction betweenfaculty and students as opposed to simply posting materials online [8].”Research studies have confirmed that best practices exist for online learning [8, 9], yet the maininfluence in student outcomes is the instructor and his or her approach to teaching [9]. Oneexample is how might the instructor combat the loss of interaction forced by a classroom setting?“One of the most interesting

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. Instead of grading for total level of learning, wespent an exorbitant amount of time focused on trying to make sure we “nickel and dimed” everystudent equally, consistently assessing the same penalty for the same errors. In a sense, precisegrading became more important than measuring student learning. As a result, we missed theforest for the trees and were less prepared to adjust course topics and class lectures for theoverall goal of student learning. For even the best designed rubric cannot accurately reflectstudent learning without including instructor intuition.After a semester grading against a rubric, our instructor intuition and grading confidence quicklygrew. Within this maturation process, we became more adept at focusing on the overall

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston; Barbara L. Stewart, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

strength of on-line offerings1. Students in the study commented: “As a fulltime student who also has a fulltime job, it is essential for me to be able to access course material, lectures, assignments, and get in contact with my classmates on my schedule - which frequently means in the late evenings. This is made possible in online course delivery.” “If we didn’t have this option I don’t think I would be able to ever graduate and I think this applies to many students who live far from campus, who work full time, have a family and/or children who need care“.While students are attracted to online courses for the time convenience, other research indicatesthat the on-line learner’s ability to manage time for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard M. Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; William Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Taimi Olsen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Stan Guffey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

other topics. All work at the TENN TLC is carefully researched and planned in order to bring best practices and innovative methods to UTK faculty, lecturers, and GTAs. Olsen earned her doctorate in american and twentieth century literature at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1997, after which she taught at a private college for 12 years, eventually serving as Full Professor and Department Chair. She published Transcending Space: Architectural Places in works by Henry David Thoreau, E. E. Cummings and John Barth, Bucknell UP, 2000, has published numerous articles in her field, and has presented regionally and nationally on faculty development and assessment issues.Dr. Stan Guffey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Stan Guffey