Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew J. Wiesner; Jonathan P. Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

students were more likely tosubmit the weekly quizzes and reflective assignments than students with GPA below a Caverage. Students were likely to at least match their incoming GPA with course grade inthis general education course. Most of the students were tenacious in obtaining the 100%score for the weekly quiz, despite the value being 1% of the grade. Hence, this approachwas considered useful for a directed review of the material.Bibliographic Information1. McGraw-Hill, C., 2005, http://www.ctb.com/articles2. ClearLearning, 2005, http://www.clearlearning.com/3. Tuckman, B. T., 2003, http://all.successcenter.ohio-state.edu/belgium-paper/BWT-belgium-paper.htm4. Gunn, C., McSporran, M., Macleod, H. and French, S., Dominant or

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Trine Kvidal; April Kedrowicz

. Attributions,the reasons people provide for their own and others’ behaviors, are important becausethey reflect perceptions of causality, serve to protect and enhance self-esteem and impactmotivation and expectations for future performance5.Several studies have linked attributions with ego, or self-concept6-8 such that attributionsserve to protect one’s self-concept. In particular, the self-serving effect9-11 has shown thatindividuals attribute success internally and failure externally. That is, individuals attributesuccess to effort or ability, while failures are attributed to the task or other circumstancesbeyond individual control. In addition, attributions have been linked to motivation12-14.Findings of these studies point to the impact

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Dupont; Mary Feng; Hailey Christine

tochange. None of these characteristics are new or unique but what differentiates the Dual Agendamodel from other models is that change must link organizational goals of equity andeffectiveness, usually assumed to be adversarial. As far as model structure, there are three main Page 10.1062.3elements: research, action, and interactive collaboration. The research step surfaces underlying “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”assumptions, the action step reflects commitment to learn and take

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Karlin

ofthe fully student-run model, the current iteration is assessed yearly. While the preferencefor particular workshops shifts, just over 94% of the participants felt that the E-WeekGIRLS program helped them to learn about their career options. Additionally, 94% ofparticipants found it helpful to meet and talk to current female students on the SDSMTcampus. Of those who expressed a positive reaction to meeting and talking with currentfemale engineering students, just over 78% are considering attending college on ourcampus. The positive assessment of the program is reflected in a comment oneparticipant made to her friend: “This program has ruined my life. Until today, I knewexactly what I wanted to do, now I have too many options.”Comparison of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ferruzza

sense“real-life” problems that graduating engineers find in their first job efforts, and do help preparethe students to the multifaceted requirements of graduate research.We analyze the performances and the attitudes of different classes and students to the sledproblem and we report on a survey that reflects some of the students’ thoughts on such type ofchallenges and their usefulness.Introduction“The Sledder” is a simulation exercise in dynamics, developed at the Department of Physics andEngineering at Elizabethtown College. It was first offered in 1993 in the framework of a coursein Statics, and more recently has been incorporated into first-year Physics courses. Students areasked to simulate the dynamics of a sled along a trajectory of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stier

intended to provide data that reflects the totalpopulation with a sampling error of +/- 5% at a 95% confidence level. The participants wereplaced into mid-sized or small company categories based on the number of employees theyemploy. They were further segmented based on companies that hired IMS alums and those thatdidn’t.Instrumentation and data collection The contact person and address listed in the 2004 Illinois Manufacturers Directory foreach of the manufacturers selected was used for mailing purposes. A letter explaining the study, Page 10.22.3an informed consent form, a questionnaire, and a postage paid return envelope were sent to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill; Willie Ofosu

listed. This block is also used foroptimization. Figure 2 shows the transmission (S21) and reflection (S11) coefficients of the filtercircuit. The analysis is done by use of scattering parameters. Page 10.439.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Page 10.439.5Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ressler Stephen; Estes Allen; Karl Meyer; Matthew Morris

thedefinition of the indicator.As this was the first use of this assessment technique, there was no historical data against whichto compare. Comparison to future applications of this technique that reflect modifications toCE450 to address noted shortcomings will be useful in further validating its usefulness.ConclusionsThe embedded assessment technique proposed herein proved to be far superior to surveys andother non-embedded assessment tools. Linking goal assessments to the grading processaccomplished three objectives. The technique reduced instructor work load, tied studentevaluation more closely to the relevant institutional academic program goal, and provided asystematic method for identifying both shortcomings and areas of excellence in a program

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

education can be broadly defined as a philosophy and methodology in whicheducators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in orderto increase knowledge, develop skills, and clarify values9. In the College of Engineering at IowaState University, we use a much narrower definition for engineering experiential education. Forus, it is work experience in an engineering setting, outside of the academic classroom, and beforegraduation. Iowa State engineering students work in either a cooperative education program(alternating periods of full-time academic college training and full-time work experience ofapproximately equal length) or an internship (a single work period of institutional supervisedfull-time employment of

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chanley; Michael Pelletier

learned a lot.Students were able to design digital circuits using both TTL logic and CPLDs, to work in teamsand to make written and oral reports on their design work.Conclusions and RecommendationsAs a result of adding both design projects and design assignments to the lab course during thefall of 2004, the department changed the course name to Digital Design Lab, effective fall, 2005to more accurately reflect its objective of combining design theory and application. In addition,the format will change from a 1-credit lab meeting for 3 hours per week for 15 weeks to a 2-credit course meeting for 1 hour of lecture and two hours of lab work per week for 15 weeks.The lecture aspect of the lab will introduce digital design topics to the students

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Atanas Serbezov

and expanded into new areas, there has been increasingpressure to modify senior process design to better prepare graduates for the realities which theywill face during their careers. Some of the challenges discussed in the literature include thefollowing: 1. Shifting the emphasis from process design to product design within the chemical industry [1-3]. 2. Including the design of batch processes in addition to continuous processes to reflect the growth areas of the chemical industry [4]. 3. The need to understand the business factors that affect design [3,5] 4. The need to incorporate sustainable development and design of green processes [6].In addition to changes

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brianno Coller

Society for Engineering EducationAcknowledgmentThe author gratefully acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation undergrant 0354557. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions are those of the author and donot necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.References[1] J. Bransford, T. Hasselbring, B. Barron, S. Kulewicz, J. Littlefield, and L. Goin. Uses of macro- contexts to facilitate mathematical thinking. In The teaching and Assessing of Mathematical Problem Solving, pages 125—147. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1988.[2] J. Bransford, N. Vye, C. Kinzer, and V. Risko. Teaching thinking and content knowledge: Toward an integrated approach. In B. Jones and L. Idol, editors, Dimensions of thinking and cognitive

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

faculty member should engage inself-reflection, exploring his/her personal willingness to experiment with alternative approachesto the common practice of traditional lecturing.(6) Within this context, and from author’sperspective, the paper sheds light on the common forms of active learning most relevant forengineering faculty in the Arab Gulf Region. Further, it examines the core elements for eachmethod, looks at the pros and cons, and underscores those specifics that are believed to beimplementable in the Region. In short, careful selection from published literature on alternativesto traditional classroom presentations provides a rich menu of different approaches, faculty in theRegion could readily add to their repertoire of instructional

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Sahakian

the principles associated.The effectiveness of the designed apparatus and its demonstration was assessed throughasking students to reflect upon the presentation. Students’ perspectives were explored toevaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration. We report the study context--thedemonstration--, and its effectiveness for the targeted population as how it was informedfrom students’ reflections.Study context: The NMR demonstration.The present demonstration was done in a typical classroom rather than a laboratory.Though we do not simply claim that it is always feasible to conduct an NMR/MRIexperiment in a typical classroom rather than a laboratory, in our case, it was moreconvenient for us to bring the apparatus to the classroom rather than

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reed Stevens; Kevin O'Connor; Lari Garrison

Engineering Educationargue, would represent a deepening identification with engineering education.The second distinctive property of person-centered ethnographic interviews is that theyare conducted to “encourage respondents actively to reflect on and evaluate their lifeexperiences” with the aim of exploring “the most significant and meaningful aspects ofthe world of the individual as experienced by him [or her] and in terms which he [or she]thinks, is motivated to act, and satisfies his [or her] need” (p. 3).8 In summary, we aretrying to understand what developing membership in engineering and engineeringeducation means to the students in our study and how these meanings change as theymove along a developmental path toward or away from more publicly

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

createdindividually, with its own 3-D model and associated 2-D drawing. The individual 3-D modelsare assembled in their functional positions, and can even be “joined” by connections such asfixed fasteners, pins, and sliders. Moving assemblies can even be animated, if desired.In true feature based parametric modeling software, the 3-D model and the 2-D drawing arelinked, meaning that a change in one generates the same change in the other. For example, if ahole’s diameter is changed in the solid model, the 2-D drawing’s circle and hidden lines,depending on the view, are also updated. The diameter dimension is updated as well. Theprocess also works in reverse, as changes to dimensions in the 2-D drawing are reflected in the2-D views and the 3-D model.In

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viviana Cesani-Vazquez; Maria Irizarry; Freya Toledo-Feria; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez

the faculty.When that female representation within the faculty of the COE is compared to the successachieved in recruiting and retaining female students at the undergraduate level, a seriousconcern arise. At the COE there is a bigger pool of potential female candidates for graduateschool and academia than in other higher learning systems but this is not reflected in itscurrent faculty composition.In this paper the reasons for the high enrollment and retention rates of female undergraduatestudents are investigated and possible courses of action are recommended to the COE in orderto increase the percentage of female faculty.IntroductionPuerto Rico has a combined public and private system of higher education with an enrollmentof over 170,000

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Physics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McNeil

reflected in our name which embodies the ethics of hard work, technicalproficiency, and self-reliance. The Physics Department manages three degree programs: B.S. Engineering Physics andthe M.S. and Ph.D. Applied Physics. It has 17 full-time faculty, 40 graduate students, 230undergraduate EP majors, and conducts about $2M in sponsored research annually. With thestrong emphasis in applications, the department has developed close relationships with thetraditional engineering programs and conducts multi-departmental interdisciplinary researchthrough the Materials Science program and two research centers (Center for Electronic and SolarMaterials and the NASA Center for the Commercial Applications of Combustion in Space).These close relationships

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

collaborating institutions nationwide.Facilitating this dissemination is the open source distribution and development method forcurriculum, lecture and laboratory content, established by The National Center forTelecommunications Technologies (NCTT) Consortium.ObjectivesKey objectives and activities of the project are: • Develop a state-of-the-art wireless communications program the includes security courses and concepts and is reflective of regional industry need; • Disseminate this curriculum; • Support NCTT in establishing a nationwide telecommunications education program by providing marketing and access to colleges and companies in the Mid-Atlantic region; • Establish collaboration between regional industry and education

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roya Javadpour

days in every news segment. Thecourse and project was a true example where "learn-by-doing" made a real difference to adisabled and disadvantaged family in the central coast and the entire San Luis Obispocommunity was made fully aware of Cal Poly student outreach. The effort that studentsput into this project deserves honorable mention.The project terminates with a post-project assessment, personal paper reflecting on theproject experience, and the hands-off of the rehabilitated structure to the client. Letters ofappreciation are also sent to all donors of in-kind items, cash donors and all volunteers.There are several lessons which students learned from this project. The first is that youcan never underestimate the importance of the planning

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

economics in the countries of EastAsia, and how the “East Asian miracle” and later “Asian Crisis” reflect the political economycontext that led to the rapid development of China, Japan, Korea, and other smaller states in EastAsia. This course will also overview theoretical perspectives in political economy that informdifferent understandings of economic development, the relationship between politics andeconomy, and the impact of globalization and new technologies on the region as a whole. Toexplore the political economy of the Pacific Rim, we will read particular East Asian case studiessuch as the computer and information technology industry, the steel industry, and the conditionof industrial workers in East Asia. Methods of evaluation consist of

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Luke Campagnola; Frank Kowalski

., Gerace, W.J., Leonard, W.J., & Beatty, I. (2002). “Assessing-To-Learn: Reflective formative assessment using a classroom communication system.” Presented at Pathways to change: An international conference on transforming math and science education in the K-16 continuum, Arlington, Virginia, April 18-21, 2002. Accessed on-line at http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/~stemtec/pathways/Proceedings/.6. Duncan, D. (2005). “Clickers in the classroom: how to enhance science teaching using classroom response systems.” San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education, Inc.7. Mazur, E. (1997).”Peer instruction: A user’s manual.” Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall.8. Steinberg, R.N. & Sabella, M.S. (1997). “Performance on multiple-choice diagnostics and

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelton Houston; Christopher Herrod; Steven Blesse

resources.In order to offer the CCNP curriculum at Southern Miss, two faculty participated in thecertification process. The rationale was that one would serve in a backup capacity. Each facultymember required $36,000 in institutional support to complete CCNA, CCNP, and CCAIcertifications. This cost reflected a two-week workshop registration fee for each course andtravel cost to attend training. It did not include faculty salary or adjunct pay while facultyattended training. The cost for faculty training might appear high; however, one should considerthat the approved training location for faculty was located in Texas. In addition to the initialtraining and certifications costs, faculty must maintain industry certification by retesting every 2-3

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

This curriculum would replace a significant portion of the macro-scaletechnology that has been taught in chemical engineering for most of its history as a professionwith multi-scale technology, while retaining a sufficient amount of the traditional technology topermit teaching and learning of manufacturing. Traditional course titles may change, reflecting arearrangement of topics based on length scales.1In any new curriculum paradigm, there will still be a need for a capstone experience. In the newcurriculum paradigm, the capstone experience may include design of a product at multiplescales, from the product at the atomic through the colloid scales, as appropriate, and themanufacture of the product at the macro scale. Therefore, a new class of

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Cunningham; Cathy P. Lachapelle; Anna Lindgren-Streicher

which students understand the range of types of engineering, wehave now modified the survey and replaced half of the six items that focused on machinery andconstruction with items that reflect other engineering fields such as chemical and biomedicalengineering. We hypothesize that students will not recognize these disciplines as engineering.It is clear that for the majority of students, technology is closely linked with power andelectricity. While was also expected and is certainly understandable, it presents a narrow (anddeveloped country’s) view of technology. Less than a third of the students identified any of theeveryday human-made objects as technology. Clearly students need to be educated about whattechnology is and the prevalence of

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Davis; Craig Hoff

sufficient time for extensive, hands-on work. Theintroduction of engineering practice into these courses would be very limited. Forexample, students can be given assignments which require them to study professionalstandards.Laboratory experiments are often combined into specific laboratory courses wherestudents tend to be given detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to use the laboratoryequipment and calculate the results. This approach is not the best way to learn thematerial, since (a) the lecture and the lab are not presented at similar times and (b) it doesnot accurately reflect the reality of professional engineering practice. Further, thelaboratory experiments used in these courses often are intended simply to illustratefundamental

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Blair Rowley

timely or thorough.” “It allowed the seniors to get the design team experience and also allowed the freshmen to interact with a senior to see what lies ahead.” “-- get a taste of what the real world is like.”The most mentioned difficulties were getting the teams started and arranging meeting times. Tensuggested making the assignment sooner.There were four comparisons of when seniors were freshman and had to do the same assignmentwithout interacting with a senior. All four felt that having the senior-freshman interaction wasmuch better.There were several comments that reflected the seniors primary reactions to this experience. “I am thankful for being afforded the opportunity to experience such a wonderful program.” “It would be

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

Engineering Educationfocuses on credit bearing coursework, review of this research literature can provide insight intofuture research directions on the benefits of the GK-12 model of service work.Definitions of service learning vary. Bringle and Hatcher (1996) define service learning as,“credit-bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized serviceactivity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the service activity in such a wayas to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, andan enhanced sense of civic responsibility.”2 According to the American Association of HigherEducation (2000), experiential education can range from formal internship

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Sabick; John Gardner; Patricia Pyke; William Knowlton; Amy Moll

.” Page 10.993.5 o “Training is very important to keep the line going.” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education o “Time is very valuable.” o “A smooth process is crucial to the final product.” o “Accurate and detailed process documentation is hard to explain and write.” o “There are a huge number of things to consider in manufacturing – the process you design never works as well as you thought.”The student comments and learning experiences reflect the tasks that industry engineers andmanagers say are the most important challenges facing engineering graduates

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Bolick; Richard Drushel; John Gallagher

theenvironment’s simplicity, the task of developing sensor and actuator models was significantlyreduced. The color and reflective properties of the obstacles were specifically chosen so thatsensor response would be similar at given distances from an obstacle regardless of its type. Theseproperties along with the constant lighting in our lab provided the basis for the accurate yetefficient models eventually used within the simulator. The software architecture used to Page 10.749.3interface the hardware with student written controller is described more completely in [3]. Hereit is sufficient to note that the students actually program a “virtual robot object