Paper ID #5858Educating for Evidence Based Decisions in Engineering: The view as Librar-ian and InstructorProf. Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amy S. Van Epps is an associate professor of Library Science and Engineering Librarian at Purdue Uni- versity. She has extensive experience providing instruction for engineering and technology students, in- cluding Purdue’s first-year engineering program. Her research interests include finding effective methods for integrating information literacy knowledge into the undergraduate engineering curriculum
Paper ID #6414Elementary Teacher as Teacher of Engineering: Identities in Concert andConflictPamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to elementary children in multiple informal settings, and is a collaborator with the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) program. As a pre-service
Session 2464 Approaches to Computational Materials Science Juri Filatovs, D. M. Pai, S. N. Yarmolenko and J. Sankar Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures Department of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411Abstract There is an increased application of materials computation in the selection, microstructuralanalysis, simulation, and testing of materials. This is creating a new mode of approaching, andteaching materials science. There is needed
Session 3142 Collaborative Environments for Managing Industrial Projects S. Gary Teng, Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu Engineering Management Program, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte/ California State University, Los AngelesAbstractEmbedding industrial projects into engineering education is becoming popular in engineeringschools. The logistics involved in sending students to companies to work on projects iscomplicated and time consuming. Therefore finding an effective way to monitor and manageindustrial projects is crucial for faculty to gain long-term success in implementing
AC 2012-4153: EXPLORING CYBERLEARNING THROUGH A NSF LENSMrs. Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursuing a M.S. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education. She completed this study as a 2011 Summer Scholar in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. Acknowledgements: London offers special thanks to her mentors, Drs. Don Millard, Lee Zia, and Victor Piotrowski, for inspiring this study and for their guidance throughout this experience. She also acknowledges the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network for sponsoring her internship. Finally, she is grateful for Ingram London’s
AC 2012-3702: GRANTSMANSHIP AND THE PROPOSAL DEVELOP-MENT PROCESS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEVERAL YEARS OFPROGRAMS FOR JUNIOR FACULTYDr. Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station Laurie Garton is a Senior Research Development Associate with the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta- tion Office of Strategic Research Development. She has B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineer- ing (environmental) from Texas A&M University and was an engineering faculty member before joining TEES in 1999 where she started working on technical research project grants related to interdisciplinary environmental themes. Currently, she leads the TEES New Faculty Initiative targeting grants such as the NSF CAREER awards
AC 2012-3556: HANDHELD DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS AS A MEANSTO SUPPORT ENGINEERING INSTRUCTIONPamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue is an Assistant Professor of science education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She began her career as process engineer, taught high school physics and pre-engineering, and has been involved in both Project Lead the Way and Project FIRST robotics. She was a Hub Site Partner for Engineering is Elementary (EiE) through their National Dissemination through Regional Partners program. As a pre-service teacher educator, she has added engineering to her elementary and early childhood science methods courses. She
AC 2012-4168: NASA ADCAR PROJECT IMPACTS ENGINEERING TECH-NOLOGY PROGRAMS AT CALUProf. Jeffrey S. Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania Jeff Sumey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering and Technology at Cali- fornia University of Pennsylvania. In addition to teaching and developing curricula in CalU’s CET, EET, RET, and CS programs, he has been active in recent years with grant projects sponsored by ONR and NASA involving data gathering technologies. Page 25.966.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 NASA ADCAR Project Impacts
Paper ID #9715Embedding Systems Engineering Practices into Systems Engineering ClassesDr. S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. S. Gary Teng is Professor of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Director of Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He holds a P.E. license in the State of Wisconsin and is an ASQ-certified Quality Engineer and Reliability Engineer. His research interests are in engineering system design, analysis and management, supply chain management, lean systems, and risk management. Dr. Teng received the Bernard R
Paper ID #10985Design Projects Concurrent with Capstone DesignDr. John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University Page 24.373.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Design Projects Concurrent with Capstone DesignABSTRACTNearly all Mechanical Engineering programs have a capstone design experience. In manycurricula, there is a classroom component that complements the capstone course. Thispaper presents a novel approach to that “complementary” class – one in which students areasked to complete two design projects
Paper ID #5859Beyond JEE: Finding publication venues to get your message to the ’right’audienceProf. Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amy S. Van Epps is an associate professor of Library Science and Engineering Librarian at Purdue Uni- versity. She has extensive experience providing instruction for engineering and technology students, in- cluding Purdue’s first-year engineering program. Her research interests include finding effective methods for integrating information literacy knowledge into the undergraduate engineering curriculum
A Framework for a Bandwidth Based Network Performance Model for CS Students D. Veal, G. Kohli, S. P. Maj J. Cooper Edith Cowan University Curtin University of Technology Western Australia Western Australia d.veal@ecu.edu.auAbstractThere are currently various methods by which network and internetwork performancecan be addressed. Examples include simulation modeling and analytical modelingwhich often results in models that are highly complex and often mathematically based(e.g. queuing theory). The authors have developed a new model which is based
demands of increasing number of student applications12.Between early 1960’s and 1971 a number of private higher education schools were opened onprofit motive which was found to be against the constitution therefore they were transformed intopolytechnics in 1971 which later were restructured into universities together with other highereducation schools and establishments. In 1992, 21 new universities and two advanced technologyinstitutes were founded. Additional universites were founded along the policy of spreadinguniversities all over Turkey. The total number of Universities reached to 53 at the end of 1992.In 1984, a new brand of university is introduced to the Turkish Higher Education System,namely Bilkent University. Bilkent University was
Session 1526 Learning Process Control with LEGOs® S. Scott Moor, Polly R. Piergiovanni and Matthew Metzger Lafayette CollegeIntroduction One of the key challenges of undergraduate engineering education is providing studentsan experience that includes both solid theoretical underpinnings and a clear connection toindustrial practice. This is especially important for process control, where students often find itdifficult to connect the mathematical analysis with a practical application. Over the last 18 months, we have developed inexpensive and flexible
the white space would be indicated by the space character pattern. Using a letter ‘s’ forexample could indicate the line-flyback character pattern for the start of a new line. Text canalso be included as descriptive information. s ******** s * * s * * s ******** Figure 4In a more developed working model special control character patterns are to be used to avoid thesame patterns used for text representation. Simple shapes can be represented for tests such as atriangle, as
Session 1520 Safety on a hands-on computing science unit: Not merely an accidental extra D. Veal, G. Kohli and S. P. Maj Edith Cowan University (ECU) Perth WA AustraliaAbstractThere are increasing demands from students, employers and government bodies for more work-relevant education. However, employment related hands-on education with regard to PChardware includes important safety as well legal implications, with potential traps for theunwary. CIM is somewhat unusual in computing science units in that students work in contactwith the insides of a PC
Session 1526 Design – Build – Test: Flexible Process Control Kits for the Classroom S. Scott Moor, Polly Piergiovanni and David Keyser Lafayette CollegeAbstract Traditional undergraduate instruction in process control focuses on abstract analysis andoften does not prepare students for the industrially important task of synthesizing process controlstrategies and designs. This project bridges the chasm between academics and industry bydeveloping inexpensive and flexible process control lab kits that will allow students to design,implement and
Session 1532 EC2000 AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: RETHINKING THE FACULTY AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT CRITERIA P. David Fisher, James S. Fairweather, and Marilyn J. Amey Michigan State UniversityAbstractThis paper examines the current and potential affects of the new EC2000 engineering-accreditation criteria on the roles of faculty and administrators in engineering education.Typically, Criterion 5 (Faculty) rates the quality of an academic program's faculty by assessingthe qualifications of individuals and their achievements. Criterion 7 (Institutional Support andFinancial Resources) rates
. Page 8.968.9Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Atashbar M.Z., Mousavinezhad H., and Ogunleye H., “A New Course for Electrical and Computer Engineering Majors:Engineering Real Time Systems”, American Society of Engineering Education, Spring 2001 Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 16-19, (2002).2. Humphrey W. S., Introduction to the Personal Software Process, 1997, Addison Wesley.3. Apple D., Krumsieg K., Teaching Institute Handbook, 2002, Pacific Crest.BiographiesTed Sarma is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Western
Session 2793 Conforming Curricula for Software Engineers: Observations from the Australian experience Rick Duley, S P Maj, D Veal Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western AustraliaAbstractOf the 37 universities in Australia offering undergraduate courses in computing, eleven offercourses in Software Engineering which are accredited by the Institute of Engineers, Australia andwhich may lead the graduate to membership of the Institute. In this way Australia has seized theinitiative in the recognition of Software Engineers as professionals and the Institute has
subprogram to interface with the sensor(s) assigned. Students had towork closely with members of the sensors team to understand the meaning of incoming signals.Some were analog signals, some were pulses, and some were variable frequency signals. Thesignals were converted to "real world" units and then stored in memory. Once the individualprograms had been written and tested, they were combined into a single program. The overallprogram was a simple loop that continually updated the values in memory and checked for arequest from the host. The student working on the protocol design was also responsible forconstructing the final program from the subprograms developed by other students. Once the finalprogram was constructed and tested on the development
Session 2793 Multi-media technology --- an opportunity for modern engineering education G. Kohli, S. P. Maj, and D. Veal Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.AbstractThe last few years have seen an exponential growth of multi-media applicationson the Internet. Video and audio data, is now in high demand as it can bedelivered in a cost-effective manner via the Internet and CD-ROMs. Multi-media has its roots in network and computer technology but represents theconvergence of a wide range of disciplines. There are considerable jobopportunities in this field within Australia however the requirements aretypically
Session 3280 Physics: Implications for Computer Technology D Veal, S P Maj and G I Swan Computer Science / Computer Science / Physics Program Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.AbstractInvestigations of job advertisements in regional newspapers revealed a high level of demand forComputer and Network Support (CNS) positions. An in-depth analysis of employer expectationswithin the CNS field provided a checklist of knowledge requirements and skills. A subsequentanalysis of 3rd year computer science students, both at Edith Cowan University (ECU) andinternationally
Session 1625 Integration of Software Tools into a Multi-disciplinary Undergraduate Student Design Project Friederike C. Mund, Anestis I. Kalfas, Reza S. Abhari Turbomachinery Laboratory Institute of Energy Technology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 8092 Zurich, SwitzerlandAbstract This paper presents a pilot scheme for the integration of modern state-of-the-artturbomachinery design tools into project-based education of undergraduate students. This efforthas been part of a
Session 2793 THE IMPACT OF BENCHMARKING PEER INSTITUTIONS IN CURRICULAR REFORM P. David Fisher, James S. Fairweather, and Eric A. Warmbier Michigan State UniversityAbstractBenchmarking peer institutions should be viewed as an essential element in curricular reform,i.e., continuous quality improvement (CQI) in both the undergraduate and graduate curriculum.The process of benchmarking can also be viewed as an opportunity to establish a network ofindividuals who share common interests and potentially a common vision regarding educationalreform. This paper describes the outcomes
Session 1464 Innovations in Teaching Mechanics of Materials in Materials Science and Engineering Departments David Roylance Massachusetts Institute of Technology C. H. Jenkins and S. K. Khanna South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyAbstractTraditional mechanical design employs experimentally obtained or handbook material properties in selection andsizing to develop a product. This approach is increasingly inefficient as designs come to employ
AC 2011-161: GK-12 ENGINEERING FELLOWS CHANGE STUDENT PER-CEPTIONS; SCIENCE FELLOWS, NOT SO MUCHJed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina Jed Lyons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of South Carolina. His passion is engaging K-12 students, undergraduates, graduate students and faculty in inquiry- and design-oriented learning activities. Page 22.747.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 GK-12 Engineering Fellows Changed Student Perceptions; Science Fellows
AC 2012-3360: A HALF BRAIN IS GOOD: A WHOLE BRAIN IS MUCHBETTERDr. Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, D.WRE, and F.NSPE, is an independent consultant provid- ing management, engineering, education/training, and marketing services. Prior to beginning his consul- tancy, he worked in the public, private, and academic sectors serving as a Project Engineer and Manager, Department Head, Discipline Manager, marketer, legal expert, professor, and Dean of an engineering college. Walesh authored or co-authored six books and many engineering and education publications and presentations. His most recent book is Engineering Your Future: The Professional Practice of En
AC 2012-3327: THE RAISE THE BAR EFFORT: CHARTING THE FU-TURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - THE BOKAND LESSONS LEARNEDDr. Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, D.WRE, and F.NSPE, is an independent consultant provid- ing management, engineering, education/training, and marketing services. Prior to beginning his consul- tancy, he worked in the public, private, and academic sectors serving as a Project Engineer and Manager, Department Head, Discipline Manager, marketer, legal expert, professor, and Dean of an engineering college. Walesh authored or co-authored six books and many engineering and education publications and presentations. His most recent
Session 2793 To Pull In Harness: Industry and Universities face educating the Professional Software Engineer Rick Duley, D Veal, S P Maj Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western AustraliaAbstractComputing curricula in Australia have tended to emphasize the scientific and computerengineering side, the hardware side, of computing but the advent of the Professional SoftwareEngineer (PSE) demands new approaches to curricular design. With the Institute of Engineers,Australia, (IEAust) already taking part in establishing the new profession in Australia it is to