Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud

production Figure 1. The professional hierarchy Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 105managers overseeing the manufacture of war matériel and teachers following völkisch state-sanctioned curricula, which reflected the antisemitic provisions of the Nuremberg Race Laws.Hannah Arendt‘s comments on the ―banality of evil‖ apply equally well to this group as to thatvery efficient head of Department IVB4, Office of Jewish Affairs, Adolf Eichmann.5―Active supporters‖ included the academic class, who

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

- 8hours) is set aside to read them and provide each student with written feedback. This writtenfeedback is absolutely essential. Numerous studies have pointed out the importance and value ofprompt and thoughtful feedback to students [27 – 31]. When students take time to reflect ontheir writing and on the instructor’s comments, the folder becomes a highly effective tool inhelping them uncover and then wrestle with their misconceptions while the learning is takingplace. The nature of the free-writing assignments varies depending on the goals and objectivesfor a particular topic or content area. For example, for some free-writing assignments studentsare asked to explain a problem or a concept that was highlighted or discussed during a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Janice Meyer Thompson, Arizona State University; Christopher Mehrens, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

supports iterative reflections anddiscussions and continuous feedback for peers1\0.Our goal was to not only develop exemplary learning materials that will result in well-justifiedclaims, but also to extend what we currently know about student learning of integrated,contextualized STEM content. In order to enhance technological literacy and to integrate math,science, and technical writing into a contemporary context, a new math-science block course,Frets, Flutes, and Physics, for freshman at Arizona State University has been developed. Theinquiry-based course is in a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Learning Communityand consists of an 11-credit hour course to satisfy basic math, laboratory science and Englishrequirements. The course has

Conference Session

Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

employees across LakeMichigan to a resort area in Michigan City, Indiana.15The excursion trade was big business around the turn of the nineteenth century. For a modestfee—75 cents on the Eastland—lower middle class workers could spend a few hours living thehigh life to which they aspired. Shipping companies ran relatively light ships that sat high in thewater, to make the crossing quickly.The Eastland, built in 1903, soon developed a reputation as a “cranky” ship; she was unstable,especially during loading and unloading, and passengers often complained of seasickness.15 Thestability issues were reflected in the fluctuation of passenger load, as indicated in Table 1. Table 1. Eastland passenger loads15, 16 Year

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

in comprehensive documents reflecting product,production system and business enterprise design, as well as the prototyping experience(fabrication and performance evaluation).[6] student learning: The central issue throughout the project was student learning. From theperspective of the capstone experience, the purpose of the project was always focused onexpansion and development of student skill sets and attitudes. By far, the most importantoutcome has been that the three surviving engineering students are ‘scarred for life’ withintellectual habits of innovation and entrepreneurialism.Assessment: There are several measures through which to assess the accomplishments of thisproject. First, the suitability of innovation team projects as

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

activities Uses class time R10 86.36 9.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.55 4.9 well Fosters environment R11 95.45 4.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.95 conducive to critical thinking Treats all students in a R12 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 consistent manner Exams reflect the R13 95.45 4.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.95 material covered Willingly assists

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Walczak, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

activity they are alreadyparticipating in (i.e., community service) with their coursework in order to promote ethicaldevelopment, particularly the ethical behavior component. Service learning also offersexperiential learning during which a student may encounter an ethical issue. These real-worldexamples can also be brought to the class through discussions or reflection papers, similar toguest speakers.These co-curricular experiences also address the components of ethical development in ourmodel (Figure 1). Professional codes teach students their professional engineeringresponsibilities (knowledge of ethics), and case studies allow students to explore possibilities,options, and alternatives in order to determine a course of action (ethical

Conference Session

Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Todd, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University; Jim Nelson, Brigham Young University; Brent Nelson, Brigham Young University; Michael Miles, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

do this. 5. Be able to place elements of their discipline (water resource management, structural design, product design, manufacturing, etc.) within a global context.Service Learning Program Outcomes Students will: Page 15.77.3 1. Learn how to practice a multi-disciplinary design process in the context of a technical humanitarian project and how to adapt the design process to reflect the circumstances of another culture. 2. Be able to implement key elements of leadership and teamwork. 3. Appreciate other cultures and be capable of basic communication across cultures. 4. View themselves as “citizens of the world

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

] The article title is itself a pun, a “play” on words: the author’s name isJames Early. He says: The early days of transistors began wonderfully, built mightily, and became the foundation for a major industry. They also paid our wages, and were great fun. The view of our occupation held by many of us is reflected in the words of my wife, Mary Agnes Early, circa 1956: “You go to Murray Hill to play while I take care of the house and the children.” Early in my work at Bell Labs, I grasped Bell’s personnel strategy, which was to hire the ablest persons they could find having suitable background, and subsequently offer them a wide range of problems to attack. In his book “The Gifted Child

Conference Session

Conceptual Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University; Aidsa Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

’ failure to understand one ormore Statics concepts 3. Litzinger and his colleagues 12 studied four undergraduate students majoring inengineering who had already taken Statics. These students were asked to draw fully dimensionedfree body diagrams (FBD) of the target represented in the problem statement and illustration.The intention of this study was to uncover the sources of errors that students made in theirproblem solutions. From this study it was found that a major source of errors in problem solvingwas the recall and use of conceptually erroneous knowledge in determining the solution 12. Ananalysis of students’ solution of Statics problems reveal patterns of errors that are reflective ofconsistent misconceptions that students hold

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Angel Riggs; Kirby Smith; Cindy Blackwell; Paul Weckler; Dan Tilley; Rodney Holcomb; Shelly Sitton; Ron Delahoussaye

University. This evaluation was conducted as away to provide participant feedback to the Innovations Process faculty in order to benchmark thecourse. As a unique course funded by a USDA Higher Education Challenge grant this projectallowed the faculty of the interdisciplinary course to reflect on the first year of the project anduse feedback from the students of that year to make changes for future years.Student participants in the Innovations Process course are placed in interdisciplinary teams andchallenged to solve a real-world problem in partnership with a local (Oklahoma) sponsorcompany. The participants combine engineering, business and communications skills to developa prototype, budget analysis and a comprehensive communications plan with

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

the definition ofnerd was not as unidimensional as it might appear. In complicating this seemingly easydefinition of nerd, we, like Downs and Wardle, tried to avoid framing the reading and writingtasks as a “universal academic discourse” but instead focused on writing as inseparably pairedwith content. To accomplish this goal, we used, as Downs and Wardle describe, reading materialthat “centers on issues with which students have first-hand experience,” data-driven reading, aswell as reflective and research assignments, to lead to increased awareness about writing as wellas improved reading abilities and confidence—including recognition of texts not just asinformation but “as the words of real people.”5So, What Is a Nerd?At the outset of

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

the definition ofnerd was not as unidimensional as it might appear. In complicating this seemingly easydefinition of nerd, we, like Downs and Wardle, tried to avoid framing the reading and writingtasks as a “universal academic discourse” but instead focused on writing as inseparably pairedwith content. To accomplish this goal, we used, as Downs and Wardle describe, reading materialthat “centers on issues with which students have first-hand experience,” data-driven reading, aswell as reflective and research assignments, to lead to increased awareness about writing as wellas improved reading abilities and confidence—including recognition of texts not just asinformation but “as the words of real people.”5So, What Is a Nerd?At the outset of

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

design utilized scavengedevaporator coils from several refrigerators and housed them inside another refrigerator with itsdoors replaced with plexiglass, as shown in Figure 1a. Three of these cavity/tube designs alsoused a reflective collector to draw more sunlight into the cavity, one of which is shown in Figure1b. Two teams utilized scavenged satellite dishes covered with a reflective material toconcentrate sunlight onto a small surface through which water was flowing, one of which isshown in Figure 1c. One team formed a parabolic trough to concentrate sunlight onto a longpipe, as shown in Figure 1d. All twelve design teams met the minimum requirement of a 10 °Ctemperature rise in the water, with most teams achieving a temperature rise of at

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

effective. Unfortunately, this may be a deficiency in theprogram itself or perhaps more to the point, a reflection on the individual events chosen by thestudents. Students select an event in the hopes that it will prove to be beneficial. However, if theevent fails to live up to expectations, there is no requirement for the student to select a secondevent to replace the non-effective one. Consequently, the student responses here may to someextent be a reflection of the collective quality of the events rather than a verdict on the programitself. The students scored the current events quizzes as generally effective with over 61%responding that they agreed or strongly agreed. This is particularly interesting as the connectionbetween reading the

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

learning containing real-world contexts that combine science and mathematics “to solve a human problem, met a societal need, or develop a product (p. 161).19Most of our users think of PRISM as a knowledge management tool to help them address theemerging emphasis on the Academic Standards, as required by the Indiana Department ofEducation (http://www.doe.state.in.us/). Indiana is one of a handful of states in the USrecognized for realigning academic standards and graduation requirements to meet real-worlddemands.20 While PRISM was established for Indiana teachers, the portal is free and open toall. Teachers from other states find the system useful because most states have very similarstandards, which reflect the reforms begun by the U.S

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland

ܵே௢௩௘௟௧௬ ൌ ൈ 10 ܶ Where: T = total number of ideas for given function C = number of ocurrences of a particular solution for the given functionThe higher the occurrence of a particular solution, the lower the novelty score. A novelty scorefor the whole idea can be calculated by assigning a weight for each function and multiplying thenovelty scores for each to obtain an overall novelty score. The expression for S is multiplied by10 in order to normalize it (i.e., 0 is lowest while 10 is highest).5.2.2 VarietyVariety measures the explored solution space during the idea generation process. The uniquenessof concepts is reflected by the

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Margaret Pierce, Lawrence Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

employers and determine thebest strategies for approaching employers who may be eligible to participate in the EIP program. Once the student begins an EIP, they establish brief learning objectives and complete a preassessment survey. Whenever possible, a site visit by an OCS staff member and appropriatefaculty are conducted. At the end of the EIP, participating students complete a post assessmentdocument as well as a brief report about their experiences. These requirements reinforce thelessons learned through reflective writing assignments that challenge them to review andintegrate what they have learned.University – Marketing, Operating, Monitoring, Compensation, AssessmentThe EIP has been designed to be flexible and easy to administer, while

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar Puri, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

about what exactly “ethics” is. While students are comfortable talking about anethical situation that is presented as an ethical scenario in a textbook, they are less able todiscuss elements of ethical frameworks such as “absolutism,” “moral responsibility,” or“cultural differences” related to ethics. These findings suggest that the use of suchtypical instruments as the Defining Issues Test (DIT), developed by James Rest [22], orthe Socio-moral Reflection Measure (SRM), based on Kohlberg’s work [23], may lead toresults that provide only a surface view of students’ ethical knowledge and decision-making.These findings also suggest that assessment of student knowledge and abilities is a taskfilled with complexities, but the process is even more

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Colledge, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

International

Developing Communities seminar: The “EDSGN 497C – Design for DevelopingCommunities” seminar course grounds students in EDSGN 452 and other related courses in thebasics of humanitarian design, user-centered design for extreme affordability, socialentrepreneurship, systems thinking, travel and fieldwork, and related issues for technology-basedsocial ventures in developing communities outside the US. Students participate in weekly 75minute seminars and 30 minute project management meetings with all the peripheral teams.Students write structured reflective blogs for each seminar talk and at the end of the semestermake a two-minute YouTube video clip (in two-person teams) focusing on how they appliedconcepts from the seminar series to their ventures. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Gerald Knapp, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University

the year, the ENG2 program hosted a “Bowling Night” for mentors; approximately 18students attended. Three of the students were protégés. Due to feedback from the mentors, theENG2 team will host their mentor get together a week earlier next year. Page 15.936.11 Assessment of the peer mentoring program was performed by the outside evaluator. Theassessment included a basic survey of 5 questions designed to be answered in groups. Twenty ofthe 36 peer mentors attended the evaluation session. Sample questions are as follows: 1. Reflecting on your first year as an engineering major, in what ways have you changed and what are you doing

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elyce Winters, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Jennifer Dellaposta, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christine Szaraz, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

academic risks: they lack specific learning skills. Often, ... weinvolve them in comprehensive academic support programs...these freshman often do as well orsometimes better than other freshman (1989, p. 109)17.” During the fall 2009 semester, freshmanAOI students were offered a special one semester long orientation seminar; many reported intheir final reflection papers that they felt more confident in their academic pursuits as a result ofthe specialized attention and academic advising they’d taken part in regularly throughout thesemester, and cited the value of interacting with other freshman AOI students facing similarchallenges.Individual advising sessions are also integral for freshmen as well as transfer and continuingstudents, and this

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Banerjee, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and family related policies from women’s perspectives.13 Findings from these studiessuggest that organizations are gendered and the image of the ideal worker reflects that of a whiteman.In work organizations, job-related factors such as, rewards and benefits, advantages andprivileges, decision-making and control, identity and self-esteem and, performance and job-satisfaction are governed by power relations that continue to favor men over women. Hence,gender is not a factor that initiates unequal power relations in organizations; rather it is anintegral part of the organizational structure.1 West and Zimmerman13 describe the processes ofembedding gender into the organizational structures as “doing gender”, and Acker1 posits thatdoing gender

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Quantitative Interview Discussion TopicsData was obtained from 37 conversations/interviews; 16 new engineers (less than 5 years ofexperience) and 21 supervisors, mentors, or program managers. These results representperceptions of those interviewed and do not necessarily reflect the position of the parentorganization. Again, not a large sample size however, interesting observations can be made thatmirror industry wide trends. There are two ways to examine the data: 1. Assessment of absolute scores. In this case scores given by new engineers and supervisors were close to each other, say within 1 point. If both scores were high, we have excellent agreement that the skill being measured is being utilized. If both scores were low

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

focus on student advising as well as supportingundergraduate/faculty interactions. These items reflect, somewhat, the work of Billups7related to specific student-faculty interactions. What has not been gleaned at all from oursurvey, however, is the effectiveness of any of these activities at creating a desiredculture. Indeed, further analysis is needed to identify the specific types of cultures thatchemical engineering departments across the US foster, how (re: episodes) such a cultureis cultivated, and whether it is effective from both a faculty (category 3) and student(category 1) perspective. Our initial survey has provided useful feedback which will bothinform and direct such data gathering for the future.References1. P. R. Orszag

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Detroit Mercy; Patricia Pena, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Tagged Divisions

International

. Bythis point, the students enrolled in the professional preparation course had been given someinstruction on globalization and cultural awareness. The U.S. students were then required to turnin a reflection on their Brazilian counterparts and the interaction that took place. At thebeginning of June the Brazilian students were required to communicate to their U.S. partnersinformation regarding the physical system to be controlled, including information regardingsensors and actuators. Based on this information, the U.S. students then built from first principlesmathematical models of their assigned system and the associated control hardware. Thesemodels were described in a memo sent to their Brazilian counterpart in the middle of June. Atthis point

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

turbinecriteria that are listed in Table 3. The overall height of the design was to limit the materialsstudents must acquire, allow students to easily transport their design, and permit the design to betested in the IDEAS Center. Page 15.1372.9 Table 3. Wind Turbine Design/Construction Criteria Horizontal Axis Wind TurbineOverall Height: 3 ftTurbine Blade (minimum of 3 blades) that are 1 ft long with adjustable pitchAxis Hub must be non-reflective, black (for speed measurement)For testing, must be able to attach a string to the hub where the string will spool smoothly Vertical

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Braun, United States Military Academy; Mark DeRocchi, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Page 15.394.6Initially it seemed natural to have a two-part decision matrix. The first set of criteria wasenvisioned as hierarchy based and serving as a simple GO/NO-GO decision. Any proposedindependent study project that failed to meet the first set of criteria would be automaticallynegated. However, upon further review, this logic proved unfounded as there were pastacademic years that always had exceptions to these criteria that ended up being fantastic projects.Further, some of the initial criteria were noted to have little or no influence on the hierarchalrating due to commonality in the scaled criteria value. This resulted in a modification of the listof criteria to reflect more than simply the D-C&ME stakeholders.Finally, there were

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

information from this assignment revealed student attitudes aboutcivil engineering. The course included additional assignments on sustainability (2009 only),ethics, a team West Point Bridge Designer project, a curriculum plan to graduation at CU with aB.S. in CVEN, a paper on a significant event or structure related to civil engineering (such as theThree Gorges Dam, the flooding in New Orleans from hurricane Katrina, etc.), and a shortsummary of a professional society meeting that they attended (such as ASCE or AGC). In thefinal assignment of the semester the students wrote a reflective essay that instructed them to statewhether or not they planned to remain a civil engineering major and why/why not. The studentswere also instructed to comment on

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

read about a moral exemplar; compare ASCE Code of Ethics5 to CU Student 20 20 Honor CodeTeam bridge competition in West Point Bridge Designer: teams of 4-5 students create a bridge using the WPBD software in an attempt to optimally fulfill 30 24 specified weighted design criteria and describe their design processCourse plan and curriculum mapping: outline courses that fulfill the CU CVEN 10 10requirements and illustrate how these courses teach the skills needed for licensureCivil engineering Controversies, Disasters, and Feats slides and paper 22 16Professional society meeting write-up and Reflective Essay 12 12The Civil Engineering