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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

rigid bodies. Students in all three cohorts had experiencedall lecture and laboratory instruction in their course. Cohort UW 121 consists of two standard sections of Physics 121. Cohort UWH 121 isone honors section of Physics 121. Both of these cohorts had experienced tutorials on forces andNewton’s laws and pre-lab tutorial on rotational motion. (One section in cohort UW 121 hadworked through the tutorial Dynamics of rigid bodies.4) The post-test was on the finalexamination for both of these cohorts. Students in cohort PRD 152 had worked through thetutorial Dynamics of rigid bodies, but had not worked through the tutorial Rotational motion.The post-test was on the final examination that was administered as a multiple-choice question

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Luanna S. Gomez

rigid bodies. Students in all three cohorts had experiencedall lecture and laboratory instruction in their course. Cohort UW 121 consists of two standard sections of Physics 121. Cohort UWH 121 isone honors section of Physics 121. Both of these cohorts had experienced tutorials on forces andNewton’s laws and pre-lab tutorial on rotational motion. (One section in cohort UW 121 hadworked through the tutorial Dynamics of rigid bodies.4) The post-test was on the finalexamination for both of these cohorts. Students in cohort PRD 152 had worked through thetutorial Dynamics of rigid bodies, but had not worked through the tutorial Rotational motion.The post-test was on the final examination that was administered as a multiple-choice question

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, MSOE; Steven Reyer, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

do an acceptable job in the analog course they wouldoften express displeasure regarding the level of rigor required by the course. It was suspectedthat the calculus content of this first course dealt a blow making the material somewhat abstract.Plus, the course had no laboratory, so the only exposure to signals problems was “on paper.”Four years ago the EE program was changed significantly1,2 to a model that includes teachingmaterial on an as-needed basis. For example, we teach the ideal op amp topic to freshmen,delaying the details of the internal workings to a later course. The freshmen could then see theutility of, and use in simple designs, a powerful circuit tool.Another change was to institute DSP as a required course, and to be taught

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; Geoff Bennett, Tennessee Tech University

the RP technologies. These links are easily accessible from the home page andincludes over 25 different institutions and laboratories for all users to access.Along with the Institutional contacts, a real time news ticker is located on the home page of the Page 14.1201.5website. This ticker gives up-to-date information about RP and related topics. This functiongives users a real world aspect of how RP is weaving its way through our everyday world outsideof the collegiate and research atmosphere. Another tool that accomplishes the same thing is theinstant quotes link which is located on the home page of RPIDS. This link offers a variety

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, component-based software architectures, software and systems engineering process models, intelligent control, the semantic web, and real-time artificial intelligence. In 1999, Dr. Hawker joined the Computer Science Department at the University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor focusing on software engineering, and in 2004 he moved to the Software Engineering Department at RIT. Dr. Hawker is also co-director of the Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making, which focuses on modeling and understanding the impact of freight transportation and automotive industry activities and public policies. Dr. Hawker is a member of the ASEE, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Paige Smith, University of Maryland; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

these questions. Rather we seek to use ourdiscussion to stimulate further study.Diversity in Graduate ProgramsIncreasing the number of underrepresented students in graduate programs is inherentlymore difficult than at the undergraduate level. Many undergraduate programs areadministered at the college level, where resources for supporting diversity can be usedmore efficiently and assessment can be supported more easily. At the graduate level,admission decisions and support for developing study groups or other communityactivities are more likely to be focused at the department level or even at the level of anindividual professor's laboratory, so it may be more difficult for students inunderrepresented groups to meet one another and to develop

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, and professional skills in diverse inengineering environments. This paper describes the University of Southern California, Viterbi School ofEngineering’s response to this important National Academy of Engineering challenge. Thispaper will describe both curricular research and metrics associated with global preparedness forworking in diverse engineering contexts. In this study, engineering students receivedinterdisciplinary globally focused training via their coursework and laboratory experiences andwere assessed as to their preparedness to work in global workforces and research environments.A global preparedness index was developed and administered to assess the impact of theseeducational and research experience with a summative focus

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; William Hurley, Villanova University; Edmond Dougherty, Villanova University; James Klingler, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

excited and inspired thestudents and taught them much about the process of innovation.One of the key concepts we wanted to drive home to the students was that theentrepreneurial spirit does not reside exclusively in small start up firms, but that sameexcitement, attitude and vision can be found in businesses of all sizes and maturity levels.In fact, the entrepreneurial force is a key component in the continued success of some ofthe largest businesses in the world. To illustrate the point, a field trip to the AdvancedTechnology Laboratory (ATL) of Lockheed Martin Corporation was arranged to providethe students the opportunity to see intrapreneurship in action. A Lockheed managerexplained that encouraging intrapreneurship is a key goal in ATL’s

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Harding, Purdue University; Benjamin Scott, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

dissipation (i.e., attenuation wouldbe proportional to the distance from the speaker instead of the square of the distance from thespeaker).Other possibilities include measuring electrical-to-sound power conversion efficiency and addinga digital signal processor (DSP) to create sound effects, such as reverb, bass/trebleboost/attenuation, etc. This would be a fun addition to a course that teaches DSP.ConclusionOverall this project experience was positive. Our local department now has a useful piece of testequipment to use in conjunction with some laboratory activities, and it doubles for show-and-tellduties at recruiting events, open houses, etc. It was encouraging to find some small businesses inthe area that are very willing to support our program

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clara Fang, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. I then incorporate the projects into my class lecturesand laboratory tutoring so that the students have the theoretical background and necessary skills Page 14.342.3to complete all components of the project. A description of two projects is provided below: 21) Land Surveying Project in CE 250 Geomatics (Sophomore Level)In the past two years, sophomore students have conducted several projects involving landsurveying on the University’s conservation easements. As an example, shown in Figure 1, thesurveying area includes 12 sectors (A-L) and the sectors

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

. The modular curriculumThe EE curriculum is a modular one as follows: Module Description Credits at least Core Modules 8 Theoretical and Practical Engineering Pedagogy 6 Laboratory Methodology 2 Theory Modules 4 Psychology and Sociology 3 Ethics (1 credit) or Intercultural competencies (1 credit) 1 Practice Modules

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

disabilitieswhile the lectures and discussions will center on the impact of disabilities as well as thepsychosocial aspects of those disabilities. The sensitivity training module includes roleplaying and simulation to explore the interaction of a student with a disability and his/herenvironment. The workshop will also focus on the barriers to learning that are oftenapparent yet frequently overlooked within the classroom, laboratories, campus, andcommunity.School teachers are continually challenged with their task to teach 30 or more students,four or more times a day. If we add to that task the need to accommodate a student with adisability, then the challenge may become overwhelming and may cause the teacher to beless effective. The goal of the workshops

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Weese, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

objective of EI courses is to enhance the critical ability of citizens tocomprehend technological systems, to improve their abilities to make intelligent choices.The EI courses should include most of the following characteristics: ≠ Contain well-founded engineering principles; ≠ Relate to engineered systems with which students readily identify, ≠ Involve good science, introductory-level analysis, economics, societal/environmental impact, and such topics as global engagement, ethics, and cultural aspects; ≠ Provide, as appropriate, hands-on laboratory experiences; ≠ Require well-conceived reports based on literature and database searches that include critical assessments and elements of analysis; and ≠ Include basic

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bahr, Washington State University

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Materials

were primarily distributed around thestate to three junior high school teachers in conjunction with visits from the WSU students.Initial anecdotal feedback has been quite positive. Kit distribution is continuing in the 2008-9academic year to another five schools.Acknowledgements The fabrication, development, and distribution of these kits would not have been possiblewithout the financial support of the ASM International Foundation, HiRel Laboratories, CastleMetals, Pacific Metals and Recycling, and the DeVlieg Foundation. The students whoconstructed, tested, and delivered these kits across Washington include Kale Stephenson, SarahMiller, Monica Zosel, Nicole Overman, David Koch, Megan Dahl, Stefhanni Jennerjohn, andmany others from the

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Walchko, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

set-up.3. Study Results This “no numbers” methodology was implemented in an undergraduate dynamics coursewithout any laboratories, only lecture style classes. At first, only a partial “no numbers” conceptteaching method was use. That is, only the examinations were created and administered in the“no numbers” format. The homework problems and in class examples still had numbers andforced the students to utilize some type of solving routine to determine a final numerical answerto a given dynamics problem. As time and computer access were not an issue on homeworkproblems, it was determined that a “complete” analysis of a particular dynamics problem wasbeneficial to the students learning and understanding. The “no numbers” exams were

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Shek, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

development of hands-on learning materials since 2003. Page 14.960.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Podcast Tutorials on PSpice and Lab-in-a-BoxAbstractAn approach has been developed to provide students with 24-hour access to multimedia tutorialsfrom a department website using a readily available means to distribution – podcasts. Tutorialshave been developed to cover select topics in PSpice as well as to address issues commonlyencountered when using the hardware and the software oscilloscope used in an introductorycircuits lab course, which is not taught in the traditional classroom laboratory environment

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

International

University of Central Florida. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from Kansas State University in 1979; and a M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, in 1981 and 1992 respectively. From 1980 to 1986 he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. His research interests currently include quantum optics, nonlinear dynamics, communication and control system performance assessment and refinement, solar energy, and optical sensors.Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University Walter W. Buchanan is J.R. Thompson Chair Professor and Department Head of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A

Conference Session

Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

levels. At the undergraduatelevel, income from out-of-state tuition payments provided important financial resources,as well as providing diversity of perspectives in the classroom and on campus. At thegraduate level, foreign students typically filled teaching assistant and research assistantpositions, providing necessary classroom and laboratory support for faculty members.Graduate students from abroad have been particularly important in engineering andscience, at a time when too few American students chose to enter these difficult fields ofstudy. And the foreign graduates of master’s and doctoral programs in engineering andscience have provided a necessary and desirable flow of employees to American firms –particularly those in the high tech

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Teaching Methods for Surveying and EngineeringGraphics,” Proceedings of Mi-Atlantic Conference, Kean University, NJ 2003b.5. Mehta, Y. A. “Innovative Techniques To Teach Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory,” Proceedings of theASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT 2004.5. Mehta, Y. A. “Innovative Techniques to Teach Transportation Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE AnnualConference, Chicago, IL 2006.6. Mehta, Y. A and Riddell, W. “Dynamics Course for Sections with both Civil and Mechanical Engineers”Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 2007. Page 14.517.7

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harley Hartman, P.E., Pennsylvania State University, York; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 3831, 2000, p 252-2582. Burewicz, Andrzej; Miranowicz, Nikodem, Categorization of Visualization Tools in Aspects of Chemical Research and Education, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, v 88, n 5, Jun 20, 2002, Proceedings of the 2001 Fock School on Quantum and Computational Chemistry, p 549-563.3. Haque, M.E., Interactive animation and visualization in a virtual soil mechanics laboratory, Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, v 1, 2001, p T1C/5-T1C/9.4. Lawrence, Dale A.; Pao, Lucy Y.; Lee, Christopher D.; Novoselov, Roman Y., Synergistic Visual/Haptic Rendering Modes for Scientific Visualization, IEEE Computer Graphics and

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sofia M. Vidalis; Joseph J. Cecere

major.IntroductionPartnership between an Educational Institution and Secondary Schools is not a new concept infostering learning among students. There are many universities that work closely with highschools to develop a relationship to help fit students’ needs. Universities and high schoolstraditionally maintained collaborations by including student job shadowing, outreach activities,faculty exchanges, and recruiting. The purpose of these partnerships is to expose high schoolstudents to the major so they can plan ahead to meet the needs of industries, governments,national laboratories, and the training need. The goal of any university engineering technology curriculum is to provide theinformation and skills so each student so they can be successful in their

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Reza Raeisi; Deepak Anand

and system level modeling using HDL, and application of embedded microcontroller hardware and software as they related to education and laboratory environments.Deepak Anand Mr. Deepak Anand received a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in India in 2006. He also received a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University Fresno in 2008. His research interests include nanotechnology, embedded system, and control Systems Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gordana Jovanovic Dolecek; Fred Harris

. Fig. 9. Rating scheme.AcknowledgementThis work was supported in part by the CONACYT under Grant No. 91013.References1.T. C. Hutchinson, F. Kuester, „ Hardware Architecture for a Visualization Classroom: VizClass, 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput appl Eng Educ 12:232-241.2. Fuller D.A. and Moreno A.F. (2004). Experimenting With a Computer-Mediated Collaborative Interaction Model to Support Engineering Courses, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 12 (3), 175-187.3. Li, S. G. and Lie, Q.(2004). Interactive Groundwater (IGW): An Innovative Digital Laboratory for Groundwater Education and Research, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 11 (4), 179-203.4. Fu, T.T. (2003). Applications of Computer Simulation in

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Murray, State University of New York, Binghamton; Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-902: IMPROVING AN ABET COURSE ASSESSMENT PROCESS THATINVOLVES MARKER PROBLEMS AND PROJECTSBruce Murray, State University of New York, Binghamton Bruce T. Murray is a professor of mechanical engineering at the State University of New York at Binghamton and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the ME Department. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in ME from Rutgers University in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in ME from the University of Arizona in 1986. Earlier in his career he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories where he was involved in system thermal management and reliability. He also was a research engineer at the National Institute of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State University; Heather Canary, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Ethics & Computer Ethics: methods and concepts from Computer Ethics with significant implications for engineering research and practice such as intellectual property, privacy, and safety-critical systemsPlans call for the online modules to be piloted in a graduate engineering course in earth systemsmanagement as well as a graduate course in ethics and emerging technologies.Model IV – Ethics and the LabThis model is based on the idea that scientists and engineers sometimes disregard traditionalethics training in the classroom because they don’t see how the lessons could pertain to theirdaily work or how the ethics instructor could understand their situation. Holding these sessionsin laboratories where the students are comfortable

Conference Session

Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

programming environment d. If programming is not a major component of the course, then assigning a programming project involving a student competition is perhaps not a good idea, particularly if the class includes a significant number of students with prior programming experiences.LabVIEW ProgrammingLabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) is a visualprogramming language from the National Instruments. LabVIEW uses a dataflow programmingmodel in which the output of each computation node is calculated when all the inputs aredetermined for that node. The calculations take place concurrently for nodes that do not have adata dependency. LabVIEW has been used in educational settings for implementing capstonedesign

Conference Session

Collaboration, A Cool Tool: Librarians/Faculty/Students Work Together for Quality Results

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jameson Detweiler, Drexel University; Cody Ray, Drexel University; Andrew Cebulski, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

collaborationbetween students, faculty, librarians and outside contributors as well as ensure the sustainabilityof the project in coming years.The Smart House is a student-led, multidisciplinary project to retrofit an existing house to be aliving-laboratory. The house will be a platform for testing innovations in the areas of energy,health, environment, interaction, and lifestyle. The ultimate goal of the organization is toimprove the quality of life for those living and working in an urban residential setting. TheSmart House is a collaborative design project not only across different disciplines, but alsoacross student year and domain knowledge levels. This collaboration produces a wide array ofstudent information needs and presents a unique opportunity for

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Thuriya Rajkumar, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

director withquestions and concerns.2.2 Overview of the ProcessThe process overview section describes what the IPPD program is and how it operates, thegeneral philosophy of the approach, and the benefits of industry participation. The overviewemphasizes the educational aspects of the IPPD program. It is important to reinforce thateducational success is the primary mission and that project success is secondary.The IPPD program provides both classroom and laboratory experience that show: ≠ How fundamental engineering science is relevant to effective product and process design ≠ That design involves not just product function but also manufacturability, cost, schedule, reliability, quality, customer preferences and life cycle issues ≠ How to

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

program outcomes (Criterion 2, a-k).3 Text Citation and Full textbook citation (if applicable) and any additional Study Materials reference materials issued to the student.4 Homework Self explanatory. Assignments and Samples of Student Work5 Projects and Self explanatory. Samples of Student Work6 Laboratory Self explanatory. Experiments and Samples of Student Work7 Exams and Self explanatory. Samples of Student Work8 Course-level Behind this tab is an end of semester summary sheet Assessments that organized by course objective (see sample form, Figure 1). Contribute to For each course objective, an assessment instrument

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Gilbert, Iowa State University; Pam Shill, Iowa State University; Kevin Saunders, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

the middle of the summer, internsusually begin scheduling and coordinating their own extracurricular events. These activities arecritical to the team building and warm environment fostered at SPIRE-EIT.The Research EnvironmentThe architecture and interior design of the SPIRE-EIT research environment promotes opendiscussion and teamwork. The laboratory is located in the Engineering Teaching and ResearchComplex (ETRC), central to Iowa State University’s efforts to strengthen engineering education,research, and outreach. The workspace consists of five “pods” of three computers, one pod foreach research team of three participants. The space is open and flexible with the one wall servingas a whiteboard and projection space for five different