Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2010-1367: DYNAMICS BUZZWORD BINGO:ACTIVE/COLLABORATIVE/INDUCTIVE LEARNING, MODEL ELICITINGACTIVITIES, AND CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDINGBrian Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian Self is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly in 2006, he taught for seven years at the United States Air Force Academy and worked for four years in the Air Force Research Laboratories. Research interests include active learning and engineering education, spatial disorientation, rehabilitation engineering, sports biomechanics, and aerospace physiology. He worked on a team that

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Marlene Aviles, Dr. Ercel Webb School # 22, Jersey City School District; Jennifer Case, East Middle School; Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; John Brockway, East Middle School; Christie O'Hara, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Asheim, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Brian Lien, Princeton High School; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

minutes, which is not enough forbig science and engineering projects. To address this concern, we worked with district administratorsand teachers to allocate more time for science and give teachers time and support to implement theprojects. Third, several teachers mentioned the lack of resources and materials in their classrooms to Page 15.228.5implement the activities in the project. Most resources for science are outdated and limited. Moreover, 4they mentioned the lack of space and scheduling issues to use a classroom, computer laboratory

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach; William Sullivan, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

(written, video, audio, animation, simulation) or observed bythe professor and student peers. An example of an outcome in the course is: Given a function,find the Laplace Transform by direct integration. The assessments used in the course are shownin Table III. This assessment was created by the authors.Table III: AssessmentsAssessment MethodPretests9 Pretest, practice tests & self-assessment – may or may not be recorded or communicated to instructor.Quizzes and Tests: Multiple choice, problem-solving, proofs, derivations, essays, short answers.Written Reports: Library research reports, laboratory reports, Paper on original proofs and

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, laboratory equipment and space are in such short supply that the department isunable to meet instructional demands. Teaching demands in the department under study havebeen shown to have significant variability. [1] When coupled with fluctuations in the level ofsponsored research awards, this variability will lead to significant challenges in meetingdepartmental obligations.This work is based on a series of conversations the authors had regarding the nature of this‘numbers game’ and is an effort to better understand the nature of the variability associated withthis common departmental challenge. In this paper a basic model will be constructed and appliedto a set of realistic department data. In all cases the analysis considers only pending

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Page 15.294.4The primary focus of TYC engineering programs is at the foundational level where mathematicsand science competencies can be maintained as strictly as those at a four-year institution. Inorder to establish the bridging connections with engineering practice, community colleges canrecruit a variety of practicing or retired engineers that have a wealth of industry relatedexperience and willingness to share it with students. The flexible hours and emphasis onteaching instead of research provides an environment where students can learn how theengineering design process has been used to solve real-life problems.Criterion 7. FacilitiesAlthough significant variations may exist in the classrooms, laboratories, equipment, andsoftware

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Teaching Steel Joints. Proc. of the 2006 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Section 21, Technical Writing and Virtual Laboratories, March 15-17, 2006, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.9. Haque, M.E. (2007). n-D Virtual Environment in Construction Education. Proc. of the 2nd Int. Conference on Virtual Learning (ICVL 2007), 81-88, Constanta, Romania.10. Haque, M.E (2008). VR, n-D and FPS Game Engine Driven Visualization for the Architectural/Construction Engineering Education. Proc. of the International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2008), organized by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), ISBN 978-0-88986-768-0, pp. 419-423, September 29 – October 1

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Guccione, Eastern Illinois University; Thomas McDonald, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

, except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics) 7923120 Administration of public health programs 7622310 Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) 6621512 Labs, Medical Radiological or X-Ray 5621991 Organ donor centers, body 5621493 Freestanding emergency or urgent medical care centers and clinics (except hospitals) 4236220 Hospital construction 3621511 Medical Laboratories

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. They alsoare able to take advantage of the university’s expanding wireless network, to access the Internetwithout having to go into a computer lab. All class-related documents (lecture notes,assignments, syllabi, and software packages) are available through the wireless network.Lab Environment CharacteristicsThe laboratory for this class counts with 20 workstations that can be used by the students towrite, test and implement their projects. The workstation setting is shown in Figure 1. Figure1. Microcontrollers WorkstationAs can be seen from this figure, each workstation counts with all the hardware and testingequipment that students need to implement their projects. The equipment available on eachstation includes

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

AC 2010-210: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO IN CASTING EDUCATIONCraig Johnson, Central Washington University Page 15.444.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Effectiveness of Video in Casting Education Craig Johnson, Ph.D., P.E. Central Washington University (CWU)AbstractOur traditional casting course features both lecture and laboratory venues. However it is notedthat many students have never interacted with foundry equipment, and there is a significantlearning curve associated with the ability of a student to execute basic green sand foundryoperations. Education methods were sought to reduce

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; MIchael Knieser, ILSI; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

offered for the first time inFall 2007. The three modules were ASIC design, PCB design, and MEMS. Thefollowing survey was taken for 21 students who attended both ASIC and PCB design.Highest score was 5.0 and lowest is 1. 1. I intend to pursue a career in electronic manufacturing or a closely related area 3.77 2. I enjoyed Catapult software used in this ASIC design course 3.77 3. I found computer laboratories with ASIC design easy to follow and helpful for the project 4.05 4. I feel like I’ m gaining confidence to do hardware design with ASIC or PCB

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Joshua Hewes, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Tribal Environmental Professionals, Water Research andEducation Program, and the Arizona Laboratory for Applied Transportation Research.The university is currently undergoing a review to transform NAU into a global campus and toprepare its students for global competency. Although recommendations have yet to be adoptedinto the university's curriculum requirements, eventually the CE curriculum will need to respondto these future demands. One recommendation - each undergraduate plan of study will bemodified in structure to accommodate one semester of education abroad - could require asignificant redesign to the CE curriculum.Motivated by the ABOR 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan6, the university is encouraging itsprograms to streamline curricula

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

starts with a short introduction to robotics, for example, what is arobot and how a robot differs from other automatic systems. The learning takes place in arobotics laboratory in which the students construct and program small portable robotsusing the Lego NXT robotics environment. The robot comprises a digital controller,motors and sensors, as illustrated in Figure 4. Page 15.1003.5 Figure 4: Lego NXT robot.The students use an icon-based programming language that enables full control of eachmotor. Figure 5 presents a simple command in which robot motors A and B perform 2.31rotations at 75% full power. Figure 5: An

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

203), GeotechnicalEngineering (CIVE 328), Steel Design Lab (CIVE 426L), Concrete Design Lab (CIVE427L), Highway Engineering (CIVE 450) materials testing laboratory, ConstructionEngineering (CIVE 480), and others. It is believed that the material science knowledgerequired to solve problems appropriate for civil engineering (Level 3) can be achieved inexisting material courses.Outcome 10 – Sustainability: While the importance of sustainability in design andconstruction is understood, the faculty still wrestles with questions of presentation and themeasurement of the individual student’s ability to apply these principles. The program andsystem for reviewing sustainable options in each area of civil engineering covered by the[University A

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

preparingstudents to become engineers in the 21st century and the importance of integrating all elements ofsuccessful engineering practice in engineering education. In addition, they wrote a shortdescription of an idea or plan for implementing innovative techniques in their classroom. On thebasis of these ideas, they were preliminarily placed in one of four affinity groups that stemmedfrom Educating Engineers: design education, engineering fundamentals and analysis, laboratory/project/ experience-based learning, or ethics/society/broader engineering skills. Attendees wereable to attend more than one affinity group session at the symposium.The organizers strove for a mix of formal and informal networking opportunities, small groupdiscussions, and panel

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

practice, with an emphasis on applications.A Fluid Power course is a good example: students learn fluid flow science (Bernoulli’s equation,pipe size selection methods, etc.) as well as hydraulic and pneumatic circuit symbols andcircuits, ladder diagrams for electrical control, and the operation characteristics of pumps, piping,valves, gauges, filters, cylinders, and motors. In a typical course, students learn these conceptsthrough readings, lectures, and laboratory experiments using hydraulic and pneumatic test stands.The first semester I taught Fluid Power to sophomore and junior Mechanical EngineeringTechnology students, I used a chalkboard to explain equations, graphs, and the construction andoperation of fluid power components. While this 19th

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Talley, Datum Engineers, Inc.; Catherine Hovell, University of Texas, Austin; Jason Stith, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

International

. Another author had a non-traditional, non-credit trip with a group of engineeringstudents to see the famous bridges of Switzerland and tour both a national and privateengineering laboratory. The final author also had two opportunities to study abroad: one summerprogram taking liberal arts classes in Oxford, England and taking two graduate level courses inearthquake engineering in Pavia, Italy.ConclusionThe authors feel that in this globally connected world that an understanding of other cultures andpeople is critical to our success as a nation and people. The experience gained during one ofthese life altering study abroad programs cannot be duplicated in a classroom or lecture, but mustbe experienced by the individuals fortunate enough to have

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

improvement based on several modifications. Its creation has been guided bybest practices in the research, most notably the experience of Hoit and Ohland (1998). Hoit and Page 15.392.3Ohland developed a new freshman engineering course at the University of Florida that wasextremely successful in terms of retention and student attitudes. Their course, which was theinspiration for the revised GE1030 at University of Wisconsin-Platteville, was a laboratory-basedcourse which gave students hands-on experiences. Each section of the new course at University of Wisconsin-Platteville is team taught byseven faculty members, one from each engineering program

Conference Session

New Collaborations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Strife, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

=4263. Blummer, B. A., & Kritskaya, O. (2009). Best practices for creating an online tutorial: A literature review.Journal of Web Librarianship, 3(3), 199-216. doi:10.1080/193229009030507993. Ganster, L. A., & Walsh, T. R. (2008). Enhancing library instruction to undergraduates: Incorporating onlinetutorials into the curriculum. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 15(3), 314-333.doi:10.1080/106913108022582324. Kearns, K., & Hybl, T. T. (2005). A collaboration between faculty and librarians to develop and assess a scienceliteracy laboratory module. Science & Technology Libraries, 25(4), 39-56. doi:10.1300/J122v25n04•045. Maness, J. (2006). Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and its implications for libraries. Webology, 3(2), article

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Keynton, University of Louisville; James Fiet, University of Louisville; Pankaj Patel, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

enlightening and enjoyed theinteraction and exchange of ideas between the instructors and attendees. The engineers gainedbetter insight into the issues that need to be addressed in taking an idea from the laboratory to acommercial enterprise through examining case studies and group-interactive projects. Thebusiness instructors gained a greater appreciation for the fact that researchers from the businessschool think very differently from the Medical and Engineering Schools. A survey wasconducted to obtain feedback and a number of suggestions were made to strengthen the program, Page 15.336.4some of which will be implemented in future series. A

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisela Gomes, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie; Janete Bolite Frant, Universidade Bandeirante; Arthur Powell, Rutgers University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

, Brazilian government concerned with the teaching for engineeringsponsored a project named PRODENGE – Program for Engineering Development. Thisprogram that aimed to support engineering programs at universities and the basic subjectssuch as Physics, Chemistry, Computing and Mathematics promoted the restructuring andmodernizing of teaching and research in Engineering (Longo, Rocha and Loureiro2). Itwas a partnership of the Coordination for Improving University Education Staff(CAPES), the Secretariat of University Education (SESU) and the National Council ofScientific and Technological Development (CNPq). The results of this effort, accordingto Longo3, should be measured not only by products generated by laboratories,educational material available

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. O'Connell

to compareand discuss their responses to the question and re-answer it. This opportunity for in-class peerinstruction usually results in improved student learning.Summative assessment in lecture-based modules is usually associated with “points” or “marks”that accumulate and are used to determine a student’s final “grade” in the course. In engineering,the most common summative assessment task is an ILO-associated question or problem on anexamination, given either at the end of the course or at a point in the semester after which theILO in question will no longer be revisited. Other summative assessment tasks include writtenlaboratory reports (if the module includes a laboratory component) and written papers, perhapson ILOs covered

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anil B. Shrirao; Raquel Perez Castillejos

® tape, scalpel, 65°C oven, glass slides, commercial uncuredsilicone—poly(dimethylsiloxane) or PDMS1,—and polystyrene Petri dishes). We believe thatthis technique will circumvent the limited access to cleanroom facilities that most high schooland colleges have and provide them with a fabrication technique that students can use in standardteaching laboratories. As a demonstrator of the method, we present the fabrication of amicrofluidic device consisting of three individually-addressable microchannels.Microfluidic devices have at least one of their dimensions (height, width, and/or length) smallerthan 1 mm. As a result, flow in microfluidic devices is governed by viscous and capillaryforces2-3. Low Reynolds numbers (corresponding to the

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Amit Bandyopadhyay

many have somewhat contradictory implications for educationalpractice. With the emergence of several schools and resulting competition among them,spokesmen seemed to lose their reservations about the tentative nature of their practicalsuggestions. More and more recommendations were made as scientific facts rather thanas tentative descriptions for the real world outside laboratory. Although there is anexpectation among psychologists and educators that it should be possible to derive quiteexplicit prescriptions for educational practice from the comprehensive learning theories.If an educator is going to select a learning theory, it would seem reasonable to expect thathe/she would pick the theory which provides the most complete and valid

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla S. LoPiccolo

study showed that students who used their own notes scored nearlytwice as high as students who used notes either given to them by the teacher or from anotherstudent.7 ) The active process of copying drawings and diagrams by hand as part of note-takingis turning into passive observance and a procrastinated review of supplied informationimmediately prior to an examination.The goal of this paper is to further the author‟s study of the use of visual aids in classrooms thatare not supplemented with a laboratory component for hands-on learning. The visual aid beingtested is one type of symbolic representation – a construction detail. In this study, studentretention after examining a labeled hand-held detail drawing without reproducing it is

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Qinghai Gao

– 401.[9] F. Hao, R. Anderson, and J. Daugman (2005). Combining cryptography with biometrics effectively. TechnicalReports, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory.[10] U. Uludag, S. Pankanti, and A. Jain (2005). Fuzzy Vault for Fingerprints. Proc. of Audio and Video-basedBiometric Person Authentication, pp: 310-319.[11] A. Kumar, and A. Kumar, A. (2008). A palmprint-based cryptosystem using double encryption. Proc. of SPIE,6944:1-9.[12] K. Rabuzin, M. Baca, and M. Sajko(2006). E-learning: Biometrics as a Security Factor. International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology (ICCGI'06), pp. 64.[13] S. Asha and C. Chellappan. Authentication of e-learners using multimodal biometric technology

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Anil B. Shrirao; Raquel Perez-Castillejos

® tape, scalpel, 65°C oven, glass slides, commercial uncuredsilicone—poly(dimethylsiloxane) or PDMS1,—and polystyrene Petri dishes). We believe thatthis technique will circumvent the limited access to cleanroom facilities that most high schooland colleges have and provide them with a fabrication technique that students can use in standardteaching laboratories. As a demonstrator of the method, we present the fabrication of amicrofluidic device consisting of three individually-addressable microchannels.Microfluidic devices have at least one of their dimensions (height, width, and/or length) smallerthan 1 mm. As a result, flow in microfluidic devices is governed by viscous and capillaryforces2-3. Low Reynolds numbers (corresponding to the

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Solomon G. Diamond

efficient design optimization because computational power isdirected to the aspects of design problems where simulation is most needed. In education, theintegrated approach transforms analytical solutions from equations on paper to dramaticallyillustrated solid models. Students can also use simulation to cross check analytical results. Whenused in the weekly homework assignments of a Solid Mechanics course at the Thayer School ofEngineering, students spontaneously questioned and discussed solution discrepancies. They weremotivated to re-examine their analytical methods and to question assumptions in simulation. TheCAD environment and simulation is in effect a digital laboratory for students to test solutionswith numerical experiments. The students

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Kevin John McDonnell; Anne Joan Caraccio; Nithin Susan Abraham; Nicholas Alexander Ruffini; Susan Gallardo; James Patrick Abulencia

. With respect to the non-profit start up company, students havesuccessfully obtained the necessary Employer Identification Number (EIN) and have created acompany name. After much deliberation the students have decided the name for the company is“Just Tubig”. “Tubig” is the Tagalog (the official language of the Philippines) term for “water”. In addition to the required laboratory work, the students participating from ManhattanCollege have also had the opportunity to travel to Nagcarlan to see the area and to meet thepeople they will be helping as well as their corresponding participants at De La Salle University.The students that went had the ability to meet with local residents and officials to discuss theirplans for the design and

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ryan Ferguson; Richard Lupa; Bradford Powers; Henry Whitney; Salah Badjou

Zarnikau, Consumer demand for `green power' and energy efficiency, Energy Policy, Volume 31, Issue 15, December 2003, Pages 1661-1672, ISSN 0301-4215, DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(02)00232-X. [3] Martin A. Green, Keith Emery, Solar cell efficiency tables, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 25-29, 1993, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems, University of New South Wales, Kensington 2033, Australia; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA [4] Basic Stamp Programming Manual, Parallax Inc, 2000 [5] Servo City 6RPM Gear Motor Product Page, Servo City. http://www.servocity.com/html/6_rpm_gear_motor.html , accessed 04/02/2009Biography:Ryan

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Daniel Domato; Marco Castaldi; James Patrick Abulencia

materials such as wood andMunicipal Solid Waste, and has been identified as a potential source of energy because it isrenewable and abundant. Gasification is one process that can be used to extract energy out ofthis biomass. Typically used with fossil fuels such as coal, gasification of biomass can generatesyngas, which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Despite the increasing popularity of green engineering, full stand-alone coursesaddressing this topic would be difficult to insert into the already full chemical engineeringcurriculum. One potential way to expose students to green engineering is through the seniorlevel unit-operations laboratory. To this end, a new unit-operations lab experiment centered on the biomass