Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristyn Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

goal of our study, it is important to note that this module is not intendedto compete with or take the place of a thorough education in engineering ethics and ethicalproblem-solving. Instead, we are presenting this method as a means to achieve ethics across theengineering curriculum, particularly in our research-based institutional context. Integratingethics discussions throughout the engineering curriculum reinforces to students that ethics andengineering are closely intertwined, and helps to prepare them for the decisions they will make intheir future careers. The success of the DISORDER module encourages us to continue offeringit in our own courses, and the feedback from faculty suggests that expanded use throughout theengineering curricula

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Borenstein, Georgia Tech; Matthew Drake, Duquesne University; Robert Kirkman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie Swann, Georgia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

likely bring the engineer into a potential conflict of interest. Yet students sometimeshave trouble seeing this as an ethical matter at all, casting as a matter of mere personalpreference. In this light, ethics education can be seen as an effort to give students’ eyes somepractice, as it were. Case studies and other materials can serve to demonstrate, for example, howaccepting what seems to be an innocent gift may lead to further temptations, which then lead inturn to a career-ending conflict of interest. The idea of ethical sensitivity overlaps with some aspects of the idea of moralimagination, as developed by Mark Johnson, Patricia Werhane, and others.[5-7] One aspect ofmoral imagination concerns the ways in which people use conceptual

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Lozano, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the students seemed to appreciate the effect of thearticle reviews in increasing their technical knowledge. The questions with the higher marks(Question 7: Reviews were a bridge to real life engineering and Question 2: Helped realized thatalthough I do not master all the details, I have a good knowledge) clearly indicate this perception bythe students surveyed. It is interesting to note how although students will not re-read these articles Page 13.1413.5in the near future they still consider them as a valid tool for their professional career as they plan tokeep them as a resource once they graduate.b) Content of the articles. The

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

students enrolled in Pre-Calculus with anengineering course. The topics covered in the course were coordinated with the topics beingcovered in Pre-Calculus. For example, students apply the concepts learned regarding linear,power and exponential equations in pre-calculus to engineering applications in ENG1001. Thestudents enrolled in the course elected to participate in the program. Most of these students werepart of the Michigan Tech ExSEL program. ExSEL is a program that promotes students successthrough academic support services such as peer mentoring, study groups, study skills and timemanagement techniques, academic progress monitoring, campus resource referrals, campus andcommunity involvement events, and career and personal development

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Bachu, University of Bridgeport; Deepak S. Deepawale, University of Bridgeport; Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the country. Enrollment hastripled over the last few years (currently, a total of 470 students). UB hosts the largest Page 13.176.5Technology Management Program in the nation (over 300 students).The University of Bridgeport has partnered with CPEP (Connecticut Pre-EngineeringProgram) for many years. Most recently, UB has offered 50 scholarships, at a total of$2.4 million, to qualified CPEP students. CPEP is a non-profit organization that helpsminority middle and high school students pursue careers in the science, technology,engineering and math.Most of our new students do not expect to have financial aid and campus jobs for theirfirst semester

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Myszka, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 13.168.2implementation these systems.Traditionally, product and manufacturing system design has been a common career area formechanical engineering and engineering technology graduates. To follow suit with the growinguse of sensors in these systems, mechanical programs have been strengthening their facilities andcurriculum related to instrumentation[3, 11, 12]. Topics covered in mechanical measurements hasbeen expanding to incorporate more digital data acquisition and electronic instrumentationtopics[5, 10, 16]. With this growth of industry usage, these courses are even being introduced ontogeneral engineering programs[8].Inspired by accreditation changes beginning in 2000, a large amount of research and dialog hascirculated regarding

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Dekker, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

students are skillful with another CAD program, they may take theproficiency exam using another program.Lectures:There are really three kinds of lectures and activities that occur during the semester. Sometimesthe entire class meets during the lecture period. Most of these periods have a guest lecturer, sothe entire class meets together. The schedule of these lectures is shown below. Week Topic 1 Tuesday Introduction, Course Outline, & Creativity, Course Instructor 1 Thursday Design Synthesis and Design Methodology, Course Instructor 2 Tuesday Product Evolution, Course Instructor 2 Thursday Career Center, Ms Dianne Russell 12 Tuesday Professionalism, Tampa Brass &

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl; Eric Crispino

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

technical communication University at Buffalo Union College University of California at Irvine Iowa State University Cooper Union University of Tennessee University of Wisconsin at Madison The University of Notre Dame Page 13.1295.8Appendix B: Details of the Technical Writing Development Program Assignments Pages Pages from of Theme Reference Reading Section Titles1 Do I Really Have To? 4-7 (Beer) 3 “A Successful Engineering Career Requires Strong Writing Skills

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Dolan, University of Wyoming; Ovid Plumb, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

resolved and met with the field Page 13.786.5engineers charged with the development.Class OrganizationEach class is organized to simulate a design office. Students are interviewed to determine theirtechnical and career interests and their desire to be a manager or development engineer. Timecommitments of each assignment are discussed, a class organization chart is developed, andcontact information assembled. The contact information becomes critical with theinterdisciplinary team because students often do not know their classmates from different majors.Class objectives are developed in the first two weeks. These include the global expectations

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

engineering curricula.Many students who matriculate in engineering do so because of the promise of high startingsalaries or family pressures or simply having done well in high school science and math, and notbecause of a particular interest in or aptitude for engineering. Not everyone would be happy in anengineering career, and the best thing that could happen to some students is to drop out ofengineering and switch to a curriculum that would lead to more enjoyable and fulfilling careers.The goal for the first engineering course should be to provide a realistic and well-taughtintroduction to the discipline, so that all students with the ability and interest needed to do wellas engineers have an experience that motivates them to remain in engineering

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

AC 2008-522: WIND TUNNEL EVALUATION AND CALIBRATION OF MODELROCKET NOSECONE PITOT-STATIC PROBESDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Assistant Professor at Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer. Page

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Bartonek, Cessna Aircraft Company; Bruce Dallman, Pittsburg State University; James Lookadoo, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

started their careers with the space agency inthis laboratory group. From an inside perspective, it was easy to track their pastfootprints on the group’s communications effort. One of the alumni has completed adoctorate in electrical engineering and an MBA degree. He was serving as acommunications theoretical consultant for the group. The second alumnus is in processof finishing an MSEE degree while he was leading the advanced Field ProgrammableLogic Array programming. Both had key roles and together represented about tenpercent of the human capital in the CSTL enterprise. Putting a dollar amount on the totalalumni impact is somewhat imprecise. TDRSS is approximately a two billion dollarinvestment. The bulk of that is contracted with aerospace

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

collapse. A meeting was held to decide what to do, and the bridgecollapsed just as the meeting was breaking up. The inability to make and implement a timelydecision illustrates the importance of effective communication (outcome g). It has been arguedthat Cooper failed to fulfill his professional and ethical responsibilities (outcome f)5. Mr. Cooper planned for the Quebec Bridge to be the crowning achievement of anillustrious career as a bridge engineer. However, by this time his health was poor and he wasunable to travel to the site. He was also poorly compensated for his work. Cooper’s difficultiesshow some of the realistic constraints (outcome c) inherent in every engineering project. Following the collapse, organizations such as

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

QualityImprovement.Step – 1: Program Educational Objectives (PEO)ABET definition states that “Program educational objectives are broad statements thatdescribe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparinggraduates to achieve.”A program not only educate certain skills, knowledge and values that a student supposedto know at the time of graduation but also what he/she would become by applying orpracticing those knowledge, skill and value. In simple terms, what is the purpose of theprogram? The answer to this question in broad statements should be developed afterseeking input from constituents. As a rule of thumb, the number of objectives can be atleast three and at most five.A program in general serves the constituency of Industry and/or

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

an SME andthen peer reviewed by another SME in the field. The combination of these two processes ensuresthat the ASEM EM BoK was validated.Other Approaches to an EM BoKThere are a number of other approaches to establish an EM BoK using different approaches.One approach uses an industry survey as the primary basis to establish an EM BoK. While thisapproach captures EM Managers’ needs later in their careers, it does not address many of the Page 13.225.4basic topics taught to EM students in various programs. Also for this approach to have validitythere needs to be a process of peer review by practitioners and SMEs.Subject Matter Experts (SMEs

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Melvin, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

diversity inperspective and experience they provide. The faculty member has more experience teaching andknows what is required to run a course and what is expected of a teaching assistant throughoutthe semester. In addition, most faculty members served as a TA in their graduate careers andrecall their own experience. This outlook is particularly beneficial in dealing with concepts suchas teaching, working with your professor and writing lesson plans. The experienced TA, whojust recently finished their first semester as a TA, can provide the new TAs with life lessonslearned the hard way. This outlook is especially beneficial in dealing with concepts such asgrading, holding office hours and working in a team of TAs. Ultimately, all of the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

performedby a private contractor.While assuming the role of the protagonist, the students are asked to consider and respond tothree separate scenarios. All three scenarios relate to acceptance of gifts and what could beconsidered bribery. Responses are recorded as simple “yes” or “no” answers to a total of 10questions.Although, the instrument addresses a single aspect of professional ethics, it is an aspect that thatthe authors anticipate will be encountered by graduates of their program. Many, if not most,practicing engineers will be faced with a bribery-related scenario during their career. Thesituation and hypothetical scenarios represent very realistic circumstances. As Herkert 11suggests, a realistic situation is a better instructional tool than

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

– while still in wide use areperhaps no longer being as intensively developed. This shift extends to the classroom in thesense that it is often easier to teach students to use Monte Carlo code packages especially whenthe system being studied contains irregular geometries.It can be argued that, since even PhD students will be unlikely to be called upon to develop theirown deterministic transport software during the course of their careers, teaching these methodsfrom other than a theoretical standpoint is not productive. On the other hand, it is very likely thatthese students will be called upon to make use of a ‘legacy’ deterministic transport code. Anumber of codes that use the discrete ordinates approximation to the transport equation remain in

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dawna Schultz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mathematics, language arts, and nowscience, those subjects that are assessed as part of No Child Left Behind.De-mystifying engineering as a discipline and persuading policymakers and schooladministrators that engineering design and design-based problem-solving are importantcompetencies for 21st century citizens will require both evidence of student impact aswell as a clearer understanding by such constituencies of what engineering is (and is not);what its contributions to society and the economy are and will be in the future; and whyengineering careers are suitable for females and minorities. It will be necessary for awide range of constituencies to be involved and convinced that engineering shouldbecome a universal requirement for K-12

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pierre Lafleur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Yves Boudreault, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Richard Prégent, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

context, increase the non-technical aspect,develop soft and management skills, consider the international challenge, and use new learningstrategies to help engineers update their knowledge during their entire career (2). It was evidentthat a cultural change was necessary to switch from “sink or swim” culture to a less competitiveand collaboration-based environment. In fact, we need a change of paradigm from a teacher-centered to a student-centered pedagogy (4).StructureThe road to success for this project requires everyone’s contribution and involvement. Eachperson’s opinion and contribution must be requested and valued. What is especially important isto avoid giving people the impression that changes are imposed upon them. In the same way

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dutko, Bloomsburg University; Cathy Auburger, Bloomsburg University; Patrick Anderson, Bloomsburg University; Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

towards computer-based automation career Ü Reliance on partner was a problem Ü Need to allocate more time to the coverage of interface electronics design Ü Include some biomedical measurements applicationSummaryExperience with student-initiated projects within the instrumentation and data acquisition coursewas presented. A few students struggled in defining the scope of their work at the beginning ofthe four-week project period since this was their first project-based learning experience. It wasalso observed that many students had not had to design, debug and test a system that hadmultiple functional blocks in their prior coursework. This contributed to students’ difficulty inbreaking the design into functional modules and

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Brach, University of the District of Columbia; Ahmet Zeytinci, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

willalways be developing as advances in technology take place, but the fundamental conceptsassociated with measurement will remain unchanged.It is the understanding of the fundamental concepts that are important for a students’ career, thetechnology of the moment for one’s first job, and an appreciation of how and why things arewhat they are so that they may add to the continuing development of our engineered world.ConclusionIn the first half of 20th century, all engineering students in the US studied surveying regardlesstheir discipline. Measurements are an essential part of not only every engineering discipline butvirtually every field of study. The concepts of error, random and systematic, are also common toall disciplines. The value of surveying

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair Rowley, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Thomas Bazzoli, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Research. He holds the MS in Nuclear Science and Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. During his Air Force career he directed diverse research programs in modeling and testing of system performance, compositional mapping of submicron materials and machine translation of text. He was instrumental in establishing the college’s freshman program. Page 13.625.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Freshman Engineering Student Perceptions on Global WarmingAbstract Managing the problems that global warming is being forecast to cause requires the educatedattention of many

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queen's University; Donna Riley, Smith College; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Engineering: When Personal Values and Engineering Careers Converge,Lakeshore Press, 2005.iii H. McDonald, “Origins of the Word ‘Engineer,’” ASCE Transactions, 77, 1737. Reproduced in ASCECommittee on History and heritage of American Civil Engineering, 1970, Historical Publication No. 1.iv Aarne Vesilind, Peace Engineering, Lakeshore Press: Woodsville, N.H., 2005, pp.1-2.v Social and Economic Justice,” World Centric, http://www.worldcentric.org/stateworld/military.htmvi Daniel A. Vallero, “Just Engineering: Peace, Justice, and Sustainability,” Peace Engineering, LakeshorePress: Woodsville, N.H., 2005, pp.41-56.vii Krista E.M. Galley, ed., Global Climate Change and Wildlife in North America, Technical Review04-2, Bethesda, Md

Conference Session

A Century of Development, Promotion, and Reform: ASEE and Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Johnson, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

government, both federal and state, firmly into thesupport of higher education. In the land-grant institutions the American people achieved popularhigher education for the first time.”10 Knowledge had begun to be available on a wider scale. Public colleges became established by the end of the 19th century. The ongoing debateabout who should have the right to award degrees – the professional associations or the college –continued until 1905 when educators acquired a voice in the councils of the ASME,compromises were made and the market for engineering, in general, was expanding.6 Aneducational system had been built that was strong enough to give graduates a basic educationfrom which they could further their careers; the acquisition of

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odon Musimbi, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

newundergraduate Humanitarian Engineering Program. The purpose of this program is to prepareengineering students for careers that will interface with and directly benefit the underservedglobal community. Given this, it was anticipated that one outcome of the revised curriculumwould be improved attitudes on the part of participants with respect to community service. Thecurrent paper compares student attitude data collected in a sophomore required course in 2004,before students had participated in the revised Humanitarian Engineering curriculum, to that ofdata collected from seniors in 2007, after students completed, or at least became aware of therevised curriculum. The results of this investigation indicate a difference in the students’attitudes between

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Marty Johnston, University of St. Thomas; Christopher Greene, University of St. Thomas; Mari Heltne, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Thomas Marty Johnston received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Riverside working in atomic physics. After serving as a Post-Doctorial Researcher at the University of Nebraska he came to the University of St. Thomas in 1995 to initiate an undergraduate research program in physics. When he is not in the laboratory, Marty can be found teaching classical physics, electricity and magnetism, theoretical mechanics or experimental methods.Christopher Greene, University of St. Thomas Chris Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to use many common Six Sigma tools during the project. Page 13.1175.8This better prepared them for the senior design projects and for their jobs. Due to theshort duration of the project, we aim for breadth rather than depth in learning the SixSigma methodology. After this project, the students will have a general understanding ofSix Sigma and will be able to make decisions on what tools to use for a particularproblem in each of the DMAIC stages. Their exposure to the tools and processes willmake them better prepared to study a particular topic or tool in more depth later ifnecessary for their career. Through the Six Sigma project experience, the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

searches to read about devices before each class. Though such difficulties and opportunities for improvement exist, in the first semester thestudents seemed to retain the material covered in class and recommended the class to theircolleagues. Future changes can be expected to only improve the impact of the class in providingstudents with an overview of medical devices suitable to inform their decisions about whether toenter the medical device industry and to ease their entry into that industry. It is my hope that byinforming students in this manner, a rapport will be developed between the department andmedical device companies to the benefit of both.V. References1. Career guide to industries, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

colleges presented advertisement materials to attractstudents to their educational programs. In the past three years, Goodwin College has participatedin this event by distributing AET fact sheets to students interested in pursuing their careers inapplied engineering technology. These efforts will continue in the future.AET program’s curriculumThe higher education is rapidly evolving to reflect the industry needs.3 The global marketplace isbecoming more competitive, resulting in advanced approaches to higher education in engineeringand engineering technology, specifically in educating students using quantitative and qualitativemeasures.4 The need for a technologically literate and dynamic workforce dictates therequirements for a flexible curriculum