Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Rodriguez, Cedaredge Middle School; Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

integrate this into their standard curriculum. Through analysis of standardized tests,the entire staff identifies weak areas. These are categorized as critical, serious, or significant.Critical targets are defined as 70% or more of the students have not achieved mastery, serious –60%, and significant – 50%. The problem area is considered with respect to the currentcurriculum, instructional materials, and previous year’s test data. Next a plan of action isdesigned. The critical areas are given three weeks of emphasis, serious – two weeks, andsignificant – 1 week. During the target week(s) each student receives 10-15 minutes targetedinstruction per academic class period daily and five minutes per non-academic class period daily.An average student

Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody Pierce, Purdue University; Russell Aubrey, Purdue University; John Eddy, Purdue University; Charles Baker, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

included IT 442 Production Planning,IT 281 Industrial Safety, COM 315 Speech Communication of Technical Information, ECET 214Electricity Fundamentals, and IT 104 Industrial Organization.** Other suggested courses to meet the Free Elective requirement included ECON 210 Principles of Page 11.129.7Economics, COM 320 Small Group Communications, COM 315 Speech Communication of TechnicalInformation, OLS 345 Critical Thinking in Organization, and MGT 190B Accounting Principles.Even though this program is still in its infancy state, it is interesting to note that all butone of the beginning students will be continuing to receive an Associate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Manian Ramkumar, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Charles Swain, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, including minorities and women, to its engineering and engineering technology programs, due to expanded opportunities.6. Undergraduate senior design project teams will be able to perform reliability analysis and qualify their product designs.7. RIT’s reputation will grow as a state-of-the-art engineering and engineering technology institution.Evaluation PlanAn evaluation team has been assembled and will be involved in the planning, implementationand assessment stages of the REAL project. The evaluation team has already participated in thepreliminary discussions that led to conceptualization of REAL and the selection of lab equipmentrequested in this proposal. The team consists of a faculty from RIT’s-Center for Quality andApplied Statistics

Conference Session

Electrical ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to apply all of the basic concepts of applied design. By working in steps we were able to plan, design, select, prototype, test, build, and test again. These steps are taken directly from the applied design concepts." • "The project takes a sample of circuits we have studied throughout the course of study in EET and combine them into one project. Not only do we get to see it work in theory and on the chalkboard, but also in the lab. Taking these designs and applying them to component selection and construction is what it all about."Describe what you learned about the process of product development

Conference Session

Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; David Watkins, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

International

, Bolivia. After months of design, fund-raising (about$15,000) and planning, a team of nine worked with the local community members over aten day period to construct a latrine building, septic tank, and drain field. For the EWBmembers, the support, enthusiasm and gratefulness of the community created instantunderstanding for the power of international engineering service. Sharing theseexperiences is infectious among the students. Promotion of such international programs isbest left to them. Based on the successes of this project, the chapter is currently workingwith a community in Guatemala, this time further up the design sequence. In Guatemala,the EWB team will be involved in the community assessment to collaboratively build alist of engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Page 11.292.10Presentation: Overall appearance, appropriate use of verbal and visual 10materialsThe last three weeks of the semester are devoted to the execution of student-designedresearch projects. Student teams are required to plan, execute, analyze, and communicatetheir work, using as many statistical techniques as appropriate. The groups meet with theinstructor near mid-term to discuss their initial concepts and strategies then spend thenext month refining those plans. This may be the greatest opportunity for the sixth step ofthe Learning Spiral, Self-Directed Learning. Students are largely given creative control.The wealth of topics covered is impressive, the work even more so. The student projectsare presented in a public

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Robert Poth, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida

grade levels in the school.Introduction Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School opened two and a half years ago with adaunting challenge. Create a learning institution in a predominantly ethnically isolated inner cityarea that would naturally integrate the ethnicity of the student population within the schoolwithout the aid of a district assigned plan for student placement. To facilitate this challenge, thePinellas School District provided three key resources. First, a brand new state of the art schoolcomplex was provided to create the school around a mathematics and engineering theme.Second, Jamerson was permitted to apply for and subsequently received a 1.5 million dollarMagnet School Assistance Program grant (MSAP). Third, Jamerson

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pines, University of Hartford; Brian Gallant, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

opportunity to travel to the village and implement their design andlearn about all the “on-location” issues that arise, which can not be duplicated in the classroom.To help offset part of this cost and to get the needed involvement of practicing engineers into thecourse, the University of Hartford is fortunate to have been included in Pratt & Whitney’sbusiness plan to include a pilot Engineers Without Borders1 project as part of their philanthropyprogram. While there are several organizations that are involved in design for developingcommunities projects, Pratt & Whitney has selected Engineers Without Borders because of theassessment and implementation process it has in place, which they feel has led to the success ofnumerous projects. To

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

undergraduate levels. Page 11.261.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Attracting Women to Engineering that Serves Developing CommunitiesAbstractThe University of Colorado at Boulder has created a program in Engineering for DevelopingCommunities (EDC). It is currently formalized as a graduate program within the Environmentalsub-discipline of Civil Engineering. Longer term plans are to create a certificate option forundergraduate students in the College of Engineering. In the meantime, a variety of courseshave included EDC-related content and projects. Service-learning and active

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

a framework for evaluatingethical behavior, and showing the breadth and excitement of the civil engineering profession.Case study examples of civil engineers and civil engineering projects now include humanitarianaid in refugee camps and the Three Gorges Dam in China. Students are required to attend ameeting of an engineering professional society, and the student chapter of Engineers WithoutBorders (EWB) has proven to be a popular option. The recent changes in this course fit with along-term plan to create an “Engineering for Developing Communities” certificate program forundergraduate students in the College of Engineering.BackgroundAn awareness of international issues is increasingly important for engineers, who are nowcompeting and

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Rousche, University of Illinois-Chicago; Michael Cho, University of Illinois-Chicago; Yang Dai, University of Illinois-Chicago; Hui Lu, University of Illinois-Chicago; J Hetling, University of Illinois-Chicago; jie liang, University of Illinois-Chicago; Susan McCormick, University of Illinois-Chicago; David Schneeweis, University of Illinois-Chicago; Richard Magin, University of Illinois-Chicago

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

surprising after theweeklong intensive experience. The roughly 3-point increase in these areas is not an indicatorof whether or not the student ‘enjoyed’ the increased familiarity or job knowledge, it simplyreveals that knowledge was gained. A more telling indicator is whether or not students, armedwith the new knowledge considered changing their career or college plans. Evidence for thistype of influence was present but much less convincing in the slim, but significant +0.63 and+1.17 mean increase in response to the questions of 1) whether or not bioengineering wouldbe chosen as a college major or 2) whether or not students would pursue a career inbioengineering. Because long-term follow-up was impractical, it is not known whether or notthese means

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

conduction heat transfer. The survey alsoindicated that the project enhanced the students’ appreciation of the use of the computer in thesolution of heat transfer problems. This initiative demonstrated that the computer can be apowerful tool which can be used to make the solution of complex problems more convenient andappropriate for classroom assignments.Future Plans Page 11.809.7The intentions for the future use of this program are to continue to develop new features, such asthe addition of other boundary conditions, including convective boundary conditions andspecified heat flux boundary conditions. Other intended improvements include

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Girouard, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Natalie Segal, University of Hartford; Dr. Sallie 'Lee' Townsend

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

reallywant.Believing that retention is strongly related to the culture of each College and having a problem tosolve within some of our technology programs, and in an effort to actively engage students informing their educational plan, we created, in 1996, a course titled Introduction to EngineeringTechnology (ET 111). In that course, we instruct students in, among other topics, therequirements for satisfactory academic progress and share strategies for getting the most out oftheir education, including selection of minors and preparation for graduate school. We also bringin guest speakers to give the students some exposure to industry. As far as creating studentcommunities went, however, ET 111 enrollment was used to mix all the majors together tofacilitate

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; David Kieser, Kieser Consulting, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Prof. Eng. in Indiana. Prof. Sener was awarded numerous teaching awards including the Indiana University President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1993 and the IUPUI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994 and several TERA awards.David Kieser, Kieser Consulting, LLC Dave Kieser., Principal Planner , Kieser Consulting, LLC, M.S. - Civil Engineering, Purdue University and M.PL. Environmental Planning, Indiana University . Mr. Kieser has over eighteen (18) years of experience in the project management, planning and design of capital improvement projects for municipal clients in Illinois and Indiana. More specifically Mr. Kieser's experience includes innovative financing

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

devices so that they are not buried by later constructionModularization Product designed in separate units • rockfall fences are built as that are easily removed and replaced individual, connected panels that can easily be replaced when damagedStandardization Limit the variety of parts and use • plan for large slurry wall readily-available parts if at all construction

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

reach out to hidden underrepresented Student candidates in EngineeringAbstractThis article discusses the steps planned and implemented to reach out and increase participationand retention of minority students in our engineering programs at San Francisco State University(SFSU). These efforts began with SFSU's Partnership for Engineering Education (PFEE) program. The goal of this program is to bring together alumni, faculty and student participants from variousorganizations such as high schools, community colleges, universities and industry. Theseparticipants are brought to the PFEE through SFSU chapters of the MESA Engineering Program(MEP), Women Engineering Program (WEP) and other similar programs or professional

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Maxim, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

software product. The minimum costs incurred by a failed game development projectranges between $150,000 and $750,000.13 Producing high-quality software products by largeteams requires high levels of communication, organization, and planning to avoid costly delaysand failures.Game developers are beginning to understand that it is important to treat computer game designin the same way that other software engineers approach projects involving a large number ofpeople and a significant investment of time.13 Game developers are likely to benefit from usingevolutionary software process models to mange their development risks and reduce their projectcompletion times. The process of determining the technical requirements for a game softwareproduct is

Conference Session

Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Titus, Purdue University; Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

11.400.4 Use of Equipment was Original Never Rarely Sometimes Usually Always Teamwork 1 2 3 4 5 The team showed evidence of full participation by all membersThe team utilized electronic media to aid in communication and planning The team resolved differences without faculty interventionThe team members demonstrated an understanding of the work/tasks completed by other team members The team adjusted its plans as additional information became available or the scheduled required The team used faculty consultation appropriatelyThe team members appear to respect each others' contributions to the

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University; Alexandru Belu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

training in mathematics,computing, and engineering and technology, through core and elective courses. Powerengineering courses, in the new context of energy and environmental concerns and renewableenergy technology courses will be well appreciated. The Division of Engineering Technologyat Wayne State University plans to establish, in the near future, an undergraduate program inalternative energy technology. This program is intended to bridge the gap between 2-yearcollege level programs in this area and the already established graduate level program inalternative energy technology. As part of this effort, in Winter 2006 term, two courses inrenewable energy sources and hybrid power system (AET5500 – Renewable Energy Sources;and AET-5600 Hybrid Power

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cejka, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

resource, but a larger number of the classroom mentors (89%) believe this is the case.A quarter of the teachers feel that this program has increased their workload, but only 11% of theclassroom mentors have noticed this to be the case. This indicates that communication betweenthe teacher and the classroom mentor about the program and the burden of implementing newcurriculum could be improved. While having an extra set of hands in the classroom in the formof the classroom mentor is certainly helpful for actually implementing the activities, the amountof work that goes into planning and designing hands-on activities, especially in a content areathat has not previously been covered, should not be underestimated. This may be an area wherecommunication

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

specific recruitment plans for women candidates and dual career couples 4 Cultural perceptions of “traditional” gender roles/lack of respect from colleagues, students and 5 parents Difficulty in finding mentors 5 Concerns about roles of women Ph.D.s in non-tenure track positions 6 Salary issues including inequity between departments and deviation from national rates 6Table 2: Results from Factor Finding SessionsAdditional themes which generated significant discussion were dual career couples, the lack oftransition opportunities between teaching or research tracks and tenure

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melinda Seevers, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; William Knowlton, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; John Gardner, Boise State University

opportunities to partner with the university leading toopen dialogue. It is truly a “Win-Win-Win” relationship in that the students and Collegeultimately benefit due to enhanced learning experiences, increased sources of senior designprojects, possible student employment, and an opportunity for employers to preview potentialfuture professional employees. Page 11.734.6Program FutureThe university Career Center is planning to implement a “soft-skills” seminar during the 2006-07academic year. All lower division students wishing to participate in the engineering internshipprogram will be encouraged to attend. For the academic year 2006-07, a forum is in

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

– there is a 95% chance that it isnot normally distributed. Unfortunately, most of the students performed the five data analysissteps in the order given on the lab handout. Because steps 2, 3 and 4 all assume that the data isnormally distributed, their results appear to have no meaning. Students expressed frustration thatthey had wasted time calculating results that they could not report. The instructor used thisopportunity to discuss the importance of critical thinking and about planning engineeringprocedures. The lesson learned is that the real world is not cookbook. Engineers must plan theirown experimental and data analysis procedures.Piston Kinematics LabVery accurate data is necessary for the course learning objective of identifying the

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Pamela McCauley-Bell, University of Central Florida; Edward Hampton, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

beoffered during the Junior and Senior years of student classification starting in the Fall 2006semester. The planned topic areas of concentration include: 1) Leadership foundationconcepts and theories, 2) Communication, Negotiation, Conflict Management, and GlobalAwareness as well as other leadership principles.The goals of the Leadership Development Institute include: Provide students with a baseline of knowledge for exploring and understanding engineering leadership and management challenges in engineering environments; i.e. solutions, tools, and approaches in today’s engineering professional and multi-cultural/multi-national environments

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

theexperience level of the student trainee. Figure 7: User testing of the training scenarios; a: Window VR, b: HMD4. Curriculum development and assessmentTo integrate the different training simulators with the Aircraft Maintenance Technologycurriculum, it was necessary to devise a curriculum development and assessment plan. Alongwith the training provided using the Virtual Reality simulators, the current educational materialis enhanced by integrating a computer-based inspection training program focused on improvinginspector performance entitled GAITS (General Aviation Inspection Training System) [13] intothe curriculum. GAITS was developed using the task analytic approach for aircraft inspectionthat is anticipated to standardize and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramachandran Venkatasubramanian, Arizona State University; Guillermo G. Mendez, Arizona State University; Brian Skromme, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. A transformation was used onresponse variables whose distributions were non-normal. The results showed that the many ofthe outcomes were significantly correlated to prior GPA, including the total course score and theexam scores. A clear, statistically significant, benefit to the spreadsheet use could not be found,mainly due the strong influence of prior GPA and the relatively small samples sizes. Severalexam questions did show improved performance when using spreadsheets, but larger samplesizes are needed to be certain of the effects. We plan to add additional control data and continueusing the spreadsheets in other sections to obtain better statistics. In addition, we feel that morein-class use of the spreadsheets in an active learning

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Doherty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shweta Shanbhag, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Science & Technology/Engineering standards,and are part of the Engineering is Elementary [3] materials. Engineering is Elementary (EiE)combines elementary level technology and engineering with commonly taught science lessonsthrough a storybook whose main character is a child that works on solving a real world problem.For each unit the materials introduce the students to an engineering field and leads them througha simplified design process using a five step approach (shown in Figure 1) of “Ask, Imagine,Plan, Create, Improve” as they work to solve the same problem as the character in the story. Theselected projects used for the TEMI workshop were: - Water Purification (civil engineering), in which the students design and test a water

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

isincluded in the distribution/technology core.Purdue University has the most credit hours for electives while the least in general educationcore. Though the required credit hour for general education is only 19, students have theopportunity to choose the educational course. Page 11.454.8Change in plan of study for industrial distribution at Purdue UniversityCompared the current curriculum (year 2005) of Industrial Distribution program at PurdueUniversity to year 1994, there are many changes occurred, shown in the table below. Program Cores 1994 2005 General Education

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM). These initiatives were funded by the National Science Foundation through their STEP(STEM Talent Expansion Program) (STEP-DUE-0230148) program. This was achieved throughthe following objectives: ‚ Developed a high school awareness activity that brought teams of UMBC engineering students to area high schools to introduce the high school students to STEM concepts using hands on engineering activities and demonstrations. During the presentation, the high school students were made aware of the various paths that UMBC students have taken in order to study engineering and what they plan to do upon graduation. ‚ Evaluated the relative effectiveness of a two-week summer bridge

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students can actually do after they are taught instead oftraditional inputs such as course credits earned. Learning outcomes need to be clear, observabledemonstrations of student learning that occur after a significant set of learning experiences.Learning outcomes are demonstrations that reflect what students know; what students canactually do with what they know; and the confidence and motivation of students indemonstrating what they know6,7. Hence, all curricular and teaching decisions in an OBE modelare made based on how to facilitate the desired outcome. This leads to a planning process that isdifferent from the traditional educational planning. The desired outcome is first identified and the